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[ { "docid": "390489", "text": "to propose that light must have a finite speed, and that the speed of light is variable, decreasing in denser bodies. He argued that light is substantial matter, the propagation of which requires time, even if this is hidden from our senses. Also in the 11th century, Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī agreed that light has a finite speed, and observed that the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. In the 13th century, Roger Bacon argued that the speed of light in air was not infinite, using philosophical arguments backed by the writing of Alhazen and Aristotle.", "title": "Speed of light" }, { "docid": "5974007", "text": "great influence on the later developments of optics. Avicenna (980-1037) agreed with Alhazen that the speed of light is finite, as he \"observed that if the perception of light is due to the emission of some sort of particles by a luminous source, the speed of light must be finite.\" Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī (973-1048) also agreed that light has a finite speed, and stated that the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ma'udh, who lived in Al-Andalus during the second half of the 11th century, wrote a work on optics", "title": "History of optics" }, { "docid": "390489", "text": "to propose that light must have a finite speed, and that the speed of light is variable, decreasing in denser bodies. He argued that light is substantial matter, the propagation of which requires time, even if this is hidden from our senses. Also in the 11th century, Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī agreed that light has a finite speed, and observed that the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. In the 13th century, Roger Bacon argued that the speed of light in air was not infinite, using philosophical arguments backed by the writing of Alhazen and Aristotle.", "title": "Speed of light" } ]

[ { "docid": "15969736", "text": "an explanation for them.\" Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly In 2011, the OPERA experiment mistakenly observed neutrinos appearing to travel faster than light. Even before the mistake was discovered, the result was considered anomalous because speeds higher than that of light in a vacuum are generally thought to violate special relativity, a cornerstone of the modern understanding of physics for over a century. OPERA scientists announced the results of the experiment in with the stated intent of promoting further inquiry and debate. Later the team reported two flaws in their equipment set-up that had caused errors far outside their original confidence interval:", "title": "Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly" }, { "docid": "15969700", "text": "Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly In 2011, the OPERA experiment mistakenly observed neutrinos appearing to travel faster than light. Even before the mistake was discovered, the result was considered anomalous because speeds higher than that of light in a vacuum are generally thought to violate special relativity, a cornerstone of the modern understanding of physics for over a century. OPERA scientists announced the results of the experiment in with the stated intent of promoting further inquiry and debate. Later the team reported two flaws in their equipment set-up that had caused errors far outside their original confidence interval: a fiber optic cable", "title": "Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly" }, { "docid": "1310741", "text": "to the material density. Given that all other things being equal (ceteris paribus), sound will travel slower in spongy materials, and faster in stiffer ones. Effects like dispersion and reflection can also be understood using this model. For instance, sound will travel 1.59 times faster in nickel than in bronze, due to the greater stiffness of nickel at about the same density. Similarly, sound travels about 1.41 times faster in light hydrogen (protium) gas than in heavy hydrogen (deuterium) gas, since deuterium has similar properties but twice the density. At the same time, \"compression-type\" sound will travel faster in solids", "title": "Speed of sound" }, { "docid": "390494", "text": "book \"Opticks\", Isaac Newton reported Rømer's calculations of the finite speed of light and gave a value of \"seven or eight minutes\" for the time taken for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth (the modern value is 8 minutes 19 seconds). Newton queried whether Rømer's eclipse shadows were coloured; hearing that they were not, he concluded the different colours travelled at the same speed. In 1729, James Bradley discovered stellar aberration. From this effect he determined that light must travel 10,210 times faster than the Earth in its orbit (the modern figure is 10,066 times faster) or,", "title": "Speed of light" }, { "docid": "16773170", "text": "atop other gameplay mechanics to create a highly-replayable experience. The game's soundtrack was nominated for IGN's Best Overall Music and Best PC Sound of 2012. It was recognized as being among Kotaku's Best Video Game Music of 2012, one of the Top Ten Video Game Soundtracks of 2012 on The Game Scouts, and one of \"Complex\" magazine's 25 Best Video Game Soundtracks on Bandcamp. FTL: Faster Than Light FTL: Faster Than Light is a space-based top-down real-time strategy roguelike game created by indie developer Subset Games, which was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in September 2012. In", "title": "FTL: Faster Than Light" }, { "docid": "358923", "text": "preserved, one of the consequences of special relativity is that no information signal or material object can travel faster than light in vacuum. This is not to say that \"all\" faster than light speeds are impossible. Various trivial situations can be described where some \"things\" move faster than light. For example, the location where the beam of a search light hits the bottom of a cloud can move faster than light when the search light is turned rapidly. In 1850, Hippolyte Fizeau and Léon Foucault independently established that light travels more slowly in water than in air, thus validating a", "title": "Special relativity" }, { "docid": "390750", "text": "Faster-than-light communication Superluminal communication is a hypothetical process in which information is sent at faster-than-light (FTL) speeds. The current scientific consensus is that faster-than-light communication is not possible, and to date it has not been achieved in any experiment. Under present knowledge superluminal communication is impossible because, in a Lorentz-invariant theory, it could be used to transmit information into the past. This contradicts causality and leads to logical paradoxes. A number of theories and phenomena related to superluminal communication have been proposed or studied, including tachyons, quantum nonlocality, and wormholes. Tachyonic particles are hypothetical particles that travel faster than light.", "title": "Faster-than-light communication" }, { "docid": "146370", "text": "the fine structure constant is fixed, the observational claim is that the speed of light is time-dependent. Faster-than-light Faster-than-light (also superluminal or FTL) communication and travel are the conjectural propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. The special theory of relativity implies that only particles with zero rest mass may travel at the speed of light. Tachyons, particles whose speed exceeds that of light, have been hypothesized, but their existence would violate causality, and the consensus of physicists is that they cannot exist. On the other hand, what some physicists refer to as \"apparent\" or \"effective\"", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "4340030", "text": "Cherenkov detector A Cherenkov detector (pronunciation: /tʃɛrɛnˈkɔv/; Russian: Черенко́в) is a particle detector using the speed threshold for light production, the speed-dependent light output or the velocity-dependent light direction of Cherenkov radiation. A particle passing through a material at a velocity greater than that at which light can travel through the material emits light. This is similar to the production of a sonic boom when an airplane is traveling through the air faster than sound waves can move through the air. The direction this light is emitted is on a cone with angle θ about the direction in which the", "title": "Cherenkov detector" }, { "docid": "5351662", "text": "to fly with test pilots as he produced a 300-page notebook that he turned over to dramatist Terence Rattigan. The subsequent screenplay concentrated on the newly discovered problems of flying at supersonic speeds and is also loosely based on the real-life story of aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland and the loss of his son. Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr. was the de Havilland company test pilot who died on 27 September 1946 attempting to fly faster than the speed of sound in the DH 108. John Derry, another de Havilland test pilot, has been called \"Britain's first supersonic pilot,\" because of", "title": "The Sound Barrier" }, { "docid": "15507172", "text": "looking for a new challenge which will change the status quo and he thinks he has found it in a far off planet. On that world researchers who have been studying the native fauna believe they have discovered a kangaroo like animal which is able to teleport. Intrigued by the revolutionary possibilities of faster than light travel, Falkner and his colleagues travel to the planet to study the animals. What they discover is that it is not the animals themselves who are teleporting. Rather they discover a race of disembodied extradimensional aliens. Some of these aliens, who possess powers of", "title": "Knight Moves (novel)" }, { "docid": "238072", "text": "light travelled faster in a denser medium than in a less dense medium. Descartes arrived at this conclusion by analogy with the behaviour of sound waves. Although Descartes was incorrect about the relative speeds, he was correct in assuming that light behaved like a wave and in concluding that refraction could be explained by the speed of light in different media. Descartes is not the first to use the mechanical analogies but because he clearly asserts that light is only a mechanical property of the luminous body and the transmitting medium, Descartes' theory of light is regarded as the start", "title": "Light" }, { "docid": "146309", "text": "Faster-than-light Faster-than-light (also superluminal or FTL) communication and travel are the conjectural propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. The special theory of relativity implies that only particles with zero rest mass may travel at the speed of light. Tachyons, particles whose speed exceeds that of light, have been hypothesized, but their existence would violate causality, and the consensus of physicists is that they cannot exist. On the other hand, what some physicists refer to as \"apparent\" or \"effective\" FTL depends on the hypothesis that unusually distorted regions of spacetime might permit matter to reach distant", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "7518757", "text": "sound We're faster than evil, we're faster than crime We're faster than light, we're faster than time The Ring Raiders toyline consisted primarily of small (3–4 centimeters long) plastic toy planes mounted on plastic rings via a detachable display stand. The stands allowed the aircraft a small degree of mobility. Relatively few molds were produced for the toyline; most of the aircraft were repainted three or four times each. The line was rather short lived, lasting about six months. The bulk of the toy release consisted of packs of four aircraft, each squadron sporting their own distinctive color scheme. No", "title": "Ring Raiders" }, { "docid": "4186185", "text": "for the launcher configuration. The primary use of the range facilities at Arnold Air Force Base is the measurement of released kinetic energy upon projectile impact. The muzzle velocity of an airgun, firearm, or light-gas gun is limited by, but not limited to, the speed of sound in the working fluid—the air, burning gunpowder, or a light gas. Up to the speed of sound, thermodynamics provides a simple, approximate calculation approach: the projectile is accelerated by the pressure difference between its ends, and since such a pressure wave cannot propagate any faster than the speed of sound in the medium,", "title": "Light-gas gun" }, { "docid": "390760", "text": "protons that have been unfolded from eleven space dimensions to two dimensions, programmed, and then refolded\" and thus Sophons remain undetectable for humans. In Howard Taylor's web comic series Schlock Mercenary, superluminal communication is performed via the hypernet, a galaxy-spanning analogue to the internet. Through the hypernet, communications and data are routed through nanoscopic wormholes, using conventional electromagnetic signals. Faster-than-light communication Superluminal communication is a hypothetical process in which information is sent at faster-than-light (FTL) speeds. The current scientific consensus is that faster-than-light communication is not possible, and to date it has not been achieved in any experiment. Under present", "title": "Faster-than-light communication" }, { "docid": "14731446", "text": "a plane at low altitude but not seeing it. Then he heard \"a loud sound followed by a bright flash of light on the horizon, then another dull sound and a less intense flash of light on the horizon\" as well as smelling aviation fuel. Brun maintains that the fisherman's account of the destruction of KAL 007 was not sustainable because if the aircraft exploded while low on the horizon, the sound of the explosion could not have, as reported by the fishermen, reached his ear before the flash of the explosion reached the eye, as light travels faster than", "title": "Korean Air Lines Flight 007 alternative theories" }, { "docid": "15936467", "text": "OPERA collaboration garnered international attention when they released a preprint reporting the Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly, wherein neutrinos were measured to be travelling, on average, at faster-than-light speed. On 24 February 2012, the team said they had discovered two problems with their previous test, muddying the validity of the previous result. The preprint has been modified to account for these facts, and indeed the measurement of the neutrino speed, there reported, agrees with the velocity of the light. CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso The CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project was a physics project of the European Organization for Nuclear", "title": "CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso" }, { "docid": "15286901", "text": "Another apparent contradiction lies in the fact that the group velocity in anomalously dispersive media is higher than the speed of light. This was investigated by Arnold Sommerfeld (1907, 1914) and Léon Brillouin (1914). They came to the conclusion that in such cases the signal velocity is not equal to the group velocity, but to the front velocity which is never faster than the speed of light. Similarly, it is also argued that the apparent superluminal effects discovered by Günter Nimtz can be explained by a thorough consideration of the velocities involved. Also quantum entanglement (denoted by Einstein as \"spooky", "title": "Criticism of the theory of relativity" }, { "docid": "6624698", "text": "however, the density of the center is predicted to be greater. If they exist, the eigenmode frequency for radial oscillations of a preon star will be 10 greater than that of a neutron star. As the radius will be roughly 10 smaller than the radius of a neutron star, if sound travels through preons at the same speed it does neutrons, then the frequency will be increased by 10, giving GHz frequencies. If sound travels faster in preons than it does neutrons, the frequency cannot exceed formula_6 even if the speed of light is approached. The existence of preons could", "title": "Preon star" }, { "docid": "422662", "text": "Tachyon A tachyon () or tachyonic particle is a hypothetical particle that always travels faster than light. Most physicists believe that faster-than-light particles cannot exist because they are not consistent with the known laws of physics. If such particles did exist, they could be used to build a tachyonic antitelephone and send signals faster than light, which (according to special relativity) would lead to violations of causality. No experimental evidence for the existence of such particles has been found. The possibility of particles moving faster-than-light was first proposed by O. M. P. Bilaniuk, V. K. Deshpande, and E. C. G.", "title": "Tachyon" }, { "docid": "487127", "text": "at speeds faster than light with respect to the contents of the warp bubble; that is, a light beam within the warp bubble would still always move faster than the ship. Because objects within the bubble are not moving (locally) faster than light, the mathematical formulation of the Alcubierre metric is consistent with the conventional claims of the laws of relativity (namely, that an object with mass cannot attain or exceed the speed of light) and conventional relativistic effects such as time dilation would not apply as they would with conventional motion at near-light speeds. The Alcubierre drive, however, remains", "title": "Alcubierre drive" }, { "docid": "146333", "text": "phase velocity or group velocity faster than the vacuum velocity of light. However, as stated above, a superluminal phase velocity cannot be used for faster-than-light transmission of information. The Hartman effect is the tunneling effect through a barrier where the tunneling time tends to a constant for large barriers. This could, for instance, be the gap between two prisms. When the prisms are in contact, the light passes straight through, but when there is a gap, the light is refracted. There is a non-zero probability that the photon will tunnel across the gap rather than follow the refracted path. For", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "10790784", "text": "Hartman effect The delay time for a quantum tunneling particle is independent of the thickness of the opaque barrier. This is called the Hartman effect, after Thomas Hartman who discovered it in 1962. In 2007, Nimtz and Stahlhofen demonstrated that quantum tunneling of \"evanescent modes\" across a gap might result in virtual particles traveling faster than light. The Hartman effect is the tunnelling effect through a barrier where the tunnelling time tends to a constant for large barriers. This was first described by Thomas E. Hartman in 1962. The Hartman effect was demonstrated with evanescent microwaves by Achim Enders and", "title": "Hartman effect" }, { "docid": "7978814", "text": "time running out before his body is discovered, she signs up with the ship \"Loki\", a barely legitimate 'spook' that survives by gathering intelligence and selling it. \"Loki\" is not a typical merchanter ship; instead of a close-knit family, the crew consists of unrelated hire-ons. As a result, various competing cliques have formed aboard and Bet has to navigate her way among them. She becomes friends with Musa, a universally respected crewman who claims to have served on one of the ancient sublighters, the original nine vessels that predated faster-than-light ships. She is also strongly attracted to Ramey, an ex-merchanter", "title": "Rimrunners" }, { "docid": "244154", "text": "not. Basically this means that while physics should remain the same in non-accelerated experiments, light would not follow the same rules because it is travelling in the universal \"aether frame\". Some effect caused by this difference should be detectable. A simple example concerns the model on which aether was originally built: sound. The speed of propagation for mechanical waves, the speed of sound, is defined by the mechanical properties of the medium. Sound travels 4.3 times faster in water than in air. This explains why a person hearing an explosion underwater and quickly surfacing can hear it again as the", "title": "Luminiferous aether" }, { "docid": "12035678", "text": "There he meets Gottwald and his wife, who are the last survivors of the people who came in the ship. Humans arose on a distant world, discovered faster-than-light space travel, carved an empire for themselves, and were then almost exterminated by the Enemy, a race of vicious monsters. So horrific are these creatures that they are part of human \"racial memory\", being the demons and dragons and other creatures out of nightmare. The ship is one of four sent as a last desperate measure. The human race had to start again. It needed a \"transfusion\" of new ideas and ways", "title": "Transfusion (short story)" }, { "docid": "16970517", "text": "is absorbed quite quickly as well. Besides these universal qualities of water, different bodies of water may absorb light of different wavelengths because of salts and other chemicals in the water. Hearing is an important sensory system for most species of fish. Hearing threshold and the ability to localize sound sources are reduced underwater, in which the speed of sound is faster than in air. Underwater hearing is by bone conduction, and localization of sound appears to depend on differences in amplitude detected by bone conduction. Aquatic animals such as fish, however, have a more specialized hearing apparatus that is", "title": "Sensory systems in fish" }, { "docid": "12441070", "text": "oscillating perpendicular to the propagation direction. Proponents claim this is necessary to explain polarised light, whereas opponents object to implications for the aether. Doppler doesn't choose sides, although the issue returns in § 6. § 2 Doppler observes that colour is a manifestation of the frequency of the light wave, in the eye of the beholder. He describes his principle that a frequency shift occurs when the source or the observer moves. A ship meets waves at a faster rate when sailing against the waves than when sailing along with them. The same goes for sound and light. § 3", "title": "Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels" }, { "docid": "510380", "text": "the other musicians, field conductors and listeners at slightly different times. If the distance between musicians is large enough, listeners may perceive waves to be . Typically, in this case, listeners perceive that one section of the band is playing their parts slightly after another section. This \"delay\" effect is informally referred to as \"ensemble tear\" or \"phasing\" (not to be confused with the music composition technique of the same name). Consider also that viewers perceive the movement of marchers as light waves. Since light travels faster than sound, viewers may perceive that movement is out of phase with the", "title": "Marching band" }, { "docid": "10080266", "text": "Light echo A light echo is a physical phenomenon caused by light reflected off surfaces distant from the source, and arriving at the observer with a delay relative to this distance. The phenomenon is analogous to an echo of sound, but due to the much faster speed of light, it mostly only manifests itself over astronomical distances. For example, a light echo is produced when a sudden flash from a nova is reflected off a cosmic dust cloud, and arrives at the viewer after a longer duration than it otherwise would have taken with a direct path. Because of their", "title": "Light echo" }, { "docid": "146362", "text": "oscillator ticking too fast. In special relativity, it is impossible to accelerate an object the speed of light, or for a massive object to move the speed of light. However, it might be possible for an object to exist which moves faster than light. The hypothetical elementary particles with this property are called tachyonic particles. Attempts to quantize them failed to produce faster-than-light particles, and instead illustrated that their presence leads to an instability. Various theorists have suggested that the neutrino might have a tachyonic nature, while others have disputed the possibility. Mechanical equations to describe hypothetical exotic matter which", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "10369523", "text": "moving faster than light to A. At A, it is received by another observer, moving so as to be in the system, who sends it back, again faster than light, arriving at B. But B is in the past relative to O. The absurdity of this process becomes obvious when both observers subsequently confirm that they received no message at all, but all messages were directed towards the other observer as can be seen graphically in the Minkowski diagram. Furthermore, if it were possible to accelerate an observer to the speed of light, their space and time axes would coincide", "title": "Minkowski diagram" }, { "docid": "18096552", "text": "times the distance of previous experiments. Another successful experiment was conducted at the University of Bristol, which revealed that sound could be manipulated to produce possible future tractor beams, rivaling light. This could be done using a precisely timed sequence of sound waves, produced by tiny loudspeakers, creating a limited space with low pressure that can counteract gravity and levitate objects. In \"Star Wars\", a subspace transceiver, also known as a subspace comm, subspace radio, and hypertransceiver, was a standard device used for instantaneous, faster-than-light communications between nearby systems. Similar to its shorter-ranged cousin, the comlink, the subspace transceiver relied", "title": "Technology in Star Wars" }, { "docid": "2175349", "text": "travel faster than the speed of light, but that given other circumstances it could have been possible to do so. Using the accessibility relation we can translate this scenario as follows: At all of the worlds accessible to our own world, it is not the case that humans can travel faster than the speed of light, but at one of these accessible worlds there is \"another\" world accessible from \"those\" worlds but not accessible from our own at which humans can travel faster than the speed of light. It should also be noted that the definition of □ makes vacuously", "title": "Modal logic" }, { "docid": "390460", "text": "has also been shown in experiment. It should even be possible for the group velocity to become infinite or negative, with pulses travelling instantaneously or backwards in time. None of these options, however, allow information to be transmitted faster than \"c\". It is impossible to transmit information with a light pulse any faster than the speed of the earliest part of the pulse (the front velocity). It can be shown that this is (under certain assumptions) always equal to \"c\". It is possible for a particle to travel through a medium faster than the phase velocity of light in that", "title": "Speed of light" }, { "docid": "146331", "text": "the underlying behavior does not violate local causality or allow FTL communication, it follows that neither does the additional effect of wavefunction collapse, whether real \"or\" apparent. The uncertainty principle implies that individual photons may travel for short distances at speeds somewhat faster (or slower) than \"c\", even in a vacuum; this possibility must be taken into account when enumerating Feynman diagrams for a particle interaction. However, it was shown in 2011 that a single photon may not travel faster than \"c\". In quantum mechanics, virtual particles may travel faster than light, and this phenomenon is related to the fact", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "1310742", "text": "than in liquids, and faster in liquids than in gases, because the solids are more difficult to compress than liquids, while liquids in turn are more difficult to compress than gases. Some textbooks mistakenly state that the speed of sound increases with density. This notion is illustrated by presenting data for three materials, such as air, water and steel, which also have vastly different compressibility, more which making up for the density differences. An illustrative example of the two effects is that sound travels only 4.3 times faster in water than air, despite enormous differences in compressibility of the two", "title": "Speed of sound" }, { "docid": "3219514", "text": "Feynman propagators in momentum space are: For purposes of Feynman diagram calculations, it is usually convenient to write these with an additional overall factor of (conventions vary). The Feynman propagator has some properties that seem baffling at first. In particular, unlike the commutator, the propagator is \"nonzero\" outside of the light cone, though it falls off rapidly for spacelike intervals. Interpreted as an amplitude for particle motion, this translates to the virtual particle travelling faster than light. It is not immediately obvious how this can be reconciled with causality: can we use faster-than-light virtual particles to send faster-than-light messages? The", "title": "Propagator" }, { "docid": "10176308", "text": "relativistic causality violation (which would be implied by transmitting information faster than light). He also argues that \"Nothing was observed to be traveling faster than light. The measured delay is the lifetime of stored energy leaking out of both sides of the barrier. The equality of transmission and reflection delays is what one expects for energy leaking out of both sides of a symmetric barrier.\" Aephraim M. Steinberg of the University of Toronto has also stated that Nimtz has not demonstrated causality violation (which would be implied by transmitting information faster than light). Steinberg also uses a classical argument. In", "title": "Günter Nimtz" }, { "docid": "8849970", "text": "\"acoustic laser\" or \"sound laser\". SASERs could have wide applications. Apart from facilitating the investigation of terahertz-frequency ultrasound, the SASER is also likely to find uses in optoelectronics (electronic devices that detect and control light—as a method of transmitting a signal from an end to the other of, for instance, fiber optics), as a method of signal modulation and/or transmission. Such devices could be high precision measurement instruments and they could lead to high energy focused sound. Using SASERs to manipulate electrons inside semiconductors could theoretically result in terahertz-frequency computer processors, much faster than the current chips. This concept can", "title": "Sound amplification by stimulated emission of radiation" }, { "docid": "146327", "text": "these are currently traveling away from us at speeds greater than the speed of light. Because the Hubble parameter is decreasing with time, there can actually be cases where a galaxy that is receding from us faster than light does manage to emit a signal which reaches us eventually. However, because the expansion of the universe is accelerating, it is projected that most galaxies will eventually cross a type of cosmological event horizon where any light they emit past that point will never be able to reach us at any time in the infinite future, because the light never reaches", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "16262748", "text": "Tachyonic field A tachyonic field, or simply tachyon, is a field with an imaginary mass. Although tachyonic particles (particles that move faster than light) are a purely hypothetical concept that violate a number of essential physical principles, at least one field with imaginary mass is believed to exist. In general, tachyonic fields play an important role in physics and are discussed in popular books. Under no circumstances do any excitations of tachyonic fields ever propagate faster than light—the presence or absence of a tachyonic (imaginary) mass has no effect on the maximum velocity of signals, and so unlike faster-than-light particles", "title": "Tachyonic field" }, { "docid": "459027", "text": "faster-than-light relative speed only applies locally. Wormholes might allow effective superluminal (faster-than-light) travel by ensuring that the speed of light is not exceeded locally at any time. While traveling through a wormhole, subluminal (slower-than-light) speeds are used. If two points are connected by a wormhole whose length is shorter than the distance between them \"outside\" the wormhole, the time taken to traverse it could be less than the time it would take a light beam to make the journey if it took a path through the space \"outside\" the wormhole. However, a light beam traveling through the same wormhole would", "title": "Wormhole" }, { "docid": "146354", "text": "(and return to their starting location) faster than light traveling outside the wormhole. Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy, a professor and student of Baylor University, theorized that manipulating the extra spatial dimensions of string theory around a spaceship with an extremely large amount of energy would create a \"bubble\" that could cause the ship to travel faster than the speed of light. To create this bubble, the physicists believe manipulating the 10th spatial dimension would alter the dark energy in three large spatial dimensions: height, width and length. Cleaver said positive dark energy is currently responsible for speeding up the", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146319", "text": "does not represent a speed measured in a single inertial frame. A light signal that left the Earth at the same time as the traveller would always get to the destination before the traveller. Since one might not travel faster than light, one might conclude that a human can never travel further from the Earth than 40 light-years if the traveler is active between the age of 20 and 60. A traveler would then never be able to reach more than the very few star systems which exist within the limit of 20–40 light-years from the Earth. This is a", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146342", "text": "be altered in certain cases. When vacuum energy is lowered, light itself has been predicted to go faster than the standard value \"c\". This is known as the Scharnhorst effect. Such a vacuum can be produced by bringing two perfectly smooth metal plates together at near atomic diameter spacing. It is called a Casimir vacuum. Calculations imply that light will go faster in such a vacuum by a minuscule amount: a photon traveling between two plates that are 1 micrometer apart would increase the photon's speed by only about one part in 10. Accordingly, there has as yet been no", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "12759427", "text": "Yukawa coupling to give them mass, as well. Mathematically, the Higgs field has imaginary mass and is therefore a tachyonic field. While tachyons (particles that move faster than light) are a purely hypothetical concept, fields with imaginary mass have come to play an important role in modern physics. Under no circumstances do any excitations ever propagate faster than light in such theories — the presence or absence of a tachyonic mass has no effect whatsoever on the maximum velocity of signals (there is no violation of causality). Instead of faster-than-light particles, the imaginary mass creates an instability: Any configuration in", "title": "Higgs boson" }, { "docid": "146352", "text": "to expand in such a way that they have a \"recession velocity\" which exceeds the speed of light, and it is thought that galaxies which are at a distance of more than about 14 billion light-years from us today have a recession velocity which is faster than light. Miguel Alcubierre theorized that it would be possible to create a warp drive, in which a ship would be enclosed in a \"warp bubble\" where the space at the front of the bubble is rapidly contracting and the space at the back is rapidly expanding, with the result that the bubble can", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "1429075", "text": "Meteorites entering the Earth's atmosphere usually, if not always, descend faster than sound. The tip of the propeller on many early aircraft may reach supersonic speeds, producing a noticeable buzz that differentiates such aircraft. This is undesirable, as the transonic air movement creates disruptive shock waves and turbulence. It is due to these effects that propellers are known to suffer from dramatically decreased performance as they approach the speed of sound. It is easy to demonstrate that the power needed to improve performance is so great that the weight of the required engine grows faster than the power output of", "title": "Sound barrier" }, { "docid": "146353", "text": "reach a distant destination much faster than a light beam moving outside the bubble, but without objects inside the bubble locally traveling faster than light. However, several objections raised against the Alcubierre drive appear to rule out the possibility of actually using it in any practical fashion. Another possibility predicted by general relativity is the traversable wormhole, which could create a shortcut between arbitrarily distant points in space. As with the Alcubierre drive, travelers moving through the wormhole would not \"locally\" move faster than light travelling through the wormhole alongside them, but they would be able to reach their destination", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146344", "text": "time machine, and thus would require a theory of quantum gravity to fully analyze. Other authors argue that Scharnhorst's original analysis, which seemed to show the possibility of faster-than-\"c\" signals, involved approximations which may be incorrect, so that it is not clear whether this effect could actually increase signal speed at all. The physicists Günter Nimtz and Alfons Stahlhofen, of the University of Cologne, claim to have violated relativity experimentally by transmitting photons faster than the speed of light. They say they have conducted an experiment in which microwave photons — relatively low-energy packets of light — travelled \"instantaneously\" between", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "16973757", "text": "can see polarized light. Amongst jawless fish, the lamprey has well-developed eyes, while the hagfish has only primitive eyespots. Fish vision shows adaptation to their visual environment, for example deep sea fishes have eyes suited to the dark environment. Hearing is an important sensory system for most species of fish. Hearing threshold and the ability to localize sound sources are reduced underwater, in which the speed of sound is faster than in air. Underwater hearing is by bone conduction, and localization of sound appears to depend on differences in amplitude detected by bone conduction. Aquatic animals such as fish, however,", "title": "Fish physiology" }, { "docid": "15969705", "text": "tests were necessary to definitely confirm or refute the results. In a analysis of their data, scientists of the OPERA collaboration reported evidence that neutrinos they produced at CERN in Geneva and recorded at the OPERA detector at Gran Sasso, Italy, had traveled faster than light. The neutrinos were calculated to have arrived approximately 60.7 nanoseconds (60.7 billionths of a second) sooner than light would have if traversing the same distance in a vacuum. After six months of cross checking, on , the researchers announced that neutrinos had been observed traveling at faster-than-light speed. Similar results were obtained using higher-energy", "title": "Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly" }, { "docid": "8289727", "text": "be treated as flat and unchanging, it does not apply to situations where spacetime curvature or evolution in time become important. These situations are described by general relativity, which allows the separation between two distant objects to increase faster than the speed of light, although the definition of \"separation\" is different from that used in an inertial frame. This can be seen when observing distant galaxies more than the Hubble radius away from us (approximately 4.5 gigaparsecs or 14.7 billion light-years); these galaxies have a recession speed that is faster than the speed of light. Light that is emitted today", "title": "Expansion of the universe" }, { "docid": "146311", "text": "definition of the meter) or about 186,282.397 miles per second. This is not quite the same as traveling faster than light, since: Neither of these phenomena violates special relativity or creates problems with causality, and thus neither qualifies as \"FTL\" as described here. In the following examples, certain influences may appear to travel faster than light, but they do not convey energy or information faster than light, so they do not violate special relativity. For an earth-bound observer, objects in the sky complete one revolution around the Earth in one day. Proxima Centauri, the nearest star outside the solar system,", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "422670", "text": "therefore increase in speed as it travels, as described above. If the tachyon interacts with any other particles, it can also radiate Cherenkov energy into those particles. Neutrinos interact with the other particles of the Standard Model, and Andrew Cohen and Sheldon Glashow recently used this to argue that the faster-than-light neutrino anomaly cannot be explained by making neutrinos propagate faster than light, and must instead be due to an error in the experiment. Causality is a fundamental principle of physics. If tachyons can transmit information faster than light, then according to relativity they violate causality, leading to logical paradoxes", "title": "Tachyon" }, { "docid": "19102463", "text": "siren is noise pollution reduction, since the siren will be heard only by those who need to hear it. Directional siren Directional siren refers to a siren with a bandwidth broader than 500 Hz-1.8 kHz that enables listeners to more quickly locate the source of the sound. Generally, sound localization accuracy is within 5 degrees, but enabling improved accuracy, for example in an ambulance siren, can lead to faster identification and response, thus enabling an ambulance to reach its destination faster and increase the chance of saving lives. Other benefits of directional sirens are reducing the potential health threat to", "title": "Directional siren" }, { "docid": "146332", "text": "that static field effects (which are mediated by virtual particles in quantum terms) may travel faster than light (see section on static fields above). However, macroscopically these fluctuations average out, so that photons do travel in straight lines over long (i.e., non-quantum) distances, and they do travel at the speed of light on average. Therefore, this does not imply the possibility of superluminal information transmission. There have been various reports in the popular press of experiments on faster-than-light transmission in optics — most often in the context of a kind of quantum tunnelling phenomenon. Usually, such reports deal with a", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "2231322", "text": "Fallen Dragon Fallen Dragon is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton. It was first published in 2001 by Macmillan. It follows the adventures of the mercenary Lawrence Newton as he attempts to capture what he believes is a fabulous treasure, only to find something of much greater importance. \"Fallen Dragon\" takes place during the 25th century. In the preceding centuries, a means of Faster-than-light (FTL) space travel was discovered, allowing a speed of one-half of a light-year per day. This led to a series of colonisation efforts in a globe about 70 light years around Earth,", "title": "Fallen Dragon" }, { "docid": "20026450", "text": "to have a period that is decreasing at a rate faster than that observed in other binary systems, indicating the first identification of a candidate precursor for a red nova. When discovered, it had a light curve period of 0.458 days and was estimated to merge sometime in early 2022. Currently this is the only identified candidate, but it is likely that more will be found in the near future. The GAIA and LSST missions are expected to find millions more eclipsing binary system, potentially increasing the eclipsing binary database by two orders of magnitude. Recent estimates suggest that there", "title": "V1309 Scorpii" }, { "docid": "146364", "text": "wave can break the light barrier under certain conditions. General relativity was developed after special relativity to include concepts like gravity. It maintains the principle that no object can accelerate to the speed of light in the reference frame of any coincident observer. However, it permits distortions in spacetime that allow an object to move faster than light from the point of view of a distant observer. One such distortion is the Alcubierre drive, which can be thought of as producing a ripple in spacetime that carries an object along with it. Another possible system is the wormhole, which connects", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146340", "text": "of time and velocity in different frames are no longer related simply by constant shifts, but are instead related by Poincaré transformations. These transformations have important implications: The speed of light is related to the vacuum permittivity \"ε\" and the vacuum permeability \"μ\". Therefore, not only the phase velocity, group velocity and energy flow velocity of electromagnetic waves but also the velocity of a photon can be faster than \"c\" in a special material has the constant permittivity or permeability whose value is less than that in vacuum. Special relativity postulate that the speed of light in vacuum is invariant", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "5072256", "text": "in the material, creating a standing wave. Diffraction from the standing wave does not shift the frequency of the diffracted light. Acousto-optic modulators are much faster than typical mechanical devices such as tiltable mirrors. The time it takes an AOM to shift the exiting beam in is roughly limited to the transit time of the sound wave across the beam (typically 5 to 100 ns). This is fast enough to create active modelocking in an ultrafast laser. When faster control is necessary electro-optic modulators are used. However, these require very high voltages (e.g. 1...10 kV), whereas AOMs offer more deflection", "title": "Acousto-optic modulator" }, { "docid": "487122", "text": "Alcubierre drive The Alcubierre drive or Alcubierre warp drive (or Alcubierre metric, referring to metric tensor) is a speculative idea based on a solution of Einstein's field equations in general relativity as proposed by Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent faster-than-light travel if a configurable energy-density field lower than that of vacuum (that is, negative mass) could be created. Rather than exceeding the speed of light within a local reference frame, a spacecraft would traverse distances by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, resulting in effective faster-than-light travel. Objects", "title": "Alcubierre drive" }, { "docid": "6653486", "text": "and satellites (often working with NASA or JPL scientists) – for who is out there to photograph them? They paint in oils, acrylics, gouache and markers, use pens, pastels or coloured pencils, or the latest digital technology. But these artists have an advantage over mere technology, for they can travel where machines cannot; and this includes into the past, the future and faster than light. A major activity of the IAAA is space art workshops, in most cases at remote locations with geology common to what has been discovered on other worlds. Iceland, Death Valley, Hawaii, The Colorado Plateau including", "title": "International Association of Astronomical Artists" }, { "docid": "198116", "text": "to fission propelled space-vehicles, avoiding the limitations of the Rocket equation. Scientists and authors have postulated a number of ways by which it might be possible to surpass the speed of light, but even the most serious-minded of these are highly speculative. It is also debatable whether faster-than-light travel is physically possible, in part because of causality concerns: travel faster than light may, under certain conditions, permit travel backwards in time within the context of special relativity. Proposed mechanisms for faster-than-light travel within the theory of general relativity require the existence of exotic matter and it is not known if", "title": "Interstellar travel" }, { "docid": "16396466", "text": "songs like \"Welcome To C.I.A.\", \"Bourbon and Soda\", \"Faster Than The Speed of Light\", \"Your Life Is My Death\", \"Hong Kong Falls\". Ács spent about 10 years with the band and later determined the sound of the band with his unique bass playing style. On 29 November 2013, Amber Smith released their EP entitled \"Another Way\". The EP contains the title track and Merciful Sea written by Poniklo and Zubkov. The album was recorded at Supersize Studio and Echo Studio in Budapest and it was mixed by György Ligeti and mastered at Abnormal Studios in Pesterzsébet. Csaba Neményi, who played", "title": "Amber Smith (band)" }, { "docid": "666953", "text": "breach. In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre formulated a theoretical solution, called the Alcubierre drive, for faster-than-light travel which models the warp drive concept. Calculations found that such a model would require prohibitive amounts of negative energy or mass. In 2018, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency made public a 2010 report that surveyed multiple different approaches to faster-than-light travel. One physicist who reviewed the report explained, that, while the theories were legitimate, they did not represent \"something that's going to connect with engineering anytime soon, probably anytime ever.\" In 2012, NASA researcher Harold White hypothesized that by changing the shape of", "title": "Warp drive" }, { "docid": "430465", "text": "in a peer-reviewed journal to have observed single photons' precursors, saying that they travel no faster than \"c\" in a vacuum. His experiment involved slow light as well as passing light through a vacuum. He generated two single photons, passing one through rubidium atoms that had been cooled with a laser (thus slowing the light) and passing one through a vacuum. Both times, apparently, the precursors preceded the photons' main bodies, and the precursor traveled at \"c\" in a vacuum. According to Du, this implies that there is no possibility of light traveling faster than \"c\" and, thus, no possibility", "title": "Time travel" }, { "docid": "12897496", "text": "of Sea-Tac Airport. The decision to stop this \"starter\" line a mile short of the airport would later be criticized by light rails opponents, but the explanation provided by Sound Transit was that it was that the designs were not completed for a planned remodel of Sea-Tac and that they only had $12 million to extend the line when the projected cost to do so was between $350 million and $500 million. An audit by Deloitte & Touche discovered that while Sound Transit was much better than before, it still ran a risk of cost overruns by not having better", "title": "History of Link light rail" }, { "docid": "15454", "text": "falls faster than a lighter object is incorrect. A contrary opinion is given by Carlo Rovelli, who argues that Aristotle's physics of motion is correct within its domain of validity, that of objects in the Earth's gravitational field immersed in a fluid such as air. In this system, heavy bodies in steady fall indeed travel faster than light ones (whether friction is ignored, or not), and they do fall more slowly in a denser medium. Newton's \"forced\" motion corresponds to Aristotle's \"violent\" motion with its external agent, but Aristotle's assumption that the agent's effect stops immediately it stops acting (e.g.,", "title": "Aristotle" }, { "docid": "13371154", "text": "depth where the sound speed is at a minimum is the sound channel axis. This is a characteristic that can be found in optical guides. If a sound wave propagates away from this horizontal channel, the part of the wave furthest from the channel axis travels faster, so the wave turns back toward the channel axis. As a result, the sound waves trace a path that oscillates across the SOFAR channel axis. This principle is similar to long distance transmission of light in an optical fiber. In this channel, a sound has a range of over 2000 km. To use", "title": "RAFOS float" }, { "docid": "6528661", "text": "Metal Fatigue (video game) Metal Fatigue (also known as Metal Conflict), is a futuristic science fiction, real-time strategy computer game developed by Zono and published by Psygnosis (in Europe) and TalonSoft (in the United States). The game was re-released in June 21, 2018 on GOG.com and Steam (software) by the Nightdive Studios who have acquired the rights to the game. During the 23rd century, man has discovered faster-than-light travel and has finally reached the stars. Galactic exploration had confirmed man's worst two fears. First, a warlike, alien race with vastly superior technology does exist. The exploration fleet reported sentient structures", "title": "Metal Fatigue (video game)" }, { "docid": "146359", "text": "the relativistic gravitational interaction arises as the small-amplitude collective excitation mode whereas relativistic elementary particles can be described by the particle-like modes in the limit of low momenta. The important fact is that at very high velocities the behavior of the particle-like modes becomes distinct from the relativistic one - they can reach the speed of light limit at finite energy; also, faster-than-light propagation is possible without requiring moving objects to have imaginary mass. In 2007 the MINOS collaboration reported results measuring the flight-time of 3 GeV neutrinos yielding a speed exceeding that of light by 1.8-sigma significance. However, those", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "103171", "text": "Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Stock, and Stock classes, as well as some dial-in classes), if a competitor is faster than his or her predetermined time (a \"breakout\"), that competitor loses. If both competitors are faster than their predetermined times, the competitor who breaks out by less time wins. Regardless, a red light foul is worse than a breakout, except in Junior Dragster where exceeding the absolute limit is a cause for disqualification. Most race events use a traditional bracket system, where the losing car and driver are eliminated from the event while the winner advances to the next round,", "title": "Drag racing" }, { "docid": "164205", "text": "it is possible for the group velocity (as defined above) of laser light pulses sent through lossy materials, or gainful materials, to significantly exceed the speed of light in vacuum . The peaks of wavepackets were also seen to move faster than . In all these cases, however, there is no possibility that signals could be carried faster than the speed of light in vacuum, since the high value of does not help to speed up the true motion of the sharp wavefront that would occur at the start of any real signal. Essentially the seemingly superluminal transmission is an", "title": "Group velocity" }, { "docid": "390446", "text": "a laser beam is swept quickly across a distant object, the spot of light can move faster than \"c\", although the initial movement of the spot is delayed because of the time it takes light to get to the distant object at the speed \"c\". However, the only physical entities that are moving are the laser and its emitted light, which travels at the speed \"c\" from the laser to the various positions of the spot. Similarly, a shadow projected onto a distant object can be made to move faster than \"c\", after a delay in time. In neither case", "title": "Speed of light" }, { "docid": "15787500", "text": "Shengwang Du Shengwang Du is a professor in the department of physics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is noted for having led a team that performed an experiment showing individual photons cannot travel faster than the speed of light (\"c\") in a vacuum, thus apparently removing one approach to time travel. Du claims in a peer reviewed journal to have observed single photons' precursors, saying that they travel no faster than \"c\" in a vacuum. His experiment involved slow light as well as passing light through a vacuum. He generated two single photons, passing one through", "title": "Shengwang Du" }, { "docid": "146314", "text": "the source to the object faster than \"c\", nor does any information travel faster than light. An analogy can be made to pointing a water hose in one direction and then quickly moving the hose to point the stream of water in another direction. At no point does the water leaving the hose ever increase in velocity, but the endpoint of the stream can be moved faster than the water in the stream itself. Since there is no \"retardation\" (or aberration) of the apparent position of the source of a gravitational or electric static field when the source moves with", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "15286894", "text": "results are still negative. In the 2011 Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly, the OPERA collaboration published results which appeared to show that the speed of neutrinos is slightly faster than the speed of light. However, sources of errors were found and confirmed in 2012 by the OPERA collaboration, which fully explained the initial results. In their final publication, a neutrino speed consistent with the speed of light was stated. Also subsequent experiments found agreement with the speed of light, see measurements of neutrino speed. It was also claimed that special relativity cannot handle acceleration, which would lead to contradictions in some situations.", "title": "Criticism of the theory of relativity" }, { "docid": "1839469", "text": "Macross Within the series, the term \"Macross\" is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the original Macross, the SDF-1 \"Macross\". \"Overtechnology\" refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship ASS-1 (\"Alien Star Ship - One\" later renamed \"Super Dimension Fortress - One Macross\") that crashed on \"South Ataria\" island. Humans were able to reverse engineer the technology to create the mecha (variable fighters and destroids), faster-than-light space fold drive for starships and other advanced technologies that the series features. The first TV series was adapted into the first season of \"Robotech\" in 1985,", "title": "Macross" }, { "docid": "146339", "text": "pair and so it can't be observed until both photons have been measured, ensuring that an experimenter watching only the photons going through the slit does not obtain information about the other photons in an FTL or backwards-in-time manner. Faster-than-light communication is, according to relativity, equivalent to time travel. What we measure as the speed of light in a vacuum (or near vacuum) is actually the fundamental physical constant \"c\". This means that all inertial observers, regardless of their relative velocity, will always measure zero-mass particles such as photons traveling at \"c\" in a vacuum. This result means that measurements", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146337", "text": "demonstrated non-local quantum correlations between particles separated by over 10 kilometers. But as noted earlier, the non-local correlations seen in entanglement cannot actually be used to transmit classical information faster than light, so that relativistic causality is preserved; see no-communication theorem for further information. A 2008 quantum physics experiment also performed by Nicolas Gisin and his colleagues has determined that in any hypothetical non-local hidden-variables theory the speed of the quantum non-local connection (what Einstein called \"spooky action at a distance\") is at least 10,000 times the speed of light. The delayed-choice quantum eraser is a version of the EPR", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "16809240", "text": "the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2011 discovered that it produces the fastest winds ever coming from an accretion disk at 20 million mph (3% of the speed of light). This is 10 times faster than the next highest measured wind speed. According to Ashley King from the University of Michigan \"Contrary to the popular perception of black holes pulling in all of the material that gets close, we estimate up to 95 percent of the matter in the disk around IGR J17091 is expelled by the wind.\" IGR J17091 also exhibits peculiar X-ray variability patterns or \"heartbeats\" which are small,", "title": "IGR J17091-3624" }, { "docid": "7072466", "text": "prohibitive cost of gallium. Larger experiments have therefore turned to a cheaper reaction mass. \"Ring-imaging\" Cherenkov detectors take advantage of a phenomenon called Cherenkov light. Cherenkov radiation is produced whenever charged particles such as electrons or muons are moving through a given detector medium somewhat faster than the speed of light in that medium. In a Cherenkov detector, a large volume of clear material such as water or ice is surrounded by light-sensitive photomultiplier tubes. A charged lepton produced with sufficient energy and moving through such a detector does travel somewhat faster than the speed of light in the detector", "title": "Neutrino detector" }, { "docid": "4257461", "text": "find out that it doesn't go only at the speed of light! It may surprise you that there is an amplitude for a photon to go at speeds faster or slower than the conventional speed, \"c\".\" These virtual photons, however, do not violate causality or special relativity, as they are not directly observable and information cannot be transmitted acausally in the theory. Feynman diagrams and virtual photons are usually interpreted not as a physical picture of what is taking place, but rather as a convenient calculation tool (which, in some cases, happen to involve faster-than-light velocity vectors). In 1937, Paul", "title": "Variable speed of light" }, { "docid": "146313", "text": "take them out to more than 1000 AU. The circumference of a circle with a radius of 1000 AU is greater than one light day. In other words, a comet at such a distance is superluminal in a geostatic, and therefore non-inertial, frame. If a laser beam is swept across a distant object, the spot of laser light can easily be made to move across the object at a speed greater than \"c\". Similarly, a shadow projected onto a distant object can be made to move across the object faster than \"c\". In neither case does the light travel from", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "8182367", "text": "still recovering from a two-century-long era of war and chaos that began with the Soviet conquest of North America in World War III and ended with the unification of the Solar System at the conclusion of a war between Mars and Venus. Twenty-two years after the discovery of a faster-than-light drive, Troas is the only Earthlike world to be discovered, and enthusiasm for interstellar travel is waning. If Troas is not opened to colonization, humanity may give up interstellar travel altogether. The effort to mount a second expedition to Troas is plagued with difficulties. The Lagrange Institute is unable to", "title": "Question and Answer (novel)" }, { "docid": "790989", "text": "energy and FTL (faster-than-light). A hypothetical particle with complex rest mass would always travel faster than the speed of light. Such particles are called tachyons. There is no confirmed existence of tachyons. If the rest mass formula_4 is complex this implies that the denominator is complex because the total energy is observable and thus must be real. Therefore, the quantity under the square root must be negative, which can only happen if \"v\" is greater than \"c\". As noted by Gregory Benford \"et al.,\" special relativity implies that tachyons, if they existed, could be used to communicate backwards in time", "title": "Exotic matter" }, { "docid": "5721755", "text": "passed through the gauze); indeed, in early lamps worse than candles. The problem not solved until the introduction of electric lighting around 1900 and the introduction of battery-powered helmet lamps in 1930. The poor light provided yet another reason for miners to try to circumvent the locks. Early lamps (the Davy, Geordie and Clanny) had the gauze exposed to air currents. It was quickly discovered that an air current could cause the flame to pass through the gauze. The flame playing directly on the gauze heats it faster than the heat can be conducted away, eventually igniting the gas outside", "title": "Safety lamp" }, { "docid": "13857816", "text": "also increased. The first light curves of SNe Ia obtained using CCD photometry showed that some supernovae had faster decline rates than others. Later, the low luminosity Ia SN 1991bg with a fast decline rate was discovered. All this motivated the American astronomer Mark M. Phillips to revise this relationship precisely during the course of the Calán/Tololo Supernova Survey. The correlation had been difficult to prove because Pskovskii's slope (β) parameter was difficult to measure with precision in practice, a necessary condition to prove the correlation. Rather than trying to determine the slope, Phillips used a simpler and more robust", "title": "Phillips relationship" }, { "docid": "477524", "text": "Lorentz transform of special relativity) in which an observer would see an effect precede its cause (i.e. the postulate of causality would be violated). Causal notions appear in the context of the flow of mass-energy. For example, it is commonplace to argue that causal efficacy can be propagated by waves (such as electromagnetic waves) only if they propagate no faster than light. Wave packets have group velocity and phase velocity. For waves that propagate causal efficacy, both of these must travel no faster than light. Thus light waves often propagate causal efficacy but de Broglie waves often have phase velocity", "title": "Causality" }, { "docid": "146325", "text": "power does not. The expansion of the universe causes distant galaxies to recede from us faster than the speed of light, if proper distance and cosmological time are used to calculate the speeds of these galaxies. However, in general relativity, velocity is a local notion, so velocity calculated using comoving coordinates does not have any simple relation to velocity calculated locally. (See comoving distance for a discussion of different notions of 'velocity' in cosmology.) Rules that apply to relative velocities in special relativity, such as the rule that relative velocities cannot increase past the speed of light, do not apply", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "146310", "text": "locations in less time than light could in normal or undistorted spacetime. According to the current scientific theories, matter is required to travel at slower-than-light (also subluminal or STL) speed with respect to the locally distorted spacetime region. \"Apparent\" FTL is not excluded by general relativity; however, any apparent FTL physical plausibility is speculative. Examples of apparent FTL proposals are the Alcubierre drive and the traversable wormhole. In the context of this article, FTL is the transmission of information or matter faster than \"c\", a constant equal to the speed of light in a vacuum, which is 299,792,458 m/s (by", "title": "Faster-than-light" }, { "docid": "390448", "text": "exist in a superposition of two quantum states. If the particles are separated and one particle's quantum state is observed, the other particle's quantum state is determined instantaneously (i.e., faster than light could travel from one particle to the other). However, it is impossible to control which quantum state the first particle will take on when it is observed, so information cannot be transmitted in this manner. Another quantum effect that predicts the occurrence of faster-than-light speeds is called the Hartman effect: under certain conditions the time needed for a virtual particle to tunnel through a barrier is constant, regardless", "title": "Speed of light" }, { "docid": "15134633", "text": "states that, even moving at the speed of light, the ship could not arrive before then. However, it is travelling \"faster\" than light and is upon them in minutes. Verdeschi calls for a visual; the ship is an impressive—and familiar—design. It is a Superswift, an Earth ship designed for interstellar travel. The project was shelved by the World Space Commission as no one could devise a practical faster-than-light propulsion system—at least as of . Tracked by Alpha's laser batteries, the ship comes in for a landing. Contact is made and the visual of its captain shocks Verdeschi—it is his older", "title": "The Bringers of Wonder, Part One" }, { "docid": "2188675", "text": "This result has been interpreted to mean that dolphins sleep only one hemisphere of their brain at a time, possibly to control their voluntary respiration system or to be vigilant for predators. This is also given as explanation for the large size of their brains. Dolphin brain stem transmission time is faster than that normally found in humans, and is approximately equivalent to the speed in rats. As echo-location is the dolphin's primary senseanalogous to vision in primates – and since sound travels four and a half times faster in water than in air, scientists speculate that the faster brain", "title": "Cetacean intelligence" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2088518", "text": "separating the homologous chromosomes in meiosis I and then the sister chromatids in meiosis II. The process of meiosis I is generally longer than meiosis II because it takes more time for the chromatin to replicate and for the homologous chromosomes to be properly oriented and segregated by the processes of pairing and synapsis in meiosis I. During meiosis, genetic recombination (by random segregation) and crossing over produces daughter cells that each contain different combinations of maternally and paternally coded genes. This recombination of genes allows for the introduction of new allele pairings and genetic variation. Genetic variation among organisms", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "2088523", "text": "separated in meiosis I, the sister chromatids from each pair are separated. The two haploid(because the chromosome no. has reduced to half. Earlier two sets of chromosomes were present, but now each set exists in two different daughter cells that have arisen from the single diploid parent cell by meiosis I) daughter cells resulting from meiosis I undergo another cell division in meiosis II but without another round of chromosomal replication. The sister chromatids in the two daughter cells are pulled apart during anaphase II by nuclear spindle fibers, resulting in four haploid daughter cells. Homologous chromosomes do not function", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "251319", "text": "cut and then repaired, which allows them to exchange some of their genetic information. A subset of recombination events results in crossovers, which create physical links known as chiasmata (singular: chiasma, for the Greek letter Chi (X)) between the homologous chromosomes. In most organisms, these links are essential to direct each pair of homologous chromosomes to segregate away from each other during Meiosis I, resulting in two haploid cells that have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. During Meiosis II, the cohesion between sister chromatids is released and they segregate from one another, as during mitosis. In", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "2088522", "text": "emanating from opposite spindle poles attach to each of the homologs (each pair of sister chromatids) at the kinetochore. In anaphase I of meiosis I the homologous chromosomes are pulled apart from each other. The homologs are cleaved by the enzyme separase to release the cohesin that held the homologous chromosome arms together. This allows the chiasmata to release and the homologs to move to opposite poles of the cell. The homologous chromosomes are now randomly segregated into two daughter cells that will undergo meiosis II to produce four haploid daughter germ cells. After the tetrads of homologous chromosomes are", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "2088518", "text": "separating the homologous chromosomes in meiosis I and then the sister chromatids in meiosis II. The process of meiosis I is generally longer than meiosis II because it takes more time for the chromatin to replicate and for the homologous chromosomes to be properly oriented and segregated by the processes of pairing and synapsis in meiosis I. During meiosis, genetic recombination (by random segregation) and crossing over produces daughter cells that each contain different combinations of maternally and paternally coded genes. This recombination of genes allows for the introduction of new allele pairings and genetic variation. Genetic variation among organisms", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "251318", "text": "of chromosomes as the original parent cell. The two meiotic divisions are known as Meiosis I and Meiosis II. Before meiosis begins, during S phase of the cell cycle, the DNA of each chromosome is replicated so that it consists of two identical sister chromatids, which remain held together through sister chromatid cohesion. This S-phase can be referred to as \"premeiotic S-phase\" or \"meiotic S-phase\". Immediately following DNA replication, meiotic cells enter a prolonged G2-like stage known as meiotic prophase. During this time, homologous chromosomes pair with each other and undergo genetic recombination, a programmed process in which DNA is", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "251330", "text": "of preformed mRNA), regulating the ultimate meiotic stage-specific protein expression of genes during meiosis. Thus, both transcriptional and translational controls determine the broad restructuring of meiotic cells needed to carry out meiosis. Meiosis I segregates homologous chromosomes, which are joined as tetrads (2n, 4c), producing two haploid cells (n chromosomes, 23 in humans) which each contain chromatid pairs (1n, 2c). Because the ploidy is reduced from diploid to haploid, meiosis I is referred to as a \"reductional division\". Meiosis II is an \"equational division\" analogous to mitosis, in which the sister chromatids are segregated, creating four haploid daughter cells (1n,", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "251327", "text": "further divided into Karyokinesis I and Cytokinesis I and Karyokinesis II and Cytokinesis II respectively. The preparatory steps that lead up to meiosis are identical in pattern and name to interphase of the mitotic cell cycle. Interphase is divided into three phases: Interphase is followed by meiosis I and then meiosis II. Meiosis I separates homologous chromosomes, each still made up of two sister chromatids, into two daughter cells, thus reducing the chromosome number by half. During meiosis II, sister chromatids decouple and the resultant daughter chromosomes are segregated into four daughter cells. For diploid organisms, the daughter cells resulting", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "2088519", "text": "helps make a population more stable by providing a wider range of genetic traits for natural selection to act on. In prophase I of meiosis I, each chromosome is aligned with its homologous partner and pairs completely. In prophase I, the DNA has already undergone replication so each chromosome consists of two identical chromatids connected by a common centromere. During the zygotene stage of prophase I, the homologous chromosomes pair up with each other. This pairing occurs by a synapsis process where the synaptonemal complex - a protein scaffold - is assembled and joins the homologous chromosomes along their lengths.", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "7327549", "text": "segregates to opposite poles. Without cohesin, the cell would be unable to control sister chromatid segregation since there would be no way of ensuring whether the spindle fiber attached on each sister chromatid is from a different pole. 2. It facilitates spindle attachment onto chromosomes. 3. It facilitates DNA repair by recombination. 4. Recently many novel functions of cohesin have been discovered in many different cellular processes. Cohesin has been shown to be responsible for transcription regulation, DNA double strand break repair, chromosome condensation, pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis I, mono-orientation of sister kinetochores during meiosis I, non-homologous centromere", "title": "Cohesin" }, { "docid": "2678824", "text": "Nondisjunction Nondisjunction is the failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate properly during cell division. There are three forms of nondisjunction: failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate in meiosis I, failure of sister chromatids to separate during meiosis II, and failure of sister chromatids to separate during mitosis. Nondisjunction results in daughter cells with abnormal chromosome numbers (aneuploidy). Calvin Bridges and Thomas Hunt Morgan are credited with discovering nondisjunction in \"Drosophila melanogaster\" sex chromosomes in the spring of 1910, while working in the Zoological Laboratory of Columbia University. In general, nondisjunction can occur in any", "title": "Nondisjunction" }, { "docid": "8249734", "text": "syndrome. The formation of dicentric chromosomes and their implications on centromere function are studied in certain clinical cytogenetics laboratories. Most dicentric chromosomes are known to form through chromosomal inversions, which are rotations in regions of a chromosome due to chromosomal breakages or intra-chromosomal recombinations. Inversions that exclude the centromere are known as paracentric inversions, which result in unbalanced gametes after meiosis. During prophase of meiosis I, homologous chromosomes form an inversion loop and crossover occurs. If a paracentric inversion has occurred, one of the products will be acentric, while the other product will be dicentric. The dicentric chromatid is pulled", "title": "Dicentric chromosome" }, { "docid": "2088521", "text": "crossing over occurs and throughout the process of chromosomal segregation during meiosis. Both the non-crossover and crossover types of recombination function as processes for repairing DNA damage, particularly double-strand breaks. At the diplotene stage of prophase I the synaptonemal complex disassembles before which will allow the homologous chromosomes to separate, while the sister chromatids stay associated by their centromeres. In metaphase I of meiosis I, the pairs of homologous chromosomes, also known as bivalents or tetrads, line up in a random order along the metaphase plate. The random orientation is another way for cells to introduce genetic variation. Meiotic spindles", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "15015776", "text": "homologs assume a crosslike configuration in which four chromosomes, rather than the normal two, pair to achieve a maximum of synapsis between similar regions. We denote the chromosomes carrying translocated material with a T and the chromosomes with a normal order of genes with an N. Chromosomes N1 and T1 have homologous centromeres found in wild type on chromosome 1; N2 and T2 have centromeres found in wild type on chromosome 2. During anaphase of meiosis I, the mechanisms that attach the spindle to the chromosomes in this crosslike configuration still usually ensure the disjunction of homologous centromeres, bringing homologous", "title": "Pseudolinkage" }, { "docid": "16674446", "text": "the genetic cause of 48, XXXY syndrome the oocyte would contain three X chromosome. This would be caused by two non-disjunction events during oogenesis. In meiosis I both sets of duplicated X chromosomes would have to be not separated. Then in meiosis II one set of X chromosomes would have to not separate and the other set would separate resulting in one oocyte with three X chromosomes. A normal sperm containing a Y chromosome would have to fertilize the XXX oocyte to make a XXXY zygote. The additional X chromosomes that are characteristic of this condition are associated with an", "title": "XXXY syndrome" }, { "docid": "2088526", "text": "adhering homologous chromosomes vary among organisms, proper functioning of those mechanisms is imperative in order for the final genetic material to be sorted correctly. Proper homologous chromosome separation in meiosis I is crucial for sister chromatid separation in meiosis II. A failure to separate properly is known as nondisjunction. There are two main types of nondisjunction that occur: trisomy and monosomy. Trisomy is caused by the presence of one additional chromosome in the zygote as compared to the normal number, and monosomy is characterized by the presence of one fewer chromosome in the zygote as compared to the normal number.", "title": "Homologous chromosome" } ]

[ { "docid": "262609", "text": "The Law of Segregation states that every individual organism contains two alleles for each trait, and that these alleles segregate (separate) during meiosis such that each gamete contains only one of the alleles. An offspring thus receives a pair of alleles for a trait by inheriting homologous chromosomes from the parent organisms: one allele for each trait from each parent. Molecular proof of this principle was subsequently found through observation of meiosis by two scientists independently, the German botanist Oscar Hertwig in 1876, and the Belgian zoologist Edouard Van Beneden in 1883. Paternal and maternal chromosomes get separated in meiosis", "title": "Mendelian inheritance" }, { "docid": "2088511", "text": "Homologous chromosome A couple of homologous chromosomes, or homologs, are a set of one maternal and one paternal chromosome that pair up with each other inside a cell during meiosis. Homologs have the same genes in the same loci where they provide points along each chromosome which enable a pair of chromosomes to align correctly with each other before separating during meiosis. This is the basis for Mendelian inheritance which characterizes inheritance patterns of genetic material from an organism to its offspring parent developmental cell at the given time and area. Chromosomes are linear arrangements of condensed deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "9354233", "text": "Trait Loci (QTL) maps can be produced using two separate methods. One way uses the frequency of marker alleles and compares them to individuals selected from the two tails of the trait distribution. This is called the Trait-Based approach and strictly uses phenotypic information only to select the individuals for a sample. The other approach is called the Marker-Base approach (MB), and uses both the difference in marker allele frequencies and the phenotypic values of each marker genotype when selecting samples. In diploid eukaryotic cells, recombination can occur during the process of Meiosis. Homologous chromosomes pair up during meiosis before", "title": "Complete linkage" }, { "docid": "7246777", "text": "Compare sister chromatids to homologous chromosomes, which are the two \"different\" copies of a chromosome that diploid organisms (like humans) inherit, one from each parent. Sister chromatids are by and large identical (since they carry the same alleles, also called variants or versions, of genes) because they derive from one original chromosome. An exception is towards the end of meiosis, after crossing over has occurred, because sections of each sister chromatid may have been exchanged with corresponding sections of the homologous chromatids with which they are paired during meiosis. Homologous chromosomes might or might not be the same as each", "title": "Sister chromatids" }, { "docid": "251331", "text": "1c). Prophase I is typically the longest phase of meiosis. During prophase I, homologous chromosomes pair and exchange DNA (homologous recombination). This often results in chromosomal crossover. This process is critical for pairing between homologous chromosomes and hence for accurate segregation of the chromosomes at the first meiosis division. The new combinations of DNA created during crossover are a significant source of genetic variation, and result in new combinations of alleles, which may be beneficial. The paired and replicated chromosomes are called bivalents or tetrads, which have two chromosomes and four chromatids, with one chromosome coming from each parent. The", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "2088530", "text": "this capability for regenerative medicine. This medicine could be very prevalent in relation to cancer, as DNA damage is thought to be contributor to carcinogenesis. Manipulating the repair function of homologous chromosomes might allow for bettering a cell’s damage response system. While research has not yet confirmed the effectiveness of such treatment, it may become a useful therapy for cancer. Homologous chromosome A couple of homologous chromosomes, or homologs, are a set of one maternal and one paternal chromosome that pair up with each other inside a cell during meiosis. Homologs have the same genes in the same loci where", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "6702969", "text": "chromatid that are aligned and produce alternating dark and light bands when stained. The dark bands are the chromomere. It is unknown when chromomeres first appear on the chromosome. Chromomeres can be observed best when chromosomes are highly condensed. The chromomeres are present during leptotene phase of prophase I during meiosis. During zygotene phase of prophase I, the chromomeres of homologs align with each other to form homologous rough pairing (homology searching). These chromomeres helps provide a unique identity for each homologous pairs. There are more than 2000 chromomeres on 20 chromosomes of maize. Chromomeres are organized in a discontinuous", "title": "Chromomere" }, { "docid": "2088524", "text": "the same in mitosis as they do in meiosis. Prior to every single mitotic division a cell undergoes, the chromosomes in the parent cell replicate themselves. The homologous chromosomes within the cell will ordinarily not pair up and undergo genetic recombination with each other. Instead, the replicants, or sister chromatids, will line up along the metaphase plate and then separate in the same way as meiosis II - by being pulled apart at their centromeres by nuclear mitotic spindles. If any crossing over does occur between sister chromatids during mitosis, it does not produce any new recombinant genotypes. Homologous pairing", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "111336", "text": "two related species to produce a new hybrid species. This is not common in animals as animal hybrids are usually sterile. This is because during meiosis the homologous chromosomes from each parent are from different species and cannot successfully pair. However, it is more common in plants because plants often double their number of chromosomes, to form polyploids. This allows the chromosomes from each parental species to form matching pairs during meiosis, since each parent's chromosomes are represented by a pair already. An example of such a speciation event is when the plant species \"Arabidopsis thaliana\" and \"Arabidopsis arenosa\" crossbred", "title": "Evolution" }, { "docid": "12967442", "text": "material from both gametes. In a process called genetic recombination, genetic material (DNA) joins up so that homologous chromosome sequences are aligned with each other, and this is followed by exchange of genetic information. Two rounds of cell division then produce four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes from each original parent cell, and the same number of chromosomes as both parents. For instance, in human reproduction each human cell contains 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. Meiosis in the parents' gonads produce gamete cells which only contain 23 chromosomes each. When the gametes are combined via sexual intercourse", "title": "Sexual reproduction" }, { "docid": "312797", "text": "cells. The haploid gametes produced by most organisms combine to form a zygote with \"n\" pairs of chromosomes, i.e. 2\"n\" chromosomes in total. The chromosomes in each pair, one of which comes from the sperm and one from the egg, are said to be homologous. Cells and organisms with pairs of homologous chromosomes are called diploid. For example, most animals are diploid and produce haploid gametes. During meiosis, sex cell precursors have their number of chromosomes halved by randomly \"choosing\" one member of each pair of chromosomes, resulting in haploid gametes. Because homologous chromosomes usually differ genetically, gametes usually differ", "title": "Ploidy" }, { "docid": "11013184", "text": "metaphase I and anaphase I in the meiosis diagram. Different pairs of chromosomes segregate independently of each other, a process termed “independent assortment of non-homologous chromosomes”. This process results in each gamete usually containing a mixture of chromosomes from both original parents. Improper chromosome segregation can result in aneuploid gametes having either too few or too many chromosomes. The second stage at which segregation occurs during meiosis is prophase II (see meiosis diagram). During this stage, segregation occurs by a process similar to that during mitosis, except that in this case prophase II is not preceded by a round of", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "6456199", "text": "Rather, one homologous segment \"writes over\" the other. The mechanism is presumed to be different from RecLOH events in autosomal chromosomes, since the target is the very same chromosome instead of the homologous one. During the mutation one of these copies overwrites the other. Thus the differences between the two are lost. Because differences are lost, heterozygosity is lost. Recombination on the Y-chromosome does not only take place during meiosis, but virtually at every mitosis when the Y chromosome condenses, because it doesn't require pairing between chromosomes. Recombination frequency even exceeds the frame shift mutation frequency (slipped strand mispairing) of", "title": "RecLOH" }, { "docid": "1380522", "text": "of alleles are not produced since the sister chromosomes are usually identical. In meiosis and mitosis, recombination occurs between similar molecules of DNA (homologous sequences). In meiosis, non-sister homologous chromosomes pair with each other so that recombination characteristically occurs between non-sister homologues. In both meiotic and mitotic cells, recombination between homologous chromosomes is a common mechanism used in DNA repair. Genetic recombination and recombinational DNA repair also occurs in bacteria and archaea, which use asexual reproduction. Recombination can be artificially induced in laboratory (in vitro) settings, producing recombinant DNA for purposes including vaccine development. V(D)J recombination in organisms with an", "title": "Genetic recombination" }, { "docid": "6309953", "text": "Synapsis Synapsis (also called syndesis) is the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis. It allows matching-up of homologous pairs prior to their segregation, and possible chromosomal crossover between them. Synapsis takes place during prophase I of meiosis. When homologous chromosomes synapse, their ends are first attached to the nuclear envelope. These end-membrane complexes then migrate, assisted by the extranuclear cytoskeleton, until matching ends have been paired. Then the intervening regions of the chromosome are brought together, and may be connected by a protein-RNA complex called the synaptonemal complex. Autosomes undergo synapsis during meiosis, and are held together", "title": "Synapsis" }, { "docid": "2088517", "text": "their allelic forms since one was inherited from the mother and one from the father. So humans have two homologous chromosome sets in each cell, meaning humans are diploid organisms. Homologous chromosomes are important in the processes of meiosis and mitosis. They allow for the recombination and random segregation of genetic material from the mother and father into new cells. Meiosis is a round of two cell divisions that results in four haploid daughter cells that each contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. It reduces the chromosome number in a germ cell by half by first", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "251329", "text": "chromosome pairs along the metaphase plate during metaphase I & orientation of sister chromatids in metaphase II, this is the subsequent separation of homologs and sister chromatids during anaphase I & II, it allows a random and independent distribution of chromosomes to each daughter cell (and ultimately to gametes); and (2) Crossing Over. The physical exchange of homologous chromosomal regions by homologous recombination during prophase I results in new combinations of DNA within chromosomes. During meiosis, specific genes are more highly transcribed. In addition to strong meiotic stage-specific expression of mRNA, there are also pervasive translational controls (e.g. selective usage", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "725729", "text": "ploidal levels. Autopolyploids possess at least three homologous chromosome sets, which can lead to high rates of multivalent pairing during meiosis (particularly in recently formed autopolyploids, a.k.a. neopolyploids) and an associated decrease in fertility due to the production of aneuploid gametes. Natural or artificial selection for fertility can quickly stabilize meiosis in autopolyploids by restoring bivalent pairing during meiosis, but the high degree of homology among duplicated chromosomes causes autopolyploids to display polysomic inheritance. This trait is often used as a diagnostic criterion to distinguish autopolyploids from allopolyploids, which commonly display disomic inheritance after they progress past the neopolyploid stage.", "title": "Polyploidy" }, { "docid": "473710", "text": "Cell division Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle. In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each daughter cell is genetically identical to the parent cell (mitosis), and a reproductive cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis). Meiosis results in four haploid daughter cells by undergoing one round of DNA replication followed by two divisions. Homologous chromosomes are separated", "title": "Cell division" }, { "docid": "11013182", "text": "as cohesin. Upon proper segregation, a complete set of chromatids ends up in each of two nuclei, and when cell division is completed, each DNA copy previously referred to as a chromatid is now called a chromosome. Chromosome segregation occurs at two separate stages during meiosis called prophase I and prophase II (see meiosis diagram). In a diploid cell there are two sets of homologous chromosomes of different parental origin (e.g. a paternal and a maternal set). During the phase of meiosis labeled “interphase s” in the meiosis diagram there is a round of DNA replication, so that each of", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "2088514", "text": "a single parent, the alleles of genes near to one another along the length of the chromosome move together. Using this logic he concluded that the two genes he was studying were located on homologous chromosomes. Later on during the 1930s Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock were studying meiosis in corn cells and examining gene loci on corn chromosomes. Creighton and McClintock discovered that the new allele combinations present in the offspring and the event of crossing over were directly related. This proved interchromosomal genetic recombination. Homologous chromosomes are chromosomes which contain the same genes in the same order along", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "4505702", "text": "the new environment is vastly different for the horizontally moving gene. In general, though, xenologs typically have similar function in both organisms. The term was coined by Walter Fitch. Homoeologous (also spelled homeologous) chromosomes or parts of chromosomes are those brought together following inter-species hybridization and allopolyploidization, and whose relationship was completely homologous in an ancestral species. In allopolyploids, the homologous chromosomes within each parental sub-genome should pair faithfully during meiosis, leading to disomic inheritance; however in some allopolyploids, the homoeologous chromosomes of the parental genomes may be nearly as similar to one another as the homologous chromosomes, leading to", "title": "Sequence homology" }, { "docid": "11622120", "text": "REC8 Meiotic recombination protein REC8 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the \"REC8\" gene. Rec8 is a meiosis-specific component of the cohesin complex that binds sister chromatids in preparation for the two divisions of meiosis. Rec8 is sequentially removed from sister chromatids. It is removed from the arms of chromosomes in the first division - separating homologous chromosomes from each other. However, Rec8 is maintained at centromeres so that sister chromatids are kept joined until anaphase of meiosis II, at which point removal of remaining cohesin leads to the separation of sister chromatids. This gene encodes", "title": "REC8" }, { "docid": "17860857", "text": "expeditions, held in 1915 and 1919. During her time at the University of Iowa, she completed her most important work, in the field of genetics and cytology, using grasshopper embryos to study the independent assortment of heteromorphic homologous chromosomes. This was the first physical evidence that homologous chromosomes separated independently during meiosis, which is one source of genetic variation in sexually-reproducing organisms. Carothers retired from the University of Iowa in 1941 and moved from Iowa to Kingman, Kansas, where she continued to conduct research for the Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab. In 1954, she moved to Murdock, Kansas, where she", "title": "Eleanor Carothers" }, { "docid": "8489983", "text": "Bivalent (genetics) A bivalent, sometimes referred to as a tetrad, is the association of a pair of homologous chromosomes physically held together by at least one DNA crossover. This physical attachment allows for alignment and segregation of the homologous chromosomes in the first meiotic division. The formation of a bivalent occurs during the first division of meiosis (in the pachynema stage of meiotic prophase 1). In most organisms, each replicated chromosome (composed of two identical sister chromatids) elicits formation of DNA double-strand breaks during the leptotene phase. These breaks are repaired by homologous recombination, that uses the homologous chromosome as", "title": "Bivalent (genetics)" }, { "docid": "2088513", "text": "of each homologous chromosome pair. The alleles on the homologous chromosomes may be different, resulting in different phenotypes of the same genes. This mixing of maternal and paternal traits is enhanced by crossing over during meiosis, wherein lengths of chromosomal arms and the DNA they contain within a homologous chromosome pair are exchanged with one another. Early in the 1900s William Bateson and Reginald Punnett were studying genetic inheritance and they noted that some combinations of alleles appeared more frequently than others. That data and information was further explored by Thomas Morgan. Using test cross experiments, he revealed that, for", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "475190", "text": "rice have been characterized. Studies of rice gene OsRAD51C showed that this gene is necessary for homologous recombinational repair of DNA, particularly the accurate repair of DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis. Rice gene OsDMC1 was found to be essential for pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis, and rice gene OsMRE11 was found to be required for both synapsis of homologous chromosomes and repair of double-strand breaks during meiosis. Rice plays an important role in certain religions and popular beliefs. In many cultures relatives will scatter rice during or towards the end of a wedding ceremony in front of the bride", "title": "Rice" }, { "docid": "473543", "text": "thought to ordinarily occur between identical sister chromosomes and occasionally between homologous chromosomes. Thus little, if any, genetic variation is produced. Recombination between homeologous chromosomes occurs only rarely, if at all. Since production of genetic variation is weak, at best, it is unlikely to provide a benefit sufficient to account for the long-term maintenance of meiosis in these organisms. However, meiosis may have been maintained during evolution by the efficient recombinational repair of DNA damages that meiosis provides, an advantage that could be realized at each generation. The mangrove killifish (\"Kryptolebias marmoratus\") produces both eggs and sperm by meiosis and", "title": "Vertebrate" }, { "docid": "251334", "text": "and may start at the centromere (procentric), at the chromosome ends (proterminal), or at any other portion (intermediate). Individuals of a pair are equal in length and in position of the centromere. Thus pairing is highly specific and exact. The paired chromosomes are called bivalent or tetrad chromosomes. The \"pachytene\" stage ( ), also known as \"pachynema\", from Greek words meaning \"thick threads\". At this point a tetrad of the chromosomes has formed known as a bivalent. This is the stage when homologous recombination, including chromosomal crossover (crossing over), occurs. Nonsister chromatids of homologous chromosomes may exchange segments over regions", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "6210823", "text": "-\"somy\" is used to name aneuploid karyotypes. This is not to be confused with the suffix -\"ploidy\", referring to the number of complete sets of chromosomes. Polysomy is usually caused by non-disjunction (the failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes to separate) during meiosis, but may also be due to a translocation mutation (a chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes). Polysomy is found in many diseases, including Down syndrome in humans where affected individuals possess three copies (trisomy) of chromosome 21. Polysomic inheritance occurs during meiosis when chiasmata form between more than two homologous partners, producing", "title": "Polysomy" }, { "docid": "5835662", "text": "of the adult female salamander. Synapsis and recombination during meiotic prophase I in these unisexual females is thought to ordinarily occur between identical sister chromosomes and occasionally between homologous chromosomes. Thus little, if any, genetic variation is produced. Recombination between homeologous chromosomes occurs rarely, if at all. Since production of genetic variation is weak, at best, it is unlikely to provide a benefit sufficient to account for the maintenance of meiosis for millions of years. Perhaps the efficient recombinational repair of DNA damages at each generation provided by meiosis has been a sufficient advantage to maintain meiosis. Endoreduplication Endoreduplication (also", "title": "Endoreduplication" }, { "docid": "3861437", "text": "living areas keeps the growth of bacteria and fungi down and keeps odours down too. This means they are very easy animals to keep in a research setting. About 50% of Mongolian gerbils also display an epileptic faint when under stress which might serve as a way to play dead in the wild. This characteristic has proven very useful to researchers of epilepsy and related illnesses. During meiosis male Mongolian gerbils do not interchange reciprocal alleles between pairs of homologous chromosomes (\"chiasmata\" or \"Crossing Over\"), a trait very rare in eutherian mammals and indeed animals in general. Meiotic recombination occurs", "title": "Mongolian gerbil" }, { "docid": "9354231", "text": "absence of recombination, only parental phenotypes are expected. Genetic Linkage is the tendency of alleles, which are located closely together on a chromosome, to be inherited together during the process of meiosis in sexually reproducing organisms. During the process of meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair up, and can exchange corresponding sections of DNA. As a result, genes that were originally on the same chromosome can finish up on different chromosomes. This process is known as genetic recombination. The rate of recombination of two discrete loci corresponds to their physical proximity. Alleles that are closer together have lower rates of recombination than", "title": "Complete linkage" }, { "docid": "251336", "text": "known as \"diplonema\", from Greek words meaning \"two threads\", the synaptonemal complex degrades and homologous chromosomes separate from one another a little. The chromosomes themselves uncoil a bit, allowing some transcription of DNA. However, the homologous chromosomes of each bivalent remain tightly bound at chiasmata, the regions where crossing-over occurred. The chiasmata remain on the chromosomes until they are severed at the transition to anaphase I. In human fetal oogenesis, all developing oocytes develop to this stage and are arrested in prophase I before birth. This suspended state is referred to as the \"dictyotene stage\" or dictyate. It lasts until", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "2899127", "text": "DNA molecule. During mitosis the double chromosomes are split to produce 92 \"single chromosomes\", half of which go into each daughter cell. During meiosis, there are two chromosome separation steps which assure that each of the four daughter cells gets one copy of each of the 23 types of chromosome. Though cell reproduction that uses mitosis can reproduce eukaryotic cells, eukaryotes bother with the more complicated process of meiosis because sexual reproduction such as meiosis confers a selective advantage. Notice that when meiosis starts, the two copies of sister chromatids number 2 are adjacent to each other. During this time,", "title": "Cell growth" }, { "docid": "15068690", "text": "repair, referred to as double-strand damage. One common example of double-strand damage is the double-strand break. In this case, genetic information (nucleotide sequence) is lost from both strands in the damaged region, and proper information can only be obtained from another intact chromosome homologous to the damaged chromosome. The process that the cell uses to accurately accomplish this type of repair is called recombinational repair. Meiosis is distinct from mitosis in that a central feature of meiosis is the alignment of homologous chromosomes followed by recombination between them. The two chromosomes which pair are referred to as non-sister chromosomes, since", "title": "Origin and function of meiosis" }, { "docid": "18032692", "text": "found to be tetraploid. Most \"Ambystoma\" hybrids are described by how many haploid sets of chromosomes they contain from each of their parent species, reflecting their level of ploidy. Embryonic mortality in parthenogenic amphibians is high. Hatching rates for North American salamander species have ranged from 19.5% to 30.5%. It is speculated that intergenomic exchanges, like crossing over during meiosis, may play a role. Intergenomic exchanges are often lethal due to the fact that chromosomes in unisexual species are homeologous. Homologous chromosomes are largely identical, in this case as a result of the chromosome replication. Gynogenesis is a form of", "title": "Parthenogenesis in amphibians" }, { "docid": "251341", "text": "pair in addition to cohesin between sister chromatids. Kinetochore microtubules shorten, pulling homologous chromosomes (which consist of a pair of sister chromatids) to opposite poles. Nonkinetochore microtubules lengthen, pushing the centrosomes farther apart. The cell elongates in preparation for division down the center. Unlike in mitosis, only the cohesin from the chromosome arms is degraded while the cohesin surrounding the centromere remains protected. This allows the sister chromatids to remain together while homologs are segregated. The first meiotic division effectively ends when the chromosomes arrive at the poles. Each daughter cell now has half the number of chromosomes but each", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "2088516", "text": "originate from the same organism, they are different from sister chromatids. Sister chromatids result after DNA replication has occurred, and thus are identical, side-by-side duplicates of each other. Humans have a total of 46 chromosomes, but there are only 22 pairs of homologous autosomal chromosomes. The additional 23rd pair is the sex chromosomes, X and Y. If this pair is made up of an X and Y chromosome, then the pair of chromosomes is not homologous because their size and gene content differ greatly. The 22 pairs of homologous chromosomes contain the same genes but code for different traits in", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "11622121", "text": "a member of the kleisin family of SMC (structural maintenance of chromosome) protein partners. The protein localizes to the axial elements of chromosomes during meiosis in both oocytes and spermatocytes. REC8 protein appears to participate with other cohesins STAG3, SMC1ß and SMC3 in sister chromatid cohesion throughout the whole meiotic process in human oocytes. In the mouse, the homologous protein is a key component of the meiotic cohesion complex, which regulates sister chromatid cohesion and recombination between homologous chromosomes. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been found for this gene. Rec8 remains in complex with SMC proteins", "title": "REC8" }, { "docid": "2088528", "text": "reactive oxygen species. Homologous chromosomes can repair this damage by aligning themselves with chromosomes of the same genetic sequence. Once the base pairs have been matched and oriented correctly between the two strands, the homologous chromosomes perform a process that is very similar to recombination, or crossing over as seen in meiosis. Part of the intact DNA sequence overlaps with that of the damaged chromosome's sequence. Replication proteins and complexes are then recruited to the site of damage, allowing for repair and proper replication to occur. Through this functioning, double-strand breaks can be repaired and DNA can function normally. Current", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "13596662", "text": "the target locus. Zygosity Zygosity () is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism. Most eukaryotes have two matching sets of chromosomes; that is, they are diploid. Diploid organisms have the same loci on each of their two sets of homologous chromosomes except that the sequences at these loci may differ between the two chromosomes in a matching pair and that a few chromosomes may be mismatched as part of a chromosomal sex-determination system. If both alleles of a diploid organism are the same, the organism is homozygous at that locus. If they are", "title": "Zygosity" }, { "docid": "13596649", "text": "Zygosity Zygosity () is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism. Most eukaryotes have two matching sets of chromosomes; that is, they are diploid. Diploid organisms have the same loci on each of their two sets of homologous chromosomes except that the sequences at these loci may differ between the two chromosomes in a matching pair and that a few chromosomes may be mismatched as part of a chromosomal sex-determination system. If both alleles of a diploid organism are the same, the organism is homozygous at that locus. If they are different, the organism", "title": "Zygosity" }, { "docid": "773828", "text": "as haploid, and created through meiosis. These gametes then fuse during fertilization during sexual reproduction, into a new single cell zygote, which divides multiple times, resulting in a new organism with the same number of pairs of chromosomes in each (non-gamete) cell as its parents. Each chromosome of a matching (homologous) pair is structurally similar to the other, and has a very similar DNA sequence (loci, singular locus). The DNA in each chromosome functions as a series of discrete genes that influence various traits. Thus, each gene also has a corresponding homologue, which may exist in different versions called alleles.", "title": "Dominance (genetics)" }, { "docid": "9346286", "text": "Balancer chromosome Balancer chromosomes are special, modified chromosomes used for genetically screening a population of organisms to select for heterozygotes. Balancer chromosomes can be used as a genetic tool to prevent crossing over (genetic recombination) between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Balancers are most often used in \"Drosophila melanogaster\" (fruit fly) genetics to allow populations of flies carrying heterozygous mutations to be maintained without constantly screening for the mutations but can also be used in mice. Balancer chromosomes have three important properties: they suppress recombination with their homologs, carry dominant markers, and negatively affect reproductive fitness when carried homozygously. Balancer chromosomes", "title": "Balancer chromosome" }, { "docid": "2088535", "text": "of the pollen tube (pollen bicellular in the anther and in the stigma). The female gamete is produced inside the embryo sac of the ovule. Meiosis is a central feature of gametogenesis, but the adaptive function of meiosis is currently a matter of debate. A key event during meiosis is the pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination (exchange of genetic information) between homologous chromosomes. This process promotes the production of increased genetic diversity among progeny and the recombinational repair of damage in the DNA to be passed on to progeny. To explain the adaptive function of meiosis (as well as", "title": "Gametogenesis" }, { "docid": "11013191", "text": "ability depends on the microtubule motor dynein that regulates the movement of chromosomes to the poles of the meiotic spindle. Chromosome segregation Chromosome segregation is the process in eukaryotes by which two sister chromatids formed as a consequence of DNA replication, or paired homologous chromosomes, separate from each other and migrate to opposite poles of the nucleus. This segregation process occurs during both mitosis and meiosis. During mitosis chromosome segregation occurs routinely as a step in cell division (see mitosis diagram). As indicated in the mitosis diagram, mitosis is preceded by a round of DNA replication, so that each chromosome", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "2076252", "text": "1 to 22, from largest to smallest. The 23rd pair of chromosomes are the sex chromosomes. Normal females have two X chromosomes, while normal males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. The characteristics of the chromosomes in a cell as they are seen under a light microscope are called the karyotype. During meiosis, when germ cells divide to create sperm and egg (gametes), each half should have the same number of chromosomes. But sometimes, the whole pair of chromosomes will end up in one gamete, and the other gamete will not get that chromosome at all. Most embryos", "title": "Aneuploidy" }, { "docid": "16361733", "text": "process involving meiosis and syngamy. Meiosis involves the intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination between them. Examples of eukaryotic pathogens capable of sex include the protozoan parasites \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"Toxoplasma gondii\", \"Trypanosoma brucei\", \"Giardia intestinalis\", and the fungi \"Aspergillus fumigatus\", \"Candida albicans\" and \"Cryptococcus neoformans\". Viruses may also undergo sexual interaction when two or more viral genomes enter the same host cell. This process involves pairing of homologous genomes and recombination between them by a process referred to as multiplicity reactivation. Examples of viruses that undergo this process are herpes simplex virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and vaccinia virus. The", "title": "Pathogen" }, { "docid": "2088529", "text": "and future research on the subject of homologous chromosome is heavily focused on the roles of various proteins during recombination or during DNA repair. In a recently published article by Pezza et al. the protein known as HOP2 is responsible for both homologous chromosome synapsis as well as double-strand break repair via homologous recombination. The deletion of HOP2 in mice has large repercussions in meiosis. Other current studies focus on specific proteins involved in homologous recombination as well. There is ongoing research concerning the ability of homologous chromosomes to repair double-strand DNA breaks. Researchers are investigating the possibility of exploiting", "title": "Homologous chromosome" }, { "docid": "1380525", "text": "between the paired chromosomes inherited from each of one's parents, generally occurring during meiosis. During prophase I (pachytene stage) the four available chromatids are in tight formation with one another. While in this formation, homologous sites on two chromatids can closely pair with one another, and may exchange genetic information. Because recombination can occur with small probability at any location along chromosome, the frequency of recombination between two locations depends on the distance separating them. Therefore, for genes sufficiently distant on the same chromosome, the amount of crossover is high enough to destroy the correlation between alleles. Tracking the movement", "title": "Genetic recombination" }, { "docid": "14022041", "text": "double-strand breaks that result in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. The \"Drosophila\" CHEK2 ortholog mnk and the p53 ortholog dp53 are required for much of the cell death observed in early oogenesis when oocyte selection and meiotic recombination occur. Meiotic recombination checkpoint The meiotic recombination checkpoint monitors the meiotic recombination during meiosis, and blocks the entry into metaphase I if the recombination is not efficiently processed. Meiotic recombination contributes to the cells in three different ways. First, to achieve proper segregation, each pair of homologous chromosomes must be linked to each other to maintain a certain level of tension between", "title": "Meiotic recombination checkpoint" }, { "docid": "251339", "text": "the kinetochores are known as \"kinetochore microtubules\". Other microtubules will interact with microtubules from the opposite centrosome: these are called \"nonkinetochore microtubules\" or \"polar microtubules\". A third type of microtubules, the aster microtubules, radiates from the centrosome into the cytoplasm or contacts components of the membrane skeleton. Homologous pairs move together along the metaphase plate: As \"kinetochore microtubules\" from both centrosomes attach to their respective kinetochores, the paired homologous chromosomes align along an equatorial plane that bisects the spindle, due to continuous counterbalancing forces exerted on the bivalents by the microtubules emanating from the two kinetochores of homologous chromosomes. This", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "5981375", "text": "in E. coli and other bacteria, and \"rad51\" and \"dmc1\" in yeast and other eukaryotes, including humans). Multiplicity reactivation has also been demonstrated in numerous pathogenic viruses. Without proper homologous recombination, chromosomes often incorrectly align for the first phase of cell division in meiosis. This causes chromosomes to fail to properly segregate in a process called nondisjunction. In turn, nondisjunction can cause sperm and ova to have too few or too many chromosomes. Down's syndrome, which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, is one of many abnormalities that result from such a failure of homologous recombination in", "title": "Homologous recombination" }, { "docid": "251332", "text": "process of pairing the homologous chromosomes is called synapsis. At this stage, non-sister chromatids may cross-over at points called chiasmata (plural; singular chiasma). Prophase I has historically been divided into a series of substages which are named according to the appearance of chromosomes. The first stage of prophase I is the \"leptotene\" stage, also known as \"leptonema\", from Greek words meaning \"thin threads\".In this stage of prophase I, individual chromosomes—each consisting of two sister chromatids—become \"individualized\" to form visible strands within the nucleus. The two sister chromatids closely associate and are visually indistinguishable from one another. During leptotene, lateral elements", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "6639071", "text": "a result of the maternal and paternal chromosomes contributed from each gamete at fertilization of that offspring. During meiosis in gametes, homologous chromosomes experience genetic recombination and segregate randomly into haploid daughter cells, each with a unique combination of maternally and paternally coded genes. Dominant alleles will override the expression of recessive alleles. Test crosses are used to test an individual's genotype by crossing it with an individual of a known genotype. Individuals that show the recessive phenotype are known to have a homozygous recessive genotype. Individuals that show the dominant phenotype, however, may either be homozygous dominant or heterozygous.", "title": "Test cross" }, { "docid": "8489987", "text": "highlighting the robustness of the chiasma and the cohesion that hold the bivalents together. Bivalent (genetics) A bivalent, sometimes referred to as a tetrad, is the association of a pair of homologous chromosomes physically held together by at least one DNA crossover. This physical attachment allows for alignment and segregation of the homologous chromosomes in the first meiotic division. The formation of a bivalent occurs during the first division of meiosis (in the pachynema stage of meiotic prophase 1). In most organisms, each replicated chromosome (composed of two identical sister chromatids) elicits formation of DNA double-strand breaks during the leptotene", "title": "Bivalent (genetics)" }, { "docid": "1626661", "text": "during mitosis or meiosis. SCEs appear to primarily reflect DNA recombinational repair processes responding to DNA damage (see articles Sister chromatids and Sister chromatid exchange). \"Non-sister chromatids\", on the other hand, refers to either of the two chromatids of paired homologous chromosomes, that is, the pairing of a paternal chromosome and a maternal chromosome. In chromosomal crossovers, non-sister (homologous) chromatids form chiasmata to exchange genetic material during the prophase I of meiosis (See Homologous recombination). Chromatid A chromatid (Greek \"khrōmat-\" 'color' + \"-id\") is one copy of a newly copied chromosome which is still joined to the original chromosome by", "title": "Chromatid" }, { "docid": "11013183", "text": "the chromosomes initially present is now composed of two copies called chromatids. These chromosomes (paired chromatids) then pair with the homologous chromosome (also paired chromatids) present in the same nucleus (see prophase I in the meiosis diagram). The process of alignment of paired homologous chromosomes is called synapsis (see Synapsis). During synapsis, genetic recombination usually occurs. Some of the recombination events occur by crossing over (involving physical exchange between two chromatids), but most recombination events involve information exchange but not physical exchange between two chromatids (see Synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA)). Following recombination, chromosome segregation occurs as indicated by the stages", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "9637851", "text": "because at anaphase II the sister chromatids are separated and whatever heterozygosity is present is due to crossing over. In the case of endomitosis after meiosis the offspring is completely homozygous and has only half the mother's genetic material. This can result in parthenogenetic offspring being unique from each other and from their mother. In apomictic parthenogenesis, the offspring are clones of the mother and hence (except for aphids) are usually female. In the case of aphids, parthenogenetically produced males and females are clones of their mother except that the males lack one of the X chromosomes (XO). When meiosis", "title": "Parthenogenesis" }, { "docid": "251333", "text": "of the synaptonemal complex assemble. Leptotene is of very short duration and progressive condensation and coiling of chromosome fibers takes place. The \"zygotene\" stage, also known as \"zygonema\", from Greek words meaning \"paired threads\", occurs as the chromosomes approximately line up with each other into homologous chromosome pairs. In some organisms, this is called the bouquet stage because of the way the telomeres cluster at one end of the nucleus. At this stage, the synapsis (pairing/coming together) of homologous chromosomes takes place, facilitated by assembly of central element of the synaptonemal complex. Pairing is brought about in a zipper-like fashion", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "81395", "text": "be thousands of copies per cell. Asexually reproducing species have one set of chromosomes that are the same in all body cells. However, asexual species can be either haploid or diploid. Sexually reproducing species have somatic cells (body cells), which are diploid [2n] having two sets of chromosomes (23 pairs in humans with one set of 23 chromosomes from each parent), one set from the mother and one from the father. Gametes, reproductive cells, are haploid [n]: They have one set of chromosomes. Gametes are produced by meiosis of a diploid germ line cell. During meiosis, the matching chromosomes of", "title": "Chromosome" }, { "docid": "664535", "text": "maize chromosomes triggered scientific interest in maize cytogenetics, and attributed to her 10 of the 17 significant advances in the field that were made by Cornell scientists between 1929 and 1935. In 1930, McClintock was the first person to describe the cross-shaped interaction of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. The following year, McClintock and Creighton proved the link between chromosomal crossover during meiosis and the recombination of genetic traits. They observed how the recombination of chromosomes seen under a microscope correlated with new traits. Until this point, it had only been hypothesized that genetic recombination could occur during meiosis, although it", "title": "Barbara McClintock" }, { "docid": "11330854", "text": "Dmc1's activity in purified systems and are also implicated as being required for Dmc1 function in cells. During meiosis, the two recombinases, Rad51 and Dmc1, interact with single-stranded DNA to form specialized filaments that are adapted for facilitating recombination between homologous chromosomes. Both Dmc1 and Rad51 have an intrinsic ability to self-aggregate. The presence of Rad51 filaments stabilizes adjacent Dmc1 filaments and conversely Dmc1 stabilizes adjacent Rad51 filaments. A model was proposed in which Dmc1 and Rad51 form separate filaments on the same single stranded DNA and cross-talk between the two recombinases affects their biochemical properties. During meiosis, even in", "title": "DMC1 (gene)" }, { "docid": "251321", "text": "chromosomes including 1 pair of sex chromosomes (46 total), half of maternal origin and half of paternal origin. Meiosis produces haploid gametes (ova or sperm) that contain one set of 23 chromosomes. When two gametes (an egg and a sperm) fuse, the resulting zygote is once again diploid, with the mother and father each contributing 23 chromosomes. This same pattern, but not the same number of chromosomes, occurs in all organisms that utilize meiosis. Although the process of meiosis is related to the more general cell division process of mitosis, it differs in two important respects: Meiosis begins with a", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "737977", "text": "crossover numbers, and a large number of meioses with non exchange chromosomes. Nevertheless, this mutant gave rise to spore viability patterns suggesting that segregation of non-exchange chromosomes occurred efficiently. Thus in \"S. cerevisiae\" proper segregation apparently does not entirely depend on crossovers between homologous pairs. The grasshopper \"Melanoplus femur-rubrum\" was exposed to an acute dose of X-rays during each individual stage of meiosis, and chiasma frequency was measured. Irradiation during the leptotene-zygotene stages of meiosis (that is, prior to the pachytene period in which crossover recombination occurs) was found to increase subsequent chiasma frequency. Similarly, in the grasshopper \"Chorthippus brunneus\",", "title": "Chromosomal crossover" }, { "docid": "7246776", "text": "Sister chromatids A sister chromatid refers to the identical copies (chromatids) formed by the DNA replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere. In other words, a sister chromatid may also be said to be 'one-half' of the duplicated chromosome. A pair of sister chromatids is called a dyad. A full set of sister chromatids is created during the synthesis (S) phase of interphase, when all the chromosomes in a cell are replicated. The two sister chromatids are separated from each other into two different cells during mitosis or during the second division of meiosis.", "title": "Sister chromatids" }, { "docid": "312803", "text": "virus, and HIV. \"Homoploid\" means \"at the same ploidy level\", i.e. having the same number of homologous chromosomes. For example, homoploid hybridization is hybridization where the offspring have the same ploidy level as the two parental species. This contrasts with a common situation in plants where chromosome doubling accompanies, or happens soon after hybridization. Similarly, homoploid speciation contrasts with polyploid speciation. Zygoidy is the state where the chromosomes are paired and can undergo meiosis. The zygoid state of a species may be diploid or polyploid. In the azygoid state the chromosomes are unpaired. It may be the natural state of", "title": "Ploidy" }, { "docid": "15068684", "text": "of eukaryotes during which meiosis and accompanying sexual capability did not yet exist. In addition, as noted by Wilkins and Holliday, there are four novel steps needed in meiosis that are not present in mitosis. These are: (1) pairing of homologous chromosomes, (2) extensive recombination between homologs; (3) suppression of sister chromatid separation in the first meiotic division; and (4) avoiding chromosome replication during the second meiotic division. Although the introduction of these steps seems to be complicated, Wilkins and Holliday argue that only one new step, homolog synapsis, that was particularly initiated in the evolution of meiosis from mitosis.", "title": "Origin and function of meiosis" }, { "docid": "737967", "text": "Chromosomal crossover Chromosomal crossover (or crossing over) is the exchange of genetic material between 2 homologous chromosomes non-sister chromatids that results in recombinant chromosomes during sexual reproduction. It is one of the final phases of genetic recombination, which occurs in the \"pachytene\" stage of prophase I of meiosis during a process called synapsis. Synapsis begins before the synaptonemal complex develops and is not completed until near the end of prophase I. Crossover usually occurs when matching regions on matching chromosomes break and then reconnect to the other chromosome. Crossing over was described, in theory, by Thomas Hunt Morgan. He relied", "title": "Chromosomal crossover" }, { "docid": "251320", "text": "some cases all four of the meiotic products form gametes such as sperm, spores, or pollen. In female animals, three of the four meiotic products are typically eliminated by extrusion into polar bodies, and only one cell develops to produce an ovum. Because the number of chromosomes is halved during meiosis, gametes can fuse (i.e. fertilization) to form a diploid zygote that contains two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent. Thus, alternating cycles of meiosis and fertilization enable sexual reproduction, with successive generations maintaining the same number of chromosomes. For example, diploid human cells contain 23 pairs of", "title": "Meiosis" }, { "docid": "518587", "text": "the other). Interspecific hybrids are bred by mating individuals from two species, normally from within the same genus. The offspring display traits and characteristics of both parents, but are often sterile, preventing gene flow between the species. Sterility is often attributed to the different number of chromosomes between the two species. For example, donkeys have 62 chromosomes, horses have 64 chromosomes, and mules or hinnies have 63 chromosomes. Mules, hinnies, and other normally sterile interspecific hybrids cannot produce viable gametes, because differences in chromosome structure prevent appropriate pairing and segregation during meiosis, meiosis is disrupted, and viable sperm and eggs", "title": "Hybrid (biology)" }, { "docid": "4862615", "text": "due to base mismatch repair during homologous recombination: if one of the four chromatids during meiosis pairs up with another chromatid, as can occur because of sequence homology, DNA strand transfer can occur followed by mismatch repair. This can alter the sequence of one of the chromosomes, so that it is identical to the other. Meiotic recombination is initiated through formation of a double-strand break (DSB). The 5’ ends of the break are then degraded, leaving long 3’ overhangs of several hundred nucleotides. One of these 3’ single stranded DNA segments then invades a homologous sequence on the homologous chromosome,", "title": "Gene conversion" }, { "docid": "9637850", "text": "mother's genetic material and heterozygosity is mostly preserved (if the mother has two alleles for a locus, it is likely that the offspring will get both). This is because in anaphase I the homologous chromosomes are separated. Heterozygosity is not completely preserved when crossing over occurs in central fusion. In the case of pre-meiotic doubling, recombination -if it happens- occurs between identical sister chromatids. If \"terminal fusion\" (restitutional meiosis of anaphase II or the fusion of its products) occurs, a little over half the mother's genetic material is present in the offspring and the offspring are mostly homozygous. This is", "title": "Parthenogenesis" }, { "docid": "11328812", "text": "important role in meiotic recombination. In the worm \"Caenorhabditis elegans\", the MSH5 protein is required during meiosis both for normal spontaneous and for gamma-irradiation induced crossover recombination and chiasma formation. Meiotic recombination is often initiated by double strand breaks. MSH5 mutants retain the competence to repair DNA double-strand breaks that are present during meiosis, but they accomplish this repair in a way that does not lead to crossovers between homologous chromosomes. The known mechanism of non-crossover recombinational repair is called synthesis dependent strand annealing (see homologous recombination; see also Bernstein et al.). MSH5 thus appears to be employed in directing", "title": "MSH5" }, { "docid": "11918306", "text": "Chiasma (genetics) In genetics, a chiasma (pl. chiasmata) is the point of contact, the physical link, between two (non-sister) chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes. At a given chiasma, an exchange of genetic material can occur between both chromatids, what is called a chromosomal crossover, but this is much more frequent during meiosis than mitosis. In meiosis, absence of a chiasma generally results in improper chromosomal segregation and aneuploidy. The phenomenon of genetic chiasmata (\"chiasmatypie\") was discovered and described in 1909 by Frans Alfons Janssens, a Professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium. When each tetrad, which is composed of", "title": "Chiasma (genetics)" }, { "docid": "7971329", "text": "mushroom cap. Meiosis is a specialized cell division process, occurring in diploid cells, in which a single round of DNA replication occurs, and is followed by two divisions to produce four haploid daughter nuclei. During meiosis homologous chromosomes pair with each other and undergo a DNA repair process in which DNA damage is removed and genetic information is recombined. Burns et al. studied the expression of genes involved in the 15-hour meiotic process encompassing time points prior to the haploid nuclear fusion that forms the diploid zygote to the final formation of the four haploid products. They compared expression of", "title": "Coprinopsis cinerea" }, { "docid": "419178", "text": "messenger RNA. The inheritable unit that may influence a trait is called a gene. A gene is a portion of a chromosome, which is a very long and compacted string of DNA and proteins. An important reference point along a chromosome is the centromere; the distance from a gene to the centromere is referred to as the gene's locus or map location. The nucleus of a diploid cell contains two of each chromosome, with homologous (mostly identical) pairs of chromosomes having the same genes at the same loci. Different phenotypic traits are caused by different forms of genes, or alleles,", "title": "Phenotypic trait" }, { "docid": "9346299", "text": "it cannot be transcribed into virus proteins. The mechanism of maintaining double stranded RNA is not known. Balancer chromosome Balancer chromosomes are special, modified chromosomes used for genetically screening a population of organisms to select for heterozygotes. Balancer chromosomes can be used as a genetic tool to prevent crossing over (genetic recombination) between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Balancers are most often used in \"Drosophila melanogaster\" (fruit fly) genetics to allow populations of flies carrying heterozygous mutations to be maintained without constantly screening for the mutations but can also be used in mice. Balancer chromosomes have three important properties: they suppress", "title": "Balancer chromosome" }, { "docid": "11013181", "text": "Chromosome segregation Chromosome segregation is the process in eukaryotes by which two sister chromatids formed as a consequence of DNA replication, or paired homologous chromosomes, separate from each other and migrate to opposite poles of the nucleus. This segregation process occurs during both mitosis and meiosis. During mitosis chromosome segregation occurs routinely as a step in cell division (see mitosis diagram). As indicated in the mitosis diagram, mitosis is preceded by a round of DNA replication, so that each chromosome forms two copies called chromatids. These chromatids separate to opposite poles, a process facilitated by a protein complex referred to", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "11013185", "text": "DNA replication. Thus the two chromatids comprising each chromosome separate into different nuclei, so that each nucleus gets a single set of chromatids (now called chromosomes) and each nucleus becomes included in a haploid gamete (see stages following prophase II in the meiosis diagram). This segregation process is also facilitated by cohesin. Failure of proper segregation during prophase II can also lead to aneuploid gametes. Aneuploid gametes can undergo fertilization to form aneuploid zygotes and hence to serious adverse consequences for progeny. Meiotic chromosomal crossover (CO) recombination facilitates the proper segregation of homologous chromosomes. This is because, at the end", "title": "Chromosome segregation" }, { "docid": "160564", "text": "invade surrounding tissues. In certain lymphocytes in the human immune system, V(D)J recombination generates different genomic sequences such that each cell produces a unique antibody or T cell receptors. During meiosis, diploid cells divide twice to produce haploid germ cells. During this process, recombination results in a reshuffling of the genetic material from homologous chromosomes so each gamete has a unique genome. Genomes are more than the sum of an organism's genes and have traits that may be measured and studied without reference to the details of any particular genes and their products. Researchers compare traits such as karyotype (chromosome", "title": "Genome" }, { "docid": "251232", "text": "is the pairing of homologous chromosomes and homologous recombination (the exchange of genetic information) between homologous chromosomes. This process promotes the production of increased genetic diversity among progeny and the recombinational repair of damages in the DNA to be passed on to progeny. To explain the adaptive function of meiosis in flowering plants, some authors emphasize diversity and others emphasize DNA repair. Apomixis (reproduction via asexually formed seeds) is found naturally in about 2.2% of angiosperm genera. One type of apomixis, gametophytic apomixis found in a dandelion species involves formation of an unreduced embryo sac due to incomplete meiosis (apomeiosis)", "title": "Flowering plant" }, { "docid": "5981349", "text": "homologous recombination occurs during meiosis. Whether recombination in the DSBR pathway results in chromosomal crossover is determined by how the double Holliday junction is cut, or \"resolved\". Chromosomal crossover will occur if one Holliday junction is cut on the crossing strand and the other Holliday junction is cut on the non-crossing strand (in Figure 4, along the horizontal purple arrowheads at one Holliday junction and along the vertical orange arrowheads at the other). Alternatively, if the two Holliday junctions are cut on the crossing strands (along the horizontal purple arrowheads at both Holliday junctions in Figure 4), then chromosomes without", "title": "Homologous recombination" }, { "docid": "10590085", "text": "Immature ovum An immature ovum is a cell that goes through the process of oogenesis to become an ovum. It can be an oogonium, an oocyte, or an ootid. An oocyte, in turn, can be either primary or secondary, depending on how far it has come in its process of meiosis. Oogonia are the cells that turn into primary oocytes in oogenesis. They are diploid, i.e. containing both pairs of homologous chromosomes. There are 23 chromosome pairs. Thus, there are 46 chromosomes. Each chromosome, however, hasn't yet duplicated itself. As such, there is only one chromatid on each chromosome, making", "title": "Immature ovum" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2825070", "text": "adults in 2016). According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies newsletter published March 2017, based on data from 2010, Christians were the largest religious population in all 3,143 counties in the country. Roughly 48.9% of Americans are Protestants, 23.0% are Catholics, 1.8% are Mormons (the name commonly used to refer to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Christianity was introduced during the period of European colonization. According to a 2012 review by the National Council of Churches, the five largest denominations are: The Southern Baptist Convention, with over 16 million adherents, is the", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "8738874", "text": "Religion in Scotland Religion in Scotland includes all forms of religious organisation and practice. Christianity is the largest faith in Scotland. In the 2011 census, 53.8% of the Scottish population identified as Christian (declining from 65.1% in 2001) when asked: \"What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?\". The Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian denomination often known as The Kirk, is recognised in law as the national church of Scotland. It is not an established church and is independent of state control. However, it is the largest religious grouping in Scotland, with 32.4% of the population according to", "title": "Religion in Scotland" }, { "docid": "12390206", "text": "less than US$1.25 per day; approximately 870 million people (12.25%) are undernourished. 83% of the world's over-15s are considered literate. In June 2014, there were around 3.03 billion global Internet users, constituting 42.3% of the world population. The Han Chinese are the world's largest single ethnic group, constituting over 19% of the global population in 2011. The world's most-spoken first languages are Mandarin Chinese (spoken by 12.44% of the world's population), Spanish (4.85%), English (4.83%), Arabic (3.25%) and Hindustani (2.68%). The world's largest religion is Christianity, whose adherents account for 31% of the global population; Islam is the second-largest religion,", "title": "World population" }, { "docid": "11803774", "text": "within the MPD party and dissatisfaction over the latter's performance. There are foreign missionary groups operating in the country. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. The US government received no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice. Religion in Cape Verde Christianity is the largest religion in Cape Verde, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Different sources give varying estimates on the relative sizes of various Christian denominations. More than 93% of the population of Cape Verde is nominally Roman Catholic, according to an", "title": "Religion in Cape Verde" }, { "docid": "8738914", "text": "the fastest secularising nation in history. Since 2016, humanists in Scotland have conducted more marriages each year than the Church of Scotland (or any other religious denomination). Religion in Scotland Religion in Scotland includes all forms of religious organisation and practice. Christianity is the largest faith in Scotland. In the 2011 census, 53.8% of the Scottish population identified as Christian (declining from 65.1% in 2001) when asked: \"What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?\". The Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian denomination often known as The Kirk, is recognised in law as the national church of Scotland. It", "title": "Religion in Scotland" }, { "docid": "14089614", "text": "new possibilities and vitalities of nature). Because man cannot find ultimate meaning in what he can transcend, he cannot find ultimate meaning within himself or in the natural world. This is why we turn to religion. Christianity is a religion of revelation, meaning that Christians believe that God must speak to us in order for us to arrive at a correct understanding of his nature and will. If the Bible is to be believed, God spoke to man throughout history but his message was not clearly understood. Because of our misunderstanding, and because God's law is so radically different from", "title": "The Nature and Destiny of Man" }, { "docid": "15578000", "text": "attended the University of Tübingen, the school was interested in using higher criticism of Biblical texts to determine the truth of the claims of Christianity. Hegel wrote the following in 1832, He says religion has always stopped the philosophers and scientists from gaining knowledge because the Christian religion is opposed to any knowledge that differs from Biblical knowledge. Hedgel is indifferent to what the Bible says. He writes in his \"Philosophy of Religion\" If at the present day philosophy be an object of enmity because it occupies itself with religion, this cannot really surprise us when we consider the general", "title": "Three Upbuilding Discourses, 1844" }, { "docid": "4034252", "text": "religious groups in Northern Ireland are organised on an all-Ireland basis. While the United Kingdom as a whole has no official religion, the Church of England remains the state church of its largest constituent country, England. The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the Supreme Governor of the Church, and accordingly, only a Protestant may inherit the British throne. Pre-Roman forms of religion in Britain included various forms of ancestor worship and paganism. Little is known about the details of such religions (see British paganism). Forms of Christianity have dominated religious life in what is now the United Kingdom for", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "108246", "text": "the World Union of Deists published a book on deism, \"Deism: A Revolution in Religion, A Revolution in You\" written by its founder and director, Bob Johnson. This book focuses on what deism has to offer both individuals and society. In 2010 the WUD published the book \"An Answer to C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity\", which is a rebuttal to the book \"Mere Christianity\" by the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. In 2014, the WUD published its third book, \"God Gave Us Reason, Not Religion\", which describes the difference between God and religion, and promotes innate reason as God's greatest gift to", "title": "Deism" }, { "docid": "4568219", "text": "America. In a 2007 Pew Research Center survey, at 0.7% Buddhism was the third largest religion in the US after Christianity (78.4%), no religion (10.3%) and Judaism (1.7%). In 2012 on the occasion of a visit from the Dalai Lama, \"U-T San Diego\" said there are 1.2 million Buddhist practitioners in the U.S., and of them 40% live in Southern California. In 2008, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Religious Landscape survey and the American Religious Identification Survey estimated Buddhists at 0.7 percent and 0.5 percent of the American population, respectively. ARIS estimated that the number of adherents", "title": "Buddhism in the United States" }, { "docid": "4575019", "text": "Religion in Germany Christianity is the largest religion in Germany, comprising an estimated 57% of the country's population in 2017. The second largest religion in Germany is Islam, with around 4 million adherents in 2016 (5% of the population). Smaller religious groups include Buddhism (0.2%), Judaism (0.1%), Hinduism (0.1%) and others (0.4%). About 36–37% of the country's population are not affiliated with any church or religion, and a minority adhere to other religions. The two largest Christian churches of the country are the Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), a Protestant confederation of United Protestant (Lutheran", "title": "Religion in Germany" }, { "docid": "2825077", "text": "survey). The largest religion, Christianity, has proportionately diminished since 1990. While the absolute number of Christians rose from 1990 to 2008, the percentage of Christians dropped from 86% to 76%. A nationwide telephone interview of 1,002 adults conducted by The Barna Group found that 70% of American adults believe that God is \"the all-powerful, all-knowing creator of the universe who still rules it today\", and that 9% of all American adults and 0.5% young adults hold to what the survey defined as a \"biblical worldview\". Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Eastern Orthodox and United Church of Christ members have the highest number of", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "11036780", "text": "Religion in the Republic of Ireland The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest church being the Roman Catholic Church. The Irish constitution says that the state may not endorse any particular religion and guarantees freedom of religion. In the 2016 census, 78.8% (3.7 million) of the population identified as Catholic which is 132,220 fewer than 5 years earlier in 2011 when the percentage stood at 84%. The next largest group after Catholic was \"no religion\". 10% of the population (468,421 people) had no religion or did not indicate a religious belief according to the", "title": "Religion in the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "11036793", "text": "were shown a card listing options for religious identification: Religion in the Republic of Ireland The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest church being the Roman Catholic Church. The Irish constitution says that the state may not endorse any particular religion and guarantees freedom of religion. In the 2016 census, 78.8% (3.7 million) of the population identified as Catholic which is 132,220 fewer than 5 years earlier in 2011 when the percentage stood at 84%. The next largest group after Catholic was \"no religion\". 10% of the population (468,421 people) had no religion or", "title": "Religion in the Republic of Ireland" }, { "docid": "5799526", "text": "Sara people have retained their ethnic religion, but some have converted to Christianity and Islam. The Sara (Kameeni) are the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Chad, they're concentrated in the Moyen-Chari, the Logone Oriental, the Logone Occidental, and parts of the Tandjile regions. They're originally from the Nile valley and migrated towards what is now Chad during the sixteenth century AD, seeking refuge in the south against northern Muslim slave raiders. After their arrival, they continued to be the target of violent raids by northern Fulani and Arab people. The local Muslim groups of what is now Chad,", "title": "Sara people" }, { "docid": "844838", "text": "as Judaism. Gnostic sects such as Sabianism and the still extant Mandeanism also became popular, though native religions still coexisted alongside these new monotheistic religions among the native populace; gods such as Ashur and Sin were still worshiped until the 4th century CE in Assyria. In the 3rd century CE another native Mesopotamian religion flourished, Manicheanism, which incorporated elements of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism, as well as local Mesopotamian elements. There are no specific written records explaining Mesopotamian religious cosmology that survive to us today. Nonetheless, modern scholars have examined various accounts, and created what is believed to be", "title": "Ancient Mesopotamian religion" }, { "docid": "20897653", "text": "Buddhism in Oceania Buddhism is a minority religion in Oceania. In Australia, Buddhism is a small but growing religion. According to the 2006 census, 2.1 percent of the total population of Australia, or 418,749 people, identified as Buddhist. It was also the fastest-growing religion by percentage, having increased its number of adherents by 79 percent between the 1996 and 2001 censuses. Buddhism is the third largest religion in the country after Christianity and Islam. Buddhism is New Zealand's third largest religion after Christianity and Hinduism, standing at 1.5% of the population of New Zealand. Buddhism originates in Asia and was", "title": "Buddhism in Oceania" }, { "docid": "7212049", "text": "Religion in Europe Religion in Europe has been a major influence on today's society, art, culture, philosophy and law. The largest religion in Europe is Christianity, but irreligion and practical secularization are strong. Two countries in Southeastern Europe have Muslim majorities. Ancient European religions included veneration for deities such as Zeus. Modern revival movements of these religions include Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Druidry, Wicca, and others. Smaller religions include Indian religions, Judaism, and some East Asian religions, which are found in their largest groups in Britain, France, and Kalmykia. Little is known about the prehistoric religion of Neolithic Europe. Bronze and", "title": "Religion in Europe" }, { "docid": "13257982", "text": "create a new system, according to Denis Donoghue, in which he is able to describe a Christianity that is not restricted by previous views that have fallen out of favour in modern society or contradicted by science. Eliot reasoned that he is not supposed to preach a theological system as a poet, but expose the reader to the ideas of religion. As Eliot stated in 1947: \"if we learn to read poetry properly, the poet never persuades us to believe anything\" and \"What we learn from Dante, or the \"Bhagavad-Gita\", or any other religious poetry is what it feels like", "title": "Four Quartets" } ]

[ { "docid": "4588427", "text": "that allows us to do what we are doing today.\" The Church of Scientology says the National Affairs Office was built \"to oversee programs around the country and the world dealing with human rights, drug addiction, literacy and disaster response\". One of the largest projects of Miscavige's career is the Flag Building, also called the \"Super Power Building\", which is described as the spiritual headquarters for the Scientology religion. It is the largest of Scientology's properties in Clearwater, Florida. The 377,000 square foot structure is reportedly outfitted with custom-built equipment designed to administer the supposedly perception-enhancing \"Super Power Rundown\" to", "title": "David Miscavige" }, { "docid": "5590254", "text": "with \"huckstering and money\", Marx concludes, that \"the Christians have become Jews\"; and, ultimately, it is mankind (both Christians and Jews that needs to emancipate itself from (\"practical\") Judaism. The second part of Marx's essay is frequently cited as evidence of Marx's antisemitism: Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew – not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. Let us not look for the secret of the Jew in his religion, but let us look for the secret of his religion in the real Jew. What is the secular basis of Judaism? Practical need, self-interest. What", "title": "On the Jewish Question" }, { "docid": "7605358", "text": "the affirmative, Part II proceeds to use the tools of evolutionary biology and memetics to suggest possible theories regarding the origin of religion and subsequent evolution of modern religions from ancient folk beliefs. Part III analyzes religion and its effects in today's world: Does religion make us moral? Is religion what gives meaning to life? What should we teach the children? Dennett bases much of his analysis on empirical evidence, though he often points out that much more research in this field is needed. Dennett's working definition of religions is: \"social systems whose participants avow belief in a supernatural agent", "title": "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" }, { "docid": "12184762", "text": "the book. How Do You Spell God? How Do You Spell God?: Answers to the Big Questions from Around the World is a book on religion by Rabbi Marc Gellman and Msgr. Thomas Hartman of \"The God Squad\", which answers questions about different religions. Each chapter's title is a question about any religion in general; for example, one chapter asks \"What are some of the bad things in religions?\", another asks \"What question does each religion want to answer the most?\", and another asks \"What's a religion?\". A prologue written by the Dalai Lama introduces us to the book itself,", "title": "How Do You Spell God?" }, { "docid": "12184760", "text": "How Do You Spell God? How Do You Spell God?: Answers to the Big Questions from Around the World is a book on religion by Rabbi Marc Gellman and Msgr. Thomas Hartman of \"The God Squad\", which answers questions about different religions. Each chapter's title is a question about any religion in general; for example, one chapter asks \"What are some of the bad things in religions?\", another asks \"What question does each religion want to answer the most?\", and another asks \"What's a religion?\". A prologue written by the Dalai Lama introduces us to the book itself, and he", "title": "How Do You Spell God?" }, { "docid": "16207085", "text": "entire religion was focused on this one singular point. … Once however the Romans were done with their work, the Jews as the religion of the Covenant no longer existed. … No temple, no sacrifices, no priesthood, no Judaism. What replaced it in history is what has come down to us today: Rabbinical Judaism. This is NOT the Judaism of the Covenant. It is a man-made religion. ...the promise of [the Abrahamic] Covenant is fulfilled in the Catholic Church. We are the continuation of Israel. ...[Thanks to the work of Jesus] the worship was now made complete in the sacrifice", "title": "Michael Voris" }, { "docid": "20966400", "text": "made us forget\" the existence of a genuine \"Christian theosophy\". He believed that modern Theosophy does not represent a synthesis of religion, philosophy and science, as its adherents say, but there is a \"mixture\" of them, in which there is no real religion, no real philosophy, no real science. In professor Antoine Faivre's opinion, that what Blavatsky called \"Theosophy\" was in fact only her own doctrine. René Guénon believed that \"theosophism\" is a \"confused mixture\" of Neoplatonism, Gnosticism, Jewish Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and occultism. A religious philosopher Sergius Bulgakov stated that [Blavatskian] Theosophy, trying to replace religion with itself, turns into", "title": "What Is Theosophy?" }, { "docid": "7943112", "text": "By comparison, the Jewish Virtual Library estimated a Jewish population of 291,000 (not limited to adherents of Judaism) in 2012, making Britain's Jewish community the fifth largest in the world. The 2001 Census included a (voluntary) religion question (\"What is your religion?\") for the first time in its history; 266,740 people listed their religion as \"Jewish\". However, the subject of who is a Jew is complex, and the religion question did not record people who may be Jewish through other means, such as ethnically and culturally. Of people who chose Jewish as their religion, 97% put White as their ethnic", "title": "British Jews" }, { "docid": "2160689", "text": "Delta is either Christian (44.9%), or affiliates with no religion (37.1%), but there is also large Sikh (10.6%), Hindu (3.0%), Muslim (2.0%) and Buddhist (1.3%) communities. The remaining 1.1% affiliate with another religion. Delta is located south of Vancouver and north of the Canada–US border at Peace Arch, Surrey. It is bordered by water on three sides: The Fraser River to the north, the Georgia Strait to the west and Boundary Bay to the south. At , Delta is the largest municipality in the GVRD; the second largest is its neighbour to the east, Surrey, at . Delta's flat, fertile", "title": "Delta, British Columbia" }, { "docid": "2448129", "text": "Prize for Progress in Religion, the world's largest cash gift (over $1 million), which is given each year to the one person in the world who has done the most to advance the cause of religion. He donated this prize, as he did all speaking fees and royalties, to further the work of Prison Fellowship. In 1994, Colson was quoted in contemporary Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman's song \"Heaven in the Real World\" as saying: Where is the hope? I meet millions of people who feel demoralized by the decay around us. The hope that each of us has", "title": "Charles Colson" }, { "docid": "2109884", "text": "of survivals explains the characteristics of a culture that are linked to earlier stages of human culture. Studying survivals assists ethnographers in reconstructing earlier cultural characteristics and possibly reconstructing the evolution of culture. Tylor argued that people had used religion to explain things that occurred in the world. He saw that it was important for religions to have the ability to explain why and for what reason things occurred in the world. For example, God (or the divine) gave us sun to keep us warm and give us light. Tylor argued that animism is the true natural religion that is", "title": "Edward Burnett Tylor" }, { "docid": "15237580", "text": "Language, by contrast, \"invites us but does not force us, to unite\". Countries which share the Spanish or English language don't merge with one another, while the people of Switzerland speak several languages. Modern nationhood also cannot be based on religion, which Renan observes, is currently practiced according to individual belief. \"You can be French, English, German, yet Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or practicing no religion\". Mutuality of interests is fine for corporations and their affiliates, but nationality is based on sentiment. Geography merely leads us astray, and often to violence: \"Mountains don't know how to carve out countries\". Renan concludes", "title": "What Is a Nation?" }, { "docid": "4892273", "text": "be more a marker of the [conflicting] groups than an actual point of contention between them\". John Teehan takes a position that integrates the two opposing sides of this debate. He describes the traditional response in defense of religion as \"draw(ing) a distinction between the religion and what is done in the name of that religion or its faithful.\" Teehan argues, \"this approach to religious violence may be understandable but it is ultimately untenable and prevents us from gaining any useful insight into either religion or religious violence.\" He takes the position that \"violence done in the name of religion", "title": "Religious violence" }, { "docid": "9116168", "text": "based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. The Constitution dictates that Catholicism be taught in public schools; however, parents have the right to exempt their children from religious instruction. The numerical predominance of Catholicism and the consideration given to it in the Constitution generally have not prejudiced other religious groups. The principle of freedom of religion is officially protected by the US constitution. US Supreme Court rulings have re-stated and expanded upon the legal individual right of freedom of religion within the United States of America. In the 17th and 18th centuries, many Europeans emigrated to what would later become", "title": "Freedom of religion by country" }, { "docid": "19145583", "text": "this context-transcending quality of human beings as embodied spirit is manifested in the context of the market economy, in areas of rigorous intellectual inquiry such as mathematics and physics, and in the confrontation of human beings with the enigmas of their experience in the context of religion. In each of these settings, Unger argues, we are not “ever entirely hostage to the social and conceptual worlds that have helped shape us. They may direct us over much of our lives, but they do not own us.” This view of human nature as irrepressibly context-transcending is at the heart of what", "title": "The Religion of the Future" }, { "docid": "19924890", "text": "website. The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do The Necessity of Secularism (subtitled Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do) is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ron Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society with differing and incompatible perspectives on religion, and that for democratic discourse to be successful, religious doctrines need to be kept out of public policy discussions. Lindsay's two primary themes in \"The Necessity of Secularism\" are the importance of secular government in a religiously pluralistic society and the", "title": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do" }, { "docid": "19924883", "text": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do The Necessity of Secularism (subtitled Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do) is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ron Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society with differing and incompatible perspectives on religion, and that for democratic discourse to be successful, religious doctrines need to be kept out of public policy discussions. Lindsay's two primary themes in \"The Necessity of Secularism\" are the importance of secular government in a religiously pluralistic society and the independence", "title": "The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do" }, { "docid": "20241813", "text": "Peter Manseau Peter Manseau is an American writer and the religion curator at the National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian. Writing in The National Interest, Ivan Plis describes Manseau as an \"unusual\" choice for curator of the religion section of a history museum, given that his previous jobs have included running the webzine \"Killing the Buddha\", a self-described “religion magazine for people made anxious by churches,” and because of what Plis describes as Manseau's attraction \"to the bizarre and sometimes discomforting ways in which religion makes us behave.\" Manseau told The New Yorker that his \"real interest\" is in", "title": "Peter Manseau" }, { "docid": "548875", "text": "scholars, philosophers, and theologians to test his knowledge on religion and jurisprudence. Among the summoned scholars was a Zoroastrian High Priest. Al-Ridha questioned the priest on his beliefs saying,“Tell me about Zoroaster, whom you claim is a prophet; what is your evidence for his Prophethood?” to which the response was “We did not see him, but the tales of our ancestors informed us that he had legalized for us what no other person before had made legal.” Imam Al-Ridha responded “This is the case with all other nations. Tales had come to them about what the prophets had accomplished, what", "title": "Zoroaster" }, { "docid": "17332434", "text": "will see that we may be at a very early stage in our development as a species (given that it is possible that the Earth will remain habitable for another billion years). With this vast stretch of time before us, he asks, why would we think that our best ideas – even ideas about religion – are behind us? At this stage in our development, Schellenberg argues, religion of a different sort from what we have seen before is called for. Critics have argued that if Schellenberg is skeptical or doubting about ultimism on the basis of future possibilities, then", "title": "J. L. Schellenberg" }, { "docid": "13582063", "text": "He argued that humans influence our climate in an IEEE Climate Discussion/Debate on NewTV, Newton, MA, August 27, 2014, https://vimeo.com/106296674 He championed the www.iras.org 2017 CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE on Star Island and presented the PowerPoint \"What are we doing to our climate? What is it doing to us? What can we do?\" In June 2018, The Institute of Religion in an Age of Science awarded him its Academic Fellow Award, Star Island, NH. He established the Paul and Auburn Carr Scholarship in Science and Religion at the Boston University School of Theology in commemoration of his father, Rev. Auburn J.", "title": "Paul H. Carr (physicist)" }, { "docid": "14235657", "text": "is the human soul? What conjures within us the experience of love or, alternatively, casts us into the oblivion of darkness? What are the origins of good and evil? How are these extremes of human experience represented in religion? How do we imagine things and how does our imagination differ from our dreams? Do all people think in the same way and, if not, are there greater differences between people from different societies, countries, cultures or races than between members of the same community? Where does belief and faith come from? What is the origin of racial conflict? Why is", "title": "P. J. Snow" }, { "docid": "17465279", "text": "shows probably never even heard of Bad Religion or don't know what it's really all about. What Bad Religion gave to us is kind of like what we are giving back to the kids of the next generation, hopefully.\" To celebrate the success of the tour, the band released a limited edition live album titled \"The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)\", which featured snippets of the band's infamous between-song dialogue. Released in November 2000, the band returned to the studio with Finn to complete a song left off the final track listing of \"Enema of the", "title": "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour" }, { "docid": "11832123", "text": "Religion in Antigua and Barbuda According to the 2001 census, which has the most reliable figures available, 74 percent of the population of Antigua and Barbuda is Christian. The Anglican Church is the largest religious denomination, accounting for an estimated 26 percent of the population. The Roman Catholic, Pentecostal churches, Moravian, Methodist and Seventh-day Adventist Church account for less than 10 percent each. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. The US government documented no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice in their 2007 religious", "title": "Religion in Antigua and Barbuda" }, { "docid": "2825105", "text": "fifth of the US public and a third of adults under the age of 30 are reportedly unaffiliated with any religion, however they identify as being spiritual in some way. Of these religiously unaffiliated Americans, 37% classify themselves as spiritual but not religious. Native American religions historically exhibited much diversity, and are often characterized by animism or panentheism. The membership of Native American religions in the 21st century comprises about 9,000 people. Neopaganism in the United States is represented by widely different movements and organizations. The largest Neopagan religion is Wicca, followed by Neo-Druidism. Other neopagan movements include Germanic Neopaganism,", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "11832124", "text": "freedom report, and prominent societal leaders took positive steps to promote religious freedom. Religion in Antigua and Barbuda According to the 2001 census, which has the most reliable figures available, 74 percent of the population of Antigua and Barbuda is Christian. The Anglican Church is the largest religious denomination, accounting for an estimated 26 percent of the population. The Roman Catholic, Pentecostal churches, Moravian, Methodist and Seventh-day Adventist Church account for less than 10 percent each. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. The US government documented no reports of societal", "title": "Religion in Antigua and Barbuda" }, { "docid": "2302948", "text": "is very similar to Han Chinese religion. Bimoism (毕摩教 \"Bìmójiào\") is the indigenous religion of the Yi people(s), the largest ethnic group in Yunnan after the Han Chinese. This faith is represented by three types of religious specialists: the \"bimo\" (毕摩, \"ritual masters\", \"priests\"), the \"sunyi\" (male shamans) and the \"monyi\" (female shamans). What distinguishes the \"bimo\" and the shamans is the way through which they acquire their authority. While both are regarded as the \"mediators between humanity and the divine\", the shamans are initiated through a \"spiritual inspiration\" (which involves illness or vision) whereas the \"bimo\"—who are always males", "title": "Religion in China" }, { "docid": "15319489", "text": "people made up religion in the first place, and what we’re doing with the needs and longings that led them to do so. At one level, religions are about asking us to believe in something. When people say, they can’t believe, they tend to stop right there with the whole religion business. They often then point out all the horrid things that religions have undoubtly done and continue to do. In this sense, belief is almost the least important and defiantly the least interesting side of religion. What's fascinating is all the other stuff religions get up to. For example,", "title": "AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme" }, { "docid": "4373884", "text": "the body. The Divinity has projected man showing him the right way to go. Donyi-Poloists describe the \"Donyi-Polo\" nature of the universe as the eyes of human conscience. Happiness is given through right action, and right action is that which follows the order of nature (Donyi-Polo). Oshang Ering, a philosopher of the religion, has written that as the two objects in the sky (\"Bomong\" and \"Boo\") focus light to enable us to see what is what, Donyi-Polo makes us aware of what is wrong and right. Right conscience naturally prevails. When a person does wrong things (acts against the natural", "title": "Donyi-Polo" }, { "docid": "946563", "text": "is precisely our doubts and struggles that mark us as human. And that insight girds his theological twist on Socrates: The unexamined human life is a lost chance to behold the divine.\" In 2002, Richard Kauffman interviewed Buechner for The Christian Century upon the publication of \"Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say)\". Buechner answered the question \"Do you envision a particular audience when you write?\" by saying \"I always hope to reach people who don't want to touch religion with a ten-foot pole. The cultured despisers of religion, Schleiermacher called them. Maybe some of my books", "title": "Frederick Buechner" }, { "docid": "2612789", "text": "children ... to you He has given the arts. To these He has not opened our eyes. We know these things to be true. Since He has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that he has given us a different religion according to our understanding? The Great Spirit does right. He knows what is best for his children; we are satisfied.\" \"We do not wish to destroy your religion, or take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own.\" In his \"Speech to the U.S. Senate\", Red Jacket was", "title": "Red Jacket" }, { "docid": "18023443", "text": "it. In Burma there are varying degrees of reliance on nats versus Buddhist doctrine. The beliefs and practices of folk faith vary widely across Burma, so it is difficult to define this religion exactly. Several scholars in the 19th and 20th century have done field research in villages in Burma, their findings have then been reported by themselves, as well as recently by others in various books and articles. Although it is difficult to determine what the precise beliefs and practices are, these anthropologists found several common trends that help give us a better picture of Burmese folk religion. In", "title": "Burmese folk religion" }, { "docid": "17633901", "text": "represented today in Louisville by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, and the United Church of Christ, respectively. The city is home to two megachurches. Southeast Christian Church, with its main campus in Middletown and three others in the surrounding region, is, , the seventh-largest church in the United States. St. Stephen Church is the 38th largest in the US, and has the largest African American congregation in Kentucky. The city is home to several religious institutions: the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville Bible College, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the denominational headquarters of the Presbyterian", "title": "Religion in Louisville, Kentucky" }, { "docid": "1506312", "text": "Schools are not Theological Seminaries\" and that they were \"debarred by law from inculcating the peculiar and distinctive doctrines of any one religious denomination amongst us ... or all that is essential to religion or to salvation,\" he assured those who objected to this secular nature that \"our system earnestly inculcates all Christian morals; it founds its morals on the basis of religion; it welcomes the religion of the Bible; and, in receiving the Bible, it allows it to do what it is allowed to do in no other system—to speak for itself. But here it stops, not because it", "title": "Horace Mann" }, { "docid": "16406232", "text": "Bahá'í meetings were prohibited in 1983 followed by arrests. This time the response emphasized the non-partisan and obedience to government principles of the religion. 1992 estimates by the US Department of State counted some 150–200 Bahá'ís. while 2001 through 2009 estimates mention the Bahá'í community at 350 to 400 persons. However Association of Religion Data Archives and Wolfram Alpha estimated 30,000 Bahá'ís in 2005 and 2010, the third largest religion in the country. The Bahá'í Faith in Mozambique begins after the mention of Africa in Bahá'í literature when `Abdu'l-Bahá suggested it as a place to take the religion to in", "title": "Bahá'í Faith in Africa" }, { "docid": "11660658", "text": "Freedom of religion in Burundi The Constitution of Burundi provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. Government policy contributes to the generally free practice of religion. In a 2007 US Government study, there were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice. The country has an area of and a population of 8,390,500. Although reliable statistics on the followers of various religious groups are not available, sources estimate the Christian population to be 67 percent, with Roman Catholics representing the largest group at 62 percent. Protestant and Anglican", "title": "Freedom of religion in Burundi" }, { "docid": "14249913", "text": "hotel and say, 'Brother, what made you do this? Can we accommodate your grievances?' That is what the West is expecting [of] us - to bring the killers of our brothers, to bring those who cut the noses of the Afghan women, to bring those who do suicide bombings in our wedding parties, to put them on the other side of the table and say, 'Brother, you represent our religion and I have lost my direction. Let us talk.' That is because there is not much respect for the dignity of the nation called Afghanistan when it comes to geopolitics.\"", "title": "Amrullah Saleh" }, { "docid": "15182019", "text": "is a religion,…\" Maxine M. Chesney, District Judge. US Federal Circuit Court review of \"What Constitutes a Religion?\" yields evidence of another \"ripple effect\" originating within the trademark litigation. HALE v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, (D CO, March 28, 2018) \"...Creativity Movement [fka World Church of the Creator] is not a religion for purposes of the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution and RFRA.\" pg. 22 of 33, f. Conclusion; Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger. Church of the Creator Church of the Creator is a Christian-based faith organization headquartered in Ashland, Oregon. It grew from a church association established in", "title": "Church of the Creator" }, { "docid": "385173", "text": "of knowledge – discourses – that work like languages. Languages/discourses define reality for us. In order to think at all, we are obliged to use these definitions. The knowledge we have about the world is provided for us by the languages and discourses we encounter in the times and places in which we live our lives. Thus, who we are, what we know to be true, and what we think are discursively constructed. Foucault defined history as the rise and fall of discourses. Social change is about changes in prevailing forms of knowledge. The job of the historian is to", "title": "Sociology of religion" }, { "docid": "297701", "text": "with 141,311, the United Church of Christ with 118,000, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) with 110,000. With about 70,000 people in 2015 Ohio had the second largest Amish population of all states of the US. According to the same data, a majority of Ohioans, 55%, feel that religion is \"very important,\" 30% say that it is \"somewhat important,\" and 15% responded that religion is \"not too important/not important at all.\" 36% of Ohioans indicate that they attend religious services at least once weekly, 35% attend occasionally, and 27% seldom or never participate in religious services. In 2010, Ohio was ranked", "title": "Ohio" }, { "docid": "6899665", "text": "subordinated to the ideology of proletarian revolution. Denying the validity of religion-based morality, they wrote: what is useful to us (the Soviet people) is moral, what is harmful to us is immoral. Morality is a weapon in class struggle. Party and Komsomol members were drilled to accept that position, and to act accordingly. The USSR published voluminous materials to disseminate its philosophical ideals and justifications. These took the form of academic or professional journals or notes in the pattern of peer-reviewed material. For example, the book below challenges the idea of a medical deontology, or ethics based on moral rules,", "title": "Philosophy in the Soviet Union" }, { "docid": "19973504", "text": "Initiative. In May 2017, Maher was granted a \"special consultative status\" with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC). Sister Lucy has had the opportunity to meet with the Pope Francis, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former US President Bill Clinton on different occasions. In February 2017, Sister Lucy Kurien, founded the \"Interfaith Association for Service to Humanity and Nature\" in Pune, India. “\"We respect and love all religions. We never put down anyone’s religion, or uphold one religion to the exclusion of others. What we want is to believe and respect interfaith religion, inclusive of all faith", "title": "Lucy Kurien" }, { "docid": "2752768", "text": "religion for the purpose of psychometric scale design, there has been, as Wulff (1997) explains, considerable controversy about whether religion should really be seen as multidimensional. What we call religious experiences can differ greatly. Some reports exist of supernatural happenings that it would be difficult to explain from a rational, scientific point of view. On the other hand, there also exist the sort of testimonies that simply seem to convey a feeling of peace or oneness – something which most of us, religious or not, may possibly relate to. In categorizing religious experiences it is perhaps helpful to look at", "title": "Psychology of religion" }, { "docid": "3786428", "text": "the French language known as Creole, which was also used by island-born mulattoes and whites for communication with the workers. The majority of the slaves were Yoruba from what is now modern Nigeria, Fon from what is now Benin, and from the Kingdom of Kongo in what is now modern northern Angola and the western Congo. The Kongolese at 40% were the largest of the African ethnic groups represented amongst the slaves. The slaves developed their own religion, a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholicism and West African religions known as Vodou, usually called voodoo in English. This belief system implicitly", "title": "Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "9116067", "text": "Christians and Korea Buddhist Federation are the official representatives of those faith groups in government, but it is unclear to what extent they are actually representative of religious practitioners in the country. According to the US Department of State, , the constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respected this right in practice. In the Pew Research Center's Government Restrictions Index 2015 index the country was categorized as having moderate levels of government restrictions on the freedom of religion, up from previous categorizations of low levels of government restrictions. Since the 1980s and the 1990s there have", "title": "Freedom of religion by country" }, { "docid": "4822621", "text": "of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, then the State's dominant political party, which wielded a strong private army, the Razakars, under the leadership of Kasim Razvi. Hindus constitute 2 percent of Pakistan's population. Hinduism is the second largest religion in Pakistan after Islam, according to the 1998 Census. As of 2010, Pakistan had the fifth largest Hindu population in the world and PEW predicts that by 2050 Pakistan will have the fourth largest Hindu population in the world. There has been historical decline of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism in the areas of what is now called Pakistan. This happened for", "title": "Persecution of Hindus" }, { "docid": "6054892", "text": "from mainly Muslim countries should be stopped\", while 18 percent disagreed. In a 2018 poll by Der Standard 45 percent answered that they would tolerate a street scene that is dominated by women wearing headscarves, 42 percent would not tolerate it. In April 2017, President Alexander Van der Bellen called for all women in Austria to wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslims and to fight what he referred to as \"rampant Islamophobia\" in the country. Islam in Austria Islam in Austria is the largest minority religion and the second most widely professed religion in the country, practiced by 8% of", "title": "Islam in Austria" }, { "docid": "9086190", "text": "List of Bahá'ís for a list of notable Bahá'ís. ARDA/WCD statistics place the Bahá'í Faith as currently the largest religious minority in Iran (despite significant persecution and the overall Iranian diaspora), Panama, and Belize; the second largest international religion in Bolivia, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea; and the third largest international religion in Chad and Kenya. In 2014 the religion was officially recognized in Indonesia and in addition to various countries it is the second largest religion in state of South Carolina – a fact that, despite its small size, got some attention in 2014. Based on data from 2010,", "title": "Growth of religion" }, { "docid": "15767770", "text": "United States as the second-largest donor of Syrian refugees after Turkey. On 27 January 2017, new US President Donald Trump announced that he had signed an executive order suspending any further resettlement of Syrian refugees to the United States indefinitely until further notice due to security concerns (excluding \"refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality\" which could include Christians, Shia Muslims and Yazidis in Syria). It will resume once an enhanced security screening procedure is implemented. Two days before", "title": "Refugees of the Syrian Civil War" }, { "docid": "7589022", "text": "and Judaism. It was so founded by Bahá'u'lláh in what was then Persia (also known as Iran). Today the largest national population of Bahá'ís is in India with between 1.7 million to 3.2 million, where there is also the Lotus Temple. Significant populations are found in many countries including Vietnam and Malaysia where \"about 1%\", some 260,000, of the population are Bahá'ís. In other places, like Kazakhstan there are 25 Local Spiritual Assemblies. In modern-day Iran, the religion is severely persecuted (see Persecution of Bahá'ís). In neighboring Turkmenistan, Bahá'í Faith is effectively banned, and individuals have had their homes raided", "title": "Religion in Asia" }, { "docid": "14880911", "text": "as a backward, violent religion; sometimes as an Arabian Nights fantasy; and sometimes as a complex and changing product of history and social life.\" Robert Gleave writes that, \"at the centre of popular conceptions of Islam as a violent religion are the punishments carried out by regimes hoping to bolster both their domestic and international Islamic credentials.\" The 9/11 attack on the US has led many non-Muslims to indict Islam as a violent religion. According to Corrigan and Hudson, \"some conservative Christian leaders (have) complained that Islam (is) incompatible with what they believed to be a Christian America.\" Examples of", "title": "Islam and violence" }, { "docid": "329996", "text": "am invested. O what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent God and is made glorious with the name of Christ! With what reproaches will the Lord overwhelm us if you do not aid those who, with us, profess the Christian religion! Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war which should have been begun long ago. Let those who for a long time, have been robbers, now", "title": "Pope Urban II" }, { "docid": "8570537", "text": "change in US government economic policy, there will be hyperinflation and that the imbalance between the amount of goods the US consumed and what it produced would eventually lead to problems for the US economy. As a remedy, he favored increased personal savings and production to stimulate economic growth. Schiff cited the US's low personal savings rate as one of the causes of its transformation from the world's largest creditor nation in the 1970s to the largest debtor nation in 2000. He attributed the low savings rate to what he asserts are high inflation and artificially low interest rates set", "title": "Peter Schiff" }, { "docid": "2825093", "text": "and founded a rival movement. According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies newsletter published March, 2017, based on data from 2010, Bahá'ís were the largest minority religion in 80 counties out of the 3143 counties in the country. Rastafarians began migrating to the United States in the 1950s, '60s and '70s from the religion's 1930s birthplace, Jamaica. Marcus Garvey, who is considered a prophet by many Rastafarians, rose to prominence and cultivated many of his ideas in the United States. Buddhism entered the US during the 19th century with the arrival of the first immigrants from East", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "14729193", "text": "James Twitchell go beyond considering advertising as kind of religion and that advertising even replaces religion as a key institution. \"Corporate advertising (or commercial media) is the largest single psychological project ever undertaken by the human race. Yet for all of that, its impact on us remains unknown and largely ignored. When I think of the media's influence over years, over decades, I think of those brainwashing experiments conducted by Dr. Ewen Cameron in a Montreal psychiatric hospital in the 1950s (see MKULTRA). The idea of the CIA-sponsored \"depatterning\" experiments was to outfit conscious, unconscious or semiconscious subjects with headphones,", "title": "Criticism of advertising" }, { "docid": "6197209", "text": "Orthodox Judaism. The other two thirds of respondents said they felt no connection to any denomination, or declined to respond. The spectrum covered by \"Orthodox\" in the diaspora exists in Israel, again with some important variations. What would be called \"Orthodox\" in the diaspora includes what is commonly called \"dati\" (\"religious\") or \"Haredi\" (\"ultra-Orthodox\") in Israel. The former term includes what is called Religious Zionism or the \"National Religious\" community (and also Modern Orthodox in US terms), as well as what has become known over the past decade or so as \"Hardal\" (\"Haredi-Leumi\", i. e., \"ultra-Orthodox nationalist\"), which combines a", "title": "Religion in Israel" }, { "docid": "10360685", "text": "the religious tone of the text—also found in her first novel, \"\"—is generally viewed by scholars as conservative. The religion presented in \"Thoughts\" is one that celebrates the \"pleasures of resignation\", the belief that the afterlife is awaiting and that the world is ordered by God for the best. Wollstonecraft writes: He who is training us up for immortal bliss, knows best what trials will contribute to make us [virtuous]; and our resignation and improvement will render us respectable to ourselves, and to that Being, whose approbation is of more value than life itself. Although she drifted away from these", "title": "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" }, { "docid": "4327184", "text": "and through his human agents in order to reveal information about himself that is sufficient and complete. It is obvious that even the means which God uses are imperfect and limited: Ezekiel 1:28 finds the author struggling to put down in words what he was experiencing as he stood in the presence of God; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 mentions that what we see now – what God has chosen to reveal to us – is \"but a poor reflection\". The fact that God has chosen to use the limited in order to reveal the unlimited may seem hard to understand, but", "title": "Accommodation (religion)" }, { "docid": "2039449", "text": "and enthusiasm. It is not limited to any one religion or culture. Hence it is open to all people. He feels the spiritual bond we share as part of the human family is more prominent than nationality, gender, religion, profession, or other identities that separate us. According to him, science and spirituality are linked and compatible, both springing from the urge to know. The question, \"Who am I?\" leads to spirituality; the question, \"What is this?\" leads to science. Emphasizing that joy is only available in the present moment, his stated vision is to create a world free of stress", "title": "Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)" }, { "docid": "2393079", "text": "of the United Church of Christ, Townes believed that \"science and religion [are] quite parallel, much more similar than most people think and that in the long run, they must converge\". He wrote in a statement after winning the Templeton Prize during 2005: \"Science tries to understand what our universe is like and how it works, including us humans. Religion is aimed at understanding the purpose and meaning of our universe, including our own lives. If the universe has a purpose or meaning, this must be reflected in its structure and functioning, and hence in science.\" Townes died at the", "title": "Charles H. Townes" }, { "docid": "254630", "text": "the second largest group. Islam is the dominant religion among ethnic Kazakhs. The majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol ethnicity, although Kazakhs, Tuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade groups. The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Turkic Khaganate, and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous land empire in history.", "title": "Mongolia" }, { "docid": "3979897", "text": "Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) () is a left-wing socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM advocates what it sees as a \"fairer\" society, without discrimination on the basis of social class, race, community, caste, religion, gender or sexual orientation. In the general election of 2014, the MMM became the second largest party in the National Assembly of Mauritius with 12 Members of Parliament, and the second largest party at the municipal level, with 4 councillors. The party is divided into twenty \"Regionales\", one", "title": "Mauritian Militant Movement" }, { "docid": "2462381", "text": "from Latin is the 1960 edition, translated by Ford Lewis Battles and edited by John T. McNeill, currently considered the most authoritative edition by scholars. The Battles translation of the same passage, \"Institutes\", III, 7: We are not our own: let not our reason nor our will, therefore, sway our plans and deeds. We are not our own: let us therefore not set it as our goal to seek what is expedient for us according to the flesh. We are not our own: in so far as we can, let us therefore forget ourselves and all that is ours. Conversely,", "title": "Institutes of the Christian Religion" }, { "docid": "10444937", "text": "can really make a difference for mankind, for Americans, we can make America a better place. We can, and I enjoyed the prayer, as we began, served, getting food. He said, if the Jews could be better Jews, and if Christians could be better Christians, if all of us could just be a little better ourselves, what a difference that would make in this world, what a difference that would make.\" The Foundation and its members had held that this \"gave the appearance of endorsing religion.\" The court ruled \"These statements...are too far removed from any congressional action taken pursuant", "title": "Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation" }, { "docid": "2825080", "text": "Judaism is the religion of approximately 2% of the American population. Jews have been present in what is now the US since the 17th century, and specifically allowed since the British colonial Plantation Act 1740. Although small Western European communities initially developed and grew, large-scale immigration did not take place until the late 19th century, largely as a result of persecutions in parts of Eastern Europe. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews whose ancestors emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe. There are, however, small numbers of older (and some recently arrived) communities of", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "135957", "text": "Religion\", about 47 percent of the Belgian population identify themselves as belonging to the Catholic Church, while Islam is the second-largest religion at 3.5 percent. A 2006 inquiry in Flanders, considered more religious than Wallonia, showed that 55% considered themselves religious, and 36% believed that God created the world. Jews have been present in Flanders for a long time, in particular in Antwerp. More recently, Muslims have immigrated to Flanders, now forming the largest minority religion with about 3.9% in the Flemish Region and 25% in Brussels. The largest Muslim group is Moroccan in origin, while the second largest is", "title": "Flanders" }, { "docid": "18158495", "text": "them the rapid increase in new schools all over the world, he called on the School’s movement to “leave behind us everything that is dated and wakefully grasp what is of the future.” In his article “Pädagogische Religion” (Educational Religion), he describes how the capacity for creative teaching can begin to grow: “The teacher must always ask himself how he can develop a sense of closeness to the child.” He has to “strive to develop a spiritual-educational sense of touch”. “This sense of touch, or child-sense gradually opens an attitude of soul that is full of devotion, love, commitment.” And", "title": "Ernst Weissert" }, { "docid": "372399", "text": "and other formal domains, while Creole (or \"dialect\" as it is referred to locally) is used in informal situations such as in the home and among friends. Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%), Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%. According to the 2001 census, 81.5% of the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is considered Christian, 6.7% has another religion and 8.8% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.5%). Anglicanism constitutes the largest religion, with 47.8% of the population. Methodists are the second largest group (28%). The next largest group are", "title": "Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" }, { "docid": "13765574", "text": "of the more interesting aspects of this debate came when Allen was questioned by WUSA-TV anchor Peggy Fox. Fox said: \"It has been reported [that] your grandfather Felix, whom you were given your middle name for, was Jewish. Could you please tell us whether your forebears include Jews and, if so, at which point Jewish identity might have ended?\" This led to a booing from the crowd and anger from Allen who admonished Fox for \"making aspersions\" and responded: \"To be getting into what religion my mother is, I don't think is relevant...Why is that relevant -- my religion, Jim's", "title": "Controversies of the 2006 United States Senate election in Virginia" }, { "docid": "2462380", "text": "him, therefore, let us live and die. Also from the nineteenth century, the Henry Beveridge (1845) translation, \"Institutes\", III, 7: We are not our own; therefore, neither is our own reason or will to rule our acts and counsels. We are not our own; therefore, let us not make it our end to seek what may be agreeable to our carnal nature. We are not our own; therefore, as far as possible, let us forget ourselves and the things that are ours. On the other hand, we are God’s; let us, therefore, live and die to him. The most recent", "title": "Institutes of the Christian Religion" }, { "docid": "20966395", "text": "archaic \"Wisdom-Religion,\" the esoteric doctrine once known in every ancient country having claims to civilization.\" Both Tim Rudbøg and Julia Shabanova have cited Blavatsky's definition of Theosophy as the Wisdom-Religion: \"This 'Wisdom' all the old writings show us as an emanation of the divine Principle; and the clear comprehension of it is typified in such names as the Indian Budha, the Babylonian Nebo, the Thoth of Memphis, the Hermes of Greece; in the appellations, also, of some goddesses—Metis, Neitha, Athena, the Gnostic \"Sophia,\" and finally the Vedas, from the word 'to know'.\" James Santucci wrote that Theosophy, according to Blavatsky,", "title": "What Is Theosophy?" }, { "docid": "293291", "text": "Catholics form the single largest religious group in the territory with 19.9% of the Northern Territory's population, followed by Anglican (8.4%), Uniting Church (5.7%) and Lutheran (2.6%). Buddhism is the territory's largest non-Christian religion (2.0%), followed by Hinduism (1.6%), which is the fastest growing religion population percentage wise in the state. Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology (1.4%) is also practiced. Around 30% of Territorians do not profess any religion. Many Aborigines practise their traditional religion, the belief in the Dreamtime. There are more than 100 Aboriginal languages and dialects spoken in the Northern Territory, in addition to English which is", "title": "Northern Territory" }, { "docid": "14856942", "text": "both religion and science require an element of faith.\" Literal interpretations of scripture cheat \"both religion, by ignoring what the author of the text was really trying to tell us, and science, by setting up unnecessary oppositions between important religious principles and easily testable facts.\" At the Association for Mormon Letters, Heather Young wrote that \"Evolving Faith\" had \"enlarged my appreciation for my time on earth and the part I can play in protecting its immeasurable gifts.\" At Common Consent, Steve Evans said the book was \"not for beginners\" and uses terminology that is difficult to understand, and that the", "title": "Steven L. Peck" }, { "docid": "9500076", "text": "of Réunion follows Hinduism,making it the second largest religion in Réunion.In Seychelles Hindus constitute 2.4 % of the population There is also a small number of Hindus in Madagascar. The largest concentration of Hindus in the continent can be found in the Southern region of Africa. South Africa is home to more than 500,000 Hindus. Hinduism in Africa Mauritius is the only African Union country where Hinduism is the dominant religion, with 56.4% of the population as followers in 2010. Hinduism is the second largest religion in Réunion (6.7%) and Seychelles (2.4%). Hinduism took root in Africa from the late", "title": "Hinduism in Africa" }, { "docid": "1388884", "text": "his overthrow, focusing on jihad against the US and (what they believe are) other enemies of Islam. (This movement is sometimes called neo-Wahhabi or neo-salafi.) The 2001 9/11 attacks on Saudi's putative ally, the US, that killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage, were assumed by many, at least outside the kingdom, to be \"an expression of Wahhabism\" since the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals. A backlash in the formerly hospitable US against the kingdom focused on its official religion that came to", "title": "Wahhabism" }, { "docid": "787877", "text": "constitute the majority of the U.S. population, with a total of about 245,532,000 or 77.7% of the population . Non-Hispanic whites make up 62.6% of the country's population. The non-Hispanic white population of the US is expected to fall below 50% by 2045. According to Pew Research Center study released in 2018, by 2040, Islam will surpass Judaism to become the second largest religion in the US due to higher immigration and birth rates. Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for 48% of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006. Immigrants and their", "title": "Demography of the United States" }, { "docid": "2448093", "text": "continues to be broadcast with an alternating panel from the Colson Center). Colson was a principal signer of the 1994 \"Evangelicals and Catholics Together\" ecumenical document signed by leading Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholic leaders in the United States. Colson received 15 honorary doctorates, and in 1993 was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, the world's largest annual award (over US$1 million) in the field of religion, given to a person who \"has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension\". He donated this prize to further the work of Prison Fellowship, as he did all his", "title": "Charles Colson" }, { "docid": "825983", "text": "who did not believe in the external world at all. But the Maya of the Vedanta, in its last developed form, is neither Idealism nor Realism, nor is it a theory. It is a simple statement of facts — what we are and what we see around us.\" The Early Buddhist Texts contain some references to illusion, the most well known of which is the \"Pheṇapiṇḍūpama Sutta\" in Pali (and with a Chinese Agama parallel at SĀ 265) which states: Suppose, monks, that a magician (māyākāro) or a magician’s apprentice (māyākārantevāsī) would display a magical illusion (māyaṃ) at a crossroads.", "title": "Maya (religion)" }, { "docid": "16217700", "text": "of technologies that leads us to adopt a hierarchical indexing of what constitutes an authentic experience of belonging and belief, outside of dichotomies of traditional/modern, physical/digital, and real/proximal embodied experience. The impulse to define how and why we communicate, drawing boundaries between various technological media leads to problematic understandings of complex user identities. The third spaces concept argues that theories of ritual, religion, media and communication benefit from an analysis of how meaning is produced and performed at the borderlines of a complex ecosystem of media ensembles and hybrid spaces. Muslims in the Mountain West, 2009-2010 This research, supported by", "title": "Center for Media, Religion and Culture" }, { "docid": "4115836", "text": "According to a Gallup poll conducted in 2009, simultaneous strong support of the secular Awami League and the near unanimous importance of religion in daily life suggests that while religion is vital in Bangladeshis' daily lives, they appear comfortable with its lack of influence in government. Islam in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a Muslim majority nation and Islam is official religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, the Muslim population is approximately 148.5 million, which is the third largest Muslim population in the world (after Indonesia and Pakistan), constituting 90% of the total population", "title": "Islam in Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "3408894", "text": "may be to this day the largest empire ever.\" Though it is generally believed that Zarathushtra's teachings maintained influence on Cyrus's acts and policies, so far no clear evidence has been found to indicate that Cyrus practiced a specific religion. Pierre Briant wrote that given the poor information we have, \"it seems quite reckless to try to reconstruct what the religion of Cyrus might have been.\" His views are believed expressed in the content of the Cylinder: \"û-mi-Ša-am ma- h ar iluBel ù iluNabu Š a a-ra-ku ume-ia li-ta-mu-ú lit-taŠ-ka-ru a-ma-a-ta du-un-ki-ia ù a-na iluMarduk beli-ia li-iq-bu-ú ' Ša Ku-ra-aŠ", "title": "Cyrus the Great" }, { "docid": "5432565", "text": "look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition.” What McCurry wants his viewers to take away from his photographs is the \"human connection between all of us.\" He believes there is always some common thing between all humans despite the differences in religion, language, ethnicity, etc. McCurry also states, \"I have found that I get completely consumed by the importance of the story I am telling,", "title": "Steve McCurry" } ]

[ "Estelle" ]

[ { "docid": "19390307", "text": "Garnet (Steven Universe) Garnet is a fictional character from the animated series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. She is a \"gem\", a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a holographic body. Garnet is a \"fusion gem\" — i.e., two gemstones combining personalities and appearances as one shared holographic body — formed by two Gems named Ruby and Sapphire; they chose to remain permanently fused out of love for each other. Garnet is voiced by Estelle, a performance that has seen a positive reception. Garnet is frequently praised for being a depiction of a positive lesbian", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085076", "text": "Garnet, the Crystal Gem leader, is voiced by Estelle, a singer, songwriter and actor. Cartoon Network asked Estelle to take the part, her first voice-acting role. \"Steven Universe\" was also the first animation voice role for actor Michaela Dietz who voices Amethyst and The Party singer Deedee Magno who voices Pearl. Sugar wanted Tom Scharpling, whom she knew from his podcast \"The Best Show with Tom Scharpling\", to voice a character for one of her projects before \"Steven Universe\" was conceived. She approached Scharpling for the part of Greg Universe, who was originally named Tom. The Ruby Gems are voiced", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "19390315", "text": "Answer\" was praised by Eric Thurn because Estelle got the opportunity to do voice work that was more fun and \"soft\". AJ Adejare of \"The Fandom Post\" criticized the voice director of \"Steven Universe\" for under-utilizing Estelle's talents, as Garnet is mostly silent in the show. Garnet is Estelle's first voice-over role, and the character was designed by Rebecca Sugar while she was listening to Estelle's music. Garnet has commonly been praised as a depiction of a romantic lesbian relationship in an animated series. Since 2010, animated television series such as \"Adventure Time\" and \"The Legend of Korra\" have shown", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390314", "text": "both realize that they still want to be together, and in the episode \"Reunited\", they are married as their way of being together on their own terms, rather than just because of Rose Quartz. Garnet is voiced by Estelle in the original dub of \"Steven Universe\". Estelle's vocal performance is commonly praised by critics: Vrai Kaiser of \"The Mary Sue\" commended Estelle's voice work in \"Jail Break\" by stating that \"the amount of love, layers, and history she packs into so few words goes right to the heart no matter how many times you watch it.\" Garnet's narration in \"The", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390307", "text": "Garnet (Steven Universe) Garnet is a fictional character from the animated series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. She is a \"gem\", a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a holographic body. Garnet is a \"fusion gem\" — i.e., two gemstones combining personalities and appearances as one shared holographic body — formed by two Gems named Ruby and Sapphire; they chose to remain permanently fused out of love for each other. Garnet is voiced by Estelle, a performance that has seen a positive reception. Garnet is frequently praised for being a depiction of a positive lesbian", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085113", "text": "City Con, a \"Steven Universe\" fan convention, was held in Virginia Beach on October 13–15, 2017. Steven Universe Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It is the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (voiced by Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, humanoid aliens named Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall), Garnet (Estelle), and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz)—in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven, who is half-Gem, has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. \"Steven Universe\" premiered on November 4, 2013,", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "17085037", "text": "Steven Universe Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It is the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (voiced by Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, humanoid aliens named Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall), Garnet (Estelle), and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz)—in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven, who is half-Gem, has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. \"Steven Universe\" premiered on November 4, 2013, and is Cartoon Network's first animated show solely created by a woman. The themes of the", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "19002865", "text": "her cell. Soon, Ruby and Sapphire meet up again; as they happily reunite, Ruby and Sapphire perform a fusion dance in joy and fuse into Garnet (Estelle), who greets a surprised Steven and thanks him. She sends him to find Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) and free them from their cells. After he leaves, Jasper arrives to see Garnet back together. As Jasper and Garnet engage in combat, Garnet sings the song \"Stronger Than You\", celebrating the power of Ruby and Sapphire's relationship. Meanwhile, Steven, Amethyst and Pearl overpower Peridot (Shelby Rabara) and take control of the", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002871", "text": "fight between Jasper and Garnet, which is also a performance by voice actor Estelle of the song \"Stronger Than You\". In the scene, Garnet represents love—specifically, between two gay non-binary individuals—which creates her \"emotional balance\" and strength. Eric Thurm elaborates on this point, noting that Jasper's quote, \"Fusion is just a cheap tactic to make weak Gems stronger\", can be interpreted as a criticism of emotional relationships. This makes the physical fight abstractly represent \"a contest between Jasper's lone-wolf warrior ideology and Garnet's harmony between two people\". According to Thurm, Garnet's victory supports the \"thesis statement\" of the series, which", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002869", "text": "the music team for the series. The song was performed by Estelle, who voices Garnet in the series, and includes strings performed by Jeff Ball. Steven Velema (Surasshu of Aivi & Surasshu) wrote that Estelle's vocals were originally recorded over a demo by Jeff Liu. Sugar wanted the duo to create an arrangement \"to capture the feeling of 'there's no way [Garnet] could lose'\". In order to \"emphasize\" Garnet's new form, they changed the timbre of the bass, which is the instrument that represents Garnet in the series. The episode has been cited as an important example of LGBT representation", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "18696972", "text": "and making Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl see him as a threat. When Steven (Zach Callison) is frustrated that he is unable to summon his shield, Uncle Grandpa (Pete Browngardt) comes out from an ocean portal to help. Steven, initially confused, is assured of Uncle Grandpa's goodwill after he offers help and promptly reminds Steven that \"None of this is canon\". Uncle Grandpa initially guesses that Steven has \"belly blues\" and tries a variety of weapons on Steven to no avail. When Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) see what is going on, they come to attack", "title": "Say Uncle (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19661851", "text": "Pearl and Garnet rejoice, Steven eventually learns why Bismuth was kept away all these years. While in the storage space in Lion's mane, Steven (Zach Callison) accidentally pops a bubbled Gem that was stored there. The gem regenerates into Bismuth (Uzo Aduba). Steven brings her out of Lion's mane, and Garnet (Estelle) and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) joyfully introduce her to Steven and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) as one of the original Crystal Gems, thought lost during the Gem War. Bismuth is dismayed to learn that thousands of years have passed and they are the last of the Crystal Gems. Bismuth", "title": "Bismuth (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304571", "text": "Steven (Zach Callison) is awakened by Garnet (Estelle) on his birthday at midnight, and as a present, Garnet tells the tale of how Ruby (Charlyne Yi) and Sapphire (Erica Luttrell) first met and fused to become Garnet. 5,750 years in the past, the Gem Homeworld is in the process of colonizing Earth, but a group of rebels is halting progress. A team of diplomats is sent to Earth to investigate, among them being Sapphire and three Ruby bodyguards. Sapphire reports her precognitive vision of the future to Blue Diamond, the leader of the mission: in the upcoming battle, the rebels", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "18605217", "text": "True Romance (Estelle album) True Romance is the fourth studio album by English R&B recording artist Estelle. The album was released on February 17, 2015, by Established 1980 Records. The album was supported by the singles \"Make Her Say (Beat It Up)\" and \"Conqueror\". The album's sleeve was designed by Rebecca Sugar, creator of the animated series \"Steven Universe\" in which Estelle provides the voice of the character Garnet. The album's first single, \"Make Her Say (Beat It Up)\", was released on September 9, 2014. On April 15, 2014, the music video was released for \"Make Her Say (Beat It", "title": "True Romance (Estelle album)" }, { "docid": "17241582", "text": "show has helped her come to terms with her own identity as a bisexual woman. She believes that early and positive exposure to the LGBT community can help queer identifying children avoid experiencing shame in their own identities. Sugar designed the album cover of \"True Romance\" for Estelle, the voice of Garnet on \"Steven Universe\". In December 2016, comic book publisher \"Youth in Decline\" featured Sugar's sketches and story notes for her unpublished comic \"Margo in Bed\" as issue #14 of the art/comics anthology series \"Frontier\". In 2018, Sugar was featured on Gallant's 2018 R&B/Soul track \"TOOGOODTOBETRUE\", along with Sufjan", "title": "Rebecca Sugar" }, { "docid": "7008943", "text": "through music.\" Added BMG executive president Richard Blackstone, \"Estelle has been a valued member of the BMG family as a writer for some time now. She is a deeply passionate artist gifted with a tremendous voice and has music running through her veins. We are thrilled that Estelle has expanded our relationship and entered into a new partnership with BMG Label Services to release her upcoming album.\" She also began voicing Garnet in the animated series \"Steven Universe\". In 2014, Estelle performed live at Amber Lounge, the original Formula One after-party, in Singapore. She would return for an exclusive performance", "title": "Estelle (musician)" }, { "docid": "19542469", "text": "that he will be able to develop the power of fusion—the ability of Gems to merge their minds and bodies to form more powerful individuals. Steven has difficulty mastering the dance steps, and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) is unsure whether fusion is even possible for him, though Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) and Garnet (Estelle) have more confidence. Later, Steven discusses his difficulties with Connie (Grace Rolek). She tells him she admires him for even trying, saying she's usually too nervous to dance in front of other people. Steven invites her to dance with him on the beach. As they dance, Steven's", "title": "Alone Together (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19308199", "text": "fixed, Steven and Amethyst are shocked to see who's really behind the repairs. While Steven (Zach Callison) and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) are watching the fictional cartoon \"Crying Breakfast Friends\", the broadcast is interrupted by a transmission from Peridot (Shelby Rabara), an agent of the hostile Gem homeworld stranded on Earth, attempting to make contact with her superiors. Garnet (Estelle) deduces that the signal is coming from the Gem Communication Hub, despite the Hub's destruction by the Crystal Gems in the earlier episode \"Coach Steven\". The Crystal Gems travel to the Communication Hub and find the antenna has been rebuilt. Previously,", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "20793978", "text": "acclaim, with \"Polygon\" calling it \"a defining moment both within the show and in animated television at large\". It is the wedding day of Ruby (Charlyne Yi) and Sapphire (Erica Luttrell), the component Crystal Gems that fuse to form Garnet (Estelle). Steven (Zach Callison) helps everyone prepare for the ceremony, singing the song \"Let's Only Think About Love\", in which he uses the wedding to distract everyone, including himself, from recent traumatic events and revelations. At the wedding, with Steven's friends from Beach City in attendance, Ruby and Sapphire say their vows: Ruby says Sapphire allows her to see value", "title": "Reunited (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304577", "text": "household rating of 0.30, meaning that it was seen by 0.30% of all households. The episode was the first in a \"StevenBomb\", which refers to a programming schedule in which one new episode of \"Steven Universe\" airs daily during the regular work week. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, with particular praise going to the song \"Something Entirely New\" and the voice acting by Estelle. Several critics favorably compared the episode to a fairy tale. Lyn Muldrow of Autostraddle said that \"Steven Universe\" had \"out-gayed\" itself with this episode. Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club was somewhat critical", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19542448", "text": "Garnet (Estelle) asks Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) to fuse with her in order to destroy it. Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) objects, cautious of the instability of Garnet and Amethyst's combined form, but Garnet dismisses her misgivings and fuses with Amethyst, producing Sugilite (Nicki Minaj). Reveling in her immense size and strength, Sugilite begins recklessly smashing the pillars of the antenna with her giant, wrecking-ball–like flail. When Steven (Zach Callison) is hit by debris, Pearl takes him home, leaving Sugilite to finish the demolition alone. Moments after they teleport out, falling debris destroys the warp pad. Later, Steven shows off his injury", "title": "Coach Steven" }, { "docid": "19002873", "text": "rating of 0.4, meaning it was viewed by 0.4% of all households. The episode received positive attention from critics, both for its animation quality and the song \"Stronger Than You\", which was performed by Estelle voicing the character Garnet. Writing for The A.V. Club, Eric Thurm called the song \"funky as hell\". Estelle also received praise for the strength carried in her succinct lines of dialog. The episode was nominated twice at the 43rd Annie Awards, in the categories of Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience and Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production. However it did not", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "7008928", "text": "West and De La Soul. Since 2013, she voices the fictional character Garnet in the animated TV series \"Steven Universe\", in which she provides the vocals for her character in numerous songs. Estelle Swaray was born and raised in West London, England. Her mother's family came from Dakar, Senegal, and her father is from the Caribbean island of Grenada, when they were French and British colonies respectively. She was the second born of nine children. Estelle's parents were very religious when she was growing up, and secular music was not allowed in the family's home. Instead, spiritual music—particularly American gospel—and", "title": "Estelle (musician)" }, { "docid": "19665654", "text": "for training, distracted and in a bad mood. Steven and Connie go to the Sky Arena to practice fighting while fused as Stevonnie (AJ Michalka), under the supervision of Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) and Garnet (Estelle). Stevonnie's first practice fight is interrupted when a vision of a boy causes them to panic and defuse. Connie confesses that the boy is a classmate she accidentally beat up after bumping into him at school. Steven tells her that when you hurt someone by accident you just have to \"try not to think about it\"; but Garnet decides to educate them on healthier", "title": "Mindful Education" }, { "docid": "17085077", "text": "by Charlyne Yi, to whom Sugar wrote to say she was confident Yi would be perfect for the role. Grace Rolek, who voices Steven's friend Connie, was 16 years old when the series began; Rolek has been a voice actor in animated productions since the age of five or six. The show's four main voice actors—Callison, Dietz, Magno and Estelle—spend three to four hours recording per session; three to four weeks a month for ten months each year. Cast members record together or separately; they are often recording multiple episodes. Each recording session covers a new episode and includes retakes", "title": "Steven Universe" } ]

[ { "docid": "19665401", "text": "pilot episode of \"Steven Universe\" and the first regular episode. She is one of the three Crystal Gems (with Pearl and Garnet), who along with the titular Steven Universe form the main characters of the series. She is more hedonistic and carefree than the other Gems. She often encourages Steven to enjoy himself and is the only Gem to engage in eating for fun. Unlike Pearl and Garnet, who were allies of Steven's mother Rose Quartz in the ancient Gem war, Amethyst was discovered and taken in by them after the war was over. Michaela Dietz has spoken about how", "title": "Amethyst (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390317", "text": "episode \"Hit the Diamond\", flirting between the two Gem characters was replaced with more neutral dialogue, causing controversy in Sweden, some fans of the series demanding that Cartoon Network Sweden not censor Ruby and Sapphire's relationship again. Garnet (Steven Universe) Garnet is a fictional character from the animated series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. She is a \"gem\", a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a holographic body. Garnet is a \"fusion gem\" — i.e., two gemstones combining personalities and appearances as one shared holographic body — formed by two Gems named Ruby and Sapphire;", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390316", "text": "a larger amount of LGBT representation. \"Steven Universe\" makes frequent use of LGBT-related themes: Pearl has strong romantic feelings to Rose Quartz, and Stevonnie is a genderqueer character. Writing for \"The Lawrentian\" in January 2016, Bridget Keenan described Garnet as \"first canon lesbian couple on Cartoon Network\". However, Keenan also criticized Garnet for portraying as healthy a relationship that would realistically be \"unhealthy, unstable and controlling,\" as Ruby and Sapphire seemed completely controlled by the relationship. Some of the romantic interactions between Ruby and Sapphire have been censored during localization to other countries. In the Swedish translation of \"Steven Universe\"", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304574", "text": "more. Having difficulty getting used to her body, Garnet tumbles down a hill into Pearl and Rose. Rose welcomes Garnet and encourages her to talk about how she feels. Garnet peppers Rose with questions about Ruby, Sapphire, and their fusion, but Rose tells Garnet that she already is \"the answer\" she seeks to all her questions. In the present, as Garnet finishes her story, Steven asks her what the answer was. She tells him: \"love\". Episodes of \"Steven Universe\" are written and storyboarded by a single team. \"The Answer\" was written by Lamar Abrams and Katie Mitroff, and directed by", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390309", "text": "appearing relatively distant as she rarely speaks out. As the story of \"Steven Universe\" progresses, however, she becomes more relatable. Writing for \"Minnesota Daily\", Cecilia Mazumdar Stanger pointed out that Garnet is far from a perfect leader and can make mistakes. Garnet can use a skill called \"future vision\", which allows her to view different possible outcomes in order to effectively predict future events accurately. Eric Thurm noted that scenes in which Garnet uses her future vision are among the show's best visual accomplishments. Garnet also appears on OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes during its crossover episode \"Crossover Nexus\", explaining", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304570", "text": "The Answer (Steven Universe) \"The Answer\" is the 22nd episode of the second season of American animated television series \"Steven Universe\", which premiered on January 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written and storyboarded by Lamar Abrams and Katie Mitroff. The episode was viewed by 1.384 million viewers. In this episode, Garnet tells Steven the story of how Ruby and Sapphire met each other, fused to create Garnet, began their romantic relationship, and eventually joined the Crystal Gems. The episode received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation, and was adapted as a best-selling children's book.", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085088", "text": "crossover episode with \"Uncle Grandpa\" that aired on April 2, 2015. In the episode, Uncle Grandpa helps Steven use his Gem powers when he cannot summon his shield. The episode contains a plot hole in which Uncle Grandpa acknowledges that the episode is not canonical. Steven, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and other Cartoon Network characters from current and former shows made cameo appearances in the \"Uncle Grandpa\" episode \"Pizza Eve\". Additionally, Garnet appeared in \"Crossover Nexus\", an episode of \"OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes\", which aired on October 8, 2018. In the episode, Garnet teamed up with K.O., Ben Tennyson from", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "18638725", "text": "Steven Universe: Attack the Light Steven Universe: Attack the Light! is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Grumpyface Studios and published by Cartoon Network Games. The game, based on the animated TV series \"Steven Universe\" and featuring a story written by series creator Rebecca Sugar, was released for iOS and Android mobile devices on April 2, 2015. An Apple TV/tvOS version was later developed, which added \"Diamond Mode\", a higher-difficulty version of the game with added bonuses. \"Attack the Light!\" is a simplified role-playing game in which Steven and the three Crystal Gems—Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl — travel across", "title": "Steven Universe: Attack the Light" }, { "docid": "19308202", "text": "an excuse for more opportunities to enjoy the emotional thrill of fusing with Garnet. Amethyst comes to Pearl's defense, telling Garnet that fusing with her is \"our one chance to feel stronger.\" Garnet, angry and disgusted by Pearl's betrayal, demands that Amethyst fuse with her to destroy the Communications Hub again and \"get this over with\". Some time later, Steven and Amethyst are back home watching \"Crying Breakfast Friends\". Garnet is not speaking to Pearl. As the characters on \"Crying Breakfast Friends\" forgive each other at the end of the episode, Amethyst wistfully remarks that \"it sure would be nice", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002868", "text": "and Sapphire to become Garnet is a reference to a dance between Pazu and Sheeta in \"Castle in the Sky\", and that the series often references Studio Ghibli films. The fact that Garnet was, in fact, a fusion, had been previously foreshadowed by the writers; for example, in the episode \"Coach Steven\", the fusion Sugilite (Amethyst and Garnet) is formed from three gems, rather than two. Sugar had intended for Garnet to be a fusion since the show's pilot episode. The episode features the song \"Stronger Than You\", which was written by Rebecca Sugar and arranged by Aivi & Surasshu,", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19308198", "text": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe) \"Cry for Help\" is the eleventh episode of the second season of American animated television series \"Steven Universe\". The episode was written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston and Jeff Liu; it premiered on July 13, 2015 on Cartoon Network and was watched by 1.714 million viewers. The episode follows Steven and the Gems attempting to destroy a Gem communication hub when TV broadcasts are disrupted by signals emitted by Peridot from the tower. In order to demolish the tower, Garnet and Pearl fuse into Sardonyx, leaving Amethyst in dismay. However, as the tower keeps getting", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19308200", "text": "Garnet and Amethyst destroyed the antenna by fusing to become Sugilite, but Sugilite's destructive personality got out of control; and so Garnet rules out fusing with Amethyst this time. Instead, she asks Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) to fuse with her. Pearl is thrilled by the offer, and she and Garnet form Sardonyx (Alexia Khadime). Sardonyx shows off her abilities and breaks down the Communication Hub while boasting about her intelligence and grace. After defusing, Garnet and Pearl celebrate with Steven while Amethyst sulks, feeling excluded. The next day, the television broadcast is interrupted again, and the Gems return to the", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19542453", "text": "In the Italian dub of the episode, Lars' line \"We're not married\" was censored. Coach Steven \"Coach Steven\" is the twentieth episode of the first season of American animated television series \"Steven Universe\", which premiered on August 21, 2014 on Cartoon Network. It was written and storyboarded by Raven M. Molisee and Paul Villeco. The episode features the debut of Sugilite (voiced by guest star Nicki Minaj), the fusion of Garnet and Amethyst. After witnessing the power of Sugilite, Steven becomes obsessed with becoming stronger, to the distress of Pearl, who believes he mistakes brute force for \"real\" strength. The", "title": "Coach Steven" }, { "docid": "19542447", "text": "Coach Steven \"Coach Steven\" is the twentieth episode of the first season of American animated television series \"Steven Universe\", which premiered on August 21, 2014 on Cartoon Network. It was written and storyboarded by Raven M. Molisee and Paul Villeco. The episode features the debut of Sugilite (voiced by guest star Nicki Minaj), the fusion of Garnet and Amethyst. After witnessing the power of Sugilite, Steven becomes obsessed with becoming stronger, to the distress of Pearl, who believes he mistakes brute force for \"real\" strength. The Crystal Gems arrive at the ancient Gem Communication Hub to destroy the malfunctioning antenna.", "title": "Coach Steven" }, { "docid": "19406870", "text": "to portray a role in \"Steven Universe\" in 2013. Pearl was her first major role in an animated series. Alongside Garnet, Amethyst and protagonist Steven, Pearl is one of the Crystal Gems, a group of Gems that protect humanity and the Earth from danger. Pearl has been described as \"intense [and] with a laser focus\". In the fictional Gem culture, Pearls are said to be \"made-to-order servants\" who serve other more important, higher-class Gems. Due to their status as simple servants meant for \"standing around and looking nice and holding your stuff\", they are seen as status symbols. Pearl displays", "title": "Pearl (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390308", "text": "relationship. The de-facto leader of the Crystal Gems, the group of Gems that protect humanity and the Earth from danger, in the absence of Steven's mother Rose Quartz, Garnet is initially presented as stoic and unfeeling but pragmatic and capable. The show's writers have described Garnet as characterized by great self-confidence; they represent this in their writing of the character through the fact that she never asks questions. Eric Thurm of \"The A.V. Club\" described Garnet as \"initially the most reticent, distant, and simply alien\" of the Crystal Gems. Garnet took on the role of this group's \"de facto\" leader,", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002863", "text": "Gems leading a scouting mission on Earth. The episode reveals that Garnet is a fusion, and introduces the characters Ruby and Sapphire, Garnet's component Gems. The romantic relationship between Ruby and Sapphire has been interpreted one of the ways in which \"Steven Universe\" provides LGBT representation. Having been incapacitated by Jasper (Kimberly Brooks) in the previous episode, Steven (Zach Callison) awakens in an unfamiliar prison cell on the Gem warship. The door of the cell is a force field which can neutralize the strength of any Gem. Although coming in contact with the force field seems to irritate Steven, he", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390310", "text": "during the episode's storyline that her sunglasses help her channel her future vision. According to Sugar, Garnet was intended to be a fusion since the pilot episode, though the characters of Ruby and Sapphire came into focus while Sugar was writing for Garnet. Sugar described the process as \"reverse engineering\" the two personalities based on what the production team brought to the show. The first time viewers learn that Garnet is a fusion is the finale of the first season, \"Jail Break\", but hints and foreshadowing in earlier episodes had led many viewers to suspect it earlier. Neither Ruby nor", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390313", "text": "later episode, \"Now We're Only Falling Apart\", reveals how Garnet's creation influenced Rose Quartz's ideals to fight for the fusion's right to exist. In a story arc at the end of the fifth season, Garnet unfuses when Sapphire feels betrayed by Rose, who had encouraged their fusion in the first place, and parts ways with Ruby, saying that their relationship is based on a lie. As Sapphire learns Rose's full story from Pearl, Ruby realizes she has never spent any time exploring her own identity apart from Sapphire, and leaves to embark on a quest of self-discovery. Eventually the two", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390312", "text": "a feminine manner. The second-season episode \"The Answer\" features a flashback of Ruby and Sapphire's first meeting: Sapphire was a member of Blue Diamond's court who came to Earth to assist in the capture of Rose Quartz, and Ruby was one of her bodyguards. Ruby and Sapphire accidentally fuse for the first time when Ruby pushes her out of the way of danger, and they flee to escape execution for the taboo of mixed-Gem fusion. Garnet joins the Crystal Gems after encountering Rose Quartz, who tells her that Ruby and Sapphire's love is \"the answer\" to all her questions. A", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19390311", "text": "Sapphire is given real character depth in \"Jail Break\", but their presence shows how Garnet's two parts blend into one character. Ruby is characterized as a feisty and aggressive fighter, while Sapphire is a stoic and contemplative oracle, resulting in a complex dynamic when Garnet is fused together. Garnet's stable relationship while fused is used as a metaphor in the series, as Ruby and Sapphire together are stronger than any one Gem on their own. Garnet is described as being made of \"literal love, the romantic love of two queer individuals,\" as all Gems, including Ruby and Sapphire, present in", "title": "Garnet (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304573", "text": "flee during the distraction. Garnet immediately defuses, and Ruby takes the blame for the failure of Sapphire's prediction and the illicit fusion. Blue Diamond sentences Ruby to be shattered, but Sapphire grabs her and escapes, jumping down to Earth's surface. On the ground, Ruby and Sapphire find shelter and discuss their feelings about the unexpected fusion. Over a montage of the two of them exploring Earth and getting to know each other better, they sing the song \"Something Entirely New\", trying to understand what it means to have become Garnet. They end with a fusion dance, fusing into Garnet once", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085040", "text": "gemstones at the core of their being. The Crystal Gems comprise Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven—a young, half-human, half-Gem boy who inherited his gemstone from his mother, the Crystal Gems' former leader Rose Quartz. As Steven tries to understand his gradually-expanding range of powers, he spends his days with his father Greg, his friend Connie, his magical pet lion, other residents of Beach City, and the Gems. He explores the abilities inherited from his mother, which include fusion—the ability of Gems to merge their bodies and abilities to form new, more-powerful personalities. The series's first season gradually reveals that the", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "19308201", "text": "Communication Hub to find it reassembled once more. While Sardonyx disassembles it, Amethyst sings the song \"Tower of Mistakes\", blaming herself for Sugilite's recklessness. That night, Steven and Amethyst go to the Communication Hub to attempt to catch Peridot in the act of rebuilding it, but are shocked to find that it is Pearl rebuilding it instead. Later, when Garnet and Pearl are about to fuse to break down the antenna a third time, Amethyst and Steven stop them and reveal that they know that it was Pearl who rebuilt it. Pearl confesses that she was just trying to create", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002867", "text": "drag the fusion into the ocean in an attempt to subdue Jasper, as the Crystal Gems look on. Episodes of \"Steven Universe\" are written and storyboarded by a single team. \"Jailbreak\" was written by Joe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and series creator Rebecca Sugar, and directed by co-executive producer Ian Jones-Quartey, while Ki-Yong Bae and Jin-Hee Park provided animation direction, and Elle Michalka served as art director. In the combat scene between Jasper and Garnet, Jasper's style of fighting pays homage to the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Johnston indicated on his blog that the fusion dance performed by Ruby", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19308205", "text": "on the characters, and Pearl and Garnet's eventual reconciliation. The episode received positive attention from critics, particularly for the emotional maturity of the story. Also highlighted was the introduction of Sardonyx and Amethyst's character development. Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club said that the confrontation between Garnet and Pearl was \"maybe the single most complex moment of the show to date\", calling it \"rich, complicated, heartbreaking, and simply human\". Vrai Kaiser of The Mary Sue opined that \"that \"Steven Universe\" has reached that level of writing complexity in a relatively short time span is nothing short of astounding\". Cry for", "title": "Cry for Help (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19665653", "text": "Mindful Education \"Mindful Education\" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series \"Steven Universe\", which premiered on August 25, 2016 on Cartoon Network. The episode was written and storyboarded by Colin Howard, Jeff Liu, and by Takafumi Hori. The episode was watched by 1.334 million viewers. The episode focuses on Steven and Connie training as their fusion, Stevonnie. However, when their respective personal problems interfere with the stability of the fusion, Garnet, a permanent fusion herself, steps in to help them. The episode opens with Connie (Grace Rolek) arriving at Steven (Zach Callison)'s house", "title": "Mindful Education" }, { "docid": "18696974", "text": "and Uncle Grandpa are sucked into a giant Belly Bag. The Gems, meanwhile, escape from the plot hole after Garnet literally breaks the fourth wall. They arrive to see Uncle Grandpa, Steven, Lion, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger having a tea party. Before they can attack Uncle Grandpa, Steven tries to stop them, and finally summons his shield because he cares about Uncle Grandpa, to all their amazement. Steven finds the moral in all this to not attack strangers for what they have to say or their opinions. The Gems all apologize, and Uncle Grandpa leaves on Giant Realistic Flying", "title": "Say Uncle (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "20871773", "text": "which she reacts enthusiastically. When Steven, Amethyst and Ruby return to Steven's house the following morning, Steven sends Sapphire (Erica Luttrell) out to meet Ruby waiting for her on the beach. Sapphire runs down and apologizes to her for doubting their relationship. But Ruby tells her, \"Someone else told us we were the answer, but I don't believe that anymore... At least not until I hear it from you.\" Kneeling before her, Ruby asks Sapphire to marry her, explaining, \"This time, being Garnet will be our decision.\" Sapphire happily accepts and the two embrace and dance on the beach. The", "title": "The Question (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085094", "text": "the diverse, ensemble cast's voice acting, particularly that of Tom Scharpling's Greg, Zach Callison's \"exuberant and expressive\" work as Steven and Grace Rolek \"singing her heart out\" as Connie. All five seasons of \"Steven Universe\" hold a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The website's critical consensus for season five reads \"Having blossomed into a sophisticated mythology with a deeply moving subtext, \"Steven Universe\" remains a sparkling entertainment and perfect introduction to LGBTQ representation for children.\" Sugar wanted \"Steven Universe\" to be thematically consistent with hers and her brother's shared interests. As a coming-of-age series, the theme of family is", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "17085082", "text": "chat with Sugar and the creative director to discuss the episode; they have a week to send Sugar a preview score. After any necessary changes, Aivi and Surasshu send the score to Sabre Media Studios for the final mix with their sound designs. Each character has an instrumental theme expressing their personality, which changes slightly depending on the situation. Pearl is often accompanied by a piano, Garnet by a synth bass, Amethyst by a drum machine with electric bass and synths, and Steven with chiptune tones. Sound palettes were produced for the human characters to represent the evolution of the", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "20871771", "text": "choose her own path. Steven is distressed that this means Ruby and Sapphire may never fuse back into Garnet, but Greg reminds him that Ruby must make her own decisions about her relationships. Inspired by a western comic book, Ruby decides to become a lonesome cowboy, \"one with the wilderness... not needing nothing from nobody\". Amethyst obligingly shapeshifts into a horse to help her play the part. Accompanied by Amethyst, Steven, and Greg, Ruby spends the day exploring the open plain, relishing the opportunity to make her own decisions, regardless of how dangerous they are. She sings the song \"Ruby", "title": "The Question (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19406869", "text": "as \"unhealthy\". Pearl's look was redesigned between the pilot episode of \"Steven Universe\" and the first regular episode. Originally having peach hair styled in a quiff and a much more intricate outfit, by \"Gem Glow\" Pearl had the ballerina-esque design she retains for the first part of season one before her regeneration in \"Steven the Sword Fighter\". Pearl's voice actress, Deedee Magno Hall, started voice acting at a young age for \"The All-New Mickey Mouse Club\". She moved on to do Broadway performances in the 1990s and 2000s, such as \"Miss Saigon\" and \"Wicked\", but was contacted by Rebecca Sugar", "title": "Pearl (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19304572", "text": "will defeat seven Gems, including Sapphire herself and two Rubies, but will be captured, ending the rebellion. The rebels—Rose Quartz (Susan Egan) and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall)—attack the Sky Arena. The battle proceeds as Sapphire had foreseen, and once two of the Rubies have been defeated, Sapphire thanks the remaining Ruby for her efforts and prepares for the inevitable. Ruby refuses to accept this outcome and leaps towards Sapphire, saving her but unintentionally fusing with her and forming Garnet for the first time. The crowd of diplomats stares in surprise and disgust at the confused Garnet, and Rose and Pearl", "title": "The Answer (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "17085093", "text": "Universe\" has received critical acclaim, and praise for its art, music, voice performances, storytelling and characterization. According to James Whitbrook of \"io9\", it is an \"equally rewarding watch\" for adults and children; and Eric Thurm of \"Wired\" has called it \"one of the stealthiest, smartest, and most beautiful things on the air\". Over the course of its run, \"Steven Universe\" has attracted a rapidly-growing fan base. Critics have praised the \"breathtaking beauty\", \"intriguing, immersive environments\" and \"loveably goofy aesthetic\" of \"Steven Universe\"s art; writing highly of its distinctive, soft pastel backgrounds and its \"gorgeous, expressive, clean animation\". Reviewers also enjoyed", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "17981088", "text": "\"Barney & Friends\" and Amethyst in \"Steven Universe\". Michaela Dietz Michaela Dietz is a Korean-American actress and singer whose professional career started in 2005. She is known for playing the role of Riff on the PBS children's television series \"Barney & Friends\" and as the voice of Amethyst on the Cartoon Network television series \"Steven Universe\". Dietz was born in South Korea, adopted, and raised in Cooperstown, New York. She studied International Studies at Middlebury College. She has spoken about how her experience as an adoptee informs her performance as Amethyst on \"Steven Universe\". Dietz has voiced ongoing characters in", "title": "Michaela Dietz" }, { "docid": "17085039", "text": "developed a broad fan base and has been critically acclaimed for its design, music, voice acting, characterization, prominence of LGBTQ themes and science fantasy worldbuilding. It has been nominated for four Emmy Awards and five Annie Awards, and was renewed for a fourth and fifth season in March 2016. \"Steven Universe\" is set in the fictional town of Beach City, located on the Delmarva Peninsula on the American East Coast. The Crystal Gems live in an ancient beachside temple and protect humanity from monsters and other threats. The Gems are ageless alien warriors who project female humanoid forms from magical", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "17085104", "text": "or losing his masculine side. Whitbrook characterized the series as being \"about love—\"all\" kinds of love\", including non-traditional forms such as the motherly and friendly bond between Steven and the Gems; and Garnet as the \"physical embodiment of a lesbian relationship\". When placing the series on the honor list of the 2015 Tiptree Award, which recognizes works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles, the jury wrote; \"In the context of children's television, this show deals with gender in a much more open and mature way than is typical for the genre, and has some of", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "19542470", "text": "gem begins to glow, and he and Connie inadvertently fuse into a single individual—a tall, androgynous, beautiful teenager (voiced by AJ Michalka). They show the Gems their fused form—dubbed “Stevonnie” by Amethyst. Pearl is perturbed by the unprecedented fusion of a Gem with a human, but Garnet is thrilled, and advises Stevonnie to “go have fun!” Stevonnie revels in the capabilities of their fused body, running and diving on the beach. When they stop for a snack at The Big Donut, the employees Lars and Sadie (Matthew Moy and Kate Micucci) are flustered and amazed by Stevonnie's beauty. Steven and", "title": "Alone Together (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "20045723", "text": "retrieve the Light Prism when it is stolen by a mysterious new enemy, a Homeworld Gem known as Hessonite (voiced by Christine Baranski). \"Save the Light\" features seven playable characters from the series, Steven, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Connie, Greg and Peridot, with an eighth character to be added in a future content update; four characters can be equipped to a party at a time. The game has a \"blend of real-time and turn-based combat\", and more of a focus on exploration and puzzle-solving than its predecessor. Players are able to explore Beach City and surrounding areas, and engage in battles", "title": "Steven Universe: Save the Light" }, { "docid": "4480102", "text": "is a grandson of Theodosia Okoh, the designer of the flag of Ghana; he based the \"Steven Universe\" character Nanefua Pizza on her. As of 2018, he and \"Steven Universe\" creator Rebecca Sugar have been in a relationship for more than ten years. Jones-Quartey cites Akira Toriyama's series \"Dragon Ball\" and \"Dr. Slump\" as inspiration for vehicle designs as a reference for his own. He stated, \"We're all big Toriyama fans on [\"Steven Universe\"], which kind of shows a bit.\" Ian Jones-Quartey Ian Jones-Quartey (born June 18, 1984) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator and voice actor. He is", "title": "Ian Jones-Quartey" }, { "docid": "17085059", "text": "pair three colors—red, yellow and blue—with the three basic shapes—square, triangle and circle. Because of the characters' personalities, Garnet is square, Amethyst is a sphere and Pearl is a cone. Sugar wanted to give the Gems a superpower similar to those of classic cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny. The Gems' ability to shape-shift is a reference to older cartoons such as Tex Avery's work for MGM, where characters would change at will. Although the Crystal Gems are intended to be serious characters, the writers wanted them to be \"funny and weird\" as well. According to Sugar, production for \"Steven", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "17085078", "text": "for that episode or previous ones if needed. In group recording sessions, a maximum of six actors stand in a semicircle. Sugar and voice director Kent Osborne attend the sessions, advising the actors about voicing the characters in specific situations. If they like a take, the production assistant marks it and gives it to the animation editor for the episode's rough cut. When a recording session begins, Sugar explains the storyboards and describes the sequences, character intention and the relationship between them; Osborne does the recording. Before the sessions, Sugar and the voice actors discuss new plot elements and shows", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "18705810", "text": "as Stevonnie throughout the entire episode. The plot is developed from Steven's perspective: the audience learns about the plot and backstory as Steven does. Steven was created by Rebecca Sugar. In terms of appearance and name, Steven is based on Rebecca Sugar's brother, Steven Sugar, who is a background artist for the show. In the pilot, Steven had a gold ring around his gem and appeared significantly older, compared to his design in the series. The 14-year-old youngest member of the Crystal Gems. A unique being, Steven is the first and only known Gem–human hybrid, the product of the union", "title": "Steven Universe (character)" }, { "docid": "14924562", "text": "Over Drive (Garnet Crow song) \"Over Drive\" is a song performed by the Japanese band Garnet Crow for the Original Soundtrack to the 2010 anime film \"\". The song was produced by Hirohito Furui and written by Azuki Nana and Yuri Nakamura. It was released on April 14, 2010 as the lead single from the soundtrack album. \"Over Drive\" will also appear as one track on Garnet Crow's eighth studio album, \"Parallel Universe\". \"Over Drive\"'s lyrics were written by Azuki Nana alongside Yuri Nakamura, who created the melody, and produced by Hirohito Furui for the fourteenth Detective Conan movie, .", "title": "Over Drive (Garnet Crow song)" }, { "docid": "17981087", "text": "Michaela Dietz Michaela Dietz is a Korean-American actress and singer whose professional career started in 2005. She is known for playing the role of Riff on the PBS children's television series \"Barney & Friends\" and as the voice of Amethyst on the Cartoon Network television series \"Steven Universe\". Dietz was born in South Korea, adopted, and raised in Cooperstown, New York. She studied International Studies at Middlebury College. She has spoken about how her experience as an adoptee informs her performance as Amethyst on \"Steven Universe\". Dietz has voiced ongoing characters in two American children's animated TV series, Riff in", "title": "Michaela Dietz" }, { "docid": "20793980", "text": "it. Meanwhile, Blue Diamond (Lisa Hannigan) lands on the beach, intending to avenge the shattering of Pink Diamond. She ignores Steven's attempt to explain that Pink Diamond was never shattered, and subdues everyone but Connie (Grace Rolek) and Lion with her grief-inducing aura. Connie attacks with Rose Quartz's sword, but Blue Diamond, almost effortlessly, stops her and shatters the blade. Garnet is able to distract Blue Diamond long enough for Lapis Lazuli (Jennifer Paz), returning from space, to drop her barn on Blue Diamond, declaring her allegiance to the Crystal Gems; Lapis's traumatic experiences render her unaffected by Blue Diamond's", "title": "Reunited (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "5957110", "text": "four of the show's eight seasons. He appeared on an episode of \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force\" (\"The Shaving\") as the voice of \"Willie Nelson\", an awkward, unassertive onion–spider monster hybrid who lives in the attic of the house. He also appears on the special features portion of the \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 3\" DVD. In addition, Scharpling occasionally wrote for \"Tom Goes to the Mayor\" and \"Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!\". He voices Greg Universe in the animated series \"Steven Universe\". He also voiced Jermaine in the animated series \"Adventure Time\". Starting in August 2010, Scharpling has", "title": "Tom Scharpling" }, { "docid": "18638729", "text": "game. It was released on both the iOS and Android platform on April 2, 2015. Cartoon Network promoted it with the broadcast of \"Say Uncle\", an episode of \"Steven Universe\", the episode is a non-canon crossover to the network's other series, \"Uncle Grandpa\". \"Attack the Light!\" received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, the game has a score of 91/100, which indicates \"universal acclaim\". It was assessed as \"superb\" by \"Destructoid\", whose reviewer wrote that combat was very well-implemented, providing complexity but not confusion, and that the game's strongest quality was its personality, thanks to drawing on the TV series' voice actors.", "title": "Steven Universe: Attack the Light" }, { "docid": "13975552", "text": "world, but with a unique story element that adds a lot of comedy.\" Guy does not \"identify as transexual [sic]\", and whether or not children perceive him as such, \"from an adult perspective... secret identities were and still are, a huge part of what it meant to be a lesbian, gay, bi or transgender person.\" Another show with very strong LGBTQ themes would be Cartoon Network's \"Steven Universe\" created by Rebecca Sugar. \"Steven Universe\" has been called \"one of the most unabashedly queer shows on TV\" by \"The Guardian\". According to Erik Adams \"gender is at the forefront of... \"Steven", "title": "Media portrayal of LGBT people" }, { "docid": "14337081", "text": "TV series \"So You Think You Dance\" in 2011 when a dance routine was choreographed by Kumari Suraj. The typical music of choice for Waacking is 1970s Disco. The originators of Waacking were said to have danced to underground Disco music and records imported from various European countries. The dance has been incorporated by dance programs including the Department for Theatre and Dance at University of South Carolina. The style of dance is famously performed by the character Garnet in the cartoon show \"Steven Universe\" as a catalyst for many of her magical powers, including summoning magical weapons and fusing", "title": "Waacking" }, { "docid": "16109764", "text": "and PlayStation Network on 26 June 2012, while a Microsoft Windows demo was released on 20 June 2012. \"Lego Batman 2\" is the first game in TT Games' Lego series to feature full voice acting, as opposed to the mime acting and the grunts, mumbles and gibberish of the previous titles. Cam Clarke was the voice director of the game. Clancy Brown reprises his role as Lex Luthor from the DC Animated Universe. Troy Baker (who voices Batman in the game) reprises his role as Two-Face from the game \"\". Steven Blum reprises his role as Captain Cold from \"\".", "title": "Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes" }, { "docid": "9259617", "text": "pseudoscience in medicine. His activities include opposing the claims of anti-vaccine activists, homeopathy practitioners and individuals denying the link between HIV and AIDS. The show is prerecorded via a Skype conference call. Each caller records their own audio and then the locally recorded tracks are mixed together. Steven Novella does the editing and post-production of the show himself. British comedian and skeptic Iszi Lawrence provides voice-over introductions for the show and certain segments. Only since 2010, has the \"Who's That Noisy?\" segment been before the interview; pre-2010, it was just before the \"Skeptical Quote\". Most podcasts last around 80 minutes", "title": "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe" }, { "docid": "20793979", "text": "in herself, and Sapphire explains how Ruby saved her from her destiny and opened up new possibilities. They kiss and fuse back into Garnet. During the reception, the rulers of the Gem Homeworld, Blue and Yellow Diamond, arrive in their giant arm-shaped spaceships to awaken the Cluster, a massive geo-weapon at the planet's core consisting of thousands of Gem shards. As the wedding guests flee for cover, the ships begin pounding the earth. Despite Steven's efforts, the Cluster is awakened, manifesting the form of a giant arm. However, it remains in control of itself, and fights Yellow's ship by arm-wrestling", "title": "Reunited (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19002866", "text": "ship. Garnet and Jasper's battle destroys the ship's main power core, causing a crash-landing onto Earth as Peridot flees in an escape pod. After the ship hits Earth's surface, the Crystal Gems emerge from the wreckage, having survived the crash-landing protected by Steven's magic bubble. Jasper and Lapis Lazuli soon emerge from the debris as well. Jasper concludes that if she fused with another Gem she would be able to defeat the Crystal Gems, and so she seizes Lapis and convinces her to fuse. However, once they are fused into Malachite (Brooks and Paz), Lapis uses her water powers to", "title": "Jail Break (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19542451", "text": "in the \"real\" way!\" Heartened, Pearl allows Sugilite to chase her to the top of the hill, and then throws her spear at the cliff beneath Sugilite's foot so she loses her footing. Sugilite falls to the beach below, and her flail lands on her head, separating her. As Garnet and Amethyst reel on the sand, Pearl embraces them; and Garnet apologizes for not listening to Pearl's advice earlier. The episode features the song \"Strong in the Real Way\", performed by Deedee Magno Hall (as Pearl) and Zach Callison (as Steven), composed by series creator Rebecca Sugar. Guitars were performed", "title": "Coach Steven" }, { "docid": "19661850", "text": "Bismuth (Steven Universe) \"Bismuth\" is the twentieth and twenty-first episode of the third season of American animated television series \"Steven Universe\"; it premiered on August 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network. A special double-length episode, it was advertised as the 100th episode of the series. It was written and storyboarded by Lamar Abrams, Colin Howard, Jeff Liu and Katie Mitroff. The episode was viewed by 2.153 million viewers. In the episode, Steven accidentally discovers and frees a Gem bubbled within Lion's mane, who is introduced as Bismuth, one of the original Crystal Gems from 5,300 years ago. As her old friends", "title": "Bismuth (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "20267735", "text": "Carol\"\" along with other Giza and Tent House artists covering song \"Auld Lang Syne\". Re-arranged version appears in final Miniqlo album \"Viento Blanco\". On December, during Garnet Crow's Parallel Universe Live Tour, as part of setlist she covered \"Angels We Have Heard on High\", in 2011 it was released on DVD \"Garnet Crow livescope 2010+ ～Welcome to the Parallel Universe ～\". In 2013 after their final live tour Livescope 2013 -Final-, the band has disbanded. Since then her presence is unknown since 2013. Yuri Nakamura (singer) During her school times, she has always been interested in composing music and as", "title": "Yuri Nakamura (singer)" }, { "docid": "17085068", "text": "Levin use fewer ideas from the storyboarders than they previously did; storyboarders change fewer things than they did before because the episodes have a \"stronger continuity\". According to Levin, he and Burnett try to balance the focus between the main characters—with Steven in the center—and the theme of episodes in their writing. The balance indicates Steven has the same interests on his human side as he does on his Gem side. Levin said the Gem mythology and drama would have been less interesting if Steven was not as well-developed in the first few episodes. Grateful to work on a show", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "9888572", "text": "Charlyne Yi Charlyne Amanda Yi (born January 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, musician and writer. Her performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation. Her screenwriting debut, the feature film \"Paper Heart\", won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She is also known for her role as Dr. Chi Park on the Fox medical drama \"House\", the voice of every Ruby on the Cartoon Network animated series \"Steven Universe\", the voice of Chloe Park on \"We Bare Bears\" and the voice of Alice on \"Summer Camp Island\". Charlyne Yi was born in", "title": "Charlyne Yi" }, { "docid": "17085091", "text": "game, \"Steven Universe: Dreamland Arcade\", was released in 2017; it is a collection of arcade games with characters from the series. \"Steven Universe\" characters appear in Cartoon Network's kart racing game \"Formula Cartoon All-Stars\" and in the side-scrolling, beat-'em-up game \"Battle Crashers\". In common with other Cartoon Network series, several browser-based games—including \"Heap of Trouble\", \"Goat Guardian\" and \"Gem Bound\"—are available on the channel's website. BOOM! Studios has published several limited comics series based on \"Steven Universe\": In October 2015, Cartoon Network announced a line of toys based on \"Steven Universe\", which would be sold by specialty retailers. For the", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "6241999", "text": "who ousted him from power by re-establishing his drug empire in Miami. The game features Al Pacino's likeness in the character of Montana, but Pacino does not voice the character, as he and the game's producers felt his voice had changed too much since 1983. Instead, Montana is voiced by André Sogliuzzo, who was personally selected by Pacino himself. Actors from the original film who did voice work for the game include Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia and Al Israel. The game received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics comparing it favorably to both 2002's \"\" (which itself was influenced", "title": "Scarface: The World Is Yours" }, { "docid": "20045722", "text": "Steven Universe: Save the Light Steven Universe: Save the Light is an action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Grumpyface Studios and published by Cartoon Network Games. Based on the television series \"Steven Universe\", it is a sequel to the 2015 mobile game \"\". It was released digitally on October 31, 2017 for PlayStation 4, and on November 3, 2017 for Xbox One, and was released on Windows and OS X in August 2018, and released on Nintendo Switch in October 2018. After the events of \"Attack of the Light!\", Steven, the Gems and their friends go on a quest to", "title": "Steven Universe: Save the Light" }, { "docid": "20045726", "text": "of bugs and glitches found at launch. Steven Universe: Save the Light Steven Universe: Save the Light is an action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Grumpyface Studios and published by Cartoon Network Games. Based on the television series \"Steven Universe\", it is a sequel to the 2015 mobile game \"\". It was released digitally on October 31, 2017 for PlayStation 4, and on November 3, 2017 for Xbox One, and was released on Windows and OS X in August 2018, and released on Nintendo Switch in October 2018. After the events of \"Attack of the Light!\", Steven, the Gems and", "title": "Steven Universe: Save the Light" }, { "docid": "19665402", "text": "her experience as an adoptee informs her performance of Amethyst in this respect. Her character arc centers on coming to accept the burden of responsibility, and overcoming her poor self-image arising from her smaller stature and \"defective\" creation. Amethyst (Steven Universe) Amethyst is a fictional character from the animated television series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. She is voiced by Michaela Dietz. She is a \"Gem,\" a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a holographic body, and one of the four \"Crystal Gems\" at the beginning of a series, a group of Gems who dedicate", "title": "Amethyst (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "19665400", "text": "Amethyst (Steven Universe) Amethyst is a fictional character from the animated television series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. She is voiced by Michaela Dietz. She is a \"Gem,\" a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a holographic body, and one of the four \"Crystal Gems\" at the beginning of a series, a group of Gems who dedicate their lives to defending Earth. Her story arcs throughout the series mostly focus on overcoming her low self-esteem, which is mostly due to her feeling physically and intellectually inferior to other Gems. Amethyst's look was redesigned between the", "title": "Amethyst (Steven Universe)" }, { "docid": "3298549", "text": "the enemy. According to [[Antonia Fraser]], Garnet may have thought that Catesby's request was to do with him possibly raising a regiment in Flanders. Garnet was not at all like Catesby, described by Fraser as possessing the mentality \"of the crusader who does not hesitate to employ the sword in the cause of values which he considers are spiritual\". In contrast, Garnet believed that \"things were best settled by submission to the will of God.\" He was ebullient over [[James I of England|King James's]] succession to the English throne, and hoped there would be no foreign interference. Of the 1603", "title": "Henry Garnet" }, { "docid": "17085103", "text": "of delivering genre-typical, mustache-twirling villains, \"Steven Universe\" \"deals with issues of extraordinary violence and horror, depicts its characters in shades of grey, and subtly plays with matters of philosophy, morality, and interpersonal conflicts, all while refusing to reset any development to a \"status quo\"\". \"Gender is at the forefront of the conversation surrounding \"Steven Universe\"\", according to Erik Adams of the \"A.V. Club\", who noted that \"the show's superheroes are all women\". As a self-aware pastiche of \"magical girl\" anime, the series subverts the genre's premises by having Steven embody the loving femininity of the typical magical-girl protagonist without ridicule", "title": "Steven Universe" }, { "docid": "9123572", "text": "she played the secretary of Harvard University president Lawrence Summers in \"The Social Network\". In 2016, Linari voiced Lars' mother Martha Barriga in \"Steven Universe\" and a year later, she voiced May Parker in \"Spider-Man\". Nancy Linari Nancy Linari is an American actress and voice actress who is most popular as voicing many minor \"Sonic the Hedgehog\" characters. She also has recurring roles on \"Duckman\", \"W.I.T.C.H.\", \"The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest\", and has guest starred on a number of other TV shows like \"Two and a Half Men\". She hails from the northern suburbs of Chicago. Not much more", "title": "Nancy Linari" }, { "docid": "2006329", "text": "Mann had a cameo on the April 8 episode of \"The Daily Show\" in a mock appeal to preserve the \"habitat\" of the crab louse, in a comedy segment about pubic shaving. In 2014, Mann voice acted on \"Steven Universe\", providing the voice of Opal in episode \"Giant Woman\". On November 20, 2014, Mann appeared with Dana Gould and Nick Offerman on \"@midnight\" on Comedy Central, and on March 21, 2016, Mann made a second appearance on the show with Jonathan Coulton and Dave Hill. On August 19, 2015 Mann appeared with the Both band member Ted Leo on \"Conan\"", "title": "Aimee Mann" }, { "docid": "19688092", "text": "/ Shazam to team up and take down the posing threat of Darkseid. The film was released on January 21, 2014 and is based on the comic book “Justice League: Origin” by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee. It features the voice talents of Jason O'Mara as Batman, Alan Tudyk as Superman, Michelle Monaghan as Wonder Woman, Christopher Gorham as The Flash, Justin Kirk as Green Lantern, Shemar Moore as Cyborg, Sean Astin as Shazam, Steven Blum as Darkseid, and Rocky Carroll as Dr. Silas Stone. It is the first film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. A sequel to the", "title": "DC Animated Movie Universe" }, { "docid": "18705814", "text": "defensive abilities that manifest in shades of pink. Similarly, in a post on \"B**** Flicks\", Ashley Gallagher also praises Steven's rejection of typical masculinity and his stereotypically defensive and feminine powers such as his shield and his healing while also expressing approval of his relationship with Connie. Steven Universe (character) Steven Quartz Universe is a fictional character and the titular character of the animated series \"Steven Universe\", created by Rebecca Sugar. Steven is a hybrid between a \"Gem\", a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a body of light, and a normal human being. Voiced by", "title": "Steven Universe (character)" }, { "docid": "8040098", "text": "for her role as Kara on the children's television series \"Shining Time Station\", and the voice of Keesha Franklin on \"The Magic School Bus\". In 1997, she starred as Emelie Robeson on \"The New Ghostwriter Mysteries\". After several seasons of those and other TV series, she migrated south to Los Angeles, California. In 2004, Luttrell was the voice of Candy on the short-lived Disney television series \"Dave the Barbarian\". She also voices Sapphire in the \"Cartoon Network\" series \"Steven Universe\", Glori in the Cartoon Network series \"Mighty Magiswords\" and Emily Kaldwin in the 2016 video game \"Dishonored 2\". She also", "title": "Erica Luttrell" }, { "docid": "18688143", "text": "Shelby Rabara Shelby Ann Narito Rabara (born October 5, 1983) is a Filipino-American actress and dancer who has appeared in a number of films, television series and commercials as both an actress and a dancer. Rabara is known for providing the voice of Peridot on the Cartoon Network series \"Steven Universe\". Rabara initially began her career as a dancer and was a member of the Laker Girls, the cheerleading squad of basketball team Los Angeles Lakers. In 2005 she won a role at her very first audition, which was for the sitcom \"Grounded for Life\". Rabara was born in Orange", "title": "Shelby Rabara" }, { "docid": "14462485", "text": "the game received positive reviews from critics who praised the game's voice acting, characters, graphics, action, soundtrack, humor and storyline, but has amassed a great deal of controversy following its release. \"Bulletstorm\" was a commercial failure for both Epic Games and Electronic Arts. A remastered version, \"Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition\" published by Gearbox Software, was released on April 7, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Steam. \"Bulletstorm\" takes place in the 26th century, where the universe is run by the Confederation of Planets. Grayson Hunt (Steven Blum) is the leader of Dead Echo, a black ops team under command", "title": "Bulletstorm" }, { "docid": "2037655", "text": "Susan Egan Susan Farrell Egan (born February 18, 1970) is an American actress, singer and dancer, known for her work on the Broadway stage. She is best known for originating the role of Belle in the Broadway musical adaptation of \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1994), as well as for providing the voice of Megara in \"Hercules\" (1997), and the voice for Rose Quartz on \"Steven Universe\". Egan was born in Seal Beach, California on February 18, 1970. She attended Los Alamitos High School and the co-located Orange County High School of the Arts and UCLA. Having long desired to become", "title": "Susan Egan" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2320355", "text": "Galactic Center The Galactic Center, or Galactic Centre, is the rotational center of the Milky Way. It is away from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius where the Milky Way appears brightest. It coincides with the compact radio source Sagittarius A*. There are around 10 million stars within one parsec of the Galactic Center, dominated by red giants. There is also a significant population of massive supergiants and Wolf-Rayet stars from a star formation event around one million years ago. There is a supermassive black hole of 4.100 ± 0.034 million solar masses at the", "title": "Galactic Center" }, { "docid": "2320362", "text": "in the Milky Way, as well as most of the Milky Way's star formation activity. Viewed from the Andromeda Galaxy, it would be the brightest feature of the Milky Way. The complex astronomical radio source Sagittarius A appears to be located almost exactly at the Galactic Center (approx. 18 hrs, −29 deg), and contains an intense compact radio source, Sagittarius A*, which coincides with a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Accretion of gas onto the black hole, probably involving a disk around it, would release energy to power the radio source, itself much larger than", "title": "Galactic Center" }, { "docid": "371426", "text": "Sagittarius, near its western boundary with Ophiuchus. Astronomers believe that one of its components, known as Sagittarius A*, is associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, with a mass of 2.6 million solar masses. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy is located just outside the Milky Way. Baade's Window is an area with very little obscuring dust that shows objects closer to the Milky Way's center that would normally be visible. NGC 6522, magnitude 8.6, and NGC 6528, magnitude 9.5, are both globular clusters visible through Baade's Window. 20,000 and 24,000 light-years from Earth, with Shapley", "title": "Sagittarius (constellation)" } ]

[ { "docid": "6400377", "text": "Clouds may be moving too fast to be orbiting the Milky Way. Of the galaxies confirmed to be in orbit, the largest is the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, which has a diameter of or roughly a fifth that of the Milky Way. Satellite galaxies that orbit from of the edge of the disc of the Milky Way Galaxy to the edge of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way at from the center of the galaxy, are generally depleted in hydrogen gas compared to those that orbit more distantly. This is because of their interactions with the dense hot", "title": "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" }, { "docid": "9981690", "text": "Galactocentrism In astronomy, Galactocentrism is the theory that the Milky Way Galaxy, home of Earths Solar System, is at or near the center of the Universe. Observations by William Herschel in 1785 suggested that the Milky Way was a disk-shaped galaxy with the sun in a central position. Although heliocentric, Herschel's observations were the first attempt at an observational cosmology. Herschel's heliocentric theory was overthrown by astronomer Harlow Shapley's work on globular clusters in 1918. Shapley's research marked the transition from heliocentrism to galactocentrism, placing the Galactic Center of the Milky Way Galaxy far away from the sun, towards Sagittarius.", "title": "Galactocentrism" }, { "docid": "248926", "text": "Local Group The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way. The Local Group comprises more than 54 galaxies, most of them dwarf galaxies. Its gravitational center is located somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. The Local Group has a diameter of (about 10 meters) and has a binary (dumbbell) distribution. The group itself is a part of the larger Virgo Supercluster, which may be a part of the Laniakea Supercluster. The three largest members of the group (in descending order) are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy. The larger", "title": "Local Group" }, { "docid": "5757962", "text": "this discussion regarding the new McKay-Carter Intergalactic Gate Bridge, General Hank Landry states that the distance between the Pegasus and Milky Way galaxies is \"three million light-years,\" suggesting that the series takes place in the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. Also, in a few episodes the Pegasus galaxy has been seen from between the Milky Way and Pegasus, showing an irregular galaxy. Unlike what happened in the Milky Way, the human population of the Pegasus galaxy is a product of Ancient seeding. The Lanteans arrived in the Pegasus galaxy via the Ancient city ship of Atlantis. As there was seldom interbreeding", "title": "Mythology of Stargate" }, { "docid": "807474", "text": "is now in a relative state of quiescence, whereas the Milky Way is experiencing more active star formation. Should this continue, the luminosity of the Milky Way may eventually overtake that of Andromeda Galaxy. According to recent studies, the Andromeda Galaxy lies in what in the galaxy color–magnitude diagram is known as the \"green valley\", a region populated by galaxies like the Milky Way in transition from the \"blue cloud\" (galaxies actively forming new stars) to the \"red sequence\" (galaxies that lack star formation). Star formation activity in green valley galaxies is slowing as they run out of star-forming gas", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "5929235", "text": "for stars at the outer edge of the Milky Way. Because the orbital velocity depends on the total mass inside the orbital radius, this suggests that the Milky Way is more massive, roughly equaling the mass of Andromeda Galaxy at 7 within of its center. In 2010, a measurement of the radial velocity of halo stars found that the mass enclosed within 80 kiloparsecs is 7 . According to a study published in 2014, the mass of the entire Milky Way is estimated to be 8.5 , but this is actually only half the mass of the Andromeda Galaxy. Much", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "9981696", "text": "that other galaxies apart from the Milky Way therefore existed. By 1925, Edwin Hubble had confirmed that many objects previously thought to be clouds of dust and gas and classified as \"nebulae\" were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way. When astronomers realized that starlight can be absorbed by clouds of gas and dust, infrared radiation was used to penetrate the dust clouds. Estimates dating after 2000 locate our solar system within the range from the Galactic Center of the Milky Way galaxy. Galactocentrism In astronomy, Galactocentrism is the theory that the Milky Way Galaxy, home of Earths Solar System, is", "title": "Galactocentrism" }, { "docid": "571295", "text": "optical astronomical maps, Jansky concluded that the radiation was coming from the Milky Way Galaxy and was strongest in the direction of the center of the galaxy, in the constellation of Sagittarius. An amateur radio operator, Grote Reber, was one of the pioneers of what became known as radio astronomy. He built the first parabolic \"dish\" radio telescope, in diameter, in his back yard in Wheaton, Illinois in 1937. He repeated Jansky's pioneering work, identifying the Milky Way as the first off-world radio source, and he went on to conduct the first sky survey at very high radio frequencies, discovering", "title": "Radio telescope" }, { "docid": "13705799", "text": "can pull material out of galaxies and create small satellite galaxies in either prograde or retrograde orbits around larger galaxies. A galaxy called Complex H, which was orbiting the Milky Way in a retrograde direction relative to the Milky Way's rotation, is colliding with the Milky Way. NGC 7331 is an example of a galaxy that has a bulge that is rotating in the opposite direction to the rest of the disk, probably as a result of infalling material. The center of a spiral galaxy contains at least one supermassive black hole. A retrograde black hole – one whose spin", "title": "Retrograde and prograde motion" }, { "docid": "10017628", "text": "Center, both of which lack hard boundaries. NGC 5964 NGC 5964 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Serpens Caput. NGC 5964 is also known by the names IC 4551 and PGC 55637. NGC 5964 has relatively unwound spiral arms; it lacks the clear defined spiral arms the Milky Way galaxy has. The central bar is very small, long and thin. NGC 5964 thus does not have a galactic habitable zone like the Milky Way. For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and", "title": "NGC 5964" }, { "docid": "161428", "text": "Galaxy A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek \"\" (), literally \"milky\", a reference to the Milky Way. Galaxies range in size from dwarfs with just a few hundred million () stars to giants with one hundred trillion () stars, each orbiting its galaxy's center of mass. Galaxies are categorized according to their visual morphology as elliptical, spiral, or irregular. Many galaxies are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centers. The Milky Way's central black hole, known as Sagittarius A*,", "title": "Galaxy" }, { "docid": "807492", "text": "was detected in the Andromeda Galaxy. The progenitor black hole is located near the galactic center and has about 10 formula_1. Discovered through a data collected by the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton probe, and subsequently observed by NASA's Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Very Large Array, and the Very Long Baseline Array, the microquasar was the first observed within the Andromeda Galaxy and the first outside of the Milky Way Galaxy. Like the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy has satellite galaxies, consisting of 14 known dwarf galaxies. The best known and most readily observed satellite galaxies", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "18576420", "text": "HI (atomic hydrogen) disk of the Milky Way Galaxy to the tidal effects of a perturbing galaxy. The unseen perturber's mass was calculated to be about 1% of that of the Milky Way, which would make it the third heaviest satellite of the Milky Way, after the Magellanic Clouds (Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud, each some 10x larger than Galaxy X). In this hypothetical model, the putative satellite galaxy would have interacted with the Milky Way some 600 million years ago, coming as close as , and would now be moving away from the Milky Way. The name", "title": "Galaxy X (galaxy)" }, { "docid": "5604632", "text": "galaxy appears to be slightly off-center, with one side of the disk appearing to extend further away from the core than the opposite side. The galaxy is similar in size and structure to the Milky Way, and is often referred to as \"the Milky Way's twin\". However, discoveries in the 2000s regarding the structure of the Milky Way may call this similarity into doubt, particularly because the latter is now believed to be a barred spiral, compared to the unbarred status of NGC 7331. In spiral galaxies the central bulge typically co-rotates with the disk but the bulge in the", "title": "NGC 7331" }, { "docid": "3812548", "text": "Carina–Sagittarius Arm The Carina–Sagittarius Arm (also known as Sagittarius Arm or Sagittarius–Carina Arm, labeled \"-I\") is generally thought to be a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Each spiral arm is a long, diffuse curving streamer of stars that radiates from the galactic center. These gigantic structures are often composed of billions of stars and thousands of gas clouds. The Carina–Sagittarius Arm is one of the most pronounced arms in our galaxy as a large number of HII regions, young stars and giant molecular clouds are concentrated in it. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, consisting", "title": "Carina–Sagittarius Arm" }, { "docid": "807455", "text": "Milky Way Galaxy (~0.8-1.5 solar masses vs the Milky Way's 8.5 solar masses), though a 2018 study found that the Andromeda Galaxy's mass is roughly the same as the Milky Way's. The Andromeda Galaxy, spanning approximately 220,000 light-years, is the largest galaxy in our Local Group, which is also home to the Triangulum Galaxy and other minor galaxies. The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are expected to collide in ~4.5 billion years, merging to form a giant elliptical galaxy or a large disc galaxy. With an apparent magnitude of 3.4, the Andromeda Galaxy is among the brightest of the Messier", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "5631344", "text": "being tidally disrupted by the Milky Way galaxy. Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation. It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope by Cannon et al. The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and is receding from it at 230 km/s. The diameter of the galaxy is about 1600 light-years, which is 75 times smaller than the Milky Way. Most of the stars in the galaxy formed 7 billion years ago, although it also experienced bursts of star formation about 13", "title": "Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy" }, { "docid": "20010582", "text": "it toward the center of our galaxy at about 67 km/sec (Li et al., 2016: 5, Table 1). While these observations solve the problem of radial velocity, the movement of Eridanus II towards the center of our galaxy, they cannot solve the problem of transverse velocity, motion at right angles to the line between Eridanus II and the Milky Way. That is, we cannot determine whether Eridanus II is orbiting the Milky Way, or simply moving in its direction from outside the system. Li et al. (2016: 7–8) report that Eridanus II does not exhibit a \"tail\" or gradient of", "title": "Eridanus II" }, { "docid": "807469", "text": "1.5 trillion solar masses) compared to for the Milky Way. This contradicts earlier measurements, that seem to indicate that Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way are almost equal in mass. Even so, Andromeda Galaxy's spheroid actually has a higher stellar density than that of the Milky Way and its galactic stellar disk is about twice the size of that of the Milky Way. The total stellar mass of Andromeda Galaxy is estimated to be between ., (i.e., around twice as massive as that of the Milky Way) and , with around 30% of that mass in the central bulge, 56%", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "9122002", "text": "Andromeda–Milky Way collision The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 5 billion years between two galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy. The stars involved are sufficiently far apart that it is improbable that any of them will individually collide. Some stars will be ejected from the resulting galaxy, nicknamed \"Milkomeda\" or \"Milkdromeda\". The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Milky Way at about as indicated by blueshift. However, the lateral velocity is very difficult to measure with a precision to draw reasonable conclusions:", "title": "Andromeda–Milky Way collision" }, { "docid": "161441", "text": "the Sun far from the center. Both analyses failed to take into account the absorption of light by interstellar dust present in the galactic plane, but after Robert Julius Trumpler quantified this effect in 1930 by studying open clusters, the present picture of our host galaxy, the Milky Way, emerged. A few galaxies outside the Milky Way are visible on a dark night to the unaided eye, including the Andromeda Galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. In the 10th century, the Persian astronomer Al-Sufi made the earliest recorded identification of the Andromeda Galaxy, describing it as a", "title": "Galaxy" }, { "docid": "5929254", "text": "Center. The Far 3 kpc Arm was discovered in 2008 by astronomer Tom Dame (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA). It is located in the first galactic quadrant at a distance of 3 kpc (about 10,000 ly) from the Galactic Center. A simulation published in 2011 suggested that the Milky Way may have obtained its spiral arm structure as a result of repeated collisions with the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. It has been suggested that the Milky Way contains two different spiral patterns: an inner one, formed by the Sagittarius arm, that rotates fast and an outer one, formed by the Carina and Perseus", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "5929226", "text": "that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, observations by Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter between 150,000 and 200,000 light-years (ly). It is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars and more than 100 billion planets. The Solar System is located at a radius of 26,490 (± 100) light-years from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "9122005", "text": "the Triangulum Galaxy—the third-largest and third-brightest galaxy of the Local Group—will participate in the collision event, too. Its most likely fate is to end up orbiting the merger remnant of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies and finally to merge with it in an even more distant future. However, a collision with the Milky Way, before it collides with the Andromeda Galaxy, or an ejection from the Local Group cannot be ruled out. While the Andromeda Galaxy contains about 1 trillion () stars and the Milky Way contains about 300 billion (3), the chance of even two stars colliding is", "title": "Andromeda–Milky Way collision" }, { "docid": "1492921", "text": "result is the first measurement of the beryllium content of two stars in a Milky Way globular cluster. With this measurement, astronomers found that the first generation of stars in our galaxy must have formed soon after the end of the 200-million-year \"Dark Age\" following the Big Bang. Astronomers long suspected that a black hole exists at the center of the Milky Way, but their theory was unproven. Conclusive evidence was obtained after 16 years of monitoring the Galactic Center with ESO telescopes at the La Silla and Paranal observatories. Stars at the centre of the Milky Way are so", "title": "European Southern Observatory" }, { "docid": "8253285", "text": "the Milky Way galaxy. Up until this time the structure and location of the galactic center was not known with certainty. Baade's Window is frequently used to study distant central bulge stars in visible and near-visible wavelengths of light. Important information on the internal geometry of the Milky Way is still being refined by measurements made through this \"window\". It is in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius. The window is now known to be slightly \"south\" of the main central galaxy bulge. The window is irregular in outline and subtends about 1 degree of the sky. It is", "title": "Baade's Window" }, { "docid": "3720141", "text": "Messier 79 Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lepus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and is at a distance of about 42,000 light years away from Earth and 60,000 light years away from the Galactic Center. Like Messier 54 (the other extragalactic globular on Messier's list), it is thought that M79 is not native to the Milky Way galaxy at all, but instead to the putative Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is currently experiencing a very close encounter with the Milky Way. This is, however, a contentious", "title": "Messier 79" }, { "docid": "807473", "text": "suggests an absolute magnitude (in the blue) of −20.89 (that with a color index of +0.63 translates to an absolute visual magnitude of −21.52, compared to −20.9 for the Milky Way), and a total luminosity in that wavelength of . The rate of star formation in the Milky Way is much higher, with Andromeda Galaxy producing only about one solar mass per year compared to 3–5 solar masses for the Milky Way. The rate of novae in the Milky Way is also double that of Andromeda Galaxy. This suggests that the latter once experienced a great star formation phase, but", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "248928", "text": "of known Local Group members had increased from his initial 12 to 36. Local Group The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way. The Local Group comprises more than 54 galaxies, most of them dwarf galaxies. Its gravitational center is located somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. The Local Group has a diameter of (about 10 meters) and has a binary (dumbbell) distribution. The group itself is a part of the larger Virgo Supercluster, which may be a part of the Laniakea Supercluster. The three largest members of the group (in descending order)", "title": "Local Group" }, { "docid": "12778312", "text": "bar, the galaxy thus does not have a galactic habitable zone like the Milky Way. For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to the Galactic Center, both of which lack hard boundaries. NGC 6118 is difficult to see with a small telescope. Amateur astronomers have nicknamed it the \"Blinking Galaxy\", as it has a tendency to flick in and out of view with different eye positions. SN 2004dk was first reported by James Graham and Weidong Li on 1", "title": "NGC 6118" }, { "docid": "1712170", "text": "Messier 82 Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member of the M81 Group, it is about five times more luminous than the whole Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous than our galaxy's center. The starburst activity is thought to have been triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy M81. As the closest starburst galaxy to Earth, M82 is the prototypical example of this galaxy type. SN 2014J, a type Ia supernova, was discovered in the galaxy", "title": "Messier 82" }, { "docid": "272912", "text": "as Hubble's law, predicted by a universal expansion. The Milky Way Galaxy is moving through space and many astronomers believe the velocity of this motion to be approximately relative to the observed locations of other nearby galaxies. Another reference frame is provided by the Cosmic microwave background. This frame of reference indicates that the Milky Way is moving at around . The Milky Way is rotating around its dense galactic center, thus the sun is moving in a circle within the galaxy's gravity. Away from the central bulge, or outer rim, the typical stellar velocity is between . All planets", "title": "Motion (physics)" }, { "docid": "14059674", "text": "Terzan 5 Terzan 5 is a heavily obscured globular cluster belonging to the bulge (the central star concentration) of the Milky Way galaxy. It was one of six globulars discovered by French astronomer Agop Terzan in 1968 and was initially labeled \"Terzan 11\". The cluster was cataloged by the Two-Micron Sky Survey as IRC–20385. It is situated in the Sagittarius constellation in the direction of the Milky Way's center. Terzan 5 probably follows an unknown complicated orbit around the center of the galaxy, but currently it is moving towards the Sun with a speed of around 90 km/s. The absolute", "title": "Terzan 5" }, { "docid": "2917405", "text": "attraction. Interferometric measurements of stellar positions over the course of the mission would have permitted SIM to precisely measure the distances between stars throughout the Milky Way. This would have allowed astronomers to create a \"roadmap\" of the Galaxy, answering many questions about its shape and size. Currently, astronomers know little about the shape and size of our galaxy relative to what they know about other galaxies; it is difficult to observe the entire Milky Way from the inside. A good analogy is trying to observe a marching band as a member of the band. Observing other galaxies is much", "title": "Space Interferometry Mission" }, { "docid": "6293091", "text": "as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Dark Energy Survey (DES). In particular, the Milky Way is currently known to host 59 satellite galaxies (see satellite galaxies of the Milky Way), however two of these satellites known as the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud have been observable in the Southern Hemisphere with the unaided eye since ancient times. Nevertheless, modern cosmological theories of galaxy formation and evolution predict a much larger number of satellite galaxies than what is observed (see missing satellites problem). However, more recent high resolution simulations have demonstrated that the current number of", "title": "Satellite galaxy" }, { "docid": "417534", "text": "from Earth. Like neighboring 47 Tucanae, NGC 362 is a Shapley class III cluster and among the brightest globular clusters in the sky. Unusually for a globular cluster, its orbit takes it very close to the center of the Milky Way—approximately 3,000 light-years. It was discovered in the 1820s by James Dunlop. Its stars become visible at 180x magnification through a telescope. Located at the southern end of Tucana, the Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy that is one of the nearest neighbors to the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of 210,000 light-years. Though it probably formed as", "title": "Tucana" }, { "docid": "12703726", "text": "that of the Sun. HVSs with smaller masses are also expected and G/K-dwarf HVS candidates have been found. HVSs that have come into the Milky Way came from the dwarf galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud. When the dwarf galaxy made its closest approach to the center of the Milky Way, it underwent intense gravitational tugs. These tugs boosted the energy of some of its stars so much that they broke free of the dwarf galaxy entirely and were thrown into space, due to the slingshot-like effect of the boost. Some neutron stars are inferred to be traveling with similar speeds. This", "title": "Stellar kinematics" }, { "docid": "6400379", "text": "galaxy that has been completely distended by the Milky Way's gravity. <BR> Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way The Milky Way has several smaller galaxies gravitationally bound to it, as part of the Milky Way subgroup, which is part of the local galaxy cluster, the Local Group. There are 59 small galaxies confirmed to be within of the Milky Way, but not all of them are necessarily in orbit, and some may themselves be in orbit of other satellite galaxies. The only ones visible to the naked eye are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, which have been observed since", "title": "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" }, { "docid": "516526", "text": "after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way, and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). The LMC is classified as a Magellanic spiral. It contains a stellar bar that is geometrically off-center, suggesting that it was a barred dwarf spiral galaxy before its spiral arms were disrupted, likely by tidal interactions from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and the Milky Way's gravity. With a declination of about -70°, the LMC is visible as a faint \"cloud\" only in the southern celestial hemisphere and from latitudes south of 20° N, straddling the border between the constellations of Dorado and Mensa, and appears longer", "title": "Large Magellanic Cloud" }, { "docid": "166854", "text": "of the galaxy were much greater than had been previously thought. His error was due to interstellar dust in the Milky Way, which absorbs and diminishes the amount of light from distant objects, such as globular clusters, that reaches the Earth, thus making them appear to be more distant than they are. Shapley's measurements also indicated that the Sun is relatively far from the center of the galaxy, also contrary to what had previously been inferred from the apparently nearly even distribution of ordinary stars. In reality, most ordinary stars lie within the galaxy's disk and those stars that lie", "title": "Globular cluster" }, { "docid": "13298440", "text": "Barnard said: Great Rift (astronomy) In astronomy, the Great Rift (sometimes called the Dark Rift, or less commonly the Dark River), is an area of dark bands that appear to obscure the center of the Milky Way galaxy when seen from the earth. They are thought to be an aggregation of overlapping, non-luminous, molecular dust clouds that lie between the Solar System and the Sagittarius Arm of the galaxy. They form a dark lane through the starry path of the Milky Way which, seen from Earth, is a hazy band of white light, some 30° wide, arching across the night", "title": "Great Rift (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "13298436", "text": "Great Rift (astronomy) In astronomy, the Great Rift (sometimes called the Dark Rift, or less commonly the Dark River), is an area of dark bands that appear to obscure the center of the Milky Way galaxy when seen from the earth. They are thought to be an aggregation of overlapping, non-luminous, molecular dust clouds that lie between the Solar System and the Sagittarius Arm of the galaxy. They form a dark lane through the starry path of the Milky Way which, seen from Earth, is a hazy band of white light, some 30° wide, arching across the night sky. These", "title": "Great Rift (astronomy)" }, { "docid": "19673987", "text": "meaning the stars have a low abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—what astronomers term metallicity. As recently as 1995, it was considered the most metal-poor globular cluster in the Milky Way. The chemical abundances of the stars in NGC 5053 are more similar to those in the dwarf galaxy Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy than to the Milky Way halo. Along with the kinematics of the globular cluster, this suggests that NGC 5053 may have been stripped from the dwarf galaxy. There are ten known RR Lyrae variable stars in this cluster with masses ranging from 68% to 78%", "title": "NGC 5053" }, { "docid": "1618458", "text": "being independent galactic systems of gas and dust, rather than just nebulae in the Milky Way. With a diameter of about 60,000 light-years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, roughly 40% the size of the Milky Way. It may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy. (See below.) Triangulum may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1 trillion stars for Andromeda Galaxy. The disk of Triangulum has an estimated mass of solar masses, while the gas component is about solar masses.", "title": "Triangulum Galaxy" }, { "docid": "9569817", "text": "DES makes it an ideal probe for finding more dwarf or ‘satellite’ galaxies around our Milky Way Galaxy. The number of dwarf galaxies gives important information about the evolution of galaxies and structure in the universe. Cosmological simulations have tended to predict many more dwarf galaxies around large galaxies than we see around our Milky Way Galaxy, leading to what is known as the missing satellite problem. Dwarf galaxies are also interesting in that they appear to be the most dark matter dominated objects in the universe, based on their mass to light ratio. This makes them interesting targets for", "title": "Dark Energy Survey" }, { "docid": "2464711", "text": "than those nearer the center. The Galaxy does not therefore rotate as a uniform whole but exhibits what is known as 'differential rotation'.\" These early discoveries by Oort about the Milky Way overthrew the Kapteyn system, named after his mentor, which had envisioned a galaxy that was symmetrical around the Sun. As Oort later noted, \"Kapteyn and his co-workers had not realized that the absorption in the galactic plane was as bad as it turned out to be.\" Until Oort began his work, he later recalled, \"the Leiden Observatory had been concentrating entirely on positional astronomy, meridian circle work and", "title": "Jan Oort" }, { "docid": "5929243", "text": "suspect that the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, rather than an ordinary spiral galaxy, in the 1960s. Their suspicions were confirmed by the Spitzer Space Telescope observations in 2005 that showed the Milky Way's central bar to be larger than previously thought. A galactic quadrant, or quadrant of the Milky Way, refers to one of four circular sectors in the division of the Milky Way. In actual astronomical practice, the delineation of the galactic quadrants is based upon the galactic coordinate system, which places the Sun as the origin of the mapping system. Quadrants are described using ordinals—for", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "516525", "text": "Large Magellanic Cloud The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of about 50 kiloparsecs (≈163,000 light-years), the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (~16 kpc) and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy known as the Canis Major Overdensity. Based on readily visible stars and a mass of approximately 10 billion solar masses, the diameter of the LMC is about , making it roughly one one-hundredth as massive as the Milky Way. This makes the LMC the fourth-largest galaxy in the Local Group,", "title": "Large Magellanic Cloud" }, { "docid": "5311086", "text": "circumvent the Ancients' rules that the Ori cannot directly use their powers to conquer the Milky Way galaxy. Adria is one step higher than the Doci, but equal in terms of her role in the Milky Way galaxy, which is to lead the armies of the Ori in the Milky Way galaxy, converting the galaxy to Origin in the process. Adria possesses several Prior-like superhuman abilities, and leads the armies of the Ori until her Ascension in the penultimate episode of \"Stargate SG-1\". From a creative standpoint, Adria's character was created to give Vala Mal Doran a story and personality", "title": "Ori (Stargate)" }, { "docid": "13227688", "text": "such as toward the galactic plane or the galactic center). Because the Milky Way galaxy has a very flat structure, if gamma-ray bursts were to originate from within the Milky Way, they would not be distributed isotropically across the sky, but instead concentrated in the plane of the Milky Way. Although the luminosity of the bursts suggested that they had to be originating within the Milky Way, the distribution provided very strong evidence to the contrary. BATSE data also showed that GRBs fall into two distinct categories: short-duration, hard-spectrum bursts (\"short bursts\"), and long-duration, soft-spectrum bursts (\"long bursts\"). Short bursts", "title": "History of gamma-ray burst research" }, { "docid": "20010584", "text": "were determined to be satellites of the Milky Way (Li et al. (2016: 8)). For reasons to be discussed in the concluding section, most researchers now believe that Eridanus II is an extremely long-period (i.e., several billion years per orbit) satellite of the Milky Way, probably beginning only its second approach to our galaxy. To put these numbers into their proper context, it may be worth reminding ourselves that the expansion of the universe is a significant factor on these distance scales. Eridanus II is moving toward the center of the Milky Way at 67 km/sec. However, applying the current", "title": "Eridanus II" }, { "docid": "2519616", "text": "Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph), also known as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sgr dE or Sag DEG), is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It consists of four globular clusters, the main cluster having been discovered in 1994. Sgr dSph is roughly 10,000 light-years in diameter, and is currently about 70,000 light-years from Earth, travelling in a polar orbit (i.e. an orbit passing over the Milky Way’s galactic poles) at a distance of about 50,000 light-years from the core of the Milky Way (about 1/3 the distance of the Large", "title": "Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy" }, { "docid": "161437", "text": "his view, the Milky Way is celestial. According to Mohani Mohamed, the Arabian astronomer Alhazen (965–1037) made the first attempt at observing and measuring the Milky Way's parallax, and he thus \"determined that because the Milky Way had no parallax, it must be remote from the Earth, not belonging to the atmosphere.\" The Persian astronomer al-Bīrūnī (973–1048) proposed the Milky Way galaxy to be \"a collection of countless fragments of the nature of nebulous stars.\" The Andalusian astronomer Ibn Bâjjah (\"Avempace\", 1138) proposed that the Milky Way is made up of many stars that almost touch one another and appear", "title": "Galaxy" }, { "docid": "5929259", "text": "encircles the Galactic disk. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey of the northern sky shows a huge and diffuse structure (spread out across an area around 5,000 times the size of a full moon) within the Milky Way that does not seem to fit within current models. The collection of stars rises close to perpendicular to the plane of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. The proposed likely interpretation is that a dwarf galaxy is merging with the Milky Way. This galaxy is tentatively named the Virgo Stellar Stream and is found in the direction of Virgo about away. In", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "19299110", "text": "Laevens 1 Laevens 1 is a faint globular cluster in the constellation Crater that was discovered in 2014. It is also known as Crater, the Crater cluster and PSO J174.0675-10.8774. At a distance of it is the most distant Milky Way globular cluster yet known, located in the galactic halo surrounding the Milky way galaxy. With an age of only 7.5 Gyr, it is likely to have been incorporated into our galaxy long after the formation of the Milky Way, probably during an interaction with the Small Magellanic Cloud. Some analyses initially categorized it as a satellite galaxy, because of", "title": "Laevens 1" }, { "docid": "151346", "text": "merging into a single elliptical galaxy. In the Local Group, the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are gravitationally bound, and currently approaching each other at high speed. Simulations show that the Milky Way and Andromeda are on a collision course, and are expected to collide in less than five billion years. During this collision, it is expected that the Sun and the rest of the Solar System will be ejected from its current path around the Milky Way. The remnant could be a giant elliptical galaxy. One observation (see above) that must be explained by a successful theory of", "title": "Galaxy formation and evolution" }, { "docid": "4041394", "text": "and from the Galactic Center. It has a roughly elliptical shape and is thought to contain as many stars as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, the previous contender for closest galaxy to our location in the Milky Way. The existence of a strong elliptical-shaped stellar overdensity was reported in November 2003 by an international team of French, Italian, British and Australian astronomers, who claimed their study pointed to a newly discovered dwarf galaxy: the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. This structure is located closer to the Sun than the center of our galaxy, at approximately from the Sun. The team of", "title": "Canis Major Overdensity" }, { "docid": "630288", "text": "the Milky Way. This black hole is suspected to be Sgr A*, with a mass of 4.2 × , where is the solar mass. Proper motions of the galaxies in the Local Group are discussed in detail in Röser. In 2005, the first measurement was made of the proper motion of the Triangulum Galaxy M33, the third largest and only ordinary spiral galaxy in the Local Group, located 0.860 ± 0.028 Mpc beyond the Milky Way. The motion of the Andromeda Galaxy was measured in 2012, and an Andromeda–Milky Way collision is predicted in about 4 billion years. Proper motion", "title": "Proper motion" }, { "docid": "19264923", "text": "Sky Survey. Both of these stars being cool red giants, they are extremely bright which is one of the key factors in their discovery. Their distance was estimated with a number of different techniques, which all pointed towards 900,000 light years away. ULAS J0015+01 is, at the current time, 900,000 light years away from the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way's disk is 180,000 light years in diameter, putting it far beyond the Milky Way stellar disk, or only 3 times closer than the Andromeda galaxy. In comparison, in distance to the Milky Way's satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud,", "title": "ULAS J0015+01" }, { "docid": "8994245", "text": "objects in our Galaxy - all of which are, in principle, observable quantities. However, there are a number of complications. The simple derivation above assumed that both the Sun and the object in question are traveling on circular orbits about the Galactic center. This is not true for the Sun (the Sun's velocity relative to the local standard of rest is approximately 13.4 km/s), and not necessarily true for other objects in the Milky Way either. The derivation also implicitly assumes that the gravitational potential of the Milky Way is axisymmetric and always directed towards the center. This ignores the", "title": "Oort constants" }, { "docid": "13600930", "text": "NGC 45 NGC 45 is a low surface brightness spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered on 11 November 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel. Unlike the Milky Way, NGC 45 has no clear defined spiral arms, and its center bar nucleus is also very small and distorted. NGC 45 thus does not have a galactic habitable zone. For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to the Galactic Center, both of which lack hard boundaries.", "title": "NGC 45" }, { "docid": "13600929", "text": "NGC 45 NGC 45 is a low surface brightness spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered on 11 November 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel. Unlike the Milky Way, NGC 45 has no clear defined spiral arms, and its center bar nucleus is also very small and distorted. NGC 45 thus does not have a galactic habitable zone. For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to the Galactic Center, both of which lack hard boundaries.", "title": "NGC 45" }, { "docid": "11448001", "text": "and the opening sequence from Earth through the Solar System and its galaxy and beyond for the \"Contact\" film. At Sagan's request, Lomberg designed the original sailing ship logo for the Planetary Society in 1981. The Smithsonian Institution commissioned Lomberg in the early 1990s to paint \"\"A Portrait of the Milky Way\"\", a scientifically accurate artistic representation of the Milky Way galaxy as seen by a hypothetical observer from a vantage point 10 degrees above the galactic plane and 60,000 light years from the galactic center. The by painting, which was described in a peer reviewed academic paper in 1994", "title": "Jon Lomberg" }, { "docid": "1618475", "text": "it much later. Two other possibilities are a collision with the Milky Way before the Andromeda Galaxy arrives or an ejection out of the Local Group. Triangulum Galaxy The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye. The galaxy is the smallest spiral galaxy", "title": "Triangulum Galaxy" }, { "docid": "161432", "text": "asleep so that the baby will drink her divine milk and will thus become immortal. Hera wakes up while breastfeeding and then realizes she is nursing an unknown baby: she pushes the baby away, some of her milk spills, and it produces the faint band of light known as the Milky Way. In the astronomical literature, the capitalized word \"Galaxy\" is often used to refer to our galaxy, the Milky Way, to distinguish it from the other galaxies in our universe. The English term \"Milky Way\" can be traced back to a story by Chaucer : Galaxies were initially discovered", "title": "Galaxy" }, { "docid": "20801202", "text": "brought into the Milky Way triggered a fresh round of star formation and replenished the thin disk. The debris from the dwarf galaxy provides most of the metal-rich halo. Gaia Sausage The Gaia Sausage is the remains of a dwarf galaxy, the \"Sausage Galaxy\", that merged with the Milky Way about 8 - 11 billion years ago. At least eight globular clusters were added to the Milky Way along with 50 billion solar masses of stars, gas and dark matter. The \"Gaia Sausage\" is so-called because of the characteristic sausage shape of the population in velocity space, the appearance on", "title": "Gaia Sausage" }, { "docid": "5631343", "text": "Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation. It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope by Cannon et al. The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and is receding from it at 230 km/s. The diameter of the galaxy is about 1600 light-years, which is 75 times smaller than the Milky Way. Most of the stars in the galaxy formed 7 billion years ago, although it also experienced bursts of star formation about 13 and 3 billion years ago. It is also", "title": "Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy" }, { "docid": "16953026", "text": "more massive (approx. 10 solar masses) than our Milky Way Galaxy, and the central black hole is nearly 1,000 times more massive (approx. 4 billion solar masses) than the black hole at our Milky Way's center, one of the largest known. The physics that creates the jets is poorly understood, with a likely energy source being matter ejected perpendicular to the accretion disc of the central black hole. Hercules A Hercules A is a bright astronomical radio source within the vicinity of the constellation Hercules corresponding to the galaxy 3C 348. During a survey of bright radio sources in the", "title": "Hercules A" }, { "docid": "5929258", "text": "possibility of the disk of the Milky Way extending further is apparent, and this is supported by evidence from the discovery of the Outer Arm extension of the Cygnus Arm and of a similar extension of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm. With the discovery of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy came the discovery of a ribbon of galactic debris as the polar orbit of the dwarf and its interaction with the Milky Way tears it apart. Similarly, with the discovery of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, it was found that a ring of galactic debris from its interaction with the Milky Way", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "4214201", "text": "Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy (also known as Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy or the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is a satellite of the Milky Way. The galaxy lies within the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered in 1937 by American astronomer Harlow Shapley using the 24-inch Bruce refractor at Boyden Observatory. The galaxy is located about 290,000 light-years away from the Solar System. The Sculptor Dwarf contains only 4 percent of the carbon and other heavy elements in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, making it similar to primitive galaxies seen at the", "title": "Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy" }, { "docid": "1482995", "text": "Small Magellanic Cloud The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or \"Nubecula Minor\", is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. Classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy, the SMC has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years, contains several hundred million stars, and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses. The SMC contains a central bar structure and is speculated to once be a barred spiral galaxy that was disrupted by the Milky Way to become somewhat irregular. At a distance of about 200,000 light-years, the SMC is among the nearest intergalactic neighbors of the Milky Way and is one", "title": "Small Magellanic Cloud" }, { "docid": "3166165", "text": "present. Several Mormon authors have attempted to situate Kolob within modern astronomy. Skousen speculated that Kolob is a star at the Galactic Center, Sagittarius A*, of our own Galaxy. This view also had the support of several former general authorities of the LDS Church, including J. Reuben Clark and George Reynolds (with Janne M. Sjödahl). In the mid-19th century, early efforts to find a single \"central sun\" in the galaxy resulted in failure. Another Mormon author has hypothesized that Kolob exists outside the Milky Way Galaxy at a place called the \"metagalactic center\", and that this galaxy and other galaxies", "title": "Kolob" }, { "docid": "18576422", "text": "of \"Galaxy X\" Galaxy X (galaxy) Galaxy X is a postulated dark satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. If it exists, it would be composed mostly of dark matter and interstellar gas with few stars. Its proposed location is some from the Sun, behind the disk of the Milky Way, and some in extent. Galactic coordinates would be (l= -27.4°,b=-1.08°). Observational evidence for this galaxy was presented in 2015, based on the claimed discovery of four, Cepheid variable stars by Sukanya Chakrabarti (RIT) and collaborators. Search for the stars was motivated by an earlier study that linked a", "title": "Galaxy X (galaxy)" }, { "docid": "12439874", "text": "Baby Boom Galaxy The Baby Boom Galaxy is a starburst galaxy located 12.2 billion light years away. Discovered by NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, the galaxy is the record holder for the brightest starburst galaxy in the very distant universe, with brightness being a measure of its extreme star-formation rate. The Baby Boom Galaxy has been nicknamed \"the extreme stellar machine\" because it is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year (one star every 2.2 hours). The Milky Way galaxy in which Earth resides turns out an average of just", "title": "Baby Boom Galaxy" }, { "docid": "516540", "text": "brighter than the LMC appears to us. Large Magellanic Cloud The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of about 50 kiloparsecs (≈163,000 light-years), the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (~16 kpc) and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy known as the Canis Major Overdensity. Based on readily visible stars and a mass of approximately 10 billion solar masses, the diameter of the LMC is about , making it roughly one one-hundredth as massive as the Milky Way. This makes the LMC", "title": "Large Magellanic Cloud" }, { "docid": "12703722", "text": "near the center of the Milky Way, which is also where most are thought to be produced. One of the fastest known stars in our Galaxy is the O-class sub-dwarf US 708, moving away from the Milky Way with a total velocity of around 1200 km/s. The existence of HVSs was first predicted by Jack G. Hills in 1988, and their existence confirmed by Warren Brown, Margaret Geller, Scott Kenyon, and Michael Kurtz in 2005. As of 2008, 10 unbound HVSs were known, one of which was believed to have originated from the Large Magellanic Cloud rather than the Milky", "title": "Stellar kinematics" }, { "docid": "5929299", "text": "of the Milky Way. The ESA spacecraft \"Gaia\" provides distance estimates by determining the parallax of a billion stars and is mapping the Milky Way with four planned releases of maps in 2022. Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The name describes the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The term \"Milky Way\" is a translation of the Latin ', from the Greek (', \"milky circle\"). From Earth, the Milky Way appears as", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "20010574", "text": "dark matter bodies for each observable galaxy the size of our own Milky Way galaxy (Koposov et al. 2015; Bechtol et al., 2015). These should contain much less baryonic matter than a “normal” galaxy. Thus, we should observe many, very faint, satellite galaxies around the Milky Way. Until about 1990, however, only about 11 Milky Way satellites were known (Pawlowski et al., 2015; Bechtol et al., 2015). The difference between the number of satellites known and the number expected in ΛCDM is referred to as the \"missing dwarf\" or \"substructure\" problem. Simon & Geha (2007) also discuss various cosmological and", "title": "Eridanus II" }, { "docid": "14913880", "text": "with the Milky Way during galaxy formation. A search for a stellar stream from the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy - which is currently merging with the Milky Way - in the vicinity of the sun yielded a null result, which helps constrain the shape of the Milky Way's dark halo. Another study of the highest velocity stars was used to constrain the local Galactic escape velocity and so the mass of the dark halo. RAVE is a precursor to ESA's Gaia mission and studies with RAVE show the science potential of this upcoming survey of stars in the Milky Way.", "title": "RAVE (survey)" }, { "docid": "2032238", "text": "all other universes – finally removed from the WSOGMM. Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams's science fiction series \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\". The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure invention, many are based on \"real world\" settings such as Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star and various versions of the Earth. \"The Galaxy\" is our home galaxy, the Milky Way, though it is referred to exclusively as \"the Galaxy\" in the series. Apart from a", "title": "Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" }, { "docid": "2032134", "text": "Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams's science fiction series \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\". The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure invention, many are based on \"real world\" settings such as Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star and various versions of the Earth. \"The Galaxy\" is our home galaxy, the Milky Way, though it is referred to exclusively as \"the Galaxy\" in the series. Apart from a very brief moment during the first radio series, when", "title": "Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" }, { "docid": "18576419", "text": "Galaxy X (galaxy) Galaxy X is a postulated dark satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. If it exists, it would be composed mostly of dark matter and interstellar gas with few stars. Its proposed location is some from the Sun, behind the disk of the Milky Way, and some in extent. Galactic coordinates would be (l= -27.4°,b=-1.08°). Observational evidence for this galaxy was presented in 2015, based on the claimed discovery of four, Cepheid variable stars by Sukanya Chakrabarti (RIT) and collaborators. Search for the stars was motivated by an earlier study that linked a warp in the", "title": "Galaxy X (galaxy)" }, { "docid": "17853374", "text": "(CO). Dame discovered the Far 3 kpc Arm of the Milky Way in 2008 and the Outer Sct-Cen Arm in 2011. Dame has authored or co-authored more than 100 research papers in astronomy. Tom Dame Thomas M. Dame is Director of the Radio Telescope Data Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a Lecturer on Astronomy at Harvard University. He is best known for mapping the Milky Way galaxy in Carbon Monoxide and for the discovery of both the Far 3 kpc Arm and the Outer Scutum–Centaurus Arm of the", "title": "Tom Dame" }, { "docid": "17853372", "text": "Tom Dame Thomas M. Dame is Director of the Radio Telescope Data Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a Lecturer on Astronomy at Harvard University. He is best known for mapping the Milky Way galaxy in Carbon Monoxide and for the discovery of both the Far 3 kpc Arm and the Outer Scutum–Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way. Dame graduated from Boston University in 1976 with a BA in Astronomy and Physics. He earned his Master's degrees and Ph.D. from Columbia University. His dissertation, earned under Patrick Thaddeus in", "title": "Tom Dame" }, { "docid": "6918984", "text": "been described by a member of the team that discovered it as \"a rather pathetic galaxy\" in comparison to the Milky Way. Many of the stars have been known for centuries and thought of as normal Milky Way stars, although they have a lower metallicity than normal Population I stars in the Milky Way. The stream lies within the Milky Way, approximately 10 kiloparsecs (30,000 light-years) from the Sun, and extending over a region of space at least 10 kpc across in three dimensions. It is close on the plane of the sky to the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, which", "title": "Virgo Stellar Stream" }, { "docid": "3712970", "text": "believe the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way, Omega Centauri, is in fact the core of a dwarf galaxy with a black hole at its centre, which was at some time absorbed by the Milky Way. In astronomy, a blue compact dwarf galaxy (BCD galaxy) is a small galaxy which contains large clusters of young, hot, massive stars. These stars, the brightest of which are blue, cause the galaxy itself to appear blue in colour. Most BCD galaxies are also classified as dwarf irregular galaxies or as dwarf lenticular galaxies. Because they are composed of star clusters, BCD galaxies", "title": "Dwarf galaxy" }, { "docid": "2273220", "text": "of our Solar System, our galaxy, or our Universe. Shapley participated in the \"Great Debate\" with Heber D. Curtis on the nature of nebulae and galaxies and the size of the Universe. The debate took place on April 26, 1920, in the hall of the United States National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. Shapley took the side that spiral nebulae (what are now called galaxies) are inside our Milky Way, while Curtis took the side that the spiral nebulae are 'island universes' far outside our own Milky Way and comparable in size and nature to our own Milky Way.", "title": "Harlow Shapley" }, { "docid": "634397", "text": "February 1800, and the planet Uranus in March 1781; he had made important improvements to the reflecting telescope by increasing the mirror diameter. Herschel then built a 20-ft reflecting telescope and invented the star count, working out that the Milky Way was a disc, which he called a \"grindstone\", and the Milky Way was a galaxy but that that was all the universe contained; he had noticed other nebulas but did not recognise what these were; only when the Hooker telescope was built sufficiently large-enough in California in 1924, did Edwin Hubble realise that these nebulas (Andromeda Galaxy) were other", "title": "South West England" }, { "docid": "268782", "text": "is contained in a ring between from the center of the Milky Way (the Sun is about 8.5 kiloparsecs from the center). Large scale CO maps of the galaxy show that the position of this gas correlates with the spiral arms of the galaxy. That molecular gas occurs predominantly in the spiral arms suggests that molecular clouds must form and dissociate on a timescale shorter than 10 million years—the time it takes for material to pass through the arm region. Vertically to the plane of the galaxy, the molecular gas inhabits the narrow midplane of the galactic disc with a", "title": "Molecular cloud" }, { "docid": "544787", "text": "Galactic astronomy Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way galaxy and all its contents. This is in contrast to extragalactic astronomy, which is the study of everything outside our galaxy, including all other galaxies. Galactic astronomy should not be confused with galaxy formation and evolution, which is the general study of galaxies, their formation, structure, components, dynamics, interactions, and the range of forms they take. The Milky Way galaxy, where the Solar System belongs, is in many ways the best studied galaxy, although important parts of it are obscured from view in visible wavelengths by regions of cosmic", "title": "Galactic astronomy" }, { "docid": "17272759", "text": "smaller galaxies such as the Milky Way. In the case of the Milky Way, its galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to the Galactic Center (with both radii lacking hard boundaries). Galactic habitable-zone theory has been criticized due to an inability to quantify accurately the factors making a region of a galaxy favorable for the emergence of life. In addition, computer simulations suggest that stars may change their orbits around the galactic center significantly, therefore challenging at least part of the view that", "title": "Galactic habitable zone" }, { "docid": "3740865", "text": "long, oval bulge and a mottled galactic disc. Although the bulge appears only slightly brighter than the rest of the galaxy, it is fairly extended compared to the disk. In 400 mm scopes and larger, a dark dust lane northwest of the nucleus is visible, and over a dozen faint stars can be seen superimposed on the bulge. The Sculptor Galaxy is located at the center of the Sculptor Group, one of the nearest groups of galaxies to the Milky Way. The Sculptor Galaxy (the brightest galaxy in the group and one of the intrinsically brightest galaxies in the vicinity", "title": "Sculptor Galaxy" }, { "docid": "3741315", "text": "Milky Way and is obscured by galactic dust. The Circinus Galaxy is a Type II Seyfert galaxy and is one of the closest known active galaxies to the Milky Way, though it is probably slightly farther away than Centaurus A. Circinus Galaxy produced supernova SN 1996cr, which was identified over a decade after it exploded. This supernova event was first observed during 2001 as a bright, variable object in a Chandra X-ray Observatory image, but it was not confirmed as a supernova until years later. The Circinus Galaxy is one of twelve large galaxies in the \"Council of Giants\" surrounding", "title": "Circinus Galaxy" }, { "docid": "807475", "text": "in the interstellar medium. In simulated galaxies with similar properties to Andromeda Galaxy, star formation is expected to extinguish within about five billion years from the now, even accounting for the expected, short-term increase in the rate of star formation due to the collision between Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. Based on its appearance in visible light, the Andromeda Galaxy is classified as an SA(s)b galaxy in the de Vaucouleurs–Sandage extended classification system of spiral galaxies. However, data from the 2MASS survey showed that Andromeda is actually a barred spiral galaxy, like the Milky Way, with Andromeda's bar oriented", "title": "Andromeda Galaxy" }, { "docid": "3450008", "text": "fairly narrow range of distances from the Galactic Center. Lineweaver et al. calculate this zone to be a ring 7 to 9 kiloparsecs in radius, including no more than 10% of the stars in the Milky Way, about 20 to 40 billion stars. Gonzalez, et al. would halve these numbers; they estimate that at most 5% of stars in the Milky Way fall in the galactic habitable zone. Approximately 77% of observed galaxies are spiral, two-thirds of all spiral galaxies are barred, and more than half, like the Milky Way, exhibit multiple arms. According to Rare Earth, our own galaxy", "title": "Rare Earth hypothesis" }, { "docid": "5929272", "text": "Galaxy lie in what in the galaxy color–magnitude diagram is known as the \"green valley\", a region populated by galaxies in transition from the \"blue cloud\" (galaxies actively forming new stars) to the \"red sequence\" (galaxies that lack star formation). Star-formation activity in green valley galaxies is slowing as they run out of star-forming gas in the interstellar medium. In simulated galaxies with similar properties, star formation will typically have been extinguished within about five billion years from now, even accounting for the expected, short-term increase in the rate of star formation due to the collision between both the Milky", "title": "Milky Way" }, { "docid": "5642885", "text": "Fornax Dwarf The Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal is an elliptical dwarf galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered in 1938 by Harlow Shapley. He discovered it while he was in South Africa on photographic plates taken by the 24 inch (61 cm) Bruce refractor at Boyden Observatory, shortly after he discovered the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy. The galaxy is a satellite of the Milky Way and contains six globular clusters; the largest, NGC 1049, was discovered before the galaxy itself. The galaxy is also receding from the Milky Way at 53 km/s. It mostly contains population II stars. Using the Hubble", "title": "Fornax Dwarf" }, { "docid": "3768238", "text": "due to the gravitational field of the Milky Way or other galaxy that they orbit. For example, the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy has a velocity dispersion of 7.9±1.3 km/s, which is a velocity dispersion that could not be explained solely by its stellar mass according to the Virial Theorem. Similar to Sextans, previous studies of Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy reveal that its orbital path does not correspond to the mass contained in Hercules. Furthermore, there is evidence that the UMa2, a dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation, experiences strong tidal disturbances from the Milky Way. Dwarf spheroidal galaxy", "title": "Dwarf spheroidal galaxy" } ]

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[ { "docid": "14073826", "text": "Unser both futilely rush towards his bloodied body as the van speeds off. In an interview, series creator and executive producer, Kurt Sutter, explained that the decision to kill Hale in the season premiere was motivated by Sheridan's desire to move on to another project. David Hale (Sons of Anarchy) Deputy Chief David Hale is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Taylor Sheridan. He was the Deputy Chief of Police in the small Northern Californian town of Charming. The Chief, Wayne Unser, nicknamed him \"Captain America\" for his black and white views, and", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283065", "text": "imprisoned SAMCRO members leave the penitentiary after their 14-month stay and are met by Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt of the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department, the new law enforcement presence in Charming. They also discover Hale has become the mayor. US Attorney Lincoln Potter seeks Lieutenant Roosevelt's help to build a RICO case against SAMCRO. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "14073815", "text": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy) Deputy Chief David Hale is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Taylor Sheridan. He was the Deputy Chief of Police in the small Northern Californian town of Charming. The Chief, Wayne Unser, nicknamed him \"Captain America\" for his black and white views, and squeaky-clean adherence to the law, and possibly because of his square jawed all-American looks. Hale is a native of Charming, California, and his father, Jacob, was a county judge and a very powerful and wealthy man. He also has an older brother, Jacob, Jr. As", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20993299", "text": "to another project. Jax is distraught in the wake of Abel's disappearance. Hale is moving into the office of the chief, a position that he states will soon be official. His brother, Jacob, apologizes for bringing Zobelle to Charming, and states that he never intended things to escalate as far as they did. Jacob also tells Hale that he is continuing with his campaign to be mayor of Charming, and asks for \"the support of the chief.\" Hale agrees to support his brother. As the Sons go out to look for Cameron, he remains neutral. Jax attempts to break up", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073824", "text": "seen consoling a distraught Tara Knowles over the kidnapping of Abel Teller. In the season premiere, Hale is first seen moving into the office of the chief, a position that he states will soon be official. His brother, Jacob, apologizes for bringing Zobelle to Charming, and states that he never intended things to escalate as far as they did. Jacob also tells Hale that he is continuing with his campaign to be mayor of Charming, and asks for \"the support of the chief.\" Hale agrees to support his brother. Later in the episode, Hale keeps vigil over Half-Sack's funeral which", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20993298", "text": "SO (Sons of Anarchy) \"SO\" is the third season premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and directed by Stephen Kay. It originally aired in the United States on September 7, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Taylor Sheridan (Deputy Chief David Hale), and the first for Paula Malcomson (Maureen Ashby) and James Cosmo (Fr. Kellan Ashby). In an interview, series creator and executive producer, Kurt Sutter, explained that the decision to kill Hale in the season premiere was motivated by Sheridan's desire to move on", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16111439", "text": "Forest Rangers). Musicians performing on the album include Anvil, Franky Perez (of Scars on Broadway), Lions, Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and The Dead Weather) and actress Katey Sagal, who plays Gemma Teller Morrow in the show, among others. The album was released on November 29, 2011, through Columbia Records. Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 is a soundtrack album featuring music from FX television program \"Sons of Anarchy\". The album consists of songs recorded for the show as well as those previously released through a", "title": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4" }, { "docid": "14073825", "text": "is being attended by numerous Sons Of Anarchy members and associates. Jacob meets him there and reiterates his disgust for the gang and the apparent outpouring of support for them. Hale explains that people, including those in Charming, don't like to see SAMCRO vulnerable since it makes everyone uncomfortable. Later into the funeral, an unknown party, later revealed to be the Calaveras MC, commits a drive-by shooting, injuring and killing several attendees. Hale tries to stop them by getting in front of their van and firing at the driver, but is killed when the vehicle runs him over. Jacob and", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14334869", "text": "his semen is inside them. With his DNA in the police database, he says he'll remove the bodies before the police excavate them. However, he is too late and Hale finds them instead. Clay goes to Chief Wayne Unser, who cooperates with SAMCRO, and warns him to keep the dedicated Hale off of their backs. Unser says there is not much he can do because he is being forced into retirement due to him suffering from cancer, but he will try if the Sons protect one of his trucks from hijacking on the way to Mexico. Hale catches up with", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073823", "text": "Sons. In the episode \"The Culling,\" Unser informs Hale that he will be the new acting chief (possibly signifying Unser's retirement in the near future). In the second-season finale, perhaps adopting some of Unser's attitude, Hale appeared unconcerned with what SAMCRO did to A.J. Weston and Ethan Zobelle as long as it was not done in Charming. Ethan Zobelle, cornered in a deli outside of Charming by SAMCRO, called Hale for help. Hale lied and told Zobelle that the sheriffs were on the way, but after hanging up he made no effort to inform the local sheriffs. He was last", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073820", "text": "assistance (or, at least, turns a blind eye towards L.O.A.N.'s activities) even though he knows that they use more violent tactics than the Sons. L.O.A.N.'s first illegal action was giving Darby and the Nords the backing to operate a meth lab in Charming. SAMCRO discovered that the Nords were dealing meth in Charming and tipped off Hale, who then visited the property where the meth lab was located. Although Hale threatened Darby that he would get a warrant to search the property, but instead he told Unser that he investigated SAMCRO's tip and that there was no meth lab. SAMCRO,", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20996908", "text": "NS (Sons of Anarchy) \"NS\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was directed by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and written by Dave Erickson. It originally aired in the United States on November 30, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Ally Walker (Agent June Stahl), Paula Malcomson (Maureen Ashby) and Titus Welliver as (James 'Jimmy' O'Phelan) Salazar takes Tara to Jacob Hale's office, where he takes Hale hostage as well. When he gives his list of demands, one of them is for Jax to", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14334868", "text": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy) \"Seeds\" is the second episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It originally aired on September 10, 2008 in the United States. Despite the incident happening outside of his jurisdiction, the Deputy Chief of the Charming Police Department David Hale gets a warrant to investigate the warehouse explosion. He claimed that the warehouse's security guard was found dead by his men inside Charming, meaning he was given the investigation. Tig confesses to Clay that he was sleeping with both the Mexican women found burned alive in the warehouse, and that", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073819", "text": "of Opie's wife, Donna. At the crime scene, Hale icily informed Stahl, \"This blood's on you.\" At the start of Season Two, Hale is introduced to Ethan Zobelle by his older brother, Jacob, in the hopes of getting SAMCRO out of Charming. Zobelle leads the White separatist group, the League of American Nationals (L.O.A.N.). David, aware of L.O.A.N.'s racial beliefs, initially refused Zobelle's help (Jacob, a businessman who hopes to profit from SAMCRO's absence in Charming, is not concerned with L.O.A.N.'s beliefs or methods). However, David is so determined to rid Charming of SAMCRO that he begins to accept Zobelle's", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073822", "text": "he needs to be the \"clean one\", Hale gave Clay and Jax information they needed to sink a real estate scam run by Jacob Hale and let them know that Zobelle was surveiling them. Hale also told them that he wasn't Unser and wasn't on anyone's payroll. Throughout season two, Hale started to show some signs of cooperation with SAMCRO, realizing that L.O.A.N. was more of threat to Charming than SAMCRO. He began to understand Unser's behavior, realizing that the elderly chief didn't have much of a choice anymore in whether or not to deal with Clay Morrow and the", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183496", "text": "deal. Jax, Clay, Bobby, Tig, Juice and Happy are hauled away to jail. While Opie, Chibbs, and the Prospects are all en route following Stahl. Opie kills Stahl to avenge the death of his wife, Donna. The imprisoned SAMCRO members leave the penitentiary after their 14-month stay and are met by Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt of the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department, the new law enforcement presence in Charming. They also discover Hale has become the mayor. US Attorney Lincoln Potter seeks Lieutenant Roosevelt's help to build a RICO case against SAMCRO. In retaliation for the death of Veronica Pope (Laroy's girlfriend,", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "14261377", "text": "in a gas station's store/deli, which happened to be occupied by school children. He attempted to call Hale for assistance, but Hale ultimately brushed him off, and merely informed him of Polly's death with no sympathy. Zobelle's life was miraculously spared when a more urgent issue, that of Jax's son being kidnapped, caused the Sons to depart in haste. He escaped and was last seen booking a flight out of a small private airport. Ethan Zobelle Ethan Zobelle is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Adam Arkin. He is one of two main", "title": "Ethan Zobelle" }, { "docid": "13550035", "text": "Wayne Unser Chief Wayne Unser is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Dayton Callie. He was the Chief of the fictional Charming, California Police Department and was also a known associate of SAMCRO. Chief Unser sees SAMCRO as a benefit to the town, because the Sons aim to keep drugs and violence out of Charming and protect the population from threats even less desirable than the club (such as ruthless developer Jacob Hale, Jr.). Unser plans to retire, surrendering his post to Deputy Chief David Hale, but is forced to resume his duties", "title": "Wayne Unser" }, { "docid": "14073821", "text": "now feeling that Hale had fallen in with Zobelle's group, took the matter into their own hands and destroyed the lab themselves. Zobelle then tried to force Hale into taking action against SAMCRO by providing surveillance footage of Opie blowing up the meth lab that Hale allowed to operate. At the same time, Hale is also given footage of himself apparently taking a bribe from Darby (actually just a gift certificate to Zobelle's Impeccable Smokes shop opening). After being reprimanded by Unser for collaborating with Zobelle, being informed by Unser about what Zobelle's people did to Gemma, and being told", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073817", "text": "also want to see SAMCRO leave Charming, but, unlike him, their desire is motivated by their wish to profit financially from the gang's absence, something which appears to irritate David. Because of Hale's attitude, SAMCRO leader Clay Morrow convinced Unser to continue on as police Chief in order to ensure Hale doesn't assume the position and become a threat to SAMCRO and their allies. He serves as an antagonist to SAMCRO during the first season, but became less hostile during Season Two. After learning that Unser is staying on, Hale calls in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14073816", "text": "a boy, he delivered newspapers to the town's infamous Teller household. He was a childhood friend of Jax Teller, Tara Knowles and Opie Winston, until they graduated from high school. Hale enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After his honorable discharge, he went on to become a police officer at the local police department and is now Deputy Chief, next in line for the Chief job once Wayne Unser retires. Unlike Unser, Hale wishes to purge the town of SAMCRO (the local biker gang, run by the Tellers) upon becoming Chief of Police. Like him, his father and brother", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13415064", "text": "and will retire at the end of the month, handing power over to his Deputy, David Hale, who is overtly suspicious of the SOA and will almost definitely begin an investigation into the club. Hale talks to Jax, telling him that when he becomes Chief, he won't look the other way with the Sons of Anarchy like his predecessor did. To distract the police from their activities, the burnt-down warehouse in particular, Jax, Chibs and Half-Sack Epps (a Prospect in the club) acquire two dead bodies from the local morgue and set them up in a fake shoot-out. The set-up", "title": "Jax Teller" }, { "docid": "13362745", "text": "had close ties with the local Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original (SAMCRO), and was known to be in the Club's pay and a trusted ally of former President Clay Morrow. David Hale served as Deputy Chief under Unser until he was killed in the line of duty during the wake for murdered SAMCRO member Half-Sack Epps. After Unser retired, the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department took responsibility for law enforcement in Charming, and the Charming Police Department became defunct. Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt, a 20-year veteran of the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department, headed the Department's Charming/Morada Substation until", "title": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "20993300", "text": "with Tara because he believes he is ruining her life, but she remains loyal to him and refuses to leave. SAMCRO buries Half-Sack with over 50 full-patch members from California, Washington, Nevada, and Oregon as well as numerous former military colleagues in attendance. A three-piece kutte is draped over his casket during the service, implying that SAMCRO posthumously patched him in. At the wake, Clay tells Jax that he has to be strong to inspire his SAMCRO brothers. Hale keeps vigil over Half-Sack's funeral which is being attended by numerous Sons Of Anarchy members and associates. Jacob meets him there", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13539081", "text": "the town. Following an attack on one of Darby's meth labs by SAMCRO, Zobelle offers him revenge by providing assistance in burning down the porn studio run by SAMCRO. During this, Darby is double-crossed by AJ, who seemingly leaves him to die in the fire. In an extended scene on the Sons of Anarchy Season Two DVD, it's revealed that Darby is alive. Darby is shown to be alive and recovering in the episode \"The Push.\" He observes Jax and Tara dealing black market pharmaceutical meds with a local clinic. He takes this information to Jacob Hale Jr., who is", "title": "Ernest Darby" }, { "docid": "14073818", "text": "to see if they can circumvent Unser. He soon became sexually involved with Agent June Stahl, which is against department regulations. One of their encounters was witnessed by Jax Teller while he was breaking Cherry out of the County Jail. The two lovers fell out, however, over Stahl's decision to delude SAMCRO into believing that Opie Winston was an informant and her locking Hale out of the investigation. When Stahl removed Opie's protective detail, Hale (after much convincing from Unser) decided to inform the SAMCRO that Opie was not a \"rat.\" The information came too late to prevent the murder", "title": "David Hale (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16983979", "text": "Donna's killing. Bobby's lawyer Rosen warns Clay that Brenan Hefner's mistress is preparing to testify against Bobby and Opie, and Clay blackmails Elliott Oswald into helping SAMCRO figure out her identity so that they can silence her. Hale begs Unser to help him take down the club, but Unser flatly refuses, encouraging Hale to let the bikers serve their own justice. Hale reaches out to Jax and tells him that he suspects that Clay is guilty of ordering Opie's murder. Jax confronts Clay and demands the truth, but Clay lies and tells Jax to put it out of his mind", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13414514", "text": "Nordics, a local skinhead gang who are allied with the Mayans, and it later emerges that his name is Whistler. Jax turns around and shoots Whistler twice, killing him. They escape with the weapons and destroy the building using explosives. Wayne Unser, the Chief of the Charming Police Department, has always gotten on well with the Sons of Anarchy during his time in charge, and has even employed them as muscle, at times. However, he is dying from cancer and will retire at the end of the month, handing power over to his Deputy, David Hale, who is overtly suspicious", "title": "Clay Morrow" }, { "docid": "16283040", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2) The second season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. The second season of \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 8, 2009, on cable network FX and concluded on December 1, 2009 after 13 episodes aired. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16283034", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1) The first season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX and concluded on November 26, 2008, after 13 episodes commenced airing. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1)" }, { "docid": "20993304", "text": "it's safe to say there will be more blood coming. There's an uneasy quiet through most of \"So,\" dick-stabbing and all, because it feels like the lines have been drawn very clearly. That quiet is destroyed in the bullet spray, when Hale, the closest thing to an uncorruptible left in Charming, is killed. Now, I'm not sure anyone is going to cry bitter tears over this; the character, who started the show as a potential adversary/moral counterpoint to the Sons, became increasingly irrelevant as the morality of the leads became more complex. His square-jawed sheriff type was never all that", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283039", "text": "character and re-cast Ron Perlman in the role, and Clay's scenes were re-shot. Additionally, Emilio Rivera was originally cast as a Sons of Anarchy club member named \"Hawk,\" who eventually evolved into the character of Tig Trager. Also, the One-Niners street gang who buy weapons from SAMCRO first appeared in \"The Shield\", which Sutter produced. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The first season was released on DVD on August 18, 2009. Sons of Anarchy (season 1) The first season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14493361", "text": "Tara and Jax then embrace and make love while Kohn's iPod plays the Andy Williams song \"Can't Get Used to Losing You\" again and again. Meanwhile, back at the clubhouse, Tig and Opie prepare the club for war by gathering weapons. Josh Kohn's death was voted #14 on E! Online's \"21 Most Important Sons of Anarchy deaths\". While the scene where Jax and Tara have sex near his dead body was voted #15 on Rolling Stone's \"20 Best ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Moments\". The Pull \"The Pull\" is the eighth episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons", "title": "The Pull" }, { "docid": "14074110", "text": "admitted gunrunner and then framed Gemma Teller Morrow, making the shooting seem unlawful. June Stahl arrives in Charming in episode 6, \"\", and is assigned to a case involving the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club and their involvement in inter-state arms trafficking. She had been called in by David Hale, the local police department's Deputy Chief, as he had been struggling to rid the town of the gang due to his superior, Wayne Unser's, corruptness. She soon becomes involved in an affair with David Hale. Jax Teller, SAMCRO's Vice President, witnessed them in a sexual encounter at the police station", "title": "June Stahl" }, { "docid": "16283063", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 6, 2011 and concluded on December 6, 2011 after 14 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. It is the longest season of \"Sons of Anarchy\" and the only season to have 14 episodes as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "17779031", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 9, 2014, and concluded on December 9, 2014 after 13 episodes aired. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the President of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after his wife is murdered. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "16283046", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3) The third season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 7, 2010, on cable network FX. Season three attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever at the time, surpassing FX's other hits", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "18436680", "text": "not writing it on period speech just because there's no actual recording of what that vernacular sounded like with intonation and everything.\" The series was announced in December 2013. Sutter began writing the scripts once the last episode of \"Sons of Anarchy\" had wrapped up in late 2014. Katey Sagal is \"definitely...involved\" in the series. Paris Barclay, who directed 15 episodes of \"Sons of Anarchy\", directed the pilot and was executive producer. Charles Murray, a writer/co-executive producer of the last two seasons of \"Sons of Anarchy\", was a writer/co-executive producer on the series. Nichole Beattie was another \"Sons of Anarchy\"", "title": "The Bastard Executioner" }, { "docid": "20993301", "text": "and reiterates his disgust for the gang and the apparent outpouring of support for them. Hale explains that people, including those in Charming, don't like to see SAMCRO vulnerable since it makes everyone uncomfortable. Later into the funeral, an unknown party, later revealed to be the Calaveras MC, commits a drive-by shooting, injuring and killing several attendees. Hale tries to stop them by getting in front of their van and firing at the driver, but is killed when the vehicle runs him over. Jacob and Unser both futilely rush towards his bloodied body as the van speeds off. When a", "title": "SO (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283047", "text": "\"The Shield\", \"Nip/Tuck\", and \"Rescue Me\". \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. In 2018, Universo announced the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy in Español on 29 October 2018. Gemma has been hiding in Rogue River, Oregon with Tig at the home of Gemma's father, Nate (Hal Holbrook), who suffers from dementia. Gemma struggles when", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19605506", "text": "River\" and wrote . Recently he created the Paramount Network's television series \"Yellowstone\". Sheridan began his career in acting, appearing in small films and in recurring roles in television series, such as \"Veronica Mars, Walker, Texas Ranger\" and most notably, as David Hale in \"Sons of Anarchy\". He made the transition into screenwriting after he turned 40. His first film as a screenwriter was \"Sicario\", directed by Denis Villeneuve. It revolves around Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an FBI agent who is enlisted to a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.", "title": "Taylor Sheridan" }, { "docid": "14333653", "text": "Rivera was originally cast as a Sons of Anarchy club member named \"Hawk,\" who eventually evolved into the character of Tig Trager. Also, the One-Niners street gang who buy weapons from SAMCRO first appeared in \"The Shield\", which Sutter produced. IGN gave the plot episode of Sons of Anarchy a 7.2/10.0 rating, stating \"At first blush, Sons of Anarchy is not nearly as assured or gripping as The Shield. Charlie Hunnam is excellent as Jackson, and Perlman and Sagal are great as usual. The show looks good, the dialogue occasionally crackles and the story has rich possibilities. However, the show", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "6281932", "text": "episode of the HBO prison drama series \"Oz\". In 1984 he acted in \"The Way It Is\" (1985) by Eric Mitchell, which included actors Steve Buscemi and Rockets Redglare. He has appeared in some of Buscemi's directorial work, including \"Trees Lounge\" and as \"Evil\" in \"Lonesome Jim\". (Buscemi was also in \"Armageddon\".) Boone was a regular cast member on the TV drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\", playing Bobby \"Elvis\" Munson. In an episode of the TV series \"Quantum Leap\", he plays a biker named Maddog, similar to his character many years later in \"Sons of Anarchy\". In 2010, he played", "title": "Mark Boone Junior" }, { "docid": "16111438", "text": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 is a soundtrack album featuring music from FX television program \"Sons of Anarchy\". The album consists of songs recorded for the show as well as those previously released through a number of EPs; \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country\" (2009), \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter\" (2009) and \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone\" (2010). Songs include covers of \"What a Wonderful World\", \"Forever Young\", \"John the Revelator and the Emmy nominated theme song \"This Life\" (performed by Curtis Stigers and the", "title": "Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4" }, { "docid": "20996909", "text": "come to Hale's office. Tara sees Salazar pull out a knife, and he tells her he plans to kill her while Jax watches and then kill Jax. As Jax enters the office, Salazar is about to kill Tara, but Jacob Hale stabs him instead. Jax wrestles the gun from Salazar, gives it to Tara, and tells her to kill anyone who is not a cop. When the whole ordeal is over with Jax and Tara go to the doctor for an ultrasound to make sure the baby was not harmed. The baby is healthy and Jax and Tara hear the", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183526", "text": "a third six-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone - EP\", was released on November 23, 2010. In November 2011, selected highlights from the EPs and new tracks were released in \"Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4\", followed up by \"\" released in November 2012, \"\" released in December 2013, and \"\" released in February 2015. In 2013, Boom! Studios began publishing a \"Sons of Anarchy\" comic book. As of September 2015, 25 issues have been published. Issue 25 is the final issue. A new comic book prequel, \"Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original\",", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283069", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 11, 2012 and concluded on December 4, 2012 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), first shown as vice president then as president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after the deaths of several SAMCRO members at the hand of Clay Morrow", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "16283075", "text": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6) The sixth and penultimate season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 10, 2013 and concluded on December 10, 2013 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself. The season finale was the second-most watched episode of the season and the most-watched finale in the", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16983977", "text": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy) \"The Revelator\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the first season of FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". The episode was directed and written by series creator Kurt Sutter. The episode originally aired on November 26, 2008 in the united states, and garnered 2.4 million viewers. Jax consoles Opie, who blames his choice to return to SAMCRO for Donna's death. Jax visits Tara at the hospital to check in on her and she breaks down, guilty over Kohn's murder and unsure about her future with Jax. She tells Jax of her plans to leave", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16983984", "text": "Clay and Gemma's cunning behind them.\" The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy) \"The Revelator\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the first season of FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". The episode was directed and written by series creator Kurt Sutter. The episode originally aired on November 26, 2008 in the united states, and garnered 2.4 million viewers. Jax consoles Opie, who blames his choice to return to SAMCRO for Donna's death. Jax visits Tara at the hospital to check in on her and she breaks down, guilty over Kohn's murder and unsure about her future with Jax. She tells", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "3258581", "text": "powerful Alpha werewolf Talia Hale. In 2014, she starred on \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Mildred Treal in the episode \"Faith and Despondency\". Coppola returned to daytime soap operas for the first time in twenty years when she took a recurring role on CBS's \"The Young and the Restless\" in spring 2016. Coppola recently appeared as Dr. Tammy Brunner in a 2017 episode of \"Designated Survivor\". Born in Huntington, New York, Coppola graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1986 and earned a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1990. Contrary to popular belief, she's not part of the", "title": "Alicia Coppola" }, { "docid": "20996916", "text": "now Tara, the outsider who finally found her way to belonging, has reason to be suspicious. Makes you wonder what else is in those letters. And it makes you wonder what Jax'll do if he reads them.\" NS (Sons of Anarchy) \"NS\" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was directed by Kurt Sutter, the original series creator and written by Dave Erickson. It originally aired in the United States on November 30, 2010. This episode marks the last appearance of Ally Walker (Agent June Stahl), Paula Malcomson", "title": "NS (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "12183532", "text": "of Ireland, the show aired on RTÉ Two from 2009. It premiered in Canada on Super Channel October 20, 2008. In India, season 6 is airing from September 26, 2013, only on Star World Premiere. In 2018, Universo announced the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy in Spanish on October 29, 2018. The show has been available on Netflix since 2011 but all seasons were removed from Netflix on December 1, 2018. Sons of Anarchy Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter that aired from 2008 to 2014. It followed the lives", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "13874016", "text": "1967, the character of Deputy Chief Hale from the TV show Sons of Anarchy was apparently a member of the 40th Armored Division. 40th Armored Division (United States) The 40th Armored Division was a division of the United States Army National Guard from July 1954 until 1967. After its return from the Korean War, the 40th Infantry Division was reorganized on 1 July 1954 as the 40th Armored Division. On 1 December 1967, a major reorganization of the National Guard reduced the Guard to eight combat divisions, with the 40th Armored Division as one of the units designated for inactivation.", "title": "40th Armored Division (United States)" }, { "docid": "14334871", "text": "and suggests he go along on that night's protection run to make some easy cash. At Chapel, Clay suggest murdering a member of the Nordics to distract the forensics team that Hale has requested from Lodi. Jax suggests a less violent alternative instead; they head to Skeeter, a funeral director, and request two bodies. Skeeter offers up the bodies in return for SAMCRO helping him score a date with a woman named Emily Duncan, a biker hanger-on dubbed a \"Crow-Eater\". However, Emily wants to have sex with Jax before dating Skeeter. Meanwhile, Ernest Darby, the Nords leader, and Marcus Alvarez,", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14334874", "text": "give the contents to the Mafia as a good will gesture as their guns were late to be delivered. Unser is angered at Clay's betrayal, and Clay tells him that he's only doing it to rebuild SAMCRO before Unser retires in the next few weeks. He also threatens him to hold off his retirement or more of his trucks will be hijacked. Unser then removes Hale's surveillance team from the burned warehouse site and informs a clearly agitated Hale about his plans to stay on as police chief for the next six months. Gemma spots Donna struggling with money at", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14253234", "text": "with Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and his Scars on Broadway bandmate, drummer John Dolmayan. Also in 2009, Perez recorded a cover of The Who's Slip Kid with heavy metal group Anvil, released on \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country\", a five-song EP featuring music from the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". In 2012, Perez performed a cover of Stevie Wonder's, \"Higher Ground\" for the fifth-season soundtrack of 'Sons of Anarchy', along with Sons of Anarchy house band, The Forest Rangers. In 2010, a cover band of musicians and Ducati enthusiasts, called Ducati All-Stars, was announced featuring guitarists Billy Morrison (Camp", "title": "Franky Perez" }, { "docid": "15925110", "text": "Drenik also launched his side project Battleme, contributing the song \"Burn This Town\" to the second series finale of \"Sons of Anarchy\" as well as the series soundtrack \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter - EP\". He would later, in 2010, contribute a cover of Neil Young's \"Hey Hey, My My\" for the \"Sons of Anarchy\" third series finale and soundtrack \"Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone\". In 2010, Lions performed at SXSW '10, and later performed one show in Austin, Texas in October, with Drenik focusing on his side project Battleme stating \"I'm guessing we'll do a lot of back-and-forth", "title": "Lions (band)" }, { "docid": "12183500", "text": "Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (\"mother\") charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, referred to by the acronym SAMCRO or Sam Crow, located in San Joaquin County, California, in the fictional town of Charming, which appears", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "14333636", "text": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy) \"Pilot\" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by series creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Alan Coulter and Michael Dinner. It originally aired in the United States on September 3, 2008, and garnered 2.5 million viewers. The Mayans, a Mexican-American motorcycle gang, break into a warehouse and begin stealing hundreds of guns inside. Unknown to them, two women are hiding beneath the building. At a nearby convenience store, Jax Teller, the Vice-President of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, purchases condoms and a pack", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283070", "text": "(Ron Perlman). The premiere (\"Sovereign\"), directed by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter, was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. In retaliation for the death of Veronica Pope (Laroy's girlfriend, who was also the daughter of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "12183487", "text": "Sons of Anarchy Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter that aired from 2008 to 2014. It followed the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show starred Charlie Hunnam as Jackson \"Jax\" Teller, who is initially the vice president and subsequently the president of the club following his stepfather and president, Clay Morrow, was demoted after a challenge vote was brought up by the club. He soon begins to question the club and himself. Brotherhood, loyalty and redemption were constant themes.", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "19605505", "text": "Taylor Sheridan Taylor Sheridan (born May 21, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and actor. Sheridan first reached prominence for portraying David Hale in the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for \"Sicario\" (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for \"Hell or High Water\" (2016), which was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Credited with redefining the modern Western, Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 crime film \"Wind", "title": "Taylor Sheridan" }, { "docid": "180372", "text": "himself hosting a radio show. In 2006, Rollins appeared in a documentary series by VH1 and The Sundance Channel called \"The Drug Years\". Rollins appears in FX's \"Sons of Anarchy's\" second season, which premiered in the fall of 2009 in the United States. Rollins plays A.J. Weston, a white-supremacist gang leader and new antagonist in the show's fictional town of Charming, California, who poses a deadly threat to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. In 2009, Rollins voiced \"Trucker\" in \"American Dad!'s\" fourth season (episode eight). Rollins voiced Benjamin Knox/Bonk in the 2000 animated film \"\". In 2010, Rollins appeared", "title": "Henry Rollins" }, { "docid": "14356293", "text": "of Anarchy, much to Hale's delight. In a review for the episode, Film School Rejects said \"What we are really seeing with Sons of Anarchy, as I explained yesterday, is the slow build to the big burn.\" The scene where Clay emasculates a rapist was voted #18 in Rolling Stone's \"20 Best ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Moments\". Fun Town \"Fun Town\" is the third episode of the first season of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by Kurt Sutter, directed by Stephen T. Kay and originally aired on September 17, 2008 in the United States. This episode", "title": "Fun Town" }, { "docid": "13470697", "text": "Sons of Anarchy. Piney was the only contemporary SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) member to wear the original Sons of Anarchy denim kutte. The Mayans stole the Sons' weapons and torched their storage facility. When a meeting was called, Piney attended and proved to be a commanding figure amongst the gang's hierarchy despite his health. Later on, his son, Opie, came to him and asked to borrow money. Piney refused and told him to \"grow a dick\". Piney did, however, tell Opie to join Clay Morrow and Bobby Munson on a protection run to make some extra", "title": "Piney Winston" }, { "docid": "14334875", "text": "the supermarket, and she pays for her groceries instead. Donna rejects her help, but Gemma tells her that SAMCRO is a family, and that she is part of it. She invites her, Opie and their kids over for dinner. Tig and Bobby finally remove the corpses of the Mexican women from the police site and burn them in a furnace at the morgue. Unexpectedly, Tig says a heartfelt prayer over the bodies. Hale threatens Clay after he discovers the bodies have disappeared, telling him he will make sure SAMCRO become nothing but a distant memory. Gemma discovers an old photograph", "title": "Seeds (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13414516", "text": "orders Tig and Bobby to get rid of the bodies. The pair then retrieve the corpses from the police site and burn them in a furnace. Hale is enraged when he discovers that the bodies are missing, and he threatens Clay that he will close the SOA down for good. Local businessman Elliot Oswald goes to Clay after his 13-year-old daughter is raped at a carnival and asks the Sons of Anarchy to hunt down the rapist and kill him, in exchange for money. Clay refuses the money but insists that if they catch him, he must carry out the", "title": "Clay Morrow" }, { "docid": "14333654", "text": "rides very close to being self-parody. While Jackson might be having second thoughts about the Sons lifestyle – the show itself is certainly in love with the bikes, the guns, and the brutality. This isn't good enough to recommend without reservation – but if you need to get your manliness on- this might be just the thing.\". Pilot (Sons of Anarchy) \"Pilot\" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". It was written by series creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Alan Coulter and Michael Dinner. It originally aired in the United States", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "17779033", "text": "with all parties involved. The series ends with Jax making the ultimate sacrifice to complete his part of the story of SAMCRO and fulfill his father's vision. \"Sons of Anarchy\" is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Although \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood.", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "4031499", "text": "FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", about a fictional outlaw motorcycle club, allegedly based on the Hells Angels. Show creator Kurt Sutter spent time with Barger and other members of Hells Angels researching for the show, and acted opposite Barger in his scene. Barger returned again on the \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Lenny \"The Pimp\" Janowitz November 29, 2011, in the Season 4 finale, part one. Barger's third guest appearance on \"Sons of Anarchy\" as Lenny \"The Pimp\" Janowitz was during Season 5, Episode 10, which aired on November 13, 2012. Sonny Barger Ralph Hubert \"Sonny\" Barger (born October 8,", "title": "Sonny Barger" }, { "docid": "12183525", "text": "Television Awards, Charlie Hunnam received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Walton Goggins received a nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series for the seventh season. Three EP soundtracks have been released by 20th Century Fox Records, on iTunes, featuring songs from each series. The first five-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: North Country – EP\", was released on September 8, 2009 and featured the full version of the Emmy Award nominated theme song \"This Life\". A second five-song EP, entitled \"Sons of Anarchy: Shelter – EP\", was released on November 24, 2009 while", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283074", "text": "received favourable reviews and has a rating of 72 on the review aggregator site Metacritic. Ken Tucker of \"Entertainment Weekly\" praised the series by calling it a \"richly detailed portrait of self-righteous villainy\". The fifth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 27, 2013. Sons of Anarchy (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 11, 2012 and concluded on December 4, 2012 after 13 episodes aired, on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "17779036", "text": "received a score of 68% based on reviews from 6 critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, it received a score of 83% based on 12 reviews, 10 positive, 2 negative. Sons of Anarchy (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 9, 2014, and concluded on December 9, 2014 after 13 episodes aired. Created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson \"Jax\" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the President of the club,", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" }, { "docid": "2443229", "text": "Kimberley from 1890 until his death. He was also mayor of Perth on two occasions, from 1892 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1900. Forrest was born at Picton, near Bunbury in Western Australia, the fourth of nine sons of William and Margaret Forrest. He was educated at the government school in Bunbury under John Hislop, then completed his education at Hale School in Perth. Forrest explored areas of Western Australia under contract to the Survey Department, particularly the Kimberley region, during the 1870s and 1880s. Much of his exploration was done with his brother John Forrest who became the", "title": "Alexander Forrest" }, { "docid": "13539290", "text": "Marcus Álvarez Marcus Álvarez is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\" and its spinoff \"Mayans MC\", played by Emilio Rivera. He initially serves as an antagonist on the show but gradually comes to a less hostile relation with the Sons of Anarchy. He is the leader of the Mayans, a Mexican-American outlaw motorcycle club. Álvarez, who is of Mexican descent, is the President of the Mayans Motorcycle Club's Oakland, California chapter and seems to be their national president. His son, Esai, was also a member of the club but had a hit placed on him", "title": "Marcus Álvarez" }, { "docid": "12183528", "text": "John Teller's manuscript, titled \"The Life and Death of SAMCRO\". \"Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect\" was an episodic adventure video game developed by Silverback Games and published by Orpheus Interactive. The game was originally slated to have ten episodes and to be released on Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android. The first episode was released on February 1, 2015 for iOS only, and was met with mixed reviews. but has not seen an update since, and, although a season pass is being offered, no further episode was ever released. On April 7, 2016, refunds were issued to everyone who", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "12183530", "text": "based on \"Sons of Anarchy\" was announced in February 2014, confirmed for mobile platforms in August, and the name \"Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect\" revealed in December of that year. The game was set to have never-before seen graphics for mobile devices, but failed to deliver those when the first episode was launched on February 1, 2015. As of May 11, 2016, a spin-off series is in the works titled \"Mayans M.C.\". The pilot will begin shooting in March, directed by Sutter from a script he co-wrote with Elgin James. On February 13, 2017, Edward James Olmos will star as", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "12183488", "text": "\"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX. The series's third season attracted an average of 4.9 million weekly viewers, making it FX's highest rated series and surpassing its other hits \"The Shield\", \"Nip/Tuck\" and \"Rescue Me\". Season four and five premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history. On December 9, 2014, the series ended, as creator Kurt Sutter felt seven seasons was enough, and that he wanted \"Sons of Anarchy\" to end in a blaze of glory. The sixth season aired from September 10, 2013, through December 10, 2013. The seventh and final", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "16283068", "text": "in the finale. \"TIME\" said the fourth season was the strongest since season two, but the show needed to end sooner rather than later. \"TIME\" also agreed that the finale's contrivances were sometimes too visible, stating \"it’s the principle: you can only turn up alive at your own funeral so many times before it starts to lose its impact.\" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 28, 2012. Sons of Anarchy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\" premiered on September 6, 2011 and concluded", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "6949058", "text": "Doll\" and \"Get Clean\", appeared as DLC in the iPhone and iPad versions of the official Rock Band game. On May 31, 2012, the duo released their third full album, \"Life In The Underground\". Also in 2012, many previously released Anarchy Club songs began to appear as downloadable content for the Rock Band Network. Anarchy Club Anarchy Club is an alternative rock/electronica duo from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam von Buhler, who plays guitar (including all solos), bass, drums, and other instruments, and is a", "title": "Anarchy Club" }, { "docid": "16283079", "text": "six has received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, the season received a critic score of 74% based on 9 critic reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes, it received a score of 78% based on 18 reviews, 14 positive, 4 negative, with the website's consensus stating: \"Sons of Anarchy continues to deliver an energetic blend of bracing action sequences, pitch black humor, and heartless violence.\" At IGN, season 6 episodes received critic ratings ranging from a low of 8.1 (Episode 604, labelled \"Great\" and \"Editors' Choice\") to a high of 9.5 (Episode 611, labelled \"Amazing\", and \"Editors' Choice\"). Sons of Anarchy (season 6)", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16283052", "text": "inferior to other villainous characters such as Stahl, Zobelle and Weston. However, she praised Ally Walker's performance, comparing her character to \"The Shield\"s Vic Mackey. Critic Alan Sepinwall said the season was \"interesting but uneven\", noting that the plot gained traction in later episodes. Tim Goodman of \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said \"Sutter should be applauded for shaking things up\", calling the slower pace a \"creative necessity\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The third season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 30, 2011. Sons of Anarchy (season 3) The third season of the American television drama series \"Sons of Anarchy\"", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "13539074", "text": "Ernest Darby Ernest Darby is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Mitch Pileggi. He is one of the show's early antagonists and is the leader of the Nordics, a White supremacist drug dealing street gang. Darby is the leader of the Nordics, a White supremacist street gang who deal in methamphetamine, and lives in a large suburban home in Charming, Northern California. It is indicated that he had a prior romantic interest in Gemma Teller Morrow, despite her being of partial Jewish heritage and the wife of Sons of Anarchy president Clay Morrow.", "title": "Ernest Darby" }, { "docid": "20972442", "text": "Anarchy list ahead of the airing of the show's third season. A.J. Weston A.J. Weston is a fictional character on the FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\", played by Henry Rollins. He is one of two main antagonists in season two (the other being Ethan Zobelle) and is the a high ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood. AJ is an extremely violent ex-convict and ardent white supremacist, albeit also being a loving single father of two young sons, Cliff and Duke. Weston moved into Charming along with Ethan Zobelle, who presented himself to the townspeople and local law enforcement as", "title": "A.J. Weston" }, { "docid": "16983982", "text": "Sons. I'm not exactly sure what this show has in store for us over the next umpteen seasons, but the growing civil war within the gang \". Zach Handler of The AV Club gave \"The Sleep of Babies\" a perfect A rating, stating; \"And then there's Donna's funeral. It plays out like the end of a rock video; Jax shows up during the service in a T-shirt in jeans and Tara brings him his Sons jacket; they make out a bit; and then Jax gives the evil eye to Clay and the others. It's a goddamn chasm between him and", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "13362739", "text": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy) Charming is a fictional town in the television series \"Sons of Anarchy\". According to a sign on the edge of town, Charming's population is 14,679, and the city motto is \"Our Name Says It All\". Charming covers and is located in San Joaquin County, California, in the upper part of the metro triangle, which is bounded by the Bay Area, Stockton, and Sacramento. Show writer Kurt Sutter has stated that he envisions the town as being located between Lodi and Stockton, which would place it near the real-life Census-designated place of Morada, California. At other times", "title": "Charming (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "16283072", "text": "that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Although \"Sons of Anarchy\" is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood. Main sets located there include the clubhouse, St. Thomas Hospital, and Jax's house. The production rooms at the studio used by the writing staff also double as the Charming police station. External scenes are often filmed nearby in Sun Valley and Tujunga. On his \"Sons of Anarchy\" YouTube channel Sutterinksoa, Kurt Sutter has stated that he began writing scripts for season 5, episodes one and two as early", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 5)" }, { "docid": "7192650", "text": "FX drama \"Sons of Anarchy\". She plays the motorcycle club's lawyer. As of 2014, she plays a recurring role on \"Chicago P.D.\" Robin Weigert Robin Weigert (born July 7, 1969) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying Calamity Jane on the HBO series \"Deadwood\" (2004–06, 2019), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Weigert was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Dionne Laufman and Berlin-born Wolfgang Oscar Weigert, a psychiatrist. She is Jewish. After graduating from Brandeis University in 1991, Weigert attended New", "title": "Robin Weigert" }, { "docid": "1691964", "text": "Holy See, in which capacity she served until 2001. Hale and Lindy Boggs had four children: U.S. TV and public radio journalist Cokie Roberts, born December 27, 1943, and the wife of journalist Steven V. Roberts; Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., a prominent Washington, D.C.,-based attorney and lobbyist; Barbara Boggs Sigmund, who served as mayor of Princeton, New Jersey; and William Robertson Boggs, who died as an infant on December 28, 1946. In 1982 Mrs. Sigmund lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate to Frank Lautenberg. Boggs was a practicing Catholic. The Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, which", "title": "Hale Boggs" }, { "docid": "16983981", "text": "hands Jax a fresh copy of his father's memoirs, declaring that it's \"time for a change.\" Jax visits his father's grave and proclaims his agreement as Gemma and Clay look on, nervously. The song, \"John the Revelator\", performed by Curtis Stigers and the Forest Rangers, plays over the ending scene. IGN gave \"The Revelator\" an 8.6/10.0 rating, stating; \"I can't talk much more about this episode without revealing anything important, so I'll just wrap it up. I made a backhanded comparison between Sons and The Wire last week, and that was unfair. The Wire is a completely different show from", "title": "The Revelator (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "14333640", "text": "after returning from service in Vietnam. He also finds a journal entitled \"The Life and Death of Sam Crow: How the Sons of Anarchy Lost Their Way\", written by him for his sons Jax and Tommy (who died in 1990). When he is called away to a club meeting, Jax hides the journal. At the clubhouse, all charter members have gathered in the \"Chapel\", the club's meeting room. Intelligence officer Juice Ortiz has located the guns stolen from the warehouse, now being stored by the Mayans in San Leandro. Clay wants to find the guns, steal them back, and torch", "title": "Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)" }, { "docid": "15289922", "text": "Bernard Hale Sir Bernard Hale (1677–1729) was an English-born barrister and judge who became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. Two of his sons became Generals in the British Army. He was born at King's Walden, Hertfordshire, the eighth son of William Hale and his wife Mary Elwes. The Hale family, who originally made their fortune as grocers in London, had owned property in King's Walden since the sixteenth century, and Bernard's own descendants were still living there in Victorian times. His father William was the son of Rowland Hale, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1648, and was himself a", "title": "Bernard Hale" }, { "docid": "11127723", "text": "I. B. Hale Insall Bailey \"I. B.\" Hale (September 9, 1916 – May 14, 1971) was an American football tackle at Texas Christian University (TCU) who was voted an All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but never played football professionally. Hale was married to the former Virginia Kingsbery, and the couple had at least three sons (twins Robert Allen Hale and William Hale, and Timothy Hale). Hale became an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent in Fort Worth, Texas and was a close associate of J. Edgar Hoover. Later", "title": "I. B. Hale" }, { "docid": "14478794", "text": "the film \"Baby It's You\", directed by John Sayles, who would also direct Springsteen's video clips for \"Born in the U.S.A.\", \"I'm on Fire\" and \"Glory Days\". The song was used in Season 7 during the opening scene of episode 13 \"Papa's Goods,\" the series finale of \"Sons of Anarchy\". The creator of \"Sons of Anarchy\" Kurt Sutter originally wanted to use the song as a cover in the final episode of Season 3, but there were issues with licensing from Sony and Springsteen did not like the idea of a cover of his song. An agreement was finally reached", "title": "Adam Raised a Cain" }, { "docid": "12183499", "text": "recent loss and turns himself into the authorities. While in jail, Jax makes decisions that radically alter the direction of the club and uses it to exact revenge. Another member's death fuels the hate and lies created by Gemma and Juice, who are on the run and hiding from the club. After Jax learns the truth, he works to make things right with all parties involved. The series ends with Jax making the ultimate sacrifice to complete his part of the story of SAMCRO and fulfill his father's vision. \"Sons of Anarchy\" was the story of the Teller-Morrow family of", "title": "Sons of Anarchy" }, { "docid": "2534705", "text": "also removed from the schedule. On September 3, 2008, FX debuted \"Sons of Anarchy,\" a drama series created by Kurt Sutter (who previously served as executive producer of \"The Shield\") about a fictional outlaw motorcycle club devoted to protecting their sheltered California town from corporate developers and drug dealers; its September premiere coincided with that of \"The Shield\"s final season. \"Sons of Anarchy\" became a critical and commercial success, having aired for seven seasons . In 2010, the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it \"FX\"s highest rated series to date. Other new shows that", "title": "FX (TV channel)" }, { "docid": "17779032", "text": "the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises. Jax struggles with his recent loss and turns himself into the authorities. While in jail, Jax makes decisions that radically alter the direction of the club and uses it to exact revenge. Another member's death fuels the hate and lies created by Gemma and Juice, who are on the run and hiding from the club. After Jax learns the truth, he works to make things right", "title": "Sons of Anarchy (season 7)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3329219", "text": "Angeles Kings. Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Staples Center. These events have included the following over the years: The arena will host indoor volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics. Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "docid": "3329219", "text": "Angeles Kings. Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Staples Center. These events have included the following over the years: The arena will host indoor volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics. Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "docid": "3329212", "text": "Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for the naming rights over 10 years in October 1993. In the short period of time between the enfranchisement of the Mighty Ducks and the naming rights deal with Arrowhead, Disney referred to the Arena as the Pond of Anaheim. In October 2006,", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "docid": "814612", "text": "Anaheim Ducks The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their inception, the Ducks have played their home games at the Honda Center (formerly The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim). The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a name based on the 1992 film \"The Mighty Ducks\". Disney sold the franchise in 2005 to Henry and Susan Samueli, who along with then-general manager Brian Burke changed the name", "title": "Anaheim Ducks" }, { "docid": "814676", "text": "network for the 1998–99 season, which would also carry Anaheim Angels baseball games, but the plan was abandoned. Anaheim Ducks The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their inception, the Ducks have played their home games at the Honda Center (formerly The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim). The club was founded in 1993 by The Walt Disney Company as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a name based on the 1992 film \"The Mighty Ducks\". Disney sold the", "title": "Anaheim Ducks" }, { "docid": "13329715", "text": "History of the Anaheim Ducks The history of the Anaheim Ducks begins when the team joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1993 as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Founded as an expansion team in 1993 along with the Florida Panthers, the Ducks were originally owned by The Walt Disney Company, which named the franchise after its film \"The Mighty Ducks\". Since their inception, the team has played at the Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond), located in Anaheim, California, close to both Disneyland and Angel Stadium. After initially struggling in their first two seasons, the Mighty Ducks", "title": "History of the Anaheim Ducks" }, { "docid": "4686281", "text": "faculty roster. In 2003 the Samueli's purchased the management contract for the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim sports and entertainment venue, creating Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, to oversee all operations of the arena, and in 2005 they purchased the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim National Hockey League (NHL) club, the arena's largest tenant, from the Walt Disney Company for $75 million. In 2006, the Samueli's announced the team's name change to the Anaheim Ducks and the arena's name change to Honda Center. In 2007 the Anaheim Ducks became the first California team ever to win the Stanley Cup championship. As of December", "title": "Henry Samueli" }, { "docid": "15384321", "text": "season. Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli have been trying to lure an NBA team to Honda Center since they purchased the team, mainly due to the prospective positive impact the team would have on the Ducks' finances and the finances of the Samueli family-owned Anaheim Arena Management. It was announced on May 2, however, that the Kings would remain in the city of Sacramento for at least one more season. Even though the Ducks remained the sole tenants of Honda Center at least through to the 2011–12 season, the Anaheim Ducks and Anaheim Arena Management announced that they would", "title": "2011–12 Anaheim Ducks season" }, { "docid": "17493604", "text": "Los Angeles Kiss The Los Angeles Kiss (stylized as LA KISS) were a professional arena football team based in Anaheim, California, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Kiss joined the AFL as an expansion team after Los Angeles' previous franchise (Los Angeles Avengers) did not return as a part of Arena Football 1. The team's ownership was a group of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, members of rock band Kiss, as well as their manager Doc McGhee. The team played its home games at the Honda Center in nearby Anaheim, which they shared with the Anaheim Ducks", "title": "Los Angeles Kiss" }, { "docid": "3329213", "text": "Honda paid $60 million for the naming rights for over 15 years. The arena opened on June 19, 1993, with a Barry Manilow concert as its first event. Since then, it has been host to a number of events, such as the 2003 and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. On June 6, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators, 6–2, in game five of the Final at Honda Center to clinch the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. Honda Center has hosted several UFC events, starting with UFC 59 in 2006. It hosted the 2005 IBF World Championships for badminton in", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "docid": "20755060", "text": "leaving professional football, Starkey began working with the Anaheim Ducks in 1993. Starkey was in charge of various projects to the Honda Center which included the renovations of multiple food establishments for the stadium. He is currently the chief operating officer of the Anaheim Arena Management. Starkey is married and has three children. Kevin Starkey Kevin Starkey (born July 9, 1958) is the chief operating officer for the Anaheim Arena Management in charge of the Honda Centre. Before starting his career with the Anaheim Ducks in 1993, Starkey was a former Canadian Football League quarterback for the Ottawa Rough Riders", "title": "Kevin Starkey" }, { "docid": "173607", "text": "immense respect for founder, Soichiro Honda, and had a good relationship with Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the chairman of Honda at that time. Senna once called Honda \"the greatest company in the world\". As part of its marketing campaign, Honda is an official partner and sponsor of the National Hockey League, the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, and the arena named after it: Honda Center. Honda also sponsors The Honda Classic golf tournament and is a sponsor of Major League Soccer. The \"Honda Player of the Year\" award is presented in United States soccer. The \"Honda Sports Award\" is given to the", "title": "Honda" }, { "docid": "4986121", "text": "10,000+ fans that waited at LAX Airport to show their support to their Stanley Cup finalists, who went on to win the Stanley Cup. This was in marked contrast to 1993, when the Kings had defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games to reach their first Final, where Wayne Gretzky and the team celebrated with the Campbell Bowl. In 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks took a team photo with the Campbell Bowl after winning Game 7 of the 2015 Western Conference Final against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The Blackhawks would end up defeating the Tampa", "title": "NHL Conference Finals" }, { "docid": "14832374", "text": "neighbor Orange County, which is more suburban. Staples Center and Honda Center are less than an hour apart via local freeways; many Kings fans fill Honda Center in great numbers, but numerous Ducks fans also make the short trip up the freeway to Staples Center as well. In recent years, crowds at both venues are quite diverse due to both teams' recent successes. Freeway Face-Off The Freeway Face-Off is an ice hockey rivalry between the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles", "title": "Freeway Face-Off" }, { "docid": "20755058", "text": "Kevin Starkey Kevin Starkey (born July 9, 1958) is the chief operating officer for the Anaheim Arena Management in charge of the Honda Centre. Before starting his career with the Anaheim Ducks in 1993, Starkey was a former Canadian Football League quarterback for the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Montreal Concordes. On July 9, 1958, Starkey was born in Santa Monica, California. He completed his post-secondary education at California State University, Long Beach. Starkey began his American football career as a college football quarterback for the Long Beach State 49ers football from 1979 to 1980. During the 1980 NCAA Division", "title": "Kevin Starkey" }, { "docid": "1825349", "text": "jerseys. Ducks team owner Henry Samueli brought up that Selanne's jersey retirement banner “looked lonely in the rafters” and told Kariya “they may have to do something about that in the future”. The Anaheim Ducks retired his number on October 21, 2018 at a ceremony attended by Selanne and Scott Niedermayer. https://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/19/hhof-inductees-paul-kariya-teemu-selanne-enjoy-spotlight-once-more-at-honda-center-2/ Paul Kariya Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as a skilled and fast-skating offensive player, he played in the NHL for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Colorado Avalanche,", "title": "Paul Kariya" } ]

[ { "docid": "14350091", "text": "UFC 121 UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States. The event was the fourth time the UFC has hosted at the Honda Center (formerly Arrowhead Pond) in Anaheim, California following UFC 59, UFC 63 and UFC 76 and the sixth event held in the Greater Los Angeles Area along with UFC 60 and UFC 104. Just like UFC 111, UFC 115, and UFC 118, UFC 121 was shown in movie theaters around the United States by NCM", "title": "UFC 121" }, { "docid": "14350093", "text": "sponsor money or \"locker room\" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional \"fight night\" bonuses. UFC 121 UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States. The event was the fourth time the UFC has hosted at the Honda Center (formerly Arrowhead Pond) in Anaheim, California following UFC 59, UFC 63 and UFC 76 and the sixth event held in the Greater Los Angeles Area along with UFC 60 and UFC 104.", "title": "UFC 121" }, { "docid": "14080535", "text": "a proposed streetcar system that could connect various destinations in the Anaheim Resort and Platinum Triangle areas. The ARTIC site is the proposed location of a California High-Speed Rail station, and the proposed California-Nevada Interstate Maglev names Anaheim as its southern terminus. During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from Olympic venues located in Anaheim. The station sits across from the planned indoor Volley Ball venue; Honda Center. The station was featured in the second season finale of the HBO series \"True Detective\". Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center", "title": "Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center" }, { "docid": "3044113", "text": "to the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the 1995 season. The team was relocated to Anaheim, California prior to the start of the 1996 season, at which time it was renamed the Anaheim Piranhas. The Piranhas played their home games at Arrowhead Pond, also the home of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim of the National Hockey League. The team was not an overwhelmingly successful draw in the high-overhead Southern California market and folded after the conclusion of the 1997 season. The arena (now known as the Honda Center) would once", "title": "Anaheim Piranhas" }, { "docid": "1270297", "text": "Lose Ya\" and went on to become a Top-40 hit in 1979. On August 15, 2013, Stanley, Gene Simmons and manager Doc McGhee became a part of the ownership group that created the L.A. Kiss Arena Football League team, which plays their home games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In April 2014, Stanley published his memoir, \"Face the Music: A Life Exposed\". In the memoir, Stanley, who is Jewish, accused former bandmates Ace Frehley and Peter Criss of anti-Semitism. In 2012, Stanley partnered with Gene Simmons and three other investors to form the restaurant franchise Rock & Brews.", "title": "Paul Stanley" }, { "docid": "12680660", "text": "Anaheim Resort The Anaheim Resort district is the area of the city of Anaheim, California that surrounds the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim GardenWalk, and Anaheim Convention Center. In addition to these three venues, the district is home to the Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars, hotel and the hospitality industry of Anaheim, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Honda Center. In 2013, the City of Garden Grove announced that it would rebrand its stretch of Harbor Boulevard immediately south of Anaheim city limits as Grove District – Anaheim Resort, in partnership with the City of Anaheim to promote the Anaheim Resort District.", "title": "Anaheim Resort" }, { "docid": "831975", "text": "(SR 241) also have short stretches within the city limits. Also, SR 90 and SR 39 run through the city as regular streets. Anaheim is served by two major railroads, the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway. In addition, the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), a major regional transit station near Honda Center and Angel Stadium, serves Amtrak, Metrolink, and several bus operators, and the Anaheim Canyon Metrolink station serves Metrolink's IEOC Line. ARTIC is a proposed stop on the proposed California High-Speed Rail network and the proposed Anaheim Rapid Connection. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) provides", "title": "Anaheim, California" }, { "docid": "4506460", "text": "the end of November 2006. Orange Crush interchange The Orange Crush Interchange, frequently called The Crush, is a freeway interchange in the city of Orange, California, near the confluence of the cities of Orange, Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Garden Grove. The Disneyland Resort, The Outlets at Orange, St. Joseph Hospital, Children's Hospital of Orange County, the UCI Medical Center, Westfield MainPlace, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Honda Center, Platinum Triangle and the Lamaroux Justice Center of the Superior Court of California of the County of Orange are all located at or near the interchange. The name of the interchange, credited to", "title": "Orange Crush interchange" }, { "docid": "4506455", "text": "Orange Crush interchange The Orange Crush Interchange, frequently called The Crush, is a freeway interchange in the city of Orange, California, near the confluence of the cities of Orange, Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Garden Grove. The Disneyland Resort, The Outlets at Orange, St. Joseph Hospital, Children's Hospital of Orange County, the UCI Medical Center, Westfield MainPlace, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Honda Center, Platinum Triangle and the Lamaroux Justice Center of the Superior Court of California of the County of Orange are all located at or near the interchange. The name of the interchange, credited to KNX Radio traffic and weather", "title": "Orange Crush interchange" }, { "docid": "831949", "text": "area as a tourist destination. It includes the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, the Honda Center, and Angel Stadium. In 2001, Disney's California Adventure (renamed Disney California Adventure Park in 2010) the most expansive project in Disneyland's history, opened to the public. In 2007, Anaheim celebrated its sesquicentennial. In July 2012, political protests by Hispanic residents occurred following the fatal shooting of two men, the first of whom was unarmed. Protesting occurred in the area between State College and East Street, and was motivated by concerns over police brutality, gang activity, domination of the city by commercial interests, and", "title": "Anaheim, California" }, { "docid": "18407903", "text": "Catholic), Joe Forte (DeMatha Catholic) and Casey Jacobsen (Glendora). Historically a high profile doubleheader invitational event in early December, the Classic was a single game in January in the 2011–12 season due to scheduling conflicts a new owner, Honda Center, following Wooden's death in 2010. The classic returned to December in the 2012–13 season, but was again a single game. Since its inception, the games were played in Anaheim, California, at the Honda Center, known earlier as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. In June 2013, the Wooden Classic merged with the DirecTV Classic to form the Wooden Legacy, a three-day,", "title": "Wooden Classic" }, { "docid": "15471664", "text": "filed federal trademark applications for names for a new basketball team based in Anaheim. Those names included Anaheim Royals, Los Angeles Royals, Orange County Royals, and Anaheim Royals of Southern California. Of note, the city of Anaheim has mandated that any team playing at Honda Center must use \"Anaheim\" as its only geographic identifier. This requirement was made after the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim added 'Los Angeles' to their official name. On May 2, 2011, the Maloofs announced they were staying in Sacramento for at least one more season, to try to make things work with a new Sports", "title": "2011–12 Sacramento Kings season" }, { "docid": "19838793", "text": "UFC 208 UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on February 11, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was originally scheduled to take place on January 21 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. However, due to a lack of suitable headliners for the date, the event in Anaheim was postponed to August 5 (and subsequently took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles) and an originally scheduled UFC 209 to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on February 11", "title": "UFC 208" }, { "docid": "1270269", "text": "August 15, 2013, Simmons, Paul Stanley and manager Doc McGhee became a part of the ownership group that created the LA Kiss Arena Football League team, which plays their home games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The team has since folded. He has his own magazine, \"Gene Simmons Tongue Magazine\", his own label, Simmons Records, and animated series, \"My Dad the Rock Star\". In February 2002, Simmons was interviewed on the NPR radio show \"Fresh Air\" and asked about his claim of having had sex with 4,600 women. He told Terry Gross: \"If you want to welcome me", "title": "Gene Simmons" }, { "docid": "10047034", "text": "Ottawa Police closed the street down. The scene was festive at Honda Center in Anaheim with several Hollywood celebrities on hand, including former movie star and then California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who dropped the puck for the ceremonial face-off. As in their previous series, the Senators struck first. Mike Fisher started off the scoring in the series with a powerplay goal 1:38 into the first period that traveled high in the air, landed behind Giguere and trickled over the line. Although Ottawa scored first, Anaheim took over play during the course of the period. The Ducks replied nine minutes later", "title": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals" }, { "docid": "16795155", "text": "Northridge finished 9th so they didn't qualify to play in the Big West Tournament. 2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 14–16, 2013 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top eight teams qualified for the 2013 Big West Tournament. In the Semifinals the highest seed played the lowest seed, while the remaining two teams matched up. UC Riverside", "title": "2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "16795154", "text": "2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 14–16, 2013 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top eight teams qualified for the 2013 Big West Tournament. In the Semifinals the highest seed played the lowest seed, while the remaining two teams matched up. UC Riverside was ineligible for postseason play, and did not compete in the tournament.<br> Cal State", "title": "2013 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "15983428", "text": "2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 8–10, 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Long Beach State won the tournament, which allowed them to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Cal State Northridge was banned from competing in postseason play for failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements. Eight teams will qualify for the 2012 Big West Tournament. In the Semifinals the highest seed will play the", "title": "2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "15983429", "text": "lowest seed, while the remaining two teams match up. 2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 8–10, 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Long Beach State won the tournament, which allowed them to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Cal State Northridge was banned from competing in postseason play for failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements. Eight teams will qualify for the 2012 Big West Tournament.", "title": "2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "14475993", "text": "the six-game winning streak with a 4–2 victory over division rival Dallas at Honda Center. While the month started out very well for Anaheim, inconsistency struck the Ducks and they lost six games in a row, only collecting two points from November 14 through November 26 thanks to two overtime losses at Chicago and at Minnesota. This slide cost the Ducks a playoff spot for the time being. Anaheim finished off the month with a win over Phoenix at Jobing.com Arena and a win over cross-town rival Los Angeles in front of a sold-out crowd at Honda Center. While the", "title": "2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season" }, { "docid": "2626967", "text": "has been studied as a toll road above the Santa Ana River. SR 57 begins at the Orange Crush interchange near downtown Orange, where it meets the northwest–southeast Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and the east–west Garden Grove Freeway (SR 22). The Orange Crush interchange, which had long been considered a major bottleneck, was rebuilt in the 1990s and 2000s. The freeway heads north from the junction and soon crosses to the west side of the Santa Ana River, continuing north through suburban portions of Anaheim and passing next to Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Angel Stadium and Honda Center. In", "title": "California State Route 57" }, { "docid": "8481490", "text": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim The Platinum Triangle is a district of Anaheim, California that is undergoing transformation from a low-density commercial and industrial zone into a more urban environment with high-density housing, commercial office towers, and retail space. The area undergoing this large-scale redevelopment includes the city's two major sports venues, the Honda Center and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The district's boundaries are roughly defined by Interstate 5, the Santa Ana River, and Cerritos Avenue. A small section to the south is part of the city of Orange, and thus is not considered part of the Platinum Triangle. The primary arterial", "title": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim" }, { "docid": "12251363", "text": "Affliction: Day of Reckoning Affliction: Day of Reckoning was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Affliction Entertainment on January 24, 2009, in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. It was originally scheduled for October 11, 2008, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada with a different fight card. The main event was former Pride World Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Also on the card was Josh \"Babyface Assassin\" Barnett, who took on Gilbert Yvel. In a light-heavyweight match, former Strikeforce Champion Renato \"Babalu\" Sobral took on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Matt", "title": "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" }, { "docid": "13846029", "text": "William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California, (changed from the much larger venue, the Save Mart Center, due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on December 3, 5, 8, 12, and 13. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5.6 million dollars, placing him third on \"Billboard\"s week's Hot Tours ranking, behind the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Il Divo, who both held over 5 times more concerts worldwide, compared to Bocelli's three in the United States, explaining their better showings. In the United States, Bocelli", "title": "My Christmas" }, { "docid": "9293486", "text": "some changes as well. On October 3, 2006, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was officially renamed Honda Center. The partnership was reportedly for 15 years with an option to extend the naming agreement 10 years. Other changes to the arena included new displays in the rafters behind the goals and four large \"Honda Center\" signs on each corner of the building. During the pre-season, however, the arena was officially still the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. The team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by earning at least one point in each of their first 16 games,", "title": "2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season" }, { "docid": "20110491", "text": "UFC 214 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship and held on July 29, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. A PPV event was initially planned for Anaheim on January 21, 2017, but was rescheduled for this date after a lack of suitable headlining fights could be arranged for the initial date in January. A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Daniel Cormier and former champion Jon Jones had been targeted for this event. The pairing met previously at UFC 182 in January 2015 with", "title": "UFC 214" }, { "docid": "8481491", "text": "roads through the area are State College Boulevard and Katella Avenue. The district is located east of the Anaheim Resort, a major tourist destination which encompasses the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, and several dozen hotels. It is also just north of The Block at Orange, a large outdoor shopping center, and UCI Medical Center. The Triangle also contains Angel Stadium of Anaheim and The Grove of Anaheim, a popular entertainment venue adjacent to the stadium. Honda Center on the other side of the 57 freeway, is also within the Platinum Triangle. When redevelopment is completed, the district is", "title": "Platinum Triangle, Anaheim" }, { "docid": "3329216", "text": "from Angel Stadium (where Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play) and roughly from Disneyland Park. It is also across the street from Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center with service by Amtrak (\"Pacific Surfliner\"), Metrolink (\"Orange County Line\"), Anaheim Resort Transit, Orange County Transportation Authority and private transportation companies. The arena seats up 17,174 for its primary tenant, the Ducks. It takes only five hours to convert Honda Center from a sporting arena to an 8,400-seat amphitheater. There are 84 luxury suites in the building, which has hosted 17.5 million people, as of 2003. In 2005, the arena", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "docid": "13142271", "text": "service that he had lung cancer. In June 2013, Smith's doctors found that his lung cancer had morphed from stage three to stage four. Smith died from lung cancer on October 3, 2013, at his home in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 86. He was interred at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. After he was buried, his funeral was held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where more than 200 churches worldwide planned to show his tribute, live via webcast. Chuck Smith (pastor) Charles Ward \"Chuck\" Smith (June 25, 1927 – October 3, 2013) was", "title": "Chuck Smith (pastor)" }, { "docid": "2591518", "text": "28 November, he performed in the BankAtlantic Center, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He later performed in the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Izod Center, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California (changed from the much larger Save Mart Center due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on 3, 5, 8, 12 and 13 December. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5,6 million dollars, placing him third on Billboard Magazine's week's Hot Tours", "title": "Andrea Bocelli" }, { "docid": "15384320", "text": "Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) crashed. The team featured multiple NHL prospects and former NHL stars, including former Mighty Duck Ruslan Salei. Salei had been a mainstay in the Anaheim organization for many years and a small memorial was erected in front of Honda Center by Ducks fans to remember him immediately after news of his passing became public. On the business side, the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) expressed interest in moving to Honda Center, the Ducks' home arena. The team had until May 2, 2011, to file for relocation to play in Anaheim for the 2011–12", "title": "2011–12 Anaheim Ducks season" }, { "docid": "14286616", "text": "included intimate nightclub-style seating. The proceeds from these seats benefit various charities. The Oceania leg of the tour was promoted by Michael Coppel, who was also promoting Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour at the same time. Lady Gaga attended one of the Troubadour Reunion concerts in Sydney. The final performance of the tour was on July 20, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In an interview with Carole King and James Taylor for \"Billboard\" Magazine, Taylor stated there will probably never be another Troubadour Reunion Tour. However, he mentioned that a European tour was possible. One typical", "title": "Troubadour Reunion Tour" }, { "docid": "7571578", "text": "League, Matyushenko participated at \"\" pay-per-view event on January 24, 2009, in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center, and lost to Antônio Rogério Nogueira by TKO in round 2 He defeated Jason Lambert by unanimous decision at Call to Arms I on May 16, 2009, at Citizen Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Matyushenko returned to the UFC on September 19, 2009, at UFC 103 and defeated Igor Pokrajac by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). Matyushenko was expected to face Steve Cantwell on January 2, 2010, at UFC 108, but Cantwell pulled out of the bout for undisclosed reasons. Since", "title": "Vladimir Matyushenko" }, { "docid": "19838800", "text": "his physician for a documented medical condition. Accordingly, Sullivan received a reduction to one year from the standard two-year period of ineligibility that could have been imposed for a second offense involving a specified substance.\" His period of ineligibility began January 14, the date of his positive test. UFC 208 UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on February 11, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was originally scheduled to take place on January 21 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. However, due", "title": "UFC 208" }, { "docid": "1938091", "text": "Game 6 at the Met Center against the Norris Division champion Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings won, 1-0, in overtime after a video referee review confirmed that Sergei Fedorov had scored a goal. This was the first use of video replay in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Wings won the seventh game at home, 5-2. By 1992, Norm Green was arranging a deal to turn the team into the L.A. Stars, playing at a new arena (which is now the Honda Center) under construction in Anaheim, California. However, as The Walt Disney Company was already in negotiations with the", "title": "Minnesota North Stars" }, { "docid": "13612164", "text": "to WBC Lightweight Champion Humberto Soto at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In his next bout Antillón lost to undefeated WBA Lightweight Champion, Brandon Ríos. Urbano Antillón Urbano Antillón (born September 5, 1982) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer. He challenged twice for a lightweight world title, and held the WBO–NABO and NABF super featherweight titles. Antillón was born to Urbano and Amelia Antillon and is the youngest of four children. He was born and raised in Maywood, California. Antillón became active in Karate and Boxing at a young age, choosing boxing as his career choice. To this day,", "title": "Urbano Antillón" }, { "docid": "19387857", "text": "2016 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2016 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 8–12, 2016. The first two rounds occurred at Bren Events Center while the semifinals and championship were at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. CSUN were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cal Poly in the first round. The top eight teams qualified for the 2016 Big West Tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 received", "title": "2016 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "9404008", "text": "Long Beach Stingrays The Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional basketball team. It existed for only the 1997-98 season, and was a member of the American Basketball League. The Stingrays played most of their home games at the Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State University, Long Beach; however, one home game was played at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (now the Honda Center). Their head coach was Maura McHugh. The Stingrays' biggest star player was their center, Yolanda Griffith. Other notable Stingrays included Beverly Williams, Michelle Marciniak, and the former Olympian Venus Lacy. In what turned out", "title": "Long Beach Stingrays" }, { "docid": "6630096", "text": "a 40-minute concert, filmed in high-definition at the band's stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California on July 14, 2005, during their tour with Houston Calls, JamisonParker and The Rocket Summer. Following a short pre-show interview, the band plays an eleven song set, including their entire debut EP. Following the House of Blues performance is a 30-minute unplugged benefit concert for the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, recorded at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California on January 7, 2005. Hellogoodbye play calmer interpretations of their songs using banjos, rattles, a glockenspiel and similar acoustic instruments. Kurvink and Profeta's musician", "title": "OMG HGB DVD ROTFL" }, { "docid": "5460579", "text": "about 600 students each year. On March 5, 2016, The boys' basketball team won the CIF-Southern Section Division 2A Championship by defeating Edison High School of Huntington Beach by the score of 63-49 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Legend: Qtr – Quarterfinals, SF – Semifinals Ruben S. Ayala High School Senator Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School, often abbreviated as Ayala High School or AHS, is located in Chino Hills, California and is one of the four comprehensive high schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was established in 1990 and named after California state senator", "title": "Ruben S. Ayala High School" }, { "docid": "15383217", "text": "taking place in early-to-mid December produced by the Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM Since 2000, the concert series has been staged at various venues around southern California including the Shrine Auditorium and Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the Honda Center in Anaheim. Other Jingle Balls are hosted by iHeartMedia sister stations in other cities, such as WHYI in Miami, WXKS in Boston, and WIOQ in Philadelphia. The concert series is noted for featuring several marquee performers in a day-long series of sets. Often, noted celebrities are on hand to introduce each act. The New York concert has been broadcast", "title": "Jingle Ball" }, { "docid": "11966304", "text": "been staged at various venues around southern California including the Shrine Auditorium and Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the Honda Center in Anaheim. Other Jingle Balls are hosted by iHeartMedia sister stations in other cities, such as WHYI in Miami, WXKS in Boston, and WIOQ in Philadelphia as part of the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour series since 2011. The concert series is noted for featuring several marquee performers in a day-long series of sets. Often, noted celebrities are on hand to introduce each act. The New York concert has been broadcast nationally for several years by The CW as", "title": "KIIS-FM Jingle Ball" }, { "docid": "17801668", "text": "to winning the 2003 Stanley Cup finals after winning three games in a seven-game series against the New Jersey Devils. The National Football League football left the county when the Los Angeles Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1995. Anaheim city leaders are in talks with the NFL to bring a Los Angeles-area franchise to Orange County, though they are competing with other cities in and around Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Clippers played some home games at The Arrowhead Pond, now known as the Honda Center, from 1994 to 1999, before moving to Staples Center, which they share with", "title": "Sports in Orange County, California" }, { "docid": "18510489", "text": "United States, at Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada from December 6–7, 2014, marking the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation. The second PlayStation Experience event was held at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from December 5–6, 2015. The third PlayStation Experience event was held at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California from December 3–4, 2016. The fourth PlayStation Experience event was held again at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California from December 9–10, 2017. The first South East Asia PlayStation Experience event was held at KL Live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 5, 2017. The second South East", "title": "PlayStation Experience" }, { "docid": "557766", "text": "National Football League football left the county when the Los Angeles Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1995. Anaheim city leaders are in talks with the NFL to bring a Los Angeles-area franchise to Orange County, though they are competing with other cities in and around Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Clippers played some home games at The Arrowhead Pond, now known as the Honda Center, from 1994 to 1999, before moving to Staples Center, which they share with the Los Angeles Lakers. These communities are outside of city limits in unincorporated county territory. Orange County has a history of", "title": "Orange County, California" }, { "docid": "10047049", "text": "Perry, Anaheim (roughing) 17:11; Patrick Eaves, Ottawa (holding) 17:11; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim (goaltender interference) 18:16 Second period Scoring: (1) Anaheim: Andy McDonald (Todd Marchant, Corey Perry) 10:06; (2) Anaheim: Andy McDonald (Rob Niedermayer, Sean O'Donnell) 11:06; (2) Ottawa: Dany Heatley (Patrick Eaves, Jason Spezza) 18:00 Penalties: Chris Neil, Ottawa (interference) 4:29; Chris Phillips Ottawa (hooking) 8:02; Samuel Pahlsson, Anaheim (roughing) 20:00; Mike Fisher Ottawa (roughing) 20:00 Third period Scoring: (3) Anaheim: Dustin Penner (Teemu Selanne, Andy McDonald) 4:07 Penalties: Francois Beauchemin, Anaheim (holding) 1:02 Shots The Ducks' home crowd at Honda Center booed every time Daniel Alfredsson touched the puck", "title": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals" }, { "docid": "14080523", "text": "The Inland Empire–Orange County Line that runs from San Bernardino through Orange County to Oceanside does not stop here but at nearby Anaheim Canyon station. Both Metrolink lines stop at Orange, the next stop to the south. An average of 500 Metrolink and 400 Amtrak passengers boarded trains daily in the last year of operation of the previous Anaheim station. The station is near two freeways: State Route 57, and Interstate 5. The Honda Center is across Katella Avenue on the north side of the site and one of the three gates to Angel Stadium can be reached southwesterly through", "title": "Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center" }, { "docid": "413332", "text": "at the beginning of the Fillmore show that they were going to be playing songs that they hadn't played in 30 years. In January 2014, they performed at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, in celebration of The Whisky's 50th anniversary. In January 2018, The Bangles played their first show since 2016 at Honda Center in Anaheim. It also was the first reunion with original bassist Annette Zilinskas since 1983. The Bangles have contributed to several compilations, as well as to many other artists' works: They provided the song \"I Got Nothing\" to for the 1985 film", "title": "The Bangles" }, { "docid": "1314315", "text": "Classic at Fenway Park, while Daniel Powter sang the Canadian national anthem. On March 7, 2010, Taylor sang the Beatles' \"In My Life\" in tribute to deceased artists at the 82nd Academy Awards. In March 2010, he commenced the Troubadour Reunion Tour with Carole King and members of his original band, including Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, and Danny Kortchmar. They played shows in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and North America, with the final night being at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. The tour was a major commercial success, and in some locations found Taylor playing arenas instead of his", "title": "James Taylor" }, { "docid": "2469891", "text": "at home and on the road), which gives rise to the fan expression, \"Light that baby Up!\" ARTIC (Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center) servicing the Metrolink Orange County Line and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, is located nearby on the other side of the State Route 57 and accessed through the Douglass Road gate at the northeast corner of the parking lot. The station provides convenient access to the stadium, the nearby Honda Center, and Disneyland from various communities along the route, which links San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The Anaheim Resort Transit stops at the center along with", "title": "Angel Stadium" }, { "docid": "2110398", "text": "Cain Velasquez on October 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at \"UFC 121\". Dana White announced via SportsNation that the UFC would bring back \"UFC Primetime\" to hype the fight. Lesnar was defeated by Velasquez for the title by TKO in the first round. On January 11, 2011, Lesnar was announced as a coach of \"The Ultimate Fighter Season 13\", opposite Junior dos Santos, with the two expected to fight on June 11 at UFC 131, but he was struck with another bout of diverticulitis and had to withdraw from the fight on May 12. He was replaced", "title": "Brock Lesnar" }, { "docid": "11990872", "text": "set a record for the most people in attendance for a Korean act's first Japan tour with total of 200,000 people. On May 20, 2012, Shinee participated in the SMTown Live World Tour III alongside their label-mates at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Shinee held their second solo concert, Shinee World II, beginning in Seoul on July 21 and 22 at Olympic Gymnastics Arena. Shinee released an original Japanese single, \"Dazzling Girl\", on October 10, 2012. The single sold 97,111 copies in its first week and was chosen to be the theme song for the Japanese TV series \"Sukkiri\". On", "title": "Shinee" }, { "docid": "19081083", "text": "The event was headlined by a bantamweight title eliminator bout between Darrion Caldwell and Joe Taimanglo. The winner is expect to face the current bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas. Originally set at bantamweight, the fight was switched to a catchweight when Taimanglo weighed in at 138 pounds. In the co-main event, local fighter Dave Rickels met Melvin Guillard. It was originally scheduled to be a lightweight bout, but Guillard missed weight and came in at 157.9 pounds. Results Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull was held on August 26, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event aired live in", "title": "Bellator MMA in 2016" }, { "docid": "11804805", "text": "pounds over the 205 pound limit for a light heavyweight championship fight: he was allowed a second weigh-in and came in at the 205 limit. During the fight, Anthony Johnson surprisingly adopted a grappling-based approach, and Cormier was able to retain his title with a submission victory in the second round. The rematch with Jon Jones took place on July 29, 2017, at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Jones defeated Cormier, recapturing the UFC Light heavyweight Championship via knockout in the third round, after a head kick and a barrage of strikes on the ground. In", "title": "Daniel Cormier" }, { "docid": "18934297", "text": "jockeyed for position against the cage. When Jones saw an opening, he went for a far-side duck under (aka superduck) and took Henderson to the ground, where he eventually submitted him via an arm-triangle choke at 6:39 minutes. Following the fight, Jones expressed his interest in grappling with Chael Sonnen. The rematch with Daniel Cormier took place on July 29, 2017, at UFC 214 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Jones won the fight and re-captured the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship via knockout in the third round after a head kick and a barrage of strikes on the ground.", "title": "Jon Jones" }, { "docid": "1270207", "text": "then Japan in October. On October 16, 2013, Kiss was again announced as a nominee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was subsequently announced as an inductee on December 17. In 2013, Kiss purchased a share of an Arena Football League expansion franchise set to begin play at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, in 2014. Simmons, Stanley and manager McGhee jointly owned the team, called the Los Angeles Kiss. Both Simmons and Stanley are known fans of the AFL. The LA Kiss offered National Football League free agent quarterback Tim Tebow a contract to join their", "title": "Kiss (band)" }, { "docid": "11730462", "text": "University. Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Blackburn made his national broadcast television debut on CBS Sports with a Big Ten women's basketball game between Penn State and Michigan State in January, 2008. He later called two 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament games, working afternoon session games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. He reprised that role in 2009. By age thirty-one, Blackburn had called the NFL on Fox, the NCAA Basketball Tournament on CBS, and college football on ABC. Blackburn was", "title": "Carter Blackburn" }, { "docid": "11730457", "text": "Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Blackburn made his national broadcast television debut on CBS Sports with a Big Ten women's basketball game between Penn State and Michigan State in January, 2008. He later called two 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament games, working afternoon session games at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. He reprised that role in 2009. By age thirty-one, Blackburn had called the NFL on Fox, the NCAA Basketball Tournament on CBS, and college football on ABC. Blackburn was born", "title": "Carter Blackburn" }, { "docid": "20046815", "text": "held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, saying, \"Slowing things a bit [after singing 'Body Say'], she pulled a bar stool onto the catwalk and absolutely killed during 'Fix a Heart'\". An editor of \"The Columbus Dispatch\" praised Lovato's vocals on the show offered in Columbus, Ohio, writing, \"Even when she slowed things down with older tracks 'Fix A Heart' and 'Nightingale', her powerhouse vocals reverberated throughout the arena\". Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Unbroken\". Following the release of \"Unbroken\", \"Fix a Heart\" sold 37,000 downloads during its first week of availability in the United States, entering", "title": "Fix a Heart" }, { "docid": "15109284", "text": "Maidana, winning the fight by knock out in the fifth round. On March 5, 2011, Mitchell fought Charles Davis, at Honda Center, Anaheim, California, on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton for the WBC light middleweight title. Mitchell won his 21st professional fight with a second-round TKO over Davis. The fight also gave Mitchell the fifteenth knockout of his career. On May 13, 2011, Mitchell fought Nicaraguan boxer Evans Quinn and won the fight by knockout in round one. The fight was televised on Showtime. Mitchell was then originally scheduled to fight on the undercard of Marcos", "title": "Seth Mitchell" }, { "docid": "12707592", "text": "Pride FC Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko fighting against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia. Emelianenko submitted Sylvia thirty-six seconds into the first round to win in convincing fashion. The event saw victories by former UFC Heavyweight Champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett and former UFC Light-heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort. Affliction's total attendance (14,832), with a paid attendance of (11,242) and live gate of ($2,085,510) The total disclosed payroll for the event was $3,332,100. \"\" was the second event by Affliction and took place on January 24, 2009 in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. The main event featured Fedor Emelianenko", "title": "Affliction Entertainment" }, { "docid": "6685261", "text": "extension of Showtime's Bantamweight Tournament), Vic faced WBA (Super) champion Anselmo Moreno on 3 December 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Moreno took advantage of his longer reach and height by fighting Darchinyan from the outside while ducking and weaving the whole fight. Darchinyan was docked one point in round 4 for throwing Moreno to the ground. Moreno hit Darchinyan with a low blow and was not docked a point, even though the referee gave Darchinyan time to recuperate. The three judges scored a lopsided unanimous decision win to Moreno. On 6 April 2012, Darchinyan lost to WBC", "title": "Vic Darchinyan" }, { "docid": "20952966", "text": "Joanne Calderwood was initially scheduled for the event. However, it was reported on December 2 that the bout had been rescheduled for the on ESPN+ instead. A bantamweight bout between former WEC and two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz and John Lineker was scheduled for the event. However, on December 11, it was announced that Cruz is injured and the bout is in jeopardy. UFC 233 UFC 233 was a planned mixed martial arts event that was scheduled to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 26, 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States. On December", "title": "UFC 233" }, { "docid": "20952962", "text": "UFC 233 UFC 233 was a planned mixed martial arts event that was scheduled to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 26, 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States. On December 12, 2018, the promotion announced that the event had been \"postponed\" and would be rescheduled for a later date. Initially, the promotion was planning a UFC Flyweight Championship bout between 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and current champion Henry Cejudo and current two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw to headline this event. If successful, Dillashaw will become the third man to be", "title": "UFC 233" }, { "docid": "18648013", "text": "seed from round 1 moved on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moved on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The semifinals once again had the lowest seed from the quarterfinals move on to play seed 1 while the other remaining seed played seed 2 in the semifinals. 2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 10–14, 2015. The first two rounds occurred at Titan Gym while the semifinals and championship were at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament", "title": "2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "13472959", "text": "to stop Carlos Baldomir. Álvarez successfully defended his light middleweight title unanimously versus former world champion Lovemore N'dou in Veracruz. It was a competitive fight despite the wide margins on the official scorecards of 119–109, 120–108, and 120–108. On March 5, 2011, Álvarez defeated EBU welterweight Champion Matthew Hatton by unanimous decision, for the vacant WBC light middleweight belt. The bout was televised on HBO and took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Álvarez was docked a point in the seventh round for hitting after the break. All three ringside judges scored the bout at 119–108 in favour", "title": "Canelo Álvarez" }, { "docid": "19493282", "text": "UFC 157 UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 23, 2013, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The headline bout between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche was the first-ever women's fight in UFC history. The two fought in the newly created 135-pound bantamweight division for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Rousey was the defending champion, as she was awarded the championship at a pre-event press conference on December 6, 2012, prior to which she was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Manny Gamburyan was expected to face Chad", "title": "UFC 157" }, { "docid": "10912568", "text": "Barbara Gilliam, and with Val Williams and two new members at The WAVE’s Love Affair Concert at Honda Center, Anaheim, California on February 11, 2017. The Fuzz (band) The Fuzz was an American female vocal trio from Washington, D.C.. They started out in 1970 as The Passionettes, but changed their name when they signed to Calla Records in 1971. Their self-titled debut album, which came out that year, was significant in that it was one of the first \"concept\" albums by a female artist and interspersed monologues (then referred to as \"raps\") and musical selections, built around a theme comparing", "title": "The Fuzz (band)" }, { "docid": "12707591", "text": "two pay-per-view (PPV) MMA events. The third (Trilogy) was scheduled for August 1, 2009, but was canceled July 24, 2009 due to Josh Barnett testing positive in the pre-screening drug test. On July 24, 2009 it was announced that Affliction had folded their MMA Promotion and would sponsor the UFC once again. Affliction entered the world of MMA fight promotion with the announcement of its event \"\" which took place on July 19, 2008 in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. The card at \"Banned\" featured many of the top MMA heavyweight fighters. The main event was the return of", "title": "Affliction Entertainment" }, { "docid": "11982240", "text": "Affliction: Banned Affliction: Banned was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and Adrenaline MMA. It took place on July 19, 2008 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The card at \"Banned\" featured many of the top MMA heavyweight fighters. The main event was the return of PRIDE World Heavyweight Championship Fedor Emelianenko fighting against former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia. Emelianenko submitted Sylvia thirty-six seconds into the first round to win in convincing fashion. After the fight, Randy Couture entered the ring and Emelianenko expressed his desire to fight Couture next. The event saw victories", "title": "Affliction: Banned" }, { "docid": "10769129", "text": "The Adventures of Mimi (video) The Adventures of Mimi is the seventh video release by American singer and songwriter. Mariah Carey. It documented her 2006 summer concert tour, The Adventures of Mimi. It was released on Blu-ray disc on April 15, 2008. A new 2-DVD set was released April 16, 2008 in Japan. Also a 3 Disc Deluxe Edition was released on April 15, 2008. The DVD was shot at her show in Anaheim, California on October 8, 2006 at Honda Center. It is Carey's first DVD release since \"#1's\" (1999), a compilation of music videos. The cover was photographed", "title": "The Adventures of Mimi (video)" }, { "docid": "5187344", "text": "convention center and arena will host the California State Future Farmers of America leadership conference in 2018, 2019, and 2020. 8,000 students from across the state of California are expected to attend the 4 day event. Host of the 2018 Scentsy Family Reunion. Anaheim Convention Center The Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. The original components, designed by Adrian Wilson & Associates, opened in July 1967—including a basketball arena followed shortly by the convention hall. It holds many events, like VidCon, BlizzCon, Anime Expo,", "title": "Anaheim Convention Center" }, { "docid": "18648012", "text": "2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 10–14, 2015. The first two rounds occurred at Titan Gym while the semifinals and championship were at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top eight teams qualified for the 2015 Big West Tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 received a single bye. The first round featured 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest", "title": "2015 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "17908195", "text": "2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament The 2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11–15, 2014. The first two rounds will take place at Walter Pyramid while the semifinals and championship will be at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top eight teams will qualify for the 2014 Big West Tournament. Seeds 1 & 2 receive a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 receive a single bye. The first round features 5 vs. 8", "title": "2014 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "14662746", "text": "\"dreams and reality are one and the same\". He also said that the song is catchier than \"Beautiful Monster\". Ne-Yo performed \"Champagne Life\" at Power 106's Powerhouse 2010 concert at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on June 19, 2010. Champagne Life \"Champagne Life\" is the second single from American singer Ne-Yo's fourth studio album, \"Libra Scale\". The song premiered on radio on June 5, 2010. The song's producer D. DoRohn Gough said about working with Ne-Yo on the song: \"My desire is to influence a culture with music that feels good. I am honored that Ne-Yo is allowing me", "title": "Champagne Life" }, { "docid": "11982242", "text": "attempt to diminish the PPV audience for \"Banned\". Fedor Emelianenko ($300,000/no win bonus) def. Tim Sylvia ($800,000) Swing Bout (Canceled): Ray Lizama ($3,000) vs. Justin Levens ($6,000) Total Base Pay: $2,866,000 Total Bonuses: $455,000 Total Payroll: $3,321,000 Affliction: Banned Affliction: Banned was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and Adrenaline MMA. It took place on July 19, 2008 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The card at \"Banned\" featured many of the top MMA heavyweight fighters. The main event was the return of PRIDE World Heavyweight Championship Fedor Emelianenko fighting against former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion", "title": "Affliction: Banned" }, { "docid": "15099402", "text": "Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (Honda Center since 2006) from the 1994-95 to the 1997-98 NBA seasons. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was closed in March 2016, and demolished between September and October 2016. Banc of California Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium and home of Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer, was constructed on the site of the Sports Arena and opened in April 2018. In late 1999, the Staples Center opened in downtown Los Angeles. For the 1999–2000 NBA and NHL seasons, the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, and the NHL's Kings all moved", "title": "Venues of the 1984 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "5439268", "text": "Honda Proving Center of California Honda Proving Center of California (HPCC) is a test track established in 1990, and used primarily for testing Honda and Acura automobiles. Motorcycles are also tested there. HPCC is located near Cantil, California, in Kern County. Security is tight, and pilots flying near the track have reported seeing cars immediately heading for cover as they got close to the facility. HPCC has a 7.5 mile oval track, as well as a five-mile winding road course. Honda America - Honda Research and Development Division, closed the HPCC in 2010 and relocated the test center to Marysville,", "title": "Honda Proving Center of California" }, { "docid": "3333728", "text": "California, both named for Rudolph Boysen. Boysen Park, a public park in Anaheim, was named in his honor. It features playgrounds, baseball diamonds, a large lawn, and a stucco-coated, Korean War-vintage Navy jet as a children's climbing toy. The Anaheim Tennis Center is located adjacent to Boysen Park, located at 951 S. State College Blvd. Rudolph Boysen died at the age of 55, and is interred at the Melrose Abbey Cemetery in Anaheim. Rudolph Boysen Charles Rudolph Boysen (July 14, 1895 – November 25, 1950) was the California horticulturist who created the boysenberry, a hybrid between several varieties of blackberries,", "title": "Rudolph Boysen" }, { "docid": "15317263", "text": "1998. The bout was also televised on Spanish-only network ESPN Deportes and averaged 355,000 viewers, another record. In January 2016, Showtime announced they would televise Santa Cruz's first defence against Kiko Martínez (35-6, 26 KOs), scheduled to take place on February 28 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. For the fight, Martínez replaced usual trainer Gabriel Sarmiento with well-known trainer Robert García. Santa Cruz successfully retained his title by defeating Martínez via fifth-round TKO. Martínez was knocked down twice in Round 1, but beat the referee's count and continued to back Santa Cruz up in an entertaining slugfest. Both", "title": "Léo Santa Cruz" }, { "docid": "17493605", "text": "of the National Hockey League. The team was featured in the AMC series \"4th and Loud\". The Kiss was the third AFL team to represent Los Angeles, the fourth to represent Southern California, and the second to play at the Honda Center. Los Angeles' first AFL team was the Los Angeles Cobras, which called the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena home for the team's only season of 1988, in which they finished 5–6–1, making the playoffs but losing to the Chicago Bruisers in the first round. Eight years later, the Anaheim Piranhas moved from Las Vegas, beginning play for the", "title": "Los Angeles Kiss" }, { "docid": "19998207", "text": "was initially banned from the postseason for infractions from the previous coaching staff but in the final week of the regular season, Hawaii won their appeal and were reinstated. 2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference. The tournament took place March 9–11, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The tournament winner, UC Davis, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 50–47 win over UC Irvine in the final. The top eight conference teams were eligible", "title": "2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" }, { "docid": "7683734", "text": "Marcus Mumford's brother James, put on the event as a way to celebrate the author. Punk rock band Rise Against covered the song in September 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California with multiple guests including Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem, and Wayne Kramer. The band would later go on to release the song on their album \"\". The Ghost of Tom Joad (song) \"The Ghost of Tom Joad\" is a folk rock song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is the title track to his eleventh studio album, released in 1995.", "title": "The Ghost of Tom Joad (song)" }, { "docid": "15904221", "text": "Grayson and eventually teaches him properly to channel his anger—to seek justice, not revenge. The new pairing is sorely tested when the Joker reveals his master plan to release the inmates of Arkham Asylum into Gotham, and to use Grayson as bait in a final deadly trap for Batman. With the Riddler, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Harley Quinn and even Batman's potential love, the thief Catwoman, all ranged against them as well, the new 'Dynamic Duo' faces the ultimate showdown. In September 2012, \"Batman Live\" began touring America, starting in Anaheim, California. At the Honda Center. Batman Live", "title": "Batman Live" }, { "docid": "5053662", "text": "courage inside each individual, and being strong and believing in oneself through times of trouble and adversity. Morffitt claims the song personally helped him get through difficult moments when \"the answers seemed so far away.\" Following her taped performance of \"One Sweet Day\" at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California during The Adventures of Mimi Tour, Carey described the song's importance to her and her fans: I wrote a song a while back even before \"One Sweet Day\" and it was not my favorite song in the world, but I wrote it. Someone asked me to write a song and", "title": "Hero (Mariah Carey song)" } ]

[ "1995" ]

[ { "docid": "106493", "text": "Thanksgiving Day. This jersey was used for special occasions and was worn throughout the 1994–1995 playoffs. During the same season, the Cowboys also wore their 1960–63 road jersey with a silver helmet for one game as part of a league-wide \"throwback\" policy. During the 1995 season, the team wore the navy \"Double-Star\" jersey for games at Washington and Philadelphia and permanently switched to solid color socks (royal blue for the white uniform, and navy blue for the dark uniform). The navy \"Double-Star\" jersey was not seen again until the NFL's \"Classic Throwback Weekend\" on Thanksgiving Day 2001–2003. In 2004, the", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "13664464", "text": "crown. The Cowboys have a 66–52 edge in the all-time series as of the end of the 2017 season. In the playoffs they've gone head to head in 1980, 1992, 1995, & 2009 where Dallas has won the last 3 times. The modern rivalry dates back to the 2003 season when Bill Parcells took over as Cowboys head coach. After he left, Wade Phillips coached the Cowboys to a division winning season in 2007 only to see the team fall to the Giants in the 2007 Divisional playoff game, in what proved to be the final playoff game in Texas", "title": "National Football League rivalries" }, { "docid": "394787", "text": "XXX was also the last Super Bowl to have a team wear jerseys with screen printed numbers as was the case with the Cowboys. The Cowboys entered the 1995 regular season attempting to become the first team in NFL history to win three out of the last four Super Bowls. They had previously won Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII but their chance of a \"three-peat\" (winning three consecutive championships) was thwarted when they lost the NFC Championship Game to the San Francisco 49ers, the eventual Super Bowl XXIX champions. This was the Cowboys’ eighth appearance in the Super Bowl, the", "title": "Super Bowl XXX" }, { "docid": "10256027", "text": "1995 Dallas Cowboys season The 1995 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League and was the second year under head coach Barry Switzer and final of the three Super Bowl titles they would win during 1992 to 1995. Dallas would be the first team to ever win three Super Bowls in a span of four seasons. Switzer guided the Cowboys to a fifth Super Bowl victory by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX. As of 2017, this is the last time the Cowboys appeared in the NFC Championship Game, and in turn,", "title": "1995 Dallas Cowboys season" } ]

[ { "docid": "7801945", "text": "Superbowl of Wrestling The Superbowl of Wrestling was an event held in the 1970s. It was one of the first professional wrestling \"Supercards\". The first Superbowl of Wrestling was held in Cleveland, Ohio at Municipal Stadium on August 12, 1972. Three rings were set up, side by side, and often more than one match would be going on at a time. Attendance figures have been estimated as high as 20,000 and as low as 5,000. No reliable sources seem to agree on a number. Here are partial results of the show: Another Superbowl of Wrestling was held on January 25,", "title": "Superbowl of Wrestling" }, { "docid": "7801946", "text": "1978. This Superbowl of Wrestling was held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, drawing over 12,000 fans for a unification match between the WWWF and NWA World Championships. Here are the results: Superbowl of Wrestling The Superbowl of Wrestling was an event held in the 1970s. It was one of the first professional wrestling \"Supercards\". The first Superbowl of Wrestling was held in Cleveland, Ohio at Municipal Stadium on August 12, 1972. Three rings were set up, side by side, and often more than one match would be going on at a time. Attendance figures have been estimated as", "title": "Superbowl of Wrestling" }, { "docid": "394066", "text": "how the game would be produced. As in their previous Super Bowl; CBS used the Frank Sinatra song \"Winners\" to play over the closing montage. This game was featured in the \"All in the Family\" episode \"Superbowl Sunday\". Archie Bunker rented a big screen TV at his bar \"Archie's Place\" and sold ham sandwiches for $1.50. Later, two crooks (who were incognito throughout the episode) steal from and humiliate the patrons, following the end of the game. Also, clips of some of the Cowboys' scoring plays were used to accompany the opening credits of the 1979 TV movie \"Dallas Cowboys", "title": "Super Bowl XII" }, { "docid": "16959205", "text": "the 1st time in Hollidays tenure at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys swept the instate rival Oklahoma Sooners (#2 seed going into region play) to claim the last and final spot as the 8th seed in the BigXII Championship. The Cowboys went back to their traditionion and won just the 2nd Big 12 tournament in schools rich baseball history. The Cowboys won 16 straight Big 8 tournaments before the formation of the Big12. The Cowboys became the 1st eight seed (last seed) to win the conference championship and by doing so Holliday got his team in the NCAA postseason for the", "title": "Josh Holliday" }, { "docid": "11523225", "text": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season The 2008 Dallas Cowboys season was the 49th season for the team in the National Football League. The season ended when the Cowboys were blown out by the Philadelphia Eagles 44–6 in week 17, their worst loss since the 1985 Chicago Bears came to Texas Stadium and beat the Cowboys 44–0. It was the last season the Cowboys played at Texas Stadium; they moved to Cowboys Stadium in 2009. Despite entering the last month of the season four games above .500, they failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2005, losing three of", "title": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "106448", "text": "their first home game since September 1988 when they defeated the San Diego Chargers 17–14. They went 2–7 in their next 9 games but won 4 of their last 6 games to finish the season with a 4th place 7–9 record. Coming into 1991 the Cowboys replaced offensive coordinator Dave Shula with Norv Turner; the Cowboys raced to a 6–5 start, then defeated the previously-unbeaten Redskins despite injury to Troy Aikman. Backup Steve Beuerlein took over and the Cowboys finished 11–5. In the Wild Card round they defeated the Bears 17–13 for the Cowboys first playoff win since 1982. In", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "6527858", "text": "time. This was one of the largest advertising rates ever for a sitcom at the time. The episode's director, Michael Lembeck, won the 1996 Emmy Award in the \"Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series\" category for this episode, the only Emmy won by \"Friends\" that year. \"The One After the Superbowl\" received mixed reviews from television critics. Lisa Davis of the \"Fort Worth Star-Telegram\" called the guest appearances \"a blatant ploy to boost ratings.\" \"The Charlotte Observer\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Tim Goodman said the episode's \"pathetic infusion of 'star appeal'\" made him \"nauseous\" and commented that the producers \"should just", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "18923686", "text": "won three consecutive conference titles (1966, 1967, and 1968), he was fired four years later. They Cowboys struggled in his last sixteen games: they went in the final six games of the 1969 and through the 1970 season, after getting rid of 14 players for wanting to wear armbands in protest. The Seminoles have also not returned to the Sun Bowl since this game, but have had better success in the time since. 1966 Sun Bowl The 1966 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Wyoming Cowboys and the Florida State Seminoles, played on December 24", "title": "1966 Sun Bowl" }, { "docid": "9167318", "text": "Aaron Glenn and Anthony Henry. The Cowboys also lost their last remaining three-time Super Bowl champion when Darren Woodson announced his retirement just before the offseason began. The Cowboys installed a 3–4 defensive scheme, marking the first departure from the 4–3 defense since the club was founded in 1960. In their first year in the new system the team finished tenth in the NFL in total defense and opponents completed just 54.7 percent of their passes against the Cowboys’ secondary, the second-lowest number in the NFL that year. Notes After losing on opening weekend for five straight years, the Cowboys", "title": "2005 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "12376177", "text": "Faith Global Faith Global was a synthpop and new wave band composed of Stevie Shears (guitar, bass, synthesizer, piano), original Ultravox! guitarist and Jason Guy (vocals, acoustic guitar). Stevie Shears had been in Ultravox! and Cowboys International, when suddenly Faith Global was formed in the early 1980s. Shears met Guy after being sacked by Ultravox in 1978 and deciding to form a band; Ice, bassist with Gloria Mundi, Shears and Guy formed New Men. The band didn't last long, so Shears went to Cowboys International and Guy formed another band, but continued to maintain contacts. Later Survival Records (label founded", "title": "Faith Global" }, { "docid": "3941521", "text": "the late 1980s, Queen's song \"We Will Rock You\" was used as the sound track to Sun City's 60-second video promo, which was shown as commercial on SABC-TV and also when opening shows in Sun City's \"Superbowl\" auditorium. On 25 October 1980, Sun City's \"Superbowl\" hosted a racially mixed world heavyweight boxing championship fight between champion American Mike Weaver and challenger South African Gerrie Coetzee. It was won by Weaver by thirteenth-round knockout. The fight was for Weaver's World Boxing Association world heavyweight title. In 1985, E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt made the venue the focus of his", "title": "Sun City, North West" }, { "docid": "10117616", "text": "'for' and 'against' scores record. The overall success of the club outweighed these uncharacteristic losses though, and by the time the semi final series began, confidence was high. After mauling the Warriors in the home semi final, the Cowboys went into the preliminary final full of confidence, but it wasn’t to be. History was also made in the Queensland cup with the 2007 Toyota Young Guns the last ever to compete in the Queensland Cup. The final Toyota Young Guns season ended in similar fashion to the NRL squad, going down in the preliminary final and finishing third, with captain", "title": "History of the North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "docid": "6527853", "text": "Roberts, Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak and Jean-Claude Van Damme would all guest star in \"The One After the Superbowl\". Actors and comedians Fred Willard and Dan Castellaneta also made minor guest appearances in the episode, as the zookeeper and the zoo janitor respectively. Bright commented that Shields' performance was \"a little into silly land\" at first, but it \"eventually turned in a very funny performance.\" Shields commented that when she was asked to appear on the show, she \"said yes basically sight unseen. I don't know where I was on the list. Maybe everybody else said no.\" The writers had", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "1486157", "text": "Dallas Cowboys. Clark's play went down as one of the more famous in football history, and was dubbed \"The Catch\". The last of these came in January 2012, when Lawrence Tynes kicked a field goal in overtime to defeat the 49ers and send the New York Giants to their fifth Super Bowl. The most recent postseason game hosted by the 49ers at Candlestick was the Divisional Playoff matchup between the 49ers and the Green Bay Packers, won by the 49ers by a score of 45-31. The 49ers' record in NFC Championship games at Candlestick was 4-4; they defeated the Cowboys", "title": "Candlestick Park" }, { "docid": "7134160", "text": "victory over the Ole Miss, the Cowboys went on a six-game losing skid, finishing 4–7. The 2006 season was one which saw the Cowboys picked to finish last in the conference. After an opening day victory over Utah State, the Cowboys suffered four heartbreaking losses, two of them in overtime. Then the Cowboys fortunes began to shift. The team enjoyed a four-game winning streak, all against conference opponents. The Cowboys next two games were both embarrassing road losses, the first against TCU, in which they managed only a field goal. The next game was on the road against than #25", "title": "Joe Glenn (American football)" }, { "docid": "14196878", "text": "24-yard touchdown pass. However, New York continued its persistent play with Manning completing a 35-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Boss. Fortunately, the Cowboys' defense held its ground in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory. The game was delayed in the third quarter for about fifteen minutes when the lights at the New Meadowlands Stadium went out. Since it was already dark outside in New Jersey by that time, it was totally dark in the stadium. With the win, Dallas improved to 2–7. The Cowboys' tenth game was an NFC duel with the Lions. In the first quarter", "title": "2010 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "106462", "text": "finish. They were able to clinch the number 5 playoff seed. They traveled to play Seattle where the Seahawks won 21–20. After the season Parcells retired and was replaced as head coach by Wade Phillips. Dallas started off the 2007 season with a bang. They began the season with a 12–1 start, including winning their first five games. Their only loss during that time span came against New England, who went undefeated that season. Despite dropping two of their last three regular season games, the Cowboys clinched their first number 1 NFC seed in 12 years, which also granted them", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "6995648", "text": "There were four lead changes, the last when Bam Morris scored a one-yard touchdown with 1:34 remaining. Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh threw a \"hail mary\" that was dropped by Aaron Bailey in the end zone. The Steelers narrowly won, 20–16, and went on to play the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX. The Cowboys, a team that thought themselves to be just as dominant in the 1990s as the Steelers were in the 1970s heyday, jumped to a quick 13–0 lead. Pittsburgh showed some signs of life, such as a Yancey Thigpen touchdown before halftime, and a surprise onside kick", "title": "History of the Pittsburgh Steelers" }, { "docid": "12733268", "text": "the Cowboys 45 yard line. The Redskins drove to the Cowboys one yard line, but this time Theismann made sure there would be no field goal attempt as he scored himself, giving the Redskins a 10-0 lead. With the Redskins leading 10-0 going into the second quarter and the Cowboys offense showing no signs of life, the Redskins offense went back to work with an 80-yard, 7 play drive. They finished the drive when Theismann connected with running back Benny Malone who eluded a tackle by D.D. Lewis. Malone raced down the right sideline for a 55-yard touchdown giving the", "title": "1979 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "6527863", "text": "lovely moments of slapstick\" in the episode. They called Roberts \"a fine guest-star\", while Van Damme was \"embarrassing\". Pergament said \"The One After the Superbowl\" \"had its moments\", but he thought it felt more like an episode of \"Seinfeld\" than an episode of \"Friends\". The \"Houston Chronicle\"s Ann Hodges gave the episode a more negative review, commenting that the \"Friends\" writers \"dropped the ball\" with it: \"Women's underwear, three-way-sex jokes, and a monkey — that was it. The insipid, stupid script was an insult to guest stars like Julia Roberts and Jean-Claude Van Damme.\" The One After the Superbowl \"The", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "6527857", "text": "to do this year was not to unveil a new show but give people an extra-special version of a show they already like a lot.\" \"The One After the Superbowl\" is the most-watched episode in the history of \"Friends\", with a total of 52.9 million viewers tuned in after the Super Bowl ended. The episode generated a 29.5 Nielsen rating and a 47 percent audience share, making it the highest-rated episode of any show ever (scripted or otherwise) to debut after the Super Bowl. The advertising rates for \"The One After the Superbowl\" averaged $600,000 for 30 seconds of commercial", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "6527847", "text": "The One After the Superbowl \"The One After the Superbowl\" is a double-length episode of the American television sitcom \"Friends\"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the United States on January 28, 1996, immediately after NBC's telecast of Super Bowl XXX. The network's decision to air the episode directly after the Super Bowl was made in hopes of making it the \"highest-grossing ad-revenue day in television history.\" Guest stars in the episode are Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak, Julia Roberts, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Fred Willard, and Dan Castellaneta. They were cast to draw more viewers", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "7249340", "text": "the third quarter when he missed an important signal and was sacked by the Redskins defense. Dallas led 7-0 when Staubach was replaced by Craig Morton. Late in the fourth quarter, the game was tied 7-7 when Redskins defender Brig Owens picked off Morton's errant pass and raced 26 yards to score a touchdown. The Cowboys threatened in the last seconds to tie the game, but Ken Houston tackled Walt Garrison on the one-yard line as time ran out, preserving the Redskins win. On November 28, 1974, the Redskins were 8-3 and ready to secure a playoff berth with a", "title": "Cowboys–Redskins rivalry" }, { "docid": "19807752", "text": "the Cowboys were eliminated from playoff contention. With the win, the Cowboys finished a rough season with a 9–7 record. This was the first time they had recorded back-to-back winning seasons since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. They also recorded their first shutout since Week 17 of the 2009 season. This is Dez Bryant's last game with Dallas, as the Cowboys released him on April 13, 2018. This is Jason Witten's last game in the NFL, as he retired on May 3, 2018. This is Dan Bailey's last game as a Cowboy, as he was released on September 1, 2018", "title": "2017 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "11379125", "text": "Scouting. In what would be Ireland's final season with the Cowboys (in 2007), the Cowboys went 13-3 and won the NFC East Division Championship. At the time of his departure in January 2008, 38 of the team's 53 players were acquired over the past three years, including 12 of 22 starters. On January 2, 2008, Ireland was officially hired by then-Executive Vice President of Football Operations Bill Parcells as general manager of the Miami Dolphins. Ireland and Parcells had worked together previously, when Parcells was the head coach and football operations boss at the Dallas Cowboys (2003-2006). On December 28,", "title": "Jeff Ireland" }, { "docid": "15259783", "text": "reach the German Bowl for a second time, but lost to the Berlin Adler in that game. In the 1990 season, the club finished runners-up to the \"Panther\" again in their division but lost in the quarter finals to eventual champions Berlin Adler, who went on to beat the other Cologne team, the \"Crocodiles\", in the final. The 1991 season was to be the club's last. In a now unified and stronger northern division, the \"Red Barons\" came third once more, qualifying for the play-offs for a last time. In the quarter finals, the Munich Cowboys proved the stronger side", "title": "Red Barons Cologne" }, { "docid": "9023993", "text": "league for almost a year.\" The Dallas Cowboys signed Anthony Hargrove on May 16, 2013. Hargrove was released by the Dallas Cowboys on June 20, 2013. When Hargrove was 6, the Brooklyn tenement where he lived with his mother and two of his four half-siblings burned down. He lived in homeless shelters and foster care until his mother died when he was 9. An aunt in Port Charlotte adopted him. Hargrove has said that he began abusing drugs during his time with the Rams. He went through a series of failed drug tests and other difficulties during his tenure with", "title": "Anthony Hargrove" }, { "docid": "9863700", "text": "Cowboys with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Toomer with 11 seconds left in the half. It was Manning and Toomer's 2nd touchdown connection of the first half. The game went into halftime with the score tied at 14-14. The Cowboys took the opening kickoff, and much like their last drive in the first half, proceeded to march very slowly down the field, gaining yards in small chunks. After a drop by tight end Anthony Fasano in the end zone, the Cowboys' long drive stalled out and they had to settle for a 34-yard FG from kicker Nick Folk,", "title": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "9860125", "text": "bloody nose. Thanks to their dramatic victory over the Bills in Week 5, Dallas started with a 5–0 record. They were the last team in the NFC to remain undefeated up to that point heading into their next game against the 5-0 New England Patriots. The Patriots won 48–27, handing the Cowboys their first loss of the season, and remained undefeated until they lost that season's Super Bowl. Besides the loss to the Patriots in Week 6, their only other losses came in Weeks 15 and 17 against their division rivals Philadelphia and Washington. When wide receiver Terrell Owens went", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "3772075", "text": "went on a 6-game winning streak following the sacking of coach Neil Henry. They were eliminated in Week 1 of the finals, after a controversial loss to the Cronulla Sharks. Club legend Matthew Bowen played his last season in the NRL, announcing he would be taking up an offer with Super League side, the Wigan Warriors. Club stalwarts Ashley Graham and Dallas Johnson also announced their retirements. On 1 October 2013, former Cowboys halfback Paul Green was announced as head coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, becoming the first former Cowboys player to coach the club. The Cowboys started", "title": "North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "docid": "18496911", "text": "Texas, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. The Cowboys hosted two non conference games against Central Arkansas and UTSA and traveled to its other non conference foe Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Oklahoma State met for the first time against the Central Michigan Chippewas in Michigan and Central Arkansas Bears at home. The Cowboys hosted the UTSA Roadrunners for the second straight season after defeating them last season 43–13. Oklahoma State hosted Kansas State on October 3, 2015. Late in the second quarter, an officiating error gave Oklahoma State a first down when the offense was four yards short after", "title": "2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team" }, { "docid": "4282820", "text": "calf. In the divisional round, the Packers were scheduled to play the 13–4 Dallas Cowboys, which marked the first time in NFL playoff history when a team which went undefeated at home (Packers) played against a team which went undefeated away (Cowboys). Rodgers helped secure a 26–21 victory by finishing 24 of 35 for 316 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 125.4 passer rating. The Packers then traveled to Seattle to face the top-seeded Seahawks. The Packers were leading 19–7 with just over five minutes to go, but the home team's offense finally woke up and, with the assistance", "title": "Aaron Rodgers" }, { "docid": "6931242", "text": "Green never missed a game in 13 seasons, he played 168 games, including 145 consecutive starts for the Cowboys (1962–1974). He made five Pro Bowls at two different positions — cornerback and strong safety. He is sixth in career interceptions (34) in Cowboys history. He retired as a player in September 1975, and went from part-time to full-time scout for the Cowboys. In 1985, he was named to the Dallas Cowboys 25th Anniversary Team. In 2017, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Green to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2017 Green began scouting for the Dallas Cowboys", "title": "Cornell Green (defensive back)" }, { "docid": "18418957", "text": "a concussion, Lance Dunbar saw the last of his playing time this season with a torn ACL, and Brice Butler injured his hamstring. Despite all the injuries, the Cowboys were able to stay neck and neck with the New Orleans Saints. Enduring a few lead changes throughout the first four quarters, the Cowboys were able to come back and tie it up 20-20 with a last minute touchdown from Brandon Weeden (16/26; 246 yards; 1 TD) to Terrance Williams. However, the Cowboys defense was not able to hold off the Saints during overtime. An 80-yard touchdown was scored within the", "title": "2015 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "8725370", "text": "kicked two field goals, one of which was 50 yards long. Drew Bledsoe threw for a touchdown in the first and the fourth quarters for the first time since 2005. The Cowboys defense allowed no touchdowns, with the only touchdown for the Redskins coming from a kickoff return by Rock Cartwright). It was also the first time that the Cowboys had allowed zero second-half points since November 20, 2005 against the Detroit Lions. Stats In the game, Terrell Owens broke his finger. With the win, the Cowboys went into their bye week at 1–1. After their Bye Week, the Cowboys", "title": "2006 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "6637555", "text": "\"Sunday Night Football\"'s \"Rock Star of the Game.\" On November 19, 2006, Romo led the Cowboys past the Indianapolis Colts, the NFL's last unbeaten team. He completed 19 of 23 passes as the Cowboys won against the Colts 21–14. Four days later he helped the Cowboys win in a Thanksgiving Day game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by the score of 38–10. Romo went 22–29 with 306 yards and five touchdown passes and no interceptions. For his performance, he was awarded FOX's Galloping Gobbler award as the Thanksgiving Day MVP. Romo aided the Cowboys in clinching a playoff spot, their", "title": "Tony Romo" }, { "docid": "3772064", "text": "last round of the home and away season. The Cowboys signed their eleventh captain in 1999, Noel Goldthorpe. Paul Bowman was also to serve in that role during the season. Although their on-field performances were not spectacular, continuing high attendance figures saw aggregate attendances exceed one million spectators. This season the Cowboys also provided their first State of Origin representative when Paul Green was selected as Queensland's halfback for game 2 of the 1999 State of Origin series. In the years 2000 through to 2002 the Cowboys continued to struggle with off-field dramas and poor on-field performances. After finishing last", "title": "North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "docid": "12742905", "text": "1974 Dallas Cowboys season The 1974 Dallas Cowboys season was their 15th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 10–4, winning only eight games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons and this marked the only season from 1966 to 1983 (18 seasons) that the Cowboys did not qualify. The Cowboys began with a 1–4 start and although they went 7–2 afterwards, it was not enough to overcome the slow start. The season featured one of the most memorable Thanksgiving Day games in Cowboys history. Trailing 16–3", "title": "1974 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "16187349", "text": "Michael Vick found McCoy to make the score 30–17, but couldn't do anything when they got the ball back, making the final score, 30-17. With the win, the Falcons improved to 7–0 for the first time in franchise history. The team also moves to 2–0 against the NFC East. The Falcons returned home to take on the Cowboys. The Cowboys drew first blood with their 23-yard field goal from Dan Bailey to take a 3–0 lead. With this field goal, the Falcons' trend then simmered to 4 out of their last 5 games trailing a team. The Cowboys then put", "title": "2012 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11503014", "text": "of the all-time career rushing yardage record. During an early-season game against the San Diego Chargers, Bob Hayes was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor. 2001 Dallas Cowboys season The 2001 Dallas Cowboys season was the team’s 42nd in the National Football League. The Cowboys matched their record from the season before, going 5-11 and missing the playoffs, finishing last in the NFC East. Prior to the 2001 season, Cowboys’ quarterback Troy Aikman retired, after playing for the team from 1989 to 2000. An eventful off-season created a lot buzz but little change in the Cowboys’ fortunes. Franchise quarterback", "title": "2001 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "15207762", "text": "row, which would also get them a share of their 8th Big 12 title and their second in a row. This was only the 5th time in the 106-year history of the Bedlam Series that OSU was ranked higher than OU going into the game. The last time was the year before, when the #14 Sooners upset the #10 Cowboys in Stillwater. The game started out great for Oklahoma State, and pretty much stayed that way. After three punts (two by Oklahoma and one by OSU), the Cowboys finally put it into the endzone. On the following drive, OU junior", "title": "2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team" }, { "docid": "5305644", "text": "he would be unable to tour, Williams disbanded the group. During 1952, he was not backed by the Drifting Cowboys. After his death, the band was used for a short time by Ray Price. Band members would later tour as the Drifting Cowboys for several years. Drifting Cowboys The Drifting Cowboys were the backing group for American country legend and singer-songwriter Hank Williams. The band went through several lineups during Williams' career. The original lineup was formed in 1937, changing musicians from show to show until Williams signed with Sterling Records. The lineup was further modified in the following years,", "title": "Drifting Cowboys" }, { "docid": "9868901", "text": "defense played well, holding the Cowboys to just 10 first half points. In the second half, the offense got going, and Kolb went on to throw for 247 yards. At the end of regulation, the Cowboys were on offense, and poor clock management led to a 49-yard field goal attempt for the win. Dallas head coach Jason Garrett called a time-out as the kicker was lining up to kick, and essentially \"iced\" his own kicker. After the time-out, the Cowboys lined up to kick again, and this time, the kick was short, leading to over time. The Cardinals received the", "title": "History of the Arizona Cardinals" }, { "docid": "9860162", "text": "that, the Cowboys lost to Buffalo 16-6 and then lost against Washington 34-23 to finish the regular season with a record of 4-12 and a last place finish in the NFC East. The Cowboys went 3-1 with Romo as the starting quarterback, but they were 1-11 in all of their other games. The Cowboys drafted running back Ezekiel Elliott from Ohio State in the first round and quarterback Dak Prescott from Mississippi State in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft. During a preseason game against the Seahawks, Tony Romo suffered a back injury, allowing Prescott to become starter", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "19127728", "text": "sealed the victory for the Cowboys, who went 6–1; this was the Cowboys' first victory against the Eagles at AT&T Stadium since 2012. The winless Browns had no answer for Dak Prescott who threw three touchdown passes in a 35–10 win and improving the Cowboys to 7–1 for the first time since 2007. A classic rivalry since the 1970s, the Cowboys traveled to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers, who were coming off a three-game losing streak (including a loss to the Baltimore Ravens the previous week). With the win, the Cowboys extended their winning streak to eight games for", "title": "2016 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "13510951", "text": "Kansas City Cowboys (American Association) The Kansas City Cowboys were a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri for two seasons from to in the American Association. They were the third, and last incarnation of this franchise name, following the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in and the Kansas City Cowboys of the National League in . The franchise initially used Association Park as their home field in 1888, then moved to Exposition Park for last game that season, and all of 1889. The team began the 1888 season with part-time outfielder, Dave Rowe, as their player-manager.", "title": "Kansas City Cowboys (American Association)" }, { "docid": "14648144", "text": "Cowboys in 2008, where he was a member of the Under 20 team. He was named the youth team's player of the season in 2009 and made his first-grade début for the Cowboys the following season. Hogan made his NRL debut for the Cowboys in Round 9 of the 2010 season and went on to play 10 matches that season. In his last two seasons with the club Hogan failed to make another appearance for the North Queenslanders after an injury-plagued season in 2011. In 2012, despite showing consistent form in the QCup, Hogan failed to play a single match", "title": "Dane Hogan" }, { "docid": "19127696", "text": "2016 Dallas Cowboys season The 2016 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Football League, the eighth playing their home games at AT&T Stadium and the 6th full season under head coach Jason Garrett. After losing their first game to the New York Giants, the Cowboys went undefeated for 11 straight games. The streak ended with them losing again to the Giants in week 14, making this the first time since 2011 that the Giants would sweep the Cowboys. With division rivals Washington Redskins losing to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 13, the Cowboys clinched a", "title": "2016 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "1804306", "text": "days later, on November 30, 1924 with the NFL's Kansas City Cowboys. However neither game was played. The Kelleys went back to Duluth to play several more years. For Kenosha the season ended dismally with a 0–4–1 record. The Maroons tied with the winless Minneapolis Marines and the Rochester Jeffersons for last place in the NFL. The final chapter of the Maroons history is missing from the sports pages of the local paper. There were no announcements of the canceling of the final two games and it went unreported when the franchise was lost. However an error in the NFL", "title": "Kenosha Maroons" }, { "docid": "4344247", "text": "passed on the depth chart by Calvin Hill and Duane Thomas. He remained in that role for three years, until the end of the 1972 season when he retired to become a full-time assistant coach. Reeves played eight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, collected 1,990 rushing yards, 1,693 receiving yards and 42 touchdowns. The Cowboys made the playoffs every year, reaching the Super Bowl twice and culminating in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI following the 1971 season. In Super Bowl V with the Cowboys and Colts tied at 13 in the last 2 minutes,", "title": "Dan Reeves" }, { "docid": "17736437", "text": "was the 108th meeting in 54 years between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. After this game, the Cowboys all-time record versus the Redskins is 65-41-2 in 54 years. The Dallas Cowboys now lead the all time Head-to-Head match-up against the Detroit Lions (14-12). The Cowboys also lead the all time playoff match-up against the Lions (2-1). This is the first time in franchise history that the Cowboys have won a post-season game when trailing by 10 points or more at half time. At the time, with this win over the Lions, the Cowboys became the team with the", "title": "2014 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "7249341", "text": "win against the Cowboys (6-5) in a nationally televised game in Dallas. With less than ten minutes to go in the third quarter, Washington was leading 16-3, when Redskins linebacker Dave Robinson knocked Roger Staubach out of the game. Rookie Clint Longley led the Cowboys to a last-minute come-from-behind victory, throwing a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds left. The final score was Cowboys 24, Redskins 23. The Redskins were stunned. \"I don't have very much to say\", coach George Allen said when it was over. \"It was probably the toughest loss we ever had.\" December 16,", "title": "Cowboys–Redskins rivalry" }, { "docid": "106444", "text": "XVII champions Redskins. For the 1983 season the Cowboys went 12–4 and made it once again to the playoffs but were defeated at home in the Wild Card by the Rams 24–17. Prior to the 1984 season, H.R. \"Bum\" Bright purchased the Dallas Cowboys from Clint Murchison Jr. Dallas posted a 9–7 record that season but missed the playoffs for the first time in 10 seasons. After going 10–6 in 1985 and winning a division title, the Cowboys were blown out in the Divisional round at home to the Rams 20–0. Hard times came for the organization as they went", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "10255963", "text": "subsequently convicted of criminally negligent homicide. The Football Encyclopedia Total Football Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes 2000 Dallas Cowboys season The 2000 Dallas Cowboys season was the 41st season for the team in the National Football League. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would promote the team's long-time defensive coordinator, Dave Campo, to be the fifth head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. This was also Troy Aikman's last season with the team. The loss of star wide receiver Michael Irvin to retirement led Jerry Jones to trade the team's first round pick in the 2000 draft and the 2001 draft to", "title": "2000 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "19127727", "text": "consecutive pass attempts to start a career without an interception. Ezekiel Elliott pounded the Green Bay Packers number one ranked run defense with 157 yards on 28 carries The Dallas defense dominated the Packers, forcing four Green Bay turnovers. It was the first time since 2008, and second time in franchise history that the Cowboys had won at Lambeau. With the 30–16 victory, the Cowboys went 5–1 heading into the bye week. Hoping to continue their winning streak, the Cowboys hosted the Philadelphia Eagles in a primetime matchup duel between Dak Prescott and Carson Wentz. Jason Witten's touchdown in overtime", "title": "2016 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "106495", "text": "23, 2008 against the San Francisco 49ers. The team went back to wearing this uniform at home on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 while their opponent was the Oakland Raiders who wore their AFL Legacy Weekend throwbacks. Dallas wore this alternate uniform on October 11, 2009 as part of one of the NFL's AFL Legacy Weekends when they traveled to Kansas City to play the Chiefs who were sporting their AFL Dallas Texans' uniforms. This created a rare game in which neither team wore a white jersey and the first time the Cowboys wore the alternative uniform as a visiting team.", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "12733266", "text": "Cowboys were upset at home in the divisional playoff by the Rams and Staubach retired after the season. Flashback, Cowboys vs Redskins – 1979 It was December 16, 1979, when the Washington Redskins came to Texas Stadium tied with the Cowboys for first place in the NFC East with 10-5 records. This game would turn out to be one of Roger Staubach's finest moments as well as his last great comeback in his Cowboys career. The NFC East showdown between these heated rivals did not start out the way the Cowboys had wanted. On the Cowboys first two possessions of", "title": "1979 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "7924508", "text": "for the Cowboys in Round 22 of the 2003 season against the Newcastle Knights. He then went on to play sixty two games for the club, showing good enough form to earn State of Origin selection. In 2008 Lillyman was forced to leave the North Queensland Cowboys due to salary-cap pressures, and that year there ended abruptly for him when he suffered a season-ending injury in Round 15, playing against the Melbourne Storm. In June 2008, it was announced that he had signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. At that time", "title": "Jacob Lillyman" }, { "docid": "9860091", "text": "strike, assembled one of the better replacement teams, which was soon bolstered by several starters who crossed the picket line (including Dorsett, Danny White, and Randy White). However, the \"Counterfeit Cowboys\" suffered an embarrassing home loss to a Redskins team composed entirely of replacement players, and once the strike ended, Dallas' regular squad lost six of its next eight games to finish 7–8. The Cowboys went into a free-fall in 1988. After starting the season 2–2, a last-second loss in New Orleans started a 10-game Cowboy losing streak. Among the few bright spots in the season were the team's first-round", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "12733272", "text": "That made the score 21-20 Cowboys. Staubach threw his only interception of the game when he went deep over the middle from his own 13 yard line where there was no receiver in sight. Redskins safety Mark Murphy came down with the ball and returned it down to the Cowboys 25 yard line. On the Redskins first play Theismann threw into the end zone for receiver Ricky Thompson. Cowboys safety Cliff Harris bumped Thompson and was called for pass interference. The penalty placed the ball at the Cowboys one yard line where John Riggins scored to give the lead back", "title": "1979 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "20468741", "text": "the Cowboys to 1-2 on the season. The Cowboys bounced back from the previous week. Elliott totaled 240 yards and a touchdown. Prescott had 2 passing touchdowns. Geoff Swaim scored the first touchdown of his career. Maher went 4/4 on field goals, including a 38-yarder that won the game as time expired. This win improved the Cowboys to 2-2 on the season. The Cowboys controversially punted in overtime and allowed the Texans to take the ball down the field and win the game. This loss dropped the Cowboys to 2-3. The Cowboys played lights out football. The defense got after", "title": "2018 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "11208983", "text": "Leads Series 35-27-3 This was the 9th game between TCU and BYU. BYU went on the road to win 31-17 in this meeting last year, sparking their 8-0 run through the MWC. Kelly Poppinga was named the MWC Defensive Player of the Week with a career-high 17 tackles including a tackle for a loss and an interception in this game. BYU Leads Series 7-2 This was the 72nd game between Wyoming and BYU. BYU dominated the Cowboys from the opening kickoff last season, 55-7. This year BYU controlled the game from the beginning taking a 21-3 lead at half time.", "title": "2007 BYU Cougars football team" }, { "docid": "19127874", "text": "Redskins shut out the Vikings 12-0 in the second half, improving to 5-3-1 on the season. The Redskins avenged their 35–18 loss to the Packers in the wildcard round of last season's playoffs by beating them 42–24. They also were the last team to beat the Packers, as they went on a 6-game winning streak to finish the season. Thanksgiving Day game An attempted rally by the offense did not pay off. The Redskins dropped to 6–4–1 and were swept by the Cowboys for the first time since 2013. Kirk Cousins attempted to drive down the field but was intercepted", "title": "2016 Washington Redskins season" }, { "docid": "10255958", "text": "2000 Dallas Cowboys season The 2000 Dallas Cowboys season was the 41st season for the team in the National Football League. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would promote the team's long-time defensive coordinator, Dave Campo, to be the fifth head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. This was also Troy Aikman's last season with the team. The loss of star wide receiver Michael Irvin to retirement led Jerry Jones to trade the team's first round pick in the 2000 draft and the 2001 draft to the Seattle Seahawks for wide receiver Joey Galloway. Pro Bowl cornerback Deion Sanders would also be released", "title": "2000 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "19127736", "text": "just 3 seconds left. For the first time since Week 14, Dak Prescott threw an interception as Packers safety Micah Hyde intercepted Prescott with 7:17 remaining in the third quarter. With the loss, the Cowboys close out their season with a 13-4 record. 2016 Dallas Cowboys season The 2016 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Football League, the eighth playing their home games at AT&T Stadium and the 6th full season under head coach Jason Garrett. After losing their first game to the New York Giants, the Cowboys went undefeated for 11 straight games. The", "title": "2016 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "3093982", "text": "years, he passed for 2,635 yards and 21 touchdowns in 30 games, and also led the league in punting his last year. In 1976, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys after the World Football League folded. Through 1979, White was the Cowboys' punter and the backup to the team's star quarterback Roger Staubach. After Staubach's retirement following the end of that season, White became the Cowboys' starting quarterback. Until 1984, White continued to serve as the team's punter; he punted for the last time in his career once in 1985. In a memorable 1980 playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons,", "title": "Danny White" }, { "docid": "16116508", "text": "future Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith, but was placed on the injured reserve list after the second game of the season. During the last game of the 1992 regular season, when the Cowboys were playing the Chicago Bears, the team rested most of its regular players in the fourth quarter (including Smith), to prepare for the upcoming playoffs. Richards saw extensive playing time and scored a touchdown, but also committed two costly fumbles in a 27-14 win. The next day, Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson released him, citing the fact that he could not tolerate a running back with", "title": "Curvin Richards" }, { "docid": "18489502", "text": "halftime. After Ed Cherry gave the Cowboys the lead again on a touchdown run, the Aggies went to work again. Despite four interceptions on the day, Lem Pratt managed to throw a pass to Hooky Apodaca that he lateraled to Lauro Apodaca, who ran 35 yards to score the tying touchdown. The game had no more points from that point on despite desperate efforts on both sides, clinching the first tie game in Sun Bowl history. The Cowboys would make four more appearances, the last in 1958. The Aggies would make two more appearances, the last in 1960. There would", "title": "1936 Sun Bowl" }, { "docid": "4718662", "text": "San Francisco in rushing with 72 yards on six carries. It was a sign of what lay in store for 49ers fans, as they would watch him and Montana compete fiercely for the starting quarterback job until Young inherited the starting position when Joe Montana suffered a serious elbow injury during the 1991 preseason. Until the 2007–08 NFL playoffs with the Cowboys losing to the Giants, this was the last time the No. 1 seed in the NFC did not advance to the NFC Championship Game. After the Cowboys loss, three of the next four No. 1 seeds in the", "title": "1987–88 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "7249337", "text": "touchdown to bring the score to 20-14. Curt Knight kicked a 42-yard field goal to make it 20-17. Charley Harraway ran for 13 yards to make the score 24-20, Redskins on top. During this offensive scoring period, the Over-the-Hill Gang defense shut down the Cowboys. At the end, Washington had defeated the Cowboys and was in possession of first place in the NFC East. Now with two games remaining, Washington was 11-1 and had clinched the NFC East title. An ensuing loss to the Cowboys (34-24) was meaningless. It was the first time since the NFL went to a divisional", "title": "Cowboys–Redskins rivalry" }, { "docid": "9869782", "text": "the highest-ranked player on their draft board at the time of their selection, regardless of position. When the Cowboys' turn came up in the third round, the highest rated player on their board was Montana. However, feeling that the quarterback position was in excellent long-term shape with Roger Staubach and Danny White, and desperately needing a tight end, the Cowboys went off their strategy and drafted Doug Cosbie. The 49ers, and Walsh, took Montana. As Walsh implemented his strategies and game plan, the 49ers had another year of losing, going 2–14. There were, however, a number of bright spots. Despite", "title": "History of the San Francisco 49ers" }, { "docid": "7059084", "text": "(18.5), earning Avezzano his third Special Teams Coach of the Year award. After the firing of Chan Gailey in 2000, he was considered as one of the candidates to take over the head coaching duties of the Dallas Cowboys, which eventually went to Dave Campo. In 2002, Avezzano served as both the special teams coach of the Cowboys and as the head coach of the Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League. Avezzano was not retained by the Cowboys when Bill Parcells became head coach in 2003. While still working for the Dallas Cowboys, he was named the head coach", "title": "Joe Avezzano" }, { "docid": "10117595", "text": "Origin representative when Paul Green was selected as Queensland's halfback for game 2 of the 1999 State of Origin series. In the years 2000 through to 2002 the Cowboys continued to struggle with off-field dramas and poor on-field performances. After finishing last in 2000 and second last the following year, four losses at the start of the 2002 season saw coach Tim Sheens sacked and replaced by his assistant Murray Hurst. Although they finished in their highest position to date, coach Hurst was also sacked at early in the 2003 season, and replaced by Graham Murray. The Cowboys spent much", "title": "History of the North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "docid": "5793858", "text": "California. 1977 NFL season The 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted into the NFC Central. Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving Day game hosted by the Dallas Cowboys, the league scheduled a Miami Dolphins at St. Louis Cardinals contest. This would be only the second season since 1966 that the Cowboys did not play on that holiday. It marked the last time that the Cowboys did not play on Thanksgiving. This was the last NFL regular season with", "title": "1977 NFL season" }, { "docid": "5793854", "text": "1977 NFL season The 1977 NFL season was the 58th regular season of the National Football League. The Seattle Seahawks were placed in the AFC West while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were slotted into the NFC Central. Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving Day game hosted by the Dallas Cowboys, the league scheduled a Miami Dolphins at St. Louis Cardinals contest. This would be only the second season since 1966 that the Cowboys did not play on that holiday. It marked the last time that the Cowboys did not play on Thanksgiving. This was the last NFL regular season with 14", "title": "1977 NFL season" }, { "docid": "12733292", "text": "he rolled out to his right and was tackled for no gain. In the process of stopping the Cowboys from getting a first down the Rams also used their last two timeouts and the Cowboys were forced to punt for the eighth time in the game. The Rams got the ball back at midfield with 2:16 left and no timeouts. On the first play Ferragamo fired a pass over the middle to Billy Waddy who caught it on the run at the Cowboys 28 yard line. Waddy then out raced the Cowboys defense and scored easily to take the lead", "title": "1979 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "11618394", "text": "that point in the season was struggling, and the team won its last six games to steal the division title away from the Chicago Bears, whose Week 17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers sealed their first division title since 1983. The Lions earned a bye into the divisional round where they once again faced the Cowboys, who had beaten the Bears the week before to get their first playoff win since 1982. The two teams met in the postseason for the first time since 1970 when Dallas won 5-0. Although the Cowboys held Lions' star running back Barry Sanders", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "docid": "106458", "text": "and Clint Stoerner all competed for the quarterback position that season. Dallas again finished at 5–11, last place in the NFC East. They did sweep the Redskins for the 4th consecutive season. Prior to the 2002 season Dallas drafted safety Roy Williams with the 8th overall pick. The season started out low as the Cowboys lost to the expansion Houston Texans 19–10 on Week 1. By far the highlight of 2002 was on October 28, when during a home game against the Seattle Seahawks, Emmitt Smith broke the all-time NFL rushing record previously held by Walter Payton. Their Thanksgiving Day", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "10256581", "text": "opening kickoff). A last-second goal line stand brought victory over Atlanta in week four but the following week, the Cowboys lost to New Orleans on a last-second Morten Andersen field goal. Two convincing losses followed and at 2–5, the season was in jeopardy. In week 8, Dallas traveled to Philadelphia. Bad blood still existed from 1987, when Philadelphia coach Buddy Ryan had (in the game's closing seconds) called a deep pass play while already leading by 10. The Cowboys roared to a 20–0 lead in the first half, but the Eagles came back to win 24–23 by scoring a touchdown", "title": "1988 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "6527854", "text": "difficulty devising jokes that would be funny when Van Damme said them. In order to create \"Van Damme-proof\" jokes, one writer \"would say them in a really horrible French accent, putting the emphasis on the wrong word\". If people laughed, Van Damme was given the joke to perform. One line created in this way was Van Damme's \"I can crack a walnut with my butt.\" Roberts recorded her scenes from January 6–8, 1996. She had a relationship with cast member Matthew Perry at the time and an audience member said about their on-screen kiss, \"Julia looked at Matt and said", "title": "The One After the Superbowl" }, { "docid": "17736429", "text": "two scores all in the first half. DeMarco Murray got back in the 100-yard category after losing his streak in the loss to the Cardinals the week before. The Cowboys swept their season series against the Giants for the second year in a row. The Cowboys have beaten the Giants 5 out of the last 6 meetings from 2012 to 2014. With the win, Dallas improved to 8-3 on the season, setting up a showdown with the 8-3 Eagles for first place in the NFC East on Thanksgiving Day. DeMarco Murray went over 100 yards yet again, rushing for 121", "title": "2014 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "8020999", "text": "spot by one game. In 1991, Aikman led the Cowboys to a 6–4 record in the first 10 games and had the Cowboys ahead in week 12 against undefeated Washington Redskins when he was injured. Steve Beuerlein replaced Aikman, and Dallas finished the season 5–0 and earned the #5 playoff seed. Beuerlein went on to lead the Cowboys to a road upset over the #4 seed Chicago Bears in the Wild Card round. With the Cowboys losing 17-6 at halftime the following week against the Detroit Lions in the NFC Divisional Playoff game, Aikman was inserted to start the third", "title": "Troy Aikman" }, { "docid": "5963629", "text": "two did not. At the last moment, ABC decided to change the show's format by reducing its run time from one hour to a half hour, a change which made it difficult to tell stories effectively with the show's large cast. Only 13 episodes were filmed before the series was cancelled. The Cowboys The Cowboys is a 1972 American western film starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Colleen Dewhurst and Bruce Dern. Robert Carradine made his film debut with fellow child actor Stephen Hudis, as cowboys. It was filmed at various locations in New Mexico, Colorado and at", "title": "The Cowboys" }, { "docid": "17736432", "text": "of the season for Dallas at home, and DeMarco Murray failed to break 100 yards for only the second time this season. With the win, the Cowboys avoided going 8-8 for the first time since 2010, and clinched a winning season, the first since the 2009 team won the NFC East and won a playoff game. After defeating the Bears in Chicago, the Cowboys are 6-0 on the road after 13 games into their 2014 season. Oddly enough, the last time Dallas lost on the road was in Chicago 45-28 nearly a year ago on December 9, 2013. A devastating", "title": "2014 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "18832456", "text": "on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts (1996). At the time of their closing, they had had 82 dancers, or \"cowboys\", and raised thousands of dollars with 455 performances. Their last performance was at the DC Pride Parade in 2012. The National Museum of American History's Archives Center acquired their records in 2013. DC Cowboys DC Cowboys Dance Company (1994-2012), was an all-male, gay, non-profit dance company based in Washington, DC. Their mission was to provide free dance entertainment to raise money to provide services to people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as for AIDS", "title": "DC Cowboys" }, { "docid": "14017930", "text": "2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bo Pelini and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. This was the Cowboys' first visit to Lincoln since 1994, when Nebraska defeated the Cowboys 42–32 en route to a national championship. The two teams last played in 2011, when Nebraska defeated the Cowboys 38–14 in Laramie. In the week leading up to the game, Pelini handed out seven Blackshirts to his defense. This was the first", "title": "2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team" }, { "docid": "4569558", "text": "In fact, beginning in 1986, the Cowboys went on to suffer losing seasons for the remainder of the decade, including a dismal 1–15 season in 1989, which saw the debut of #1 draft pick quarterback Troy Aikman and first-year head coach Jimmy Johnson; it is the franchise's worst season since their inaugural 1960 season when they went 0–11–1. Despite the 1–15 record to close out the decade, the Cowboys' future became brighter when they went on to become a dynasty in their own right, winning three Super Bowls in the 1990s—two of them back-to-back, defeating the same opponent (Buffalo Bills).", "title": "The Catch (American football)" }, { "docid": "14196885", "text": "Kitna completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten (With a successful 2-point conversion as Kitna passed to WR Roy E. Williams), but the game was tied when James got a 2-yard TD run. At overtime, Manning threw his fourth interception, (which totalled 11 interceptions in three consecutive games.) to LB Sean Lee, which soon converted into a successful 38-yard field goal attempt by Buehler, giving the Cowboys the win. With the win, the Cowboys improved to 4–8. Coming off their win over the Colts, the Cowboys went home for a Week 14 NFC East duel with the Philadelphia", "title": "2010 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "11523251", "text": "be his 2nd-highest single game total in his career. Tony Romo finish with another 300 yard game giving him 13 300 yard games. The Cowboys opened the game with a 5-play 71-yard drive that ended on a touchdown reception by rookie tight end Martellus Bennett. This effort marked the first time the Cowboys scored on their first drive since the last St. Louis game, and the sixth time to do so all season. On the ensuing drive, the Dallas defense forced a Seahawk fumble that was recovered by cornerback Anthony Henry. Dallas was able to drive deep into Seattle territory,", "title": "2008 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "10255994", "text": "1997 Dallas Cowboys season The 1997 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League and was the fourth year under head coach Barry Switzer. The team failed to improve on their 10-6 record from 1996 and suffered a losing season and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1990, due to this they lost their last five games and finished at 6–10. Though the season began well with an impressive win against the Pittsburgh Steelers and a 3–1 start, the Cowboys would soon see a sharp decline that included five consecutive losses to close", "title": "1997 Dallas Cowboys season" }, { "docid": "16354573", "text": "to fake an injury in order to buy more time before the game-winning touchdown, Christensen launched a profanity-laced tirade at Calhoun, calling him a \"fly boy.\" Christensen apologized the next night and was reprimanded by the Mountain West Conference for his actions. On October 22, Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman suspended Christensen for the Cowboys' game against Boise State and fined him $50,000. Assistant head coach Pete Kaligis coached the team in that game. However, Wyoming credits the entire season to Christensen. Last meeting was in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl. 2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team The 2012 Wyoming Cowboys", "title": "2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team" }, { "docid": "9860062", "text": "early and mid-1960s, the Cowboys gradually built a contender. Quarterback Don Meredith was acquired in 1960, running back Don Perkins, linebacker Chuck Howley and Lilly were acquired in 1961, linebacker Lee Roy Jordan in 1963, cornerback Mel Renfro in 1964, and wide receiver Bob Hayes and running back Dan Reeves in 1965. In 1965, the Cowboys went 7–7, achieving a .500 record for the first time. In 1966, the Cowboys posted their first winning season, finishing atop the Eastern Conference with a 10-3-1 record. Dallas sent eight players to the Pro Bowl, including Howley, Meredith, Perkins, and future Pro Football", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "9860132", "text": "Roy Williams, and it was a significant factor in the decision I made to release Terrell.\" In three seasons with the Cowboys, Owens had 235 receptions for 3,587 yards and 38 touchdowns, but his numbers declined last season, when he had 69 receptions for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns. The 2009 season marked the 50th season of play for the Cowboys. In May of that year, the new Cowboys Stadium was completed in Arlington, Texas. It was widely criticized for its appearance, cost (over $1 billion) and high energy use. The first game played in the team's new home was", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "10117629", "text": "closest grand finals in history, ending with a final score of 17-16. The game was won by a 'golden point' field goal taken by Johnathan Thurston on the fourth tackle of the first set of extra time, allowing the North Queensland Cowboys to win their first ever grand final. Thurston had helped create the last minute try that tied the game in regular time and then scraped the post as his conversion attempt was unsuccessful. Johnathan Thurston took home the Clive Churchill Medal for best on ground in the Grand Final. History of the North Queensland Cowboys The history of", "title": "History of the North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "docid": "106514", "text": "played each other, resulting in a 26–14 Washington victory. Since that time, the two teams have met in 116 regular season contests and two NFC Championships. Dallas leads the regular season all-time series 70–42–2, and the Redskins lead the all-time playoff series 2–0. The Cowboys currently have a 14–7 advantage over the Redskins at FedEx Field. Some notable moments in the rivalry include Washington's victory over Dallas in the 1982 NFC Championship and the latter's 1989 win over the Redskins for their only victory that season. The last Cowboys game with Tom Landry as coach was a win over Washington", "title": "Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "9860097", "text": "Haley. In 1990, the Cowboys finished 7–9, with Smith being named NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year and Johnson earning Coach of the Year honors. In 1991, Dallas finished with an 11–5 record, making the playoffs for the first time since 1985. The Cowboys beat the Chicago Bears 17-13 in the wild card round. In the divisional round, they faced the Lions, who had beaten them earlier in the season. Detroit went in for a repeat performance, dismembering the Cowboys 38–6 for their first, and to date only, postseason victory since 1957. The 1991 Cowboys also became the first team", "title": "History of the Dallas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "7128301", "text": "\"Last Call with Carson Daly\", while the overnight block's weekend schedule is delayed by between 2½ and three hours depending on the night for the same reason. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTEN include \"The Doctors\", \"Judge Judy\", \"Dr. Phil\", \"The Dr. Oz Show\" and \"Wheel of Fortune\". Since 1994, when the station acquired a part-time affiliation with Fox, KTEN has served as the official television partner of the Dallas Cowboys. By way of the team's television production unit, channel 10 holds local broadcast rights to various team-related programs that air during the regular season (including the \"Cowboys Postgame Show\", \"Special", "title": "KTEN" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9190433", "text": "was voiced by Casey Kasem or Burt Ward. Both the live-action and animated versions wore the standard Robin costume, much like the film serial versions of the 1940s. He is not paired with Batman in the Cartoon Network programs \"Justice League\" and \"Justice League Unlimited\" due to the Bat-Embargo which limited the use of Batman-related characters from any media source outside of the new Batman Begins movie franchise and The Batman animated series. The Dick Grayson version of Robin made his first appearance during the first season of \"\" (1992–1995), voiced by Loren Lester. He only made occasional appearances due", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "9190433", "text": "was voiced by Casey Kasem or Burt Ward. Both the live-action and animated versions wore the standard Robin costume, much like the film serial versions of the 1940s. He is not paired with Batman in the Cartoon Network programs \"Justice League\" and \"Justice League Unlimited\" due to the Bat-Embargo which limited the use of Batman-related characters from any media source outside of the new Batman Begins movie franchise and The Batman animated series. The Dick Grayson version of Robin made his first appearance during the first season of \"\" (1992–1995), voiced by Loren Lester. He only made occasional appearances due", "title": "Robin in other media" } ]

[ { "docid": "9735354", "text": "villains from the TV series appear as bosses: List of Batman video games Batman: The Animated Series (video game) Batman: The Animated Series is a side-scrolling action game by Konami released for the Game Boy in based on the . A Super NES version was also planned, but the game was ultimately released under the title \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" due to the show undergoing a title change between seasons. The game is an action-adventure platformer. The player can switch between Batman or Robin to gain access to character-specific abilities. Batman uses a grappling hook to scale heights,", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series (video game)" }, { "docid": "9190456", "text": "Robin was played by 26-year-old Johnny Duncan in Columbia Pictures' \"Batman and Robin\" (1949), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. Robin did not appear in the Tim Burton movies \"Batman\" (1989) and \"Batman Returns\" (1992). This was an unusual move as the two 1940s serials as well as the 1966 movie and attendant TV show had presented the 'Dynamic Duo' as an inseparable pair, with the general public unaware that the comic-book incarnation of Batman often worked alone. The special edition version of the \"Batman\" (1989) DVD features an animated storyboard sequence of when Robin's parents are killed by the Joker.", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "9735353", "text": "Batman: The Animated Series (video game) Batman: The Animated Series is a side-scrolling action game by Konami released for the Game Boy in based on the . A Super NES version was also planned, but the game was ultimately released under the title \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" due to the show undergoing a title change between seasons. The game is an action-adventure platformer. The player can switch between Batman or Robin to gain access to character-specific abilities. Batman uses a grappling hook to scale heights, Robin walks across ceilings, and both characters can perform wall jumps. Most major", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series (video game)" }, { "docid": "6744705", "text": "League Unlimited\" comics did use many characters from the DC Universe, some characters never made it to the screen. Those that did not appear in the television series are listed below: The entire Marvel Family (except for Captain Marvel, who made a one-time appearance) were unable to appear on \"Justice League Unlimited\" due to legal reasons. DC animated universe (comics) While Batman and Superman had their own animated series and comic book follow-ups, the rest of the characters in the would appear in the following comics often. The Batman Adventures was created as a comic book tie-in to and The", "title": "DC animated universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "6888385", "text": "Titans: Go! features several Robin figures of different sizes. Batman, however, has no place within the cartoon or action figure collection. After the quickly released animated line faded, Mattel released a new Batman animated line based on WB's new animated series, \"The Batman\". The Batman line of figures featured all new sculpts and more articulation than past animated lines. After several waves of figures hit toy shelves, Mattel renamed the line The Batman: EXP. The EXP (EXtreme Power) hero figures come with a weapon that, when a power battery is connected and turned, reveals an \"extreme power\" feature. When The", "title": "Batman action figures" }, { "docid": "5795301", "text": "by the other producers. To better adhere with the prior DVD sets of the original series, the DVD release of this series was titled \"Batman: The Animated Series Volume 4 (From The New Batman Adventures)\" and was given the opening theme from the prior series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan the Demon and The Creeper; characters who would later appear with Batman in \"Justice League\" and \"Justice League Unlimited\". In addition, the", "title": "The New Batman Adventures" }, { "docid": "1469776", "text": "of the actual television program. And because Sega did not have to follow the censorship rules of the show, the fights are also a little more violent. Many of the shows voice actors reprised their roles for the game, and are thus in the lost episode as well. Similar cutscenes appear throughout the video games \"\" and \"\". \"The Animated Series\" was accompanied by a tie-in comic book, \"The Batman Adventures\", which followed the art style and continuity of \"The Animated Series\" instead of other Batman comic books. \"The Batman Adventures\", through several format changes to reflect the changing world", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "4240494", "text": "2040, Tim's retired from his Red Robin days and is now raising his three children. When Dick becomes a fugitive after it's discovered his son Jake had superpowers, Tim uses his computer skills to help Dick locate Jake. Tim believes that Dick made the right choice in depowering the population. Tim Drake makes his animated debut as the second incarnation of Robin in the DCAU, initially voiced by Mathew Valencia (Robin in \"The New Batman Adventures\" and \"Superman: The Animated Series\") and later by Eli Marienthal (Robin in \"Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman\") and Shane Sweet (Robin in \"Static Shock\"),", "title": "Tim Drake" }, { "docid": "1469758", "text": "Batman: The Animated Series Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which was also used for reruns of earlier episodes. The series eventually spawned two continuation shows, \"The New Batman Adventures\" and \"Batman Beyond\". The series was praised for", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "5341675", "text": "games feature voice acting from the casts of the original shows. These are: \"The Adventures of Batman and Robin\" (SEGA CD/Mega CD version), \"Superman\", \"Batman Vengeance\", \"Superman: Shadow of Apokolips\", and \"Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu\". The SEGA CD/Mega CD game, \"The Adventures of Batman and Robin\", also features animation from one of the studios that animated \"Batman: The Animated Series\". Though the DCAU is an offshoot of the mainstream DC comics universe, it has also affected the DC universe in return. The following characters were originally created for their respective series in the DCAU, but were eventually adapted via", "title": "DC animated universe" }, { "docid": "9190472", "text": "continuity, known as the DC Animated Movie Universe. Damian Wayne and Dick Grayson appear in several of these films, Damian/Robin being voiced by Stuart Allan while Sean Maher voices Dick/Nightwing. \"Son of Batman\", an adaptation of Grant Morrison' Batman storyline \"Batman and Son\", was the first time Damian Wayne had appeared in a DC-related film. In \"Batman vs. Robin\", Damian comes into contact with the Court of Owls, being tempted to leave Batman and join him. Throughout the film, Batman and Robin fight over Damian's rawness and his lack of discipline, leading to Damian almost joining the court before Talon", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "963050", "text": "\"Batman\" serials. Burt Ward played him in the 1966–1968 \"Batman\" television series and the related 1966 film. In the live-action movies \"Batman Forever\" and \"Batman & Robin\", he was played by Chris O'Donnell. Michael Cera voiced the character in \"The Lego Batman Movie\". The Dick Grayson version of Robin also appears in \"\", voiced by Loren Lester. Grayson is replaced by Tim Drake, played by Mathew Valencia, in the subsequent series \"The New Batman Adventures\". The animated series \"Teen Titans\" features Robin (voiced by Scott Menville) as the leader of a team of young heroes; it is hinted in several", "title": "Robin (character)" }, { "docid": "2550716", "text": "of the androids is unstated they are reminiscent of the \"Batman: The Animated Series\" story arc involving the computer program HARDAC. The Batmobile from \"Batman: The Animated Series\", also made a cameo appearance in the short's background. In \"Teen Titans Go!\" episode \"Sandwich Thief\", Robin travels to the future to interrogate Nightwing. In his future self's apartment, a poster of the \"Batman Beyond\" Batman can be seen, indicating that Nightwing admires this incarnation of Batman. Batman Beyond Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia) is an American animated television series developed by", "title": "Batman Beyond" }, { "docid": "4500183", "text": "End\". When Terry was presumed dead and Tim Drake was Batman, her role as the tech expert was similar to Bruce's role to Terry's Batman. Though Terry never met Batman's former sidekick that was Robin and Nightwing in the animated series, the two did get the chance to meet in the tie-in comic. They work together to bring down Hush (who was a failed clone of Grayson), and Dick helped Terry with handling the Jokerz bombing Gotham and Undercloud. Though Dick was uninvolved in the superhero community for quite some time after losing his eye during a fight between Batman", "title": "Batman (Terry McGinnis)" }, { "docid": "6496389", "text": "versions to demolish obstacles. In the \"Justice League\" cartoon series, Batman employed a variety of Batarangs, including explosive Batarangs and electrically charged variants. In the \"Teen Titans\" animated series, Robin uses similar modified batarangs to the adult Nightwing, referred to as \"birdarangs\". The same weapons are used by \"The Batman\"s interpretation of Robin. Robin also uses circular Batarang type weapons in the TV series \"Young Justice\". In the animated series \"Krypto the Superdog\", Robbie the Robin uses comical weapons called \"beakerangs\", which are miniature projectiles that contain a highly exaggerated amount of purple incapacitating foam. Ace the Bat-Hound fires Batarangs", "title": "Batarang" }, { "docid": "6888371", "text": "Batman: T.A.S. line began losing steam, so Kenner retooled some of their figures, releasing Batman: T.A.S.: Crime Squad. This line had several Batman variations, but only included one Robin figure, and no villain figures. Later, Kenner renamed this line The Adventures of Batman & Robin, releasing several figures that were not released as part of the Batman: T.A.S. line, the most famous being a Harley Quinn figure, based on the popular animated series character. Like Batman: T.A.S., The Adventures of Batman & Robin line started to lose steam as well, so Kenner released The Adventures of Batman & Robin: D.U.O.", "title": "Batman action figures" }, { "docid": "3483814", "text": "though Ty Templeton did the writing and art on a few issues. \"Mad Love\" was written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Bruce Timm, while the holiday special was written and illustrated by a number of creative people who had worked on the animated series, including Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami, Dan Riba, and Kevin Altieri. Following the re-branding of the animated series as \"The Adventures of Batman and Robin\", the comic series was relaunched. It ran for 25 issues and 2 annuals, as well as 2 specials (an adaptation of \"\"; and \"Dark Claw Adventures\", a non-canon Amalgam", "title": "The Batman Adventures" }, { "docid": "40451", "text": "\"Batman\" show for their 1966 EP Ready Steady Who, and The Kinks performed the theme song on their 1967 album Live at Kelvin Hall. The popularity of the \"Batman\" TV series also resulted in the first animated adaptation of Batman in \"The Batman/Superman Hour\"; the Batman segments of the series were repackaged as \"The Adventures of Batman\" and \"Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder\" which produced thirty-three episodes between 1968 and 1977. From 1973 until 1986, Batman had a starring role in ABC's \"Super Friends\" series; which was animated by Hanna-Barbera. Olan Soule was the voice of Batman in all", "title": "Batman" }, { "docid": "2035302", "text": "could have his outfit. The animated spin-off of \"The Lego Movie\" starring Batman features a number of references to the television series. When Alfred addresses similar phases of Batman's life (in which he references all the years a Batman live-action film was released), he mentions \"that weird one in 1966\" in which the film briefly shows a clip of Adam West's Batman dancing in an episode. During the film's climax, Alfred dons an identical costume to Adam West's Batman out of nostalgia. When Batman and Robin take on a room of villains, they hit them so hard that onomatopoeia pops", "title": "Batman (TV series)" }, { "docid": "7723346", "text": "an episode that is loosely based on those from the animated series, taking Batman to an amusement park and other places where supercriminals do their work. The soundtrack was written by Konami Kukeiha Club members Kazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko, Jun Funahashi, Masanari Iwata, Masahiko Kimura, Kayo Fujitani, and Masahiro Ikariko. For the most part, it is an action-adventure platformer in which the player controls Batman, and follows him to the end of each stage, where a villain is set to appear. Some of the more common features in the game is the possibility to equip with different gadgets, such as", "title": "The Adventures of Batman & Robin (video game)" }, { "docid": "9190471", "text": "to gather intel. She helps him with leading the former Mutant's group Sons of Batman into learning his less violent ways, when Gotham needed martial law enforced. When Batman is called out to a duel with Superman after refusing to go back into retirement, Carrie helps Bruce fake his death. She, along with Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Bruce train the Sons of Batman group to begin taking on his job. Jack DeSena voices Robin in the Target exclusive 2014 direct-to-video animated feature \".\" In 2013, \"\" was released, the first of a series of films that shared the same", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "1469801", "text": "November 1, 2018. The numbered, limited edition box sets also included a code for a free digital SD and HD copy of the complete series, 3 collectible Funko Pocket Pops of Batman, Joker & Harley Quinn, 7 exclusive lenticular cards of original animation artwork as well as blu-ray copies of both spin-off, animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero. Several video games based on the animated continuity were released during the 16-bit game-machine era, using \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" second season branding. Konami developed a game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "11643717", "text": "Lennix as Black Manta, and Sam Witwer as Ocean Master. The film was released digitally on January 13, 2015, and physically on January 27, 2015. In July 2014, as part of the San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics announced \"Batman vs. Robin\" for a 2015 release. Although the Court of Owls is set to appear, \"Batman vs. Robin\" is not an adaptation of the \"Court of Owls\" storyline from the comics. On January 16, 2015, it was announced that while Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Sean Maher, and David McCallum would be reprising their roles as Batman, Robin, Nightwing and Alfred Pennyworth,", "title": "DC Universe Animated Original Movies" }, { "docid": "1469804", "text": "also appear as downloadable skins in the games. Due the success of the show, Fox approached Bruce Timm to make a spin-off centered on Catwoman, but the project was scrapped in favor of \"\". Batman: The Animated Series Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the on-screen title", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "9190482", "text": "fighting would be handled by Batman and Robin. On that series the voice of Robin was played by Ronald Liss. The British poet Simon Armitage wrote the poem \"Kid\" about Robin. The poem portrays Robin having been dismissed by Batman and found a new lifestyle. Robin in other media In addition to comic books, the superhero Robin also appears in other media, such as films, television and radio. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne are generally the versions of Robin chosen to be portrayed. For decades, Robin rarely appeared without Batman. The only exceptions have been animated", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "18543924", "text": "rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews. It earned $3,787,536 in domestic home video sales. In 2016, a sequel to \"Batman vs. Robin\" was released under the title of \"\". Batman vs. Robin Batman vs. Robin is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and DC Animated Movie Universe. The film is partially based on the \"Batman: The Court of Owls\" story arc written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion, and serves as a sequel to 2014's \"Son of Batman\". The film was shown during WonderCon", "title": "Batman vs. Robin" }, { "docid": "15918589", "text": "Independence Day (Young Justice) \"Independence Day\" is the first episode of the animated television series \"Young Justice\", which first aired on November 26, 2010 alongside the episode \"Fireworks\" as part of an hour-long special. The episode features Young Justice team members Robin, Aqualad, Superboy, and Kid Flash, while Miss Martian and Artemis joined later in the series. References to the cartoons \"Super Friends\", \"Justice League\" and \"Teen Titans\" appear in the episode. \"Independence Day\" won an Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in Animation. On the Fourth of July, Batman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow, with their respective proteges Robin,", "title": "Independence Day (Young Justice)" }, { "docid": "6888386", "text": "Batman: EXP line faded, a new line of animated figures were announced. ShadowTek, a line that features new animated Robin & Killer Moth figures based on their cartoon counterparts, hit shelves in late 2006. This line also includes re-released figures from earlier lines as well, a growing Mattel staple. Later ShadowTek figures include other DC Universe heroes which appear in The Batman cartoon, including Superman, Hawkman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Martian Manhunter. In 2007, Mattel announced a large recall of toys, including toys from The Batman toy line, which featured lead paint and/or small magnets which could choke children.", "title": "Batman action figures" }, { "docid": "7723350", "text": "chase screens with the Batmobile and Batplane. Between levels, the story advances through animated scenes that were created specifically for the game. The animated cutscenes were produced by Warner Bros. Animation (with animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, which also animated some of the episodes of the original cartoon). Kevin Conroy (Batman), Loren Lester (Robin), Robert Hastings (Commissioner James Gordon), Robert Costanzo (Harvey Bullock), Diane Pershing (Poison Ivy), John Glover (the Riddler), Arleen Sorkin (Harley Quinn), Mark Hamill (the Joker), John Vernon (Rupert Thorne) and Ron Perlman (Clayface) all reprised their roles from the animated series. The animated segments (about seventeen", "title": "The Adventures of Batman & Robin (video game)" }, { "docid": "9190459", "text": "family helps get rid of a bomb rigged to explode. Bruce Wayne takes him in as his ward out of guilt for being unable to save Dick's family. Dick soon finds out that Bruce is Batman and becomes a costumed hero in his late teens. His costume closely resembles the Robin uniform worn by Tim Drake and the Robin costume from \"Batman: The Animated Series\". However, Robin's classic costume appears as Grayson's circus uniform, sans the \"R\" symbol and face mask. O'Donnell reprised the role in the 1997 film \"Batman & Robin\", this time opposite George Clooney as Batman. Tension", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "6744701", "text": "DC animated universe (comics) While Batman and Superman had their own animated series and comic book follow-ups, the rest of the characters in the would appear in the following comics often. The Batman Adventures was created as a comic book tie-in to and The New Batman Adventures. Various titles related to the animated series ran from 1992 to 2004, along with various mini-series and one-shots. Similar to \"The Batman Adventures\", Superman Adventures was created as a comic book tie-in to . It ran between 1996 and 2002. Adventures in the DC Universe is the title of a comic book published", "title": "DC animated universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "1469803", "text": "around the same time. Developed and published by Konami, this game was distinctive upon the fact that it still used the earlier \"\" moniker instead of \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" second season title given to the other games. Though not directly related, the \"\" video game series features some of the voice cast from \"The Animated Series\" returning to their roles, notably including Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker. Arleen Sorkin also reprised her role as Harley Quinn in the first game of the series, \"\". Many of the character's costumes from the series", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "4240500", "text": "board for the protagonist became apparent. Jason Todd was created as Dick Grayson's replacement as Robin, and, prior to the continuity revamping of \"Crisis on Infinite Earths\", Todd's origin and physical appearance were similar to that of Grayson. The character debuted in \"Batman\" #357 (March 1983) and made his first full appearance in \"Detective Comics\" #525 (April 1983), but it wasn't until later that year when he would appear in costume as Robin in \"Batman\" #366 (Dec 1983) when he showed up towards the end of the story to help Batman fight the Joker. Following the 1985 limited series \"Crisis", "title": "Jason Todd" }, { "docid": "2670644", "text": "as Joker. Joker then appears and kills Gordon before Batman arrives. Batman rushes in and manages to save Dent's daughter by resuscitating her. Batman then moves them away from Joker. In \"The Batman Adventures\", which is set in the continuity of \"Batman: The Animated Series\", Two-Face is on the verge of being cured when the Joker convinces him that his fiancée, Grace Lamont, is cheating on him with Bruce Wayne. His evil personality takes hold once again, and he kidnaps Grace. Batman and Robin foil his plan and send him back to Arkham. Grace, meanwhile, realizes that Dent will never", "title": "Two-Face" }, { "docid": "7997236", "text": "while he cleans up the mess around the Fortress. The final page documents Mongul's universal conquest fantasy - \"\"The stars run red\"\", \"\"The nebulae echo with the screams of the dying\"\" – leaving him at last content. As well as appearing in \"Superman Annual\" #11 it has been reprinted in: The story was adapted for the second episode of the animated series \"Justice League Unlimited\". In this version, Robin does not appear and most of his lines are given to Wonder Woman. The presents Wonder Woman and Batman bring are also changed; Batman now simply brings money while Wonder Woman", "title": "For the Man Who Has Everything" }, { "docid": "4240452", "text": "of the second Robin, Jason Todd, and witnessing Batman spiral into darkness, Tim was convinced that he should train to become the third Robin. The character has been featured in various adaptations, including the animated television series \"The New Batman Adventures\", \"Young Justice: Invasion\", and the video game series \"\". In 2011, Tim Drake was ranked 32nd in IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes. Tim Drake was named after Tim Burton, director of the then-upcoming 1989 film, and introduced in 1989's \"Batman: Year Three\" and his origin detailed in \"Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying\", in which he first introduced", "title": "Tim Drake" }, { "docid": "6888373", "text": "Mr. Freeze sculpts. The second Mission Masters line featured repaints of old Batman: T.A.S. figures, including The Joker. To move away from The New Batman Adventures line, Kenner/Hasbro released the third and fourth Mission Masers lines under the basic Batman title. Included were figures from Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Kenner's Superman Adventures line, and some Batman Beyond (see below) figures. Also included was a new comic style Bruce Wayne/Batman figure, rumble ready Riddler and an animated style insect body Mr. Freeze. Later, Hasbro released several Batman: T.A.S., The Adventures of Batman and Robin, and The New", "title": "Batman action figures" }, { "docid": "3100692", "text": "Burt Ward Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis Jr. , July 6, 1945) is an American actor and activist best known for his portrayal of Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series \"Batman\" (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the 1977 Saturday Morning animated series \"The New Adventures of Batman\", \"Legends of the Superheroes\" (1979), and two animated feature films, \"\" (2016) and \"Batman vs. Two-Face\" (2017). Ward was born Bert John Gervis Jr., on July 6, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. His father, Bert Sr., was the owner of a traveling ice show called", "title": "Burt Ward" }, { "docid": "7660970", "text": "in Cookham in Berkshire, where Grahame wrote the books is also thought to have been an influence. Other suggestions include Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe. The first story arc of the \"Batman and Robin\" comic book by Grant Morrison features a villainous character with the name and appearance of Mr. Toad. After Batman and Robin interrogate Toad, he's revealed to be in cahoots with Pyg. This same character also appears in the animated series \"Beware the Batman\". In Jasper Fforde's \"Thursday Next\" series, Miss Havisham and Mr. Toad engage in an ongoing series of car races. Mr. Toad appears briefly", "title": "Mr. Toad" }, { "docid": "1469789", "text": "second season of the show, when the name was changed to \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\". In 1996, Walker won her first Daytime Emmy Award for her music direction of the episode \"A Bullet for Bullock\" (scored by Harvey R. Cohen). She would then go on to win another Daytime Emmy Award in the category of music-composition for \"Batman Beyond\" in 2001. Although at least twenty-four different composers worked on the series, Walker, Lolita Ritmanis, and Michael McCuistion are regarded as the main contributors. After the series finished up in 1995, the three then went on to score \"\"", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "1469787", "text": "themes, and even some of the voice cast from the series are employed in the \"\" video game series. Furthermore, Kevin Conroy reprises his role as Batman and the first two games are co-written by series veteran Paul Dini. Also, Batman's design and costume in \"The Animated Series\" are featured as an alternate skin in \"\". These skins are available as downloadable content; they were also available in pre-orders at GameStop and a valid membership to Power-Up Rewards. There are also \"Animated\"-inspired alternate skins for Catwoman, Nightwing and Robin. Annie Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Awards Saturn Awards Young", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "18543913", "text": "Batman vs. Robin Batman vs. Robin is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and DC Animated Movie Universe. The film is partially based on the \"Batman: The Court of Owls\" story arc written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion, and serves as a sequel to 2014's \"Son of Batman\". The film was shown during WonderCon on April 3, 2015. The film was released for downloading on April 7, 2015, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD formats on April 14, 2015. Stuart Allan, Jason O'Mara, David", "title": "Batman vs. Robin" }, { "docid": "10338583", "text": "most animated films were released direct-to-video, the 1993 animated feature \"\", based on the 1990s \"\", was released theatrically. Having earned a total of U.S. $2,407,708,129 the \"Batman\" series is the fifth-highest-grossing film series in North America. \"Batman\" was a 15-chapter serial film released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. Being a World War II era production, the movie serial like many of this period was used as war-time propaganda and had an anti-Japanese bent with J.", "title": "Batman in film" }, { "docid": "52782", "text": "when Bat-Mite briefly uses his powers to transform Batman's costume into the same suit shown in the Schumacher \"Batman\" films, before declaring it \"Too icky\". The Batman from \"Batman & Robin\" later appeared as part of an army of Batmen gathered from across the Multiverse in \"Night of the Batmen!\", complete with the blue rubber Batsuit. Additionally, there were worries within Warner Bros. surrounding the negative critical reaction to \"Batman & Robin\" and how that may come to harm the success of the subsequent direct-to-video animated film \"\", which was originally planned for release at around the same time as", "title": "Batman & Robin (film)" }, { "docid": "3496348", "text": "role in DC's \"Batman Family\" comic book which debuted in 1975. The original Robin, Dick Grayson, became her partner in the series, with the two frequently referred to as the \"Dynamite Duo: Batgirl & Robin\". Batgirl meets Batwoman in \"Batman Family\" #10, when the retired superhero briefly returns to crime-fighting (before the Bronze Tiger murders Kane). The two fight Killer Moth and Cavalier, and learn each other's secret identities. Batwoman retires once again at the conclusion of the story, leaving Batgirl to continue crime-fighting. Although this series ended after three years of publication, Batgirl continued to appear in back up", "title": "Batgirl" }, { "docid": "9190431", "text": "Robin in other media In addition to comic books, the superhero Robin also appears in other media, such as films, television and radio. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne are generally the versions of Robin chosen to be portrayed. For decades, Robin rarely appeared without Batman. The only exceptions have been animated stories featuring Robin as a member of the Teen Titans. Furthermore, from the 1940s to 1980s, Dick Grayson was generally portrayed as being a teenager or adult. In the 1960s \"Batman\" television series and its 1966 movie offshoot, Robin (Dick Grayson) was played by Burt", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "11200006", "text": "to having the character in another DC animated television series, \"Teen Titans\". Batman finally let Barbara in on his own secret in the episode \"Team Penguin\" after getting Dick Grayson as a second partner. Deciding they needed teamwork training and to learn to trust one another more, the trio shares their secret identities (but Batgirl is reluctant to give up hers so Batman does it for her) and begins training. She and Robin develop a sibling-like relationship throughout the show, and gets annoyed when Robin calls her \"Babs\". In the two-part episode \"The Joining\", she participated in the battle to", "title": "Barbara Gordon in other media" }, { "docid": "14502749", "text": "Batman, Aquaman, the Flash and Ra's al Ghul have been confirmed as well. Starting March 13, 2011, McDonald's restaurants began featuring \"Young Justice\" toys in their Happy Meals. Figures include Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Superman, Batman, and the villains Captain Cold and Black Manta. The series also took third place (after \"\" and \"The Legend of Korra\") in a TV.com readers' poll for the \"Best Animated Series\" of 2012 and placed fifth in 2013 even after being cancelled. Young Justice (TV series) Young Justice is an American animated television series developed by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman for Cartoon", "title": "Young Justice (TV series)" }, { "docid": "2035255", "text": "and Grayson slide down the poles that lead to the Batcave. The title sequence features animated versions of Batman and Robin, drawn in the then-current style of the comic books, running towards camera and then fighting an assortment of villains, including several \"marquee\" villains such as the Joker and the Penguin. Similar in style and content to the 1940s serials, Batman and Robin would arrive at the bottom of the Batpoles in the Batcave in full costume (reference is made later in the series to some sort of costuming device that functions on the way down the poles). They then", "title": "Batman (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16681745", "text": "\"Robin\" authored by Fabian Nicieza, with the intention of ending this period of obscurity. The storyline drastically altered the character's presentation, prompting a series of responses by Nicieza. Anarky became a recurring character in issues of \"Red Robin\", authored by Nicieza, which was cancelled in 2011. In 2013 a revamped version of Anarky was debuted as the primary antagonist for \"Beware the Batman\", a Batman animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Later that year, the character made his video game debut in \"\", as an anti-villain who attempts to ally with Batman against corruption in Gotham City, while threatening", "title": "Publication history of Anarky" }, { "docid": "9190470", "text": "and \"Batman Annual\" #25, Neil Patrick Harris voices Dick Grayson/Nightwing while Jensen Ackles portrays Jason Todd/Red Hood. Vincent Martella and his younger brother Alexander Martella each provide the voice of the young Jason Todd in different ages as Robin in a flashback in the beginning of the film. Carrie Kelly appears as Robin in the two-part animated film \"\", voiced by Ariel Winter. Being a fan of Batman, Carrie took the mantle of Robin herself when the Mutant crime organization had been wreaking havoc on Gotham. Batman comes to see her as a suitable Robin, training her and using her", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "7403469", "text": "widely considered the best individual episode of \"Batman: The Animated Series\". Some fans considered the execution for \"Heart of Ice\" to be \"nearly flawless,\" with both comic and animation fans appreciating the revamp of the Mr. Freeze character. This episode provided such a burst in the popularity of the character that his comics' counterpart had his origins retconned to more closely resemble this episode. This brought about his resurrection in the comics and introduced Nora Fries to the comics as well. His origin was also used in the 1997 film \"Batman & Robin\", which featured Mr. Freeze as one of", "title": "Heart of Ice (Batman: The Animated Series)" }, { "docid": "7598691", "text": "apologizes and relents, handing Zucco to the police. As Zucco is hauled away, Robin tells Batman that Batman was right to leave him out of the investigation, as his emotions made him unstable. In a rare moment of vulnerability, Batman explains that he distanced Robin from the investigation because he feared his partner would be killed. The two crimefighters reconcile and leave the pier. \"Robin's Reckoning\" has received a great deal of praise from both critics and fans of \"Batman: The Animated Series\", often cited among the show's best episodes. \"The A.V. Club\" state that the episode's direction \"handles energetic", "title": "Robin's Reckoning" }, { "docid": "1469775", "text": "the exception of three done by Studio Junio (\"A Bullet for Bullock\", \"Avatar\" and \"Baby-Doll\") and one done by Jade Animation (\"The Terrible Trio\"). The show also featured numerous adaptations of various Batman comics stories. The following episodes were adaptations: Sixteen minutes of animated segments in the video game \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" for the Sega CD are sometimes referred to as a \"lost episode\" of the series. These segments are intended to be interspersed between gameplay elements of an early-1990s video game and as such, the sound, color and story are not quite of the same quality", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "11493587", "text": "Super Friends (1973 TV series) Superfriends is a 1973 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera and National Periodical Publications. It is based on the \"Justice League\" comic books, and is the first incarnation of the \"Super Friends\" series. \"Super Friends\" first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring the well known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. Superman, Batman and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation, and voice talent from these prior programs was brought over to work on the new show. Shortly before the \"Super Friends\" series was", "title": "Super Friends (1973 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17216085", "text": "Mr. Freeze and features similarities to the \"\" episode, \"\". The content introduces new equipment for Batman, including the XE suit which generates heat, allowing him to melt ice or throw thermal-charged batarangs. In January 2014, the Wii U version of the expansion was cancelled by Warner Bros., who cited a lack of demand as the reason. A number of alternate outfits for Batman and Robin were made available by completing in-game tasks and as downloadable content. Batman's skins include designs worn in the 1960s TV series, \"\", \"Arkham City\", \"Batman: The Animated Series\", \"\", \"Batman Incorporated\", \"Batman: Year One\",", "title": "Batman: Arkham Origins" }, { "docid": "9190475", "text": "adopted by Batman as a teenager and his Robin outfit is actually a modified Reggae outfit for Batman with the pants taken off. He has large, green glasses similar to the Carrie Kelley version. During the climax, he briefly dons a Batman armor labeled \"Nightwing\" when attempting to save Barbara and Alfred. Feudal Japan versions of both Robin and Red Robin appear in the anime film \"Batman Ninja\" as well as Red Hood and Nightwing. This was the first time all four mainstream Robin's have appeared together outside of the comics. Robin (Tim Drake) is a playable character in \"\",", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "5341680", "text": "movie stating \"Bruce Timm returns to his Batman: The Animated Series roots.\" DC has listed the film as a Batman: the Animated Series movie on their website and on the back of the trade collection of the movies tie-in comics stated \"Head back to the universe of Batman: The Animated Series in Batman and Harley Quinn\" In 2018, Kevin Conroy said work on the DCAU had stalled because the writers ran out of ideas for stories and believed stopping was best, as they did not want to \"compromise on the quality of what they had and start creating kind of", "title": "DC animated universe" }, { "docid": "9190436", "text": "Starfire when Jump City is threatened by aliens in \"Go!\". Robin is generally respected by the others as the team's best leader, but on the inside he is driven by an unhealthy obsession to win, which sometimes alienates him from his teammates (\"Divide And Conquer\", \"Masks\", \"Winner Take All\", \"The Quest\"). The identity of the series iteration of Robin (voiced by Scott Menville) isn't directly obvious, as the style of this version's costume is still closely modeled on Tim Drake's first costume as well as Robin's costume from \"Batman: The Animated Series\", however, the colors are those of Dick Grayson", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "6367113", "text": "Batman & Robin: The Chiller Batman & Robin: The Chiller was a dual-tracked, launched roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. Designed by Premier Rides, the ride opened to the public on June 7, 1997. After a series of setbacks shortly after its debut, the roller coaster closed for much of its inaugural season and didn't reopen until 1998. When it did, ride operation was changed to launch only one side at a time as a result of the amount of power required by the ride's linear induction motor (LIM) launch system. Although modifications were", "title": "Batman & Robin: The Chiller" }, { "docid": "4500208", "text": "is transported to an alternate reality somewhere in Hypertime which resembled the \"Batman Beyond\"-era Gotham City, with \"Batman Beyond\" in action with the 1999 animated black-and-red costume and the 1992 Batplane from the original animated series. This version of the character is in radio contact with Bruce Wayne, but was referred to as \"Tim\". The \"Batman Beyond\" cameo was enough to garner a DC Direct action figure, the character's first in years, listed as \"Tim Drake\". Also, in \"Countdown to Final Crisis\", former Robin Jason Todd, former Wonder Girl Donna Troy, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, and Bob the Monitor travel", "title": "Batman (Terry McGinnis)" }, { "docid": "4493786", "text": "fan. As a result, he wears a variant of Batman’s costume and attempts to help him, only to often create more problems. Missing is Alfred, the faithful butler of Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne; also notable in this series are the inverted colors of the circled \"R\" on Robin's costume. In September 1968, before \"The New Adventures of Batman\" Filmation Associates had created and aired an animated Batman series (pre-Bat-Mite), named \"The Batman/Superman Hour\", for CBS. This series, the first Saturday Morning vehicle for the Caped Crusader, paired up new Batman and Robin adventures with old Superman/Superboy episodes. In 1969,", "title": "The New Adventures of Batman" }, { "docid": "2279177", "text": "\"Batman\" No. 700 (Aug. 2010), saw the return of Morrison to the title and a collaboration with an art team that consisted of Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Andy Kubert, and David Finch. The separate stories tied together to illustrate that the legacy of Batman is unending, and will survive into the future. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2010 it was announced that Grant Morrison would be leaving \"Batman and Robin\" with No. 16 and launching a new series entitled \"Batman Incorporated\" with revolving artists starting with Yanick Paquette. A more team-oriented Batman book inspired by the \"\" animated series, \"Batman", "title": "Grant Morrison" }, { "docid": "2096143", "text": "issue, he kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and threatens Gotham City with a deadly nerve gas. Since Batman and Robin fail to show up, Batgirl is forced to take on the Riddler alone and save her father. The Riddler is featured prominently in \"\", a spin-off of \"Batman: The Animated Series\". In \"\"'s prequel comic, when the Justice League come to remove the patients of Arkham, only to be resisted by Batman and Nightwing, the Riddler watches the argument between the heroes in silence. He was about to make a riddle but Cyborg orders him to be silent. Cyborg next plans to", "title": "Riddler" }, { "docid": "8592837", "text": "The Batman/Superman Hour The Batman/Superman Hour is a Filmation animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969. Premiering on September 14, 1968, this 60-minute program featured new adventures of the DC Comics superheroes Batman, Robin and Batgirl alongside shorts from \"The New Adventures of Superman\" and \"The Adventures of Superboy\". This series marked the animation debut of Batman, his supporting cast and some of their classic enemies like Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, and some villains exclusive to the series. The success of \"The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure\" in 1967 had prompted Filmation", "title": "The Batman/Superman Hour" }, { "docid": "11199986", "text": "Although not appearing in the television show, Batgirl does appear in some of the merchandise produced for the show using her design from \"The Adventures of Batman\" and the Bronze Age comics. Barbara Gordon has appeared in Bruce Timm's DC animated universe, with Batgirl voiced by Melissa Gilbert in \"Batman: The Animated Series\", by Mary Kay Bergman in the animated movie \"\", by Tara Strong for \"The New Batman Adventures\", \"\", and \"Gotham Girls\" and by Stockard Channing during the first two seasons of \"Batman Beyond\" and by Angie Harmon during the last season and \"\". In \"\", Barbara Gordon", "title": "Barbara Gordon in other media" }, { "docid": "2090028", "text": "emperor penguins. The character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films, television series, and video games. For example, the Penguin has been voiced by Paul Williams and David Ogden Stiers in the DC animated universe, Tom Kenny in \"The Batman\", and Nolan North in the . His live-action portrayals include Burgess Meredith in the 1960s \"Batman\" television series and its spinoff film, Danny DeVito in \"Batman Returns\", and Robin Lord Taylor in the television series \"Gotham\". The Penguin has repeatedly been named one of the best Batman villains, and one of the greatest villains in comics.", "title": "Penguin (character)" }, { "docid": "4493785", "text": "The New Adventures of Batman The New Adventures of Batman is an animated series that aired on CBS from February 12 to May 28, 1977, featuring the DC Comics superheroes Batman and Robin, and Batgirl. The series was a Filmation and DC Comics production in association with Warner Bros. Television (whose current parent company is Time Warner). In \"The New Adventures of Batman\", the \"Dynamic Duo\" fights crime in Gotham City, encountering the classic Batman rogues gallery as well as some original villains. Complicating matters is Bat-Mite, a well-meaning imp from another dimension called Ergo, who considers himself Batman's biggest", "title": "The New Adventures of Batman" }, { "docid": "4493792", "text": "tone of the original series (which differs from the darker, serious tone of Timm's series) and also mimics the low frame rate animation style used by Filmation. The original villain Sweet Tooth makes a cameo appearance in the \"\" episode \"A Bat Divided\". The New Adventures of Batman The New Adventures of Batman is an animated series that aired on CBS from February 12 to May 28, 1977, featuring the DC Comics superheroes Batman and Robin, and Batgirl. The series was a Filmation and DC Comics production in association with Warner Bros. Television (whose current parent company is Time Warner).", "title": "The New Adventures of Batman" }, { "docid": "5242504", "text": "\"Batman Beyond\", James Gordon's daughter Barbara Gordon (former Batgirl in \"Batman: The Animated Series\") serves as the new commissioner. Gordon, Ramirez, and Crispus Allen all appear in three of the shorts in \"\" (which bridges the gap between \"Batman Begins\" and \"The Dark Knight\") consisting of \"Crossfire\", \"In Darkness Dwells\", and \"Deadshot\". Gordon was voiced by Jim Meskimen, Ramirez was voiced by Ana Ortiz, and Allen was voiced by Gary Dourdan. On the animated series \"The Batman\", the focus of the GCPD in the first two seasons is on Detectives Ellen Yin (voiced by Ming-Na Wen) and Ethan Bennett (voiced", "title": "Gotham City Police Department" }, { "docid": "3483812", "text": "The Batman Adventures The Batman Adventures was a DC Comics comic book series featuring Batman. It is different from other \"Batman\" titles because it is set in the continuity (and style) of \"\", as opposed to the regular DC Universe. \"The Batman Adventures\" was created to tie-in with the \"\". As the animated series changed with each successive re-branding and relaunch, so too did \"The Batman Adventures\". It was originally conceived as a miniseries, but eventually got its status as tie-in. The success of \"The Batman Adventures\" has also led to a set of \"Adventures\" titles mirroring the animated series", "title": "The Batman Adventures" }, { "docid": "1469779", "text": "ordered a second season of 20 more episodes that was later reduced to airing weekly on Saturday mornings. The second season featured Robin more prominently and, as a result, was retitled \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" in the title credits; this run of episodes had two new opening sequences and ending credits. In total, the series reached 85 episodes before finishing its original run on September 15, 1995. In 1997, following the end of Fox Kids' five-year exclusive broadcast contract, the series began airing in reruns on The WB Network's children's block Kids' WB. Later that year, \"The New", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "7777788", "text": "of the series follows the events of \"Batman R.I.P.\", \"Final Crisis\", and \"\" in which the original Batman, Bruce Wayne, apparently died at the hands of DC Comics villain Darkseid. Of all the characters in the so-called \"Batman Family\", Drake (now technically a Wayne) is the only one that believes Bruce Wayne is still alive and leaves Gotham City to begin a global search for evidence supporting his theory and hope. DC Comics \"Batman\" line editor Mike Marts revealed characters slated to appear in \"Red Robin\" by showing his \"wall\" of character thumbnails underneath the various \"Batman\" titles. Characters slated", "title": "Red Robin (comics)" }, { "docid": "9190469", "text": "Nightwing film was confirmed to be in development. Dick Grayson/Nightwing is confirmed to exist in the DCEU. Robin (apparently Dick Grayson) was featured in the DC DTV movie \"\", where he was adopted, as a teenager (not a child, as in most interpretations), during the events of the movie. Batman did so because he realized that he was frightening those he was trying to protect. The circumstances of his adoption are not explained. He was voiced by Shane Haboucha. In the DC Universe Animated Original Movie \"\", an adaptation of the bestselling Batman storyline \"Under the Hood\" from \"Batman\" #635-650", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "5795306", "text": "later in another Batman animated television series, \"Beware the Batman\", and also on the DC Nation short \"Super Best Friends Forever\", \"Teen Titans Go!\" and in the animated feature \"\", which reunited her with Conroy and Mark Hamill. Tim Drake was introduced as the new Robin in the episode \"Sins of the Father\". However, Dini remarked that \"the Tim Drake origin in the comics as written now didn't work for us with him having a father and living so close to Wayne Manor. It seemed to work fine in the comics, but we needed our own little family unit of", "title": "The New Batman Adventures" }, { "docid": "3620200", "text": "film, Batman drives the \"SpeedWagon\" Batmobile, which appears to take inspiration from previous Batmobiles. This Batmobile also uses \"atomic batteries\", a feature seen in 1960s depictions. Other Batmobiles appear briefly, including the one from the 1960s television series, Tim Burton films, \"Batman Forever\", the Golden Age, Frank Miller's \"The Dark Knight Returns\", \"The Dark Knight\" trilogy, and \"\". The Speedwagon was fault-driven by \"Nightwing\" (alter-ego of Robin when Batman is missing in the world) combining with the novice skills of Nightwing caused the speed wagon's destruction, but at the climax of the movie, Batman, his bat-family, and former Joker henchmen", "title": "Batmobile" }, { "docid": "19680298", "text": "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders is a 2016 American direct-to-video animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on the 1960s \"Batman\" TV series, the film stars Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar reprising their roles of Batman, Robin and Catwoman from the series. Originally intended to be released directly on home media, the film premiered at the New York Comic Con on October 6, 2016, and had a simultaneous release in theaters on October 10, 2016, a digital release on October 11, 2016, and", "title": "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders" }, { "docid": "20298490", "text": "Batman vs. Two-Face Batman vs. Two-Face is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is a sequel to \"\". It premiered at the New York Comic Con on October 8, 2017, was released digitally on October 10, 2017, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 17, 2017. Based on the 1960s \"Batman\" TV series, the film stars Adam West (in his final role before his death), Burt Ward and Julie Newmar reprising their roles of Batman, Robin and Catwoman from the series. The film included", "title": "Batman vs. Two-Face" }, { "docid": "9190457", "text": "Jason Hillhouse provides the voice of Dick Grayson, while Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles (from the DC animated universe) as Batman and the Joker in the storyboard sequence. Burton planned to cast Northern Irish actor Ricky Addison Reed as Robin, but later felt it was unimportant to the story and cut Robin out altogether. In an earlier script of \"Batman Returns\", he was portrayed as a technologically savvy street kid who would help Batman following his narrow escape when The Penguin tried to kill him. He would later play a crucial role in Batman's final confrontation", "title": "Robin in other media" }, { "docid": "1469783", "text": "coming \"as close as any artistic statement has to defining the look of Batman for the 1990s.\" Animation historian Charles Solomon gave the series a somewhat mixed assessment, commenting that \"the dark, Art Deco-influenced backgrounds tended to eclipse the stiff animation and pedestrian storytelling\" and concluding that the series \"looked better in stills than it did on the screen.\" IGN listed \"The Animated Series\" as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book cartoon of all time, and the second best animated series of all time (after \"The Simpsons\"). \"Wizard\" magazine also ranked it #2", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "8592523", "text": "entitled \"The Adventures of Batman\". The Adventures of Batman The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Schiemer's Filmation studios. It showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from \"The Batman/Superman Hour\", sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from Filmation's fast-growing stream of superhero stars. A re-branded 30-minute version premiered on CBS on September 14, 1968, as Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder. This version was repackaged without the Superman and Superboy segments. Olan Soule was the voice of Batman and is most likely best remembered for his work on that show, and many others in", "title": "The Adventures of Batman" }, { "docid": "2039159", "text": "and Warner Bros. Animation. \"Super Friends\" first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. Superman, Batman and Robin, and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation, and voice talent from these prior programs was brought in to work on the new show (with the exception of Marvin Miller who was replaced by Norman Alden as the voice of Aquaman). Shortly before the \"Super Friends\" series was developed, Superman and Wonder Woman also guest-starred in two episodes of \"The Brady Kids\" (voiced by", "title": "Super Friends" }, { "docid": "14100985", "text": "was only unlockable via a unique code obtained by purchasing the extended cut edition of the Warner Bros. film, \"Green Lantern\" on Blu-ray Disc. Batman's sidekick Robin (Tim Drake) was made available as a playable character for use in challenge maps, with his own set of combat moves and gadgets. Additional Robin skins were also released, including his appearance from \"Batman: The Animated Series\" and the Red Robin outfit. The character came with two exclusive challenge maps: \"Black Mask Hideout\" and \"Freight Train Escape\". The \"Joker's Carnival\" challenge map was also made available; it set within the Joker's Sionis Steel", "title": "Batman: Arkham City" }, { "docid": "16570782", "text": "Court of Owls members were killed by the Talons working for Shaman. The Court of Owls appear in the animated film \"Batman vs. Robin\", with Talon voiced by Jeremy Sisto. In the film, Talon attempts to persuade Robin (Damian Wayne) into joining the Court of Owls. But, midway through the film, Talon betrays the Grandmaster (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes), revealed to be Bruce Wayne's lover Samantha Vanaver (voiced by Grey DeLisle), killing her, as well as all members of the Court of Owls, and seizes control of the Court's army of zombified Talons to attack the Batcave. In the", "title": "Court of Owls" }, { "docid": "8592520", "text": "The Adventures of Batman The Adventures of Batman is an animated television series produced by Lou Schiemer's Filmation studios. It showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from \"The Batman/Superman Hour\", sometimes broken up by and surrounding another cartoon from Filmation's fast-growing stream of superhero stars. A re-branded 30-minute version premiered on CBS on September 14, 1968, as Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder. This version was repackaged without the Superman and Superboy segments. Olan Soule was the voice of Batman and is most likely best remembered for his work on that show, and many others in the Filmation stable. Casey Kasem,", "title": "The Adventures of Batman" }, { "docid": "2692257", "text": "monkeys of Gleek's species appear and try to take over the world. Their leader is able to speak English apparently. They are able to brainwash Gleek and he helps them find the weaknesses of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin. Gleek (Super Friends) Gleek is a fictional character appearing in the animated series \"Super Friends\" and its related spinoffs. He debuted in \"The All-New Super Friends Hour\", which first aired September 10, 1977. Gleek's vocalizations were provided by Michael Bell who also voiced Zan. Gleek is a blue alien monkey and the pet of Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins.", "title": "Gleek (Super Friends)" }, { "docid": "7523686", "text": "is a multiverse similar to the Pre-\"Crisis\" DCU but also includes references to other Elseworlds tales (\"Kingdom Come\" and \"\"), the modern DCU, the DCAU and even pays a visit to \"Crisis on Infinite Earths\". The story starts in typical Silver Age comics series \"World's Finest\"-style with Superman, Batman and Robin handing over the supervillain team of Lex Luthor and the Joker to the authorities. Bat-Mite and Mxyzptlk appear simultaneously, the former to see his hero, Batman, in action, and the latter to torment Superman. As the two imps clash, Superman, Batman, Robin, Luthor, and the Joker are killed, as", "title": "Superman and Batman: World's Funnest" }, { "docid": "8592841", "text": "of new 6-minute shorts from Filmation's \"The New Adventures of Superman\" and \"The Adventures of Superboy\". The Batman half of \"The Batman/Superman Hour\" consisted of new shorts. One story was presented in two 6 minute segments and one story in a single 6 minute segment. Thirty-four stories were produced. The Batman/Superman Hour The Batman/Superman Hour is a Filmation animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969. Premiering on September 14, 1968, this 60-minute program featured new adventures of the DC Comics superheroes Batman, Robin and Batgirl alongside shorts from \"The New Adventures of Superman\" and \"The Adventures", "title": "The Batman/Superman Hour" }, { "docid": "7282367", "text": "Vampire's side had a majority, though all the other series 1 monsters were included as enemies in the game. Blemmyes appeared prominently on the cover, and the figure was distributed exclusively with the game, though did not appear in the game itself. It came inside the box, next to a smaller piece of styrofoam than NES cartridge boxes normally contained. The Asia release of this game is titled \"Batman & Flash\", and is basically a rom hack of the game where the main playable characters are replaced with Batman and The Flash. In 1992, there was an animated special, \"Monster", "title": "Monster in My Pocket" }, { "docid": "12137421", "text": "and an arcade game, \"Batman\". Two games were released based on \"Batman: The Animated Series\". The first was the Konami-developed game \"\" (1993) for Game Boy. The second, \"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\", was released for the Super NES as an action adventure platform and for Genesis as a side-scrolling shooter. The only game based on the \"Batman Beyond\" franchise, \"\", was released as a companion to the eponymous film for Game Boy Color, PlayStation and Nintendo 64. \"\" (2001) was released for several platforms, based on \"The New Batman Adventures\" and starring its voice cast, including Mark Hamill", "title": "Joker in other media" }, { "docid": "18603218", "text": "Batman mythos often joins Smith on \"Fatman on Batman\". Guests include actors who have portrayed Batman and other characters in the Bat-verse, writers and artists involved with DC Comics as well as others who join big Kev Smith in his love of Batman. Guests include: Paul Dini (Writer for \"Batman the Animated Series\" / Creator of Harley Quinn); Bruce Timm (Producer of \"Batman the Animated Series\"), Adam West (Batman, \"Batman '66\"), Kevin Conroy (Batman, \"Batman Animated Series\"), Diedrich Bader (Batman, \"Batman: Brave and the Bold\"); Mark Hamill (Joker, \"Batman Animated Series\"); Scott Snyder / Gregg Capullo (Writer / Artist of", "title": "Fatman on Batman" }, { "docid": "2039196", "text": "Cadmus. The animated series \"The Batman\" featured a modified version of the \"JLA Watchtower\" which closely resembled the Hall of Justice. The Hall of Justice appeared in the \"\" episode \"Sidekicks Assemble!\", with a pastiche of the music played when the Hall appeared in \"Super Friends\". The Wonder Twins appeared in the \"Smallville\" episode \"Idol\", with Zan played by David Gallagher and Jayna played by Allison Scagliotti. Gleek did not appear physically, but a cartoonish image of him was shown on each of the twins' cellphones. The Hall of Justice was featured in \"Young Justice\" as the Justice League's decoy", "title": "Super Friends" }, { "docid": "12246901", "text": "attempting to cure his terminally ill wife Nora Fries. The disaster lowered his body temperature to the point that he must wear a cryogenic suit in order to survive, and he utilizes a \"freeze gun\" that freezes its targets solid. Mr. Freeze was played by George Sanders, Otto Preminger and Eli Wallach in the \"Batman\" television series, by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1997 film \"Batman & Robin\", and by Nathan Darrow on the television series \"Gotham\". He was voiced by Michael Ansara in the DC animated universe, by Clancy Brown in \"The Batman\", and by Maurice LaMarche in the \"\"", "title": "Mr. Freeze" }, { "docid": "11016898", "text": "series, has led to numerous unauthorised remakes and pastiches, such as \"James Batman\" starring comedian Dolphy, \"Batman Fights Dracula\", and \"Alyas Batman en Robin\". Dolphy also played leading roles in other mockbusters, including \"Wanted: Perfect Father\", a comedy-drama based on the 1993 film \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", and \"Tataynic\", a 1998 parody of James Cameron's \"Titanic\". Other Filipino knockoffs include \"Bobo Cop\" (a parody of \"RoboCop\") and \"Rocky Plus V\" (a spoof of the \"Rocky\" series). Mockbusters based on popular animated films are known as a \"drafting opportunity.\" For example, \"Kiara the Brave\" (a mockbuster of Pixar's \"Brave\") and \"Puss in Boots:", "title": "Mockbuster" }, { "docid": "52692", "text": "Batman (1966 film) Batman (often promoted as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film based on the \"Batman\" television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the of the television series. The film includes most members of the original TV cast, with the exception of Lee Meriwether as Catwoman, the character previously played by Julie Newmar in two episodes of the series' first season. When Batman and Robin", "title": "Batman (1966 film)" }, { "docid": "5550726", "text": "All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder is an American comic book series written by Frank Miller and penciled by Jim Lee. It was published by DC Comics, with a sporadic schedule, between 2005 and 2008. The series was to be rebooted under the title \"Dark Knight: Boy Wonder\" in 2011, when both Miller and Lee were to finish the last six issues. The series retells the origin story of Dick Grayson, who became Batman's sidekick Robin. This was the first series to be launched in 2005 under DC's \"All Star\"", "title": "All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder" }, { "docid": "1469795", "text": "cover the later incarnations of the series (\"The Adventures of Batman & Robin\" and \"The New Batman Adventures\") in the future, provided that sales of existing volumes are strong enough and that there is strong fan encouragement. A \"\" soundtrack has also been released as of January 2014, and a \"Justice League\" volume was released on July 26, 2016. \"Justice League Unlimited\" and a second volume of \"\" will only be released if \"Justice League\" and the first \"\" volume sell well. On July 22, 2014, WaterTower Music released six digital albums on download and streaming platforms (covering La La", "title": "Batman: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "6496381", "text": "batarang and a rope in the comics after artist Norm Breyfogle introduced a grapple gun in \"Batman\" #458 in January 1991. That tool became the standard in the subsequent animated series, comics, films, and video games such as \"\" and in \"\" a more advanced version called the Grapnel was introduced which could be used to launch Batman into the air to glide using kinetic energy. Batgirl also uses batarangs. Nightwing, a former Robin, is known to use his own modified batarangs called \"Wing-Dings\", which are styled after a bird. Tim Drake, the third Robin, also possesses his own 'R'-shaped", "title": "Batarang" }, { "docid": "19117390", "text": "Batman and Robin Eternal Batman and Robin Eternal is a 6-month weekly limited series published by DC Comics, that began in October 2015 and concluded in March 2016. The series featured Batman, Robin, and their allies, and was a follow up series to \"Batman Eternal\". \"Batman and Robin Eternal\" was written by James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Ed Brisson. In September 2015, DC Comics held another Batman Day celebration, re-releasing Batman #35 as \"Batman: Endgame Special Edition\" for free in stores and electronically. This comic contained an 8-page preview", "title": "Batman and Robin Eternal" } ]

[ "Alliteration" ]

[ { "docid": "693198", "text": "Alliteration In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently. As a method of linking words for effect, alliteration is also called head rhyme or initial rhyme. For example, \"\"h\"umble \"h\"ouse,\" or \"\"p\"otential \"p\"ower \"p\"lay.\" A familiar example is \"\"P\"eter \"P\"iper \"p\"icked a \"p\"eck of \"p\"ickled \"p\"eppers\". \"Alliteration\" is from the Latin word \"littera\", meaning \"letter of the alphabet\"; it was first coined in a Latin dialogue by the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano in the 15th century. Some literary experts accept as", "title": "Alliteration" } ]

[ { "docid": "4203287", "text": "Litter B, and so on. When this is done, the names of all the puppies in litter A start with the letter \"A,\" then \"B\" for litter B and so on. Horse breeders, especially in Europe, sometimes use the first letter of the dam's name as the first letter in the name of all of her offspring. Other breeders may use the same first letter to designate all the foals born on the farm in a given year. Some breeders create a name that incorporates or acknowledges the names of the sire, dam or other forebears. For example, the famous", "title": "Breed registry" }, { "docid": "3668294", "text": "writing for a teenage girls' magazine and changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid in 1973 when her writing was first published. She described changing her name as \"a way for [her] to do things without being the same person who couldn't do them—the same person who had all these weights\". On her choice of first and last name, Kincaid explained that Jamaica is an English corruption of what Columbus called Xaymaca as well as it is the part of the world that she is from and Kincaid appeared to go well with Jamaica. Kincaid became a writer for \"The Village", "title": "Jamaica Kincaid" }, { "docid": "1700508", "text": "some written languages, it is not obvious what is meant by the \"first letter\": for example, the South-Slavic digraph \"nj\" is considered as a single letter for the purpose of alphabetical ordering (a situation that occurs in many other languages) and can be represented by a single Unicode character, but at the start of a word it is written \"Nj\": only the \"N\" is capitalized. In contrast, in Dutch, when a word starts with the digraph \"ij\", capitalization is applied to both letters, such as in the name of the city of IJmuiden. There is a single Unicode character that", "title": "Capitalization" }, { "docid": "20954718", "text": "about the mixtape to Zane Lowe on Beats 1, Trippie Redd said: \"The way I set up my projects, I put the first track to the last track. If you listen to it from start to finish, that's how I put it together. It's art, it's not anything to play with.\" On the content of \"A Love Letter to You 3\", Trippie Redd told Lowe: \"It has some stuff about relationships, but that's life. 'Toxic Waste' is about a toxic relationship. What you hear is mixed — everybody has to mix their vocals for how it's supposed to sound. When", "title": "A Love Letter to You 3" }, { "docid": "6994732", "text": "as follows: JavaScript is case sensitive. It is common to start the name of a constructor with a capitalised letter, and the name of a function or variable with a lower-case letter. Example: var a=5; console.log(a); // 5 console.log(A); // throws a ReferenceError: A is not defined Spaces, tabs and newlines used outside of string constants are called whitespace. Unlike C, whitespace in JavaScript source can directly impact semantics. Because of a technique called \"automatic semicolon insertion\" (ASI), some statements that are well formed when a newline is parsed will be considered complete (as if a semicolon were inserted just", "title": "JavaScript syntax" }, { "docid": "15293882", "text": "four will appear in Her World Vietnam's January 2012 issue editorials like prize for their such efforts during the whole journey. \"(ages stated are at start of filming)\" For Vietnamese names, the \"family name\" stand(s) first, the \"given name\" stands last and the \"middle name\" is between them and right next to the given name. According to Vietnamese custom, these people should be called by \"given name\" only or \"middle name\" + \"given name\" when \"given names\" are the same. For example: Phan Ngọc Phương Nghi should be called simply Nghi or formally Phương Nghi. However, Lê Thị Thúy should", "title": "Vietnam's Next Top Model (season 2)" }, { "docid": "6244384", "text": "When Potter put the question for a vote, called his name first rather than last so that it could be known by the convention. In 1853, at the Episcopal Church's General Convention, the Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg and others presented what came to be called \"The February 16, 2017Muhlenberg Memorial.\" The Memorial \"upheld the traditional catholic teaching of the Episcopal Church concerning the Creeds, the Eucharist, and episcopal ordination.\" At the same time, it asked for \"as much freedom in opinion, discipline, and worship as is compatible with the essential faith and order of the Gospel.\" The Memorial urged two", "title": "Alonzo Potter" }, { "docid": "2843145", "text": "although most codes correspond exactly to one postcode area. For example: The last two digits, called the \"Direct Selection\" code correspond to one or more postal districts. Mailsort codes were sometimes prefixed by a letter (A-P) which corresponded to sixteen regional divisions of the country, although the letter did not form part of the mailsort code. The letter prefix was used by the sender to ensure that when mail was presented to Royal Mail those items with the furthest to travel were given and processed first while those in the same region as the sender were dealt with last. When", "title": "Mailsort" }, { "docid": "4954625", "text": "was the first sound, the essential sound, the voice and a representation of the self. In the Persian language and other languages using the Persian alphabet, it is pronounced as (glottal stop), and rarely as in some languages. As in Hebrew, the letter originally stood for two sounds, and . When pointing was developed, the sound was distinguished with a dot on top (), to give the letter \"ghayn\". In Maltese, which is written with the Latin alphabet, the digraph għ, called \"ʿajn\", is used to write what was originally the same sound. Hebrew spelling: ʿayin, along with Aleph, Resh,", "title": "Ayin" }, { "docid": "772484", "text": "abbreviated to the first letter of its name: K for king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, P for pawn. Knight begins with the same letter as king, so it is abbreviated to either \"Kt\" (used in older chess literature) or \"N\". \"N\" is used in this article. In 1944 \"Chess Review\" received many letters debating the change from Kt to N . In descriptive notation each square has two names, depending on Black's or White's viewpoint. Each is given a name corresponding with the piece that occupies the first at the start of the game. Thus", "title": "Descriptive notation" }, { "docid": "9275752", "text": "stanza, it will do so in every successive one. What varies is the relationship between rhymes in separate stanzas. When stanzas follow the same rhyming pattern but the actual sounds differ, they are called \"coblas alternadas\" (lit. \"alternated stanzas\"). When the last rhyme sound of one \"cobla\" becomes the first of the next they are called \"coblas capcaudadas\" (lit. \"head-tailed\"). When the last rhyme word of one stanza appears in the first line of the next they are called \"coblas capfinidas\" (lit. \"head-finished\"). When the rhyming scheme and rhyming sounds are the same each stanza, they are \"coblas unissonans\" (lit.", "title": "Canso (song)" }, { "docid": "3479409", "text": "used if a child's first, middle, and last names are identical to his or her parent's names. When the suffixes are spelled out in full, they are always written with the first letter in lower case. Social name suffixes are far more frequently applied to men than to women (due to the common practice of women taking their husbands' surnames). In French, the designations for a father and son with the same name are \"père\" (\"father\") and \"fils\" (\"son\"). In Portuguese, common designations are \"Júnior\" (junior), \"Filho\" (son), \"Neto\" (grandson), and \"Sobrinho\" (nephew). In many other nations, it is considered", "title": "Suffix (name)" }, { "docid": "19786827", "text": "when three or more people get it wrong, things start to get interesting, as then the people who got their words correct are automatically through to the next round, while the people who got it wrong have to spell out the others amongst themselves to decide who is going through. The second elimination challenge is called Letter By Letter, and in this challenge, spellers will be asked to spell out a word, letter by letter, one at a time. The words will keep coming until one of the spellers makes a mistake. The last speller standing earns their safety and", "title": "The Big Spell (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1008928", "text": "U.S. Post Office objected to the name \"Latache,\" so,by about the 1920s it combined the founder's name by omitting one letter \"e\",from Lee and called the new post office Lemoore after Lee Moore. In that way the new community received its new name. In the same year, 1873, a Mr. Armstrong donated of land for the first school building in Lemoore. It was a frame structure by , completed and dedicated at a country dance held in December 1873. The railroad came to what is now Kings County in 1877. At that date Grangeville was the largest community in the", "title": "Lemoore, California" }, { "docid": "2323187", "text": "taken into account. Sometimes the land is not fit for landscaping. In order to landscape it, the land must be reshaped. This reshaping of land is called grading. Removal of earth from the land is called cutting while when earth is added to the slope, it is called filling. Sometimes the grading process may involve removal of excessive waste (landfills), soil and rocks, so designers should take into account while in the planning stage. In the start, the landscaping contractor makes a letter which is a rough design and layout of what could be done with the land in order", "title": "Landscaping" }, { "docid": "6512214", "text": "The classic style is where two or more teams sing songs which start with last consonant letter of the song sung by previous team. When a team sings a song they earn points. A popular Indian television program by the same name has run successfully on Zee TV for over 10 years. Annu Kapoor was the permanent male host while female hosts included Durga Jasraj, Renuka Shahane, Pallavi Joshi, Shefali, Rajeshwari Sachdev & Richa Sharma . Contestants have ranged from school and college-goers to housewives, professionals and celebrities. Mr.Gajendra Singh is known as the Creator of Musical Reality shows in", "title": "Antakshari" }, { "docid": "13120849", "text": "Killer B's (Houston Astros) The Killer B's were players on the Houston Astros whose names started with the letter B. The name \"Killer B's\" was first used on March 31, 1996, when it referenced Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Sean Berry, and Derek Bell. The name carried on for several years even after Berry and Bell's departure with Lance Berkman's arrival in 1999. Although there were several other \"Killer B's\", the core players were either Biggio-Bagwell-Bell or Biggio-Bagwell-Berkman. In Wins Above Replacement, the Biggio-Bagwell-Bell trio are among the all-time best trios with the same letter in their last names. Starting with", "title": "Killer B's (Houston Astros)" }, { "docid": "11064196", "text": "Prize in literature, as well as various streets and other landmarks throughout Israel. In October 2012 the Ramat Gan Safari zoo named a newborn Brazilian Tapir in Sapir's honor. Following the collection of possible names that start with the letter P (as it is the zoo's practice to name all individuals of the same family with names starting with the same letter), suggested by the general public, the young tapir was named Pinchas Tapir. Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir (, born Pinchas Kozlowski 15 October 1906 – 12 August 1975) was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the", "title": "Pinchas Sapir" }, { "docid": "17358264", "text": "the apparatus is separated from the Nautilus and begins to ascend. Waves break it, and the characters are thrown into the water. Despite everything, all three are alive. Nobody really remembers what happened, but everyone had the same feeling that at the last moment, when they were ready to sink to the bottom, someone helped to stay and get to the shore. On the Norwegian shore heroes find people and the last message from Captain Nemo - a letter in an iron box, which mysteriously appeared there. In the letter, Nemo says that he did not interfere with the escape,", "title": "Captain Nemo (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "9629304", "text": "Words (Russian: слова). Writing poetry following the same principle is called \"capping verses.\" Various other variants exist, such as Ancient Greek skolion. Word chain Word chain, also known as Grab on Behind, Last and First, Alpha and Omega, and The Name Game. is a word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with. A category of words is usually chosen, there is a time limit such as five seconds, and words may not be repeated in the same game. An example chain for food would be: Soup", "title": "Word chain" }, { "docid": "174995", "text": "of the vowel point, the vowel is made long. The \"meteg\" is only used in Biblical Hebrew, not Modern Hebrew. By adding two vertical dots (called \"Sh'va\") underneath the letter, the vowel is made very short. When sh'va is placed on the first letter of the word, mostly it is \"è\" (but in some instances, it makes the first letter silent without a vowel (vowel-less): e.g. וְ \"wè\" to \"w\") The symbol is called a gershayim and is a punctuation mark used in the Hebrew language to denote acronyms. It is written before the last letter in the acronym, e.g.", "title": "Hebrew alphabet" }, { "docid": "9498214", "text": "Carlo) with the sudden unexpected grisly death of the widow in an airtight room, initially masquerading as a delightful cottage drawing room or study (the room that gives its name to the episode title), shown in graphic detail at the start of the program. Only later on in the episode does it become clear why such a bizarre and elaborate means of murdering the widows has been constructed by the scriptwriters when Jeff is also nearly gassed to death in the same room only to be saved at the last moment with Marty's usual spiritual assistance. Although the 13th episode", "title": "But What a Sweet Little Room" }, { "docid": "3249564", "text": "first name was Todd. I don't know what happened next. They called me in again and suddenly I had a last name 'Manning.' Then I get called to read another day.\" Howarth stated, \"I was happy to get the part of Todd, but it was the furthest thing from the fabric of my personality.\" In an interview later that year, with \"Soap Opera Weekly\", he grimaced when reminded of what he had said, and commented, \"What a totally self-involved, pretentious thing to say.\" He clarified his previous statement, saying that although he seemed to be consistently cast as a \"bad", "title": "Todd Manning" }, { "docid": "3130072", "text": "12½ to 15 miles. Before Director service could be introduced to any exchange in the network, all subscriber numbers were made into the 3L-4N format, with any two or three-digit local numbers (e.g. Tudor 432) rounded up to 4 numeric digits. The exchange names were changed if necessary, as the same network cannot have exchanges called BRIxton and CRIcklewood, which both correspond to 274. As the first digit “0” is used for operator access, an exchange name cannot start with the letters “O” or \"Q\". The letter “Z” is not included on the dial, so the first three letters of", "title": "Director telephone system" }, { "docid": "5512808", "text": "All of the names of the letters of the Phoenician alphabet started with consonants, and these consonants were what the letters represented, something called the acrophonic principle. However, several Phoenician consonants were absent in Greek, and thus several letter names came to be pronounced with initial vowels. Since the start of the name of a letter was expected to be the sound of the letter (the acrophonic principle), in Greek these letters came to be used for vowels. For example, the Greeks had no glottal stop or voiced pharyngeal sounds, so the Phoenician letters \"’alep\" and \"`ayin\" became Greek \"alpha\"", "title": "History of the alphabet" }, { "docid": "15450592", "text": "and points out to Roberts, his errors in depicting the Villa Magni. 2 April 1858 Receives a letter from Trelawny acknowledging his place in Trelawny’s \"Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron\". 19 September 1858 Receives a letter from Trelawny asking \"How are you?---In your last letter you were slowly recovering from what you called an attack of apoplexy but what I should have called Epilepsy.\" In the letter, Trelawny asks Roberts: \" What sort of Isle is Maddalena -- extent, population--sort of inhabitants---productions? - how good and how situated\" 18 February 1869 Roberts dies in La Maddalena,age", "title": "Daniel Roberts (Royal Navy officer)" }, { "docid": "18224447", "text": "Mere Humdum Mere Dost Mere Humdum Mere Dost (english: My companion, my friend) is a Pakistani romantic drama series first aired on Urdu 1. It has been directed by Shehzad Kashmiri and produced by Momina Duraid. This drama serial is based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel of the same name. Zindagi (India) started airing this series from 21 March 2016 onwards. Aimen, a 20-year-old girl is raised by her mother Zainab in absence of her father Taufeeq. During her last days, Zainab wrote letter to Taufeeq and requested that he raises Aimen. Taufeeq receives the letter when he was about to", "title": "Mere Humdum Mere Dost" }, { "docid": "18072033", "text": "adopt new names in Japanese to reflect the new law put out by the Japanese government. Sun-hee's family chooses the last name of \"Kaneyama\" for the family because, when translated, it means geumsan, a county in South Korea. For their first names, each family member picks a random letter in the Japanese alphabet that will be the first letter of their name. Sun-hee chose the letter K and Tae-yul chose N, so their names became Kaneyama Keoko and Kaneyama Nobuo. As the book progresses the story switches between Sun-hee/Keoko's time in school with her friend Tomo and interest in Japanese", "title": "When My Name Was Keoko" }, { "docid": "11232395", "text": "did not create the same stir that Lady Beaverbrook's Relkino did when he won his first race, the Echinswall Maiden Stakes, most impressively, Mercer ridden. His total eclipse when last in the Washington Singer Stakes was believed to be due to a slight virus going through the stable. The most remembered race of the year was the so-called 'Race of the Century' held at Ascot in July when Bustino was beaten half a length by the Derby winner Grundy in what many people consider to be one of the greatest races ever run. Bustino had been expected to start his", "title": "Joe Mercer (jockey)" }, { "docid": "5991828", "text": "Tau Cross The tau cross is a T-shaped cross all three ends of which are sometimes expanded. It is so called because shaped like the Greek letter tau, which in its upper-case form has the same appearance as Latin and English T. Another name for the same object is Saint Anthony's cross or Saint Anthony cross, a name given to it because of its association with Saint Anthony of Egypt. It is also called a \"crux commissa\", one of the four basic types of iconographic representations of the cross. The Greek letter tau was used as a numeral for 300.", "title": "Tau Cross" }, { "docid": "3475135", "text": "name is , which is used for both and . For clarification, they are often called or (literally \"-like \" after , the name for the letter that uses the same base form) and or (literally \"two-eyed \", after the contextual middle letterform ), respectively. Seven letters (, , , , , , ) do not connect to a following letter, unlike the rest of the letters of the alphabet. The seven letters have the same form in isolated and initial position and a second form in medial and final position. For example, when the letter is at the beginning", "title": "Persian alphabet" }, { "docid": "7315703", "text": "last song and suggested that Carr should make a complete demo of it. Carr and Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick went to the studio and completed a full recording. The track was originally titled \"Ain't That Peculiar\" (a version that is featured on 2001s \"The Box Set\") and featured lyrics from the Marvin Gaye song of the same name until Carr and Simmons wrote a new set of lyrics together using the title \"Little Caesar\", which is what Simmons called Carr when he was acting like a tough guy. \"Little Caesar\" was played live once on the first night of the", "title": "Little Caesar (Kiss song)" }, { "docid": "13481461", "text": "The Vivero Letter (novel) The Vivero Letter is a first-person narrative novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1968. It was also made into a film in 1998 of the same name starring Robert Patrick, Fred Ward and Chiara Caselli. Jeremy Wheale's brother is murdered by criminals attempting to steal a family heirloom: a 16th-century gold tray. In attempting to find out what was so special about the tray that someone would kill for it, he discovers that it contains a map. Wheale pursues the trail from Devon, England to Mexico and finally to the", "title": "The Vivero Letter (novel)" }, { "docid": "6025897", "text": "first numeronym of this kind was \"S12n\", the electronic mail account name given to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) employee Jan Scherpenhuizen by a system administrator because his surname was too long to be an account name. By 1985, colleagues who found Jan's name unpronounceable often referred to him verbally as \"S12n\" (\"ess-twelve-en\"). The use of such numeronyms became part of DEC corporate culture. A number may also denote how many times the character before or after it is repeated. This is typically used to represent a name or phrase in which several consecutive words start with the same letter, as", "title": "Numeronym" }, { "docid": "11183372", "text": "in preference between subjects would have to be based on whether the letter occurred in their name. For example, take the fictitious pair Irma Maes and Jef Jacobs as shown in the table. The first stimulus is A and U: the last letter of Irma's first name and a letter not in her name. The next stimulus is M and D: the penultimate letter from Irma's first name and a letter not part of her name. As can be seen in the table this is repeated for the remaining letters of Irma's first name. The letters of her last name", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "18099737", "text": "from the START (Methionine) codon up to (and including) the STOP codon. Any gene can code for multiple proteins as a result of alternative splicing. These isoforms have a name that is formed from the Sequence Name of the gene with a unique letter appended. In the case of the gene bli-4 there are 6 known CDS isoforms, called K04F10.4a, K04F10.4b, K04F10.4c, K04F10.4d, K04F10.4e and K04F10.4f. It is common to refer to isoforms in the literature using the CGC gene family name with a letter appended, for example pha-4a, however this has no meaning within the WormBase database and searches", "title": "WormBase" }, { "docid": "20326230", "text": "unclear to what extent she is attracted to him. Max tries to persuade her to run away with him to Tangiers where they can start a new life together. The sincerity of his actions remain in doubt even up to the moment when, having absconded with Denise's dowry and Thérèse's passport, he was killed by a train while trying to board it in order to complete his rendezvous with Thérèse. Philosophically accepting this turn of events, she returns to her convent to become a nun. When You Read This Letter When You Read This Letter (French: Quand tu liras cette", "title": "When You Read This Letter" }, { "docid": "2404161", "text": "Mu had a longer left stem in its archaic forms (, , ). Outside Greece, San was borrowed into the Old Italic alphabets (𐌑, transcribed as Ś). It initially retained its M-shape in the archaic Etruscan alphabet, but from the 6th century BC changing its aspect to a shape similar to that of the d-rune . The name of \"San\" lived on as an alternative (dialectal or archaic) name for \"Sigma\" even at a time when the letter itself had everywhere been replaced with standard Sigma. Thus, Herodotus in the late 5th century reports that the same letter was called", "title": "San (letter)" }, { "docid": "20843256", "text": "the governors of Ireland. But now he has heard that one Sankey \"(I judge the same that I knew a Foot-ball-Player in Cambridge)\" has accused him of fraud and bribery. He asks, what is true of these accusations. The letter of M.H. gives Petty \"an admirable jumping-off point\" for his extensive reply, that covers the next 145 pages. At the end of the text follow twelve pages with \"A Letter of M.H. to a Noble Person\", and two pages with a short letter by a \"H.B.\". The last pages are the answer by Petty. When the text is finished twelve", "title": "Reflections upon Ireland" }, { "docid": "11183374", "text": "reading made a difference. Four other factors were varied: 1) either pairs or triads of letters; 2) encircling the preferred letter or crossing out the less preferred one(s); 3) the letters QXYZ, infrequent in Dutch, included or excluded; 4) own-name letters presented first or last. All conditions gave a name-letter effect, with a stronger effect when QXYZ were included and the less preferred letter was crossed out. No significant difference was found using family name rather than first name or both names. While the effect was strongest for initials, subsequent data analysis revealed a significant effect even without the first", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "10629037", "text": "Alphabet murders The Alphabet murders (also known as the double initial murders) occurred in the 1970s in the Rochester, New York, area and possibly in Los Angeles, California. Three young girls were raped and strangled in the Rochester, New York area. The case received its name from the fact that each of the girls' first and last names started with the same letter. Furthermore, each body was found in a town that had a name starting with the same letter as the victim's name: Investigators have theorized that a series of killings with similar circumstances in California, in the late", "title": "Alphabet murders" }, { "docid": "14932977", "text": "Omega Island Omega Island is an island long, which lies immediately south of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. This island, the largest feature in the southeast part of the Melchior Islands, is part of what was called Île Melchior by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, but the name Melchior now applies for the whole island group. Omega Island was roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1927. The name Omega, derived from the last letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of the", "title": "Omega Island" }, { "docid": "630275", "text": "A game of words) and \"Igra v goroda\" (\"Игра в города\" -- A game of cities). Players are required to say a name of a city or town that begins with the final letter of the previous word. There is also a similar South Slavic game called Kalodont, in which players continue the chain by beginning with last two letters of the previous word. In Korean there is a game called \"ggeut-mar-it-gi\" (끝말잇기 -- End Word Continue), in which players must say a word that starts with the last Hangul letter of the previous word. Shiritori Example: sakura (さくら) →", "title": "Shiritori" }, { "docid": "14932978", "text": "Melchior Islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943. Omega Island Omega Island is an island long, which lies immediately south of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. This island, the largest feature in the southeast part of the Melchior Islands, is part of what was called Île Melchior by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, but the name Melchior now applies for the whole island group. Omega Island was roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1927. The name Omega, derived from the last letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on", "title": "Omega Island" }, { "docid": "1544846", "text": "Ø Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sami languages. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels, such as [ø] and [œ], except for Southern Sami where it is used as an [oe] diphthong. The name of this letter is the same as the sound it represents (see usage). Though not its native name, among English-speaking typographers the symbol may be called a \"slashed o\" or \"o with stroke\". Although these names suggest it is a ligature or a diacritical variant of the letter", "title": "Ø" }, { "docid": "1635691", "text": "of two letters that he wrote to local newspapers in 1915 and 1928. In the 1915 letter, he wrote: \"The honor of inventing the aeroplane [...] is the product of many minds [but] pre-eminence will undoubtedly be given to the Wright brothers [...] as they were actually the first to make successful flights with a motor-driven aeroplane\". In the 1928 letter, he recounted what happened during those early attempts: \"At the trials it would start to rise off the ground when a speed of twenty miles an hour was attained. This speed was not sufficient to work the rudders, so,", "title": "Richard Pearse" }, { "docid": "8286279", "text": "decree was not finally sealed until God revealed it to him and declared (as reported in ): \"It is My decree that you should not pass over.\" Rabbi Jonah taught in the name of Rabbi Levi that the world was created with a letter \"bet\" (the first letter in which begins, , \"Bereishit bara Elohim\", \"In the beginning God created\") because just as the letter \"bet\" is closed at the sides but open in front, so one is not permitted to investigate what is above and what is below, what is before and what is behind. Similarly, Bar Kappara reinterpreted", "title": "Va'etchanan" }, { "docid": "17214185", "text": "first, two of her works were shown in the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists and second, one of her works was featured in \"The Blind Man\". During the 1920s, she illustrated about a dozen books with her erotic images, these are nowadays expensive collector's items. In 1940, her own book called \"ABC Dogs\" was published. It is a children's book in which each letter of the alphabet is represented by a dog breed whose name starts with the same letter. This publication sparked renewed interest in Tice and her art. She also worked on her memoirs, which", "title": "Clara Tice" }, { "docid": "4285795", "text": "a gene are called alleles. The terms Alleles and Modifiers are used interchangeably and describe the same concept. An allele identified with a capital letter is a dominant trait, one identified with a lower-case letter is a recessive trait. Because sex cells (sperm and ova) contain only half the usual number of chromosomes, each parent contributes one allele in each gene set to the ensuing offspring. When an individual's gene set contains two copies of the same allele, it is called homozygous for that gene. When it has two different alleles, it is heterozygous. For a recessive trait to be", "title": "Equine coat color genetics" }, { "docid": "4547220", "text": "he was brought up to be executed, Frederick shouted in French to Katte, \"Veuillez pardonner mon cher Katte, au nom de Dieu, pardonne-moi!\" (\"Please forgive my dear Katte, in God's name, forgive me.\") Katte called back in the same language, \"There is nothing to forgive, I die for you with joy in my heart!\" Frederick then fell to the floor in a dead faint. These were Katte's last words, yet not his last farewell. Soon it was discovered that Katte had written a farewell letter to his father before his execution which states: Upon witnessing his death, Frederick was plunged", "title": "Hans Hermann von Katte" }, { "docid": "832232", "text": "crossover called \"Dangerous Currency\" from 2011. A character called Dim-Witty Jr., who appears in the Junior Woodchuck's comic story \"The Green Gauntlet\", apparently would be son of Dimwitty, since their respective names, looks and behaviors are very similar, including they both wear clothes with a \"D\" on it. Dimwitty has the initial letter of his name on his long hat, while Dim-Witty Jr. has this same symbol on his orange blouse. Dim-Witty Jr. is called \"Dimmy\" by Huey, Dewey and Louie. Moby also calls Dimwitty \"Dimmy\" in some of his stories with his first mate. \"Moby Duck, name is a", "title": "Duck family (Disney)" }, { "docid": "3184054", "text": "lowest-level details to last. A top-down parser discovers and processes the hierarchical tree starting from the top, and incrementally works its way first downwards and then rightwards. Top-down parsing eagerly decides what a construct is much earlier, when it has only scanned the leftmost symbol of that construct and has not yet parsed any of its parts. Left corner parsing is a hybrid method which works bottom-up along the left edges of each subtree, and top-down on the rest of the parse tree. If a language grammar has multiple rules that may start with the same leftmost symbols but have", "title": "Bottom-up parsing" }, { "docid": "20110343", "text": "to his or her name-letter effect, no such correlation was found in the thinking condition. Jones, Pelham, Mirenberg, and Hetts investigated how the effect held up under so-called 'threats' to the self. Earlier research by Koole, Smeets, van Knippenberg, and Dijksterhuis had already shown that the name-letter effect is influenced by a perceived threat. Jones, Pelham, Mirenberg, and Hetts first made some participants write about a personal flaw and then gave all participants the Number Preference Task and the Letter Preference Task. What they found was consistent with previous findings: people who liked themselves a lot liked the numbers in", "title": "Birthday-number effect" }, { "docid": "281000", "text": "notoriously difficult to detect. A common way for a macro virus to infect a computer is by replacing normal macros with a virus. The macro virus replaces regular commands with the same name and runs when the command is selected. These malicious macros may start automatically when a document is opened or closed, without the user's knowledge. Once a file containing a macro virus is opened, the virus can infect the system. When triggered, it will begin to embed itself in other documents and templates. It may corrupt other parts of the system, depending on what resources a macro in", "title": "Macro virus" }, { "docid": "11183398", "text": "so-called \"I-algorithm\"), as originally recommended and named by LeBel and Gawronski). In her meta-analysis, Hoorens does not recommend a specific algorithm as little is known about how name-letter preference scores obtained from different algorithms relate to the most important psychometric quality of all, validity. The algorithms are typically applied to initials only, but can be used for all name letters. Stieger, Voracek, and Formann recommend that the task be administered twice, that the effects be calculated separately for first-name initial and last-name initial, that the task be accompanied with the birthday-number task, and that the instructions focus on liking rather", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "16425966", "text": "PEN to distance itself from Grass. An Israeli poet, Itamar Yaoz-Kest, published a poem in response, entitled \"The Right to Exist: a Poem-Letter to the German Author\", which addresses Grass by name. It contains the line: \"If you force us yet again to descend from the face of the Earth to the depths of the Earth—let the Earth roll toward the Nothingness.\" This is seen as referring to the Samson Option, Israel's alleged deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a \"last resort\" against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence. Uri Avnery called it: \"polemic in the", "title": "What Must Be Said" }, { "docid": "11211127", "text": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) is a suspense novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. It was later adapted into the film of the same name. In an unnamed town, high-school senior Julie James receives a sinister note from an elusive stalker telling her, \"I know what you did last summer.\" The note refers to events of the previous year, when Julie, her boyfriend Ray Bronson, Ray's best friend Barry Cox, and Barry's girlfriend and Julie's best friend Helen Rivers accidentally ran over and killed a young boy named", "title": "I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel)" }, { "docid": "19161854", "text": "including the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon; to the emergence of life on the continent and its later evolution; and, finally, to the more recent settlement of the land by humans. According to Johnson, \"Most people will not have considered a time when there was no North America ... What was there before North America? How did it form? When did it start? How did it come together?\" The documentary film is narrated by Kirk Johnson and includes the following participants (alphabetized by last name): According to James Gaines, film reviewer for \"LiveScience\", \"North America rocks. That’s what", "title": "Making North America" }, { "docid": "13357815", "text": "life', ' Freedom', all the words would start in Arabic with the very same letter ( ح ) which happen to be the first letter of Sabah Hamamou Family name ( حمامو) She has received several awards and fellowships for her work in journalism, including: Best Journalist Certificate od Merit from Al- Ahram Regional Institute For Journalism, 2003. Middle East and North Africa Media Fellowship from Northwestern University, 2006. Knight Wallace Fellowship, University of Michigan: In 2010, Hamamou was the first Egyptian journalist to be awarded this prestigious Fellowship. Sabah Hamamou Sabah Hamamou (صباح حمامو) is an Egyptian journalist, the", "title": "Sabah Hamamou" }, { "docid": "2701135", "text": "channel was called Skai TV, was written using Greek letters. It was Latinized and changed to a blue font in 1999, when Kontominas bought it from Ioannis Alafouzos. In September 1999, it became Alpha-Sky before changing to its present name in October of the same year. The logo was retained despite the changes in the channel's name. In 2006, the logo was changed to Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, to reflect the channel's popularity. The font letters in 2003 changed and a circle was added over Alpha, but the two As (alphas) remain. In 2005, a new", "title": "Alpha TV" }, { "docid": "1184139", "text": "were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over. Lyons, Ohio Lyons is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. A post office called Lyons has been in operation since 1837. Lyons was also called \"Morey's Corners\", and under the latter name the village had its start in 1850 when a plank road was completed to that point. The village was named \"Morey's Corners\" in honor of it founder Jinks Morey, who also founded what became First Universalist Church of", "title": "Lyons, Ohio" }, { "docid": "11183384", "text": "work has been called \"seminal\" by Stieger, Voracek, and Formann in their 2012 meta-analysis of 44 publications on the effect. Their meta-analysis found no trace of publication bias. In her 2014 meta-analysis of dozens of name-letter effect studies, Hoorens called the effect robust. She noted robustness in: Various explanations for the name-letter effect have been explored. Several explanations which seemed plausible at first have since been rejected. People may simply like most what they see most. Letters that appear more frequently in everyday usage also occur more often in people's names. Forer, in 1940, and Alluisi and Adams, in 1962,", "title": "Name-letter effect" }, { "docid": "1184133", "text": "Lyons, Ohio Lyons is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. A post office called Lyons has been in operation since 1837. Lyons was also called \"Morey's Corners\", and under the latter name the village had its start in 1850 when a plank road was completed to that point. The village was named \"Morey's Corners\" in honor of it founder Jinks Morey, who also founded what became First Universalist Church of Lyons, Ohio, now the oldest non-residential structure in Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio. The village was incorporated in 1900. Lyons", "title": "Lyons, Ohio" }, { "docid": "3387402", "text": "(in English: Bullying). In Portugal, a variation on this game is called \"Puque\" (reads as Poock, in English). The rules are almost the same, with the 2 replacing the 8 as the \"skip turn\" card. One must say Puque when one plays his next-to-last card, and doesn't have to say anything different from end with a Jack, still getting the double score. In Slovakia the game is called Faraón (Pharaoh). It is the same as in the Czech Republic with the following exceptions: A Swiss version of the game called \"Tschau Sepp\" (\"Bye Joe\", because that is what you have", "title": "Mau-Mau (card game)" }, { "docid": "2859933", "text": "birth date would be called to serve at once. The first 195 birthdates drawn were later called to serve in the order they were drawn; the last of these was September 24. Also on December 1, 1969, a second lottery, identical in process to the first, was held with the 26 letters of the alphabet. The first letter drawn was \"J\", which was assigned number 1. The second letter was \"G\", and so on, until all 26 letters were assigned numbers. Among men with the same birthdate, the order of induction was determined by the ranks of the first letters", "title": "Draft lottery (1969)" }, { "docid": "6826268", "text": "replace him as the \"L\" in LSG. Gerald Levert died in 2006. This project began when Keith Sweat called Gerald Levert and told him about an idea to record with Johnny Gill. For their 1997 debut album, they collaborated with popular producers and guest appearances including Sean Combs, Jermaine Dupri, LL Cool J, MC Lyte, and Busta Rhymes. LSG (band) LSG was an R&B supergroup, composed of R&B artists Gerald Levert from Cleveland, Ohio, Keith Sweat from Harlem, New York and Johnny Gill from Washington, D.C. The group's name \"LSG\" is derived from the first letter in the last name", "title": "LSG (band)" }, { "docid": "123828", "text": "algebra known as group theory. He developed the concept that is today known as a normal subgroup. He called the decomposition of a group into its left and right cosets a \"proper decomposition\" if the left and right cosets coincide, which is what today is known as a normal subgroup. He also introduced the concept of a finite field (also known as a Galois field in his honor), in essentially the same form as it is understood today. In his last letter to Chevalier and attached manuscripts, the second of three, he made basic studies of linear groups over finite", "title": "Évariste Galois" }, { "docid": "11825319", "text": "letter A for aeroplane (another name for 'airplane'). The numbers were official \"designating numbers\", but became known as Bureau Numbers (BuNos) due to their assignment by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. In 1930, the service ceased using the A prefix; the last such serial was A-9204. In 1935, when the sequence reached 9999, the sequence was restarted at 0001. At the start of the 1940s, so many aircraft were purchased that surviving aircraft from the first sequence could be confused with second-series aircraft, and the sequence was stopped at 7303. In 1940, the third sequence was started at 00001 (with", "title": "United States military aircraft serial numbers" }, { "docid": "255682", "text": "same way that they were when professional filmmaking was in its infancy. Master shot A master shot is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is often a long shot and can sometimes perform a double function as an establishing shot. Usually, the master shot is the first shot checked off during the shooting of a scene—it is the foundation of what is called camera coverage, other shots that reveal different aspects of the action, groupings of two or three of the actors at", "title": "Master shot" }, { "docid": "5346523", "text": "Rehearsal letter A rehearsal letter is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehearsals, with a convenient spot to begin at places other than the start of movements or pieces. Rehearsal letters are most often used in scores of the Romantic era and onwards, beginning with Louis Spohr. They may also be generically called rehearsal marks or rehearsal figures, or, when numbers are used instead of letters, rehearsal numbers. In the course of rehearsing a symphony or piece, it is often necessary for the conductor to", "title": "Rehearsal letter" }, { "docid": "16596202", "text": "though another copy of transcription material from the Voynich manuscript that was sent along with it is also lost. From his 1639 letter, it appears that Baresch had already owned the Voynich manuscript for some time when he wrote his first letter. He also presents Kircher with his view that the Voynich manuscript represents 'Egyptian science' and shows that he may have been familiar with botany. This letter was sent from Prague, but due to the absence of Baresch's name in the tax rolls called 'Berní Rula' (31), we know that he did not own a house in Prague. Georg", "title": "Georg Baresch" }, { "docid": "2063386", "text": "Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of Ukrainian scene black metal. Nokturnal Mortum originally started as a death metal band called Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Darkness but \"had to change the name back in 1993/94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed a band with that name in western underground.\" Then the band \"changed a letter so that we wouldn't find a band with the same name again like it was the case with Darkness.\" Nokturnal Mortum gained their first", "title": "Nokturnal Mortum" }, { "docid": "1989081", "text": "of Windsor\" too. When the First Folio and quarto texts of that play are compared, it appears that the joke in V,v,85–90 is that Oldcastle/Falstaff incriminates himself by calling out the first letter of his name, \"O, O, O!,\" when his fingertips are singed with candles—which of course works for \"Oldcastle\" but not \"Falstaff.\" There is also the \"castle\" reference in IV,v,6 of the same play. The name change and the Epilogue disclaimer were required, it is generally thought, because of political pressure: the historical Oldcastle was not only a Protestant martyr, but a nobleman with powerful living descendants in", "title": "Henry IV, Part 1" }, { "docid": "6985633", "text": "\"Stimată Doamnă\", followed by the person's last name, is used for a man or a woman respectively. For unmarried women, \"Stimată Domnișoară\" is acceptable for close relations, though this title is falling out of use in written communication and can be considered inappropriate or offensive. Examples: When the addressee has additional titles, such as \"Doctor\" or \"Profesor\", they are interposed between \"Domnule\"/\"Doamnă\" and the person's last name, although it is sometimes acceptable to drop the last name altoghether when the intended recipient is clear. It is also preferred to write out a person's title when addressing a letter and abbreviations", "title": "Salutation" }, { "docid": "5898438", "text": "description, Mendelssohn enclosed in his letter a scrap of paper with the opening bars of what would become the symphony's opening theme. A few days later Mendelssohn and his companion visited the western coast of Scotland and the island of Staffa, which in turn inspired the composer to start \"the Hebrides\". After completing the first version of \"the Hebrides\", Mendelssohn continued to work on his initial sketches of what would become Symphony No. 3 while touring Italy. However, he struggled to make progress, and after 1831 set the piece aside. It is not known exactly when Mendelssohn resumed work on", "title": "Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn)" }, { "docid": "18331053", "text": "being on the moderate wing of Conservative euroscepticism, and criticised the 95 Conservative MPs who signed a letter attacking David Cameron's European policies. Andrea Leadsom, leader of the Fresh Start Group, had to step down from it when she became a Treasury minister in April 2014. Fresh Start Project The Fresh Start Project or Fresh Start Group, also known as EU Fresh Start, is a moderate eurosceptic pressure group formed in the UK to examine the options for a new UK-EU relationship. It should not be confused with a previous group, also called Fresh Start, of anti-European MPs during the", "title": "Fresh Start Project" }, { "docid": "1527427", "text": "complicated questions. For instance, if the sequence to be memorised was a series of coloured blocks, the questions might start as \"What is the colour of the third block from the left?\" and progress to \"What is the colour of the block two to the left of the block to the right of the green block?\". Other forms of memory test might require contestants to remember a phrase or proverb and answer a series of questions about it (e.g. \"What was the fifth letter of the fourth word?\" or \"Spell the last word backwards\"). Originally the round consisted of a", "title": "The Krypton Factor" }, { "docid": "575038", "text": "a slur targeting Ivanka Trump, a White House official and the daughter of US President Donald Trump. On 6 December 2010 on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, presenter James Naughtie referred to the British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt as \"Jeremy Cunt\"; he later apologized for what the BBC called the inadvertent use of \"an offensive four-letter word\". In the programme following, about an hour later, Andrew Marr referred to the incident during \"Start the Week\" where it was said that \"we won't repeat the mistake\" whereupon Marr slipped up in the same way as Naughtie had. The word appears", "title": "Cunt" }, { "docid": "9935541", "text": "Luangwa, Zambia Luangwa is a town in Zambia, at the confluence of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers, which was called Feira until 1964. It is headquarters of a district of the same name in Lusaka Province. Feira was probably the first European settlement in Zambia, but the dates are not well documented. What is documented is that the Portuguese first settled on the opposite bank of the Luangwa at Zumbo in Mozambique around 1720, in order to trade with the Bwila people, and by 1820 some had settled in Feira. The town was abandoned again by 1856, when it was", "title": "Luangwa, Zambia" }, { "docid": "452403", "text": "was the 19th letter and was pronounced \"wah\"; there was an equivalent letter in the old Baybayin script of the Philippines. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, is used for the voiced labial-velar approximant. W is the symbol for the chemical element tungsten, after its German (and alternative English) name, \"Wolfram\". It is also the SI symbol for the watt, the standard unit of power. Double-u, whose name reflects stages in the letter's evolution when it was considered two of the same letter, a double U, is the only modern English letter whose name has more than one syllable. It is", "title": "W" }, { "docid": "14765959", "text": "may obtain the female to male transitioning hormone: testosterone. Sometimes called \"T\" in the FTM scene. What Max went through was a visit to a counselor for three months. That counselor then decides if the patient is \"sincere and that [they] probably are transsexual\". The counselor then writes a letter so that the patient may obtain testosterone to start the transition from female to male. The standard dosage of testosterone is one injection every two weeks inter-muscularly. That is what Max Valerio did in early stages of transitioning. Valerio went to an Endocrinologist to obtain the hormones with the letter", "title": "Max Wolf Valerio" }, { "docid": "14858983", "text": "usually enshrined in the two outer bays, but can be sometimes found also in the inner ones. The statue on the right is called and has his mouth open to utter the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, which is pronounced \"a\". The left statue is called and has his mouth closed, representing the last letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, pronounced \"um\". These two letters (\"a-un\" in Japanese) together symbolize the birth and death of all things. Niōmon The is the Japanese name of a Buddhist temple gate guarded by two wooden warriors called Niō (lit. Two Kings). The gate", "title": "Niōmon" }, { "docid": "3347472", "text": "letter to \"The Irish Press\" in which he explained why he had assumed the diaries were authentic, confessed he might have been misled, and called for the setting up of a committee to examine the original documents and settle the matter. In response to what he called Noyes' \"noble\" letter, Yeats amended his poem, removing Noyes' name. Over twenty years later, Casement's diaries were still being held in the same conditions of secrecy. In 1957, therefore, Noyes published \"The Accusing Ghost, or Justice for Casement\", a stinging rebuke of British policy in which, making full amends for his previous harsh", "title": "Alfred Noyes" }, { "docid": "14263980", "text": "out of wedlock and refuses to name the father (who is a respected citizen). For this, she is sentenced to wear a red letter \"A\" (for adultery). Her husband is long missing and presumed dead. When the husband returns and finds his wife with another man's child, he sets out to torture them. At last, the father reveals himself, with a letter \"A\" carved in his chest. The Scarlet Letter (1934 film) The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 American film directed by Robert G. Vignola. It was shot in Salem's Pioneer Village and Sherman Oaks, California. It was the only", "title": "The Scarlet Letter (1934 film)" }, { "docid": "5991839", "text": "is called the \"crux commissa\". This term was invented by Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), who used it to distinguish this T-shaped cross from the now more familiar †-shaped cross and the saltire X-shaped cross. Tau Cross The tau cross is a T-shaped cross all three ends of which are sometimes expanded. It is so called because shaped like the Greek letter tau, which in its upper-case form has the same appearance as Latin and English T. Another name for the same object is Saint Anthony's cross or Saint Anthony cross, a name given to it because of its association with Saint", "title": "Tau Cross" }, { "docid": "4726487", "text": "seat. To make the game particularly challenging, every time someone moves to the empty seat, they should exchange slips of paper with the person who called their name (now on their left). Now everyone will know what the person who called the name has, but will not know what the person who moved has (unless said earlier in the game). Play always passes to the player to the left of the empty seat. The same name cannot be called twice in a row, and you cannot call the name that is on your slip of paper. When all four people", "title": "Couch of Power" }, { "docid": "1174235", "text": "popular accounts, Sylva is named for William D. Sylva, a Danish handyman who spent a month in the home of General E. R. Hampton, who owned much of the land later developed as downtown Sylva. When the town applied for a post office, Hampton asked his young daughter Mae what the town's name should be. She liked the handyman so much she said, \"Sylva.\" This account is disputed: according to a 21st-century investigation, the handyman William D. Sylva was not Danish, and it is likely that his surname was not Sylva. His last name was \"Selvey;\" the letter that he", "title": "Sylva, North Carolina" }, { "docid": "101500", "text": "to the Turkish dotless i (ı). The addition of this glyph did not catch on among his contemporaries, however, and no document outside of ones penned by Shelton makes use of it. Shelton used the new glyph in an 1860 letter to Brigham Young reporting on a recently completed mission to the Paiute people. Each letter in the Deseret alphabet has a name, and when a letter is written on its own it has the value of that name. This allows some short words to be written with a single letter, and is called a letter's \"syllabic value\". The most", "title": "Deseret alphabet" }, { "docid": "7150197", "text": "the first letter of the party's last name. In the grantor index, the alphabetic order of entries is by the grantors' last names. In each entry, the name of the grantee (purchaser) is then given, along with the location of the affected parcel and the volume and page number where the full text of the deed or other recorded instrument describing the transfer may be found. In the grantee index, the order of entries is by the grantees' last names, and each entry provides the same identifying information for the recorded instrument. Historically, the full-text records were kept in large", "title": "Grantor–grantee index" }, { "docid": "6033630", "text": "the \"start word\" (synonymous, antonymous, semantic...). This was also the way the game was originally devised by Lewis Carroll when it first appeared in \"Vanity Fair\". Some variations also allow the player to add or remove letters, and to rearrange the same letters into a different order (an anagram). Donald Knuth used a computer to study word ladders of five-letter words. He believed that three-letter word ladders were too easy (although Lewis Carroll found six steps were required for APE to evolve into MAN), and that six-letter word ladders were less interesting, since relatively few pairs of six-letter words could", "title": "Word ladder" }, { "docid": "20054757", "text": "D: the penultimate letter from Irma's first name and a letter not part of her name. This was repeated for the remaining letters of her first name, and subsequently the letters of her last name, also in reverse order, and finally the letters of both of Jef's names. Oral instructions were given to feel a preference as fast as possible, without thinking. If the yoked subjects shared a letter, choosing it did not contribute to the measurement. Nuttin found that people significantly liked name letters more than non-name letters, without realising it. Yoked control design A yoked control design is", "title": "Yoked control design" }, { "docid": "6331357", "text": "the line, also missing, completes the spelling of the name. Much more needs to be reconstructed in the damaged third line. Only traces of the first and last letters are visible: the head of the first letter, bet, and upper edge of the last letter, nun. But this is enough to reconstruct the line as Bnei Ammon—literally, the Sons of Ammon, or the Ammonites—since the named king, Ba'alis, is known as an Ammonite king. Indeed, in the Biblical passage that mentions Ba'alis (Jeremiah 40:14), he is referred to as the \"King [of the] Bnei Ammon,\" the same term that we", "title": "Baalis" }, { "docid": "19022905", "text": "games. 1) Alphabet conversation Having a group of student, start a conversation one by one where each sentence begins with the next letter of the alphabet. Giving a situation before you begin will help the student. Students can also use sounds to start a sentence, for example “Mmmm” or “tut-tut”. This game can be played in pairs or small groups. Here is an example: A: Anyone seen my cat? B: Black one, with funny eyes? A: Can’t say I remember. B: Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten what it looks like? A: Every cat looks the same to me. B: Fortunately,", "title": "Theatre in education" }, { "docid": "18028011", "text": "began with \"I am writing to you as I am searching for a family connection\" and she immediately knew what it was about. She shared the letter with her two sons Quinton and Jeff. A few minutes later she called her long-lost sister Ann in the UK. After their first phone conversation Elizabeth wrote a letter to Ann to explain what had happened. Elizabeth wrote to Ann that their mother planned to have both of her twins adopted, but that when she found out that Elizabeth had curvature of the spine, which back then made her harder to adopt, she", "title": "Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel" }, { "docid": "1442336", "text": "Upsilon Upsilon (; or ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; \"ýpsilon\" ) or ypsilon is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . The name of the letter was originally just “υ” (\"y;\" also called \"hy\", hence \"hyoid\", meaning \"shaped like the letter υ\"), but the name changed to “υ ψιλόν”, (\"u psilon\", meaning 'simple u') to distinguish it from οι, which had come to have the same pronunciation. In early Greek it was pronounced like English \"oo\" . In Classical Greek, it", "title": "Upsilon" }, { "docid": "2061751", "text": "Nile\", one does not say \"al-Nīl\", but \"an-Nīl\". When followed by a moon letter, like m-, no replacement occurs, as in \"al-masjid\" (\"the mosque\"). This affects only the pronunciation and not the spelling of the article. Some people, especially in Arabia region, when descendant of a famous ancestor, start their last name with , a noun meaning \"family\" or \"clan\", like the dynasty Al Saud (family of Saud) or Al ash-Sheikh (family of the Sheikh). is distinct from the definite article ال. Object pronouns are clitics and are attached to the verb; e.g., ' 'I see her'. Possessive pronouns are", "title": "Arabic grammar" }, { "docid": "18848385", "text": "Start of Fracture corner. \"Lines 23, 24, and 25, all begin with \"And (But)\" \" (Ù) Note: \"The last line of Para III, uses cuneiform: La, for \"not\" (\"no\"), Akkadian \"lā\", but of course, it is obvious, that the verb is spread across the entire last line, 29, as an embellishment, and an \"exclamation\", to the topic of Paragraph III.\" (The fractured piece has only the first two cuneiform characters, ta & pa, for Akkadian \"parāsu\", meaning: \"to separate, cut, decide\"., and using English \"interrupt\". The rest of the verb is on the main letter piece, (See here: ; or", "title": "Amarna letter EA 26" }, { "docid": "5120346", "text": "AARON AARON is a computer program written by artist Harold Cohen that creates original artistic images. Proceeding from Cohen's initial question \"What are the minimum conditions under which a set of marks functions as an image?\", AARON has been in continual development since 1973. The name \"AARON\" does not seem to be an acronym; rather, it was a name chosen to start with the letter \"A\" so that the names of successive programs could follow it alphabetically. However, Cohen did not create any other major programs. Initial versions of AARON created abstract drawings that grew more complex through the 1970s.", "title": "AARON" }, { "docid": "2691083", "text": "the same, between \"x\" and \"z\". Thanks to this, surnames like \"Bruijn\" and \"Bruyn\" which sound the same (and even look similar), can be found in the same area. However, \"Bruin\", though it sounds the same as well, is placed with \"Brui-\" and not with \"Bruy-\". When words or (first) names are shortened to their initials, in the Netherlands a word or proper name starting with \"IJ\" is abbreviated to \"IJ\". For example, \"IJsbrand Eises Ypma\" is shortened to \"IJ. E. Ypma\". Note that the digraph \"ei\" in \"Eises\", like other digraphs in Dutch, is shortened to one letter. In", "title": "IJ (digraph)" }, { "docid": "2644449", "text": "Ballata The ballata (plural: ballate) is an Italian poetic and musical form in use from the late 13th to the 15th century. It has the musical structure AbbaA, with the first and last stanzas having the same texts. It is thus most similar to the French musical 'forme fixe' virelai (and not the ballade as the name might otherwise suggest). The first and last \"A\" is called a \"ripresa\", the \"b\" lines are \"piedi\" (feet), while the fourth line is called a \"volta\". Longer ballate may be found in the form AbbaAbbaA, etc. Unlike the virelai, the two \"b\" lines", "title": "Ballata" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19662301", "text": "105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argos won the game 27–24, winning their 17th championship. It was reported in September 2015 that Ottawa would host the Grey Cup game, and that it would be determined at a board of governor's meeting later that fall. It was stated by the Ottawa Redblacks ownership group, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, that one of the clauses in their expansion agreement was that", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20484671", "text": "to York for his final year of eligibility. He re-signed with the Argonauts on December 7, 2016. He dressed for six regular season games as a back-up offensive lineman as well as both post-season games for the 2017 Toronto Argonauts. He won his first Grey Cup with the Argos in the 105th Grey Cup game. Chris Kolankowski Chris Kolankowski (born February 7, 1992) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 in his rookie year with the Argonauts. He played U Sports", "title": "Chris Kolankowski" }, { "docid": "13647612", "text": "Bombers have won the Grey Cup. 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams. As of 2017, this", "title": "1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season" }, { "docid": "17008791", "text": "for 114 yards. Nevertheless, the Tiger-Cats were defeated 24-21, thus ending their 2016 season. The following year, Tyms played 8 games and hauled in 25 passes for 204 yards. He was released in September of 2017. On September 14, 2017, Tyms was signed to the Toronto Argonauts practice roster. The Argos went on the win the 105th Grey Cup championship game, making Tyms a rare player who has won both a Super Bowl and a Grey Cup. He signed an extension, but was released by the team on July 2, 2018 following two games, in which he made 7 catches", "title": "Brian Tyms" }, { "docid": "12516019", "text": "the last minute. Blue Bomber's all-star Bob Sandberg, who had scored his team's only touchdown, tried to fake a kick, but the ruse didn't work. Argo's star Joe Krol scored a final rouge to snatch the victory. The Argonauts were presented with the Grey Cup, which had survived a fire that year when the Toronto Argonauts Rowing Club building had burned down. 35th Grey Cup The 35th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1947, before 18,885 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by a team with all Canadian players. The", "title": "35th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "12516018", "text": "35th Grey Cup The 35th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1947, before 18,885 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by a team with all Canadian players. The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 to 9. This was the third year in a row that these two teams had met each other for the final game of the season. The game had one of the most exciting finishes in Grey Cup history. Winnipeg had jumped out to a 9 to 0 lead but found the game tied in", "title": "35th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "10056598", "text": "home to the oldest professional football team in North America, the Toronto Argonauts, who have won the Grey Cup championship a record 17 times, most recently in 2017. Toronto has also played host to the Grey Cup Championship 48 times, more than any other city and most recently the 104th Grey Cup in 2016. The Argos were founded in 1873 by the Argonaut Rowing Club and is referred to colloquially as the \"Boatmen\" in honour of that heritage. The team is also known as the \"double blue\" because of the franchise colours (\"Oxford blue\" and \"Cambridge blue\"); the colour blue", "title": "Sports in Toronto" }, { "docid": "20484667", "text": "May 24, 2016. He played in six games in his rookie year in 2016 and dressed in his first CFL game on July 31, 2016 against the Ottawa Redblacks. In 2017, he spent the regular season and playoffs on the Argos practice roster. The Argos went on to win the 105th Grey Cup. On January 10, 2018, Sackey was re-signed by the Argos to a two-year contract. D. J. Sackey David Junior Sackey (born September 6, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup", "title": "D. J. Sackey" }, { "docid": "19841412", "text": "after the final on December 11, traveling from Maple Leaf Square to Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. The parade was attended by a several thousand fans, as well as Toronto Mayor John Tory, who declared the day as \"Reds Day\". It was the second victory parade held in the city in as many weeks, as the Toronto Argonauts had won the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup in November. MLS Cup 2017 MLS Cup 2017 was the 22nd edition of MLS Cup, the championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), contested between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC on December 9,", "title": "MLS Cup 2017" }, { "docid": "19662301", "text": "105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argos won the game 27–24, winning their 17th championship. It was reported in September 2015 that Ottawa would host the Grey Cup game, and that it would be determined at a board of governor's meeting later that fall. It was stated by the Ottawa Redblacks ownership group, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, that one of the clauses in their expansion agreement was that", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "1875023", "text": "again with a 15–2–1 record, but falling to the third-year Ottawa Redblacks in the 104th Grey Cup in overtime. In 2017, the Stampeders finished 13-4-1 (with the league's best record for the season) and made their second straight Grey Cup appearance, but lost to the Toronto Argonauts again, just as they did five years earlier. In 2018, the Stampeders would finish 15-5 and would make a third straight Grey Cup appearance, this time winning the title over the Redblacks 27-16 in Edmonton. Bo Levi Mitchell would win Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 CFL Awards as well as the Grey", "title": "Calgary Stampeders" }, { "docid": "20484669", "text": "a backup offensive lineman for the team's first 15 games of the regular season before being placed of the Argonauts' injured list. Despite not playing in the 105th Grey Cup, Campbell was part of his team's championship as he won the first Grey Cup of his career. Jamal Campbell Jamal Campbell (born October 15, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 with the Argonauts. He played CIS football for the York Lions from 2012 to 2015. Campbell was drafted by", "title": "Jamal Campbell" }, { "docid": "19662315", "text": "an average of 4.3 million viewers, with viewership peaking at nearly six million during the Argos' comeback in the fourth quarter. Nearly a third of the population of Canada watched part of the game. The game saw a ten percent increase in viewership over the previous year and a fifty-eight percent increase in viewership in the Toronto/Hamilton market. Overall, the 105th Grey Cup was the most watched Grey Cup since 2013. 105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "16150250", "text": "19, 2016, Washington signed a practice roster agreement with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. On December 7, 2016, Washington re-signed with the Argonauts as a free agent. He played in 11 games with the team in 2017 and won a Grey Cup championship following the team's 105th Grey Cup victory. He played in seven games in 2018 before being released. Brandon Washington Brandon Washington (born August 13, 1988) is a professional gridiron football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Brandon was", "title": "Brandon Washington" }, { "docid": "16087535", "text": "defence.) He also won his second Grey Cup in 1957 with the Ti-cats. He joined his home province Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1958, also playing 2 games with the Montreal Alouettes that season before retiring. John Fedosoff John Fedosoff (born November 19, 1932) is a former award-winning and Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. Coming straight out of Mimico High School he joined the Toronto Argonauts in 1952 and won the Gruen Trophy for best rookie in the eastern Big Four (no stats were kept and only Canadians were eligible.) He also won the Grey Cup that year. A versatile", "title": "John Fedosoff" }, { "docid": "13647611", "text": "1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams. As of 2017, this is the last year the Blue", "title": "1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season" }, { "docid": "1759449", "text": "more Grey Cups. The influx of people from across the country is estimated to have an economic impact of over $120 million for the region hosting the championship game. The Toronto Argonauts have won the most Grey Cup championships (17), followed by the Edmonton Eskimos (14) and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10). The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made the most Grey Cup appearances (24). Since the Canadian Football League began in 1958, the Eskimos have won the most Grey Cup Championships (11) and have made the most Grey Cup appearances (19). The Saskatchewan Roughriders have the most losses in Grey Cup", "title": "Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20484668", "text": "Jamal Campbell Jamal Campbell (born October 15, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 with the Argonauts. He played CIS football for the York Lions from 2012 to 2015. Campbell was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in the third round, 22nd overall, in the 2016 CFL Draft and signed with the club on May 24, 2016. He made the team out of training camp and played in eight games in his rookie year in 2016. In 2017, he dressed as", "title": "Jamal Campbell" }, { "docid": "8938045", "text": "Cup, marking the CFL championship game's return to the Exhibition grounds after a 34-year absence. 70th Grey Cup The 70th Grey Cup, also known as the \"Rain Bowl\", was the 1982 Grey Cup Canadian Football League championship game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Edmonton Eskimos. The Eskimos, who were making their sixth consecutive appearance in the CFL championship game, defeated the Argonauts 32-16 on the Eskimos' way to their fifth straight Grey Cup. The game was played on Sunday, November 28, 1982, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. The Eskimos' record-breaking fifth Grey Cup victory in a row looked in", "title": "70th Grey Cup" } ]

[ { "docid": "5635957", "text": "decide who would represent the West in the Grey Cup, and at least one Alberta team was in the game each year. Calgary has won six out of the last nine playoff match-ups, the most recent one in the 2017 West Final. Edmonton has also won the most recent championship by an Albertan team, in 2015 with the 103rd Grey Cup game. While the Stampeders may have won the Grey Cup first, the Eskimos have won the most recent and the most, with 14 titles compared to the Stampeders' seven as of 2017. Currently, the Calgary and Edmonton franchises play", "title": "Battle of Alberta" }, { "docid": "12277155", "text": "province of Alberta in two straight years. (Calgary hosted the previous Grey Cup game.) Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo won his third Grey Cup, completing 29 of 42 pass attempts for 335 yards passing. Montreal wide receiver Jamel Richardson, who made eight catches and had a game-high 109 yards, was named Grey Cup MVP. Saskatchewan defensive lineman Keith Shologan was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. As of the end of the 2017 CFL season, this is the most recent time an Eastern-based CFL team has won the Grey Cup in Western Canada. On January 26, 2009 it was reported", "title": "98th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "675220", "text": "Toronto Argonauts have won the most Grey Cups with seventeen wins total, most recently in 2017. In 2012, the game was held in Toronto at Rogers Centre, and for the second year in row the cup was won on a team's home field, with Toronto beating Calgary 35–22. In 2013, the Grey Cup was won at home for the third consecutive time (by the Saskatchewan Roughriders), which had not been done since Toronto won at home from 1945–1947. In 2016, the Grey Cup was won on the natural grass turf of BMO Field by the Ottawa Redblacks beating the heavily", "title": "Canadian Football League" }, { "docid": "7813097", "text": "break the record for highest attendance for a Grey Cup game, the organizers expanded Olympic Stadium to almost 70,000 seats. A crowd of 66,308 attended the game, failing to break the record of 68,318 set in 1977, but good enough to be the second-highest attended Grey Cup game of all time. Montreal has now played host to the four highest-attended Grey Cup games in history. As of the end of the 2017 CFL season, this is the last time a Western-based team has won the Grey Cup in Eastern Canada. This was the first Grey Cup not to be broadcast", "title": "96th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "19072893", "text": "Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who last won the Grey Cup in 1990. On December 7, 2016 CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge fined more than 20 of the 88 players who suited up in this year's Grey Cup because of violations related to how they wore their socks in the game. The 104th Grey Cup was watched by an average of 3.9 million Canadians, with the average viewership peaking at 5.7 million during the Stampeders' fourth quarter comeback and overtime. The day following the game, the CFL announced the game saw increases in viewership over the previous year, including a 15% increase in", "title": "104th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9146162", "text": "the victims of what would have been the biggest upset in the history of the Grey Cup. This was the final appearance in the Grey Cup game for the Ottawa Rough Riders, who folded in 1996. A team from Ottawa would not return to the Grey Cup until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks faced off, incidentally, against the Edmonton Eskimos. Canadian Football Hall of Fame legends Tom Wilkinson (Edmonton) and Tony Gabriel (Ottawa) played their final game in the 69th Grey Cup as did veteran Edmonton centre Bob Howes. Future US Congressman J.C. Watts was Ottawa's quarterback. He won the", "title": "69th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20915580", "text": "Canadian Interuniversity Sport football for the Concordia Stingers. Mikaël Charland Mikaël Charland is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Redblacks 16th overall in the second round of the 2016 CFL Draft. While he didn't dress in the game, he won his first Grey Cup championship in his rookie year when the Redblacks defeated the Stampeders in the 104th Grey Cup. Following his 2017 training camp release, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes in June 2017 and played for one year with them until he was", "title": "Mikaël Charland" }, { "docid": "20915579", "text": "Mikaël Charland Mikaël Charland is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Redblacks 16th overall in the second round of the 2016 CFL Draft. While he didn't dress in the game, he won his first Grey Cup championship in his rookie year when the Redblacks defeated the Stampeders in the 104th Grey Cup. Following his 2017 training camp release, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes in June 2017 and played for one year with them until he was released and re-signed by the Redblacks. He played", "title": "Mikaël Charland" }, { "docid": "9213192", "text": "CBC Television starting the next year, continuing until 2007, when TSN gained exclusive broadcast rights to all CFL games, including the Grey Cup. This remains, as of 2017, Winnipeg's most recent major sports title (the Winnipeg Goldeyes 1994, 2012, 2016 and 2017 Championship wins notwithstanding). Following the Ottawa Redblacks' championship in 2016, Winnipeg now indisputably holds the longest current CFL championship drought at 26 seasons. Counting the seasons of the original and modern Winnipeg Jets, the city's championship drought currently stands at a total of 37 major sports seasons of play. 78th Grey Cup The 78th Grey Cup was the", "title": "78th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "11453869", "text": "favourite with viewers. Milt Stegall joined TSN as a guest analyst in 2009 after a 14-year playing career in the CFL. Henry Burris joined TSN early in the 2017 season as a guest off-screen analyst narrating short explainer films of standard CFL plays using file footage, then joined the studio panel full-time late in 2017. The record-setting retired quarterback was named the league's Most Outstanding Player twice (2010, 2015), won the Grey Cup three times (1998, 2008, 2016), and was named the Grey Cup MVP twice (2008, 2016) during his 19-year CFL career. Burris works as a television host for", "title": "CFL on TSN" }, { "docid": "13588815", "text": "1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup. This would be the last time in their franchise history that they would win the Grey Cup. The Ottawa Redblacks would subsequently win the 105th Grey Cup game at the conclusion of the 2016 CFL season, ending a 40-year Grey Cup drought for the City of Ottawa, which begun subsequent to their Grey Cup victory in 1976 (this ended what was arguably the longest Grey Cup drought in the CFL, though the City", "title": "1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season" }, { "docid": "13588813", "text": "1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup. This would be the last time in their franchise history that they would win the Grey Cup. The Ottawa Redblacks would subsequently win the 105th Grey Cup game at the conclusion of the 2016 CFL season, ending a 40-year Grey Cup drought for the City of Ottawa, which begun subsequent to their Grey Cup victory in 1976 (this ended what was arguably the longest Grey Cup drought in the CFL, though the City", "title": "1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season" }, { "docid": "4087769", "text": "1977, and 2002. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005. This is the final Grey Cup game to have been played on the first-generation AstroTurf surface. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Cross over from West Division 91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan before 50,909 fans. The two teams had played during the previous year with Montreal winning, but this time the Eskimos won the game by a score of 34-22.", "title": "91st Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9241050", "text": "56th Grey Cup 56th Grey Cup was played November 30, 1968, and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Calgary Stampeders 24 to 21 before 32,655 fans at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. Vic Washington's 79-yard run is still a Grey Cup record, and he won the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award. This was the final Grey Cup game to be played on a Saturday; beginning the next year and since then (except for 1970), all Grey Cup games have been played on a Sunday. First Quarter Ottawa – Single – Don Sutherin 00 yard kick Second Quarter Ottawa – FG –", "title": "56th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "14037982", "text": "to win their sixteenth Grey Cup title. This was the third meeting between Calgary and Toronto for the Grey Cup championship and the first since the 79th Grey Cup in 1991. This was also the second consecutive year that the Grey Cup game involved, and was won by, the team from the host city. The result of the game also meant that Argonauts owner David Braley became the first team owner to win back-to-back Grey Cups with two different teams; Braley also owns the 2011 champions, the BC Lions. Over 5.8 million viewers watched the game, with roughly 5.5 million", "title": "100th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20408649", "text": "Media Guide Ottawa Redblacks Website Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics The following is a list of Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics current to the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s 2017 season. This list does not include the records for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1876 to 1996) or the Ottawa Renegades (2002 to 2006). Most Grey Cups Won, Player Most Grey Cup Appearances, Player Most Grey Cups Won, Head Coach Most Grey Cup Appearances, Head Coach Most Seasons Coached Most Games Coached Most Wins Most Losses Most Games Played Most Seasons Played Most Points – Career Most Points – Season", "title": "Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics" }, { "docid": "20408646", "text": "Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics The following is a list of Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics current to the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s 2017 season. This list does not include the records for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1876 to 1996) or the Ottawa Renegades (2002 to 2006). Most Grey Cups Won, Player Most Grey Cup Appearances, Player Most Grey Cups Won, Head Coach Most Grey Cup Appearances, Head Coach Most Seasons Coached Most Games Coached Most Wins Most Losses Most Games Played Most Seasons Played Most Points – Career Most Points – Season Most Points – Game 45", "title": "Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics" }, { "docid": "9144347", "text": "until the 1984 game at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Sonny Wade won the first of his three Grey Cup Most Valuable Player awards. George Springate, the Alouettes kicker, was formerly a police officer, and later a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a college (John Abbott College Cegep) teacher in criminology. This was the final Grey Cup game to be played on a Saturday; beginning the next year, all Grey Cup games have been played on a Sunday, after the previous year's Grey Cup game was the first to be played in full on a Sunday. 58th Grey Cup", "title": "58th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20071933", "text": "106th Grey Cup The 106th Grey Cup (branded as the 106th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) was the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship game for the 2018 season. It was played on November 25, 2018, between the Ottawa Redblacks and the Calgary Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. In a rematch of the 104th Grey Cup, the Stampeders won 27–16, claiming their eighth Grey Cup Championship. On March 24, 2017, it was reported by several news outlets that the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos were bidding to host the 2018 Grey Cup game. In previous years,", "title": "106th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "13163261", "text": "in exchange for a sixth round selection in the 2017 CFL Draft and a conditional pick in the 2018 Draft. In the third week of the season Green set a new career high for yards in game, when he caught 10 passes for 210 yards. Green had an outstanding 2017 season, setting new career highs in receptions (104) and yards (1,462): He was named a CFL All-Star for the third time in his career. Green won his third Grey Cup championship in his first year with the Argonauts, defeating the Calgary Stampeders in the 105th Grey Cup 27-24. Green had", "title": "S. J. Green" }, { "docid": "9192292", "text": "two-way player, as a wide receiver he was an All Star for the 10th time in 1972. He also won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award that year in which the Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup at their home field, Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. He played in 7 Grey Cup games, winning 4: the 51st Grey Cup of 1963, the 53rd Grey Cup of 1965 (the so-called Wind Bowl), the 55th Grey Cup of 1967 when Saskatchewan was mashed 24-1, and the 60th Grey Cup of 1972, losing 3: the 49th Grey Cup of 1961, the 50th Grey", "title": "Garney Henley" }, { "docid": "1759439", "text": "Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup with a score of 35–22. As per a new title sponsorship deal with Shaw Communications announced in May 2015, the event will henceforth be known as the Grey Cup presented by Shaw. The 104th Grey Cup game was played at BMO Field in Toronto, which became the new home of the Argonauts beginning in the 2016 season. After being promised the 102nd Grey Cup game as an incentive to rejoin the league, the 105th Grey Cup game was played at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa in 2017, as part of celebrations to mark 150", "title": "Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "19826103", "text": "The Argonauts made their 23rd appearance in the Grey Cup championship game and won for the 17th time in the 105th Grey Cup game in Ottawa against the league-leading Calgary Stampeders by a score of 27–24. It was the third largest fourth-quarter comeback in Grey Cup history (eight-point deficit) and the Argos became the first team in Grey Cup history with two touchdowns of 100-plus yards. With the 2018 Toronto Argonauts team failing to qualify for the playoffs, the 2017 Argonauts became the first championship team since the 1970 Montreal Alouettes to miss the playoffs in both the preceding and", "title": "2017 Toronto Argonauts season" }, { "docid": "19662302", "text": "the club would host a Grey Cup game within their first four years of existence. Since the Redblacks entered the league in 2014, 2017 would be the fourth such year. Ottawa had previously been awarded the 102nd Grey Cup but backed out due to construction delays; that game would be held in Vancouver instead. During an Ottawa Redblacks game on July 31, 2016, it was announced in a video featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the city of Ottawa had been selected to host the 105th Grey Cup, in part to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada. This will be", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "18261407", "text": "taught Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia. Mitchener retired from Port Huron Hospital. Mitchener died on January 31, 2017. Jim Mitchener James Walter Mitchener (March 19, 1929 – January 31, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. Mitchener played junior football with the McGill University Redmen. Mitchener resided in South Carolina and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team. After graduating from both McGill University and McGill Medical School, Mitchener worked as", "title": "Jim Mitchener" }, { "docid": "6852853", "text": "named conference coach of the year three times. In 1977, Campbell was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. He took the Eskimos to the Grey Cup that first year but lost 41–6 in a blowout on an icy field against the Montreal Alouettes. It was the last Grey Cup championship game coach Campbell would lose as the Eskimos won the next five Grey Cup games, from 1978 through 1982. Following the 1982 season, Campbell left to become the head coach of the USFL's Los Angeles Express. After one season, the Houston Oilers, who were bidding for the services of", "title": "Hugh Campbell" }, { "docid": "19072874", "text": "won its division with a losing record (8-9-1) and became the 3rd worst team (behind the 2000 BC Lions and 2001 Calgary Stampeders who both went 8-10) to win the Grey Cup. The Redblacks ended a 40-year championship drought for the city of Ottawa that spanned three CFL franchises and 27 football seasons of play. The Redblacks became the fourth-fastest expansion team to win a championship in an established North American professional sports league, after the 1950 Cleveland Browns (who won a championship in their first season in the National Football League), the 1927–28 New York Rangers (who won the", "title": "104th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "4630218", "text": "MLS Cup and Voyageurs Cup) in the 2017 MLS season, during its current \"Big Four\" drought. San Jose has won the MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup during its \"Big Four\" drought while Atlanta, Portland and Salt Lake City have won the MLS Cup (but no MLS Supporters’ Shields or U.S. Open Cups) during their \"Big Four\" droughts. All of the Canadian cities listed above have won multiple Grey Cups during their \"Big Four\" droughts listed above. Notable former droughts: In the VFL/AFL (1897–present), the longest premiership drought was that of South Melbourne/Sydney, who won their third premiership in 1933,", "title": "Drought (sport)" }, { "docid": "12954721", "text": "the BC Lions for a second tenure, with his contract carrying through to the end of the 2017 CFL season. He was, however, released by the organization in March 2018 following an unproductive 2017 Season. Ricky Foley Ricky Foley (born June 9, 1982) is a professional Canadian football defensive end who is currently a free agent, having most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Lions in the first round of the 2006 CFL Draft. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won in his rookie year in 2006", "title": "Ricky Foley" }, { "docid": "20962001", "text": "2019 Toronto Argonauts season The 2019 Toronto Argonauts season will be the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 147th season overall. The Argonauts will attempt to improve upon their 4–14 record from 2018, return to the playoffs after a one-year absence, and win their league-leading 18th Grey Cup championship. This will be the third season with Jim Popp as general manager and first for new head coach Corey Chamblin who replaces Marc Trestman following a disappointing campaign in 2018 (failing to meet expectations following a Grey Cup victory in 2017). The 2019 CFL Draft", "title": "2019 Toronto Argonauts season" }, { "docid": "9509380", "text": "It was Al Bruno's second Grey Cup triumph, and his first (and only title) as a head coach. Bruno won one as a player with the 1952 Toronto Argonauts. This was the only professional sports championship of any sort won by the Tiger-Cats' then-owner Harold Ballard, who is better remembered for his controversial (and, at least so far as on-ice results are concerned, largely unsuccessful) ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the last Grey Cup to use the dual CBC/CTV commentator sets (with one network's crew calling one half, and the other's calling the other half), a practice", "title": "74th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "17988216", "text": "year was 1982, when he played 4 games for the woeful Montreal Concordes. Ian Mofford Ian Mofford is a former Grey Cup champion wide receiver and running back who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League, winning two Grey Cup Championships. Mofford, a Notre-Dame-de-Grâce native who played for Monklands High School and the Verdun Maple Leafs, began his CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes, playing 6 seasons and 79 games (up to 1979) and won 2 Grey Cup championships, in 1974 and 1977. He later joined the Ottawa Rough Riders for one season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for two", "title": "Ian Mofford" }, { "docid": "9619162", "text": "and a first-round bye in the playoffs. Trestman was the East Division finalist for the Annis Stukus Trophy, as a result of his efforts. On Sunday, November 26, 2017, Trestman won his third Grey Cup when the Argonauts defeated the Stampeders 27-24. The 2018 season for the Argonauts under Trestman was filled with poor play and injuries (most notably to Ricky Ray) resulting in the team missing the post-season following the Grey Cup Championship the year before. Trestman was fired at the conclusion of the 2018 Toronto Argonauts season, the day following the team's 24-9 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks", "title": "Marc Trestman" }, { "docid": "12718017", "text": "led by 24-year-old quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who stood 15–2 in his career as a starter and who won his first playoff game in the victory over Edmonton. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished atop the East Division with a 9–9 record. They hosted the Montreal Alouettes, who also ended the regular season at 9–9, in the East Final. The contest was the first playoff game at Tim Hortons Field, which opened mid-season and where Hamilton won all six home games played there. Hamilton advanced to their second consecutive Grey Cup final with a 40–24 victory that featured two punt returns for", "title": "102nd Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "18261406", "text": "Jim Mitchener James Walter Mitchener (March 19, 1929 – January 31, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. Mitchener played junior football with the McGill University Redmen. Mitchener resided in South Carolina and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team. After graduating from both McGill University and McGill Medical School, Mitchener worked as a pathologist at University Hospital for many years where he helped establish the Epidemiology Department. Early in his career, he", "title": "Jim Mitchener" }, { "docid": "9213191", "text": "most recent, as of 2017) a team scored 50 or more points in a Grey Cup Game, the others being the 11th Grey Cup and the 44th Grey Cup. Edmonton coach Joe Faragalli said, notwithstanding the lopsided score, \"Never at one time did we feel that this was the end of the game. We were going to make a comeback\". This was the last game broadcast by the CFL's league-run syndication broadcast service, the Canadian Football Network, which started in 1987 and was shut down after this game. All CFL playoff and Grey Cup games would be exclusively broadcast on", "title": "78th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "4087762", "text": "91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan before 50,909 fans. The two teams had played during the previous year with Montreal winning, but this time the Eskimos won the game by a score of 34-22. Edmonton Eskimos (34) - TDs, Mike Pringle, Jason Tucker (2), Ricky Ray; FGs Sean Fleming (2); cons., Fleming (4). Montreal Alouettes (22) - TDs, Pat Woodcock, Sylvain Girard, Ben Cahoon; cons. Matt Kellett (3); singles, Kellett (1). First Quarter", "title": "91st Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9179994", "text": "32nd Grey Cup game. The Montreal AAA had also won hockey's Stanley Cup in 1893, 1894, 1902 and 1903. 37th Grey Cup The 37th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 1949, before 20,087 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. Montreal Alouettes defeated Calgary Stampeders 28-15. Though teams from Montreal had won two Grey Cups, this was the first appearance and victory for the Montreal Alouettes franchise. First Quarter Montreal - TD - Virgil Wagner 00 yard run (Ches McCance convert) Montreal - TD - Bob Cunningham 00 yard pass from Frank Filchock (Ches McCance convert) Calgary - Rouge Calgary", "title": "37th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "13083253", "text": "modern era to do so. This, a rematch of the 76th Grey Cup, was the second time that these two teams met for the championship. The game took place on November 27, 2011, at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was the eighth Grey Cup game played at BC Place, and the 15th in Vancouver, the most recent previous one having been the 93rd Grey Cup between the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. BC head coach Wally Buono won his fifth Grey Cup, tying a CFL record. In his first Grey Cup, Lions quarterback Travis Lulay threw two", "title": "99th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9244638", "text": "final convert. This was the third of 11 Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. 44th Grey Cup The 44th Grey Cup game was played on November 24, 1956, before 27,425 fans at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. The favoured Edmonton Eskimos won their third straight Grey Cup over the Montreal Alouettes by the score of 50 to 27. Edmonton coach Pop Ivy surprised many by starting sophomore Canadian quarterback Don Getty. With", "title": "44th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20471830", "text": "on September 5, 2016. Following the hiring of Marc Trestman as head coach for the 2017 season, Cross gained a more prominent role in the offense. He scored his first career touchdown on July 24, 2017 on a three-yard pass from Ricky Ray in a game against the Ottawa Redblacks. For the regular season, he recorded 36 catches for 366 yards and five touchdowns. He won his first Grey Cup championship in the 105th Grey Cup game where he had five catches for 36 yards and a pair of two-point conversion scores. During the following off-season, on December 21, 2017,", "title": "Declan Cross" }, { "docid": "4412592", "text": "success in the Grey Cup. Since 1954 however, the West has generally been on an equal footing and in recent decades has often dominated the East in the regular season. From 1954 to 2015, the West has won 35 Grey Cups and lost 26. This is not counting the 1995 season. Additionally two of the West's Grey Cup losses were to the Blue Bombers, who have played in the West for most of their history. The West was particularly dominant from 1978 to 1989, winning all but three Cups in that period (Winnipeg, traditionally a West team, won as an", "title": "West Division (CFL)" }, { "docid": "8938044", "text": "and the twelfth and final time overall. While the facility trails only nearby Varsity Stadium for number of times hosting the Grey Cup, this record unlikely to be matched, as the next closest, BC Place Stadium, has hosted only nine times as of 2017. Ten years after the Blue Jays and the Argonauts departed it, Exhibition Stadium was demolished in 1999. A few years later BMO Field was built as a soccer-specific stadium, approximately where Exhibition Stadium once stood. BMO Field was later renovated to accommodate the Argonauts for the 2016 CFL season and that year hosted the 104th Grey", "title": "70th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "1759418", "text": "Cassius Vaughn returned a Calgary fumble 109 yards in the 2017 Grey Cup game which was won by Toronto. The 1954 game also marked the end of the amateur era as the top teams completed their transition to professional organizations. As the 1950s wore on, the IRFU and WIFU distanced themselves from the CRU, forming the Canadian Football Council in 1956 to administer the game at the professional level. Two years later, on January 18, 1958, the CFC withdrew from the CRU and reorganized as the Canadian Football League (CFL). The new league formally assumed control of the Grey Cup", "title": "Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "1807691", "text": "win. The Leos' Cinderella season came to a close on November 26, 2000, in the Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, as the Lions won their fourth championship in team history with a nail biting 28–26 victory over the Montreal Alouettes. Running back Robert Drummond won the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award, while backfield teammate Sean Millington took home the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian trophy. The Lions' triumph marked the first time a team with a sub-.500 regular season record won the Grey Cup, and it signalled a marvellous end to Lui Passaglia's outstanding, 25-year CFL career.", "title": "BC Lions" }, { "docid": "1759450", "text": "play (15), including five consecutive losses between 1928 and 1932. The defending champions are the Calgary Stampeders who won the 106th Grey Cup in 2018. Six teams in CFL history have won the Grey Cup at home, the 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders, the 2012 Toronto Argonauts, the 2011 BC Lions, the 1994 BC Lions, the 1977 Montreal Alouettes, and 1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Blue Bombers were the losing team in 2011, extending Winnipeg's championship drought at the time to 21 seasons, and at 28 seasons (1991–2018) is the longest active streak in the CFL. Individually, three players have won seven Grey", "title": "Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "18288303", "text": "BC. He died February 5, 2017 in Ventura California. Barrie Hansen Barrie Hansen (born August 11, 1941) was a Canadian football defensive back and occasional punt returner who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and BC Lions. Hansen played college football at the California State University, Northridge. He joined the Alouettes in 1961 and played 3 years with them. He next played 3 more years with Winnipeg, missing only 3 games. He then played 3 more years with Hamilton from 1967 to 1969, where he won the 1967 Grey Cup. The following year, he reached a", "title": "Barrie Hansen" }, { "docid": "14256558", "text": "seasons in 1925 and 1926, where the team did not qualify for playoffs, Timmis played in his first Grey Cup game in 1927, but the Tigers lost to the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers. The Tigers then won back-to-back Grey Cup championships over Timmis' former club, Regina, in 1928 and 1929 while Timmis scored two touchdowns in the 1928 game. Timmis was named an Eastern All-Star by the Canadian Press in 1932 at the Tackle position, which was the first year players were named all-stars. He capped off his year by winning his third Grey Cup championship in the 20th Grey", "title": "Brian Timmis" }, { "docid": "19662353", "text": "to division final This is the first Grey Cup being played in Ottawa in 13 years, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canada. Ottawa also hosted the 55th Grey Cup in 1967, in celebration of the centennial of Canada. Toronto's wide-receiver DeVier Posey was named as the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Calgary's running back Jerome Messam was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. \"Source\" \"Source\" \"Source\" 2017 CFL season The 2017 CFL season was the 64th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 60th season of the league. The regular season began on", "title": "2017 CFL season" }, { "docid": "19662307", "text": "Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Eastern Final after the Riders, as a crossover team, defeated the Ottawa Redblacks in the Semi-Final. The Argos won the close game 25-21 after scoring a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the game. It was the first time the Argos had won the Eastern Final since 2012, the last time they won the Grey Cup. Calgary and Toronto met twice during the 2017 regular season, with Calgary winning both times. Their first meeting took place during Week 7 in Toronto and saw the Stampeders win 41–24. Three weeks later, the teams met again in Calgary,", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20912134", "text": "108th Grey Cup The 108th Grey Cup will be played to decide the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship for the 2020 season. The game will be televised in Canada nationally on TSN and RDS. As speculated with the 107th Grey Cup, the date for this game could come much earlier than in previous years. Currently, the Grey Cup is played on the fourth or fifth Sunday of November, as has been the case since 2007. During the CFL's State of the League address on November 24, 2017, League Commissioner Randy Ambrosie suggested that the league could potentially move the date", "title": "108th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "1807646", "text": "line-up met Hamilton at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Twenty-one years of waiting ended with a 37–24 Grey Cup championship victory over the Tiger-Cats in the 73rd Grey Cup. Quarterback Roy Dewalt won the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award on offence, while defensive end James \"Quick\" Parker took home the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award on defence. Kicker Lui Passaglia was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. Don Matthews won his first CFL Coach of the Year award. Mervyn Fernandez became the first Lion to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award and defensive tackle Mike Gray", "title": "BC Lions" }, { "docid": "16389979", "text": "Grey Momus Grey Momus (1835 – 1856) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from August 1837 to 1839 he competed twenty-one times and won fourteen races. Grey Momus first attracted attention as a two-year-old when he recorded two impressive victories at Goodwood in August. In the following year he won seven times from nine starts, taking two of the year's biggest races, the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Gold Cup at Ascot. Grey Momus won one competitive race and took three walkovers in 1839 before being retired. He was exported to stand as", "title": "Grey Momus" }, { "docid": "7858330", "text": "was also a part of two Grey Cup winning teams. In 2006, he received the David Boone Memorial Award in recognition for his contributions to the community. On March 20, 2007, Hervey officially announced his retirement from professional football. He served as the Eskimos' head scout until December 10, 2012, when he was named as the club's general manager. In 2015, the Eskimos won the Grey Cup. On April 7, 2017, the Eskimos held a press conference to announce the termination of Hervey's contract. On November 30. 2017, Hervey was named the general manager of the BC Lions. Ed Hervey", "title": "Ed Hervey" }, { "docid": "19662338", "text": "Blue Bombers, whose team had a bye that week, and he also played four seasons with the Tiger-Cats. Calvillo is the quarterbacks coach for the Alouettes, whose team played two days after the Hall of Fame game, and he also played for three years with the Tiger-Cats. Simon spent one year with the Roughriders and won the Grey Cup with the team that one year. After spending 95 years at the site of their old stadium, Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, the Saskatchewan Roughriders moved into a brand new facility, also called Mosaic Stadium, for the 2017 season. The stadium", "title": "2017 CFL season" }, { "docid": "19841402", "text": "after Toronto FC won the Eastern Conference Championship on November 29, 2017, leaving them as the highest remaining seed. The stadium was renovated and expanded prior to the 2016 season and hosted MLS Cup 2016. Capacity for the 2017 cup was the standard capacity of BMO Field at about 30,000 seats, compared to the extra 6,000 seats available at the 2016 cup which had been reused after a temporary installation for the Grey Cup and NHL Centennial Classic. On December 1, a round of tickets was released to season seat holders and quickly sold out. Additional tickets were released to", "title": "MLS Cup 2017" }, { "docid": "19548943", "text": "Smith and Jay Leno, and as supporting musicians with Tegan and Sara. The group were finalists for \"Torontonian of the Year\" on CBLA-FM's \"Metro Morning\" in 2015. On October 24, 2017, they hosted a public gathering at Nathan Phillips Square in tribute to Gord Downie, who had died a week earlier. This gathering, unusually, focused on performances of multiple songs by The Tragically Hip instead of just one, including \"Ahead by a Century\", \"Bobcaygeon\", \"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)\" and \"Poets\". On November 26, 2017, they performed \"O Canada\" before the 2017 Grey Cup in Ottawa. In January 2018, Goldman and", "title": "Choir! Choir! Choir!" }, { "docid": "7963797", "text": "Shepard, Kenny Ploen, Lewis and Van Pelt. Van Pelt scored two touchdowns, four converts and two field goals, a total of 22 points. Winnipeg had not won the Grey Cup in seventeen years prior to this game. The 1958 Grey Cup game is considered to be one of the ten best Grey Cup games of all time. 46th Grey Cup The 46th Grey Cup was the championship game of the 1958 season of the Canadian Football League on November 29, 1958. The game was played in Vancouver's Empire Stadium before a crowd of 36,567. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the", "title": "46th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "19662308", "text": "with the Stampeders winning 23–7. The 2017 Grey Cup was the fourth championship match-up between the two teams, with Calgary winning in 1971 and Toronto victorious in 1991 and 2012. The Argos' 2017 Grey Cup victory was their first defeat of the Calgary Stampeders since a 33-27 win in September 2013. During the week leading up to the game, the mayors of Toronto and Calgary, John Tory (who was the CFL commissioner from 1996-2000) and Naheed Nenshi, placed a friendly bet on the outcome, with the losing city's mayor having to donate to charity, wear the winning team's jersey at", "title": "105th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9242501", "text": "The game was held in Vancouver for the first time, and outside of Ontario for only the second time. The attendance was a record that would last until 1976. This was the second of 11 Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Larks have prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. 43rd Grey Cup The 43rd Grey Cup game was played on November 26, 1955, before 39,417 football fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. This was the first Grey Cup", "title": "43rd Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "1874977", "text": "Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 95th Grey Cup. The Riders' traditional rivals had moved to the East Division the previous year following the demise of the Ottawa Renegades, and the 2007 championship game marked the first time that the two Labour Day Classic opponents played each other in a Grey Cup game. Saskatchewan won 23–19 in a game where James Johnson recorded a Grey Cup record three interceptions en route to being named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Grey Cup. Fellow Roughrider Andy Fantuz was named the Canadian MVP in the game after recording 70 yards receiving and the", "title": "Saskatchewan Roughriders" }, { "docid": "20173719", "text": "2017–18 Scottish Cup The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015. The defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017. The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association. The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 10 July 2017 at Hampden Park", "title": "2017–18 Scottish Cup" }, { "docid": "19779090", "text": "United won 6-2 on aggregate.\" \"Global Cebu won 4-3 on aggregate. \" \"Hougang United won 8-1 on aggregate.\" \"Albirex won 5–2 on aggregate\" \"Global Cebu won 4–3 on aggregate\" 2017 Singapore Cup The 2017 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year. This will be the first time in the competition's history where both finalists are both non-Singaporean clubs. A total of", "title": "2017 Singapore Cup" }, { "docid": "20091591", "text": "2017 Faroe Islands Cup The 2017 Faroe Islands Cup was the 63rd edition of Faroe Islands domestic football cup. The competition started on 1 April and ended on 26 August. KÍ were the defending champions, having won their sixth cup title the previous year, but were eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual champions NSÍ, who qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Only the first teams of Faroese football clubs are allowed to participate. Teams from all divisions entered the competition in the first round. – Title Holders Entering this round are all ten", "title": "2017 Faroe Islands Cup" }, { "docid": "20400155", "text": "also trained by Lynam gave him even greater success, winning three Grade 1 sprints over the course of 2013 and 2014 - the British Champions Sprint Stakes, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and the July Cup. In January 2017, Lordan was taken on by Aidan O'Brien. This led to his first Classic winner, Winter, who won the 1,000 Guineas on 7 May 2017. Lordan also won the 2017 Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Hydrangea, a race Lordan also won in September 2015 on Legatissimo. Flat wins in Ireland by year Flat wins in Great Britain by year Ireland Great Britain Wayne", "title": "Wayne Lordan" }, { "docid": "9176406", "text": "completing only 10 of 25 passes for 139 yards. Junior Ah You won the award on defence. Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11 Grey Cup clashes. The Eskimos prevailed in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes were victorious in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. This was the last Grey Cup game played at Empire Stadium; the next time Vancouver hosted a Grey Cup game nine years later, it would be indoors at the new BC Place Stadium. 62nd Grey Cup The 62nd Grey Cup was played on November 24,", "title": "62nd Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "8968728", "text": "Congemi (sacked on his only play of the game). The Lions' defensive front of Andrew Stewart, Angelo Snipes, Doug Petersen and Henry Newby had one sack, each. The teams had about equal time of possession, with the Lions having 31:22 compared to Baltimore's 28:38. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by the host city until 2011, which was also won by the BC Lions at BC Place. The 1994 BC Lions Championship team was inducted to the BC Sports Hall of Fame, which is located inside BC Place Stadium. 82nd Grey Cup The 82nd Grey Cup was", "title": "82nd Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "9179312", "text": "for the first time since 1945, all the points were scored by Canadians. This game was the first Grey Cup played in the city of Calgary and the province of Alberta. This was, until the 2015 Grey Cup, the last Grey Cup championship for the Eskimos that did not involve Hugh Campbell; he would be hired as coach in 1977, and aside from a brief break from 1983 to 1985, won nine Grey Cups (including five in a row from 1978 to 1982) with the team as either a head coach or general manager until his retirement in 2006. 63rd", "title": "63rd Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20376250", "text": "the Champagne Stakes, moved him to the top of the two-year-old colt division and made him the likely winter book favorite for the 2018 Kentucky Derby. The day featured several wins by longshots, including Bar of Gold who won the Filly & Mare Sprint by a nose at 66-1, the second largest payout in Breeder's Cup history. Stormy Liberal won by a head at odds of 30-1 in the Turf Sprint. Source: Equibase Charts 2017 Breeders' Cup The 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 34th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year. The", "title": "2017 Breeders' Cup" }, { "docid": "20173729", "text": "to be broadcast live on UK television: 2017–18 Scottish Cup The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015. The defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017. The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association. The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on", "title": "2017–18 Scottish Cup" }, { "docid": "7423729", "text": "last play of the game to give Calgary the win. McLoughlin made three field goals in the fourth quarter and four altogether. Earlier in the year he had battled to gain his spot on the team. Jeff Garcia was named Grey Cup MVP, while Vince Danielsen was named Canadian MVP. 86th Grey Cup The 86th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 1998 in Winnipeg. The Calgary Stampeders won the game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with a score of 26-24. Calgary Stampeders (26) - TDs, Jeff Garcia, Kelvin Anderson; FGs, Mark McLoughlin (4); cons., McLoughlin; singles, McLoughlin. Hamilton", "title": "86th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "12764660", "text": "the 1961 season after an 0–6–1 start. In his six seasons as the Lions head coach, Skrien's teams had a record of 42–47–5 and played in two Grey Cup Games, playing in Vancouver but losing to Hamilton in 1963 (BC's first Grey Cup appearance), and then winning the 1964 Grey Cup (52nd) by defeating Hamilton in Toronto. He also won the Annis Stukus Trophy in 1963 as the CFL coach of the year. With journalist Dick Beddoes, he wrote the book \"Countdown to Grey Cup\" which chronicled the 1964 championship season. Skrien was fired in 1967 after an 0–5 start.", "title": "Dave Skrien" }, { "docid": "5306642", "text": "best single-season completion rate in CFL history behind Dave Dickenson's 73.98% mark set in 2005. Calvillo led Montreal to a 16-point fourth quarter comeback victory in the 97th Grey Cup on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 on a last-second field goal known as the \"13th Man\" finish. Calvillo won his third Grey Cup on November 28, 2010 at 98th Grey Cup in Edmonton, Alberta where he defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 21-18 for the second year in a row. He added to his record total of passing yards in Grey Cup games with 2470 yards, as", "title": "Anthony Calvillo" }, { "docid": "14687439", "text": "quarterback sacks. He was not re-signed by the Redblacks following the 2016 season and became a free agent on February 14, 2017. Nevertheless, Hopkins and the Redblacks agreed to a new one-year contract on March 10, 2017. After a successful CFL career that spanned seven seasons, team captain, CFLPA representative, and culminated in a 2016 Grey Cup championship with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Moton Hopkins retired in June 2017. After a successful CFL career that spanned seven seasons and culminated in a 2016 Grey Cup championship with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Moton Hopkins returned to the club as an assistant coach in", "title": "Moton Hopkins" }, { "docid": "9180471", "text": "Hamilton Wildcats, who played through 1949 before merging with the Tigers to form the modern-day Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton Alerts The Hamilton Alerts were a Canadian football-rugby union team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1911 to 1912. The club won the 4th Grey Cup in 1912, becoming the first ever team from Hamilton to win the Grey Cup and the first team from the ORFU to win the Cup. While the club won the Grey Cup in 1912, but not without controversy. The Alerts were suspended by the Ontario Rugby Football Union on", "title": "Hamilton Alerts" }, { "docid": "9057359", "text": "crowd to witness a football game in Ottawa until the 2004 Grey Cup. 76th Grey Cup The 76th Grey Cup was the 1988 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, between the BC Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Blue Bombers defeated the favoured Lions 22-21. This was the first Grey Cup game between two teams from west of Ontario, and the first to be won by a team which had only a .500 season. Winnipeg Blue Bombers (22) - TDs, James Murphy; FGs, Trevor Kennerd (4); cons., Kennerd; singles, Trevor Kennerd, Bob", "title": "76th Grey Cup" }, { "docid": "20940822", "text": "considered a monstrosity. Toryboy ran unplaced in the next two Melbourne Cups. In 1872 the horse was reportedly sold at auction for only £6. Toryboy Toryboy was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1865 Melbourne Cup. Toryboy was an eight-year-old grey gelding when winning the Cup. Overall, he ran in five Melbourne Cups, finishing fifth in 1861, sixth in 1862 and running unplaced in 1866 and 1867. He was not a physically imposing specimen, being described as \"a racehorse in miniature\" and as \"a little old grey pony\" at the time he won the Cup. The 1865 Cup", "title": "Toryboy" }, { "docid": "20940820", "text": "Toryboy Toryboy was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1865 Melbourne Cup. Toryboy was an eight-year-old grey gelding when winning the Cup. Overall, he ran in five Melbourne Cups, finishing fifth in 1861, sixth in 1862 and running unplaced in 1866 and 1867. He was not a physically imposing specimen, being described as \"a racehorse in miniature\" and as \"a little old grey pony\" at the time he won the Cup. The 1865 Cup was run in fine weather and attracted a large crowd including the Governor of Victoria (Charles Henry Darling) and visitors from South Australia, New", "title": "Toryboy" }, { "docid": "20886494", "text": "Sean Walsh (Lindsey Stirling, Ellie Goulding, Lea Michele, Carly Rae Jaspen) and Ben Taylor and Bryan Morton (Carly Simon, Mary Love). Taylor joined Jacob Whitesides again in the summer of 2017 on his Basically Happy Tour in Northern America and Canada. Taylor Grey Taylor Grey is an American singer, songwriter and recording artist who is currently signed to Kobalt Music Group record label. Taylor currently attends Stanford University, majoring in Neuroscience. In 2018, Taylor won for Best Pop Album of the Year for her debut album \"Space Case\" and Best Pop Song of the Year for \"Miami\" at the 16th", "title": "Taylor Grey" }, { "docid": "9983856", "text": "runners, Caravaggio in the Coventry Stakes and Lady Aurelia in the Queen Mary Stakes. The following year at the 2017 Royal Ascot meeting, Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio again won their respective races, the King's Stand Stakes and the Commonwealth Cup. Also at the 2017 meet, Sioux Nation, another offspring of Scat Daddy, took the Norfolk Stakes. At the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships, his son Mendelssohn (who is also a half-brother to champion Beholder) won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. In late 2017, daughter Daddys Lil Darling won the American Oaks. In 2018, Scat Daddy had a record-tying four horses", "title": "Scat Daddy" }, { "docid": "3342927", "text": "season record for all-purpose yards (3,300). The following year, Clemons won his very first football championship as his Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders to win the Grey Cup. Clemons went on to win two more Grey Cups as a player when Doug Flutie led Argonauts won back-to-back titles during the 1996 & 1997 seasons. In 1997, Clemons surpassed his own single season all-purpose yards record from 1990 by recording 3,840 all-purpose yards. This mark stood until 2012, when it was broken by Chad Owens. On September 15, 2000, Clemons played his last ever game as an Argonaut. During his 12-year", "title": "Pinball Clemons" }, { "docid": "11074370", "text": "Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in 1907. Throughout their history, the Tigers won five Grey Cup Championships as well as winning the Dominion Championship in 1908, the year before the Grey Cup was awarded. After struggling to compete on a sound financial level with the Hamilton Wildcats, who", "title": "Hamilton Tigers (football)" } ]

[ "Hannibal Rising", "Hannibal", "Manhunter", "Red Dragon", "The Silence of the Lambs" ]

[ { "docid": "17215934", "text": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise) The \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise is an American media franchise that features the titular character, Hannibal Lecter, who originally appeared in a series of novels (starting with \"Red Dragon\" in 1981) by Thomas Harris. The series has since expanded into film and television. The first adaptation was the 1986 film \"Manhunter\", which was an adaptation of \"Red Dragon\", directed by Michael Mann. The next adaptation was 1991's \"The Silence of the Lambs\", which was directed by Jonathan Demme and was the first film to feature Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal Lecter. \"Silence\" was a success, both", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "docid": "17215937", "text": "he wished he could revisit, Hopkins said, \"I made the mistake of doing two more [Hannibal Lecter movies] and I should have only done one.\" In 2017, Foster reprised her role as Starling in a skit titled \"Clarice Probes Hannibal Lecter About Trump's Russia Ties\" on \"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\", opposite Stephen Colbert as Hannibal Lecter. In the skit, Clarice questions Lecter on his relationship with Donald Trump and what he can tell her about his relationship with Russia. In 2005, comedian-musicians Jon and Al Kaplan, most famous for their musical re-imaginings of popular films as YouTube musicals,", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1426051", "text": "which portrayed Lecter's development into a serial killer. In the film, which was finished by 2007, eight-year-old Lecter is portrayed by Aaran Thomas, while Gaspard Ulliel portrays him as a young man. Both the novel and film received generally negative critical reviews. In February 2012, NBC gave a series order to \"Hannibal\", a television adaptation of \"Red Dragon\" to be written and executive-produced by Bryan Fuller. Mads Mikkelsen plays Lecter, opposite Hugh Dancy as Will Graham. Fuller commented on Mikkelsen's version of Lecter: \"What I love about Mads' approach to the character is that, in our first meeting, he was", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "20209865", "text": "has said [to Graham] in a couple of the movies, 'You're a lot more like me than you realize'. We'll get to the bottom of exactly what that means over the course of the first two seasons\". Regarding the series' influences, Fuller stated: \"When I sat down to the script, I was very consciously saying, 'What would David Lynch do with a Hannibal Lecter character? What sort of strange, unexpected places would he take this world?' I'm a great admirer of his work and his aesthetic and his meticulous sound design. Those were all components that I felt very strongly", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "1426036", "text": "not exhibit any other of the criteria traditionally associated with sociopathy; Graham explains that psychiatrists refer to Lecter as a sociopath because \"they don't know what else to call him\". In the film adaptation of \"The Silence of the Lambs\", protagonist Clarice Starling says of Lecter, \"They don't have a name for what he is.\" Lecter's pathology is explored in greater detail in \"Hannibal\" and \"Hannibal Rising\", which explains that he was traumatized as a child in Lithuania in 1944 when he witnessed the murder and cannibalism of his beloved sister, Mischa, by a group of deserting Lithuanian Hilfswillige, one", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "7215915", "text": "In the recent years, Scalia edited such movies as \"Levity\" (2003) directed by Ed Solomon, a documentary entitled \"Ashes and Snow\", \"The Great Raid\" directed by John Dahl, and \"Memoirs of a Geisha\", one of the most publicized movies of 2005, directed by Rob Marshall. Scalia also worked on \"Hannibal Rising\", a movie that tells a story of a teenaged Hannibal and his young sister Mischa Lecter after their parents are killed in World War II. It was directed by Peter Webber and released in 2006. He has a long lasting relationship with Ridley Scott working on movies such as", "title": "Pietro Scalia" }, { "docid": "10349201", "text": "According to James Fox, filmmaker Donald Cammell \"...looked upon violence as an artist might look on paint. [He asked:] What are its components? What's its nature? Its glamour?\" Thomas Harris created a fictional character called Hannibal Lecter, a cannibal and aesthete killer. In the films adapted from his work, \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (1991) and \"Hannibal\" (2001), directors Jonathan Demme and Ridley Scott, respectively intentionally generate excitement and anticipation when Lecter is about to kill (and eat) a victim. Lecter was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. In David Lynch's \"Blue Velvet\" (1986), the villain of the film, Frank Booth, is", "title": "Aestheticization of violence" }, { "docid": "16455725", "text": "Minnesota. With the investigation weighing heavily on Graham, Crawford decides to have him supervised by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Initially, Lecter – who is secretly a cannibalistic serial killer – works to manipulate the FBI from within, but the bond he builds with Graham begin to threaten his longevity. Lecter is fascinated by Graham's ability to empathize with psychopathic murderers, and tries to push the boundaries of Graham's fragile sanity in order to turn him into a killer himself. NBC began developing a \"Hannibal\" series in 2011 and former head of drama Katie O'Connell brought in her long-time friend", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "16455728", "text": "under the table and let them sweat when it's going to go boom\". He went on to call the relationship between Graham and Lecter as \"really a love story\", saying \"As Hannibal has said [to Graham] in a couple of the movies, 'You're a lot more like me than you realize'. We'll get to the bottom of exactly what that means over the course of the first two seasons\". Fuller originally planned for the show to run for seven seasons: the first three consisting of original material, the fourth covering \"Red Dragon\", the fifth \"The Silence of the Lambs\", the", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1426033", "text": "Hannibal Lecter Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel \"Red Dragon\" as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel and its sequel, \"The Silence of the Lambs\", feature Lecter as one of the primary antagonists after the two serial killers in both novels. In the third novel, \"Hannibal\", Lecter becomes a protagonist. His role as the antihero occurs in the fourth novel, \"Hannibal Rising\", which explores his childhood and development into a serial killer. The first film adapted from the Harris novels", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "16455731", "text": "down to the script, I was very consciously saying, 'What would David Lynch do with a Hannibal Lecter character? What sort of strange, unexpected places would he take this world?' I'm a great admirer of his work and his aesthetic and his meticulous sound design. Those were all components that I felt very strongly needed to be part of our Hannibal Lecter story. Between Lynch and Kubrick, there's a lot of inspiration.\" Fuller also cited David Cronenberg and Dario Argento as influences on the series. Fuller cited Tony Scott as an influence for the third season. English actor Hugh Dancy", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "20209856", "text": "killer during a crime scene and recreate their murders. When college girls are reported to be missing and all are said to be kidnapped by the same person, Graham is recruited by BSU Special Agent Jack Crawford for help. After one of the girls shows up in her house dead, Graham and Crawford receive help from Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist who has been dealing with sociopaths. However, unbeknownst to Graham, Crawford and the FBI, Lecter is a cannibal who has been killing and retrieving victims in order to make them his personal meal. The pilot receive a mostly positive", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "17215934", "text": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise) The \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise is an American media franchise that features the titular character, Hannibal Lecter, who originally appeared in a series of novels (starting with \"Red Dragon\" in 1981) by Thomas Harris. The series has since expanded into film and television. The first adaptation was the 1986 film \"Manhunter\", which was an adaptation of \"Red Dragon\", directed by Michael Mann. The next adaptation was 1991's \"The Silence of the Lambs\", which was directed by Jonathan Demme and was the first film to feature Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal Lecter. \"Silence\" was a success, both", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1426072", "text": "the love is absolutely on the table.\" Remembering how the song for the finale of the series - \"Love Crime\" by Siouxsie Sioux - was created, Fuller said: \"It was interesting. She [Siouxsie Sioux] was like, \"I want to write this song, and what are the things I should really be thinking about?\" And I was like, 'this is a love story. A love story between a full-fledged psychopath and someone who has nascent psychopathic abilities.' Actually, Hannibal Lecter is not a psychopath; he's something else entirely. But it's a love relationship between two men: one of them is a", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048065", "text": "passionately argued about what a single shot meant, where a tear slides down Starling's cheek during a confrontation with Lecter. They could not agree if it was a tear of \"anguish\", \"loneliness\" or \"disgust\". Scott told the \"New York Post\" that, the affair of the heart between Lecter and Starling is \"metaphorical\". \"Rolling Stone\" magazine even said in their review, \"Scott offers a sly parody of relationships—think 'When Hannibal met Sally'.\" Ridley Scott has said that he believes Lecter, in his own way, to be \"pure\"—one of the key motivating factors for the character is the search for \"retribution and", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "20209864", "text": "us the opportunity not to dally in our storytelling because we have a lot of real estate to cover\". Speaking specifically about the Lecter character, Fuller said: There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal. He's not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn't know who he was, they wouldn't see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock's principle of suspense—show the audience the bomb under the table and let them sweat when it's going to go boom. He went on to call the relationship between Graham and Lecter as \"really a love story\", saying \"As Hannibal", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "1426070", "text": "and particularly Bedelia, was able to call out what she had witnessed [between Lecter and Graham], it seemed like a natural conclusion. I remember when I turned in the rewrite pages where Will asks Bedelia if Hannibal is in love with him, I got a note from Don Mancini, one of our writers who was always pushing for more homosexual text – not just context or subtext but text, text, text – and he was like, \"I'm so glad you put that in there! They said it! They said it!\" Discussing what motivated him to verbally acknowledge the romance between", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426050", "text": "a cultural icon. In 2001, \"Hannibal\" was adapted to film, with Hopkins reprising his role. In the film adaptation, the ending is revised: Starling attempts to apprehend Lecter, who escapes after cutting off his own hand to free himself from her handcuffs. In 2002, \"Red Dragon\" was adapted again, this time under its original title, with Hopkins again as Lecter and Edward Norton as Will Graham. Hopkins wrote a screenplay for a \"Hannibal\" sequel, ending with Starling killing Lecter, but it was never produced. In late 2006, the novel \"Hannibal Rising\" was adapted into the film of the same name,", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426077", "text": "kidnapped and eaten by starving neighbors (though she states that it is unclear whether the story was true or whether Stepan Chikatilo even existed). The location of the book \"Hannibal\" was inspired by The Monster of Florence. While preparing the book, Harris traveled to Italy and was present at the trial of the main suspect, Pietro Pacciani, where he was seen taking notes. Hannibal Lecter Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel \"Red Dragon\" as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "4035237", "text": "Hannibal and Mischa are captured when five deserters appear: Grutas, Milko, Grentz, Dortlich, and Kolnas. Storming and looting the lodge, they lock the Lecters in the barn. Running low on supplies, the soldiers soon take Mischa; realizing they intend to cannibalize her, Hannibal tries to stop them, only to have his arm broken before he blacks out. Hannibal is later spotted by a Soviet tank crew, wearing shackles and rendered mute. Returned to Lecter Castle, now a Soviet orphanage, Hannibal is found to be irreparably traumatized by the ordeal. Removed from the orphanage by his uncle Robert Lecter, Hannibal goes", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "17215938", "text": "parodied \"The Silence of the Lambs\", especially the film version, in \"Silence! The Musical\". It premiered Off-Off-Broadway and has since had acclaimed productions in London (2009) and Los Angeles (2012). In 2012, it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle – Score, Lead Performance, Choreography Award. Hannibal Lecter (franchise) The \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise is an American media franchise that features the titular character, Hannibal Lecter, who originally appeared in a series of novels (starting with \"Red Dragon\" in 1981) by Thomas Harris. The series has since expanded into film and television. The first adaptation was the 1986 film \"Manhunter\", which", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "docid": "1426034", "text": "was \"Manhunter\" (based on \"Red Dragon\") which features Brian Cox as Lecter, spelled \"Lecktor\". In 1991, Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the character in \"The Silence of the Lambs\". He would reprise the role in \"Hannibal\" in 2001 and in a second adaptation of \"Red Dragon\" made in 2002 under the original title. The NBC television series \"Hannibal\" debuted in 2013, and focuses on the development of the relationship between Lecter and Will Graham, an FBI profiler. In the series, Lecter is portrayed by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who won a Saturn Award for his", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "20209866", "text": "needed to be part of our Hannibal Lecter story. Between Lynch and Kubrick, there's a lot of inspiration.\" English actor Hugh Dancy was the first actor to be cast, taking on the lead role of FBI criminal profiler Will Graham, who seeks help from Lecter in profiling and capturing serial killers. In June 2012, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was cast as Lecter. Soon after this, actor Laurence Fishburne was cast as FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit commander Jack Crawford. Caroline Dhavernas was later cast as Dr. Alana Bloom, a former student of Hannibal Lecter, and Hettienne Park was cast as CSI", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "20211129", "text": "herself — but if Abigail has inherited a nasty case of nuts, what does that make Will Graham? The irony inherent in 'Potage' is that those who think they are the ones capable of real harm, who have caught it from others, are damaged by circumstance, but it's the sanest-seeming among them, Hannibal Lecter, who is the one harboring the true demons. 'Potage' is the episode where the demons are let out to play, if for only a little bit.\" Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, \"'Potage' did a strong job of continuing to explore the themes of the series (what", "title": "Potage (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "404959", "text": "list of 500 greatest movies of all time. The American Film Institute, ranked it as the 5th greatest and most influential thriller film of all time while the characters Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter were ranked as the greatest film heroine and villain respectively. The film is considered \"culturally, historically or aesthetically\" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011. A sequel titled \"Hannibal\" was released in 2001, in which Hopkins reprised his role. It was followed by two prequels: \"Red Dragon\" (2002) and \"Hannibal Rising\" (2007). FBI", "title": "The Silence of the Lambs (film)" }, { "docid": "16455727", "text": "proper procedure for preparing human flesh for consumption. Fuller discussed the limited episode order and the continuing story arc he envisions for the series. \"Doing a cable model on network television gives us the opportunity not to dally in our storytelling because we have a lot of real estate to cover\". Speaking specifically about the Lecter character, Fuller said, \"There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal. He's not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn't know who he was, they wouldn't see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock's principle of suspense—show the audience the bomb", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1426071", "text": "Graham and Lecter, Fuller said, \"It felt like we had to shit or get off the pot, ultimately, because there had been so much going on between these two men that when Will asks, \"Is Hannibal Lecter in love with me?\" it is very much about death and the romance between these two men. There is a quality to connections that go above and beyond sexuality. You can have this intimate connection with somebody that then causes you to wonder where the lines of your own sexuality are. And we didn't quite broach the sexuality. It was certainly suggested, but", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426035", "text": "performance. In 2003, Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) was chosen by the American Film Institute as the greatest villain in American cinema. In June 2010, \"Entertainment Weekly\" named him one of the \"100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years\". \"Red Dragon\" firmly states that Lecter does not fit any known psychological profile. In \"The Silence of the Lambs\", Lecter's keeper, Dr. Frederick Chilton, claims that Lecter is a \"pure sociopath\" (\"pure psychopath\" in the film adaptation). In the novel \"Red Dragon\", protagonist Will Graham says that Lecter has no conscience and tortured animals as a child, but does", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "16455751", "text": "and unpleasant, you are always in his corner and really feel for the guy.\" Jeff Jensen of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the show an A- and called it \"... finely acted, visually scrumptious, and deliciously subversive.\" Brian Lowry of \"Variety\" said \"Hannibal\" is \"... the tastiest drama the network has introduced in awhile,\" and had particular praise for the central trio of Dancy, Mikkelsen and Fishburne. Eric Goldman of IGN gave the series a 9/10, which constitutes a score of \"Amazing\". He said, \"A prequel TV series about Hannibal Lecter has to overcome a lot of preconceptions ... But guess what?", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "3048050", "text": "the lines and showed up and walked around as Hannibal Lecter. I thought, 'Do I repeat that same performance, or do I vary it?' Ten years had passed so I changed a bit.\" In the book, Lecter uses bandages to disguise himself as a plastic surgery patient. This was left out of the film because Scott and Hopkins agreed to leave the face alone. Hopkins explains why: \"It's as if he's making a statement—'catch me if you can'. With his big hat, he's so obvious that nobody thinks he's Hannibal Lecter. I've always thought he's a very elegant man, a", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "8397874", "text": "it in the cover art of their albums, because of the act's taboo nature. A number of bands and works were inspired by the Meiwes case, such as: A number of significant works were based on the activities of Ed Gein, who served as inspiration for the characters: A notable cannibalistic serial killer from fiction is Hannibal Lecter, a character created by author Thomas Harris. Lecter appears in the novels: \"Red Dragon\" (1981), \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (1988), \"Hannibal\" (1999) and \"Hannibal Rising\" (2006). Lecter was a background character in \"Red Dragon\", and his cannibalism was not a plot", "title": "Cannibalism in popular culture" }, { "docid": "1426073", "text": "cannibal, and one of them understands those cannibalistic instincts all too well.\" Hannibal Lecter is parodied in the 2005 musical, \"SILENCE! The Musical\", with the character being originated by actor Brent Barrett. Thomas Harris has given few interviews and did not explain where he got inspiration for Hannibal Lecter until mid-2013. Harris revealed that the character was inspired by a real-life doctor and murderer he met while visiting a prison in the city of Monterrey during a trip to Mexico in the 1960s when he was a 23-year-old reporter. The doctor was serving a life sentence for murdering a young", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426043", "text": "others. While in hiding, he writes a letter to Starling wishing her well, and another to Chilton swearing revenge; Chilton disappears soon afterward. In the third novel, 1999's \"Hannibal\", Lecter lives in a palazzo in Florence, Italy, and works as a museum curator under the alias \"Dr. Fell\". The novel reveals that one of Lecter's victims survived: Mason Verger, a wealthy, sadistic pedophile whom Lecter had brutalized during a therapy session, leaving him a horrifically disfigured quadriplegic. Verger offers a huge reward for anyone who apprehends Lecter, whom he intends to feed to wild boars specially bred for the purpose.", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "5233485", "text": "it. Finding no other food in the bitterly cold Baltic winter, the men look menacingly at Lecter and Mischa. By 1949, Lecter Castle has been turned into an orphanage and is housing the orphaned Hannibal. After dealing violently with a bully, Lecter escapes from the orphanage to Paris to live with his widowed aunt, Lady Murasaki. While in France, Lecter flourishes as a student. He commits his first murder as a teenager, killing a local butcher who insults his aunt. He is suspected of the murder by Inspector Popil, a French detective who also lost his family in the war.", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "4035241", "text": "his night-shift by Milko. Outwitting Milko and drugging him, Lecter interrogates him for information on Grutas, before drowning him in an embalming tank and incinerating his remains. Eating at Kolnas' restaurant, Lecter notices his daughter is wearing Mischa's stolen bracelet. Entering Grutas' property, Hannibal sets an improvised bomb and confronts him as he bathes, only to be interrupted by Grutas' guards. As Lecter is about to be killed, his bomb detonates and cuts the power, allowing him to wound the guards and escape in the chaos. Returning to Murasaki's home, Lecter receives a call from Grutas, who threatens to kill", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "5233490", "text": "the soldiers, and he was killing them to keep this fact secret. Enraged by the revelation, Lecter eviscerates Grutas by repeatedly carving his sister's initial into his body. Lady Murasaki, finally disturbed by his behavior, flees from him even after he tells her that he loves her. The houseboat is incinerated, but Lecter, assumed to be dead, emerges from the woods. Lecter then hunts down the last member of the group, Grentz, in Canada, before leaving for the United States. \"Hannibal Rising\" received generally negative reviews from film critics, though Ulliel's performance as Lecter was generally praised. The film garnered", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "16455722", "text": "Hannibal (TV series) Hannibal is an American psychological horror–thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels \"Red Dragon\" and \"Hannibal\", with focus on the relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy and at the same time, the only person who can understand him. The series received a 13-episode order for its first season and, unlike most U.S. network shows, all future seasons would feature 13 episodes. David Slade", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "18153774", "text": "Mason Verger Mason Verger is a fictional character and a primary antagonist of Thomas Harris' 1999 novel \"Hannibal\", as well as its 2001 film adaptation and the second and third season of the TV series \"Hannibal\". In the film, he is portrayed by Gary Oldman, while in the TV series he is portrayed by Michael Pitt and Joe Anderson. Mason Verger is introduced in the novel \"Hannibal\" as a wealthy sexual sadist who was horribly disfigured during a therapy session with Dr. Hannibal Lecter. He plans gruesome revenge against Lecter, which sets the novel's plot in motion. The novel and", "title": "Mason Verger" }, { "docid": "3048021", "text": "in Italy and the United States. The novel \"Hannibal\" drew attention for its violence. \"Hannibal\" broke box office records in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom in February 2001, but was met with a mixed critical reception. Ten years after tracking down serial killer Jame Gumb, FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling is unjustly blamed for a botched drug raid. She is later contacted by Mason Verger, the only surviving victim of the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. A wealthy child molester, Verger was paralyzed and brutally disfigured by Lecter during a therapy session. He has been pursuing an", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "7836072", "text": "be one of the two most frightening popular novels of modern times, the other being \"The Exorcist\". Charles de Lint criticized \"Hannibal\" as a huge disappointment, citing \"its disturbing subtexts, which... set [Lecter] up as a sympathetic character,\" and Harris' \"twisting [Starling] so out of character simply to provide a 'shock' ending.\" Martin Amis was extremely critical of the book (having been impressed by Harris' earlier Lecter novels) and wrote that \"Harris has become a serial murderer of English sentences, and Hannibal is a necropolis of prose.\" The first printing of \"Hannibal\" was 1.3 million copies. It was the second", "title": "Hannibal (Harris novel)" }, { "docid": "2988198", "text": "however, feature a commentary track by Mann. MGM (current holders of the rights to \"The Silence of the Lambs\" and \"Hannibal\") released the theatrical cut of \"Manhunter\" on DVD in a pan-and-scan format in 2004. In January 2007, the same version was released by MGM in a widescreen format, for the first time on DVD, as part of \"The Hannibal Lecter Collection\", along with \"The Silence of the Lambs\" and \"Hannibal\". \"Manhunter\" was also released by itself in September 2007. The studio re-released \"The Hannibal Lecter Collection\" on Blu-ray in September 2009. In 2016, Shout! Factory released both the theatrical", "title": "Manhunter (film)" }, { "docid": "3048080", "text": "are the flashbacks to Lecter's childhood, in which he sees his younger sister, Mischa, eaten by German deserters in 1944. These flashbacks formed the basis for the 2007 film \"Hannibal Rising\" (written concurrently with the 2006 novel of the same name) which portrays Lecter as a young man. Hopkins was asked in an interview on the subject of whether or not he believed the idea of Starling and Lecter heading off into the sunset as lovers (as happens in the book). \"Yes, I did. Other people found that preposterous. I suppose there's a moral issue there. I think it would", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "1426038", "text": "social elite, and a sitting member of the Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra's Board of Directors. In \"The Silence of the Lambs\", Lecter is described through Starling's eyes: \"small, sleek, and in his hands and arms she saw wiry strength like her own\". The novel also reveals that Lecter's left hand has a condition called mid ray duplication polydactyly, i.e. a duplicated middle finger. In \"Hannibal\", he performs plastic surgery on his own face on several occasions, and removes his extra digit. Lecter's eyes are a shade of maroon, and reflect the light in \"pinpoints of red\". He has small white teeth", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048081", "text": "have been a very interesting thing though. I think it would have been very interesting had she gone off, because I suspected that there was that romance, attachment there, that obsession with her. I guessed that a long time ago, at the last phone call to Clarice, at the end of \"SotL\", she said, 'Dr. Lecter, Dr. Lecter ... '.\" In 2013, there was a news story from Italy where a gangster fed his rival alive to pigs. Many media stories compared this to a similar scene in \"Hannibal\". The film was followed by two films which are prequels based", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "3048066", "text": "punishment\". \"There is something very moral about Lecter in this film,\" said Scott in his audio commentary. \"The behaviour of Hannibal is never insane—[I] didn't want to use that excuse. Is he insane? No, I think he's as sane as you or I. He just likes it.\" Scott did say, however, \"In our normal terms, he's truly evil.\" Scott also brings up the notion of absolution in reference to Lecter towards the film's end. Verger has one overriding objective in life: to capture Lecter and subject him to a slow, painful death. Part of the story involves the character Rinaldo", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "1426061", "text": "leaves them as he flees before the police arrive. He is shown in a post-credits scene aboard a flight to France with his psychiatrist, Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson). The third season amends the series' continuity to incorporate events from the novel \"Hannibal\". It also changes Lecter's origin story: in this continuity, Lecter's sister Mischa was murdered, cannibalized, and fed to him by a peasant in his native Lithuania, who would eventually become his prisoner. Certain episodes also suggest that, in his youth, Lecter was the unidentified serial killer known as \"The Monster of Florence\". Months after his escape, Lecter", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "16455732", "text": "was the first actor to be cast, taking on the lead role of FBI criminal profiler Will Graham, who seeks help from Lecter in profiling and capturing serial killers. In June 2012, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was cast as Lecter. Soon after this, actor Laurence Fishburne was cast as FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit commander Jack Crawford. Caroline Dhavernas was later cast as Dr. Alana Bloom, a former student of Hannibal Lecter, and Hettienne Park was cast as CSI Beverly Katz. Lara Jean Chorostecki, Kacey Rohl, Scott Thompson and Aaron Abrams were cast in recurring roles. Gina Torres, Laurence Fishburne's then", "title": "Hannibal (TV series)" }, { "docid": "4035236", "text": "1941, Hannibal Lecter is eight years old and living in a castle with his parents and sister, Mischa. With the castle located near the eastern front of World War II, the Lecter family escapes to their lodge to elude the advancing German troops. With the castle abandoned, it is soon raided by Germans and civilians aiding them, their hidden art collection among the stolen loot. Three years later, an advancing Soviet tank stops at the Lecter family's lodge looking for water, only to be bombed by a German Stuka, the explosion killing all but the children. Surviving in the lodge,", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "5697852", "text": "he's doing the exact same things he hated all the other courtiers for doing, and I thought that was interesting, and very human.\" In 2012, he was also awarded the Danish American Society's Person of the Year. Mikkelsen played Hannibal Lecter in NBC's TV series \"Hannibal\" (2013–15), alongside Hugh Dancy as Special Agent Will Graham. The series has been a critical success, with Mikkelsen's performance as Lecter earning praise. Mikkelsen was initially dubious about accepting the role, as he believed that Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Lecter was \"done to perfection\". He said of his character, \"He's not a classic psychopath", "title": "Mads Mikkelsen" }, { "docid": "20209860", "text": "to suffer nightmares with Elise, hunted by his \"ability\". Crawford consults Alana Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas) for help and she recommends him to visit Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), a psychiatrist. Crawford takes Lecter to the labs where he meets Graham and agrees to help him. A new body appears in Hibbing, Minnesota, mounted on top of a deer's head in an open field with her lungs removed. The police have identified the murderer as the \"Minnesota Shrike\". They deduce the serial killer has a daughter who is about to leave and the killer can't accept it. Meanwhile, Lecter is shown", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "18977574", "text": "consulting Lecter on several of his cases until intuiting that Lecter is the killer he has been trying to catch. The film also omits Graham's disfigurement at Dolarhyde's hands; while the confrontation between the two results in Graham being severely wounded, Graham's wife kills Dolarhyde before he can cut her husband's face. Finally, the 2002 film portrays Graham and Molly as having a biological child, Josh, rather than Graham being stepfather to Molly's son. Hugh Dancy portrayed Graham in \"Hannibal\", a television series about his relationship with Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) prior to Lecter's capture. The show premiered on April", "title": "Will Graham (character)" }, { "docid": "7836071", "text": "before Lecter kills him. Starling undresses and offers her breast to Lecter, which he accepts. The two then become lovers and disappear together. Three years later, Barney and his girlfriend go to Buenos Aires to see a Johannes Vermeer painting. At the opera, Barney spots Lecter and Starling; fearing for his life, he flees with his girlfriend. The ending was controversial and the reaction to the novel was mixed. Robert McCrum, writing in \"The Guardian\", called it \"the exquisite satisfaction of a truly great melodrama.\" Author Stephen King, a fan of the series, has said that he considers \"Hannibal\" to", "title": "Hannibal (Harris novel)" }, { "docid": "20209870", "text": "seems borderline obsessed at times with painting a portrayal of a budding serial killer and using the audience’s knowledge of what said killer will get up to in the near future, \"Hannibal\" makes Hannibal Lecter a supporting player in the show named after him, the ultimate bogeyman in a world that doesn't lack for them. The title doesn't refer to the show's main character; it refers to the show's mission statement: This is a fallen world, a world full of evil. The best we can do is root out the darkness.\" Tim Goodman from \"The Hollywood Reporter\" gave a positive", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "1426052", "text": "adamant that he didn't want to do Hopkins or Cox. He talked about the character not so much as 'Hannibal Lecter the cannibal psychiatrist', but as Satan – this fallen angel who's enamoured with mankind and had an affinity for who we are as people, but was definitely not among us – he was other. I thought that was a really cool, interesting approach, because I love science fiction and horror and – not that we'd ever do anything deliberately to suggest this – but having it subtextually play as him being Lucifer felt like a really interesting kink to", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048068", "text": "cut off her hand in order to free himself. The first trailer appeared in theaters and was made available via the official website in early May 2000, over nine months before the film's release. As the film had only just begun production, footage was used from \"The Silence of the Lambs\". A second trailer, which featured footage from the new film, was released in late November 2000. In marketing the film, Hopkins' portrayal of Hannibal Lecter was chosen as the unique selling point of \"Hannibal\". \"Mr Hopkins is the draw here\", said Elvis Mitchell in a 2001 \"The New York", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "5233483", "text": "was produced by the Dino De Laurentiis Company and was released in France on February 7, 2007, and in Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States on February 9, 2007. Theatrical distribution was handled by Momentum Pictures in the U.K., and by The Weinstein Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the U.S.. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though Ulliel's performance as Lecter was generally praised. It grossed $82.2 million against a $50 million budget. In 1941, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. The German invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "20211119", "text": "those critics that didn’t like it all that much, is that it's a visually stunning piece of television. Frankly, it's gorgeous: the oversaturation, the soft-focus dream sequences, the constant juxtaposition of \"Hannibal\"s pronouncements of creepiness with shots of delectable food (shooting food, by the way, is incredibly difficult so hats off to \"Hannibal\" DP James Hawkinson for making everything Lecter makes look so good). What got me in 'Amuse-Bouche,' though, was the growing fungus that is, in the mind of killer Elden Stammetz, meant to reach out and touch Will.\" Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, \"It's a potent combination. The", "title": "Amuse-Bouche (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "17215935", "text": "critically and financially, and went on to become the third film in Academy Awards history to win in all top five categories (Best Actor for Hopkins, Best Actress for Jodie Foster, Best Director for Demme, Best Adapted Screenplay for Ted Tally, and Best Picture). Hopkins reprised the role in the next two films, 2001's \"Hannibal\", a sequel directed by Ridley Scott, and 2002's \"Red Dragon\", a prequel directed by Brett Ratner. In 2002, Hopkins revealed that he had written a screenplay for another sequel, ending with Clarice killing Lecter but it was not produced. In 2007, \"Hannibal Rising\" was released.", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "docid": "20209874", "text": "As written by Bryan Fuller and played by Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal Lecter, therapist-turned-cannibalistic-serial-killer-turned-crime consultant and possibly one of the greatest characters of 20th century popular literature, is just a big drag.\" Verne Gay from \"Newsday\" gave the pilot a \"C+\" rating and wrote, \"And if Will is such a genius at reconstructing crime scenes, why can't he look into that sinister Lecter soul to see the crime scene going on in there? Everyone else in the audience can. \"Hannibal\" just feels like a waste of a big talent - Fuller's.\" Vicki Hyman from \"The Star-Ledger\" gave the pilot a \"C\"", "title": "Apéritif (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "3213577", "text": "Red Dragon (2002 film) Red Dragon is a 2002 horror film based on the novel of the same title by Thomas Harris. Anthony Hopkins stars as psychiatrist and serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. It is a prequel to \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (1991) and \"Hannibal\" (2001). The novel was originally adapted into the film \"Manhunter\" (1986). The film was directed by Brett Ratner and written for the screen by Ted Tally, who also wrote the screenplay for \"The Silence of the Lambs\". Hopkins reprises Lecter, a role he played twice before in \"The Silence of the Lambs\" and \"Hannibal\",", "title": "Red Dragon (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "5233493", "text": "weekend gross of both \"Hannibal\" and \"Red Dragon\" ($58,003,121 and $36,540,945, respectively). The DVD was released on 29 May 2007 and sold 480,861 units in the opening weekend, generating revenue of $10,574,133. As of August 2009, the film has grossed $23,242,853 from DVD sales alone. Blu-ray sales or DVD rentals are not included. Hannibal Rising (film) Hannibal Rising is a 2007 horror film and the fifth film of the \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise. It is a prequel to \"The Silence of the Lambs\", \"Hannibal\", and \"Red Dragon\". The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris' 2006 novel of the same name", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "18977567", "text": "accident five years before. He tracks down the doctor who treated the victim in the emergency room, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, now a renowned psychiatrist, to see if he remembers any suspicious circumstances surrounding the patient. During their first meeting, Lecter claims not to remember very much. Graham returns to see Lecter in his office, and within minutes realizes that Lecter is the killer he seeks. Graham goes to Lecter's outer office and makes a phone call to the FBI's Baltimore Field Office. Lecter, who has removed his shoes, sneaks up on Graham and slashes his abdomen with a linoleum knife,", "title": "Will Graham (character)" }, { "docid": "1426041", "text": "catch another serial killer, Francis Dolarhyde, known by the nickname \"The Tooth Fairy\". Through the classifieds of a tabloid called \"The National Tattler\", Lecter provides Dolarhyde with Graham's home address, enabling Dolarhyde to disfigure Graham and attempt to kill his family. At the end of the novel, Lecter sends Graham a taunting note saying that he hopes Graham isn't \"too ugly\". In the 1988 sequel \"The Silence of the Lambs\", Lecter assists FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling in catching a serial killer known as \"Buffalo Bill\". Lecter is fascinated by Starling, and they form an unusual relationship in which he provides", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048035", "text": "'Let's make this one.' I haven't read anything so fast since \"The Godfather\". It was so rich in all kind of ways.\" Although Scott had accepted the job Demme had rejected, he said: \"My first question was: 'What about Jonathan?' and they said: 'The original team said it's too violent.' I said, 'Okay. I'll do it.'\" Scott did, himself, have some uncertainty with the source material. In particular, he had difficulties with the ending of the novel, in which Lecter and Starling become lovers: \"I couldn't take that quantum leap emotionally on behalf of Starling. Certainly, on behalf of Hannibal—I'm", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "5528045", "text": "next project was the Hannibal Lecter series \"Hannibal\", which premiered on NBC in 2013, and renewed for a second season in 2014. Fuller had developed \"High Moon\" for Syfy, based on the book \"The Lotus Caves\", which filmed a pilot in late 2013, but was not given a series order. In July 2014, it was announced that Starz had acquired the airing rights to the novel \"American Gods\", and that Fuller, with producer Michael Green, would develop the novel into a television series. The show premiered April 30, 2017, to critical acclaim. The show was renewed for a second season,", "title": "Bryan Fuller" }, { "docid": "3861225", "text": "disciplines such as odontology, anthropology, psychiatry, entomology, or pathology. The BAU was brought into mainstream culture by television shows such as \"Criminal Minds\", which depict an elite group of \"FBI agent profilers\" who travel the country assisting local law enforcement on diverse cases. The CBS weekly drama series \"Criminal Minds\" and its spinoff, \"\" both feature the BAU. Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter novels and the corresponding films (\"Manhunter\", \"The Silence of the Lambs\", \"Hannibal\", and \"Red Dragon\") featured the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), which later created and developed what eventually became known as the BAU. It is also seen in", "title": "Behavioral Analysis Unit" }, { "docid": "3048041", "text": "realized that Zaillian was \"exorcising the 600 pages of the book. He was distilling through discussion what he was gonna finally do ... Frankly I could have just made it.\" It was unclear if Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling) and Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) would reprise their respective roles for which they won Academy Awards in \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (best actress/actor). It became apparent that the producers and the studio could do without one of the original \"stars\" and would go on to find a replacement. The withdrawal of both Foster and Hopkins could possibly have been terminal for", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "3048060", "text": "Pietro Scalia to discuss scenes in the film and \"not music\". Zimmer used a symphony orchestra for the opera sequence, but would mostly use what he described as a \"very odd orchestra ... only cellos and basses all playing at the extreme ends of their range.\" This was done to emphasise the character of Hannibal Lecter. He explains: \"Anthony's character is for me somebody at the extreme range of whatever is humanly imaginable somehow.\" Zimmer also did not want the score to sound like a \"modern day orchestra\". The character Mason Verger had his own \"theme\", which become more \"perverted\"", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "18977563", "text": "Will Graham (character) Will Graham is a fictional character in Thomas Harris' 1981 novel \"Red Dragon\". Other than passing mentions in Harris' sequel \"The Silence of the Lambs\", he does not appear in any other book of the Lecter series. In the film adaptations \"Manhunter\" and \"Red Dragon\", he is portrayed by William Petersen and Edward Norton, respectively. In the television series \"Hannibal\", he is portrayed by Hugh Dancy. Graham is an FBI profiler responsible for the capture of serial killer Hannibal Lecter, and who is later assigned to capture serial killer Francis Dolarhyde. In both the text and film", "title": "Will Graham (character)" }, { "docid": "5633304", "text": "himself captures the villain. His best-known modern appearance is in the mini-series \"\", where he is portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter-like figure, offering insight in Batman's search for Holiday, a serial killer who uses holidays as his \"modus operandi\". Like Hannibal Lecter in the novels of Thomas Harris, Calendar Man knows who the killer is and keeps this information to himself, choosing instead to taunt the heroes with cryptic clues. He returns in that story's sequel, \"\", in which he impersonates deceased mobster Carmine Falcone in an effort to drive his children, Alberto and Mario, insane. When Calendar Man (as", "title": "Calendar Man" }, { "docid": "7905897", "text": "Lecter. Directed by Michael Mann, the film received mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office. It has since developed a cult following. After Harris wrote a sequel to the novel, \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (1988), itself turned into a highly successful film in 1991, \"Red Dragon\" found a new readership. A second sequel, \"Hannibal\", was published in 1999 and adapted into a film in 2001. Both film sequels featured Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal Lecter, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1991. Due to the success of the second and third", "title": "Red Dragon (novel)" }, { "docid": "3048063", "text": "sonnets, and meets with Detective Pazzi and his wife, Allegra. She asks Lecter, \"Do you believe a man could become so obsessed by a woman after a single encounter?\" Lecter replies: \"Yes, I believe he could ... but would she see through the bars of his plight and ache for \"him\"?\" This scene, in the film, is one which Scott claims most people \"missed\" the meaning of. It was in reference to Starling—to their encounter in \"The Silence of the Lambs\". \"The New York Times\", in its review of the film, said \"Hannibal\", \"toys\" with the idea of \"love that", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "1426046", "text": "entering the Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires. Fearing for his life, Barney leaves Buenos Aires immediately, never to return. Harris wrote a 2006 prequel, \"Hannibal Rising\", after film producer Dino De Laurentiis (who owned the cinematic rights to the Lecter character) announced that he was going to make a film depicting Lecter's childhood and development into a serial killer with or without Harris' help. Harris would also write the film's screenplay. The novel chronicles Lecter's early life, from his birth into an aristocratic family in Lithuania in 1933, to being orphaned, along with his beloved sister Mischa, in", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" } ]

[ { "docid": "1426067", "text": "plan to catch Dolarhyde, using Lecter as bait. Lecter goes with Graham on a police convoy, to be transferred to another facility in order to eventually draw the killer out. However, Graham has made a deal with Dolarhyde to free Lecter, and Dolarhyde attacks the convoy, killing the guards and letting Lecter and Graham live. Lecter then takes Graham to a secluded clifftop cottage where he previously held Abigail Hobbs and Miriam Lass. Dolarhyde tracks them down and attacks them, shooting Lecter in the back and stabbing Graham in the face. Though they are both badly wounded, Lecter and Graham", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426059", "text": "(Lara Jean Chorostecki), who is investigating him and Lecter. Graham shares a meal with Lecter of what is implied to be her flesh, but it is soon revealed that Lounds is still alive and conspiring with Graham and Crawford to draw Lecter into their trap. Lecter and Graham acquire a common enemy in Mason Verger (Michael Pitt), a wealthy sadist whom they both despise for emotionally and sexually abusing his twin sister Margot (Katharine Isabelle). Verger makes a deal with Graham to kill Lecter, secretly planning to feed them both to his prize pigs; however, Graham changes his mind and", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048026", "text": "horror as Lecter removes part of Krendler's prefrontal cortex, sautés it, and feeds it to him. After the meal, Starling tries to attack Lecter, but he overpowers her. She handcuffs his wrist to hers. Hearing the police closing in, Lecter threatens to sever her cuffed hand to escape. Lecter is later seen on a flight with his own boxed lunch, his bandaged arm in a sling. As he prepares to eat his meal, including what is assumed to be part of a cooked brain, a young boy seated next to him asks to try some of his food. Lecter shares", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "1426056", "text": "trying to catch. Throughout the beginning of the second season, Graham, who is now institutionalized, attempts to convince his skeptical former colleagues that Lecter is the real killer and begins pulling strings from within his cell in order to expose him. Meanwhile, Lecter begins to manipulate evidence from the outside, exonerating himself after the FBI's initial investigations into Graham's claims. Eventually, Graham persuades his friend and colleague Beverly Katz (Hetienne Park), a forensic scientist, to investigate Lecter in exchange for help on a case. She breaks into Lecter's house, where she find evidence of his guilt. Lecter catches her, however,", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426040", "text": "is the culprit. Realizing that Graham is on to him, Lecter creeps up behind Will and stabs him with a linoleum knife, nearly disemboweling him. Graham survives, but is so traumatized by the incident that he takes early retirement from the FBI. Lecter is charged with a series of nine murders, but is found not guilty by reason of insanity. He is institutionalized in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane under the care of Dr. Frederick Chilton, a pompous, incompetent psychologist whom he despises. Some years later, Graham comes out of retirement and consults Lecter in order to", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426045", "text": "to treat her, subjecting her to a regimen of mind-altering drugs and classical conditioning in order to make her believe she is his long-dead sister Mischa. One day, he invites her to a formal dinner where the guest and first course is Paul Krendler, whose brain they consume together. On this night, Starling tells Lecter that Mischa's memory can live within him instead of taking her place. She then offers him her breast, and they become lovers. Three years later, former orderly Barney Matthews, who had befriended and respected Lecter while he was incarcerated in Baltimore, sees Lecter and Starling", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426066", "text": "conversations with Dolarhyde. Lecter complies, but then suddenly tells Dolarhyde they are listening. Bloom punishes him by taking away his books and toilet, and confining him in a straitjacket and muzzle. Graham, in an attempt to make Dolarhyde come out of hiding, gives an interview with Chilton and Lounds in which he describes \"The Tooth Fairy\" as ugly, impotent, and a product of incest. Dolarhyde, enraged by the \"bad review\", abducts, burns and disfigures Chilton, and sends Lecter Chilton's severed lips, one of which Lecter eats. In the series finale, \"The Wrath of the Lamb\", Lecter and Graham develop a", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "7836069", "text": "the Verger family fortune. Verger's men capture Lecter, and Starling pursues them. When Starling catches up to Lecter, she is able to cut him free before succumbing to tranquilizer darts shot by one of Verger's men. The boars are unleashed by Lecter; they feed on the henchmen that Starling had already shot dead or incapacitated but ignore Lecter when they smell no fear on him. In the confusion, Lecter carries the unconscious Starling to safety and escapes. At the same time, Margot releases one of the henchmen and kills another, then obtains Mason's sperm by sodomizing him with a cattle", "title": "Hannibal (Harris novel)" }, { "docid": "20211125", "text": "to her home, where she and her neighbor Marissa are confronted by the brother of the impaled girl, Nicholas Boyle (Mark Rendall). The following day, Abigail is taken to the cabin where Marissa is found impaled on a deer's head. In her house, Abigail finds the hair of one of the murdered girls inside a pillow and inadvertently kills Boyle in a way that, according to Lecter, cannot be seen as self-defense. Lecter helps her cover-up the murder, after which Abigail realizes it was Lecter who made the call to her father. Lecter suggests that Abigail keep his secret in", "title": "Potage (Hannibal)" }, { "docid": "4035243", "text": "Murasaki, only to be shot in the back by Grutas, who boasts while molesting a bound Murasaki. Lecter removes his tantō, dimpled by Grutas' bullet, and uses it to cut Grutas' hamstring. With Grutas disarmed, Murasaki begs Lecter spare him for Popil, only for Grutas to mock him. Taunting that Lecter drank broth made from Mischa, he suggests Lecter kills only to continue lying to himself; enraged, Lecter carves several \"M\"s into Grutas, fatally wounding him. Horrified by Lecter, Murasaki declares there's nothing human left inside him to love, and dives overboard. Detonating the houseboat with an improvised explosive, Lecter", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "3048024", "text": "up, then disembowels and hangs him. Lecter then heads back to the United States. Verger bribes Justice Department official Paul Krendler to accuse Starling of withholding a note from Lecter, leading to her suspension. Lecter lures Starling to Union Station. Verger's men, having trailed Starling, capture and bring Lecter to Verger. Verger intends to feed Lecter alive to a herd of wild boars bred specifically for this purpose. After her superiors refuse to act, Starling infiltrates Verger's estate. After neutralizing the two guards and freeing Lecter, she is shot by a third guard who was in hiding. Lecter picks up", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "3048022", "text": "elaborate scheme to capture, torture, and kill Lecter ever since. Using his wealth and political influence, Verger has Starling reassigned to Lecter's case, hoping her involvement will draw Lecter out. After learning of Starling's public disgrace, Lecter sends her a taunting letter. Starling detects a strange fragrance from the letter. A perfume expert later identifies a skin cream whose ingredients are only available to a few shops in the world. She contacts the police departments of the cities where the shops are located, requesting surveillance tapes. In Florence, one of those cities, Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi is investigating the disappearance", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "5233489", "text": "to Mischa. He then attacks Grutas in his home but Grutas is rescued by his bodyguards. Grutas kidnaps Lady Murasaki and calls Lecter, using her as bait. Lecter recognizes the sounds of Kolnas' birds from his restaurant in the background. Lecter goes there and plays on Kolnas' emotions by threatening his children. Kolnas gives up the location of Grutas' boat, but Lecter kills him when Kolnas goes for Lecter's gun. Lecter goes to the houseboat and finds Grutas assaulting Lady Murasaki. In a final confrontation, Grutas claims that Lecter had also consumed his sister in broth fed to him by", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "1426060", "text": "frees Lecter, allowing them both to escape. Lecter then takes Verger hostage in Graham's house. He gives him a hallucinogenic drug cocktail, and tells him to cut off pieces of his own face and feed them to Graham's dogs. With Graham's tacit approval, Lecter then breaks Verger's neck with his bare hands, paralyzing him. In the second-season finale, Crawford arrives at Lecter's house to arrest him. In the ensuing struggle, Lecter seriously wounds Crawford, while a very much alive Abigail Hobbs pushes Bloom out of a window. Lecter then stabs Graham and cuts Abigail's throat in front of him, and", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "4035242", "text": "her unless he surrenders; overhearing ortolans singing in the background of the phone call, Lecter breaks into Kolnas' home, and then heads to his restaurant. Lecter shows he took Mischa's bracelet from his daughter and, in exchange for information, offers to spare Kolnas and free his family. Giving up the location of Grutas' houseboat, Kolnas then realizes Lecter was lying about holding his family. Attacked by Kolnas, Lecter fatally stabs him through the head with a tantō. Finding and reaching the boat, Lecter sneaks aboard but is wounded by the captain. Killing the guards and captain, Lecter rushes to save", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "7836067", "text": "feared Lecter visiting her, she replied that she did not, as \"he said he wouldn't\". Meanwhile, Mason Verger, a wealthy, sadistic pedophile whom Lecter disfigured during a therapy session years before, plans to get revenge by feeding Lecter to wild boars, using Starling as bait. He is aided by corrupt Justice Department agent Paul Krendler, Starling's nemesis. Rinaldo Pazzi, a disgraced Italian detective, pursues Lecter in the interests of collecting Verger's bounty on him. However, Lecter disembowels and hangs Pazzi in reference to the lynchings of the Pazzi conspirators. After killing one of Verger's men, Lecter escapes to the United", "title": "Hannibal (Harris novel)" }, { "docid": "4035238", "text": "to live with him in France with his aunt, Lady Murasaki. Visiting a marketplace with his aunt, Lecter assaults butcher Paul Momund when he insults Murasaki. Count Lecter, learning of the slight against his wife, violently confronts the butcher and collapses and subsequently dies from a heart attack. Losing most of the Count's estate to death duties, Lecter and Murasaki move across France, and Lecter flourishes as a medical student, assisting by preparing cadavers for lessons. Locating Momund the butcher, Lecter murders him for his actions, eviscerating and beheading him before eating his cheeks. Suspected by Inspector Popil, Lecter escapes", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "5233484", "text": "the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their parents travel to the family's hunting lodge in the woods to elude the advancing German troops. After three years, the Nazis are finally driven out of the countries soon to be occupied by the Soviet Union. During their retreat, however, they destroy a Soviet tank that had stopped at the Lecter family's lodge looking for water. The explosion kills everyone but Lecter and Mischa. They survive in the cottage until five former Lithuanian militiamen, led by a Nazi collaborator named Vladis Grutas, storm and loot", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "1426047", "text": "1944 when a German Stuka bomber attacks a Soviet tank in front of their forest hideaway. Shortly thereafter, he and Mischa are captured by a band of German collaborators, who murder and cannibalize Mischa before her brother's eyes; Lecter later learns that the collaborators also fed him Mischa's remains. Irreparably traumatized, Lecter escapes from the deserters and wanders through the forest, dazed and unable to speak. He is found and taken in by an orphanage, where he is bullied by the other children and abused by the dean. He is adopted by his uncle Robert and his Japanese wife, Lady", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "5233486", "text": "Thanks in part to his aunt's intervention, Lecter escapes responsibility for the crime. Eventually, Lecter becomes the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. He works in Paris, where he is given a job preparing cadavers. One day, Lecter witnesses a condemned war criminal receiving a sodium thiopental injection, allowing him to recall details about his war crimes. Consequently, in an attempt to recall the names of those responsible for his sister's death, Lecter injects himself with the solution. His subsequent flashback reveals to the viewers the men who had killed Mischa, had cannibalized her as well. Lecter", "title": "Hannibal Rising (film)" }, { "docid": "1426058", "text": "Miriam Lass (Anna Chlumsky), into believing that Chilton had abducted and tortured her. Graham resumes therapy with Lecter as an attempt to entrap him. Lecter becomes aware of the ruse, but is fascinated by the experience and allows it to continue in an attempt to examine his connection with Graham, which quickly grows into a close bond. In an attempt to push Graham into becoming a killer, Lecter sends his psychotic former patient Randall Tier (Mark O'Brien) after him, and Graham kills and mutilates Tier – just as Lecter hoped he would. Later, Graham attacks tabloid reporter Fredericka \"Freddy\" Lounds", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426063", "text": "country to find out more about him. Lecter manages to escape from Crawford and meet up with Graham when he arrives to Italy again. Graham makes peace with Lecter before pulling a knife on him, but Chiyoh shoots and wounds Graham. Lecter takes Graham back to his villa and tries to perform a craniotomy on him in front of Crawford, but is interrupted by Italian detectives on Verger's payroll, who deliver them both to Verger's estate in Maryland. Verger's physician Cordell Doemling (Glenn Fleshler) tells Lecter that he will mutilate him until he dies, and prepare gourmet cuisine from his", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "3048023", "text": "of a library curator. Pazzi questions Lecter, who is masquerading as Dr. Fell, the assistant curator and caretaker. Upon recognizing Dr. Fell in the surveillance tape, Pazzi accesses the ViCAP database of wanted fugitives. He then learns of Verger's US$3 million personal bounty on Lecter. Blinded by greed, Pazzi ignores Starling's warnings and attempts to capture Lecter alone. He recruits a pickpocket to obtain Lecter's fingerprint to show Verger as proof. The pickpocket, mortally wounded by Lecter, manages to get the print and gives it to Pazzi. Lecter baits Pazzi into an isolated room of the Palazzo Vecchio, ties him", "title": "Hannibal (film)" }, { "docid": "1426055", "text": "was her father's accomplice. Lecter is fascinated by Graham's ability to empathize with psychopaths, and he spends much of the series trying to undermine Graham's fragile sanity and push him into becoming a killer. To this end, Lecter prevents Graham from learning that he has advanced encephalitis, just to see how Graham would function under the circumstances. In the first-season finale, Lecter reluctantly frames Graham for a series of murders that he himself committed throughout the season – including, apparently, Abigail's – but not before Graham realizes that Lecter is the Chesapeake Ripper, the very serial killer he has been", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "4035240", "text": "bag of buried loot, which also contains the hidden dogtags of his captors. Attacked by Dortlich, Lecter strikes him with his shovel, and ties him to a tree stump. Noosed to a horse, Dortlich confirms Grentz relocated to Canada, and that Kolnas owns a restaurant in Fontainebleau; despite his pleas, Lecter uses the horse to tear off Dortlich's head. Returning to France, Lecter is kissed by Murasaki, who insists that he promise to stop killing and to co-operate with Popil; Lecter responds that he already promised revenge for Mischa, and leaves. Lecter continues his studies only to be stalked during", "title": "Hannibal Rising" }, { "docid": "1426068", "text": "manage to get the better of Dolarhyde and kill him together: Graham slices open Dolarhyde's chest, while Lecter tears out his throat with his teeth. Lecter and Graham then embrace, before Graham pushes them both off a cliff. Their ultimate fate is left ambiguous; a post-credits scene shows Du Maurier dining on her own leg at a table set for three. Series creator Bryan Fuller has said this scene is meant to suggest that Lecter and Graham survived and that Graham has become Lecter's partner in murder. Fuller has stated that Season 4 would have depicted Lecter and Graham on", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426054", "text": "Lecter secretly calls Hobbs to tip him off that Graham is on to him. As a result, Hobbs turns on his own family, killing his wife and trying to kill his daughter Abigail (Kacey Rohl) as Graham charges in and shoots him dead. Killing Hobbs weighs on Graham's conscience and gives him nightmares, so his boss Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) sends him to Lecter for counseling. Throughout the first season, Lecter acts as Graham's unofficial psychiatrist, and they form a tenuous friendship. Lecter and Graham also become father figures to Abigail, and cover for her when they discover that she", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" }, { "docid": "1426064", "text": "flesh for Verger to eat. Influenced by Graham, Bloom frees Lecter, who suggests that Margot kill her brother, promising to take the blame. Lecter then kills Doemling, who is about to surgically remove Graham's face and graft it onto Verger's, and later instructs Margot and Bloom on how to milk the unconscious Verger's prostate to give Margot the sperm she needs to conceive a child and thus inherit the Verger family fortune. After Margot kills her brother, Lecter goes to Graham's house, carrying wounded and unconscious Graham. When Graham wakes up, he allows Lecter to escape, but later that evening", "title": "Hannibal Lecter" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3688110", "text": "Netherlands and Spain are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 24 teams have competed in at least one World Cup. Total number of teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2018 is 25, using FIH's view on successor teams Hockey World Cup The Men's Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. There is also a Women's Hockey World Cup, which has been held since 1974", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "3688100", "text": "Hockey World Cup The Men's Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. There is also a Women's Hockey World Cup, which has been held since 1974 and was organised by the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) until 1981, when the governing bodies merged into the current International Hockey Federation in 1982. Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times. The Netherlands and Australia have each", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "3688102", "text": "the first editor of \"World Hockey\" magazine. Their idea was approved on 26 October 1969, and adopted by the FIH Council at a meeting in Brussels on 12 April 1970. The FIH decided that the inaugural World Cup would be held in October 1971, in Pakistan. However, political issues would prevent that first competition from being played in Pakistan. The FIH had inadvertently scheduled the first World Cup to be played in Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Furthermore, Pakistan and India had been at war with each other only six years earlier. When Pakistan invited India to compete in", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "16272270", "text": "1975 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan from a goal difference of 2–1. It was the second World Cup Final appearance for both the nations, Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India was the runner-up of 1973 World Cup, held in Amstelveen, Netherlands. German team defeated host nation, Malaysian team, with a goal difference of 4–0 for third place. In the final match, Indian team", "title": "1975 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "16272272", "text": "(5), Iftikhar Ahmed (6), Islahuddin (7 Captain), Mohammad Azam (15), Manzoor ul Hasan Jr (9), Mohammad Zahid (10), Samiullah Khan (11), Safdar Abbas (16) 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1975 Hockey World Cup was the third edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the final, India defeated Pakistan from a goal difference of 2–1. It was the second World Cup Final appearance for both the nations, Pakistan was the winner of the inaugural World Cup in 1971, and India was the runner-up of 1973 World Cup, held in", "title": "1975 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "3688110", "text": "Netherlands and Spain are the only teams to have competed at each World Cup; 24 teams have competed in at least one World Cup. Total number of teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2018 is 25, using FIH's view on successor teams Hockey World Cup The Men's Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer Olympics. There is also a Women's Hockey World Cup, which has been held since 1974", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "8709686", "text": "own World Cup. He proposed his idea to the FIH through Patrick Rowley, the first editor of \"World Hockey\" magazine. Their idea was approved on 26 October 1969, and adopted by the FIH Council at a meeting in Brussels on 12 April 1970. The FIH decided that the inaugural World Cup would be held in October 1971, in Pakistan. Khan went on to donate the World Cup trophy and later the Champions Trophy to the International Hockey Federation. In the group stage of the 1970 Asian Games, Pakistan was competing with tournament hosts Thailand and contenders Japan for top spot", "title": "Pakistan men's national field hockey team" } ]

[ { "docid": "8144364", "text": "on the even years. The first event was held in 1984, in the city of Paris. The first three-placed nations were granted an entry to next year's \"A\" World Championship and the last three-placed nations on the \"A\" tournament were relegated to the next year's \"B\" World Championship. Roller Hockey World Cup The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The world championship tournament is held every two years, on the odd years. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Through the 2015 World Cup,", "title": "Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "15221162", "text": "2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 41st edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in Luanda and Namibe (today Moçâmedes), Angola from 20 to 28 September 2013. This is the first Roller Hockey World Cup organized in Africa. Luanda and Namibe were the host cities of the tournament. \"All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).\" The teams to play the World Cup are the first thirteen countries at the last World Cup, and the first three countries qualified at last B World Cup. The group", "title": "2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "8144362", "text": "Roller Hockey World Cup The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The world championship tournament is held every two years, on the odd years. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Through the 2015 World Cup, only five countries have taken the Roller Hockey World Cup: England winning two times, Portugal winning fifteen times, Spain winning seventeen times, Italy winning four times and Argentina winning five times. Since the 2003 World Cup all events have been 16-team events, featuring a four group round-robin tournament", "title": "Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "15221163", "text": "arrangement is already defined. 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 41st edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in Luanda and Namibe (today Moçâmedes), Angola from 20 to 28 September 2013. This is the first Roller Hockey World Cup organized in Africa. Luanda and Namibe were the host cities of the tournament. \"All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).\" The teams to play the World Cup are the first thirteen countries at the last World Cup, and the first three countries qualified at last B", "title": "2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "3688104", "text": "nations, the smallest World Cup to date. The 1978 Cup featured fourteen nations. The 2002 Cup featured sixteen nations, the largest World Cup to date. The remaining 9 World Cups have featured 12 nations. The first three tournaments were held every two years. The 1978 cup was the only tournament held three years from the previous one. It was halfway between the Summer Olympics hockey competition and has continued that way. In other words, the tournament has been held every four years ever since. The Hockey World Cup trophy was designed by the Bashir Moojid and created by the Pakistani", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "14731124", "text": "most recent World Cup final ranking. Indoor Hockey World Cup The Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years. Twelve qualified teams will be divided into two pools. The top two in their pool qualified for first to fourth classification, while third and fourth qualified for fifth to eighth classification, the last two teams will play for last four placing. Qualification is set by the governing body, the International Hockey Federation. The qualified teams include the", "title": "Indoor Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "8800081", "text": "evolution led to the creation of the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) in 1924. Contance Applebee is responsible for introducing field hockey to the United States in 1901. The United States Field Hockey Association was formed in 1922. In 1908, men's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic Games. Women's field hockey was first recognized in the Olympic Games in 1980. The World Cup is the crowning achievement in international field hockey. The World Cup is held every four years and 12 men's and 12 women's teams compete for the title of World Champion. when im sterring at a page", "title": "Field hockey stick" }, { "docid": "17657741", "text": "2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record eighth time after defeating Ireland 6–0 in the final, who claimed their first ever World Cup medal. Spain won the third place match by defeating Australia 3–1 to claim their first ever World Cup medal as well. In March 2013, one month after the", "title": "2018 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11749483", "text": "2010 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India. Australia won the tournament after defeating Germany 2–1 in the final, collecting their second World Cup, after the title obtained in 1986. Netherlands won the third-place match by defeating England 4–3. India's hosting of the event was put in doubt when the FIH reviewed the progress of the Indian Hockey Federation's \"Promoting Indian", "title": "2010 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "17657706", "text": "2018 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. 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The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017", "title": "2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "15978199", "text": "1998 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the ninth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup. The competition was held from 20 June – 1 July. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to win a tournament at its home ground not only once, but twice. It was the third time The Netherlands had hosted the competition. The 9th Hockey World Cup", "title": "1998 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "1912005", "text": "World Cup of Hockey The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Inaugurated in 1996, it is the successor to the Canada Cup, which ran from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players. The World Cup has occurred thrice before on an irregular basis, with the United States winning in 1996 and Canada winning in 2004 and 2016. Following the 2016 tournament, plans exist for future tournaments to be held on a regular basis every four years. The World Cup of Hockey is organized by the", "title": "World Cup of Hockey" }, { "docid": "8686313", "text": "had a chance to participate at the World Cup. The winner of the test-match series would qualify. Below are the 18 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are Western Standard Time ()\" 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in Perth, Australia. Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw. China won the third place", "title": "2002 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11753935", "text": "during extra time, a penalty stroke competition took place. Below are the 16 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are Argentina time ()\" 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 29 August to 11 September 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. Argentina won the tournament for the second time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. England won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal. After", "title": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11753931", "text": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 29 August to 11 September 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. Argentina won the tournament for the second time after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. England won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–0 to claim their first ever World Cup medal. After Argentina was confirmed as host nation, it was decided to hold the tournament in Buenos Aires in a new stadium built in GEBA's grounds, but the", "title": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "15978200", "text": "was held in Galgenwaard Stadium at Utrecht, Netherlands. The stadium was opened in 1982, and was mainly used for football, and was the home of the football club FC Utrecht. The stadium has a capacity of around 24,500 spectators, and at the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The stadium was the host of two World Cup finals: the first, was the Hockey World Cup final; and the second was in 2005, for the final of the Football World Youth Championships. 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the", "title": "1998 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "7698077", "text": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 11th edition of the qualification tournament for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2006 in Rome, Italy. The five highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Madrid, Spain. England won the tournament after defeating South Korea 2–1 in the final. Along with Japan, the United States and China, these five teams qualified for the World Cup. Except for Africa, all other", "title": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "7263389", "text": "Match awarded to India following Lithuania's withdrawal. 2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 10th edition of the qualification for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship. It was held between 17–30 September 2001 in Amiens and Abbeville, France. The six highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Perth, Australia. England won the tournament after defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Alongside Ukraine, Japan, Ireland and Scotland, these six teams qualified for the World Cup. All five confederations", "title": "2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "7263381", "text": "2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 10th edition of the qualification for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship. It was held between 17–30 September 2001 in Amiens and Abbeville, France. The six highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Perth, Australia. England won the tournament after defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Alongside Ukraine, Japan, Ireland and Scotland, these six teams qualified for the World Cup. All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated", "title": "2001 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "20137439", "text": "2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 43rd edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 3 to 9 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games. During the previous edition of the World Cup, the FIRS determined to end with the celebration of two different tournaments for divisions A and B, and merged all competitions in a whole event integrated in the World", "title": "2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "19606410", "text": "continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament. \"All times are Chile Time ()\" 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from 24 November to 4 December 2016 in Santiago, Chile. Argentina won the tournament after defeating defending champions the Netherlands 4–2 in the final. This was the first time Argentina had won the Junior World Cup", "title": "2016 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "18990840", "text": "for the national teams, i.e. India men's national field hockey team and India women's national field hockey team. The 35th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy i.e. 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was held between in Bhubaneswar, India. The 3rd and the last edition of the FIH Hockey World League, i.e. the qualification stage for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup, was held in Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha The 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup i.e. 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup, was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.The Belgium", "title": "Sports in Odisha" }, { "docid": "20236774", "text": "2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in China, in the city of Nanjing, from 27 August to 2 September 2017, as part of the 2017 World Roller Games. Spain won its sixth title, retaining the title they conquered one year before. During the previous edition of the World Cup, the FIRS determined to end with the celebration of two different tournaments for divisions", "title": "2017 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "7698079", "text": "Coach: Tetyana Zhuk Head Coach: Lee Bodimeade Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are Central European Summer Time ()\" 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 11th edition of the qualification tournament for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2006 in Rome, Italy. The five highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Madrid, Spain. England won the tournament after defeating South", "title": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "16897317", "text": "2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held between 6–15 December 2013 in New Delhi, India. Germany won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating France 5–2 in the final, who participated in their first ever final in a top international event. The Netherlands won the third place match by defeating Malaysia 7–2. Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental", "title": "2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "8975547", "text": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. It was held between 12–23 April 2006 in Changzhou, China. The five highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the World Cup, to be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany. New Zealand won the tournament after defeating Korea 4–1 in the final. Alongside England, Pakistan and Japan, these five teams qualified for the World Cup. All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World", "title": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "13033132", "text": "Chile Standard Time ()\" \"The winner of the tournament was decided by final standings after the pool matches, no classification matches were held.\" 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the qualification tournament for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship tournament. Three events were held between March and June 2010 in the United States, Russia and Chile and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in Rosario, Argentina. South Korea, Japan and Australia each won", "title": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers" }, { "docid": "16871859", "text": "2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. It was held between 17–29 July 2001 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The seven highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Argentina won the tournament after defeating Spain 5–4 in the final. Alongside Poland, Belgium, India, Japan and New Zealand, these seven teams qualified for the World Cup. Except for Oceania, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated", "title": "2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "7864254", "text": "World U-17 Hockey Challenge The World U-17 Hockey Challenge, originally known as the Quebec Esso Cup, is an international ice hockey tournament held annually in Canada. Prior to 2011, the tournament did not operate during years in which the Canada Winter Games were held. As such, the World Under-17 Challenge was held three out of every four years. It is organized by Hockey Canada and is the first major international competition for male hockey players under the age of 17. The tournament is the first step in Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence and is used to identify players moving on", "title": "World U-17 Hockey Challenge" }, { "docid": "16897318", "text": "championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams will compete in the tournament. \"All times are Indian Standard Time ()\" 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held between 6–15 December 2013 in New Delhi, India. Germany won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating France 5–2 in the final, who participated in their first ever final in a top international event. The Netherlands won the third place match by defeating Malaysia 7–2. Each continental", "title": "2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "8449168", "text": "2002 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final. Netherlands won the third place match by defeating South Korea 3–2 with a golden goal. For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 5 previous editions) to 16 and each squad could consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after", "title": "2002 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "9823977", "text": "is attributed to Christian Redl, an Austrian freediver who is notable for various world free-diving depth records under ice. The first Underwater Ice Hockey World Cup was held at Weissensee, Austria in February 2007. Finland finished first, followed by Austria and Slovakia. The other playing nations were Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia. The second Underwater Ice Hockey World Cup was held in February 2013 at Weissensee, Austria with Austria winning the championship. The first match took place in 2005 and consisted of 2 teams. The first team was Austria: founders Christian Redl and Jaromir Foukal and the", "title": "Underwater ice hockey" }, { "docid": "14256366", "text": "2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in September 2011 in San Juan, Argentina. This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan. It was initially announced that the tournament was to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and the city of San Juan, Argentina was designated the alternative host city. In July, 2010 the FIRS declared that San Juan, Argentina would take the place of Maputo as host city for the", "title": "2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "16869217", "text": "2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, held from 27 July to 4 August 2013 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Defending champions the Netherlands won the tournament for a record third time after defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw. India won the third place match by defeating England 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw to claim their first ever Junior World Cup medal. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the", "title": "2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "20239978", "text": "1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 3rd edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from 2 to 13 September 1993 in Seongnam, South Korea. Netherlands won the tournament for the first time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the third place match by defeating Germany 3–1 in the third and fourth place playoff. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the", "title": "1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "19075838", "text": "local time ()\" 2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the seventh edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from October 9–21 October 2001 in Hobart, Australia. India won the tournament for the first time by defeating Argentina 6–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating England 5–1 in the third and fourth place playoff. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament.", "title": "2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "19075837", "text": "2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the seventh edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from October 9–21 October 2001 in Hobart, Australia. India won the tournament for the first time by defeating Argentina 6–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating England 5–1 in the third and fourth place playoff. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament. \"All times are", "title": "2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "20239979", "text": "tournament. 1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 3rd edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from 2 to 13 September 1993 in Seongnam, South Korea. Netherlands won the tournament for the first time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final. Argentina won the third place match by defeating Germany 3–1 in the third and fourth place playoff. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in", "title": "1997 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "19410337", "text": "host nation, 15 teams competed in the tournament. 2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 4th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from May 14 to May 26, 2001 in the CeNARD, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. South Korea won the tournament for the first time after defeating Argentina 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw in the final. Defending champions Netherlands lost the third place match to Australia 2–0. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams", "title": "2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "19410336", "text": "2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 4th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from May 14 to May 26, 2001 in the CeNARD, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. South Korea won the tournament for the first time after defeating Argentina 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw in the final. Defending champions Netherlands lost the third place match to Australia 2–0. Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the", "title": "2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "18620381", "text": "Germany, was ever allowed to compete in the Canada Cup; this occurred in 1984. The World Cup of Hockey replaced the Canada Cup after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has been held three times so far, in 1996, 2004 and 2016, and will be held every four years thereafter. Eight teams compete at the World Cup: Germany and Slovakia played the first two editions, whereas Team Europe and Team North America played in 2016. Big Six (ice hockey) Out of the 207 IIHF World Championships medals awarded, only twenty-one have been won by teams outside the Big Six", "title": "Big Six (ice hockey)" }, { "docid": "1912007", "text": "and Alan Eagleson of the NHL Players' Association. Taking inspiration from soccer's FIFA World Cup, Eagleson proposed a new tournament that would bring together all the top hockey–playing nations. After successful negotiations with hockey officials from the Soviet Union in September 1974, Eagleson began arranging the Canada Cup tournament, which debuted in 1976. It was the first international ice hockey tournament that allowed hockey nations to field their top players, as the Winter Olympics was a strictly amateur competition and the annual World Championships clashed with the Stanley Cup playoffs. The tournaments, held every three to five years, took place", "title": "World Cup of Hockey" }, { "docid": "16885834", "text": "earning an automatic berth at the 2002 Hockey World Cup. \"All times are Cuba Daylight Time ()\" 2000 Men's Pan American Cup The 2000 Men's Pan American Cup was the first edition of the Pan American Cup for men. It was held from 22 June to 2 July 2000 in Havana, Cuba. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2002 Hockey World Cup to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The winner would qualify directly while the teams ranked between 2nd and 5th would have the chance to obtain one of seven berths at the World Cup Qualifier in", "title": "2000 Men's Pan American Cup" }, { "docid": "16901368", "text": "2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 42nd edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in France, in the city of La Roche-sur-Yon, from 20 to 27 June 2015. The games of the tournament were played in La Roche-sur-Yon. Each team submitted a squad of 10 players, including two goalkeepers. The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams. The group winners and runners up advanced to the round", "title": "2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "16901369", "text": "of 16. The third and fourth places advanced to a series of playoff matches to determine the final standings. \"All times are France Summer Time ().\" 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 42nd edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The tournament was held for the first time in France, in the city of La Roche-sur-Yon, from 20 to 27 June 2015. The games of the tournament were played in La Roche-sur-Yon. Each team submitted a squad of 10 players,", "title": "2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "3794347", "text": "2003 Indoor Hockey World Cup The 2003 Indoor Hockey World Cup championship was the first time this competition took place. It occurred in February 2003, in Leipzig, Germany. The host nation Germany won both the men’s and women’s gold medals. The Eurosport TV channel covered the event, which had good ratings despite the late schedule. The 2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was also held in Leipzig, Germany. A total of 20 million viewers watched 13 hours broadcast on Eurosport, with ten matches broadcast on live TV. This competition included several countries which are not strong competitors at the outdoor", "title": "2003 Indoor Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11225526", "text": "win the Hope Cup, which had been donated by Dr. Hope and was contested by the top grade teams from 1908. Early honors were shared between the Perth and Wilberforce Clubs. In the five-year period from 1908 to 1912 Wilberforce won the Cup three times and Perth won twice. Inter-Club matches continued until 1915 when World War I intervened and it was in the early 1920s before hockey resumed on a competitive basis. The formation of an Australian Hockey Association had been under consideration and was formalised on 29 June 1925 when the first Annual General Meeting was held in", "title": "Hockey WA" }, { "docid": "8541986", "text": "Women's Hockey World Cup The Women's Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men's competition, which is mid cycle between Summer Olympic games. Of the fourteen tournaments held so far, only four teams have won", "title": "Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "14256367", "text": "tournament. One year before the World Cup, the B World Championship was disputed in Dornbirn, Austria, where three teams were qualified. The other thirteen qualified National Teams are the top thirteen National Teams of the previous World Cup, played in Vigo, Spain. \"All times are Argentina Time (UTC-3).\" 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in September 2011 in San Juan, Argentina. This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan.", "title": "2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "13033130", "text": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the qualification tournament for the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey championship tournament. Three events were held between March and June 2010 in the United States, Russia and Chile and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in Rosario, Argentina. South Korea, Japan and Australia each won one of the three tournaments. Except for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey", "title": "2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers" }, { "docid": "3397926", "text": "Spengler Cup The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between Christmas (December 25) and New Year's Day. Currently, all games are held at Vaillant Arena. It was originally devised by Dr. Carl Spengler as a means to promote teams from German-speaking Europe, who might have suffered ostracism in the aftermath of World War I. Eventually, the", "title": "Spengler Cup" }, { "docid": "14608488", "text": "2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers The 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers were the 12th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. Three events were held between October and November 2009 in France, New Zealand and Argentina and only the winner of each would earn a berth to play in the 2010 World Cup, to be held in New Delhi, India. Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina each won one of the three tournaments. All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at", "title": "2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers" }, { "docid": "20849810", "text": "2018 Carrom World Cup The 2018 Carrom World Cup was the 5th edition of the Carrom World Cup which held in the city of Chuncheon, South Korea for 7 days from 23 August to 26 August. This was staged as the first international carrom tournament since the 2016 Carrom World Championship and also marked the first Carrom World Cup to be held in South Korea. The World Cup was hosted in Chuncheon as a part of the 2018 World Leisure Games which includes other sports such as ice hockey, slalom, taekwondo and darts. Sri Lanka won the men's Carrom World", "title": "2018 Carrom World Cup" }, { "docid": "15590279", "text": "thirty-one games and only losing five. That same year, they competed in the 9th World Championship where they finished in the top four alongside national teams from South Africa, England and the Netherlands. The Australian women participated in the first Women's World Cup for field hockey that was held in 1979. The team finished fourth. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Australia and New Zealand were both leading women's field hockey nations that were competitive with their European counterparts. In 1981, the Australians won the America's Cup, the first year this competition was held. That same year, the team", "title": "Women's field hockey in Australia" }, { "docid": "6820021", "text": "World Cup or Olympics). 1981 Canada Cup The 1981 Labatt Canada Cup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games were held in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. The Soviet Union defeated Canada in a single game final to win its first title, with the result 8–1. Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretiak was named most valuable player. Canada's Wayne Gretzky led the tournament in scoring with 12 points. This second edition of the Canada Cup was originally scheduled to be held in 1979 but was postponed due to disputes between the", "title": "1981 Canada Cup" }, { "docid": "20849816", "text": "25-23 2018 Carrom World Cup The 2018 Carrom World Cup was the 5th edition of the Carrom World Cup which held in the city of Chuncheon, South Korea for 7 days from 23 August to 26 August. This was staged as the first international carrom tournament since the 2016 Carrom World Championship and also marked the first Carrom World Cup to be held in South Korea. The World Cup was hosted in Chuncheon as a part of the 2018 World Leisure Games which includes other sports such as ice hockey, slalom, taekwondo and darts. Sri Lanka won the men's Carrom", "title": "2018 Carrom World Cup" }, { "docid": "7864257", "text": "Slovakia on a semi-annual basis. The tournament is currently held in November of each year. Canada enters three teams each year. Prior to November 2014, Canada entered five regional teams Other participating nations have included: In bold, players selected first overall in the NHL entry draft World U-17 Hockey Challenge The World U-17 Hockey Challenge, originally known as the Quebec Esso Cup, is an international ice hockey tournament held annually in Canada. Prior to 2011, the tournament did not operate during years in which the Canada Winter Games were held. As such, the World Under-17 Challenge was held three out", "title": "World U-17 Hockey Challenge" }, { "docid": "19166643", "text": "2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey The 2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey was the 8th edition of Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey. It was held from 14 to 22 November 2015 at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia. India has won the event, beating Pakistan in the Final. This tournament is a key competition for Asian junior hockey teams, as it serves as a qualifier for the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup held in India in December 2016. In the last season, held in Ipoh in December 2013, Malaysia won the tournament. Pool matches were played from", "title": "2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey" }, { "docid": "20958190", "text": "international debut for Australia in November 2018, at the Hockey Champions Trophy. Hayes was one of four players included in the team who were not part of Hockey Australia's centralised training program at the time. Greta Hayes (field hockey) Greta Hayes (born 17 October 1996) is an Australian field hockey player. Hayes first represented Australia's Under 21 side, the Jillaroos, at the 2016 Junior Oceania Cup. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup held in Chile. In October 2016, Hayes was named in the Jillaroos team for the Junior World Cup. At the tournament, Hayes", "title": "Greta Hayes (field hockey)" }, { "docid": "8701604", "text": "Channel One Cup (ice hockey) The Channel One Cup (, formerly Izvestia Trophy) is an annual ice hockey event held in Russia under the auspices of Channel One. It is an open tournament of teams representing various nations, composed of professionals playing in European professional hockey leagues. The tournament started in 1967 in Moscow in the Soviet Union. The first edition of the tournament was held in 1967, in honour of the 50th anniversary of the so-called Great October Socialist Revolution. It was the only time when the tournament was held in different cities at one time, namely in Moscow,", "title": "Channel One Cup (ice hockey)" }, { "docid": "16802301", "text": "European Summer Time ()\" 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the World Cup after 1973 and 1998. Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating the Netherlands 6–1 in the final. Argentina won the third place", "title": "2014 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "16802299", "text": "2014 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the World Cup after 1973 and 1998. Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating the Netherlands 6–1 in the final. Argentina won the third place match by defeating England", "title": "2014 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11749488", "text": "referral was upheld, the referring team retained a right of further referral. \"All times are Indian Standard Time ()\" 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India. Australia won the tournament after defeating Germany 2–1 in the final, collecting their second World Cup, after the title obtained in 1986. Netherlands won the third-place match by defeating England 4–3. India's hosting of", "title": "2010 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "11064653", "text": "6 February 1893, following a meeting at the Wicklow Hotel. The men's Irish Senior Cup was first played for in 1893–94, making it the oldest field hockey cup competition in the world. The men's Irish Junior Cup was first played for in 1894–95. On 26 January 1895 the Ireland men's national field hockey team played in the first ever international field hockey match when they defeated Wales 3–0 in Rhyl. The Irish Ladies Hockey Union was established in 1894, following a meeting at Alexandra College. In March 1896 they hosted the first ever women's international field hockey match when the", "title": "Hockey Ireland" }, { "docid": "3688101", "text": "won three titles, and Germany has won two titles. Belgium and India have both won the tournament once. The 2018 tournament was held in Bhubaneswar, India from 28 November to 16 December. Belgium defeated Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out 3–2 after the match ended in a 0–0 tie to win their first World Cup title. The World Cup expanded to 16 teams in 2018, and FIH will evaluate the possibility of increasing it to 24 in 2022. The Hockey World Cup was first conceived by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan. He proposed his idea to the FIH through Patrick Rowley,", "title": "Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "6819996", "text": "1981 Canada Cup The 1981 Labatt Canada Cup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games were held in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. The Soviet Union defeated Canada in a single game final to win its first title, with the result 8–1. Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretiak was named most valuable player. Canada's Wayne Gretzky led the tournament in scoring with 12 points. This second edition of the Canada Cup was originally scheduled to be held in 1979 but was postponed due to disputes between the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association", "title": "1981 Canada Cup" }, { "docid": "18300759", "text": "the tournament. 2016 World Cup of Hockey The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final. The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015 by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams are: The national anthem for each team playing was played before", "title": "2016 World Cup of Hockey" }, { "docid": "18300753", "text": "2016 World Cup of Hockey The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final. The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015 by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams are: The national anthem for each team playing was played before the start", "title": "2016 World Cup of Hockey" }, { "docid": "21008811", "text": "2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup The 2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup is the 17th edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, endorsed by World Skate. It was held in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina. For the first time, it was played together with the newly-created 2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was a knockout competition in a final four format; four teams entered, with the host selected after the teams became known. Entered the tournament the from the 2017–18 Euroleague finalists and the South American Club Championship/Pan-American Club Championship finalists of", "title": "2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup" }, { "docid": "21008812", "text": "the 2018. In all matches, extra time and a penalty shootout were used to decide the winner if necessary. 2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup The 2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup is the 17th edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, endorsed by World Skate. It was held in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina. For the first time, it was played together with the newly-created 2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was a knockout competition in a final four format; four teams entered, with the host selected after the teams became known.", "title": "2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup" }, { "docid": "16802309", "text": "2014 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the men's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the Women's World Cup after 1986 and 1998. The Netherlands won the tournament for a seventh time after defeating Australia 2–0 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating the United States 2–1. The host was announced on 11", "title": "2014 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "18047644", "text": "host nation, 15 other teams will compete in the tournament. Pakistan officially qualified for the tournament through their position in the Junior Asia Cup but later were replaced by Malaysia due to not meeting the FIH deadline for submitting entries. Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are Indian Standard Time ().\" 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016. A total", "title": "2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "8975548", "text": "Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition. Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are China Standard Time ()\" 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. It was held between 12–23 April 2006 in Changzhou, China. The five highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the World Cup,", "title": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "16871860", "text": "by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition. \"All times are British Summer Time ()\" 2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup qualification tournament. It was held between 17–29 July 2001 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The seven highest placed teams would earn a berth to play in the 2002 Men's Hockey", "title": "2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "20958189", "text": "Greta Hayes (field hockey) Greta Hayes (born 17 October 1996) is an Australian field hockey player. Hayes first represented Australia's Under 21 side, the Jillaroos, at the 2016 Junior Oceania Cup. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup held in Chile. In October 2016, Hayes was named in the Jillaroos team for the Junior World Cup. At the tournament, Hayes scored two goals, with the team securing the bronze medal after defeating Spain in a penalty shoot-out. In 2017, Hayes was named in the Australian national development squad for the first time. Hayes made her", "title": "Greta Hayes (field hockey)" }, { "docid": "11258406", "text": "Hockey Junior World Cup The Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been held every four years. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held. There is also a corresponding event for the women's junior teams. This competition started in 1989 and uses the same format as the men's event. Five countries have dominated the event's history. Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament six", "title": "Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "17657709", "text": "each group went into the crossover matches. From there on a single-elimination tournament was played. 16 umpires were appointed by the FIH for this tournament. The schedule was published on 27 February 2018. \"All times are local (UTC+5:30).\" The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.", "title": "2018 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "8671617", "text": "the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament. Below are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation: \"All times are Central European Summer Time ()\" 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3–1 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating Spain 5–0. Each of the continental champions from five federations", "title": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "7816483", "text": "teams competed in this tournament. The International Hockey Federation appointed 14 umpires for this tournament: \"All times are Central European Summer Time ()\" 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic", "title": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "19251866", "text": "Australia women's national indoor hockey team The Australia women's national indoor hockey team are Australia's national women's indoor hockey team. As of January 2016, they are ranked 8th in the world. Australia competes internationally in indoor hockey, with the Australian women’s indoor team undertaking a tour annually. Every four years, Australia competes in the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. The Australian national indoor team is nominated and selected from the indoor Australian Championships. In the first Indoor Hockey World Cup, held in Germany in 2003, the Australian team came 9th in the final standings. Their best placing is 6th, achieved", "title": "Australia women's national indoor hockey team" }, { "docid": "8671616", "text": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3–1 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating Spain 5–0. Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through", "title": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "7816482", "text": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Spain won the third place match by defeating Korea 3–2 with a golden goal. Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve", "title": "2006 Men's Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "18047643", "text": "2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016. A total of sixteen teams competed for the title. Host nation India won the tournament for the second time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating Australia 3–0. Each continental federation got a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the", "title": "2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup" }, { "docid": "9362092", "text": "Irish Senior Cup (women's hockey) The Irish Senior Cup is the premier knockout trophy played for by the top women's field hockey clubs in Ireland. The competition is held under the auspices of the Irish Hockey Association, a body that was formed with the merger of the men's and women's Unions in 2000. The Irish Ladies Hockey Union was the first women's hockey organisation in the world. From its start in 1903, the tournament was played through regional tournaments. The winners of the regional tournaments in Leinster, Munster and Ulster would proceed through to an open draw. Occasionally representatives from", "title": "Irish Senior Cup (women's hockey)" }, { "docid": "2582569", "text": "Canada and the Soviet Union competed in the 1972 Summit Series. Canada's team was composed of NHL stars, while the Soviet players were from the Red Army. The NHLers won the series 4-3-1. Two years later, the World Hockey Association represented Canada and lost the series 4-1-3. In 1976, the Canada Cup was formed as a best-on-best championship. In 1974, the Nova Scotia Amateur Hockey Association and Prince Edward Island Amateur Hockey Association are formed out of the dissolution of the Maritime AHA. The World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was held for the first time. Canada, who sent Memorial Cup", "title": "Hockey Canada" }, { "docid": "8709691", "text": "the game 1–0 with a goal by Michael Krause and finished at fourth place, the following year, in the 1973 Hockey World Cup. The national team made a comeback in the international competition, by winning and retaining their title at the 1974 Asian Games but lost to their rivals India in the finals of the third hockey World Cup in 1975. 1976 Montreal Olympics saw the team secure their first bronze medal in the competition. The year 1978 saw Pakistan national team win three major international tournaments: the third Hockey World Cup held at Buenos Aires, Argentina along with 1978", "title": "Pakistan men's national field hockey team" }, { "docid": "20137442", "text": "Cup\". The two top seeded teams were drawn in different groups. The draw was held in Barcelona on 5 July 2017. After the withdrawal of Brazil, Egypt moved to FIRS Cup, and the confederation cup was redesigned into a single round-robin tournament. Brazil resigned to play the competition after the draw of the groups. Egypt occupied its berth. After the reallocation of Egypt to the FIRS Cup, the competition system was modified to a single round-robin group. 2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 43rd edition of the Roller Hockey", "title": "2017 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "19752403", "text": "match 3rd-4th place match Final 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup The 2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup or Iquique 2016 was the 13th edition of the women's roller hockey world cup. It is held in Iquique, Chile from September 24 to October 1, 2016, and it was contested by thirteen teams. Spain defeated Portugal in the final to win the World Cup. In order to determine the order of draws during the play-offs stages, the following criteria is used: Also, the following changes are made to the group stage for ordering purposes: Quarterfinals 5th-8th place play-off Semifinals", "title": "2016 FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup" }, { "docid": "15978218", "text": "1986 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup was the sixth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in London, England. The competition was won by Australia, who defeated host nation England 2–1 in the final. West Germany finished third after defeating the Soviet Union. England, as hosts - and also as Olympic bronze medallists - were viewed as having quite a tough group, containing Olympic champions Pakistan, and a highly fancied Dutch side, with the Soviet Union seen as potential dark-horse outsiders. But in the event Pakistan failed badly, winning only a single", "title": "1986 Men's Hockey World Cup" } ]

[ "Oakland Raiders" ]

[ { "docid": "1491902", "text": "Super Bowl XXXVII Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2002 season. The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory, and winning their first ever Super Bowl. The game, played on January 26, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, was the sixth Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "10272760", "text": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise’s 27th season in the National Football League and was their most successful season in franchise history as they won Super Bowl XXXVII. The season began with the team trying to improve on a 9–7 season and did so with a franchise-best 12–4 record. It was Jon Gruden’s first season as the Buccaneers head coach. They won the Super Bowl for the first time in the team’s history, beating the Oakland Raiders 48–21. To date, this is Tampa Bay’s only Super Bowl appearance: they are along with", "title": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "8922256", "text": "a national high school record of 151 straight victories. Upshaw, who did not play football until his sophomore year at Pittsburg, was a Parade All-America as a senior. He chose the University of California and by his junior year was named All-American. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him with the 12th pick overall in the 1996 NFL draft. He later played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins, and New York Giants. He also appeared in the 2002 NFL Super Bowl. The Raiders loss 48-21 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Regan Upshaw Regan Charles Upshaw (born August 12, 1975", "title": "Regan Upshaw" }, { "docid": "4974753", "text": "scoring five touchdowns and totaling 1,442 receiving yards. He played in the Giants' 34–7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV, but did not record any receptions. In 2002, Jurevicius signed a four-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an unrestricted free agent. In the 2002 NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, he took a crossing pattern 71 yards down to the Eagles' five-yard line. In Super Bowl XXXVII, Jurevicius led the Buccaneers in receiving yards with four catches for 78 yards as Tampa Bay won by a score of 48–21 over the Oakland Raiders. Tampa", "title": "Joe Jurevicius" }, { "docid": "10272801", "text": "time in franchise history. This was the last Eagles game ever played at Veterans Stadium which was demolished shortly thereafter. \"at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego\" The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won their first Super Bowl, routing the Oakland Raiders 48–21. The Buccaneers defense intercepted Rich Gannon a Super Bowl record five times, and returned three of the interceptions for touchdowns. Safety Dexter Jackson was named the game’s MVP. As many sports fans and writers predicted, Gruden’s prior knowledge of the Raiders was a major factor in the Buccaneers’ win in Super Bowl XXXVII. The most damaging piece of evidence is NFL", "title": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "3939110", "text": "Jon Gruden Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He had been the head coach of the Raiders from 1998 to 2001 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008. With the Buccaneers, he won Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 in his first year with the team, defeating the Raiders, who had traded him to Tampa Bay the previous offseason. At the time, Gruden, aged 39 years, 5 months and 9 days, was the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Before returning to coaching", "title": "Jon Gruden" }, { "docid": "10341303", "text": "1 and signed to the 49ers' practice squad on September 2, 2002. He was released by the 49ers on October 1, 2002. Toliver was signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers's practice squad on December 4, 2002. The Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII against the Oakland Raiders on January 26, 2003. He signed a future contract with the Buccaneers on January 31, 2003. He was released by the Buccaneers on April 22, 2003. Toliver did not receive a Super Bowl ring during his time with the Buccaneers as the team said that players needed to have been with the team for", "title": "T. T. Toliver" }, { "docid": "4160523", "text": "home-field advantage in postseason play based on regular-season record. The Eagles lost the 2001 NFC Championship game on the road to the St. Louis Rams 29-24, the 2002 NFC Championship game at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27-10, and the 2003 NFC Championship game to the Carolina Panthers 14-3. The Rams and Panthers would both lose to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII, while the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders. During the period of the alleged Curse of Billy Penn, Philadelphia sports fans were infamous for rude and unsportsmanlike", "title": "Curse of Billy Penn" }, { "docid": "1491902", "text": "Super Bowl XXXVII Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2002 season. The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory, and winning their first ever Super Bowl. The game, played on January 26, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, was the sixth Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "1491943", "text": "won a playoff game since. Super Bowl XXXVII Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2002 season. The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory, and winning their first ever Super Bowl. The game, played on January 26, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, was the sixth Super Bowl to be held", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "9383693", "text": "released by the Jets on August 26, 2002. Price was signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad on November 20, 2002. He was released by the Patriots on December 11, 2002. Price was signed to the practice squad of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 17, 2002. The Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII against the Oakland Raiders on January 26, 2003. On February 5, 2003, he was allocated to NFL Europe to play for the Frankfurt Galaxy. The Galaxy won World Bowl XI against the Rhein Fire on June 14, 2003. He was released by the Buccaneers on August", "title": "Idris Price" }, { "docid": "11525993", "text": "have been required for Tampa Bay to qualify for the playoffs. Tampa Bay concluded the 2008 regular season against the Oakland Raiders, coach Jon Gruden's former team, and the team they beat in Super Bowl XXXVII. Tampa Bay needed a victory, and a loss by Dallas to clinch a wild card playoff berth. The first quarter was a defensive battle, with both teams struggling to cross midfield. Early in the second quarter, Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt for Oakland to the Tampa Bay 40. Michael Bush scored a touchdown run, the first rushing touchdown given up by the Buccaneers", "title": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "4223655", "text": "for Jon Gruden. Gruden’s high-energy style and the addition of Keenan McCardell and Michael Pittman to the offense helped the Buccaneers reach the Super Bowl. They beat the Oakland Raiders 48-21 for the first Super Bowl victory in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' history. Rice had 5 tackles and 2 sacks in the Super Bowl and 15.5 sacks on the season, including 11 sacks in a 5-game span. Over the next 3 seasons, the Buccaneers only had one with a winning record and lost the only playoff appearance they had. Rice had impressive seasons, recording 15, 12, and 14 sacks. The", "title": "Simeon Rice" }, { "docid": "9868970", "text": "to win the Super Bowl without any picks in the first two rounds of the previous spring's NFL Draft, having traded these picks to the Oakland Raiders for the rights to acquire Gruden. Gruden became the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Soon after the Super Bowl victory, a growing number of press reports indicated Gruden's lack of patience with general manager McKay. McKay was a major architect of the Bucs rebuilding effort over the previous ten years, and he, like Gruden, had long-established ties to the Tampa Bay area. However, during the 2003 season, the Gruden-McKay relationship", "title": "History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "9654915", "text": "season. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings in 1993 and played there until 1999. During this span he selected to both the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams in 1998 and 1999. Christy signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2000. Jeff Christy was filling a major need for Tampa Bay, who was trying to improve an offensive line that ranked 28th of 31 teams that previous season. That season, he was selected to a third Pro Bowl and started every game, including Super Bowl XXXVII against the Oakland Raiders. Throughout his career, Jeff started 139 out of 148 of", "title": "Jeff Christy" }, { "docid": "18747432", "text": "was on the Butkus Award watch list in 2000 and 2001. Smith signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on April 22, 2002 after going undrafted in the 2002 NFL Draft. He was released by the Buccaneers on September 2 and signed to the team's practice squad on September 4, 2002. He was promoted to the active roster on January 11, 2003 and declared inactive during second round of the playoffs. Smith earned a Super Bowl ring when the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII against the Oakland Raiders on January 26, 2003. He was released by the Buccaneers on August 31", "title": "Justin Smith (linebacker)" } ]

[ { "docid": "17425391", "text": "both New Orleans and Tampa Bay have managed to sweep their opponent on multiple occasions. New Orleans has swept Tampa Bay five times (2002, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014). Tampa Bay has swept New Orleans twice (2005, 2007). The Saints notably swept Tampa Bay the season the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII. The two franchises have each appeared in the Super Bowl once. They made their first respective Super Bowl appearances in 2002 (Tampa Bay) and 2009 (New Orleans). Both managed to win the Super Bowl in their lone appearance; they are two of only four teams to currently be undefeated", "title": "Buccaneers–Saints rivalry" }, { "docid": "11525936", "text": "to the Super Bowl marked the 24th consecutive year in which the Super Bowl did not include the team in whose region the game was being played, also it set off the beginning of an active playoff drought lasting from 2008 to present, in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have failed to enter the postseason as of 2018. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers resigned free agents Michael Bennett (cut November 12), Kevin Carter, Antoine Cash, Sammy Davis, Jerramy Stevens. On June 11, the team settled with estranged quarterback Jake Plummer for $3.5 million. Free agent acquisitions include former team player Warrick", "title": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "16183250", "text": "game. During halftime, a ceremony was held to honor the reunited 2002 Super Bowl team. More than 50 players and coaches from the 2002 Super Bowl team gathered to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' first ever Super Bowl Championship. Among those who attended the reunion were former head coach Jon Gruden, former defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, Derrick Brooks, John Lynch, Warren Sapp, Brad Johnson, Mike Alstott, and Keyshawn Johnson. Ronde Barber was part of the 2002 Super Bowl team, but was playing on the field for Tampa Bay. Josh Freeman threw for 189 yards and 2", "title": "2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "11525996", "text": "play, Michael Bush busted through the Buccaneer defense to score a go-ahead, 64-yard touchdown run. After a Jeff Garcia interception, and a late Oakland field goal, the Buccaneers fell to the Raiders 31–24, and thus once again the home team hosting the Super Bowl will not play in it, having failed to even make the post-season. With a disappointing finish, Tampa Bay's season ended at 9–7. Head coach Jon Gruden and General manager Bruce Allen were fired January 16, 2009. 2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the 33rd season for the club in the", "title": "2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10294177", "text": "standing as of 2009: Several other records established in 1981 have since been broken: 1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Pro-Football-Reference.com 1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on a 5–10–1 season. The team was considered to be superior to the 1979 team that finished the season one game shy of the Super Bowl. With the running game and special teams ineffective, the Buccaneers depended heavily on the pass, and particularly on the big play. Jimmie Giles returned to form, establishing numerous team receiving records. Doug Williams became (with Jim", "title": "1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "16934614", "text": "history to score a touchdown on \"Monday Night Football\" with four different clubs (Jets, Buccaneers, Cowboys and Panthers). The two teams faced each other on Thursday night for the first time in 2013, with Carolina routing a winless Buccaneers team. The two franchises made their first respective Super Bowl appearances in consecutive seasons. Tampa Bay went to Super Bowl XXXVII (2002) and Carolina went to Super Bowl XXXVIII (2003). Carolina returned to the Super Bowl (50) in 2015. Tampa Bay won their lone Super Bowl appearance, while Carolina lost both of their appearances. The teams swept their rival in all", "title": "Buccaneers–Panthers rivalry" }, { "docid": "431636", "text": "Included was the drafting of Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson with the first pick in the 1986 draft. Jackson had let it be known that he would never play a down for Hugh Culverhouse at Tampa Bay. Making good on his threat, he opted instead to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals and would later return for parts of football seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders. Along with Williams, who later was a Super Bowl champion QB for Washington, two other Buc quarterbacks during this era led other teams to Super Bowl wins. Steve Young won with the 49ers", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "10294118", "text": "1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on a 5–10–1 season. The team was considered to be superior to the 1979 team that finished the season one game shy of the Super Bowl. With the running game and special teams ineffective, the Buccaneers depended heavily on the pass, and particularly on the big play. Jimmie Giles returned to form, establishing numerous team receiving records. Doug Williams became (with Jim Zorn) the second active quarterback to need only four seasons to reach the 10,000 career passing yards mark. The defense", "title": "1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "9869002", "text": "and Giants both won close games as well, thus sending the eventual Super Bowl champion Packers to the playoffs. For the second time in three years, the Bucs had finished with a winning record, yet missed the playoffs. The season marked a 7-game improvement over the previous one, and was highlighted by the superb play of second-year quarterback Josh Freeman and a strong rookie class led by Gerald McCoy, Arrelious Benn, Mike Williams, Cody Grimm, and LeGarrette Blount. No Buccaneers were selected to the Pro Bowl, but left tackle Donald Penn did play in the game as a replacement for", "title": "History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "1491942", "text": "the streets. The Tampa Tribune published a book by several staff writers called \"Pewter Power\", about the Buccaneers' winning season. Both teams entered a period of decline after the Super Bowl. Neither made the playoffs the next season as Tampa Bay finished 7–9 and Oakland finished 4–12. Furthermore, Tampa Bay finished 5–11 in , becoming the first Super Bowl winning team to follow up with consecutive losing seasons. To date, the Buccaneers have yet to win another postseason game, while the Raiders went 14 seasons without having a winning season and / or qualifying the playoffs, and have also not", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "16694425", "text": "Greg Horton Gregory Keith Horton (January 1, 1951 – November 11, 2016) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Horton was traded to the Buccaneers 2 games into the 1978 season, where he would play both sides of the line; first the left guard, and finish the season as the right guard position. Little did he know he would take part in an amazing sports story, the \"Worst to First\" ride of the Bucs, from 0-26 expansion losers to 10 points away from a Super Bowl; in only", "title": "Greg Horton" }, { "docid": "431686", "text": "in a Super Bowl (5), and one for most interceptions returned for touchdowns in a Super Bowl (3). In 19 total games in 2002, the Buccaneers recorded 40 interceptions, 53 sacks, and 9 defensive touchdowns. Since 1998 the Buccaneers have played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Prior to that they played in Tampa Stadium since their establishment. In 1975, the Buccaneers built a small practice complex with offices near Tampa International Airport called One Buccaneer Place - often shorted to \"One Buc Place.\" The team utilized the unspectacular facility through the 1990s and into the early", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "10276258", "text": "their division and securing a first-round bye (and a legitimate shot at a \"home game\" for Super Bowl XXXV held at their very own Raymond James Stadium), the Buccaneers instead saw themselves fall to a wild card, having to play on the road at the Eagles. The loss also meant Tampa Bay fell to 0–19 in games under 40° F., and their losing streak at Green Bay extended to 11 games. Afterwards, Gramatica took blame for the loss saying \"It hurts because I let the guys down.\" \"at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia\" The Eagles defense held Tampa Bay to only 199", "title": "2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10272761", "text": "the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints the only teams to have been to a single Super Bowl and won. A year after the Super Bowl, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup, bringing another championship to the city of Tampa. In January 2002, after losing in the wild card round to the Eagles for the second consecutive year, the Buccaneers fired head coach Tony Dungy. After a recruiting effort aimed at former Jets coach Bill Parcells, Tampa Bay settled on Raiders coach Jon Gruden in exchange for two first round draft picks (2002, 2003), two second", "title": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "1491904", "text": "record. Oakland, \"Gruden's \"old\" team\", advanced to their fifth Super Bowl after an regular season. Super Bowl XXXVII is also referred to as the \"Pirate Bowl\", due to both teams' pirate-themed names. The Raiders came into the game as four-point favorites. However, the Tampa Bay defense dominated the contest. Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon threw a Super Bowl record five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. The Buccaneers also sacked Gannon five times, and scored 34 consecutive points to build a 34–3 lead late in the third quarter. Tampa Bay safety Dexter Jackson, who had two of those interceptions", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "10276260", "text": "Buccaneers in the second half, while McNabb threw a 2-yard pass to Jeff Thomason with less than a minute left in the game to seal the victory. The Eagle's victory meant for the 35th consecutive year that the team hosting the Super Bowl would not be playing in it. 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League. The season began with the team trying to improve on an 11–5 season from 1999. Shaun King, who took over the quarterback position as a rookie midway through the 1999", "title": "2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10284948", "text": "Kollar's late hit on a punt play gave Tampa Bay possession inside their own 10-yard line. The safety destroyed Hedberg's confidence, and he was replaced by Gary Huff after completing only 4 of 14 passes for 51 yards. Unwilling to give any credit to the Buccaneer defense, the Vikings blamed their poor offensive performance on the wet field. This angered McKay, who thought that the Buccaneers should have been given more credit for a near-upset of a perennial Super Bowl contender. McKay also chafed over Minnesota comments that the Buccaneer offense was predictable and conservative, and accused the Vikings of", "title": "1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "431645", "text": "made the playoffs in each season, they were unable to fulfill their primary goal of a Super Bowl victory. The wild card spots that Tampa Bay earned forced them to go on the road for their postseason opener in each year, and both road games took them into frigid Philadelphia to play the Eagles. The two losses also continued an unusual losing streak for Tampa Bay: they remained winless all-time in games played when the temperature was less than 32 °F (0 °C). Dungy was fired by the Buccaneers following a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles 31–9 in the Wildcard", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "1491931", "text": "Mike Alstott, increasing their lead to 13–3. Then with 3:45 left in the half, Tampa Bay drove 77 yards, assisted by a pair of catches by Alstott for 28 total yards. Johnson finished the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Keenan McCardell to give the Buccaneers a 20–3 halftime lead. Tampa Bay continued to dominate the game for most of the third quarter. The Buccaneers forced the Raiders to punt on the opening drive of the second half. Next, Tampa Bay marched 89 yards on a 14-play drive that took 7:52 off the clock, and ended with", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "4235507", "text": "1 touchdown. Leftwich earned a Super Bowl ring as the Steelers' backup when the Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. Leftwich agreed to terms on a two-year contract worth $17 million with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on April 12, 2009. On August 29, Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris named Leftwich the team's starter for the 2009 regular season. On September 28, Buccaneers benched Leftwich after a disappointing loss to the New York Giants and an 0-3 start to the season. Josh Johnson was named the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' new starting QB, while Leftwich moved down to 3rd", "title": "Byron Leftwich" }, { "docid": "9862665", "text": "division title, and clinched the top seed in the playoffs. Rich Gannon was named MVP of the NFL after passing for a league-high 4,689 yards. After beating the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans by large margins in the playoffs, the Raiders made their fifth Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII. Their opponent was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coached by Gruden. The Raiders, who had not made significant changes to Gruden's offensive schemes, were intercepted five times by the Buccaneers en route to a 48–21 blowout. Some Tampa Bay players claimed that Gruden had given them so much information", "title": "History of the Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "10063382", "text": "NFL in 2000 (allowing 471 points), the Rams knew an overhaul was needed in this area. First, Lovie Smith was hired away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to serve as defensive coordinator. Smith brought some of his key contributors from the 1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that almost went to the Super Bowl, namely linebacker Don Davis and defensive linemen Chidi Ahanotu and Tyoka Jackson. Linebacker Mark Fields, who led the 2000 New Orleans Saints in tackles, and defensive back Kim Herring, a key member of the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens defense, were both acquired via trade or", "title": "2001 St. Louis Rams season" }, { "docid": "13212141", "text": "that era was Ike Lassiter, Ben Davidson, Tom Keating, and Dan Birdwell, a group who set the NFL sack record (broken in 1984 by the Chicago Bears), so Dotson did not get a lot of playing time, although he played in most of the games while with the Raiders. His son is Santana Dotson, himself a former All-American and also the 1993 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. He was a Super Bowl champion winning Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers. When his son,", "title": "Alphonse Dotson" }, { "docid": "10306497", "text": "over the Atlanta Falcons still (as of 2012) ranks as the most Buccaneer points scored in a game, matched only in Super Bowl XXXVII. The team had a 1–1 record when the season was disrupted by the 1987 players’ strike. Unlike in previous seasons, when players’ strikes stopped all play, the owners formed teams of replacement players to play the scheduled games. The Buccaneers had a 3–2 record when regular play resumed, and nearly beat a Chicago Bears team only one season removed from its Super Bowl victory. The game had been preceded by much media speculation over whether Bears", "title": "1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "12898738", "text": "goal that would have salvaged the game for the Saints, but the kick hooked left. In overtime, Tampa Bay won the coin toss, received the kickoff, and drove down the field to win the game with a field goal, for a final score of 20–17. This was the first time in franchise history that the Bucs defeated the eventual Super Bowl champions. At 44 °F, it was the second-coldest home game in Buccaneers history. 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 34th season as a franchise in the NFL. The Buccaneers looked to", "title": "2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "7167360", "text": "fellow Destiny's Child alumnae Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The game marked the first Super Bowl in which both of the teams had appeared in, but had not yet lost a previous Super Bowl; the 49ers came into the game having won all five of their previous Super Bowl appearances, while the Ravens had won in their lone previous Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. Currently, this phenomenon can only be repeated if either the Ravens or the New York Jets play against either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the New Orleans Saints in", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII" }, { "docid": "10272742", "text": "the loss, Tampa Bay finished 7–9, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1998. 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League. The season began with the team trying to defend its Super Bowl XXXVII title of 2002. Despite high expectations, several last-minute losses led to locker room tension and front-office struggles. The Buccaneers finished 7–9, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1998. The season started out on a positive note, as the Buccaneers defeated their bitter rival from the three previous", "title": "2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10288417", "text": "Florida\" Late-game confusion left the Buccaneers one play away from defeating the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, as quarterback Doug Williams spiked the ball to stop the game clock on fourth down. Late in the second quarter, Scot Brantley had a clear shot at intercepting a Terry Bradshaw pass, but Richard Wood stepped in front and tipped it into Lynn Swann's hands. It became the game-winning touchdown. The game ended with a Buccaneer rally that died with 23 seconds left. Believing that Tampa Bay had gotten a first down on the previous play, Doug Williams spiked the ball to", "title": "1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10306539", "text": "and three touchdowns. With Buc starting cornerback Rod Jones injured, Lomax exploited Bobby Futrell throughout the game. Stump Mitchell rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown. \"at Indianapolis Hoosierdome, Indianapolis, Indiana\" The Colts’ 24–6 victory over the Buccaneers clinched that franchise's first playoff berth, and first winning record since 1977. Although Pro Bowl linebacker Duane Bickett did not play, the Colts’ defense did not allow the Buccaneers inside the 20-yard line. Eric Dickerson ran 33 times for 196 yards and two touchdowns. Colts quarterback Jack Trudeau was 17 of 27 for 426 yards. 1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1987", "title": "1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10272812", "text": "18 from the Oakland 29-yard line, Tampa Bay linebacker Derrick Brooks intercepted a pass from Gannon and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown, giving the Buccaneers a 41–21 lead with only 1:18 left putting the game out of reach. And a few plays later as the Raiders were now playing for pride, Smith intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown (the 200th TD in Super Bowl history). 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise’s 27th season in the National Football League and was their most successful season", "title": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10305257", "text": "1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 10th season in the National Football League The season began with the team trying to improve on a 6-10 season. It was the first season for Leeman Bennett as the team's head coach. Prior to the season they acquired the future hall of fame quarterback Steve Young. In week 1, Tampa Bay held a 28-17 halftime lead over the eventual Super Bowl winners the Chicago Bears. In fact both games vs the Bears provided Tampa Bay halftime leads. Young won his first start against the Detroit", "title": "1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "12834333", "text": "was soon put back to use when the Tampa Bay Rowdies began play in 1975 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off in 1976. In its day, the \"Big Sombrero\" was also home to the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL, the Tampa Bay Mutiny of MLS, and USF Bulls football. It hosted two Super Bowls and a Pro Bowl along with numerous special events and large concerts, such as a 1973 Led Zeppelin concert that broke the all-time record for the largest crowd to see a single artist and a 1977 Led Zeppelin concert that was cut short by", "title": "Sports in the Tampa Bay Area" }, { "docid": "16934597", "text": "by stating \"I don't think Brentson Buckner has any pineapple in his diet\" (a reference to the Pro Bowl). Tampa Bay was coming off their Super Bowl season, while Carolina missed the playoffs in 2002 at 7-9. The defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers hosted Carolina in their home opener in week two. The game turned into an embarrassment for Tampa Bay, and marked the point at which the rivalry firmly established and began to intensify. A defensive-oriented game saw young Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme held to only 9-for-23, 96 yards and two interceptions. Meanwhile, Brad Johnson threw for 339 yards.", "title": "Buccaneers–Panthers rivalry" }, { "docid": "8491746", "text": "The program provides monthly reading activities and career advice to underprivileged children in the city of Tampa. He also participates in many community activities. In high school, he recorded 124 tackles and 7 sacks. Wyms is married to real estate consultant DeeDee Wyms. Ellis Wyms Ellis Rashad Wyms (born April 12, 1979) a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State. Wyms, who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, has also played", "title": "Ellis Wyms" }, { "docid": "431624", "text": "only NFL teams to win their lone Super Bowl appearance. Over the course of 41 seasons, the Buccaneers have compiled an overall record of , with a regular-season record of and a playoff record of . The name \"Tampa Bay\" is often used to describe a geographic metropolitan area which encompasses the cities around the body of water known as Tampa Bay, including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Bradenton, and Sarasota. Unlike in the case of Green Bay, Wisconsin, there is no municipality known as \"Tampa Bay\". The \"Tampa Bay\" in the names of local professional sports franchises, such as the", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "3047497", "text": "Poly\" O'Brien, Tim Simpson, Doug Marrone, and Brad Johnson, a quarterback who would go on to win Super Bowl XXXVII with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Also of note was Dedrick Dodge, a special teams maven who went on to win a number of Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos and LaVar Ball, a tight end whose sons play basketball, including Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers, who was the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. London Monarchs The London Monarchs were a professional American football team in NFL Europe and its", "title": "London Monarchs" }, { "docid": "8809630", "text": "Larry Ball Larry Lavern Ball (born September 27, 1949) is a retired American football linebacker. Ball was drafted out of University of Louisville in the 1972 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions. During his National Football League career, he participated in 79 games. Ball is the only player in NFL history to play an entire season for both an undefeated team, the 1972 Miami Dolphins (where he won Super Bowl VII), and a winless team, the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Maulty Moore also played for the 1972 Dolphins", "title": "Larry Ball" }, { "docid": "10272715", "text": "2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League. The season began with the team trying to defend its Super Bowl XXXVII title of 2002. Despite high expectations, several last-minute losses led to locker room tension and front-office struggles. The Buccaneers finished 7–9, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1998. The season started out on a positive note, as the Buccaneers defeated their bitter rival from the three previous postseasons, the Philadelphia Eagles. It was the first game in Lincoln Financial Field, and with a", "title": "2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10258846", "text": "with 1:11 to go. Simms debut yielded mixed results; 175 yard passing, but no touchdowns, and two costly turnovers. The Buccaneers started the season 0–2. Tampa Bay traveled to Oakland, for a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVII on \"Sunday Night Football\". The game saw the Buccaneers face former player Warren Sapp (who signed with Oakland in the offseason) for the first time. This game was being played while central Florida, including Tampa, was being impacted by Hurricane Jeanne. Brad Johnson was back in place at starting quarterback, but his numbers were again mediocre. He threw two interceptions (one was returned", "title": "2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "10302659", "text": "Bay), and build the foundation for their first Super Bowl win in 2002. Notes: 1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League. The season began with the team trying to improve on a 6–10 season in 1994, a season in which the team won 4 straight games at the end of the year, and four of their final five. It was Sam Wyche’s final season as the team's head coach. This was the final year the Buccaneers team wore screen printed name and numbers on the jerseys", "title": "1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "4498686", "text": "Keenan McCardell Keenan Wayne McCardell (; born January 6, 1970) is a former American football wide receiver who played 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 12th round of the 1991 NFL Draft, and he was also a member of the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers and Houston Texans. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, McCardell won two Super Bowl rings, with the Redskins in 1991 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002. He", "title": "Keenan McCardell" }, { "docid": "11080701", "text": "2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season The 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 12th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning won their first Stanley Cup over the Calgary Flames this season, after the Flames were attempting to be the first Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens. The Lightning's first Stanley Cup victory came just a year after their NFL (National Football League) counterparts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, won Super Bowl XXXVII, also their first championship title. The Lightning did not have a first-round pick. For their first pick, they chose Mike", "title": "2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season" }, { "docid": "6519133", "text": "is committed to play WR at The University of Oregon. Oregon Ducks Football Michael Pittman Michael Pittman (born August 14, 1975) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Pittman also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos in the National Football League, and the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. Pittman attended Mira Mesa Senior High School San Diego, California, and", "title": "Michael Pittman" }, { "docid": "10258843", "text": "many close games en route to a 5–11 record. The Buccaneers became the first NFL team to follow up a Super Bowl championship with back-to-back losing seasons. The lone highlights of 2004 were the high-quality play of rookie wide receiver Michael Clayton and the return of Doug Williams, who joined the Bucs front office as a personnel executive. The Buccaneers finished their year under Jon Gruden with the 22nd ranked offense and the 5th ranked defense. The Buccaneers played four preseason games. The home team is in caps. The game against Cincinnati scheduled for Saturday August 14 was postponed until", "title": "2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "4281338", "text": "Buccaneers team that won Super Bowl XXXVII (2002), played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. Alstott rushed for 15 yards and the first Super Bowl touchdown in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He also caught five passes for 43 yards. Alstott signed a one-year contract to stay in Tampa Bay for the 2005 season, and signed a similar contract at the conclusion of the 2006 season after contemplating retirement. However, he spent all of the 2007 season on injured reserve because of neck problems, leading to his retirement on January 24, 2008. In the summer of 2007, shortly before he", "title": "Mike Alstott" }, { "docid": "6779917", "text": "Aaron Stecker Aaron Stecker (born November 13, 1975) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played college football at Western Illinois and Wisconsin. Stecker also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. Mainly used as a backup for most of his career, Stecker started 14 games during his five years with the Saints, and also often served as a kick returner for both Tampa Bay and New", "title": "Aaron Stecker" }, { "docid": "10301824", "text": "1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with high expectations, as the team was considered by some to be the Buccaneers’ best squad yet and predicted to be Super Bowl contenders. Disappointment quickly set in as personnel changes and a rash of injuries contributed to a league-worst 2–14 record. The team was unable to agree on a contract with quarterback Doug Williams, resulting in his departure for the USFL. The loss of Williams was believed to be a major distraction to the team. Jack Thompson was acquired from the Cincinnati Bengals as what was termed", "title": "1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "1491926", "text": "ABC because the network cut to commercials). The Raiders had a great chance to score a touchdown early in the game after cornerback Charles Woodson intercepted Buccaneers quarterback Brad Johnson's pass on the third play of the game and returned it 12 yards to the Tampa Bay 36-yard line. However, six plays later, Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice sacked Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon on third down, forcing Oakland to settle for kicker Sebastian Janikowski's 40-yard field goal to give them a 3–0 lead. Buccaneers kick returner Aaron Stecker returned the ensuing kickoff 27 yards to the 29-yard line, then", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "12903813", "text": "team to defeat three former Super Bowl winning quarterbacks in a row in the playoffs to win the Super Bowl. The Saints, along with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, are the only teams to go to one Super Bowl and win it. Although five Saints were elected to the Pro Bowl (with two others added as injury replacements), since the game was held one week prior to Super Bowl XLIV, they did not participate. The Saints' regular season schedule was released on April 14, 2009. The Saints began their season with a Week 1 duel against the", "title": "2009 New Orleans Saints season" }, { "docid": "431651", "text": "the Bucs in each of the last two seasons' wild card games. Tampa Bay entered the game as heavy underdogs and fell behind early. However, the Bucs persevered and took a ten-point lead into the fourth quarter. Ronde Barber sealed the win in dramatic fashion with a late interception return for a touchdown, and a 27–10 victory. The Bucs then went on to rout Gruden's former team, the Raiders, who had the league's number one offense, by a score of 48–21 in Super Bowl XXXVII, nicknamed 'The Pirate Bowl'. Soon after the Super Bowl victory, a growing number of press", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "7016760", "text": "a degree in Human Development in 1995. He was signed as a free agent in 1996 season by the New Orleans Saints. Davis played with the Saints until the middle of the 1998 season when he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He would remain with Tampa Bay through the 2000 season. In 2001 Davis began play for the St. Louis Rams, where he would remain through 2002. Then in 2003 Davis was signed by his final team, the New England Patriots, who he would stay with for four seasons. He earned 2 super bowl rings with the New", "title": "Don Davis (linebacker)" }, { "docid": "10272806", "text": "plays after the turnover, Gramatica kicked his second field goal from 43 yards to give Tampa Bay a 6–3 lead. Jackson intercepted another pass on the Raiders' next drive and returned it 25 yards to Oakland's 45-yard line, making Jackson the first player ever to record 2 interceptions in the first half of the Super Bowl. However, the Buccaneers were unable to take advantage of the turnover and were forced to punt. Fortunately for Tampa Bay, they got a big assist from their punter Tom Tupa, who managed to pin Oakland all the way back at their own 11-yard line", "title": "2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "7430577", "text": "seasons, before being hired as defensive backs coach by the University of Cincinnati. Tomlin was hired as the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001, where he first learned the Tampa 2 defense that he would use in later coaching jobs. In 2002 and 2005, the Buccaneers led the NFL in total defense (fewest yards allowed per game). During Tomlin's tenure, the defense never ranked worse than sixth overall. When the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII in January 2003, the team recorded a Super Bowl-record five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. Tomlin was selected", "title": "Mike Tomlin" }, { "docid": "14137380", "text": "moving the Super Bowl back a week, would have allowed the NFL to play a 14-game schedule beginning in mid-October while still having the Super Bowl in mid-February. In a scheduling quirk, the NFC North's Chicago Bears played all four of their interconference games in consecutive weeks: San Diego in Week 11, Oakland in Week 12, Kansas City in Week 13 and Denver in Week 14. This season's International Series game featured the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium in London on October 23, with the Buccaneers serving as the home team. The Bears won 24–18.", "title": "2011 NFL season" }, { "docid": "19326196", "text": "broadcasting has included radio play-by-play for the original broadcast team of the NFL's expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the South Florida Bulls college basketball, the Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL soccer team, the Tampa Bay Bandits USFL football team, the Tampa Bay Storm Arena Football League team, and the annual Outback Bowl; in addition to pre-game and half-time shows for the Buccaneers and promotions with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. He lives in South Tampa with his wife Joy, and has one son, Jackson, born on July 19, 1991. Jack Harris (broadcaster) William H Harris Jr., known as Jack Harris,", "title": "Jack Harris (broadcaster)" }, { "docid": "17425385", "text": "Curse.\" No team had ever lost to the Buccaneers during the regular season, then gone on to win the Super Bowl that same year. The Saints still clinched home field advantage in the playoffs, and eventually advanced to Super Bowl XLIV. The Saints defeated the Colts to win their first championship, and likewise broke the 33-year-old \"Tampa Bay Curse.\" In 2012, New Orleans swept the season series, scoring 76 points over the two games, the most ever between the two clubs in one season. During the first meeting, Tampa Bay was trailing by the score of 28-35. In the final", "title": "Buccaneers–Saints rivalry" }, { "docid": "10341298", "text": "as a quarterback. He later transferred to Bethune-Cookman University, where he played basketball but not football. From 2000 to 2002, Toliver spent time on the practice squads of the St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was part of the Buccaneers team that won Super Bowl XXXVII in January 2003. He played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the AFL from 2002 to 2005. In 2003, he was part of the Storm team that won ArenaBowl XVII, becoming the first person to win an ArenaBowl and Super Bowl in the same", "title": "T. T. Toliver" }, { "docid": "1491929", "text": "then threw an 8-yard pass to running back Charlie Garner to reach the Tampa Bay 43-yard line. However, on third down, Buccaneers safety Dexter Jackson intercepted Gannon's pass at the 40-yard line and returned it 9-yards to near midfield. Then nine plays after the turnover, Gramatica kicked his second field goal from 43 yards to give Tampa Bay a 6–3 lead. Jackson intercepted another pass on the Raiders' next drive and returned it 25 yards to Oakland's 45-yard line, making Jackson the first player ever to record two interceptions in the first half of the Super Bowl. However, the Buccaneers", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "6499017", "text": "Johnson again had another great season in Tampa Bay and won a Super Bowl the following year. In 2001, Brad Johnson was pursued by the Baltimore Ravens in the off season (coached by Brian Billick, former offensive coordinator for the Vikings) but he spurned them to join the Bucs. Johnson was reunited with former Vikings assistant-coach Tony Dungy for his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That year, he broke Tampa Bay team records for passing yards with 3,406, completions with 340, and attempts with 540. In the 2002 season he led the Buccaneers to their first ever Super", "title": "Brad Johnson (American football)" }, { "docid": "4758077", "text": "the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in the Houston Astrodome. Ferragamo played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1977–1980 and 1982–1984), Buffalo Bills (1985) and Green Bay Packers (1985–1986). After leading the 9–7 Rams to road victories over the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979–80 NFL playoffs, Ferragamo started for the Rams in Super Bowl XIV, making him the first quarterback to start a Super Bowl in the same season as his first career start, in which the Rams led after three quarters of play before falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-19. Ferragamo enjoyed his", "title": "Vince Ferragamo" }, { "docid": "16934615", "text": "of their respective Super Bowl seasons. The two franchises have never met in the preseason. Following current NFL precedent, two teams from the same division do not play one another during the exhibition season, rendering a future exhibition meeting unlikely. Despite their geographical proximity, from 1995 to 2001 (when the two teams were not in the same division), they still never were scheduled to play during the preseason. Buccaneers–Panthers rivalry The Buccaneers–Panthers rivalry is between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers. The two teams met for the first time in 1995 when the Panthers were an expansion team. In", "title": "Buccaneers–Panthers rivalry" }, { "docid": "8915786", "text": "becoming the first (and to date, only) Super Bowl MVP on the merits of special teams play. The defending champions would have an easy go of the 1997 season, which saw a record of 13-3. Brett Favre passed for 3,867 yards and was named the league's MVP third year in a row. In their fifth consecutive playoff appearance, the Packers rolled over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21-7 in the divisional round, then beat the 49ers 23-10 in the NFC Championship to make the Super Bowl for the second year in a row. Playing in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium for Super", "title": "History of the Green Bay Packers" }, { "docid": "9868975", "text": "the first NFL team to follow up a Super Bowl championship with back-to-back losing seasons. The lone highlights of 2004 were the high-quality play of rookie wide receiver Michael Clayton and the return of Doug Williams, who joined the Bucs front office as a personnel executive. In the 2005 season, the Bucs returned to their winning ways. The Buccaneers selected Carnell “Cadillac” Williams in the first round of the 2005 draft, and the rookie would provide a running game the Buccaneers hadn't possessed since the days of James Wilder in the 1980s. Williams set the NFL record for most yards", "title": "History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "1439802", "text": "right back from a head injury in a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. McMahon brought the Chicago Bears back in the first game following the 1987 NFL players strike to defeat the Buccaneers, 27–26. The Bears went on to an 11–4 record with many expecting McMahon to lead the Bears back to the Super Bowl. However, 1987 ended exactly the same way 1986 did with the Bears eliminated by the eventual Super Bowl champion Redskins. 1988 saw McMahon return for the Bears with a much more serious attitude. His main offensive weapon in Walter Payton had retired and McMahon", "title": "Jim McMahon" }, { "docid": "8713600", "text": "the first in team history and began a period of dominance for the Patriots that included four more Super Bowl wins at XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX and LI. It was also Gruden's last game of his first stint as head coach of the Raiders, as he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the following season. The Raiders went to the Super Bowl one year later, but were beaten by Gruden and the Buccaneers 48–21. The Raiders did not make the playoffs again until 2016. In 2018, Gruden returned to coach the Raiders after a 9-year stint as a television", "title": "Tuck Rule Game" }, { "docid": "11711400", "text": "Tennessee Titans in the playoffs, by a combined score of 71–34 and a plus-four in turnover differential; in doing so, they advanced to their first Super Bowl since 1984. Their opponent was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by their former coach Jon Gruden. The Raiders entered Super Bowl XXXVII as slight favorites; many predicted a hard-fought showdown between Oakland's top-ranked offense and Tampa Bay's top-ranked defense. The resulting game, however, ended in disaster for the Raiders. An early three-point lead (courtesy of a Sebastian Janikowski field goal) evaporated as the Buccaneers scored 34 unanswered points. The Buccaneers defense, aided by", "title": "2002 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "2168464", "text": "Bowl XXXVII, where they faced Gruden, who led Tampa Bay to its first Super Bowl berth. The Buccaneers won in a 48–21 blowout, in a matchup that was termed the \"Gruden Bowl\". Seventeen years later, Gruden returned to the Raiders as head coach in 2018 after seven years with the Buccaneers and nine years with ESPN. Although it was not apparent at the time, the Raiders' loss in the Super Bowl would be Davis' last hurrah. The Raiders would never have another winning season under his ownership, suffering consecutive losing seasons from 2003 to 2010—the longest drought in franchise history.", "title": "Al Davis" }, { "docid": "7430585", "text": "the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coincidentally, Tomlin was the defensive backs coach under Gruden when the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl and was a key component for the success they received that year. On July 13, 2010, Tomlin signed a three-year contract extension with the Steelers. In the 2010, he coached the Steelers to a 12-4 record. Tomlin would lead them to the Super Bowl for the second time in three years. In Super Bowl XLV the Steelers lost to the Green Bay Packers 31-25. On November 13, 2011, Tomlin won his 50th game as the Steelers head coach with a", "title": "Mike Tomlin" }, { "docid": "4974751", "text": "Joe Jurevicius Joseph Michael Jurevicius (born December 23, 1974) is a retired American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State. Jurevicius played for the Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, and Cleveland Browns. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, and also played in Super Bowl XXXV and Super Bowl XL as a member of the Giants and Seahawks respectively. Jurevicius attended St. Justin Martyr School in Eastlake, Ohio, and Lake Catholic High School", "title": "Joe Jurevicius" }, { "docid": "1491903", "text": "championship games (XVII, XXV, XXVIII, XXXIV, and XXXVI). It was also the last Super Bowl played in the month of January. This was the first Super Bowl in which the league's number one-ranked offense (Raiders) faced the league's number one-ranked defense (Buccaneers). The game sometimes is referred to as the \"Gruden Bowl\", because the primary storyline surrounding the game revolved around Jon Gruden. Gruden was the Raiders' head coach from 1998 to 2001, and then became the Buccaneers coach in 2002. Tampa Bay, \"Gruden's \"new\" team\", made their first Super Bowl appearance in team history after posting a regular season", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "docid": "4245762", "text": "being deemed not good enough for the Lions (a team that would finish 0–16, the NFL's first imperfect season since the expansion 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers), but good enough for a Super Bowl team such as the Steelers and being a valuable blocker for Ben Roethlisberger and Willie Parker. McHugh himself had mixed feelings about the situation, feeling bad for his former Lions teammates, but also feeling it's a little payback for the Lions for releasing him in the first place. McHugh would play in the Super Bowl as a blocker, much like his regular season role. The Cardinals became", "title": "Super Bowl XLIII" }, { "docid": "16579702", "text": "Winston lead Buccaneers began playing efficient offense as well as exceptional defense and special teams play, resulting in the Buccaneers' first 5-game winning streak since the Super Bowl winning 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season. The win streak gave the Buccaneers possession of the 6th seed in the NFC playoff race, which they quickly lost after back-to-back losses to the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints. Winston led the Buccaneers to their first winning season in 6 years after defeating the Carolina Panthers in the regular season finale, during which he broke the franchise records for passing yards and passing touchdowns", "title": "Jameis Winston" }, { "docid": "9868994", "text": "off to a 2–0 start in 2010 by beating Cleveland and Carolina, but both proved weak opponents and they could never handle Pittsburgh, a team only two years removed from its 2008 Super Bowl win, losing 38–13. Following their bye week, they beat the Bengals in Cincinnati 24–21. After the road victory in Cincinnati, the Bucs came home to face the defending Super Bowl champion Saints, who were struggling after a loss to the Arizona Cardinals in which the Cardinals did not score an offensive touchdown, but capitalized on New Orleans turnovers. A victory would have helped the Bucs towards", "title": "History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "16694426", "text": "4 years. Unlike previous years, the 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers came into the season with two important things; A 4th Ranked Defense in 1978, and a Quarterback named Doug Williams who was capable of throwing the ball downfield. In hindsight however, the greatest asset of the 1979 Bucs was their Offensive Line. Anchored by Left Tackle Dave Reavis, Super Bowl winning lineman from the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Horton at Left Guard, the line blocked the Buccaneers offense into history. Only Right Tackle Charlie Hannah missed any time, not able to play the final two games of the regular season and", "title": "Greg Horton" }, { "docid": "4245757", "text": "but were a wild-card team before the 2002 realignment gave each conference four divisions. The AFC champion Steelers stayed at the InterContinental Tampa and held their pre-game practices at the training facility of the University of South Florida Bulls. The NFC champion Cardinals were based at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and held their practices at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' training facility. Both teams arrived in the Tampa area on Monday, January 26. Also on January 26, the NFL announced that the Super Bowl game would be one of the safest places in the United States during game time. Personnel", "title": "Super Bowl XLIII" }, { "docid": "17425392", "text": "in the Super Bowl (the Jets and Ravens are the others). Buccaneers–Saints rivalry The Buccaneers–Saints rivalry is between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. The two teams met for the first time in 1977. The expansion Buccaneers had been winless over their first two seasons to that point, and entered the game with a collective record of 0–26. Tampa Bay upset the Saints, earning their first win in franchise history. During the period from 1976–2001, the two teams were not in the same division, but played one another many times during the regular season as well as during", "title": "Buccaneers–Saints rivalry" }, { "docid": "17425374", "text": "South division. They became division foes, and would begin an annual two-game, home/away series each season. Tampa Bay would go on to win Super Bowl XXXVII and finish with a record of 12-4, but New Orleans swept the season series. On opening day, the Jon Gruden era began at Tampa Bay on a hot, humid 90° afternoon. The Saints held a 20–10 lead late in the fourth quarter, while Tampa Bay's offense had sputtered. The Buccaneers rallied in the final three minutes to tie the score at 20-20 and force overtime. Late in the overtime period, Tampa Bay was pinned", "title": "Buccaneers–Saints rivalry" }, { "docid": "10276218", "text": "The win improved Tampa Bay's record to 8–6, and put them in control of a wild card spot. One win in the final two games (coupled with an Atlanta loss) would send the Buccaneers to the playoffs. Though it was part of the Monday Night Football schedule, the game was held on a Saturday night due to New Year's Eve. The Tampa Bay defense intercepted Elvis Grbac twice, and held the Ravens to under 100 yards rushing. The victory game Tampa Bay their third consecutive win against a defending Super Bowl champion: (Broncos- XXXIII, Rams- XXXIV, Ravens- XXXV) Originally this", "title": "2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "9383695", "text": "suit. In 2013, Price began coaching at St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut. Idris Price Idris Price (born August 30, 1977) is a former American football linebacker/fullback who played for the Orlando Predators, Philadelphia Soul and New York Dragons of the Arena Football League. He was also a member of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Frankfurt Galaxy. He won Super Bowl XXXVII as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Price began his football career at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut. During his junior year, the Senators recorded 9 shutouts throughout", "title": "Idris Price" }, { "docid": "6053301", "text": "with the Chicago Bears and the Buccaneers, where he was offensive coordinator from 1996 to 1999. As offensive coordinator under Tony Dungy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team enjoyed success and narrowly missed the Super Bowl after losing the NFC Championship Game against eventual Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams. Following that 1999 NFC Championship Game, he was fired as offensive coordinator after the Bucs finished no higher than 22nd in total offense during his tenure. After his firing from Tampa, Shula went on to be the quarterbacks coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2000-2002, then left to become", "title": "Mike Shula" }, { "docid": "9383691", "text": "Idris Price Idris Price (born August 30, 1977) is a former American football linebacker/fullback who played for the Orlando Predators, Philadelphia Soul and New York Dragons of the Arena Football League. He was also a member of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Frankfurt Galaxy. He won Super Bowl XXXVII as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Price began his football career at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut. During his junior year, the Senators recorded 9 shutouts throughout the season and won a state championship. In one account the referee had asked", "title": "Idris Price" }, { "docid": "431700", "text": "during the second half of the season, as for nearly all nighttime home games. During the preseason, the Buccaneers may or may not wear white for their home games. The Buccaneers have worn their red jerseys for all home postseason games except for a January 6, 2008 playoff match up against the Giants. The Buccaneers wore white that day instead, as the temperature that day was unseasonably high. At Super Bowl XXXVII, in which Tampa Bay was the designated home team, they elected to wear their red home jerseys. This was despite the kickoff temperature of , one of the", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "431683", "text": "teams have copied the Tampa 2, but none have come close to the success the Buccaneers experienced led by numerous Pro Bowlers and Hall of Famers. The Tampa Bay defense featured future Hall of Famers, Derrick Brooks and Warren Sapp, and Pro Bowlers, John Lynch, Ronde Barber, Hardy Nickerson, Simeon Rice, Shelton Quarles, Donnie Abraham, and Super Bowl XXXVII MVP Dexter Jackson. Sapp and Nickerson were named to the 1990s All-Decade 2nd Team while the 2000s All-Decade Team featured Sapp and Brooks as 1st Team players and Ronde Barber on the 2nd Team. The 2002 Buccaneers defense is widely regarded", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "8491740", "text": "Ellis Wyms Ellis Rashad Wyms (born April 12, 1979) a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State. Wyms, who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, has also played for the Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings and Florida Tuskers. Wyms went to Mississippi State and played as a Bulldog. He racked up 120 career tackles, with 69 solo tackles. He also collected 10 quarterback sacks in just 40 career games for the Mississippi", "title": "Ellis Wyms" }, { "docid": "16468914", "text": "yards for a touchdown and the lead. This then led to officials debating over whether or not Wycheck's pass was a forward pass or a lateral. Referee Phil Luckett then deemed the pass a lateral, giving Tennessee the win. In the , the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trailed the St. Louis Rams by 5 points. With 47 seconds left in the game, Buccaneers quarterback Shaun King threw an 11-yard pass to Bert Emanuel, who caught the ball, but had the play overturned after the ball touched the ground, giving the Rams the trip to Super Bowl XXXIV. The league then enacted", "title": "National Football League controversies" } ]

[ "Toussaint L'Ouverture" ]

[ { "docid": "3786411", "text": "Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution ( ) was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti. It began on 22 August 1791, and ended in 1804 with the former colony's independence. It involved blacks, mulattoes, French, Spanish, and British participants—with the ex-slave Toussaint L'Ouverture emerging as Haiti's most charismatic hero. It was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery, and ruled by non-whites and former captives. It is now widely seen as a defining moment in", "title": "Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "3786411", "text": "Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution ( ) was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti. It began on 22 August 1791, and ended in 1804 with the former colony's independence. It involved blacks, mulattoes, French, Spanish, and British participants—with the ex-slave Toussaint L'Ouverture emerging as Haiti's most charismatic hero. It was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery, and ruled by non-whites and former captives. It is now widely seen as a defining moment in", "title": "Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "2708131", "text": "South America can be traced back to slave revolts in plantations in the northernmost part of the continent and Caribbean. In 1791, a massive slave revolt sparked a general insurrection against the plantation system and French colonial power. These events were followed by a violent uprising led by José Leonardo Chirino and José Caridad González that sprung up in 1795 Venezuela, allegedly inspired by the revolution in Haiti. Toussaint L'Ouverture was born a slave in Saint-Domingue where he developed labor skills that would give him higher privileges than other slaves. He intellectually and physically advanced resulting in promotion,land of his", "title": "Latin American wars of independence" }, { "docid": "4357460", "text": "Jewish tombstones have been uncovered. In the late eighteenth century at the time of the French Revolution, the free people of color pressed for more rights in Saint-Domingue, and a slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture broke out in 1791 in the North of the island. Slaves considered Jews to be among the white oppressor group. Through the years of warfare, many people of the Jewish community were among the whites killed; some Jews were expelled when the slaves and free blacks took power and instituted restrictions on foreign businessmen. Haiti achieved independence in 1804 but was not recognized by", "title": "History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean" }, { "docid": "1706534", "text": "American Revolution, with Saint Lucia being returned to France by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, but not nearly as much as had been hoped for at the time of French intervention. True disaster came to what remained of France's colonial empire in 1791 when Saint Domingue (the Western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola), France's richest and most important colony, was riven by a massive slave revolt, caused partly by the divisions among the island's elite, which had resulted from the French Revolution of 1789. The slaves, led eventually by Toussaint L'Ouverture and then, following his capture by", "title": "French colonial empire" }, { "docid": "656882", "text": "The St. John's Slave Rebellion is one of the earliest and longest lasting slave rebellions in the Americas. It ended with defeat, however, and many rebels, including one of the leaders Breffu, committed suicide rather than being recaptured. The most successful slave uprising was the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791 and was eventually led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, culminating in the independent black republic of Haiti. Panama also has an extensive history of slave rebellions going back to the 16th century. Slaves were brought to the isthmus from many regions in Africa, including the modern day countries of the Congo,", "title": "Slave rebellion" } ]

[ { "docid": "6869986", "text": "a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state. Furthermore, it is generally considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred and as a defining moment in the histories of both Europe and the Americas. The rebellion began with a revolt of black African slaves in August 1791. It ended in November 1803 with the French defeat at the battle of Vertières. Haiti became an independent", "title": "Age of Revolution" }, { "docid": "2714801", "text": "area was a stronghold of the wealthy planters who wanted greater autonomy for the colony, especially economically, so they could do as they pleased. Although the slaves were not expected to participate in a rebellion, suddenly on August 22, 1791, a great slave uprising plunged the country into civil war. Thousands of slaves in the fertile Nord Department region rose up to take vengeance on their masters and to fight for their liberty. Within the next ten days slaves had taken control of the entire northern province in an unprecedented slave revolt that left the whites controlling only a few", "title": "Nord (Haitian department)" }, { "docid": "9428078", "text": "August 22, 1791. Their successful revolution resulted in the establishment of the second independent country in the Americas (after the United States). Soon after the revolt began, the Washington administration, at French request, agreed to send money, arms, and provisions to Saint-Domingue to assist distressed slave-owning colonists. Reacting to reports spread by fleeing Frenchmen of Haitian slaves murdering people, many Southerners believed that a successful slave revolt in Haiti would lead to a massive race war in America. American aid to Saint-Domingue formed part of the US repayment of Revolutionary War loans, and eventually amounted to about $400,000 and 1,000", "title": "Presidency of George Washington" }, { "docid": "3924000", "text": "Dutty Boukman Dutty Boukman (Also known as \"Boukman Dutty\") (died 7 November 1791) was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution, enslaved in Jamaica and later in Haiti. He is considered to have been both a leader of maroons and vodou hougan (priest). According to some contemporary accounts Boukman alongside Cécile Fatiman, a Vodou mambo, presided over the religious ceremony at Bois Caïman, in August 1791, that served as the catalyst to the 1791 slave revolt which is usually considered the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. Boukman was a key leader of the slave revolt in the Le Cap‑Français region", "title": "Dutty Boukman" }, { "docid": "172340", "text": "of the 19th century, crushed frequent uprisings, and repelled Haitian invasions. In 1843, a revolt, led by Charles Rivière-Hérard, overthrew Boyer and established a brief parliamentary rule under the Constitution of 1843. Revolts soon broke out and the country descended into near chaos, with a series of transient presidents until March 1847, when General Faustin Soulouque, a former slave who had fought in the rebellion of 1791, became president. He purged the military high command, established a secret police, and eliminated mulatto opponents. In August 1849, he grandiosely proclaimed himself as Haiti's second emperor, Faustin I. Soulouque's expansive ambitions led", "title": "History of Haiti" }, { "docid": "20018463", "text": "British, Spanish, and French. Bois Caïman is where a Vodou ceremony took place in which the first major slave revolt of the Haitian Revolution was planned. On August 14, 1791, slaves from nearby plantations gathered to participate in a secret ceremony conducted in the woods in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. A prominent slave leader and Vodou priest, Dutty Boukman, gave the signal to begin the revolt. The ceremony began the era of black power in Haiti. The effect a couple months after the revolt was that slave rebels controlled a third of the island by 1792. https://blog.uwgb.edu/revolutions/ http://afropunk.com/search/haiti/ http://crawfurd.dk/africa/haiti200.htm", "title": "Black Power in the Caribbean" }, { "docid": "5237158", "text": "the already boiling cauldron of dissatisfaction among free men of color and slaves in the colony. Ogé became an important symbol of the injustices of a colonial slave society that wanted to restrict the benefits of the French Revolution to whites only. Vincent Ogé Vincent Ogé (; c.1755–1791) was a wealthy free man of mixed race descent and the instigator of a revolt against white colonial authority in French Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to December 1790 in the area outside Cap-Français, the colony's main city. The Ogé revolt of 1790 foretold the massive slave uprising of August 1791 that", "title": "Vincent Ogé" }, { "docid": "16548572", "text": "himself with the slave Noemi to challenge the reign of Barbarroja. \"Zafira\" references the Haitian revolution of 1791, the only successful slave revolt, and the black republic established there in 1804. Haiti stood as an example of freedom in an age that claimed human equality at birth. The revolt led wealthy landowners to flee to Cuba bringing stories of the rebellion. French slaves were not allowed in Cuba for fear of another revolt. The presence of Spanish soldiers to prevent another uprising did not permit white Cuba's autonomy. In the play, Selim possesses a mysterious letter which was not present", "title": "Juan Francisco Manzano" }, { "docid": "18574264", "text": "Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795 A slave revolt took place in the Dutch colony of Curaçao in 1795, led by Tula, a local slave, and resulted in a month-long conflict on the island between escapees and the colonial government. Bandabou had between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants in 1795, mostly enslaved. The slave Tula had been preparing the insurrection for some weeks. On the morning of August 17, 1795, at the Knip plantation of slave master Caspar Lodewijk van Uytrecht at Bandabou, Curaçao, Tula led an uprising of 40 to 50 people. The enslaved met on the square of the plantation", "title": "Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795" }, { "docid": "628359", "text": "It had the highest slave mortality rate in the western hemisphere. A 1791 slave revolt, the only ever successful slave revolt, began the Haitian Revolution, led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794 and, a decade later, complete independence for the country, which renamed itself Haiti. France briefly also ruled the eastern portion of the island, which is now the Dominican Republic. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France ruled much of the Lesser Antilles at various times. Islands that came under French rule during part or all of this time include Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique, St. Barthélemy,", "title": "French colonization of the Americas" }, { "docid": "1268717", "text": "blacks and white men close to him has been confirmed. The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and established the Republic of Haiti. It was the only slave revolt in the modern era which led to the founding of a state and is generally considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred in the Americas. Beginning in 1789, free people of color of Saint-Domingue were inspired by the French Revolution to seek an expansion of their rights and equality, while perpetuating the denial", "title": "Toussaint Louverture" }, { "docid": "172159", "text": "Americas, and the only nation in the world established as a result of a successful slave revolt. The rebellion that began in 1791 was led by a former slave and the first black general of the French Army, Toussaint Louverture, whose military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into an independent country. Upon his death in a prison in France, he was succeeded by his lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who declared Haiti's sovereignty and later became the first Emperor of Haiti, Jacques I. The Haitian Revolution lasted just over a dozen years; and apart from Alexandre Pétion,", "title": "Haiti" }, { "docid": "5237150", "text": "Vincent Ogé Vincent Ogé (; c.1755–1791) was a wealthy free man of mixed race descent and the instigator of a revolt against white colonial authority in French Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to December 1790 in the area outside Cap-Français, the colony's main city. The Ogé revolt of 1790 foretold the massive slave uprising of August 1791 that began the Haitian Revolution. Ogé was a wealthy and educated free man of colour born in Dondon, Saint-Domingue, of one-quarter African descent and three-quarters French ancestry (a \"\"quadroon\"\"). He was the third son of Jacques Ogé, a white man and Jacqueline Ossé,", "title": "Vincent Ogé" }, { "docid": "4316189", "text": "on September 23. On December 1 she, along with the frigate USS \"Boston\" captured the schooner \"Flying Fish\" and recaptured the American schooner \"Weymouth\". Among other duties the \"General Green\" intercepted supplies to rebels fighting to overthrow General Toussaint Louverture who had led a successful slave revolt against the French in Haiti in 1791. On April 27, the \"General Greene\" brought two emissaries from Louverture to New Orleans where they went on to meet with President John Adams. She left New Orleans on May 10, escorting twelve merchantmen to Havana. As she neared Havana, a British 74 gun ship of", "title": "Christopher Raymond Perry" }, { "docid": "1516583", "text": "of a slave at Le Prêcheur had led to a slave revolt on May 20; two days later Rostoland, under duress, had abolished slavery on the island to quell the revolt. That same year, following the establishment of the Second Republic, Fort Royal became Fort-de-France. In 1981, May 22 was declared a national holiday in celebration of emancipation. In 1851 a law was passed authorizing the creation of two colonial banks with the authority to issue banknotes. This led to the founding of the Bank of Martinique in Saint Pierre, and the Bank of Guadeloupe. (These banks would merge in", "title": "History of Martinique" }, { "docid": "4923333", "text": "Bois Caïman Bois Caïman () is the site of the Vodou ceremony during which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned. On the night of August 14, 1791, representative slaves from nearby plantations gathered to participate in a secret ceremony conducted in the woods by nearby Le Cap in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Presided over by Dutty Boukman, a prominent slave leader and Vodou priest, the ceremony served as both a religious ritual and strategic meeting as conspirators met and planned a revolt against the ruling white planters of the colony's wealthy Northern Plain. The", "title": "Bois Caïman" }, { "docid": "7490195", "text": "only interested in the New Orleans area; however, the revolution enabled the sale of the entire territory west of the Mississippi River for around $15 million. This purchase more than doubled US territory. When the news of the August 1791 slave revolt in Saint Domingue reached then-President Washington, he immediately sent aid to the white government there. In 1791 Thomas Jefferson talked about gradual emancipation of US slaves in his private correspondence with friends while publicly remaining silent on the issue. However, by the time that the revolution was coming to an end and the debate over an embargo began,", "title": "United States and the Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "8568159", "text": "France, and was followed by laws that established registers for slaves in mainland France, who were limited to a three-year stay, for visits or learning a trade. Unregistered \"slaves\" in France were regarded as free. However, slavery was of vital importance in France's Caribbean possessions, especially Saint-Domingue. In 1793, influenced by the French Declaration of the Rights of Man of August 1789 and alarmed as the massive slave revolt of August 1791 that had become the Haitian Revolution threatened to ally itself with the British, the French Revolutionary commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel declared general emancipation to reconcile them with France.", "title": "History of slavery" }, { "docid": "12218149", "text": "International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, August 23 of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade. That date was chosen by the adoption of resolution 29 C/40 by the Organization's General Conference at its 29th session. Circular CL/3494 of July 29, 1998, from the Director-General invited Ministers of Culture to promote the day. The date is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791, on the island of Saint Domingue (now known", "title": "International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition" }, { "docid": "14400376", "text": "a \"de jure\" claim of independence. A similar attempt to attain independence was carried out on the night of 21 August 1791, when the slaves of Saint Domingue rose in revolt and plunged the colony into civil war. Within the next ten days, slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt. However, the Legislative Assembly in France granted rights to the free people of colour, in addition to dispatching 6,000 French soldiers to the island. As a result, a complete secession from France was not undertaken at the time, and only came into effect", "title": "Haitian Declaration of Independence" }, { "docid": "18574272", "text": "executed. The Tula Museum was named after the rebel leader. The revolt was dramatized in the 2013 Dutch film \"\", directed by Jeroen Leinders and starring Obi Abili as Tula alongside Jeroen Krabbé and Danny Glover. Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795 A slave revolt took place in the Dutch colony of Curaçao in 1795, led by Tula, a local slave, and resulted in a month-long conflict on the island between escapees and the colonial government. Bandabou had between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants in 1795, mostly enslaved. The slave Tula had been preparing the insurrection for some weeks. On the morning", "title": "Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795" }, { "docid": "594370", "text": "entering the sugar colony business late, British naval supremacy and control over key islands such as Jamaica, Trinidad, the Leeward Islands and Barbados and the territory of British Guiana gave it an important edge over all competitors; while many British did not make gains, a handful of individuals made small fortunes. This advantage was reinforced when France lost its most important colony, St. Domingue (western Hispaniola, now Haiti), to a slave revolt in 1791 and supported revolts against its rival Britain, after the 1793 French revolution in the name of liberty. Before 1791, British sugar had to be protected to", "title": "Atlantic slave trade" }, { "docid": "3786528", "text": "President Thomas Jefferson—who was a slaveholder himself—refused to establish diplomatic relations with Haiti (the United States did not recognize Haiti until 1862) and imposed an economic embargo on trade with Haiti that also lasted until 1862 in an attempt to ensure the economic failure of the new republic as Jefferson wanted Haiti to fail, regarding a successful slave revolt in the West Indies as a dangerous example for American slaves. Beginning during the slave insurrections of 1791, white refugees from Saint-Domingue fled to the United States, particularly to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, and Charleston. The immigration intensified after the journée", "title": "Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "17115464", "text": "organize a revolt, which was followed shortly thereafter by a general slave revolt. In 1791, slaves staged a revolt, massacring whites and torching plantations. By 1801, the revolt had succeeded, putting Toussaint Louverture into power as Governor General of Haiti. Although slavery was outlawed, Louverture, believing that the plantation economy was necessary, forced laborers back to work on the plantations using military might. With a view toward re-establishing slavery, Napoleon Bonaparte sent his brother-in-law, Charles Leclerc, to regain control of Haiti, along with a fleet of 86 ships and 22,000 soldiers. The Haitians resisted the soldiers, but the French were", "title": "Slavery in Haiti" }, { "docid": "11467447", "text": "instructing the ignorant coasters, and in bringing to justice those who break or evade the laws. Instances of contraventing of the laws have been discovered and prosecuted and some of them failed by the unaccountable determination of the court. She was sold on 16 August 1798 to Clement Jackson for $565. Hopley Yeaton, Master, 1791-1798. Yeaton probably brought along his slave, Senegal, during the \"Scammel\"s patrols as was this practice was permitted by the Treasury Department at this time. John Flagg, First Mate, 1791-1791.<br> John Parrott, Second Mate, 1791-1791.<br> Samuel Hobard, Third Mate, 1791-1791. Yeaton fired three of his crew", "title": "USRC Scammel (1791)" }, { "docid": "18574265", "text": "and informed van Uytrecht they would no longer be his slaves. He told them to present their complaints to the lieutenant governor at Fort Amsterdam. They left and went from Knip to Lagun, where they freed 22 slaves from jail. From Lagun, the liberators went to the sugar plantation of Saint Kruis, where they were joined by more rebels under Bastian Karpata. Tula then led the liberated people from farm to farm, freeing more people. The slave owners had now retreated to the city, leaving their plantations unprotected. At the same time, a confederate French slave, Louis Mercier, led another", "title": "Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795" }, { "docid": "10108283", "text": "marches them out of the city — and the city's slaves ready for revolt. They are led by Pisander, a gentleman from Thebes who is masquerading as Marullo, a slave in Archidamus's household. The ensuing slave revolt is managed by Pisander so that the citizens, while treated roughly, are not slaughtered; it turns out that Pisander's motive in starting the revolt is to further his own suit for Cleora's hand in marriage. Aided by Cleora's personal slave Timandra, Pisander pleads his suit to the blindfolded and mute Cleora, and so effectively that she is touched by his appeal. The forces", "title": "The Bondman" }, { "docid": "20670736", "text": "Cape Grand Mount, with most of the slaves coming from Gallinhas. Apparently a slave insurrection occurred at Grand Cape Mount in January 1791. She embarked 262 slaves: 160 adult men, 72 adult women, 19 boys (two of whom were infants), and 11 girls. She arrived at St Vincent with 250 slaves on 22 June 1791; nine men and three women had died on the voyage, for an overall loss rate of 4.6%. \"Albion\" back at Liverpool on 14 August. She had left Bristol with 28 crew and returned with 19. She enrolled eight crew members at Ile de Los to", "title": "Albion (1783 ship)" }, { "docid": "8028587", "text": "as Boukman Dutty, a slave who helped plan the 1791 revolt, also served as religious leader, connecting Vodou spirituality with political action. Bois Caiman has often been cited as the start of the Haitian Revolution but the slave uprising had already been planned weeks in advance, proving that the thirst for freedom had always been present. The revolution would free the Haitian people from French colonial rule in 1804 and establish the first black people's republic in the history of the world and the second independent nation in the Americas. Haitian nationalists have frequently drawn inspiration by imagining their ancestors'", "title": "Haitian Vodou" }, { "docid": "18966059", "text": "was yet the U.S. Territory of Orleans, the largest slave revolt in American history began about thirty miles outside of New Orleans (or a greater distance if traveled alongside the twisting Mississippi River), as slaves rebelled against the brutal work regimens of sugar plantations. There had been a sizable influx of refugee French planters from the former French colony of Saint-Domingue following the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), who brought their slaves of African descent with them. This influence was likely a contributing factor in the revolt. The German Coast Uprising ended with white militias and soldiers hunting down black slaves, peremptory", "title": "History of slavery in Louisiana" }, { "docid": "15722365", "text": "Jean-Baptiste Perrier Jean-Baptiste Perrier (or Duperrier; alias Goman or Gauman) was an ex-slave leader who led a peasant revolt in Southern Grand'Anse, Haiti between 1807 and 1820. For a brief period, he essentially ran a separate, independent government from Haiti's central government. Perrier or Duperrier may have a been a slave on the Perrier plantation in the area of the Plaine des Cayes. In 1792, after a plantation revolt, general André Rigaud negotiated a settlement with slaves and masters which included 700 manumissions. Goman may have been one of the \"affranchis\". Goman, Nicolas Regnier, and Gilles Bénech were ex-slave leaders", "title": "Jean-Baptiste Perrier" }, { "docid": "505559", "text": "citizenship. The slave revolt, in the largest Caribbean French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791, was the beginning of what became the Haitian Revolution led by formerly enslaved people like Georges Biassou, Toussaint Louverture, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The rebellion swept through the north of the colony, and with it came freedom to thousands of enslaved blacks, but also violence and death. In 1793, French Civil Commissioners in St. Domingue and abolitionists, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax and Étienne Polverel, issued the first emancipation proclamation of the modern world (Decree of 16 Pluviôse An II). The Convention sent them to safeguard the allegiance of the", "title": "Abolitionism" }, { "docid": "656884", "text": "guerrilla revolts included Felipillo, Bayano, Juan de Dioso, Domingo Congo, Antón Mandinga, and Luis de Mozambique. Tacky's War (1760) was a slave uprising in Jamaica, which ran from May to July before it was put down by the British colonial government. The Suriname slave rebellion was marked by constant guerrilla warfare by Maroons and in 1765-1793 by the Aluku. This rebellion was led by Boni. The Berbice slave revolt in Guyana in 1763 was led by Cuffy. Cuba had slave revolts in 1795, 1798, 1802, 1805, 1812 (the Aponte revolt), 1825, 1827, 1829, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1839–43 and 1844", "title": "Slave rebellion" }, { "docid": "5920697", "text": "There, Radagaisus abandoned his followers and tried to escape, but was captured by the Romans. Historian Peter Heather hypothesizes that Radagaisus's escape attempt may have been compelled by a revolt within his forces. He was executed on 23 August 406. 12,000 of his higher-status fighters were drafted into the Roman army. Some of the remaining followers were dispersed, while so many of the others were sold into slavery that the slave market briefly collapsed. Radagaisus Radagaisus (died 23 August 406) was a Gothic king who led an invasion of Roman Italy in late 405 and the first half of 406.", "title": "Radagaisus" }, { "docid": "16645326", "text": "Levi Spaulding Levi Spaulding (22 August 1791 – 18 June 1873) was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and he also led the team of American missionaries to choose Madura as a site for \"American Madura Mission\", for Tamil people of South India. He was an evangelist, hymnist, and published a \"Tamil dictionary\" and an \"English-Tamil dictionary\". He was born on 22 August 1791 in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, to Elisabeth and Phinehas Spaulding. He started his career as a farmer till the death of his father in 1809. He graduated from Dartmouth", "title": "Levi Spaulding" }, { "docid": "2411747", "text": "sawed in half had his punishment as governed by Swiss military law, rather than French. An incident from 1741 (in Louisbourg, Canada) shows that at that time, when two Frenchmen and a Swiss were executed, Swiss mercenary troops had been placed under French military law, rather than under Swiss. Furthermore, detailing the recorded executions in the Swiss Canton of Zürich through the 15th-18th century, Gerold Meyer von Knonau records 1445 executions in total, none of them being through death by sawing. In August 1791, a great slave revolt broke out at Saint-Domingue, eventually leading to Haitian independence. In the process,", "title": "Death by sawing" }, { "docid": "3889025", "text": "Kingdom of this World\". Mackandal's public torture and execution (via burning at the stake) is depicted vividly in Guy Endore's 1934 novel Babouk. Both Mackandal's rebel conspiracy and his brutal killing are shown as influential on Babouk (based on Boukman), who helps to lead a 1791 slave revolt. A fictionalized version of Mackandal also appears in Nalo Hopkinson's novel, \"The Salt Roads\" and in Mikelson Toussaint-Fils's novel, \"Bloody trails: the Messiah of the islands\" (in French, \"Les sentiers rouges: Le Messie des iles\"). In Neil Gaiman's novel \"American Gods\", a boy named Agasu is enslaved in Africa and brought to", "title": "François Mackandal" }, { "docid": "20914681", "text": "large repair. 2nd slave trading voyage (1791–1792): Captain James Bowie sailed from Liverpool on 29 May 1791, \"Robust\" arrived at Africa on 29 August and left on 14 March 1792. She arrived at Kingston 20 May and landed 324 slaves there. At some point Captain John Thornborrow replaced Bowie. \"Robust\" left Kingston on 1 July and arrived at Liverpool on 9 August. She had left 38 crew members and suffered 14 crew deaths on her voyage. In 1792 \"Robust\" underwent repairs for damages. 3rd slave trading voyage (1793–1794): Captain Archibald Forrest acquired a letter of marque on 9 March 1793,", "title": "Robust (1782 ship)" }, { "docid": "5814573", "text": "Scaevola engaged in more fighting in the region, though not of clear nature, receiving a proconsular command in 121 BC. The rapid expansionism throughout this period caused internal unrest that had triggered the First Servile War in Sicily two years earlier in 135 BC. Publius Mucius Scaevola’s fellow consul Lucius Calpernius Piso led armies in 133 BC against the slave revolt on the island of Sicily. This revolt was led by a man named Eunus, a semi-prophetic military leader who managed to win several small scale engagements against larger Roman forces. Piso managed to suppress this long-running revolt, though Scaevola", "title": "Publius Mucius Scaevola" }, { "docid": "2316623", "text": "Charles Deslondes Charles Deslondes was one of the slave leaders of the 1811 German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt that began on January 8, 1811, in the Territory of Orleans. He led more than 200 rebels against the plantations along the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. White planters formed militias and ended up hunting down the rebels. The slave insurgents killed one Free Man of Color, the \"comandant\" \"overseer\" or \"slave driver\" on the Andre plantation which started the revolt and one white man during their retreat from the out skirts of New Orleans. The militia and the Army killed", "title": "Charles Deslondes" }, { "docid": "20321842", "text": "April 1790. He gathered his slaves at Bonny Island and delivered them to Kingston, Jamaica on 6 November. He had embarked 576 slaves and he landed 528, for a loss rate of 8.3%. Also, four of his 46 crew members died on the voyage. \"Princess Royal\" sailed from Kingston on 22 December and arrived back at Liverpool on 14 February 1791. Second slave voyage: Robert Catterall replaced Forbes for the second slaving voyage. He sailed from Liverpool on 8 March 1791 and started slave trading on 6 June. Apparently he first gathered slaves at \"Barabalemo\", and then at Bonny. \"Princess", "title": "Princess Royal (1790 ship)" }, { "docid": "1084418", "text": "with False River, a long oxbow lake and formerly the main channel of the Mississippi. In 1791, the Mina (an African people) slave uprising, the Mina Conspiracy, started on the estate of Widow Robillard at New Roads. Three years later, there was another area slave revolt near Point Coupee, the Pointe Coupée Conspiracy. In 1803 the United States made the Louisiana Purchase, and the territory became part of the United States. In-migration of American settlers increased, changing Louisiana culture. In 1822, Catherine Dispau (a free woman of color called \"\"La Fille Gougis\"\") made a four or six block subdivision out", "title": "New Roads, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "656901", "text": "Eugenia\" just off the coast of Benguela. The revolt took place below decks. The sailors, along with many of the children that were on board, were able to escape using small boats. Slave rebellion A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves. Slave rebellions have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in the past, and are amongst the most feared events for slaveholders. The most successful slave rebellion in history was the 18th-century Haitian Revolution, led by Toussaint Louverture and later Jean-Jacques Dessalines who won the war against their French colonial rulers, which", "title": "Slave rebellion" }, { "docid": "656875", "text": "solidarity, slave revolts did occur and were severely punished. The most famous slave rebellion in Europe was led by Spartacus in Roman Italy, the Third Servile War. This war resulted in the 6000 surviving rebel slaves being crucified along the main roads leading into Rome. This was the third in a series of unrelated Servile Wars fought by slaves to the Romans. The English peasants' revolt of 1381 led to calls for the reform of feudalism in England and an increase in rights for serfs. The Peasants' Revolt was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe.", "title": "Slave rebellion" }, { "docid": "16535930", "text": "St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland St. John’s Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is operated by St. John the Evangelist Holy Catholic Church in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is located at East 3rd Street Frederick, Maryland 21701. The grounds which would become St. John’s Cemetery was first used as a cemetery for the interment of Henry, a free black man who died of cholera in 1832. St. John’s Cemetery was officially established in 1845. St John’s Cemetery contains a number of graves from French settlers who fled the St. Domingue Slave revolt of 1791.", "title": "St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland" }, { "docid": "2630131", "text": "the maroons, as well as many people enslaved on plantations, into a secret army. Makandal was murdered (or disappeared) in 1758, but the resistance movement grew. At Bois Caïman, a maroon leader named Dutty Boukman held the first mass antislavery meeting secretly on August 14, 1791. At this meeting, a Vodou ceremony was performed, and all those present swore to die rather than to endure the continuation of slavery on the island. Following the ritual led by Boukman and a mambo named Cécile Fatiman, the insurrection started on the night of August 22–23, 1791. Boukman was killed in an ambush", "title": "Cap-Haïtien" }, { "docid": "19837414", "text": "August 2016, after Hensley Koeiman took control over the party, Martina and his sons returned to the party. As chairperson of the \"Fundashon Rehabilitashon Tula\" Martina campaigned for the rehabilitation and declaration as national hero of Tula, a slave that led the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795 and was subsequently executed. In 2013 Tula was declared a national hero. Martina has also spoken out for improved water resource management on Curaçao. Martina has two sons. His son Steven Martina served as Minister of Economic Development of Curaçao. In 2010 a book about Martina was published: \"Don Martina: waardig en rechtvaardig\".", "title": "Don Martina" }, { "docid": "15686731", "text": "plantations in Lara, Aragua and Zulia, around Lake Maracaibo. The history of slave revolts in Venezuela, both in the form of runaway communities and mutiny, began quite early. The first documented insurrection was in Coro on 1532. However, the most momentous revolt of the time took place on the Buría mines on 1552. The rebellion was led by El Negro Miguel (also known as Rey Miguel), who founded a \"cimarrón,\" or \"cumbe\" (escaped slave) settlement and had himself proclaimed king. He developed an army of 1,500 slaves, Blacks, Mulattos, Zambos and Indigenous peoples to attack colonial establishments. Numbers of runaway-slave", "title": "Afro-Venezuelan" }, { "docid": "6886704", "text": "most successful in United States history. Madison Washington Madison Washington was an American enslaved cook who instigated a slave revolt in November 1841 on board the brig \"Creole,\" which was transporting 134 other slaves from Virginia for sale in New Orleans, as part of the coastwise slave trade. On the night of Nov. 7, 1841, Washington led 17 of his fellow slaves into rebellion; they killed one of the slave traders on board and wounded crew. Taking control of the \"Creole,\" they commanded that it be sailed to Nassau, which was under British control. Great Britain had abolished slavery in", "title": "Madison Washington" }, { "docid": "6886702", "text": "Madison Washington Madison Washington was an American enslaved cook who instigated a slave revolt in November 1841 on board the brig \"Creole,\" which was transporting 134 other slaves from Virginia for sale in New Orleans, as part of the coastwise slave trade. On the night of Nov. 7, 1841, Washington led 17 of his fellow slaves into rebellion; they killed one of the slave traders on board and wounded crew. Taking control of the \"Creole,\" they commanded that it be sailed to Nassau, which was under British control. Great Britain had abolished slavery in 1833 in its nation and colonies.", "title": "Madison Washington" }, { "docid": "656921", "text": "Nat Turner Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an African-American slave who led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831. The rebellion caused the death of approximately sixty white men, women and children. Whites organized militias and called out regular troops to suppress the uprising. In addition, white militias and mobs attacked blacks in the area, killing an estimated 120, many of whom were not involved in the revolt. Nobody was arrested, tried or executed for these crimes against black men, women and children. The rebels went", "title": "Nat Turner" }, { "docid": "656902", "text": "Nat Turner Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an African-American slave who led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831. The rebellion caused the death of approximately sixty white men, women and children. Whites organized militias and called out regular troops to suppress the uprising. In addition, white militias and mobs attacked blacks in the area, killing an estimated 120, many of whom were not involved in the revolt. Nobody was arrested, tried or executed for these crimes against black men, women and children. The rebels went", "title": "Nat Turner" }, { "docid": "8779927", "text": "He said that this was a proper reward for a slave who had helped a master earn a lifetime's fortune, and that it could keep the slave from descending into despair. New York Slave Revolt of 1712 The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the British Province of New York, of 23 enslaved Africans. They killed nine whites and injured another six before they were stopped. More than three times that number of blacks, 70, were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 convicted and executed. In", "title": "New York Slave Revolt of 1712" }, { "docid": "20564771", "text": "of Curaçao’s women and children. Between 2005 and 2013, she served as project manager and coordinator of Museum Tula, a former plantation, which bears the name of Tula, who led the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795. The museum strives to exhibit materials focused on the socio-economic development of not only Afro-Curaçaoans but the broader Caribbean region. She worked on projects to collect oral history and published a manual on methodologies of oral history in 2013. That same year, she led a project to reconstruct a slave dwelling for the Museum of Afro-Curaçaoan Heritage and assisted with the establishment of the", "title": "Jeanne Henriquez" }, { "docid": "4644272", "text": "Spartacus (Gibbon novel) Spartacus is a historical novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, first published in 1933 under his real name of James Leslie Mitchell. Although Gibbon is mainly known for his trilogy \"A Scots Quair\", this is his best-known full-length work outside that trilogy. As its name suggests, it is an account of the great slave revolt in Ancient Rome, led by Spartacus. The central character is not Spartacus himself, but Kleon, a fictional Greek educated slave and eunuch who joins the revolt. In the first chapter we are told how he was sold into slavery as", "title": "Spartacus (Gibbon novel)" }, { "docid": "16668876", "text": "of yellow fever in 1799. In 1802 Duplantier remarried, to widow Constance Rochon Joyce, and the couple resided part of the time in their country house at \"Mount Magnolia\" plantation (which property today is within the city of Baton Rouge and owned by that city). Five more children were born of this union. Duplantier was disturbed by the slave revolt which occurred locally in 1794 or 1795. It was called the Pointe Coupée Conspiracy and reminded him of the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804). He was a slave-owner and regretted that he had bought some Saint-Domingue slaves, but he did not want", "title": "Armand Duplantier" }, { "docid": "20583807", "text": "Eliza (1789 ship) Eliza was launched in 1789 in New Brunswick. Between 1791 and 1800 she made six voyages as a whaler. She next made one voyage as a slave ship. She then disappears from online resources. \"Eliza\" enters \"Lloyd's Register\" in 1791 with Middleton, master, Champion, owner, changing to or from BlackB__c_, and trade London–South Seas. Captain Thomas Middleton sailed from England on 23 January 1791, bound for the Brazil Banks. \"Eliza\" was reported to have been at Cape Verde on 22 March, Trinidade on 17 April, and Port Desire on 31 March 1792. She stopped at Rio in", "title": "Eliza (1789 ship)" }, { "docid": "6683514", "text": "state conventions in 1788. The federal government was reorganized into three branches, on the principle of creating salutary checks and balances, in 1789. George Washington, who had led the revolutionary army to victory, was the first president elected under the new constitution. The Bill of Rights, forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a range of legal protections, was adopted in 1791. Although the federal government criminalized the international slave trade in 1808, after 1820, cultivation of the highly profitable cotton crop exploded in the Deep South, and along with it, the slave population. The Second Great Awakening, especially", "title": "United States" }, { "docid": "6269063", "text": "including Glasgow. Anyone who worked in the cotton industry, therefore, depended on the slave trade either directly or indirectly. However, by the late 18th century, attitudes to slavery were beginning to change. The Abolition movement was growing and the slavery issue could not be ignored any longer. Nationally, the Abolitionists were led by Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce in London and the London Society sent representatives across the country seeking support for anti-slavery petitions. Glasgow’s response was to set up The Glasgow Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in January 1791. David Dale was in the Chair. (It", "title": "David Dale" }, { "docid": "656879", "text": "traversed libraries and archives throughout the South, managing to uncover roughly 250 similar instances. The Zanj Rebellion was the culmination of a series of small revolts. It took place near the city of Basra, in southern Iraq over fifteen years (869−883 AD). It grew to involve over 500,000 slaves, who were imported from across the Muslim empire. In the 3rd century BCE, Drimakos (or Drimachus) led a slave revolt on the slave entrepot of Chios, took to the hills and directed a band of runaways in operations against their ex-masters. The Servile Wars (135 to 71 BCE) were a series", "title": "Slave rebellion" }, { "docid": "14144978", "text": "pay huge bribes in order to see the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, which the Americans rejected. The Jeffersonian Republicans, suspicious of Adams, demanded the documentation, which Adams released using X, Y and Z as codes for the names of the French diplomats. The XYZ Affair ignited a wave of nationalist sentiment. Overwhelmed, the U.S. Congress approved Adams' plan to organize the navy. Adams reluctantly signed the Alien and Sedition Acts as a wartime measure. Adams broke with the Hamiltonian wing of his Federalist Party and made peace with France in 1800. On August 22, 1791, a widespread slave rebellion began", "title": "France–Americas relations" }, { "docid": "20320249", "text": "by a slave revolt would plague the minds of slave owners, even though slaves were the ones who hurt the most because of their lack of access to proper resources. One exception to the slave owners’ fear was the hurricane in 1776 led to a slave rebellion, where 25,000 slaves from 70 different plantations were killing their overseers and burning buildings and cane fields. Normally, like in San Ciriaco, no “extensive looting or other civil disturbances” were recorded. Thirdly, the damage of society’s infrastructure by hurricanes is massive. The Hurricane of 1780 had a storm surge of up to 25", "title": "Hurricanes and the Making of Caribbean History" }, { "docid": "12589488", "text": "of the events are particularly clear with regard to the Heyward Shepherd monument. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry) was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's party of 22 was defeated by a company of U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Israel Greene. Colonel Robert E. Lee was in overall command of the operation to retake the arsenal. John Brown had originally", "title": "John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry" }, { "docid": "12589459", "text": "John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry) was an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's party of 22 was defeated by a company of U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Israel Greene. Colonel Robert E. Lee was in overall command of the operation to retake the arsenal. John Brown had originally asked Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, both of whom he had met in", "title": "John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry" }, { "docid": "172288", "text": "on, the western part of the island was French and the eastern part was Spanish. Haiti became one of the wealthiest of France's colonies, producing vast quantities of sugar and coffee and depended on a brutal slave system for the necessary labor. Inspired by the message of the French Revolution, Haitian slaves rose up in revolt in 1791 and after decades of struggle the independent republic of Haiti was officially proclaimed in 1804. Successive waves of Arawak migrants, moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America, settled the islands of the Caribbean. Around A.D. 600, the Taíno, an Arawak", "title": "History of Haiti" }, { "docid": "8028586", "text": "1791 that took place on the eve of a slave rebellion that predated the Haitian Revolution. During the ceremony the spirit Ezili Dantor possessed a priestess and received a black pig as an offering, and all those present pledged themselves to the fight for freedom. While there is debate on whether or not Bois Caiman was truly a Vodou ritual, the ceremony also served as a covert meeting to iron out details regarding the revolt. Vodou ceremonies often held a political secondary function that strengthened bonds between enslaved people while providing space for organizing within the community. Political leaders such", "title": "Haitian Vodou" }, { "docid": "1685255", "text": "on 26 August 1789, published the Declaration of the Rights of Man, declaring all men free and equal. The French Revolution shaped the course of the conflict in Saint-Domingue and was at first widely welcomed on the island. At first, wealthy whites saw it as an opportunity to gain independence from France. The elite planters intended to take control of the island and create trade regulations to further their own wealth and power. Between 1791 and 1804, the leaders François Dominique Toussaint-Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines led the revolution against the slave system established on the island; slavery in Saint-Domingue, along", "title": "Saint-Domingue" }, { "docid": "20497861", "text": "#4 (1791-1792): Captain Greaves sailed from Liverpool on 26 June 1791, bound for the Bight of Biafra. She arrived at Africa on 24 August 1791 and gathered her slaves at Bonny Island. She left Africa on 5 January 1792 and arrived at Jamaica on 28 February 92. She had embarked 350 slaves and landed 345, for a loss rate of 1.4%. She had a crew of 30 men, three of whom died on the voyage. \"Iris\" arrived back at Liverpool on 3 June 92. Slave voyage #5 (1792-1793): Captain Thomas Huson sailed from Liverpool on 8 July 1792, bound for", "title": "Iris (1783 ship)" }, { "docid": "8643580", "text": "in rebellion. Through the use of vodou practices, Mackandal is able to poison thousands of people. In the novel, vodou is used both to protect the slaves and to wage war against the slave owners. This point is drawn from an article by Rachel Beauvoir Dominique, who says, \"During the night of 14 August 1791 a Voodoo ceremony held in a place called Bois Caiman was a fundamental step in the unification of the slave population of Saint-Domingue. A week later the plantations (which were mainly sugarcane) were on fire, and the revolution had started. It was to last for", "title": "The Kingdom of This World" }, { "docid": "18833469", "text": "Mary Kinnan Mary \"Polly\" Kinnan (born August 22, 1763) was an American woman held captive by Shawnee Native Americans from 1791 to 1794, who published an account of her experience in 1795 in the book \"A true narrative of the sufferings of Mary Kinnan: who was taken prisoner by the Shawnee Nation of Indians on the thirteenth day of May, 1791, and remained with them till the sixteenth of August, 1794\". Kinnan was taken from her Virginia home in a Shawnee raid on her home near the Tygart Valley River in what is now Randolph County, West Virginia. At the", "title": "Mary Kinnan" }, { "docid": "19379756", "text": "Le Marron Inconnu Le Marron Inconnu de Saint-Domingue, shortened as Le Marron Inconnu (, \"The Unknown Slave\"), also called Le Nègre Marron or Nèg Mawon (, \"Maroon Man\"), is a bronze statue of a runaway slave commemorating the abolishment of slavery and is in the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Designed by Haitian sculptor and architect Albert Mangonès (1917–2002) and completed on 22 September 1967, the sculpture serves a reminder of the call to rebellion in the colony of Saint-Domingue against the slave-holding France in 1791. It has become the nation's iconic symbol of freedom and is viewed in the world", "title": "Le Marron Inconnu" }, { "docid": "16118648", "text": "Cécile Fatiman Cécile Fatiman (fl. 1791), was a Haitian vodou priestess, a mambo (Voodoo). She is famous for her participation in the vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman, which is considered to be one of the starting points of the Haitian Revolution. Cécile Fatiman was the daughter of an African slave woman and a white Frenchman from Corsica. She and her mother were sold as slaves at Saint Domingue, while her two brothers disappeared in the slave trade. She is described as having long silky hair and green eyes. In August 1791, Fatiman presided over a ceremony at the Bois Caïman", "title": "Cécile Fatiman" }, { "docid": "8128043", "text": "Henry Thornton, William Wilberforce, Rev. Thomas Clarkson, Rev. Thomas Gisbourne, Samuel Whitbread Initial attempts to gain a royal charter for the company proved fruitless following opposition from the attorney general, Archibald Macdonald. The company then proceeded to gain incorporation through act of parliament. However this too received opposition, particularly from the Committee of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, who called a meeting in March 1791. This led to three petitions being organised by slave trade merchants in London, Liverpool and Bristol. Slave traders in Lancaster also organised a petition as did the Africa Company. Further opposition was organised", "title": "Sierra Leone Company" }, { "docid": "2958574", "text": "North American republic as any of its present members, and that it belongs naturally to that great family of states of which the Union is the Providential Nursery\". Prominent among the reasons for annexation outlined in the manifesto were fears of a possible slave revolt in Cuba parallel to the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) in the absence of U.S. intervention. The Manifesto urged against inaction on the Cuban question, warning, We should, however, be recreant to our duty, be unworthy of our gallant forefathers, and commit base treason against our posterity, should we permit Cuba to be Africanized and become a", "title": "Ostend Manifesto" }, { "docid": "5465601", "text": "Bussa's rebellion Bussa's rebellion (14–16 April 1816) was the largest slave revolt in Barbadian history. The rebellion takes its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the rebellion which was defeated by British forces. Bussa's Rebellion was the first of three large-scale slave rebellions in the British West Indies that shook public faith in slavery in the years leading up to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and emancipation of former slaves. It was followed by the large-scale rebellion in Demerara in 1823 and by an even larger rebellion in Jamaica in 1831–32. Collectively these are often", "title": "Bussa's rebellion" }, { "docid": "3786453", "text": "slaves, during a religious ceremony at Bois Caïman on the night of 14 August. Within the next ten days, slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt. Whites kept control of only a few isolated, fortified camps. The slaves sought revenge on their masters through \"pillage, rape, torture, mutilation, and death\". The long years of oppression by the slave masters had left many blacks with a hatred of all whites, and the revolt was marked by extreme violence from the very start. The masters and mistresses were dragged from their beds to be killed,", "title": "Haitian Revolution" }, { "docid": "16696795", "text": "hurt the sugar crop cultivation, This meant the decline of the sugar production, and the shifting of the local economy towards the slave trade, who remained mostly in the hands of the local \"mestiço\" population. The notable revolt was the one that was led by Rei Amador which started on 9 July 1595 and ended with Rei Amador being captured on 4 January the year after and was later imprisoned and murdered by the Portuguese, a statue of him was erected in 2004. The geographical location of the islands made them a crucial trading post of the transatlantic slave trade,", "title": "Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe" }, { "docid": "14509105", "text": "1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation, then located in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River, was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur among the Cherokee. The slave revolt started on November 15, 1842, when a group of 20 African-American slaves owned by the Cherokee escaped and tried to reach Mexico, where slavery had been abolished in 1836. Along their way south, they were joined by 15 slaves escaping from the Creek in Indian Territory. The fugitives met with two slave catchers taking a family of", "title": "1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation" }, { "docid": "7619829", "text": "men who were imported from across the Muslim empire and claimed over \"tens of thousands of lives in lower Iraq\". The Zanj who were taken as slaves to the Middle East were often used in strenuous agricultural work. As the plantation economy boomed and the Arabs became richer, agriculture and other manual labor work was thought to be demeaning. The resulting labor shortage led to an increased slave market. It is certain that large numbers of slaves were exported from eastern Africa; the best evidence for this is the magnitude of the Zanj revolt in Iraq in the 9th century,", "title": "Arab slave trade" }, { "docid": "2316630", "text": "put into a bundle of straw and roasted!\" His dying cries sent a message to the other escaped slaves in the marshes. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. Charles Deslondes Charles Deslondes was one of the slave leaders of the 1811 German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt that began on January 8, 1811, in the Territory of Orleans. He led more than 200 rebels against the plantations along the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. White planters formed militias and ended up hunting down the rebels. The slave insurgents killed one Free Man of Color, the \"comandant\" \"overseer\" or \"slave driver\" on the Andre plantation", "title": "Charles Deslondes" }, { "docid": "15867186", "text": "Aug. 19, 1791, the original in the L'Enfant papers\". (L'Enfant's papers include an August 19, 1791, letter to President Washington that contains an \"annexed map of dotted lines\".) The named plan would therefore be the one that L'Enfant annexed to his June 22, 1791 letter to the President. Comparisons of Andrew Ellicott's February 1792 revision of L'Enfant's Plan with the two manuscript maps suggest that Ellicott had based his revision (which printers distributed soon after its preparation) on the August 1791 \"dotted line map\", rather than on June 1791 manuscript. The L'Enfant Plan is depicted in Edward Savage's 1789–1796 painting,", "title": "L'Enfant Plan" }, { "docid": "10126500", "text": "oppressive limits on slave education were a reaction to Nat Turner's Revolt in Southampton County, Virginia during the summer of 1831. This event not only caused shock waves across the slave-holding South, but it had a particularly far-reaching impact on education over the next three decades. The fears of slave insurrections and the spread of abolitionist material and ideology led to radical restrictions on gatherings, travel, and—of course—literacy. The ignorance of the slaves was considered necessary to the security of the slaveholders. Not only did owners fear the spread of specifically abolitionist materials, they did not want slaves to question", "title": "Education during the Slave Period" }, { "docid": "5507273", "text": "his plan on August 1, 1791, and began a new legal process by recording a Deed of Gift in Northumberland County on September 5, 1791. Since the manumission law required a five shilling fee, and Carter had plantations and slaves in several Virginia counties, he corresponded with the Westmoreland County clerk (where he resided) and followed up by filing manumission papers at the Westmoreland County court sessions the following February, May, July and August, despite resistance of his son-in-law John Peck, various overseers and tenants. Carter designed the gradual program to reduce the opposition of slave-owning white neighbors, but failed.", "title": "Robert Carter III" }, { "docid": "1784347", "text": "the capital of the Spanish colony of Cuba. The city was plundered by French forces in 1553, by British forces in 1603 and again in 1662 under Christopher Myngs. The city experienced an influx of French and British immigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many coming from Haiti after the Haitian slave revolt of 1791. This added to the city's eclectic cultural mix, already rich with Spanish and African culture. It was also the location where Spanish troops faced their main defeat at San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish–American War. After capturing the", "title": "Santiago de Cuba" }, { "docid": "4171132", "text": "Creole case The \"Creole\" case was the result of an American slave revolt in November 1841 on board the \"Creole\", a ship involved in the United States coastwise slave trade. As 128 slaves gained freedom after the Africans ordered the ship sailed to Nassau, it has been termed the \"most successful slave revolt in US history\". Two persons died as a result of the revolt, a black slave and a white slave trader. The United Kingdom had abolished the slave trade for British vessels in 1807, and slavery in its colonies effective 1834; its officials in the Bahamas ruled that", "title": "Creole case" }, { "docid": "16015118", "text": "Simko Shikak revolt (1918–22) The Simko Shikak revolt refers to an armed Ottoman-backed tribal Kurdish uprising against the Qajar dynasty of Iran from 1918 to 1922, led by Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak from the Shekak tribe. The revolt is often referred as the first modern conflict involving Iranian Kurds with separatist ambitions. After Brigadier-General Reza Khan deposed the Qajars in an 1921 coup, he defeated Simko Shikak as well as several prominent rebel commanders such as Kuchik Khan and Colonel Pessian during the Iranian events of 1921. The Shikak rebellion resulted in some 5,000 killed, including many Assyrian civilians, who", "title": "Simko Shikak revolt (1918–22)" }, { "docid": "3855133", "text": "by electric instruments, like the bass guitar and two guitars played by members Eddy François and Daniel Beaubrun, Lolo's brother and the band's chief arranger. In 1985, the group changed their name to \"Boukman Eksperyans\", the name of Fanfan Alexis's former band, of which Lolo was the lead singer. The name was a tribute to the Jamaican born slave leader Boukman Dutty, who launched the Haitian slave rebellion in August 1791. \"Eksperyans\" was in honor of the \"high priest of rock music\", Jimi Hendrix. Since the beginning, starting with the first encounters made by the Beaubruns with deep African roots,", "title": "Boukman Eksperyans" }, { "docid": "4177048", "text": "weather or accident. The most notable case was the 1841 \"Creole\", the result of a ship slave revolt that forced the vessel into Nassau, Bahamas. One of the slave leaders had heard of slaves being freed from the \"Hermosa\" there the previous year. Holding that the slaves were free persons illegally detained in slavery, British officials ultimately freed the 128 of 135 slaves from the \"Creole\" who chose to stay in the Bahamas. It has been termed the \"most successful slave revolt in US history\". The US slaveholders feared this would encourage other slave ship revolts. The following are generally", "title": "Coastwise slave trade" }, { "docid": "20412005", "text": "1801. The new federal shipyard was, in reality, the successor to the former state of Virginia naval yard, where slave labor was a common place, and these practices continued until the Civil War. Some idea of the human scale can be found in this exert from a 12 October 1831 letter of Commodore Lewis Warrington to the Board of Navy Commissioners in response to various petitions by white workers. His letter attempts both to reassure the Board, in light of the recent slave rebellion led by Nat Turner, which occurred on 22 August 1831, and to serve as a reply", "title": "Slave labor on United States military installations 1799–1863" }, { "docid": "12960630", "text": "slave revolt that led to the abolition of slavery in 1793 by the civil commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel, in a decision endorsed and spread to all the French colonies by the National Convention 6 months later. Toussaint Louverture, a black former slave who had been made Governor by France, re-established peace, fought off Spanish and British attempts to capture the island, and reestablished prosperity by daring measures. However, he went too far in hunting down governor Don Joaquín García y Moreno (27 January 1801), who had remained in what had been the Spanish part of the island following the 1795", "title": "Saint-Domingue expedition" }, { "docid": "19793399", "text": "N.C. After the Nat Turner slave rebellion in Virginia, a similar slave revolt was building in Wilmington. A slave named Dave, who belonged to Sheriff Thomas K. Morrisey, was planning to march to Wilmington with a group of conspirators, killing white land owners on the way. In Wilmington, they planned to meet up with over 2,000 other slaves and free blacks to continue their killing raid. Dave was tortured into admitting that he was the leader of this revolt, and he and his accomplice, Jim, were killed and decapitated. Their heads were then staked on poles and placed along the", "title": "Negro Head Road" }, { "docid": "16989325", "text": "who killed slaves could be tried for murder. John Kimber John Kimber was the captain of a British slave ship who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of killing a female slave due to mistreating her on board his ship. Kimber was acquitted, but the trial gained much attention in the press. The case established that slave ships' crew could be tried for murder of slaves. Publicity about the case contributed to growing opposition to the African slave trade, which parliament prohibited in its colonies by the Slave Trade Act 1807. In 1791,", "title": "John Kimber" }, { "docid": "14509118", "text": "a kind of mythic power. It recounted a morning when Cherokee slaveholders could not find their slaves and said that \"hundreds\" had disappeared overnight, rather than the 20 of fact. 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation, then located in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River, was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur among the Cherokee. The slave revolt started on November 15, 1842, when a group of 20 African-American slaves owned by the Cherokee escaped and tried to reach Mexico, where slavery had been abolished", "title": "1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation" }, { "docid": "20040391", "text": "the voyage. 3rd slave trading voyage (1789–1790): Captain Bowskill sailed from Liverpool on 22 May 1789, this time to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. \"Banastre\" gathered her slaves at Calabar and New Calabar. She arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on 19 December and landed 164 slaves there. At some point her master change from Bowskill to John K. Williams. \"Banstre\" sailed form Kingston on 15 February 1790 and arrived at Liverpool on 25 April. She had left Liverpool with 25 crew members and she suffered four crew deaths on the voyage. 4th slave trading voyage (1790–1791): In", "title": "Banastre (1787 ship)" }, { "docid": "15754362", "text": "slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue in August 1791 profoundly weakened the Caribbean colonial system, sparking a general insurrection that lead to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Haiti. It marked the beginning of a triple process of destruction of the slavery system, the slave trade and colonialism. Slavery was abolished in 1886 in Cuba and 1888 in Brazil. Two outstanding decrees for abolition were produced during the 19th century, including the Abolition Bill passed by the British Parliament in August 1833 and the French decree signed by the Provisional Government in April 1848. In the United States, the Republican", "title": "The Slave Route Project" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12649923", "text": "when she married Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. Due to the divisive political issue of the proposed marriage, the king was forced to abdicate the throne in order to pursue marriage with Simpson. The author (Mosley) was a confidante and neighbour of the Duchess. In the revised 2003 edition, Mosley addresses latest allegations of secret service reports about the Windsors' conduct during the war and the abdication. Simpson returned to the public consciousness with the release of the biopic \"W.E.\" in 2012. Mosley's biography was re-released in 2012 and an extract was published by the \"Daily Express\". The book", "title": "The Duchess of Windsor (Mosley biography)" }, { "docid": "19499068", "text": "and Eugenie actually do for a living?\" C4's head of comedy Phil Clarke added: “In The Windsors, our much-loved Royal family is re-imagined through the lens of a soap opera, and although the stories are completely fictional, some are inspired by real events. As a result, writers Bert and George have outdone even the funniest, most ludicrous issue of Hello! magazine ever.\" \"The Guardian\" was more favourable when it said \"High-brow humour this is not. But, despite a number of cast and crew comparing the show to Spitting Image, The Windsors doesn't feel like satire: more a comic drama that", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "589338", "text": "Richard III fought the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard III, despite having the larger army, was betrayed by one of his most powerful retainers, William Stanley, and died in battle. Henry Tudor took the crown by right of conquest as Henry VII. As the eldest daughter of Edward IV with no surviving brothers, Elizabeth of York had a strong claim to the throne in her own right, but she did not assume the throne as queen regnant. Such a precedent would not truly come to England for another 67 years, when her granddaughter, Mary I, acceded to the throne. Though", "title": "Elizabeth of York" }, { "docid": "19499061", "text": "The Windsors The Windsors is a British sitcom and parody of the British royal family, the House of Windsor, shown on Channel 4, first broadcast in April 2016 and starring Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Richard Goulding, Morgana Robinson, Katy Wix, Ellie White, and Celeste Dring. Written by the co-creators of \"Star Stories\", Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, \"The Windsors\" puts the British Royal Family into the comedy spotlight in the form of the soap opera of what their lives and loves might just be like. The series has been criticised for such storylines as Kate Middleton", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "19499074", "text": "said of the Royal Wedding Special, \"I worried an hour might be a stretch, but I needn’t have\", and suggested that the characters of Beatrice and Eugenie should have their own spin-off series. The Windsors The Windsors is a British sitcom and parody of the British royal family, the House of Windsor, shown on Channel 4, first broadcast in April 2016 and starring Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Richard Goulding, Morgana Robinson, Katy Wix, Ellie White, and Celeste Dring. Written by the co-creators of \"Star Stories\", Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, \"The Windsors\" puts the British Royal", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "15909568", "text": "the Windsors baseball team, of Windsor, Ontario. In 1903, the team won 19 of the 23 games it played against semi-professional teams all over Western Ontario and Michigan. In that same year he added to his fame when he recovered the body of a small boy who had drowned in the Detroit River; previous efforts to drag the river for the child had been unsuccessful. In 1904 he was on the Detroit Tigers payroll as a \"try-out\" but did not make the roster. He did get at least one paid gig with the Merrill, Michigan team, which was in the", "title": "George \"Rube\" Deneau" }, { "docid": "5746140", "text": "tactic, the firing of shots resulting in the harmless breaking the windows scheduled on July 30, was not carried out due to possible psychological effects on the Duchess. On that same day, Schellenberg reported that Sir Walter Monckton, an old friend of the Duke, had arrived, evidently tasked by the British government to speed the Windsors toward the Bahamas as soon as possible. Moreover, the German ambassador reported that the Windsors would be leaving on August 1 for the small British possession. According to Schellenberg in his memoirs, when Hitler learned of this, he urged Schellenberg to take away all", "title": "Operation Willi" }, { "docid": "8770436", "text": "Harewood, his brother-in-law, had treated him \"shabbily.\" After the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor were married in June 1937, they honeymooned in Austria, and Simpson confided to Messersmith about her bitterness towards the American media. In return, Messersmith accidentally leaked through them that the Americans knew that Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy had secret connections as early as that month. When Messersmith returned to Washington, DC, in August 1937, he informed the British authorities that the Windsors had Nazi connections, which \"would seriously affect the Windsors' entire future.\" From 1937 to 1940, between his appointments as Minister to Austria", "title": "George S. Messersmith" }, { "docid": "5962345", "text": "is driven into the end of this tenon, flaring it tight in the hole. The excess portion of the wedge is then cut flush with the surface. This supplies a mechanical hold that will prevail when the glue fails. In general, early Windsor chair joints are held together mechanically, making glue a redundant detail in their assembly. Early British Windsors were painted, later versions were stained and polished. American Windsors were usually painted, in the 18th century they were grain painted with a light color, then overpainted with a dark color before being coated with linseed oil for protection of", "title": "Windsor chair" }, { "docid": "19499062", "text": "catching ebola and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice getting radicalised. \"The Windsors was rude, crude – and a real blast of punk comedy\", said \"The Daily Telegraph\" after the first episode. \"The Windsors\" tells the story of the British Royal family but re-imagined through the lens of a soap opera. Although the stories are completely fictional, they are inspired by real events. Taking their cue from tabloid tittle-tattle and caricature, Camilla becomes a cartoon villain who is hell-bent on becoming Queen, in order to redeem herself in the eyes of a public whom she believes – with some justification (in the", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "19499073", "text": "rest of the family. Alongside Harry Enfield, the rest of the cast includes Haydn Gwynne (\"Drop the Dead Donkey\") as Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. Hugh Skinner (\"W1A\") is heralded as Prince William 'Wills', Duke of Cambridge, with Louise Ford (\"Crashing\") his queen consort-in-waiting, 'Kate', the Duchess of Cambridge. Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show) appears as Kate's sister, Pippa, and Richard Goulding (\"Fresh Meat\") appears as Prince Harry. \"The Guardian\" has described The Windsors as 'riotous hilarity'. The Telegraph called it a \"right royal romp\". The Windsors has a rating of 6.5/10 on IMDB. Sam Wollaston, writing for the \"Guardian\",", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "9494733", "text": "Maharana Vikramaditya Singh. During the reign of Vikramaditya, when the Muzaffarid Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah sacked Chittor in 1534, Udai Singh was sent to Bundi for safety. In 1537, Banbir killed Vikramaditya and usurped the throne. He tried to kill Udai Singh also, but Udai's nurse Panna Dai sacrificed her own son Chandan to save him from his uncle Banbir and took him to Kumbhalgarh. She did not ask for anything in return either. She started living in Bundi and did not allow Udai Singh to come and meet her. He lived secretly in Kumbhalgarh for two years, disguised", "title": "Udai Singh II" }, { "docid": "14308026", "text": "their ancestors was extremely important. A tribe named Ge, which was geographically near to the Shangs, did not worship their ancestors on a regular basis. They ate the cattle and sheep which Tang had given them for sacrifices, and killed the children who sent the animals. Tang conquered this tribe, and eliminated a few more. Jie, however, did not realise that Tang was a threat to his throne. When a few tribes started rebelling against Xia, Tang of Shang decided that the time had come. He started his attack on Xia. Upon hearing of Tang's rebellion, Jie sent troops from", "title": "Battle of Mingtiao" }, { "docid": "131272", "text": "the Anglo Saxon realms. However, being born when his father was already a middle aged man, Edmund lost his father when he was a toddler, in 924, which saw his 30 year old half brother Athelstan come to the throne. Edmund would grow up in the reign of Athelstan, even participating in the Battle of Brunanburh in his adolescence in 937. Athelstan died in the year 939, which saw young Edmund come to the throne. Shortly after his proclamation as king, he had to face several military threats. King Olaf III Guthfrithson conquered Northumbria and invaded the Midlands; when Olaf", "title": "Edmund I" }, { "docid": "14512207", "text": "did not come without a bit of travail. Paul liked to have his guests perform military drills, which he also pushed upon his sons Alexander and Constantine. He was also prone to fits of temper, and he went into fits of fury when his will was thwarted. The death of Catherine in November 1796, before she could appoint Alexander as her successor, brought his father, Paul I, to the throne. Alexander disliked him as a ruler even more than he did his grandmother. He wrote that the country had become a \"plaything for the insane\" and that \"absolute power disrupts", "title": "Alexander I of Russia" }, { "docid": "11426262", "text": "Andrew I after defeating King Peter I. Anastasia followed her husband to the kingdom. It was probably she who persuaded her husband to set up a lavra in Tihany for hermits who had come to Hungary from the Kievan Rus'. The royal couple did not have a son until 1053, when Anastasia gave birth to Solomon. However, Solomon's birth and later coronation caused a bitter conflict between King Andrew I and his younger brother Duke Béla, who had been the heir to the throne until the child's birth. When Duke Béla rose in open rebellion against King Andrew in 1060,", "title": "Anastasia of Kiev" }, { "docid": "4241058", "text": "love for political ambition (\"Come nube che fugge dal vento\"). But Pallas and Narcissus have by now revealed Agrippina's original plot to Claudius, so that when Agrippina urges the Emperor to yield the throne to Nero, he accuses her of treachery. She then claims that her efforts to secure the throne for Nero had all along been a ruse to safeguard the throne for Claudius (\"Se vuoi pace\"). Claudius believes her; nevertheless, when Poppaea, Otho, and Nero arrive, Claudius announces that Nero and Poppaea will marry, and that Otho shall have the throne. No one is satisfied with this arrangement,", "title": "Agrippina (opera)" }, { "docid": "4528749", "text": "Hearted\". The RB 383 produces with a twin-barrel carburetor. Lions were used in the advertising, and the cars had lion emblems on the front doors and on the cylinder heads. Air conditioning was a $510 option. Canadian-built cars did not get the new RB 383 engine, but were equipped with the \"Low Block\" engine as used in US Dodges and DeSotos. Thus, Canadian Windsors also did not get the \"Golden Lion\" decorations; instead, they were fitted with three golden crests on the front doors. The B 361 engine produces with a twin carburetor. As convertibles and station wagons were imported", "title": "Chrysler Windsor" }, { "docid": "5746138", "text": "which were the telegrams from the British government urging him to leave for the Bahamas. Another visit on July 22 gave similar results. It was during the time of the last visit by Rivera that the Nazis were drawing up the plan to kidnap the Windsors. Hitler personally assigned Walter Schellenberg to handle the operation. Schellenberg, who was awarded the Iron Cross for his role in the Venlo Incident the year before, flew from Berlin to Madrid, conferred with von Stohrer, then went on to Portugal to begin work. The final plan would be to entice the Windsors over the", "title": "Operation Willi" }, { "docid": "8770438", "text": "and Duchess of Windsor to be associated with.\" However, the Windsors visited Mooney in Detroit in November 1941, the month before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later, he was appointed Minister to Mexico, where he passed on information about the Windsors' Nazi connections to Assistant Secretary of State Adolph A. Berle. Messersmith \"no longer adhered to his moderate view of the duke and duchess.\" Following the forced resignation of Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles in 1943, Messersmith, then Ambassador to Mexico, was rumored to be on a short list of candidates to succeed him, but Roosevelt instead selected future", "title": "George S. Messersmith" }, { "docid": "5746141", "text": "pretence, and abduct them outright. Even while the Spanish ambassador to Lisbon was prevailed upon to make a last-minute appeal to the Windsors, the automobile carrying the ducal baggage was \"sabotaged\", according to Schellenberg, so the luggage arrived at the port late. A bomb threat on the liner \"Excalibur\" was also spread by the Germans, which further delayed its departure while Portuguese officials searched the ship. Nevertheless, the Windsors departed that evening. While Schellenberg blamed the failure of the plot on Monckton, the collapse of the Spanish plan and the alleged \"English mentality\" of the Duke, it was also probable", "title": "Operation Willi" }, { "docid": "12185993", "text": "comment that \"There are not many women ... who can pick up the keys to a rented house, raddled by long submission to temporary inmates, and make it look as if a family of good taste had been living there for two or three centuries.\" Winston and Clementine Churchill celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary with the Windsors at the château in 1948. Among the Windsors' guests were Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and her husband, the 11th Duke of Devonshire. Deborah Devonshire later recalled that the Duke of Windsor wore full Highland dress at dinner, with a kilt and a dirk,", "title": "Château de la Croë" }, { "docid": "19499067", "text": "purpose in life – until they become radicalised. Channel 4 described the show, in a statement: “The series is a wry take on what the soap opera of their lives (and loves) might just be like. Delving behind the Headlines and gossip columns, The Windsors lets our imaginations run riot in this ludicrous parody. \"Imagine, who really controls the sceptre in Charles and Camilla's marriage? What do the Royals really think of Kate? Does Wills really want to be King? Will Harry ever take Pippa up the aisle or will they end on a bum note? And what do Beatrice", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "17409474", "text": "further revealed that Conner is responsible for the murder of the royal family and led the pirate attack aimed at claiming the life of Sage/Jaron. Conner is arrested and Jaron assumes the rightful throne. When Jaron is walking in the castle garden, he is attacked and threatened. The King of the Avenian pirates wants to kill Jaron, as the pirates did not kill him the first time. After that encounter, Jaron talks to Avenia's king and Imogen, whom he insults to make her run away, as he knows that the pirates will come after her and wants her to be", "title": "Ascendance Trilogy" }, { "docid": "20086931", "text": "Paul. Out of humility, the monk did not reveal his erudition to anyone. Through his strict life, Paul quickly became famous throughout the Holy Mountain. He became known as Paul of Xeropotamou, and the monastery where he worked is still called Xeropotamou to this day. When the Emperor Romanos, a relative of St. Paul, took the throne, he urged the saint to come to Constantinople through the Protos of the Holy Mountain and arranged a magnificent meeting for him. The humble Paul, not betraying his monastic duty, appeared among the courtly splendour and magnificence with a cross and in his", "title": "Paul of Xeropotamou" }, { "docid": "11689051", "text": "made some of the weaving-looms for Scherzenfeldt's workshops. Princess Seson wanted Scherzenfeldt to come with her when she was to marry the Khan of the Volga Kalmyks, but she refused, as she feared she would never again see Sweden if she did so, and instead, she \"married\" Renat (the marriage never actually took place), and left the court of the Princess. Shortly after this, in 1727, the Khan, Tsewang Rabtan died, and the Princess, her mother, and everyone belonging to her court were accused of having poisoned him in order to place Seson's brother on the throne; they confessed, and", "title": "Brigitta Scherzenfeldt" }, { "docid": "12185994", "text": "and a Highland piper entertained the dinner guests, which Devonshire thought was \"more suited to the misty glens than the Côte d'Azur in July.\" The Windsors' housekeeper later worked at Chatsworth, home of the Devonshires. The housekeeper told Deborah Devonshire that all the staff employed at the Château de la Croë by the Windsors were blonde haired. The Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis owned the château from 1950 to 1957, selling it after his wife, Athina Livanos, found him in bed with her friend, the socialite Jeanne Rhinelander. The house was then acquired by Onassis's brother-in-law and business rival, Stavros", "title": "Château de la Croë" }, { "docid": "7217205", "text": "the renovation had been set at $6,000 by the House of Assembly, the eventual cost turned out to be $21,000, much of it paid for by the Windsors, but the results were \"now so charming the Duchess of Windsor has been blessed by every succeeding Governor's wife\". One of the Duchess's suggested improvements, however, was denied. As recounted in a lengthy profile of the Windsors in \"Life\" published in 1941, \"In the modernization of Government House, the Duchess wanted to remove the front door which was a relic of an older government house and which had withstood all hurricanes, even", "title": "Government House, The Bahamas" }, { "docid": "16474229", "text": "VIII's abdication as King-Emperor in 1936, he was created Duke of Windsor by King George VI in 1937. The villa was leased to the Windsors by the city of Paris at a nominal rent from 1952 to 1986. Maison Jansen, the Paris decorating concern, redid the home under the supervision of the Duchess. The Duke and Duchess both died in the house, in 1972 and 1986 respectively. In 1952, the Windsors bought a country home, the Moulin de la Tuilerie, in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris, where they spent most weekends and summer vacations. Before and after World War II, the", "title": "4 route du Champ d'Entraînement" }, { "docid": "1583125", "text": "merits as compared with the successes of his heroes.\" A new King, Charles X, had come to the French throne in 1824 with a strong belief in the divine right of kings and the worthlessness of parliamentary government. Thiers had been planning a literary career, but in August 1829, when the King appointed the ultra-royalist, Polignac as his new prime minister, Thiers began to write increasingly fierce attacks on the royal government. In a celebrated article, he wrote that \"The King rules, but does not govern,\" and called for a constitutional monarchy. If the King did not accept it, he", "title": "Adolphe Thiers" }, { "docid": "3884223", "text": "Bega'wan Muhammad Tajuddin ascended the throne for the second time. Due to the advanced age of Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin, his younger brother, Pengiran Di-Gadong Pengiran Muda Muhammad Kanzul Alam acted as regent. When Sultan Muhammad Tajuddin died in 1807, the regent became the 21st Sultan of Brunei and was known as Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam. Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam then appointed his own son, Pengiran Anak Muhammad Alam as heir to the throne of Brunei. In 1825, when Pengiran Muda Omar Ali Saifuddin had come of age, he asserted his claim to the throne. Pengiran Muda Omar Ali Saifuddin was", "title": "Omar Ali Saifuddin II" }, { "docid": "2154152", "text": "the queen's marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, whose claims to the English throne did not endear him to Elizabeth I of England, leading Argyll and other Protestant leaders to rise in revolt. When the English failed to help their Scottish allies, Argyll, alone of the rebels, was able to remain in the Kingdom, due to his very strong position in the Highlands. The failure of the English to come to the aid of his party led to the beginning of Argyll's disillusionment with his previous anglophilic policy. Over the next two years, however, the shifts in Argyll's policies remained", "title": "Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll" }, { "docid": "8683817", "text": "and therefore persuaded Emperor Xiaozhuang that one day Erzhu Rong would indeed usurp the throne. Emperor Xiaozhuang also feared a repeat of the Heyin Massacre, and therefore engaged his officials Yang Kan (楊侃) and Yuan Luo (元羅) in the conspiracy as well. in fall 530, with Empress Erzhu pregnant, Erzhu Rong requested to come to the capital to attend to his daughter for childbirth. Emperor Xiaozhuang's associates were divided in their opinions—some wanted to assassinate Erzhu when he came to the palace, and some wanted to slaughter Erzhu's associates in the capital and militarily resist. Emperor Xiaozhuang hesitated and did", "title": "Erzhu Rong" }, { "docid": "19690662", "text": "planned to go through to Parthia. This plan did not come to fruition as in 44 B.C., both Caesar and Burebista were assassinated. After Burebista's death, a revolt led to the disintegration of the Dacian kingdom into four parts, and, by the time of Augustus, into five parts. In the time between Tiberius' and Domitian's reigns as Emperor, the activity of the Dacians was minimal. The Dacians had divided into smaller tribes with Burebista's death and posed no substantial threat to the Roman Empire. This once again changed around 85–86 A.D. with the ascension of Decebalus to the throne when", "title": "Battle of Histria" }, { "docid": "19499063", "text": "fictional world of the series) – to be hostile towards her for having usurped Diana, Princess of Wales. She believes that, after decades of a monarch perceived as unfashionable, they had been looking forward to a glamorous, sexually provocative Queen with \"the full, magnificent mammaries of a macromastic Milking Shorthorn\". She believed the public rationalised to itself the shallowness of this desire by affecting to admire Diana for her charity work, but that this was belied by their relative antipathy toward Princess Anne who \"achieves more before breakfast on a wet Sunday morning than Little Miss Doe-eyes did in a", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "13924520", "text": "during his rule as well, becoming common practice from Heraclius onwards. Castration as a punishment for political rivals did not come into use until much later, becoming popular in the 10th and 11th centuries. An example is that of Basil Lekapenos, the illegitimate son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who was castrated when young. He gained enough power to become \"parakoimomenos\" and effective prime minister for three successive emperors, but could not assume the throne himself. The last to use this method voluntarily was Michael VIII Palaiologos, although some of his successors were forced to use it again by the", "title": "Political mutilation in Byzantine culture" }, { "docid": "19499069", "text": "makes the odd comment about monarchy.\" \"The Windsors was low-budget, crude and rude. But it was all done with such cacophonous relish that resistance was useless. There's not much of this kind of punk comedy around on television at the moment, where deep, mordant, The Office-style irony has long been the dominant mode. But who doesn't like a little mischief? You can be a fan of Beethoven and the Buzzcocks too.\" \"A pitiful 'parody' of life down Buck House way!. If you were writing a sitcom about the Royal Family, would you have Harry coming over as a bit thick,", "title": "The Windsors" }, { "docid": "12636489", "text": "capital at Carthage. Their success came with surprising ease, but it was not until 548 that the major local tribes were subdued. In Ostrogothic Italy, the deaths of Theodoric, his nephew and heir Athalaric, and his daughter Amalasuntha had left her murderer, Theodahad (r. 534–536), on the throne despite his weakened authority. In 535, a small Byzantine expedition to Sicily was met with easy success, but the Goths soon stiffened their resistance, and victory did not come until 540, when Belisarius captured Ravenna, after successful sieges of Naples and Rome. In 535–536, Pope Agapetus I was sent to Constantinople by", "title": "History of the Byzantine Empire" }, { "docid": "7616564", "text": "He was relieved when Viv was brought out of the house alive. Reg had been shot dead by the police and in his will left money to Viv on condition that she divorce Vic but she refused. In 1996, Scott became more troublesome and started skipping school, stealing money, bought a shotgun from Butch Dingle and accidentally shot Donna in the face whilst Vic was struggling to take the gun off him. When Vic declared Scott was \"no son of his\", he left to join the army. The Windsors also faced competition from the Dingles when they opened up a", "title": "Vic Windsor" }, { "docid": "3544775", "text": "made provision for a change in the line of succession had a child been born to William IV after his death, but this event did not come about. In 1936 Edward VIII abdicated 11 months after he succeeded to the throne immediately on his father's death. Edward was proclaimed King in January 1936, and opened (for the only time) Parliament in November 1936. Edward VIII had desired to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorcee, but the Church of England, of which the British Sovereign is Supreme Governor, would not authorize the marriage of divorcees. Consequently, Parliament passed His Majesty's Declaration of", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "docid": "3485795", "text": "the ruling family however. On 19 July, at Eid al-Fitr he made a protocol visit with his ministers to the Bey's wife, but refused to approach the throne. 'I have not come here as I did before, but as head of the government. You should step forward to meet me and not remain seated in your throne,' he declared. On 15 July 1957 the Tunisian army replaced the Beylical Guard around the palace, and thereafter the Bey effectively lost his freedom of movement. On 18 July his younger son Salah Eddine Bey was arrested on charges falsified by the police", "title": "Muhammad VIII al-Amin" }, { "docid": "869703", "text": "after the death of his father, his mother and his older brother, when Alexander Balas usurped the Seleucid throne. About 147 BC he returned to Syria, and with the backing of Ptolemy VI Philometor, king of Egypt, regained his father's throne. The Egyptian king also divorced his daughter Cleopatra Thea from Balas and remarried her to Demetrius. However, Demetrius was not a popular king. The people of Syria had little respect for the young boy, who had come to power with the help of Egypt and Cretan mercenaries led by the ruthless Lasthenes. The Antiochenians offered the Seleucid throne to", "title": "Demetrius II Nicator" }, { "docid": "1740874", "text": "did not come into use until the 18th century CE. Historically, it was known as Uruvela, Sambodhi (Saṃ+bodhi, “Complete Enlightenment” in Ashoka's Major Rock Edict No.8), Vajrasana (the \"Diamond Throne\" of the Buddha) or Mahabodhi (\"Great Enlightenment\"). The main monastery of Bodh Gaya used to be called the Bodhimanda-vihāra (Pali). Now it is called the Mahabodhi Temple. The complex, located about 110 kilometres from Patna, at , contains the Mahabodhi Temple with the Vajrasana or \"diamond throne\" and the holy Bodhi tree. This tree was originally a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka, itself grown from", "title": "Bodh Gaya" }, { "docid": "18800867", "text": "was arrested later (though it is not clear if he was arrested on the same day alongside his father in Myinsaing, or at Pagan). The usurping brothers marched to Pagan and put Saw Hnit on the throne as their puppet king. Unfortunately for Kyawswa and Theingapati, the Mongols did not come to their rescue. The Mongols found out about the dethronement only in June/July 1298, as the brothers tried to conceal the news of the dethronement as much as possible. It turned out that the Mongol command at Yunnan did not have enough manpower to undertake an expedition, and did", "title": "Theingapati" }, { "docid": "11298447", "text": "any of this, O empress, know that you will not benefit me more than your own soul. But if you wish me to come to you, so that the respect due to bishops may be preserved, let me come to you, but do you descend at once from your lofty throne and meet me and offer your head to my hands, asking for my blessing. And then let me sit down, but do you stand respectfully, and sit only when I bid you, when I give the signal. If you accept this, I would come to you; but in any", "title": "Eusebia (empress)" }, { "docid": "7616807", "text": "to the Emperor did not trouble themselves to discover if the news were true or not and looked for alternative candidates for the throne. Euphrosyne, aware of these political maneuvers, sent a messenger to her stepson advising him to return at once. According to later Arabic and Syriac sources the message read \"The Romans who have come have reported that you are killed and they wish to appoint another king; come quickly.\" Theophilos returned. St. Michael Synkellos records Euphrosyne offering him food, drink and clothing during his imprisonment in 836. Her offer of help to an imprisoned Iconodule again raises", "title": "Euphrosyne (9th century)" }, { "docid": "15328032", "text": "first. On 30 December 1993, the Windsors visit Kim Tate's (Claire King) stables to see the horses and Donna wanders off. When a plane crashes into the village, she has to be rescued when the stables catch fire as a result of being struck by falling wreckage. In 1994, while being given a ride on tractor by Michael Feldmann (Matthew Vaughan), the vehicle topples and Donna is left injured. Her mother, Viv, threatens to sue Michael's boss Joe Sugden (Frazer Hines). The following year, Woolpack bar manager Terry Woods (Billy Hartman) gets into trouble with his boss Alan Turner (Richard", "title": "Donna Windsor" }, { "docid": "1305927", "text": "shall become king. Darius cheats and ascends the throne (3.84–3.87). Ctesias' version (c. 400 BC) runs as follows (XI/F9.8 and XII/F13.11-17, via Photius \"Bibl\". 72): King Cyrus, as he lay dying, appointed his elder son, Cambyses, to the throne and appointed his younger son, Tanyoxarces, governor of the provinces of Bactria, Chorasmia, Parthia, and Carmania. Shortly after Cambyses ascends the throne, a certain Sphendadates who had been whipped by Tanyoxarces for some offence, informs Cambyses that his brother is plotting against him. As proof of this he declares that Tanyoxarces would refuse to come if summoned. When Tanyoxarces does not", "title": "Bardiya" }, { "docid": "18008881", "text": "government at Guangling as junior regent. Li served as Xu's deputy military governor. By 934, when Xu Zhigao was beginning to consider taking over the throne, Li and Xu Jie were in favor, and participated in the planning. By late 936, when the plans for such a transition were deep in motion, Xu Zhigao had Li Jianxun's father Li Decheng and Zhou Ben, the two most senior generals of the realm, go to Guangling to petition Yang Pu to pass the throne to Xu Zhigao, and then come to Jinling to petition him to accept. This led Xu's advisor Song", "title": "Li Jianxun" }, { "docid": "6546882", "text": "began his career in northeastern Cambodia. He came to the throne after a period of disputes between rival claims to the Khmer throne. However, the term \"usurper\" is not appropriate when speaking in the Khmer context of royal succession as the Khmer throne did not exclusively include paternal lines but also recognized and even valued more to an extend the royal maternal line. A strong proponent of Mahayana Buddhism, he did not interfere or obstruct the growing presence and dissemination of Theravada Buddhism during his reign. Jayavarman VII (1181–1215), the most significant Khmer Buddhist king, worked tirelessly to establish as", "title": "Buddhism in Cambodia" }, { "docid": "16766298", "text": "beautiful women and jewels to Khitan, and Khitan's Emperor Taizong thereafter sent emissaries to Wu as well. In late 937, Yang Pu did, under Xu Zhigao's pressure, issue an edict yielding the throne to Xu Zhigao, ending Wu. It was said that the only well-known Wu official who did not then sign a petition urging Xu Zhigao to take the throne was Song. Xu Zhigao took the throne, establishing Southern Tang (as its Emperor Liezu). When he subsequently held a banquet for high-level officials, Li Decheng, at the banquet, stated that all who were there were happy that he accepted", "title": "Song Qiqiu" }, { "docid": "563928", "text": "did not control the throne, while that of his younger brother, the retired Emperor Kameyama (the \"Daikakuji-tō\") did, persuaded both the Bakufu and the imperial court to compel the Emperor to abdicate in favor of Go-Fukakusa's son (Emperor Fushimi). After this time, the struggle between the Jimyōin-tō and the Daikakuji-tō over the imperial throne continued. After Go-Uda's abdication, his Daikakuji-tō controlled the throne from 1301 to 1308 (Emperor Go-Nijō) and again from 1318 until the era of northern and southern courts (begun 1332) when they became the southern court (ending in 1392). Go-Uda was cloistered emperor during the reign of", "title": "Emperor Go-Uda" }, { "docid": "11592087", "text": "began his career in northeastern Cambodia. He came to the throne after a period of disputes between rival claims to the Khmer throne. However, the term \"usurper\" is not appropriate when speaking in the Khmer context of royal succession as the Khmer throne did not exclusively include paternal lines but also recognized and even valued more to an extent the royal maternal line. A strong proponent of Mahayana Buddhism, he did not interfere or obstruct the growing presence and dissemination of Theravada Buddhism during his reign. Jayavarman VII (1181–1215) was the greatest of all Khmer Buddhist kings. Jayavarman VII worked", "title": "History of Buddhism in Cambodia" }, { "docid": "13482110", "text": "He warned Marduk-apla-iddina of the vicissitude of his uncle Balassu. The \"Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin\" describes the final outcome, “In the third year, the Assyrian king having come down to Akkad, ravaged Bīt-Amukanu and captured Nabû-mukin-zeri. He subsequently ascended the throne in Babylon himself.” This chronicle is not wholly accurate as a contemporary letter addressed to Tukultī-apil-Ešarra has been preserved which reports that \"Mukin-zeri has been killed and Šumu-ukin, his son, has also been killed. The city is conquered.\" Tukultī-apil-Ešarra did, however, ascend the throne of Babylon, officiating over two successive Akītu festivals. Nabu-mukin-zeri Nabû-mukin-zēri, inscribed", "title": "Nabu-mukin-zeri" }, { "docid": "8959624", "text": "him to death. When soon thereafter, Emperor Xiaozhao had a riding accident and suffered a severe injury, Empress Dowager Lou attended to him, but as she did, she asked where the Prince of Ji'nan was. When Emperor Xiaozhao was unable to answer, she angrily stated, \"Is it not that you killed him? You did not listen to me, and you deserve to die.\" She walked out without returning. He died soon thereafter, after issuing an edict passing the throne to Gao Zhan, who then took the throne as Emperor Wucheng. Empress Dowager Lou continued to be empress dowager. In summer", "title": "Lou Zhaojun" }, { "docid": "2973123", "text": "with her children. When Prince Amedeo married in 2014, it was reported that he did not ask his uncle King Philippe's permission, and had therefore lost his right to the Belgian throne. However, on November 12, 2015, a Royal Decree was published which showed that consent had been given after the marriage retroactively. Line of succession to the Belgian throne There are fifteen persons in the line of succession to the Belgian throne. The monarch is considered to have acceeded to the throne upon her/his taking of the oath as required by article 91 of the constitution. Since 1991, Belgium", "title": "Line of succession to the Belgian throne" }, { "docid": "2357273", "text": "energy of the Parisians. The French government bought the painting in 1831 for 3,000 francs with the intention of displaying it in the throne room of the Palais du Luxembourg as a reminder to the \"citizen-king\" Louis-Philippe of the July Revolution, through which he had come to power. This plan did not come to fruition and the canvas hung in the palace's museum gallery for a few months, before being removed due to its inflammatory political message. After the June Rebellion of 1832, it was returned to the artist. According to Albert Boime, Champfleury wrote in August 1848 that it", "title": "Liberty Leading the People" }, { "docid": "4465626", "text": "on a new European tour several live shows until going into the studio to record their fourth album, (Come Death), for Earache Records. Blood Red Throne have finished recording their fifth studio album, due for release June 2, 2009 in Europe, June 30, 2009 in US, through Earache Records. The CD will include a DVD release in a limited version to celebrate the bands 10-year career. Blood Red Throne has asked their fans for their inputs and help during this process. The title to the follow-up of \"Come Death\" has been confirmed to be \"Souls of Damnation\". Blood Red Throne", "title": "Blood Red Throne" }, { "docid": "17747442", "text": "into upper Macedonia. By the actions of Bardyllis, the Dardanians had brought Macedonia close to collapse. When Philip II, the youngest of the three brothers assumed the throne, he was determined to subdue the Illyians under Bardyllis once and for all, destroying the Illyrian menace. In 359 BC, Macedonia could come back to the field of battle against the Illyrians, after it had overcome the internal state of political chaos and removed the risk of attack from other opponents. When Philip II assumed the Macedonian throne, substantial areas of upper Macedonia remained in control of Bardyllis. In order to concentrate", "title": "Battle of Erigon Valley" }, { "docid": "12991986", "text": "2 August 1100. His younger brother Henry immediately rode to Winchester and had himself crowned king before his elder brother, Robert Curthose, could claim the throne. Although Urse did not attest the charter Henry issued after he seized the throne, Urse was at court shortly afterwards. When Robert Curthose invaded England in 1101 in an attempt to take the English throne, Urse supported Henry. Urse was present at the court held at Winchester on 2 August 1101, when a peace treaty was ratified between the brothers. During Henry's reign, the king regranted Urse's lands to him, with some of them", "title": "Urse d'Abetot" }, { "docid": "4005037", "text": "25 October 2005, recommending that the Imperial succession law be amended to permit absolute primogeniture. On 20 January 2006, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi used part of his annual keynote speech to address the controversy when he pledged to submit a bill to the Diet letting women ascend to the throne in order that the Imperial throne be continued into the future in a stable manner. Koizumi did not announce a timing for the legislation to be introduced nor did he provide details about the content, but he did note that it would be in line with the conclusions of the", "title": "Aiko, Princess Toshi" }, { "docid": "13217019", "text": "did not succeed to the throne because he predeceased his father. His children did not inherit the right to the throne. In Hwata Shona tradition, when the father dies, the tsvimbo (crown) passes down to his next eldest brother from the main house (Yavahosi). The crown does not pass down the descendants of the reigning Prince as practiced in the English kingdom. Prince Pfeki Mukodzonge's children did not become Mambo. Their male line uncles (babamudiki) took turns in succession to be Mambo. Listed below are the Mambos recorded by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mazoe District based at Concession, Mashonaland", "title": "Hwata dynasty" }, { "docid": "5610036", "text": "ally), Strabonus of Koth, Thosta-Lanti (who served as the power behind the throne of Coth), and Prince Arpello of Pellia, a surviving member of the old Aquilonian dynasty. All four consider him a mere usurper because of his lack of royal blood. Conan, however, proclaims their own unworthiness for their respective thrones: \"How did you come to your crown, you and that black-faced pig beside you? Your fathers did the fighting and the suffering, and handed their crowns to you on golden platters. What you inherited without lifting a finger - except to poison a few brothers - I fought", "title": "Aquilonia (Conan)" }, { "docid": "381562", "text": "remained in Egypt until Sennacherib conquered that country. After Sennacherib's fall Hezekiah gained possession of it, but when Josiah was slain by Pharaoh Necho, the latter took it away. However, according to rabbinical accounts, Necho did not know how the mechanism worked and so accidentally struck himself with one of the lions causing him to become lame; Nebuchadnezzar, into whose possession the throne subsequently came, shared a similar fate. The throne then passed to the Persians, whose king Darius was the first to sit successfully on Solomon's throne after his death; subsequently the throne came into the possession of the", "title": "Solomon" }, { "docid": "13404120", "text": "Spain, who belonged to the rival branch of the Spanish Bourbons. Alphonso XIII allowed them to come to Spain on condition that they did not support the claims to the Spanish throne of Blanca's brother Jaime, Duke of Madrid. In 1922 Blanca was recognized as a Spaniard. The exiled family had to live modestly in a house in Barcelona. The fall of Alphonso XIII and the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in April 1931 did not affect directly their circumstances. However five months later, Blanca's husband died during a trip to Austria while trying to recover some of their", "title": "Infanta Blanca of Spain" }, { "docid": "1846775", "text": "was released from the Tower and returned to the throne by Warwick. Almost immediately, Montagu was granted the wardship of the executed Earl of Worcester's heir and estates, as well as of the young Lord Clifford. He was reappointed to the Wardenship of the East March, with its salary, on 22 October 1470. However, Montagu did not profit from the new regime as he probably expected to. He did not regain the Earldom of Northumberland. Further, he lost some of the Courtney lands that had come with his Marquessate to the newly returned Earl of Devon. Montagu had no active", "title": "John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu" }, { "docid": "11196641", "text": "in December 1723, Françoise retired to Saint-Cloud. In 1725, Françoise Marie saw the marriage of her cousin, the young King Louis XV, to the Polish princess Marie Leszczyńska, diminishing her precedence at court, as did the birth of their daughters. As it turned out, the second of the king's eight daughters, Madame Henriette, fell in love with Françoise Marie's grandson, Louis Philippe, then the \"duc de Chartres\". Louis XV would not, however, allow the marriage because he did not want the House of Orléans to come too close to the throne of France. Afterwards, it fell upon the dowager duchess", "title": "Françoise Marie de Bourbon" }, { "docid": "1239785", "text": "to the throne to a female member of a dynasty if she has no living brothers and no deceased brothers who left surviving legitimate descendants. A dynast's sons and their lines of descent all come before that dynast's daughters and their lines. Older sons and their lines come before younger sons and their lines. Older daughters and their lines come before younger daughters and their lines. It was practiced in the succession to the once-separate thrones of England and Scotland (until their union under James VI and I) and then the United Kingdom until 2015, when the Succession to the", "title": "Primogeniture" }, { "docid": "1742222", "text": "The monarch would be seated on the Silver Throne as he gave his speech. Prior to 1907, the monarch and his sons would also wear their royal and princely robes and their crowns and coronets. After Oscar II's death, his successor, Gustav V was not crowned, and thus did not wear the crown when opening the Riksdag. Instead, the crown and sceptre would be placed on cushions beside the throne and the robe would be draped on the throne. After the abolition of the old opening of state, the opening is now held in the Riksdag but in the presence", "title": "Speech from the throne" }, { "docid": "2037063", "text": "ruby. These stones were either part of the Peacock Throne or were in possession of the Mughal emperors. The Akbar Shah Diamond was said to form one of the eyes of a peacock, as did the Koh-i-Noor. The Shah diamond was described by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier as being on the side of the throne. Many of these stones ended up becoming part of the Persian crown jewels or were taken later by the British colonialists. When Nadir Shah was assassinated by his own officers on 19 June 1747, the throne disappeared, most probably being dismantled or destroyed for its valuables, in", "title": "Peacock Throne" }, { "docid": "15328034", "text": "Donna astray and persuades her to bunk off school and go joyriding in Leeds with Robert Sugden (Christopher Smith) and himself. A feud between the Windsors and Sugdens ignites as a result. Donna and her school friend Chelsea Cunningham (Elizabeth Ingram) begin bullying Andy at school, culminating in Robert, now Andy's adoptive brother, punching Donna in the face. Donna tries to blame Robert for the bullying but is unsuccessful. Chelsea is expelled and sent to a special needs school and Donna is warned if caught bullying again, she would suffer the same fate as Chelsea. When Vic is killed by", "title": "Donna Windsor" }, { "docid": "15620409", "text": "wearing a key around her neck while holding hands with a handsome young man. After her mother dies in a car accident, Michele is sent to live with her previously estranged grandparents, who are Windsors of high society in New York that Michele's mother had distanced herself from when they didn't approve of Henry, the artist she was in love with. The pair ran away together, but Henry disappeared under mysterious circumstances and Michele's mother discovers she is pregnant. Instead of turning to her parents, she vows to raise her child herself, on her own means. Michele has the typical", "title": "Timeless (Monir novel)" }, { "docid": "577125", "text": "for revenge against a country that rejected her as its queen. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the couple returned to France and retirement. In 1946, when the Duchess was staying at Ednam Lodge, the home of the Earl of Dudley, some of her jewels were stolen. There were rumours that the theft had been masterminded by the royal family as an attempt to regain jewels taken from the Royal Collection by the Duke, or by the Windsors themselves as part of an insurance fraud—they made a large deposit of loose stones at Cartier the following year. However, in 1960,", "title": "Wallis Simpson" }, { "docid": "2865070", "text": "is \"aut viam inveniam aut faciam\", a Latin phrase which translates literally as \"Either I shall find a way or I will make one\". There are four day houses, named Caswalls', Lambourne, Penn's, and Swallow's after allumni The school owns several artifacts which belonged to each of the allumni which the houses are named after. The boarding houses are Church House, Harsnett's, Sandon Lodge, and Hainault House, although all boarders are members of one of the day houses. In the junior school there are another four houses, named Windsors, Hanovers, Stuarts, and Tudors. Chigwell School dates back to 1619 when", "title": "Chigwell School" }, { "docid": "19543298", "text": "in a pincer attack on the Kingdom of Lan Na. The Vietnamese troops continued their march to the Lanna kingdom, but were repelled when they tried to conquer Nan. Prince Theng Kham led his troops from Muang Dan Sai against the Vietnamese decimating them along the path of retreat. Of the 4,000 officers sent from the capital Thăng Long, today's Hanoi, only 600 survived. Prince Theng Kham retook Muang Sua assembled the surviving citizens and sent an embassy to his father inviting him to come back. Chakkaphat refused and abdicated the throne to Theng Kham, who ascended the throne in", "title": "Souvanna Banlang" }, { "docid": "15317182", "text": "Dragon Age: The Calling Dragon Age: The Calling is a fantasy novel written by David Gaider based on the role-playing video game franchise \"Dragon Age\", and was released October 13, 2009. It is a sequel to \"\" and a prequel to \"\", published earlier the same year. The novel is set approximately fourteen years after the events of \"The Stolen Throne\" and focuses on King Maric Theirin, a young Duncan and the Grey Wardens. Having reclaimed the throne, King Maric finally allows the legendary Grey Wardens to return to Ferelden after two hundred years of exile. When they come, however,", "title": "Dragon Age: The Calling" }, { "docid": "14576998", "text": "the Pandyan Dynasty, in South India, who defeated the reigning monarch Valagamba, who had only come to the throne five months before. He appointed Bahiya as his Chief Minister and reigned for three years until he was murdered in 100 BC by Bahiya. Bahiya was the second of the Five Dravidians, he ruled from 100 BC to 98 BC. Chief Minister of Pulahatha, during Pulahatha's reign, he murdered him and ruled as king. Bahiya's reign came to an end when his Prime Minister, Panya Mara, killed him after only two years on the throne. Panya Mara, the third of the", "title": "The Five Dravidians" }, { "docid": "1702812", "text": "from Idaho who founded the National Prayer Center in Washington, D.C., which houses volunteers who come to the capital to pray for the nation's leaders, DeLay said, \"This is the man who really saved me. When I was going through my troubles, it was Ken who really stepped up.\" Of his conversion, he said, \"I had put my needs first ... I was on the throne, not God. I had pushed God from His throne.\" In criticizing Newt Gingrich for secretly having an affair with a staffer while Gingrich, as House Speaker, was simultaneously impeaching President Bill Clinton for lying", "title": "Tom DeLay" }, { "docid": "3356100", "text": "of the coup against her late husband. When Tugh Temür died in 1332, Budashiri acted as regent, which was in accordance with tradition and because Tugh Temür had not named a successor. It is said that on his deathbed, Tugh Temür had expressed remorse for what he had done to his elder brother, and intended to pass the throne on to his nephew Toghon Temür, his brother's eldest son. As a result, Budashiri did not appoint her own son El Tegüs to the throne, but neither did she appoint Toghon Temür; it was Kusala's second son, the six-year-old Rinchinbal, who", "title": "Budashiri" }, { "docid": "13211323", "text": "the rebellious former Sasanian army chief (\"spahbed\") Shahrbaraz, who usurped the throne. These events greatly weakened the Sasanian Empire, but by 632, when Khosrow's grandson Yazdegerd III (r. 632-651) ascended the throne, order was somewhat restored. However, just as peace was about to come, the Sasanian Empire was invaded by Muslim Arabs, which resulted in the death of many Sasanian veterans, including Farrukhzad's brother Rostam Farrokhzad himself. Farrukhzad thereafter succeeded the latter as the \"spahbed\" and the leader of the \"Pahlav\" (Parthian) faction, which had been formed by their father Farrukh Hormizd, who was murdered in 631. However, Farrukhzad was", "title": "Farrukhzad" }, { "docid": "12390771", "text": "of the deceased king. Isabella claimed the throne of France for her son, but the French rejected it, maintaining that Isabella could not transmit a right she did not possess. Furthermore, political sentiment favoured a Frenchman for the crown rather than a foreign prince. The throne passed instead to Philip, Count of Valois, a patrilineal cousin of Charles IV, who would become Philip VI of France, the first king of the House of Valois. The English had not expected their claim to meet with success, and did not press the matter when it was denied. However, disagreements between Philip and", "title": "Hundred Years' War" }, { "docid": "12323113", "text": "field marshal, was made a major-general attached to the British Military Mission in France. In February 1940, the German ambassador in The Hague, Count Julius von Zech-Burkersroda, claimed that the Duke had leaked the Allied war plans for the defence of Belgium, which the Duke later denied. When Germany invaded the north of France in May 1940, the Windsors fled south, first to Biarritz, then in June to Spain. In July the pair moved to Portugal, where they lived at first in the home of Ricardo Espírito Santo, a Portuguese banker with both British and German contacts. Under the code", "title": "Edward VIII" }, { "docid": "359555", "text": "and replaced with her sympathetic son-in-law, Rüstem Pasha. By 1552, when the campaign against Persia had begun with Rüstem appointed commander-in-chief of the expedition, intrigues against Mustafa began. Rüstem sent one of Suleiman's most trusted men to report that since Suleiman was not at the head of the army, the soldiers thought the time had come to put a younger prince on the throne; at the same time he spread rumors that Mustafa had proved receptive to the idea. Angered by what he came to believe were Mustafa's plans to claim the throne, the following summer upon return from his", "title": "Suleiman the Magnificent" }, { "docid": "7217203", "text": "when they agreed to move to Westbourne, the mansion of industrialist Harry Oakes. The Government House renovation architect was an American, Sidney Neil, who practised largely in Palm Beach, Florida. In addition to structural repairs, the building was replumbed and rewired; a new wing was built as well, for the Windsors' staff and offices. (The so-called Windsor Wing is now used by the Royal Bahamian Defence Force.) The interior decorator for Government House was a friend of the Duchess's, socialite Isabel T. Bradley (Mrs Winthrop Curtis Bradley). As the Duchess informed her aunt Bessie Merryman, in a September 1940 letter,", "title": "Government House, The Bahamas" }, { "docid": "9503468", "text": "mother. Thus, the king nominated, as his successor, the brother of his first queen who had remained at the court ever since his sister married him. According to the law of succession that prevailed in Ceylon, the throne passed almost always from father to son, born of a mahesi or from brother to brother. However, when Narendra Sinha's brother-in-law succeeded the throne, the Sinhalese Kandyan aristocracy had no problem with this new form of succession. The practice of marrying princesses from Madurai is said to have come into occurrence as the Kandy kings insisted on consorts from the Suryavamsa lineage", "title": "Nayaks of Kandy" }, { "docid": "6634789", "text": "and Troy celebrates late into the night. Unbeknownst to them though, there are some Greek soldiers inside the wooden horse. When they are all asleep, the Greeks come out and sack the city, slaying Priam and Hecuba. The great Agamemnon seats himself proudly on Troy's throne as the new emperor of the Aegean and ruler of the World. Agamemnon has his men bring Helen to his throne. Agamemnon strokes Helen's hair, restrains her and then begins to rape her. Menelaus tries to stop him, but is held back by Agamemnon's guards. Odysseus is also shocked at Agamemnon's act, but can", "title": "Helen of Troy (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "5653318", "text": "Mental's throne room. Sam finally encounters Mental in person while the lights are off. Mental tries to reveal to Sam that he is his father, but Sam interrupts by shooting him, thus silencing Mental forever. After that, the Sirian Great Council, even the inhabitants from the planets, celebrate their long-awaited victory against Mental. When the lights come back on however, it is revealed that Mental wasn't there at all and it was instead just a speaker attached to Mental's throne, implying that he actually tricked Sam in order to escape in his starship into deep space (in the Xbox version,", "title": "Serious Sam 2" }, { "docid": "5225102", "text": "his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's \"Short History of Thailand\" indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war. Whatever the case, by 1388 King Ramesuan had gathered sufficient support from his power base in Lavo to return to Ayutthaya and challenge Boromarachi's 17-year-old son Thong Lan for the throne. King Ramesuan's forces quickly took the palace and executed Thong Lan. King Ramesuan then held the throne until 1395, when he was succeeded by his son Rama (also known as Ramaracha). During King Ramesuan's second reign, the king seems to have come to an understanding", "title": "Ramesuan (king of Ayutthaya)" }, { "docid": "6060566", "text": "Windsors. Despite being a successful mid-priced line for Chrysler for most of its life, DeSoto's failure was due to a combination of corporate mistakes and external factors beyond Chrysler's control. The Chrysler brand (under post-war pressures from consumers in the market) was essentially moved (by customer's changing market tastes) from a luxury automaker to a mid-priced automaker when Chrysler itself launched the separate Imperial brand in 1954 for the 1955 model year. And the mid-priced market segment was already filled with mid-priced brands of the other \"big-three\" rivals Ford, and GM, plus Chrysler's own model the Newport. Most DeSoto models", "title": "DeSoto (automobile)" }, { "docid": "16761127", "text": "They evolved in the Tudor period into an upper gentry family, well-connected and with substantial estates, but not ennobled. Roger Corbet's father had died when he was only about twelve years of age and his wardship was purchased by Sir Andrew Windsor, who married him to his daughter. Their sons included Andrew and Jerome Corbet, both to be MPs. Andrew was not a common given name in Tudor England. Andrew Corbet was named after Sir Andrew Windsor, his maternal grandfather, whose given name was derived from the surname of his mother, Elizabeth Andrews. The Windsors remained important and useful contacts", "title": "Andrew Corbet (died 1578)" }, { "docid": "17808203", "text": "that point and carried that title of Prince of Qi) to accept the throne from then-Wu emperor Yang Pu. Xu Gao did not do so at that time. At that time, Wang himself was ill, and was described to be in such old age that he was toothless. When people urged him to retire, he stated, \"The great works for the Prince of Qi are not done. How can I rest myself?\" He again wrote a petition urging Xu to accept the throne. Shortly after, apparently persuaded, Xu had Yang issue an edict passing the throne to him, and a", "title": "Wang Lingmou" }, { "docid": "10463619", "text": "Philip's son, the future Alexander the Great, immediately claimed the throne of Macedonia by eliminating all the other claimants to the throne, including Caranus and his cousin Amytas. Alexander was only twenty (20) years of age when he assumed the throne. Thereafter, Alexander continued his father's plans to conquer all of Greece. He did this by both military might and persuasion. After his victory over Thebes, Alexander traveled to Athens to meet the public directly. Despite Demosthenes' speeches against the Macedonian threat on behalf of the war party of Athens, the public in Athens was still very much divided between", "title": "Classical Greece" }, { "docid": "4797850", "text": "has ascended and come unto his throne (e.g., Dan 7:13). It would also substantiate the following prayer for grace from the ascended Lord Jesus, who has come to his throne and then sends the Holy Spirit. The last chapter of the Book of Revelation makes use of the same concept as מרנא תא \"marana tha\" by the Greek ἔρχου κύριε Ἰησοῦ (Rev. 22:20 NA28) \"erchou kurie Iesou\", \"Come, Lord Jesus.\" In the Catholic Church, the word \"Maranatha\" has also been used as a solemn formula of excommunication (alongside \"anathema\"). Based on the teachings of John Cassian, John Main recommended the", "title": "Maranatha" }, { "docid": "8222347", "text": "it was his \"desire to serve.\" A fragment of the greetings of Moctezuma says: \"\"My lord, you have become fatigued, you have become tired: to the land you have arrived. You have come to your city: Mexico, here you have come to sit on your place, on your throne. Oh, it has been reserved to you for a small time, it was conserved by those who have gone, your substitutes... This is what has been told by our rulers, those of whom governed this city, ruled this city. That you would come to ask for your throne, your place, that", "title": "Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire" }, { "docid": "723037", "text": "who could not inherit the throne. When Charles IV died in 1328, the French succession became more problematic. In 1328 three candidates had plausible claims to the throne: In England, Isabella of France claimed the throne on behalf of her son. Like the French, the English law of succession did not allow the succession of females, but allowed the succession through the female line (as exemplified by Henry II of England). The French rejected Isabella's claims, arguing that since she herself, as a woman, could not succeed, then she could not transmit any such right to her son. Thus the", "title": "House of Valois" }, { "docid": "6857633", "text": "creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in c. 405. The first appearance of an Arsacid on the Armenian throne came about in 12 when the Parthian King Vonones I was exiled from Parthia due to his pro-Roman policies and Occidental manners. Vonones I briefly acquired the Armenian throne with Roman consent, but Artabanus III demanded his deposition, and as Emperor Augustus did not wish to begin a war with the Parthians he deposed Vonones I and sent him to Syria. Artabanus III did not waste time after the deposition of Vonones I; he installed his son Orodes on", "title": "Arsacid dynasty of Armenia" }, { "docid": "5270821", "text": "Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, although Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna has never joined, nor did her late father Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich. The official position of the Romanov Family Association is that the rights of the family to the Russian Throne were suspended when Emperor Nicholas II abdicated for himself and for his son Tsarevich Alexei in favour of his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich who then deferred ascending the Throne until a Constituent Assembly ratified his rule. Emperor Michael II, as he was legally pronounced by Nicholas II, did not abdicate but empowered the Provisional Government to rule. Michael's", "title": "Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia" }, { "docid": "8807202", "text": "of Highest Peace\"). This is a uniquely crafted object which was used only by the Emperor. When European and American military forces pushed their way into the Pekin after the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, they were the first men from the West to appear in the presence of the Dragon Throne since Isaac Titsingh and Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest were received with grace and ceremony by the Qianlong Emperor in 1795. William Elliot Griffis was among those who did actually stand with cameras and notebooks before the Dragon Throne on a sunny September day in 1900; and he described", "title": "Dragon Throne" }, { "docid": "3096172", "text": "primogeniture to either cognatic or absolute primogeniture, which would allow a woman to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne. A government-appointed panel of experts submitted a report on 25 October 2005, recommending that the Imperial Succession Law be amended to permit absolute primogeniture. On 20 January 2006, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi used part of his annual keynote speech to address the controversy when he pledged to submit a bill to the Diet letting women ascend to the throne in order that the imperial throne be continued in a stable manner. Koizumi did not announce a timing for the legislation to be", "title": "Masako, Crown Princess of Japan" }, { "docid": "6350632", "text": "claim to the throne was rather tenuous and did not follow primogeniture. Andrew's grandfather, Charles Martel of Anjou, had died young; therefore, the throne should have passed to Andrew's father. However, due to fears of impending invasion from Sicily, it was felt that a seven-year-old heir was too risky and would not be able to hold off invasions. The throne was offered to the next son of Charles II of Naples, Louis, but he refused on religious grounds, and it thus passed to Robert. To recompensate Andrew's father, Charles II decided to assign him the claim to Hungary. When King", "title": "Andrew, Duke of Calabria" } ]

[ "July 2016" ]

[ { "docid": "18293479", "text": "of films announced after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. It was produced by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, with \"Force Awakens\" director J. J. Abrams as an executive producer. John Williams, composer for the previous films, returned to compose the score. A number of scenes were filmed at Skellig Michael in Ireland during pre-production in September 2015, but principal photography began at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom in February 2016, and ended in July 2016. Post-production wrapped in September 2017. \"The Last Jedi\" had its world premiere in Los Angeles on December 9, 2017, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "6142392", "text": "of \"The Force Awakens\" that most of its cast would return for \"Episode VIII\". On January 20, 2016, Lucasfilm and Disney announced that the release of the film would be delayed from May to December 2017. Three days later, the release date of December 15, 2017 was confirmed, as well as the title \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\". Principal photography began in February 2016; additional filming took place in Dubrovnik from March 9 to March 16, as well as in Ireland in May. Principal photography wrapped in July 2016. Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016, but had completed filming", "title": "Star Wars sequel trilogy" } ]

[ { "docid": "19333657", "text": "Wars: The Last Jedi\". Rose Tico is a rebel mechanic who joins up with main character Finn after the sacrifice of her oldest sister, Paige Tico (Veronica Ngo), a gunner trained by Resistance commander Poe Dameron. She was unable to tell her family that she had won the role. When she went to film her scenes at Pinewood Studios in early 2016, she said she was filming a small movie in Canada. With her role in \"The Last Jedi\", Tran became the first Asian-American woman to play a main role in a \"Star Wars\" film. In 2017, she also became", "title": "Kelly Marie Tran" }, { "docid": "644696", "text": "Back\", \"Return of the Jedi\", and \"The Last Jedi\". In 1976, Mark Hamill had a serious car accident after filming \"Star Wars\", which involved an operation on his face. It was speculated that the Wampa attack at the beginning of \"The Empire Strikes Back\" was written in to explain his facial injuries, but George Lucas specifically disputed this in the DVD commentary of \"The Empire Strikes Back\". In regards to Luke's portrayal in \"The Last Jedi\", many fans expressed disappointment in how he was depicted \"as a grumpy old man whose failures had driven him into hiding\", a stark departure", "title": "Luke Skywalker" }, { "docid": "2715203", "text": "and Ashley Davis, an insurance worker. Davis has a younger sister. He was educated at Chinthurst School and later the City of London Freemen's School. Davis was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare form of dwarfism. When Davis was 11, his grandmother heard a radio advert calling for people who were tall or shorter to be in \"Return of the Jedi\". To Davis, who was a fan of the \"Star Wars\" films, it was a dream come true. During the filming of \"Return of the Jedi\", Mark Hamill bought Davis every \"Star Wars\" figure he did not have.", "title": "Warwick Davis" }, { "docid": "18293498", "text": "headland, Ceann Sibeal in County Kerry, served as additional filming locations. To increase the scenes' intimacy Driver and Ridley were both present when filming Kylo and Rey's Force visions. Location filming for the battle scenes on the planet Crait took place in July at the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. Principal photography wrapped on July 22, 2016, though as of early September, Nyong'o had not filmed her scenes. In February 2017, it was announced that sequences from the film were shot in IMAX. Production designer Rick Heinrichs said the original screenplay called for 160 sets, double what might", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "2613117", "text": "surviving Jedi knights. Prinze married actress Sarah Michelle Gellar on September 1, 2002, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in Western Mexico. The couple met several years before, while filming \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1997), started dating in 2000 and were engaged in April 2001. They also co-starred in \"Scooby-Doo\" (2002), \"Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed\" (2004), \"Happily N'Ever After\" (2006), and \"Star Wars Rebels\" (2015–16). Gellar and Prinze have two children together. Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor. He has starred in films such as \"I Know What You Did", "title": "Freddie Prinze Jr." }, { "docid": "220001", "text": "of the Galactic Republic in 19 BBY, many of the ancient academies had been shut down for decades, with the Council of First Knowledge preferring the central teachings of the Coruscant Temple. After the dissolution of the Order during the Great Jedi Purge, all orthodox Temples and academies were routed and burned in order to prevent any more Jedi from learning the secrets of the Force. However, the Galactic Empire's chokehold on Force-education did not last and the Order was reformed following the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War. When Grand Master Luke Skywalker's New Order became a single class", "title": "Jedi" }, { "docid": "19825978", "text": "role from \"The Force Awakens\" and \"[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi|The Last Jedi]]\", where he shared it with original Chewbacca actor [[Peter Mayhew]]. [[Michael K. Williams]] entered talks to join the film in early March 2017, and was confirmed shortly after, portraying a half-human, half-animal creature. By the end of the month, Ian Kenny had joined the cast. Warwick Davis was confirmed as part of the cast by the end of July 2017. [[File:Ron Howard 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Ron Howard took over directing duties midway through production, reshooting 70% of the film.]] Filming began on January 30, 2017, at Pinewood Studios,", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "docid": "18293496", "text": "Skellig Michael in Ireland on September 14, 2015, due to the difficulties of filming at that location during other seasons. It would have lasted four days, but filming was canceled for the first day due to poor weather and rough conditions. In November 2014, Ivan Dunleavy, chief executive of Pinewood Studios, confirmed that the film would be shot at Pinewood, with additional filming in Mexico. In September 2015, del Toro revealed that principal photography would begin in March 2016; Kennedy later said filming would begin in January 2016. The production began work on the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios on", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "7592156", "text": "step ahead of the killers out for Jedi blood. And they’re not the only ones in search of the elusive Jax. Hard-boiled reporter Den Dhur and his buddy, the highly unorthodox droid I-5YQ, have shocking news to bring Jax–about the father he never knew. But when Jax learns that his old Jedi Master has been killed, leaving behind the request that Jax finish a mission critical to the resistance, Jax has no choice but to emerge from hiding–and risk detection by Darth Vader–to fulfill his Master's dying wish. Jedi Twilight Jedi Twilight is the first book in Michael Reaves' series", "title": "Jedi Twilight" }, { "docid": "9013858", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side Return of the Dark Side is the sixth book in Jude Watson's series \"\". Things go wrong when Palpatine comes to Samaria, ordering Ferus, who is a double agent, to kill his companions. Years ago, when they were both Jedi Apprentices, Ferus Olin and Anakin Skywalker were rivals. Now their paths are about to cross again... Abandoning the Jedi Order saved Ferus's life. As a result, he is the only one who can track down and save Jedi who have survived the rise of the Empire. He has Rebellion on", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side" }, { "docid": "4240031", "text": "Femi Taylor Femi Taylor is a Nigerian-born British dancer and actress best known for portraying Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in the 1983 motion picture \"Return of the Jedi\". Taylor portrayed the slave dancer Oola in \"Return of the Jedi\", the last film of the original trilogy. She reprised the part fourteen years later, filming new scenes for the 1997 Special Edition release, and was the only performer from the original to do so. Because of this role, she appears at science fiction and \"Star Wars\" conventions around the world. Taylor was cast as Tantomile in the 1981", "title": "Femi Taylor" }, { "docid": "644690", "text": "grizzled war hero, later as a Jedi Master, and as a woman. The last name \"Starkiller\" remained for the first few months of production, Hamill on-camera used the name 'Luke Starkiller\" the sole time he referred to himself during filming. \"Starkiller\" was dropped due to what Lucas called \"unpleasant connotations\". An alternative ending pitched by George Lucas for \"Return of the Jedi\" was Luke assuming his father's role as Darth Vader after the latter's death and intending to rule in his place. Though Lawrence Kasdan favored the idea, Lucas ultimately declined, since the films were made for children. Another conclusion", "title": "Luke Skywalker" }, { "docid": "18293494", "text": "initial misgivings public and compared his disagreements to clashes he had with George Lucas during the filming of \"Return of the Jedi\". In September 2015, Disney shortlisted the female cast members to Gina Rodriguez, Tatiana Maslany, and Olivia Cooke. Later that month, Benicio del Toro confirmed that he would play a villain in the film, and Mark Hamill was also confirmed. In October 2015, Gugu Mbatha-Raw was rumored to have been cast in the film. In November, Jimmy Vee was cast as R2-D2. In November, Kennedy announced at the London premiere for \"The Force Awakens\" that the entire cast would", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "8838416", "text": "as \"a bit like Machinima\". Both he and Hex checked edits remotely during the period of the week when they had finished their filming and the rest of the crew \"shoot field stories and finish off the rest of the show\". Hex said that during the playing of games and filming she became quite attached to her avatars and wanted to show off what her own character did. Hex says, \"We've tried our best on the show to present both sides of the argument in any stories we've done\". Bajo explained: \"Mondays we finish of reviews, log footage, swap games,", "title": "Good Game (TV program)" }, { "docid": "219968", "text": "Master of the Jedi of an unknown species and the oldest known prophet (at least 900+ years) in existence, considered the wisest and most powerful Jedi Master within the \"Star Wars\" universe. He was knighted at age 100, and spent the next eight centuries mentoring several generations of Jedi, about 20,000 of which he took as Padawans. During this period, the green Jedi Master formed good relations with the Wookies of Kashyyyk on numerous occasions, such as when he saved their Terentatek. Mace Windu was a male human Jedi Weapons Master of the High Council and one of the last", "title": "Jedi" }, { "docid": "18293495", "text": "return for \"Episode VIII\", along with \"a handful\" of new cast members. In February 2016, at the start of filming, it was confirmed that Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran had been cast in unspecified roles. In April 2017, at \"Star Wars\" Celebration Orlando, Lucasfilm announced that Tran plays Resistance maintenance worker Rose Tico, which Johnson described as the film's largest new role. To keep Frank Oz's return as Yoda a secret, producers excluded Oz's name in the billing for the film's pre-release marketing and ensured that Oz stayed on set during filming. Second unit photography began during pre-production at", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "18293497", "text": "November 15, 2015. Rick Heinrichs served as production designer. In January 2016, production of \"Episode VIII\" was delayed until February due to script rewrites. Filming was in danger of being delayed further due to an upcoming strike between the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television and the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union. On February 10, 2016, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that principal photography had begun under the working title \"Space Bear\". Additional filming took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia from March 9 to 16, as well as in Ireland in May. Malin Head in County Donegal and a mountain", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "9013859", "text": "his mind, and hopes to bring about the fall of the Emperor. Only Darth Vader stands in his way. Ferus might not realize it, but his old rival is now his new deadly enemy. The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side Return of the Dark Side is the sixth book in Jude Watson's series \"\". Things go wrong when Palpatine comes to Samaria, ordering Ferus, who is a double agent, to kill his companions. Years ago, when they were both Jedi Apprentices, Ferus Olin and Anakin Skywalker were rivals. Now their paths are about to cross again...", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side" }, { "docid": "650649", "text": "and autograph requests from \"Return of the Jedi\" than he had for any role in the rest of his career. He later reflected that he very much enjoyed his experience filming for \"Return of the Jedi\" and expressed particular surprise that an action figure was made of him from the film. When \"The Phantom Menace\" was being produced, hundreds of actors were tested for the role of young Anakin before the producers settled on Jake Lloyd, who Lucas considered met his requirements of \"a good actor, enthusiastic and very energetic\". Producer Rick McCallum said that Lloyd was \"smart, mischievous and", "title": "Darth Vader" }, { "docid": "7535748", "text": "Olin. Obi-Wan must make a painful decision: whether to stay on Tatooine or go on one last desperate mission—right into the heart of the Empire. When Obi-Wan decides to search for Ferus Olin, a known padawan that left the Order, he gets wrapped up in the problems of the planet Bellassa under the influence of the Empire. Will Obi-Wan help this desperate planet or will he rescue Ferus and go? The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission \"The Desperate Mission\" is the first book in Jude Watson's series \"\". The Empire has risen. The Jedi Order has been destroyed.", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission" }, { "docid": "668169", "text": "Knights are spread across the galaxy, leading a massive war against the Separatists. The Jedi Council dispatches Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to eliminate the notorious General Grievous, the leader of the Separatist Army. Meanwhile, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker grows close to Palpatine, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and, secretly, a Sith Lord known as Darth Sidious. Their deepening friendship threatens the Jedi Order, the Republic, and Anakin's best interest. Lucas began writing the script before production of \"Attack of the Clones\" ended. Production of \"Revenge of the Sith\" started in September 2003, and filming took place in Australia", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" }, { "docid": "612903", "text": "said later that \"the less you do with Boba Fett, the stronger he becomes\". Playing Fett in \"Empire\" was both the smallest and most physically uncomfortable role Bulloch has played; Bulloch said donning the heavy jetpack was the worst aspect of the role. Between filming \"The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Return of the Jedi\", Mark Hamill pitched the idea that Fett was Luke Skywalker's mother to George Lucas, which \"he didn't like\". Bulloch spent four weeks on \"Return of the Jedi\". He was unaware of Fett's demise before filming began and was \"very upset\" by the development; he would like", "title": "Boba Fett" }, { "docid": "7535747", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission \"The Desperate Mission\" is the first book in Jude Watson's series \"\". The Empire has risen. The Jedi Order has been destroyed. As far as the Emperor is concerned, the Jedi are all but extinct. But on the remote planet of Tatooine, one Jedi Master remains: Obi-Wan Kenobi. Devastated by the loss of his fellow Jedi—and the betrayal of his former apprentice Anakin Skywalker—Obi-Wan has been left with one last task: To watch over and protect a young child named Luke. Obi-Wan finds out that a former Jedi apprentice has survived, Ferus", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission" }, { "docid": "13884662", "text": "the play emphasizes the estrangement between Tom and his father, who has never visited his son's house, before; and that Owen, his one \"respectable gentleman\" friend, introduced Cecelia to Tom. These two elements are not as significant in the film Although RKO originally purchased the film rights to \"The Animal Kingdom\" as a vehicle for Ann Harding, Irene Dunne was substituted when scheduling conflicts arose with Harding. In an ironic twist, when filming of \"Smilin' Through\" did not finish on time and MGM refused to release Leslie Howard to RKO to begin filming \"The Animal Kingdom\" at the scheduled time,", "title": "The Animal Kingdom" }, { "docid": "15298171", "text": "Nie first started acting when he was still in the Shanghai Theatre Academy. He was a \"highly productive\" actor, as he described in his own words, \"In times when I was playing with my life, I could finish filming one episode in two days. I tried completing filming a 140 episodes television drama and one movie in a year. This can be taken as a record.\" In 2000, after graduating from the academy, Nie and his first girlfriend, actress Huang Yi, collaborated in the television drama \"Wrong Carriage, Right Groom\". Nie did not receive much acclaim for his performance while", "title": "Nie Yuan" }, { "docid": "18293502", "text": "digipak CD, digital formats, and streaming services. In January 2015, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that \"Episode VIII\" would be released in 2017, and in March, Lucasfilm announced a release date of May 26, 2017. In January 2016, \"The Last Jedi\" was rescheduled for December 15, 2017 in 3D and IMAX 3D. On January 23, 2017, the film's title was announced as \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\". Similarly to \"The Empire Strikes Back\", \"Return of the Jedi\" and \"The Force Awakens\", \"Episode VIII\" was included in the film's opening crawl, although not in its official title. \"The Last Jedi\" had", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "7626338", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: Underworld Underworld is the third book in Jude Watson's series As a Jedi apprentice, Ferus Olin had to leave the Jedi Temple in disgrace. Now he must return to redeem himself—and save the future of the Jedi Order. The Empire now controls the temple and everything inside...including, it is rumored, an imprisoned Jedi. Ferus and his street kid partner, Trever, must plunge into the depths of Coruscant in order to free this Jedi, exposing themselves to a dark underworld where both thieves and refugees hide from the Emperor's wrath. Breaking into the Temple isn't going", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Underworld" }, { "docid": "7626339", "text": "to be easy... and surviving the underworld is going to be even harder. The Last of the Jedi: Underworld Underworld is the third book in Jude Watson's series As a Jedi apprentice, Ferus Olin had to leave the Jedi Temple in disgrace. Now he must return to redeem himself—and save the future of the Jedi Order. The Empire now controls the temple and everything inside...including, it is rumored, an imprisoned Jedi. Ferus and his street kid partner, Trever, must plunge into the depths of Coruscant in order to free this Jedi, exposing themselves to a dark underworld where both thieves", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Underworld" }, { "docid": "18293499", "text": "be expected, but that Johnson did some \"trimming and cutting\". Ultimately 125 sets were created on 14 sound stages at Pinewood Studios. According to creature designer Neal Scanlan, \"The Last Jedi\" uses more practical effects than any \"Star Wars\" film, with 180 to 200 creatures created with practical effects, some cut from the final edit. For Yoda's appearance in the film as a Force ghost, the character was created using puppetry, as was done in the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy (as opposed to computer-generated imagery, which was used to create Yoda in most of the prequel trilogy). The film's Canto", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "6103782", "text": "its normal duties in peacetime. For all she did as a Jedi apprentice under Master Saba Sebatyne, Leia is promoted from apprentice to Jedi Knight. Then, when asked about what will happen to the Jedi Order should he ever be absent again, Luke replies, \"I don't know. I wish I had the answers.\" The Swarm War The Swarm War is a novel set in the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe. It is the third and final book in Troy Denning's \"Dark Nest\" Trilogy. The book is set 35 years after the events of \"\". The story begins with the Jedi group", "title": "The Swarm War" }, { "docid": "4046399", "text": "who portrayed the rebel pilot Dak Ralter (during the Battle of Hoth), covered Bulloch as a body double for Fett when the character confronts Vader in the Bespin hallway during Han Solo's torture. Filming lasted three weeks. Bulloch returned as Boba Fett for the fan film mocumentary: \"Return of the Ewok\" chasing Wicket on the Death Star. He filmed his scenes for \"Jedi\" for four weeks. Bulloch was unaware of Fett's demise prior to filming and was disappointed since he would have liked to do more with his character. Bulloch said that portraying Fett was the most uncomfortable role he", "title": "Jeremy Bulloch" }, { "docid": "18293477", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the eighth installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "2446720", "text": "system. In September 2015, Hammond presented a two-part documentary for Sky 1 called \"Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest\", supported by Sky Rainforest Rescue. In March 2017, whilst filming for \"The Grand Tour\" in Mozambique, Hammond fell off a motorbike. He reportedly hit his head and became unconscious, further details, however, will only be revealed in series two of the show. On 10 June 2017 Hammond crashed a Rimac Concept One while filming for \"The Grand Tour\" in Hemberg, Switzerland. Hammond was on his last run up a timed hill climb course when, just after crossing the finish line, he lost control", "title": "Richard Hammond" }, { "docid": "5465910", "text": "Return of the Ewok Return of the Ewok is an unreleased 1982 mockumentary short, written, produced and directed by David Tomblin, starring Warwick Davis as himself in a fictionalized account of how he got the role of Wicket W. Warrick in \"Return of the Jedi\". The film was created during production of \"Return of the Jedi\", on which Tomblin worked as first assistant director, and as second unit director, filming Ewok battle scenes. \"The film is a curiosity, half-documentary about the making of \"Jedi\", half-fairy tale about a little boy who becomes an Ewok. He thinks he's the only Ewok", "title": "Return of the Ewok" }, { "docid": "20492945", "text": "and Rose's escape, although this was not included in the official soundtrack release. On March 13, the digital release of \"The Last Jedi\" came with an exclusive \"music only\" version of the film, which features the film's complete score without any dialogue or sound effects to interfere. The complete score contains the music from every single scene of the film, and features over 70 minutes of previously unreleased music. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack) Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2017 composed and conducted by John Williams. The album", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "1353811", "text": "debuted at #3 on PC Data's monthly computer game sales chart for October 1997. It secured sixth place in November; by the 30th, the game had sold 155,060 copies and earned $7.36 million in the United States alone. After a 14th-place finish in December, \"Jedi Knight\" reached lifetime sales of 247,036 units in the country and became its 21st-best-selling computer game of 1997. In 1998, \"Jedi Knight\" placed 20th in January and 16th in February. It was absent from March's top 20. \"Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II\" was well received. The game holds an aggregate score of 91", "title": "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II" }, { "docid": "20492941", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack) Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2017 composed and conducted by John Williams. The album was released by Walt Disney Records on December 15, 2017 in digipak CD, Jewel case CD, digital formats, and streaming services. In July 2013, Kathleen Kennedy announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe that John Williams would return to score the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy. Williams confirmed his assignment for \"The Last Jedi\" at a Tanglewood concert in August 2016, stating he would begin recording the score \"off and on\"", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "18293526", "text": "1, 2018. Colin Trevorrow was expected to direct the film, but on September 5, 2017, Lucasfilm announced that he had stepped down. A week later, Lucasfilm announced that J. J. Abrams would return to direct \"Episode IX\" and co-write it with Chris Terrio. Abrams and Terrio stated that \"Episode IX\" will bring together all three trilogies, with elements from the previous two trilogies. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "8981864", "text": "series. When filming began, she had four cubs, but one, a female, was soon lost in a lion attack. The cub was last seen alive feasting when Jonathan Scott noted that Honey was being risky by letting her cubs feed for so long. The cub was found dead on the next day of filming, in a thicket of grass. In February 2007, nearly a year before she last appeared on screen, Honey was killed after a vet accidentally shot her in the wrong place with a tranquilizer dart. The dart did not go into the muscle but hit her in", "title": "Big Cat Diary" }, { "docid": "1636785", "text": "chronologically in Sologne and again in Joinville, Val-de-Marne, which Renoir considered important for the actors' performances. Renoir said he did not need to do much directing since the actors were so involved in their roles. When directing himself, Renoir arranged the performers movements first then acted in the scenes. Jay pushed Renoir to finish filming in Sologne and move the production to sets erected at the Pathé studios in Joinville. Renoir finally agreed and left Zwobada, Cortegganni and Cartier-Bresson in Sologne to shoot B-roll footage of the rabbit hunting sequence. Hundreds of animals were killed during filming and local people", "title": "The Rules of the Game" }, { "docid": "6789231", "text": "Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi The Last of the Jedi is a series of young adult science fiction novels written by Jude Watson, begun in 2005. The series is set in the fictional \"Star Wars\" Universe, in the time period between the end of \"\" and a few years prior to \"Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope\". This series follows the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, following the events of \"Revenge of the Sith\" until he finds an ex-Padawan, Ferus Olin. From here to the end the series focuses on a little band of surviving Jedi. A", "title": "Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "18464077", "text": "me. Poe Dameron is one charming fellow. We've seen great pilots before, and great warriors, but his ability to lead and inspire feels pretty fresh to me, as is his somewhat snappy roguishness.\" After filming \"The Last Jedi\" but before its release, Isaac said in 2017: Poe Dameron is the decorated star pilot of General Leia Organa's Resistance fleet, and the robot BB-8 is his astromech droid. He is sent by Leia on a mission to the planet Jakku to retrieve part of a map that will lead to the location of her brother, Luke Skywalker. Before Poe can leave", "title": "Poe Dameron" }, { "docid": "2098100", "text": "she supplied a few of Leia's lines. \"Variety\" reported following her death that Fisher was slated to appear in \"Episode IX\", and that Lucasfilm, Disney, and others involved with the film will need to find a way to address her death and what will become of her character. In July 2018, it was announced that Fisher would appear posthumously in \"\" via unreleased footage from \"The Force Awakens\" and \"The Last Jedi\". Fisher's memoir, \"The Princess Diarist\", was released in November 2016. The book is based on diaries she kept while filming the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy in the late", "title": "Carrie Fisher" }, { "docid": "1412013", "text": "creator George Lucas was not entirely pleased with the final result and felt it was a compromise. During filming of the 2005 film \"\", Lucas was so impressed with the animatron mask used on the Mon Calamari character Meena Tills, that he briefly considered reediting \"Return of the Jedi\" and replacing footage of Admiral Ackbar with an improved mask. He never did, however. Ackbar's first name, Gial, was not established until the April 2012 release of the \"Star Wars\" reference book \"The Essential Guide to Warfare\". Co-author Paul R. Urquhart told the website TheForce.net said the name was taken from", "title": "Admiral Ackbar" }, { "docid": "4029752", "text": "acts as a boss early into the game. It is depicted as a large, worm-like creature with tentacles, and shoots rocks at Luke. The design of the sarlacc creature—originally called the \"Sloth Pit\"—seen in \"Return of the Jedi\" evolved during the concept, creation, and filming processes. Early concept sketches portrayed a creature with several moving tentacles and a pronounced beak; but \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas, did not have the technology or financial resources to realize this concept in the 1983 film. Special effects artists Stuart Freeborn, Phil Tippett, and the crew of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) constructed a", "title": "Sarlacc" }, { "docid": "728435", "text": "back in horror at the sight of the texts seemingly being lost forever (unaware that Rey had taken them earlier as she left the island.) When confronting Yoda as to why he did it, Yoda tells Luke that the true Jedi knowledge is within Jedi themselves and it is their responsibility, not books, to pass that knowledge on and continue the way of the Jedi. As Luke takes in the message, he sits with Yoda and shares a quiet moment with his former master. Unlike in the later sequels, where fight scenes necessitated the character be rendered in with computer-generated", "title": "Yoda" }, { "docid": "6789232", "text": "few months after the events in \"Revenge of the Sith\", Obi-Wan Kenobi finds himself settling into his exile on Tatooine. In between guarding baby Luke Skywalker, he finds himself becoming accustomed to the life of a hermit, regretting the loss of Anakin Skywalker and brooding about the Jedi lives that were lost. But when he hears that the former Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin is alive and a wanted fugitive on the planet Bellassa, he feels compelled to help save him. He eventually goes and finds himself alone, without backup, and facing the scrutiny of the newly formed Empire. All books", "title": "Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "11305875", "text": "Awakens\" received eleven nominations at the MTV Movie Awards, the most for the ceremony, including Movie of the Year, Best Female Performance for Ridley, Best Breakthrough Performance for Boyega, and Best Virtual Performance for Lupita Nyong'o and Andy Serkis. In addition to several awards and nominations, \"The Force Awakens\" appeared on various critics' lists of the ten best films of 2015. Rian Johnson confirmed in August 2014 that he would direct \"Episode VIII\", later titled \"The Last Jedi\". It was released on December 15, 2017. Some second-unit filming took place in September 2015 in Ireland, with principal photography beginning in", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "docid": "8246631", "text": "to direct \"Date Movie\" (2006) themselves. </small> \"Date Movie\" opened with $12.1 million and earned $48.9 million overall. \"Disaster Movie\" opened with $5.8 million and earned $14.2 million total in the United States. \"Vampires Suck\", which opened on a Wednesday, earned an estimated $19.7 million in its first five days. Friedberg and Seltzer announced their intention to release \"Who the F#@K Took My Daughter?\", a parody of \"Taken\". On February 8, 2017, it was reported they were developing a parody of \"Star Wars\" titled \"Star Worlds Episode XXXIVE=MC2: The Force Awakens The Last Jedi Who Went Rogue\". Filming is set", "title": "Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer" }, { "docid": "219963", "text": "train Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to be the Jedi Order's last hope. Darth Vader (David Prowse/James Earl Jones) is also established as the Jedi's main enemy. By the end of the film, Luke is on the path to becoming a Jedi. In the sequel, \"The Empire Strikes Back\", Luke receives extensive Jedi training from the elderly (and only surviving) Jedi Master Yoda (Frank Oz), even as he learns that Vader is, in fact, his father, former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. The third film in the original trilogy, \"Return of the Jedi\", ends with Luke redeeming Vader and helping to destroy", "title": "Jedi" }, { "docid": "18163675", "text": "on 8 August 2014 and the team began a schedule shoot in Chennai thereafter. Scenes were shot in the tsunami-hit region slums of Srinivasapuram for the initial days of shoot. By October 2014, it was reported that the film was sixty percent complete, with most scenes being shot in the areas surrounding Chennai. The team then shot for a schedule in Dharamshala, before returning to Ooty to finish filming portions. Madhavan suffered a minor injury on the sets during the last week, but continued through the pain to finish the film. Filming portions for the venture were completed in mid-November", "title": "Irudhi Suttru" }, { "docid": "612426", "text": "that Darth Vader is Luke's father because, after a discussion with a children's psychologist, he did not want younger moviegoers to dismiss Vader's claim as a lie. Many ideas from the original script were left out or changed. For instance, the Ewoks were going to be Wookiees, the \"Millennium Falcon\" would be used in the arrival at the forest moon of Endor, and Obi-Wan Kenobi would return to life from his spectral existence in the Force. Filming began on January 11, 1982, and lasted through May 20, 1982, a schedule six weeks shorter than \"The Empire Strikes Back\". Kazanjian's schedule", "title": "Return of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "1819024", "text": "of the Jedi. While the council allowed Anakin to be on the council, they did not grant him the status of a Jedi master. While the Republic had an Army and Navy for thousands of years, after the Rusaan Reformations, the Republic did not maintain a military except for a small force known as the Judicial Forces. Several trade organizations represented in the Senate, such as the Trade Federation and Commerce Guild, kept armies of droids in order to protect their profits and occasionally took advantage of this, such as when the Trade Federation invaded and occupied Naboo, resulting in", "title": "Galactic Republic" }, { "docid": "7623539", "text": "Jedi. There is at least one other...and he is hiding in the Caves of Ilum, a place where nightmares become reality and dark warnings tell of conflicts yet to come. The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning Dark Warning is the second book in Jude Watson's series Obi-Wan Kenobi is on a mission. Along with the former Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin and a headstrong kid named Trever, he is trying to keep the Jedi's most important secret safe from the inquisitive Empire. With Boba Fett on their trail and time running out, Obi-Wan, Ferus and Trever must make some daring", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning" }, { "docid": "7623538", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning Dark Warning is the second book in Jude Watson's series Obi-Wan Kenobi is on a mission. Along with the former Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin and a headstrong kid named Trever, he is trying to keep the Jedi's most important secret safe from the inquisitive Empire. With Boba Fett on their trail and time running out, Obi-Wan, Ferus and Trever must make some daring and desperate escapes...into even more Danger. Along the way, they discover some incredible news: Obi-Wan and Yoda are not the only Jedi to have survived the Emperor's annihilation of the", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning" }, { "docid": "2924725", "text": "death and later with more force when Anakin tells Padmé Amidala what he did. It is played most prominently and recognizable during the final sequence when clone troopers assemble and depart Coruscant, foreshadowing that they will become the Imperial stormtroopers. Although \"Across the Stars\" is featured most prominently in the film's end credits, several notes from \"The Imperial March\" are heard beneath it near the end. In \" \"\"The Imperial March\" is first played when Anakin rebukes the Jedi Council for denying him the rank of Jedi Master, although being appointed to the Council. The track can also be heard", "title": "The Imperial March" }, { "docid": "6682663", "text": "by CBS for consideration in the 2007 Emmy Awards, and garnered five total nominations, including one for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. The episode won for Outstanding Reality-Competition, the show's fifth consecutive win in that category, having won since the category was first awarded in 2003. This is the last \"Amazing Race\" season did not either start or finish in the state of California. Applications were accepted through January 20, 2006 (one week later than the original deadline). Semi-finalist interviews occurred in late February and early March, followed by finalist interviews in Los Angeles during late March and early April. Filming ran", "title": "The Amazing Race 10" }, { "docid": "10850833", "text": "before she is transferred off planet. He calls his own strike force of Ry-Gaul and Solace formerly known as Fy-Tor-Ana. Clive Flax is also on the team. Ferus goes through lesson one which Palpatine does not attend. He tells him he does not need a lightsaber; only to let his anger flow through him instead of accepting it and releasing it like a Jedi would. He destroys the room much like Vader did after he learned of Padme's fate. Vader meets with the evil scientist Jenna Zan-Arbor because he has learned that she has found a way to erase memory.", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire" }, { "docid": "16890770", "text": "that the on-location scenes were filmed over a full week with two days devoted to the \"actual stunts\". Bowman revealed that the actors were suspended in the minibus for a day of filming. Moss revealed that filming his death scenes lasted for two days and that for the duration of filming he had to stay \"laying on the floor outside, in the rain\". Brennan added that the cast and crew worked from \"8am to 8pm every day\". Moss disclosed that he did not finish filming scenes for the crash until 6 November because he was required to film extra scenes", "title": "Hollyoaks: Enjoy the Ride" }, { "docid": "5459723", "text": "Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is an action adventure Star Wars video game set during the time frame of \"\". The game was first released for the PlayStation, afterwards for the Dreamcast and the Game Boy Advance (in the last case under the title \"Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles\"). \"Jedi Power Battles\" is a mix of a platform game and a beat 'em up. Emphasis is place both on completing jumping sequences and defeating enemies. Players can choose from one of five prequel-era Jedi and run, jump, slash, and use the", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles" }, { "docid": "3547533", "text": "and disables Tomcat with a Sith spell of madness. She then hides herself and her Master in a secret compartment under Caleb's bed. When the Jedi arrive, Tomcat attacks them in his delusional state, and he is killed. Finding no other living beings, the Jedi assume they have finally killed the last of the Sith. Zannah nurses Bane back to health — even as she pledges to destroy him when her training is complete — and they go back into hiding. Ten years later, Darth Bane and Zannah are living on Ciutric IV, disguised as merchants. Bane is growing older", "title": "Darth Bane" }, { "docid": "16052149", "text": "North Down Borough Council Democratic Unionist Party councillor Alan Graham, expressed distaste after seeing Rihanna topless on his field, saying: \"When the filming did become to my mind unacceptable I requested the filming to stop ... it became apparent to me that the situation was becoming inappropriate and I requested them to stop and they did\". On September 28, 2011, the shoot location was moved to a closed set in Titanic Quarter, Belfast where both photographers and fans were barred from watching the singer. Extras for the shoot were not told what was expected of them until the last minute,", "title": "We Found Love (music video)" }, { "docid": "6789233", "text": "written by Jude Watson. Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi The Last of the Jedi is a series of young adult science fiction novels written by Jude Watson, begun in 2005. The series is set in the fictional \"Star Wars\" Universe, in the time period between the end of \"\" and a few years prior to \"Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope\". This series follows the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, following the events of \"Revenge of the Sith\" until he finds an ex-Padawan, Ferus Olin. From here to the end the series focuses on a little band", "title": "Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "18293516", "text": "Last Jedi\" has an approval rating of 91% based on 409 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"\"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\" honors the saga's rich legacy while adding some surprising twists—and delivering all the emotion-rich action fans could hope for.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four stars, praising the surprises and risks that it took, writing that \"The movie works equally well as an earnest adventure", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "18293506", "text": "in October. Several tie-in books were released on the same day of the North American release of the movie, including \"The Last Jedi: Visual Dictionary\", and various children's reading and activity books. Related novelizations included the prequel book \"Cobalt Squadron\", and the \"Canto Bight\", a collection of novellas about the Canto Bight Casino. As with \"The Force Awakens\", there is no official tie-in game for \"The Last Jedi\", in favor of integrating content from the film into other \"Star Wars\" video games, including \"Star Wars Battlefront II\", which introduced various content from the film, during the second week of the", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "16440803", "text": "worked on the 1981 film \"The Great Muppet Caper\" puppeteering in crowd scenes and acting as a double for various main Muppet characters. Quinn later designed and built the Podlings for \"The Dark Crystal\", where he also performed the Skeksis Slave Master SkekNa (who was voiced by David Buck). During the filming of \"Return of the Jedi\", Quinn (and Kathryn Mullen) were assistant puppeteers to Frank Oz in his performance of Yoda . He also performed the role of Nien Nunb in \"Return Of the Jedi\". Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, Quinn joined forces with fellow puppeter David", "title": "Mike Quinn (puppeteer)" }, { "docid": "7535957", "text": "struggle to survive. A squad of bounty hunters has been hired to capture the Jedi—and they will stop at nothing to do it. Anakin and Obi-Wan must avoid the traps and ambushes ... and try to discover who is behind the deadly Jedi hunt. The Trail of the Jedi The Trail of the Jedi is the second novel by Jude Watson in the Star Wars Jedi Quest book series. Anakin Skywalker knows that Obi-Wan Kenobi did not choose him as an apprentice. Instead, it was the dying wish of Obi-Wan's own Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, that brought them together. Now Anakin", "title": "The Trail of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "10850831", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire Against the Empire is the eighth book in the series \"The Last of the Jedi\". Power grows, rebels face a choice: give in... or fight. Some form pockets of resistance on battleground planets . Some go undercover, trying to fight the Empire from the inside, and others watch and wait. For Ferus Olin, hatred for the Empire is personal. The things that have been closest to him have been destroyed. The order he once belonged to has been decimated. And the future isn't looking much brighter... Unless a true rebellion can be", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire" }, { "docid": "10850838", "text": "he is instructed to file a report dismissing the importance of the little girl on Alderaan. He does not want to waste his time because, again, he does not understand and Obi-Wan won't tell him. And in order to file the report he has to go to Alderaan and pretend to investigate. But he feels the pain in Obi-Wan's heart and decides to leave immediately. The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire Against the Empire is the eighth book in the series \"The Last of the Jedi\". Power grows, rebels face a choice: give in... or fight. Some form", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire" }, { "docid": "2402550", "text": "autograph requests from \"Return of the Jedi\" than he had for any role in the rest of his career. He later reflected that he very much enjoyed his experience filming for \"Return of the Jedi\" and expressed particular surprise that an action figure was made of him from the film. Shaw remained active in his later years; along with fellow Royal Shakespeare Company actors Ian Richardson, John Nettles, Martin Best and Ann Firbank, he engaged in discussions and workshops with acting teachers and students in the early 1980s. Although appearances in films became far less common in his later career,", "title": "Sebastian Shaw (actor)" }, { "docid": "18553319", "text": "28, the film had earned over $500 million in ticket sales becoming the first film of 2017 (until it was later surpassed by \"The Last Jedi\"), the third female-fueled film (after \"The Force Awakens\" and \"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\" followed by \"Wonder Woman\" and \"The Last Jedi\") and the eighth overall film in cinematic history to pass the mark. It has already become the biggest March release, dethroning \"The Hunger Games\" (2012), the biggest musical film (both animated and live-action), as well as the biggest film of 2017 (alongside \"The Last Jedi\"). Outside the US and Canada, the", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "docid": "19825996", "text": "Atlantic]]\", \"[[Entertainment Weekly]]\" and [[CNN]], interpreted the low box office returns as a case of \"\"Star Wars\" fatigue\", since \"Solo\" was the fourth film of the series released in 29 months, and came just five months after \"[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi|The Last Jedi]]\". Other analysts attributed the film's underperformance to lackluster marketing, as well as the divided fan reception to \"The Last Jedi\". \"Solo\" dropped 65% in its second weekend to $29.4 million, the worst sophomore frame for any \"Star Wars\" film since the original trilogy. It dropped another 46% in its third weekend to $15.7 million, finishing second", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "docid": "18293524", "text": "while \"Bleeding Cool\" stated that reviews for \"Thor\" had tapered off up to that point but \"skyrocketed\" afterwards. In response to tampering claims, Rotten Tomatoes released a statement that they detected no unusual activity aside from a noticeable \"uptick in the number of written user reviews\" on \"The Last Jedi\". Reviewers characterized \"The Last Jedi\" as divisive among audiences. Todd VanDerWerff of \"Vox\" found that dissatisfied fans saw the film as too progressive, disliked its humor, plot, or character arcs, or felt betrayed that it ignored fan theories. Other reviewers made similar observations. Particularly divisive was the reveal that Rey's", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "18293507", "text": "game's first \"season\". An update to the MOBA mobile game \"\" added new content from the sequel era, including some characters as they appeared in \"The Last Jedi\". Characters from the film also appeared in the mobile RPG \"\". Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\" digitally in HD and 4K via digital download and Movies Anywhere on March 13, 2018, with an Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD physical release on March 27. It was the first \"Star Wars\" film to be released on the Ultra HD Blu-ray format. The official novelization is by Jason", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "5465921", "text": "presented by Warwick Davis and also included a question-and-answer session afterward. Bootleg versions have been placed on YouTube. Return of the Ewok Return of the Ewok is an unreleased 1982 mockumentary short, written, produced and directed by David Tomblin, starring Warwick Davis as himself in a fictionalized account of how he got the role of Wicket W. Warrick in \"Return of the Jedi\". The film was created during production of \"Return of the Jedi\", on which Tomblin worked as first assistant director, and as second unit director, filming Ewok battle scenes. \"The film is a curiosity, half-documentary about the making", "title": "Return of the Ewok" }, { "docid": "1964749", "text": "film \"Affair in Trinidad\". In 1952, Hayworth refused to report for work because she objected to the script. In 1955, she sued Columbia Pictures to be released from her contract, but asked for her $150,000 salary, alleging that the filming failed to start when agreed. She said, \"I was in Switzerland when they sent me the script for \"Affair in Trinidad\" and I threw it across the room. But I did the picture, and \"Pal Joey\", too. I came back to Columbia because I wanted to work and first, see, I had to finish that goddamn contract, which is how", "title": "Rita Hayworth" }, { "docid": "2248853", "text": "the Jedi knights\". The office noted that this is an international phenomenon. As the 2011 census form did not list religions, these having to be filled out, the total number of Jedi is not artificially boosted by those who were not aware of the phenomenon prior to filling out the census form. On the other hand, many people encouraged others in discussions and then media to fill the Jedi religion prior 2011 census (as a form of protest against range, overall cost and obligatory filling of the census), which is probably the cause. The highest number of Jedi were recorded", "title": "Jedi census phenomenon" }, { "docid": "1353815", "text": "in particular the lightsaber sound and its implementation. The addition of a multiplayer mode to \"Jedi Knight\" was met positively, but questions arose to why there are so few multiplayer maps and why single-player maps cannot be used in the multiplayer mode. Tom Chick of IGN believes this was corrected with the release of \"Mysteries of the Sith\". The editors of \"Computer Games Strategy Plus\" named \"Jedi Knight\" the best first-person action game of 1997. \"Jedi Knight\" won \"Computer Gaming World\"s 1997 \"Game of the Year\" award. The editors wrote, \"As did \"Diablo\" the year before, \"Jedi\" rose above the", "title": "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II" }, { "docid": "13276213", "text": "its overall \"misguided\" concept (given that the Jedi never actually engage in a duel), and the gameplay for \"[relying] too much on luck\". Several other sources described \"Jedi Arena\" to be either lamentable or one of the worst \"Star Wars\" games. On the contrary, Matt Dorville of \"Blastr\" ranked the game No. 31 on the website's list of 50 \"Star Wars\" games ranked from worst to best, admitting that \"Jedi Arena\" was not bad at the time of release and that the game did offer an entertaining gameplay. In the book \"Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer’s Edition\", \"Jedi Arena\" is", "title": "Star Wars: Jedi Arena" }, { "docid": "7927441", "text": "to the Skywalker legacy. Star Wars Legacy 0 Star Wars: Legacy 0 is the pre-release supplement of the \"\" comic series. It was released on 7 June 2006, and instead of a story, serves as an introduction to the series. It cost twenty-five cents. More than a hundred years have passed since the events in \"Return of the Jedi\" and the days of the New Jedi Order. An evil empire has again risen to take control of the Galaxy and destroy the last of the Jedi. The Force is failing the few who remain as they hunt for the last", "title": "Star Wars Legacy 0" }, { "docid": "7927440", "text": "Star Wars Legacy 0 Star Wars: Legacy 0 is the pre-release supplement of the \"\" comic series. It was released on 7 June 2006, and instead of a story, serves as an introduction to the series. It cost twenty-five cents. More than a hundred years have passed since the events in \"Return of the Jedi\" and the days of the New Jedi Order. An evil empire has again risen to take control of the Galaxy and destroy the last of the Jedi. The Force is failing the few who remain as they hunt for the last hope, the sole heir", "title": "Star Wars Legacy 0" }, { "docid": "19222554", "text": "2017. Three novels and a comic book miniseries related to the second sequel film, \"The Last Jedi\", were announced at the \"Star Wars\" Celebration in April 2017. Multiple other publications were announced under Journey to \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\" at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2017. \"Aftermath\" is set shortly after the 1983 film \"Return of the Jedi\" and deals with the consequences of the deaths of Palpatine and Darth Vader, as well as the power vacuum formed in the Empire's rule over the galaxy and the actions of the Rebellion during the following months. The trilogy begins", "title": "Journey to Star Wars" }, { "docid": "12368328", "text": "the Jedi in the Jedi Temple. Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66 Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66 is a Star Wars based video game exclusive to mobile phones. It is a sequel to the game \"\", and takes place during the events of \"\". The player controls a three-man squad of Republic Commandos through five levels, each with three sub levels. The objective for each of the four beginning levels is to fight off the droids in the first two sub levels, and in the last sub level of each level, a Jedi is fought. In the last level,", "title": "Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66" }, { "docid": "6593028", "text": "To be a Jedi is to rely on the Force. To be a Jedi is to not love or live as normal people do…at whatever the price. Jedi know that love is not meant to be for them. But when Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow apprentice Siri approach a very human failing, the reverberations are felt for many years…to when Obi-Wan has an apprentice of his own, Anakin Skywalker, whose secrets will draw Obi-Wan and Siri further into the Clone Wars. Secrets of the Jedi Secrets of the Jedi is a 2005 Star Wars novel by Jude Watson. The novel", "title": "Secrets of the Jedi" }, { "docid": "9350613", "text": "The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon Secret Weapon is the seventh book in the \"\" series. It is written by \"Jude Watson\", and distributed by \"Scholastic\". It begins on the planet Bellassa, where parts of a secret weapon is being built by the Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin overlooking the process to make sure that it remains secret. They are also joined by Ferus Olin, a former Jedi apprentice and rebel leader. Ferus joins the dark side in the same way Anakin was seduced by the dark side, and Palpatine promises to give him the", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon" }, { "docid": "9350614", "text": "power over life and death. The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon Secret Weapon is the seventh book in the \"\" series. It is written by \"Jude Watson\", and distributed by \"Scholastic\". It begins on the planet Bellassa, where parts of a secret weapon is being built by the Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin overlooking the process to make sure that it remains secret. They are also joined by Ferus Olin, a former Jedi apprentice and rebel leader. Ferus joins the dark side in the same way Anakin was seduced by the dark side, and Palpatine", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon" }, { "docid": "7580232", "text": "Jedi Order? This book was released in August 2006. The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web \"A Tangled Web\" is the fifth book in Jude Watson's series \"\". Since Palpatine's takeover, he believes his power is absolute. He controls everything, including the senate. He is the leader of the evil Sith. And now he wishes to control Ferus. But Ferus does not want to help him, until Palpatine threatens those people closest to his heart. This leaves Ferus with no option but to help Palpatine. Palpatine wishes to use Ferus as an undercover agent - a double-agent. But can", "title": "The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web" }, { "docid": "18293478", "text": "Frank Oz in returning roles, with Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio del Toro joining the cast. It features the first posthumous film performance by Fisher, who died in December 2016, and the film is dedicated to her memory. The plot follows Rey as she receives Jedi training from Luke Skywalker, in hopes of turning the tide for the Resistance in the fight against Kylo Ren and the First Order, while General Leia Organa, Finn, and Poe Dameron attempt to escape a First Order attack on the dwindling Resistance fleet. \"The Last Jedi\" is part of a new trilogy", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "4029755", "text": "they dismantled the set at the conclusion of filming and sold it to Mexico as scrap. The one condition of the sale was that the materials were not to be resold as souvenirs. The sarlacc design underwent a series of changes when Lucas released the Special Edition of \"Return of the Jedi\" in 1997. Employing the new technology of computer-generated imagery (CGI), ILM amended the creature's appearance with the addition of CGI tentacles and a beak inside the sarlacc's mouth. According to Lucas, it \"just looks much more realistic and more threatening ... it helps the scene considerably.\" Subsequent depictions", "title": "Sarlacc" }, { "docid": "1700537", "text": "during the filming of \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), in conjunction with two gyroscopes for extra stabilization, to film the background plates for the speeder bike chase. Brown, who personally operated the shot, walked through a redwood forest, with the camera running at a speed of less than one frame per second. The end result, when projected at 24 frames per second, gave the impression of flying through the air at perilous speeds. In the Michael Crichton film \"Runaway\" (1984), a Steadicam rig was used to simulate the point of view of a futuristic smart bullet in flight while targeting", "title": "Steadicam" }, { "docid": "13652255", "text": "for a scene cut from the film in which several characters board the \"Falcon\" in a sandstorm on Tatooine. In the scene when Han exacts a promise from Lando not to damage the \"Falcon\", the \"Falcon\" is represented by a backdrop painting. It is also in a matte painting of the entire hangar bay. The internal and external sets were scrapped after filming on \"Return of the Jedi\" ended. The effects models were kept by Lucasfilm and some have been on display from time to time. A digital version of the \"Falcon\" appears briefly on Coruscant in \"Revenge of the", "title": "Millennium Falcon" }, { "docid": "3547530", "text": "technobeasts, creations of the ancient Sith to guard her crypt. He eventually defeats them and successfully recovers the Holocron. Zannah is able to obtain the information she needs, but her cover is blown at the last minute by her cousin Tomcat, now a healer in the care of the Jedi. Realizing she will need him to remove the orbalisks, she takes him hostage and heads for Tython, with the Jedi on their trail. Once Zannah and Tomcat arrive on Tython and warn Bane, they retreat to the interior of the temple, waiting for the attack. When it finally comes, the", "title": "Darth Bane" }, { "docid": "7720038", "text": "reinforcements unable to land due to the perpetual storms, the Jedi and their army have become easy targets for the rebel Alto Stratus and his elite Nimbus warriors. But the situation goes from bad to worse when General Kenobi is listed missing in action, and Anakin is teamed with a group of other Masterless young Jedi on a doomed mission to hold the last line in the Republic's defense! Republic 59 (December 2003). Written by John Ostrander. Art by Jan Duursema. In the aftermath of a battle on the desert moon of Aargonar, Anakin Skywalker finds himself stranded behind enemy", "title": "Star Wars: Republic" }, { "docid": "3547531", "text": "two sides are evenly matched, despite the Sith being outnumbered. When Bane is about to unleash an attack on the last remaining Jedi, his opponent suspends a Force Shield around him. The lightning bounces off the interior of the shield and cooks Bane alive for seconds, melting his flesh and causing the orbalisk to burrow further into his flesh, resulting in unbearable pain. Bane blacks out and is almost killed by the Jedi, but Zannah saves her master and brings him to Ambria, dragging Tomcat along. Once there, Tomcat (aka Darovit) creates an agreement between Zannah and Caleb (the healer", "title": "Darth Bane" }, { "docid": "18803970", "text": "story arcs were produced each ran for six issues, the first arc \"The Last Padawan\" focused on flashbacks which happened at the same time as \"\" showing where Kanan was when Order 66 happened and the clone troopers betrayed and killed most of the Jedi, including his Jedi Master Depa Billaba. While the second arc \"First Blood\" flashbacks focused on how Kanan was assigned under Depa Billaba's mentorship, as well as Kanan's first battle along clone-troopers, in the Clone Wars, where he made a friendship with a clone trooper, it features an appearance from Rae Sloane a character from the", "title": "Kanan Jarrus" }, { "docid": "219983", "text": "found him on the planet of Ahch-To where he spent the rest of his life. She is also the pilot of the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca. As the Padawan of Luke Skywalker, She proved that she is powerful with the force and good at dueling. She is now currently the Last Living Jedi since Skywalker joined The Force. The Jedi Code was a set of rules that governed the behavior of the Jedi Order. It taught its followers to not give in to feelings of anger toward other lifeforms, which would help them resist fear and prevent them from falling", "title": "Jedi" }, { "docid": "19369983", "text": "that depicts the story. They're interrupted by Alex's cries of pain from outside when a dog he was playing with suddenly becomes aggressive and bites him in the arm. They abandon filming to get Alex's wound at a local butcher's and resolve to finish the next day before their flight leaves. That evening the crew go to a bar and attempt to make peace with the locals. Everything goes well until a drunk Sarah instigates a fight by shouting \"witch\" in the local language. The next day, they rush to finish filming at Becky's home so they can leave Moldova", "title": "They're Watching" }, { "docid": "12406132", "text": "have got a religion which allows me to do that.\" In 2013, the Free Church of Scotland expressed concern that a proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership bill would \"lead to Star Wars Jedi marrying couples\". Patrick Day-Childs of The Church of Jediism, and Rev Michael Kitchen of Temple of the Jedi Order, both defended the right of Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies. In December 2016, the Charity Commission for England and Wales rejected an application to grant charitable organization status to The Temple of the Jedi Order, ruling that the group did not \"promote moral or ethical improvement\" for charity", "title": "Jediism" }, { "docid": "20312501", "text": "part on the condition that his appearance in this episode did not preclude him from being part of another \"Black Mirror\" episode. The part was one of the last elements of the episode to be finished, and surprised members of the cast when it was screened. Director Toby Haynes has previously worked on \"Sherlock\" and \"Doctor Who\". Filming began in January 2017, and ran for twenty days. The episode was mostly shot in the U.K., with roughly three days of filming in the Canary Islands for interplanetary scenes. The scenes set on the \"Callister\" ship, Daly's apartment, and the Callister", "title": "USS Callister" } ]

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[ { "docid": "16196941", "text": "have 26 episodes and is expected to air in February 2019. TruTV also confirmed an \"Impractical Jokers\" feature-length movie is planned, which began filming in April 2018 and is expected to premiere sometime in 2019. Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, James \"Murr\" Murray, Brian \"Q\" Quinn, and Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano, four high school friends who attended Monsignor Farrell High School, from Staten Island, New York, formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe The Tenderloins in 1999. After a long and successful history, including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC's \"It’s Your Show\" competition, the group went into television. In 2008,", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "16196941", "text": "have 26 episodes and is expected to air in February 2019. TruTV also confirmed an \"Impractical Jokers\" feature-length movie is planned, which began filming in April 2018 and is expected to premiere sometime in 2019. Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, James \"Murr\" Murray, Brian \"Q\" Quinn, and Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano, four high school friends who attended Monsignor Farrell High School, from Staten Island, New York, formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe The Tenderloins in 1999. After a long and successful history, including winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC's \"It’s Your Show\" competition, the group went into television. In 2008,", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "14796275", "text": "Colin Jost Colin Kelly Jost (, born June 29, 1982) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has been a writer for \"Saturday Night Live\" since 2005 and \"Weekend Update\" co-anchor since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015, and came back as one of the show's head writers in December 2017. Colin Jost was born and raised on Staten Island, New York. He has one brother, Casey Jost, who had a role in \"Staten Island Summer\" and is a writer for \"Impractical Jokers\". His mother, Kerry J. Kelly, was the", "title": "Colin Jost" } ]

[ { "docid": "16196947", "text": "the context of TruTV's programming resources, it's actually quite practical—and occasionally funny.\" Impractical Jokers: Jokers Wild was a spin-off of \"Impractical Jokers\" in which the guys filmed a different style of skits that differ from ones that they normally film for the tv show. These skits are story type as opposed to live interaction with people. The first episode of \"Jokers Wild\" aired on September 25, 2014. Only 4 episodes of the 6 that were filmed for this series ever aired on TruTv as the show did not do well in the ratings and was cancelled after 4 episodes. Impractical", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "14458502", "text": "to America where he was bailed out by the other guys. Brian started to show flu-like symptoms during some episodes of his show \"Impractical Jokers\". In one such situation, he asked his friend Joey Fatone to take his place in a challenge. Doctors confirmed that he was suffering from serious encephalitis and meningitis, from which he fully recovered. In 2016, during training by Travis Pastrana for the Impractical Jokers Live Nitro Circus Spectacular, Brian broke two ribs, pulled his neck muscles and suffered nerve damage to his left hip after going airborne and crushing the quad bike he was riding.", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "16196948", "text": "Jokers: Inside Jokes is a spin-off of \"Impractical Jokers\" in which episodes that have already aired are shown again with pop-up facts throughout, including behind-the-scenes stories and facts directly from the Jokers. The first episode of \"Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes\" aired on July 14, 2016, following the mid-season British special. Impractical Jokers: After Party is a spin-off hosted by Joey Fatone, in which the Jokers and surprise guests go through a deep dive of challenges, special play-by-play punishment analysis from the latest episode, and bonus content from the latest episode or the whole show. The first episode of the series", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "17917262", "text": "guys explain where they are, what the challenge is, and what will happen if they fail. There is a mic placed on the cast member performing the prank. There are also hidden cameras near the area to capture the action. The location in which the challenge takes place is usually a public area such as a park, shopping centre, or store. The criteria of each challenge are the same for each of the jokers competing in the round. If the joker cannot complete their task, they get a Thumbs-Down. At the end of the episode, the joker(s) with the most", "title": "Impractical Jokers UK" }, { "docid": "20694046", "text": "Impractical Jokers Movie Impractical Jokers Movie is an upcoming American reality comedy film directed by Chris Henchy and stars the \"Impractical Jokers\"' Brian \"Q\" Quinn, James \"Murr\" Murray, Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano and Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, also known as The Tenderloins. The \"Impractical Jokers Movie\" \"will tell the story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four.\" The film will be produced by Joseph Gatto, James Murray, Salvatore Vulcano, Brian Quinn, Chris Henchy and Funny", "title": "Impractical Jokers Movie" }, { "docid": "17917265", "text": "counterpart, the show seems too forced and the jokes are not funny at all. \"The four jokers, although, funny at times, just don’t have the chemistry that is needed to make something like this work, it just makes watching it very cringey and leaves you finding yourself staring at the wall for the rest of the show because it’s less painful to watch.\" Impractical Jokers UK Impractical Jokers UK is the British version of the American hidden camera-practical joke reality television series, \"Impractical Jokers\". Throughout the show they challenge their friends to do and to say embarrassing things to an", "title": "Impractical Jokers UK" }, { "docid": "20694047", "text": "Or Die’s Jim Ziegler. The film will be executive produced by Jack Rovner, Funny Or Die’s Mike Farah and Joe Farrell and Marissa Ronca on behalf of truTV. Principal photography for the film began in May 2018, in New York, United States. Filming concluded on June 5, 2018. Impractical Jokers Movie Impractical Jokers Movie is an upcoming American reality comedy film directed by Chris Henchy and stars the \"Impractical Jokers\"' Brian \"Q\" Quinn, James \"Murr\" Murray, Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano and Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, also known as The Tenderloins. The \"Impractical Jokers Movie\" \"will tell the story of a humiliating high", "title": "Impractical Jokers Movie" }, { "docid": "16196940", "text": "Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers is an American hidden camera reality series that premiered on TruTV on December 15, 2011, and is produced by NorthSouth Productions. It follows Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, James \"Murr\" Murray, Brian \"Q\" Quinn, and Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano, the four members of the comedy troupe The Tenderloins, as they coerce one another into doing public pranks while being filmed by hidden cameras. The show differs from other prank television programs, focusing on witty humor, as compared to slapstick, crude comedy. On March 7, 2018, TruTV announced that the show would be renewed for an eighth season that will", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "14458495", "text": "The show was renewed for a fifth season, which began on February 2016. On July 22, 2016, a sixth season was announced and the sixth season began on February 9, 2017. After another successful season, \"Impractical Jokers\" was renewed for a seventh season that began on February 1, 2018. In March 2018 TruTV announced the Impractical Jokers was renewed for an eight season that will consist of 26 episodes and will premiere sometime in February 2019. TruTV also announced that an Impractical Jokers feature-length movie, \"Impractical Jokers Movie\", will go into production in the spring of 2018. In 2019, the", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "17917261", "text": "Impractical Jokers UK Impractical Jokers UK is the British version of the American hidden camera-practical joke reality television series, \"Impractical Jokers\". Throughout the show they challenge their friends to do and to say embarrassing things to an unsuspecting public. The first two series of the show aired on BBC Three in 2012 and 2014, featuring Paul McCaffrey, Joel Dommett, Marek Larwood, and Roisin Conaty. In April 2015, Channel 5 and Comedy Central announced a new series starring Lee Griffiths, Matt Ralph, Paul Biggin, and David Moon, replacing the previous four comedians. Matt Edmondson is the narrator. Before every challenge, the", "title": "Impractical Jokers UK" }, { "docid": "16196949", "text": "aired on August 3, 2017 after the episode \"The Q-Pay\" had aired. \"After Party\" is filmed at The Flagship Brewing Company bar in Staten Island. When the series came back on August 2, 2018, the series moved to The Mailroom Bar in Lower Manhattan. On March 7, 2018, truTV announced that \"Impractical Jokers\" was renewed for an eighth season and a feature-length film to begin development in spring 2018, directed by Chris Henchy and produced by Funny or Die. Production on the film began at the end of April 2018. Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers is an American hidden camera reality", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "17917264", "text": "Paul McCaffrey, Joel Dommett, Marek Larwood, and Roisin Conaty. For the third and final series, the show starred Lee Griffiths, Matt Ralph, Paul Biggin, and David Moon with Matt Edmondson providing the voiceover. Robert Gray, director of Yalli Productions said: \"We were thrilled to be making Impractical Jokers UK with Comedy Central UK. Lee, Matt, David and Paul have known each other for 12 years.\" \"'Impractical Jokers UK\" has received mixed to negative reviews, with it earning a 7.7/10 on IMDb. VultureHound Magazine's Laura Zoe Fleming gave it a 1/5, saying that while it is very similar to its American", "title": "Impractical Jokers UK" }, { "docid": "16196943", "text": "At the time they pitched the idea to TruTV, Murray was VP of Development for NorthSouth Productions, the company that has produced the series since its inception. Before every challenge, the Jokers explain where they are, what the challenge is, and what will happen if they fail. Often (but not always) the cast member(s) performing the prank wears an earpiece, while the others have a mic in a covert location. Cameras are hidden near the area to capture the action. The challenge location is usually a public area in or around New York City such as a city park, or", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "16196945", "text": "85% of television homes. \"Impractical Jokers\" has been well received by some critics, with Linda Stasi of the \"New York Post\" calling it \"possibly the funniest, most ridiculous show I’ve seen in years.\" While it has been compared to earlier hit prank shows such as \"Candid Camera\" and \"Jackass\", critics have offered praise for its unique twist on the genre, wherein the stars' reactions to the pranks are often equally as humorous as those of the innocent bystanders. Neil Genzlinger of \"The New York Times\" stated that \"the gag pays off twice: once in the reaction of the unsuspecting passer-by,", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "17917263", "text": "thumbs down is punished, and the punishments are usually more embarrassing, humiliating, disgusting, painful or scary than any of the challenges. Punishments cannot be refused, or the joker is off the show. Before every challenge, there is a hidden camera and mic placed on the cast-member performing the prank. The location in which the challenge takes place is usually a public area such as a high street or store. Although the criteria of each challenge is the same for each of the four comedians. Two series of \"Impractical Jokers UK\" aired on BBC Three in 2012 and 2014, featuring comedians", "title": "Impractical Jokers UK" }, { "docid": "16196946", "text": "once in the discomfort of the fellow doing the asking.\" He later wrote that the cast-members' occasional integrity [kept] these four clowns a little bit lovable.\" Dean Robbins of \"The Daily Page\" echoed this sentiment, stating that \"the friends are jovial rather than Jackass-obnoxious, even rejecting some dares as too offensive.\" The series has been generally well received, garnering 1.5 million viewers during its December 15, 2011 premiere. The review of the show by \"Variety\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Brian Lowry was less positive, ending with this statement: \"Nobody will ever confuse \"Impractical Jokers\" with high art, certainly, but as low-brow, micro-cost comedy in", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "16196944", "text": "store. The criteria of each challenge are the same for each of the Jokers competing in the round. If the Joker cannot complete their task, they get a thumbs-down. At the end of the episode, the Joker or Jokers with the most thumbs down is punished, and the punishments are usually more embarrassing, humiliating, disgusting, painful or scary than any of the challenges. Punishments cannot be refused, or the Joker will be kicked off the show. As of the 2017-18 television season, the series is syndicated to American broadcast stations by Trifecta Entertainment & Media, with a clearance rate of", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "16196942", "text": "they filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV, but the show did not go to series. TruTV announced the series \"Impractical Jokers\", originally slated to be named \"Mission: Uncomfortable\", on April 12, 2011, eight months before the show's debut. Murray explained how the hidden camera format made sense based on the jokesters' skills. \"We needed to find the right format... thing is, we've been doing this for years, but when it's on camera, the embarrassment is amplified.\" Q and Sal have said when they gave their pilot episode to TruTV, it was recorded on their iPhones.", "title": "Impractical Jokers" }, { "docid": "13630855", "text": "May 2015, he appeared alongside Yamamotoyama Ryūta in an episode of \"The Bachelorette\". Byamba appeared in the April 16, 2015, episode of the TruTV series \"Impractical Jokers\", titled \"Pseudo-Sumo\". The loser, Joe, was told he was going to be in a baby commercial, and was then surprised by Byamba. Byamba appeared again on \"Impractical Jokers\", on August 16, 2018, in an episode titled \"Bull Shiatsu\", in which Joe lost again. This time Joe was dressed inside a home-made massage chair, manually massages people at a mall. The punishment didn't end until he massages his former adversary, Byamba. In 2016, he", "title": "Ulambayaryn Byambajav" }, { "docid": "15071945", "text": "until mid-2018. They made a brief PG-rated appearance in the 2014 Disney comedy \"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day\". On the TV show \"Impractical Jokers\", Murr had a punishment in the episode \"Stripteased\" where he must perform with the Thunder from Down Under on stage while sporting the rashes on his skin after being injected with the histamine by Dr. Frank who previously appeared in one of Murr's punishments. Australia's Thunder from Down Under Australia's Thunder from Down Under is an Australian male revue who perform in Las Vegas, NV and tour internationally. The show is", "title": "Australia's Thunder from Down Under" }, { "docid": "18759748", "text": "from the film franchise have reprised their roles for the attraction. The attraction was mentioned in \"American Horror Story\". In the first episode of the , Vendela and Agnetha, two Swedish girls who check into the hotel in the first episode, mention their excitement to go to the attraction. It is again mentioned in the sixth episode of the season when the girls ask Donovan (Matt Bomer) to show them to the attraction's line. The TV show \"Impractical Jokers\" filmed a challenge at the Orlando location in the episode \"Like a Boss\" where each joker must do and say with", "title": "Fast & Furious: Supercharged" }, { "docid": "15965133", "text": "series of \"Impractical Jokers UK\" for BBC Three in 2014. Following a spoof \"How To\" look like Hilary Devey sketch that gained popularity after the real Hilary Devey became a fan of the impression, Stone appeared in BBC2's \"The Hilary Devey Story\", performing as Hilary. Stone released \"The Phillip Schofield Song\", in which Phillip Schofield plays a cameo of himself, where he talks to Stone through the television from the \"This Morning\" set. Following the success of the video, Stone performed the song live on ITV1 to Schofield on \"This Morning\". She also plays the character Miss Dotty in the", "title": "Vikki Stone" }, { "docid": "15023505", "text": "U2 as some of his and the band's artistic influences. In terms of success, Reynolds credits bands like Foster the People and Mumford & Sons for bringing alternative pop music to a new level of commercial success in recent years. The band performed an exclusive show for the sixth-season finale of the TV series \"Live from the Artists Den\" (2013). On October 24, 2013, Imagine Dragons guest-starred on an episode of truTV's \"Impractical Jokers\", where losers Joe and Sal had to perform an opening act as \"Señora Lanza\" at a packed concert in Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. Band members", "title": "Imagine Dragons" }, { "docid": "1046622", "text": "the base of the mast is at a node of the standing wave at ground potential and so does not need to be insulated from the ground, have fallen into disuse, except in cases of exceptionally high power, 1 MW or more, where series excitation might be impractical. If grounded masts or towers are required, cage or long-wire aerials are used. Another possibility consists of feeding the mast or the tower by cables running from the tuning unit to the guys or crossbars at a certain height. Directional aerials consist of multiple masts, which need not to be of the", "title": "Medium wave" }, { "docid": "10022969", "text": "has appeared in the sitcom adaptation of \"We Are Klang\", the sketch show \"Rush Hour\", and the improv game show \"Fast and Loose\". From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the BBC Three hidden camera comedy show \"Impractical Jokers UK\". Larwood made a cameo appearance as an amateur magician in the 2007 film \"Magicians\". He presents a weekly podcast on classic and current films, \"Film Fandango,\" with fellow comedian David Reed and occasional guest host Danielle Ward. Marek Larwood Marek Ryan Larwood (born 2 June 1976) is an English comedian and actor. He is best known for the", "title": "Marek Larwood" }, { "docid": "2341149", "text": "hit FOX series “Gotham”. More recently, an unidentified Brooklyn Tech student was featured in an episode of Impractical Jokers that was filmed in Fort Greene Park, across from BTHS. Brooklyn Tech uses a college-style system of majors, unusual for an American high school. As of 2018, these majors include: Students are placed into a major during the second semester of their sophomore year after ranking all the majors in order of preference. These majors include courses, typically AP courses, that concentrate in that specific area of interest given to students during their last two years at Tech. Each major has", "title": "Brooklyn Technical High School" }, { "docid": "14458494", "text": "Television Festival. On April 12, 2011, truTV announced a new series to star the Tenderloins. \"Impractical Jokers\" premiered on December 15, 2011, executive-produced by the troupe themselves. Season 1 consisted of 16 episodes. The first season was watched by over 32 million viewers. The show's second season premiered on December 13, 2012 and consist of 28 episodes. Its third season had 31 episodes and premiered on January 2, 2014. On April 21, 2014, truTV announced that the series would be renewed for a 26-episode fourth season. With the fourth season renewal, a 6-episode spinoff series, \"Jokers Wild!\", was also announced.", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "5430918", "text": "from The Hospital Club. The show was axed in January 2017. Edmondson narrated the third series of \"Impractical Jokers UK\" on Channel 5 and Comedy Central in 2016. In 2017, Edmondson took part in the BBC's \"Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief\". He presents the ITV2 dating series \"Dress to Impress\". From 2017, Edmondson replaced Reggie Yates as the presenter of \"Release the Hounds\" on ITV2. On 8 January 2010, Edmondson joined BBC Radio 1, and appeared every Friday on Fearne Cotton's show to report on entertainment news and showbiz gossip. His first appearance on Cotton's programme was on", "title": "Matt Edmondson" }, { "docid": "6053580", "text": "VHF band, along with WHAS-TV (channel 11). As part of the SAFER Act, WBNA kept its analog signal on the air until June 26 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. Syndicated programs broadcast on WBNA include \"Pawn Stars\", \"Impractical Jokers\", \"Supreme Justice with Judge Karen Mills\", and \"America's Court with Judge Ross\". In addition, WBNA broadcasts college basketball games involving the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Those game broadcasts originate from the Bowling Green-based Hilltopper IMG Sports Network's television division. On March 9, 2017, it was announced", "title": "WBNA" }, { "docid": "17574097", "text": "Artie Lange Show hosted by comedian Artie Lange, \"What Say You?\" with Brian \"Q\" Quinn and Sal Vulcano of Impractical Jokers, and \"What Do You Know?\" with Joel Heyman of Rooster Teeth. He has one brother and sister. Lawrence married Adina Pliskin in 2014. Mike Lawrence (comedian) Michael Patrick \"Mike\" Lawrence is an American comedian and writer from Davie, Florida. He currently lives in New York City. Lawrence was born in Miami but grew up in Davie, Florida. He attended Western High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University in English. When he was 16 years old,", "title": "Mike Lawrence (comedian)" }, { "docid": "20025587", "text": "\"\" (\"Chasing Theo\"), playing a young child, Theo Lachere, who has been kidnapped. He appeared in \"Impractical Jokers\" \"Look Out Below\", where he was talked to by Murr in \"Who Let The Dogs Out?\", in the second challenge of that episode. He played Ziggy Chapman in the HBO miniseries \"Big Little Lies\" and he appeared in \"The Glass Castle\", a film adaptation of Jeannette Walls' memoir of the same name. In 2017 he was cast as the child version of Sheldon Cooper in \"Young Sheldon\", a prequel to the sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\". In November 2018 it was confirmed", "title": "Iain Armitage" }, { "docid": "4142325", "text": "to June 2013, he played Bert in the Pittsburgh CLO production of \"42nd Street\". In February 2014, he made a guest appearance on the hidden camera show \"Impractical Jokers\", standing in for one of the show's stars, Brian Quinn, during a challenge. In April 2014, Fatone began hosting the Food Network cooking competition \"Rewrapped\", where chefs must try to recreate classic snack foods, then create new dishes using said snack food. In August 2014 Fatone hosted the family reality series, Parents Just Don't Understand, seen on the Hub Network, which was later re-branded as Discovery Family. In 2015, Fatone made", "title": "Joey Fatone" }, { "docid": "20416189", "text": "\"Late Night with Seth Meyers\", she has written for multiple other comedy TV shows, including \"Impractical Jokers\", the \"Big Gay Sketch Show\", \"Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular\", and the MTV show \"10 on Top\", for which she was formerly the head writer. Hagel is of Puerto Rican descent. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her life partner Jennifer Vanasco and their son. Jenny Hagel Jenny Hagel is an American comedian and comedy writer. She is currently a writer and performer for \"Late Night with Seth Meyers\", where she is known for performing on the recurring segment \"Jokes Seth", "title": "Jenny Hagel" }, { "docid": "10130807", "text": "His elder daughter is named Ryan. In 2011, at the TruTv upfronts, where Maroon 5 was performing, Flynn gave his drum sticks to Brian \"Q\" Quinn of Impractical Jokers fame. On the podcast \"Tell 'em Steve Dave\", Quinn describes it as his most \"homosexual experience\". Over the years, Flynn has played Yamaha and Ludwig drums, as well as Sabian and Zildjian cymbals, among other brands. Currently, he endorses Sugar Percussion (since 2015), Paiste cymbals (since 2014), Remo drumheads and Vater drumsticks. Matt Flynn (musician) Matthew Flynn (born May 23, 1970) is an American musician. He is the drummer for the", "title": "Matt Flynn (musician)" }, { "docid": "4164247", "text": "Couture has appeared in 3 episodes of the TV series \"Hawaii Five-0\" as Jason Duclair. Couture appeared on \"Impractical Jokers\" as a guest during Sal Vulcano's punishment in the episode \"Pantsing with the Stars\". In that episode, Vulcano who refused to do and say with what he's told to during a challenge where each joker posed as a Krav Maga teacher, must try to subdue Couture and pull down his pants. Couture was previously married to Sharon, Tricia, and Kim Couture (née Borrego). He and Kim filed for divorce in May 2009. He continued to coach her and support her", "title": "Randy Couture" }, { "docid": "14458510", "text": "Farrell High School. After graduation, he studied at LIU Post, where he received a degree in accounting. He worked as a salesman at the baby retail store Giggle, until January 2011. Joe appeared in an episode of \"12 Monkeys\" along with Sal. He portrayed a security officer named \"Larry\", inspired by the fictional and memorable character he created on \"Impractical Jokers\". He also co-hosts a podcast called \"PBR\", an acronym for \"Pizza Beer Revolution\", along with Mike Pullano and Derek DeAngelis. He married Bessy Gatto in September 2013, with whom he has 2 children, a daughter named Milana Francis (b.", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "15071943", "text": "the Excalibur Hotel in '02. Since then, Thunder has toured over 15 countries including Russia, England, Canada, South Africa, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Ireland and, in 2017, will be headed to Thailand and China as well. Each year, the group releases an annual calendar featuring the dancers and releases a documentary of the shoot. Thunder From Down Under has also been featured on several television shows, including \"Today\", \"The Tyra Banks Show\", \"E!'s Top 12 Sexiest Vegas Shows\", \"The View\", \"Gene Simmons Family Jewels\", \"Drop Dead Diva\", \"Project Runway\" and \"Impractical Jokers\". AOL'City Guide named them as \"Best Adult", "title": "Australia's Thunder from Down Under" }, { "docid": "14458506", "text": "Flingus. He will appear in the upcoming movie \"My Brother the Time Traveler\" as Dr. Murphy and provide a voice to an unannounced character in the upcoming movie \"Minions 2\". He wrote the novel \"Awakened\", a sci-fi thriller. He continues to work at NorthSouth Productions where he is the Senior Vice President of Development. He has produced shows for truTV, A&E, TLC, MTV and others. Although Joe is the only one officially married, James married Jenna Vulcano, Sal's sister, as part of a punishment in the final episode of season 3 of \"Impractical Jokers\". He announced that they annulled the", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "3126827", "text": "by Adam Penford, with playwright by Owen McCafferty. The play performance started on the 25 August 2016 and ended 8 October 2016. In the play, Lewis was co-starring alongside with Sean Campion, Niamh Cusack and Ruta Gedmintas. In 2017, Lewis, a personal friend of American comedian Sal Vulcano, made an appearance on Impractical Jokers as himself, where he filled in for Vulcano, in one of the challenges in the IJ episode, \"Universal Appeal\", which was shot at Universal Orlando. Lewis is a vice-president of the Leeds Rugby Foundation charity. Lewis has described his association with the number 11 and how", "title": "Matthew Lewis (actor)" }, { "docid": "13723976", "text": "serious consideration than other bands of its ilk.\" The album was referenced on the Impractical Jokers episode \"Wrapper's Delight\" (S5, Ep21). All lyrics written by Justin Pierre; all music composed by Motion City Soundtrack. Credits adapted from the \"My Dinosaur Life\" liner notes. My Dinosaur Life My Dinosaur Life is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Motion City Soundtrack. Produced by Mark Hoppus, the album was released on January 19, 2010 by Columbia Records. After many years on independent label Epitaph Records, Motion City Soundtrack signed to major label Columbia in 2006, prior to the release of", "title": "My Dinosaur Life" }, { "docid": "7832809", "text": "Klein performed stand up comedy on \"The Tonight Show\" and referenced Hammacher Schlemmer during his performance. In July 2015 on season 4, episode 16 of the TV series \"Impractical Jokers\", Q and Murr pose as Hammacher Schlemmer salesmen in the New York store. In a scene from season 3, episode 1, of \"Workaholics\", Anders mentions Hammacher Schlemmer in reference to the ergonomic travel pillow around his neck that his boss Alice had told him to take off. In 1881, Hammacher Schlemmer produced their first illustrated catalogue and price list which showcased products with the same care received as in the", "title": "Hammacher Schlemmer" }, { "docid": "1298088", "text": "singer Avril Lavigne released the music video for her single \"Rock N Roll\" from her upcoming self-titled fifth album, which features McKellar as \"Winnie Cooper\". On March 4, 2014, she was announced to be joining season 18 of \"Dancing with the Stars\". She paired with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. McKellar and Chmerkovskiy were eliminated on Week 8, finishing in 6th place. She had a guest appearance in the \"Impractical Jokers\" season four episode six titled \"The Blunder Years\". In 2015, she starred in the Netflix original series \"Project Mc\" as The Quail. She has starred in several Hallmark Channel movies, including \"Crown", "title": "Danica McKellar" }, { "docid": "11006430", "text": "There is an illustrated book called \"At Gleason's Gym\". Owner Bruce Silverglade and Gleason's trainer Hector Roca co-authored the book \"The Gleason's Gym: Total Body Boxing Workout for Women\", with a foreword by actor Hilary Swank (she famously thanked Hector Roca when she received her Oscar for her role in the boxing movie \"Million Dollar Baby\"). There is a book called \"White Coller Boxing: One Man's Journey from the Office to the Ring\", in which John E. Oden describes Gleason's Gym in Chapter 6. In 2015, part of episode 18, season 4, of the television comedy show \"\"Impractical Jokers\"\" took", "title": "Gleason's Gym" }, { "docid": "18663011", "text": "10 Cats Does Countdown\". in 2017, she was the host for 'Say Whaaat?' on Comedy Central (UK) with US comedy troupe The Tenderloins from comedy show Impractical Jokers also featuring British comedian Russell Kane. She will also be a contestant on Dave's Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit opposite Simon Gregson and host of Comedy Central's Live At The Comedy Store in 2018. During Edinburgh Fringe 2017, for her second show \"Jayded\", she won a further two awards with \"The Scottish Sun\" for 'Best Show' and 'Best Female Performer' and was nominated for The Barry Awards (UK) for ‘Best Performer.’ Jayde", "title": "Jayde Adams" }, { "docid": "17644169", "text": "on Netflix’s Comedians of the World on New Years Day 2019 Joel Dommett Joel Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor known for his television roles in \"Skins\", \"Live in Chelsea\", \"Impractical Jokers UK\", \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\" and \"Joel & Nish vs The World\". Dommett is originally from Rockhampton and attended The Castle School in Thornbury. He moved to London at the age of 19. His first stand-up gig was at a bar in Los Angeles and he has since performed in locations including Reykjavik, Gravesend and The Netherlands. In", "title": "Joel Dommett" }, { "docid": "17644163", "text": "Joel Dommett Joel Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor known for his television roles in \"Skins\", \"Live in Chelsea\", \"Impractical Jokers UK\", \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\" and \"Joel & Nish vs The World\". Dommett is originally from Rockhampton and attended The Castle School in Thornbury. He moved to London at the age of 19. His first stand-up gig was at a bar in Los Angeles and he has since performed in locations including Reykjavik, Gravesend and The Netherlands. In 2008, he won Best Newcomer award and was a finalist in", "title": "Joel Dommett" }, { "docid": "10971253", "text": "The Cosmic Jokers The Cosmic Jokers were a German krautrock supergroup, and a primary example of space rock. The Cosmic Jokers was never an ensemble, per se; its members did not play together as Cosmic Jokers, and in fact were not even asked to join the group. Their music was created from sessions put together by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and Gille Lettman in early 1973. He arranged for several acid parties to be held at the sound studio owned by Dieter Dierks, where musicians were offered drugs in exchange for recording tracks. Participants included Manuel Göttsching and Klaus Schulze of Ash", "title": "The Cosmic Jokers" }, { "docid": "8325453", "text": "jokers are wild, and the twos can be used either as natural twos or as wild cards. Piernas consist of from 3 to 6 cards of the same rank in three different suits. They cannot include jokers or wild twos, but it is possible to make a Pierna consisting entirely of twos of three suits. Escaleras are sequences of from 3 to 13 cards in suit. They can contain any number of wild cards but cannot consist entirely of jokers. An escalera consisting of twos and jokers is OK, because one of the twos can be treated as natural, and", "title": "Loba (card game)" }, { "docid": "2912663", "text": "taboos surrounding the anus and the potential for discomfort and embarrassment, the rectal exam is a common comedic device, including in episodes of \"Saturday Night Live\", \"Impractical Jokers\", \"Futurama\", \"Family Guy\", \"South Park\" and the movie \"Fletch\", with M. Emmet Walsh as the general practitioner and Chevy Chase as the patient being examined. Similar activities to the rectal exam are attributed to extraterrestrials in video games such as \"Saints Row IV\", \"Gaia Online\" and \"Destroy All Humans!\". The practice of rectal exams without prior consent by medical students has been an area of concern. A number of medical students in", "title": "Rectal examination" }, { "docid": "14458511", "text": "May 7, 2015) and a son named Remington Joseph (b. July 31, 2017). Joe uses his platform to help nonprofit organizations that are close to his heart. He often fundraises for Daniel's Music Foundation. He also supports animal groups and likes rescuing dogs. He supports anti-bullying organizations and has worked with Hero Round Table and Pop Culture Hero Coalition. The Tenderloins The Tenderloins is an American comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, James \"Murr\" Murray, Brian \"Q\" Quinn, and Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano. The group stars in the popular television series \"Impractical Jokers\", which premiered on December 15, 2011.", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "15570772", "text": "Jokers of the Scene Jokers of the Scene, composed of Linus Booth (also known as DJ Booth), and Chris Macintyre (also known as Chameleonic), are a Canadian Techno/Electronic production and DJ duo. Booth and Macintyre formed Jokers of the Scene in Ottawa, Ontario in 2003 as loft party disc jockeys; they played their own recorded tracks and remixes, as well as hosting other local rappers. Jokers of the Scene evolved into a full-time partnership after signing a recording deal with Fool's Gold Records in 2007. They later moved to Toronto, where Spinner Magazine reported on their party organizing and remixing,", "title": "Jokers of the Scene" }, { "docid": "9107702", "text": "and restaurants. Bus service is available on the NJ Transit route 111 bus that runs between Jersey Gardens and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. A direct exit to the facility was constructed, allowing drivers direct access to the mall from the New Jersey Turnpike without driving through local Elizabeth streets. The developer will cover the $130 million cost of bonds for the overpass and ramps through property tax payments. The mall was featured in \"A Loser Presents\", the February 16, 2012 episode of the TruTV series \"Impractical Jokers\". The Mall has since been featured on various", "title": "The Mills at Jersey Gardens" }, { "docid": "16290366", "text": "and the Punished\", a 2016 episode of \"Impractical Jokers\". Bonnie Springs Ranch Bonnie Springs Ranch is a western-themed amusement park near Blue Diamond, in Clark County, southern Nevada. It is located in the Mojave Desert, below the Spring Mountains in the Red Rock Canyon area, 20 miles west of Las Vegas. The ranch has natural oasis habitat, from the spring water surfacing there. The ranch was originally created in the 1840s, as a stopover for wagon trains heading to California. Bonnie McGaugh purchased the ranch in 1952, and it was subsequently named Bonnie Springs Ranch after her. Horseback riding, and", "title": "Bonnie Springs Ranch" }, { "docid": "17644165", "text": "around the events of the popular reality show \"Made in Chelsea\". Dommett appeared in the first two series of \"Impractical Jokers UK\" from 2012 until 2014 on BBC Three. In 2015, Dommett was a team captain on ITV2's comedy show \"Reality Bites\". He was also a regular panellist on Nicole Scherzinger's team on the Sky 1 panel show \"Bring the Noise\". In November 2015, Dommett appeared on a celebrity edition of \"The Chase\". In November 2016, Dommett took part in the sixteenth series of \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\" and finished in second place, losing out to \"Gogglebox\"", "title": "Joel Dommett" }, { "docid": "5091267", "text": "KCWX operates its digital signal on a low-band VHF channel, KCWX filed with FCC to increase the station's effective radiated power from 23.7 kW to 82.9 kW. It also filed an FCC application to launch two fill-in digital translators that would broadcast on VHF channel 8 and transmit at 300 watts—one in the immediate part of Austin and the other in the immediate part of San Antonio. Outside of the MyNetworkTV schedule, syndicated programs broadcast by KCWX include \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\", \"The Real\", \"Impractical Jokers\", and \"Pawn Stars\" among others. In January 2011, KCWX began airing roller", "title": "KCWX" }, { "docid": "8030254", "text": "from Fox and MyNetworkTV had moved that July to the second subchannel of WLIO. Syndicated programming on WOHL-CD1 includes \"The People's Court\", \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\", \"Impractical Jokers\", \"Entertainment Tonight\", and \"Last Man Standing\" among others. Syndicated programming on WOHL-CD2 includes \"Divorce Court\", \"The Doctors\", \"Dish Nation\", and \"TMZ on TV\" among others. WLIO's one-hour weekday morning show at 6 a.m. is simulcasted on this station. WOHL and its CBS second digital subchannel simulcast WLIO's news weeknights at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. WOHL does not carry any weekend newscasts outside of the national news. WOHL-CD WOHL-CD is a low-powered,", "title": "WOHL-CD" }, { "docid": "20721090", "text": "2015 to 2018 . The Free Association performed a live version of Drunk History (UK TV series) at Comedy Central LIVE, a three-day stand-up festival at Southampton’s Hoglands Park on 5th, 6th and 7th October 2018, with special guests including, Joel Dommett (\"Skins\", \"Live in Chelsea\", \"Impractical Jokers UK\", \"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!\"), Nish Kumar (The Mash Report\", \"Newsjack\") and Iain Stirling (\"CBBC\", narrator ITV2 reality series \"Love Island\"). The Free Association's headline Saturday Night show Jacuzii, and other 'special guest' nights welcome a guest monologist (frequently a celebrity) who uses a suggestion from the audience to", "title": "The Free Association" }, { "docid": "14458509", "text": "alongside Murray. In 2017, he played a security officer in an episode of the sci-fi TV series \"12 Monkeys\", alongside Joe Gatto. He is a germaphobe and is afraid of most things, including cats. Because of this, many of his punishments in \"Impractical Jokers\" relate to these fears. Occasionally one of the producers dresses up as Q's cat, Benjamin, to scare Sal. Joseph \"\"Joe\"y\" Anthony Gatto Jr. (born June 5, 1976) is an improvisational comedian from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He has 2 older sisters, Gina and Carla. He is of Italian descent. He attended Monsignor", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "1722114", "text": "from \"Juker\" or \"Juckerspiel\", the original German spelling of Euchre. One British manufacturer, Charles Goodall, was manufacturing packs with Jokers for the American market in 1871. The first joker for the domestic British market was sold in 1874. Italians call jokers \"Jolly\" as many early cards were labelled \"Jolly Joker\". The next game to use a joker was poker around 1875 where it functioned as a wild card. Packs with two jokers started to become the norm during the late 1940s for the game of Canasta. Since the 1950s, German and Austrian packs have included three jokers to play German", "title": "Joker (playing card)" }, { "docid": "3054192", "text": "represents less than 1% of the total stories submitted since the inception of the Cravers' Hall of Fame, an indication of the exclusivity of the honor. Starting in 2011, the Long Island White Castle has become a frequent setting for challenges on the show Impractical Jokers, during which the contestants pose as cashiers, drive-thru workers and janitors. The Ingram family's steadfast refusal to franchise or take on debt throughout the company's existence has kept the chain relatively small, with a more discontinuous geography than its principal competitors. There are over 420 White Castle outlets, predominantly in the Midwest, Kentucky, and", "title": "White Castle (restaurant)" }, { "docid": "12396571", "text": "broadcast by KCDO include \"Family Feud\", \"Cheaters\", \"The Jerry Springer Show\", \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\", and \"Impractical Jokers\", among others. KCDO-TV KCDO-TV, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 23), is an Independent television station serving Denver, Colorado, United States that is licensed to Sterling. The station is owned by Newsweb Corporation. KCDO's studios are located on South Jamaica Court in Aurora, and its transmitter is located in rural southwestern Morgan County, east of Frederick. On cable, KCDO is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 3 in the Denver market and is carried on cable providers in other cities across", "title": "KCDO-TV" }, { "docid": "5145683", "text": "players' scores higher than two. If an even longer game is desired, players can wrap back around to 2 after passing ace. The game is played with two decks, with two jokers per deck, giving a total of four jokers. The jokers are separated into red and black (or colloquially known as \"big\" and \"small\" respectively). Some card manufacturers will make jokers of the same color, which then have to be marked as \"red\" and \"black.\" The order of the cards depends on the dominant suit and rank, which are determined before every round. The typical order, from highest to", "title": "Sheng ji" }, { "docid": "1722116", "text": "the appearance of colored and black/non-colored Jokers. At times, the Jokers will each be colored to match the colors used for suits; there will be a red Joker, and a black Joker. In games where the jokers may need to be compared, the red, full-color, or larger-graphic Joker usually outranks the black, monochrome, or smaller-graphic one. If the joker colors are similar, the joker without a guarantee will outrank the guaranteed one. With the red and black jokers, the red one can alternately be counted as a heart/diamond and the black is used to substitute clubs/spades. The Unicode for playing", "title": "Joker (playing card)" }, { "docid": "12859608", "text": "the middle of a run, so A-2-3-4 and J-Q-K-A are valid, but Q-K-A-2-3 is not. When more than one \"4\" is put down by one player, they must be of different suits, and when more than one \"3\" is put down by one player, they must be of different ranks. In games where three sets of \"4\" are required a full suit can be used to substitute. Jokers can be used as wild cards to substitute for any card with the following restrictions: Jokers cannot be removed from their set. However, when a joker is used in a \"4\" it", "title": "Kalooki" }, { "docid": "8773822", "text": "face up tile is the green 10, the green 11s are jokers. The false jokers are not wild - they are used only to represent the tiles that have become jokers. So for example when the green 11s are jokers, the false jokers are played as green 11s (and cannot represent any other tile). If the face up tile is a 13, the 1s of the same colour are jokers. Now the stacks of tiles are distributed to the players. The player to dealer's right will receive 15 tiles and the others 14 each. The player to the right of", "title": "Okey" }, { "docid": "5477483", "text": "referred to as \"Joker Bombs\". When a Joker is dealt into a column, the entire column is reshuffled into the stock and that particular Joker is removed from the game. This leaves an empty foundation slot and greatly increases the win rate. Jokers in Solitaire Generally, the Joker is left out of solitaire card games as in many others of its type. But there are variations of solitaire games where a Joker does take part, most often as a wild card. When played in a game of Forty Thieves, the Joker is placed on the foundations while the natural card", "title": "Jokers in Solitaire" }, { "docid": "3820451", "text": "card rather than a jester). Whereas ordinary batters must bat in a pre-designated batting order, the joker batters are allowed to breach the batting order. Today, players usually have a specialized role in the batting order depending on their abilities. Fast runners are usually positioned first in the batting order, after which players who specialize in advancing runners between bases. Next comes a player specializing in scoring runners home. Players from 6 to 9 often form another attacking combination. The jokers are usually a selection of either batting jokers (good hitters specializing in scoring) or runner jokers (fast runners specializing", "title": "Pesäpallo" }, { "docid": "8773832", "text": "face up, the red 5s are jokers. {Green 6, red 5, red 5, green 9} would count as a run, using jokers for the green 7 and 8. Alternatively, {yellow 10, black 10, red 5} would be a set, using the red 5 to represent the red or green 10. When collecting a hand of seven pairs, a joker can be used with any tile to form a pair. The two false jokers - the tiles without numbers - are used only to represent the joker tiles. So for example when red 5s are jokers, the false jokers are played", "title": "Okey" }, { "docid": "17489876", "text": "the stock deck only. Dublee cannot be formed by using the wildcard (jokers or maals). However two jokers is considered a dublee. When the game is ended, the players who have not completed pure rounds will also know the \"Tiplu\" and other jokers/points cards. On a typical game, there are 3 primary sets (9 cards) and 4 secondary sets (12 cards). The player who ends the game will get 10 points from each of the players who have not completed primary/pure rounds. The player who ends the game will get 3 points from each of the players who have completed", "title": "Marriage (card game)" }, { "docid": "7518271", "text": "Morgan, Greg Nicotero, Tom Payne, Michael Cudlitz, Chandler Riggs, Katelyn Nacon, Michael Traynor, Alana Masterson and Ross Marquand. The entire Impractical Jokers episode \"\"Cruisin' for a Bruisin'\"\" including all of the challenges and a double punishment of Murr and Joe were filmed on board the \"Norwegian Pearl\" . The episode aired on May 7, 2015. Entertainment Cruise Production has chartered the Norwegian Pearl for their first \"Star Trek: The Cruise\", departing the Port of Miami, on January 9, 2017. With William Shatner headlining the Star Trek franchise actors on the cruise, the voyage of the Norwegian Pearl will combine the", "title": "Norwegian Pearl" }, { "docid": "4142326", "text": "a couple of appearances as himself in \"The Jack and Triumph Show.\" In 2016, Fatone appeared in the Progressive commercial, \"The Dizzcounts.\" In 2016, Fatone performed the voice of Carl in the animated feature film, \"Izzie's Way Home.\" In November 2016, Fatone made another appearance on \"Impractical Jokers\" for the Nitro Circus Spectacular episode. On February 1, 2007, the ABC television network announced that Fatone would participate in season 4 of the American version of \"Dancing with the Stars\", which debuted March 19, 2007. He ended up placing second, losing the mirror ball to Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough.", "title": "Joey Fatone" }, { "docid": "20033046", "text": "on the now-defunct TV Paulista, now TV Globo São Paulo) and Patrícia Began to take turns with Silvio Santos presenting the show early Sunday nights. The season of just over a year and a half of the Cante Se Puder program came to an end, being replaced by the second season of the humorous Amigos da Onça (based on the American format Impractical Jokers on Wednesday nights on SBT programming.In July, She also went on to present the draws of the Tele Sena, occasionally replacing her father. In November, Patrícia Abravanel debuted her second solo career program, the Fame Machine", "title": "Patricia Abravanel" }, { "docid": "14458492", "text": "began in 1999 as a live improv comedy and sketch comedy troupe. They have performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and participated in the San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival and the Miami Improv Festival. The troupe briefly consisted of five members. However, Gideon Horowitz soon left the group for personal reasons. After the success of \"Impractical Jokers\", the Tenderloins have also taken part in several American and international tours. Following years of live shows, in 2006, the Tenderloins redirected their talents to filmed comedic sketches. Brian Quinn subsequently replaced Mike Boccio as the troupe's fourth member. The Tenderloins'", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "14458490", "text": "The Tenderloins The Tenderloins is an American comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph \"Joe\" Gatto, James \"Murr\" Murray, Brian \"Q\" Quinn, and Salvatore \"Sal\" Vulcano. The group stars in the popular television series \"Impractical Jokers\", which premiered on December 15, 2011. The program currently airs on truTV in the U.S. and on Comedy Central in the UK, Ireland, and India. The comedians met in religion class during freshman year at Monsignor Farrell High School on Staten Island in 1990. They became interested in drama and improv and joined an improv club because \"it was the only way to meet girls\",", "title": "The Tenderloins" }, { "docid": "7987313", "text": "or not. But if you find it genuinely amusing you cannot find it annoying.\" Popular examples of television programmes that employ this genre of comedy include \"Seinfeld\", \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", \"Mr. D\", \"The Larry Sanders Show\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"Friday Night Dinner\", \"Arrested Development\", \"The Office\", \"Da Ali G Show\", \"The Comeback\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Modern Family\", \"Miranda\", \"People Just Do Nothing\", \"Mr Bean\", \"Louie\", \"Girls\", \"The Mindy Project\", \"The Inbetweeners\", \"Peep Show\", \"The IT Crowd\", \"Nathan for You\", \"The Last Man on Earth\", \"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\", \"The Eric Andre Show\", \"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\", \"Impractical Jokers\", \"Who is America?\",", "title": "Cringe comedy" }, { "docid": "18807976", "text": "not be reserved. However, other visitors noted that they had better experiences arriving well before opening or later in the day. A park spokesperson claimed that their internal surveys indicated guests were generally happy with the park, but that they were continuously improving the product. The park appeared in season 6, episode 23 of the truTV television show Impractical Jokers, “Take Me Out at the Ballgame”. Additionally, the park has also appeared in season 14 of Food Network's show Food Network Star. Volcano Bay Universal's Volcano Bay Water Theme Park, or Volcano Bay, is a themed water park at Universal", "title": "Volcano Bay" }, { "docid": "4142329", "text": "Music Awards. They performed a medley of \"Girlfriend\" and \"Bye Bye Bye\". After the performance, Lance Bass said that the group does not have plans at the moment for a reunion tour or new music. In 2017, Joey Fatone opened up his own hot dog stand, \"Fat One's Hot Dogs & Italian Ice\", at a mall in Orlando, Florida. Fat One's quickly became a popular joint, appearing on live television on Impractical Jokers in the episode \"Crickets\". After 2017, the stand in the mall shut down, and \"Fat One's\" became a food truck instead. On September 9, 2004, Fatone married", "title": "Joey Fatone" }, { "docid": "14625239", "text": "at PFL 6 on August 16, 2018. She won the fight via TKO in the third round. Kayla Harrison has been a guest in episode 24 of season 6, and in episode 4 of season 7, of the television show \"\"Impractical Jokers\".\" ! Result ! style=\"text-align:center;\"| Rec. ! Opponent ! Score ! Event ! Division ! Date ! Location Kayla Harrison Kayla Harrison (born July 2, 1990) is an American former judoka and who competed in the 78 kg weight category and current mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. She won the 2010 World Championships, gold medals", "title": "Kayla Harrison" }, { "docid": "11719934", "text": "Wrestling, Dreamer representing HOH would join with Bully Ray and Devon in their feud with Dixie Carter, Ethan Carter III and associates. The feud ended on the August 7, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling when Bully Ray put Dixie through a table. After this feud Dreamer would continue to represent HOH in TNA in matches with Bobby Lashley, Team 3D, Magnus, Bram and Eric Young. On August 7, 2014, the promotion appeared on the TruTV series \"Impractical Jokers\" episode \"The Lost Boy.\" Q's punishment for losing was under the speculation he was joining a musical, dressing as Peter Pan and", "title": "House of Hardcore" }, { "docid": "10758767", "text": "and kept taxes within the New York State property tax cap. He was reelected to a second term as mayor in 2015. Spano is also a member of numerous community organizations such as the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, Access Westchester, Exchange Club of Yonkers, Sons of Italy, and an Honorary Member (non-veteran) of the Armando Rauso AMVETS Post. He is also a former Board Member of the Westchester School for Special Children. Spano appeared on the TV show \"Impractical Jokers\" during Murr's punishment that took place at Yonkers City Hall in the episode \"Speech Impediment\". Mike Spano Mike Spano (born", "title": "Mike Spano" }, { "docid": "546395", "text": "cancellation by thanking her viewers and the host city of Chicago: In 2013, O'Donnell appeared in a number of television shows. First, she played \"brash but astute\" reporter Dottie Shannon in an episode of \"Bomb Girls\", followed by playing the voice of the Bouncing Bumble Queen in \"Jake and the Never Land Pirates\". After that, also in 2013, she appeared in two episodes of \"Smash\" as herself. That same year she also appeared as herself in an episode of \"Impractical Jokers\" called \"Everything's Rosie\". In 2014, O'Donnell landed a reoccurring role as Rita Hendricks on \"The Fosters\", \"a tough yet", "title": "Rosie O'Donnell" }, { "docid": "10083841", "text": "called out Steve Byrne for being the only guest to never participate in the marijuana smoking festivities as a guest on his October 1, 2014 appearance of the show alongside with other guest Chris Porter. In October 2017, Steve was the supporting act for The Tenderloins in their \"Impractical Jokers: Where's Larry? Tour\". Steve Byrne Steve Byrne (born July 21, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in Sullivan & Son. Steve Byrne was born in Freehold, New Jersey. Byrne grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and went to Hampton High School.", "title": "Steve Byrne" }, { "docid": "1992719", "text": "in The World We Knew's music video \"The Endless\". He has made several cameo appearances in Zack Ryder's YouTube show \"Z! True Long Island Story\". Tommy Dreamer also made an appearance at Easter Seal's House in St.John's, Newfoundland for Cutting Edge Wrestling (CEW). He is a playable character in various video games including \"ECW Anarchy Rulz\", \"ECW Hardcore Revolution\", \"WWE Raw 2\", \"WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008\", \"WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009\" and \"WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010\" . Dreamer appeared on an episode of the TruTV television show \"Impractical Jokers\", as one of the show's main members, Brian Quinn,", "title": "Tommy Dreamer" }, { "docid": "16257216", "text": "of \"Kevin Can Wait\", a sitcom starring Mets fan Kevin James, in which he played a man wearing a viking costume for Halloween. He voiced himself in a baseball-themed episode of the animated series \"Uncle Grandpa\" alongside fellow MLB players Chris Archer, Adam Jones, Jose Altuve, and David Price. He also appeared as himself in a segment of the prank reality program \"Impractical Jokers\" featuring Joe Gatto. Noah Syndergaard Noah Seth Syndergaard (born August 29, 1992), nicknamed Thor, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Toronto Blue Jays selected him", "title": "Noah Syndergaard" }, { "docid": "15428433", "text": "on the \"Jonathan Ross Chat Show\" alongside Richard Gere, Jack Black and Berry Gordy. Conaty has appeared on a number of panel shows including \"Have I Got News for You, 6 times, \"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, \"Insert Name Here\", \"A League of Their Own\", \"Would I Lie to You?\" and \"Room 101\". She starred in the BBC Three version of \"Impractical Jokers\". She was one of the original cast of comedians in series 1 of \"Taskmaster\" on Dave. Conaty appears as \"Jo\" in the Channel 4 sitcom \"Man Down\" alongside Greg Davies since 2013, in Ricky Gervais'", "title": "Roisin Conaty" }, { "docid": "2605165", "text": "feed increase, due to its coverage of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (and subsequent tournaments), which was its first ever live sports telecast. As CourtTV, the channel's programming traditionally consisted of reality legal programming and legal dramas, such as legal-based news shows, legal-based talk shows, live homicide trial coverage, court shows, police force shows, and other criminal justice programming. TruTV's reality programming consists largely of shows produced specifically for the channel including \"Lizard Lick Towing\", \"\", \"Full Throttle Saloon\", \"Southern Fried Stings\", \"Guinness World Records Gone Wild\", \"Impractical Jokers\", \"Storage Hunters\", \"Most Shocking\" and its spin-offs \"\"", "title": "TruTV" }, { "docid": "11458743", "text": "for their song \"So Called Life\". She has also made a cameo appearance in an episode of \"Impractical Jokers\". Szantyr has Polish heritage in her family. In high school, Szantyr competed in cheerleading, softball, cross-country, football, and track. Velvet Sky Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a former two time TNA Women's Knockout Champion and is a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion as part of The Beautiful People (with Madison Rayne and Lacey", "title": "Velvet Sky" }, { "docid": "11523785", "text": "the distinct orange colour for the uniforms came from Joost Wolsak (who is Dutch). The newly formed Jokers team entered into the British Columbia Lower Mainland Grass Hockey League in Division 1, circumventing the rule that new teams had to start in the second division by attending the league's AGM en masse and passing a motion for the exception (winning by a single vote). Over the next four years, Jokers added more teams (named Jokers Too, Jokers Also and Jokers Again). In 1967, following the first mixed hockey tournament in Vancouver, the first women’s team joined the Jokers. The women's", "title": "Vancouver Rowing Club" }, { "docid": "1722117", "text": "cards provide symbols for three jokers: red, black, and white. Many decks do not provide the Joker with a corner index symbol, of those that do, the most common is a solid five-pointed star or a star within a circle. It is also very common for decks to simply use a stylized \"J\" or the word \"JOKER\" in the corner. Like sports trading cards, jokers are often prized by collectors. Many unusual jokers are available for purchase online while other collectible jokers are catalogued online for viewing. Some European games have as many as six jokers per pack. Zwicker uses", "title": "Joker (playing card)" }, { "docid": "2977681", "text": "(百搭 pinyin \"bǎidā\", 'a hundred uses' or 聽用 \"tīngyòng\", 'many uses' or 飛 \"fēi\", 'to fly') can be used to replace any suited or honor tile in putting together a hand subject to local restrictions. Four Jokers are sometimes used in certain variants of Southeast Asian and Chinese mahjong, including Shanghainese mahjong. American mahjong uses eight jokers. Vietnamese and Thai mahjong are related to extinct Chinese variants which used specialized jokers such as \"King Mahjong\" (王麻雀). Vietnamese mahjong sets commonly contain eight unique jokers: The first four jokers have a long lineage. They are found in the earliest sets and", "title": "Mahjong tiles" }, { "docid": "5145684", "text": "lowest, is: Where the first five are considered under the trump suit. For example, in a certain round, if the queen of spades (Q) is dominant, then the order of the cards is: Note that the other queens are no longer considered members of their respective suit, but part of the trump suit; the red jokers are equally ranked with each other, and so are the black jokers, queens of spades and of other suits. If two or more equally ranked cards or combinations are played during a trick, the first one played wins. In the deck, all kings and", "title": "Sheng ji" }, { "docid": "2156300", "text": "revenge, defeating the Sharks in the American Conference Championship game, advancing to ArenaBowl XXIX. The Jacksonville Sharks left the AFL after the 2016 season, ending the Soul-Sharks rivalry. The Soul logo appeared on a 2008 episode of \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\" entitled \"Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life\". Actress Lisa LoCicero played the role of a \"representative\" of the team. Colt Bennett also wore a Soul T-shirt in season 1 episode 4 of \"The Ranch\". On a Season 5 punishment of \"Impractical Jokers\", Joe Gatto has to shoot his own clothes into the crowd at a Soul game. The Soul", "title": "Philadelphia Soul" }, { "docid": "16486842", "text": "in front of their entire high school peers, and with each response, Dan shared with the audience whether owas being truthful or deceptive. The polygraph exam was presented as the \"punishment\" to the episode's \"Losing Joker\". According to a 2015 episode of \"Impractical Jokers\", the episode \"Funny 'Cause It Hurts\", Dan attended the wedding of Sal's sister and James Murray during the episode \"Brother-In-Loss\", as a guest. Dan appeared on the season-two finale of \"Brain Games\" as a polygraph expert. Dan discussed how the brain lies and the workings of a polygraph. Dan is the host of \"The Lie Detective\"", "title": "Daniel Ribacoff" }, { "docid": "16073623", "text": "The latter was the inspiration for \"Comic Book Men\". Brian Quinn, the third co-host of \"Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!\", was unable to be featured in the series due to the conditions of his contract for the TruTV series \"Impractical Jokers\". NJ.com reported in July 2011 that AMC was interested in the TV show that was being developed by Smith, which was set at Smith's store, and described as \"\"Pawn Stars\" for geeks\". The series would be part of AMC network's active entry into reality television. AMC decided to pick up the show to follow \"The Walking Dead\". The working title was", "title": "Comic Book Men" }, { "docid": "8021583", "text": "Day Parade. The parade has been referenced on the Tru TV show \"Impractical Jokers\" within multiple episodes, satirically introduced as a joke about castmember Sal Vulcano's heritage, which is Cuban, but often mistaken for Mexican or Puerto Rican. During recent years, the presence of gangs such as the Latin Kings, the Bloods and the Crips have been recorded at the event. Following the parade on June 11, 2000, a number of women were harassed, robbed and sexually assaulted by mobs of young men in and about Central Park. The attacks, which were videotaped by onlookers, led to the arrest and", "title": "Puerto Rican Day Parade" }, { "docid": "2605162", "text": "its reliance on \"conflict-reliant, heavy, dramatic and maybe overly produced\" docuseries with derivative premises. In April 2014, the network announced that it would undergo a brand repositoning for the 2014-15 television season aimed towards \"funseekers\", with a focus on comedy-oriented docusoaps, semi-scripted series, sketch comedies and reality competitions. Building upon the success of \"Impractical Jokers\" (which Linn compared to a \"canary in the coal mine\" due to its contrasting premise to other truTV programs at the time) and \"The Carbonaro Effect\", the network greenlit a number of new series as part of the re-launch, including \"Barmageddon\", the \"reality musical\" \"Branson", "title": "TruTV" }, { "docid": "16486841", "text": "in his ninth season at \"The Steve Wilkos Show\". Dan administers all polygraph exams for the show and appears on-air to explain the results. He conducts polygraph exams on the show for child molestation, physical abuse, murder, rape, infidelity, and other personal issues. Dan appeared on the season-three finale of \"Millionaire Matchmaker\", administering a test to the show's hosts Patti Stanger and Stacy Kessler. On the second season of \"Impractical Jokers\", Dan administered a polygraph exam to one of the four members of the show's troupe, James Murray (Murr). Murr was asked a series of humiliating, comical, and personal questions", "title": "Daniel Ribacoff" }, { "docid": "14458500", "text": "video clerk at Blockbuster before becoming a fireman and joining the New York City Fire Department. Brian is the third host of the podcast \"Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!\" on SModcast.com, along with Walter Flanagan and Bryan Johnson. He also co-hosts the \"What Say You?\" podcast with Sal Vulcano. Brian was slated to co-host \"Comic Book Men\", but was unable to participate in the series due to conditions in his contract for the TruTV series \"Impractical Jokers\". He has, however, made guest appearances in two episodes of the series. Brian made his acting debut in the movie \"Warshots\" in 1996, playing a", "title": "The Tenderloins" } ]

[ "June 30 , 1965" ]

[ { "docid": "22315", "text": "team, the New Orleans Saints, joined the NFL as planned in 1967 as its sixteenth franchise. The Atlanta Falcons franchise began on June 30, 1965, when Rozelle granted ownership to forty-year-old Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia. He paid $8.5 million, the highest price in NFL history at the time for a franchise. Rozelle and Smith made the deal in about five minutes and the Atlanta Falcons brought the largest and most popular sport to the city of Atlanta. The Atlanta expansion team became the fifteenth NFL franchise, and they were awarded the", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "22315", "text": "team, the New Orleans Saints, joined the NFL as planned in 1967 as its sixteenth franchise. The Atlanta Falcons franchise began on June 30, 1965, when Rozelle granted ownership to forty-year-old Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia. He paid $8.5 million, the highest price in NFL history at the time for a franchise. Rozelle and Smith made the deal in about five minutes and the Atlanta Falcons brought the largest and most popular sport to the city of Atlanta. The Atlanta expansion team became the fifteenth NFL franchise, and they were awarded the", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "12510726", "text": "1966 NFL expansion draft The 1966 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Atlanta Falcons, selected its first players. On June 30, 1965, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle awarded the first NFL franchise in the Deep South to the city of Atlanta and granted ownership to Rankin Smith Sr. So that the Falcons could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Falcons the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft, supplemented with the final pick in the first five rounds. The NFL also gave the new team the", "title": "1966 NFL expansion draft" }, { "docid": "12510728", "text": "paid $8.5 million for the franchise. (Feb 17, 1966 \"St. Petersburg Times\".) 1966 NFL expansion draft The 1966 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Atlanta Falcons, selected its first players. On June 30, 1965, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle awarded the first NFL franchise in the Deep South to the city of Atlanta and granted ownership to Rankin Smith Sr. So that the Falcons could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Falcons the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft, supplemented with the final pick in", "title": "1966 NFL expansion draft" } ]

[ { "docid": "14179343", "text": "2010 Atlanta Falcons season The 2010 Atlanta Falcons season was the 45th season for the team in the National Football League. In 2009, the team posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history, with a 9–7 record, but did not make the playoffs. The Falcons improved on their 2009 record, winning 13 games. The team won their first NFC South title since 2004, a bye in the first round of the playoffs, and the top seed in the NFC. In the playoffs, the Falcons fell to the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the", "title": "2010 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776797", "text": "1990 Atlanta Falcons season The Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Football League (NFL). Jerry Glanville was hired to be the team’s new coach. The franchise changed their helmets from red to black. Atlanta looked to improve on its 3–13 record from 1989. The team did improve by finishing 5–11, but the Falcons still suffered an eighth consecutive losing season. 1990 started out pretty well for Atlanta, as they beat playoff contenders Houston, New Orleans, and Cincinnati at home. The team sat at 3–4 after their win against Cincinnati. It then lost seven games in", "title": "1990 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "22358", "text": "season, the team's games are seen on Fox's O&O affiliate WAGA. When the Falcons challenge an AFC team, CBS affiliate WGCL will air those games while Sunday night games are televised on WXIA, the local NBC affiliate. Source: Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "14179379", "text": "history. It was the second worst defeat by a top seed before a Super Bowl, with the worst being a 28–0 loss by the Los Angeles Rams to the Dallas Cowboys in the 1978 season. 2010 Atlanta Falcons season The 2010 Atlanta Falcons season was the 45th season for the team in the National Football League. In 2009, the team posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history, with a 9–7 record, but did not make the playoffs. The Falcons improved on their 2009 record, winning 13 games. The team won their first NFC South title since", "title": "2010 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "9869298", "text": "8 out of their next 9, pausing only to beat Glanville's former division rival Cincinnati before winning their last two games to finish at 5–11. On October 28, Atlanta-based Turner Network Television, a subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System, did its first NFL game not only involving the Falcons, but also played in Atlanta. Mentions were made of these connections during the broadcast as the Falcons beat the Cincinnati Bengals 38-17. The 1991 team, also known as the \"2 Legit 2 Quit\" Falcons, as they appropriated the song by MC Hammer as their team theme song after several Falcons appeared", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "11776798", "text": "a row before winning its last two to end the season. Atlanta went 5–3 at home, but winless on the road, which cost the Falcons a trip to the postseason. 1990 Atlanta Falcons season The Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Football League (NFL). Jerry Glanville was hired to be the team’s new coach. The franchise changed their helmets from red to black. Atlanta looked to improve on its 3–13 record from 1989. The team did improve by finishing 5–11, but the Falcons still suffered an eighth consecutive losing season. 1990 started out pretty well", "title": "1990 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11902018", "text": "wonder of a unit: the 1976 Falcons possessed one of the worst defenses in the league (22.3 PPG); and it largely fell apart in 1978 (18.1 PPG). The most famous personality on the 1977 Falcons was not a player but defensive assistant Jerry Glanville, who installed in a swarming style of play in Atlanta remembered as the \"Grits Blitz\" defense.\" 1977 Atlanta Falcons season The 1977 Atlanta Falcons season was the team's 12th year in the National Football League. The team finished the season 7–7, and did not make the NFL's postseason. Although the Falcons' offense struggled, the defense was", "title": "1977 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11902048", "text": "2004 Atlanta Falcons season The 2004 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 39th in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first year under head coach Jim Mora. Under Mora, the team went 11–5, advancing to the playoffs. After easily handling the 8–8 St. Louis Rams in the Divisional round, the Falcons advanced to the NFC Championship game for the first time since 1998, but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Falcons did not make the postseason again until 2008 and would not appear in the NFC Championship again until 2012. The team led the NFL in rushing in", "title": "2004 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "18264103", "text": "of the 1977 NFL draft. Spiva was released by St. Louis that year when the team made its final preseason cuts. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons shortly thereafter. Falcons coach Leeman Bennett said that the team had become impressed with Spiva when they played Spiva and the Cardinals in a preseason game. He played in 13 games for the Falcons in 1977. Prior to the 1978 season, Spiva was the top middle linebacker on Atlanta's depth chart before suffering a preseason knee injury. He underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments a few days after sustaining the injury. On", "title": "Andy Spiva" }, { "docid": "9869328", "text": "September 19, ending punter Michael Koenen's audition as the sole kicker on the team (Koenen continued to placekick in long-yardage situations). The next week, the team had a bye and prepared to face the New York Giants. The Falcons would lose to the Giants 27–14. The only bright spot of the game was a 90-yard 3rd-quarter touchdown run by Warrick Dunn, the longest touchdown run in Atlanta Falcons history. The Atlanta Falcons hoped to bounce back the next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they did so with a huge game. In a shootout rivaling the following week's Indianapolis-Denver game,", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "12896947", "text": "they had led 10-0. A highlight for the 1973 Falcons was defeating the Vikings when that team was 9–0 and looking at emulating the previous season‘s Dolphins’ perfect season. Despite the Falcons’ success between 2008 and 2012, this was the last time the Falcons defeated the last unbeaten NFL team until they defeated the 14-0 Carolina Panthers in week 16 of the 2015 season. 1973 Atlanta Falcons season The 1973 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's eighth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season’s output of 7–7 and achieved their best record until", "title": "1973 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11902016", "text": "1977 Atlanta Falcons season The 1977 Atlanta Falcons season was the team's 12th year in the National Football League. The team finished the season 7–7, and did not make the NFL's postseason. Although the Falcons' offense struggled, the defense was dominant. The Falcons' 129 points allowed not only led the league, but established an all-time NFL record for fewest points allowed in a 14-game NFL season. Atlanta's 3,242 total yards allowed were second-fewest in the league, and the Falcons' 1,384 passing yards allowed was by far the best in the NFL in 1977. Football analytics site \"Cold Hard Football Facts\"", "title": "1977 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "14549945", "text": "player which best exemplifies Grizzly football. He had 90 tackles and started every game as a senior, when he was named All-Big Sky, first team. Schillinger wasn't invited to the NFL Scouting Combine but did participate in the Texas vs. Nation showcase. Schillinger was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round (171st overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. On June 6, 2010, the Atlanta Falcons signed Schillinger to a four-year contract. Schillinger was signed by the Tennessee Titans on November 27, 2013. After playing in one game for the team, Schillinger was released by the Titans on December", "title": "Shann Schillinger" }, { "docid": "11902109", "text": "another touchdown pass to Chad Lewis. The Eagles won 27 to 10 and advanced to the Super Bowl. 2004 Atlanta Falcons season The 2004 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 39th in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first year under head coach Jim Mora. Under Mora, the team went 11–5, advancing to the playoffs. After easily handling the 8–8 St. Louis Rams in the Divisional round, the Falcons advanced to the NFC Championship game for the first time since 1998, but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Falcons did not make the postseason again until 2008 and", "title": "2004 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12481038", "text": "had the third-worst pass defense they had ever tracked. The season was notable when Jeff George was engaged in a shouting match with June Jones in a nationally televised game against Philadelphia. The next day, George was suspended for his act and was eventually released by the team. As for coach Jones, he was fired at the conclusion of the season. 1996 Atlanta Falcons season The 1996 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 31st season in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons were unable to match their previous season’s output of 9–7 and failed to reach the playoffs. Atlanta", "title": "1996 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "22348", "text": "initially estimated to be around $1 billion, the total cost was revised to $1.5 billion according to Blank. In March 2013, the Atlanta City Council voted 11–4 in favor of building the stadium. The retractable roof Mercedes-Benz Stadium broke ground in May 2014, and became the third home stadium for the Falcons and the first for the new Atlanta United FC Major League Soccer club upon opening in 2017. The Atlanta Falcons' colors are red, black, silver and white. When the team began play in 1966, the Falcons wore red helmets with a black falcon crest logo. In the center", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "11303805", "text": "construction of the Falcons’ next stadium, the Georgia Dome, threatening to move the Falcons elsewhere if a new stadium was not built. When Smith backed out from the AFL agreement, the AFL franchise was then awarded to Miami, which would start play as the Dolphins in 1966. Smith continued to manage day-to-day operations of the team until 1990, when he turned control of the team over to his son Taylor Smith. The team was sold to Arthur M. Blank in 2002 for $545 million. On Interstate 985 in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Exit #12—which leads to the Atlanta Falcons", "title": "Rankin M. Smith Sr." }, { "docid": "214594", "text": "St. Louis Cardinals. Lamping is the second team president in franchise history and the first since 1997, when David Seldin left that position. On January 10, 2012, former Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey was named head coach of the Jaguars. On January 13, it was announced that interim head coach Mel Tucker would remain on the staff as defensive coordinator/assistant head coach and that former Falcons quarterbacks coach Bob Bratkowski would become offensive coordinator. On January 20, 2012, the team hired John Bonamego as special teams coordinator. The Jaguars began the 2012 season with a new coaching staff and", "title": "Jacksonville Jaguars" }, { "docid": "11401203", "text": "and no interceptions for a 135.0 passer rating. Ryan finished the game with a season-high 194 passing yards. The Falcons posted a touchdown on their first offensive possession of the game when Ryan led the team 81 yards on 10 plays and completed a one-yard touchdown strike to tight end Justin Peelle, his first as an Atlanta Falcon and the eighth of his career. Center Ben Wilkerson saw his first action of the season at the center position when he briefly replaced Todd McClure on Atlanta first offensive drive of the game. Wilkerson was at center when the Falcons scored", "title": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "6090109", "text": "then headed back for the first game in the Superdome since the 2005 preseason, a Monday Night date with the Atlanta Falcons on September 25. The Saints entered the game 2–0 against the 2–0 Falcons with many expecting the Falcons' powerful running game to overwhelm the team. The game kicked off to fanfare of the Saints' official return to New Orleans. The game also featured pregame festivities featuring Green Day and U2 performing a song that would become the team's unofficial anthem, \"The Saints Are Coming\". New Orleans dominated the game right from the start when Steve Gleason blocked a", "title": "History of the New Orleans Saints" }, { "docid": "17665296", "text": "On November 21, 2016, Schraeder signed a five-year contract extension with the Falcons. After starting all 16 games at right tackle for the Falcons in 2016, Schraeder started 14 games in 2017, missing two games due to a concussion. Ryan Schraeder Ryan Schraeder (born May 4, 1988) is an American football offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at Valdosta State. Schraeder did not play high school football. He walked-on to the Butler Community College football team", "title": "Ryan Schraeder" }, { "docid": "3330333", "text": "designed by a joint-venture team of FABRAP (Finch Alexander Barnes Rothschild & Paschal) and Heery, Inc. Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta. It was built to attract a Major League Baseball team and in 1966 succeeded when the Milwaukee Braves relocated from Wisconsin. The Braves and expansion Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League shared the venue for 26 years, until the Falcons moved into the newly completed Georgia Dome in 1992. The Braves continued to", "title": "Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium" }, { "docid": "22310", "text": "Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL). In their 51 years of existence (through 2016), the Falcons have compiled a record of 350–450–6 ( in the regular season and in the playoffs), winning division championships in 1980, 1998, 2004,", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "9869320", "text": "carries in a season(410) and the team record for rushing yards (1,846). The team also sent six players to the Pro Bowl, the second highest total in team history. Atlanta was also the first dome team in league history to make the Super Bowl. After the adrenaline rush of the 1998 season, Atlanta football would cool down when RB Jamal Anderson endured an early season-ending torn ACL injury. The team tumbled to a 5-11 record in 1999, and an even worse 4-12 record in 2000. In the 2001 NFL Draft, the Falcons orchestrated a trade with the San Diego Chargers", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "8724569", "text": "2006 Atlanta Falcons season The 2006 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 41st in the National Football League (NFL). The team attempted to improve on their 8–8 record in 2005. Falcons quarterback Michael Vick became the first quarterback in modern NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards, with 1,039. Running back Warrick Dunn rushed for 1,140 yards, making the 2006 Falcons only the fourth team since the AFL-NFL merger to have two 1,000-yard rushers. The Falcons are, however, the only team to have multiple 1,000-yard rushers and finish the season with a losing record. This was the end of", "title": "2006 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "15151352", "text": "Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics For the 1996 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-nine sports venues were used. Several sports venues for the 1996 Olympics were built before the 1960s as college venues. The first professional teams in Atlanta came in 1966, when Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee and the NFL added the Atlanta Falcons as an expansion team. In 1968, the NBA came to the city when the Atlanta Hawks arrived from St. Louis, and the NHL arrived four years later with the expansion Atlanta Flames. The Braves and Falcons shared Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium from", "title": "Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "13793614", "text": "aired most Atlanta Falcons preseason games through the 2004 season. WAGA continues to have a relationship with the Falcons as their primary broadcaster of regular season games (serving in this capacity since the Falcons started play), which dates back to when WAGA was a CBS affiliate and the NFL/NFC games were on CBS. WATL aired most Falcons games in 1994, as WAGA did not switch to Fox until December 1994. Atlanta Falcons fans are more prevalent in western North Carolina due to the fact the Carolina Panthers only existed since 1996. Historically, they can be found generally west of Interstate", "title": "Primary NFL television stations" }, { "docid": "22353", "text": "and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (for the second time). In the 1980s, the Falcons wore their white uniforms at home most of the time because of the heat. When the Falcons started playing in a dome, the team switched to their dark uniforms for home games but have worn their white uniforms at home a few times since switching to the dome. It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season. The Atlanta Falcons", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "17665294", "text": "Ryan Schraeder Ryan Schraeder (born May 4, 1988) is an American football offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at Valdosta State. Schraeder did not play high school football. He walked-on to the Butler Community College football team three days before camp started and ended up making the team. He hit a late growth spurt and grew a foot in one year. Some say he put a Valdosta IHOP on a temporary hiatus because of how many", "title": "Ryan Schraeder" }, { "docid": "20469780", "text": "assures that the Super Bowl host team will not play the championship game on their own field. 2018 Atlanta Falcons season The 2018 season is the Atlanta Falcons' 53rd in the National Football League, their second playing their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (the venue for Super Bowl LIII) and their fourth under head coach Dan Quinn. The Falcons attempted to be the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium as an expected Super Bowl contender. However the Falcons were riddled with injuries, losing 7 starters to IR with the Falcons stumbling to a 1–4 start.", "title": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776796", "text": "quarter. 1991 Atlanta Falcons season The Atlanta Falcons season was the team's 26th season in the National Football League (NFL). It was also the final season they played at Fulton County Stadium, before moving into the Georgia Dome the following year. The season would be the most successful Atlanta compiled in almost a decade, with the team recording a winning record for the first time in nine years. Additionally, the team won its first playoff game since 1978, by defeating the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Wild Card Game. The Falcons' most notable selection in the 1991 NFL draft", "title": "1991 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776793", "text": "1991 Atlanta Falcons season The Atlanta Falcons season was the team's 26th season in the National Football League (NFL). It was also the final season they played at Fulton County Stadium, before moving into the Georgia Dome the following year. The season would be the most successful Atlanta compiled in almost a decade, with the team recording a winning record for the first time in nine years. Additionally, the team won its first playoff game since 1978, by defeating the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Wild Card Game. The Falcons' most notable selection in the 1991 NFL draft was", "title": "1991 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "3330322", "text": "Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Atlanta. It was built to attract a Major League Baseball team and in 1966 succeeded when the Milwaukee Braves relocated from Wisconsin. The Braves and expansion Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League shared the venue for 26 years, until the Falcons moved into the newly completed Georgia Dome in 1992. The Braves continued to play at the stadium for another five years, then moved into Turner Field in 1997, the", "title": "Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium" }, { "docid": "12871869", "text": "coach Mike Smith. 2009 Atlanta Falcons season The 2009 Atlanta Falcons season was the 44th season for the team in the National Football League. The team looked to match or improve upon their 11–5 record from 2008 and return to the playoffs, however the Falcons were eliminated from contention in Week 15. Despite not making the playoffs, the team, with a record of 9–7, posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history. The only Falcon this year to play in the Pro Bowl was Roddy White. He finished the game with 8 catches and 84 yards. The", "title": "2009 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12871836", "text": "2009 Atlanta Falcons season The 2009 Atlanta Falcons season was the 44th season for the team in the National Football League. The team looked to match or improve upon their 11–5 record from 2008 and return to the playoffs, however the Falcons were eliminated from contention in Week 15. Despite not making the playoffs, the team, with a record of 9–7, posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history. The only Falcon this year to play in the Pro Bowl was Roddy White. He finished the game with 8 catches and 84 yards. The 2009 NFL Draft", "title": "2009 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12481037", "text": "1996 Atlanta Falcons season The 1996 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 31st season in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons were unable to match their previous season’s output of 9–7 and failed to reach the playoffs. Atlanta started the season 0–8, going winless until November. Two of the team’s three wins were over the equally inept New Orleans Saints, who also finished 3–13. This was the final season were the Falcons wore the screen printed numbers on the jerseys. The Falcons allowed 461 points in 1996, the most in team history. \"Football Outsiders\" calculates that the 1996 Falcons", "title": "1996 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776802", "text": "as the Cowboys got the ball and ran down the clock. The Falcons won their first playoff game in team history after they overcame a 13–0 deficit by scoring 2 touchdowns in the final 5 minutes of the game. Dallas' \"Doomsday Defense\" limited Atlanta quarterback Steve Bartkowski to only 8 completions in 23 attempts and intercepted him 3 times en route to victory. After the Falcons led 20–13 at halftime, the Cowboys scored 14 unanswered points in the second half. 1978 Atlanta Falcons season The 1978 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 13th season. It was the first postseason appearance", "title": "1978 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "7626811", "text": "and then checked in at the Pit Stop before they even made it to Portugal. Moreover, they become the first team ever in The Amazing Race history to be eliminated at the airport. Ephraim Salaam Ephraim Mateen Salaam (born June 19, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round (199th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State. Salaam has played for the Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, and Houston Texans. Salaam played high school football at", "title": "Ephraim Salaam" }, { "docid": "9486104", "text": "survived several coaching changes (Switzer, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells) and was rumored to have been a candidate for the head coaching job at the University of Nebraska (circa 2003). In 2005, he implemented the 3-4 defense favored by head coach Bill Parcells, although Zimmer had no prior experience with it. When Bobby Petrino was hired to coach the Atlanta Falcons early in 2007, Mike Zimmer agreed to become the new defensive coordinator in Atlanta. Zimmer coached in Atlanta for only one season after Petrino left the Falcons for the University of Arkansas after thirteen games. Zimmer has been", "title": "Mike Zimmer" }, { "docid": "3315297", "text": "slide toward a 4–12 season finish. When he was healthy enough to return, Rypien performed spot duty, sharing time with the newly acquired Rich Gannon. The Redskins hired Norv Turner as their head coach in 1994. Rypien participated in offseason workouts, but the team released him from his contract. He went on to become a backup, serving with the Cleveland Browns in 1994, the St. Louis Rams in 1995 and 1997, and the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons for the 1998 season but never made it to Atlanta. His son's death from a malignant brain", "title": "Mark Rypien" }, { "docid": "431629", "text": "team once, plus the Seahawks. Tampa Bay did not win their first game until the 13th week of their second season, starting with a record of 0–26 (though the Bucs had beaten the Atlanta Falcons 17–3 in a 1976 pre-season game before their first regular season). Until the Detroit Lions in 2008, the 1976 Bucs were the only Super Bowl-era team to go winless in a whole season. Their losing streak caused them to become the butt of late-night television comedians' jokes. Their first win came in December 1977, on the road against the New Orleans Saints. The Saints' head", "title": "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" }, { "docid": "14225546", "text": "and had an overall record of 46-21-1 during Mack's tenure there. Mack left Winnipeg in 1987 to become a pro scout for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. Two years later, he moved to the Washington Redskins to become the team's director of pro scouting and was a member of the Redskins front office when the team won Super Bowl XXVI. After five years in Washington, Mack spent four seasons with the expansion Carolina Panthers as assistant general manager, before becoming the interim director of player personnel for the Cleveland Browns. He helped build another expansion team in 2001 as the director", "title": "Joe Mack (Canadian football)" }, { "docid": "12916584", "text": "1970 Atlanta Falcons season The 1970 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's fifth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–8, winning only four games. They failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth straight season. The team began its season by winning two of its first three games. However, following their 21–20 win over the San Francisco 49ers the Falcons went 2–7–2 in their final 11 games. Their tied games, 10–10 with the Los Angeles Rams and 13–13 with the Philadelphia Eagles, occurred in back-to-back weeks. The Falcons", "title": "1970 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "20469778", "text": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season The 2018 season is the Atlanta Falcons' 53rd in the National Football League, their second playing their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (the venue for Super Bowl LIII) and their fourth under head coach Dan Quinn. The Falcons attempted to be the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium as an expected Super Bowl contender. However the Falcons were riddled with injuries, losing 7 starters to IR with the Falcons stumbling to a 1–4 start. Following a 31–17 loss to the Saints in Week 12, the Falcons fell to 4–7 and failed", "title": "2018 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776748", "text": "1984 Atlanta Falcons season The 1984 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 19th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season saw Atlanta attempting to improve on its previous record of 7–9 from 1983. The Falcons would split their first six games, but then suffer a franchise-record 9-game losing streak to knock the team down to 3–12. The Falcons would win their finale against the Philadelphia Eagles and finish the season 4–12, their worst record since 1976. The National Football League held a draft for college seniors who had already signed with either the United States Football League (USFL)", "title": "1984 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11401173", "text": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season The 2008 Atlanta Falcons season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). Overcoming a disappointing 4–12 record, quarterback Michael Vick's dog fighting scandal and head coach Bobby Petrino's abrupt resignation in 2007, the Falcons, who were expected to be in a rebuilding phase, completed the regular season with a surprising 11–5 record and earned the #5 seed in the NFC playoffs under first-year head coach Mike Smith; however, the team fell to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals in the wild-card round of the playoffs. Mike Smith was named 2008", "title": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12896946", "text": "1973 Atlanta Falcons season The 1973 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's eighth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season’s output of 7–7 and achieved their best record until 1980, but failed to reach a maiden playoff berth due to an unexpected home loss to a Cardinals team that had won only one of its last ten and was playing an unknown quarterback, Gary Keithley. Keithley completed only ten of thirty-two passes, but the Cardinals’ rushing game was completely unexpected and along with six field goals from Jim Bakken destroyed the Falcons after", "title": "1973 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "7704624", "text": "established National Football League; he signed with the 49ers. He was also voted into the 1965 All Rookie team. Wilson played in San Francisco for two seasons and then, at his request, was dealt to the Atlanta Falcons, who were just starting up. It was during his time with the Falcons that he was approached by Georgia wrestler and promoter Ray Gunkel to wrestle during the football off-season. He agreed to do so, as most NFL contracts at that time did not pay during the off season. The Falcons did not approve of his off-season wrestling, and as a result,", "title": "Jim Wilson (wrestler)" }, { "docid": "12328185", "text": "2002 Atlanta Falcons season The 2002 Atlanta Falcons season was their 37th in the league and first in the newly-formed NFC South. The team improved upon their previous season’s output of 7–9 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in four years. The team was also involved in a rare tie, matching the Pittsburgh Steelers 34–34 at the end of overtime. Before the season, the Falcons acquired running back Warrick Dunn to help with the team’s running game. Their running game has suffered the past three years. Dunn finished the season with 927 rushing yards and 9 total", "title": "2002 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11210282", "text": "made 8 tackles. The Bears finished the season with a record of 10-6 and did not make the playoffs. Weems appeared in all 16 games with the Bears in 2013. He recorded only one reception for eight yards. Weems returned five kickoffs for 57 yards. Weems recorded nine tackles in the season and forced one fumble. After the Bears signed Santonio Holmes, Weems was released by the team on August 16, 2014. On August 21, 2014, Weems signed with the Atlanta Falcons. Weems appeared in all 16 regular season games with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014. On October 5, Weems", "title": "Eric Weems" }, { "docid": "15206386", "text": "Atlanta Falcons. On September 14, Quinn won his first game as the head coach of the Falcons, when his team beat the visiting Philadelphia Eagles 26–24 on \"Monday Night Football\". The Falcons got off to a 5–0 start in Quinn's first season, but finished the season 8–8 and missed the playoffs. In the 2016 season, Quinn's Falcons finished the year with an 11–5 record, which was good enough to win the NFC South and clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs. In the Divisional Round, the Falcons defeated Quinn's former team, the Seattle Seahawks, 36–20, advancing to the NFC Championship", "title": "Dan Quinn (American football)" }, { "docid": "12324486", "text": "a 6–10 start. 1979 Atlanta Falcons season The 1979 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 14th season. The Falcons were trying to improve upon their 9–7 record in 1978 and make it to the playoffs for the second time in team history, their first appearance being the year before. Rookie fullback William Andrews rushed for 167 yards in a 40–34 overtime win over the Saints in the season opener in New Orleans. Andrews set a club record with 1,023 yards, while quarterback Steve Bartkowski became the first Falcon to surpass the 2,000-yard mark with 2,505. However, the Falcons' defense allowed", "title": "1979 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776790", "text": "from the Falcons’ training facilities. Just under a month later, on December 19, backup tight end Brad Beckman was also killed in an auto accident. It marked the death of three players of the team in the space of two seasons (the previous year, cornerback David Croudip died of an overdose). The Falcons drew a franchise-low attendance of 7,792 for their finale, a 31–24 loss to the Detroit Lions on Dec. 24. 1989 Atlanta Falcons season The 1989 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 24th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons drafted Deion Sanders with their first", "title": "1989 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11915636", "text": "a playoff run.\"\" While Mora later claimed that he was only kidding, he was criticized by many Falcons fans as well as members of the national media who claimed that making such comments was irresponsible. Following the season, the Atlanta Falcons announced that they had fired Jim Mora. Arthur Blank told the media, Mora turned to broadcasting after being fired from the Falcons when he became a contributor to NBC's playoff coverage. History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches In the History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches Vince Lombardi was initially pursued as the first Atlanta coach, but after deciding to", "title": "History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches" }, { "docid": "12891136", "text": "later he is thrown for a six-yard loss and ends the season with 995 yards, as the Falcons lose and finish 7–7. 1972 Atlanta Falcons season The 1972 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's seventh year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7–6–1, finishing 7–7 and failing to reach the playoffs. Standing at 7–5 the Falcons traveled to San Francisco with the NFC West division title on the line. However, the Falcons were never in the game and saw their playoff hopes end with a 20–0 shutout loss. Facing", "title": "1972 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12324485", "text": "1979 Atlanta Falcons season The 1979 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 14th season. The Falcons were trying to improve upon their 9–7 record in 1978 and make it to the playoffs for the second time in team history, their first appearance being the year before. Rookie fullback William Andrews rushed for 167 yards in a 40–34 overtime win over the Saints in the season opener in New Orleans. Andrews set a club record with 1,023 yards, while quarterback Steve Bartkowski became the first Falcon to surpass the 2,000-yard mark with 2,505. However, the Falcons' defense allowed 388 points in", "title": "1979 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12328200", "text": "Jefferson, then Mark Simoneau blocked a Packers punt at their 1-yard line and Artie Ulmer scored. The Falcons defense bullied the Packers into three fumbles and Brett Favre’s reputation for playoff recklessness led to two interceptions by Keion Carpenter. The Falcons rushed for 192 yards, 128 of them split between Vick and Warrick Dunn, as the Falcons raced to a 27–7 win, Green Bay’s first ever home playoff loss. 2002 Atlanta Falcons season The 2002 Atlanta Falcons season was their 37th in the league and first in the newly-formed NFC South. The team improved upon their previous season’s output of", "title": "2002 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11401406", "text": "2005 Atlanta Falcons season The 2005 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 40th in the National Football League (NFL). It began with the team trying to defend their NFC South division title and 11–5 record in 2004. The Falcons started 6–2, but injuries on defense caused them to finish the second half 2–6. Bright spots included the Falcons ending their Monday Night Football jinx by going 3–0, and on Thursday, November 24, the Falcons played on Thanksgiving Day for the first time in franchise history with a 27–7 victory over the Detroit Lions. On the next-to-last game of the regular", "title": "2005 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11401183", "text": "who did not play in the preseason because of a sore groin, sprained an ankle in the fourth quarter. Falcons rookie LT Sam Baker was hit in the head in the first half and did not return. A week after beating Detroit in his pro debut, Matt Ryan threw incompletions on his first nine passes before settling down to keep Atlanta in the game with three field goal drives that trimmed a 17-point deficit to eight with five minutes to go. Michael Turner ran for three touchdowns and the Atlanta Falcons scored the first 24 points to beat Kansas City", "title": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11210280", "text": "NFL postseason history. The Atlanta Falcons re-signed Weems to a one-year contract on July 31, 2011. He appeared in all 16 games with the Atlanta Falcons, He made 2 starts at the wide receiver position. Weems caught a career-high 11 catches for a career-high 90 yards. Weems returned 24 kicks for 563 yards. He also returned 32 punts for 315 Yards. Weems also recorded 12 tackles on special teams. He did not score any touchdowns. Weems was selected as a first-team alternate for the 2012 Pro bowl as a special teams player. Weems returned four kickoffs for an average of", "title": "Eric Weems" }, { "docid": "6619493", "text": "December 9, and he has said that he would like to become a college football coach one day. Ulbrich was hired by the Seattle Seahawks as a special teams assistant on January 29, 2010. He became the UCLA Bruins special team and linebackers coach in 2012 and helped leading the Bruins to the Pac-12 South Division Championship in his first year. One of his players, Anthony Barr led the nation in sacks with 13.5. After three years at UCLA, Ulbrich left to become the linebackers coach of the Atlanta Falcons. In the 2016 season, Ulbrich and the Falcons reached Super", "title": "Jeff Ulbrich" }, { "docid": "11401191", "text": "stellar performance against the Chiefs which included 10 tackles to lead the team and one forced fumble, and Grimes intercepted his first career pass when he stepped in front of a Tyler Thigpen pass in the second quarter. Grimes returned the interception 25 yards, which led to a Falcons touchdown. The Falcons defense allowed only 14 rushing yards in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs, continuing their trend of holding opponents to under 15 rushing yards over the first three contests of the season. Against Tampa Bay in Week 2, Atlanta held the Bucs to two rushing yards", "title": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776749", "text": "or the Canadian Football League (CFL) on June 5, 1984, in New York City. The draft was for players who would have been eligible for the regular 1984 NFL draft, but who had already signed a contract with either a team from the USFL or CFL prior to it. 1984 Atlanta Falcons season The 1984 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 19th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season saw Atlanta attempting to improve on its previous record of 7–9 from 1983. The Falcons would split their first six games, but then suffer a franchise-record 9-game losing streak", "title": "1984 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "19121786", "text": "that point) coming against the Seahawks. This was speculated to be the last NFL game ever in the Georgia Dome, but when the fourth-seeded Green Bay Packers upset the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys in the other Divisional Playoff the next day, Atlanta was named the host of the NFC Championship Game, the last ever game in the Dome. This was the Falcons' final game ever in the Georgia Dome after 25 seasons, as the team moved into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2017. The Falcons never trailed in the game, scoring 31 unanswered points until Rodgers threw a touchdown pass halfway through", "title": "2016 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12916585", "text": "are the last team in NFL history to have two tied games in two straight weeks, as overtime was added to the NFL game in 1974. The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft. 1970 Atlanta Falcons season The 1970 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's fifth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–8, winning only four games. They failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth straight season. The team began its season by winning two of its first three games. However, following their 21–20 win", "title": "1970 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "8724587", "text": "of Falcons territory. After getting the touchdown from their running back, the Browns scored again on a slant rout to their receiver once again burning the Falcons secondary and were ahead 14–0. The Falcons could only manage to score a field goal before half-time, and even this field goal was preceded by wacky play of laterals by the Falcons failing to find the endzone. Nevertheless, the Falcons managed to score a touchdown via Michael Jenkins diving in the endzone, and it seemed Atlanta could make a stand. However, the Falcons did not get a call for a safety, and on", "title": "2006 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11776779", "text": "acquire the running back. Due to the addition of the team for the 1966 NFL Season, the Falcons were allotted the first pick in all twenty rounds of the 1966 NFL draft, as well as five compensatory picks and the end of the first five rounds. The Falcons played their first game (preseason) on August 1, 1966, against the Philadelphia Eagles before a crowd of 26,072 at Atlanta Stadium, a two-point Falcons loss, 9–7. In their inaugural regular season, Atlanta played each of the fourteen other teams in the league once. The Falcons lost their first nine regular season games;", "title": "1966 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "12891135", "text": "1972 Atlanta Falcons season The 1972 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's seventh year in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7–6–1, finishing 7–7 and failing to reach the playoffs. Standing at 7–5 the Falcons traveled to San Francisco with the NFC West division title on the line. However, the Falcons were never in the game and saw their playoff hopes end with a 20–0 shutout loss. Facing the Kansas City Chiefs in their final game of the season, Running Back Dave Hampton surpassed the 1,000-yard mark. However, a play", "title": "1972 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "20017126", "text": "team for the first time. He also converted every field goal and extra point attempt in a Divisional playoff round victory against the Arizona Cardinals the week before the NFC Championship. Entering the NFC Championship Game, his last miss was on December 15, 1997, against the Denver Broncos, when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers. The Atlanta Falcons had \"frustrating\" team history, as described by Atlanta sports journalist Terence Moore. Moore singled out the 1980 divisional playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys, in which the Falcons gave up a 14-point lead en route to a defeat, as", "title": "1998 NFC Championship Game" }, { "docid": "11776791", "text": "1997 Atlanta Falcons season The Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League (NFL). It was their first season with new Head Coach Dan Reeves, who had been hired on January 21. For the season, they added a new logo and added the numerals & socks on the road jerseys are switched from black to red. And this was also the season were they debut the authentic stitched up name and numbers on jerseys. The season was marked with tragedy, as team owner Rankin Smith died on October 26, 1997. The following week, the team", "title": "1997 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "16187349", "text": "Michael Vick found McCoy to make the score 30–17, but couldn't do anything when they got the ball back, making the final score, 30-17. With the win, the Falcons improved to 7–0 for the first time in franchise history. The team also moves to 2–0 against the NFC East. The Falcons returned home to take on the Cowboys. The Cowboys drew first blood with their 23-yard field goal from Dan Bailey to take a 3–0 lead. With this field goal, the Falcons' trend then simmered to 4 out of their last 5 games trailing a team. The Cowboys then put", "title": "2012 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11915628", "text": "History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches In the History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches Vince Lombardi was initially pursued as the first Atlanta coach, but after deciding to stay with Green Bay, was asked for recommendations for Atlanta's first coach. At the time, Lombardi did not recommend Hecker and the Atlanta owner, Rankin Smith Jr., thinking Lombardi was trying to pull one over on him, decided to hire Hecker. The next three years would be an exercise in frustration for Hecker who managed just four wins in his 31 games at the helm. One bad omen of this misery came", "title": "History of Atlanta Falcons head coaches" }, { "docid": "11096357", "text": "their division. On June 23, 2007, Grimes appeared in World Bowl XV and was part of the Hamburg Sea Devils team that defeated the Frankfurt Galaxy 37–28. After winning World Bowl XV, Grimes returned to the Atlanta Falcons and attended organized team activities and training camp. Throughout camp, Grimes competed against Antoine Harris and David Irons for a job as a backup cornerback and special teams player. On September 2, 2007, the Atlanta Falcons waived Grimes as part of their final roster cuts, but re-signed him to their practice squad the following day. On December 17, 2007, the Atlanta Falcons", "title": "Brent Grimes" }, { "docid": "11705207", "text": "1998 Atlanta Falcons season The 1998 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s 33rd in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time under the guidance of second-year head coach Dan Reeves. The Falcons won their final nine regular season games to earn the #2 seed in the National Football Conference (NFC) for the postseason and the first-week bye. They beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional round and the #1-seed Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game before losing to Reeves’ old team, the Denver Broncos, 34–19 in Super Bowl XXXIII.", "title": "1998 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "11401255", "text": "RB and WR duo to be voted to the Pro Bowl in the same year (first since 1980). White is the fourth Falcons wide receiver to earn Pro Bowl accolades and the first since Terance Mathis in 1995. Turner is the eighth different Falcons runningback to earn Pro Bowl honors. Matt Ryan finished second amongst rookies in fan Pro Bowl voting, Ryan (416,468 votes) was the top rookie quarterback in the category but ranks behind Titans running back Chris Johnson (534,170 votes). 2008 Atlanta Falcons season The 2008 Atlanta Falcons season was the 43rd season for the team in the", "title": "2008 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "8724603", "text": "completing an 89-yard touchdown pass to WR Hank Baskett. With the loss, the Falcons ended their season at 7–9. In the aftermath, Jim Mora, Jr. ended up getting fired on New Year's Day, ending his three-year tenure as head coach. 2006 Atlanta Falcons season The 2006 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 41st in the National Football League (NFL). The team attempted to improve on their 8–8 record in 2005. Falcons quarterback Michael Vick became the first quarterback in modern NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards, with 1,039. Running back Warrick Dunn rushed for 1,140 yards, making the", "title": "2006 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "8847044", "text": "Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens In this round, the top team (in bold) advanced to the semi-finals. St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br> In this round, the top two teams (in bold) advanced to the finals. San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams<br> In a rematch of episode 10, the San Diego Chargers team (Casie and Shantel) defeated the Atlanta Falcons and St. Louis Rams squads to win the overall championship. This time, all the teams finished", "title": "NFL Cheerleader Playoffs" }, { "docid": "9869291", "text": "Denver in 1998), as many fans and the team itself took almost a decade to recover. The 1981 season was plagued with injuries as the Falcons lost 3 key starters for the season. The Falcons would lose six games by less than a touchdown and finish with a 7–9 record. In the strike-shortened 1982 season, the Falcons finished 5-4 and returned to the (expanded) playoffs, but lost to Minnesota 30-24 in the first round. In 1983, the Falcons finished 7-9. In 1984, the Falcons suffered a huge loss when RB William Andrews suffered a career-threatening knee injury on the last", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "10956484", "text": "and 19 touchdowns. Marsh signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons in July 1987, reuniting with former Cardinals head coach Jim Hanifan who had taken over as the Falcons' offensive coordinator. Marsh was released by the Falcons after the first week of September 1987, and he did not appear in any regular season games for the team. In November 1987, he tried out for the New England Patriots. Marsh signed with the Indianapolis Colts in the spring of 1988 and played with them through the preseason, but he was cut at the end of August. Doug Marsh Douglas Walter Marsh", "title": "Doug Marsh" }, { "docid": "9869283", "text": "Football\" game in Atlanta during the 1970 season on November 30, when they played the Miami Dolphins. The Falcons would end up losing 20–7 in front of an audience of 30 million TV viewers. The Falcons would end up going 4–8–2 for the 1970 season. Atlanta would have their first winning season in 1971. On November 22, the Falcons won their first nationally televised game with a 28–21 triumph over the Green Bay Packers in Atlanta. The Falcons would enter their final game of the season in New Orleans on December 19 with a 6–6–1 record, needing to beat the", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "16200517", "text": "to Atlanta. The Atlanta Dream are a 2008 expansion team in the Women's National Basketball Association. From their inception until the 2016 season, the Dream shared Philips Arena with their NBA counterpart; however, the Dream has since moved to McCamish Pavilion on the campus of Georgia Tech due to renovations of Philips Arena conflicting with the WNBA schedule. Atlanta was selected in April 2014 for an expansion team to join Major League Soccer and begin play in 2017. The team, operated by Falcons owner Arthur Blank (co-founder of The Home Depot), shares Mercedes-Benz Stadium with the Falcons and is named", "title": "Sports in Atlanta" }, { "docid": "9861171", "text": "loss, the Falcons fell to 3–11. 2007 Atlanta Falcons season The 2007 Atlanta Falcons season was the 42nd season for the franchise in the National Football League (NFL). They finished the 2007 season with a record of 4–12 and failed to improve upon their 7–9 record in 2006 after finishing third place in the NFC South. The team attempted to overcome the controversy surrounding starting quarterback Michael Vick and his involvement in an illegal dog fighting ring. Bobby Petrino was hired to help develop Vick into a more complete quarterback, but with Vick's absence, journeyman quarterbacks Joey Harrington and Byron", "title": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "13025996", "text": "from weight-lifting equipment to office furniture to uniforms to souvenirs and memorabilia from the team store, be confiscated to pay the debt. This move effectively ended any chance of the Bandits returning to the field, though the league itself did not officially cease to exist until 1988. The Atlanta Falcons traded their 4th round draft pick in the 1986 NFL Draft to the Raiders for the rights to Clark, and he signed a contract with the team soon thereafter. As a member of the Falcons, Clark returned to the Bandits' home field of Tampa Stadium for an August 1986 preseason", "title": "Bret Clark" }, { "docid": "19819969", "text": "elected to open the roof if weather permitted, marking the first time since the 1991 season, the team's final season at their original home of Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, that the Falcons played a home game in Atlanta under open air. The Falcons controlled most of the game, went up by as much as 24, and won 34–23. They were led by Devonta Freeman (19 rushes, 84 yards, 2 TD) and Julio Jones (108 yards, 5 receptions). The 2017 Falcons became only the fourth team in NFL history to start 2–0 after they lost the Super Bowl the previous year. In", "title": "2017 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "9869336", "text": "Boston College, was drafted third overall to be the new face of the franchise. Free agent Michael Turner was also acquired to help in the run game. Defying expectations, the Falcons managed an 11-5 season in 2008 and earned a wild card playoff berth. They did not get beyond that however, as they lost a 24-30 match against the Arizona Cardinals. In 2009, the Falcons suffered numerous devastating injuries to defensive players and to Turner (ankle) and Ryan (toe). The Week 13 game against Philadelphia saw Michael Vick return to play his former team, in which he scored two touchdowns,", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "4274596", "text": "$15 million contract with Atlanta. Later, in 2008, he requested to be traded from the team saying he didn't want to be a \"just-in-case guy\" for the Falcons. On August 19, 2008, the Falcons cut him. In his only season with the Falcons he made 27 receptions for 243 yards and one touchdown in 12 games. Horn worked out for the Lions, Giants, and Titans, but they ultimately passed and he did not play in the 2008 or 2009 seasons. In May 2010, Horn was selected for induction into the Saints Hall of Fame. On June 23, 2010, it was", "title": "Joe Horn" }, { "docid": "10306503", "text": "Atlanta Falcons offensive line coach Larry Beightol. Perkins also overhauled the scouting staff, firing most of them (including Jim Gruden, father of future Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden) shortly after the draft. No reason was given, but some observers, most outspokenly \"Boston Globe\" columnist Will McDonough, felt that the Buccaneers’ office was staffed heavily with people whose main experience was in college football, and that the team suffered from a lack of NFL knowledge. Recently fired Falcons coach Dan Henning turned down the offensive coordinator position, as he had been trying to rebuild the Falcons and did not want to relive", "title": "1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season" }, { "docid": "2756068", "text": "Calder. At first, the team struggled under his leadership, making the playoffs only two times in his first five years at the helm. A name change to the Detroit Falcons in 1930 did not improve the team's performance. Detroit's fortunes changed in 1932, when Chicago grain merchant James E. Norris bought the Falcons and renamed them the Detroit Red Wings. Norris gave the Red Wings the financing they needed to become an NHL power. Adams led the team to three Stanley Cups before stepping down in 1947 to concentrate on his duties as general manager. His coaching career tallied 413", "title": "Jack Adams" }, { "docid": "9869301", "text": "draft pick. For the 1993 season, Deion Sanders continued to be the star player of the Atlanta Falcons, picking off 7 passes while shutting down some of the league's top receivers. Despite Sanders's amazing performance, the Falcons finished once again with a 6–10 record. After the season coach Jerry Glanville was fired and replaced by June Jones. TNT did a game from the Georgia Dome for the first time on October 17, as the Falcons beat the Rams 30-24. The Falcons would lose Sanders to free agency in 1994, and they would also acquire QB Jeff George, who had managed", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "16192674", "text": "St. Louis persuaded them to stay with the promise of a stadium—what would become Busch Memorial Stadium (a new expansion team, the Falcons, was eventually created for Atlanta, and a St. Louis team would move to Atlanta—the NBA Hawks in 1968). The Cardinals got off to a good start, and tied the Cleveland Browns 33–33 on the road. They finished 9–4–1 and second in the Eastern Conference, but a victory by the Browns over the New York Giants denied them a playoff berth. The team finished the year with a meaningless win over the Packers. A 4–1–0 start to the", "title": "History of the St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)" }, { "docid": "16191306", "text": "first year on the Falcons practice squad, but did get into a game late in the season. Cone played in 29 games with the Atlanta Falcons from 2011-2013. He played primarily on special teams, but did catch a 49-yard touchdown in a pre-season game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug 30, 2012. Cone was released by the Atlanta Falcons on March 19, 2014. Cone signed with the Miami Dolphins on April 2, 2014. After a brief stint with the Cleveland Browns, Cone re-signed with the Dolphins on August 4, 2015. On August 30, 2015, he was released by the Dolphins.", "title": "Kevin Cone" }, { "docid": "14179350", "text": "Tim Hightower scampering 80 yards for a TD run, but Atlanta increased their lead when Ryan threw a 19-yard TD pass to FB Jason Snelling, followed by Snelling getting a 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter the Falcons continued to dominate the game when Ryan completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to WR Brian Finneran, followed by Bryan nailing a 35-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter Atlanta scored once again with FB Jason Snelling getting a 7-yard TD run. With the win, Atlanta improved to 1–1. Coming off their win over the Cardinals the Falcons traveled to Louisiana Superdome", "title": "2010 Atlanta Falcons season" }, { "docid": "9869299", "text": "in the accompanying music video. Hammer himself would make several appearances on the Falcons sideline during the season. Atlanta made the playoffs as the sixth seed with a 10–6 record, snapping a streak of eight consecutive losing seasons. Notable personalities on this team were CB Deion Sanders, WR Andre Rison, and CB Tim McKyer, a talented but brash player who had quickly worn out his welcome with the Miami Dolphins the year prior but emerged as a leader for Atlanta. Also new to the team was QB Brett Favre, drafted from Southern Mississippi during the off-season. Atlanta tied the San", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "9869337", "text": "one passing and one rushing. Atlanta was very nearly shut out, but in the closing seconds of the game scored a touchdown and brought the final score to 34-7. The following week, the team lost a close match against New Orleans, which mathematically excluded them from the playoffs. Nonetheless, Atlanta managed to win their final three games and end the year with a 9-7 record, the first time in its history the team achieved back-to-back winning seasons. The Falcons lost their 2010 opener in Pittsburgh before crushing the Cardinals at home in Week 2. Atlanta then played its first divisional", "title": "History of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "22346", "text": "2017. The first was the Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, sharing with the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team until 1991. In 1992, the Georgia Dome was built, and the Falcons played there from its opening to the 2016 season. The Dome has been frequently used for college football, including Georgia State football and college bowl games such as the Peach Bowl. In an effort to replace the aging Georgia Dome and potentially host a future Super Bowl, team owner Arthur Blank proposed a deal with the city of Atlanta to build a new state-of-the-art stadium not far from where the Georgia", "title": "Atlanta Falcons" }, { "docid": "11096369", "text": "the season, ahead of Asante Samuel. He started in the Atlanta Falcons' season-opener at the Kansas City Chiefs and recorded six solo tackles before exiting in the fourth quarter of their 40–24 victory with a calf injury. On September 11, 2012, the Atlanta Falcons placed Grimes on injured reserve for the rest of the season after it was discovered he would have to undergo surgery for a torn Achilles tendon. After the 2012 season, Grimes became an unrestricted free agent. The Atlanta Falcons did not offer Grimes a contract. During free agency, Grimes attended visits with the Cleveland Browns and", "title": "Brent Grimes" }, { "docid": "20017154", "text": "that, \"The 1998 season was a dream come true ... For once, the Atlanta Falcons made believers of us all.\" In 2010, ESPN named the 1998 team as the greatest Falcons team of all-time, and the network also voted Morton Andersen's game-winning field goal as the top play in Falcons' history. Falcons coach Dan Reeves was praised for his ability to lead the team after having heart surgery only weeks prior, as Reeves' comeback proved to be an emotional rallying point for the team. Austin Murphy of \"Sports Illustrated\" noted that Reeves' return \"[galvanized] the already close-knit Falcons\", and Falcons", "title": "1998 NFC Championship Game" } ]

[ "Aimee Mayo", "Marv Green", "Chris Lindsey" ]

[ { "docid": "8091190", "text": "Amazed \"Amazed\" is a song written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, and Chris Lindsey. It was recorded by the American country music group Lonestar and was released in March 1999 as the second single from their third studio album \"Lonely Grill\" (1999). Lonestar's version is their longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the \"Billboard\" country chart. A remix of the song was released in December 1999, and reached number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2000. The song has sold over", "title": "Amazed" } ]

[ { "docid": "5137321", "text": "Frederick Rolfe. Commenting on Benson's decision to satirize him as \"Chris Dell\" in \"The Sentimentalists\", Rolfe wrote, \"You are worrying yourself most unnecessarily about me, I assure you... I am laughing at the absurdity of the whole thing though I must confess that I was rather amazed when I heard that everybody recognized me in Chris. It was rather a blow to my \"amour propre\"... You will, I hope, reap a rich harvest of shekels from the transaction, and the world will forget \"The Sentimentalists\" when it stands wondering before \"The Lord of the World\".\" Most modern editions of \"Lord", "title": "Lord of the World" }, { "docid": "18083686", "text": "Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, Uganda at the Miracle Centre Cathedral, a church led by Pastor Robert Kayanja, Barbados, The British Virgin Islands, Zambia and the United Kingdom. Sinach Osinachi Joseph (nee Kalu) popularly known by the mononym Sinach, is a Nigerian Gospel music singer, songwriter, and senior worship leader at Believers' Loveworld International. She is known globally for several gospel hits songs which include, \"Way Maker\", \"I Know Who I Am\", \"Great Are You Lord\", \"Rejoice\", \"He Did It Again\", \"Precious Jesus\", \"The Name of Jesus\", \"This Is my Season\", \"Awesome God\", \"For This\", \"I Stand Amazed\", \"Simply Devoted\"", "title": "Sinach" }, { "docid": "18083681", "text": "Sinach Osinachi Joseph (nee Kalu) popularly known by the mononym Sinach, is a Nigerian Gospel music singer, songwriter, and senior worship leader at Believers' Loveworld International. She is known globally for several gospel hits songs which include, \"Way Maker\", \"I Know Who I Am\", \"Great Are You Lord\", \"Rejoice\", \"He Did It Again\", \"Precious Jesus\", \"The Name of Jesus\", \"This Is my Season\", \"Awesome God\", \"For This\", \"I Stand Amazed\", \"Simply Devoted\" and \"Jesus is Alive\". Sinach hails from Ebonyi State,Eastern Nigeria, and is the second daughter of seven children. Growing up, she had dreams of singing to large audiences,", "title": "Sinach" }, { "docid": "85740", "text": "there are people there who certainly do not like people who are outspoken.\" Grinspoon added: Some, like Urey, later came to realize Sagan's popular brand of scientific advocacy was beneficial to the science as a whole. Urey especially liked Sagan's 1977 book, \"The Dragons of Eden\", and wrote Sagan with his opinion: \"I like it very much and am amazed that someone like you has such an intimate knowledge of the various features of the problem...I congratulate you...You are a man of many talents.\" Sagan was accused of borrowing some ideas of others for his own benefit, and countered these", "title": "Carl Sagan" }, { "docid": "1473929", "text": "to continue writing and recording: After he got through that troubled phase of his career, Paul McCartney wrote \"Maybe I'm Amazed\" in Linda's honour. He explained during an interview that the song was written \"for me and Linda,\" and that with the Beatles breaking up, \"that was my feeling: Maybe I'm amazed at what's going on ... Maybe I'm a man and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me; Baby won't you help me understand ... Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time, hung me on the line, Maybe I'm amazed at", "title": "Linda McCartney" }, { "docid": "12216833", "text": "in Montevideo. Is a great book, and reading it soothed me from the foolishness of Giusti, Soiza, O'Reilly and my cousin Alvarito Melián Lafinur. In Uruguay, José Enrique Rodó was amazed by his press articles. He wrote: [...] It’s been a long time since that when I step out with someone I could ask about this kind of things, whether is or not the subject, I ask: Do you read La Razón? Have you noticed some articles signed by Rafael Barrett? The work from Barrett, besides of the singular commitment with his time and circumstance, contains a beauty and an", "title": "Rafael Barrett" }, { "docid": "474458", "text": "is one person who is both God and man, divine and human. This decree created the Nestorian Schism. Cyril of Alexandria wrote, \"I am amazed that there are some who are entirely in doubt as to whether the holy Virgin should be called \"Theotokos\" or not. For if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how is the holy Virgin who gave [Him] birth, not [\"Theotokos\"]?\" (Epistle 1, to the monks of Egypt; PG 77:13B). But the argument of Nestorius was that divine and human natures of Christ were distinct, and while Mary is evidently the \"Christotokos\" (bearer of Christ), it", "title": "Theotokos" }, { "docid": "8913307", "text": "phrasing from Ben E. King and couldn't believe it when someone told him that Doc Pomus wanted to meet him after the show. \"You mean the guy who wrote 'Save the Last Dance for Me'?\" He was even more amazed when Doc asked whether he'd write with him. \"Look me up. I'm in the book,\" Doc hollered before rolling away (in his wheelchair). DeVille said about their first meeting, \"Now here I am at 29, a writer, doing pretty good and I've just been asked if I want to write songs with a guy who helped lay the foundations for", "title": "Mink DeVille" }, { "docid": "11028398", "text": "I'm a man and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me; Baby won't you help me understand... Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time, hung me on the line, Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you.\" He added that \"every love song I write is for Linda.\" After the Beatles broke up in 1970, McCartney continued his musical career with his first solo release, \"McCartney\", a US number-one album. Apart from some vocal contributions from Linda, \"McCartney\" is a one-man album, with McCartney providing compositions, instrumentation and vocals. In", "title": "Paul McCartney" }, { "docid": "5583853", "text": "source's identity secret. In an interview with \"National Review\", Robert Luskin, Rove's attorney, stated: \"Cooper's lawyer called us and said, 'Can you confirm that the waiver [Rove originally signed in December 2003 or in January 2004] encompasses Cooper?' I was amazed...So I said, 'Look, I understand that you want reassurances. If Fitzgerald would like Karl to provide you with some other assurances, we will.'\" Cooper testified before the grand jury and wrote an account of his testimony for \"Time\". Cooper told the grand jury his sources for his article, \"A War on Wilson?\", were Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. During", "title": "Plame affair" }, { "docid": "17375226", "text": "I Give You My Heart (Hillsong song) \"I Give You My Heart\" (sometimes called \"Lord, I Give You My Heart\" or \"This is My Desire\") is a 1995 song by Reuben Morgan, who wrote both the music and the lyrics. The lyrics are about giving God the entirety of oneself. The song is widely used in congregational singing, particularly within evangelicalism. \"I Give You My Heart\" is a devotional song and is part of the contemporary worship music genre. The song is also a slow soft rock ballad. Among Christian songs, \"I Give You My Heart\" is one of the", "title": "I Give You My Heart (Hillsong song)" }, { "docid": "17375227", "text": "most frequently recorded. The song appeared on Hillsong Music Australia's compilation album \"Ultimate Worship\". Briana Scott released a cover version of the song on her debut album \"While I'm Here\" in 2005. I Give You My Heart (Hillsong song) \"I Give You My Heart\" (sometimes called \"Lord, I Give You My Heart\" or \"This is My Desire\") is a 1995 song by Reuben Morgan, who wrote both the music and the lyrics. The lyrics are about giving God the entirety of oneself. The song is widely used in congregational singing, particularly within evangelicalism. \"I Give You My Heart\" is a", "title": "I Give You My Heart (Hillsong song)" }, { "docid": "8752813", "text": "basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.” Some people regard leadership development as a process of spiritual formation. Building on the emphasis of Christian spiritual formation in leaders, leadership expert Timothy H. Warneka wrote: But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: \"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist,", "title": "Spiritual formation" }, { "docid": "19642384", "text": "before he died, aged 34. Cadogan was unmarried. Wellington, who was a friend, wrote of his merit and gallantry in his Vittoria despatch. As the result of an adulterous affair between his sister Lady Charlotte (1781–1853), and Lord Paget, on 28March 1809, Cadogan challenged the latter to a duel: \"My Lord, I hereby request you to name a time and place where I may meet you, to obtain satisfaction for the injury done myself and my whole family by your conduct to my sister. I have to add that the time must be as early as possible, and the place", "title": "Henry Cadogan (British Army officer)" }, { "docid": "13284499", "text": "Davies wrote in an email to the author of \"The Writers Tale\", \"I like leaving it open, because then you can imagine what you want. I think the fans will say it's Romana. Or even the Rani. Some might say that it's Susan's mother, I suppose. But of course it's meant to be the Doctor's mother.\" The Doctor at one point addresses the Lord President as \"Rassilon\", the name of the founder of Time Lord society from the classic series, although the character is only identified in the credits as \"The Narrator\" in part one and \"Lord President\" in part", "title": "The End of Time (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "4745490", "text": "sisters and brother Alexei were all wearing their long white nightgowns. \"All the children seemed to like him,\" Olga Alexandrovna recalled. \"They were completely at ease with him.\" Rasputin's friendship with the imperial children was evident in the messages he sent to them. \"My Dear Pearl M!\" Rasputin wrote the nine-year-old Maria in one telegram in 1908. \"Tell me how you talked with the sea, with nature! I miss your simple soul. We will see each other soon! A big kiss.\" In a second telegram, Rasputin told the child, \"My Dear M! My Little Friend! May the Lord help you", "title": "Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)" }, { "docid": "3575123", "text": "once was in your memory. And you'll know Kerouac for what he was. And you know that amidst all the lies, he told the truth. The truth with a little 't'. He wanted to fool you, but he couldn't. It wasn't in him; he hadn't the talent for it. He had only enough to tell you the way he had wanted it to be. How he wanted it to be when he looked back on it.\" Gary Snyder wrote Kerouac saying \"\"Dharma Bums\" is a beautiful book, & I am amazed & touched that you should say so many nice", "title": "The Dharma Bums" }, { "docid": "12129937", "text": "market debt), in John D. Spooner’s book \"Do You Want to Make Money or Would You Rather Fool Around?\" (Spooner 2000 ). In the book, Spooner ladles out some of Sammy the Spread’s streetwise wisdom: “People love to talk. I fell into my profession by accident, and then I had nothing to lose. Ask a lot of questions. If you meet a seller of debt, ask “Who else has called you?” for instance. Ask questions of your competitors and of your clients . “Who’s doing what to whom and for how much?” You’ll be amazed what people will tell you", "title": "Robert P. Smith" }, { "docid": "2689349", "text": "several noted judges, including Frederick Greer, later a Lord Justice of Appeal, who wrote that \"unless my judgement is very much astray, you will quickly acquire a leading place in the front row\", a feeling which was echoed by other justices including William Finlay, who wrote that \"I am confident that you will rise to the top of the profession, and I shall very greatly rejoice when my confidence is justified.\" In his first year as a King's Counsel Birkett earned £8,600, double what he had taken the previous year as a junior brief. In 1924, the Campbell Case brought", "title": "Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett" }, { "docid": "19145114", "text": "recordings as members of Patch's crew. After losing his eye, Ron Hamilton wrote a song entitled \"Rejoice in the Lord\", which became one of his most widely popular songs. Other famous songs written by Ron Hamilton include \"Wings as Eagles\", \"My Hope Is Jesus\", \"Wiggle Worm\", \"Bow the Knee\", \"Beautiful Hands\", \"Always the Same\", \"Here Am I, Lord\", \"Born to Die\", \"Little by Little\", \"The Poochie Lip Disease\", \"How Can I Fear\", \"Lord, I Need You\", \"Servant's Heart\", \"Clean It Up\", \"I Am Weak, but You Are Strong\", Christ Is Coming, \"Jonah\", \"Call the Wambulance\", \"That's Where Wisdom Begins\", \"I", "title": "Patch the Pirate" }, { "docid": "2053527", "text": "asked if he knew of any Middle Eastern country that possessed nuclear weapons, implicitly asking him to confirm or deny Israel's alleged nuclear arsenal, despite Israel's long held stance of \"nuclear ambiguity\". Obama replied that he did not want to \"speculate\" on the matter. On July 1, 2009, Thomas commented on the Obama administration's handling of the press, \"we have had some control but not this control. I mean I'm amazed, I'm amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency and you have controlled...\". She also said that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press as", "title": "Helen Thomas" }, { "docid": "8310033", "text": "co-wrote and \"Addicted to Love\" was in fact written for Frostell's \"Impossible Love\", her version being either never recorded and/or released once the potential of having a high-profile Finnish singer such as Laura Voutilainen make a Eurovision bid with the song was recognized. \"Addicted to You\" is sung from the perspective of a woman telling her lover how she feels about him. She seems amazed at the depth of her own feelings, telling him that \"If you were a drug, I'd be addicted to you\" and \"Every time that we say 'goodbye', I just die a little inside\". Finland had", "title": "Addicted to You (Laura Voutilainen song)" }, { "docid": "6139598", "text": "credits include the number 1 hits \"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out\" by Chris Cagle and \"19 Somethin'\" by Mark Wills. Other artists for whom he has produced include Jimmy Wayne, Aaron Lines, Rachel Proctor, \"Can You Duet\" winners Caitlin & Will, and \"American Idol\" season 9 finalist Casey James. He also produced Kellie Pickler's self-titled second album and co-wrote five songs on it. One of his first writing credits was Lonestar's 1999 single \"Amazed\", which at the time was the first song in 18 years to chart at number 1 on both Hot Country Songs and the \"Billboard\" Hot", "title": "Chris Lindsey" }, { "docid": "9253291", "text": "walls of the garden, located between the Herzl Museum and the Herzl Educational Center, is a quote from Norman from when he visited Israel in 1946. The quote sums up the meaning of Zionism and Israel. \"You will be amazed at the Jewish Youth in Palestine ... they have the look of freedom.\" Beginning in late 1895, Herzl wrote \"Der Judenstaat\" (\"The State of the Jews\"). The small book was initially published 14 February 1896, in Leipzig, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It is subtitled \"\"Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage\"\", (\"Proposal of a modern solution for", "title": "Theodor Herzl" }, { "docid": "18154663", "text": "soup in the field and not even a noodle grew! Eulogy: There is a girl in town saying that you are the father of her twins... Inodoro: That's an exaggeration ... One of the children… perhaps, but not both... Inodoro: I am not lazy; I may be a little timid to work. Mendieta: Small creatures of God [talking sarcastically about the parrots]. Mendieta: Tell me Mr. Inodoro… Are you with Eulogia because of some promise you made? Inodoro: Mendieta, one is dazzled by the beautiful woman, is amazed by the intelligent one… and finally ends up with the one who", "title": "Inodoro Pereyra" }, { "docid": "19356170", "text": "me in body, soul and spirit.\" \"Come, Lord Jesus, cover me with Your Precious Blood, and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I Love You, Lord Jesus. I Praise You, Jesus. I Thank You, Jesus. I shall follow You every day of my life. Amen\" \"Mary, my Mother, Queen of Peace. St. Peregrine, the Cancer Saint, all you Angels and Saints, please help me. Amen.\" Rookey O.S.M., Fr. Peter M. Servite Priest - A solemn professed friar and priest of the Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) - United States of America Province, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at", "title": "Peter Mary Rookey" }, { "docid": "9146923", "text": "meet her beloved husband's family and to offer them her love. Lord S. blurts out that he is \"amazed and distressed.\" When he sees the marriage certificate and will, Lord S. notes that the fortune now belongs to Ruth. Ruth offers it to Lord S., but he declines sadly, saying \"You speak kindly and generously; but you do not understand these matters.\" He sends her to his solicitor and asks to be alone as he bursts into tears. Two weeks later, in Brantingame Hall, Mr. Parfit readies the deed to surrender the Hall to Crampton. He urges Lord Saxmundham to", "title": "Brantinghame Hall" }, { "docid": "985769", "text": "a traditional Slavic style, More important, he shared Mucha's enthusiasm for a series of monumental paintings on Slavic history, and he became Mucha's most important patron. When Mucha designed the Czechoslovak bills, he used his portrait of Crane's daughter as the model for Slavia for the 100 koruna bill. From New York, he wrote to his family in Moravia: \"You must have been very surprised by my decision to come to America, perhaps even amazed. But in fact I had been preparing to come here for some time. It had become clear to me that that I would never have", "title": "Alphonse Mucha" }, { "docid": "14306502", "text": "successfully, this very day! Will Tobiyahu of the royal family c<o>me to your servant?\" \"To my lord, Yaush, may YHWH cause my lord to see peace at this time! Who is your servant, a dog, that my lord sent him the king's [lette]r [and] the letters of the officer[s, sayin]g, \"Please read!\" And behold, the words of the [officers] are not good; to weaken your hands [and to in]hibit the hands of the m[en]. [I(?)] know [them(?)]. My lord, will you not write to [them] sa[ying, \"Wh]y are you behaving this way? [ . . . ] well-being [ .", "title": "Lachish letters" }, { "docid": "8425000", "text": "In 1989, Britton wrote \"Lord Horror\" published by Savoy Books. This became the last publication to be banned under the United Kingdom's Obscene Publications Act in 1992. Britton is the creator and scriptwriter of the \"Lord Horror\" and \"Meng and Ecker\" comics published by Savoy. These characters also appear in a trio of novels written by Britton: \"Lord Horror\", \"Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz of Oz\", and \"Baptised in the Blood of Millions\". \"\"Lord Horror\",\" Britton has said, \"was so unique and radical, I expected to go to prison for it. I always thought that if you wrote a truly dangerous book", "title": "David Britton" }, { "docid": "7165616", "text": "material and got it right.\" Robert Corell, chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was also impressed. \"I sat there and I'm amazed at how thorough and accurate. After the presentation I said, 'Al, I'm absolutely blown away. There's a lot of details you could get wrong.' ... I could find no error.\" Michael Shermer, scientific author and founder of The Skeptics Society, wrote in \"Scientific American\" that Gore's slide show \"shocked me out of my doubting stance.\" Eric Steig, a climate scientist writing on RealClimate, lauded the film's science as \"remarkably up to date, with reference to some of", "title": "An Inconvenient Truth" }, { "docid": "10376218", "text": "by Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon), Roxy's rival for Jase's affections. A \"Liverpool Daily Post\" reporter wrote that Jase and Roxy's relationship starts to gather pace until Jay steals her engagement ring. Jase and Roxy end their relationship and Lord said that despite them having things in common, Jase's head has been turned by Dawn. Jase's second relationship storyline with Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon) was aired in the middle of November in 2007. Tointon admitted that \"On a soap you lead a double life. You get so close to people and I had formed a great friendship with Lord, who plays", "title": "Jase Dyer" }, { "docid": "15252110", "text": "bowed his head, offering the little figure respects.< \"You have brought Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the universe,\" he said, smiling and bright-eyed. \"He is Krsna. Thank you very much.\" Shrila Prabhupada beamed with pleasure, while Malati and others sat amazed at their good fortune of seeing Swamiji so pleased. Prabhupada explained that this was Lord Jagannatha, a Deity of Krsna worshiped all over India for thousands of years. Jagannatha, he said, is worshiped along with two other deities: His brother, Balarama, and His sister, Subhadra. Excitedly, Malati confirmed that there were other, similar figures at Cost Plus, the import", "title": "Malati Dasi" }, { "docid": "11520395", "text": "way to England Queen Anne of Cleves in December 1539 had an enforced stay at Calais, and Lord Lisle used his influence as Lord Deputy of Calais, on behalf of his step-daughter Katharine, to speak to the vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Cleves, Henry Olisleger, who wrote to Lord Lisle on 6 January 1540 with disappointing news as follows: \"My lord, very sorry at heart I am to advertise you that with the knowledge and goodwill of the Queen's Grace I have spoken with the king our master and also with my Lord Privy Seal \"(i.e. Thomas Cromwell)\" and the", "title": "Katharine Basset" }, { "docid": "17198092", "text": "that I was moir rude than wyse. I can nought gyve you a verie wyse counsell, but I love you weill aneuche.\" After Mary's escape from Lochleven Lindsay fought against her at Langside, and by reinforcing the right wing of the Regent's army as it was about to give way turned the tide of the battle. In 1568 Lindsay was a commissioner at the York and Westminster conferences discussing the casket letters. Lindsay heard that Lord Herries had accused his allies, including Regent Moray, of the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. Lindsay, lodged at Kingston upon Thames, wrote a", "title": "Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay" }, { "docid": "9705857", "text": "in a mental asylum ... You're nobody and I'm not going to talk to you!\" At that point, Neal Conan invited him to leave. Of the banning, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wrote: \"America still has a constitutional protection of free speech, and I have been amazed ... to see how few people in this country are willing to stick up for that elementary principle ... a country once famous for free speech is now hysterically and expensively sensitive to anything that could be taken as a slight.\" In \"The Guardian\", Catherine Bennett wrote: \"The ban on Savage is", "title": "Michael Savage" }, { "docid": "8584020", "text": "\"I send you Monsignor Tubia to converse with you, and to discuss this matter...I have again written to him, recommending him to communicate to you the impossibility of accomplishing your wishes\". On 27 March 1842, Sir Hugh Rose wrote to Lord Aberdeen that \"Bishop Tubia, in January, on an alarm of his arrest by the Turks, requested an asylum in my house, should it prove to be correct\". Further proof of Tobia Aoun's role as diplomatic representative of the Maronite nation is attested by Sir Hugh Rose in a letter to Lord Aberdeen dated 7 June 1844 in which Rose", "title": "Tobia Aoun" }, { "docid": "5090603", "text": "Lindsay he wrote:\"\"what shall I say in this great day of the Lord, wherein, in the midst of a cloud, I find a fair sunshine. I can wish no more for you, but that the Lord may comfort you, and shine upon you as he doth upon me, and give you that same sense of His love in staying in the world, as I have in going out of it.\"\" On the scaffold he gave a speech reiterating his opposition to \"Popery\", and finally joked that the guillotine, as his \"\"inlet to glory\"\" was \"\"the sweetest maiden he had ever", "title": "Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll" }, { "docid": "13919640", "text": "the law. Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, \"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!\" The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, \"What is this? A new teaching — and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him.\" News about him spread quickly over the whole region", "title": "Jesus in the synagogue of Capernaum" }, { "docid": "4641353", "text": "all others, but I feel you to be an exception with respect to me to all general rules, I am sure your friendship has been so. God bless you, my dear Fitz. On 18 August Fox wrote to his nephew Lord Holland: I cannot forget that ever since I was a child Fitzwilliam has been, in all situations, my warmest and most affectionate friend, and the person in the world of whom decidedly I have the best opinion, and so in most respects I have still, but as a politician I cannot reconcile his conduct with what I (who have", "title": "William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam" }, { "docid": "19105895", "text": "them [the woman]? Ask me. I'll tell you [who I am]. I am Muhammad's granddaughter. I am Fatima's daughter.\" People at the court were impressed and amazed by her. According to the narration of Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, in Yazid's presence a man with red skin asked Yazid for one of the captured women to be his slave. Yazid hit the lips and teeth of Hussein with his stick while saying: \"I wish those of my clan who were killed at Badr, and those who had seen the Khazraj clan wailing (in the battle of Uhad) on account of lancet wounds, were", "title": "Sermon of Zaynab bint Ali in the court of Yazid" }, { "docid": "9742682", "text": "a week, for seven to eight months.\" Hudson added, \"It amazed me, Bob's writing ability. How he would come in, sit down at the typewriter, and write a song. And what was amazing was that almost every one of those songs was funny.\" Dylan recorded around thirty new compositions with The Hawks, including some of the most celebrated songs of his career: \"I Shall Be Released\", \"This Wheel's on Fire\", \"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)\", \"Tears of Rage\" and \"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere\". Two of these featured his lyrics set to music by members of The Band: Danko wrote", "title": "The Basement Tapes" }, { "docid": "20454924", "text": "(1726) described the pass: \"Enterkin, the frightfullest pass, and most dangerous that I met with, between that and Penmenmuir in North Wales\"\". Another author wrote that \"\"A few steps and you are on its edge, looking down giddy and amazed into its sudden and immense depths. ... but we know nothing more noticeable, more unlike any other place, more impressive, than this short, deep, narrow, and sudden glen.\"\" The original path and lane ran from near the school and was cut off by the railway, but it used to directly run from Enterkinfoot with another route from the south branching", "title": "Enterkinfoot" }, { "docid": "13123899", "text": "them stay up only if they watched the convention. Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, called Obama after the speech and told him, \"You did well...I just kind of worry about you. I hope you keep your head on straight.\" She was later quoted by a journalist: \"I was a little amazed. It was really quite an exceptional speech, or I'm being prejudiced, I don't know. But, to me, it was really quite exceptional.\" Immediately after the speech MSNBC host Chris Matthews admitted, \"I have to tell you, a little chill in my legs right now. That is an amazing moment in", "title": "2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address" }, { "docid": "2953482", "text": "country.\" In an interview on NPR's \"World Cafe\", aired December 15, 2006, Waits stated that Tom Traubert was a \"friend of a friend\" who died in prison. Bones Howe, the album's producer, recalls when Waits first came to him with the song: Howe was amazed when he first heard the song, and he's still astonished by it. \"I do a lot of seminars,\" he says. \"Occasionally I'll do something for songwriters. They all say the same thing to me. 'All the great lyrics are done.' And I say, 'I'm going to give you a lyric that you never heard before.\"'", "title": "Small Change (Tom Waits album)" }, { "docid": "900660", "text": "part. Akhenaten wrote: Say to Aziru, ruler of Amurru: Thus the king, your lord [Akhenaten], saying: The ruler of Gubla [Byblos], whose brother had cast him away at the gate, said to you, \"Take me and get me into the city. There is much silver, and I will give it to you. Indeed there is an abundance of everything, but not with me [here].\" Thus did the ruler [Rib-Hadda] speak to you. Did you not write to the king, my lord saying, \"I am your servant like all the previous mayors [i.e., vassals] in his city\"? Yet you acted delinquently", "title": "Akhenaten" }, { "docid": "8497711", "text": "In July, 2013 he posted an update on jedimindtricks.com on how he was getting along with his cancer, stating that \"” It’s been awhile since I gave an update on me and the situation I’m going thru. It has been a crazy journey both physically and mentally but it looks like my darkest days are almost behind me. I still have ways to go but I am getting better. Once again thank you to all who stayed in my corner during this battle, true colors show when you are at your worst. I’m still amazed from all the love and", "title": "Crypt the Warchild" }, { "docid": "4333721", "text": "While it is true all military leaders planned for a swift victory, many military and civilian leaders recognized that the war may be long and highly destructive. The principal German and French military leaders, including Moltke and Ludendorff and his French counterpart Joseph Joffre, expected a long war. The British Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener expected a long war: \"three years\" or longer, he told an amazed colleague. Moltke hoped that a European war, if it broke out, would be resolved swiftly but he also conceded that it might drag on for years, wreaking immeasurable ruin. Asquith wrote", "title": "Causes of World War I" }, { "docid": "18817812", "text": "to be healed,' or 'Thus saith the Lord I have healed you and you shall live and not die.'\" But if that person prophesied to dies this \"presumptuous prophesying will also bring reproach on the gift of prophecy, the ministry of prophesying, and the office of the prophet\" because they are \"doctrinally-directed, instead of divinely inspired, prophecies\". Along these lines Pastor Nee wrote \"We will always treasure the fact that the Lord still speaks today. He not only spoke in the Scriptures, He not only spoke to Paul and John, He is also speaking to us today. Whenever someone who", "title": "Rhema (doctrine)" }, { "docid": "11166167", "text": "recalled that when Uxbridge was shot he cried out, \"I have got it at last,\" to which the Duke of Wellington responded, \"No? Have you, by God?\". After being wounded, Lord Uxbridge was taken to his headquarters in the village of Waterloo, a house owned by M. Hyacinthe Joseph-Marie Paris, Maison Tremblant, who was still in his residence at 214, Chaussée de Bruxelles. There, the remains of his leg were removed principally by Doctor John Hume assisted by surgeons James Powell of the Ordnance Medical Department, and James Callander of the 7th Hussars, without antiseptic or anaesthetics. The Prince Regent", "title": "Lord Uxbridge's leg" }, { "docid": "14143184", "text": "in a very large number of faith schools of many different faiths and denominations\". Lord Phillips, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke and Lord Kerr held that the school had directly discriminated on grounds of race. Lord Clarke wrote, \"I do not accept they were not considering M’s ethnic origins or making a decision on ethnic grounds...As I see it, once it is accepted...that the reason M is not a member of the Jewish religion is that his forbears in the matrilineal line were not Orthodox Jews and that, in that sense his less favourable treatment is determined by his", "title": "R (E) v Governing Body of JFS" }, { "docid": "4875993", "text": "definitive separation from the present life, I feel the duty to celebrate the gift, the good fortune, the beauty, the destiny of this very fleeting existence. Lord, I thank you that you have called me to life, and still more that, by making me a Christian, you have regenerated and destined me for the fullness of life. Likewise I feel the duty to thank and to bless those who were mediators for me of the gifts of life bestowed on me by you, O Lord: those who brought me to life (Oh! May my most worthy parents be blessed!), those", "title": "Testament of Pope Paul VI" }, { "docid": "15205114", "text": "home in Leonia, New Jersey. Ben Ryan (composer) Bennett A. \"Ben\" Ryan (March 30, 1892 – July 5, 1968) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics to the popular song \"(The Gang that Sang) Heart of My Heart\". He also wrote or co-wrote many other popular songs including \"Inka Dinka Doo\", \"M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I\", \"No Nothing\", \"The Thrill of a New Romance\", \"When Francis Dances with Me\", and \"When I Send You a Picture of Berlin\". Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Ryan was also a vaudeville performer, film actor and screen writer. Following a lengthy illness, on July 5,", "title": "Ben Ryan (composer)" }, { "docid": "15205113", "text": "Ben Ryan (composer) Bennett A. \"Ben\" Ryan (March 30, 1892 – July 5, 1968) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics to the popular song \"(The Gang that Sang) Heart of My Heart\". He also wrote or co-wrote many other popular songs including \"Inka Dinka Doo\", \"M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I\", \"No Nothing\", \"The Thrill of a New Romance\", \"When Francis Dances with Me\", and \"When I Send You a Picture of Berlin\". Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Ryan was also a vaudeville performer, film actor and screen writer. Following a lengthy illness, on July 5, 1968, he died at his", "title": "Ben Ryan (composer)" }, { "docid": "8017896", "text": "monsters and other creatures. Stern has commented that \"Dan Powell, who had put together the 5ON thing, contacted me because he liked a particular Simpsons script I wrote [\"Duffless\"]. I saw how I could keep the show grounded, but still make it expansive enough through this crazy world that I wouldn't get freaked out on episode three that I was out of stories. That's my biggest nightmare. If you're trying to create 100 episodes, you need to know you can go forever.\" Stern has commented that he considers \"Ugly Americans\" to be \"a dream job, to write a limitless show", "title": "David M. Stern" }, { "docid": "7243191", "text": "it, Djedi, this denying to have seen you ever before?” Djedi answers: “Oh sovereign, my lord! Only the one who is summoned is one who will come. I was summoned, and now see, oh sovereign, my lord, I have come.” The pharaoh continues: “Is it true, this talk-about that you could mend a severed head?” Djedi says: “Yes, oh sovereign, my lord. May you live, be blessed and prosperous. I know how to do that.” Khufu replies: “May a prisoner, who is jailed, be brought to me, so that his execution may be enforced.”. Djedi refuses with the words: “Not", "title": "Dedi" }, { "docid": "12715141", "text": "forces had ambushed Hun and nearly captured him. Emperor Dezong, amazed that Liu had predicted this, had an imperial messenger deliver the report to Liu. The next day, he stated to Liu, \"You are but a scholar. It is amazing how you were able to predict this so accurately.\" Meanwhile, because Liu was willing to speak, his relationship with fellow chancellor Zhang Yanshang, whom Emperor Dezong trusted, became poor. On one occasion, Zhang sent an associate to state to Liu, \"You, lord chancellor, are greatly honored for your virtues. If you are more careful with your words in the imperial", "title": "Liu Hun" }, { "docid": "17774132", "text": "a month later he captured several Spanish ships worth more than £14,000. On 2 November 1804, Horatio Nelson, himself quite ill, wrote to Lord Melville: '...I fear Lord M Kerr is falling into the same complaint [as I have]. I have now got him to the fleet and shall keep an Eye upon him for he is too valuable an Officer and good a Man to be lost for want of care.' In April 1805, Captain Mark Kerr discovered that the French Toulon fleet, sought by Nelson, were in the Atlantic and he passed this information on to Vice-admiral Orde", "title": "Lord Mark Kerr (Royal Navy officer)" }, { "docid": "12767398", "text": "through college, Linda worked as a cook and deckhand aboard the sword-fishing boat \"Walter Leeman\" during her summers. She continued working on the boat during free time and vacations and, after her graduation in 1983, continued working for the boat's owner, Alden Leeman, who installed Greenlaw as a swordfish captain in 1986 when he acquired a second vessel. Greenlaw wrote in \"The Hungry Ocean\": \"Being a woman hasn't been a big deal. I never anticipated problems stemming from being female, and never encountered any. I have been surprised, even embarrassed, by the number of people who are genuinely amazed that", "title": "Linda Greenlaw" }, { "docid": "2179714", "text": "to stop Lu Shi. He pretended to have received a letter from Lu Shi and wrote a \"reply\" as such: \"I can sense your sincerity and sorrow when you told me you have disagreements with Wen Xiu. You said both of you cannot exist together and you intend to defect to my side. I have delivered your letter to my lord and will gather my men to welcome you. You should make preparations soon and inform us of the date of your defection.\" He then left the \"reply\" letter at the border, where it was picked up by Lu Shi's", "title": "Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms)" }, { "docid": "20231614", "text": "a new skill during 9 months, and being so much into music she got inspired to do something with it for this project. Beside that she also wanted to do something with people. When doing research she found a video of a dj playing a live set who had a great connection with the crowd. As she loved the vibe and was amazed by how one person can transfer his energy to an entire crowd with music, she realized that \"when you are a DJ, you have this special connection with people, i think that's amazing!\". So she went to", "title": "Sophie Francis" }, { "docid": "3015894", "text": "the resemblance until it was pointed out to him after the album's release: \"Later on, I got a call from \"Rolling Stone\" magazine in San Francisco. Someone had discovered little pictures of The Beatles and the hand of Jesus in the tree trunk. Well, I had a proof of the cover on my wall, so I went and turned it upside down and sure enough . . . Hahaha! I mean, if you wanted to see it, you could see it. I was as amazed as anybody.\" The album sleeve is also notable for its liner notes, written by Dylan", "title": "John Wesley Harding (album)" }, { "docid": "704543", "text": "Speaks for Earth\". In 1966, the \"Foundation\" trilogy beat several other science fiction and fantasy series to receive a special Hugo Award for \"Best All-Time Series\". The runners-up for the award were \"Barsoom series\" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, \"Future History series\" by Robert A. Heinlein, \"Lensman series\" by Edward E. Smith and \"The Lord of the Rings\" by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Foundation series is still the only series so honored. Asimov himself wrote that he assumed the one-time award had been created to honor \"The Lord of the Rings\", and he was amazed when his work won. The", "title": "Foundation series" }, { "docid": "10594522", "text": "first time was in the bookstore, where he told Monk that he couldn't make up the stuff he used for his latest Detective Marshak novel, the second being when Ludlow was huddled with the others around a table in the morgue, where Monk noticed Ludlow shaking his head and musing to himself \"I couldn't make this stuff up.\", and the third being when Ludlow entered the upper makeshift warehouse room and, after listening to the others, says smoothly \"I am always amazed at what you find when you scratch the surface of any ordinary person's life. Who would ever thought", "title": "Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants" }, { "docid": "3797397", "text": "Donald Yetter Gardner Donald Yetter Gardner (20 August 1913 – 15 September 2004) was an American songwriter who is best known for writing the classic Christmas song, \"All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth\". Gardner wrote the song in 1944 while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. He asked the class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of them had at least one front tooth missing as they answered in a lisp. Gardner wrote the song in 30 minutes. In a 1995 interview, Gardner said, \"I was amazed at the", "title": "Donald Yetter Gardner" }, { "docid": "9137397", "text": "brother Thomas influenced his decision to become Member of Parliament for Hythe in 1708, a position which he held until 1711. That same year, he joined the army and fought at Oudenarde and Lille. After the war, he returned to England with a letter for the Lord High Treasurer, Lord Godolphin, from the Duke of Marlborough, who wrote that \"Fane behaved himself very well, so that I am desirous you would do him the honour of presenting him to the Queen. I like him much better than his brother [Westmorland].\" A year later, however, he left for the continent again,", "title": "John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland" }, { "docid": "19385108", "text": "and \"DoReMi\" performing incredibly well in the local box office. Singles like \"Only Me and You\", \"I Can\", and \"Wish\" have all dominated Philippine radio in 1996. Several famed producers worked with Cruz on the album, including Trina Belamide (who wrote \"Where Could He Be\" specifically for Cruz) and Wency Cornejo, who wrote \"Sa Ngalan ng Pag-ibig\". Vehnee Saturno co-wrote and produced Cruz's remake of the Jaya hit \"Dahil Tanging Ikaw\". A Taglish version of \"Wish\" (written by Mike Shepstone and Stephen M. Singer) which was a hit for both Cruz and American singer Jason Everly (son of Phil Everly", "title": "Pure Donna" }, { "docid": "12495613", "text": "it is said that it has only been exercised in Matters of Trade, it will be found to be a Mistake. Later during September, 1777, Fairfax was detained in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. However, he wrote to his Washington, who sent him a pass to travel between the lines: Washington wrote him back: The difference in our political Sentiments never made any change in my friendship for you, and the favorable Sentiments I ever entertained of your hon'r, leaves me without a doubt that you would say any thing, or do any thing injurious to the cause we are engaged in after", "title": "Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron" }, { "docid": "519921", "text": "performed alongside him. Condon, for instance, wrote of being amazed by Beiderbecke's piano playing: \"All my life I had been listening to music […] But I had never heard anything remotely like what Beiderbecke played. For the first time I realized music isn't all the same, it had become an entirely new set of sounds\" \"I tried to explain Bix to the gang,\" Carmichael wrote, but \"[i]t was no good, like the telling of a vivid, personal dream […] the emotion couldn't be transmitted.\" Mezzrow described Beiderbecke's tone as being \"pickled in alcohol […] I have never heard a tone", "title": "Bix Beiderbecke" }, { "docid": "8800895", "text": "she wrote, “but if you could lend your approval to such an honor for ‘Doc’ as we all knew him, I would appreciate it very much.” “Please do this if you can,” King wrote to the Chief of Naval Personnel, who recommended the name assignment on July 10, 1945; consequently, on July 14, 1945, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal assigned the name \"Carpenter\" to DD-825. In writing to Secretary Forrestal upon being informed of the naming of the ship, Carpenter’s widow wrote on August 9, 1945 of her “deep appreciation of the honor bestowed on my two sons and", "title": "Donald M. Carpenter" }, { "docid": "124175", "text": "an out-stretched arm and with great acts of judgment, and \"I will take you\" for my people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians\" (). The next verse, \"And \"I will bring you\" into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.\" () was not fulfilled until the generation following the Passover story, and the rabbis could not decide", "title": "Elijah" }, { "docid": "702016", "text": "comfort of soul that is given to natures touched by grace, by faith in God's infinite power and confidence in His goodness.\" To another friend, a Chinese diplomat who became a Catholic monk, Albert wrote: \"Consecrating oneself wholly to the service of Our Lord gives, to those touched by grace, the peace of soul which is the supreme happiness here below.\" Albert used to tell his children: \"As you nourish your body, so you should nourish your soul.\" In an interesting meditation on what he viewed as the harm that would result if Christian ideals were abandoned in Belgium, he", "title": "Albert I of Belgium" }, { "docid": "15169778", "text": "are answered by silence. \"Atheist \"(louder still)\": 'And who will remember me when I have turned into leaves?' \"(Silence)\".\" The producer wishes he had a voice saying \"God\" at those points, and is amazed when the technician hands him Murke's tin of \"Gods\" (\"you really are a godsend\"). The technician resolves to keep the producer's spare silences for Murke's collection. There had been no silences at all in Bur-Malottke's \"Nature of Art\" lectures. The story ends with the producer taking a crumbled piece of paper out of his pocket (\"Funny, isn't it, the corny stuff you can come across in", "title": "Murke's Collected Silences" }, { "docid": "4887616", "text": "when asked about it, said \"I'm absolutely amazed. I've heard both Lori's and Roberta's version and I must say I'm very humbled about the whole thing. You can't help but feel that way about a song written and performed as well as this one is.\" Nevertheless, Fox repudiated Lieberman's role in the song's creation, saying: \"We [Gimbel and Fox] wrote the song and [Lieberman] heard it and said it reminded her of how she felt at [a Don McLean] concert. Don McLean didn't inspire Norman or me to write the song but even Don McLean thinks he's the inspiration for", "title": "Killing Me Softly with His Song" }, { "docid": "8048971", "text": "attempt to explain a controlled skid on an abrupt turn in dirt-track racing to Lightning was met with misunderstanding and skepticism, leaving Doc disillusioned and bitter about the young hot rod who seemed to care only about himself. He was less than happy when an amazed McQueen discovered his past and asked, \"How could a car like you quit at the top of your game?\" Doc admitted that he did not quit, but was forced into retirement after his crash by the rise of hot young racers. \"I had a lot of stuff left,\" Doc said sadly, \"but I never", "title": "Doc Hudson" }, { "docid": "754203", "text": "him to shoot the film on a color negative, to allow color VHS copies of the film to later be sold, but Spielberg did not want to accidentally \"beautify events.\" John Williams, who frequently collaborates with Spielberg, composed the score for \"Schindler's List\". The composer was amazed by the film, and felt it would be too challenging. He said to Spielberg, \"You need a better composer than I am for this film.\" Spielberg responded, \"I know. But they're all dead!\" Itzhak Perlman performs the theme on the violin. Regarding \"Schindler's List\", Perlman said: In the scene where the ghetto is", "title": "Schindler's List" }, { "docid": "16414958", "text": "for the hell of it. I don't suppose a Republican paper would want to use it.\" However, the \"Journal\" ran the photo on the front page. The \"New York Times\" wrote that Gallagher's photo was \"one of the outstanding pictures of the campaign\", perhaps because it contrasted with Stevenson's serious, patrician image. Stevenson was sent an \"avalanche\" of shoes by people who saw the image and when Gallagher won the Pulitzer Stevenson sent him a telegram reading \"Glad to hear you won with a hole in one.\" Gallagher died of meningitis at age 52. William M. Gallagher William M. Gallagher", "title": "William M. Gallagher" }, { "docid": "20221572", "text": "\"Ariadne\" may well become a common name, \"for it truly and realistically summarizes a true woman character\" (la vraie femme aux hommes). Tatyana L. Tolstaya, Leo Tolstoy's daughter, wrote on 30 March 1899: \"I am always amazed when I see a male writer who understand so deeply the woman's nature... I recognize myself in \"Dushechka\" so as to feel ashamed. But even more ashamed I felt when I recognized myself in Ariadna.\" The young Vsevolod Meyerkhold (writing to O.M. Munt in early 1896) called the story \"ideologically to the point and wonderfully written\". Ivan Bunin included Ariadna into his personal", "title": "Ariadne (short story)" }, { "docid": "135116", "text": "years older than the composer, and who had had a series of lovers, wrote at this time: \"I must say I was confused and amazed at the effect this little creature had on me ... I have still not recovered from my astonishment, and if I were a proud person I should be feeling humiliated at having been carried away ...\" The two spent a miserable winter on Majorca (8 November 1838 to 13 February 1839), where, together with Sand's two children, they had journeyed in the hope of improving the health of Chopin and that of Sand's 15-year-old son", "title": "Frédéric Chopin" }, { "docid": "1456334", "text": "independence of America and proposed a form of Dominion status, however by April 1783 succeeded in securing peace with America and this feat remains his legacy. Rockingham was buried in York Minster in Yorkshire. Rockingham's estates, but not his marquisate, passed to his nephew William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam. Burke wrote to Fitzwilliam on 3 July 1782: \"You are Lord Rockingham in every thing. ... I have no doubt that you will take it in good part, that his old friends, who were attached to him by every tie of affection, and of principle, and among others myself, should look", "title": "Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham" }, { "docid": "14306500", "text": "ostracon is particularly interesting because of its mentions of Konyahu, who has gone down to Egypt, and the prophet. For possible biblical connections according to Torczyner, reference Jeremiah 26:20-23. \"May YHW[H] cause my [lord] to hear, this very day, tidings of good. And now, according to everything which my lord has sent, this has your servant done. I wrote on the sheet according to everything which [you] sent [t]o me. And inasmuch as my lord sent to me concerning the matter of Bet Harapid, there is no one there. And as for Semakyahu, Semayahu took him and brought him up", "title": "Lachish letters" }, { "docid": "10128923", "text": "important to ginans, the musicality and performance level of ginans as a rite in Jamatkhanas is significant as well. \"Sahebaji tun more man bhave: Verses I-VIII\" My lord, My heart is fond of you. I think of no-one else. None else pleases my heart. My lord, My heart is fond of you. So readily, my lord, You give me Whatever I ask of you. You indulge me In so many ways, My lord. In all four ages, I went about, Looking hard. I found none To match you, my lord. My lord, my heart Is fond of you. Come, come,", "title": "Ginans" }, { "docid": "5433440", "text": "woman rose to answer and said: \"Why are you asking them [the women]? Ask me. I will tell you. I am the granddaughter of Muhammad. I am the daughter of Fatimah.\" People at the court were impressed and amazed by her. At this time, Zaynab gave her \"khutbah\" (, sermon). According to narration of Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, in Yazid's presence, a man with red skin asked Yazid to give one of the captured woman as a bondwoman. Zaynab gave her khutbah after Yazid knapped at his teeth with the staff of his hand while saying: \"I wish those of my clan", "title": "Zaynab bint Ali" }, { "docid": "20840249", "text": "places and people, and possibilities for adventure easily playable. If you think the only place to have adventures is in a dungeon or the deep wilderness, pick up a copy of \"City Book\" and be amazed. If you want to see how descriptive and imaginative your game settings can be, get it. An excellent product that is worth every cent of its cover price.\" \"Citybook I\" was awarded the Origins Award for \"Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1982\". Citybook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker Citybook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker is a 1982 role-playing game supplement published by Flying Buffalo. \"Citybook", "title": "Citybook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" }, { "docid": "1504807", "text": "Lord Invader Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant; 13 December 1914 – 15 October 1961) was a prominent calypsonian with a very distinctive, gravelly voice. He was born in San Fernando, Trinidad. He became active in calypso in the mid-1930s, and was considered a country bumpkin by his contemporaries, because of his humble beginning. It was Grant's tailor who gave him his moniker by commenting, \"I tell you, Rupert, you should call yourself Lord Invader so when you go up to the city you be invadin' the capital.\" With a new name, in 1937 he went to the capital city of", "title": "Lord Invader" }, { "docid": "2035006", "text": "its naval forces, and would at minimum prevent them passing the Strait of Otranto. Anti-German sentiment rose among the British public, in newspapers, and in elite gentlemen's clubs, where resentment was inflamed by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford despite Churchill's remonstrances. Driven by public opinion, Churchill asked Prince Louis to resign as First Sea Lord on 27 October 1914. When acceptance of Battenberg's resignation was delayed by the King's opposition to the appointment of Fisher in his place, Louis wrote to Churchill, \"I beg of you to release me. I am on the verge of breaking down & I cannot use", "title": "Prince Louis of Battenberg" }, { "docid": "19050828", "text": "might not be the sharpest but physically I'm tip-top. I've never had any health problems. The doctors are amazed by me. I can definitely keep on running for another two or three years. It's all about willpower. You have to keep going\" Prior to 2015, the title of \"World's oldest athlete\" was held by American John Whittemore, who did throwing events at age 104 and 10 months in Santa Barbara in 2004. The oldest female athlete was Australian Ruth Frith, mother of Olympian Helen Frith, who was throwing all implements of the throws pentathlon at age 101. Five years earlier,", "title": "Hidekichi Miyazaki" }, { "docid": "7501978", "text": "amazed, remarked to her mother that the image of Saint Joseph matched exactly the appearance of the man who had saved her from the river creature at the age of 12. \"Oh great St. Joseph,\" she exclaimed, \"it is indeed you, the foster father of Jesus, the husband of Mary, who came to save me from that monster, to preserve me from death that I might enjoy the benefit of knowing, loving, and serving my God. It is right here, mother, it is with the sisters of St. Joseph that I wish to spend the rest of my life.\" Since", "title": "Fanny Allen" }, { "docid": "3988841", "text": "during 23 years on different occasions to meet different needs and situations, not by himself but by the command of Allah who revealed them. According to this order, the Qur'an opens with the Sūrat al-Fatihah and ends with the Mu'awwidhatayn. In the beginning, after praising and glorifying Allah as \"Lord of the worlds, Kind, Merciful and Master of the Judgment Day\", the believer submits: \"\"Lord, You alone I worship and to You alone I turn for help, and the most urgent help that I need from You is to be guided to the Straight Way.\"\" In answer, he is given", "title": "Al-Mu'awwidhatayn" }, { "docid": "2075870", "text": "always on the street Every time I see you, you’re always on the street You hang out on the corner, like a po-lice on his beat Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you’re gone Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you’re gone Listen here sweet mama, I’m gonna put your air brakes on Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee </poem> According to a black musician who lived near Rodgers in Mississippi, everyone, both black and white alike, began to copy Rodgers: \"Every one who could pick a guitar started yodeling like Rodgers.\"", "title": "Yodeling" }, { "docid": "14939939", "text": "Smoky, \"Well, shoot him.\" Smoky said, \"No, I will miss him. You shoot him,\" at the same time handing me the gun. I now saw that Smoky was in earnest and surely thought we had a bear and I burst out with laughter. Smoky was amazed and said, \"You blooming simpleton, what is the matter with you?\" The look of anxiety and the manner in which Smoky spoke still caused me to laugh the harder.\" \"When I could cease laughing long enough to tell Smoky what was in the trap, Smoky's change of looks of excitement and anxiety to one", "title": "Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper" }, { "docid": "4818709", "text": "of you from today on to go to church more often to hear the word of God. If you do this, may our Lord have mercy upon you. Those who have suffered up to now shall suffer no longer. May you be the elect of our Lord. He will be with you at all times if you pursue righteousness and avoid iniquity. By so doing, the Lord shall give you increase, for your harvest shall last until the vintage and the vintage shall last until the time of sowing. I, moreover, wish to finish my work if it please God.", "title": "Meshari" }, { "docid": "8705519", "text": "had\". The title track of the album, \"I Will Sing\", was written by Moen. It was written while Moen was in his car at one of Alabama's gulf coast beaches, trying to write songs for his upcoming album. He had been having a frustrating day, and the lyrics he wrote demonstrated his feelings. However, he did not like the lyrics. He said,I didn't feel anything the entire day. It was one of those times when you wonder where God is. I was driving back home, feeling frustrated, and I said, \"Lord, You seem so far away, a million miles or", "title": "I Will Sing" }, { "docid": "7054012", "text": "Flora, Venus and Gabriel. “Azrael, Azrail, Ashriel, Azriel, Azarail, Gabriel; dark angel of many names. Welcome to me, from your home in the third heaven. See, I welcome you with roses no less paradoxically vernal that your presence, who like Perseophone, comes from the Land of the Dead to herald new life!” [pg. 75] “Flora; Azrael; Venus Pandemos! These are but a few of the many names with which I might honour my goddess…” [pg. 77] To Rosencreutz, Fevvers is far beyond any being he has ever come across. He is amazed by her existence, as he considers her neither", "title": "Nights at the Circus" }, { "docid": "10600177", "text": "he was prepared to walk away from her for the last time, she asked, \"is that all you have to say?\", to which he responded, \"no...if I should die tonight, Lord, before my time, I won't die blue 'cause I've known you.\" Townsend later returned home where he later wrote out the rest of lyrics. He felt the song would be better suited for Gaye to record. But Gaye, known notoriously for not being able to sing a song unless the lyrics pertained to him personally whether he wrote them or not, turned the song down initially. He explained to", "title": "If I Should Die Tonight" }, { "docid": "4705357", "text": "changeup that's dominating\", All-Star third basemen Scott Rolen said. \"But his is dominating. It's a weapon. That's not usually a word you use with a changeup.\" Robb Nen, a retired closer, was amazed at how Hoffman got better after he lost velocity on his fastball. \"I don't think I could do it, to just lose the ability to throw 95 and still be one of the best. I have tremendous respect for him\", Nen said. Another retired closer, Troy Percival, concurred about the difficulty in transforming from a power pitching style. \"It's not easy to do. Guys who throw 95,", "title": "Trevor Hoffman" }, { "docid": "19771909", "text": "on the water. He only needs to throw something, then you hear a small sound and then it creates ripples. And Matvey \"threw it\" exactly in the center, and it sent ripples. And I am amazed that they are still there\" \". Nikolai Burov: \"\"I give a deep respect and even worship to those teachers who were in the beginning of TYUT, the names of which I'll never forget – especially, of course, about Matvei Dubrovin. Respect for the theater. That was probably the first time I realized that the theater is not only pleasure or satisfaction... – it is", "title": "Matvey Dubrovin" }, { "docid": "6834143", "text": "innocent of what you associate (with Allah)\" - 55. \"Besides Him. So scheme against me all together, then give me no respite.\" - 56. \"Surely I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is no living creature but He grasps it by its forelock. Surely my Lord is on the right path.\" - 57. \"But if you turn away, then indeed I have delivered to you that with which I am sent to you. And my Lord will bring another people in your place, and you cannot do Him any harm. Surely my Lord is the", "title": "Mahra Sultanate" }, { "docid": "13913223", "text": "a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, \"May you never bear fruit again!\" Immediately the tree withered. When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. \"How did the fig tree wither so quickly?\" they asked. Jesus replied, \"Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you", "title": "Cursing the fig tree" }, { "docid": "4641290", "text": "next day \"with \"two\" coaches and six, and \"sixteen\" outriders, and has kept the thing up ever since\". His involvement in local affairs included an appointment as deputy lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 18 February 1793. Fitzwilliam also took up his uncle's role as a major leader of the Whigs. Edmund Burke wrote to Fitzwilliam on 3 July 1782: \"You are Lord Rockingham in every thing. ... I have no doubt that you will take it in good part, that his old friends, who were attached to him by every tie of affection, and of principle, and among others myself, should", "title": "William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam" } ]

[ "Bolingbroke , Nova Scotia" ]

[ { "docid": "689008", "text": "Montgomery was also inspired by the \"formula Ann\" orphan stories (called such because they followed such a predictable formula) which were popular at the time and distinguished her character by spelling her name with an extra \"e\". She based other characters, such as Gilbert Blythe, in part on people she knew. She said she wrote the novel in the twilight of the day, while sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of Cavendish. Anne Shirley, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London, Prince Edward Island), is sent", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" } ]

[ { "docid": "689010", "text": "describing her fantasies and dreams. At first, stern and sharp Marilla says Anne must return to the orphanage, but after much observation and considering, along with Matthew's strong liking to Anne, she decides to let her stay. As a child of imagination, Anne takes much joy in life and adapts quickly, thriving in the close-knit farming village. Her imagination and talkativeness soon brighten up Green Gables. The book recounts Anne's adventures in making a home: the country school where she quickly excels in her studies; her friendship with Diana Barry, the girl living next door (her best or \"bosom friend\"", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "689009", "text": "to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, siblings in their fifties and sixties, after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew had originally decided to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matthew run their farm at Green Gables, which is set in the fictional town of Avonlea. Through a misunderstanding, the orphanage sends Anne instead. Anne is highly imaginative, eager to please and, at times, quite a dramatic individual. However, she is defensive about her appearance, despising her red hair and pale, thin frame. She is often quite talkative, especially when it comes to", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4282571", "text": "King refers to Gilbert and Anne Blythe, stating they were married. Anne does not appear in the Avonlea episode because she is sick with scarlet fever. \"The Continuing Story\", which takes place five years later, attempts to resolve the discontinuity by revealing that Anne had scarlet fever while she was teaching at an orphanage in Nova Scotia. Megan Follows reprised the role of Anne Shirley, with Jonathan Crombie reprising his Gilbert Blythe role. Several other cast members from the first two miniseries also appear. Anne Shirley returns to Avonlea after five years of teaching at an orphanage in Nova Scotia", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "4557940", "text": "Anne of the Island \"Anne of the Island\" is the third book in the \"Anne of Green Gables\" series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley. \"Anne of the Island\" was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling \"Anne of Green Gables\". In the continuing story of Anne Shirley, Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA. Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in \"Anne of Green Gables\") of taking further education at Redmond College in Nova Scotia.", "title": "Anne of the Island" }, { "docid": "4205547", "text": "ever to air on a Canadian television network. On February 17, 1986, the film aired on PBS in the United States on the series \"WonderWorks\". A 13-year-old orphan, Anne Shirley, is living in servitude with the cruel Hammond family in Nova Scotia. However, when Mr. Hammond dies, Anne is sent to an orphanage where she eventually receives the wonderful news that she has been adopted by a couple on Prince Edward Island (P.E.I). Upon arriving in P.E.I, Anne is met at the train station by an elderly Matthew Cuthbert who is surprised to find a girl there instead of a", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4282582", "text": "fall 2008, another film in the series, \"\" was released, showing Anne as an older woman looking back at her life as a child before her arrival at Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was a 2000 miniseries television film, and the third installment in a series of four films. The film was highly anticipated among fans of \"Anne of Green Gables\". It borrowed characters from the \"Anne of Green Gables\" novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It served as a sequel to two mini-series produced by CBC Television in the", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "4205847", "text": "United States between 1990 and 1996. It was inspired by a series of short stories and two novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of \"Anne of Green Gables\", which Sullivan had previously adapted as \"Anne of Green Gables\" in 1985 and \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\" in 1987. Many of the actors in the \"Anne of Green Gables\" movies also appear in storylines crossing over into the long-running Emmy award-winning series. Several actors from the first two Anne films can be seen in both \"Road to Avonlea\" and the \"Anne of Green Gables\", including Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton, Colleen", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "689016", "text": "of Shining Waters, both described in the book, are located in the vicinity. In addition, the Confederation Centre of the Arts has featured the wildly successful Anne of Green Gables musical on its mainstage every summer for over five decades. The Anne of Green Gables Museum is located in Park Corner, PEI, in a home that inspired L.M. Montgomery. The novel has been very popular in Japan, where it is known as \"Red-haired Anne\", and where it has been included in the national school curriculum since 1952. 'Anne' is revered as \"an icon\" in Japan, especially since 1979 when this", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "13043776", "text": "and solve. In conjunction with these problems, PBS \"Ready-to-Learn\" guides were created for teachers in America to use in classrooms. In 2005, an animated Anne of Green Gables movie was made, titled \"Anne: Journey to Green Gables\". This 85-minute direct-to-video film was a prequel to the live action Anne of Green Gables series. The cast voices included Lally Cadeau, Cedric Smith, Kathryn Greenwood, and Patricia Hamilton, all of whom had appeared in previous Sullivan Entertainment productions. Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series is a Canadian animated television series produced by Sullivan Entertainment", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "4205839", "text": "the Disney Channel as \"Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables\", and in two 150-minute installments, in December 1987 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in March 1988 on PBS, as \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\". The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan, and Europe as \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\" and has been released on DVD under that title. Finally, in 2017, the miniseries was officially retitled \"Anne of Avonlea\" for its North American Blu-ray Disc release by Sullivan Films, as part of the \"Anne of Green Gables\" Collector's Set. The", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "11406392", "text": "to Green Gables\"), published by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The book was also translated in French as a title of \"Anne... : Avant la maison aux pignons verts\" (meaning \"Anne : Before Green Gables...\"), published by Trécarré. Benjamin Lefebvre, co-chairman of the L.M. Montgomery Research Group wrote an article about this book. The series was adapted into an anime, \"Kon'nichiwa Anne 〜 Before Green Gables\", the latest entry in Nippon Animation's \"World Masterpiece Theater\" series. It aired in Japan from April 5, 2009 to December 27, 2009. Before Green Gables Before Green Gables is the title of a prequel to the Anne", "title": "Before Green Gables" }, { "docid": "1794651", "text": "\"Anne: Journey to Green Gables\", with McKenzie Sullivan providing the voice of Anne. In 2016, a 90-minute movie was made (\"L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables\") with Ella Ballentine as Anne Shirley, Sara Botsford as Marilla Cuthbert, and Martin Sheen as Matthew Cuthbert. This was followed by sequels in 2017, entitled \"Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars\" and \"Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew\". Anne is portrayed by Amybeth McNulty in the 2017-present CBC and Netflix dramatic series \"Anne with an E\". Lennie Goodings, a publisher for Virago Press, chose Anne as her favorite fictional character, stating, \"The", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "4205571", "text": "\"Anne of Green Gables\" today, there are principally two entities that control rights relating to \"Anne of Green Gables\". The Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority (AGGLA – which includes Lucy Maude Montgomery's heirs and the Province of Prince Edward Island) and Sullivan Entertainment (the producers of the well-known films and TV series based on Montgomery's novels). The Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority controls certain exclusive trademarks relating to \"Anne of Green Gables\" commercial merchandise and service related to Montgomery's literary works and any copyright in the Montgomery books which have not reverted to the public domain. Sullivan Entertainment", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4282568", "text": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was a 2000 miniseries television film, and the third installment in a series of four films. The film was highly anticipated among fans of \"Anne of Green Gables\". It borrowed characters from the \"Anne of Green Gables\" novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It served as a sequel to two mini-series produced by CBC Television in the 1980s. It was the most controversial and heavily criticized of the three film adaptations written and produced by Kevin Sullivan. \"The Continuing Story\" was criticized principally because unlike the 1985", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "6620551", "text": "novel begins with the 1956 screening on CBC television. This then prompted the later and more popular Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) mini-series. Anne of Green Gables (1956 film) Anne of Green Gables (1956) is a Canadian television film directed by Don Harron. The film was based upon the novel, \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The movie was produced for CBC Television, which also commissioned the more famous remake 1985 film adaptation. The filming and production took place in Toronto, ON and received a 6.3/10 rating on IMDb. The film depicts the story of a preteen", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)" }, { "docid": "6620529", "text": "Anne of Green Gables (1934 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1934 film directed by George Nicholls, Jr., based upon the novel, \"Anne of Green Gables\", by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The actress Dawn O'Day, who portrayed the title character of Anne Shirley, changed her stage name to \"Anne Shirley\" after making this film. There was also a sequel; \"Anne of Windy Poplars\". This modest film became a surprise hit in 1934, easily succeeding in becoming one of four top-grossing films RKO made that year (as noted in \"The R.K.O. Story\" published by Arlington House). Anne Shirley (Dawn O'Day) is", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1934 film)" }, { "docid": "4205557", "text": "Sullivan Animation also produced the feature-length animated film Anne: Journey to Green Gables which is an imaginative, whimsical prequel to Sullivan's live action Anne of Green Gables film. A year after the mini-series originally aired, Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster created and starred in a parody entitled \"Sam of Green Gables,\" in which a curmudgeonly old man named Sam is sent to Green Gables instead of Anne. The film swept the 1986 Gemini Awards, winning the following: The film was also nominated for \"Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series\" and \"Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4205851", "text": "non-televised dinner in Las Vegas on Jan. 22, 1988. The ACE awards were established after cable programs and performers were excluded from the Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Cable Programming was established in March 1985 to promote excellence in cable television programming. Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries film. It is a sequel to \"Anne of Green Gables\", and the second of a tetralogy of films. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel \"Anne\" series by Lucy Maud Montgomery; they are \"Anne of Avonlea\"", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "10691572", "text": "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning is a 2008 Canadian television miniseries, the fourth and final film in Sullivan Entertainment's \"Anne of Green Gables\" series. It was released in 2008 on CTV. Before the broadcast, CTV had recently acquired the rights to the entire Anne catalogue including the 1985 miniseries. The film stars 14-year-old Hannah Endicott-Douglas as the child and Barbara Hershey as the adult Anne Shirley. Shirley MacLaine plays matriarch Amelia Thomas in the film. Kevin Sullivan wrote a completely new screenplay for the three-hour movie based on Montgomery's characters (serving", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "11406390", "text": "Before Green Gables Before Green Gables is the title of a prequel to the Anne Shirley series. The book was published in 2008 by Puffin, a division of Penguin Books, as part of Puffin's celebration of Anne Shirley's centennial anniversary, which will also see the Anne Shirley series re-released to commemorate the event. The first book in the Anne Shirley series was \"Anne of Green Gables\", which was published in 1908. The author of the prequel is Canadian children's author Budge Wilson. In the official press release, Budge Wilson wrote: \"I will, of course, try to be true to the", "title": "Before Green Gables" }, { "docid": "689017", "text": "story was broadcast as anime, \"Anne of Green Gables\". Japanese couples travel to Prince Edward Island to have civil wedding ceremonies on the grounds of the Green Gables farm. Some Japanese girls arrive as tourists with red-dyed hair styled in pigtails, to look like Anne. In 2014, Asadora 'Hanako to Anne' (Hanako Muraoka is the first translator in Japan) was broadcast and Anne became popular among old and young alike. A replica of the Green Gables house in Cavendish is located in the theme park Canadian World in Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. The park was a less expensive alternative for Japanese", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "6620542", "text": "Anne of Green Gables (1956 film) Anne of Green Gables (1956) is a Canadian television film directed by Don Harron. The film was based upon the novel, \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The movie was produced for CBC Television, which also commissioned the more famous remake 1985 film adaptation. The filming and production took place in Toronto, ON and received a 6.3/10 rating on IMDb. The film depicts the story of a preteen orphan girl, Anne Shirley, adopted in the small-town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, whose optimistic mindset defies standard ladylike conduct and drives her to", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)" }, { "docid": "4205838", "text": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries film. It is a sequel to \"Anne of Green Gables\", and the second of a tetralogy of films. The miniseries dramatizes material from several books in the eight-novel \"Anne\" series by Lucy Maud Montgomery; they are \"Anne of Avonlea\" (Book Two), \"Anne of the Island\" (Book Three) and \"Anne of Windy Poplars\" (Book Four). As well, the TV film introduces several characters and issues not present in the books. The miniseries aired in four hour-long installments, in May and June 1987, on", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "8033796", "text": "Japan on March 26, 2014. A anime series that serves as a prequel to the series, \"\", premiered on April 5, 2009 in Japan. Anne Shirley is a girl raised in an orphanage. She is an imaginative and talkative girl. One day, Anne is accidentally sent to Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, who had originally requested a boy. Miss Marilla is surprised at first. After learning of Anne's sad past, she gradually becomes an irreplaceable member of the family of Cuthbert. This anime was directed by Isao Takahata. He chose to make this animated version very true to", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)" }, { "docid": "689019", "text": "Lucy Maud Montgomery established the cordial soda as the favorite beverage of Anne, who declares: \"I just love bright red drinks!\" As one of the most familiar characters in Canadian literature, \"Anne of Green Gables\" has been parodied by several Canadian comedy troupes, including CODCO (\"Anne of Green Gut\") and The Frantics (\"Fran of the Fundy\"). Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. Set in the late 19th", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "12927509", "text": "Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables , is the 26th series in Nippon Animation's \"World Masterpiece Theater\" anime. The series is an adaptation of Canadian children's literature author Budge Wilson's prequel novel \"Before Green Gables\", which was translated into Japanese as \"Konnichiwa Anne\" (こんにちは アン) by Akiko Usagawa. It chronicles the early years of main character Anne Shirley as she loses both her parents and is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. Introduced in Lucy Maud Montgomery's \"Anne of Green Gables\", the series marks the 100th anniversary of the original novel's release and the 30th anniversary of its highly popular anime", "title": "Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables" }, { "docid": "1794649", "text": "cannot get right. Hammill observed that the idea that Anne was entirely cheerful is a product of the film and television versions as the Anne of the books has to deal with loss, rejection, cruel authority figures, and loneliness. Anne was portrayed by Kim Braden in two BBC mini-series in the early 1970s, based upon the books \"Anne of Green Gables\" and \"Anne of Avonlea\". Anne was portrayed by Megan Follows in three of the four CBC Television film adaptions by Kevin Sullivan: \"Anne of Green Gables\", \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\", and \"\"; the third film is an", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "13043775", "text": "Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series is a Canadian animated television series produced by Sullivan Entertainment and developed by writer/director/producer Kevin Sullivan, based on the 1908 novel \"Anne of Green Gables\" by L. M. Montgomery. One season of the series was produced, with 26 episodes, originally airing from 2001 to 2002. The series was developed for PBS. Then the show aired in reruns on Qubo from May 13, 2013, until December 25, 2016. Each episode contained an educational aspect, with a problem for one or more of the show's characters to face", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "4028898", "text": "Media planned to turn the long-running musical into a feature, written by actor and playwright Kristen Thomson. The film was cancelled, due to the Netflix show. Anne of Green Gables: The Musical Anne Of Green Gables: The Musical is a musical based on the novel \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The book is by Don Harron, the music is by Norman Campbell and the lyrics by Don Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore. The musical has been performed annually ever since 1965, making it Canada's longest-running musical. In March 2014, the production was officially recognized", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical" }, { "docid": "4028891", "text": "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical Anne Of Green Gables: The Musical is a musical based on the novel \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The book is by Don Harron, the music is by Norman Campbell and the lyrics by Don Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore. The musical has been performed annually ever since 1965, making it Canada's longest-running musical. In March 2014, the production was officially recognized as the longest running annual musical theatre production in the world by \"Guinness World Records\". The idea for the musical version of the book came about", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical" }, { "docid": "1794608", "text": "to help them on their farm, but the neighbour with whom they had sent the message was certain they had requested a girl instead. Matthew quickly became fascinated by the girl's good-hearted spirit, charming enthusiasm, and lively imagination, and wanted her to stay at Green Gables from the very first. Marilla's reaction was to send her back to the orphanage, but she was eventually won over by Anne's quirky \"joie de vivre\" — and by the fact that another woman, much harder than herself, was set to take Anne should Marilla decline to keep her. The American scholar Joseph Brennan", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "4205845", "text": "Emmeline's widowed father Morgan Harris, a well-to-do traveling businessman, also proposes marriage to Anne, after Anne and Emmeline had visited his spacious house in Boston. Anne declines Morgan Harris' proposal and returns to Green Gables, where she learns that Gilbert is ill nearby with scarlet fever, having returned home from Halifax Medical School. Anne finally realizes her true feelings for Gilbert, and goes to visit him. After Gilbert regains his health, he proposes once more, and Anne accepts him with a kiss, declaring, \"I don't want diamond sunbursts, or marble halls. I just want you.\" \"\" was released in 2000,", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "6620549", "text": "claimed Anne. On June 20, 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery brought her first copy of the Anne of Green Gables novel through the island postmarked for Boston. But the island and her had a relationship, one where Anne could exist. Later on, about a century later, Lucy Montgomery became a progressive idol for women in the fictional girl she had written. The idea was to do things women didn't typically do in rural Canada, especially in the beginning of the 20th century. The book had novels to follow the original including \"Anne of Avonlea\" that was published in 1909, \"Kilmeny of", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)" }, { "docid": "4205572", "text": "Inc, under agreement with the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority, retains all of the dramatic copyright and motion picture copyright in over 125 hours of their original movies, mini-series and television series based on both the Anne and Avonlea series of novels and certain trade-marks relating to Sullivan sourced \"Anne of Green Gables\" merchandise and services. Sullivan's use of the \"Anne of Green Gables\" trademarks extends from motion picture products and books, DVDs, CDs etc. to all commercial merchandise related to Sullivan's films and television series based on their visual images, costume and production designs, settings, themes and original", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "16221423", "text": "company's essay contest; fends off several suitors; and returns to Green Gables whenever she can to visit her adoptive mother, Marilla. Anne of Avonlea (1975 film) Anne of Avonlea is a film made for television 6-part miniseries, developed in the United Kingdom by the BBC as a sequel to its 1972 \"Anne of Green Gables\" miniseries. It is based on \"Anne of Avonlea\", the sequel to \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This British version was directed by Joan Craft, with Kim Braden in the role of Anne. Anne begins a new job as a teacher at the", "title": "Anne of Avonlea (1975 film)" }, { "docid": "4282569", "text": "\"Anne of Green Gables\" and its 1987 sequel \"Anne of Avonlea\", the screenplay was not based upon Montgomery's works, but instead used Montgomery's characters in a largely original World War I story by Sullivan and Laurie Pearson. Montgomery had written an Anne novel set in that same period, \"Rilla of Ingleside\", a story focusing on Anne's youngest daughter, and in which Anne was a mother whose three sons were fighting in Europe. The chronology of Sullivan's \"Anne of Green Gables\" films is not in synch with the LM Montgomery novels, largely because of the spin-off series \"Road to Avonlea\". Over", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "1794666", "text": "Japanese, has become a celebrity in her own right solely for translating the book, and in 2014 NHK aired a television mini-series titled \"Hanako to Anne\" about Muraoka's life and her struggle to get \"Anne of Green Gables\" translated and published in Japan. Muraoka read \"Anne of Green Gables\" in 1939 and started translating the book the same year, but it until 1952 that her translation of \"Anne of Green Gables\" was finally published in Japan. \"Hanako to Anne\" which aired between March–September 2014 was a great rating success, getting an average of 22% viewership in the Kanto region (the", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "4205563", "text": "various Anne movies (\"Anne of Green Gables\", \"Anne of Avonlea\", \"Anne of Green Gables—the Continuing Story\") and \"Road to Avonlea\" properties both in Canada, the US and Japan. A Japanese court then determined that the heirs were not entitled to the reversionary rights that they claimed they had sold to Sullivan and that the AGGLA was set up for pursuing private interests and not for serving public interests such as maintaining or managing the value, fame or reputation of the literary work, the author or even the main character of Anne. The Court determined that the AGGLA was the heirs'", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "6620548", "text": "the news and decides to withdraw from his teaching career at Avonlea school so that Anne can take his position and be closer to her family. This random act of kindness creates a lasting friendship for Anne and Gilbert. Although Anne's dreams may seem as though lost, Anne believes there is much to look forward to in this beautiful thing called life. Prince Edward Island is recognized as the home of character, Anne Shirley. David Mackenzie], CEO of the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown, where the monumental Anne of Green Gables exhibit is held, says the island has", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1956 film)" }, { "docid": "10691578", "text": "that was seen as low compared to Sullivan's earlier \"Anne\" productions. The film was not well received by critics or fans. \"The Globe and Mail\"'s Kate Taylor said the film, \"never justifies its presumption in inventing a new creation story for a Canadian literary icon.\" Bill Brioux felt that \"maybe Anne just doesn't age all that well. Maybe she is supposed to stay in freckles and pigtails, locked in that perfect P.E.I. prism Montgomery authored and Sullivan so artfully adapted when they both were in their 20s.\" Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Anne of Green Gables: A New", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "4205573", "text": "characters. Sullivan Entertainment also solely controls the commercial trademarks to \"Anne of Avonlea\", \"Anne of the Island\", and \"Road to Avonlea\". Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian television miniseries drama film based on the novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films. The film starred Megan Follows and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan. The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4205551", "text": "fierce rivalry turns to a secret affection, which blossoms into love. Marilla tries to prevent Anne from seeing Gilbert because Anne is still quite young and Marilla wants Anne to continue her education. In the end, however, when Matthew dies and forces Marilla into considering selling Green Gables, Gilbert gives Anne his teaching post in nearby Avonlea so she can stay at Green Gables and continue to support Marilla. Kevin Sullivan adapted the novel into his own screenplay, collaborating with industry veteran Joe Wiesenfeld. Sullivan developed a co-production between the CBC and PBS in order to film \"Anne of Green", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "689005", "text": "Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who was mistakenly sent to two middle-aged siblings; Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, originally intending to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way through", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4282572", "text": "while separated from her fiancé, Gilbert Blythe, who was finishing medical school. After catching up with Diana Barry and other old friends. Anne and Diana visit Green Gables, and a horrified Anne realizes that since Marilla's death in an episode of Road to Avonlea the owners have treated Green Gables so poorly, that it is coming apart. Later, Anne is reunited with Gilbert on the island. However, instead of settling down immediately, Gilbert asks Anne to move to New York since he has been offered a staff position at Bellevue, a prestigious medical institution. Her reluctant agreement comes with the", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "5891816", "text": "in Japan for five years straight. Anne of Green Gables has been studied in US film schools as a model of TV Drama with a wide appeal to a wide variety of viewers. Part of \"Anne of Green Gables\"' immense attraction was its rich look, featuring painstakingly recreated sets and detailed costumes that imbued it with a magical reality. That look, or a variation on its theme, has become the hallmark of every Sullivan production since. The tremendous success of\" Anne of Green Gables\", starring Megan Follows, Richard Farnsworth and Colleen Dewhurst led to three sequels: \"\" (1987 aka \"Anne", "title": "Kevin Sullivan (producer)" }, { "docid": "4205570", "text": "of Green Gables Licensing Authority is the heirs' private profit-seeking enterprise as far as the activities with which the heirs of the subject case are involved are concerned. It is not proved from the evidence submitted in the subject case that the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority is involved in activities of public interest that are sufficient for the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority to be qualified as the owner of the registration of the subject mark as a controlling body of the subject literary work.\" After recent speculation as to who owned the copyrights and trademarks concerning", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "6620245", "text": "introduced – both equally unknown in PE Island. I could have shrieked with rage over the latter. Such crass, blatant Yankeeism!\" Anne of Green Gables (1919 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor. The film was based upon the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. By 1999, all prints of the film were believed to have been lost. As described in a film magazine, Anne Shirley (Minter), whose orphan career has been a lively one due to her natural mischievousness, is sent by mistake to the home", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)" }, { "docid": "6620242", "text": "Anne of Green Gables (1919 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor. The film was based upon the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. By 1999, all prints of the film were believed to have been lost. As described in a film magazine, Anne Shirley (Minter), whose orphan career has been a lively one due to her natural mischievousness, is sent by mistake to the home of Marilla Cuthbert (Harris) and her brother Matthew (Burton). The brother and sister had decided to adopt a boy to help", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)" }, { "docid": "2997561", "text": "Green Gables (Prince Edward Island) For the fell in the English Lake District, see Green Gable. Green Gables is the name of a 19th-century farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, and is one of the most notable literary landmarks in Canada. The Green Gables farm and its surroundings are the setting for the popular \"Anne of Green Gables\" novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The site is also known as Green Gables Heritage Place. The house was designated a National Historic Site in 1985 and the complex is located within Prince Edward Island National Park. The Green Gables farm was owned", "title": "Green Gables (Prince Edward Island)" }, { "docid": "10405505", "text": "Patricia Hamilton Patricia Hamilton (born 1938) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known as \"Rachel Lynde\" in the television mini-series \"Anne of Green Gables\", its sequels: \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\", \"\", and \"\", and several Anne of Green Gables related films (such as \"Road to Avonlea\"). She also provided the voice of the character for PBS' animated series \"\". She was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series three times, winning in 1996. Hamilton attended Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech She was also part of Tarragon Theatre's inaugural", "title": "Patricia Hamilton" }, { "docid": "4205568", "text": "of the rights that the family claimed to have sold to Sullivan. The Court stated that the heirs' reversionary copyright was non-existent and that there was no need for Sullivan or any other entity to account to the heirs for the use of the trademark in Japan. The Court stated: \"It is not clear from a legal point of view why permission from the heirs of the author or its related entity the Anne of Green Gables Licensing (AGGLA) authority was necessary.\" The Japanese Court also extensively scrutinized whether the copyright in the book \"Anne of Green Gables\" had ever", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "19400237", "text": "L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is a Canadian television film based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name. It first aired on YTV on February 15, 2016 and starred Ella Ballentine, Martin Sheen and Sara Botsford. Montgomery's granddaughter, Kate Macdonald Butler, was one of the film's executive producers. The film's world premiere was held February 2, 2016 at the Canadian Museum of History. The 90-minute film replaced the previously announced 13-part series that had been set to film in 2013. It was filmed in Milton, Ontario and Prince Edward Island (although", "title": "L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4205546", "text": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian television miniseries drama film based on the novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films. The film starred Megan Follows and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan. The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part mini-series on December 1 and December 2, 1985. Both parts of the film were among the highest-rated programs of any genre", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "19400239", "text": "broadcasting it on November 24, 2016 (Thanksgiving Day). The network claims the television run was seen by more than 3.2 million viewers, with an additional 230,000 watching online. The movie has also seen a release in Germany, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In Japan, it was released theatrically on May 6, 2017 and later home video, by Happinet Corporation and Synergy Entertainment. On September 19, 2016, YTV's parent company, Corus Entertainment announced that they had given the greenlight to two sequels; \"Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars\" for broadcast in 2017, and \"Anne of Green Gables: Fire &", "title": "L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "19400240", "text": "Dew\" in 2018. \"The Good Stars\" premiered on February 20, 2017. Bumped up from its original 2018 release window, \"Fire & Dew\" premiered on July 1, 2017. PBS has also picked up both followups. L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is a Canadian television film based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name. It first aired on YTV on February 15, 2016 and starred Ella Ballentine, Martin Sheen and Sara Botsford. Montgomery's granddaughter, Kate Macdonald Butler, was one of the film's executive producers. The film's world premiere was held February 2, 2016", "title": "L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "753627", "text": "Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables) Avonlea (;\"ah-von-LEE\") is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel \"Anne of Green Gables\", following the adventures of Anne Shirley, as well as its sequels, and the television series \"Road to Avonlea\". Montgomery drew much of her inspiration for Avonlea from her childhood experiences in the late 19th century farming communities surrounding Cavendish, New Glasgow, New London, Hunter River, and Park Corner. In Montgomery's works, Avonlea is located on the northern shore of Prince Edward Island on a small peninsula. Its primary industries are", "title": "Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables)" }, { "docid": "6620533", "text": "in Halifax. She remembers Gilbert is studying with this doctor, so she goes to see Gilbert. He tries flirting with her, and she eventually gives in and finds out that Gilbert heard about Matthew and begged the doctor to save him for free, which he did. After Marilla finds out what he had done, she forgives the Blythes and lets Anne and Gilbert see each other again. The film made a profit of $272,000. The film is preserved with a copy at the Library of Congress. Anne of Green Gables (1934 film) Anne of Green Gables is a 1934 film", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1934 film)" }, { "docid": "753628", "text": "farming and lobster fishing. Neighbouring fictional communities include Carmody, White Sands (not to be confused with the modern White Sands, which is on the southern edge of PEI), Grafton, Bright River, Newbridge, and Spencervale. Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables) Avonlea (;\"ah-von-LEE\") is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel \"Anne of Green Gables\", following the adventures of Anne Shirley, as well as its sequels, and the television series \"Road to Avonlea\". Montgomery drew much of her inspiration for Avonlea from her childhood experiences in the late 19th century farming", "title": "Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables)" }, { "docid": "689015", "text": "M. Montgomery. The province and tourist facilities have highlighted the local connections to the internationally popular novels. \"Anne of Green Gables\" has been translated into 36 languages. \"Tourism by \"Anne\" fans is an important part of the Island economy\". Merchants offer items based on the novels. The Green Gables farmhouse is located in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Many tourist attractions on Prince Edward Island have been developed based on the fictional Anne, and provincial licence plates once bore her image. Balsam Hollow, the forest that inspired the Haunted Woods and Campbell Pond, the body of water which inspired The Lake", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4557951", "text": "the story of Anne Shirley in a series of sequels. They are listed in the order of Anne's age in each novel. The musical \"Anne & Gilbert\" drew from this book in the second act - Anne and Gilbert also draws from \"Anne of Avonlea\". The television mini-series \"Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel\" (1987) starring Megan Follows was largely inspired by this book, along with \"Anne of Avonlea\" and \"Anne of Windy Poplars\". Anne of the Island \"Anne of the Island\" is the third book in the \"Anne of Green Gables\" series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about", "title": "Anne of the Island" }, { "docid": "7314084", "text": "created the role of Mrs. Barry in Kevin Sullivan's successful series \"Anne of Green Gables\", \"Anne of Green Gables: the Sequel\", and\" Anne of Green Gables, The Continuing Story\". Radcliffe originated the role of the disillusioned wife and mother in Ken Finkleman's \"Married Life\" (nominated for an ensemble Genie award), and played the fragmented \"Mom\" in Bill Robertson's movie \"The Events Leading Up to My Death\", a role \"Now Magazine\" pronounced \"brilliantly played\". Her most recent movie is called \"The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard\", a Canadian independent film, produced by Anthony Grani, which will appear at film festivals in", "title": "Rosemary Radcliffe" }, { "docid": "4557926", "text": "Anne of Avonlea Anne of Avonlea is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1909. Following \"Anne of Green Gables\" (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from \"Anne of Green Gables\", as well as new ones like Mr. Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy. The book's title is fitting, as Anne is no longer simply \"of", "title": "Anne of Avonlea" }, { "docid": "1794648", "text": "1919 nor 1934 versions of \"Anne of Green Gables\" quite got her book right. Writing about the 1934 version of \"Anne of Green Gables\", Montgomery wrote in her diary that it was a \"thousand times\" better than the 1919 version, but still it: \"was so entirely different from \"my\" vision of the scenes and the people that it did not seem like \"my\" book at all\". The British scholar Faye Hammill wrote that 1934 film version stripped Anne of the \"Canadian and feminist\" aspects that the Anne of the books possessed, stating that there was something about Anne that Hollywood", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "10691573", "text": "as a prequel to his early 3 miniseries movies broadcast originally on CBC) and not directly from her books. The story follows Anne's life before she arrives at Green Gables. Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been killed overseas as a medical doctor during World War II. (This did not happen in the books.) Her two daughters are preoccupied with their own young families and her adopted son Dominic has yet to return from the war. When a long-hidden secret is discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, Anne", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning" }, { "docid": "16221422", "text": "Anne of Avonlea (1975 film) Anne of Avonlea is a film made for television 6-part miniseries, developed in the United Kingdom by the BBC as a sequel to its 1972 \"Anne of Green Gables\" miniseries. It is based on \"Anne of Avonlea\", the sequel to \"Anne of Green Gables\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This British version was directed by Joan Craft, with Kim Braden in the role of Anne. Anne begins a new job as a teacher at the local school. While working there, she continues to pursue her dream of becoming a published writer by winning a baking soda", "title": "Anne of Avonlea (1975 film)" }, { "docid": "4028892", "text": "when the Campbells (Norman and Elaine) visited Don Harron, and he gave them the book \"Anne of Green Gables\", suggesting that it would make a musical. The three prepared a musical version, which was broadcast in 1956 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a television movie. Mavor Moore, the founding artistic director of Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts, used a song from that Green Gables TV movie in the inaugural variety performance. Queen Elizabeth II was in the audience. A stage version was then written, with the premiere in 1965 at the Charlottetown Festival. The musical was originally directed", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical" }, { "docid": "1794650", "text": "original story not based on any of Montgomery's work (and, indeed, it contradicts the chronology of the novels by featuring a 20-something Anne during World War I). Sullivan's fourth film, \"\", features Barbara Hershey as a middle-aged Anne looking back on her early years and Hannah Endicott-Douglas as a young Anne before arriving at Green Gables. In 1979, Japan's World Masterpiece Theater produced \"Akage no Anne\". Later, in 2009, the prequel novel \"Before Green Gables\" was adapted into an anime, \"\", in which Anne also appears as the central character. In 2005, Sullivan produced an animated reimagining of the story,", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "19621109", "text": "Green Gables (Melbourne, Florida) Green Gables, also known as the Wells House, is a historic home at 1501 South Harbor City Boulevard in Melbourne, Florida, United States. The house fronts the Indian River. Local business man William T. Wells purchased the Strobah property and built the Green Gables in 1886 with his wife Nora Stanford Wells as a winter home. Green Gables is an example of Queen Anne style architecture, and it is believed to be the first home in the area with indoor plumbing and an indoor bathroom. On May 18, 2016, it was added to the U.S. National", "title": "Green Gables (Melbourne, Florida)" }, { "docid": "11406391", "text": "astonishing character that Lucy Maud Montgomery created… But I would not – in fact, could not – presume to tell my part of Anne's history in Montgomery's voice. I will do this in my own voice, hoping that she would approve of the project if she were alive today.\" This book describes Anne's difficult pre-Green-Gables childhood, including the deaths of her parents. (Bertha -Mother-) Three editions are available from different publishers: \"Before Green Gables\" was translated into Japanese as a title of \"Kon'nichiwa Anne\" (meaning \"Hello, Anne\") and sold by Shinchosha and Polish as \"Droga do Zielonego Wzgórza\" (meaning \"Road/Way", "title": "Before Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4282580", "text": "Diana and Fred while they \"make a new life, but built on all the old foundations\" and \"build a good home, and raise a family, with lots of scope for the imagination.\" The third \"Anne\" film was a completely original concept that brought Anne and the other Avonlea characters (from both the \"Road to Avonlea\" television series and the previous two \"Anne of Green Gables\" films) into a time period when each character was faced with personal turmoil as a result of World War I. Sullivan's portrayal of Anne and Gilbert in this third film does not coincide chronologically with", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "1794653", "text": "in the 1919 film adaption of \"Anne of Green Gables\" later had her career ruined when the film director William Desmond Taylor was murdered in 1922, and her name came up as a suspect, through she was never charged. When Minter attempted a comeback as an advice columnist later in the 1920s, she used the pen-name Anne Shirley in an attempt to restore her wholesome image, which had been ruined by the Taylor murder scandal. The actress Dawn O'Day who played Shirley in the 1934 film adaption of \"Anne of Green Gables\" liked the character so much she legally changed", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "689014", "text": "his teaching position at the Avonlea School to work at the White Sands School instead, knowing that Anne wants to stay close to Marilla after Matthew's death. After this kind act, Anne and Gilbert's friendship is cemented, and Anne looks forward to what life will bring next. Based on the popularity of her first book, Montgomery wrote a series of sequels to continue the story of her heroine Anne Shirley. They are listed chronologically below, by Anne's age in each of the novels. The prequel, \"Before Green Gables\" (2008), was written by Budge Wilson with authorization of heirs of L.", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "4205554", "text": "resistant to cast an American as a Canadian icon. Schuyler Grant ended up playing Anne's best friend, Diana, and Anne Shirley was ultimately played by Megan Follows. In her first audition, Megan Follows came highly recommended. But, she was quickly dismissed by Kevin Sullivan. For her second audition, after a turbulent morning leading up to her audition, a frantic Megan made a much better impression and was given the role. \"Anne of Green Gables\" is the first film in a series of four based on the titular character. In 1987, the film's sequel, \"Anne of Avonlea\", was released. (It was", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "17380350", "text": "an interview on Collider, co-Lead, Thomas Jane \"[Ella] was pretty wonderful. She was fun, too.\" Ballentine received critical acclaim. for her portrayal of the classic character, Anne Shirley in a new 3 part TV movie adaptation of the classic Canadian novel, Anne of Green Gables. L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables was the first instalment, followed by The Good Stars. \"Ballentine is charming as Anne\" wrote Francesca Rudkin in the New Zealand Herald, while Louise Keller in Urbancinefile states \"[Ballentine] is outstanding. Wide-eyed and innocent, she proffers just the right amount of worldliness as the orphan who asks for just", "title": "Ella Ballentine" }, { "docid": "4205846", "text": "and followed Anne Shirley as she embarked on a new journey, taking her from her home in Prince Edward Island to New York City, London, and into war-ravaged Europe. \"\" was released in fall 2008, and serves as a prequel to the previous films in the \"Anne\" movie trilogy. Set between two different time periods, Anne Shirley, now in her fifties, looks back on her early childhood before arriving at Green Gables only to uncover answers to questions that have plagued her throughout her life. \"Road to Avonlea\" is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "689013", "text": "the fictional Redmond College (based on the real Dalhousie University) on the mainland in Nova Scotia. Near the end of the book, however, tragedy strikes when Matthew dies of a heart attack after learning that all of his and Marilla's money has been lost in a bank failure. Out of devotion to Marilla and Green Gables, Anne gives up the scholarship to stay at home and help Marilla, whose eyesight is failing. She plans to teach at the Carmody school, the nearest school available, and return to Green Gables on weekends. In an act of friendship, Gilbert Blythe gives up", "title": "Anne of Green Gables" }, { "docid": "5891821", "text": "Waterston and Stockard Channing. As a writer and art-enthusiast Sullivan is the author of \"Beyond Green Gables\", a behind-the-scenes look at the production design and inspiration for his films. Sullivan's Publishing Division, Davenport Press, has released over 50 books. These titles are available as hard books and ebooks. They include novels \"Anne of Green Gables ~A New Beginning\", a children's book series based on \"Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series\" and an assortment of specialty coffee table books. Sullivan Entertainment owns and operates a four-acre studio/backlot facility in Toronto which holds and rents an assortment of props, set pieces", "title": "Kevin Sullivan (producer)" }, { "docid": "712780", "text": "Edward Island. Until her grandmother's death in March 1911, Montgomery stayed in Cavendish to take care of her. This coincided with a period of considerable income from her publications. Although she enjoyed this income, she was aware that \"marriage was a necessary choice for women in Canada.\" In 1908, Montgomery published her first book, \"Anne of Green Gables.\" An immediate success, it established Montgomery's career, and she would write and publish material (including numerous sequels to \"Anne\") continuously for the rest of her life. \"Anne of Green Gables\" was published in June 1908 and by November 1909, the book had", "title": "Lucy Maud Montgomery" }, { "docid": "4205555", "text": "subsequently retitled \"Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel\" on home video.) The final movie, \"\", was aired on March 5, 2000 in Canada and on July 23, 2000 in the United States. The final film passed over \"Anne's House of Dreams\" – the corresponding Anne novel – in favor of a plot not featured in Montgomery's series, and did not receive the same critical praise as the first two films. In 2008, the fourth in the series, titled \"\" was completed. The film stars Barbara Hershey, Shirley MacLaine, and Rachel Blanchard and it introduces Hannah Endicott Douglas as the new", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "312163", "text": "announced they would open a women's reproductive health clinic to provide abortions within the province. The island's cultural traditions of art, music and creative writing are supported through the public education system. There is an annual arts festival, the Charlottetown Festival, hosted at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Lucy Maud Montgomery, who was born in Clifton (now New London) in 1874, wrote some 20 novels and numerous short stories that have been collected into anthologies. Her first \"Anne\" book \"Anne of Green Gables\" was published in 1908. The musical play \"Anne of Green Gables\" has run every year at", "title": "Prince Edward Island" }, { "docid": "4205840", "text": "film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 16 had chosen to study for her college degree by correspondence in order to remain at Green Gables to help an aging Marilla, who has eyesight problems, look after the house and farm. Anne now holds a Teacher's License after completing the two-year post-secondary course at Charlottetown's Queens Academy in only one year. Anne begins to teach at Avonlea School and has dreams of becoming a writer, but her story \"Averil's Atonement\" is rejected by a magazine. Leaving the post office one day, Anne runs into Gilbert Blythe, who tells her", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "4205842", "text": "and Christine are just friends, then offers to wait for her if there is any hope of them getting together. Anne rejects him again, and Gilbert suspects that there is someone else, despite Anne's assertion there is no person she cares about more than him. Anne returns to Green Gables and decides to look into the job her former teacher Miss Muriel Stacey offered her. Eventually, Anne decides to take this job as an English teacher at Kingsport, Nova Scotia Ladies' College in the hope that it will inspire her and give her something to write about. Initially, Anne finds", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "712817", "text": "Montgomery had no say in either the 1919 or 1934 versions of \"Anne of Green Gables\" as the publisher, L.C. Page had acquired the film rights to the story in 1908, and as such, all of the royalties paid by Hollywood for both versions of \"Anne of Green Gables\" went to him, not Montgomery. Montgomery stopped writing about Anne in about 1920, writing in her journal that she had tired of the character. By February 1921, Montgomery estimated that she had made about $100,000 from the sales of the Anne books while declaring in her diary: \"It's a pity it", "title": "Lucy Maud Montgomery" }, { "docid": "1794644", "text": "as a grandmother with several grandchildren, at least three of whom are preparing to enlist in the Canadian army during the opening days of World War II. These were among the last stories Montgomery wrote before her death in 1942. Anne Shirley also appears in Budge Wilson's \"Before Green Gables\", a prequel to \"Anne of Green Gables\" authorized by the heirs of L.M. Montgomery. Based on background information from the original series, the book tells of the first 11 years of Anne Shirley's childhood, beginning with the brief happiness of Bertha and Walter Shirley's marriage before their early deaths. The", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "5270921", "text": "\"Anne of Green Gables\", he is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue. The CD recording of the musical that has run for more than 40 years at the Charlottetown Festival, focusing on Anne and Gilbert's relationship, features Andrew MacBean as Gilbert. Gilbert is portrayed by Lucas Jade Zumann in the 2017 CBC and Netflix series \"Anne\". Gilbert Blythe Gilbert Blythe is a fictional character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's \"Anne of Green Gables\" series of novels. Gilbert is described in the books as being very handsome, with dark, curly hair and hazel eyes. He is tall with a lean build. In his youth,", "title": "Gilbert Blythe" }, { "docid": "9241190", "text": "is the setting for the story \"The Winning of Lucinda\". The Penhallow family are also the central characters of Montgomery's later novel \"A Tangled Web\", though these Penhallows would appear to be a different branch of the family. The majority of stories, though, are about residents of Avonlea (and surrounding towns) who are never mentioned in the Anne novels. One reason for this is that most of the short stories in this volume were written and published by Montgomery in various magazines before \"Anne of Green Gables\" was even conceived. With the great success of \"Anne of Green Gables\" in", "title": "Chronicles of Avonlea" }, { "docid": "8033795", "text": "Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series) The series has been exported to neighbouring Asian countries and also to Europe and French Canada (' in Italian, ' in French, ' in Spanish, ' in Portuguese and \"\" in German). An English dub produced by Leephy Studios aired on SABC and Japan Entertainment Television, and has been legally available on YouTube since 2016. As with the novels, the animated version of \"Anne\" is much beloved in Japan to this day and \"DVD memorial BOX set\" (Region 2) was released on August 22, 2008, with a Blu-Ray release of the series hitting", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)" }, { "docid": "8033800", "text": "2003 and then in 2010. Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series) The series has been exported to neighbouring Asian countries and also to Europe and French Canada (' in Italian, ' in French, ' in Spanish, ' in Portuguese and \"\" in German). An English dub produced by Leephy Studios aired on SABC and Japan Entertainment Television, and has been legally available on YouTube since 2016. As with the novels, the animated version of \"Anne\" is much beloved in Japan to this day and \"DVD memorial BOX set\" (Region 2) was released on August 22, 2008, with a Blu-Ray", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)" }, { "docid": "6620532", "text": "does and that he wants her to be his girl. For three years they have an affair, but Mrs. Barry spies on them and tells Marilla. Marilla does not want Anne to even talk to Gilbert, since his mother broke Matthew's heart. Anne and Gilbert are both devastated and Matthew is upset with Marilla, since it wasn't she who got her heart broken. Anne goes to college. Diana, who is now married, visits Anne and tells her that Matthew is ill. She returns to Green Gables, finding out it's for sale to save Matthew, since he needs the best doctor", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1934 film)" }, { "docid": "4282581", "text": "Montgomery's novels; \"Rilla of Ingleside\" portrays Anne's sons going off to fight in World War I while Anne and husband Gilbert witness the War from the home-front of Prince Edward Island. (Rilla, the youngest daughter, raises someone else's little boy for a few years; he is referred to by the family as \"Rilla's war-baby\" and he was presumably the inspiration for Dominic in \"Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story\".) While \"The Continuing Story\" was set in New York, England, France and Germany, it filmed almost entirely in studio or on locations in Montreal and Southern Ontario, including Toronto. In", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "4282570", "text": "the course of developing original characters and stories for seven seasons of \"Road to Avonlea\", the time frame of Sullivan's fictional world evolved into a 20-year difference from the Montgomery novels. As a result, Sullivan decided to make \"Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story\" a completely original work that took Anne and Gilbert to the battlefields of World War I instead of their children as in Montgomery's novels. The film was also criticised for introducing a continuity problem. Following Colleen Dewhurst's death in 1991, Marilla Cuthbert's death was written into the series \"Road to Avonlea\". At Marilla's funeral, Hetty", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "13074749", "text": "Lantern Hill (film) Lantern Hill is a 1990 television film written and directed by filmmaker Kevin Sullivan and based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery, \"Jane of Lantern Hill\". The film was co-produced by Sullivan Entertainment, the Disney Channel and CBC. For the production of the film, \"Lantern Hill\" was filmed using the same house used for Sullivan's earlier production, \"Anne of Green Gables\", though painted orange. Many of the actors and actresses from \"Anne of Green Gables\", \"Anne of Avonlea\", and \"Road to Avonlea\" made appearances in this film. 12 year old Jane Stuart (Mairon Bennett) has long been", "title": "Lantern Hill (film)" }, { "docid": "4205849", "text": "film succeeded in re-popularizing Megan Follows and Colleen Dewhurst in their original roles. Sullivan also cast British veteran actress and Oscar winner, Wendy Hiller, in the role of the impossible Mrs. Harris, a character Sullivan specifically invented for the storyline, based on a composite of several matriarchs found in the series of novels. In Canada, the film became the highest rated drama to air on network television in Canadian broadcasting history. This Sequel became known as \"Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel\" when shown around the world and as \"Anne of Avonlea - the Continuing Story of Anne of", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" }, { "docid": "4028897", "text": "the soundtrack. For the showings in the year 2008 in Charlottetown, commemorating the 100th \"ANNE\"iversary, a portrayal of L.M. Montgomery and the students sang a reprise of \"Anne of Green Gables\" in the beginning, following a bit of history of how Montgomery arrived at the plot of \"Anne\". School productions typically cut out a few tracks (Humble Pie, I'll Show Him to name a couple) or either change the key to better suit some of the more inexperienced student vocalists' ranges, as well as keep the plot fast-paced. In 2013, Canadian indie film producers The Film Farm and Side Road", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical" }, { "docid": "4282579", "text": "However, Keegan's fear of being exposed as a traitor by Jack's group results in Jack being shot on the train; as he dies, he asks that Anne take care of his son. Once the armistice is declared, Anne and Gilbert attempt to find Dominic, but after finding Kit Garrison's château empty, they are forced to return to Canada in hopes of finding the child from home. After a year of living back in Avonlea, Anne and Gilbert arrive at the local train station to collect Dominic, whom they are adopting as their own. They decide to leave Green Gables to", "title": "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" }, { "docid": "1794621", "text": "try writing, where trapped in an abandoned hen-house, she writes out a dialogue between flowers and the birds in the garden. Another scrape occurs at her school, where Anne forces a student to throw a package into the school stove, unaware that the offending package were firecrackers. The following year, Rachel Lynde's husband Thomas died and Rachel moved in with Marilla at Green Gables, leaving Anne free to continue her education at Redmond College (based on Dalhousie University) in Kingsport, Nova Scotia. Anne was pleased because Gilbert would also be going to Redmond the following year. After the wedding of", "title": "Anne Shirley" }, { "docid": "5776764", "text": "Emily of New Moon Emily of New Moon is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about an orphan girl growing up in Canada. It is similar to the author's \"Anne of Green Gables\" series. It was first published in 1923. Similar to her earlier and more famous \"Anne of Green Gables\" series, the \"Emily\" novels depicted life through the eyes of a young orphan girl, Emily Starr, who is raised by her relatives after her father dies of tuberculosis. Montgomery considered Emily to be a character much closer to her own personality than Anne, and", "title": "Emily of New Moon" }, { "docid": "4205548", "text": "boy. Matthew and his sister Marilla had requested a boy to help them with the farm chores. He decides that he couldn't very well just leave the girl at the train station. Matthew takes Anne to meet Marilla, and on the buggy ride home, becomes completely smitten with the red-haired orphan girl. When Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthberts' farm, called \"Green Gables\", she is a precocious, romantic child desperate to be loved and highly sensitive about her red hair and homely looks. In her own unique headstrong manner, Anne manages to insult the town gossip, Rachel Lynde, in a", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4557969", "text": "Elizabeth Grayson, a motherless member of the Pringle family who lives next door to Windy Poplars. She frequently visits Marilla at Green Gables. At the end of the novel, Anne departs Summerside, returning to Green Gables and Avonlea for her wedding to Gilbert. Upon her departure many of the town's residents express that they will greatly miss her as they have grown very fond of her or have been helped by her, including Katherine Brooke and Elizabeth Grayson. Anne Shirley The book's main protagonist. After becoming engaged to Gilbert Blythe, Anne accepts the job of Summerside High principal until Gilbert", "title": "Anne of Windy Poplars" }, { "docid": "1794665", "text": "in Japan since that time. Much of the appeal of \"Akage no An\" lies in her ability to rise above any situation due to her pluck and her willingness to challenge \"that most formidable of Japanese dragons, the bossy older matron.\" Shirley is so popular in Japan that there is The Anne Academy in Fukuoka that teaches girls how to speak English with a Maritime accent while in Okayama there is The School of Green Gables, a nursing school that teaches young women how to behave like Shirley. Hanako Muraoka, the Japanese woman who translated \"Anne of Green Gables\" into", "title": "Anne Shirley" } ]

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[ { "docid": "8617413", "text": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in March 1977 as the first single from Gayle's album \"We Must Believe in Magic\". Despite the title, Gayle herself has blue eyes. \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" composer Richard Leigh had been responsible for all three of Crystal Gayle's previous Top Ten C&W hits, the third of which \"I'll Get Over You\" had reached number 1. According to Gayle's regular producer Allen Reynolds, he", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "8617413", "text": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in March 1977 as the first single from Gayle's album \"We Must Believe in Magic\". Despite the title, Gayle herself has blue eyes. \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" composer Richard Leigh had been responsible for all three of Crystal Gayle's previous Top Ten C&W hits, the third of which \"I'll Get Over You\" had reached number 1. According to Gayle's regular producer Allen Reynolds, he", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "11437248", "text": "Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb), who would become by far the most successful. Although she has recorded and/or performed traditional country, Gayle's primary style was country pop, and by forging her own path rather than mimicking her famous sister's style, she had several tremendously successful songs, most notably \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.\" Lynn also recorded with Conway Twitty multiple times during the 1970s, and had five No. 1 singles together, including \"After the Fire Is Gone.\" Like Lynn, Twitty had family—in this case, his children—who also recorded and had songs make the top 40 of the", "title": "1970s in music" }, { "docid": "6938003", "text": "unless otherwise noted. Richard Leigh (songwriter) Richard Leigh (born 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" (sung by Crystal Gayle). In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for \"Best Country Song\" for the popular song. It was nominated in both pop and country categories and reached number one on both charts. His first number one song was \"I'll Get Over You\" (1976), also sung by Crystal Gayle. Other prominent singers who have brought his songs number one status over the years include", "title": "Richard Leigh (songwriter)" }, { "docid": "6938000", "text": "Richard Leigh (songwriter) Richard Leigh (born 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" (sung by Crystal Gayle). In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for \"Best Country Song\" for the popular song. It was nominated in both pop and country categories and reached number one on both charts. His first number one song was \"I'll Get Over You\" (1976), also sung by Crystal Gayle. Other prominent singers who have brought his songs number one status over the years include Billy Dean, Mickey", "title": "Richard Leigh (songwriter)" }, { "docid": "2971723", "text": "currently working on a new album, her first in 13 years. She states that the album will be covers of country music classics and will be produced by her son, Chris, who has produced albums for numerous other country artists in the past. Titled \"Am I That Easy To Forget\", the project does not have an official release date yet. Crystal Gayle Brenda Gail Gatzimos (née Webb; born January 9, 1951), known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American singer. Best known for her 1977 country-pop crossover song, \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", she had twenty #1 country", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "8882123", "text": "of three #1 singles from the \"Saturday Night Fever\" soundtrack; on Record World's chart, Boone kept the Bee Gees out of the number spot. In Cashbox Magazine, \"You Light Up My Life\" only managed an eight week stay at the top of the charts, before being dethroned by Crystal Gayle's \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.\" The single, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), also hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and reached #4 on the Country chart. The single peaked at #48 in the UK Singles Chart. Boone's hit single led", "title": "You Light Up My Life (song)" }, { "docid": "3755698", "text": "of love and affection. Examples include songs like B. B. King's \"Blues on the Bayou\", Fats Domino's \"Every night about this time\", Percy Mayfield's love song \"Please Send Me Someone to Love\", and Buddy Johnson's \"Since I Fell for You\". The blues ballad format is also popular in rock, jazz, country music, such as Janis Joplin \"Cry Baby\", Jimi Hendrix \"Red House\", Grand Funk Railroad \"Heartbreaker\", Jazzy blues singer Charles Brown \" Merry Christmas, Baby\", \"Please Come Home for Christmas\", Phoebe Snow \"Poetly Man\", \"SanFrancisco Bay Blues\", country singer Crystal Gayle \" Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", and", "title": "Blues ballad" }, { "docid": "12871817", "text": "Women & Songs: Beginnings Volume 2 Women & Songs: Beginnings Volume 2 is the second \"beginnings\" album in the \"Women & Songs\" franchise. The album was released on December 4, 2001, the same day as Women & Songs 5. 32 tracks that helped launch successful careers for some of the best female artists in the industry are included on this 2-disc collection. The album begins with pure Aretha Franklin singing \"You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman\", leads through some classic music on its way to \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" by Crystal Gayle, straight into Tina", "title": "Women & Songs: Beginnings Volume 2" }, { "docid": "2971722", "text": "to tour and performs 40 to 60 shows a year. In 2016, it was announced that Gayle would receive the Cliffie Stone pioneer award from the Academy of Country Music which is to be presented at a televised ceremony in August. On November 15, 2016 almost 50 years after making her debut as a guest artist, Crystal Gayle was asked to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Carrie Underwood. The two performed \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" before Underwood announced the invitation. Gayle was officially inducted by Loretta Lynn on January 21, 2017. Gayle is", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "10935929", "text": "Pop hit on her own again. Her singles did chart outside the Pop Top 40 though following this, and also the Adult Contemporary chart. Half the Way \"Half the Way\" is a song written by Ralph Murphy and Bobby Wood, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from the album \"Miss the Mississippi\". After achieving major Country crossover success in 1977 with \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.\", followed by a Top 20 Pop hit and No. 1 Country hit the next year (\"Talking In Your Sleep\"),", "title": "Half the Way" }, { "docid": "10935927", "text": "Half the Way \"Half the Way\" is a song written by Ralph Murphy and Bobby Wood, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from the album \"Miss the Mississippi\". After achieving major Country crossover success in 1977 with \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.\", followed by a Top 20 Pop hit and No. 1 Country hit the next year (\"Talking In Your Sleep\"), Gayle attempted this new crossover piece of music. After signing with Columbia Records in early 1979, Gayle immediately started recording for them. \"Half the", "title": "Half the Way" }, { "docid": "5211417", "text": "was taking place during the same time that Cline and Reeves, two of the biggest names associated with the Nashville sound, died in separate airplane crashes. The Nashville sound eventually evolved into countrypolitan during the late 1960s and 1970s and had varying levels of success, with several artists recording in the style, many of whom were otherwise country purists or outlaws: Ray Price (\"For the Good Times\"), Charley Pride (\"Kiss an Angel Good Morning\"), Charlie Rich (three such hits), Jessi Colter (\"I'm Not Lisa\"), Crystal Gayle (\"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\"), Kris Kristofferson, and Lynn Anderson all charted", "title": "Country pop" }, { "docid": "20178254", "text": "part of Robinson's chorus, while Litman was doing amateur DJ-ing for local clubs and parties in the Washington, D.C. metro area. It was around this time they began collaboration in high school and college. Lopynski attended Virginia Tech while Litman attended Ithaca College for a year before transferring to University of Miami. Paige Lopynski's voice was heard on NBC's the Voice contest, where she was singing \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" by Crystal Gayle. She was the runner up for the year. Both eventually settled in Miami and restarted collaborations under the pseudonym \"Bonnie X Clyde\". The duo", "title": "Bonnie X Clyde" }, { "docid": "10431910", "text": "interview with Gayle and a photo gallery. It was released on August 29, 2006 on Cleopatra Records. The DVD has since been reissued by numerous different labels and though featuring identical content, has confusingly been given different titles, e.g. \"Live in Tennessee\", \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", \"Crystal Gayle Live\" and \"Crystal Gayle: Live in Concert\" (not to be confused with \"Crystal Gayle in Concert\"). Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle Live! An Evening With Crystal Gayle is a recording of a 2005 concert by Crystal Gayle at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee. Originally released in a", "title": "Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "4122073", "text": "MacDonald\", \"Amazing Grace\", \"The Thrill Is Gone\", and Gordon Lightfoot's \"The Wreck of the \"Edmund Fitzgerald\"\". AABA may be found in Crystal Gayle's \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", Billy Joel's \"Just the Way You Are\", and The Beatles' \"Yesterday\". ABA (verse/chorus or chorus/verse) format may be found in Pete Seeger's \"Turn! Turn! Turn!\" (chorus first) and The Rolling Stones's \"Honky Tonk Woman\" (verse first). ABAB may be found in AC/DC's \"Back in Black\", Jimmy Buffett's \"Margaritaville\", The Archies's \"Sugar, Sugar\", and The Eagles's \"Hotel California\". ABABCB format may be found in John Cougar Mellencamp's \"Hurts So Good\", Tina", "title": "Song structure" }, { "docid": "2971701", "text": "Crystal Gayle Brenda Gail Gatzimos (née Webb; born January 9, 1951), known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American singer. Best known for her 1977 country-pop crossover song, \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", she had twenty #1 country songs during the 1970s and 1980s (18 on \"Billboard\" and 2 on \"Cashbox\") with six albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Gayle became the first female artist in country music history to reach platinum sales, with her 1977 album \"We Must Believe in Magic\". Also noted for her nearly floor-length hair, she was voted one of", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "10838627", "text": "schools and 15,000 students, promoting the early detection of breast and cervical cancers, as well as participating in the “Eat Smart, Play Hard” campaign. All these speaking events were held while she was still employed full-time as an epidemiologist. Representing North Dakota in the Miss America 2007 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, Olson performed the Crystal Gayle song \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" for the talent portion. Annette Olson Olson attended Regan Elementary School in Regan, North Dakota, a one-room building which had an enrollment of approximately 15 students; Olson was the only student in her class. In", "title": "Annette Olson" }, { "docid": "7445724", "text": "I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes is a compilation album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in February 1978, the album consists of her earliest recordings from Gayle's tenure on the Decca Records label from the early 1970s (Decca was assimilated into MCA Records during Gayle's contract). The album was produced by Owen Bradley, who had previously produced such country stars as Patsy Cline and Gayle's elder sister, Loretta Lynn (who wrote three of the songs featured on this compilation). Four of the album's ten", "title": "I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes" } ]

[ { "docid": "8617419", "text": "Statton (aka Devine & Statton), , Georgia White and Dana Winner. Mireille Mathieu has recorded the song first in French as \"Un peu de bleu\" in 1977 then in German as \"Tränen Würden Mir Nicht Stehn\" in 1980, another French rendering \"Mes yeux bleus sont gris\" was recorded by Michèle Torr, Matell, and a Cantonese version titled \"你說是甜我說苦 (Your Words Are Sweet, Mine Are Bitter)\" was recorded by Prudence Liew for her \"Jokingly Saying\" album. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "8617414", "text": "was advised by Leigh's landlady, songwriter Sandy Mason Theoret, that Leigh was \"a little down in the dumps lately because nothing much [was] happening\" after the success of \"I'll Get Over You\". At Theoret's suggestion, Reynolds visited Leigh to cheer him up. Reynolds explained, \"we were sittin' on the floor...singing songs to one another. [Leigh] mentioned a song that his publisher was gonna get to Shirley Bassey...[and] sang it for me: 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue'. I said, 'Shirley Bassey my ass, I want that song!'\" Reynolds recalls that when he played \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "8617418", "text": "was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most-performed songs of the 20th century. The song has a jazzy feel to it when compared to many other country songs of that era. Gayle had many more hit singles for the next ten years, such as \"Talking in Your Sleep\", \"Half the Way\" \"You and I\" (a duet with Eddie Rabbitt) and \"I'll Get Over You\", but none have achieved the same level of success as \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\". The song has been covered by Lorrae Desmond, Laura Fygi, Anita Meyer, the Nolans, Tessanne Chin, Alison", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "10935894", "text": "No. 1 hit \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\". Following the song's success, Gayle was recording more Pop and Adult Contemporary-styled Country tunes. This song is one of the first examples of this. \"Talking in Your Sleep\" was released in early 1978, and was a hit mid-year. The song proved an instant follow-up for Gayle on the Pop charts, being she hadn't had another Top 40 Pop hit since \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" the previous year. \"Talking in Your Sleep\" was released on Gayle's major-selling album from that year called \"When I Dream\". Following \"Talking in", "title": "Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)" }, { "docid": "15753888", "text": "chart, launching several major country hits including \"I'll Do It All Over Again\", and her first number one hit \"I'll Get Over You\". Gayle released \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" in 1977 which became her signature song and brought her crossover pop success. It topped the country songs chart, reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and became an international hit. Its success elevated Gayle's career and was followed by three more number one country singles: \"Ready for the Times to Get Better\", \"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For\", and the top-twenty pop", "title": "Crystal Gayle singles discography" }, { "docid": "9563", "text": "priori validation or certainty. Like the existentialists and phenomenologists, he sees the ambiguity of life as the basis of creativity. In literature and rhetoric, ambiguity can be a useful tool. Groucho Marx's classic joke depends on a grammatical ambiguity for its humor, for example: \"Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know\". Songs and poetry often rely on ambiguous words for artistic effect, as in the song title \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" (where \"blue\" can refer to the color, or to sadness). In the narrative, ambiguity can", "title": "Ambiguity" }, { "docid": "8617416", "text": "[through] that song that we ran tape...[Gayle] sang [the song] wonderfully. It came so fast that she wasn't sure that she had done her best job. I had to let her try to sing it again on two or three different occasions until she was comfortable with the original [vocal take], and that's what we went with. Everything on that recording was the original take as it went down, except the string section I added later.\" In a 2004 Country Music Television interview, Gayle stated that Leigh wrote the song because his dog had one brown eye and one blue", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "13845779", "text": "Producer – Howard Gable · Recorded at TCS Studios, Melbourne, Australia 1973 Allison Durbin – Three Times A Lady Label: Hammard – HAM 033 Vinyl LP Stereo A Side 1 Silver Threads And Golden Needles 2 Here You Come Again 3 Harper Valley P.T.A. 4 It's A Heartache 5 We'll Sing In The Sunshine 6 Thank God I'm A Country Girl 7 Queen Of The House 8 Rose Garden B Side 1 A Little Bit More 2 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 3 Help Me Make It Through The Night 4 Blue Bayou 5 I Don't Want To", "title": "Howard Gable" }, { "docid": "867301", "text": "groups lightened more, and that additional lightening was due to \"different\" genetic changes. Lemurs and humans are both primates. Ancestral primates had brown eyes, as most primates do today. The genetic basis of blue eyes in humans has been studied in detail and much is known about it. It is not the case that one gene locus is responsible, say with brown dominant to blue eye colour. However, a single locus is responsible for about 80% of the variation. In lemurs, the differences between blue and brown eyes are not completely known, but the same gene locus is not involved.", "title": "Convergent evolution" }, { "docid": "6618860", "text": "of these lyrics matches the lyrics of \"When I Need You\" as follows: \"(When I) need you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you, and all that I so want to give you, is only a heart beat away.\" In a 2006 interview with \"The Globe and Mail\" Cohen said: I once had that nicking happen with Leo Sayer. Do you remember that song 'When I Need You'?\" Cohen sings the chorus of Sayer's number one hit from 1977, then segues into 'And Jane came by with a lock of your hair', a lyric from 'Famous Blue Raincoat'.", "title": "Famous Blue Raincoat" }, { "docid": "15155519", "text": "Highways Various Other Artists: Leaving You And Mobile Too You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer Colleen Malone Fiddler's Green I Can Make Him Whisper (I Love You) Lovin' Aint Been Easy On My Mind Born To Be A Drifter Back To Hancock County Dixie In My Eye Another Boy That Sings Like Hank Day We Learn To Fly Sweet Mary Of The Mountains Blue Mandolin I'm Ready To Go Walking The Blues Sally And The Gambler Bad Day In Akron How Strong Do My Walls Have To Be Restless Blue Eyed Lover Many Hills of Time Back To Dixie", "title": "Leroy Drumm" }, { "docid": "8840300", "text": "close my eyes and I'm with you, and all that I so want to give you, is only a heart beat away.\" In a 2006 interview with \"The Globe and Mail\" Cohen said: I once had that nicking happen with Leo Sayer. Do you remember that song 'When I Need You'?\" Cohen sings the chorus of Sayer's number one hit from 1977, then segues into 'And Jane came by with a lock of your hair', a lyric from 'Famous Blue Raincoat'. 'Somebody sued them on my behalf … and they did settle', even though, he laughs, 'they hired a musicologist,", "title": "When I Need You" }, { "docid": "3012323", "text": "U.S. No. 1 singles, including \"Rich Girl\" (also No. 1 R&B), \"Kiss on My List\", \"Private Eyes\", \"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)\" (also No. 1 R&B), \"Maneater\" and \"Out of Touch\" from their six multi-platinum albums - \"Bigger Than Both of Us\", \"Voices\", \"Private Eyes\", \"H2O\", \"Rock 'n Soul Part 1\" and \"Big Bam Boom\" - the last five of which were released consecutively. The era also produced an additional six U.S. Top 10 singles, \"Sara Smile\", \"One on One\", \"Family Man,\" \"You Make My Dreams,\" \"Say It Isn't So\" and \"Method of Modern Love\". In 1972", "title": "Daryl Hall" }, { "docid": "14399408", "text": "recorded at The Red Lips Room in Beverly Hills, California. The track was written by Aguilera, Kalenna Harper, John Hill and Switch. Hill and Switch also produced and provided musical instruments to \"Bionic\". \"Bionic\" is an electronic song and lasts for a duration of (three minutes and twenty-one seconds). It features \"twitchy space-ace\" rhythms, rapping verses and talks about an \"echo-laden\" invitation to \"jet off to the new millennium\". In the middle of the song, Aguilera spells out her name, \"X-x-x-t-t-t-i-i-i-n-n-n-n-n-a\". During the chorus, she sings, \"Bionic, so damn Bionic, gonna get you with my electronic supersonic rocket, ay\". Becky", "title": "Bionic (Christina Aguilera song)" }, { "docid": "8617415", "text": "Blue\" for Gayle \"she was just as excited [by the song] as I was.\" The track was recorded at Jack's Tracks in Nashville on October 27, 1976. As Reynolds' regular session keyboardist Charles Cochran had suffered a stroke with some resultant numbness in his hands, Reynolds hired Hargus \"Pig\" Robbins to play keyboards, and Robbins instantly devised the song's signature acoustic piano riff; Cochran was also featured on the session playing the horn parts on a Wurlitzer. Reynolds noted \"it was just one of those charmed sessions...[After] we presented the song to the musicians...it was about the third time running", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "8258444", "text": "described by \"Q\" magazine as, \"The most toxic of strummed kiss-offs, with not a snowball's chance in hell of reconciliation.\" Dylan, later describing the song, said that \"I had carried that song around in my head for a long time and I remember that when I was writing it, I'd remembered a Gene Vincent song. It had always been one of my favorites, Baby Blue... 'When first I met my baby/she said how do you do/she looked into my eyes and said/my name is Baby Blue.' It was one of the songs I used to sing back in high school.", "title": "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" }, { "docid": "9291088", "text": "one outfit, a two piece short and top set in either blue or pink. Dolls came as boys or girls, with four different skin tones: American pale (with a green heart on the bottom), Australian/European peach, African-American and Hispanic. Eye color varies too. All African-American and Hispanic dolls had brown eyes (Hispanic dolls eyes have orange rays above their pupils). The other dolls had blue, aqua, green or brown eyes. Occasionally a doll can be found with a factory \"flaw\" and their eye color can vary from the standard, for example hazel, lilac, blue-gray or blue-green. However, some people attribute", "title": "My Child" }, { "docid": "6235134", "text": "Fat Lady Sings. Bernie Smirnoff went on to play for my eyes my eyes and now plays for Kingbathmat. The Vipers The Vipers were an Irish new wave group of the late 1970s. A live act fronted by Paul Boyle and virtuoso guitarist George Sweeney, they toured with The Clash and The Jam. Their debut single \"I've Got You\"/\"No Such Thing\" (Mulligan LUNS 718) was released in late 1978. This was heard by the BBC's John Peel who invited the band across the Irish Sea to do a session for his radio program, the Peel Sessions. A permanent move to", "title": "The Vipers" }, { "docid": "3475429", "text": "n-aingel. Rop tú cech maithius dom churp, dom anmain; rop tú mo flaithius i n-nim 's i talmain. Rop tussu t' áenur sainserc mo chride; ní rop nech aile acht Airdrí nime. Co talla forum, ré n-dul it láma, mo chuit, mo chotlud, ar méit do gráda. Rop tussu t' áenur m' urrann úais amra: ní chuinngim daíne ná maíne marba. Rop amlaid dínsiur cech sel, cech sáegul, mar marb oc brénad, ar t' fégad t' áenur. Do serc im anmain, do grád im chride, tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime. Tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime, do", "title": "Be Thou My Vision" }, { "docid": "3794199", "text": "\"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", \"Rose Garden\", \"Chug-a-Lug\", \"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man\", and \"Don't Close Your Eyes\". In late 2016 Yearwood joined husband Garth Brooks on a duet Christmas album titled \"Christmas Together\". The album features classic Christmas songs and an original track written by Yearwood and Brooks called \"What I'm Thankful for (The Thanksgiving Song)\". This song also features James Taylor. Yearwood announced the release of her upcoming studio album in November 2018. The album will consist of cover songs by Frank Sinatra and will be titled \"Let's Be Frank\". The album was recorded live at the", "title": "Trisha Yearwood" }, { "docid": "8617417", "text": "eye. The song became a worldwide hit single. In the United States, it topped the \"Billboard\" country music chart and was Gayle's first (and biggest) crossover pop hit, reaching number 1 on the \"Cashbox\" Top 100 for two weeks, and number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 for 3 weeks, behind Debby Boone's smash hit, \"You Light Up My Life\". The album received Platinum status, the first by a female country singer. The song became Gayle's signature piece throughout her career. In 1978, the song won Gayle a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In 1999, the song", "title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" }, { "docid": "16076713", "text": "of a domestic – 'Kiss with a Fist', but more grown-up, and colder. 'I'd do anything to make you stay,' she sings, before switching tack: 'You want a revelation, no light no light in your bright blue eyes.' Like the rest of these tracks, it's kitchen sink and then some, but there's a little more texture here.\" In the review of the album, Lewis Corner of the website Digital Spy said that the song \"manages to sound knee-quiveringly epic\". Later, in a separate review of the single he graded it with five stars out of five commenting that \"she pleads", "title": "No Light, No Light" }, { "docid": "6275826", "text": "prosthetic nose during filming and had his blue eyes digitally changed to brown to give him a more Middle Eastern appearance. According to designer Miles Teves, who created the prosthesis: \"Mel (Gibson) wanted to make the actor playing Jesus, James Caviezel, look more ethnically Middle Eastern, and it was decided that we could do it best by changing the shape of his nose.\" Race and appearance of Jesus The race and appearance of Jesus has been a topic of discussion since the days of early Christianity. There are no firsthand accounts of Jesus' physical appearance, although some authors have suggested", "title": "Race and appearance of Jesus" }, { "docid": "4712189", "text": "also states that he sang the backing chorus of \"Hey hey hey\". The song used for the fifth track, \"I've Been Loving You Too Long\", had been previously recorded in mono with Booker T. Jones on piano and released as a single in April 1965, becoming a number-two hit on \"Billboard\"s R&B chart; it was rerecorded in stereo for the album. The majority of the tracks on \"Otis Blue\" are cover versions, including three by Sam Cooke who had been shot dead the previous December. The album opens with the \"mournfully harried\" \"Ole Man Trouble\". For Claudrena N. Harold of", "title": "Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul" }, { "docid": "14884163", "text": "bright brown eyes, wears a dark blue T-shirt with a image of Huckleberries on it over a green and white striped long-sleeved shirt, light brown pants, and dark blue shoes. He has a huckleberry symbol. His dog is Tom Tom. All of the puppies owned by the girls were adopted from Huckleberry, and not Strawberry Shortcake's puppy. He is the only male of the berry humans. Voiced by: Andrea Libman (Sweet Grapes) and Diana Kaarina (Sour Grapes) Sweet Grapes and Sour Grapes are twin sisters. Sweet Grapes has two-tone pale magenta hair, light purple eyes, wears a white and purple", "title": "Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures" }, { "docid": "12817084", "text": "Make My Brown Eyes Blue\"). The song debuted at No. 57 for the week of August 15, 1992. The Greatest Man I Never Knew \"The Greatest Man I Never Knew\" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Layng Martine, Jr., and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It released in July 1992 as the fourth and final single from her album \"For My Broken Heart\". The song reached No. 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1992. Richard Leigh has described the song as being about his own father and that several", "title": "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" }, { "docid": "3496218", "text": "merle: carry the merle gene but do not display it obviously)) \"bi\" (black & white or red & white) \"tri\" (solid red or black, with white markings, normally with brown points), or \"tri merle\" (same description but merle) \"merle\" (grey, black, red/chocolate or white undercoat with large splashes of darker colourings of red/chocolate for red merles or black/grey for blue merles). Black Koolies will commonly have a black nose with black eyes, or tones of black including blue. Red or chocolate Koolies will commonly have a red or chocolate nose with brown eyes, or tones of brown, including yellow, and", "title": "Koolie" }, { "docid": "16626251", "text": "with male alarm calls recorded at 105.9 dB. \"Neotibicen pronotalis\" is a large cicada with males reaching up to (body length not including wings), but it averages from ; rivaling \"Neotibicen auletes\" and \"Neotibicen resonans\" in size (\"N. auletes\" and \"N. resonans\" are other species of large North American cicadas). Adult \"N. pronotalis\" vary considerably in appearance. Pronotum coloration may be sandy orange, tan, lime green, ocherous yellow, dull yellow or orange, or any combination of these. Eye coloration varies as well, most individuals though, have slate blue eyes, although some may have green, brown, or tan eyes . The", "title": "Neotibicen pronotalis" }, { "docid": "1397037", "text": "the album as \"one of the most vital and important reasons to love rock 'n' roll\". All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted. The Who Sings My Generation Deluxe Edition (2002) The Who Additional musicians Album Singles My Generation (album) My Generation is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Who, released on 3 December 1965 by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released on 25 April 1966 by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation, with a different cover and a slightly altered track listing. The album", "title": "My Generation (album)" }, { "docid": "2838145", "text": "Meyer, Joseph Meyer, Jimmy Monaco, Al Sherman, Harry Warren, Percy Wenrich, Harry M. Woods, David Brockman, James Kendis, Archie Gottler, and W. Edward Breuder. Johnson's most well-known song is \"I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream.\" Some popular-song compositions include: \"When the Moon Comes over the Mountain\", \"M-O-T-H-E-R, A Word That Means the World to Me\", \"Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There\", \"Sweet Lady\", \"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?\", \"(What Do You Do on a) Dew-Dew-Dewy Day\", \"Bring Back My Daddy To Me\", \"Where Do We Go", "title": "Howard Johnson (lyricist)" }, { "docid": "3240866", "text": "with her portrait of \"Michael Zavros\". It was a photograph picture of Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi that first caught Cherry Hood's eye. She went to one of his concerts, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and then asked him to sit for her. \"Although I don't normally do portrait/likenesses of people, I usually paint boys or adolescent males,\" she says. \"Simon is only 20 and he has large pale blue eyes which you can almost see through, his look suits the way I make images. The eyes are always the focus of my paintings. I want them to", "title": "Cherry Hood" }, { "docid": "17709496", "text": "song for this album, but producers changed their mind, and the record was released under the \"My Blue World\". All tracks written by T. Hendrik/K.van Haaren except 5 written by T. Taylor, Hans Steingen/T. Taylor Produced by Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann; 1 and 10 produced by Tony Hendrik Arranged by Tony Hendrik, Klaus-D. Gebauer, Claus-Robert Kruse, Jürgen Fritz, Günther Lammers Recorded and mixed by Gary Jones, Klaus-D. Gebauer, Claus-Robert Kruse, Günther Kasper, Helmuth Rüssmann and Andreas Martin at Coconut Studio, Hennef; Sound Studio \"N\", Köln; Cool Cat Studio, Hamburg; Tonstudio Rüssmann, Hennef. In 1988, My Blue World reached #48", "title": "My Blue World" }, { "docid": "6720405", "text": "had blue eyes rather than brown, and often prayed that Jesus would change her eye color and was disappointed when it never happened. She loved to pinch her brother's cheeks to make the prettiest color blue in his eyes. But she always repented afterwards for hurting her brother. As an adult, however, she realized that her brown eye color probably helped her gain acceptance in India. Amy attended Harrogate Ladies College for four years in her youth. It was there she converted to Christianity at the age of fifteen. Amy's father moved the family to Belfast when she was 16,", "title": "Amy Carmichael" }, { "docid": "9055063", "text": "Striemer's \"Images\" the album include the haunting piano-driven title track, which opens with the lyric, \"I found out today my love has found another/And all the things I did to make you happy won’t make you happy anymore,\" as Striemer pleads amid urgent percussion, \"If I could fight my way back to you/It would only throw me further away.\" \"Fall Behind\" is Striemer's intense take on her lost contract at Epic. She sings, \"What's happening/I feel the world slipping apart before my eyes,\" amid an inflamed backdrop of electric guitars and howling vocal of defiance. Shimmering power ballad and first", "title": "Naomi Striemer" }, { "docid": "5806972", "text": "do an exemplary job of advancing traditional bluegrass music and bringing it to new audiences while preserving its character and heritage. Peter Rowan is a Buddhist. His more recent releases are \"The Old School\" (2013) on Compass Records, \"Peter Rowan's Twang n Groove Vol. 1\" on There Records, \"Dharma Blues\" (2015) on Omnivore Recordings, and \"My Aloha!\" (2017) also on Omnivore Recordings. Rowan's album \"Carter Stanley's Eyes\" was released in 2018. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Peter Rowan’s career in bluegrass started in 1964 as part of Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe thought that Peter sounded like himself.", "title": "Peter Rowan" }, { "docid": "54397", "text": "giants. Blue eyes do not actually contain any blue pigment. Eye colour is determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris and the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black. The appearance of blue, green, and hazel eyes results from the Rayleigh scattering of light in the stroma, an optical effect similar to what accounts for the blueness of the sky. The irises of the eyes of people with blue eyes contain less dark melanin than those of people", "title": "Blue" }, { "docid": "2971710", "text": "three years by the Academy of Country Music (1976–1977 and 1979). Gayle released a new recording of a previously recorded album track from her album \"Crystal\" as her follow up single to \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\". Although the single, \"Ready for the Times to Get Better\", became her fourth number-one Country hit, it failed to reach the Pop Top 40 (number 52). Gayle's next album, \"When I Dream\", yielded three Top 3 Country hits – the No. 1 songs \"Talking in Your Sleep\" and \"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For\" as well as", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "7112474", "text": "also Gayle's first album to chart in the UK, where it reached #15, and was certified silver by the BPI. In the Netherlands, it stayed on the charts for two weeks and peaked at #29. The album contains Gayle's huge international chart hit \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", which was not only her third #1 Country chart hit, but also reached #2 on the Billboard 100, becoming her biggest hit. Another track, \"River Road\", charted at #64 on the Country Singles chart when it appeared on the \"Favorites\" compilation album in 1980. We Must Believe in Magic We", "title": "We Must Believe in Magic" }, { "docid": "4940577", "text": "Thompson and Tait left, so Brown and Glover were joined by Phil Ryan on keyboards, John 'Pugwash' Weathers on drums (both formerly from The Eyes of Blue) and Brian Breeze on guitar. This line-up only recorded one single, \"Flying Hero Sandwich\"/\"My Last Band\". Weathers and Breeze both departed, to be replaced by guitarist Taff Williams (also formerly in The Eyes of Blue) and drummer Ed Spevock, before finally disbanding in Autumn 1971. Pete Brown went on to work with Graham Bond. Both albums, all three singles and several bonus tracks were reissued on a double album CD BGOCD522 in 2001.", "title": "Pete Brown" }, { "docid": "11805920", "text": "But No Them\" tells a story using names of the members from The Fratellis’ official website. It is also used as a sign off when Jon Fratelli posts on the site and is also in the footer of the website since the revamp in 2008. The animated video shows the band in a Wild West scene, chasing a female monster (with black and blue eyes) who constantly escapes. In the end, we learn that she also bails the Fratellis out of trouble and they eventually let her run off into the open desert freely. Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes EP", "title": "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes EP" }, { "docid": "10462207", "text": "sweet and pretty, and likes to sing diverse songs. Jill has long blonde hair almost to her knees with bangs, as well as blue eyes and pink lipstick. In the Leggy brochure it states that her nickname is the new blonde. She was American born in Denver, living in Santa Monica California. She is a student, with the distinguishing features of long blonde hair, long legs and big eyes. She loves horses, sleeping late and cooking. Nan has brown curly hair in an up do ponytail, with brown and violet eyes and red lipstick. In the Leggy brochure it states", "title": "Leggy" }, { "docid": "2971709", "text": "Magic\", become the first by a female country artist to be certified platinum. She toured worldwide, including Britain with Kenny Rogers and China with Bob Hope, where she became the first person to record a performance on the Great Wall of China. After the success of \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\", Gayle and her record producers leaned more toward crossover music with each new release. For the next ten years, she would have her greatest success. Gayle was awarded \"Female Vocalist of the Year\" for two years by the Country Music Association Awards (1977 and 1978) and for", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "2971708", "text": "to record the jazz-flavored ballad, \"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\". The song became the most successful of Gayle's career, spending four weeks atop the country chart. The song reached Number 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 Singles pop chart, became her biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 2), peaked at No. 4 AC and gained considerable airplay worldwide. Gayle earned a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and the song also earned a Grammy as Country Song of the Year for its writer, Richard Leigh. The song helped her album, \"We Must Believe in", "title": "Crystal Gayle" }, { "docid": "19662970", "text": "It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” but like so many great country artists, she had a strong gospel side to her musical personality. That spiritual side was expressed in the 1997 album HE IS BEAUTIFUL, where Gayle brought her sweet, supple vocal style to a batch of faith-based tunes. The music touches on pop, country, and gospel simultaneously, but the purity of intent is always there.\" \"Joy & Inspiration\" was first released in 1997 and distributed as an audio cassette. In its initial issue, the album was released by both the Beautiful Music Company and Warner Special Products, a subsidiary", "title": "Joy & Inspiration" }, { "docid": "2933962", "text": "\"philos\", which means \"loving\". There are 11 species in \"Nemophila\": \"N. menziesii\", \"N. parviflora\", and \"N. pulchella\" have varieties under each species. Nemophila Nemophila is a genus found in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Most of the species in \"Nemophila\" contain the phrase \"baby blue eyes\" in their common names. \"N. menziesii\" has the common name of \"baby blue eyes\". \"N. parviflora\" is called the \"smallflower baby blue-eyes\" and \"N. spatulata\" is called the \"Sierra baby blue eyes\". An exception to this naming tendency is \"N. maculata\", whose common name is fivespot. \"Nemophila\" species are mainly native to the western", "title": "Nemophila" }, { "docid": "7699087", "text": "Look into My Eyes (Atlantis Remix) was released on the compilation album \"The Collection: Volume Two\". Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song) \"Look into My Eyes\" is the first single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from the album \"The Art of War\". Released as a single in 1997, it reached number four on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. It is also included on the soundtrack to the film \"Batman & Robin\". A music video was released for the single. Bizzy Bone did not appear in it, but the", "title": "Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)" }, { "docid": "6383444", "text": "said, \"Everyone sings in the shower and everyone in Los Angeles seems to have a piano in the bathroom.\" The single was released on three physical formats. CD1 includes an exclusive non-album recording, \"Close Your Eyes\", which was first written during Blunt's army days. CD2 includes a further non-album recording, \"Where Is My Mind\" performed live in Manchester, plus the video for \"Goodbye My Lover\" and behind-the-scenes \"Making-Of\" footage. The 7\" vinyl includes the live version of \"Where Is My Mind\". \"Goodbye My Lover\" featured a music video that was directed by Sam Brown and was filmed on 28 October", "title": "Goodbye My Lover" }, { "docid": "10633039", "text": "the genus \"Todiramphus\". Two subspecies are recognised: Measuring , the forest kingfisher has blue wings, head and tail with white breast, abdomen and nape. It has a white patch in front of the eyes and a black band stretching from the bill, through the eyes and to the ear coverts. A white patch is visible on the wings in flight. The female is distinguished by a blue rather than white nape. The iris is dark brown and the legs and feet dark grey. Immature birds are duller with a blackish crown. The call is a shrill \"t-reek\", repeated regularly, most", "title": "Forest kingfisher" }, { "docid": "2891500", "text": "Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back is an album by Brent Spiner, best known for his role as Data in the American television series \"\", first released in June 1991. The title is a parodic reference both to Frank Sinatra's \"Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back\" and the Data character, whose eyes are golden yellow. On the album, Spiner is backed by the orchestra from that series as he sings a number of old pop standards, mostly from the 1930s and 1940s. In the liner notes, Spiner wrote of Sinatra's \"You Make Me Feel So Young\": Spiner", "title": "Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back" }, { "docid": "7365552", "text": "is the spa and she loves yoga, massage, and pedicures, chatting with cute guys, and going to movies and parties with her friends. Her favorite beverage is iced coffee and she can't live without her cellphone. River is her boyfriend. She moved to California and was replaced by Kennedy. Barbie is voiced by Kelly Sheridan. Madison (Westley in Europe) is African-American, with brown skin, light blue eyes and medium brown hair. She was one of the original three dolls and the 'shopper' of the gang. According to the official My Scene website, she is an urban girl, who enjoys traveling", "title": "My Scene" }, { "docid": "13069863", "text": "adding, \"I understand what the public wants from me - and I am letting these children have it!\". To this end, the album is strongly directed to a gay audience (even more so than previous RuPaul albums). The song \"Tranny Chaser\", for instance, is a comedic hip-hop track about sexually curious heterosexual men who pursue casual sex with transgender women. In it RuPaul sings \"Is some tranny chasers up in here? Welcome to my stratosphere! Make a move...what you gonna do? I ain't got no time for no lookie-loo, boo!\"; and later, \"Do you wanna fuck me? That don't make", "title": "Champion (RuPaul album)" }, { "docid": "19311801", "text": "Make My Love Go \"Make My Love Go\" is a song by British singer Jay Sean, and the lead single from his upcoming studio album. It is Jay Sean's first single release in three years. The song features Jamaican singer Sean Paul, who previously collaborated with Jay Sean on the 2010 single \"Do You Remember\". The song was produced by Ezu and also features vocals from Kiana Brown. The single was released on 5 February 2016, by Sony Music. Sean collaborated with Sean Paul on his second single, \"Do You Remember\", from his third album overall (and his first studio", "title": "Make My Love Go" }, { "docid": "4712186", "text": "the moderately successful \"Pain in My Heart\" and \"The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads\", both of which performed well in the newly established \"Billboard\" R&B LP chart but not in the \"Billboard\" 200, preparations for the third studio album followed soon after. The album would be Redding's third studio album and second on Stax's sister label Volt. Redding recorded the album with the Stax's house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s (keyboardist/bandleader Booker T. Jones, guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald \"Duck\" Dunn, drummer Al Jackson Jr.), Isaac Hayes on piano, and a horn section consisting of members of the", "title": "Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul" }, { "docid": "17358427", "text": "tenerals have an amber wash on the wings. Zosteraeschna minuscula Zosteraeschna minuscula, the friendly hawker is a species of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae. It is found in South Africa and Namibia. Its natural habitats include ponds and still pools in montane streams. This is a fairly large species; 59–62 mm long with a wingspan of 76–83 mm. The thorax is brown with green stripes, and the abdomen is brown and blue. The eyes are green. It is similar to \"Pinheyschna subpupillata\" and \"Zosteraeschna usambarica\", but has an anchor- or T-shaped mark on the frons. Males have a blue saddle on", "title": "Zosteraeschna minuscula" }, { "docid": "17358426", "text": "Zosteraeschna minuscula Zosteraeschna minuscula, the friendly hawker is a species of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae. It is found in South Africa and Namibia. Its natural habitats include ponds and still pools in montane streams. This is a fairly large species; 59–62 mm long with a wingspan of 76–83 mm. The thorax is brown with green stripes, and the abdomen is brown and blue. The eyes are green. It is similar to \"Pinheyschna subpupillata\" and \"Zosteraeschna usambarica\", but has an anchor- or T-shaped mark on the frons. Males have a blue saddle on the abdomen near the thorax, and females and", "title": "Zosteraeschna minuscula" }, { "docid": "16620258", "text": "this / And I really mean it this time.\" The song also has the positive mental attitude that is specific to the reggae genre. For Amy Sciarretto of Pop Crush, when she sings \"But you can see it my eyes, you can read on my lips / I'm trying to get a hold on this / And I really mean it this time /And you know it's such a trip / Don't get me started / I'm trying to get a hold on this,\" we are left to assume that Stefani is singing about her desire to finally make a", "title": "Settle Down (No Doubt song)" }, { "docid": "3090708", "text": "of the blue-footed booby are light brown with white streaks while the belly and underside exhibit pure white plumage. Its eyes are placed on either side of its bill and oriented towards the front, enabling excellent binocular vision. Its eyes are a distinctive yellow, with the male having more yellow in its irises than the female. Blue-footed booby chicks have black beaks and feet and are clad in a layer of soft white down. The subspecies \"S. n. excisa\" that breeds on the Galapagos Islands is larger than the nominate subspecies and has lighter plumage especially around the neck and", "title": "Blue-footed booby" }, { "docid": "15686866", "text": "hoping to make apologies and amends with Oteri, when he was called back to the Harding precinct. \"The detective said, 'Your friend's dead. Murder one,' \" Fagan recalled. \"My best friend of 32 years. The next day, Tom's son and his daughter and sister came to visit. They said I was crying my eyes out, saying, 'It should have been me.' I did wish I was dead. But I wasn't dead, so what do I do?\" The answer came back from Tom Oteri Jr.: You'll write songs. \"My dad believed in Rich's music,\" said Oteri Jr., who is now publishing", "title": "Richard Fagan" }, { "docid": "2933959", "text": "Nemophila Nemophila is a genus found in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Most of the species in \"Nemophila\" contain the phrase \"baby blue eyes\" in their common names. \"N. menziesii\" has the common name of \"baby blue eyes\". \"N. parviflora\" is called the \"smallflower baby blue-eyes\" and \"N. spatulata\" is called the \"Sierra baby blue eyes\". An exception to this naming tendency is \"N. maculata\", whose common name is fivespot. \"Nemophila\" species are mainly native to the western United States, though some species are also found in western Canada and Mexico, and in the southeastern United States. \"Nemophila\" are commonly", "title": "Nemophila" }, { "docid": "11805919", "text": "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes EP Ole Black ‘n’ Blue Eyes EP is an EP by The Fratellis. It was released in June 2007 as both a single and EP on limited edition vinyl. The track was the fifth and final single from the album \"Costello Music\". The EP was released on a limited edition 12″ vinyl, which contained stickers (which meant the copies were illegible for the UK Singles Chart), which ultimately meant the single charted at #168 in the UK Singles Chart as it charted on the strength of downloads alone. The B-Side song \"Mon Yous, Mon Us,", "title": "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes EP" }, { "docid": "17821880", "text": "who charted with \"For Once in My Life\", \"Till\" and \"My Way\". In addition many psychedelic pop records released by President in the late 1960s have become collectable, notably Hat And Tie's \"Finding It Rough\", and Rhubarb Rhubarb's \"Rainmaker\"; latter day mod/sixties club favourites such as Watson T. Browne & the Explosive's \"I Close My Eyes\", and Lloyd Alexander Real Estate Band's \"Whatcha Gonna Do\", featuring future members of the progressive rock band Audience; and \"Pawnbroker Pawnbroker\" by the songwriter turned performer Barbara Ruskin. Paintbox also recorded for the label making two singles, \"Come On Round\" written by Harry Vanda", "title": "President Records" }, { "docid": "19812088", "text": "eyes you're watching me/You talk behind my back/You spy on me/So I scream and shout to make you leave/But you're still here, you keep judging me with your million eyes\". Chris Halpin of Wiwibloggs noted fragility in one fellow line from the track: \"Too different, I'm scared of judgement\". Throughout \"Million Eyes\", Nottet reaches for high notes, and he changes the key he sings in an \"overwrought\" manner towards the end. Nottet himself explained that the song was inspired by the works of Australian singer Sia, while critics also noticed the influence of Barbadian performer Rihanna, American recording artist The", "title": "Million Eyes (Loïc Nottet song)" }, { "docid": "8854753", "text": "for a one-night stand. This \"lustful sexual confidence\" is further demonstrated in the lyrics of the first verse: \"I'm feeling sexy / Wa[nt to] hear you say my name, boy/ If you can reach me, you can feel my burning flame / Feeling kind of N A S T Y / I might just take you home with me\" and the chorus lines: \" Tonight I'll be your naughty girl / I'm callin' all my girls / We're gonna turn this party out / I know you want my body.\" Throughout the song, Beyoncé sings the lines \"I'd love to", "title": "Naughty Girl (Beyoncé song)" }, { "docid": "9658554", "text": "are showing signs of getting them back now Catherine has died. Brothers who possess a telepathic link with each other. They can also mimic other people in voice and mannerisms. They both have nut brown hair and blue eyes, and do a very funny impression of Spook. They lighten everyone's mood near the end of \"Running the Risk\". An illusionist and friend of Spook Williams, one of the 'True Ten/Eleven' who keeps their powers when most of the COLAs do not. It is mentioned that he acts very chipper, like most of his illusionist friends, but Dax senses he is", "title": "The Shapeshifter" }, { "docid": "2687503", "text": "the dance were hits, including \"(Do the) Mashed Potatoes\" by Nat Kendrick and the Swans (with vocals by Carlton \"King\" Coleman), \"Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.\" by James Brown, and \"Mashed Potato Time\" and \"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)\", both by Dee Dee Sharp. In Australia the dance underwent a revival with Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs' version of \"Mashed Potato\" in 1964. The dance was also referred to in Connie Francis' 1962 hit \"V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N\" (\"...we'll \"Mashed Potato\" to a jukebox tune...\"), \"Do You Love Me\" by the Contours, \"Let's Dance\" by Chris Montez, \"Harry the Hairy Ape\" a 1963 Top-20 pop", "title": "Mashed Potato (dance)" }, { "docid": "4317005", "text": "Pamela Salem won a small voice role in Leela's debut story, \"The Face of Evil\", followed by a substantial part in the next story \"The Robots of Death\". Although Jameson's eyes are naturally blue, as Leela she initially wore red contact lenses to make them brown. However, the contact lenses severely limited her vision, and producer Graham Williams promised her she could stop wearing them. To explain the change in-story, writer Terrance Dicks wrote a scene in the 1977 serial \"Horror of Fang Rock\" in which Leela's eyes suffer \"pigment dispersal\" and turn blue after viewing the explosion of the", "title": "Leela (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "3059831", "text": "may do under color of my name and I wish the people there to understand it and not lay any blame to the Thomsonian system for any thing he may do...Among those who have been or are using my name and medicines without any authority from me are Charles Holman, Protsmouth, N. H.; John A. Brown, Providence, R. I.; G. Larabee at Baltimore; Clark & Wilder at Randoplh, Mass. Herbalist Michael Moore, gives a flavor criticism of the debate of the times, stating that Thomson's own perception of the controversies was \"couched in seeming venal paranoia\", and that: Thomson's movement", "title": "Samuel Thomson" }, { "docid": "9597842", "text": "normally interact with minorities in their rural town, Ms. Elliott began a two-day \"blue eyes/brown eyes\" exercise to reinforce the unfairness of discrimination and racism: Students with blue eyes were given preferential treatment, given positive reinforcement, and made to feel superior over those with brown eyes for one day; the procedure was reversed the next day, with Ms. Elliott giving favorable preference to brown-eyed students. As a result, whichever group was favored by Elliott performed enthusiastically in class, answered questions quickly and accurately, and performed better in tests; those who were discriminated against felt more downcast, were hesitant and uncertain", "title": "A Class Divided" }, { "docid": "20283631", "text": "He enjoyed that the record featured a variety of new material, but claimed that the inclusion of \"When I Was a Little Girl\", \"My Gift Is You\", and \"Never Kissed Anyone with Blue Eyes Before You\" was unusual because the tracks \"do [not] feel strictly seasonal\"; however, Erlewine insisted that \"the moments that work have a coquettish charm that is appealing, which is reason enough to warrant a listen\". David Smyth, a writer for London's \"Evening Standard\", likened Stefani's covers of \"Last Christmas\", \"Let It Snow\", and \"Santa Baby\". However, he considered her original tracks to be less memorable, minus", "title": "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" }, { "docid": "12660027", "text": "Jason and let him know I want my release papers dog, I want my walking papers whatever I gotta pay you'll whatever it gone to take, im ready to walk, because my name big enough right now I gotta big enough buzz and a big enough fanbase to say f*** it I'm a do this s*** independent, let me get all my money you feel me. So you know that's really what it was, it wasn't no bad blood it just like a n**** gotta family, a n**** got kids to feed, so a n**** gotta make the best decision", "title": "Yung L.A." }, { "docid": "718338", "text": "introduced herself to Griffith and began to confide her hopes for stardom. \"The Master looked down at me, studied my upturned face in the glare of the arc, and shook his eagle head. Eyes no good, he said. A cast in one and far too blue; blue eyes always looked blank in close-up. You'll never make it, he declared, and turned solemnly away.\" Still undeterred, Shearer risked some of her savings on a consultation with Dr. William Bates, a pioneer in the treatment of incorrectly aligned eyes and defective vision. He wrote out a series of muscle-strengthening exercises that, after", "title": "Norma Shearer" }, { "docid": "9833611", "text": "you...\" Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song) \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl? (Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue)\" is an American popular song that achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s. It is sometimes known simply as \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl?\" and sometimes simply as \"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue\"; the 1925 Leo Feist, Inc. sheet music gives both of these. Accounts of who originally composed \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl?\" vary, particularly since the song, especially its lyrics, was often modified. Some sources state that Percy Weinrich wrote the music and Jack Mahoney the lyrics, in 1914.", "title": "Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song)" }, { "docid": "9833606", "text": "Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song) \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl? (Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue)\" is an American popular song that achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s. It is sometimes known simply as \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl?\" and sometimes simply as \"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue\"; the 1925 Leo Feist, Inc. sheet music gives both of these. Accounts of who originally composed \"Has Anybody Seen My Girl?\" vary, particularly since the song, especially its lyrics, was often modified. Some sources state that Percy Weinrich wrote the music and Jack Mahoney the lyrics, in 1914. Credit", "title": "Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song)" }, { "docid": "7699086", "text": "Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song) \"Look into My Eyes\" is the first single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from the album \"The Art of War\". Released as a single in 1997, it reached number four on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. It is also included on the soundtrack to the film \"Batman & Robin\". A music video was released for the single. Bizzy Bone did not appear in it, but the clips from the film were scattered throughout the video. A remix produced by DJ U-Neek entitled", "title": "Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)" }, { "docid": "19367932", "text": "people who are struggling to figure out their identities are seriously influenced by the things they see their idols do.” Brown responded to the outrage over her work by saying, “I’m using my body to create something beautiful. I think it’s misunderstood by a lot of people. But it really doesn’t have anything to do with eating disorders. If I was male [no one would make] such a massive association.\" Millie Brown (performance artist) Millie Brown is a British performance artist. She was born in 1986 in London, United Kingdom. Brown is best known as Lady Gaga’s “vomit artist”. She", "title": "Millie Brown (performance artist)" }, { "docid": "11786747", "text": "name of subjects should not escape without condign punishment. But I perceive they dealt with me like physicians who, ministering a drug, make it more acceptable by giving it a good aromatical savour, or when they give pills do gild them all over. \"I have ever used to set the Last Judgement Day before mine eyes and so to rule as I shall be judged to answer before a higher judge, and now if my kingly bounties have been abused and my grants turned to the hurt of my people contrary to my will and meaning, and if any in", "title": "Golden Speech" }, { "docid": "13075953", "text": "hair with green eyes. She wore a short golden yellow dress and had dark yellow wings. True Love had platinum blonde hair with brown eyes. She wore a short white dress with magenta and pale blue wings. Night Song had straight dark brown hair with brown eyes and a brown flesh tone. She wore a pale blue and white dress with matching blue wings. Jazz had straight blonde hair with blue eyes. She had an interesting pink and wine outfit with harem-like sheer pants with matching wine and pink wings. A special deluxe edition Royal Princess Sparkle was made too.", "title": "Star Fairies" }, { "docid": "2639805", "text": "of the 'bling, bling, hit me on my two-way' style of the new R&B. It has elements of the old and the new.\" The producer further went on to say that people wanted Timberlake to be conformed to being part of boy band NSYNC, with the former insisting that the singer is an immaculate vocalist. Hugo acknowledged Timberlake's break-up with singer Britney Spears, saying that some of the album's music could be directed towards it. The opening track on \"Justified\", \"Señorita\" is a Spanish oriented song that features R&B influences; in it Timberlake sings about a girl with brown eyes.", "title": "Justified (album)" }, { "docid": "7268278", "text": "sin to testify against one's husband. Sherrie Rossi testified in the trial that her attacker was a different man with brown eyes and that Rossi's eyes are blue. She said her earlier testimony against Rossi was coerced by police when she was still recovering and did not have a complete recollection, and that her second testimony exonerating her husband came from \"flashbacks\" and a \"fuller complete recollection\" of what occurred. Sherrie Rossi said: \"We have eyewitnesses who saw a white car similar to ours following us and several family members several weeks before I was attacked. My husband also received", "title": "Richard Rossi" }, { "docid": "3139698", "text": "who has action among other men, much action, much spirit, much wisdom. Am I wrong? I think it is not so when I see his face; he is what you call unselfish, and the man who doe not get rich from his good work for all people He knows much law, and I make him a great man in my native costume. I do more than all. I make him a Buddhist priest—No, no, I do not make him an inner priest. He has the mustache, which he should not have at all. See, I make the Kesa, or robes", "title": "Henry T. Hazard" }, { "docid": "5223353", "text": "the city with producer Gene Griffin. \"My Prerogative\" was written and co-produced by Brown and Griffin. It was recorded at Axis Studios and mixed at Soundworks, in New York. The track was mastered at Future Disc Systems in Hollywood, California. During an interview with \"The Hour\" on March 17, 1989, Brown explained the theme behind the song, saying, \"A lot of things had been said about Bobby Brown, why was he doing this [a solo career]. It's my way of expressing to people it's your prerogative to do as you want, but make sure what you do is the right", "title": "My Prerogative" }, { "docid": "54398", "text": "with brown eyes, which means that they absorb less short-wavelength blue light, which is instead reflected out to the viewer. Eye colour also varies depending on the lighting conditions, especially for lighter-coloured eyes. Blue eyes are most common in Ireland, the Baltic Sea area and Northern Europe, and are also found in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe. Blue eyes are also found in parts of Western Asia, most notably in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. In Estonia, 99% of people have blue eyes. In Denmark 30 years ago, only 8% of the population had brown eyes, though through immigration, today", "title": "Blue" } ]

[ "1 January 1973" ]

[ { "docid": "20240184", "text": "26) that it was advisable to put the considerations of influence and power before those of formal sovereignty. The Treaty of Accession was signed in January 1972 by the then prime minister Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party. Parliament's European Communities Act 1972 was enacted on 17 October, and the UK's instrument of ratification was deposited the next day (18 October), letting the United Kingdom's membership of the EC come into effect on 1 January 1973. In 1975, the United Kingdom held its first ever national referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Communities. The governing", "title": "History of European Union–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "699176", "text": "17 October, and the UK's instrument of ratification of the Treaty of Accession was deposited the next day—although the Act and the Treaty did not become law until 1 January 1973, when the United Kingdom officially became a member state of the European Communities (subsequently the European Union) along with Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. The European Communities Act was the instrument whereby the UK was able to join the European Union (then known as the European Communities). It enables, under section 2(2), UK government ministers to lay regulations before Parliament to transpose EU Directives (then Community law) and", "title": "European Communities Act 1972 (UK)" }, { "docid": "17004788", "text": "then French president Charles de Gaulle vetoed British membership and Denmark did not wish to join the EEC without the United Kingdom. After much negotiation, and following a change in the French Presidency, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973. Denmark and Ireland were so economically linked to the UK, that they considered it necessary to join the EEC if the UK did. The Danish population voted for membership with 63.3% in favour with a turnout of 90.1%. This was the first of several enlargements which became a major policy area of", "title": "Denmark and the European Union" }, { "docid": "18548228", "text": "1973 enlargement of the European Communities The 1973 enlargement of the European Communities was the first enlargement of the European Communities (EC), now the European Union (EU). Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) acceded to the EC on 1 January 1973. Gibraltar and Greenland also joined the EC as part of the United Kingdom and Denmark respectively, but the Faroe Islands, the British Overseas Territories and the Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom did not join the EC. Ireland and Denmark both held referenda in 1972 in May and October respectively, and the UK held a referendum in 1975,", "title": "1973 enlargement of the European Communities" }, { "docid": "15907862", "text": "United Kingdom – European Union relations Relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom date back to the foundation of the European Economic Community in 1957. The United Kingdom has been an important neighbour, was a major member of the European Economic Community since joining in 1 January 1973 (when eight countries were members), and currently is a member until it leaves on 29 March 2019 as per Article 50. The UK's applications to join in 1963 and 1967 were vetoed by the President of France, Charles de Gaulle, who said that \"a number of aspects of Britain's economy,", "title": "United Kingdom – European Union relations" }, { "docid": "19658499", "text": "When David Cameron resigned in June 2016, he stated that the next Prime Minister should activate Article 50 and begin negotiations with the EU. At the time of the invocation of Article 50 the United Kingdom had been a full member state of the European Communities / European Union since its accession on 1 January 1973 some forty four years earlier. The UK government stated that they would expect a leave vote to be followed by withdrawal, not by a second vote. In a leaflet sent out before the referendum, the UK government stated \"This is your decision. The Government", "title": "United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union" } ]

[ { "docid": "12044234", "text": "(i.e. they enjoy access to European Union countries of physical exports without tariff barriers). Other Community rules do not apply to the Islands. The UK Sovereign Base Areas, Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus did not join the European Union when the United Kingdom joined. Cyprus' Accession Treaty specifically stated that this would not change with the accession of Cyprus to the European Union. However, currently, some provisions of the EU Law are applicable there—mainly border management, food safety and free movement of people and goods. The Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation within the Kingdom of Denmark, are not part of", "title": "Future enlargement of the European Union" }, { "docid": "429138", "text": "than many of its main competitors such as France, West Germany and Japan. In the decade-long process of European integration, the UK was a founding member of the alliance called the Western European Union, established with the London and Paris Conferences in 1954. In 1960 the UK was one of the seven founding members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), but in 1973 it left to join the European Communities (EC). When the EC became the European Union (EU) in 1992, the UK was one of the 12 founding members. The Treaty of Lisbon was signed in 2007, which", "title": "United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "11023044", "text": "join the euro. Denmark subsequently notified the Council of the European Communities of their decision to opt out of the euro, and this was included as part of the 1992 Edinburgh Agreement, a Decision of Council, reached following the Maastricht Treaty's initial rejection in a 1992 Danish referendum. The purpose of the agreement was to assist in its approval in a second referendum, which it did. In the UK, the Labour government of Tony Blair argued that the UK should join the euro, contingent on approval in a referendum, if five economic tests were met. However, the assessment of those", "title": "Opt-outs in the European Union" }, { "docid": "16925433", "text": "or Euratom) and European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957. The EEC, the more ambitious of the three, came to be known as the \"Common Market\". The UK first applied to join them in 1961, but this was vetoed by France. A later application was successful, and the UK joined in 1973; two years later, the first ever national referendum on continuing membership resulted in 67.2% approval. Political integration gained greater focus when the Maastricht Treaty established the European Union (EU) in 1993, which incorporated (and after the Treaty of Lisbon, succeeded) the European Communities. Prior to the 2010 general election,", "title": "2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "2142578", "text": "whole.\" As part of the deal for British entry, France agreed to allow the EEC its own monetary resources. However France made that concession only as Britain's small agriculture sector would ensure that Britain would be a net contributor to the Common Agricultural Policy dominated EEC budget. Applying together with the UK, as on the previous occasions, were Denmark, Ireland, and Norway. These countries were so economically linked to the UK that they considered it necessary to join the EEC if the UK did. However the Norwegian government lost a national referendum on membership and hence did not accede with", "title": "Enlargement of the European Union" }, { "docid": "3114428", "text": "Five economic tests The five economic tests were the criteria defined by the UK treasury under Gordon Brown that were to be used to assess the UK's readiness to join the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU), and so adopt the euro as its official currency. In principle, these tests were distinct from any political decision to join. The five tests were as follows: In addition to these self-imposed criteria, the UK would also have to meet the European Union's economic convergence criteria (\"Maastricht criteria\") before being allowed to adopt the euro. One criterion is two years'", "title": "Five economic tests" }, { "docid": "3114433", "text": "in Britain more influenced by interest rate changes. Five economic tests The five economic tests were the criteria defined by the UK treasury under Gordon Brown that were to be used to assess the UK's readiness to join the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU), and so adopt the euro as its official currency. In principle, these tests were distinct from any political decision to join. The five tests were as follows: In addition to these self-imposed criteria, the UK would also have to meet the European Union's economic convergence criteria (\"Maastricht criteria\") before being allowed to", "title": "Five economic tests" }, { "docid": "14804128", "text": "Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom Wilson v United Kingdom [2002] ECHR 552 is a UK labour law and European labour law case concerning discrimination by employers against their workers who join and take action through trade unions. After a long series of appeals through the UK court system, the European Court of Human Rights held that ECHR article 11 protects the fundamental right of people to join a trade union, engage in union related activities and take action as a last resort to protect their interests. Mr Wilson worked for the \"Daily Mail\" newspaper. The paper derecognised the National", "title": "Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "12666227", "text": "of the Czech lands were not permitted to join Germany). This idea floundered as Europe split into three principal factions in the 1920s and 1930s: liberal democratic states led by the UK and France, communist states led by the Soviet Union, and authoritarian nationalists led by Germany and Italy. The failure of the democratic states to prevent the advance of Nazi Germany ultimately led to the Second World War, which led to a temporary alliance between the UK and the Soviets. The UK did not condemn the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, but declared war on Germany. Later they", "title": "European balance of power" }, { "docid": "19141071", "text": "which only the top two options in the first round would be available. Number Cruncher Politics asked people to imagine the UK had now left the EU and how, in that situation, they would answer \"Should the UK join the EU, or not?\" There have been opinion polls to gauge support for a second referendum on whether to accept or reject the final Brexit deal. Opinion polling for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum The referendum on EU membership took place on 23 June 2016. Opinion polling for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum was ongoing in the", "title": "Opinion polling for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "18147001", "text": "stated in November 2010 and March 2012 that Ukraine may join the Customs Union in the future, but that the Constitution of Ukraine did not presently allow them to join. However, he also stated in April 2010 that Ukraine would not join the Customs Union. During this time, Ukraine was negotiating an Association Agreement with the European Union which was seen by the EU as being incompatible with Ukraine entering the Customs Union; the latter would end the chances for the AA according to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Yanukovych at the time stated he wanted to pursue EU", "title": "Enlargement of the Eurasian Economic Union" }, { "docid": "10575181", "text": "European Union. On 9 December 2014, Cameron said that he still \"very much supports\" Turkey joining the European Union, during a visit to Turkey to meet the country's Prime Minister and President, despite his Government's inability to control numbers of EU migrants coming to the UK. The visit was his first since 2010 when he told the Turks he backed the country's goal of joining the EU. He had said then that he wanted to \"make the case\" for Turkey's EU membership, and added that he wanted to \"pave the road\" for Turkey to join the EU, saying the country", "title": "Political positions of David Cameron" }, { "docid": "1957530", "text": "Denmark to join in 1973. Norway had rejected joining in a 1972 referendum, while the UK confirmed its membership in a 1975 referendum. Aside from the European Economic Community itself, the European continent underwent a profound transition towards democracy. The dictators of Greece and Portugal were deposed in 1974, and Spain's dictator died in 1975, enabling their accession in 1981 and 1986. In 1979, the European Parliament had its first direct elections, reflecting a growing consensus that the EEC should be less a union of member states, and more a union of peoples. The Single European Act 1986 increased the", "title": "European Union law" }, { "docid": "490153", "text": "Union in view of Germany's effect on the balance of power in Europe. After Thatcher's Bruges speech in September 1988 and her increasing hostility to a European currency in the last years of her premiership, Powell made many speeches publicly supporting her attitude to Europe. When Heath attacked Thatcher's speech in May 1989 Powell called him \"the old virtuoso of the U-turn\". When inflation crept up that year, he condemned the Chancellor Nigel Lawson's policy of printing money so sterling would shadow the German deutschmark and said that it was for the UK to join the European Monetary System. In", "title": "Enoch Powell" }, { "docid": "10124896", "text": "to become a member when the electorate voted against it, leaving just the UK, Ireland and Denmark to join. But despite the setbacks, and the withdrawal of Greenland from Denmark's membership in 1985, three more countries joined the Communities before the end of the Cold War. In 1987, the geographical extent of the project was tested when Morocco applied, and was rejected as it was not considered a European country. The year 1990 saw the Cold War drawing to a close, and East Germany was welcomed into the Community as part of a reunited Germany. Shortly after, the previously neutral", "title": "Member state of the European Union" }, { "docid": "19141068", "text": "polled individuals in each of the other European Union member states to gauge opinion on whether they thought the United Kingdom should leave the EU, whether they thought the UK should remain a member or whether they believed it did not matter. All member states said that they wanted the UK to remain a member, except Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, with Lithuania being most in favour, at 78% voting for the UK to remain in the EU. Additionally, Ashcroft asked the same group of people whether they would be happy for Britain to remain in the European Union", "title": "Opinion polling for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "6911326", "text": "with other EU countries such as Spain and the UK. Residents of Gibraltar will either suffer withholding tax on interest arising overseas, or have that income reported to the UK who will pass it on to Gibraltar authorities. Among the third countries signatories there are also, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Aruba who have agreed to exchanging information. Countries that are not EU member states that also maintain bank secrecy: Singapore, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Barbados did not sign any agreement. Bermuda, a UK dependent territory was missed out by EU by accident. European Union withholding tax The European Union", "title": "European Union withholding tax" }, { "docid": "18548231", "text": "United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark applied to join the EC. In 1963, after negotiations, France vetoed Britain's application because of the aversion of Charles de Gaulle to the UK, which he considered a \"trojan horse\" for the United States. De Gaulle resigned the French presidency in 1969. In the 1970s, the EFTA states concluded free trade agreements with the EC. 1973 enlargement of the European Communities The 1973 enlargement of the European Communities was the first enlargement of the European Communities (EC), now the European Union (EU). Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) acceded to the EC on 1", "title": "1973 enlargement of the European Communities" }, { "docid": "20240182", "text": "History of European Union–United Kingdom relations Since the foundation of the European Communities, the United Kingdom has been an important neighbour and is currently a major member, until its withdrawal. The UK was not a signatory of the three original treaties that were incorporated into what was then the European Communities, including the most well known of these, the 1957 Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community (EEC). The UK's applications to join in 1963 and 1967 were vetoed by the President of France, Charles de Gaulle, who said that \"a number of aspects of Britain's economy, from working", "title": "History of European Union–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "2993736", "text": "prediction that by the year 2000, following the defeat of German imperialism \"on land and at sea,\" there would be a European Union that would reach eastward to include the western Slavs—the Poles, Czechs and Slovaks. The latter peoples, along with the Hungarians and six other countries, did in fact join the European Union in 2004. b. Prus was not alone in advocating the development of science and technology. It was part of the spirit of the times. The great Polish mathematician Kazimierz Kuratowski writes that in the period when Poland was under complete foreign rule (1795–1918) \"It was a", "title": "Bolesław Prus" }, { "docid": "17340891", "text": "to the Labour Party. The Socialist Labour Party campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. The party also advocated a unilateral withdrawal without invoking Article 50. At the 2001 general election, the party took about 3% of the vote in seats where it stood candidates. The party received its highest share of the vote in an individual constituency at the 2005 general election, when it gained 14.2% of the votes cast in Glasgow North East. The Socialist Labour Party did not contest the 2004 European Parliament election, but fielded a", "title": "Socialist Labour Party (UK)" }, { "docid": "11023040", "text": "were the only EU member states which had not signed the agreement. However, the specified that they could request to opt into participating in Schengen measures on a case-by-case basis if they wished, subject to unanimous approval of the other participating states. Ireland only joined the UK in adopting this opt-out to keep their border with Northern Ireland open via the Common Travel Area (CTA). Prior to the renewal of the CTA in 2011, when the British government was proposing that passports be required for Irish citizens to enter the UK, there were calls for Ireland to join the Schengen", "title": "Opt-outs in the European Union" }, { "docid": "3114432", "text": "out membership for the foreseeable future, saying that the decision not to join had been right for Britain and for Europe. However, in late 2008, Jose Manuel Barroso (the European Commission President) stated differently; that UK leaders were seriously considering the switch amidst the financial crisis. Brown later denied this. One of the underlying issues that stand in the way of monetary union is the structural difference between the UK housing market and those of many continental European countries. Although home ownership in Britain is near the European average, variable rate mortgages are more common, making the retail price index", "title": "Five economic tests" }, { "docid": "11430793", "text": "with confidence to the day when that Union will be achieved. The United Kingdom did not however join the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951, with Churchill reasoning: Where do we stand? We are not members of the European Defence Community, nor do we intend to be merged in a Federal European system. We feel we have a special relation to both. This can be expressed by prepositions, by the preposition \"with\" but not \"of\"—we are with them, but not of them. We have our own Commonwealth and Empire. Churchill also valued closer relations with non-European countries, as", "title": "Later life of Winston Churchill" }, { "docid": "15589567", "text": "equality to Northern Ireland. She advocated a \"Remain\" vote at the 2016 EU Referendum, and after the result was announced that the UK voted to leave the European Union; she said she supported the UK remaining part of the European Single Market and Customs Union with reciprocal freedom of movement rights. She is also in favour of a liberal immigration policy and maximising free trade. Davidson said following the result of the 2017 UK general election; it meant that Prime Minister Theresa May (after losing her parliamentary majority) did not have a mandate to take the UK out of the", "title": "Ruth Davidson" }, { "docid": "15907864", "text": "of office, with 65% opposed to and 26% in favour of membership. As a result of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 when 52 percent of those who voted supported withdrawal, the UK has engaged in negotiating a Brexit from European Union. UK exports in goods and services to other countries in the EU in 2017 £274 billion out of £616 billion total exports which has generally been declining, since exports to other countries outside the EU have increased at a faster rate. United Kingdom – European Union relations Relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom", "title": "United Kingdom – European Union relations" }, { "docid": "1957574", "text": "have a duty \"to override any rule of national law found to be in conflict with any directly enforceable rule of Community law\". More recently the UK Supreme Court noted that in \"R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport\", although the UK constitution is uncodified, there could be \"fundamental principles\" of common law, and Parliament \"did not either contemplate or authorise the abrogation\" of those principles when it enacted the European Communities Act 1972. The view of the German Constitutional Court from the \"Solange I\" and \"Solange II\" decisions is that if the EU does not", "title": "European Union law" }, { "docid": "535197", "text": "and the North Atlantic, a joint energy network was established. The Nordic Science Policy Council was set up in 1983 and, in 1984, representatives from Greenland were allowed to join the Danish delegation. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Nordic Council began to cooperate more with the Baltic states and new Baltic Sea organisations. Sweden and Finland joined the European Union (EU), the EEC's successor, in 1995. Norway had also applied, but once again voted against membership. However, Norway and Iceland did join the European Economic Area (EEA) which integrated them economically with the EU. The", "title": "Nordic Council" }, { "docid": "19601516", "text": "who had signed the treaty, declined to ratify it and so it was amended to exclude that country. The ECSC and EEC would later be integrated into the European Union under the Maastricht and (subsequently) Lisbon treaties. The UK was the first country to establish a Delegation to the ECSC in 1952 and the first country to sign an Association Agreement with the Community in 1954. The UK had first applied to join in 1961, but this was vetoed by French President Charles de Gaulle. After de Gaulle had relinquished the French presidency in 1969, the UK made a third", "title": "Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities" }, { "docid": "936820", "text": "member upon joining the European Union. In the first meeting since the Brexit vote, EFTA reacted by saying both that they were open to a UK return and that Britain has many issues to work through although the Norwegian Government later expressed reservations. In January 2017, Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, announced a 12-point plan of negotiating objectives and confirmed that the UK government would not seek continued permanent membership in the single market. The UK could be allowed by other member states to join the EEA or EFTA but existing EEA members such as Norway would have concerns", "title": "European Economic Area" }, { "docid": "20123005", "text": "would not seek permanent membership in the single market. Britain is currently a member of the European Economic Area as a member of the European Union. Questions have been raised as to whether a state that withdraws from the EU automatically withdraws from the EEA or whether such a withdrawal requires notice under Article 127 of the EEA Agreement – and, if the courts so decide, whether such notice given by the UK would require an act of parliament. Were the UK to join the EEA as an EFTA member, it would sign up to existing EU internal market legislation", "title": "Membership of United Kingdom in the European Economic Area" }, { "docid": "7701687", "text": "June 2013. On 9 October 2008 the Council of the European Union adopted a decision authorising the European Commission to open negotiations with Lebanon, and on 9 December 2008 adopted a decision authorising the European Commission to open negotiations with Algeria. The negotiations with Algeria have not started yet. When the UK leaves the European Union in March 2019 (Brexit), the UK will not be part of the Common Aviation Area. The British airline EasyJet which has many flight outside the UK decided to relocate its headquarter. Unless permission or new treaties with the UK are made, aviation to and", "title": "European Common Aviation Area" }, { "docid": "5592268", "text": "Thatcher's leadership of the party had been growing over the latter years of her tenure. There were differences within the Cabinet over Thatcher's perceived intransigence in her approach to the European Economic Community. In particular, many leading Conservatives wanted Britain to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism, a move which Thatcher did not favour. In 1989, the then Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe and Chancellor Nigel Lawson forced Thatcher to agree to the \"Madrid Conditions\", namely that Britain would eventually join the ERM \"when the time was right\". In July 1989, she retaliated by removing Howe from the Foreign Office, while making", "title": "1990 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election" }, { "docid": "15947769", "text": "the Council of Ministers eventually consented to the ratification of the protocol on 7 March 2011, with the protocol entering into force a month later. Liechtenstein was due to join the Schengen Area by the end of 2011 and did so on 19 December. There are further bilateral agreements between the two parties on matters such as taxation of savings. There are also ongoing talks on combating fraud and exchanging information on tax matters. Liechtenstein–European Union relations Relations between the Principality of Liechtenstein () and the European Union (EU) are shaped heavily by Liechtenstein's participation in the European Economic Area", "title": "Liechtenstein–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "4209332", "text": "in a position of becoming part of an existing EU member state, rather than seeking to join the EU as a new independent state.\" Enda Kenny pointed to the provisions that allowed East Germany to join the West and the EEC during the reunification of Germany as a precedent. In April 2017 the European Council acknowledged that, in the event of Irish unification, \"the entire territory of such a united Ireland would [...] be part of the European Union.\" The SDLP manifesto for the 2017 Westminster election called for a referendum on a united Ireland after the UK withdraws from", "title": "United Ireland" }, { "docid": "4209341", "text": "of the United Kingdom was the favoured long term option of 66% of the population. When the same survey was carried out in 2015, support was 22%. In 1973, the population of Northern Ireland was granted a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a united Ireland. The result was 98.9% in favour of union with the rest of the UK, but the poll was overwhelmingly boycotted by nationalists, and the turnout was therefore 58.7%. The pro-UK vote did however represent 57.5% of the entire electorate,", "title": "United Ireland" }, { "docid": "19450645", "text": "by the UK Parliament at will. In February 2016, thirteen of Britain's most senior former military commanders urged voters to back EU membership to protect British national security. Also in February 2016, Rob Wainwright (head of Europol) said that \"a U.K. departure from the EU could inhibit police cooperation and cross-border investigations in Europe, at least until an alternative arrangement is agreed\". Speaking to \"Police Professional\", he said that \"if the UK was to vote to leave, it would no longer have direct use of pan-European databases or the ability to automatically join intelligence projects such as the European Migrant", "title": "Issues in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016" }, { "docid": "19012055", "text": "turnout threshold required for the vote to pass. The act did not specify any specific consequences that would follow the result of the referendum. In the event of a \"Leave\" vote, it was expected that the government would decide whether, when, and under what circumstances, the UK would invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to begin a two-year process of negotiations for Britain to leave the EU. Since the act is also silent on the question of executive prerogative, the question of whether the government or Parliament is entitled to invoke Article 50 was the subject of", "title": "European Union Referendum Act 2015" }, { "docid": "10040248", "text": "the U.K. was required to register was 30 April 2011. The A8 countries were eight of the ten countries that joined the European Union in 2004, namely: Note: In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became members of the European Union but did not become subject to WRS regulations. Bulgarians and Romanians still needed a work permit in order to work legally in the UK until 2014 when the maximum extent (7 years) of this temporary measures allowed by their Treaty of Accession to the EU was reached. Workers from the above countries were required to register on the WRS scheme within", "title": "United Kingdom EU Worker Registration Scheme" }, { "docid": "11552142", "text": "2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum The 2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum took place on 14 September 2003 to decide whether Estonia should join the European Union (EU). Just over two-thirds of voters voted Yes and Estonia joined the EU on 1 May 2004. Membership of the European Union was one of the main objectives of Estonian foreign policy since independence in 1991. Estonia was invited to begin negotiations to join the EU in 1997 and was formally invited to join at a summit in Copenhagen in December 2002. The Parliament of Estonia then announced that a referendum on", "title": "2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "14804130", "text": "that of the other workers, his pay was increased by 8.9%, and he did not benefit as others did from a private medical insurance plan. The company then derecognised the union. Both parties, together with their union, complained that their right to take part in trade union activities was violated under UK law, and if not that UK law, in particular under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 section 148(3) failed to comply with international standards, and the European Convention on Human Rights article 11. In the Court of Appeal Dillon LJ, Butler-Sloss LJ and Farquharson LJ", "title": "Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "6072903", "text": "taken steps toward compulsory metrication prior to European Union membership: in 1951, a Board of Trade committee unsuccessfully recommended metrication to the government, ten years before the UK first applied to join the EEC. The Board of Trade initiated metrication in 1965, with a target completion date of 1975 and the Metrication Board was established in 1968, five years before the UK actually joined the European Economic Community (on its second attempt). The EU's own Units of Measurement Directive dated from 1971 and was substantially revised in 1979. All Statutory Instruments about metrication since 1985 have relied on powers derived", "title": "Metrication opposition" }, { "docid": "15179462", "text": "a secondary screening study for patients considered to be at high risk of pancreas cancer. Europac EUROPAC, the European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases was established in 1997 by a collaboration of pancreas surgeons from Liverpool, UK. The study is supported by grants from Cancer Research UK, The European Union and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Patients who have a family history of pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis may be eligible to join the study, Referrals are made via genetic counsellors, GPs, other Consultants or directly via email (see website). The current research team based in Liverpool includes Sara", "title": "Europac" }, { "docid": "15179461", "text": "Europac EUROPAC, the European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatic Diseases was established in 1997 by a collaboration of pancreas surgeons from Liverpool, UK. The study is supported by grants from Cancer Research UK, The European Union and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Patients who have a family history of pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis may be eligible to join the study, Referrals are made via genetic counsellors, GPs, other Consultants or directly via email (see website). The current research team based in Liverpool includes Sara Harrison (Data Manager) and James Nicholson (Clinical Research Fellow). Since 2007 EUROPAC have been co-ordinating", "title": "Europac" }, { "docid": "13058241", "text": "to join the EU's Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It also recommended that EU states join in pushing for Iraq to be admitted to the World Trade Organization, and that the EU should reinstate favored trading partner relations with Baghdad. The essential dividing line in European perceptions on Iraq ran between France and Germany on one hand, and Britain, Poland and Spain on the other. Smaller neutral countries then tended to align with France and Germany, and a number of new member states were with the UK, Poland and Spain.In mid-2004, however, following José María Aznar's", "title": "Iraq–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "19450676", "text": "ask themselves whether EU should give all new member countries all the rights of membership. The possibility of Turkey being a member has been subject to particularly heated debate. Turkey applied to join the EU in 1987, but has made relatively little progress towards membership due to concerns over its economy, human rights record and the partition of Cyprus. Successive UK governments supported the view that Turkey should be allowed to join EU if it fulfils certain conditions. David Cameron backed Turkish membership of EU several times after he became prime minister. In the European migrant crisis, EU reached an", "title": "Issues in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016" }, { "docid": "14278198", "text": "smaller EU countries went a step further and vowed to create a fiscal union across the eurozone with strict and enforceable fiscal rules and automatic penalties embedded in the EU treaties. On 9 December 2011 at the European Council meeting, all 17 members of the eurozone and six countries that aspire to join agreed on a new intergovernmental treaty to put strict caps on government spending and borrowing, with penalties for those countries who violate the limits. All other non-eurozone countries apart from the UK are also prepared to join in, subject to parliamentary vote. The treaty will enter into", "title": "European debt crisis" }, { "docid": "12021499", "text": "are linked by a Customs Union agreement, which came in force on 31 December 1995. Turkey has been a candidate country to join the European Union since 1999. In 2010, the BBC reported Prime Minister Cameron's 'anger' at slow pace of Turkish EU negotiations. Boris Johnson, mayor of London has historically been a passionate supporter of Turkey's EU aspirations. However, as a support of the UK's Brexit, he is arguing for Turkey - as the UK - to be outside the EU. As the fifth and eighteen largest global economies (by GDP) respectively, the UK and Turkey are also the", "title": "Turkey–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "2300", "text": "Pact, the newly established democratic country broadly pursued an integrationist agenda in becoming a member of the NATO. The organisation invited Albania and Croatia to join the alliance at the 2008 Bucharest summit. In April 2014, it became a full member of the organisation and was among the first Southeast European countries to join the partnership for peace programme. Albania applied to join the European Union, becoming an official candidate for accession to the European Union in June 2014. Although Albania received candidate status for the European Union membership in 2014 (based on its 2009 application), the European Union has", "title": "Albania" }, { "docid": "143517", "text": "join the Soviet Union's economic sphere (Comecon) but remained a free-market economy and conducted bilateral trade with the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Finland unilaterally abrogated the last restrictions imposed on it by the Paris peace treaties of 1947 and the Finno-Soviet Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. The government filed an application for membership in the European Union (EU) three months after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and became a member in 1995. Finland did not attempt to join NATO, even though post-Soviet countries on the Baltic Sea and elsewhere joined.", "title": "Foreign relations of Finland" }, { "docid": "12241742", "text": "with European Union law, it was decided that the court would be established by an intergovernmental treaty between the participating states outside the framework of the EU. The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court was published by the Council of the European Union on 11 January 2013, and was signed on 19 February 2013 by 24 EU member states, including all states participating in the enhanced cooperation measures except Bulgaria and Poland, while Italy, which did not originally join the enhanced cooperation measures but subsequently signed up, did sign the UPC agreement. The agreement is open for accession to all", "title": "Enhanced cooperation" }, { "docid": "9448823", "text": "The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 required that members of the European Union join the euro once certain economic criteria had been met. However, the treaty gave Denmark the right to opt-out from participation, which they subsequently did. Denmark meets all five criteria and could join the euro if it chooses. The krone has been part of the ERM II mechanism since 1 January 1999, when it replaced the original ERM. This implies it is required to trade within 2.25% either side of a specified rate of 1 euro equal to 7.46038 kroner (making the lower rate 7.29252 and the upper", "title": "Denmark and the euro" }, { "docid": "6291411", "text": "concluded by 2020. Deepening Andorra's relationship with the EU generally requires compliance with the EU's four freedoms (only goods is achieved) together with fiscal and financial sector reforms to EU standards (removing its tax haven reputation). The government has said that \"for the time being\" there is no need to join the EU. Minister of Foreign Affairs Gilbert Saboya Sunyé said in 2016 that the country did not wish to become an EU member state. The opposition Social Democratic Party is in favour. Andorra–European Union relations Andorra–European Union relations comprise various bilateral affairs between the Principality of Andorra () and", "title": "Andorra–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "11601659", "text": "on the referendum result. 2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum The 2003 Lithuanian European Union referendum took place from 10 May to 11 May 2003 to decide whether Lithuania should join the European Union (EU). Over 90% of those who voted supported membership and Lithuania joined the EU on 1 May 2004. Lithuania was invited to begin negotiations to join the EU in December 1999 at a European Council summit in Helsinki and was formally invited to join the EU in December 2002 at a summit in Copenhagen. In June 2002 and February 2003 the Lithuanian Parliament amended Lithuania's laws", "title": "2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "11601654", "text": "2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum The 2003 Lithuanian European Union referendum took place from 10 May to 11 May 2003 to decide whether Lithuania should join the European Union (EU). Over 90% of those who voted supported membership and Lithuania joined the EU on 1 May 2004. Lithuania was invited to begin negotiations to join the EU in December 1999 at a European Council summit in Helsinki and was formally invited to join the EU in December 2002 at a summit in Copenhagen. In June 2002 and February 2003 the Lithuanian Parliament amended Lithuania's laws on referendums. Previously, for", "title": "2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "19589280", "text": "the United Kingdom for Scotland to obtain EU membership: \"There now seems to be a consensus that, were Scotland to become independent by legal means, it could join the [European] Union\". The Scotland Act 1998 empowers the Scottish Parliament to legislate in policy areas devolved to Scotland, but one of its clauses obliges the Scottish Parliament to ensure its legislation is compatible with European law. For the UK to completely leave the EU, it would need to remove that obligation. If the UK Parliament wishes to legislate on policy areas devolved to Scotland, or if it wishes to amend the", "title": "Proposed second Scottish independence referendum" }, { "docid": "14804134", "text": "necessary to comply with the ruling. The result was the Employment Relations Act 2004, which changed, in particular, TULRCA 1992 section 146 to stipulate that all \"workers\" were protected by the provisions on detriment for union membership and activities. Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom Wilson v United Kingdom [2002] ECHR 552 is a UK labour law and European labour law case concerning discrimination by employers against their workers who join and take action through trade unions. After a long series of appeals through the UK court system, the European Court of Human Rights held that ECHR article 11 protects", "title": "Wilson and Palmer v United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "7132628", "text": "effort to incorporate any major military actions into the slowly progressing European Security and Defence Policy did not meet the expectations of the U.S. during the Gulf War. After the September 11 attacks, German-American political relations were strengthened in an effort to combat terrorism, and Germany sent troops to Afghanistan as part of the NATO force. Yet, discord continued over the Iraq War, when then German chancellor Gerhard Schröder and foreign minister Joschka Fischer made efforts to prevent war and consequently did not join the U.S. and UK led multinational force in Iraq. Anti-Americanism rose to the surface after the", "title": "Germany–United States relations" }, { "docid": "20707011", "text": "Customs Union between the EU and the UK An EU-UK Customs Union is a proposal to have a Customs Union between a post Brexit United Kingdom and the European Union. As the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union, then it will not be able to participate in the EU's Common Commercial Policy and so continued membership of the EU Customs Union is not seen by most commentators as being viable. Some commentators have suggested that there should be a bilateral Customs Union between the European Union and the UK on the same model of the European Union–Turkey Customs Union.", "title": "Customs Union between the EU and the UK" }, { "docid": "7519427", "text": "the factors: \"[Croatians] know that the European Union is not a remedy to all economic and social problems. So the EU itself is in a sort of crisis, and that reflects on Croatia's accession.\" The government announced an information campaign to reverse the drop in support. A referendum was held in Croatia on 22 January 2012 on joining the European Union, and the result was 66% approval to join, though the turnout was low at 43.51%. 2013 enlargement of the European Union The 2013 enlargement of the European Union saw Croatia join the European Union as its 28th member state", "title": "2013 enlargement of the European Union" }, { "docid": "20620653", "text": "following some declarations, Cristian Preda, first candidate on the People's Movement Party list, was expelled from the party. He continued to stand in the European People's Party group. In 2016, the People's Movement Party merged with (absorbed) the National Union for the Progress of Romania, but the later's MEPs did not join the People's Movement Party. In May 2018, MEP Siegfried Mureșan, spokesman of the European People's Party, announced he is leaving the People's Movement Party, to join the National Liberal Party. As a result, the People's Movement Party lost both its MEPs. The Conservative Party ran with the National", "title": "2019 European Parliament election in Romania" }, { "docid": "7681303", "text": "to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The UK is set to leave by April 2019. The terms of withdrawal have not yet been negotiated, and the UK remains a full member of the European Union. May said that the UK government would not seek permanent single market membership, and promised a Great Repeal Bill that would repeal the European Communities Act and would incorporate existing European Union law into the domestic law of the UK. Until the withdrawal from the European Union is effected, the UK remains a member of the EU continuing to fulfil all EU-related", "title": "Withdrawal from the European Union" }, { "docid": "13316642", "text": "relations with the UK are currently excellent. Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. Britain provided both political and practical support to Croatia’s efforts to join the EU and NATO. The 2008-09 ‘UK-Croatia Strategic Partnership’ was launched in London on 18 June by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The UK is provided funding to assist Croatia in its entry bids, projects covered judicial reform, anti-corruption, organised crime, competition policy and food safety. Both Croatia and the United Kingdom provided contributions to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. According to the 2001 UK Census,", "title": "Croatia–United Kingdom relations" }, { "docid": "11505691", "text": "enlargements of the EU, although most countries restricted free movement by nationals of the acceding countries, the United Kingdom did not restrict for the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and received Polish, Latvian and other citizens of the new EU states. Spain was not restricted for the 2007 enlargement of the European Union and received many Romanians and Bulgarians as well other citizens of the new EU states. Many of these Polish immigrants to UK have since returned to Poland, after the serious economic crisis in the UK. Nevertheless, free movement of EU nationals is now an important aspect", "title": "Immigration to Europe" }, { "docid": "13119951", "text": "times of shops in public transport hubs. Both were approved. In a 1992 referendum Swiss voters rejected membership of the European Economic Area, which had been seen as a stepping stone on the way to membership of the European Union (EU). Polls consistently showed that the Swiss did not want to join the European Union, which was confirmed in a 2001 referendum where over 75% voted against membership. The traditional Swiss policy of avoiding foreign entanglements was also shown by it not joining the United Nations until 2002. Business and political leaders in Switzerland however were concerned over Switzerland being", "title": "2005 Swiss referendums" }, { "docid": "3910483", "text": "evolved over time from a primarily economic union to an increasingly political one. This trend is highlighted by the increasing number of policy areas that fall within EU competence: political power has tended to shift upwards from the Member States to the EU. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established on 3 May 1960 as an alternative for European states that did not wish to join the European Union, creating a trade bloc with fewer central powers. The EFTA member states as of 1992 were Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. In 2014 only four countries,", "title": "Economy of Europe" }, { "docid": "8068898", "text": "that it would take at least 20–25 years for Ukraine to join the EU and NATO. In June 2018, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said he expected Ukraine will join both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation by 2030. Ukraine–European Union relations Relations between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine are shaped through the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Ukraine is a priority partner within the Eastern Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The EU is seeking an increasingly close relationship with Ukraine, going beyond co-operation, to gradual", "title": "Ukraine–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "15020077", "text": "Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Coppersmiths. Following its 1967 merger with the Heating and Domestic Engineers' Union, it took its final, lengthy name. The last independent union for sheet metal workers, the Birmingham and Midland Sheet Metal Workers' Society, finally merged into the union in 1973. The union approved an offer to join the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers' Engineering Section in 1979, but this did not go ahead and instead, in 1983, it merged into the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section. The union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in the 1979 UK general election: National Union of Sheet", "title": "National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers" }, { "docid": "886843", "text": "Justice or the European Court of Human Rights), and only then in matters concerning either European Community law or the European Convention on Human Rights. The Law Lords did not have the power to exercise judicial review over Acts of Parliament. However, in 1972 the UK signed up to be a member of the European Union, and with this accepted European law to be supreme in certain areas so long as Parliament does not explicitly override it (see the \"ex parte\" Factortame case). The doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty still applies – under UK constitutional law, Parliament could have at any", "title": "Judicial functions of the House of Lords" }, { "docid": "11076339", "text": "European Communities and two countries (Spain and Portugal) concerning their accession to the EC. It was signed on 12 June 1985 and Spain and Portugal became full member states on 1 January 1986 following the ratification procedures. The Treaty of Accession 1994 was the agreement between the European Union and four countries (Austria, Finland, Sweden and Norway) concerning their accession to the EU. It was signed on 26 July 1994 and Austria, Finland and Sweden became full member states on 1 January 1995 following the ratification procedures. Norway again failed to join because its referendum did not pass. The Treaty", "title": "Glossary of European Union concepts, acronyms, & jargon" }, { "docid": "936821", "text": "about taking the risk of opening a difficult negotiation with the EU that could lead them to lose their current advantages. The Scottish Government has looked into membership of EFTA to retain access to the EEA. However, other EFTA states have stated that only sovereign states are eligible for membership, so it could only join if it became independent from the UK. The EEA relies on the same \"four freedoms\" underpinning the European Single Market as does the European Union: the free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital among the EEA countries. Thus, the EEA countries that are not", "title": "European Economic Area" }, { "docid": "14716775", "text": "26 May, in protest at the government's handling of the referendum, the Foreign Minister, Pavol Hamžík, resigned. In July 1997, NATO confirmed that they were inviting the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to become members, but not Slovakia. A week later, the European Commission did likewise: refusing to invite Slovakia to join the European Union, due to failing the 'democratic criteria', but inviting the three surrounding countries, Estonia, and Slovenia. 1997 Slovak referendum A referendum in Slovakia was held on 23 May and 24 May 1997. Voters in Slovakia were asked four separate questions: on whether the country should join", "title": "1997 Slovak referendum" }, { "docid": "16825256", "text": "and Poland, while Italy, which did not join the enhanced cooperation measures, did sign the UPC agreement. It is open to any member state of the European Union (whether they participated in the unitary patent or not), but it is not to other parties to the European Patent Convention. Bulgaria signed the agreement on 5 March after it had finalised its internal procedures. Meanwhile, Poland decided to wait to see how the new patent system works before joining because of concerns that it would harm its economy. While Italy did not originally participate in the unitary patent regulations, it formally", "title": "Unified Patent Court" }, { "docid": "5632693", "text": "for the re-election of Andrew Smith as Member of Parliament for Oxford East, with an increased majority, in the 2015 General Election, and increasing the number of Labour councillors on Oxford City Council in the 2016 local elections, OULC campaigned hard during the European Union referendum. At the Michaelmas term 2015 General Meeting, OULC voted overwhelmingly to endorse UK membership of the European Union and to actively campaign in favour of the UK's continued membership of the European Union in the coming referendum campaign. This involved campaign stalls, door knocking and rallies. OULC did however host Graham Stringer MP who", "title": "Oxford University Labour Club" }, { "docid": "19819681", "text": "EU\". The act's two sections are to confer on the Prime Minister the power of giving the notice that the Treaty requires to be given when a member state decides to withdraw. R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 is a legal case decided by the United Kingdom Supreme Court on 24 January 2017, which ruled that the UK Government (the executive) may not initiate withdrawal from the European Union by formal notification to the Council of the European Union as prescribed", "title": "R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union" }, { "docid": "19366256", "text": "Rycroft moved to the new Department for Exiting the European Union as its Second Permanent Secretary, whilst retaining his rôle heading the UK Governance Group. In October 2017, when Oliver Robbins was moved to Brussels to personally negotiate with the European Commission, Rycroft became the Permanent Secretary. Rycroft attended The Leys School in Cambridge and then Wadham College, Oxford where he did an Oxbridge MA and then a DPhil. Rycroft is married with two sons. In the New Year Honours for 2014, Rycroft was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, \"\"For services to the UK's Devolved and", "title": "Philip Rycroft" }, { "docid": "19658526", "text": "the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 to allow the Prime Minister to invoke Article 50 unconditionally. On 7 March 2017 the bill passed the House of Lords, though with two amendments. Following further votes in the Commons and the Lords on 13 March 2017, these two amendments did not become part of the bill, so the bill passed its final reading unamended and it received royal assent on 16 March 2017. Invocation of Article 50 has been challenged in the UK courts on the basis that the UK Parliament never voted to leave the EU despite the clear", "title": "United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union" }, { "docid": "14546138", "text": "by both the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union to join their integration unions. All three countries opted for the European Union by signing association agreements on 21 March 2014. However, break-away regions of Moldova (Transnistria), Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) and Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia) have expressed a desire to join the Eurasian Customs Union and integrate into the Eurasian Economic Union. Ukraine submitted an application to participate in the Eurasian Economic Union as an observer in August 2013. Viktor Yanukovych's decision to abandon an association agreement with the European Union and exclusively pursue integration with the EAEU", "title": "Eurasian Economic Union" }, { "docid": "699179", "text": "Common Agricultural Policy and fully incorporates the policy into UK domestic law. It repealed previous pieces of UK domestic legislation to allow for this. The Act legislated for the full participation of the United Kingdom in the Common Fisheries Policy and fully incorporates the policy into UK domestic law. The Act legislated for the incorporation and full participation of the United Kingdom within the European Union Customs Union (then European Communities Customs Union) into domestic law, as well as the application of the European common external tariff to all goods which come into the UK from outside the European Communities.", "title": "European Communities Act 1972 (UK)" }, { "docid": "18593295", "text": "Young, James and Webster v United Kingdom Young, James and Webster v United Kingdom [1981] ECHR 4 is a UK labour law case, concerning freedom of association and the closed shop. It found that the closed shop was incompatible with the convention, although it does not prevent fair share agreements, or automatic enrollment in union membership with an opt-out. British Rail signed a union membership agreement with unions so that all employees would have to join one union. A majority of the European Court of Human Rights held that a closed shop could violate the Convention if (1) there was", "title": "Young, James and Webster v United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "119583", "text": "the Treaty the provision of services is a residual freedom that only applies if no other freedom is being exercised. The creation of a European single currency became an official objective of the European Economic Community in 1969. In 1992, having negotiated the structure and procedures of a currency union, the member states signed the Maastricht Treaty and were legally bound to fulfil the agreed-on rules including the convergence criteria if they wanted to join the monetary union. The states wanting to participate had first to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. In 1999 the currency union started, first as", "title": "European Union" }, { "docid": "2875815", "text": "the European Union in May 2004, Poles gained the right to work in some other EU countries. While France and Germany put in place temporary controls to curb Central European migration, the United Kingdom (along with only Sweden and the Republic of Ireland) did not impose restrictions. Many young Poles have come to work in the UK since then. Estimates in 2007 varied between 300,000 and 800,000 moving to the UK since May 2004. The numbers were reported to be decreasing again in 2008. Estimates for the total number of people now living in the UK and born in Poland", "title": "Polish diaspora" }, { "docid": "20173363", "text": "European Union negotiating directives for Brexit The European Union (EU) negotiating directives are negotiating directives approved on 22 May 2017 and give authority to the Council of the European Union to negotiate with the United Kingdom (UK) regarding the exit of the UK from the EU (Brexit). Supplemental directives were added on 20 December 2017 based on the negotiations to that date. The UK filed the Article 50 notice of intention to withdraw on 29 March 2017, starting the Brexit process. Following the unanimous approval on 29 April by the leaders of the EU27 (i.e. all countries except the UK)", "title": "European Union negotiating directives for Brexit" }, { "docid": "20651896", "text": "UK government had \"changed the rules of the game midway through the match\" in an \"act of constitutional vandalism\". UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill 2018, colloquially known as Continuity Bill within the Scottish Parliament or the EU Continuity Bill within Scotland, provided for all matters devolved under the Scotland Act 1998 and subsequent legislation that are currently under the control of the European Union, to be repatriated to the Scottish Parliament upon 'exit day'. It was referred to as the Scottish EU Continuity Bill", "title": "UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill" }, { "docid": "19767252", "text": "The Democratic Unionist Party, whose support the government needs to have a majority in key Commons votes, said on 2 July 2018 it would not support any deal which did not give the UK full control over its borders. After a meeting to discuss the latest development of the negotiations, when the European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier repeatedly told the Prime Minister the EU would not agree to discuss trade until an agreement was found on the terms of withdrawal, the prime minister informed the House of Commons on 2 July 2018 that she warned EU leaders that she", "title": "European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018" }, { "docid": "361382", "text": "and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties. Spanning the intersection of Germanic and", "title": "Switzerland" }, { "docid": "11588996", "text": "2003 Latvian European Union membership referendum A referendum on European Union membership was held in Latvia on 20 September 2003. Latvia was the last of the states which would join the EU in 2004 to hold a referendum on the issue. Just over two-thirds of voters voted Yes and Latvia joined the EU on 1 May 2004. Latvia was invited to begin negotiations to join the EU in 1999 and was formally invited to join at a summit in Copenhagen in December 2002. On the 27 December 2002 the Latvian government decided to hold a referendum on the 20 September", "title": "2003 Latvian European Union membership referendum" }, { "docid": "18050190", "text": "UK European People's Party The Alliance EPP: European People's Party UK, also known as UK EPP and the 4 Freedoms Party, is a pro-European Union, centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. It first contested an election at the 2014 European Parliament elections. The party is critical of the Conservative Party's departure from the European People's Party in 2009 and opposes calls for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. It positions itself as a conservative, pro-European alternative to the Conservative Party and the UK Independence Party, who it condemns as \"Britain's hard right\". The party calls for EU", "title": "UK European People's Party" }, { "docid": "8772801", "text": "City state, which is tied to the mission of the Holy See, has little to do with the objectives of the EU Treaty. Thus EU membership is not discussed, even though it is in the heart of an EU member state. Holy See–European Union relations Holy See–European Union relations is the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Holy See (or Vatican City). This is framed by the Holy See's geography (within an EU state capital) while being unable to join. According to the EU's Copenhagen criteria which define what states are eligible to join the EU, a candidate", "title": "Holy See–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "4023994", "text": "Croatia was admitted as a member of the EU, acceding on 1 July 2013. A referendum was held in San Marino on whether the country should submit an application to join the European Union as a full member state. The Unified Patent Court is a proposed court between several EU member states, that, inter alia, is to be constituted for litigation related to the European Union patent. Countries which seek to join the European Union in the future may hold a referendum as part of the accession process. In addition, Article 88-5 of the Constitution of France requires a referendum", "title": "Referendums related to the European Union" }, { "docid": "8772797", "text": "Holy See–European Union relations Holy See–European Union relations is the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Holy See (or Vatican City). This is framed by the Holy See's geography (within an EU state capital) while being unable to join. According to the EU's Copenhagen criteria which define what states are eligible to join the EU, a candidate state must be a free market democracy. Given that the Holy See is an elective and polysinodyc monarchy, with only one major economic actor (the state itself) it does not meet the criteria. However, as it is so small, and surrounded", "title": "Holy See–European Union relations" }, { "docid": "2168928", "text": "European Community (EC) is a supranational union of nations in Europe. The capital, where the EC Central Assembly operates, is Paris, France. The union's roots date back to the European Union's (EU) genesis in 1993. In the late 1990s, the EU's founding member-states began to convince other European countries to join their banner. The EU is renamed as the European Community in 2005 as the last of the non-EU countries agree to join the bloc. Organization of African Consolidation The Organization of African Consolidation (OAC) is an alliance of African countries. The union's roots date back to 2026, when the", "title": "Front Mission" }, { "docid": "13243348", "text": "at 37% the following 18 were elected as Bulgrarian Member of the European Parliament: 5 MEPs from Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria that will join European People's Party–European Democrats: 4 MEPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party that will join Party of European Socialists: 3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that will join Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe: 2 MEPs from Attack: 2 MEPs from National Movement for Stability and Progress that will join Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe: 1 MEP from Union of Democratic Forces that will join European People's Party–European Democrats: 1", "title": "European Parliament elections in Bulgaria" }, { "docid": "12242269", "text": "European Movement UK The European Movement UK is an independent pressure group in the United Kingdom which campaigns in support of greater European integration and for reform of the European Union. It is part of the European Movement International which pushes for a \"democratic, federal, enlarged European Union\". The current President of the European Movement UK is Lord Ashdown and the current chairman (since December 2016) is Stephen Dorrell. The organisation promotes a \"more democratic, effective and accountable\" EU. It opposes Brexit. The origins of the European Movement lie in the aftermath of the Second World War. More than eight", "title": "European Movement UK" }, { "docid": "19450677", "text": "agreement with Turkey to send migrants who arrived at Greece back to Turkey in return for re-energising Turkey's accession to EU. In the crisis, where more than two million Syrian refugees fled to Turkey, some of those who had supported Turkey's EU membership became sceptical. David Cameron has said that Turkey would not join EU for decades, urging UK citizens not to cast their vote based on the prospect of Turkish membership of EU. He joked that at their current rate of progress in fulfilling accession criteria, Turkey would be eligible to join in \"the year 3000\" and pointed out", "title": "Issues in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016" } ]

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[ { "docid": "388698", "text": "Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388698", "text": "Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand", "title": "Statue of Liberty" } ]

[ { "docid": "535774", "text": "while the Statue of Liberty and the American flag are in the background. Kazan had considered whether that kind of scene might be too much for American audiences: Before undertaking the film, Kazan wanted to confirm many of the details about his family's background. At one point, he sat his parents down and recorded their answers to his questions. He remembers eventually asking his father a \"deeper question: 'Why America? What were you hoping for?'\" His mother gave him the answer, however: \"A.E. brought us here.\" Kazan states that \"A.E. was my uncle Avraam Elia, the one who left the", "title": "Elia Kazan" }, { "docid": "5992414", "text": "a celebration as Remembrance Day. This statue, in New York City's harbor, occupies the place of our timeline's Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was not built in this timeline because relations between the United States and France are poor due to France's support of the Confederate States. Rather than the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island (still under the name of Bedloe's Island) is taken up by a similar but more grim German-influenced statue known as the Statue of Remembrance holding the \"Sword of Vengeance\". Whenever either Germany gave the statue to the United States or the USA building", "title": "Institutions in the Southern Victory Series" }, { "docid": "7941764", "text": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") have been created worldwide. On the occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Frédéric Bartholdi crafted a smaller version of \"Liberty Enlightening the World\", which he subsequently gave to the Musée du Luxembourg. In 1905, the statue was placed outside the museum in the Jardin du Luxembourg, where it stood for over a century, until 2014. It currently stands within the entrance hall to the Musée d'Orsay, and a newly constructed bronze replica stands in its place in the Jardin du Luxembourg.", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "7941792", "text": "control of French Indochina during World War II, the statue was toppled on August 1, 1945, after being deemed a vestige of the colonial government along with other statues erected by the French. A 30-foot replica can also be seen at the Westfield Marion shopping complex in Adelaide, South Australia. Replicas of the Statue of Liberty Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") have been created worldwide. On the occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Frédéric Bartholdi crafted a smaller version of \"Liberty Enlightening the World\", which he subsequently gave to the Musée du", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "3069144", "text": "must have something to do with the rendition of things that should be impossible to depict in stone; most quirkily, the beard - so ropy and smoky, its coils gave fantastic, snaking life. But where others might astonish us with technique, Michelangelo goes beyond this, leading us from formal to intellectual surprise, making us wonder why Moses fondles his beard, why Michelangelo has used this river of hair - in combination with the horns that were a conventional attribute of Moses - to give him an inhuman, demonic aspect.\" Following the iconographic convention common in Latin Christianity, the statue has", "title": "Moses (Michelangelo)" }, { "docid": "1970451", "text": "lateral scaffoldings built on Liberty Island in an enclosed viewing area. Copperfield, with help from Jim Steinmeyer and Don Wayne, raised the curtain before lowering it again a few seconds later to reveal that the space where the Statue of Liberty once stood was empty. A helicopter hovered overhead to give an aerial view of the illusion and the statue appeared to have vanished, with only the circle of lights surrounding it still present and visible. Before making the statue reappear, Copperfield explained in front of the camera why he wanted to perform this illusion. He wanted people to imagine", "title": "David Copperfield (illusionist)" }, { "docid": "11578074", "text": "region and Mariana was seen no more. Her pocito was eagerly sought, but the source of the gold was never found. According to some testimonies, it was Cantoni Federico who, as an officer of that time, visited France and had the \"Statue of Liberty\" created as ordered by national authorities. That is why the date 1810-1910 and the Argentine shield are seen on the left of the statue. Federico Cantoni ordered that the statue be sent to the province of San Juan, its intended location being the park. This was done on the centenary of the \"First Cry of Freedom\",", "title": "Pocito Department" }, { "docid": "2830611", "text": "names \"Red Hook\" and \"South Brooklyn\" were applied also to today's Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Heights, and Gowanus neighborhoods. Portions of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill were granted landmark status in the 1970s and were carved out of Red Hook. Red Hook is the only part of New York City that has a fully frontal view of the Statue of Liberty, which was oriented to face France which gave the statue to the United States following the US centennial. Red Hook is the site of the NYCHA Red Hook Houses, the largest public housing development in Brooklyn, which accommodates", "title": "Red Hook, Brooklyn" }, { "docid": "2199520", "text": "hand. Another hand may hold a sword pointing downward. Depictions familiar to Americans include the following: In the early decades of the 20th Century, Liberty mostly displaced Columbia, who was widely used as the National personification of the US during the 19th Century. Liberty (goddess) Liberty is a loose term in English for the goddess or personification of the concept of liberty, and is represented by the Roman Goddess Libertas, by Marianne, the national symbol of France, and by many others. The Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi is a well-known example in art, a", "title": "Liberty (goddess)" }, { "docid": "3097375", "text": "an administration that will, through its actions, at home and in the international arena, let millions of people know that Miss Liberty still \"Lifts her lamp beside the golden door.\"' On July 4, 1985, Daryl Hall and John Oates played an outdoor benefit concert for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty in front of an estimated 70,000 people at Liberty State Park. The concert was later re-played on HBO. In 2000, Andrea Bocelli gave a concert at the park, broadcast on PBS, as \"American Dream — the Statue of Liberty concert\". In 2001, Cirque du Soleil premiered its new", "title": "Liberty State Park" }, { "docid": "2196841", "text": "and Lorraine. In this timeline's New York City, there is no Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island, nor does the name get changed to Liberty Island – as relations between the United States and France are poor, due to France's support for the Confederacy, and there is no question of the French donating such a statue to the Americans. Instead, the island is taken up by a similar but more grim German-influenced statue known as the Statue of Remembrance holding the \"Sword of Vengeance\". Whenever either Germany gave the statue to the United States or the USA built it itself", "title": "How Few Remain" }, { "docid": "7941770", "text": "Other \"Liberty Enlightening the World\" statues are displayed in Poitiers and Lunel. The Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon owns a terracotta version. Near Chaumont, Haute Marne, is a miniature replica in the flag plaza of the former Chaumont Air Base. This was the home of the US 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, now based at Lakenheath, England, with its own statue at the flag plaza. The 48th TFW is the only USAF wing with a name: \"The Statue of Liberty Wing\". Another example is of a \"Liberty Enlightening the World\" replica in Châteauneuf-la-Forêt, near the city of Limoges in the area", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "865038", "text": "la liberté de tous\" (\"I took up arms for the liberty of all\"). This statue was sculpted by Frédéric Bartholdi, who also created the Statue of Liberty. Clermont-Ferrand's first name was Augusta Nemetum. It was born on the central knoll where the cathedral is situated today, known then as Nemossos. It overlooked the capital of Gaulish Avernie. The fortified castle of Clarus Mons gave its name to the whole town in 848, to which the small episcopal town of Montferrand was attached in 1731, together taking the name of Clermont-Ferrand. The old part of Clermont is delimited by the route", "title": "Clermont-Ferrand" }, { "docid": "3222258", "text": "expansion. The US Post Office Statue of Liberty Forever stamp, which was intended to show the actual Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, actually shows the replica at New York-New York. This is due to an error by the stamp designers, who incorrectly chose a stock photo of the replica instead of the original and did not recognize the difference. Even after the error was recognized the Postal Service continued producing the stamp. A Postal Service spokesman said the Service “would have selected this photograph anyway,\" citing its popularity and the Postal Service's desire to produce a stamp that", "title": "New York-New York Hotel and Casino" }, { "docid": "5966064", "text": "of us in cages were also shot at Ape City.\" From the Malibu Ranch, production moved to the coast, where the penultimate scenes were shot between Malibu and Oxnard. The final scenes were filmed in a secluded cove between Zuma Beach and Point Dume on the far eastern end of Westward Beach. Harrison's Nova was the sole human witness to Taylor's outburst on the beach, after which she looks up and, in the film's iconic ending, sees the ruined Statue of Liberty, without comprehending why it has caused her mate's grief. Harrison's favourite scenes were shot at the coast. She", "title": "Linda Harrison (actress)" }, { "docid": "3481032", "text": "Harbor and sending residents tumbling from their beds. The noise of the explosion was heard as far away as Maryland and Connecticut. On Ellis Island, terrified immigrants were evacuated by ferry to the Battery. Shrapnel pierced the Statue of Liberty (the arm of the Statue was closed to visitors after this). Property damage was estimated at $20 million. It is not known how many died. Why the explosion? Was it an accident or planned? According to historians, the Germans sabotaged the Lehigh Valley munitions depot in order to stop deliveries being made to the British who had blockaded the Germans", "title": "Black Tom explosion" }, { "docid": "20894347", "text": "Statue of Liberty (Seattle) The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty, installed at Seattle's Alki Beach Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was installed in 1952 by the Boy Scouts of America and underwent a significant restoration in 2007 after repeated vandalism had damaged the sculpture. The sculpture was donated to the city by the Boy Scouts of America in 1952, as part of the Strengthen the Arm of Liberty campaign. It was installed in February 1952 at a site near the landing spot of the Denny Party, who named", "title": "Statue of Liberty (Seattle)" }, { "docid": "388761", "text": "Puerto Rican independence, opposition to abortion, and opposition to US intervention in Grenada. Demonstrations with the permission of the Park Service included a Gay Pride Parade rally and the annual Captive Baltic Nations rally. A powerful new lighting system was installed in advance of the American Bicentennial in 1976. The statue was the focal point for Operation Sail, a regatta of tall ships from all over the world that entered New York Harbor on July 4, 1976, and sailed around Liberty Island. The day concluded with a spectacular display of fireworks near the statue. The statue was examined in great", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "9298453", "text": "all who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary\" Liberty Statue (Budapest) The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue ( ) is a monument on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary. It was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of what was then referred to as the Soviet liberation of Hungary during World War II, which ended the occupation by Nazi Germany. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape. The 14 m tall bronze statue stands", "title": "Liberty Statue (Budapest)" }, { "docid": "19667183", "text": "has been a popular talking point among the white supremacist segments of the alt-right. \"The Washington Post\"s Michelle Ye Hee Lee stated that \"Neither got it quite right about the Statue of Liberty ... While the poem itself was not a part of the original statue, it actually was commissioned in 1883 to help raise funds for the pedestal\" and \"gave another layer of meaning to the statue beyond its abolitionist message.\" Stephen Miller (political advisor) Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American far-right political activist who serves as a senior advisor for policy for President Donald Trump.", "title": "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" }, { "docid": "4179370", "text": "actually a reverse Statue of Liberty play, in that the run, not the pass, was the fake element. Center Dan Koppen faked a direct snap to Patriots running back Kevin Faulk, causing the defense to move to stop the run; meanwhile, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who received the football, faked an over-the-head snap, and held the Statue of Liberty pose with his back to the defense before turning around and throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver Wes Welker in the back of the end zone. The execution of the Statue of Liberty play was detailed by Mike in the", "title": "Statue of Liberty play" }, { "docid": "9298450", "text": "Liberty Statue (Budapest) The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue ( ) is a monument on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary. It was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of what was then referred to as the Soviet liberation of Hungary during World War II, which ended the occupation by Nazi Germany. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape. The 14 m tall bronze statue stands atop a 26 m pedestal and holds a palm leaf. Two smaller statues", "title": "Liberty Statue (Budapest)" }, { "docid": "9212350", "text": "of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and liberties of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them...The flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them. The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them. Sources Notes The Testament of Freedom The Testament of Freedom is a four-movement work for", "title": "The Testament of Freedom" }, { "docid": "15136920", "text": "democracy. Today we will remember those who gave their lives for freedom.\" Liberation (Holocaust memorial) Liberation is a bronze Holocaust memorial created by the sculptor Nathan Rapoport, located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Officially dedicated on May 30, 1985, the monument portrays an American soldier, carrying the body of a Holocaust survivor out of a Nazi concentration camp. This memorial sculpture was commissioned by the State of New Jersey and sponsored by a coalition of veterans organizations. It was strategically located so that it would face the Statue of Liberty and", "title": "Liberation (Holocaust memorial)" }, { "docid": "15396539", "text": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty A centennial conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") occurred between 1984 and 1986. The Statue of Liberty, by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is a colossal artwork on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, and is a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Much of the restoration effort was based on unprecedented restorative methods, as metallurgical repair work on such a large scale had never been attempted. Many scientists, engineers, government organizations, and professional consultants evaluated and dealt with the various problems and tasks facing the restoration effort.", "title": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "15396582", "text": "the toughness of 19th century industrial construction and the grace of a cathedral.\" Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty A centennial conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") occurred between 1984 and 1986. The Statue of Liberty, by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is a colossal artwork on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, and is a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Much of the restoration effort was based on unprecedented restorative methods, as metallurgical repair work on such a large scale had never been attempted. Many scientists, engineers, government organizations, and professional consultants", "title": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "7385977", "text": "Statue of Liberty National Monument The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States National Monument located in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island. It includes \"Liberty Enlightening the World\", commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, situated on Liberty Island, and the former immigration station at Ellis Island, including the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital. The monument is managed by the National Park Service as part of the National Parks of New York Harbor office. President Calvin Coolidge used his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare the statue a", "title": "Statue of Liberty National Monument" }, { "docid": "20894350", "text": "in Tacoma to be re-cast in bronze and painted copper green. The $140,000 restoration project was completed the following year and the statue was re-installed at Alki Beach on September 11, 2007. The statue is tall, about 5 percent of the original's height, and faces north towards Elliott Bay. A new, pedestal was also designed for the statue, sitting in a new plaza built by the city's parks department and dedicated in September 2008. Statue of Liberty (Seattle) The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty, installed at Seattle's Alki Beach Park, in", "title": "Statue of Liberty (Seattle)" }, { "docid": "4885246", "text": "said that despite national prominence, Jemison's most important role ... was as shepherd of this flock and this church.\" Attorney General Buddy Caldwell at the ceremony quoted Psalms 37:27: \"the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.\" He likened Jemison's life to the Statue of Liberty: He \"gave us a torch to light the way.\" U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond, a Democrat from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based in New Orleans, described himself and other African-American legislators as \"direct beneficiaries of the hard work, commitment, and courage of Dr. Jemison.\" Reading a statement of U.S. President Barack H.", "title": "T. J. Jemison" }, { "docid": "15780056", "text": "Statue of Liberty Forever stamp The United States Post Office issued the Statue of Liberty Forever stamp on December 1, 2010. The stamp shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York. The error was not noticed until March 2011. The error was identified by Sunipix, a stock photo agency in Texas. Ten and a half billion of the error stamps were produced. The mistake is the largest run of an error on", "title": "Statue of Liberty Forever stamp" }, { "docid": "15780057", "text": "a postage stamp. In 2013, sculptor Robert S. Davidson sued the Postal Service for copyright infringement and in July 2018, a judge ordered the United States Postal Service to pay Davidson $3.5 million. Statue of Liberty Forever stamp The United States Post Office issued the Statue of Liberty Forever stamp on December 1, 2010. The stamp shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York. The error was not noticed until March 2011.", "title": "Statue of Liberty Forever stamp" }, { "docid": "17040525", "text": "the use of the Statue of Liberty and the episode's title. The combined showing of \"Liberty\" and \"An Enemy of Fate\" earned \"Fringe\" its highest ratings for the season, with 3.2 million viewers and a 1.0 rating for adults 18-49. Ramsey Isler of IGN gave \"Liberty\" a very positive review, calling it \"an episode that showcased just how good this show can be when it's at the top of its game.\" Isler thought the plot ideas were \"executed perfectly\", and enjoyed the return of Broyles. Isler also enjoyed seeing the alternate universe one more time, but felt it was too", "title": "Liberty (Fringe)" }, { "docid": "19971370", "text": "Working on the Statue of Liberty Working on the Statue of Liberty, also known as Statue of Liberty, is a 1946 oil painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell, showing workmen cleaning the torch held aloft by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The painting was created for the cover of an edition of \"The Saturday Evening Post\", published on 6 July 1946, from sketches that Rockwell made in March 1946. It depicts the cleaning of the amber-coloured glass of the torch, an operation undertaken annually each July. Rockwell focuses on just a small part of the Statue of", "title": "Working on the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388751", "text": "it as a welcoming sight. Oral histories of immigrants record their feelings of exhilaration on first viewing the Statue of Liberty. One immigrant who arrived from Greece recalled: Originally, the statue was a dull copper color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina, also called verdigris, caused by the oxidation of the copper skin, began to spread. As early as 1902 it was mentioned in the press; by 1906 it had entirely covered the statue. Believing that the patina was evidence of corrosion, Congress authorized for various repairs, and to paint the statue both inside and out. There was considerable", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "15450348", "text": "the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol Building and others. The first time (1869) that images other than portraits of statesmen had been featured on U.S. postage, the general public disapproved, complaining that the scenes were no substitute for images of presidents and Franklin. However, with the release of these 1922 regular issues, the various scenes—which included the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial and even an engraving of an American Buffalo—prompted no objections. To be sure, this series (unlike the 1869 issues) presented pictorial images only on the higher-value stamps; the more commonly used denominations, of 12 cents and lower,", "title": "US Regular Issues of 1922–31" }, { "docid": "388777", "text": "and dedicatory tablets on or near the Statue of Liberty. A group of statues stands at the western end of the island, honoring those closely associated with the Statue of Liberty. Two Americans—Pulitzer and Lazarus—and three Frenchmen—Bartholdi, Eiffel, and Laboulaye—are depicted. They are the work of Maryland sculptor Phillip Ratner. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The UNESCO \"Statement of Significance\" describes the statue as a \"masterpiece of the human spirit\" that \"endures as a highly potent symbol—inspiring contemplation, debate and protest—of ideals such as liberty, peace, human rights, abolition of slavery, democracy", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "11114274", "text": "Statue of Liberty (song) \"Statue of Liberty\" is a 1978 single by XTC. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London and subsequently banned by the BBC for the lyrics \"In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt\". XTC performed the song on the BBC2 television show \"The Old Grey Whistle Test\" in 1978. The music video for \"Statue of Liberty\" shows the band performing the song in a black room while cardboard cutouts of the Statue of Liberty holds up the microphones for the band. At the end, keyboard player Barry Andrews lifts up his keyboard and walks around", "title": "Statue of Liberty (song)" }, { "docid": "388783", "text": "it is seen half-buried in sand. It is knocked over in the science-fiction film \"Independence Day\" and in \"Cloverfield\" the head is ripped off. In Jack Finney's time-travel novel \"Time and Again\", the right arm of the statue, on display in the early 1880s in Madison Square Park, plays a crucial role. Robert Holdstock, consulting editor of \"The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\", wondered in 1979: Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue,", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "4179365", "text": "or a wide receiver in motion, who runs the football to the opposite side of the field. The objective is to trick the defense out of position, leaving them unable to catch up with the runner as he moves in the direction opposite to the fake. The play is named after the positioning of the quarterback as he hands the ball off. If done correctly, he should have one hand in the air and the other at his side, resembling the pose of the Statue of Liberty. When executed properly, the Statue of Liberty is a very deceptive and high-yardage", "title": "Statue of Liberty play" }, { "docid": "11114275", "text": "the room holding it. The video was released on the \"Look Look\" video compilation. Statue of Liberty (song) \"Statue of Liberty\" is a 1978 single by XTC. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London and subsequently banned by the BBC for the lyrics \"In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt\". XTC performed the song on the BBC2 television show \"The Old Grey Whistle Test\" in 1978. The music video for \"Statue of Liberty\" shows the band performing the song in a black room while cardboard cutouts of the Statue of Liberty holds up the microphones for the band.", "title": "Statue of Liberty (song)" }, { "docid": "16038709", "text": "in the New York Harbor during the celebration marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. The New York Hornblower is the first vessel in the United States to be powered by diesel, hydrogen fuel cells, AGM batteries, and wind and solar energy. The reason why they chose to use the hydrogen fuel cells was in hope it would operate in zero emissions mode all day. Cameron Clark who is the director of Environmental Affairs and Special Projects at Hornblower described the hydrogen fuel cell technology as hydrogen being broken down and used as heat, electricity, and water. The", "title": "Hybrid ferry" }, { "docid": "2495102", "text": "Construction of a fort on the island in the shape of an 11-point star began in 1806 and was completed in 1811. Following the War of 1812, the star-shaped fortification was named Fort Wood after Lt. Col Eleazer Derby Wood who was killed in the Siege of Fort Erie in 1813. The granite fortification followed an 11-pointed star fort layout with mounting 24 guns. A larger fort mounting 77 guns was proposed under the third system of US fortifications but was not built. By the time it was chosen for the Statue of Liberty in the 1880s, the fort was", "title": "Liberty Island" }, { "docid": "11409489", "text": "writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, musician Ray Charles, and poet Carolyn Forché are among those interviewed. The film also featured vintage film footage that deals with Lady Liberty from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, James Stewart, and \"Planet of the Apes\". The Statue of Liberty (film) The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 American documentary film on the history of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\"). It was produced and directed by Ken Burns. The film first aired on October 28, 1985. It was narrated by historian David McCullough. It was nominated for an Academy Award for", "title": "The Statue of Liberty (film)" }, { "docid": "12173522", "text": "War II, retired Coast Guard cutters, and private yachts. Operating as Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc., this offshoot was contracted by the United States Department of Interior National Park Service to provide exclusive ferry service to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island in 1954. In 1982, the company collectively known as Circle Line split into two separate entities, Circle Line Sightseeing at 42nd Street and Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc. Meyer and Moran soon came to head Statue of Liberty Ferry. Operating out of Battery Park, Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc. ran service to Liberty and Ellis", "title": "Circle Line Downtown" }, { "docid": "11598489", "text": "THE ROAD 276.4. OUR ARTILLERY IS DROPPING A BARRAGE DIRECTLY ON US. FOR HEAVENS SAKE STOP IT. Despite this, they held their ground and caused enough of a distraction for other Allied units to break through the German lines, which forced the Germans to retreat. The men of the 77th Division, who held the Charlevaux ravine, which became known as the \"pocket\", were mostly from New York City. The 77th Division is known as the \"liberty\" division due to the Statue of Liberty patch they wore, but in WW1 they were usually referred to as the \"Metropolitan\" division because of", "title": "Lost Battalion (World War I)" }, { "docid": "15396540", "text": "The restored statue was reopened during Liberty Weekend, its 100-year anniversary celebration held July 3–6, 1986. The preparations for the centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty began in 1979. Formed by the National Park Service (NPS), the custodians of the statue since 1933, to investigate possible development alternatives[incomplete sentence]. A report titled \"Analysis of Alternatives\", published in December 1980, proposed measures to remedy the certain conditions confronting visitors to the Statue of Liberty, such as the long lines and waiting time to enter the crown of the statue. The proposed measures included the instatement of systems for numbered ticketing", "title": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "14464425", "text": "started to get worse every year. There was infighting, corruption, killing, looting. Saddam has gone, but now in his place we have 1,000 Saddams. I feel like Iraq has been stolen from us. Bush and Blair are definitely liars. They destroyed Iraq and took us back to zero and took us back to the Middle Ages or earlier. If I was a criminal I would kill them with my bare hands.\" He subsequently said \"when I go past that statue, I feel pain and shame. I ask myself, why did I topple this statue. I'd like to put it back", "title": "Firdos Square statue destruction" }, { "docid": "3857220", "text": "of changing the wing insignia. Chaumont AB is located not far from the workshops of Frédéric Bartholdi – the French architect which designed the Statue of Liberty. The new design incorporated the Statue of Liberty, and throughout Europe the 48th became known as the \"Statue of Liberty\" Wing. On 4 July 1954 the mayor of the town of Chaumont bestowed the honorary title of the Statue de la Liberté (Statue of Liberty) Wing upon the 48th. It is the only USAF unit with both an official name and a numerical designation. Not long after the wing proudly took on the", "title": "48th Fighter Wing" }, { "docid": "388771", "text": "close again a day later due to Hurricane Sandy. Although the storm did not harm the statue, it destroyed some of the infrastructure on both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, severely damaging the dock used by the ferries bearing visitors to the statue. On November 8, 2012, a Park Service spokesperson announced that both islands would remain closed for an indefinite period for repairs to be done. Due to lack of electricity on Liberty Island, a generator was installed to power temporary floodlights to illuminate the statue at night. The superintendent of Statue of Liberty National Monument, David Luchsinger, whose", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "16899314", "text": "concluded \"newcomers might want to stay clear, but fans of the first won’t be disappointed.\" IGN noted the sameness between this title and the previous one, and concluded \"anyone who enjoyed solving the mystery of the missing Statue of Liberty should be assured that bringing home Big Ben is similarly satisfying\", rating the game 7 out of 10. Nintendo Life gave the gave a rating of 5 stars out of 10, and said: \"Without having played the previous two games in this ongoing series, you probably won’t be too interested in getting this one either. While it retains all of", "title": "Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math" }, { "docid": "7385982", "text": "have variously been the subject of a colonial land grant, a provincial governor's directive, and an interstate compact, as well as several court cases and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Liberty Island and the acreage on Ellis Island are part of New York City which are completely surrounded by the municipal borders of Jersey City, including created by land reclamation at Ellis Island and riparian areas. Jurisdiction not superseded by the federal government falls to the appropriate state. Statue of Liberty: Ellis Island: Jurisdiction: Ellis Island: Statue of Liberty National Monument The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States", "title": "Statue of Liberty National Monument" }, { "docid": "2495113", "text": "Liberty Island souvenir shops. In response to a FAQ about whether the Statue of Liberty is in New York or New Jersey, the National Park Service, which oversees Liberty Island, cites the 1834 compact. Question 127 on a naturalization examination piloted in 2006 asks \"Where is the Statue of Liberty?\" The U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services gives \"New York Harbor\" and \"Liberty Island\" as preferred answers, but notes that \"New Jersey,\" \"New York,\" \"New York City,\" and \"on the Hudson\" are acceptable. The Statue of Liberty itself is claimed as a symbol by both New York and New Jersey.", "title": "Liberty Island" }, { "docid": "11409488", "text": "The Statue of Liberty (film) The Statue of Liberty is a 1985 American documentary film on the history of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\"). It was produced and directed by Ken Burns. The film first aired on October 28, 1985. It was narrated by historian David McCullough. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film included readings by Jeremy Irons and Arthur Miller, among others. Also features Paul Simon's \"American Tune\" at the beginning and end of the film. McCullough, then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, former congresswoman Barbara Jordan, director Miloš Forman,", "title": "The Statue of Liberty (film)" }, { "docid": "15396546", "text": "May 1982 the creation of a 21-member Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission (better known as the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation) which would act as an \"umbrella group\" overseeing the French American Committee and the Ellis Island Restoration Commission. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation would try to privately raise funds for the restoration efforts. A report prepared by the NPS in September 1982, titled \"General Management Plan\", sought to discuss the fundraising aims and objectives of the newly created foundation, but reiterated most of the proposed measures (concerning the statue) of the earlier 1980 report \"Analysis of Alternatives\"", "title": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "12798089", "text": "of Whittington's will kept at Guildhall that prescribes this fails to mention a statue, or him and his cat. This statue was actually the female Liberty (\"Libertas\" carved on the hat) with a cat at her feet, but it was \"alluding to\" Richard Whittington, as explained by Maitland. The stone Liberty was one of a set of seven, the others being Peace, Plenty, Concord, and Justice, Mercy, and Truth. This Whittington statue (Liberty statue) was taken down when the old Newgate was being demolished, in 1766 or 1776, to be placed in the new Newgate Prison. The Liberty statue could", "title": "Dick Whittington and His Cat" }, { "docid": "19971371", "text": "Liberty – the torch, a long arm, and part of the head of the colossal statue, silhouetted against a clear summer blue. Five workmen are attached to the statue by ropes, including one who is a caricature of Rockwell himself, and one African-American in a red shirt. The inclusion of a non-white figure working with whites, apparently only noticed in 2011, contravened a \"Saturday Evening Post\" policy of only showing people of ethnicity in subservient roles. The painting came into the possession of Steven Spielberg, who donated it to the permanent art collection of the White House in 1994. It", "title": "Working on the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "2109493", "text": "the new cast-iron dome, which was authorized in 1855. Walter's drawing showed the outline of a statue representing the Goddess of Liberty; Crawford proposed instead an allegorical figure of \"Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace\". Crawford was commissioned to design \"Freedom\" in 1854 and executed the plaster model for the statue in his studio in Rome. Mississippian U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis (who would later become President of the Confederacy) was in charge of the Capitol construction and its decorations. According to David Hackett Fischer in his book \"Liberty and Freedom\", Crawford's statue was... Davis sent", "title": "Statue of Freedom" }, { "docid": "7941783", "text": "in Jerusalem called \"New York Square,\" there is an abstract skeletal replica of the statue. The French Statue of Liberty from the Île aux Cygnes came to Odaiba, Tokyo, from April 1998 to May 1999 in commemoration of \"The French year in Japan\". Because of its popularity, in 2000 a replica of the French Statue of Liberty was erected at the same place. Also in Japan, a small Statue of Liberty is in the Amerika-mura (\"American Village\") shopping district in Osaka, Japan. Another replica is in Oirase near the town of Shimoda south of Misawa in Aomori Prefecture, where the", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388719", "text": "of the Franco-American Union as its fundraising arm. With the announcement, the statue was given a name, \"Liberty Enlightening the World\". The French would finance the statue; Americans would be expected to pay for the pedestal. The announcement provoked a generally favorable reaction in France, though many Frenchmen resented the United States for not coming to their aid during the war with Prussia. French monarchists opposed the statue, if for no other reason than it was proposed by the liberal Laboulaye, who had recently been elected a senator for life. Laboulaye arranged events designed to appeal to the rich and", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388760", "text": "to secure its future and it closed in 1991 after the opening of an immigration museum on Ellis Island. In 1970, Ivy Bottini led a demonstration at the statue where she and others from the National Organization for Women's New York chapter draped an enormous banner over a railing which read \"WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE!\" Beginning December 26, 1971, 15 anti-Vietnam War veterans occupied the statue, flying a US flag upside down from her crown. They left December 28 following a Federal Court order. The statue was also several times taken over briefly by demonstrators publicizing causes such as", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "12650417", "text": "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Strengthen the Arm of Liberty was the Boy Scouts of America's theme for the organization's fortieth anniversary celebration in 1950. The campaign was inaugurated in February with a dramatic ceremony held at the base of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\"). Approximately 200 BSA Statue of Liberty replicas were installed across the United States. Hundreds of smaller replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been created worldwide. The classical appearance (Roman stola, sandals, facial expression) derives from Libertas, ancient Rome's goddess of freedom from slavery, oppression, and tyranny. Her raised right foot is", "title": "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" }, { "docid": "12650422", "text": "\"R\" hallmark is prominently displayed on the reverse. In addition, a commemorative neckerchief slide was made for Boy Scouts and for the Cub Scouts. Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Strengthen the Arm of Liberty was the Boy Scouts of America's theme for the organization's fortieth anniversary celebration in 1950. The campaign was inaugurated in February with a dramatic ceremony held at the base of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\"). Approximately 200 BSA Statue of Liberty replicas were installed across the United States. Hundreds of smaller replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been created worldwide. The classical", "title": "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388701", "text": "the pedestal was threatened by lack of funds. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the \"New York World\", started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar. The statue was built in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe's Island. The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland. The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "12652798", "text": "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) The Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument is a replica of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") in Pine Bluff Memorial Gardens, on the south side of 10th Avenue between Georgia and State Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It was placed by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as part of its 1950s era campaign, \"Strengthen the Arm of Liberty.\" The statue is in height, made of copper, and is mounted on concrete base tall. The statue faces north, toward the Pine Bluff Civic Center, and there is a", "title": "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)" }, { "docid": "388779", "text": "of the statue, made of stamped copper and in height, to states and municipalities across the United States. Though not a true replica, the statue known as the Goddess of Democracy temporarily erected during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 was similarly inspired by French democratic traditions—the sculptors took care to avoid a direct imitation of the Statue of Liberty. Among other recreations of New York City structures, a replica of the statue is part of the exterior of the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. As an American icon, the Statue of Liberty has been depicted", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "5022755", "text": "Statue of Liberty in popular culture After its unveiling in 1886, the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") quickly became iconic, and began to be featured on countless posters, and in pictures and books. The statue's likeness has also appeared in motion pictures, television programs, music videos, and video games, and its likeness has been used in logos, on commemorative coins, and in theatrical productions. It remains a popular local, national, and international political symbol of freedom. As a famous landmark, damage and destruction of the statue has been used to symbolize the end of mankind or the destruction", "title": "Statue of Liberty in popular culture" }, { "docid": "5022759", "text": "copper apron (250 ft. tall) was placed over the pedestal to prevent future damage. Overall, the majority of the statue would likely survive the test of time if an apocalyptic event happened on Earth, as it does in many of the following movies. Statue of Liberty in popular culture After its unveiling in 1886, the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\") quickly became iconic, and began to be featured on countless posters, and in pictures and books. The statue's likeness has also appeared in motion pictures, television programs, music videos, and video games, and its likeness has been used", "title": "Statue of Liberty in popular culture" }, { "docid": "19667182", "text": "U.S., invoking verses from Emma Lazarus's \"The New Colossus\". Miller disputed the connection between the Statue of Liberty and immigration, pointing out that \"the poem that you're referring to, that was added later, is not actually a part of the original Statue of Liberty.\" Miller added that immigration has \"ebbed and flowed\" throughout American history and asked how many immigrants the U.S. had to accept annually to \"meet Jim Acosta's definition of the Statue of Liberty law of the land.\" In covering these comments, multiple publications noted that the distinction Miller made between the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus's poem", "title": "Stephen Miller (political advisor)" }, { "docid": "9212346", "text": "movements. The work ends with a return of the initial melody and text. First movement The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them. Second movement We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness", "title": "The Testament of Freedom" }, { "docid": "15733564", "text": "foot. Julia and Logan remain outside in an alley. Julia is reunited with her family. The Harts and Logan head back to the car and drive across the frozen New York Harbor to the Statue of Liberty. When the glacier approaches, they hide in the Statue of Liberty as the Air Force nukes the glacier in a final attempt to break it. The glacier breaks apart moments before hitting the Statue of Liberty, covering the area in snow. The Harts are safe and the camera pans out to a half-buried Statue of Liberty. The film garnered a generally negative reaction.", "title": "2012: Ice Age" }, { "docid": "7941784", "text": "United States has an 8,000-person U.S. Air Force base. A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. There is also a replica in Oyabe, Toyama. There are replicas of the Statue of Liberty in Bahria Town, Lahore, and also in Bahria Town Phase 8, Islamabad. As early as January 1945, there were already news of a campaign that would help erect a Statue of Liberty replica in the Philippines. The said monument was supposed to be sponsored by The Chicago Daily Times whose goal was “to commemorate one", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "4179364", "text": "Statue of Liberty play The Statue of Liberty is a trick play in American football named after the Statue of Liberty. Although many variations of the play exist, the most common involves the quarterback taking the snap from the center, dropping back, and gripping the ball with two hands as if he were to throw. He then places the ball behind his back with his non-throwing hand, while pump-faking a throw to one side of the field. While his arm is still in motion during the fake throw, he hands the ball off behind his back to a running back", "title": "Statue of Liberty play" }, { "docid": "13945656", "text": "by a plaque with Veda Ponikvar's \"The Emergence of Man Through Steel\" poem and was completed in 1987 out of iron ore. The statue, located on US 41, is the third largest Metal statue in the United States (behind the Statue of Liberty and Our Lady of the Rockies). The sculpture weighs (the shovel weighs and each boot weighs ); the base is constructed of Corten steel, which turns red with exposure. The commemorative shrine for Bishop Frederic Baraga, the legendary “Snowshoe Priest\", was built after organizing efforts in 1969 by residents of Baraga County and county clerk, author, and", "title": "Jack E. Anderson" }, { "docid": "5945358", "text": "technology was tested in the illumination of the Statue of Liberty--electricity. The electrical lighting of the statue, under the Lighthouse Board's care from 1886 to 1902, marks the beginning of the \"modern age\" in lighthouse illumination. In 1900, the Lighthouse Board began converting lighthouses to electric service; however, because of the lack of direct access to power lines, the conversion came about slowly. \"This article contains information created by the US Federal Government and is in the \"public domain\".\" United States Lighthouse Board The United States Lighthouse Board was the second agency of the US Federal Government, under the Department", "title": "United States Lighthouse Board" }, { "docid": "19445011", "text": "on its social media pages by the time the buzz died down. One of the pictures that was shared and tweeted many times was the picture of Kaja Rebane, a University of Wisconsin environmental studies graduate student, who wore a Statue of Liberty costume to the protest. Rebane was one of the many who were handcuffed in the largest mass arrest in the history of the Capitol grounds. During the April mobilization at Capitol Hill that resulted in 400 arrests, cable television devoted minimal coverage to the protests. CNN spent zero time covering the protests, while MSNBC gave Democracy Spring", "title": "Democracy Spring" }, { "docid": "1267144", "text": "Egyptian coastal steamer \"El Quseir\" (275 feet long). The US government formally accepted the apology and the explanation.\" Some continue to accept this position. Yet \"scholars and military experts,\" according to author Thomas Powers, state that \"the hard question is not whether the attack was deliberate but why the Israelis thought it necessary.\" About the \"Liberty\" Helms in his memoirs quotes the opinion of his deputy, DDCI Rufus Taylor, and mentions the conclusion of a board of inquiry. Then Helms adds, \"I have yet to understand why it was felt necessary to attack this ship or who ordered the attack\".", "title": "Richard Helms" }, { "docid": "7941791", "text": "Statue of Liberty replicas in can be found in Pangasinan and as far as Camp John Hay amphitheater in Baguio City. There are at least two Statue of Liberty replicas (greater than 30 feet in height) in Taiwan. These two statues are in the cities of Keelung and Taipei. From 1887 to 1945, Hanoi was home to another copy of the statue. Measuring tall, it was erected by the French colonial government after being sent from France for an exhibition. It was known to locals unaware of its history as \"\" (\"Statue of the madame saux\"). When the French lost", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "13880173", "text": "the \"Philadelphia Inquirer\" as, \"The music sounds like a love ballad, but the lyrics are a flag waving salute to America\", and was performed at Liberty State Park in July 1986 as part of the Statue of Liberty centennial celebration. Helmut Christoferus Calabrese Helmut Christoferus Calabrese (born 1957) is a German-born composer who immigrated to the U.S. in 1962. He trained at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and at New York University and is one of the founders of the music publishers Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC. His song, \"The Most Beautiful Lady in the World: Statue of Liberty Anthem\",", "title": "Helmut Christoferus Calabrese" }, { "docid": "17579461", "text": "print on scroll paper): Also featured at the Venice Biennale, \"Prisoner’s Dilemma\" depicts the Statue of Liberty kneeling to portraits of penguin terra-cotta soldiers (symbolic of the terracotta army) who represent the shadows of an ancient Chinese custom of creating objects for sacrifice—just as our current lifestyle negatively affects and \"sacrifices\" penguins. The Statue of Liberty in Prisoner’s Dilemma does not single out the United States, but the statue is used to symbolize highly advanced human civilization and the fact that humans have become slaves to self-indulgence and desire and, in fact, prisoners to their lifestyles. If viewers can let", "title": "Vincent J.F. Huang" }, { "docid": "15472095", "text": "in 1856 under the artistic direction of Prilidiano Pueyrredón who commissioned the French artist Joseph Dubourdieu to build what the press of that period defined \"a colossal statue of Liberty\". Inaugurated a few days before the anniversary of May Revolution, the statue represents a figure very similar to the representation of the goddess Athena, crowned with a Phrygian cap, armed with a spear in one hand and an Argentine shield as a defense in the other one. Although most sources mention the statue as an allegory of Liberty, in a publication of the Historic and Numismatic Museum of the Central", "title": "Allegorical representations of Argentina" }, { "docid": "4073558", "text": "the Cahaba River, crossing the river twice before passing the \"Miss Liberty\" (Statue of Liberty replica) and the Exit 23 interchange with Liberty Parkway and Overton Road. The highway passes east of Mountain Brook while turning northeast and interchanging with Grants Mill Road at Exit 27. After this intersection, I-459 turns northward again as it approaches the growing suburb of Trussville. The interchange with I-20 is one of two stack interchanges in Greater Birmingham. In its last few miles, the highway intersects with Derby Parkway and US 11 in Trussville before completing its 33-mile course with an interchange at I-59.", "title": "Interstate 459" }, { "docid": "4198056", "text": "with (Herrings own) \"My Baby Don't Care\", released on the Statue label in mid-1965. The record showed enough potential for re-release on a major label, Liberty Records, in September, and it gained some modest chart success, reaching #46 in the US and #28 in Australia. Later that year, Liberty released The Gants' first album, \"Roadrunner\". In January 1966 a new single was released, \"Little Boy Sad\", which included an early use of the talk box later made famous by Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. The band tried to get Liberty to release their recording of Them's \"Gloria\" but the label", "title": "The Gants" }, { "docid": "388733", "text": "American public works—the selection of Italian-born Constantino Brumidi to decorate the Capitol had provoked intense criticism, even though he was a naturalized U.S. citizen. \"Harper's Weekly\" declared its wish that \"M. Bartholdi and our French cousins had 'gone the whole figure' while they were about it, and given us statue and pedestal at once.\" \"The New York Times\" stated that \"no true patriot can countenance any such expenditures for bronze females in the present state of our finances.\" Faced with these criticisms, the American committees took little action for several years. The foundation of Bartholdi's statue was to be laid", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "7648176", "text": "Bye Bye, Lady Liberty Lupin is forced to give up his life of crime when he discovers police computers are able to predict his every move. His retirement is short-lived when his colleague Jigen inherits the secret location of a stolen giant diamond called the \"Super Egg\", which is hidden in the Statue of Liberty; Lupin helps recover the diamond by stealing the entire Statue. Meanwhile, Goemon becomes bodyguard to a beautiful woman who is on the run from a sinister secret society which is also seeking the Super Egg. The special was directed by Osamu Dezaki, an experienced anime", "title": "Bye Bye, Lady Liberty" }, { "docid": "2495103", "text": "outmoded and obsolete, disused and its substantial stone walls were then used as the distinctive base for the Statue of Liberty given by the Third French Republic for the American 1876 centenary celebrations. It had become a part of the base for the Statue of Liberty after the island was first seen by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the statue's sculptor. The National Park Service (which had been created in 1916) took over operations of the island in two stages: in 1933, and the remainder in 1937. The military installation was completely removed by 1944. The statue, entitled \"Liberty Enlightening the World\",", "title": "Liberty Island" }, { "docid": "20906641", "text": "Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue (also GWK statue) is a 121-meter tall statue located in Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park. It was designed by Nyoman Nuarta and inaugurated in September 2018. The total height of the monument, including the 46-meter base pedestal is . The statue is about 30m higher than the Statue of Liberty, but Liberty is tall and thin, while Garuda is almost as wide as it is high — its wingspan is 64m. The statue was designed to be the Indonesia’s tallest statue, that was inspired by a Hindu myth about the search for", "title": "Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue" }, { "docid": "388772", "text": "home on the island was severely damaged, stated that it would be \"optimistically ... months\" before the island was reopened to the public. The statue and Liberty Island reopened to the public on July 4, 2013. Ellis Island remained closed for repairs for several more months but reopened in late October 2013. For part of October 2013, Liberty Island was closed to the public due to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, along with other federally funded museums, parks, monuments, construction projects and buildings. The statue and Liberty Island were briefly closed on July 4, 2018, due to", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388773", "text": "a protester against American immigration policy climbing onto the statue. On October 7, 2016, construction started on a new Statue of Liberty museum on Liberty Island. The new $70 million, museum will be able to accommodate all of the island's visitors when it opens in 2019, as opposed to the current museum, which only 20% of the island's visitors can visit.The museum, designed by FXFOWLE Architects, will integrate with the parkland around it. Von Fürstenberg heads the fundraising for the museum, and the project had garnered more than $40 million in fundraising as of groundbreaking. The statue is situated in", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "15396541", "text": "and early warnings that would allow visitors to estimate any possible waiting times and to be conveniently advised if and when to visit or enter the statue. The report also discussed ways to streamline ferry access both to and from Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The early report did not address the ever-deteriorating physical condition of the statue, which was already readily apparent. The French American Committee for the Restoration of the Statue of Liberty was formed in May 1981. The Department of the Interior (of which the National Park Service is a bureau) later that month, on May 26,", "title": "Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "5459806", "text": "Liberty Bond for savings bonds was heavily publicized, often with images from the Statue of Liberty. The personification of Columbia fell out of use and she was largely replaced by the Statue of Liberty as a feminine symbol of the United States. When Columbia Pictures adopted Columbia as its logo in 1924, she appeared (and still appears) bearing a torch—similar to the Statue of Liberty and unlike 19th-century depictions of Columbia. Statues of the personified Columbia may be found among others in the following places. Since 1800, the name Columbia has been used for a wide variety of items. Columbia", "title": "Columbia (name)" }, { "docid": "388732", "text": "the decade. The Liberty statue project was not the only such undertaking that had difficulty raising money: construction of the obelisk later known as the Washington Monument sometimes stalled for years; it would ultimately take over three-and-a-half decades to complete. There was criticism both of Bartholdi's statue and of the fact that the gift required Americans to foot the bill for the pedestal. In the years following the Civil War, most Americans preferred realistic artworks depicting heroes and events from the nation's history, rather than allegorical works like the Liberty statue. There was also a feeling that Americans should design", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388769", "text": "he stated, \"We are the keepers of the flame of liberty; we hold it high for the world to see.\" Following the September 11 attacks, the statue and Liberty Island were immediately closed to the public. The island reopened at the end of 2001, while the pedestal and statue remained off-limits. The pedestal reopened in August 2004, but the National Park Service announced that visitors could not safely be given access to the statue due to the difficulty of evacuation in an emergency. The Park Service adhered to that position through the remainder of the Bush administration. New York Congressman", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388755", "text": "After the United States entered World War I in 1917, images of the statue were heavily used in both recruitment posters and the Liberty Bond drives that urged American citizens to support the war financially. This impressed upon the public the war's stated purpose—to secure liberty—and served as a reminder that embattled France had given the United States the statue. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge used his authority under the Antiquities Act to declare the statue a National Monument. The only successful suicide in the statue's history occurred five years later, when a man climbed out of one of the", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388778", "text": "and opportunity.\" Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty are displayed worldwide. A smaller version of the statue, one-fourth the height of the original, was given by the American community in Paris to that city. It now stands on the Île aux Cygnes, facing west toward her larger sister. A replica tall stood atop the Liberty Warehouse on West 64th Street in Manhattan for many years; it now resides at the Brooklyn Museum. In a patriotic tribute, the Boy Scouts of America, as part of their Strengthen the Arm of Liberty campaign in 1949–1952, donated about two hundred replicas", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "7941769", "text": "and set it on fire. The vandals also cracked the pedestal of the plaque. The mayor of Bordeaux, former prime minister Alain Juppé, condemned the attack. A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, the city of Bartholdi's birth, was dedicated on July 4, 2004, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death. It stands at the north entrance of the city. The Bartholdi Museum in Colmar contains numerous models of various sizes made by Bartholdi during the process of designing the statue. Frédéric Bartholdi donated a copy of the Statue of Liberty to the town square of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "19988482", "text": "of the statue on a granite base (1880) was installed on Congress Street in Faneuil Hall Plaza in Boston, where Adams gave speeches about British rule and taxation. It is based upon the marble statue that she made for the National Statuary Hall Collection. She was requested to make another version by the City of Boston. Adams attitude suggests one of defiance against British rule, such as the manner in which his arms are crossed, and determination. Adam's face is finely chiseled, and he wears citizen's clothing of the period. The Revolutionary patriot, Adams founded the Sons of Liberty with", "title": "Samuel Adams (Whitney)" }, { "docid": "7941774", "text": "a unique \"sitting\" Statue of Liberty in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. It is a sculpture on a dome of the house (15, Freedom Avenue) built by architect Yuriy Zakharevych and decorated by sculptor Leandro Marconi in 1874–91. A , 9,200 kg (9.2 tons) replica stood atop the Liberty Shoe factory in Leicester, England, until 2002 when the building was demolished. The statue was put into storage while the building was replaced. The statue, which dates back to the 1920s, was initially going to be put back on the replacement building, but was too heavy, so in December 2008 following", "title": "Replicas of the Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "388715", "text": "in depictions of Roman goddesses) and holding a torch aloft. According to popular accounts, the face was modeled after that of Charlotte Beysser Bartholdi, the sculptor's mother, but Regis Huber, the curator of the Bartholdi Museum is on record as saying that this, as well as other similar speculations, have no basis in fact. He designed the figure with a strong, uncomplicated silhouette, which would be set off well by its dramatic harbor placement and allow passengers on vessels entering New York Bay to experience a changing perspective on the statue as they proceeded toward Manhattan. He gave it bold", "title": "Statue of Liberty" }, { "docid": "2495095", "text": "Liberty Island Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty (\"Liberty Enlightening the World\"). The island is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey. Long known as Bedloe's Island, it was renamed by an act of the United States Congress in 1956. Liberty Island became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1937 through Presidential Proclamation 2250, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1966, it was listed", "title": "Liberty Island" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19028550", "text": "an original video animation based on \"Goodbye Despair\", titled \"Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha\". Coinciding with the game's Japanese release, \"Danganronpa V3\"-themed PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita consoles will be released in Japan. NIS America released the game in English on September 26, 2017. Two multiple-disc soundtrack albums containing music from the game were released on February 24, 2017, both through composer Masafumi Takada's music label, Sound Prestige Records. \"Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony\" was well received by critics, and was the second highest rated PlayStation Vita game and fiftieth highest rated PlayStation 4 game of 2017", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028550", "text": "an original video animation based on \"Goodbye Despair\", titled \"Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha\". Coinciding with the game's Japanese release, \"Danganronpa V3\"-themed PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita consoles will be released in Japan. NIS America released the game in English on September 26, 2017. Two multiple-disc soundtrack albums containing music from the game were released on February 24, 2017, both through composer Masafumi Takada's music label, Sound Prestige Records. \"Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony\" was well received by critics, and was the second highest rated PlayStation Vita game and fiftieth highest rated PlayStation 4 game of 2017", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" } ]

[ { "docid": "19028532", "text": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a visual novel adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows. It is the third main title in the \"Danganronpa\" series and the first in the franchise to be developed for home consoles. The game was released in Japan in January 2017, and in North America and Europe by NIS America that September. A Microsoft Windows version was also released at the same time. \"Danganronpa V3\" continues the same style of gameplay as the first two \"Danganronpa\" games, which is split into School Life,", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028546", "text": "also end. The viewers hack K1-B0 and force him to serve only as a conduit for viewer votes, but Shuichi uses this to make an impassioned plea directly to the viewers to stop watching. At the vote, all parties abstain including Tsumugi and K1-B0, the former willing to sacrifice herself to continue Danganronpa and the latter indicating the audience has given up on Danganronpa. As the remaining viewers tune out, a defeated Tsumugi orders K1-B0 to destroy the school. He does so, killing Tsumugi in the process, then activates his self-destruct feature and deliberately flies into the glass dome surrounding", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028552", "text": "\"Most Innovative\" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. It won the award for \"Best Plot Twist\" in \"Game Informer\"s 2017 Adventure Game of the Year Awards. In addition, the game was nominated for \"Game, Franchise Adventure\" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a visual novel adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows. It is the third main title in the \"Danganronpa\" series and the first in the franchise to be developed for home consoles. The game was", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028547", "text": "the school, sparing the others and allowing them to escape. Shuichi, Maki, and Himiko consider the possibility that Tsumugi was lying about their past selves willingly signing up to participate in Danganronpa, and about the original editions of Danganronpa being fiction, and depart for the real world. \"Danganronpa V3\" was produced by Yoshinori Terasawa, and planned and written by Kazutaka Kodaka, while the character design is done by Rui Komatsuzaki. The game was developed at the same time as the production of the anime series \"\", which Terasawa and Kodaka described as being difficult; they still try to develop both", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028544", "text": "stage. The students are in fact taking part in \"Danganronpa 53 (V3)\", the 53rd season of a lethal reality TV show watched by millions based on the fictional \"Danganronpa\" media franchise. All of the Ultimates, barring K1-B0, were ordinary individuals who willingly had their previous lives' memories permanently erased in exchange for a talent and a fake background; many, including Shuichi, Kaede, and Kaito, are revealed to have joined purely for fame, fortune, or the thrill of the game, and were far less trusting and altruistic than their killing game selves. K1-B0 is revealed to be the camera for the", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "17412496", "text": "animation titled \"Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha\", was bundled with \"Danganronpa V3\" in Japan on 12 January 2017. The original soundtracks for both the games and the anime are composed by Masafumi Takada. The soundtrack for \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\" was released in Japan by Sound Prestige Records on 14 February 2011, with the ending theme, , performed by Megumi Ogata, which is also used as the anime's final ending theme. The soundtrack for \"Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair\" was released on 31 August 2012. The soundtrack for \"Danganronpa: The Animation\" was released by Geneon Universal Entertainment", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "19028548", "text": "projects without making any compromises, as such an opportunity does not arise often. The \"V3\" in the game's title was chosen to differentiate it from the anime; the \"V\" is short for \"Victory\". Terasawa and Kodaka described the game's production level as being much higher than that of previous games in the series. There was division among the staff in the development team regarding whether the game should be a sequel or something new; because of this, it was decided to make something that was both a sequel and new. The game's theme is described as \"psycho-cool\". As with previous", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028551", "text": "on the review aggregator Metacritic. \"Danganronpa V3\" was awarded by Famitsu with a score of 37/40 Within its first week of release in Japan, the PlayStation Vita version sold 76,166 copies, whilst the PlayStation 4 version sold 40,006. By February 2017, the PlayStation Vita version had sold over 115,840 copies in Japan. The Steam release had an estimated total of 73,400 players by July 2018. The game was nominated for \"Best Visual Novel\" in \"PC Gamer\"s 2017 Game of the Year Awards; for \"Best Portable Game\" in \"Destructoid\"s Game of the Year Awards 2017; and for \"Best Adventure Game\" and", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028534", "text": "the Non-Stop Debate, in which characters discuss the case, with the player required to use Truth Bullets containing evidence against highlighted statements determining whether someone is lying or telling the truth. During Non-Stop debates that appear to have no clear contradictions, players can now use Lie Bullets to break the conversation with a False Counter. Returning from \"\" are Rebuttal Showdowns, in which the player must debate with a specific character in order to reach a contradiction. \"Danganronpa V3\" adds new gameplay elements to the Class Trials. Mass Panic Debates involve multiple characters talking over each other, making finding the", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028537", "text": "with the other characters. There are also two brand-new modes. The first one, \"Ultimate Talent Development Plan\", has the player choosing any character from \"Danganronpa V3\" (or from \"\" and \"\", after unlocking their cards) and advancing in an 8-bit game board representing their school life at Hope's Peak Academy while they increase their skills and interact with other characters. After completing this mode for the first time, a new mode is unlocked, \"Despair Dungeon: Monokuma's Test\", where the player uses the characters developed in \"Ultimate Talent Development Plan\" to stop a horde of Monokuma creatures unleashed by the Monokuma", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028549", "text": "games in the series, the game's original score was composed and produced by Masafumi Takada. The existence of a third \"Danganronpa\" title was first teased in September 2013 with the announcement of \"\". In March 2015, Kodaka revealed that \"Danganronpa 3\" was in early development. The game was announced at Sony's Tokyo Game Show presentation. The game was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in January 12, 2017 in Japan. A playable demo featuring Makoto Naegi and Hajime Hinata, the protagonists of \"\" and \"\", was released on December 20, 2016. The limited edition of the game will include", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19192559", "text": "Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha\", was released with special editions of \"\" in Japan on January 12, 2017. The series was intended to be the final chapter of the \"Hope's Peak Academy\" series within the \"Danganronpa\" franchise, with the third main video game, \"\", focuses on a new setting and group of characters; the \"Danganronpa\" development staff have stated that, while difficult to work on both titles simultaneously, they are giving it their all since the opportunity to do something like it does not come up often. Initially, an anime adaptation of \"Danganronpa 2\" had been planned, but in", "title": "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School" }, { "docid": "19028535", "text": "correct statement harder, while Debate Scrums have groups of characters argue against each other, requiring the player to use statements from their side against the other side's statements. New mini-games are also added. Epiphany Anagram 3.0 requires players to use light to pick out letters spelling out an answer. Excavation Imagination is a puzzle game requiring players to remove colored blocks in order to reveal an illustration. Finally, Brain Drive sees players driving a car, collecting letters for a question that they must then answer. As in the previous games, there are also various modes outside the main game. The", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "18960181", "text": "to an English language release of the game. NIS America, a frequent publisher for Spike Chunsoft games in English (\"Danganronpa 1\", \"Danganronpa 2\", \"Danganronpa Another Episode\"), gave a \"no comment\" response when asked about localizing the title. On April 25, 2016, Aksys Games announced that they would be localizing \"Exist Archive\" for release in North America on October 18, 2016. On September 8, Aksys Games confirmed that it would be released in Europe on the same day as a digital-only release. \"Famitsu\" gave both the Vita and PS4 versions of the game a 33/40 rating, with the four reviewers giving", "title": "Exist Archive" }, { "docid": "16964819", "text": "in North America and Europe in February 2014. Spike Chunsoft later released the game on Steam in February 2016. NIS America also released \"Danganronpa 1-2 Reload\" for PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe in March 2017. A virtual reality demo based on the game, titled \"Cyber Danganronpa VR: Class Trial\", was released for PlayStation VR on October 13, 2016. \"Danganronpa\" has received two manga adaptations. The first adaptation, illustrated by Saku Toutani, was published in Enterbrain's \"Famitsu Comic Clear\" web magazine between June 24, 2011 and October 18, 2013, and is told from the perspective of the other students.", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "19028538", "text": "Kubs in an 8-bit turn-based RPG game. High school student Kaede Akamatsu is kidnapped and awakens in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, where she meets fellow student Shuichi Saihara and 14 others. The group is abruptly accosted by a series of bear robots also known as the Monokubs who expose them to a \"Flashback Light\". When Kaede next awakes, she remembers her life as the Ultimate Pianist, while Shuichi is the Ultimate Detective. Their other classmates each have their own talents and histories. Monokuma arrives and informs the students that the only way to escape is to successfully kill", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "17430590", "text": "\"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\", was released in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on October 10, 2013, featuring new touch controls and high resolution graphics. After releasing the Vita remake of the first game in North America and Europe in February 2014, NIS America announced it would release the sequel in Western territories in September 2014, under the name \"Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair\". As well as a standard edition, a limited edition will be released via NIS America's online store, including an art book, soundtrack CD, stickers, Monokuma medals, and a pair of sunglasses. \"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\" was also released in North", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "17574061", "text": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is an action-adventure video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for PlayStation Vita. The game is a spin-off of the \"Danganronpa\" series of visual novel games, set between the events of \"\" and \"\". The game was released in Japan on September 25, 2014 and was released by NIS America in North America on September 1, 2015, in Europe on September 4, 2015, and in Australia on September 10, 2015. The game was released on the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 worldwide in 2017. Unlike the visual novel gameplay", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "17574074", "text": "estimated total of 32,000 players by July 2018. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is an action-adventure video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for PlayStation Vita. The game is a spin-off of the \"Danganronpa\" series of visual novel games, set between the events of \"\" and \"\". The game was released in Japan on September 25, 2014 and was released by NIS America in North America on September 1, 2015, in Europe on September 4, 2015, and in Australia on September 10, 2015. The game was released on the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "16964799", "text": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Spike as the first game in the \"Danganronpa\" series. The game was originally released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in November 2010 and was later ported to Android and iOS in August 2012. \"Danganronpa\" was localized and published in English regions by NIS America in February 2014, and for PC, Mac and Linux in February 2016. A sequel, \"\", was released in 2012. A compilation of both games, titled \"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\", was released for PlayStation Vita in Japan in October", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17430595", "text": "game \"Motto! SoniComi\". Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a visual novel adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft. It is the second game in the \"Danganronpa\" franchise, following 2010's\"\". It was first released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in July 2012, with a port released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan in October 2013, and worldwide by NIS America in September 2014. A port for personal computers was also released in April 2016, as well as a bundle containing the first \"Danganronpa\" for the PlayStation 4 in March 2017, called \"Danganronpa 1-2 Reload\". The story follows", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "17430576", "text": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a visual novel adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft. It is the second game in the \"Danganronpa\" franchise, following 2010's\"\". It was first released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in July 2012, with a port released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan in October 2013, and worldwide by NIS America in September 2014. A port for personal computers was also released in April 2016, as well as a bundle containing the first \"Danganronpa\" for the PlayStation 4 in March 2017, called \"Danganronpa 1-2 Reload\". The story follows a group of", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "17430591", "text": "America and Europe for PlayStation 4 in March 2017. \"Danganronpa 2\" debuted higher than its predecessor and received favourable reviews, peaking at number 5 and selling over 69,000 copies its opening week. \"Famitsu\" gave the game a score of 37/40, based on four scores of 10, 9, 9 and 9, and was voted the best game of 2012 by its readers, with an average reader rating of 9.79 out of 10. Upon its release in North America, the game was met with praise. Japanese game specialist \"Hardcore Gamer\" gave the game a 4.5/5, and PushSquare gave it an 8/10. Cubed3", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "16964829", "text": "was released in 2016, while the third main game in the series, \"\", was released in 2017. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Spike as the first game in the \"Danganronpa\" series. The game was originally released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in November 2010 and was later ported to Android and iOS in August 2012. \"Danganronpa\" was localized and published in English regions by NIS America in February 2014, and for PC, Mac and Linux in February 2016. A sequel, \"\", was released in 2012. A", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17574072", "text": "game's soundtrack, and other collector's items. NIS America released the game for PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe in Summer 2017. The game has received two manga adaptations. A manga by Machika Minami, titled \"Zettai Zetsubō Shōjo: Danganronpa Another Episode: Genocider Mode\", began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's \"Dengeki Maoh\" magazine from January 2015. A second manga by Hajime Toya debuted in Kadokawa Shoten's \"Famitsu Comic Clear\" magazine in February 2015, and will be serialized until July 2017. Two comic anthologies by various artists were released on January 24, 2015 and May 25, 2015 respectively. A \"Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "16964824", "text": "\"Danganronpa 2\" combined to sell over 200,000 copies in the United States and Europe by 29 April 2015, which NIS America CEO Takuro Yamashita said was impressive since they were PS Vita exclusives. The Steam release of the game had an estimated total of 234,000 players by July 2018. Upon release, \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\" received positive reviews from video game publications in both Japan and North America. At the review aggregate website and Metacritic, the game holds an average review score of 82/100 for PC and 80/100 for PlayStation Vita. The discovery of the true gender of a character", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "19028540", "text": "trial, Kaede attempts to uncover the mastermind but fails. She confesses to her crime, encourages Shuichi to keep going, and is executed. Although brokenhearted at Kaede's death, Shuichi soon develops a friendship with the Ultimate Astronaut, Kaito Momota, and the Ultimate Assassin, Maki Harukawa. Several more murders take place, all of which Shuichi is able to solve, though he is often vexed by the Ultimate Supreme Leader, Kokichi Oma. The students find additional Flashback Lights and gradually remember that they are students of , who were sent into space in the hopes of preserving humanity after meteors began to fall", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "632766", "text": "use at the same time. The most common off-the-shelf battery size used is AA. CR2, CR-V3 batteries, and AAA batteries are also used in some cameras. The CR2 and CR-V3 batteries are lithium based, intended for a single use. Rechargeable RCR-V3 lithium-ion batteries are also available as an alternative to non-rechargeable CR-V3 batteries. Some battery grips for DSLRs come with a separate holder to accommodate AA cells as an external power source. When digital cameras became common, many photographers asked whether their film cameras could be converted to digital. The answer was yes and no. For the majority of 35", "title": "Digital camera" }, { "docid": "19028536", "text": "\"Death Road of Despair\" minigame is accessible by visiting the area under the manhole in the school: it is a platform game intentionally designed with a very high difficulty level, in which all 16 students try to escape the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles while trying to evade bombs, traps and holes. After finishing the main game, other modes are unlocked. Salmon Team Mode is an alternate mode similar to School Mode and Island Mode in the previous games, in which Monokuma decides to cancel the killing game and turn it into a dating reality show, allowing players to bond", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028543", "text": "Ultimate Magician Himiko Yumeno and the Ultimate Cosplayer Tsumugi Shirogane - investigate the school and discover evidence contradicting their memories, as well as inconsistencies in Rantaro's crime scene. They further learn that Rantaro was the Ultimate Survivor, having taken part in a previous killing game. Shuichi calls a final class trial to re-try Rantaro's case. At the trial, Shuichi accuses Tsumugi of being the mastermind, having killed Rantaro and framed Kaede. Tsumugi confesses and reveals that the students' memories, talents, relationships, and personalities are entirely fake, the Flashback Light being a brainwashing device and the destroyed world being a sound", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028533", "text": "Deadly Life, and Class Trial segments. During School Life, players interact with other characters and progress through the story until coming across a murder and entering the Deadly Life, after which they must gather evidence for use in the Class Trial. Roaming around the world and interacting with objects during both School Life and Deadly Life will yield experience points for the player. Experience points are used to level up and with each level players obtain more skill points which enable the player to equip skills to help with Class Trials. Like in previous games, Class Trials largely revolve around", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028545", "text": "viewers, and possesses an antenna that lets him hear the audience's opinions on the show, who encourage him to battle Tsumugi's despair with hope. Tsumugi offers the students the choice: \"hope\", where she is executed but the students must choose two of their own to take part in the next killing game as Rantaro, a survivor of the 52nd season, did; or \"despair\", where K1-B0 will be executed and the game will continue. Realizing either choice will still continue the killing game, Shuichi encourages the students to abstain from voting, meaning everyone will be executed but the killing game will", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028542", "text": "Kaito. During the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that Kokichi was not the mastermind and only claimed as such to stop the killing game: Kokichi convinced Kaito to kill him and then pretend to be Kokichi in the hopes of creating a crime Monokuma could not solve and defeat the game. His identity exposed, Kaito emerges from the Exisal and urges the survivors to uncover the truth before being executed. Unwilling to continue the game, the Ultimate Robot, K1-B0, decides to destroy the school, giving Shuichi until dawn to find the mastermind. Shuichi, Maki, and the other survivors - the", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028539", "text": "another student and get away with it in a subsequent Class Trial. If nobody is killed within two days, Monokuma will prematurely end the game by killing all of the students. Shuichi reasons that there must be a mastermind controlling Monokuma, and Kaede works with him to set a trap to expose the mastermind just prior to the time limit. However, concerned that there would not be enough time to stop the mastermind, Kaede secretly alters the trap to kill the person it catches. Unfortunately, amnesiac Rantaro Amami is caught and killed instead of the mastermind. During the following class", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "19028541", "text": "upon the Earth and a deadly epidemic had ravaged the remainder of the population. Kokichi reveals the outside world to be destroyed and claims to have returned the spaceship to Earth and masterminded the killing game before kidnapping Kaito. Shuichi, Maki, and the other students stage a rescue mission with the aim of saving Kaito and stopping the game, only to discover an unrecognizable corpse. Further complicating the mystery is the arrival of a massive Exisal mech—one of five previously piloted by Monokuma's children—whose unseen pilot sounds and identifies himself as Kokichi but bears the idiosyncrasies of both Kokichi and", "title": "Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony" }, { "docid": "16964827", "text": "into its narrative. British newspaper \"Metro\" gave it 8 out of 10, praising the writing and character development, but being critical of slow early pacing and anime-tropes. Cubed3 awarded a 9/10, describing \"Danganronpa\" as \"an absolute treat, and a much-needed welcome addition to the visual novel genre in the West.\" \"Danganronpa\" was chosen by \"GameFan\" magazine are 2014's Best Adventure Game and their Game of the Year. In 2017, \"Famitsu\" readers voted \"Danganronpa\" the fourth best adventure game of all time, behind only \"Steins;Gate\", \"\" and \"\". Dontnod Entertainment creative director Jean-Maxime Moris also chose \"Danganronpa\" as his personal game", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "16885965", "text": "chase! 13. Suburban Tank: Nigel the V3 Tank engine enjoys his stopping trains. But as Nigel falls ill, can Herbert take the strain - and will the V3 be okay? 14. Silent Night: When Nigel wakes up on the \"Out of Use\" line the engines begin to wonder whether the V3 Tank Engine will be scrapped. 15. Day of the Deltic: The true extent of Dieselisation is felt when a large blue Deltic arrives at Copley Hill and causes trouble for the steam engines, while Stephen delivers a stark warning at the end... he's seen \"The List\"... 15X. Parting Of", "title": "The British Railway series" }, { "docid": "19260865", "text": "V3 (music group) V3, also known, called, and referred to as V Three, are an African-American all-female sister Christian R&B and urban contemporary gospel music trio, who primarily plays contemporary R&B songs. They come from Atlanta, Georgia, where the group started making music in 2006. The group have released a studio album, \"V3\". This album was their breakthrough release upon the \"Billboard\" magazine charts. The all-female African-American sisters' group are from Atlanta, Georgia, where they formed in 2006. They are from oldest to youngest, LaToya Kathleen Vinson, Sacha Jo Vinson, and Shelley Dionne Vinson-Bullock. Their parents are Thomas and Dr.", "title": "V3 (music group)" }, { "docid": "5733421", "text": "of the Decepticon faction from the \"Transformers\" franchise. During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little does he know that the church where the priest resides is a front for a Destron hideout. After finding out the organization's latest motive, Kamen Rider V3, along with the Double Riders, must stop Destron from detonating a nuclear bomb in Tokyo. A physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called \"Satanium,\" which is more powerful than uranium and emits destructive effects to anyone exposed to it. However, Destron", "title": "Kamen Rider V3" }, { "docid": "17412492", "text": "Chunsoft announced a spin-off title of the series, \"\", which was released on Vita on 25 September 2014 and was released in North America and Europe in September 2015. A free-to-play spinoff game, \"\", was released for iOS in Japan on 7 January 2015. In March 2015, writer Kodaka Kazutaka revealed that \"Danganronpa 3\" was in early development. The game was revealed in September 2015 as \"\" for PlayStation 4 and Vita, which was later released in 2017. A free virtual reality technical demo based on the first game, titled \"\", was released for PlayStation Plus users in Japan for", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "4767537", "text": "October 2006 along with the Motorola KRZR Black and Motorola KRZR Fire (Red). The Razr V3re (also known as V3_06) is a GSM model that has been updated to support EDGE and Crystal Talk technology. It is nearly identical to the original V3, having no memory card slot and with a VGA 4x zoom camera. It can be identified by a slightly larger notch under the Motorola logo when closed, a black matte Motorola logo in the battery cover instead the metallic silver logo in the V3 and a software version starting with R3442A. It is available in North America", "title": "Motorola Razr" }, { "docid": "16964818", "text": "touch screen controls, and a new image gallery. The game could be purchased either separately by chapter, or as a whole like the PlayStation Portable release. The fan translation group Project Zetsubou released an unofficial English translation patch for the PlayStation Portable version of the game on June 23, 2013. Two smartphone applications, and , were released for Android devices on April 27, 2012 and iOS devices on May 23, 2012. Following the Japanese release of \"Danganronpa 1-2 Reload\", a PlayStation Vita port of the game and its sequel, \"\", NIS America released the Vita version of \"Trigger Happy Havoc\"", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17412494", "text": "an anime television series adaptation of the first game, titled \"Danganronpa: The Animation\", produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi. The series aired between 4 July 2013 and 26 September 2013 on MBS' Anime-ism programming block. The final Blu-ray/DVD volume, released on 26 February 2014, features an extended final episode. Funimation simulcast the series as it aired and released it on Blu-ray/DVD in North America on 10 November 2015, while Manga Entertainment released the series in the UK on 9 November 2015. The anime aired in India on Animax Asia using the Japanese audio with English subtitles. A second", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "17430593", "text": "Tokonatsu Kokoronpa♪\", \"Chō-Kōkō-Kyū no Kōun to Kibō to Zetsubō\", and \"Nanami Chiaki no Sayonara Zetsubō Daibōken\", have been published by Mag Garden from October 2013. Another spin-off, \"Nangoku Zetsubo Carnival!\", has been serialized in GA Bunko's magazine from April 2013. The game has also received \"4Koma Kings\" and \"Comic Anthology\" compilations by various artists. Dark Horse Comics will release the \"Chō-Kōkō-Kyū no Kōun to Kibō to Zetsubō\" manga in North America under the tile \"Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair\". Monomi appears at the end of the final episode of the first game's 2013 anime television adaptation, \"\".", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "19192558", "text": "Both parts were simulcast in North America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland by Funimation, who also began streaming English dubbed versions from August 10, 2016. The final episode, \"Hope Arc\", aired on September 29, 2016. For \"Future Arc\", the opening theme is \"Dead or Lie\" by Maon Kurosaki and Trustrick, while the ending theme is \"Recall the End\" by Trustrick. For \"Despair Arc\", the opening theme is by Binaria, while the ending theme is by Megumi Ogata. The ending theme for \"Hope Arc\" is \"ever free\" by hide with Spread Beaver. An original video animation episode, titled \"Super Danganronpa 2.5:", "title": "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School" }, { "docid": "17069139", "text": "steering axles VL-4. These axles are well reputed throughout China, Malaysia, Indonesia, South America, South Africa for its robustness and high loading capacity and durability. These axles are in turn used by other truck manufacturers in China as well. In 2012, BeiBen set up production lines in South Africa and Ethiopia. In Pakistan, Heavy Industries Taxila have been producing the Prime Mover V3 in a joint venture. In 2014, at the IAA Hannover, a BeiBen V3 prime-mover equipped with the ZF-Astronic gearbox was exhibited by ZF. 2014 also marks the year when BeiBen trucks are equipped with Euro-5 emission engines,", "title": "BeiBen Truck" }, { "docid": "17574069", "text": "for what she has done. With the two previous entries in the \"Danganronpa\" series being visual novel adventure games, members of Spike Chunsoft wanted to develop a spin-off game that was more action oriented. One of the proponents for a spin-off game was series writer Kazutaka Kodaka; he had wanted to write a story of two characters running away from despair, and he felt that the easiest way to do this was through an action game that necessitated movement. When Spike Chunsoft green-lit the proposal, they let Kodaka have free rein to write the narrative for \"Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "18476652", "text": "Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle was an action video game in the \"Danganronpa\" series, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft. It was released in Japan for iOS and Android platforms in early 2015, and ceased operations later that year. The gameplay involved using the touchscreen to shoot the characters from the player's team, as with billiards, towards enemies in a confined arena-like area. The game was free to play, and featured in-game currency purchased through microtransactions, used to gain access to new content or get advantages in gameplay. Video game journalists questioned the choice to use the \"Danganronpa\" series", "title": "Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle" }, { "docid": "19838308", "text": "and the 360-degree movements. Hiroaki Mabuchi at IGN Japan said that the new environment graphics were a great reproduction of their \"Trigger Happy Havoc\" counterparts, and that the mysterious atmosphere suited \"Danganronpa\" well. Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial is a free-to-play virtual reality adventure game in the \"Danganronpa\" series, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4 for use with the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset. It was produced by Yoshinori Terasawa at Spike Chunsoft, who was inspired to create the game after playing Bandai Namco Entertainment's \"Summer Lesson\". The game", "title": "Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial" }, { "docid": "20613450", "text": "Changan Alsvin V3 The Changan Alsvin V3 is a subcompact sedan produced by Chinese auto maker Changan Automobile. Previewed by the Changan B501 concept, the Alsvin V3 subcompact sedan debuted at the 2011 Guangzhou Auto Show. Later actually listed as the Alsvin 100 or Yuexiang 100, and finally with the confirmed name of Alsvin V3 when launched on to the market in June 2012. Price ranges from 43.900 to 48.900 yuan. The Changan Alsvin V3 is a subcompact sedan slightly smaller and positioned under the Changan Alsvin/Changan Alsvin V5 in the market. A facelift debuted on the 2014 Guangzhou Auto", "title": "Changan Alsvin V3" }, { "docid": "19567651", "text": "language regions. IGN speculated that it could go either way; smaller publishers such as NIS America had found success in translating some rather niche titles for the Vita, such as \"Danganronpa\", but on the other hand, Tecmo Koei had opted out of translating the Vita version of \"\" around the time of \"Chronos Materia\" announcement. Chronos Materia Chronos Materia is a cancelled role-playing video game by Gust Co. Ltd.. The title was announced in 2013 as a PlayStation Vita exclusive title, but was quietly cancelled in April 2016. The game was intended to be a new IP by Gust, that", "title": "Chronos Materia" }, { "docid": "5733415", "text": "Kamen Rider V3 Every episode of Kamen Rider V3 begins with the following opening narration: \"Kamen Rider V3, Shiro Kazami, is an altered human. Mortally wounded by Destron, he is rebuilt by Kamen Riders 1 and 2, reborn as Kamen Rider V3.\". Shiro Kazami accidentally witnesses a murder by the evil organization Destron, making him their next target. In their first attempt, they planted a bomb pebble into his coffee, but the attempt was foiled when Shiro's sister, Yukiko, surprised him, causing him to spill his coffee. In their second attempt, they attacked him while practicing motorcycle racing with Tobei", "title": "Kamen Rider V3" }, { "docid": "20613451", "text": "Show with a launch on the Chinese car market at Q1 2015. The facelift focuses on the front with a new grille similar to the ones on the Alsvin V7. Changan Alsvin V3 The Changan Alsvin V3 is a subcompact sedan produced by Chinese auto maker Changan Automobile. Previewed by the Changan B501 concept, the Alsvin V3 subcompact sedan debuted at the 2011 Guangzhou Auto Show. Later actually listed as the Alsvin 100 or Yuexiang 100, and finally with the confirmed name of Alsvin V3 when launched on to the market in June 2012. Price ranges from 43.900 to 48.900", "title": "Changan Alsvin V3" }, { "docid": "18476658", "text": "on the pedigree of the prior games in the series. \"Pocket Gamer\" Chris Priestman echoed these sentiments, stating that it might be the oddest game in the series yet, and called the game's action \"madcap\" and \"explosive\". Alex Carlson at \"Hardcore Gamer\" said that the game looked simple, but still thought that it retained the series' \"twisted style\" and \"bizarre charm\". Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle was an action video game in the \"Danganronpa\" series, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft. It was released in Japan for iOS and Android platforms in early 2015, and ceased operations later that", "title": "Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle" }, { "docid": "17412498", "text": "the Japanese PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of \"Terraria\", which are published by Spike Chunsoft in that region. Another Spike game developed for the PlayStation Portable, \"Gachitora: The Roughneck Teacher in High School\", allows a player to wear a Monokuma costume if a \"Danganronpa\" save file is present upon playing \"Gachitora\". Downloadable outfits based on Monokuma and Monomi also appeared in the \"Super Sonico\" game, \"Motto! SoniComi\". Characters from \"Danganronpa\" appear as downloadable content in \"\". The Japanese PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions of \"Crypt of the Necrodancer\" feature remixed music from the \"Danganronpa\" series, as well as", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "17408265", "text": "Danganronpa: The Animation Danganronpa: The Animation (Kibô no gakuen to zetsubô no kôkôsei) is an anime television series based on the PlayStation Portable video game \"\" created by Spike. \"The Animation\" was created by Lerche and licensed by Madman Entertainment in Australia, Funimation in New Zealand, and Manga Entertainment in Europe. The series ran for thirteen episodes, and followed the plot of the video game. \"Danganronpa: The Animation\" follows the events of those of the video game . The series follows 16 high school students locked inside \"Hope's Peak Academy\", their High School. The students are threatened by a anthropomorphic", "title": "Danganronpa: The Animation" }, { "docid": "12650614", "text": "charts. This was the first time Meiko had ever held a spot in the top 10 since the charts began. However, her number one spot was short lived, and by April she had dropped to the number three spot. This was a much faster fall from number one than Kaito V3, who managed to stay in the position for several months after release. Meiko soon fell behind Kaito V3 in popularity, constantly being one or two places behind his package. By August 2014, Meiko V3 was in sixth spot, while Kaito V3 held the third-place position, losing out only to", "title": "Meiko (software)" }, { "docid": "19838302", "text": "Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial is a free-to-play virtual reality adventure game in the \"Danganronpa\" series, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4 for use with the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset. It was produced by Yoshinori Terasawa at Spike Chunsoft, who was inspired to create the game after playing Bandai Namco Entertainment's \"Summer Lesson\". The game was released in Japan in October 2016, and worldwide in March 2017. The game is a tech demo where the player aims to uncover who was behind a murder in a \"class trial\"", "title": "Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial" }, { "docid": "16964828", "text": "of the year, praising its writing and gameplay mechanics. He also cited it as an influence on their own adventure game, \"Life Is Strange\". \"Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair\", the successor to \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\" was announced in April 2012. The game was made by Spike Chunsoft (still known as Spike during development) for the PSP, and was released in Japan July 26, 2012. \"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\", a PS Vita version was later released alongside \"Goodbye Despair\" in Japan on October 10, 2013, and worldwide on September 2, 2014. A virtual reality tech demo based on the game, titled \"\",", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "12303822", "text": "previously limited to non-K-series SKUs. TSX was another feature brought over from the non-K-series SKUs, until August 2014 when a microcode update disabled TSX due to a bug that was discovered in its implementation. The following table lists available desktop processors. SKU suffixes to denote: The first digit of the model number designates the largest supported multi-socket configuration; thus, E5-26xx v3 models support up to dual-socket configurations, while the E7-48xx v3 and E7-88xx v3 models support up to quad- and eight-socket configurations, respectively. Also, E5-16xx/26xx v3 and E7-48xx/88xx v3 models have no integrated GPU. Lists of launched server processors are", "title": "Haswell (microarchitecture)" }, { "docid": "16964823", "text": "copies, making it the top selling PlayStation Portable game of the week, and eighth across all platforms. After three months of sales, the game had sold over 85,000 copies, a number Spike CEO Mitsutoshi Sakurai would label a success. As of 2014, the game has sold 258,250 copies on the PSP. \"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\" for the PlayStation Vita sold 76,172 copies during the first week of release in Japan during October 2013. As of 2017, \"Danganronpa 1・2 Reload\" has sold 187,202 copies for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 as of 2017. In the West, \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\" and", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17408268", "text": "opening theme for episode one is \"Danganronpa\" by Masafumi Takada whilst the opening theme for episode four is by Sachiko Kobayashi feat. Monokuma. The ending theme for episode 13 is by Megumi Ogata. A second anime series, titled \"\", aired between July and September 2016. The series concludes the \"Hope's Peak Academy\" storyline and is split into two parts; \"Future Arc\" which takes place after \"Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair\", and \"Despair Arc\", which takes place prior to the events of \"Trigger Happy Havoc\". Seiji Kishi once again directed the series at Lerche, while Norimitsu Kaihō wrote the screenplay. Danganronpa: The", "title": "Danganronpa: The Animation" }, { "docid": "9656308", "text": "change his mind but Ste does it anyway. Ste is arrested and charged but he gets a suspended sentence. He reconciles with Doug and they decide to move to America after Ste is threatened by Trevor. At their leaving party, Sinead accidentally brings a bomb after she brings the wrong bag and the bomb explodes. Doug saves Sinead and goes back in to save Ste. The roof collapses on top of them, trapping them. They have a heart to heart and Ste is eventually rescued. He waits for Doug to come out but is horrified when Doug is bought out", "title": "Ste Hay" }, { "docid": "9345566", "text": "intended to make the remaster available for new PlayStation consoles but did not know how to set about it. When approached by Nippon Ichi Software at the 2016 Tokyo Game Show, Suda broached the subject to them and they agreed to act as overseas publisher, giving Suda the impetus to develop the port. NIS America was chosen due to a strong Western fan base built up by its lauded releases from the \"Danganronpa\" series. The port will not be released in Japan. This version included twelve remixed and two new tracks by Yamaoka, Erika Ito, and the Grasshopper Sound Team.", "title": "The Silver Case" }, { "docid": "17412489", "text": "pink blood. The game's scenario was written by Kazutaka Kodaka, with character designs by Rui Komatsuzaki. In February 2014, Kodaka revealed on his Twitter account that the story of \"Danganronpa\" was inspired by the Sega Dreamcast game \"Illbleed\", as he loved how \"crazy\" it was. The game was originally conceived as a basic visual novel but, as visual novels were growing less popular, new gameplay elements were added to make it stand out. The game was originally released on PlayStation Portable in Japan on 25 November 2010, and was later ported to iOS and Android devices on 20 August 2012.", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "1908252", "text": "the poll. \"The Consumerist\" summarized the results by asking, \"When we live in an era marked by massive oil spills, faulty foreclosures by bad banks, and rampant consolidation in the airline and telecom industry, what does it say about EA’s business practices that so many people have — for the second year in a row — come out to hand it the title of Worst Company in America?\" When asked about the poll by VentureBeat, Frank Gibeau, President of EA Labels, responded \"we take it seriously, and want to see it change. In the last few months, we have started", "title": "Electronic Arts" }, { "docid": "1523141", "text": "\"production\" prototype and was referred to as the \"100B\" model (V1 through V3 being \"A\" models). It was completed in the summer and delivered to Rechlin, so it wasn't available for modification into racing trim when V3 crashed. Although the aircraft was unarmed it was otherwise a service model with the 601M, and in testing over the summer it proved to be considerably faster than the Bf 109. At sea level, the aircraft could reach , faster than the Bf 109E's speed at its best altitude. At , it improved to , topping out at at before falling again to", "title": "Heinkel He 100" }, { "docid": "17574073", "text": "Despair Girls\" mobile app featuring Komaru was released for Android in Japan in August 2015. The app allows users to manage their smartphone files and cache, and Komaru's expression will change depending on the amount of storage used. \"Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls\" received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the game received an average score of 72, based on 35 reviews. The game sold 70,596 copies within its debut release week in Japan, and 85,930 copies in two weeks. The Steam release had an", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "16964807", "text": "Life mode, based on the Island Mode introduced in \"Danganronpa 2\", which is unlocked after clearing the game once. In this 'What If?' mode, Monokuma tasks the students with building several backup units of himself over several days. Each day, the player assigns students to scavenge rooms for necessary materials needed to build each concept, keep the school clean, or rest up to recover energy. During Free Time, players can either hang out with the other students to unlock skills, just like in the main game or use Trip Tickets earned from completed concepts to take them on trips. The", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17408266", "text": "bear, known as Monokuma, who gives them only one way to leave the Academy, to murder another student, and not be found out in the subsequent trial. The Animation follows protagonist and fifteen other students. Each character has an \"ultimate\" skill, or profession; such as the \"Ultimate Gambler\", or \"Ultimate Swimmer\". In December 2012, Kadokawa Shoten's \"Newtype\" magazine announced that there would be an anime television series adaptation of the game, titled \"Danganronpa: The Animation\", produced by Lerche, directed by Seiji Kishi, and written by Makoto Uezu. The final Blu-ray/DVD volume, released on 26 February 2014, contains an extended final", "title": "Danganronpa: The Animation" }, { "docid": "17412491", "text": "first game, based on the second game's 'Island Mode'. On 6 July 2013, NIS America announced they would be releasing the Vita version of the first game in English under the name \"\", featuring both English and Japanese audio. This version was released in North America on 11 February 2014, and in Europe and Australia on 14 February 2014. The Vita version of the second game, titled \"\", was released in North America and Europe in September 2014. Both games were later ported to Steam in 2015 and were released for PlayStation 4 in 2017. On 9 September 2013, Spike", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "17574071", "text": "trailer was shown; the trailer also teased the . It was then released in Japan on September 25, 2014. To promote the game, Spike Chunsoft offered several pre-order bonuses, including digital wallpapers, mousepads, and a smartphone stand. Additional merchandise such as Monokuma stuffed toys and an armband were also offered at Comiket. NIS America localized and published the international versions of the game. It was released in North America on September 1, 2015, in Europe on September 4, and in Australia on September 10. NIS America offered a limited edition of the game, which included a concept art book, the", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "16964808", "text": "Vita version also features high-resolution graphics and optional touchscreen controls. \"Danganronpa\" takes place at an elite high school named , which accepts talented of the highest caliber in various fields each year. Makoto Naegi, a fairly optimistic but otherwise average student, is selected in a raffle and chosen to enroll into the academy as the \"Ultimate Lucky Student\". However, when Makoto arrives at the Academy, he loses consciousness and wakes up locked inside the school, where he meets fourteen other newly picked Ultimate students who are in the same situation as him. A sadistic, remote-controlled bear named Monokuma appears before", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "4767533", "text": "an aluminum body with an external glass screen. It sold 130 million units during its lifespan, being the best selling clamshell phone to date. Complaints were made about allegations of dust accumulating between the V3's plastic screen and LCD glass, possibly through an external side button. Access to the dust requires peeling off the plastic cover, usually followed by a replacement cover. A black version was produced for distribution in the 77th Academy Awards gift bags, and was released in early May 2005. While distribution was initially limited to specific carriers in North America, the black V3 was widely available", "title": "Motorola Razr" }, { "docid": "18861215", "text": "were \"conspicuously near-absent\" in the encyclical. Stephen F. Schneck, the director of Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, has said that \"Something's going to come out of this and it's definitely going to have an impact on public policy in the US.\" However, Kathy Saile, the former long time director of the US bishops' office for domestic social justice, does not believe that \"it will spark a climate change bill, but someday when negotiations are happening on a bill or a treaty, these kinds of moral teachings could have an influence.\" Nonetheless, she", "title": "Laudato si'" }, { "docid": "6148422", "text": "the wall causing the metal substance to come out of her and freeing the Sange from her control as Black Lightning plans to have her handed over to the A.S.A. A parallel-Earth version of Looker named Model Citizen appears in \"\", voiced by Kari Wührer. She is a member of Owlman's team, which consists of alternate versions of the Outsiders and Justice League Detroit, and a part of the wider Crime Syndicate of America. Model Citizen does battle against the Justice League when they first arrive on their Earth, and uses her powers to try to manipulate Flash into joining", "title": "Looker (comics)" }, { "docid": "12064501", "text": "offer, its virtual keyboard is resizable by finger sliding. It also includes customizable emoticons and a few other features. It also supports several European languages input such as English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. TouchPal v3 English version is released in April 2008, together with extra European input languages. TouchPal v3 Chinese input version comes out one month later. Compared with the previous two versions, TouchPal v3 has a lot of new features. It supports three layouts on one virtual keyboard: the T+ layout, the full QWERTY layout, and the 9-key PhonePad layout. Users can switch keyboard layouts by", "title": "TouchPal" }, { "docid": "16964822", "text": "Fujie. Along with the \"Danganronpa\" series, Monokuma has made multiple appearances in other Spike Chunsoft games. A costume of Monokuma can be worn in the action-adventure sandbox game \"Terraria\" (Japanese release) as well as \"Gachitora: The Roughneck Teacher in High School\". Monokuma also appears as a mini boss in two free DLC packs for the game \"\". Both Monokuma and Makoto Naegi appear in the Spike Chunsoft game \"\" along with \"\" protagonist Komaru Naegi, where they are designs available for the game's Ultimate Student class. During its first week of release in Japan, \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\" sold 25,564", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "17412493", "text": "the PlayStation VR on 13 October 2016. In 2017, Spike Chunsoft started hiring staff for a new \"Danganronpa\" game. The following manga series have been produced: The following novels have been released in print. Additional mini light novels written by Ryogo Narita have been included as unlockable bonuses in the video games. Clearing \"\" unlocks , while clearing \"\" unlocks . A short story booklet titled , written by Kazutaka Kodaka, was included with special editions of the first Japanese Blu-ray and DVD release of \"Danganronpa: The Animation\". In December 2012, Kadokawa Shoten's \"Newtype\" magazine announced that there would be", "title": "Danganronpa" }, { "docid": "17430594", "text": "An anime adaptation of \"Danganronpa 2\" was initially planned, but the producers instead chose to make an original anime series, \"\", which aired between July and September 2016. The series' second part, \"Despair Arc\", focuses on the characters of \"Danganronpa 2\" prior to the events of the first game. An original video animation, titled , was released with the Japanese limited editions of the game \"\" on January 12, 2017. A Monomi costume is also available in the Japanese PS Vita and PlayStation 3 versions of \"Terraria\". Downloadable outfits based on Monokuma and Monomi also appear in the \"Super Sonico\"", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "17430583", "text": "the students are not subjected to Monokuma's killing game and instead aim to make friends with each other and earn Hope Fragments. This allows players to bond with characters more easily than in the main story mode. \"Danganronpa IF\", a short story depicting an alternate storyline for \"\", is also unlocked after clearing the game once. Following a similar premise to the previous game, \"Danganronpa 2\" puts players in control of Hajime Hinata, an amnesiac boy who has just become one of Hope's Peak Academy's 'Ultimate' students, alongside fifteen others. The students find themselves taken to the remote tropical Jabberwock", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "16776320", "text": "language of its initial developers. Despite being developed by two of its employees, Red Hat's Fedora Project does not use gummiboot for booting UEFI systems; instead, it will use efilinux to chainload GRUB. gummiboot is licensed under version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License, unlike GRUB which is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL v3). This distinction is intended to allow gummiboot to be suitable for use on UEFI systems implementing \"secure boot\", due to concerns surrounding its requirement to distribute all authorization keys (digital certificates) needed to run GPL-v3-licensed software if hardware restrictions", "title": "Gummiboot (software)" }, { "docid": "14846586", "text": "quite severely limited in functionality compared to the full V3 editor, being limited to just 17 bars of output, along with some other limitations - serving mainly as a beginner's taste of Vocaloid editing or a way to easily test out a new vocal library. Piapro Studio was created to allow owners of Crypton's V3 products to have a fully featured vocal editor with a modernized and streamlined interface bundled free of charge. It also allows for the loading of 3rd-party, non-Crypton Vocaloid 3 voicebanks - as well as V2's that have been imported into the full V3 editor beforehand.", "title": "Crypton Future Media" }, { "docid": "14491383", "text": "Chilean chicken specimen clusters with the European/Indian subcontinental/Southeast Asian sequences. Thus it does not support a Polynesian introduction of chickens to South America. In December 2007, several human skulls with Polynesian features, such as a pentagonal shape when viewed from behind, were found lying on a shelf in a museum in Concepción. These skulls turned out to have come from people of Mocha Island, an island just off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean, today inhabited by Mapuche. Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith of the University of Otago and José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga of the University of Valparaíso hope to", "title": "Maritime history of Chile" }, { "docid": "3475925", "text": "warned of the end of Israel in case a two-state solution is not eventually found for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. \"If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in the territories), then, as soon as that happens, the State of Israel is finished\", Olmert said on the last day of the Annapolis Conference. \"The Jewish organizations, which were our power base in America, will be the first to come out against us\", Olmert said, \"because they will say they cannot support a state that does", "title": "Ehud Olmert" }, { "docid": "19838303", "text": "from the first game in the series, \"\". It was well received by critics, who enjoyed its visuals. \"Cyber Danganronpa VR\" is a virtual reality game in which the player plays through the fourth \"class trial\" from the adventure game \"\", where the player aims to uncover who was behind the murder of Sakura Ogami; unlike the original game, which uses 2D cutouts for characters, \"Cyber Danganronpa VR\" uses 3D models. The player character's classmates give testimonies, which appear as words; if the player notices something in the testimony that seems suspicious, they can refute the words by shooting them", "title": "Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial" }, { "docid": "19192561", "text": "animated medium. The production staff aimed to make the series suspenseful, despite not including any investigations. A manga spin-off illustrated by Mitomo Sasako, titled , began serialization in Kodansha's \"Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine\" from March 9, 2016. Initially released as simply \"Killer Killer\", the series was revealed to be a side-story of \"Danganronpa 3\" in its third chapter published on May 9, 2016. A comic anthology by various artists was released on September 9, 2016, and another was released on October 25, 2016. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School The series serves as a conclusion to the storyline", "title": "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School" }, { "docid": "17574070", "text": "Despair Girls\". Kodaka stated that he spent an equal amount of time writing the dialogue and backstories for the protagonists as he did for the antagonists. One aspect of \"Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls\" that the development team was worried about was whether the shift in gameplay genres would alienate players who were not good at action games. They decided to add the mechanic of switching between characters, as Genocide Jack would make the game significantly easier. \"Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls\" was announced at a Sony Computer Entertainment press conference in September 2013, where the first gameplay", "title": "Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls" }, { "docid": "17430592", "text": "awarded a 9/10, highlighting an \"exceptional plot\" that \"is every bit as an emotional rollercoaster as the first game,\" going on to say, \"Coupled with \"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc\", this is a series no visual novel aficionado can do without.\" \"Danganronpa 2\" received an Award for Excellence at the Japan Game Awards in 2013. The Steam release had an estimated total of 178,000 players by July 2018. Various manga publications based on the game have been released. A direct adaptation began serialization in Enterbrain's \"Famitsu Comic Clear\" magazine from December 10, 2012. Three other spin-off manga, \"Dangan Island - Kokoro", "title": "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair" }, { "docid": "19192560", "text": "the end the development staff opted for making an anime that takes place after \"Danganronpa 2\" instead, as Kodaka felt that the \"Danganronpa 2\" characters' story had ended within that game and that he could not write another about what happened to them afterward very easily. While class trials had originally been considered, it was thought that it would have been too painful for the characters to sit though another one, which was what led to the decision to make the conclusion into an anime. According to Kodaka, the series will feature content that can only be expressed within the", "title": "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School" }, { "docid": "16964821", "text": ", is unlockable in \"Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair\" after clearing the game once. The story tells of an alternate universe in which Naegi manages to find an alleged escape switch. The game's original soundtrack, composed by Masafumi Takada, was released by Sound Prestige Records on February 14, 2011. The anime adaptation's original soundtrack was released by Geneon Universal Entertainment on August 28, 2013. An official stage production named \"Danganronpa The Stage\" (ダンガンロンパ THE STAGE～希望の学園と絶望の高校生～) ran from October to November 2014 in Tokyo's Nippon Seinenkan, presented by Cornflakes. Its cast includes Kanata Hongō, Rei Okamoto, AKB48's Haruka Ishida, and NMB48's Reina", "title": "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc" }, { "docid": "1504536", "text": "crashed and was destroyed when test pilot Gerhard Nitschke bailed from the aircraft after losing control during a set of spin tests. The V3 took to the air in January. Largely similar to the V2 and powered with the same engine, the V3 had minor changes including having a larger radiator, fuselage spine and vertical stabilizer, having a single cover over the exhaust ports instead of the more common \"stack\", and it also included modifications to allow armament to be installed in the cowling. The V3 was the first prototype fitted with armament in the form of two MG17 machine", "title": "Heinkel He 112" }, { "docid": "4292173", "text": "ideology was anti-human and pro-cyborg, encouraging humans to shed their weak flesh and bone for robotic parts. The members of Servotron did not come out of their robot personnas on stage, on record, or in interviews. The actual musicians behind Servotron are Brian Teasley (Z4-OBX), Hayden Thais (00zX1), Ashley Moody (Proto Unit V3) and Andy Baker (Andro 600 Series). Both Thais and Teasley were members of Man or Astro-man? (as Dexter X and Birdstuff respectively). Thais was also a member of Supernova. Teasley also played in The Causey Way as Boy Causey. Moody also played in The Plastic Plan and", "title": "Servotron" }, { "docid": "15716812", "text": "a range of RAID controller options. Two external and one internal USB ports and two SD card slots. The blades can come pre-installed with Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 2012 R2, SuSE Linux Enterprise or RHEL. It can also be ordered with Citrix XenServer or VMWare vSphere ESXi or using Hyper-V which comes with W2K8 R2. According to the vendor all Generation 12 servers are optimized to run as virtualisation platform. Out-of-band management is done via via the CMC. A half-height server with up to 2 - 22-core Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 CPUs, running the Intel C610 chipset and offering", "title": "Dell M1000e" }, { "docid": "9489855", "text": "the attempted annihilation of the Purim story, a grim portent of what is to come. But the scene is a case of dramatic irony: Rabbi Singer is not aware of, or does not want to acknowledge, the relevance of his own words to the situation in early Nazi Germany. When, in the middle of the celebration, a group of Germans march by the synagogue chanting “Jews get out, Jews get out,” he insists that they are in fact only calling out to the city’s youth, that their chant is actually: “Youth come out, youth come out.” The film is particularly", "title": "David (1979 film)" }, { "docid": "12914996", "text": "Vision III Imaging, Inc. Vision III Imaging is a company located in Reston, Virginia that specializes in depth enhancement parallax imaging technologies. It has developed the v3 parallax scanning technology for capturing and recording visual parallax information to high definition (HD), Digital Cinema, 3D graphics, and video games. The v3 brand is used by Vision III Imaging, Inc. to identify its parallax scanning technology. The v3 optical and software tools were designed to capture and/or format three-dimensional depth information (parallax) in a manner that exploits certain human visual perceptual mechanisms when viewed on standard unaided displays. The tools exploit certain", "title": "Vision III Imaging, Inc." }, { "docid": "19400388", "text": "of the earliest notes about this was that the new V3 Lily vocal would have a slightly larger vocal range. In July 2013, Internet co.,Ltd announced a Mac update of this product for the \"Vocaloid Neo\" engine. Two vocals were included with the package \"V3 Lily; Native\" which is an update of the Vocaloid 2 vocal and \"V3 Lily\", which was a newly recorded voice. When imported into Vocaloid 4, the vocals will be able to cross-synthesis with each other. Lily and Gackpoid were brought up in a tweet during the Megpoid English development. But English vocals could only occur", "title": "Lily (software)" }, { "docid": "10375905", "text": "\"A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood ... A day will come when we shall see ... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.\" However, he was laughed out of the hall, yet returned to his idea again in 1851. Victor Hugo planted a tree in the grounds of his residence on the Island of Guernsey he was noted in saying that when this tree matured the United States of Europe would have come into being. This", "title": "Ideas of European unity before 1945" }, { "docid": "7094503", "text": "is, as the name suggests, for exercise. The V2 comes in three sizes; Small [riders 5'0\"-5'6\"], Medium [5'4\"-6'0\"], and Large [5'10\"+]. The next edition to the Vurtego series, known as the V3, became available in late 2009. The V3 is similar to a V2 but has an aluminum tube and a new boltless air piston. There were two versions, the standard V3 [grey anodized aluminum] and a black version known as the 'V3 Stealth'. The stealth version features an all black anodized aluminum tube and footpegs with the same performance as the standard V3. The V3 comes in the three", "title": "Vurtego" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6097355", "text": "Dream On (Aerosmith song) \"Dream On\" is a power ballad by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, \"Aerosmith\". Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song was their first major hit and became a classic rock radio staple. Released in June 1973, it peaked at number 59 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 but hit big in the band's native Boston, where it was the number one single of the year on WBZ-FM, number five for the year on WRKO and number 16 on WMEX (AM). The song received immediate heavy airplay too on the former WVBF (FM), often showing up", "title": "Dream On (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "6097362", "text": "of Voice coaches – united on Sunday's Season 11 premiere for an explosive rendition of Aerosmith's 1973 rock epic \"Dream On.\" The singers dedicated their performance to former contestant Christina Grimmie, who was shot and killed in June following an Orlando concert, according to Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone, August 22, 2016 Dream On (Aerosmith song) \"Dream On\" is a power ballad by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, \"Aerosmith\". Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song was their first major hit and became a classic rock radio staple. Released in June 1973, it peaked at number 59 on", "title": "Dream On (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "6097355", "text": "Dream On (Aerosmith song) \"Dream On\" is a power ballad by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, \"Aerosmith\". Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this song was their first major hit and became a classic rock radio staple. Released in June 1973, it peaked at number 59 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 but hit big in the band's native Boston, where it was the number one single of the year on WBZ-FM, number five for the year on WRKO and number 16 on WMEX (AM). The song received immediate heavy airplay too on the former WVBF (FM), often showing up", "title": "Dream On (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "9009844", "text": "Amazing (Aerosmith song) \"Amazing\" is a power ballad performed by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. Don Henley lends his vocals shadowing lead singer Steven Tyler in parts of this song. It was written by Tyler and a longtime band friend and collaborator Richie Supa. It peaked at #24 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #9 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, and #57 in the UK. On the album \"Get a Grip\", as soon as the song ends, a radio is heard being tuned into a recording of \"Who Threw the Whiskey", "title": "Amazing (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "2484664", "text": "Aerosmith. In 2005, Tyler sang lead vocals on Santana's hit single \"Just Feel Better\" and made a cameo appearance in the film \"Be Cool\". In 2006, after recovering from throat surgery and the grueling Rockin' the Joint Tour, Steven Tyler performed with Joe Perry and the Boston Pops Orchestra for the orchestra's annual Fourth of July concert, his first major public appearance since the surgery. During the concert, which was broadcast nationally on CBS, Tyler, Perry, and the orchestra performed a medley of \"Walk This Way\", \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\", and \"Dream On\". That year, Tyler recorded", "title": "Steven Tyler" }, { "docid": "1618101", "text": "the Crüe difficult, describing them as \"four L.A. bad asses who used to drink a bottle of wine and want to kill each other.\" To minimize conflict and allow production to proceed smoothly, Rock had each member record their parts separately. The lyrics of \"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)\" feature a reference to \"Too Young to Fall in Love\" from the band's 1983 album Shout at the Devil. The end of \"Slice of Your Pie\" is based on \"She's So Heavy\", from the Beatles' \"Abbey Road\" album. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith sings backing vocals on \"Sticky Sweet\". \"Nikki", "title": "Dr. Feelgood (album)" }, { "docid": "9009849", "text": "well as the subsequent credits. Amazing (Aerosmith song) \"Amazing\" is a power ballad performed by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. Don Henley lends his vocals shadowing lead singer Steven Tyler in parts of this song. It was written by Tyler and a longtime band friend and collaborator Richie Supa. It peaked at #24 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #9 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, and #57 in the UK. On the album \"Get a Grip\", as soon as the song ends, a radio is heard being tuned into a recording", "title": "Amazing (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "16736664", "text": "Somebody (Aerosmith song) \"Somebody\" is the B-side to Aerosmith's first single, \"Dream On\", from their 1973 debut album, \"Aerosmith\". Written by lead singer Steven Tyler and his friend Steven Emspak and released in June 1973, its A-side peaked at number 59 nationally but hit big in the band's native Boston, where it was the number 1 single of the year on the less commercial top 40 station, WBZ-FM, number 5 for the year on highly rated Top 40 WRKO-AM, and number 16 on heritage Top 40 WMEX-AM. \"Somebody\" is driven by a basic blues guitar riff and Tyler's lyrics tell", "title": "Somebody (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "9987587", "text": "Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits\" (including the single \"Girls of Summer\"), and the lone original track on the 2004 cover album \"Honkin' on Bobo\" (\"The Grind\"). He also co-produced the \"Just Push Play\" album, and the bonus tracks on \"O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits. Frederiksen produced and co-wrote \"(It) Feels So Good\" for Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler's solo project. The single reached No. 35 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song also features backing vocals from recording artist and \"The X Factor USA\" judge Nicole Scherzinger. He also co-produced 3 tracks on Aerosmith's fifteenth studio album, \"Music from Another Dimension!\",", "title": "Marti Frederiksen" }, { "docid": "8455695", "text": "they started having sex as the doors opened; \"It felt like a lifetime waiting for those doors to close,\" quipped Tyler. The song was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and was engineered by Mike Fraser with Ken Lomas as second engineer, and in addition to Aerosmith – Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitars, backing vocals), Brad Whitford (guitars, backing vocals), Tom Hamilton (electric bass, backing vocals), and Joey Kramer (drums, percussion) – were Bob Dowd (backing vocals), Bruce Fairbairn (backing vocals), and Catherine Epps (elevator operator). The song has consistently been a staple in the band's setlist on almost every", "title": "Love in an Elevator" }, { "docid": "10093003", "text": "Seasons of Wither \"Seasons of Wither\" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and is five minutes and thirty-eight seconds in length. It was released in 1974 on the band's second album \"Get Your Wings\". According to Tyler, the song was inspired by the Massachusetts landscape in wintertime. The song's lyrics also discuss a relationship. It is one of Tyler's favorite Aerosmith songs. The song is highlighted by acoustic guitars, slow haunting vocals, and a strong rhythm. On the \"Get Your Wings\" album, the song starts off with a", "title": "Seasons of Wither" } ]

[ { "docid": "7057989", "text": "Exposé (album) Exposé is the third album released by the group Exposé. The album's music style is less Latin influenced than their previous albums with more adult contemporary material. The album features more of Ann Curless on lead vocals; she sings lead on \"I Think I'm in Trouble,\" \"As Long as I Can Dream,\" \"In Walked Love,\" and \"Angel.\" This album marks the debut of Kelly Moneymaker as a member of the group. For the track \"I Specialize in Love,\" Jeanette Jurado (who provides the lead vocals for the majority of the album) sings co-lead with Curless, and then shares", "title": "Exposé (album)" }, { "docid": "13294334", "text": "performed two songs. After Aerosmith, Gimbel then joined up with Foreigner, briefly subbing for Scott Gilman in 1993. He later rejoined in April 1995, and has remained a member since. In Foreigner, Gimbel plays rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, sings backing vocals, and occasionally performs additional keyboards. When he is not on the road with Foreigner, Gimbel plays golf, teaches music, and plays a wide variety of instruments. He writes and produces for other musicians and sings lead vocals. Tom has three older Brothers and Sisters, and is amongst many others related to TV Producer and Emmy winner Roger Gimbel (1925", "title": "Thom Gimbel" }, { "docid": "14472480", "text": "cover versions of seven songs. Will and Bryan duet on \"Dream On\" by Aerosmith, and \"Piano Man\" by Billy Joel. Bryan also sings \"Daydream Believer\" by The Monkees, and a \"Les Misérables\" auditionee played by Wendy Worthington sings \"Big Spender\" from \"Sweet Charity\". Artie performs \"The Safety Dance\" by Men Without Hats and \"Dream a Little Dream of Me\" by The Mamas & the Papas, and Shelby and Rachel sing \"I Dreamed a Dream\" from \"Les Misérables\". Each of the songs except \"Piano Man\", \"Big Spender\" and \"Daydream Believer\" were released as singles, available for digital download, and \"Dream On\",", "title": "Dream On (Glee)" }, { "docid": "5507033", "text": "of the lead vocalist of the group. In August 1995, Soul II Soul released their fourth studio album, entitled \"Volume V: Believe\". The album charted at number 13 on the UK Albums chart. The album's second single \"I Care\", which features lead vocals by Kelly, peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles chart. Kelly also sings lead vocals on songs \"Don't You Dream\" and \"Pride\". In 1997, Soul II Soul released their fifth studio album, entitled \"Time for Change\". Kelly performed lead vocals on the titled-track \"Time for Change\". Later that year, Kelly left Soul II Soul pursue her", "title": "Charlotte (singer)" }, { "docid": "9013469", "text": "late 1983, the group had their most successful single, \"Fo-Fi-Fo\", which peaked at No. 13 on the US soul chart. The single “What Can I Do,” from the album \"‘Bout Dat Time\", with Norwood on the lead vocals, peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart in February 1990. Tracy Hamlin, was the group's lead vocalist from 2002 to 2005 and sings on two of their albums, \"Love Silhouette\" and \"No Assembly Required\". Pieces of a Dream (band) Pieces of a Dream is an American R&B and jazz fusion group. The group was formed in Philadelphia during", "title": "Pieces of a Dream (band)" }, { "docid": "8231615", "text": "Platinum in the United Kingdom in 2013 for sales of 600,000. The song is about the aftermath of a break-up. The protagonist says that even though she might date other people, she will always have love for her former boyfriend. Jo O'Meara sings the lead vocals for the song while the rest of the members are in supporting vocals. Jo also sings the song as a solo in S Club's feature-film \"Seeing Double\". This was S Club 7's only single to chart in the United States, where it peaked at number ten on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in May 2001.", "title": "Never Had a Dream Come True" }, { "docid": "14686932", "text": "song.\" The critics also agreed, calling the lyrics \"surprisingly dark\". It has also been described as \"experimental\" and an \"updated version\" of their previous sound. The production was described as \"pretty\" but \"limp\" as the \"melody is traded for a random 'miss, missing you' refrain\". Some of the group also make use of Auto-Tune on their vocals, mainly Frankie Sandford, whilst Mollie King uses the natural croak in her voice and Vanessa White's vocals had a nasal tone. White sings lead vocals on the first chorus, Healy sings lead vocals on the second chorus and Wiseman sings lead vocals on", "title": "Missing You (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "6149902", "text": "from the Country's First Family album. She shares lead vocals with Anita on \"2001 Ballad to the Future\" and \"Take Me Home Country Roads\" from the album Traveling Minstrel Band. Helen sings lead on \"Let Me be There\" and \"Where No One Stands Alone\" on the Three Generations album. From the album Audiograph Alive Helen sings lead and plays guitar on \"Wildwood Flower\". On the album Breaking Tradition she sings lead on \"Loving Me on His Mind\". Helen shares lead vocals on some songs and her guitar work is heavily featured on many titles from the album Wildwood Flower. According", "title": "Helen Carter" }, { "docid": "11833166", "text": "album, \"The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs\", would be released on April 6. For their \"The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs\" tour during the spring of 2018, Wye Oak added bassist William Joseph Hackney to the live line-up. Wye Oak (band) Wye Oak is an American indie rock duo from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, composed of Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backup vocals) and Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitars and bass). Their sound has been described as \"earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream pop\" as well as indie folk. Wasner sings lead vocals and", "title": "Wye Oak (band)" }, { "docid": "604613", "text": "lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, who sings lead vocals on most of the songs. DuVall sings lead vocals on the song \"Last of My Kind\". On June 30, 2009, the song \"A Looking in View\" was made available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon, and for a limited time it was available as a free download through the official Alice in Chains website in early July. Although it was not the album's first radio single, Rock stations across the U.S. started playing the song. The music video for \"A Looking in View\" debuted via the band's official website on July 7,", "title": "Alice in Chains" }, { "docid": "9036057", "text": "(credited as Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams), singer Joe \"Bean\" Esposito sings second lead to Summer, while Summer and the group provide backing vocals. However, on the version that appears on Brooklyn Dreams's 1979 album, \"Sleepless Nights,\" it is Esposito who sings the lead vocal with Summer singing second lead, with Summer and the group provide backing vocals. On the group's album, this version is credited as Brooklyn Dreams with Donna Summer. A 12\" single version, at 6:45, was released, the first verse sung by Summer solo, the remainder with Summer and Esposito. Heaven Knows (Donna Summer song) \"Heaven Knows\"", "title": "Heaven Knows (Donna Summer song)" }, { "docid": "8014097", "text": "of the group, his vocals have been featured on many of the band's songs. He often sings in response to or in harmony with lead singer Alex Turner, and sings lead vocals on \"D Is for Dangerous\", \"Brick by Brick\", and \"I.D.S.T.\", as well as on parts of \"You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me\", \"Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?\" and \"Teddy Picker\". Also, during two shows of the North American leg of the band's \"Humbug\" Tour, he sang an interpretation of Wham!'s \"Last Christmas\" during an encore performance of \"Fluorescent Adolescent\".", "title": "Matt Helders" }, { "docid": "7057991", "text": "Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Music Grinder—as well as H'Appeny Bridge in the United Kingdom and Soundtrack Recording. The song \"I Specialize in Love\" was recorded at The Hit Factory, H'Appeny and Soundtrack Recording. Exposé (album) Exposé is the third album released by the group Exposé. The album's music style is less Latin influenced than their previous albums with more adult contemporary material. The album features more of Ann Curless on lead vocals; she sings lead on \"I Think I'm in Trouble,\" \"As Long as I Can Dream,\" \"In Walked Love,\" and \"Angel.\" This album marks the debut of Kelly Moneymaker", "title": "Exposé (album)" }, { "docid": "5455626", "text": "\"Here\". He also shares lead vocals with the rest of the band on the album's opening track, \"The Garden\". On the Take That LP called \"Progress\", Howard Donald sings lead vocals on a track called Affirmation. He also plays drums on several songs on \"Progress\" album and has mixed a B-side track for the second single \"Kidz\" called \"Revenge of the Kidz\". On the latest Take That album \"Wonderland\" Donald sings lead vocals on \"Every Revolution\". Donald is one of the judges on a dancing show \"Got to Dance\" in Germany. During the Beautiful World Tour in 2007, Donald suffered", "title": "Howard Donald" }, { "docid": "12087190", "text": "their instruments and gear, was stolen in Silverlake, California the night before a scheduled concert. Sienna DeGovia plays the bass guitar and sings both lead and back-up vocals. Laura Cataldo plays rhythm guitar and sings back-up vocals. Laurita Guaico Harrison plays lead guitar and sings both lead and back-up vocals. The drummer on the last recorded album was Aaron Polk, however, he is no longer with the band. The last touring drummer was Joel Ronamoe, also of Duane Peters Gunfight. For the 2008 tour, Tosha Jones, formerly of Emerson Rose, joined up as the drummer. Tosha joined Saliva in 2018.", "title": "The Randies" }, { "docid": "9074430", "text": "Monsieur (song) \"Monsieur\" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in French by Park Café, a six-piece band fronted by American singer Maggie Parke. The song is an up-tempo number, with the lead singer describing a man who \"\"lives in a dream\"\" (or even \"\"in Tooneland\"\", according to the backing vocals) and believes that he will make it big in Hollywood. She sings, further, that \"\"I believe/that I'm his star\"\", seemingly regardless of the success he might enjoy. The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Sweden's Tommy Nilsson with \"En dag\" and preceding Denmark's", "title": "Monsieur (song)" }, { "docid": "6097357", "text": "\"Dream On\" was first played live in Mansfield, Connecticut, at the Shaboo Inn. In a 2011 interview, Tyler reminisced about his father, a Juilliard-trained musician. He recalled lying beneath his dad's piano as a three-year-old listening to him play classical music. \"That's where I got that \"Dream On\" chordage,\" he said. Although the song's vocals were originally often performed by the group's drummer Joey Kramer, Tyler says that this was the only song on the band's first album where he used his real voice. He was insecure about how his voice sounded on tape, so for the other songs, he", "title": "Dream On (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "2484632", "text": "prominence as the lead singer of Aerosmith, which released such milestone hard rock albums as \"Toys in the Attic\" and \"Rocks\", along with a string of hit singles, including \"Dream On\", \"Sweet Emotion\" and \"Walk This Way\". By the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler had a heavy drug and alcohol addiction and the band's popularity waned. In 1986, Tyler completed drug rehabilitation and Aerosmith rose to prominence again when Tyler and Perry joined Run–D.M.C. for a re-make of the classic Aerosmith song \"Walk This Way\", which became a Top 5 hit. Aerosmith subsequently launched a remarkable comeback with the", "title": "Steven Tyler" }, { "docid": "7409684", "text": "America) What You Don't Know (Exposé album) What You Don't Know is the second album by Exposé, released on June 13, 1989. It appears in vinyl, cassette, and CD formats. The remixes of the tracks \"What You Don't Know\" and \"When I Looked at Him\" are available only on the CD. Unlike Exposé's previous album, \"Exposure\", \"What You Don't Know\" focuses on the vocals of Gioia Bruno, as she sings lead vocals on half of the tracks, whereas she only sang lead vocals on three of the tracks on \"Exposure\". Ann Curless sings lead on two tracks (\"Stop, Listen, Look", "title": "What You Don't Know (Exposé album)" }, { "docid": "7409682", "text": "What You Don't Know (Exposé album) What You Don't Know is the second album by Exposé, released on June 13, 1989. It appears in vinyl, cassette, and CD formats. The remixes of the tracks \"What You Don't Know\" and \"When I Looked at Him\" are available only on the CD. Unlike Exposé's previous album, \"Exposure\", \"What You Don't Know\" focuses on the vocals of Gioia Bruno, as she sings lead vocals on half of the tracks, whereas she only sang lead vocals on three of the tracks on \"Exposure\". Ann Curless sings lead on two tracks (\"Stop, Listen, Look &", "title": "What You Don't Know (Exposé album)" }, { "docid": "3837016", "text": "and even developing highly complex harmonies and arrangements. When they perform live, they may have backing vocalists who impersonate their voices. Some bands use backing vocals in order to contrast with the lead singer who may be performing an unusual vocal technique. For example, Brian \"Head\" Welch, the lead guitarist of the band Korn, performed backing vocals on several songs, and notably on the song \"Ball Tongue\", he screams the chorus while lead vocalist Jonathan Davis sings incomprehensible scat vocals. Similarly, the Canadian deathcore group Despised Icon uses two vocalists, one performing screams and another performing low, growling death grunts", "title": "Backing vocalist" }, { "docid": "18450298", "text": "and decided that Machines Dream had a distinct identity greater than the sum of its parts and that they would carry on. The trio began working on the band's second album throughout the remainder of 2013, writing and recording new material. West played guitar, bass and provided lead vocals, Holmes played keyboards and bass, and Coulter played the drums. As recording progressed, the band added two session players, Rob Coleman on lead guitar and Jake Rendell on backing vocals (who had also recorded the backing vocals on the first album) to help complete the album. The album was once again", "title": "Machines Dream" }, { "docid": "6325239", "text": "listed on the EP's back cover: Vocals are credited to Vicki and Debbie Peterson and Susanna Hoffs on every track. Vicki Peterson sings the lead vocal on \"Want You\" and \"How Is the Air Up There?\" while Debbie Peterson sings \"I'm In Line\"; Susanna Hoffs sings \"The Real World\", and she and Vicki Peterson share the lead on \"Mary Street\". Annette Zilinksas provides vocals only once, as one of the backing harmonists on \"Want You\". Music industry veteran Craig Leon served as the record producer. Leon was already well known in rock and indie circles for his production work with", "title": "Bangles (EP)" }, { "docid": "6149901", "text": "Fiddle Blues, No Distinction There, You Are My Flower\" \"Way Worn Traveler\", duet with Johnny Cash, Columbia Records Helen plays accordion on most of the recordings. She sings lead on \"Willow Won't You Weep for Me\". A partial family collaboration with Chet Atkins, \"Under the Hickory Nut Tree\", features Helen's singing. Helen sings lead on \"Just Another Broken Heart\" from the Carter Family Album. She and Maybelle duet on other tracks. Helen shares lead vocals with June on \"Poor Old Heartsick Me\" from the Best of the Carter Family album. Helen shares lead vocals with June on \"In the Pines\"", "title": "Helen Carter" }, { "docid": "1270099", "text": "old cathode ray tube television. Dirnt sings lead vocals on \"Governator,\" part of the third verse of \"Outsider\" on the \"Shenanigans\" album, the \"Nobody Likes You\" subtrack of \"Homecoming.\" He also sings the subtrack \"Modern World\" from the medley \"American Eulogy\" from \"21st Century Breakdown\" and sings lead for exactly 10 seconds in \"Sex, Drugs, and Violence\" from \"¡Tré!\". Dirnt married his first wife, Anastasia Serman, in 1996; they divorced in 1999. Anastasia and Dirnt had a daughter together, Estelle Desiree, who was born on December 20, 1996. He won full custody of his daughter in the summer of 2008", "title": "Mike Dirnt" }, { "docid": "13285031", "text": "in Wantagh, New York's Jones Beach Theater, Aerosmith played \"You See Me Crying\", for the first time in the band's history; it was also the first time on the tour that every song on \"Toys in the Attic\" was played. Additionally, this tour marked the first time that the band performed \"Round and Round\" live. Other notable highlights of the show included guitarist Joe Perry singing lead vocals on \"Combination\", a deep-cut from the \"Rocks\" album, and playing against the animated version of himself in the \"Guitar Hero: Aerosmith\" video game. The tour also featured a select one or two", "title": "Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour" }, { "docid": "3025639", "text": "days before the event. Fans who attended were the first to hear some of the new songs from the upcoming album, as well as a handful of classic Aerosmith songs including: \"Let the Music Do the Talking\" (original JPP version), \"Walkin' The Dog,\" \"Dream On,\" \"Combination\" and \"Walk This Way.\" The final song of the night was a cover of Neil Young's \"Rockin' in the Free World.\" During the 2009–2010 tour, the Joe Perry Project opened for Bad Company and Mötley Crüe. The Joe Perry Project The Joe Perry Project is an American rock band formed by Aerosmith lead guitarist", "title": "The Joe Perry Project" }, { "docid": "2013315", "text": "lead vocals on \"Cold Dark World,\" sang lead vocals on \"King\" (a deluxe edition track), and sang most of the lead vocals for the band's covers of \"The Weight\" by The Band and \"Oddfellows Local 151\" by R.E.M. In 2005, he sang lead vocals on Weezer songs \"In the Garage,\" \"Dope Nose,\" and \"Fall Together.\" In 2008, during the band's Hootenanny Tour, he sang lead vocals on a cover of \"Creep\" by Radiohead. On the band's 2008 Troublemaker Tour, he sang \"Perfect Situation\" and \"My Name is Jonas,\" which he sings in a three-way lead vocal second, with Patrick Wilson", "title": "Scott Shriner" }, { "docid": "14093785", "text": "greater share of lead vocals than on previous albums. Ed Robertson, who had contributed lead vocals equally with Page, sings lead on 10 of the 18 recorded songs, while Hearn and Creeggan sing on five and three respectively. Drummer Tyler Stewart also lent significant vocals to \"Four Seconds\". After founding member Steven Page announced his departure from Barenaked Ladies to pursue a solo career in February 2009, the band posted a message on their website indicating that the remaining members would continue recording and touring together as Barenaked Ladies. The band began recording the new album with producer Michael Phillip", "title": "All in Good Time (Barenaked Ladies album)" }, { "docid": "15064560", "text": "the club's competition survival, with Tina and Mercedes (Amber Riley) singing lead. The competitors for Sectionals were announced three episodes prior in \"Never Been Kissed\": the a cappella Warblers from Dalton Academy, an all-male institution in Westerville—they were seen in that episode performing the song \"Teenage Dream\"—and the Hipsters from the Warren Township continuing education program, which consists of seniors working toward earning General Educational Development diplomas. While Criss sings lead on the Warblers song, the background vocals are sung by the Tufts Beelzebubs, a male a cappella group from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, not the actors playing the", "title": "Special Education (Glee)" }, { "docid": "11876276", "text": "in this song. Dreaming (I Dream song) \"Dreaming\" is a song by pop singers and S Club 8 members Frankie Sandford and Calvin Goldspink, released as the first single from the \"I Dream\" TV series soundtrack album \"Welcome to Avalon Heights\". It was released on 15 November 2004, peaking at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. Frankie Sandford sings the whole song along with Calvin, plus solo backing vocals in the intro and during the bridge. Calvin Goldspink sings the whole song along with Frankie. Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis do not", "title": "Dreaming (I Dream song)" }, { "docid": "11876275", "text": "Dreaming (I Dream song) \"Dreaming\" is a song by pop singers and S Club 8 members Frankie Sandford and Calvin Goldspink, released as the first single from the \"I Dream\" TV series soundtrack album \"Welcome to Avalon Heights\". It was released on 15 November 2004, peaking at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. Frankie Sandford sings the whole song along with Calvin, plus solo backing vocals in the intro and during the bridge. Calvin Goldspink sings the whole song along with Frankie. Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis do not have any solos", "title": "Dreaming (I Dream song)" }, { "docid": "9103179", "text": "producer Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith, the New York Dolls) and engineer Stephen Marsh (Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters) on the critically heralded \"Shakin' In The Barn\", which was followed up by the grittier, more Southern-leaning \"Let’s Get Lit With... The Mojo Gurus\". Their new album \"Who Asked Ya?\" features the track \"Where You Hidin' Your Love\", which was mixed by Tommy Henriksen (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper). Mojo Gurus The Mojo Gurus are an American rock band from St. Petersburg, Florida. The lineup consists of Kevin Steele (lead vocals, harmonica), Doc Lovett (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Granese (bass, vocals) and Sean Doyle", "title": "Mojo Gurus" }, { "docid": "11833164", "text": "Wye Oak (band) Wye Oak is an American indie rock duo from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, composed of Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backup vocals) and Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitars and bass). Their sound has been described as \"earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream pop\" as well as indie folk. Wasner sings lead vocals and plays electric or acoustic guitar, while Stack plays both drums and keyboards, playing the drums with his feet and right hand, and the bass line with his left hand. The band was formed as Monarch in mid-2006, before changing their name to", "title": "Wye Oak (band)" }, { "docid": "4429011", "text": "Stonehenge. Vocals on this song were provided by Damian Wilson. This song makes reference to the appearance of the first Homo sapiens on Earth, circa 50,000 BCE. Vocals on this song were provided by Neal Morse (ex-frontman of Spock's Beard) and backing vocals were provided by Mark McCrite. Neal Morse, Erik Norlander and Arjen Anthony Lucassen are the composers of the song's lyrics. This is an instrumental track. As no singer sings on this song, some fans believe that this song is the end of the background music played on \"The Dream Sequencer\" track, after the machine gave all the", "title": "Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer" }, { "docid": "8415519", "text": "who wakes up from a dream and finds himself in another dream.\" The song describes events that transpire in a dreamlike state: Johns showed the song to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones, who all liked it and decided to include it on the record. The musicians on the song are Wyman on lead vocals, with Steve Marriott of the Small Faces on guitar and backing vocals, Nicky Hopkins on keyboards, Charlie Watts on drums, and Jagger adding backing vocals. At the conclusion of the track as heard on the album, Wyman himself can be heard snoring. He was", "title": "In Another Land" }, { "docid": "2748229", "text": "Global Warming tour Tom Hamilton (musician) Thomas William Hamilton (born December 31, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the hard rock bands Aerosmith and Thin Lizzy. He has regularly co-written songs for Aerosmith, including two of the band's biggest hits: \"Sweet Emotion\" (1975) and \"Janie's Got a Gun\" (1989). Hamilton occasionally plays guitar (e.g. \"Uncle Salty\") and sings backing vocals (e.g. \"Love in an Elevator\"). Thomas William Hamilton was born to George and Betty Hamilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado. George and Betty now live in Vero Beach, Florida. He has an older brother named Scott,", "title": "Tom Hamilton (musician)" }, { "docid": "2748220", "text": "Tom Hamilton (musician) Thomas William Hamilton (born December 31, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the hard rock bands Aerosmith and Thin Lizzy. He has regularly co-written songs for Aerosmith, including two of the band's biggest hits: \"Sweet Emotion\" (1975) and \"Janie's Got a Gun\" (1989). Hamilton occasionally plays guitar (e.g. \"Uncle Salty\") and sings backing vocals (e.g. \"Love in an Elevator\"). Thomas William Hamilton was born to George and Betty Hamilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado. George and Betty now live in Vero Beach, Florida. He has an older brother named Scott, an older sister", "title": "Tom Hamilton (musician)" }, { "docid": "11572797", "text": "and \"Revolution X\". Similar to Slash, Tom Morello, and Bret Michaels in \"\", the entire Aerosmith band has participated in motion capture to accurately recreate their moves digitally for the game. Additional opening acts and special guest stars are also in the game including Run-D.M.C. (D.M.C. appears as a playable character), The Kinks, and Lenny Kravitz. While Aerosmith was able to provide many of the original master recordings to the development team, the band re-recorded the four songs chosen for the game from their first album: \"Make It\", \"Movin' Out\", \"Dream On\" and \"Mama Kin\". Joe Perry re-mastered the lead", "title": "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" }, { "docid": "9190174", "text": "and vocals), Todd Sharp (guitar and backing vocals), George Hawkins (bass and backing vocals), and Steve Ferrone (drums and percussion). Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham sings backing vocals on tracks 2, 7 & 10, plays guitar on tracks 3 and 6, and plays lead guitar on track 10. Mick Fleetwood plays drums on track 5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on \"The Challenge,\" and Steve Winwood shares lead vocals on \"One in a Million\" and contributes backing vocals and piano to \"Ask Anybody,\" as well as playing synthesizer on several tracks. Allmusic's reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine retrospectively called \"Christine McVie\"", "title": "Christine McVie (album)" }, { "docid": "6351615", "text": "Records (Gore publishes his songs under the name \"Grabbing Hands Music\"). In addition to \"found\" sounds used as samples, the single also samples a variety of musical instruments, such as the xylophone and a melodica (which Martin has been known to play on stage for the song). It was also the first song in the band's catalogue which includes both of the band's singers prominently (at different times). Lead singer Dave Gahan sings the lead vocals on the verses, while songwriter Martin Gore sings the lead vocals on the chorus. When the song has been performed live, the chorus has", "title": "Everything Counts" }, { "docid": "3774502", "text": "young Michael Jackson's singing style. Holloway also sings lead on the \"Josie and the Pussycats\" theme song, which was written by Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The theme itself is based on a recurring score cue from \"The Jetsons\" Other lead vocals were performed by Cherie Moor. Although she was cast as the singing voice of Josie, Kathleen Dougherty only sings partial lead vocals on \"If That Isn't Love\" and \"I'll Be There.\" Also present on the album are covers of Bobby Sherman's \"La, La, La (If I Had You)\", The Carpenters' \"(They Long To", "title": "Josie and the Pussycats (album)" }, { "docid": "7893324", "text": "duties with lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, who sings lead vocals on most of the songs. \"Last of My Kind\" is the only song in the album that features DuVall on lead vocals without harmonizing with Cantrell. Duvall also wrote the lyrics to the song. DuVall also wrote a song called \"Tongue Tied\" about his friend Sean Costello, who died by suicide in 2008, but the song was cut from the album. In 2008, DuVall performed vocal duties with MC5/DTK at the Meltdown Festival curated by Massive Attack. In 2011, Alice in Chains took time off after touring more than 30", "title": "William DuVall" }, { "docid": "5601767", "text": "You\" (#11, #13 Can.) and \"Without Your Love\" (#38, #77 Can.). \"I'll Be Over You\" featured Michael McDonald on backing vocals, who also made an appearance in the song's music video. Singer/dancer Paula Abdul appears in the video for the third single, \"Till The End.\" Fahrenheit (Toto album) Fahrenheit is the sixth studio album by Toto, released in 1986. It was their first album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. Former lead singer Fergie Frederiksen was fired due to problems with his ability in the studio. However, he sings backing vocals on the song \"Could This Be Love\". It", "title": "Fahrenheit (Toto album)" }, { "docid": "19730806", "text": "Train\", was released some 24 years after this one. Darling Baby Darling Baby is the debut studio album released in October 1966 by the Motown group The Elgins. The LP features female singer Saundra Edwards (previously on a solo contract with Motown), with Cleo \"Duke\" Miller, Norman McLean, and Johnny Dawson (who previously recorded for Motown as The Downbeats). Edwards sings lead vocals on all but two tracks, \"634-5789\" and \"When a Man Loves a Woman\", on which McLean sings lead. Released on Motown's V.I.P. subsidiary in 1966, the album contains the group's first two singles for Motown, \"Put Yourself", "title": "Darling Baby" }, { "docid": "19730803", "text": "Darling Baby Darling Baby is the debut studio album released in October 1966 by the Motown group The Elgins. The LP features female singer Saundra Edwards (previously on a solo contract with Motown), with Cleo \"Duke\" Miller, Norman McLean, and Johnny Dawson (who previously recorded for Motown as The Downbeats). Edwards sings lead vocals on all but two tracks, \"634-5789\" and \"When a Man Loves a Woman\", on which McLean sings lead. Released on Motown's V.I.P. subsidiary in 1966, the album contains the group's first two singles for Motown, \"Put Yourself In My Place\" and \"Heaven Must Have Sent You\",", "title": "Darling Baby" }, { "docid": "9229634", "text": "nearly all of HNIA's songs up this point, \"Mouth By Mouth\" used a wide variety of Defever's associates on vocals. The lead vocals on the album are: Karen Neal sings 1, 2 and 4; Karin Oliver sings 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15 and 17; Chelle Marie Ehlers sings 6 and 8; Denise James sings 11, 13, 14 and 16. Mouth by Mouth Mouth by Mouth is an album by His Name Is Alive, released by 4AD in 1993. Many critics have described \"Mouth by Mouth\" as a more conventional effort by His Name Is Alive than their previous albums.", "title": "Mouth by Mouth" }, { "docid": "8888109", "text": "addition of an orchestra and the extended length of \"Ars Longa Vita Brevis\" itself, foreshadowing the later Five Bridges Suite. Furthermore, this album contains some songs in which Keith Emerson sings lead vocals: he shares the singing duties with Lee Jackson in \"Daddy, Where Did I Come From\", sings all lead vocals on \"Happy Freuds\" and sings the bridge in \"Little Arabella\". Guest guitarist Malcolm Langstaff died in 2007. Allmusic's Bruce Eder described the album as \"a genuinely groundbreaking effort\". All songs written by Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson, except where noted. Added to side one (tracks 1 and 2)", "title": "Ars Longa Vita Brevis (album)" }, { "docid": "11309915", "text": "along to but so catchy you don't wanna stop.\" In nearly every song by the band, Cook, Bello, and Turman share lead vocals. Cook usually sings the chorus of the song, while Bello and Turman take on the verses, although it is not limited to this routine. Cook generally sings with a powerful, screeching voice and frequently ranges from a low to high pitch. Bello's vocals are similar to Cook's; however, Bello usually sings with a higher pitch and has a more distinct voice. Turman is known for taking the lead in the band's acoustic songs, such as \"Coffee Break\"", "title": "Forever the Sickest Kids" }, { "docid": "16053758", "text": "release, removing the first minute of the track in which producer Labrinth sings his version of the chorus. Speaking of the track, Wretch described it as \"one of [those] tracks where I really spell it out a lot about my Mum and Grandad, it's me asking for forgiveness as I chase my dream\". \"Forgiveness\" was initially recorded in early 2011, following the number-five debut of the album's lead single \"Traktor\". The demo, which leaked briefly in March featured vocals from Scottish singer/songwriter Emeli Sandé. The track was then re-recorded by Wretch 32 during the year to feature vocals from Etta", "title": "Forgiveness (Wretch 32 song)" }, { "docid": "8182686", "text": "Scraps (album) Scraps is an album by the rock band NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet), released in 1972 on Kama Sutra Records, which also released their next album, \"Workshop\". It is the group's first album with guitarist/vocalist Al Anderson, who would remain with the band for over twenty years. Anderson replaced previous guitarist Ken Sheehan. Anderson was prohibited from singing lead vocals on the album due to an existing contract as a solo artist with Vanguard Records. Frankie Gadler, the group's original vocalist, sings lead on most of the songs, although Joey Spampinato, credited as Jody St. Nicholas, sings", "title": "Scraps (album)" }, { "docid": "7226461", "text": "Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers\" was included in the first pressings of the LP; the songs were later included on the album's various CD versions. The front cover is a painting by the designer Barney Bubbles, who used pseudonyms and rarely signed his work. This is signed \"Dag\". All songs written by Nick Lowe and Rockpile, unless otherwise indicated. (note: Bremner sings lead on \"Heart\" and \"You Ain't Nothin' But Fine\". Edmunds and Lowe take turns on lead vocals for the rest of the album; amongst the non-Bremner songs, Edmunds sings all the covers except \"Teacher Teacher\",", "title": "Seconds of Pleasure" }, { "docid": "5803389", "text": "\"Pride of the Family\", the first time he sang lead since \"All That Really Matters\" (a song originally left off \"Frontiers\") from the \"Time\" box set. Deen Castronovo sings lead on \"A Better Life\" and \"Never Too Late\". Neal Schon provides lead vocals for \"In Self Defense\" (previously recorded for the Schon & Hammer album \"Here to Stay\") and Ross Valory lends his vocals to \"Gone Crazy\". Peaking only at No. 170 on the \"Billboard\" 200 album chart, \"Generations\" was the last album to feature Augeri, who left the band mid-tour in 2006 due to a throat infection. Jeff Scott", "title": "Generations (Journey album)" }, { "docid": "7257385", "text": "2007, and their fifth album, \"Smoke And Mirrors\" in March, 2010. Soderberg sings lead and co-wrote the track \"Wrecking Ball\" on \"Smoke and Mirrors\". Soderberg plays Rickenbacker and Fender basses through Ampeg SVT Classic Heads and 8x10 cabs. He also performs as the lead vocals for the song \"Bridges\" on some live performances. On \"Smoke & Mirror\", he performs the lead vocals on the song \"Wrecking Ball\" and shares lead vocals duties on the song \"Here Tomorrow, Gone Today\". Along with members Pelle Hillström and Kris Persson, Soderberg has an alternative side project based in Los Angeles called KOMOX. They", "title": "Bryce Soderberg" }, { "docid": "7535396", "text": "(Headband) on guitar, Peter Bersee on violin and John Swan (Hard Time Killing Floor) on lead vocals. In mid-1975, Freeman left and Swan switched to drums with his younger brother, Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel) joining on lead vocals. By late 1975 Fraternity was renamed Some Dream, Barnes returned to Cold Chisel. Swan resumed lead vocals but left in 1976 and, under the name Swanee, had a solo career. In 1978, Some Dream was renamed Mickey Finn, which comprised Eyers, Berg and Howe. By 1980, Freeman had rejoined and a second guitarist, Stan Koritni, was added. Mickey Finn cut a self-titled", "title": "Fraternity (band)" }, { "docid": "1137313", "text": "Day\" and \"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)\". Another technique he uses in his backing vocals is the falsetto, in songs such as \"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of\", \"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own\", \"A Man and a Woman\", \"The Wanderer\", live versions of \"The Fly\", and \"Window in the Skies\". The Edge sings the lead vocal on \"Van Diemen's Land\" and \"Numb\", the first half of the song \"Seconds\", dual vocals with Bono in \"Discotheque\", and the bridge in the song \"Miracle Drug\". He also sings the occasional lead vocal in live renditions of other", "title": "The Edge" }, { "docid": "8747140", "text": "the same album, featured samples from Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech. The \"Live at Leeds\" EP (Arista) followed in 1994 (with artwork styled after the album by the Who of the same name), and in 1997, the group released \"Psychedelicatessen\" (Arista/BMG), which featured vocals from Tanita Tikaram, on the song \"Oh Happy Day\". Grant Showbiz was a member of Moodswings up until the album \"Horizontal\", which James Hood solo-produced (Varèse Sarabande, 2002). Julee Cruise sings vocals on two tracks from \"Horizontal\": \"Seems to Remind Me\" and \"Into the Blue.\" James Hood contributed \"Storm in a Teacup\"", "title": "Moodswings (band)" }, { "docid": "9011409", "text": "of the album features Sisqó, Scola, Jazz, and periodically Woody sharing the lead vocals, with spoken interludes and overdubs by Nokio, and irregular ad-libs from Woody. Nokio sings lead on his compositions \"She Said\" and \"Men Always Regret\", while Jazz performs \"Never Stop Loving You\" by himself. \"My Angel\" is a solo dedication by Woody to his mother, who died the previous year. Guest performers on the album are limited to a guest rap by Kwamé on \"No Doubt\", ad-lib vocals from Chinky of LovHer on \"She Said\" with Eritza Laues performing the vocal duties on the chorus, and a", "title": "Dru World Order" }, { "docid": "15678779", "text": "sweating up a storm with the crazy Latin American fans.\" From late November to early December, the band also performed eight shows in Japan. This marked the band's first performances in Japan in seven years. While Aerosmith has adjusted the setlist significantly from show to show, a typical setlist would look like this: Joey Kramer drum solo Encore: Aerosmith performed anywhere between 16 and 21 songs at each concert. Performances of the songs \"Combination\", \"Stop Messin' Around\", and \"Red House\" feature guitarist Joe Perry on lead vocals. A brief snippet of the unreleased song \"Meltdown\" was played as an intro", "title": "Back On the Road Tour" }, { "docid": "13914269", "text": "his home studio,\" and stated that the album \"has a warmth that latter-day Aerosmith albums have often lacked.\" \"Music and lyrics by Joe Perry unless otherwise noted\" The following people contributed to \"Have Guitar, Will Travel\": Have Guitar, Will Travel (Joe Perry album) Have Guitar, Will Travel is the fifth solo album by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, released on October 6, 2009 on Roman Records. In addition to Perry (lead guitar, vocals), the album features German vocalist Hagen Grohe, Joe Perry Project bassist David Hull, pianist Willie Alexander, organ player Paul Santo, and drummers Marty Richards, Ben Tileston and Scott", "title": "Have Guitar, Will Travel (Joe Perry album)" }, { "docid": "17447724", "text": "of a record producer—and they play their own instruments. Bradley Will \"Brad\" Simpson (born 28 July 1995) is from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. He sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Simpson met James McVey via YouTube in 2012 (McVey's profile says 2011) and began working on their debut album soon after. James Daniel McVey (born 30 April 1994) is from Bournemouth, Dorset, England. He is the lead guitarist and sings backing vocals. McVey met Brad Simpson via YouTube in 2011 (Simpson's profile says 2012) and began working on their debut album soon after. Before joining the band, McVey released", "title": "The Vamps (British band)" }, { "docid": "12145175", "text": "on the East Coast. In 1980, Amato moved to Los Angeles, California. He played a short stint with Black Oak Arkansas, did session work for La Toya Jackson, and sang backing vocals for the likes of David Lee Roth, Rick Springfield, Kim Carnes, and Mötley Crüe. In 1985, Amato joined Ted Nugent's band, providing both guitar and backing vocals. His most memorable tour was in 1986 when he sang lead vocals and played guitar with Nugent. They shared the tour bill with Aerosmith. Amato stayed with Nugent for three years and appeared on \"Little Miss Dangerous\" and \"If You Can't", "title": "Dave Amato" }, { "docid": "9824061", "text": "A Dream (Common song) \"A Dream\" is a single by rapper Common from the soundtrack to \"Freedom Writers\". It is produced by will.i.am, who also sings the song's chorus. The song heavily samples Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical \"I Have a Dream\" speech, which relates to the song's lyrics about racism. The single release of \"A Dream\" includes two will.i.am tracks, \"Colors\" and \"Bus Ride.\" The video for the single contains images from the \"Freedom Writers\" movie (many of which feature Hilary Swank, its lead actress), mixed with animated series with will.i.am singing on a platform and Common rapping in", "title": "A Dream (Common song)" }, { "docid": "18365568", "text": "Kingswood (band) Kingswood is an Australian Alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of members: Fergus Linacre (lead vocals), Alex Laska (lead guitar and vocals), Braiden Michetti (bass and backing vocals) and Justin Debrincat (drums and backing vocals). Circa 2012, Kingswood toured Australia with such acts as The Living End, British India and The Saints, and played festivals including Splendour in the Grass, Queenscliff Music Festival and Pyramid Rock. The band also released three singles \"Yeah Go Die\", \"Medusa\" and \"She's My Baby\" in 2012. In 2013, Kingswood played a national tour with Grinspoon, supported Aerosmith, played Groovin", "title": "Kingswood (band)" }, { "docid": "5231828", "text": "on October 16. Russell sings lead vocals on half of the songs in the album with background vocals and the other half of lead vocals recorded by Jeff Scott Soto. Multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Arjen Lucassen has said the following regarding Russell Allen: Allen has worked with Lucassen on various occasions: originally he sang the song \"Dawn of a Million Souls\" on Ayreon's 2000 album (which also featured a guitar solo by Michael Romeo), and in 2002 he became one of the lead vocalists for Lucassen's project Star One. Allen has stated in an interview that \"Ronnie James Dio is", "title": "Russell Allen" }, { "docid": "3383313", "text": "plays accordion, occasional bass guitar (for instance on the entire \"Nostradamus\" album) and double bass. He also provides backing vocals, and sings lead vocals on the song Love's Aglow on the original \"Merlin\" album. Singer/drummer Max Werner does lead vocals on the first five albums. He switched to drums and percussion in 1978, a position he held for the following 4 albums. In 1999 he returned as lead singer for the \"Close To The Fire\" album. After that album he did a short tour with Kayak, but left the band in 2000. Max has made four solo albums, and he", "title": "Kayak (band)" }, { "docid": "12574143", "text": "Fever Dream (Richie Kotzen album) Fever Dream is the second studio album by guitarist Richie Kotzen, released in 1990 through Shrapnel Records. Notably Kotzen sings on all tracks, unlike his self-titled debut album from a year earlier, which was composed entirely of instrumentals. Andy Hinds at AllMusic gave \"Fever Dream\" four stars out of five, calling it \"pop-metal with musical muscle\" and that it contained \"some of Kotzen's best guitar playing.\" He praised Kotzen's decision to sing on his own album in the same vein as Joe Satriani, while describing Kotzen's vocals as enjoyable and his range \"more than adequate", "title": "Fever Dream (Richie Kotzen album)" }, { "docid": "6097360", "text": "Ehud Goldwasser. On September 22, 2007, at a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aerosmith dedicated the song to one of their fans, Monica Massaro, who had been murdered earlier that year. In August 2010, Tyler performed much of the song on a grand piano on top of the \"Green Monster\" at an Aerosmith concert at Fenway Park in Boston, before the rest of the band joined in to close out the song. On May 25, 2013, Tyler performed a brief rendition of the song live during the finale of the tenth season of \"American Idol\". After the Boston Marathon", "title": "Dream On (Aerosmith song)" }, { "docid": "4065742", "text": "and 2011), and Gowan sings lead vocals on several tracks that were originally recorded by Dennis DeYoung. In May 2017, Styx announced their new album \"The Mission\" and revealed the first single \"Gone, Gone, Gone\" featuring Gowan on lead vocals. On the album, Gowan also does lead vocals for \"The Greater Good\", \"Time May Bend\", and \"The Outpost\". He also composed an instrumental piece that he told the other band members doesn't have a name yet. He was playing it for his dad one time, and he asked Larry what the name was, and he said it doesn't have a", "title": "Lawrence Gowan" }, { "docid": "2733171", "text": "on lead vocals: for \"Numb\", The Edge provides lead vocals in the form of a droning, monotonous list of \"don't\" commands; for \"The Wanderer\", country musician Johnny Cash sings lead vocals, juxtaposing the electronic nature of the song with his haggard voice. Bono is credited as the sole lyricist for eight of the ten songs, while The Edge received sole credit for \"Numb\". The duo share credits for the lyrics to \"Dirty Day\". Technology is a common theme on \"Zooropa\", inspired by the group's experiences on the Zoo TV Tour. Jon Pareles wrote that the songs are about how \"media", "title": "Zooropa" }, { "docid": "6275941", "text": "Martin Chambers Martin Dale Chambers (born 4 September 1951 in Hereford) is an English musician, who is best known as a founding member and drummer of the rock band the Pretenders. In addition to playing the drums with the group, Chambers sings backing vocals (lead vocals on the song \"Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law)\", the B-side of the singles \"2000 Miles\" and \"Show Me\", which he also wrote) and plays percussion. He was part of the original band line-up which also included Chrissie Hynde (vocals/guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (guitar/vocals/keyboards) and Pete Farndon (bass guitar/vocals). Hynde and Chambers are the", "title": "Martin Chambers" }, { "docid": "17410029", "text": "Sunny Day (song) \"Sunny Day\" is the ninth single released by the American synthpop band Book of Love. The song was released as the second single from the band's third album, 1991's \"Candy Carol\". \"Sunny Day\" was written by band member Ted Ottaviano, who also sings the lead vocals on the track. It became the second Book of Love song to feature him on lead vocals. The single was featured in Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, \"The Silence of the Lambs\". In a strange twist of fate, band member Lauren Roselli was cast in the role of Stacy Hubka in the", "title": "Sunny Day (song)" }, { "docid": "10108677", "text": "Blake Wescott Blake Wescott is a musician from Seattle, Washington, who is touring as lead guitarist for David Bazan's band. Was divorced by Anna Walsh in 2017. Often noted as a drummer for Pedro the Lion, and for his co-writing, production, backing vocals, and multiple instrumentation on former Velocity Girl singer Sarah Shannon's first solo record. Wescott is also noted for his beard-growing skills. Lead singer of the defunct late-1990s alternative band Bloomsday. He played guitar and sings backing vocals on records by Saltine, Damien Jurado, Aaron Sprinkle, Seldom (which he also produced), Dolour, Cush, Rocky Votolato, The Long Winters,", "title": "Blake Wescott" }, { "docid": "7418828", "text": "which also features a newly recorded version of Nicks' 1973 composition \"Crystal\", originally recorded for the \"Buckingham Nicks\" and 1975 \"Fleetwood Mac\" album releases with Lindsey Buckingham on lead vocals. The version for Practical Magic features Nicks on lead vocals, with Crow on backing vocals. Before Nicks herself released \"If You Ever Did Believe\", the song was given to singer-songwriter Louise Goffin. It appears on Goffin's self-titled second album from 1981. Nicks sings background vocals on the track and is credited as such on the inner sleeve. Another track, \"Touched by an Angel\", was given to the 2001 remake of", "title": "Trouble in Shangri-La" }, { "docid": "11366986", "text": "glam rock. Guest musicians Guest lead vocal performances Guest backing vocals Glitter 4 Your Soul Glitter 4 Your Soul is the debut solo album by Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, released in 2003 (and reissued in 2008). The record features former Poison band member Blues Saraceno on guitars also Poison front man Bret Michaels provides lead vocals for \"Tear it Down\" and Rikki Rockett himself sings his first lead vocal on \"Life's a Gas.\" The rest of the lead vocals are performed by Rikki's friends (other L.A musicians) such as Marc Minarik from Zenjin, Lucy Levinsohn from Evolove and Dick Swagger", "title": "Glitter 4 Your Soul" }, { "docid": "6504877", "text": "are also available on the \"Happy Accidents\" film soundtrack. Dusty Trails Dusty Trails is an American music duo consisting of Vivian Trimble (formerly of Kostars and Luscious Jackson) and Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders). Trimble does lead vocals and Wiggs sings harmony vocals. Their 2000 debut album, \"Dusty Trails\" has been described as mood music and it is heavy on keyboards, percussion and bass. It has also been compared to 1960s French and Brazilian pop. Half of the album's songs are instrumental and the other half feature Trimble on lead vocals. The album also includes guest vocals by Emmylou", "title": "Dusty Trails" }, { "docid": "6504876", "text": "Dusty Trails Dusty Trails is an American music duo consisting of Vivian Trimble (formerly of Kostars and Luscious Jackson) and Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders). Trimble does lead vocals and Wiggs sings harmony vocals. Their 2000 debut album, \"Dusty Trails\" has been described as mood music and it is heavy on keyboards, percussion and bass. It has also been compared to 1960s French and Brazilian pop. Half of the album's songs are instrumental and the other half feature Trimble on lead vocals. The album also includes guest vocals by Emmylou Harris on the track, \"Order Coffee\". Three more songs", "title": "Dusty Trails" }, { "docid": "14776163", "text": "favorable reviews. Static Impulse Static Impulse is the second solo album and fourth solo project by Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie released on September 28, 2010. In late August 2010, LaBrie released two songs from the album titled \"One More Time\" and \"I Need You\". This album features a more melodic death metal approach while still keeping the progressive elements from the previous albums. Aside from LaBrie's usual clean vocals, the album also features harsh vocals by drummer Peter Wildoer and backing vocals by keyboardist Matt Guillory, who also sang lead on the album's demos. Static Impulse was met", "title": "Static Impulse" }, { "docid": "14776162", "text": "Static Impulse Static Impulse is the second solo album and fourth solo project by Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie released on September 28, 2010. In late August 2010, LaBrie released two songs from the album titled \"One More Time\" and \"I Need You\". This album features a more melodic death metal approach while still keeping the progressive elements from the previous albums. Aside from LaBrie's usual clean vocals, the album also features harsh vocals by drummer Peter Wildoer and backing vocals by keyboardist Matt Guillory, who also sang lead on the album's demos. Static Impulse was met with generally", "title": "Static Impulse" }, { "docid": "5354226", "text": "latter with Matt Clifford, who also performed backing vocals on \"Columbus (Didn't Find America)\" which he also played keyboards on, as well as on \"Exile\". \"The Well\" and \"The Galway Farmer\" feature pipes from Nick Scott, accordion from Sarah Allen and whistle from Biddy Blythe, who also plays flute on \"The Galway Farmer\". The duo themselves play a wide range of instruments. Steve Knightley sings lead vocals on all songs, aside from the instrumental \"The Soldiers Joy\", guitar on eleven of the tracks, cello-mandolin on four of the tracks, cuatro on \"The Preacher\" and concertina on \"Time After Time\". Phil", "title": "Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Show of Hands album)" }, { "docid": "3754470", "text": "local bands before Aerosmith, encourages listeners to succeed in achieving their dreams and not letting anything stop them, much like Aerosmith in their early club days performing up to three shows a day trying to get a record deal. \"Somebody\" is driven by a basic blues guitar riff and Tyler's lyrics tell the story of a character trying to search for the woman of his dreams. Written by Tyler and his friend Steven Emspak, \"Somebody\" was released in June 1973 as the B-side to the \"Dream On\" single. \"Dream On\" was also written by Tyler and became Aerosmith's first major", "title": "Aerosmith (album)" }, { "docid": "20559457", "text": "band performed in several cities in Australia as part of the St Jerome's Laneway Festival. In the fall of 2018 Dream Wife embarked on their first headlining tour in North America. The band originally toured with a drum machine, but have since toured with drummer Alex Paveley. Dream Wife (band) Dream Wife are a London-based band whose sound is a mixture of punk rock, pop music and indie rock. The band consists of Rakel Mjöll (lead vocals), Alice Go (guitar, vocals), and Bella Podpadec (bass, vocals). In 2018 the band was included on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of \"The 13", "title": "Dream Wife (band)" }, { "docid": "6411454", "text": "However, all pressings of the album feature the original 1985 recording of \"Exposed to Love\", with lead vocals by Alé Lorenzo. Lead vocals of the majority of the album were sung by Jurado. Gioia Bruno and Ann Curless each sing lead on two tracks, with Bruno on \"Let Me Be the One\" and \"December\", and Curless on \"Extra Extra\" and \"Love Is Our Destiny\". On the track \"I Know You Know\", Jurado sings lead, then Bruno provides a soulful improvisation at the end. Exposure (Exposé album) Exposure is the debut studio album by American girl group Exposé, released on March", "title": "Exposure (Exposé album)" }, { "docid": "20559451", "text": "Dream Wife (band) Dream Wife are a London-based band whose sound is a mixture of punk rock, pop music and indie rock. The band consists of Rakel Mjöll (lead vocals), Alice Go (guitar, vocals), and Bella Podpadec (bass, vocals). In 2018 the band was included on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of \"The 13 Best Things We Saw\" at that year's Lollapalooza music festival. Kev Geoghegan and Paul Glynn of BBC Music called Dream Wife \"a jaw-dropping live act and one of the most talked-about new bands of 2018.\" Joe Lynch of \"Billboard\" wrote \"Dream Wife are inarguably one of the", "title": "Dream Wife (band)" }, { "docid": "7045989", "text": "Kyle Cook David Kyle Cook (born August 29, 1975 in Frankfort, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as a member of the band Matchbox Twenty. He plays lead guitar and banjo and sings backing vocals for the band. In Matchbox Twenty, Cook played the piano on the song \"Hand Me Down\" from the album \"More Than You Think You Are\". He sang lead vocals on the track 'The Way' from their fourth studio album \"North\". He shares writing credits for all the songs on \"Exile on Mainstream\" and \"Feel\" and \"Soul.\" Cook is also the lead guitarist and lead", "title": "Kyle Cook" }, { "docid": "6611180", "text": "a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Vocal R&B Performance by a Duo/Group. The song features a lead vocal from drummer Walter Orange, who had sung lead years earlier on \"Brick House\". Lionel Richie's replacement, J.D. Nicholas, sings the second verse and then Orange and Nicholas share lead vocals on the remaining choruses. A revised version of the song was dedicated to Michael Jackson in 2010. A reggae version was recorded by Winston Groovy, with the lyrics changed as a tribute to Bob Marley who had also recorded a song titled \"Nightshift\". Dexys Midnight Runners covered the song on their", "title": "Nightshift (song)" }, { "docid": "13463391", "text": "out that there's a lot of things in the song that aren't specifically about that and other people can relate to. \"Last of My Kind\" is the only song in the album that features William DuVall singing lead vocals without harmonizing with Cantrell, who only sings back up vocals in the song. DuVall also wrote the lyrics and the melody of the song. DuVall wrote a song called \"Tongue Tied\" about his friend Sean Costello, who died by suicide in 2008, but the song was cut from the album. Cantrell said about singing lead vocals in the album: The album's", "title": "Black Gives Way to Blue" }, { "docid": "12132441", "text": "is one of several songs on \"Band on the Run\", including title track and \"Bluebird,\" which espouse a theme of escape and freedom. The song's verses use rain as a metaphor for the difficult times people face. The song's message is to not complain about difficult times because everyone faces tough times and it's better to focus on your \"safe haven\" during those times. \"Mamunia\" was the first song recorded for \"Band on the Run\" in Lagos, Nigeria. Paul McCartney sings the lead vocals and plays guitar and bass, Denny Laine plays guitar and sings backing vocals, and Linda McCartney", "title": "Mamunia" }, { "docid": "5842630", "text": "then. The remastered vocals sound significantly different from the original pressing in which the voices are deeper and slightly muffled. \"The Punch Line\" is also notable for being the only album to feature lead vocals from all three Minutemen. Bassist and primary songwriter Mike Watt sings lead vocals on several tracks, including the opening track \"Search\", \"Ruins\", and the last 3 of the album, \"Gravity\", \"Warfare\" and \"Static\", while drummer George Hurley does a lead vocal (referred to on the album's back cover as \"giv(ing) a speech\") in the middle of \"Ruins\". The title track makes fun of General George", "title": "The Punch Line" }, { "docid": "19589899", "text": "Melissa Menago Melissa Menago is an American singer and songwriter who sings lead vocals for the band June Divided. The band started with a college graduation and an economic recession. To keep sane during a slow post-graduation job hunt, Melissa Menago (vocals/guitar) and Chris Kissel (guitar) picked up on where they left off with a college music project. On a whim (and somewhat of a joke), they turned to Craigslist for a drummer, not expecting to find Keith Gill, who had been searching the Philadelphia area for a band, and who lived near them. They released their first EP, \"The", "title": "Melissa Menago" } ]

[ "2008" ]

[ { "docid": "8022220", "text": "cells and the first production EV with a range greater than per charge. Between 2008 and March 2012, Tesla sold more than 2,250 Roadsters in 31 countries. Tesla stopped taking orders for the Roadster in the U.S. market in August 2011. In December 2012, Tesla employed almost 3,000 full-time employees. As of late 2016, Tesla employed more than 30,000 (25,000 in the US) after acquiring Grohmann and SolarCity. Musk also led Tesla's Series B investment round and co-led the third, round in May 2006. Tesla's third round included investment from prominent entrepreneurs including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "8158907", "text": "Tesla Roadster (2008) The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, that was produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) in California from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production all-electric car to travel more than per charge. It is also the first production car to be launched into orbit, carried by a Falcon Heavy rocket in a test flight on February 6, 2018. Tesla sold about 2,450 Roadsters in over", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "8158973", "text": "flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch on February 6, 2018 was successful; the vehicle was placed into a heliocentric orbit that will take it into the vicinity of Mars's orbital path. Tesla Roadster (2008) The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, that was produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) in California from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production all-electric car to travel more than per", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "20415985", "text": "Tesla Roadster (2020) The Tesla Roadster is an upcoming all-electric battery-powered four-seater sports car made by Tesla, Inc. Tesla has said it will be capable of in 1.9 seconds, quicker than any street legal production car to date at its announcement in November 2017. The Roadster is the successor to Tesla's first production car, which was the 2008 Roadster. Tesla indicates that Roadster sales will begin in 2020, although not before the Tesla Model Y goes on sale. Elon Musk has said that higher-performance trim levels will be available beyond the base specifications. In 2011, at the end of the", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2020)" }, { "docid": "11658299", "text": "Delco. These early cars were eventually withdrawn from the U.S. market. California electric automaker Tesla Motors began development in 2004 on what would become the Tesla Roadster (2008), which was first delivered to customers in 2008. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than per charge. Tesla global sales passed 250,000 units in September 2017. The Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance achieved the milestone of 500,000 units electric vehicles sold in October 2017. Tesla sold its 200,000th Model S in the fourth quarter of 2017.", "title": "Electric car" }, { "docid": "3688070", "text": "lead-acid batteries. These electric vehicles are not considered by the government as new energy vehicles due to safety and environmental concerns, and consequently, do not enjoy the same benefits as highway legal plug-in electric cars. California electric car maker Tesla Motors began development in 2004 on the Tesla Roadster, which was first delivered to customers in 2008. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than per charge. Since 2008, Tesla sold approximately 2,450 Roadsters in over 30 countries through December 2012. Tesla", "title": "History of the electric vehicle" }, { "docid": "8325483", "text": "Rocket eBook. Eberhard's interest in sports cars, dependence on oil imported, and global warming led him to found Silicon Valley's first automobile company. In 2003 Eberhard co-founded (with Marc Tarpenning) and became the first CEO of Tesla Motors, an electric car company in San Carlos, California. Eberhard drives the second of Tesla Motors Founder's Series Roadsters cars, which is the first series of the Tesla Roadster (2008). The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sportscar with (EPA) range. On November 30, 2007 Tesla released a press release titled \"Martin Eberhard, Co-founder of Tesla Motors, to Transition to Advisory Board.\" According", "title": "Martin Eberhard" }, { "docid": "8158911", "text": "17, 2008. The first Tesla Roadster was delivered in February 2008 to Tesla co-founder, chairman and product architect Elon Musk. The company produced 500 similar vehicles through June 2009. In July 2009, Tesla began production of its 2010 model-year Roadster—the first major product upgrade. Simultaneously, Tesla began producing the Roadster Sport, the first derivative of Tesla's proprietary, patented powertrain. The car accelerates from in 3.7 seconds, compared to 3.9 seconds for the standard Roadster. Changes for the 2010 model-year cars included: All of these features, except for the motor were available either as standard or as add-on option for the", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "18160661", "text": "on July 28. On July 1, 2018, it was announced that Tesla had met its production goal of 5,000 cars in a week. Tesla Model 3 became the best selling car by revenue in North America for the months July and August 2018, with monthly sales of $993 million for August 2018, beating the Toyota Camry at $765 million, and Honda Accord at $679 million. In 2008, the car was stated to be a family car. In 2017, Tesla added that the Standard version of the all-electric car would have have an estimated EPA-rated range of , a five-passenger seating", "title": "Tesla Model 3" }, { "docid": "8158962", "text": "to calm down before writing about it. Well, my waiting period is over, I'm thinking rationally, and I'm still unbelievably stoked about the Tesla\". In the third quarter of 2008, \"Top Gear\"'s Jeremy Clarkson reviewed two production Roadsters with the v1.5 transmission and described the driving experience with the exclamations \"God Almighty! Wave goodbye to the world of dial-up, and say hello to the world of broadband motoring!\" and \"This car is biblically quick!\" when comparing the acceleration versus the car the Roadster was based on, a Lotus Elise. Clarkson also noted, however, that the handling of the car was", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "18600509", "text": "well. Reports in February 2015 indicated that the company had been offering incentives to Tesla employees to join Apple. In February 2015, \"The Wall Street Journal\" reported that the product would resemble more of a minivan than a car, and \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" said at that time that production could start as soon as 2020. In February 2015, Apple board member Mickey Drexler stated that Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had plans to design and build a car, and that discussions about the concept surfaced around the time that Tesla Motors debuted its first car in 2008. In", "title": "Apple electric car project" }, { "docid": "8022219", "text": "Engineering of the company until 2008. Eberhard later filed suit against the company allegedly that current CEO Elon Musk sought to \"rewrite history\". Tesla began with a sports car aimed at early adopters followed by mainstream and mass market vehicles, all serving \"as a catalyst to accelerate the day of electric vehicles\". Tesla signed a Roadster production contract on July 11, 2005, with Group Lotus to produce \"gliders\" (complete cars but without powertrain). The Roadster used an AC motor descended directly from Nikola Tesla's original 1882 design. The Tesla Roadster (2008) was the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "8158921", "text": "air bags; similar waivers have been granted to many other small volume manufacturers as well, including Lotus, Ferrari, and Bugatti. Tesla delivered its first production car in February 2008 to Musk. Tesla announced in early August 2009 that Roadster sales had resulted in overall corporate profitability for the month of July 2009, earning on revenue of . Tesla, which signed a production contract with Group Lotus in 2007 to produce \"gliders\" (complete cars minus electric powertrain) for the Roadster, announced in early 2010 that Roadster production would continue until early 2012. Starting one year prior to the end of the", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "11492985", "text": "a very high cycle resistance of more than 10,000 charge and discharge cycles and a long service life of up to 20 years. Plug-in America has among drivers of the Tesla Roadster (2008), a survey carried out with respect to the service life of the installed battery. It was found that after 100,000 miles = 160,000 km, the battery still had a remaining capacity of 80 to 85 percent. This was regardless of in which climate zone the car is moved. The Tesla Roadster was built and sold between 2008 and 2012. For its 85-kWh batteries in the Tesla Model", "title": "Electric vehicle battery" } ]

[ { "docid": "302682", "text": "bladeless turbine engines were tested at 100–5,000 hp. Tesla worked with several companies including the period 1919–1922 working in Milwaukee for Allis-Chalmers. He spent most of his time trying to perfect the Tesla turbine with Hans Dahlstrand, the head engineer at the company, but engineering difficulties meant it was never made into a practical device. Tesla did license the idea to a precision instrument company and it found use in the form of luxury car speedometers and other instruments. When World War I broke out, the British cut the transatlantic telegraph cable linking the US to Germany in order to", "title": "Nikola Tesla" }, { "docid": "8158926", "text": "out under warranty when the finalized transmission, power electronics module (PEM), and cooling system became available. The EPA range of the car was also restated downward from . The downward revision was attributed to an error in equipment calibration at the laboratory that conducted the original test. Tesla produced a special edition of 15 Final Edition Roadsters to close the production cycle of the electric car. The 15 special-edition cars were sold in each of the three sales regions, North America, Europe and Asia, and five units were allocated to each. The Final Edition Roadster did not have any performance", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "19606377", "text": "US$20 and US$280 for the delay in implementing Autopilot 2.0. On January 20, 2016, the driver of a Tesla Model S in Handan, China was killed when their car crashed into a stationary truck. The Tesla was following a car in the far left lane of a multi-lane highway; the car in front moved to the right lane to avoid a truck stopped on the left shoulder, and the Tesla, which the driver's father believes was in Autopilot mode, did not slow before colliding with the stopped truck. According to footage captured by a dashboard camera, the stationary street sweeper", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "8022253", "text": "(over 350,000). The United States is the world's leading Model S market with an estimated 136,542 units sold through September 2018. Norway ranked as the Model S largest overseas market , with 11,802 new units registered. The Tesla Model S became the first electric car ever to top the monthly sales ranking in any country, when the electric car achieved the first place in the Norwegian new car sales list in September 2013. In May 2010 Tesla purchased a stake in what would become the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, for , and opened the facility in October 2010. For", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "7131449", "text": "25 inches long by 10 inches wide by 6 inches high, containing 12 radio vacuum tubes and connected to a antenna. The car was said to have been driven for about 50 miles at speeds of up to 90 mph during an eight-day period. The story has received some debate because the car's propulsion system is said to have been invented by Tesla. No physical evidence has ever been produced confirming that the car actually existed. Tesla did not have a nephew by the name of Peter Savo, and Tesla's grand-nephew William Terbo considers the Tesla electric car story to", "title": "Nikola Tesla electric car hoax" }, { "docid": "8158924", "text": "North America, the chassis was sent to a facility at Wymondham near Hethel, for final assembly. At these final assembly locations, Tesla employees installed the entire powertrain, which consisted of the battery pack, power electronics module, gearbox and motor. Tesla also performed rigorous \"pre-delivery inspection\" on every car before customers took ownership. Tesla ordered 2,500 gliders from Lotus, which ended supplies in December 2011 when their contract expired. Tesla ended production of the Roadster in January 2012. Subsequent to completion of production car number one at Hethel, the company announced problems with transmission reliability. The development transmission, with first gear", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "20919429", "text": "example, the automotive company Tesla is capturing data from all of its connected vehicles on the road to analyze how drivers are using their cars. This information leads to insights that the producers did not think of when first building the car. By releasing software updates, Tesla is able to innovate the cars later on when analyzing the data. The latest software update on October 5, 2018, made it possible to record and store video taken from the front-facing camera, and use it as a dash cam. Where the front-facing camera had been serving different purposes before, new functionality is", "title": "Innovation of Industrial Internet of Things" }, { "docid": "19606378", "text": "on the left side of the expressway partially extended into the far left lane, and the driver did not appear to respond to the unexpected obstacle. In September 2016, the media reported the driver's family had filed a lawsuit in July against the Tesla dealer who sold the car. The family's lawyer stated the suit was intended \"to let the public know that self-driving technology has some defects. We are hoping Tesla, when marketing its products, will be more cautious. Don’t just use self-driving as a selling point for young people.\" Tesla released a statement which said they \"have no", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "8022292", "text": "drained.\" In his follow-up blog post, Broder said \"The car's display screen said the car was shutting down, and it did. The car did not have enough power to move, or even enough to release the electrically operated parking brake.\" In the days that followed, NYT public editor Margaret Sullivan published an opinion piece titled \"Problems With Precision and Judgment, but Not Integrity, in Tesla Test\". She concludes \"In the matter of the Tesla Model S and its now infamous test drive, there is still plenty to argue about and few conclusions that are unassailable.\" No legal action was pursued.", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "18525779", "text": "and by August 2017 the car was available nationwide. Demand profile did not exactly match predictions, leading GM to slow production in July 2017. However, in the last months of 2017 Bolt demand rose rapidly; by October, it outsold any other model of electric car, including those from Tesla. Sales totaled 23,297 units in 2017, making the Bolt the U.S. second best selling plug-in car in 2017 after the Tesla Model S (~26,500). In California, the Bolt listed as the top selling plug-in car with 13,487 units delivered, ahead of the Tesla Model S, listed second with 11,813. The Bolt", "title": "Chevrolet Bolt" }, { "docid": "16323969", "text": "casing he thinks of using to kill himself. Having acquired much scientific knowledge over the years, Adam has built contraptions to power his home and a vintage sports car with technology originally pioneered by Nikola Tesla. His reclusive nature adds to his mystique as a musician and composer; he is upset when some intrepid fans turn up on his doorstep. Ian promises to discreetly spread rumours about Adam living elsewhere to draw them away. When Eve phones, she recognises Adam is despondent and decides to come to Detroit to comfort him. Soon after she arrives, Adam goes out for more", "title": "Only Lovers Left Alive" }, { "docid": "12151629", "text": "the Model S in 2015 due to poor reliability, one year later, \"Consumer Reports\" added the car to its recommended list. Tesla said that after three years (by June 2015), Model S cars traveled over 1 billion miles (1.6 billion km), the first plug-in electric car to reach that total. In 2014 the Volt total was 629 million all-electric miles (1 billion km) out of a total of 1 billion miles traveled, while Nissan said the Leaf had accumulated 625 million total miles. Tesla said 68% of Model S travel was in North America, 25% in Europe and 7% in", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "1831960", "text": "A similar fatal crash occurred four months later in Florida. In 2018, in a subsequent civil suit between the father of the driver killed and Tesla, Tesla did not deny that the car had been on Autopilot at the time of the accident, and sent evidence to the victim's father documenting that fact. The second known fatal accident involving a vehicle being driven by itself took place in Williston, Florida on 7 May 2016 while a Tesla Model S electric car was engaged in Autopilot mode. The occupant was killed in a crash with an 18-wheel tractor-trailer. On 28 June", "title": "Self-driving car" }, { "docid": "12151739", "text": "Safety Score (VSS) provided to manufacturers, where the Model S achieved a new combined record of 5.4 stars.\" However, a few days later NHTSA rebutted Tesla's claim, explaining that the rating for the Model S was equal to any other car receiving 5-stars, and claiming that the carmaker did not follow its advertising guidelines. , Tesla has had six recalls for the Model S: A distance record of in a P100D was set on August 5, 2017 by Italian drivers, making the Model S the first production electric car to exceed on a single charge. Previously the record of in", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "302718", "text": "world. Further elucidation of his theory was never found in his writings. Tesla is widely considered by his biographers to have been a humanist in philosophical outlook on top of his gifts as a technological scientist. This did not preclude Tesla, like many of his era, becoming a proponent of an imposed selective breeding version of eugenics. Tesla expressed the belief that human \"pity\" had come to interfere with the natural \"ruthless workings of nature.\" Though his argumentation did not depend on a concept of a \"master race\" or the inherent superiority of one person over another, he advocated for", "title": "Nikola Tesla" }, { "docid": "16881525", "text": "2014, the Tesla Model S also broke the 28-year-old record for monthly sales of a single model regardless of its power source, with 1,493 units sold, surpassing the Ford Sierra, which sold 1,454 units in May 1986. In July 2016, when new car registrations are break down by type of powertrain, for the first time a plug-in hybrid, the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, listed as the top selling new car. In September 2016, the Tesla Model X ranked as the top selling new car model in Norway when registrations are broken down by type of powetrain. The BMW i3 was the", "title": "Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway" }, { "docid": "17383116", "text": "Tesla Supercharger A Tesla Supercharger is a 480-volt DC fast-charging station built by American vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. for their all-electric cars. The Tesla Supercharger network of fast-charging stations was introduced beginning in 2012. , the electric vehicle network consisted of 11,414 individual Supercharger stalls at 1,375 locations worldwide. Tesla Model S was the first car to be able to use the network, followed by the Tesla Model X and Tesla Model 3. Each Supercharger stall has a connector to supply electrical power at up to 120 kW via a direct current connection to the 400-volt car battery pack. Since", "title": "Tesla Supercharger" }, { "docid": "8158953", "text": "first to independently confirm the Roadster Sport's reported time of 3.7 seconds. (\"MotorTrend\" recorded of 3.70 seconds; it recorded a quarter-mile test at 12.6 sec @ ). Engineering editor Kim Reynolds called the acceleration \"breathtaking\" and said the car confirms \"Tesla as an actual car company. ...Tesla is the first maker to crack the EV legitimacy barrier in a century\". In November 2009, \"Automobile Magazine West Coast\" editor Jason Cammisa spent a week driving a production Tesla Roadster. Cammisa was immediately impressed with the acceleration, saying the car \"explodes off the line, pulling like a small jet plane. ... It's", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "16633757", "text": "am content to stay behind,\"<br> \"Perhaps I failed, but I did my best,\"<br> \"These masters of mine may do the rest.\"<br> \"Come, Kelvin, I have finished my cup.\"<br> \"When is your friend Tesla coming up.\"\" \"\"Oh, quoth Kelvin, he is always late,\"<br> \"It would be useless to remonstrate.\"\" \"Then silence—shuffle of soft slippered feet—\"<br> \"I knock and—the bedlam of the street.\" \"Nikola Tesla, Novice\" Fragments of Olympian Gossip \"Fragments of Olympian Gossip\" is a poem that Nikola Tesla composed in the late 1920s for his friend, George Sylvester Viereck, an illustrious German poet and mystic. It made fun of the", "title": "Fragments of Olympian Gossip" }, { "docid": "12151634", "text": "Tesla Model S Performance model has a three-phase, four-pole AC induction and rear-mounted electric motor with copper rotor. The base model uses a and motor. The company claimed a , lower than any other production car when released. Independent measurement by \"Car And Driver\" in May 2014 bore out Tesla's claim by exactly confirming a . The rear axle has a traditional open differential. Models with dual motors also have an open differential on the front axles as well. The front and rear axles have no mechanical linkage – with dual motors, the power distribution among them is controlled electronically.", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "12151690", "text": "reported 520 reservations for the Model S during the first week they were available and by December 2012, a total 15,000 net reservations (after deliveries and cancellations) had been received by year-end. The special edition Model S Signature model was sold out before deliveries began in June 2012, and according to Tesla all models were sold out for that year shortly after. A car ordered in May 2012 would be delivered in early to mid-2013. Initially Tesla expected its annual production to increase by over 50% in 2014 to 35,000 units, but in November 2014 reduced its sales target to", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "302631", "text": "the balance to his family. Tesla said that he \"conquered [his] passion then and there,\" but later in the U.S. he was again known to play billiards. When examination time came, Tesla was unprepared and asked for an extension to study, but was denied. He did not receive grades for the last semester of the third year and he never graduated from the university. In December 1878, Tesla left Graz and severed all relations with his family to hide the fact that he dropped out of school. His friends thought that he had drowned in the nearby Mur River. Tesla", "title": "Nikola Tesla" }, { "docid": "19660300", "text": "combined profit of over $1 billion. On June 29, 2010, Tesla Motors launched its initial public offering on NASDAQ. 13,300,000 shares of common stock were issued to the public at a price of US$17.00 per share. The IPO raised for the company. It was the first American car maker to go public since the Ford Motor Company had its IPO in 1956, and by 2014 Tesla had market value half that of Ford. In early 2013, Tesla had problems producing the Model S, and was running out of money. Musk proposed a $6 billion deal with Google, but improved production", "title": "History of Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "20467649", "text": "Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. \"Starman\", a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit, occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and SpaceX, both companies founded by Elon Musk. The 2008-model Roadster was previously used by Musk for commuting to work, and is the first production car in space. The car, mounted on the rocket's second stage, acquired enough velocity to escape Earth's gravity and enter an", "title": "Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster" }, { "docid": "18160665", "text": "said that the first official pictures of the car will be revealed at the end of March 2016. Delivery would begin in late 2017 first on the U.S.'s west coast and then move eastwards. Potential customers were first able to reserve a car at Tesla stores or online on March 31 with a refundable deposit of $1000. In February 2016, Tesla indicated that the unveiling would be on March 31, 2016. Employees of Tesla and SpaceX were given early access to Model 3 reservation, and about 10,000 signed up without discount, scheduled to receive the first batch of cars. Current", "title": "Tesla Model 3" }, { "docid": "1831957", "text": "Assist Plus, Collision Prevention Assist, Distronic Plus with Steering Assist, Pre-Safe Brake, and Stop&Go Pilot. Due to the safety features, Schumacher was unable to crash the vehicle in realistic scenarios. In midOctober 2015, Tesla Motors rolled out version 7 of their software in the U.S. that included Tesla Autopilot capability. On 9 January 2016, Tesla rolled out version 7.1 as an over-the-air update, adding a new \"summon\" feature that allows cars to self-park at parking locations without the driver in the car. Tesla's automated driving features can be classified as somewhere between level 2 and level 3 under the U.S.", "title": "Self-driving car" }, { "docid": "19653727", "text": "create an impression that the vehicle is being offered for sale by the manufacturer or distributor, or use any other similar terms which indicate sales other than retail sales from the dealer\" (43 Tex. Admin. Code § 215.261). These laws make it illegal to buy a car from Tesla in person, at a Tesla Gallery. Thus, all Texas orders are taken via the internet or over the phone. Texas residents can still easily buy a car from Tesla, but the purchase is handled as an out-of-state transaction. This may mean that the price will not include Texas state sales tax,", "title": "Tesla US dealership disputes" }, { "docid": "7131450", "text": "be a fabrication. A number of web pages exist that perpetuate the tale. Every account of this purported demonstration automobile is based upon the story plus literary embellishment. Nikola Tesla electric car hoax The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Tesla, according to the story, had removed the gasoline engine from the car and", "title": "Nikola Tesla electric car hoax" }, { "docid": "7131448", "text": "Nikola Tesla electric car hoax The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Tesla, according to the story, had removed the gasoline engine from the car and replaced it with a brushless AC electric motor. The motor was said to have been run by a \"cosmic energy power receiver\" consisting of a box measuring about", "title": "Nikola Tesla electric car hoax" }, { "docid": "12151743", "text": "about warmer and CNN did the trip in one day; the \"Times\" let the car sit overnight without being plugged in. A reporter from CNBC also recreated the trip in one day without incidents. One week later, a group of Tesla owners recreated Broder's trip without problems. One owner was delayed because his car failed to charge and required two firmware updates. On February 18, 2013, \"The New York Times\" Public Editor Margaret Sullivan published an editorial stating that Broder took \"casual and imprecise notes\" of his test drive and did not use good judgment, but she maintained that the", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "10301498", "text": "Henry Leroy Transtrom Henry Leroy Transtrom (1885–1951) was an American inventor and showman who worked with high voltage electricity. His book, \"Electricity at High Pressures and Frequencies\", (1913) is still used as a guide for constructing homemade Tesla coils. Transtrom was best known for his dramatic stunts and performances with high frequency, high voltage electricity from a Tesla coil. For his \"Lightning Man\" demonstrations, he stood on a large Tesla coil which made sparks (electrical discharges) come out from his outstretched fingertips. There is a long-standing rumour that Transtrom was electrocuted during one of his demonstrations when one of these", "title": "Henry Leroy Transtrom" }, { "docid": "8158945", "text": "or offices in case the owner is experiencing problems. Tesla charges the customer according to the distance the service unit needs to travel: one US dollar per mile roundtrip with a 100-dollar minimum. Technicians drive company vans equipped with numerous tools and testing equipment to do \"in the field\" repairs, enhancements and software upgrades. Tesla debuted this \"house call\" approach in the spring of 2009, when the company announced a recall due to a manufacturing problem in the Lotus assembly plant, which also affected the Lotus Elise and other models from the British sports car maker. The first Tesla service", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "20535749", "text": "passenger vehicles, Semi trucks are expected to be fitted with this technology, starting with the Tesla Semi and other vendors in 2019. The first commercially available lane centering systems were all based on off-the-shelf systems created by Mobileye, such as the Tesla Autopilot and Nissan Propilot, although Tesla has switched to an in-house system when Mobileye ended their partnership. A handful of companies like Bosch, Delphi, and Mobileye provide sensors, control units, and even algorithms to car makers, who then integrate and refine those systems. While not directly attributable to lane centering, crash rates on the Tesla Model S and", "title": "Lane centering" }, { "docid": "8022323", "text": "Tesla offers service at their service centers, or if a center is not available, mobile technicians can perform most inspections and repairs. It is recommended to have any Tesla car inspected every 12,500 miles or once a year, whichever comes first. The first units for each new model revealed design and manufacturing flaws, including the Model S and the Model X. As the Tesla vehicle fleet grew, limited service centers resulted in waiting periods for some owners. Auto experts view the service delays as insignificant, as owners are more accepting of the challenges of servicing a new type of car.", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "12151744", "text": "article was written in good faith. She also admitted that Broder's vehicle logs were \"sometimes quite misleading.\" In July and September 2014 tests performed by an independent German car magazine in cooperation with the TÜV (German Association for Technical Inspection) and Tesla owners seemed to reveal issues with the battery's performance. According to the magazine, Tesla did not take up the invitation to repeat the test, and also seemed to refuse to offer vehicles for a second test. A test performed by another German publication (\"Die Welt\") supported the findings. In 2007, Tesla announced plans to build 10,000 Model S", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "18160686", "text": "poor.\" He said that there were quality issues at first with the Model X which led to some concern. \"This is going to be a much, much higher-volume car, and if there are any quality issues, that could overwhelm the service centers and undermine the Tesla brand.\" Nonetheless, Sacconaghi was impressed with the ride quality, performance and interior space, and concluded that the 3 \"risks cannibalizing the [very expensive] Model S going forward.\" \"Road and Track\"s Bob Sorokanich said the \"Model 3 proves that Tesla is thinking far beyond the edges of the Model S and X. Stepping out of", "title": "Tesla Model 3" }, { "docid": "8158910", "text": "average. Prototypes of the car were officially revealed to the public on July 19, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. The San Francisco International Auto Show, held on November 18–26, 2006, was the Tesla Roadster's first auto show. It was featured in \"Time\" in December 2006 as the recipient of the magazine's \"Best Inventions 2006—Transportation Invention\" award. The first \"Signature One Hundred\" set of fully equipped Roadsters sold out in less than three weeks, the second hundred sold out by October 2007 and general production began on March", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "19653743", "text": "not charged to test drive, and 33% did not discuss $7,500 tax credits. Another study by industry analyst Pied Piper using mystery shoppers found that Tesla sales stores (not galleries) differed among each other on sales techniques, and many stores were reluctant to engage in closing a sale. Customers generally view car shopping as a challenging experience. Tesla US dealership disputes Tesla, Inc. has faced dealership disputes in several U.S. states as a result of local laws. In the United States, direct manufacturer auto sales are prohibited in many states by franchise laws requiring that new cars be sold only", "title": "Tesla US dealership disputes" }, { "docid": "11658318", "text": "and plug-in electric vehicles when operating in electric mode, so that blind people and other pedestrians and cyclists can hear them coming and detect from which direction they are approaching. The Nissan Leaf was the first electric car to use Nissan's Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians system, which includes one sound for forward motion and another for reverse. , most of the hybrids and plug-in electric and hybrids available in the United States, Japan and Europe make warning noises using a speaker system. The Tesla Model S is one of the few electric cars without warning sounds; Tesla Motors will wait", "title": "Electric car" }, { "docid": "8022321", "text": "car's entertainment system. The hack required the researchers to physically access the car. Tesla issued a security update for the Model S the day after the exploit was announced. In September 2016, researchers at Tencent's Keen Security Lab demonstrated a remote attack on a Tesla Model S and controlled the vehicle in both Parking and Driving Mode without physical access. They were able to compromise the automotive networking bus (CAN bus) when the vehicle's web browser was used while the vehicle was connected to a malicious Wi-Fi hotspot. This was the first case of a remote control exploit demonstrated on", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "19653728", "text": "which instead must be paid when the buyer registers the car with the state. In 2015, Tesla lobbied the Texas Legislature to modify the law to allow Tesla to sell directly to consumers, and specifically allow Tesla employees to discuss \"financing, leasing, or purchasing options\" at the firm's existing stores in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. Texas considered legislation in 2015 to allow Tesla to operate in the state but legislation was not passed. , most of the GOP delegates support direct sales while Governor Abbott prefers the current system. According to Texans for Public Justice, Tesla spent $1.3m on lobbyists", "title": "Tesla US dealership disputes" }, { "docid": "17044379", "text": "batteries of plug-in electric cars. The first crash related fire was reported in China in May 2012, after a high-speed car crashed into a BYD e6 taxi in Shenzhen. Two incidents occurred with the Tesla Model S in October 2013, one when a Model S caught fire after the electric car hit metal debris on a highway in Kent, Washington, and another involving a loss of control and collision with a tree in Merida, Mexico. A Tesla Model S being driven on a highway near Murfreesboro, Tennessee caught fire in November 2013 after it struck a tow hitch on the", "title": "Plug-in electric vehicle fire incidents" }, { "docid": "8022251", "text": "able to sleep in their vehicle. In November 2016, the company announced the Tesla glass technology group. The group produced the roof glass for the Tesla Model 3 and for use in SolarCity roof tiles announced in October 2016. The tiles contain an embedded solar collector, and are one-third lighter than standard roof tiles. , Tesla offers three car models: the Model S, Model X and Model 3. The firm's first vehicle, the first-generation Tesla Roadster is no longer sold. Model S deliveries began on June 22, 2012. The first delivery in Europe took place in August 2013. Deliveries in", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "19653724", "text": "federal lawsuit against the State. Tesla opened a gallery showroom in the Nordstrom shop in the Somerset shopping mall in Troy, Michigan in December 2016, with a \"Not For Sale\" sign on the displayed car. 2006 New Mexico Statutes, Section 57-16-5-V prohibits manufacturers like Tesla to be licensed as a dealer, directly or indirectly performing warranty or other services. Despite Tesla owners' pleas to change the law, they still currently depend on out-of-state centers such as Arizona and Colorado for Tesla sales and services. Alabama regards manufacturer-owned new motor vehicle stores and service centers as \"unfair and deceptive trade practices\".", "title": "Tesla US dealership disputes" }, { "docid": "17383123", "text": "Superchargers are technically capable of 145 kW, Tesla cars restrict the power to 120 kW. The Chinese GB/T standard has a theoretical maximum of 180 kW, but no car can receive that type of current when DC charging their battery. Tesla Supercharger stations allow Tesla vehicles to be fast-charged at the network within an hour. In October 2014, there were 119 standard Tesla Supercharger stations operating in the United States, 76 in Europe, and 26 in Asia. On 31 March 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the number of Supercharger stations would be doubled (from 613 stations with 3,628", "title": "Tesla Supercharger" }, { "docid": "19606380", "text": "government in October 2016. The first publicized fatal accident involving a Tesla engaged in Autopilot mode took place in Williston, Florida, on May 7, 2016. The driver was killed in a crash with a 18-wheel tractor-trailer. By late June 2016, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a formal investigation into the accident, working with the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the NHTSA, preliminary reports indicate the crash occurred when the tractor-trailer made a left turn in front of the Tesla at an intersection on a non-controlled access highway, and the car failed to apply the brakes. The", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "19639381", "text": "Tesla Semi The Tesla Semi is an all-electric battery-powered Class 8 semi-trailer truck prototype which was unveiled on November 16, 2017 and planned for production in 2019 by Tesla, Inc. The company initially announced that the truck would have a range on a full charge and with its new batteries it would be able to run for after an 80% charge in 30 minutes using a solar-powered \"Tesla Megacharger\" charging station. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the Semi would come standard with Tesla Autopilot that allows semi-autonomous driving on highways. The Semi was first mentioned in the Tesla 2016", "title": "Tesla Semi" }, { "docid": "19606384", "text": "significance (although fewer than billions of miles will be needed if Tesla Autopilot is more dangerous). Researchers say that Tesla and others need to release more data on the limitations and performance of automated driving systems if self-driving cars are to become safe and understood enough for mass market use. The truck's driver told the Associated Press that he could hear a \"Harry Potter\" movie playing in the crashed car, and said the car was driving so quickly that \"he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him.\" \"It was still playing when he died and snapped a", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "12151628", "text": "built in San Jose, California was also announced. In May 2010 Tesla announced it would produce the Model S at the former NUMMI assembly plant in Fremont, California, now known as the Tesla Factory. This third plan was implemented. The Tesla Model S was the 2013 World Green Car of the Year, 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year, \"Automobile\" magazine's 2013 Car of the Year, \"Time Magazine\"'s Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012, and \"Consumer Reports\"' top-scoring car in road testing. In 2015, \"Car and Driver\" named the Model S the Car of the Century. After not recommending", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "12151664", "text": "reports indicate the crash occurred when a tractor-trailer made a left turn in front of the Tesla at an intersection on a non-controlled access highway, and the car failed to apply the brakes. The NHTSA's preliminary evaluation was opened to examine the design and performance of any automated driving systems in use at the time of the crash, which involves a population of an estimated 25,000 Model S cars. According to Tesla, \"neither autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor-trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied.\" The car attempted to drive", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "10042980", "text": "Fluence Z.E. cars had been deployed in Israel and only around 400 units in Denmark. Under Better Place's business model, the company owned the batteries, so the court liquidator had to decide what to do with customers who did not have ownership of the battery and risked being left with a useless car. Tesla designed its Model S to allow fast battery swapping. In June 2013, Tesla announced its goal of deploying a battery swapping station in each of its supercharging stations. At a demonstration event, Tesla showed that a battery swap operation with the Model S took just over", "title": "Charging station" }, { "docid": "19606374", "text": "driver claimed that Tesla's Autopilot failed to brake, resulting in collisions. Tesla pointed out that the driver deactivated the cruise control of the car prior to the crash. Ars Technica also notes that the lane changes are semi-automatic; the driver must activate the turn signal in order for the car to initiate a lane change. Tesla's Autopilot with Hardware version 1 (HW1) can be classified as somewhere between levels 2 and 3 under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) five levels of vehicle automation. At this level, the car can act autonomously but requires the", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "19606368", "text": "free hands are allowed for three minutes if following another vehicle or one minute without following a car. Autopark drives the car into a parking spot, while Summon drives it out. Configuration settings control maximum distance, side clearance and bumper clearance. This feature activates Homelink to open and close garage doors and it is available using the fob or the Tesla mobile app. As of March 2017, Summon was available in \"beta\" for HW2. Controls include bumper, side clearance and summon distance. Autosteer steers the car to remain in whatever lane it is in (known as lane-keeping). With HW1, it", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "14437622", "text": "a healthy number of contenders.” Despite this criticism, regardless of the unit volume capacity of the NUMMI facility, the May 20, 2010 purchase of the plant by Tesla Motors indicates that electric cars will be built there, albeit by Toyota and Tesla rather than Aurica Motors. In an interview with the Oakland Tribune, NUMMI spokesman Lance Tomasu indicated that through the limited negations conducted with Aurica, he is “not sure whether their proposal is viable” enough to come up with the more than half billion dollars it would take to retrofit the plant. John O’Dell of Green Car Advisor questioned", "title": "Aurica Motors" }, { "docid": "3640265", "text": "takes 44 hours for Standard Mode and 52 hours for Extended Mode. An aftermarket company called Quick Charge Power has come up with a way to add 48 kW CHAdeMO DC Quick Charging to the RAV4ev which dramatically shortens charge times for the 41.8 kWh battery. This can make the car tremendously more useful in areas where this charging infrastructure exists. Since May 2010, Toyota Motor Company and Tesla Motors worked together to develop the second generation RAV4 EV using Tesla's electric motor and batteries and Toyota's platform and body. The electric SUV was developed by Tesla and Toyota Technical", "title": "Toyota RAV4 EV" }, { "docid": "8158954", "text": "like driving a Lamborghini with a big V-12 revved over 6000 rpm at all times, waiting to pounce—without the noise, vibration, or misdemeanor arrest for disturbing the peace\". He also took the car to Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, and praised the car for its robustness, saying the Roadster: \"wins the Coolest Car I've Ever Driven award. Why? Despite the flat-out sprints, the drag racing, the donuts, the top-speed runs, and dicing through traffic like there's a jet pack strapped to the trunk, Pacific Gas and Electric—which generated power for the Tesla—released into the atmosphere the same amount of carbon", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "12151709", "text": "S before the price increase. It became the most sold car of any kind in Denmark in December 2015, with 1,248 cars delivered that month, out of 1,573 electric cars sold in December. This is the first time ever that an electric car is the best selling car in Denmark. The Model S comprised 98% of luxury cars sold in Denmark in 2015. Cumulative sales in the country reached 3,308 units through December 2015, of which, a record of 2,736 units were sold in 2015. Sales plummeted to 78 units in 2016 after the phasing out of the country's tax", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "302687", "text": "award; that both refused ever to accept the award if the other received it first; that both rejected any possibility of sharing it; and even that a wealthy Edison refused it to keep Tesla from getting the $20,000 prize money. In the years after these rumors, neither Tesla nor Edison won the prize (although Edison did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1915 and Tesla did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1937). Tesla won numerous medals and awards over this time. They include: Tesla attempted to market several devices based on the production of ozone. These included", "title": "Nikola Tesla" }, { "docid": "8158949", "text": "be grouped in two main categories: older reviews of \"validation prototypes\" (2006–2008), before Tesla began serial production and customer deliveries, and reviews on cars in serial production (2008–2010). The global online auto review site Autoguide.com tested Tesla's fourth-generation car in October 2010. Autoguide editor Derek Kreindler said \"The Tesla Roadster 2.5 S is a massively impressive vehicle, more spacecraft than sports car. Theories like global warming, peak oil and rising oil prices should no longer bring heart palpitations to car fans. The Tesla shows just how good zero-emissions \"green\" technology can be. Quite frankly, getting into a normal car at", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "14683658", "text": "what to do with customers who do not have ownership of the battery and risk being left with a useless car. Tesla Motors designed its Model S to allow fast battery swapping. In June 2013, Tesla announced their goal to deploy a battery swapping station in each of its supercharging stations. At a demonstration event Tesla showed that a battery swap operation with the Model S takes just over 90 seconds, about half the time it takes to refill a gasoline-powered car used for comparison purposes during the event. The first stations are planned to be deployed along Interstate 5", "title": "Range anxiety" }, { "docid": "20415993", "text": "in spite of the estimated battery weight of . He added that the feasibility of the acceleration claim assumed that suitable tires would be available for the maximum traction that will be required. Series 4, episode 12 of \"Jay Leno's Garage\" broadcast on 23 August 2018 featured Jay Leno inside the Tesla Roadster prototype along with its designer Franz von Holzhausen. Tesla Roadster (2020) The Tesla Roadster is an upcoming all-electric battery-powered four-seater sports car made by Tesla, Inc. Tesla has said it will be capable of in 1.9 seconds, quicker than any street legal production car to date at", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2020)" }, { "docid": "1831959", "text": "China's Hubei province. According to China's 163.com news channel, this marked \"China's first accidental death due to Tesla's automatic driving (system).\" Initially, Tesla pointed out that the vehicle was so badly damaged from the impact that their recorder was not able to conclusively prove that the car had been on Autopilot at the time; however, 163.com pointed out that other factors, such as the car's absolute failure to take any evasive actions prior to the high speed crash, and the driver's otherwise good driving record, seemed to indicate a strong likelihood that the car was on Autopilot at the time.", "title": "Self-driving car" }, { "docid": "16881514", "text": "and vans registered, surpassing the Netherlands, Europe’s top market in 2015. Also, Norway was the first country in the world to have all-electric cars topping the new car sales monthly ranking. From September 2013 to November 2016, nine times a plug-in electric car has topped the country's monthly ranking, four times the Tesla Model S, twice the Nissan Leaf, once the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, once the Tesla Model X, and once the BMW i3. In March 2014, the Tesla Model S also broke the 28-year-old record for monthly sales of a single model regardless of its power source. , the", "title": "Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway" }, { "docid": "15091956", "text": "electric SUVs at the moment. And even against fossil-fuel-fed SUVs, the Tesla's effortless performance and efficiency can't be matched.\" Motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson's made his first review of a Tesla vehicle after 10 years on his TV show \"The Grand Tour\" in February 2018; Clarkson gave a positive review of the car that he called \"fabulous\" that is unlike anything on the road. Lawyers were present during the review presumably because Clarkson's previous scathing review of the original Roadster caused a lawsuit. On November 16, 2015, the Tesla Model X was chosen as AutoGuide.com's 2016 Reader's Choice \"Green Car of", "title": "Tesla Model X" }, { "docid": "15091948", "text": "Model X deliveries had gone to US customers. Nevertheless, in January 2016 a Tesla car other than the Model S was registered in Germany and a Tesla Model X was sighted driving there with a license plate from Ingolstadt. Since the Audi headquarters are located in Ingolstadt, this led to speculation that Audi has acquired a Tesla Model X as part of its effort to develop its own battery-electric SUV. Tesla produced 507 Model X in the fourth quarter of 2015, of which 206 were delivered to customers. Model X sales totaled 2,400 units during the first quarter of 2016.", "title": "Tesla Model X" }, { "docid": "15091963", "text": "was second only to Model S.\" On December 30, 2016, a South Korean celebrity named Son Ji-chang filed a lawsuit against Tesla, claims of sudden unintended acceleration of his Tesla Model X. The lawsuit cites seven other Model X-related complaints registered in a NHTSA database dealing with sudden acceleration without warning. \"The evidence, including data from the car, conclusively shows that the crash was the result of Mr. Son pressing the accelerator pedal all the way to 100 percent,\" Tesla said in response to the lawsuit. The NHTSA estimates 16,000 accidents per year in U.S. are caused when drivers intend", "title": "Tesla Model X" }, { "docid": "15091943", "text": "but has an optional Enhanced Tesla Autopilot. The Model X has standard a collision avoidance system that uses radar-based autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and side-directed ultrasound detection that steers the car away from threats. Tesla uses a wide-band radar system to help prevent the falcon wing doors from hitting nearby objects when opening or closing. The Model X has double hinged falcon wing doors, which open upwards allowing the leading edge of the door to remain tucked close to the body, unlike traditional gull-wing doors. Tesla says the falcon doors make access easier. The Model X offers room for seven", "title": "Tesla Model X" }, { "docid": "19606400", "text": "warnings before the crash. Tesla Autopilot Tesla Autopilot also known as Enhanced Autopilot after a second hardware version started to be shipped, is an advanced driver-assistance system feature offered by Tesla that has lane centering, adaptive cruise control, self-parking, ability to automatically change lanes with driver confirmation, and enables the car to be summoned to and from a garage or parking spot. Recent improvements to Enhanced Autopilot include transitioning from one freeway to another and exiting the freeway when the user’s destination is near. As an upgrade above and beyond Enhanced Autopilot's capabilities, the company's stated intent is to offer", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "19660297", "text": "approximately on revenue of . Profitability arose primarily from improved gross margin on the 2010 Roadster, the second iteration of Tesla's award-winning sports car. Tesla, which like all automakers records revenue when products are delivered, shipped a record 109 vehicles in July and reported a surge in new Roadster purchases. In September 2009, Tesla announced a round to accelerate Tesla's retail expansion. Daimler participated in the round to maintain equity ownership from its initial investment. Tesla Motors signed a production contract on July 11, 2005, with Group Lotus to produce \"gliders\" (complete cars minus powertrain). The contract ran through March", "title": "History of Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "19606357", "text": "Tesla Autopilot Tesla Autopilot also known as Enhanced Autopilot after a second hardware version started to be shipped, is an advanced driver-assistance system feature offered by Tesla that has lane centering, adaptive cruise control, self-parking, ability to automatically change lanes with driver confirmation, and enables the car to be summoned to and from a garage or parking spot. Recent improvements to Enhanced Autopilot include transitioning from one freeway to another and exiting the freeway when the user’s destination is near. As an upgrade above and beyond Enhanced Autopilot's capabilities, the company's stated intent is to offer full self-driving at a", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "18160662", "text": "capacity, front and rear trunks, and promised sports-car levels of acceleration performance. Tesla said it would have a 5-Star safety rating and have a . This will be lower than the Tesla Model S , which, in 2014, was the lowest among the production cars of the time. Industry experts were dubious when, in May 2016, Tesla announced its decision to advance its 500,000-total-unit build plan (combined for Model S, Model X, and Model 3) to 2018, two years earlier than previously planned, in order to accelerate its target for Model 3 output. As predicted, there were \"production bottlenecks\" and", "title": "Tesla Model 3" }, { "docid": "3916587", "text": "concept car that was designed by and for women, had gull-wing doors as part of a design meant to be appealing from a woman's perspective. Gull-wing doors to make it easier to lift a bag to store it behind the drivers seat, increases visibility over the driver's shoulder, and makes it easier to get in and out of the vehicle. The Tesla Model X, first introduced in 2015, has double hinged gull-wing doors, called falcon-wing doors by Tesla. The Model X has several design considerations to make the doors more practical. Being double hinged allows them to open with less", "title": "Gull-wing door" }, { "docid": "8158956", "text": "\"Teknikens Värld\" (Sweden) and \"Bil Magasine\"t (Denmark), critics praised the torque of the car and a track car structure, but also highlighted more negative aspects such as a short battery life; they were unable to drive a full track lap in dry track conditions. In May 2009, \"Car and Driver\" technical editor Aaron Robinson wrote a review based on the first extended test-drive of a production Tesla Roadster. Robinson had the car for nearly a week at his home. He complained of \"design anomalies, daily annoyances, absurd ergonomics, and ridiculous economics \" and stated he never got to see if", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "8022231", "text": "the past 12 months, the electric-car maker has been burning money at a clip of about $8,000 a minute (or $480,000 an hour)\" preparing for Model 3. In April 2018, Musk increased the 5000 per week number by 20%; forecasting Tesla could achieve 6,000 units per week by the end of June 2018. When asked when the company would reach a production level of 10,000 units per week, he declined to speculate. For Q2 2018, Tesla reported delivery of 28,578 Model 3 vehicles, which exceeded combined Model S and X production (24,761), almost three times the amount of Model 3's", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "14464116", "text": "2017. A total of 42,367 plug-in cars were sold in 2015. The top 5 were all plug-in hybrids, led by the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The Tesla Model S continued as the top selling electric car with 1,842 units. A total of 9,185 passenger plug-ins were registered in the first three quarters of 2016. the Outlander P-HEV was the top-selling plug-in car with 25,984 units, followed by the Volvo V60 PHEV (15,804), Volkswagen Golf GTE (10,691), Volkswagen Passat GTE (7,773), Mercedes-Benz C 350 e (6,226), and the Tesla Model S (6,049). BYD introduces the first European BYD e6 in Netherlands. BYD", "title": "Electric car use by country" }, { "docid": "8022289", "text": "to drive. In addition, Tesla said that neither car ever dropped below 25% charge, and that the scene was staged. The High Court in London rejected Tesla's libel claim. The falsehood claims were later struck out. The \"Top Gear\" website posted a favorable review of the Model S in 2015 and featured the Model X favorably in 2016. In early 2013, Tesla approached the \"New York Times\" to publish a story \"Focused on future advancements in our Supercharger technology\". In February 2013, the \"Times\" published an account on the newly installed Supercharger network on freeway between Boston and New York", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "12151663", "text": "of what Tesla is, is a Silicon Valley software company. We view this the same as updating your phone or your laptop.\" Full autonomy is \"really a software limitation: The hardware exists to create full autonomy, so it's really about developing advanced, narrow AI for the car to operate on.\" The first known fatal accident involving a Model S when Autopilot was active occurred in Williston, Florida on May 7, 2016. In June 2016, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a formal investigation into the accident, working with the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the NHTSA, preliminary", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "12151752", "text": "resolution. Tesla Model S The Tesla Model S is a full-sized / Mid-size luxury all-electric five-door liftback car, produced by Tesla, Inc., and introduced on June 22, 2012. The EPA official range for the 2017 Model S 100D, which is equipped with a battery pack, is , higher than any other electric car. The December 2017 Consumer Reports owner satisfaction survey has the Tesla Model S at the top. The EPA rated the 2017 90D Model S's energy consumption at 3.096 miles per kWh (200.9 watt-hours per kilometer or 32.33 kWh/100 mi or 20.09 kWh/100 km) for a combined fuel", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "12151624", "text": "Tesla Model S The Tesla Model S is a full-sized / Mid-size luxury all-electric five-door liftback car, produced by Tesla, Inc., and introduced on June 22, 2012. The EPA official range for the 2017 Model S 100D, which is equipped with a battery pack, is , higher than any other electric car. The December 2017 Consumer Reports owner satisfaction survey has the Tesla Model S at the top. The EPA rated the 2017 90D Model S's energy consumption at 3.096 miles per kWh (200.9 watt-hours per kilometer or 32.33 kWh/100 mi or 20.09 kWh/100 km) for a combined fuel economy", "title": "Tesla Model S" }, { "docid": "20467656", "text": "Earth in the background, thanks to cameras placed inside and outside the car, on booms attached to the vehicle's custom adaptor atop the upper stage. Musk had estimated the car's battery would last over 12 hours, but the live stream ran for just over four hours, thus ending before the final boost out of Earth orbit. The images were released by SpaceX into the public domain on their Flickr account. Following the launch, the rocket stage carrying the car was given the Satellite Catalog Number 43205, named \"TESLA ROADSTER/FALCON 9H\", along with the COSPAR designation 2018-017A. The JPL Horizons system", "title": "Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster" }, { "docid": "3688096", "text": "perks have been extended to 2020. In February 2017 Consumer Reports named Tesla as the top car brand in the United States and ranked it 8th among global carmakers. Deliveries of the Tesla Model S passed the 200,000 unit milestone during the fourth quarter of 2017. Global sales of the Nissan Leaf achieved the 300,000 unit milestone in January 2018. The global stock of highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and utility vans reached 4 million in September 2018, but despite the rapid growth experienced, the plug-in electric car segment represented just about 1 out of every 300 vehicles on", "title": "History of the electric vehicle" }, { "docid": "19606383", "text": "brake was not applied.\" The car attempted to drive full speed under the trailer, \"with the bottom of the trailer impacting the windshield of the Model S.\" Tesla also stated that this was Tesla’s first known Autopilot-related death in over 130 million miles (208 million km) driven by its customers while Autopilot was activated. According to Tesla there is a fatality every 94 million miles (150 million km) among all type of vehicles in the U.S. It is estimated that billions of miles will need to be traveled before Tesla Autopilot can claim to be safer than humans with statistical", "title": "Tesla Autopilot" }, { "docid": "8022326", "text": "non-executive directors have professional or personal ties to Mr. Musk that could put at risk their ability to exercise independent judgement.” The letter called for a more independent board that could put a check on groupthink. At first Musk responded on Twitter, writing that the investors \"should buy Ford stock\" because \"their governance is amazing.” Two days later, he promised he would add two independent board members. Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.) is an American automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in electric car manufacturing and, through its SolarCity subsidiary, solar", "title": "Tesla, Inc." }, { "docid": "8158957", "text": "the car could go 240 miles on a single charge because the torturous seating forced him to stop driving the car. He also complained of Tesla increasing the car prices on those who had already made deposits and charging extra for previously free necessary components. In February 2009, automotive critic Dan Neil of the \"Los Angeles Times\" called the production Tesla Roadster \"a superb piece of machinery: stiff, well sorted, highly focused, dead-sexy and eerily quick\". Neil said he had the car for 24 hours but \"caned it like the Taliban caned Gillette salesmen and it never even blinked\". In", "title": "Tesla Roadster (2008)" }, { "docid": "17879459", "text": "by Latvian and Baltic touring car champion Jānis Horeliks. The adverse weather conditions had made the track surface slippery and he went off road after losing grip in a left hand corner at the Halfway Picnic Grounds. A documentary called \"Uzvaras cena\" has been produced about the project and was first aired in September 2013 on LTV7 during motoring programme \"Tavs auto\". Drive eO returned to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2014 with a race car based on a Tesla Roadster chassis. This was the first time that Tesla brand was represented at a major international motorsport event.", "title": "Drive eO" }, { "docid": "7989212", "text": "and its derivatives Outback and Baja, as well as the new B9 Tribeca. The two latter models are only built in Indiana for all markets where they are sold. After Toyota acquired a stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, it shifted some of the Toyota Camry production to the Lafayette plant. Tesla is a Silicon Valley-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. Tesla Motors gained widespread attention by producing the Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric sports car, followed by the Model S, a fully electric luxury sedan. Tesla", "title": "Passenger vehicles in the United States" }, { "docid": "8022270", "text": "by providing chargers to hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, resorts and other full service stations to provide on-site vehicle charging at twice the power of a typical charging location. On April 25, 2016, Tesla launched European destination charging, with 150 locations and more to be added later. Chargers are installed free of charge by Tesla-certified contractors. All installed chargers appear in the in-car navigation system. In addition to its corporate headquarters, the company operates multiple large factories for making vehicles and their components. The company operates showrooms and galleries around the world. Tesla was founded in San Carlos, California. Tesla's first", "title": "Tesla, Inc." } ]

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[ { "docid": "1745767", "text": "the Eye Response element. Note that a motor response in any limb is acceptable. The scale is composed of three tests: eye, verbal and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible GCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death), while the highest is 15 (fully awake person). There are four grades starting with the most severe: There are five grades starting with the most severe: There are six grades: Individual elements as well as the sum of the score are important. Hence, the score is expressed in the form \"GCS", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "3401378", "text": "coma or death) whilst the highest is 15 (fully awake and aware person). The pediatric GCS is commonly used in emergency medical services. Source: Any combined score of less than eight represents a significant risk of mortality. Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale The Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (BrE) (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (AmE) or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the level of consciousness of child patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the Glascow Coma Scale was modified slightly to", "title": "Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "1745767", "text": "the Eye Response element. Note that a motor response in any limb is acceptable. The scale is composed of three tests: eye, verbal and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible GCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death), while the highest is 15 (fully awake person). There are four grades starting with the most severe: There are five grades starting with the most severe: There are six grades: Individual elements as well as the sum of the score are important. Hence, the score is expressed in the form \"GCS", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "11244733", "text": "and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible PGCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death) whilst the highest is 15 (fully awake and aware person). The Blantyre Coma Scale is a modification of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, designed to assess malarial coma in children. It was designed by doctors Terrie Taylor and Malcolm Molyneux in 1987, and named for the Malawian city of Blantyre, site of the Blantyre Malaria Project. The Rancho Los Amigos Scale is used to assess individuals after a closed head injury based on cognitive", "title": "Coma scale" } ]

[ { "docid": "3401377", "text": "Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale The Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (BrE) (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (AmE) or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the level of consciousness of child patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the Glascow Coma Scale was modified slightly to form the PGCS. As with the GCS, the PGCS comprises three tests: eye, verbal and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible PGCS (the sum) is 3 (deep", "title": "Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "11244731", "text": "Coma scale A coma scale is a system to assess the severity of coma. There are several such systems: The Glasgow Coma Scale is neurological scale which aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person, for initial as well as continuing assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14 (original scale) or 15 (the more widely used modified or revised scale). GCS was initially used to assess level of consciousness after head injury and", "title": "Coma scale" }, { "docid": "11572023", "text": "a longer duration does not necessarily indicate more severe symptoms. The duration of PTA in brain-injured patients is a useful predictor of the expected long-term effects of the injury, along with the duration of loss of consciousness(LOC), and scores on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which measures degrees of consciousness, with higher scores indicating higher levels of functioning. A score of three indicates complete unconsciousness, and a score of 15 indicates normal functioning. In patients experiencing PTA for the duration of: Up to one hour – the injury is very mild in severity and full recovery is expected. The patient", "title": "Post-traumatic amnesia" }, { "docid": "1745764", "text": "Glasgow Coma Scale The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a neurological scale which aims to give a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14 (original scale) or 15 (more widely used modified or revised scale). GCS was initially used to assess a patient's level of consciousness after a head injury, and the scale is now used by first responders, EMS, nurses, and", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "1745770", "text": "higher than that of the GCS, they have not gained consensus as replacements. Glasgow Coma Scale The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a neurological scale which aims to give a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14 (original scale) or 15 (more widely used modified or revised scale). GCS was initially used to assess a patient's level of consciousness after a head", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "10212402", "text": "scores under 5 are considered abnormal. Blantyre coma scale The Blantyre coma scale is a modification of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, designed to assess malarial coma in children. It was designed by Drs. Terrie Taylor and Malcolm Molyneux in 1987, and named for the Malawian city of Blantyre, site of the Blantyre Malaria Project. The score assigned by the Blantyre coma scale is a number from 0 to 5. The score is determined by adding the results from three groups: Motor response, verbal response, and eye movement. The minimum score is 0 which indicates poor results while the maximum", "title": "Blantyre coma scale" }, { "docid": "10212401", "text": "Blantyre coma scale The Blantyre coma scale is a modification of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, designed to assess malarial coma in children. It was designed by Drs. Terrie Taylor and Malcolm Molyneux in 1987, and named for the Malawian city of Blantyre, site of the Blantyre Malaria Project. The score assigned by the Blantyre coma scale is a number from 0 to 5. The score is determined by adding the results from three groups: Motor response, verbal response, and eye movement. The minimum score is 0 which indicates poor results while the maximum is 5 indicating good results. All", "title": "Blantyre coma scale" }, { "docid": "11244732", "text": "the scale is now used by first aid, EMS and doctors as being applicable to all acute medical and trauma patients. In hospital it is also used in chronic patient monitoring, in for instance, intensive care. The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the mental state of adult patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the scale was modified slightly. As with the GCS, the PGCS comprises three tests: eye, verbal", "title": "Coma scale" }, { "docid": "69207", "text": "with tests for sophisticated use of language. The outcome may be summarized using the Glasgow Coma Scale, which yields a number in the range 3–5, with a score of 3 to 8 indicating coma, and 15 indicating full consciousness. The Glasgow Coma Scale has three subscales, measuring the best motor response (ranging from \"no motor response\" to \"obeys commands\"), the best eye response (ranging from \"no eye opening\" to \"eyes opening spontaneously\") and the best verbal response (ranging from \"no verbal response\" to \"fully oriented\"). There is also a simpler pediatric version of the scale, for children too young to", "title": "Consciousness" }, { "docid": "10807039", "text": "Glascow Coma Score. Ommaya first reported the Ommaya reservoir in 1963. The reservoir is subcutaneous implant for repeated intrathecal injections, to treat hydrocephalus and malignant tumors. The reservoir was the first medical port to use silicone which is biologically inert and self-sealing. The Ommaya reservoir allows delivery of intermittent bolus injections for chemotherapy to the tumor bed. Agents are injected percutaneously into the reservoir and delivered to the tumor by compression of the reservoir. The Ommaya reservoir provided a great improvement for treatment which reduces the risk of infection. While the Chief Medical Advisor for the Department of Transportation in", "title": "Ayub Ommaya" }, { "docid": "11244734", "text": "and behavioural presentations as they emerge from coma. It is named after the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, located in Downey, California, United States. Coma scale A coma scale is a system to assess the severity of coma. There are several such systems: The Glasgow Coma Scale is neurological scale which aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person, for initial as well as continuing assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give a patient score between 3 (indicating deep unconsciousness) and either 14", "title": "Coma scale" }, { "docid": "221267", "text": "120, 112 , 100, 90, 80, 75, 66 , and 60, Ptolemy quantified the consonant tuning of what would today be called the major scale beginning and ending on the mediant – 16:15, 9:8, 10:9, 9:8, 16:15, 9:8, and 10:9. The guqin has a musical scale based on harmonic overtone positions. The dots on its soundboard indicate the harmonic positions: , , , , , , , , , , , , . The prominent notes of a given scale may be tuned so that their frequencies form (relatively) small whole number ratios. The 5-limit diatonic major scale is tuned", "title": "Just intonation" }, { "docid": "15597131", "text": "to the Glasgow Coma Scale in several clinical contexts, including assessment by physicians in the Neurocritical Care Unit, assessment by intensive care nurses, assessment of patients in the medical intensive care unit (ICU), and assessment of patients in the Emergency Department. Comparison of the inter-observer reliability of the FOUR Score and the GCS suggests that the FOUR Score may have a modest but significant advantage in this particular measure of test function. Overall, FOUR score has better biostatistical properties than Glasgow Coma Scale in terms of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and positive predictive value. FOUR score The FOUR Score is a", "title": "FOUR score" }, { "docid": "1745769", "text": "GCS has limited applicability to children, especially below the age of 36 months (where the verbal performance of even a healthy child would be expected to be poor). Consequently, the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale was developed for assessing younger children. The GCS has come under pressure from some researchers who take issue with the scale's poor inter-rater reliability and lack of prognostic utility. Although there is no agreed-upon alternative, newer scores such as the Simplified motor scale and FOUR score have also been developed as improvements to the GCS. Although the inter-rater reliability of these newer scores has been slightly", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "483868", "text": "injury. This method is based on the objective observations of specific traits to determine the severity of a brain injury. It is based on three traits eye opening, verbal response, and motor response, gauged as described below. Based on the Glasgow Coma Scale severity is classified as follows, severe brain injuries score 3-8, moderate brain injuries score 9-12 and mild score 13-15. There are several imaging techniques that can aid in diagnosing and assessing the extent of brain damage, such as computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), positron emission", "title": "Head injury" }, { "docid": "2059023", "text": "specific traits to determine the severity of a brain injury. It is based on three traits eye opening, verbal response, and motor response, gauged as described below. Based on the Glasgow Coma Scale severity is classified as follows, severe brain injuries score 3-8, moderate brain injuries score 9-12 and mild score 13-15. There are several imaging techniques that can aid in diagnosing and assessing the extent of brain damage, such as computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission tomography (SPECT). CT scans and MRI", "title": "Brain damage" }, { "docid": "12560227", "text": "of the various wines, wines are given scores according to a relatively set system. This may be either by explicitly weighting different aspects, or by global judgment (although the same aspects would be considered). These aspects are 1) the appearance of the wine, 2) the nose or smell, 3) the palate or taste, and 4) overall. Different systems weight these differently (e.g., appearance 15%, nose 35%, palate 50%). Typically, no modern wine would score less than half on any scale (which would effectively indicate an obvious fault). It is more common for wines to be scored out of 20 (including", "title": "Wine tasting" }, { "docid": "1745768", "text": "9 = E2 V4 M3 at 07:35\". Generally, brain injury is classified as: Tracheal intubation and severe facial/eye swelling or damage make it impossible to test the verbal and eye responses. In these circumstances, the score is given as 1 with a modifier attached (e.g. \"E1c\", where \"c\" = closed, or \"V1t\" where t = tube). Often the 1 is left out, so the scale reads Ec or Vt. A composite might be \"GCS 5tc\". This would mean, for example, eyes closed because of swelling = 1, intubated = 1, leaving a motor score of 3 for \"abnormal flexion\". The", "title": "Glasgow Coma Scale" }, { "docid": "10596304", "text": "Rosenberg self-esteem scale The Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES), developed by sociologist Dr. Morris Rosenberg, is a self-esteem measure widely used in social-science research. It uses a scale of 0-40 where a score less than 15 may indicate a problematic low self esteem. The RSES is designed similar to the social-survey questionnaires. It is a ten-item Likert-type scale with items answered on a four-point scale—from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Five of the items have positively worded statements and five have negatively worded ones. The scale measures state self-esteem by asking the respondents to reflect on their current feelings. The original", "title": "Rosenberg self-esteem scale" }, { "docid": "7177119", "text": "highly unlikely to survive without a significant amount of resources. The score is as follows: These three scores (Glasgow Coma Scale, Systolic Blood Pressure, Respiratory Rate) are then used to take the weighted sum by RTS = 0.9368 GCS + 0.7326 SBP + 0.2908 RR. Values for the RTS are in the range 0 to 7.8408. The RTS is heavily weighted towards the Glasgow Coma Scale to compensate for major head injury without multisystem injury or major physiological changes. A threshold of RTS < 4 has been proposed to identify those patients who should be treated in a trauma centre,", "title": "Revised Trauma Score" }, { "docid": "8292722", "text": "Rancho Los Amigos Scale The Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS), a.k.a. the Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale (LOCF) or Rancho Scale, is a medical scale used to assess individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cognitive and behavioural presentations as they emerge from coma. It is named after the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, located in Downey, California, United States in Los Angeles County. After being assessed based on the LOCF, individuals with brain injury receive a score from one to eight. A score of one represents non-responsive cognitive functioning, whereas", "title": "Rancho Los Amigos Scale" }, { "docid": "20412871", "text": "ALS Functional Rating Scale - Revised Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is a neurodegenerative disease that typically affects adults around 54-67 years of age, although anyone can be diagnosed with the disease. People diagnosed with ALS live on average 2–4 years after diagnosis due to the quick progression of the disease. The progression and severity of ALS is rated by doctors on the ALS Functional Rating Scale, which has been revised and is referred to as ALSFRS-R. ALSFRS-R includes 12 questions that can have a score of 0 to 4. A score of 0 on a question would indicate no function", "title": "ALS Functional Rating Scale - Revised" }, { "docid": "17201062", "text": "from severe TBI. All tests were performed in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. The intent of the scale was to measure the general functional changes of the patient throughout the course of recovery. The Disability Rating Scale (DRS) is primarily used to assess impairment, disability, and handicap of an individual. An impairment rating is based on the Glascow Outcome Scale, such as \"Eye Opening,\" \"Communication Ability,\" and \"Motor Response.\" Disability assesses the cognitive ability of the individual. Handicap assesses the individual’s ability to function within society. Based on single assessments, the DRS is \"used to predict ability to return to employment", "title": "Disability Rating Scale" }, { "docid": "15597130", "text": "pattern. The rationale for the development of the FOUR Score constituted creation of a clinical grading scale for the assessment of patients with impaired level of consciousness that can be used in patients with or without endotracheal intubation. The main clinical grading scale in use for patients with impaired level of consciousness has historically been the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which cannot be administered to patients with an endotracheal tube (one component of the GCS is the assessment of verbal responses, which are not possible in the presence of an endotracheal tube.) The FOUR score has been validated with reference", "title": "FOUR score" }, { "docid": "2420856", "text": "or brain MRI should be avoided unless there are progressive neurological symptoms, focal neurological findings or concern of skull fracture on exam. Diagnosis of MTBI is based on physical and neurological examination findings, duration of unconsciousness (usually less than 30 minutes) and post-traumatic amnesia (PTA; usually less than 24 hours), and the Glasgow Coma Scale (MTBI sufferers have scores of 13 to 15). Neuropsychological tests exist to measure cognitive function and the international consensus meeting in Zurich recommended the use of the SCAT2 test. If the Glasgow Coma Scale is less than 15 at two hours or less than 14", "title": "Concussion" }, { "docid": "70350", "text": "comatose person exhibits a complete absence of wakefulness and is unable to consciously feel, speak, hear, or move. Clinically, a coma can be defined as the inability to consistently follow a one-step command. It can also be defined as a score of ≤ 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale lasting ≥ 6 hours. For a patient to maintain consciousness, two important neurological components must function. The first is the cerebral cortex—the gray matter that forms the outer layer of the brain. The other is a structure located in the brainstem, called reticular activating system (RAS). Injury to either or both", "title": "Coma" }, { "docid": "2420839", "text": "either a direct blow to the head or forces elsewhere on the body that are transmitted to the head. This is believed to result in neuron dysfunction, as there is increased glucose requirements but insufficient blood supply. Diagnosis requires less than 30 minutes of loss of consciousness, memory loss of less than 24 hours and a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13 to 15. Otherwise, it is considered a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. Efforts to prevent the condition includes the use of helmets when bicycling or motorbiking. Treatment generally involves physical and cognitive rest for a day or", "title": "Concussion" }, { "docid": "6293549", "text": "Bogardus social distance scale The Bogardus social distance scale is a psychological testing scale created by Emory S. Bogardus to empirically measure people's willingness to participate in social contacts of varying degrees of closeness with members of diverse social groups, such as racial and ethnic groups. The scale asks people the extent to which they would be accepting of each group (a score of 1.00 for a group is taken to indicate no social distance): The Bogardus social distance scale is a cumulative scale (a Guttman scale), because agreement with any item implies agreement with all preceding items. Research by", "title": "Bogardus social distance scale" }, { "docid": "4427966", "text": "as the maximum score, and others extended to 100. Because the scale was most often used with people seeking health services, it would be rare to have scores over 90, as they would indicate not just a lack of symptoms, but also \"superior functioning.\" The related SOFAS (Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale) scale was initially described in a paper by Goldman et al. in 1992 in the paper \"Revising Axis V for DSM-IV: A review of measures of social functioning.\" The DSM-IV included the SOFAS within the section \"Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further Study.\" The SOFAS scale", "title": "Global Assessment of Functioning" }, { "docid": "17200276", "text": "a fracture. CT or MRI detect any bleeding in the skull. The Glasgow Coma Scale classifies the severity of brain injury, with a score of 15 as normal and progressively lower scores indicating greater neurologic injury to the brain. After testing is completed, doctors will make an estimate on the extent of the injury and possible recovery time. If cranial bleeding and swelling is minor, a short hospital stay (up to a week) is needed with close observation. If bleeding is severe, the player may be treated as a patient with a severe head injury (with surgery as the main", "title": "Sports-related traumatic brain injury" }, { "docid": "20791709", "text": "number of false positives of 33%.\" \"BrainScope One's\" technology was created through 21 clinical studies at over 55 clinical sites spanning a decade, contributing to 23 investigator-initiated peer-review journal articles and resulting in 5 FDA clearances. \"BrainScope One\" is FDA cleared as an Rx-only device for use on patients 18-85 years of age who have suffered a mild head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13-15 and mTBI) within the previous 72 hours. \"BrainScope One\" was originally cleared by the FDA as the Ahead 300 under 510(k) K161068 in September 2016. Subsequent modifications to device Indications for Use regarding concussion/mTBI", "title": "BrainScope Company, Inc." }, { "docid": "15053124", "text": "More complex classification systems, such as the Revised Trauma Score, APACHE II, and SAPS II add physiologic data to the equation in an attempt to more precisely define the severity, which can be useful in triaging casualties as well as in determining medical management and predicting prognosis. Though useful, all of these measures have significant limitations when applied to pediatric patients. For this reason, health care providers often employ classification systems that have been modified or even specifically developed for use in the pediatric population. For example, the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale is a modification of the Glasgow Coma Scale", "title": "Trauma in children" }, { "docid": "483859", "text": "released from the hospital are frequently advised to rouse the patient several times during the next 12 to 24 hours to assess for worsening symptoms. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool for measuring degree of unconsciousness and is thus a useful tool for determining severity of injury. The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale is used in young children. The widely used PECARN Pediatric Head Injury/Trauma Algorithm helps physicians weigh risk-benefit of imaging in a clinical setting given multiple factors about the patient—including mechanism/location of injury, age of patient, and GCS score. Symptoms of brain injuries can also be influenced", "title": "Head injury" }, { "docid": "6121949", "text": "to eleven\" idiom is an example of this. The \"Perfect 10\" score in gymnastics is an example of 10 on such a scale being used to indicate perfection. Scale of one to ten A scale of one to ten, or scale from one to ten, is a general and largely vernacular concept used for rating things, people, places, ideas, and so on. The scale has 10 as a maximum score, as a denotation of exceptionally high quality or of another attribute, usually accompanying 1 as its minimum, although some common variants have a minimum of 0. Such a scale is", "title": "Scale of one to ten" }, { "docid": "6302949", "text": "to pain gets a score of two in the motor section of the Glasgow Coma Scale (for adults) and the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (for infants), due to his or her muscles extending because of the neuro-muscular response to the trauma. Decerebrate posturing indicates brain stem damage, specifically damage below the level of the red nucleus (e.g. mid-collicular lesion). It is exhibited by people with lesions or compression in the midbrain and lesions in the cerebellum. Decerebrate posturing is commonly seen in pontine strokes. A patient with decorticate posturing may begin to show decerebrate posturing, or may go from one", "title": "Abnormal posturing" }, { "docid": "7177120", "text": "although this value may be somewhat low. Revised Trauma Score The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a physiologic scoring system, designed for use in based on the initial vital signs of a patient. A lower score indicates a higher severity of injury. The Revised Trauma Score is made up of a three categories: Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate. The score range is 0–12. In START triage, a patient with an RTS score of 12 is labeled delayed, 11 is urgent, and 3–10 is immediate. Those who have an RTS below 3 are declared dead and should", "title": "Revised Trauma Score" }, { "docid": "7177118", "text": "Revised Trauma Score The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a physiologic scoring system, designed for use in based on the initial vital signs of a patient. A lower score indicates a higher severity of injury. The Revised Trauma Score is made up of a three categories: Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate. The score range is 0–12. In START triage, a patient with an RTS score of 12 is labeled delayed, 11 is urgent, and 3–10 is immediate. Those who have an RTS below 3 are declared dead and should not receive certain care because they are", "title": "Revised Trauma Score" }, { "docid": "18157608", "text": "Each item asks how often a symptom has occurred within the last week. Response choices are assigned point values, which are summed together to determine a total measure score. Response choices for each item and their corresponding point values are as follows: Items 4, 8, 12 and 16 are phrased to reflect positive affect and behavior, and therefore are scored in opposite order as follows: Scores on the CES-DC range from 0 to 60, in which higher scores suggest a greater presence of depressive symptoms. A score of 15 or higher is interpreted to indicate a risk for depression. However,", "title": "Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale" }, { "docid": "6300617", "text": "eye placement, and 15% improvement in both muzzle length and shape. The breeder would evaluate these characteristics on a scale of 1 to 10 and multiply by the weights. The formula would look something like: 15 (muzzle length) + 15(muzzle shape) + 30(eye placement) + 40(eye shape) = total score for that animal. The breeder determines the lowest acceptable total score for an animal to be folded back into their breeding program. Animals that do not meet this minimum total score are culled from the breeding program. Since livestock is bred for the production of meat or milk, the herd", "title": "Culling" }, { "docid": "70359", "text": "cause of unconsciousness. According to Young, the following steps should be taken when dealing with a patient possibly in a coma: In the initial assessment of coma, it is common to gauge the level of consciousness by spontaneously exhibited actions, response to vocal stimuli (\"Can you hear me?\"), and painful stimuli; this is known as the AVPU (alert, vocal stimuli, painful stimuli, unresponsive) scale. More elaborate scales, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale, quantify an individual's reactions such as eye opening, movement and verbal response on a scale; Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is an indication of the extent of brain", "title": "Coma" }, { "docid": "1301586", "text": "reliable means of oxygenation and ventilation and the greatest degree of protection against regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration. Damage to the brain (such as from a massive stroke, non-penetrating head injury, intoxication or poisoning) may result in a depressed level of consciousness. When this becomes severe to the point of stupor or coma (defined as a score on the Glasgow Coma Scale of less than 8), dynamic collapse of the extrinsic muscles of the airway can obstruct the airway, impeding the free flow of air into the lungs. Furthermore, protective airway reflexes such as coughing and swallowing may be diminished or", "title": "Tracheal intubation" }, { "docid": "1329931", "text": "with clients, he offered positive regard no matter what. Indeed, the concept of self-esteem is approached since then in humanistic psychology as an inalienable right for every person, summarized in the following sentence: Self-esteem is typically assessed using self-report inventories. One of the most widely used instruments, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES) is a 10-item self-esteem scale score that requires participants to indicate their level of agreement with a series of statements about themselves. An alternative measure, The Coopersmith Inventory uses a 50-question battery over a variety of topics and asks subjects whether they rate someone as similar or dissimilar", "title": "Self-esteem" }, { "docid": "7438031", "text": "to obtain a single number. A number in the 0–9 range is considered to be normal while a number in the 10–24 range indicates that expert medical advice should be sought. For instance, scores of 11–15 are shown to indicate the possibility of mild to moderate sleep apnea, where a score of 16 and above indicates the possibility of severe sleep apnea or narcolepsy. Certain questions in the scale were shown to be better predictors of specific sleep disorders, though further tests may be required to provide an accurate diagnosis. The questionnaire was originally created with the intent to preserve", "title": "Epworth Sleepiness Scale" }, { "docid": "20412872", "text": "while a score of 4 would indicate full function. This scale has been useful for doctors in diagnosing patients, measuring disease progression and also for researchers when selecting patients for a study and measuring the potential effects of a clinical trial. The ALSFRS-R scale has some limitations though since it is not useful to compare scores of people who present with different onset. In ALS the main type of onset is bulbar, followed by limb-onset; which describes the region of motor neurons first affected. Individuals may also present with respiratory onset, but this occurs very rarely. Since there are three", "title": "ALS Functional Rating Scale - Revised" }, { "docid": "16064750", "text": "to evaluate \"text comprehension, data analysis, ability to evaluate an argument, or apply knowledge from the passage to other contexts.\" A new scoring scale was also implemented. The total composite score, which ranges from 3–45, is based on the individual scores of the verbal reasoning, biological sciences, and physical sciences, which each have a score range of 1–15. The writing sample, which consists of two essays to be written within 30 minutes for each, is graded on a letter scale from J-T with T being the highest attainable score. On July 18, 2005, the AAMC announced that it would offer", "title": "Medical College Admission Test" }, { "docid": "19805677", "text": "importance of tasks, the tendency to approach tasks in order of importance, and the use of lists for organization. Adding the scores from the four sub-scales results in an overall resilience score. Adding scores from either the two social sub-scales or the two cognitive sub-scales results in a social resilience or cognitive resilience score, respectively. The sub-scale scores can also be viewed as an individual profile of strengths and deficits to indicate priorities for therapeutic plans. This additive approach could theoretically allow varying subscale scores to cancel each other out and incorrectly indicate low overall resilience. However, research shows that", "title": "Scale of Protective Factors" }, { "docid": "350723", "text": "to elect officers, on a 0–9 scale. Wikimedia's Board of Trustees and Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee are elected using a three-point scale (\"Support\", \"Neutral\", \"Oppose\"). Ballots are tallied equivalently to averaged approval voting, with \"Neutral\" treated as abstention. Non-governmental uses of score voting are common, such as in Likert scale customer satisfaction surveys (such as for a restaurant), automated telephone surveys (where one is asked to press or say a number to indicate their level of satisfaction or likelihood), and any mechanism that includes \"giving some number of stars\" as a rating (such as rating movies on IMDb, products at Amazon,", "title": "Score voting" }, { "docid": "18318800", "text": "2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball) The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A is the 78th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest tier professional basketball league in Hungary. The following 10 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2013–14 season: Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game. Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of", "title": "2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)" }, { "docid": "18073119", "text": "won series 2–0 and advanced to the Final.\" \"Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won series 2–0 and advanced to the Final.\" \"Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won Championship final series 3–0.\" Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game. Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game. 2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) The 2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (known", "title": "2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)" }, { "docid": "2519562", "text": "propose that, \"The whole problem is of greater theoretical interest than of practical worth.\" Alexander Scriabin's mystic chord, when considered as a scale (the Prometheus scale), is an example of a synthetic chord—in that it is a whole tone scale with one degree altered. However, it was not the generating element to Scriabin's music, nor does his derivation of it from the whole tone scale necessarily indicate knowledge of Busoni's theories. Starting on C, the Prometheus scale is \\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \\relative c' { </score> The semitone steps for this scale are 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2.", "title": "Synthetic scale" }, { "docid": "11885024", "text": "became common practice to attribute a \"reasonability\" score between 1 and 5, where 5 would indicate that a party had acted reasonably and would be entitled to the full sympathy of the court. Reasonability Reasonability is a legal term. The scale of reasonability represents a quintessential element of modern judicial systems and is particularly important in the context of international disputes and conflicts of laws issues. The concept is founded on the notion that all parties should be held to a reasonable standard of conduct and has become embedded in a number of international conventions such as the UNIDROIT principles", "title": "Reasonability" }, { "docid": "11057810", "text": "Serial neurologic examination, assessment of comatose patients (Glasgow Coma Scale plus pupil or four score), ICP (subarachnoid hemorrhages, TBI, Hydrocephalus, Stroke, CNS infection, Hepatic failure), multimodality monitoring to monitor disease and prevent secondary injury in states that are insensitive to neurological exam or conditions confounded by sedation, neuromuscular blockade and coma. Intracranial pressure (ICP) management: Ventricular catheter to monitor Brain oxygen and concentrations of glucose and PH. With treatment options of Hypertonic serum, barbiturates, hypothermia and decompressive hemi-craniotomy Traumatic brain injury: Sedation, ICP monitoring and management, Decompressive Craniectomy, Hyperosmolar therapy and maintain hemodynamic stability. Stroke: Airway management, Maintenance of blood", "title": "Neurointensive care" }, { "docid": "3261617", "text": "The first scale of severity was described by Hunt and Hess in 1968: The Fisher Grade classifies the appearance of subarachnoid hemorrhage on CT scan. This scale has been modified by Claassen and coworkers, reflecting the additive risk from SAH size and accompanying intraventricular hemorrhage (0 – none; 1 – minimal SAH w/o IVH; 2 – minimal SAH with IVH; 3 – thick SAH w/o IVH; 4 – thick SAH with IVH);. The World Federation of Neurosurgeons (WFNS) classification uses Glasgow coma score and focal neurological deficit to gauge severity of symptoms. A comprehensive classification scheme has been suggested by", "title": "Subarachnoid hemorrhage" }, { "docid": "16155690", "text": "were not chosen faced the public vote, where one left the competition. Matthew and Nina emerged victorious at the end of the series on 25 March 2012, with Jorgie and Matt finishing as runners up and Chico and Jodeyne coming in third place. Green scores indicate the highest skating score of the week. \"Red scores\" indicate the lowest skating score of the week. \"—\" indicates the couple that did not skate that week This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale (the duel skate from week 4 and the doubled scores from week 9 are not", "title": "Dancing on Ice (series 7)" }, { "docid": "12563721", "text": "returned to train. The line-up was revealed on 5 January 2009 with thirteen couples competing, including Michael Underwood, who returned to compete after pulling out the previous year due to injury. The celebrities and their partners were: Green scores indicate the highest skating score of the week. \"Red scores\" indicate the lowest skating score of the week. \"—\" indicates the couple that did not skate that week This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale. Eliminated: Gemma & Andrei In the skate-off, Ellery and Jeremy were found to be in the bottom two with both the", "title": "Dancing on Ice (series 4)" }, { "docid": "3959982", "text": "events) and transcendence (experience of encountering deceased relatives, or experiencing an unearthly realm). A score of 7 or higher out of a possible 32 was used as the standard criterion for a near-death experience. The scale is, according to the author, clinically useful in differentiating NDEs from organic brain syndromes and nonspecific stress responses. The NDE-scale was later found to fit the Rasch rating scale model. The instrument has been used to measure NDE's among cardiac arrest survivors, coma survivors, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients/survivors, substance misusers, and dialysis patients. In the late 1980s Thornburg developed the \"Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and", "title": "Near-death studies" }, { "docid": "12741233", "text": "They found no evidence to indicate the incident was caused by drugs or alcohol. Doctors placed Brown in an induced coma after determining her brain function was \"significantly diminished\", and her family was told meaningful recovery would be \"a miracle\". On February 2, Brown was moved to Emory University Hospital, where she remained in a coma and on a medical ventilator. Her family said Brown had briefly opened her eyes, but a medical expert commented, \"Blinking her eyes doesn't mean she's out of the woods.\" Despite media reports stating Brown was brain dead and had been taken off life support,", "title": "Bobbi Kristina Brown" }, { "docid": "12727392", "text": "then begin immobilizing the patient on a long spine board. The initial assessment, primary survey, and immobilization of the patient do not take more than ten minutes to achieve. Steps: Determining a trauma score is also part of the trauma assessment. A patient's trauma can be evaluated by different scoring systems, but the most commonly used are the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Revised Trauma Score. The en route assessment starts when the patient is loaded in the ambulance. En route assessment begins with a repeat of the initial assessment and ensuring that the patient still has a patent airway,", "title": "Pre-hospital trauma assessment" }, { "docid": "13373087", "text": "halftime margin of only 12, and a lead dropping to single-digits a few minutes into the second half, the game outcome appeared more in doubt than the final score would indicate. The last time Connecticut played Louisville, it was for the national championship in April 2009. That game wasn't close, but this one would be less of a challenge. UConn tripled Louisville's first half scoring, leading to a 54–18 first half score, and cruised to a final score of 84–38. DePaul was within nine points almost 15 minutes into the game, but Tiffany Hayes and Tina Charles started scoring, each", "title": "2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team" }, { "docid": "12760182", "text": "Rating scales for depression A depression rating scale is a psychiatric measuring instrument having descriptive words and phrases that indicate the severity of depression for a time period. When used, an observer may make judgements and rate a person at a specified scale level with respect to identified characteristics. Rather than being used to diagnose depression, a depression rating scale may be used to assign a score to a person's behaviour where that score may be used to determine whether that person should be evaluated more thoroughly for a depressive disorder diagnosis. Several rating scales are used for this purpose.", "title": "Rating scales for depression" }, { "docid": "8292724", "text": "concurrent and predictive validity. It is widely used clinically and is often paired with the Glasgow Coma Scale in health care facilities. Rancho Los Amigos Scale The Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS), a.k.a. the Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale (LOCF) or Rancho Scale, is a medical scale used to assess individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cognitive and behavioural presentations as they emerge from coma. It is named after the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, located in Downey, California, United States in Los Angeles County. After being assessed based on", "title": "Rancho Los Amigos Scale" }, { "docid": "2430302", "text": "at 1 and 5 minutes after birth and may be repeated later if the score is and remains low. Scores 7 and above are generally normal; 4 to 6, fairly low; and 3 and below are generally regarded as critically low and cause for immediate resuscitative efforts. A low score on the one-minute test may show that the neonate requires medical attention but does not necessarily indicate a long-term problem, particularly if the score improves at the five-minute test. An Apgar score that remains below 3 at later times, such as 10, 15, or 30 minutes, may indicate longer-term neurological", "title": "Apgar score" }, { "docid": "70371", "text": "on the position of the original damage that caused the coma, and does not correlate with severity or the prognosis. The severity of coma impairment however is categorized into several levels. Patients may or may not progress through these levels. In the first level, the brain responsiveness lessens, normal reflexes are lost, the patient no longer responds to pain and cannot hear. The Rancho Los Amigos Scale is a complex scale that has eight separate levels, and is often used in the first few weeks or months of coma while the patient is under closer observation, and when shifts between", "title": "Coma" }, { "docid": "9015488", "text": "on this method, soy protein is considered to have a similar equivalent in protein quality to animal proteins. Egg white has a score of 1.00, soy concentrate 0.99, beef 0.92, and isolated soy protein 0.92. In 1990 at an FAO/WHO meeting, it was decided that proteins having values higher than 1.0 would be rounded or \"leveled down\" to 1.0, as scores above 1.0 are considered to indicate the protein contains essential amino acids in excess of the human requirements. Another measure of a protein's use in nutrition is the biological value scale, which dates back to 1911; it relies on", "title": "Soy protein" }, { "docid": "19043952", "text": "unable to sit still” and “distracted easily.” Parents respond to statements with ratings on the same scale as the PSC: often, sometimes, or never . Parents ratings are converted to a total score and sub-scale scores. The cut-offs for the total score, internalizing problems scale, externalizing problems scale, and attention problems scale are 15, 5, 7, and 7, respectively. As on the PSC, a score above the cutoff is not diagnostic; it indicates only that further evaluation is needed. The Y-PSC-17 was adapted from the PSC-17 for self-report by adolescents. It has not yet been validated. Studies of the PSC", "title": "Pediatric Symptom Checklist" }, { "docid": "1092646", "text": "Blandford, Massachusetts Blandford is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the home of the Blandford Ski Area. Blandford was first settled in 1735 primarily by Scots-Irish settlers and was officially incorporated on November 10, 1741. Because of these Scots-Irish families, Blandford was originally called \"New Glascow\" after Glasgow, Scotland, but was renamed \"Blandford\" at the time of incorporation. While the petition of incorporation from the settlers asked that the town be named \"Glascow\", William Shirley, the newly appointed", "title": "Blandford, Massachusetts" }, { "docid": "3922078", "text": "AVPU The AVPU scale (an acronym from \"alert, voice, pain, unresponsive\") is a system by which a health care professional can measure and record a patient's level of consciousness. It is a simplification of the Glasgow Coma Scale, which assesses a patient response in three measures: eyes, voice and motor skills. The AVPU scale should be assessed using these three identifiable traits, looking for the best response of each. The AVPU scale has four possible outcomes for recording (as opposed to the 13 possible outcomes on the Glasgow Coma Scale). The assessor should always work from best (A) to worst", "title": "AVPU" }, { "docid": "3922080", "text": "certain attributes, such as time, person, place, and event. For example, a fully alert patient might be considered \"alert and oriented x 4\" if he/she could correctly identify the time, their name, their location, and the event. EMS crews may begin with an AVPU assessment, to be followed by a GCS assessment if the AVPU score is below \"A.\" The AVPU scale is not suitable for long-term neurological observation of the patient; in this situation, the Glasgow Coma Scale is more appropriate. As mentioned above, it should not be used for long-term follow up of neurological status. When compared to", "title": "AVPU" }, { "docid": "4704249", "text": "France. The two-Test series marked what would be the start of five consecutive Tests that Australia would play against France from 1989 to 1990. In the first Test in Strasbourg, France suffered what was then its biggest defeat on its soil with a score of 32 to 15. It was also Australia's then highest score against France and their biggest ever winning margin against France. Following a halftime score of 10-12, Australia scored three of its four tries in the second half. Campese scored the third of these four tries by recovering a high-kick from Nick Farr-Jones that wasn’t properly", "title": "David Campese" }, { "docid": "8211714", "text": "Gary Dockery Gary French Dockery (1954 – April 15, 1997) was an American police officer in Walden, Tennessee. After being critically injured in 1988, he spent seven-and-a-half years in a coma-like state. In 1996, he emerged from the coma and started talking enthusiastically, recognizing friends and recalling events from past years. He then fell back into a coma and died a year later. On September 17, 1988, he was shot in the forehead by a drunken assailant as he responded to a domestic disturbance call. He slipped into what doctors called a persistent vegetative state, unable to communicate except occasionally", "title": "Gary Dockery" }, { "docid": "8211716", "text": "Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was pronounced dead at 9:52 a.m. Gary Dockery Gary French Dockery (1954 – April 15, 1997) was an American police officer in Walden, Tennessee. After being critically injured in 1988, he spent seven-and-a-half years in a coma-like state. In 1996, he emerged from the coma and started talking enthusiastically, recognizing friends and recalling events from past years. He then fell back into a coma and died a year later. On September 17, 1988, he was shot in the forehead by a drunken assailant as he responded to a domestic disturbance call. He slipped into what doctors", "title": "Gary Dockery" }, { "docid": "1291549", "text": "test taker for the math test. A subscore (on a scale of 1 to 15) is reported for each of three categories of math content: \"Heart of Algebra\" (linear equations, systems of linear equations, and linear functions), \"Problem Solving and Data Analysis\" (statistics, modeling, and problem-solving skills), and \"Passport to Advanced Math\" (non-linear expressions, radicals, exponentials and other topics that form the basis of more advanced math). A test score for the math test is reported on a scale of 10 to 40, and a section score (equal to the test score multiplied by 20) is reported on a scale", "title": "SAT" }, { "docid": "13908770", "text": "a coma, but aroused a few days later. He returned to flight duty in January 1918, but would not score again until 3 May. On that day, he had one of two claims confirmed. On the 19th, he would set an Albatros D.V aflame over Woumen for his last official victory, although he would have one more unverified win. As if Olieslagers' poor record of approvals was not sufficient to keep his score low, he also habitually took the fight to the Germans and was indifferent to the paperwork to staking claims. Although he submitted one combat report on 30", "title": "Jan Olieslagers" }, { "docid": "794613", "text": "\"obéisance\" and to answer questions such as \"My neighbor has been receiving strange visitors. He has received in turn a doctor, a lawyer, and then a priest. What is taking place?\" (Fancher, 1985). For the practical use of determining educational placement, the score on the Binet-Simon scale would reveal the child's mental age. For example, a 6-year-old child who passed all the tasks usually passed by 6 year-olds—but nothing beyond—would have a mental age that exactly matched his chronological age, 6.0. (Fancher, 1985). Binet was forthright about the limitations of his scale. He stressed the remarkable diversity of intelligence and", "title": "Alfred Binet" }, { "docid": "274146", "text": "used in areas where malaria is common as of 2012, due to their complexity. Malaria is classified into either \"severe\" or \"uncomplicated\" by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is deemed severe when \"any\" of the following criteria are present, otherwise it is considered uncomplicated. Cerebral malaria is defined as a severe \"P. falciparum\"-malaria presenting with neurological symptoms, including coma (with a Glasgow coma scale less than 11, or a Blantyre coma scale less than 3), or with a coma that lasts longer than 30 minutes after a seizure. Various types of malaria have been called by the names below:", "title": "Malaria" }, { "docid": "100929", "text": "Sumerians and Babylonians used some version of the diatonic scale. This derives from surviving inscriptions that contain a tuning system and musical composition. Despite the conjectural nature of reconstructions of the piece known as the Hurrian songs from the surviving score, the evidence that it used the diatonic scale is much more soundly based. This is because instructions for tuning the scale involve tuning a chain of six fifths, so that the corresponding circle of seven major and minor thirds are all consonant-sounding, and this is a recipe for tuning a diatonic scale. 9,000-year-old flutes found in Jiahu, China indicate", "title": "Diatonic scale" }, { "docid": "3888658", "text": "or open, head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and breaches the dura mater, the outermost membrane surrounding the brain. Brain injuries can be classified into mild, moderate, and severe categories. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), the most commonly used system for classifying TBI severity, grades a person's level of consciousness on a scale of 3–15 based on verbal, motor, and eye-opening reactions to stimuli. In general, it is agreed that a TBI with a GCS of 13 or above is mild, 9–12 is moderate, and 8 or below is severe. Similar systems exist for young children. However,", "title": "Traumatic brain injury" }, { "docid": "15623916", "text": "Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item questionnaire that was developed to identify women who have postpartum depression. Items of the scale correspond to various clinical depression symptoms, such as guilt feeling, sleep disturbance, low energy, anhedonia, and suicidal ideation. Overall assessment is done by total score, which is determined by adding together the scores for each of the 10 items. Higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms. The EPDS may be used within 8 weeks postpartum and it also can be applied for depression screening during pregnancy. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a", "title": "Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale" }, { "docid": "9192939", "text": "mac Maelchon's fort to the fort of a Pictish noble mentioned in Adomnán's \"Life of Columba\" (Alcock & Alcock 1992, 242). As a result of this list, Alcock undertook a series of what he called 'reconnaissance excavations' on sites in the list; today, these would be termed evaluations. The purpose of these was very different from the large scale excavation of South Cadbury. Rather than an extensive excavation producing large amounts of data, the intention was to target specific areas of each site to recover evidence that would indicate whether or not the site had been occupied during the Dark", "title": "Leslie Alcock" }, { "docid": "6302946", "text": "and back are arched backward. Decorticate posturing is also called decorticate response, decorticate rigidity, flexor posturing, or, colloquially, mummy baby. Patients with decorticate posturing present with the arms flexed, or bent inward on the chest, the hands are clenched into fists, and the legs extended and feet turned inward. A person displaying decorticate posturing in response to pain gets a score of three in the motor section of the Glasgow Coma Scale, due to the flexion of muscles due to the neuro-muscular response to the trauma. There are two parts to decorticate posturing. The effects on these two tracts (corticospinal", "title": "Abnormal posturing" }, { "docid": "10823619", "text": "groups, so that each person can be classified with a positive affectivity and negative affectivity grade. Operationalizations for dispositional affect can be measured by questionnaires. In English researchers use the Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). According to the instructions of this questionnaire, the individual is asked to indicate to what extent he or she feels a certain feeling or emotion such as happy, sad, excited, enthusiastic, guilty, distressed, afraid, etc. An individual has to indicate the most appropriate answer to each item (feeling or emotion) on a scale ranging from 1-5 (1- Very slightly or not at all, 5-", "title": "Dispositional affect" }, { "docid": "14198214", "text": "to pain. The ACDU scale, like AVPU, is easier to use than the GCS and produces similarly accurate results. Using ACDU, a patient is assessed for alertness, confusion, drowsiness, and unresponsiveness. The Grady Coma Scale classes people on a scale of I to V along a scale of confusion, stupor, deep stupor, abnormal posturing, and coma. Although the neural science behind alertness, wakefulness, and arousal are not fully known, the reticular formation is known to play a role in these. The ascending reticular activating system is a postulated group of neural connections that receives sensory input and projects to the", "title": "Altered level of consciousness" }, { "docid": "15429350", "text": ". . and they were also distinctly above the mean [value] for the officer population.” It has been cited elsewhere that ETP students scored an average of near 68 on the Otis Test. While this test does not directly indicate an intelligence score, it does indicate that personnel in the ETP were in the upper three percent of the population; this roughly corresponds to about 130 on the Stanford–Binet intelligence quotient scale. The study indicated that the several forms of the initial RTST (Eddy Test) was somewhat lacking in internal consistency (there was a Kuder–Richardson Formula 20 value of 21%).", "title": "Eddy Test" }, { "docid": "19106597", "text": "onset of rehab care through discharge and follow-up. The FIM's assessment of degree of disability depends on the patient's score in 18 categories, focusing on motor and cognitive function. Each category or item is rated on a 7-point scale (1 = <25% independence; total assistance required, 7 = 100% independence). As such, FIM scores may be interpreted to indicate level of independence or level of burden of care. The scale is used to assess how well a person can carry out basic activities of daily living and thus how dependent he or she will be on help from others. Other", "title": "Functional Independence Measure" }, { "docid": "17815859", "text": "days is considered the threshold for emergence from post-traumatic amnesia. This test is intended for patients aged 15 years or older. Younger patients are given a modified version of the test, known as the Children's Orientation and Attention Test (COAT). The scores on this test have been found to relate to both the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Glasgow Outcome Scale. A modified version of this test, known as MOAT or Modified GOAT, is a similar questionnaire that assesses memory, orientation, and attention. This modified version has multiple choice options for those who have expressive-language difficulties or who are intubated.", "title": "Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test" }, { "docid": "6068562", "text": "and Lwaxana calls her Kestra - her first born child, and Deanna's older sister, whom she never knew she had. Deanna urges Lwaxana to relive what happened, and she tearfully remembers a tragedy when Kestra ran after the puppy when it got away, though it was unclear what had caused her death. However, the clues seem to indicate that she fell into the water and drowned. Lwaxana's repressed memory of Kestra and her resemblance to Hedril led to her coma. As Lwaxana recalls happier memories of Kestra, Deanna tells her to share them so she can learn about the sister", "title": "Dark Page" }, { "docid": "18893964", "text": "1-5 scale, with 1-2 meaning \"above average\", 3 meaning \"average\", and 4-5 meaning \"problematic\". To meet criteria for ADHD, there must be at least one score for the performance set that is either a 4 or 5, as these scores indicate impairment in performance. The parent version of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale contains 6 subscales. Behaviors are included in the total for each subscale if they are scored as a 2 or a 3. The rules for scoring are as follows: The teacher version of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale contains 5 subscales. Behaviors are included in", "title": "Vanderbilt ADHD diagnostic rating scale" }, { "docid": "3922081", "text": "the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) the AVPU classification of alertness has been suggested to correspond in the following manner: (Kelly, Upex and Bateman, 2004) AVPU The AVPU scale (an acronym from \"alert, voice, pain, unresponsive\") is a system by which a health care professional can measure and record a patient's level of consciousness. It is a simplification of the Glasgow Coma Scale, which assesses a patient response in three measures: eyes, voice and motor skills. The AVPU scale should be assessed using these three identifiable traits, looking for the best response of each. The AVPU scale has four possible outcomes", "title": "AVPU" }, { "docid": "1994701", "text": "\"the\" fashion coordinator. Warren was an alcoholic and in poor health. Just after Betty decided to file for divorce, he went into a coma. She took care of him for another two years as he convalesced, at his family's home. She stayed upstairs while he was nursed downstairs. After he recovered, they were divorced on September 22, 1947. On October 15, 1948, Elizabeth married Gerald Ford, a lawyer and World War II veteran, at Grace Episcopal Church, in Grand Rapids. Gerald Ford was then campaigning for what would be his first of thirteen terms as a member of the U.S.", "title": "Betty Ford" }, { "docid": "13280362", "text": "tidal volume in liters (f/V). Certainly, other measures such as patient's mental status should be considered. E.g., a Glasgow Coma Scale score of less than 8 is an independent indication for intubation in traumatic brain injury. Spontaneous breathing trial A goal for most patients on mechanical ventilation is to be weaned from the ventilator. The weaning process is highly dependent on the patient's pathology, but the final common pathway to ventilator independence always includes at least one trial of spontaneous breathing. Trials of spontaneous breathing have been shown to accurately predict the success of spontaneous breathing. In all of the", "title": "Spontaneous breathing trial" }, { "docid": "8234217", "text": "during pregnancy, or a history of postpartum depression. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a 10-item questionnaire that may be used to identify women who have PPD. On this scale, a score of 12 or greater or an affirmative answer on question 10 (presence of suicidal thoughts) raise concern and indicate a need for more thorough evaluation. Treatment of postpartum depression can include individual or group psychotherapy, medication, and supportive interventions. A combination of individual psychotherapy (particularly cognitive therapy) and medication has been shown to be effective. There are no standard guidelines regarding medication therapy. The potential risk of infant", "title": "Psychoneuroendocrinology" }, { "docid": "13604789", "text": "single grade. Next-wave ascents harder than the current set of top-end problems will hypothetically continue to increase numbers in the scale. The scale is similar to many other systems in that it does not take danger or fear into account. Problems are rated based solely on the physical challenge involved. This implies that problems have the same grade on the V-scale on toprope as they would have when bouldered. Due to this limitation, guidebooks will often separately indicate when problems are dangerous for various reasons, for example, using the term 'highball' to indicate unusually tall boulders. If the terrain underneath", "title": "Grade (bouldering)" }, { "docid": "13080557", "text": "attempts should not affect the patient's score. An exception to this rule exist in the language assessment (Item 9) in which the patient's best effort should be scored. Some of the items contain \"Default Coma Scores\", these scores are automatically assigned to patients that scored a 3 in item 1a. Level of consciousness testing is divided into three sections. The first LOC items test for the patient's responsiveness. The second LOC item is based on the patient's ability to answer questions that are verbally presented by the examiner. The final LOC sub-section is based on the patient's ability to follow", "title": "National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale" }, { "docid": "70352", "text": "neurons, the ascending track, or ascending reticular activating system (ARAS), works to arouse and wake up the brain, from the RF, through the thalamus, and then finally to the cerebral cortex. A failure in ARAS functioning may thus lead to a coma. The word is from the Greek \"koma\", meaning \"deep sleep\". Generally, a person who is unable to voluntarily open the eyes, does not have a sleep-wake cycle, is unresponsive in spite of strong tactile (painful) or verbal stimuli, and who generally scores between 3 and 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale is considered in a coma. Coma may", "title": "Coma" }, { "docid": "11126317", "text": "Injury Severity Score The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is an established medical score to assess trauma severity. It correlates with mortality, morbidity and hospitalization time after trauma. It is used to define the term major trauma. A major trauma (or polytrauma) is defined as the Injury Severity Score being greater than 15. The AIS Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) designed and improves upon the scale. The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is an anatomically based consensus-derived global severity scoring system that classifies each injury in every body region according to its relative severity on a", "title": "Injury Severity Score" }, { "docid": "2111298", "text": "fellow worker as a marriage partner. The social distance questionnaires may not accurately measure what people actually would do if a member of another group sought to become a friend or neighbour. The social distance scale is only an attempt to measure one's feeling of unwillingness to associate equally with a group. What a person will actually do in a situation also depends upon the circumstances of the situation. In speeded decision making tasks, studies have suggested a systematic relationship between social distance and physical distance. When asked to either indicate the spatial location of a presented word or verify", "title": "Social distance" }, { "docid": "11285531", "text": "benzodiazepines, predominantly to control their agitation. They reported none of their patients suffered from cold or blue peripheries, contrary to other reports. Nine of the 15 of patients had a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) of 15, indicating they were in a normal mental state, four had a GCS below 8, but these patients all reported using a central nervous system depressant, most commonly GHB, with mephedrone. The patients also reported polydrug use of a variety of compounds. Neurotoxic effect of mephedrone on serotonin (5-HT) and dopamine (DA) systems remains controversial. Although some studies in animal models reported no damage to", "title": "Mephedrone" } ]

[ "March 3 , 1931" ]

[ { "docid": "419760", "text": "1889, and by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at ), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of U.S. officialdom. \"Hail, Columbia\" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", whose melody is identical to \"God Save the Queen\", the United Kingdom's national anthem, also served as a \"de facto\" national anthem. Following the War of 1812 and subsequent U.S. wars, other songs emerged", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419777", "text": "Representatives passed the bill later that year. The Senate passed the bill on March 3, 1931. President Herbert Hoover signed the bill on March 4, 1931, officially adopting \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem of the United States of America. As currently codified, the United States Code states that \"[t]he composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.\" The song is notoriously difficult for nonprofessionals to sing because of its wide rangea 12th. Humorist Richard Armour referred to the song's difficulty in his book \"It All Started With Columbus\". Professional and", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "19793052", "text": "U.S. national anthem protests Protests during the playing of the United States national anthem have had many causes, including civil rights, anti-conscription and anti-war, anti-nationalism, and religious reservations. \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was adopted as the official national anthem by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931. Before that time, protests also occurred when a number of songs were used as unofficial national anthems, including \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\" and \"Hail, Columbia\". In 1892, three men, including a friend of Ida B. Wells, were lynched by a", "title": "U.S. national anthem protests" }, { "docid": "419760", "text": "1889, and by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at ), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of U.S. officialdom. \"Hail, Columbia\" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", whose melody is identical to \"God Save the Queen\", the United Kingdom's national anthem, also served as a \"de facto\" national anthem. Following the War of 1812 and subsequent U.S. wars, other songs emerged", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" } ]

[ { "docid": "14317585", "text": "of the display was completed in 2005. It was here that the \"Star Spangled Banner\" first became the official music for the military retreat ceremony, long before it became the National Anthem. In 1892, the post commander Colonel Caleb H. Carlton, 8th Cavalry, began the custom of playing the \"Star Spangled Banner\" at military ceremonies and requested that all people rise and pay it proper respect long before it became the National Anthem. Fort Meade (South Dakota) Fort Meade was established in 1878 as a cavalry fort to protect the new settlements in the northern Black Hills, especially the nearby", "title": "Fort Meade (South Dakota)" }, { "docid": "7191667", "text": "dancing to my song 'Ignition'. That's when it became official. I've been in the business for over 20 years, but that's when it became official to me that Kels is here, baby.\" In March 2013, a petition was launched on We the People requesting that the U.S. national anthem be changed from \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" to \"Ignition (Remix)\". Referencing the song's lyrics, the petition stated that \"We, the undersigned, would like the Obama administration to recognise the need for a new national anthem, one that even a decade after its creation, is still hot and fresh out the kitchen.\" Credits", "title": "Ignition (Remix)" }, { "docid": "7031706", "text": "Chiefs, the Eli Young Band sung the national anthem. After messing up the lyrics on the 2nd line of the song, they were met with boos. They started over and sang the lyrics correctly. During Game 5 of the 2014 World Series, Staind lead singer Aaron Lewis reportedly butchered the national anthem. During the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, Fergie performed what was considered the worst rendition of the \"Star-Spangled Banner\" in recent memory. \"The Star Spangled Banner\" became a charity single recorded by Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston and produced by music director Rickey Minor, along with Houston herself, to raise", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "7031690", "text": "CD collection, \"Ernie Harwell's Audio Scrapbook\".) Over the early years of U.S. television broadcasts it became common practice by many stations to close their broadcast day, usually late at night or early in the mornings, by airing the Star Spangled Banner accompanied by some visual image of the flag or some patriotic theme. One audio-visual arrangement in particular, entitled \"National Anthem\", was produced by a New York-based graphics firm, Saxton Graphic Associates, Ltd. The uncommonly complex and interesting orchestral arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner commences with a trumpet fanfare then the anthem is accompanied by images that illustrate several", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "12137507", "text": "Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. The 290-mile (467 km) trail was named after \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" the national anthem of the United States. Consisting of water and overland routes, the trail extends from Tangier Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay, and Baltimore, Maryland. The trail also contains sites on Maryland's Eastern shore. Activities on the trail include hiking, biking, boating, and geocaching on the Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail. Sites on the trail include towns", "title": "Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail" }, { "docid": "12137508", "text": "raided and/or burned by the British, battles and engagements, museums, and forts. It was authorized by the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008. Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. The 290-mile (467 km) trail was named after \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" the national anthem of the United States. Consisting of water and overland routes, the trail extends from Tangier Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay, and Baltimore, Maryland. The trail also contains sites on Maryland's", "title": "Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail" }, { "docid": "8807", "text": "adaptable to new orchestrations while still remaining as easily recognizable as \"The Star-Spangled Banner.\" Some prefer \"America the Beautiful\" over \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" due to the latter's war-oriented imagery. Others prefer \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" for the same reason. While that national dichotomy has stymied any effort at changing the tradition of the national anthem, \"America the Beautiful\" continues to be held in high esteem by a large number of Americans, and was even being considered \"before\" 1931, as a candidate to become the national anthem of the United States. This song was used as the background music of the television", "title": "America the Beautiful" }, { "docid": "5581698", "text": "games in the US, \"The Star Spangled Banner\" was performed by Houston at the original Tampa Stadium for Super Bowl XXV in 1991. Houston donated her portion of the proceeds. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Arista Records re-released Houston's \"The Star Spangled Banner\". She once again donated her share of the royalties, as did Arista Records, towards the firefighters and victims of the terrorist attacks. This time the single peaked at #6 on the US Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. This made Houston the first musical act to take the national anthem Top 10 in", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "7031686", "text": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner In the course of the adoption of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem of the United States, a variety of people have either sung or performed the anthem using a variety of instruments and methods. Some of these methods include using only one instrument, such as a guitar or trumpet. Other methods have included singing the anthem using different vocal ranges or even changing some of the words to show support for a home team or for an event. However, veterans groups have spoken out on occasion about these recordings, mainly calling", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419775", "text": "more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898. In any case, the tradition of performing the national anthem before \"every\" baseball game began in World War II. On April 10, 1918, John Charles Linthicum, U.S. Congressman from Maryland, introduced a bill to officially recognize \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem. The bill did not pass. On April 15, 1929, Linthicum introduced the bill again, his sixth time doing so. On November 3, 1929, Robert Ripley drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon, \"Ripley's Believe it or Not!\", saying \"Believe It or Not, America has", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "7031692", "text": "Canucks in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. The National Hockey League requires arenas in both the U.S. and Canada to perform both \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" and \"O Canada\" (Canadian national anthem) at games that involve teams from both countries, a practice that has also been picked up by Major League Baseball. However, from 1997, when interleague play began in baseball until 2004 when the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, only the Canadian anthem would be played at games between the Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays. One exception to this came in 2004, when three Expos \"home\"", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581737", "text": "would devastate the performance.\" Similarly, \"Billboard\" magazines Robert Levine didn't see anything wrong with lip-syncing the national anthem, saying \"If Bruce Springsteen flubs a line on 'Born to Run' only his fans will notice. If Jennifer Hudson flubs on the national anthem, people are going to get upset. People want it to be technically perfect as well as emotionally inspiring. Can you guarantee that live? Maybe. But it's good to have insurance.\" Patrick Hruby of ESPN.com, on his recent article titled 'Star-Spangled Banner isn't easy to sing,' gave a positive comment on Houston's choice that lip-synced \"The Star Spangled Banner,\"", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "7031710", "text": "the second-highest-rated U.S. television program of all time. Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner In the course of the adoption of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem of the United States, a variety of people have either sung or performed the anthem using a variety of instruments and methods. Some of these methods include using only one instrument, such as a guitar or trumpet. Other methods have included singing the anthem using different vocal ranges or even changing some of the words to show support for a home team or for an event. However, veterans groups have spoken", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "8860369", "text": "Star-Spangled Banner (flag) The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem \"Defence of Fort M'Henry\", which, retitled with the flag's name from the closing lines of the first stanza and set to the tune of \"To Anacreon in Heaven\" by John Stafford Smith, later became the national anthem of the United States. In Baltimore's preparation for an expected attack on", "title": "Star-Spangled Banner (flag)" }, { "docid": "5581745", "text": "to Houston's Super Bowl anthem as a big influence on her, talking about the experience on \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\", originally aired on April 5, 2004: \"Even more so than the Grammys, singing The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem, has always been a dream. [As a child,] I watched Whitney Houston, and I literally was in tears. And I grew up saying, ‘Mom, I’m going to do that.’…I actually did it! It was overwhelming. It was amazing, it really was.\" Lady Gaga, in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN, answered the question about her mention of Houston's name in her Grammy", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "419782", "text": "Obama on Defender's Day, September 12, 2014, at Fort McHenry. In addition, the anthem bicentennial included a youth music celebration including the presentation of the National Anthem Bicentennial Youth Challenge winning composition written by Noah Altshuler. The first popular music performance of the anthem heard by the mainstream U.S. was by Puerto Rican singer and guitarist José Feliciano. He created a nationwide uproar when he strummed a slow, blues-style rendition of the song at Tiger Stadium in Detroit before game five of the 1968 World Series, between Detroit and St. Louis. This rendition started contemporary \"Star-Spangled Banner\" controversies. The response", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419800", "text": "a Spanish-language version from 1919. It has since been translated into Hebrew and Yiddish by Jewish immigrants, Latin American Spanish (with one version popularized during immigration reform protests in 2006), French by Acadians of Louisiana, Samoan, and Irish. The third verse of the anthem has also been translated into Latin. With regard to the indigenous languages of North America, there are versions and Cherokee. The Star-Spangled Banner \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "12713364", "text": "the night and were retreating. Skinner, Key, and Beanes were released to go back home on their ship. They arrived at Baltimore on September 16. Key was inspired to write a poem of the event on the back of a letter, which ultimately became the Star Spangled Banner. Beanes was the incidental cause for the reason why Key wrote the poem that led to the American national anthem. Some historians think it was the morning of September 13, instead of September 14, when Key saw the flag was still there and wrote his famous poem, later called \"The Star-Spangled Banner\".", "title": "William Beanes" }, { "docid": "5581735", "text": "moment that no one wanted any mistakes. They didn't want any feedback, they didn't want any technical difficulties ... and it was great.\" When Jennifer Hudson delivered a lip-syncing of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" at Super Bowl XLIII in February 2009, it caused a little controversy once again. But most critics and many in the music industry didn't make a criticism of it. David Hinckley of \"New York Daily News\" made a remark on lip-syncing the national anthem that it was of secondary importance, writing \"The national anthem is different. Yes, it's a musical performance and yes, we're interested in", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "419758", "text": "The Star-Spangled Banner \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. The poem was set", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581697", "text": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) \"The Star Spangled Banner\" is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War. Written by Francis Scott Key, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the National Anthem of the United States. The musical arrangement for Whitney Houston's rendition was by conductor John Clayton. The recording was produced by music coordinator Rickey Minor, along with Houston herself. The recording was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, \"\" and the US edition of the 2000 release, \"\". Traditionally performed at sports", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "4130835", "text": "when arranged with lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson in 1798. The song was used in the United States as a de facto national anthem for most of the 19th century, but lost popularity after World War I when it was replaced by \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" in 1931. It was the anthem for the President until it was replaced by the song \"Hail to the Chief\". It is now the official Vice Presidential personal anthem. When played in honor of the Vice President, the song is always preceded by four ruffles and flourishes. In addition, the song has been used as a", "title": "Hail, Columbia" }, { "docid": "178610", "text": "first nation to sing a national anthem at the start of a sporting event. In 1978 as part of their album, also called \"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau\", Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr recorded a version of the Welsh national anthem using electric guitars, inspired by Jimi Hendrix's rendition of the \"Star-Spangled Banner\". Jarman's version, played by Welsh guitarist Tich Gwilym is one of the most famous modern versions of the song. Tradition has established \"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau\" as an unofficial Welsh anthem since 1905, when it was first sung by fans at rugby games, although the official anthem at the", "title": "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" }, { "docid": "419798", "text": "motivated protests of the national anthem began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback (QB) Colin Kaepernick sat during the anthem, as opposed to the tradition of standing, in response to police brutality in America, before his team's third preseason game of 2016. Kaepernick also sat during the first two preseason games, but he went unnoticed. In November 2017, the California Chapter of the NAACP called on Congress to remove \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem. Alice Huffman, California NAACP president said: \"it's racist; it doesn't represent our community, it's anti-black.\" The third stanza of", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "4130834", "text": "Hail, Columbia \"Hail, Columbia\" is an American patriotic song that is the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. It was previously considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was named as the official national anthem. Columbia is the poetic name for the national personification of the United States, which originated during the 18th century. The music was composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the first inauguration of George Washington and titled \"The President's March.\" It became the song \"Hail, Columbia\"", "title": "Hail, Columbia" }, { "docid": "9776143", "text": "was inspired to write the poem that became the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner— the national anthem of the United States. Since Key was on military orders to guarantee his safe passage, it may be said that the Star Spangled Banner was written by a District of Columbia National Guardsman on temporary active duty. The D.C. National Guard has played a special role in Presidential Inaugurations, a tradition starting in the earliest days of the nation. The D.C. Militia or National Guard has been at every Presidential Inauguration beginniing with an honor detail which rode with President Washington in recognition", "title": "District of Columbia National Guard" }, { "docid": "7142113", "text": "to The Star-Spangled Banner and three in four Americans indicate that school is where they learned the anthem and other patriotic songs. However, a survey showed that only 39 percent of Americans could complete the third line of The Star Spangled Banner correctly with \"...through the perilous fight.\" (In a version written by Francis Scott Key in 1840, the third line ends \"...through the clouds of the fight.\") According to the National Anthem Project website, throughout the United States music programs have experienced extensive funding cuts over the past several years, and on average four percent of the $450 billion", "title": "National Anthem Project" }, { "docid": "19793068", "text": "Cup of Hockey tournament in Toronto, Canada, Team USA coach John Tortorella told in an interview that if any one of his players were to sit out during the anthem, they would sit on the bench for the entire duration of the game. U.S. national anthem protests Protests during the playing of the United States national anthem have had many causes, including civil rights, anti-conscription and anti-war, anti-nationalism, and religious reservations. \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was adopted as the official national anthem by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March", "title": "U.S. national anthem protests" }, { "docid": "14274672", "text": "on June 6, 2016. On July 24, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On October 16, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Houston Texans and Colts game. Pope and her duet partner Chris Young were nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their hit song \"Think of You\", making her first contestant from The Voice to receive a Grammy nomination. In May 2017, Pope parted ways with BMLG records On March 30, 2018 she independently", "title": "Cassadee Pope" }, { "docid": "419793", "text": "throughout most of the 20th century many people simply stood at attention or with their hands folded in front of them during the playing of the Anthem, and when reciting the Pledge they would hold their hand (or hat) over their heart. After 9/11, the custom of placing the hand over the heart during the playing of the national anthem became nearly universal. Since 1998, federal law (viz., the United States Code ) states that during a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present including those in uniform should stand at attention; Non-military service individuals", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581744", "text": "the dispute, three days later (December 17, 2001), the suit was withdrawn by the orchestra voluntarily. The Arista spokesperson said \"it was an administrative oversight from [Houston's] Greatest Hits album.\" An Arista representative assured Jakes who claimed that the non-profit organization had not received quarterly royalty statements since mid-1992, that the issue could be settled without legal action. Before her famous rendition of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, Whitney Houston sang the national anthem several times in sports events, such as: Beyoncé Knowles, who performed \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" at Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, referred", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "5581721", "text": "for national anthem performances.\" In March 2011, \"St. Petersburg Times\" Tom Jones, in his article of memorable sporting events in Tampa Bay Area, recalled the Super Bowl XXV as follows: \"the game was about more than football. The United States was embroiled in the first Gulf War, and Whitney Houston, right, backed by the Florida Orchestra, produced goose bumps and tears with a powerful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. It is one of the great Super Bowl moments.\" Whitney Houston's rendition of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" at Super Bowl XXV was released as a single in the United States alone", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "17385063", "text": "of SunSeshLA, a weekly music and comedy showcase in LA. Grisafe first arranged her version of the Star-Spangled Banner for a contest to sing at Wrigley Field in 2008. She received 2nd place in the competition. She began singing the National Anthem for Chicago Force games before taking the field. In 2013 at the Gold Medal game, U.S.A. vs Canada, Grisafe was asked to sing the Star-Spangled Banner. A video of her performance later went viral. The Huffington Post called her performance, \"one of the most stunning versions of the \"Star Spangled Banner\" we’ve ever heard.\" A photo of her", "title": "Sami Grisafe" }, { "docid": "419776", "text": "no national anthem\". In 1930, Veterans of Foreign Wars started a petition for the United States to officially recognize \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the national anthem. Five million people signed the petition. The petition was presented to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary on January 31, 1930. On the same day, Elsie Jorss-Reilley and Grace Evelyn Boudlin sang the song to the Committee to refute the perception that it was too high pitched for a typical person to sing. The Committee voted in favor of sending the bill to the House floor for a vote. The House of", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419783", "text": "from many in the Vietnam War-era U.S. was generally negative. Despite the controversy, Feliciano's performance opened the door for the countless interpretations of the \"Star-Spangled Banner\" heard in the years since. One week after Feliciano's performance, the anthem was in the news again when U.S. athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos lifted controversial raised fists at the 1968 Olympics while the \"Star-Spangled Banner\" played at a medal ceremony. Marvin Gaye gave a soul-influenced performance at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game and Whitney Houston gave a soulful rendition before Super Bowl XXV in 1991, which was released as a single that", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5206888", "text": "version of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". The crowd becomes angered by this, and when the real \"Cavalry Kids\" arrive, a fight breaks out between everyone. Marge, appalled by this, starts crying, and when this is shown on the Jumbotron, the fighting stops and the Sea Captain suggests that everyone should sing a sweet, soothing hymn like Canada's national anthem instead of a \"hymn to war\" like \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Everyone present sings \"O Canada\" and joins hands to form a maple leaf on the baseball field. In the end, Bart and Milhouse sum up the whole experience by saying that they", "title": "The Bart of War" }, { "docid": "138369", "text": "song \"To Anacreon in Heaven.\" The song with Key's lyrics became known as \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" and slowly gained in popularity as an unofficial anthem over the years, finally achieving official status a century later under President Woodrow Wilson as the United States national anthem. Key was a lawyer in Maryland and Washington D.C. for four decades, and worked on important cases like the Burr conspiracy trial, and argued numerous times before the U.S. Supreme Court. Nominated for U.S. attorney by President Andrew Jackson, he served from 1833 to 1841. Key owned slaves from 1800, during which time abolitionists ridiculed", "title": "Francis Scott Key" }, { "docid": "19082341", "text": "2nd Avenue. He noticed that she was singing in a restaurant and watched for a while. Lamoriello was very impressed by her musical talent, so he asked Roxburgh if she could perform The Star-Spangled Banner before the Devils home games. She quickly accepted the offer and became an instant success to all the Devils fans. Sometimes Arlette calls Lamoriello, \"Uncle Lou\". She is considered to be the Devils \"official anthem singer\". Also, when the Nets were in New Jersey at the former Continental Airlines Arena, Arlette sang the anthem during their home games as well. She has two children, a", "title": "Arlette Roxburgh" }, { "docid": "2746775", "text": "became the national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Pickersgill's small 1793 rowhouse is still preserved in East Baltimore's Old Town neighborhood at East Pratt and Albemarle Streets and is known as the \"Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum\". Occasionally over the decades, there has been some controversy and disagreement between the relative merits and historical accuracies of the two flag-making traditions and historical sites in Philadelphia and Baltimore. It is thought that Ross' only contribution to the flag design was to change the 6-pointed stars to the easier 5-pointed stars. Scholars, however, accept the claim by Francis Hopkinson—a member of the", "title": "Betsy Ross" }, { "docid": "27047", "text": "\"Le Chant des Wallons\" and Flanders uses \"De Vlaamse Leeuw\". Czechoslovakia used to have an anthem composed of two parts, the Czech and the Slovak one. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic adopted the first part as its own anthem, Slovakia adopted the second part with slightly changed lyrics and an additional stanza. Although the United States of America has \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as its official national anthem, each individual state and territory also has its own state anthem or song, along with the District of Columbia, with the sole exception of New Jersey. The Canadian province of", "title": "Anthem" }, { "docid": "419774", "text": "every Army post every evening at retreat.\" In 1899, the U.S. Navy officially adopted \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" be played at military and other appropriate occasions. The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of Game One of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often cited as the first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the \"Star-Spangled Banner\" was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419797", "text": "respectively in the 200-meter running event, they turned on the podium to face their flags, and to hear the American national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Each athlete raised a black-gloved fist, and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. In his autobiography, \"Silent Gesture\", Smith stated that the gesture was not a \"Black Power\" salute, but a \"human rights salute\". The event is regarded as one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games. Politically", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581734", "text": "told we weren't.\" Liz Smith of \"Newsday\" commented in support of Houston's performance: \"[A] controversy reared its head was it [Houston's performance] live or was it Memorex. It was much ado about nothing. I thought it was clearly Houston's own voice.\" Jimmy Jam, a songwriter and producer, in an interview with \"The Associated Press\", expressed his thoughts for Houston's version of the song by saying that \"Whitney, when she did the national anthem, which was the greatest national anthem that we ever heard, what we heard over the air was prerecorded. The reason it was prerecorded was, that was a", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "5581711", "text": "of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" has garnered acclaim, since 1991 when she performed the song at Super Bowl XXV. Hubert Mizell of \"St. Petersburg Times\" lauded her to the skies, saying \"Whitney Houston brought down the house as the lady with the super pipes sang the Super Bowl's most meaningful national anthem ever.\" Liz Smith from \"Newsday\" called the performance \"[a] magnificent rendition,\" commenting \"Her [Houston's] powerhouse version [...] turned that often impossible-to-sing tune into a hit.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\"s Jess Cagle noted the specific circumstances, particularly a patriotic mood at the time, rather than the performance itself, stating that \"Her", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "14128111", "text": "celebration, launched as the \"Star-Spangled Sailabration\" and crescendo \"Star-Spangled Spectacular\" festivals, was a three-year commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the penning of The Star-Spangled Banner. The Star-Spangled Sailabration festival brought a total of 45 tall ships, naval vessels and others from the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico to Baltimore's Harbor. The event, held June 13–19, 2012, was the week encompassing Flag Day and the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of War. The Star-Spangled Spectacular was a 10-day free festival that celebrated the 200th anniversary of the United States National Anthem", "title": "History of Baltimore" }, { "docid": "1782143", "text": "U.S. national anthem as representing respect for dead soldiers and policemen whereas others view it as honoring the country generally). Most of the best-known national anthems were written by little-known or unknown composers such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of \"La Marseillaise\" and John Stafford Smith who wrote the tune for \"The Anacreontic Song\", which became the tune for the U.S. national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". The author of \"God Save the Queen\", one of the oldest and most well known anthems in the world, is unknown and disputed. Very few countries have a national anthem written by", "title": "National anthem" }, { "docid": "14483096", "text": "surrounding Baltimore County and continued to serve as its county seat from 1768–1851, after which it became an independent city. The Battle of Baltimore against the British in 1814 inspired the composition of the USA's national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" and the construction of the Battle Monument which became the city's official emblem. A distinctive local culture started to take shape, and a unique skyline peppered with churches and monuments developed. Baltimore acquired its moniker \"The Monumental City\" after an 1827 visit to Baltimore by President John Quincy Adams. At an evening function Adams gave the following toast: \"Baltimore: the", "title": "Baltimore" }, { "docid": "7435061", "text": "record as such, which aided the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform and other repeal organizations. This resulted in the drys being voted out office and the eventual repeal of prohibition. In June 1917, John Charles Linthicum Jr., born John Charles Dillon, orphaned nephew of his wife who became their foster son, died while a student boarding at Tome School. In 1918, Linthicum was motivated by his wife Helen a noted \"club woman\" and by Mrs. Reuben Ross Holloway, to become the first to introduce a bill which would make the Star Spangled Banner the official national anthem of the", "title": "John Charles Linthicum" }, { "docid": "5581746", "text": "award acceptance speech in 2011 that \"Whitney was my major vocal inspiration when I was young. We used to listen to her rendition of 'The Star Spangled Banner' over and over again. She has an angel in her throat, and I promised myself that the first time I win a Grammy that I would thank Whitney on TV. I did that last year too, but that was not on TV. So this year I had to thank her again.\" Credits adapted from \"The Star Spangled Banner\" single liner notes. \"The Star Spangled Banner\" \"America the Beautiful\" The Star Spangled Banner", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "5581715", "text": "a much more important world beyond even the Giants' hold-your-breath triumph when Bills kicker Scott Norwood's 47-yard field goal try sailed wide right.\" \"Los Angeles Times\"s J.A. Adande, a sports columnist, commented that \"It dripped red, white and blue,\" placing Houston's Super Bowl performance at number three on his list for the best renditions of \"The Star-Spangled Banner.\" In February 2003, \"Vibe\", in a feature article in honor of Super Bowl XXVII, wrote that Houston's performance was \"sweet, sweaty and sensational,\" choosing it as \"Most Kleenex-Worthy Performance.\" In 2005, \"Orlando Sentinel\"s Emily Badger, in her articles of the national anthem,", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "16084124", "text": "– Adrian Johnson; Right Field – Dan Bellino; Replay Official – Sam Holbrook <br> Weather: Temperature: , clear; Wind: 9 mph from left to right<br> Time of Game: 3:05<br> Attendance: 42,386 Prior to the game, The Tenors performed the Canadian national anthem, \"O Canada\". As in many previous years, the performance of the Canadian anthem was replaced in the Fox broadcast in the United States with commercial break of the Fox broadcast prior to the singing of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" in a performance by Rachel Platten, but it was carried on ESPN Radio in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada.", "title": "2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "2767887", "text": "getting the first book collection of his newspaper panel series published. On November 3, 1929, he drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon saying \"Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem.\" Despite the widespread belief that \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", with its lyrics by Francis Scott Key set to the music of the English drinking song \"To Anacreon in Heaven\", was the United States national anthem, Congress had never officially made it so. In 1931, John Philip Sousa published his opinion in favor of giving the song official status, stating that \"it is the spirit of the music that", "title": "Robert Ripley" }, { "docid": "1281546", "text": "My Country, 'Tis of Thee \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", also known as \"America\", is an American patriotic song, whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The melody used is the same as that of the national anthem of the United Kingdom, \"God Save the Queen\", arranged by Thomas Arne. The song served as one of the \"de facto\" national anthems of the United States (along with songs like \"Hail, Columbia\") before the adoption of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to \"My Country 'Tis of Thee\" in", "title": "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" }, { "docid": "146490", "text": "on view to the public. In 1994, the National Museum of American History determined that the Star Spangled Banner Flag required further conservation treatment to remain on public display. In 1998 teams of museum conservators, curators, and other specialists helped move the flag from its home in the Museum's Flag Hall into a new conservation laboratory. Following the reopening of the National Museum of American History on November 21, 2008, the flag is now on display in a special exhibition, \"The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag That Inspired the National Anthem,\" where it rests at a 10 degree angle in dim", "title": "Flag of the United States" }, { "docid": "4130836", "text": "slow march during military ceremonies, often while the band counter-marches. The song is not to be confused with \"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean\", nor with \"Stand Columbia\", the alma mater of Columbia University. Hail, Columbia \"Hail, Columbia\" is an American patriotic song that is the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. It was previously considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was named as the official national anthem. Columbia is the poetic name for the national personification of the United", "title": "Hail, Columbia" }, { "docid": "4175873", "text": "recognizing the pause for the pledge of allegiance as part of National Flag Day activities. Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, formerly the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, is a museum located in the Jonestown/Old Town and adjacent to Little Italy neighborhoods of eastern downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Built in 1793, it was the home of Mary Young Pickersgill when she moved to Baltimore in 1806 and the location where she later sewed the \"Star Spangled Banner,\" in 1813, the huge out-sized garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry at Whetstone Point in", "title": "Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum" }, { "docid": "9185183", "text": "the U.S. one, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi \"Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi\" () is the territorial anthem of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Chamorro lyrics for the official territorial anthem of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was jointly written by the brothers Jose and Joaquin Pangelinan presumably around the time after World War II had ended. The Carolinian lyrics for the CNMI National Anthem were written by David Kapileo Peter \"Taulamwaar\" the day before the signing of the Covenant in 1976. David Marciano assisted with parts of the Carolinian version of the lyrics and", "title": "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" }, { "docid": "4245777", "text": "KTAR, with the teams' other network radio affiliates instead carrying the Westwood One feed. Journey and the Bethune-Cookman University Marching Wildcats performed during the pre-game show, while Jennifer Hudson sang \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" (arranged by Chris Walden) in her first public appearance since the murder of her nephew, brother and mother. Hudson became the second consecutive alumna from the \"American Idol\" television series to perform the national anthem at a Super Bowl (Jordin Sparks sang the anthem at Super Bowl XLII). The national anthem was translated into American Sign Language by Kristen Santos. Following the anthem, the United States Air", "title": "Super Bowl XLIII" }, { "docid": "2114484", "text": "the national anthem, a parade and other events. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, Maryland birthplace of the flag that a year later inspired Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), to pen his famous poem, has celebrated Flag Day since the inception of a museum in the home of flag-banner-pennant maker Mary Pickersgill on the historic property in 1927. The annual celebrations on Flag Day and also Defenders Day (September 12, since 1814) commemorates the Star-Spangled Banner and its creator Mary Pickersgill, for the huge emblem that flew over Fort McHenry guarding Baltimore harbor during the British Royal Navy's three days", "title": "Flag Day (United States)" }, { "docid": "8437843", "text": "game was when Rawlings first previewed the Coolflo batting helmets. Players in \"italics\" have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Notes National League: \"Tony LaRussa\" American League: Terry Francona A superchoir consisting of three choirs from Windsor, Ontario, sang \"O Canada\", the Canadian National Anthem. Then, a moment of silence for the victims of the July 7 London bombings, which took place a few days before the game, followed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Brass Players' performance of \"God Save the Queen\", the national anthem of the United Kingdom. Brian McKnight sang \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" the", "title": "2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game" }, { "docid": "5581702", "text": "\"The Star Spangled Banner\", backed by the Florida Orchestra along with music director Jahja Ling, before 73,813 fans, 115 million viewers in the United States and a worldwide television audience of 750 million. The pregame program including Houston's performance of the national anthem was produced by Bob Best for the National Football League and televised live on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. Because of the Gulf War situation, this marked the first time the Super Bowl would be telecast in most countries around the world. Outside of North America and the United Kingdom, the Super Bowl was", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "8860379", "text": "the flag is now on display in a two-story display chamber that allows it to lie at a 10-degree angle in dim light. The Smithsonian has created a permanent exhibition to document the flag's history and significance, called \"The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem\". Visitors are allowed a clear view of the flag, while it remains protected in a controlled environment. The National Museum of American History produced an online exhibition in conjunction with the reopening of Flag Hall in 2008. An interactive component allows site visitors to closely explore features of the flag in detail,", "title": "Star-Spangled Banner (flag)" }, { "docid": "4705338", "text": "mint condition 1958 Cadillac convertible; his father loved driving his family in a convertible. For the National Anthem, the Padres played a video of Ed singing \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" at Fenway Park on Opening Day in 1981 when Hoffman's brother, Glenn, was the starting shortstop for the Red Sox. In 2014, Hoffman became the ninth inductee into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame. He became eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame starting in 2016. In his debut, he fell short of the 75 percent of votes required for entry, but the 67.3 percent he received", "title": "Trevor Hoffman" }, { "docid": "419781", "text": "Coldstream Guards to perform the anthem at Buckingham Palace, London, at the ceremonial Changing of the Guard, as a gesture of support for Britain's ally. The following day at a St. Paul's Cathedral memorial service, the Queen joined in the singing of the anthem, an unprecedented occurrence. The 200th anniversary of the \"Star-Spangled Banner\" occurred in 2014 with various special events occurring throughout the United States. A particularly significant celebration occurred during the week of September 10–16 in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Highlights included playing of a new arrangement of the anthem arranged by John Williams and participation of President", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "146461", "text": "which is now the American national anthem. The flag is currently on display in the exhibition, \"The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag That Inspired the National Anthem\" at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in a two-story display chamber that protects the flag while it is on view. On April 4, 1818, a plan was passed by Congress at the suggestion of U.S. Naval Captain Samuel C. Reid in which the flag was changed to have 20 stars, with a new star to be added when each new state was admitted, but the number of stripes would be reduced", "title": "Flag of the United States" }, { "docid": "8946792", "text": "California pledged to have 100,000 trees planted as a result of a banquet sponsored by JNF attended by more than 1000 government, union, and management leaders. Nearly 2000 people, including many official guests representing the Israeli and United States governments, came to witness the dedication, along with hundreds of tourists, American students, and Israelis. An Israeli children's band played Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem, along with the U.S. anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. \"The New York Times\" reported that the children \"tried valiantly\" to play the U.S. song, playing very slowly, but then many strong voices from among the crowd", "title": "Yad Kennedy" }, { "docid": "3872476", "text": "song called \"To Anacreon in Heaven\", the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. The song eventually became known as \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Congress made it the United States national anthem in 1931. Battle of Baltimore The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British forces. The British and Americans first met at North Point. Though the Americans", "title": "Battle of Baltimore" }, { "docid": "7451728", "text": "\"Defence of Fort McHenry,\" after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Once again, owing to the origin of America from British nationals, the lyrics were later set to music common to British and American sailors, but eventually became world-famous as \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" and was designated the United States' official national anthem in 1931. After centuries of struggling and fighting \"hostile\" Indians, diseases, and nature, Americans had breached the Appalachian mountain chain and pushed into the wide open areas of the far west. Thus, songs such as \"My Country, 'Tis of", "title": "American patriotic music" }, { "docid": "3399477", "text": "To Anacreon in Heaven \"The Anacreontic Song\", also known by its incipit \"To Anacreon in Heaven\", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem \"Defence of Fort McHenry\". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition became known as \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", which was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America in 1931. The Anacreontic", "title": "To Anacreon in Heaven" }, { "docid": "14128066", "text": "recounting the attack. Key's poem was set to a 1780 drinking song by British composer John Stafford Smith, and \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" became the official national anthem of the United States in 1931. A distinctive local culture started to take shape, and a unique skyline peppered with churches and monuments developed. Baltimore acquired its moniker \"The Monumental City\" after an 1827 visit to Baltimore by President John Quincy Adams. At an evening function Adams gave the following toast: \"Baltimore: the Monumental City—May the days of her safety be as prosperous and happy, as the days of her dangers have been", "title": "History of Baltimore" }, { "docid": "6432518", "text": "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere \"There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere\" is a patriotic anthem written in 1942 by Paul Roberts and Shelby Darnell (a pseudonym for producer Bob Miller). The song was completed, along with other tunes, on Swan's Island, Maine, where Paul Roberts visited and performed with his soon to become wife, Annie Marrithew, during World War II. The song enjoyed its greatest popularity during the war years. The \"somewhere\" in the title of the song refers to an idealistic version of heaven reserved for the brave U.S. soldiers fighting the Axis Powers, somewhat akin to the", "title": "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" }, { "docid": "7031704", "text": "In a 2005 hockey exhibition game at Quebec City, Caroline Marcil, daughter of a past Hockey Québec president, forgot the words to the anthem, left to get printed lyrics, and as she returned slipped on the ice and fell. Marcil was later invited to explain herself at \"Good Morning America\", where she performed \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" correctly. René Marie substituted the anthem's lyrics with those of \"Lift Every Voice and Sing\" at a Denver civic event in 2008. Anita Baker was criticized for her performance of the Star-Spangled Banner at Game 4 of the 2010 NBA Finals. Pop singer Christina", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581717", "text": "News, in their articles of lip-syncing, wrote that \"Houston's unforgettable rendition of the anthem [...] set the standard that most singers have tried to top.\" Jenny Mayo of \"The Washington Times\", in her review of Houston's 2009 album \"I Look to You\", praised the rendition highly: \"Miss Houston is an artist who can—or at least used to—make songs untouchable. 'The Star Spangled Banner' will never be the same.\" Bill Lamb from About.com expressed that \"[Houston's] formidable power made her Super Bowl XXV 'Star Spangled Banner' performance a legendary moment,\" and on her biography by Lamb, also described it \"as one", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "10122233", "text": "gaveled to order at noon on October 27, 1951, with the 1100 assembled delegates joining together to sing \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" and the black anthem \"Lift Every Voice and Sing.\" By 1951, twenty three NLC chapters were established across the nation. In October of that same year, representatives from all 23 chapters met again in Cincinnati, Ohio and founded the National Negro Labor Council. When the National Negro Labor Council began cooperating with the union leaders, things did not work as planned. Appeals were made to elect black officers, but they were urgently met with racism charges. It was a", "title": "National Negro Labor Council" }, { "docid": "1309257", "text": "on the Japanese people when it comes to respecting the flag or anthem. However, local government bodies and private organizations sometimes suggest or demand certain protocols be followed. For example, an October 2003 directive by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government required teachers to stand during the national anthem at graduation ceremonies. While standing, the teachers are required to sing \"Kimigayo\" while facing the \"Hinomaru\". United States military personnel are required by regulations to render honors with a hand salute, or when in civilian dress, to place their right hand over their heart when \"Kimigayo\", \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", or any other national", "title": "Kimigayo" }, { "docid": "138376", "text": "imagery in the earlier song.) It has become better known as \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Though somewhat difficult to sing, it became increasingly popular, competing with \"Hail, Columbia\" (1796) as the de facto national anthem by the time of the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. More than a century after its first publication, the song was adopted as the American national anthem, first by an Executive Order from President Woodrow Wilson in1916 (which had little effect beyond requiring military bands to play what became known as the \"Service Version\") and then by a Congressional resolution in1931, signed by President Herbert", "title": "Francis Scott Key" }, { "docid": "419759", "text": "to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. \"To Anacreon in Heaven\" (or \"The Anacreontic Song\"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", it soon became a well-known U.S. patriotic song. With a range of 19 semitones, it is known for being very difficult to sing. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today. \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" was recognized for official use by the United States Navy in", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581729", "text": "the music before the game.[...] Some people have speculated that Houston lip-synced the National Anthem at the game.\" On February 4, 1991, Mary Jo Melone of the same newspaper, in her article of Houston's Super Bowl performance, clearly stated that \"It was the Memorex. The singing and music you heard were prerecorded.\" Bob Best, an NFL pre-game entertainment official told \"USA Today\" that the NFL chose the recorded version because \"we felt there were too many risks to do it live.\" \"USA Today\" reported that it is customary to use pre-recorded versions of the anthem at games, adding that in", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "13562218", "text": "used as a part of the pre-race festivities. It was unknown whether NASCAR had a pre-race invocation service or not during the 1950s as the highlight film never showed a detailed coverage of the pre-race ceremonies like today's live coverage on television. The singing of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" (which had been the official anthem of the nation since 1931) would be performed but not filmed in the highlight video. NASCAR would become one of the first major league sports where the American national anthem was used since its inception. Even back in those days, it was customary to hear \"Gentlemen", "title": "1955 Southern 500" }, { "docid": "5905399", "text": "Baseball Rob Manfred had suggested that possibility earlier in the week. An Orioles spokesman would not comment on whether the teams' dispute affected Orioles′ rescheduling decisions, but another source with the team told \"The Washington Post\" that it had. The Nationals said that neither the Orioles nor MLB approached them about making Nationals Park available to the Orioles, and the Nationals never made the offer themselves. The tradition of yelling \"O!\" during the line \"Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave\" during the singing of the national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" is a Baltimore Orioles tradition. Over the years", "title": "Beltway Series" }, { "docid": "8860375", "text": "would be put to the music of a common tune, retitled \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", and a portion of it would later be adopted as the United States National Anthem. Since its arrival at the Smithsonian, the flag has undergone multiple preservation efforts. A 2-inch by 5-inch fragment of the flag - white and red, with a seam down the middle - was sold at auction in Dallas, TX on November 30, 2011, for $38,837: the snippet was, presumably, cut from the famous flag as a souvenir in the mid-19th century. The framed remnant came with a faded, hand-written note attesting", "title": "Star-Spangled Banner (flag)" }, { "docid": "16338287", "text": "and received a standing ovation from the judges, but finished as runner-up behind season 11 winner Phillip Phillips with world-record 132 million votes cast by viewers. After \"American Idol\", Sanchez sang \"The Star-Spangled Banner,\" \"God Bless America\" and \"The Prayer\" at the PBS' National Memorial Day Concert from the west lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 27, 2012. She performed \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" before the Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley boxing match on June 9, 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and also sang the anthem for Game 1 of the 2012 NBA", "title": "Jessica Sanchez" }, { "docid": "7031700", "text": "backed them up by singing \"America the Beautiful.\" In 1993, Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis attempted to sing \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" before a New Jersey Nets game. Lewis sang the entire song off-key and at a range too high for his voice. After his voice broke on the word \"glare\", he stopped and said \"Uh oh\", then said \"I'll make up for it now\" near the end of the song. He was widely ridiculed for the incident. ESPN SportsCenter anchor Charley Steiner described Lewis' version of the national anthem as being written by \"Francis Scott Off-Key\". At the 2001 Pro", "title": "Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "419773", "text": "Day celebrations. A plaque displayed at Fort Meade, South Dakota, claims that the idea of making \"The Star Spangled Banner\" the national anthem began on their parade ground in 1892. Colonel Caleb Carlton, Post Commander, established the tradition that the song be played \"at retreat and at the close of parades and concerts.\" Carlton explained the custom to Governor Sheldon of South Dakota who \"promised me that he would try to have the custom established among the state militia.\" Carlton wrote that after a similar discussion, Secretary of War, Daniel E. Lamont issued an order that it \"be played at", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "5581710", "text": "the attack, decided to do her part to help the country recover by agreeing to have her 1991 rendition of \"The Star Spangled Banner\" re-released. So, it was reissued as a commercial CD single on September 26, 2001 by Arista Records, with proceeds going to the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police; the single also included her version of \"America the Beautiful.\" With releasing of the single, Reid said that \"In a time of tragedy, Whitney Houston's recording of our National Anthem has comforted and inspired our nation.\" Whitney Houston's rendition", "title": "The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)" }, { "docid": "4338764", "text": "Flag House in 1927, placed a bronze plaque at the foot of her grave. Besides making the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the words to the United States National Anthem, Pickersgill is also remembered for her humanitarian contributions to society, evident in her decades-long presidency of the Impartial Female Humane Society, which eventually evolved into the Pickersgill Retirement Community of Towson, Maryland. She is also remembered for her house, known as the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and later renamed the Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum, which stands at the corner of East Pratt Street and Albemarle", "title": "Mary Young Pickersgill" }, { "docid": "1668128", "text": "Virgin Islands is a U.S. insular territory, the national anthem is still \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". \"The Guardian\" reporter Alex Marshall compared it favorably to other national anthems, suggesting that it was reminiscent of the music of the Disney film \"Mary Poppins\". Virgin Islands March The \"Virgin Islands March\" is a U.S. patriotic song which is considered to be the territorial anthem of the United States Virgin Islands. The song was composed by Sam Williams and U.S. Virgin Island native Alton Adams in the 1920s. It served as the unofficial anthem of the U.S. Virgin Islands until 1963 when it was", "title": "Virgin Islands March" }, { "docid": "20916509", "text": "time at a school talent show when she was in kindergarten, and soon branched out to sporting venues. In her second live performance outside her home in February 2015, she sang \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" before 1,300 attendees at a St. Catherine's High School basketball game. Two months later, she performed the national anthem at a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game; she was invited back to sing at Miller Park in 2016 and again in 2017. In October 2018, she sang the national anthem before Game 1 of the 2018 National League Division Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies at", "title": "Liamani Segura" }, { "docid": "14188215", "text": "a poem describing the events, which later became the words to the United State's national anthem, \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Sheridan later served off the coast of Georgia, being promoted to post-captain in June 1815 towards the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, and being succeeded in the command of \"Terror\" that month by Constantine Richard Moorsom. He did not serve again at sea following the end of the wars, though he continued to rise through the ranks according to his seniority. He had reached the rank of vice-admiral by the time of his death, on 15 May 1862 at Skisdon Lodge,", "title": "John Sheridan (Royal Navy officer)" }, { "docid": "12577179", "text": "tunes which were written throughout the war. The United States did not have a national anthem at this time (\"Star Spangled Banner\" would not be recognized as such until the twentieth century). Union soldiers frequently sang the \"Battle Cry of Freedom\", and the \"Battle Hymn of the Republic\" was considered the north's most popular song. Music sung by African-Americans changed during the war. The theme of escape from bondage became especially important in spirituals sung by blacks, both by slaves singing among themselves on plantations and for free and recently freed blacks singing to white audiences. New versions of songs", "title": "Music of the American Civil War" }, { "docid": "419784", "text": "charted at number 20 in 1991 and number 6 in 2001 (along with José Feliciano, the only times the national anthem has been on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100). In 1993, Kiss did an instrumental rock version as the closing track on their album, \"Alive III\". Another famous instrumental interpretation is Jimi Hendrix's version, which was a set-list staple from autumn 1968 until his death in September 1970, including a famous rendition at the Woodstock music festival in 1969. Incorporating sonic effects to emphasize the \"rockets' red glare\", and \"bombs bursting in air\", it became a late-1960s emblem. Roseanne Barr gave", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "4338948", "text": "would be later memorialized by Francis Scott Key in the poem \"The Star Spangled Banner\", which later became the American national anthem. During the nearly 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry, commencing before dawn on September 13 until the morning of September 14, 1814, Armistead alone knew the fort’s magazine was not bombproof. When a shell crashed through the roof of the magazine but failed to explode, Armistead ordered the powder barrels cleared out and placed under the rear walls of the fort. Remarkably, only four men were killed, when two shells smashed into the fort's southwest bastion, despite a deadly", "title": "George Armistead" }, { "docid": "7142110", "text": "National Anthem Project The National Anthem Project was a public awareness campaign launched in 2005 as a major initiative of . At the time of its launch, the National Anthem Project website declared \"MENC is sponsoring The National Anthem Project to revive America's patriotism by educating Americans about the importance of The Star-Spangled Banner-both the flag and the song.\" Sponsored by MENC with major support from the Jeep brand, and other sponsors such as NAMM, Bank of America, and the Gibson Foundation, this campaign, which later used the slogan \"to restore America's voice through music education\" was MENC's most ambitious", "title": "National Anthem Project" }, { "docid": "7142120", "text": "in that it forwards the limited claims of nationalism to the exclusion of building international and local affiliations and identities. Rather, music teachers need to resist the claims of excessive nationalism in order to ensure that these other interests are also served\" (p. 153). National Anthem Project The National Anthem Project was a public awareness campaign launched in 2005 as a major initiative of . At the time of its launch, the National Anthem Project website declared \"MENC is sponsoring The National Anthem Project to revive America's patriotism by educating Americans about the importance of The Star-Spangled Banner-both the flag", "title": "National Anthem Project" }, { "docid": "419778", "text": "amateur singers have been known to forget the words, which is one reason the song is sometimes pre-recorded and lip-synced. Other times the issue is avoided by having the performer(s) play the anthem instrumentally instead of singing it. The pre-recording of the anthem has become standard practice at some ballparks, such as Boston's Fenway Park, according to the SABR publication \"The Fenway Project\". \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" has been performed regularly at the beginning of NFL games since the end of WWII by order of NFL commissioner Elmer Layden, according to History.com . According to same article, the song has been", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "docid": "3889933", "text": "to \"Die Stem van Suid-Afrika\" to match South Africa's. Following independence, \"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika\" was provisionally adopted as the national anthem. It was later decided that Namibia needed a unique anthem and a national competition was held to compose a new national anthem. The competition was won by Axali Doeseb with \"Namibia, Land of the Brave\". The anthem was first played in public in a ceremony on the first anniversary of Namibia's independence from South Africa in 1991. The similarity of the lyric's first-line phrase \"Land of the Brave\" to the end of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", the national anthem of", "title": "Namibia, Land of the Brave" }, { "docid": "2550641", "text": "this song the United States' national anthem in 1931. John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for \"The Anacreontic Song\", which became the tune for the American patriotic song \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. Smith was baptised in Gloucester Cathedral, England, on 30 March 1750, the", "title": "John Stafford Smith" } ]

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[ { "docid": "613008", "text": "of the lightsaber battles. Lucas and McCallum were so impressed with the test tape that they gave Park the role of Maul. His voice was considered \"too squeaky\" and was dubbed over in post-production by Peter Serafinowicz. Keira Knightley's parents tried to convince her not to audition, but the teenage actress still sought a role since she was a \"Star Wars\" fan. The casting was influenced by Knightley's remarkable similarity to Natalie Portman, with the actress admitting their mothers could not tell each other apart. Knightley was reported to have \"cried every single day\" due to finding the wardrobe uncomfortable.", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "612979", "text": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the first installment in the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy and stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz. The film is set 32 years before the original film, and follows Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi as they protect Queen Amidala in hopes of securing", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "668168", "text": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth entry in the \"Star Wars\" film series and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz. A sequel to \"\" (1999) and \"\" (2002), it is the third and final installment in the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy. The film begins three years after the onset of the Clone Wars. The Jedi", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" }, { "docid": "668235", "text": "duel to the death. In the latter mode, two players team up to combat increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Footnotes Citations Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth entry in the \"Star Wars\" film series and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz. A sequel to \"\" (1999) and \"\" (2002), it is the third and final", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" }, { "docid": "614578", "text": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy, and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Frank Oz. Set ten years after the events in \"\", the galaxy is on the brink of civil war, with thousands of planetary systems threatening to secede from the Galactic Republic. After", "title": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" } ]

[ { "docid": "16071943", "text": "interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Morrison revealed that the episode \"features a Christmas special within the episode that's a throwback and a tribute to the \"Star Wars Holiday Special\" and the \"Judy Garland Christmas Special\"\", which are \"combined in a way\". Lucasfilm Ltd. gave permission for \"Glee\" to use the \"Star Wars\" character Chewbacca for the sequence; the actor who currently plays Chewbacca was flown in for a day of filming, though \"he doesn't sing\" in the episode. The episode serves as the mid-season finale. Before the third season started, co-creator Brad Falchuk announced that it would be structured as two", "title": "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" }, { "docid": "18293609", "text": "BB-8. Principal photography began on August 1, 2018, at Pinewood Studios in London, England. Oscar Isaac stated that Abrams is allowing more improvised acting than in the previous two films. Filming was also done in Wadi Rum in Jordan. Filming is expected to be completed by February 2019. On January 10, 2018, it was reported that John Williams, who composed the music for the eight previous saga films, will return to compose and conduct \"Episode IX\". The next month, Williams announced that \"Episode IX\" will be the last \"Star Wars\" film for which he will compose music. \"Star Wars: Episode", "title": "Star Wars: Episode IX" }, { "docid": "7802876", "text": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (video game) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is a 1999 action-adventure video game released by LucasArts. It is based on the . The plot closely follows that of the film, although it expands on some minor events that could have been silenced or cut from the film, or shows them from a different character's point of view. For example, it follows Queen Amidala and Captain Panaka's adventure on Coruscant during Anakin Skywalker's interview in the Jedi Temple - something that is never shown or mentioned in the film since", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (video game)" }, { "docid": "12257855", "text": "Wars\" trilogy, several types of \"military occupation specialist\" stormtrooper units are seen. These include: While stormtrooper performers like Michael Leader (\"Episode IV\"), Laurie Goode (\"Episode IV\"), Peter Diamond (\"Episode IV-VI\"), Stephen Bayley (\"Episode IV\"), and Bill Weston (\"Episode IV\") have generally been uncredited in the film series, there have been a few exceptions. In \"Attack of the Clones\" (2002), Temuera Morrison plays bounty hunter Jango Fett and his multitude of clones, who are the first army of clone troopers. In \"The Force Awakens\" (2015), John Boyega stars as Finn, the former Stormtrooper FN-2187 who defects from the First Order and", "title": "Stormtrooper (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "612997", "text": "the Sith Lords. As with the original trilogy, Lucas intended \"The Phantom Menace\" to illustrate several themes throughout the narrative. Duality is a frequent theme; Amidala is a queen who passes as a handmaiden, Palpatine plays on both sides of the war, among others. \"Balance\" is frequently suggested; Anakin is supposedly \"the one\" chosen to bring balance to the ForceLucas said, \"Anakin needed to have a mother, Obi-Wan needed a Master, Darth Sidious needed an apprentice\" as without interaction and dialogue \"you wouldn't have drama\". In November 2015, Ron Howard confirmed that he, Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg were approached", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "17439798", "text": "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (also titled Episode IVa: May the Ferb Be with You) is a 1-hour long crossover episode of the American animated series \"Phineas and Ferb\" featuring characters from \"Star Wars\". It aired on July 26, 2014, on Disney Channel and later on Disney XD on August 4, 2014. The story, while non-canonical, is a retelling of the 1977 film \"Star Wars\" in the style of \"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\", where the \"Phineas and Ferb\" characters interact with the \"Star Wars\" characters. Perry the \"Rebelpus\", the Rebel Alliance's best platypus agent,", "title": "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" }, { "docid": "3781975", "text": "role of Chewbacca was stand up. Mayhew has played Chewbacca in five \"Star Wars\" films: the original trilogy (\"Star Wars\", \"The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Return of the Jedi\"), \"\" and \"\". He played the role in the 1978 television film \"Star Wars Holiday Special\" and in an appearance on \"The Muppet Show\". He also recorded dialogue for the \"\" finale episode \"Wookiee Hunt\". Mayhew plays the role in commercials and hospital appearances for sick children and has made numerous appearances as Chewbacca outside the \"Star Wars\" films. Mayhew as Chewbacca was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the", "title": "Peter Mayhew" }, { "docid": "18293526", "text": "1, 2018. Colin Trevorrow was expected to direct the film, but on September 5, 2017, Lucasfilm announced that he had stepped down. A week later, Lucasfilm announced that J. J. Abrams would return to direct \"Episode IX\" and co-write it with Chris Terrio. Abrams and Terrio stated that \"Episode IX\" will bring together all three trilogies, with elements from the previous two trilogies. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "1581047", "text": "\"Piranha 3D, Alien Trespass, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Daddy Day Care, K-19: The Widowmaker, Gangs of New York, Austin Powers: Goldmember, Men In Black II, The Bourne Identity, Behind Enemy Lines, Time Machine, Ticker, JAG - Pilot Episode, Spawn, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Galaxy Quest, Mission to Mars, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Titan A.E., U-571, Dinosaur, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Terminator 2: Judgement Day - DVD Intro, Jungle Book 2, American President, Sleepers, Star Wars Special Edition, Empire Strikes Back Special", "title": "Electric Image Animation System" }, { "docid": "18040354", "text": "the Sith's Revenge\", and \"The Force Doth Awaken\". An eighth book in the series, \"Jedi the Last\", has been announced, with a July 2018 release date. William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope is a satirical work written by Ian Doescher retelling of George Lucas's 1977 film \"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope\" in blank verse and written in the 16th-century style of William Shakespeare, containing many references to his plays. It was first published in July 2013, and was followed by several subsequent books in the same style,", "title": "William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope" }, { "docid": "18040353", "text": "William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope is a satirical work written by Ian Doescher retelling of George Lucas's 1977 film \"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope\" in blank verse and written in the 16th-century style of William Shakespeare, containing many references to his plays. It was first published in July 2013, and was followed by several subsequent books in the same style, covering the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies: \"The Empire Striketh Back\", \"The Jedi Doth Return\", \"The Phantom of Menace\", \"The Clone Army Attacketh\", \"The Tragedy of", "title": "William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope" }, { "docid": "10998821", "text": "Branch Wars \"Branch Wars\" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series \"The Office\"—the show's sixty-third episode overall. Written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Joss Whedon, the episode originally aired in the United States on November 1, 2007 on NBC. The episode marks the return of season three recurring actor Rashida Jones, who plays Jim's former girlfriend Karen Filippelli, now Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Utica. Karen tries to \"poach\" Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker) from Dunder Mifflin Scranton, and Stanley informs the branch that he is leaving. In revenge, Michael Scott (Steve", "title": "Branch Wars" }, { "docid": "10345827", "text": "who grew up playing with the lesser-known \"Star Wars\" toys: the Ugnaughts, Bossks, and Dengars of the Kenner line.\" A DVD of the episode was released on July 22, 2008. Two sequels were created. The first was \"\", which aired on November 16, 2008. The second, \"\", aired on December 19, 2010. Robot Chicken: Star Wars \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars\" (also known as \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode I\") is a 2007 episode of the television comedy series \"Robot Chicken\", airing as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It was released on DVD", "title": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" }, { "docid": "17439814", "text": "and on Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand and Disney XD Australia. In Canada, the special premiered on August 8, 2014 on Family Channel and will on August 17, 2014 on Disney XD. In Southeast Asia, a release date of August 17, 2014 was announced. Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (also titled Episode IVa: May the Ferb Be with You) is a 1-hour long crossover episode of the American animated series \"Phineas and Ferb\" featuring characters from \"Star Wars\". It aired on July 26, 2014, on Disney Channel and later on Disney XD on August", "title": "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" }, { "docid": "11802255", "text": "Darth Vader's history and development as a character and offer illumination into other characters from \"Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope\", \"Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back\", and \"Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi\". Ultimately, Starkiller sacrifices his life to save the leaders of the new Rebel Alliance; they honor him by adopting his family's crest as their symbol. In the sequel the players controls a clone of Starkiller, who has memories of the original Starkiller. The game ends on a cliffhanger where Starkiller captures Darth Vader and intends to bring him", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (project)" }, { "docid": "17859154", "text": "Birds\" games, such as \"Angry Birds Star Wars II\". The Telepods are able to summon characters into the game that correspond to the scanned figure. Other than this use, the Telepods pack may come with other toy pieces and accessories for normal playing. Rovio announced an animated series based on the game, with the first episode released on November 1, 2014 on ToonsTV, named \"Angry Birds Stella\". The first episode was \"A Fork in the Friendship\", that shows how Gale, Stella's former best friend and queen of the pigs on Golden Island, separated from Stella and her other friends. The", "title": "Angry Birds Stella" }, { "docid": "3592262", "text": "not match the tragic mood of the duel between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Duel of the Fates makes an appearance during the Yoda/Darth Sidious fight scene. For this instance, John Williams re-recorded the choir and layered it over the vocal-less recording from \"Episode I\". \"Duel of the Fates\" can be heard in a number of \"Star Wars\" video games, including \"\", , \"\", , \"\", \"\", \"\", and \"Angry Birds Star Wars II\". The theme also plays during \"Soulcalibur IV\", whenever The Apprentice fights within either of the game's three Star Wars-themed stages, as well as during his extended", "title": "Duel of the Fates" }, { "docid": "7574145", "text": "variety of mediums, such as vehicles, races, space combat as well as side-scrolling which includes Lightsaber combat. The game was met with generally negative reception. Reasons include its control issues, simple difficulty, poor level designs and dated password system. \"Game Informer\" gave it an abysmal 1 out of 10, calling it \"the dark side of gaming.\" The game so far has a score of 38.89% from GameRankings and 38 out of 100 from Metacritic. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (video game) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a video game based on .", "title": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (video game)" }, { "docid": "613127", "text": "Y-wing The \"Y-wing\" assault starfighter/light bomber is a fictional starfighter in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. They are depicted as the primary fighter-bombers of the Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and New Republic; being ideally suited for ground attack missions and close air support. They appear in \"\", \"Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back\", \"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi\", \"Rogue One\", , \"Star Wars Rebels\" TV series and the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe's books, comics, and games. Industrial Light & Magic's Colin Cantwell, who also designed the saga's TIE fighters, initially designed the Y-wing with a large", "title": "Y-wing" }, { "docid": "20686811", "text": "Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan is a \"Star Wars\" novel by Claudia Gray, published by Disney Lucasfilm Press on September 1, 2017 as part of the publishing initiative. It chronicles the teen years of Princess Leia before the events of the 1977 film \"Star Wars\", which introduced the character. Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan finds that her parents, Queen Breha and Viceroy Bail Organa, are too consumed by their duties to pay her much attention. As a politician-in-training in the Apprentice Legislature, Leia organizes a humanitarian mission to the planet", "title": "Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan" }, { "docid": "3592265", "text": "days on the countdown. \"Duel of the Fates\" has also been used to reference and satirize \"Star Wars\". For instance, in \"The Simpsons\" episode \"Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em\", the song plays in a sequence parodying \"Star Wars\", during an allergen-stick battle between Bart Simpson and Seymour Skinner. The song was also used as the theme for the 2003 Broadcast of the Drum Corps International World Championships on PBS. \"Duel of the Fates\" was used in the original BBC broadcast of \"Top Gear\" Series 9 Episode 2 in 2007, during the segment in which host James May drives a Bugatti", "title": "Duel of the Fates" }, { "docid": "20686818", "text": "including Grand Moff Tarkin, Mon Mothma, Amilyn Holdo, and Quarsh Panaka. Gray explained how Kier Domadi, Leia's first love, compares to the character's future husband, Han Solo: Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan is a \"Star Wars\" novel by Claudia Gray, published by Disney Lucasfilm Press on September 1, 2017 as part of the publishing initiative. It chronicles the teen years of Princess Leia before the events of the 1977 film \"Star Wars\", which introduced the character. Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan finds that her parents, Queen Breha and Viceroy Bail", "title": "Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan" }, { "docid": "12784021", "text": "a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II\" is a 22-minute-long special episode of \"Robot Chicken\" \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II\" was released on DVD on July 21, 2009. The DVD contains the original broadcast version, and the \"Extended Version\", which features an additional 15 minutes of footage cut from the broadcast version, along with many bonus features. \"\" was shown on December 19, 2010. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II\" is a 2008 episode of the television comedy series", "title": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" }, { "docid": "12537580", "text": "often seen as \"creepy\" when flirting with women, including Penny). Leonard is also musically inclined, as he can play the cello, although he holds the bow upside down and plays on the finger board. As seen in the season 1 episode \"The Hamburger Postulate\", he and Leslie Winkle practice their instruments and then leave to have intercourse, which Leonard calls \"a little musical foreplay\". Despite his attempts to not appear to be a geek, Leonard owns, among other things, \"Star Wars\" hygiene products, a prop of the One Ring, Star Trek and officer's uniforms, an expansive Superman comic book collection", "title": "Leonard Hofstadter" }, { "docid": "15212768", "text": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III\" (also known as \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars III\") is a 2010 episode special of the television comedy series \"Robot Chicken\", and the third and final installment in the Annie Award-winning and Emmy-nominated \"\" trilogy. It premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block on December 19, 2010. The special is 45 minutes long, as opposed to the usual 11-minute \"Robot Chicken\" runtime and the 21-minute runtime of the two previous \"Star Wars\" specials. It was the final \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars\" special. Unlike the previous installments in the", "title": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" }, { "docid": "4929944", "text": "Star Wars Episode I: Racer Star Wars Episode I: Racer is a racing video game based on the podracing sequence featured in \"\". The game features all of the racers and race course on Tatooine featured in \"The Phantom Menace\". It also adds several new courses, some on Tatooine, others on various planets. Several single player modes, including a tournament mode, are available for play. It also features multiplayer, the format of which varies by platform. Jake Lloyd and Lewis MacLeod, who portrayed Anakin Skywalker and Sebulba in \"The Phantom Menace\", reprise their roles in the game. \"Episode I: Racer\"", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Racer" }, { "docid": "18020699", "text": "James Earl Jones is said to be a \"good sport\" when meeting \"Star Wars\" fans, similar to his character in the episode. Jim Parsons described having James Earl Jones around as \"pretty insane\" and said \"there's no way ever you can even realize the amount of work he's done.\" \"The Convention Conundrum\" is the first episode to credit Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny, as Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting. She married Ryan Sweeting on December 31, 2013; this was the third episode to air after their wedding. On the night of its first broadcast on January 30, 2014 at 8 p.m., the episode", "title": "The Convention Conundrum" }, { "docid": "13826096", "text": "of the character Chewbacca. In this episode, the \"TGS\" crew tells Liz \"Do something Liz, you're our only hope\", in regards to the cutbacks. This line was said by Princess Leia in the \"Star Wars\" movies, in which she was played by actress Carrie Fisher, who guest-starred in the season two episode \"Rosemary's Baby\". Tina Fey, a fan of \"Star Wars\" herself, said that the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". Fey said that from then on \"it became a thing where", "title": "Cutbacks" }, { "docid": "9252050", "text": "fan of \"Star Wars\" herself, said that the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". Fey said that from then on \"it became a thing where [they] tried to keep it going\", and that even though they could not include one in every episode, they still had a \"pretty high batting average\". Fey attributed most of the references to Robert Carlock, who she described as \"the resident expert\". \"Star Wars\" is referenced in this episode when Tracy Jordan takes on the identity of", "title": "Tracy Does Conan" }, { "docid": "4272210", "text": "Kenneth Colley Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in \"Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi\". Unlike the other ill-fated officers who appeared alongside him in \"The Empire Strikes Back\", Colley was the only actor to play an Imperial officer in more than one Star Wars film. Colley reprised his role as Piett in the Cartoon Network animated special \"Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out\" in September 2012. Coincidently, Colley", "title": "Kenneth Colley" }, { "docid": "4929956", "text": "it 3rd in their list of top Star Wars games. That same year it placed 10th in Rock, Paper, Shotgun's top \"Star Wars\" games list. In \"Game Informer\"'s 2016 list of the 30 best \"Star Wars\" video games \"Racer\" ranked 11th. , the game holds the Guinness record for the best-selling sci-fi racing game having worldwide sales of 3.12 million beating other series like \"Wipeout\" and \"F-Zero\". The editors of \"Computer Gaming World\" nominated \"Racer\" for their 1999 \"Racing Game of the Year\" award, which ultimately went to \"\". Star Wars Episode I: Racer Star Wars Episode I: Racer is", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Racer" }, { "docid": "10345819", "text": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars\" (also known as \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode I\") is a 2007 episode of the television comedy series \"Robot Chicken\", airing as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It was released on DVD on July 22, 2008. The 22-minute episode's sketches all relate to \"Star Wars\". The episode features the voices of: \"Robot Chicken\" had previously featured several \"Star Wars\" parodies in standard episodes of the show. One such sketch from the second season in 2006 featured Palpatine receiving a collect call from Darth Vader", "title": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" }, { "docid": "4929951", "text": "stated they wanted to make it \"feel like an eyeball-peeling racing game, where you're going so fast, you're just nervous.\" The game was originally titled \"Star Wars: Podracer\", however the subtitle was changed to \"Episode I Racer\" when LucasArts learned that another company owned the trademark for games with the name \"Pod\" in the title. Actor Jake Lloyd, who portrayed Anakin Skywalker in \"Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace\", promoted the game at E3 1999. Lloyd also provided voice over for his character in the game. The theatrical score from was reused for the game, and various sound effects", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Racer" }, { "docid": "8525932", "text": "time\", although he did praise the way that the episode satirized the \"Star Wars universe\"; he ended his review by saying that \"Chances are the more you like \"Star Wars\", the more you will enjoy this. For those of us who know \"Family Guy\" better than \"Star Wars\", there is plenty of bad material here to remind us that nothing much has changed\". He gave the episode sixty-five out of a possible one-hundred. The Parents Television Council, a group that has been a frequent critic of \"Family Guy\", criticized the episode for a perceived frequent use of sexual dialogue, enough", "title": "Blue Harvest" }, { "docid": "6322732", "text": "Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least 1 million units, with the albums for \"The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"\" being certified Gold (500,000 units). The British Phonographic Industry certified \"Star Wars\" and \"Episode I\" as Gold for shipments of over 100,000 units in the UK. Music of Star Wars The music of the \"Star Wars\" franchise is composed and produced in conjunction with the development of the feature films, television series, and other merchandise within the epic space opera franchise created by George Lucas. The music for the primary feature films (which serves", "title": "Music of Star Wars" }, { "docid": "18293602", "text": "Star Wars: Episode IX Star Wars: Episode IX is an upcoming American space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It will be the third and final installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the ninth and final installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015) and \"\" (2017). The film is produced by Lucasfilm and Bad Robot Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was announced after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012, with Colin Trevorrow announced as the film's director in August 2015. In September 2017,", "title": "Star Wars: Episode IX" }, { "docid": "6417986", "text": "plays between them. The blue orb that separates them has the same geometric shape as the Death Star in the \"Star Wars\" series. Normally this would appear to be an homage, but this film came out the same year as \"Star Wars\" (a.k.a. Episode IV). This scene is intercut with a scene of Hamilton telling a female crewmember that he does not like this mechanized intimacy and kisses her. The scene ends with her telling him that the old-fashioned way was better. Even though the crew of the MK-31 are only one day's travel from their shore leave on Earth,", "title": "Cosmos: War of the Planets" }, { "docid": "18293610", "text": "IX\" is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2019, in the United States. It was originally scheduled for May 24, 2019. Star Wars: Episode IX Star Wars: Episode IX is an upcoming American space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It will be the third and final installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the ninth and final installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015) and \"\" (2017). The film is produced by Lucasfilm and Bad Robot Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was announced", "title": "Star Wars: Episode IX" }, { "docid": "15212771", "text": "a 7.9/10 by IMDb reviewers. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 12, 2011. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III\" (also known as \"Robot Chicken: Star Wars III\") is a 2010 episode special of the television comedy series \"Robot Chicken\", and the third and final installment in the Annie Award-winning and Emmy-nominated \"\" trilogy. It premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block on December 19, 2010. The special is 45 minutes long, as opposed to the usual 11-minute \"Robot Chicken\" runtime and the 21-minute runtime of the two previous \"Star", "title": "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" }, { "docid": "15816665", "text": "Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo to get involved in resolving the disputes. On her heels are a separate fleet of the Lost Tribe of the Sith, who followed up on the late High Lord Sarasu Taalon's prophecy of a Jedi queen; since Tenel Ka is a queen who was once a Jedi, she is a likely suspect that the Sith wish to target. However, their plans are foiled by Allana Solo and her grandmother, Leia, as the latter kills their leader in combat. \"Conviction\" reached 3 on the New York Times bestseller list on June 12, 2011. Conviction (Star Wars", "title": "Conviction (Star Wars novel)" }, { "docid": "5284014", "text": "Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo (known as Star Wars: Battle for Naboo on the PC) is an arcade-style action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. It is a spiritual sequel to \"\" released two years earlier. Despite the similarities between the two games, the development team designed a new game engine for \"Battle for Naboo\" and included land- and water-based combat in addition to aerial combat. Set in the fictional \"Star Wars\" galaxy, the game takes place during the events depicted in the film \"\". Players control Gavyn Sykes, a", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo" }, { "docid": "5459723", "text": "Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is an action adventure Star Wars video game set during the time frame of \"\". The game was first released for the PlayStation, afterwards for the Dreamcast and the Game Boy Advance (in the last case under the title \"Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles\"). \"Jedi Power Battles\" is a mix of a platform game and a beat 'em up. Emphasis is place both on completing jumping sequences and defeating enemies. Players can choose from one of five prequel-era Jedi and run, jump, slash, and use the", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles" }, { "docid": "5284022", "text": "planet's capital city of Theed hoping to capture the planet and steal its resources. The planet's queen, Padmé Amidala, has left the city for Coruscant to try to gain support from the Galactic Senate. To help defend the planet, Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes must form a resistance movement. The game starts with an opening crawl resembling the ones featured in the \"Star Wars\" films. Further story details are presented through the game's instruction manual, pre-mission briefings, characters' conversations during the game and in-game cut scenes. During the Trade Federation's initial invasion of Theed, Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes and Captain Kael are able", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo" }, { "docid": "656758", "text": "episode of the former 1950s series \"X Minus One\". Works by a new generation of dramatists also emerged at this time, notably Yuri Rasovsky, Thomas Lopez of ZBS and the dramatic sketches heard on humorist Garrison Keillor's \"A Prairie Home Companion\". Brian Daley's 1981 adaptation of the blockbuster space opera film \"Star Wars\" for \"NPR Playhouse\" was a notable success. Production costs on this serial were mitigated by the support of Lucasfilm, who sold the rights to NPR for a nominal $1 fee, and by the participation of the BBC in an international co-production deal. \"Star Wars\" was credited with", "title": "Radio drama" }, { "docid": "16896410", "text": "The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) \"The Gathering\" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series \"\". It aired in the United States on November 3, 2012. The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the \"Star Wars\" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. The episode follows six Jedi Younglings, guided by Ahsoka and Yoda, as they fulfill their rite of passage in constructing their own lightsabers, the main weapon used by the mystical Jedi. The episode also discusses the lightsaber's power", "title": "The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)" }, { "docid": "16896415", "text": "Younglings' personalities were developed. The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) \"The Gathering\" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series \"\". It aired in the United States on November 3, 2012. The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the \"Star Wars\" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. The episode follows six Jedi Younglings, guided by Ahsoka and Yoda, as they fulfill their rite of passage in constructing their own lightsabers, the main weapon used by the mystical Jedi. The episode also", "title": "The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)" }, { "docid": "7690750", "text": "son Boba is explored further. \"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones \" reached 2 on the New York Times bestseller list on May 12, 2002. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (novel) The Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novelization was written by R. A. Salvatore and published on April 23, 2002 by Del Rey. It is based on the script of the . It includes much expansion of scenes and also many scenes which were cut from the movie. Some of them are original to the book. The biggest addition to the", "title": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (novel)" }, { "docid": "18293603", "text": "Trevorrow left the project due to creative differences; he was replaced by Abrams, who previously directed \"The Force Awakens\". Filming began in August 2018 at Pinewood Studios near London. \"Episode IX\" is set to be released on December 20, 2019 in the United States. Jimmy Vee and Greg Grunberg reprise their roles as R2-D2 and Snap Wexley, respectively, from previous films. Brian Herring returns to puppeteer . Dominic Monaghan and Matt Smith have been cast in unspecified roles. In October 2012, \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas sold his production company Lucasfilm, and with it the \"Star Wars\" franchise, to The", "title": "Star Wars: Episode IX" }, { "docid": "9053206", "text": "the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". Fey said that from then on \"it became a thing where [they] tried to keep it going\", and that even though they could not include one in every episode, they still had a \"pretty high batting average\". Fey attributed most of the references to Robert Carlock, who she described as \"the resident expert\". In this episode, Liz repeatedly uses analogies from \"Star Wars\" for her situation with Jack, when she realizes that she \"need[s] to", "title": "Jack the Writer" }, { "docid": "17137603", "text": "the famous Princess Leia line, \"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope!\" from \"Star Wars\". The lines that Mother Superior says before that is also a nod to Star Wars as is similar to what Obi-Wan Kenobi says after the destruction of Alderaan. Outside Storybrooke, Cora tells daughter Regina her horse, Rocinante, is ready. Rocinante is the name of Don Quijote's horse in the novel \"El Ingenioso Hidalgo, Don Quijote de La Mancha\" by Miguel de Cervantes. The outing saw a decrease from the previous episode, tied for second in its time period with a 2.2/6 among 18-49s with", "title": "The Queen Is Dead (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "docid": "9951912", "text": "nature of the Force. On December 5, 2011, a full-length feature cut of one of the Season 3 trilogies of episodes (the one composed by \"Nightsisters,\" \"Monster,\" and \"Witches of the Mist\") was released for download on iTunes as an uninterrupted movie that was previously shown at selected screenings in 2010. The three episodes were written by Katie Lucas, who had previously written the Season 1 episode \"Jedi Crash\" as well as the Season 3 episodes \"Sphere of Influence\" and \"Assassin.\" A repeat of season one aired in \"decoded\" episode format. Each installment contained unobtrusive text windows giving supplemental information", "title": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)" }, { "docid": "18324464", "text": "the first Death Star where one plays as Darth Vader who is trying to prevent the rebels from escaping with a piece of the Death Star with the ability to eliminate Han Solo in the process. Another version of the game adds a scene from \"The Force Awakens\", where the player pilots a T-70 X-Wing to engage First Order ships on Takodana and protect General Leia's transport. Star Wars Battle Pod Star Wars Battle Pod is a 2014 arcade game based on the franchise \"Star Wars\". It was unveiled at the New York Comic-Con on October 8, 2014. The game", "title": "Star Wars Battle Pod" }, { "docid": "9951918", "text": "disclosed that each planet in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy would have its own theme music. The episode Mr. Rigler performed on was based on Bulgarian music and played on Uilleann pipes. Kevin Kiner composed the original score for each episode. Stuart Snyder, who oversaw Cartoon Network and other Turner Broadcasting System cable networks from 2007 to 2014, said he became interested in the new \"Clone Wars\" series immediately upon starting the job in May 2007. Snyder flew out to San Francisco, California to screen several episodes, and told Lucas the only place he wanted to see the show was on", "title": "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)" }, { "docid": "18293495", "text": "return for \"Episode VIII\", along with \"a handful\" of new cast members. In February 2016, at the start of filming, it was confirmed that Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran had been cast in unspecified roles. In April 2017, at \"Star Wars\" Celebration Orlando, Lucasfilm announced that Tran plays Resistance maintenance worker Rose Tico, which Johnson described as the film's largest new role. To keep Frank Oz's return as Yoda a secret, producers excluded Oz's name in the billing for the film's pre-release marketing and ensured that Oz stayed on set during filming. Second unit photography began during pre-production at", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "612990", "text": "Greg Proops and Scott Capurro voice Fode and Beed, the two-headed announcer of the Boonta Eve Race. Matthew Wood appears as Twi'lek Bib Fortuna, alongside a CGI Jabba the Hutt. Dominic West plays the role of a Naboo guard. Sofia Coppola appears as Saché, one of Amidala's handmaidens, and Ralph Brown appears as Ric Olié, the Queen's starship pilot. Christian Simpson appears as Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes. While writing the original \"Star Wars\", Lucas realized the story was too vast in scope to be covered in one film. The original film was written to introduce a wider story arc that could", "title": "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" }, { "docid": "16228182", "text": "Mark Killeen Mark Killeen is a British film and television actor. His first major role was in \"Rise of the Footsoldier\". He plays the lead role in two romantic comedies from 2013 - British feature \"The Callback Queen\" and \"The Right Juice\", filmed in the Algarve. He appeared in \"The Dark Knight Rises\" opposite Anne Hathaway and plays the Greek Commander in \"\". On television he appeared in the Doctor Who episode \"Let's Kill Hitler\", as well as two episodes of \"Waking the Dead\". He played the prominent guest star role of Mero, the Titan's Bastard in HBO Series \"Game", "title": "Mark Killeen" }, { "docid": "18293491", "text": "final cut. Hugh Skinner cameos as a Resistance Officer. In October 2012, \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas sold his production company Lucasfilm, and with it the \"Star Wars\" franchise, to The Walt Disney Company. Disney announced a new trilogy of \"Star Wars\" films. J. J. Abrams was named director of the first episode in the trilogy, \"The Force Awakens\", in January 2013. In June 2014, director Rian Johnson was reported to be in talks to write and direct its sequel, \"Episode VIII\", and to write a treatment for the third film, \"Episode IX\", with Ram Bergman producing both films. Johnson", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "docid": "614618", "text": "tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run. Two novels based on the movie were published, a tie-in junior novel by Scholastic, and a novelization written by R. A. Salvatore, which includes some unique scenes. A four-issue comic book adaptation was written by Henry Gilroy and published by Dark Horse Comics. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" prequel trilogy,", "title": "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" }, { "docid": "4929945", "text": "received generally positive reviews from critics. Several major media outlets listed it as one of the top \"Star Wars\" video games. , the game holds the Guinness record as the best-selling sci-fi racing game, having worldwide sales of 3.12 million and beating other series like \"Wipeout\" and \"F-Zero\". Two titles featuring podracing were released after \"Episode I: Racer\"'s release. \"\", an arcade game featuring many similar tracks and characters, was released in 2000. A sequel, \"Star Wars Racer Revenge\" was released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2. \"Star Wars Episode I: Racer\" features a variety of tracks spanning several different", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Racer" }, { "docid": "240475", "text": "with the creation of \"Star Wars Galaxies\". After a successful launch, the first expansion, Jump to Lightspeed, was released in 2004. The new expansion featured the addition of real-time space combat. This was continued in \"Rage of the Wookiees\", an additional expansion which added an additional planet for users to explore. Also, a new expansion, \"Trials of Obi-Wan\" was released on November 1, 2005 consisting of several new missions focusing on the Episode 3 planet, Mustafar. While \"Star Wars Galaxies\" still retains a devoted following, it has also alienated many players. \"Star Wars Galaxies\" has chosen to ignore the timeline", "title": "LucasArts" }, { "docid": "6753303", "text": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2005 released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the film's release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. The score was Williams' sixth score in the saga. Shawn Murphy recorded the score. Ramiro Belgardt and Kenneth Wannberg served as music editors; Wannberg served as music editor for the previous \"Star Wars\" scores. A", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "9813045", "text": "first needs to hit either the Junk Shop or the Market once first. Star Wars Episode I (pinball) Star Wars Episode I is a 1999 pinball game designed by John Popadiuk and released by Williams and the second (and last) machine to use the Pinball 2000 hardware platform. It is based in the \"Star Wars\" film \"\". It is the last game manufactured by WMS industries (Williams and Bally labels) before the announcement to close their doors on October 25, 1999. The jet bumper rule of the 1.4 software reminds players of that date. (The number of points for spelling", "title": "Star Wars Episode I (pinball)" }, { "docid": "9813041", "text": "Star Wars Episode I (pinball) Star Wars Episode I is a 1999 pinball game designed by John Popadiuk and released by Williams and the second (and last) machine to use the Pinball 2000 hardware platform. It is based in the \"Star Wars\" film \"\". It is the last game manufactured by WMS industries (Williams and Bally labels) before the announcement to close their doors on October 25, 1999. The jet bumper rule of the 1.4 software reminds players of that date. (The number of points for spelling Jar Jar is 19,992,510; This is the date 25-10-1999, the same day WMS", "title": "Star Wars Episode I (pinball)" }, { "docid": "19825971", "text": "gang of pirates called Cloud Riders. [[Jon Favreau]] voices Rio Durant, \"a very cool and important alien character\" and member of Beckett's crew, and [[Linda Hunt]] voices Lady Proxima, the serpent-like leader of the gang to which teenage Han and Qi'ra belong. Ian Kenny portrays Rebolt while [[Clint Howard]] portrays Ralakili. Additionally, [[Anthony Daniels]] cameos as Tak, enslaved alongside Chewbacca, [[Kiran Shah]] plays Karjj and [[Warwick Davis]] briefly reprises his role from the film \"[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]]\" as Weazel, a Cloud Rider. [[Ray Park]] reprises his role as [[Darth Maul|Maul]], with [[Sam Witwer]]", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "docid": "10893188", "text": "Babylon and its mythic folklore. The Klingons and their warrior culture are a representation of the 12th-century Mongols. Much of \"Star Wars\" story plots and character developments are based on ancient history, including classical Greece and Rome, such as the fall of the Old Republic in \"Star Wars\", followed by the rise of the Galactic Empire, which parallels the fall of the ancient Roman Republic followed by the rise of the Roman Empire. A 1983 documentary on the making of \"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi\" was hosted by Leonard Nimoy, who also made mention of Lucas's original", "title": "Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars" }, { "docid": "18803971", "text": "novel \"Star Wars: A New Dawn\", as well as one from Fenn Rau a mandalorian character who would later appear in \"Star Wars Rebels\". Jarrus appears in the third episode of \"Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales\". Kanan Jarrus also appears as a playable character in certain \"Star Wars\" video games, as described below: The following games depict Jarrus as he appeared when the series first began. The following games depict Jarrus as he appeared at the start of the third season, in which he is coping with the loss of his sight. Kanan Jarrus Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is", "title": "Kanan Jarrus" }, { "docid": "12415197", "text": "Viewers were then invited to edit and enhance in their own way. Viewers would then send their own videos into the show, on which the best would be featured. The contest culminated with an appearance by \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas, who presented his elaborate version of the video, enhanced by Industrial Light and Magic. In \"Weird Al\" Yankovic's \"White and Nerdy\" Yankovic is seen at one point as Star Wars Kid, flailing a lightsaber. In Kevin Smith's movie \"Tusk\", Wallace goes to Canada to try and meet Kill Bill Kid, a parody of Star Wars Kid. On the episode", "title": "Star Wars Kid" }, { "docid": "4482985", "text": "NPR Playhouse NPR Playhouse was a series of radio dramas from National Public Radio. The series was a successor to the NPR series \"Earplay\" and was discontinued in September 2002. Beginning on March 1, 1981 , the \"Playhouse\" production of the first of the \"Star Wars\" radio dramas, a 13-part 6½-hour version of the original \"Star Wars\" film, generated the largest response in NPR's history, with an audience averaging over 750,000 listeners per episode. A 14th episode was produced for this series consisting of an audio documentary of the production. The series author, Brian Daley, also wrote the script to", "title": "NPR Playhouse" }, { "docid": "4941413", "text": "in 1981, the film series adopted an episodic naming convention in the opening crawl. From 1994, reprinted editions of the first three books also adopted episode titles — \"The Art of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope\", and so on. Revised editions of the first three books were published in 1997, with changes and new material added to reflect the additional special effects used in the Special Edition theatrical releases. The Art of Star Wars The Art of Star Wars is a series of books by various editors featuring concept art from the \"Star Wars\" motion picture saga. The", "title": "The Art of Star Wars" }, { "docid": "6753309", "text": "This program served as the foundation for \"\", almost containing an identical soundtrack. \"Star Wars: A Musical Journey\" contains the following chapters. Each video consists of clips from the movies that seemingly fit the music score composed by Williams: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2005 released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the film's release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "5284037", "text": "with the PC version's aiming controls, stating that because \"Battle for Naboo\" was originally designed for the Nintendo 64's analog controller, it is difficult to aim using a PC's digital keyboard. Preston agreed, writing that controlling the game is \"nearly impossible\" with a digital controller or mouse. Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo (known as Star Wars: Battle for Naboo on the PC) is an arcade-style action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. It is a spiritual sequel to \"\" released two years earlier. Despite the similarities between the two games,", "title": "Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo" }, { "docid": "15164530", "text": "take on \"Star Wars\" as a ripoff of \"\", to which Peter argues back about his disappointment with Seth Green films. At the 2007 Comic Con, a series of clips was shown at a panel for \"Family Guy\" from the season premiere episode, showing the \"Family Guy\" characters as \"Star Wars\" characters. The episode aired on September 23, 2007, with some slight changes from the clips shown at Comic Con. Parts of this episode were shown at \"Star Wars\" Celebration IV, at which \"Family Guy\" creator Seth MacFarlane, a \"Star Wars\" fan since childhood, was a special guest, and again", "title": "Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy" }, { "docid": "668179", "text": "provides the uncredited voice of Darth Vader; when specifically asked if he had supplied the voice—either newly or from a previous recording—Jones answered, \"You'd have to ask Lucas about that. I don't know\". Director and \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas has a cameo as Baron Papanoida, a blue-faced alien in attendance at the Coruscant Opera House. Lucas' son Jett portrays a young Jedi-in-training named Zett Jukassa. Lucas' daughter Amanda appears as a character called Terr Taneel, seen in the security hologram; while his other daughter Katie plays a blue-skinned Pantoran named Chi Eekway, visible when Palpatine arrives at the Senate", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" }, { "docid": "6103501", "text": "eleven nest ships at the Choke, but the Chiss now thought that the Galactic Alliance had actually given the \"Ackbar\" to the Killiks to use against them. The Unseen Queen The Unseen Queen is a science fiction novel set in the \"Star Wars\" \"Star Wars\" expanded universe. It is the second book in the \"Dark Nest Trilogy\" by Troy Denning. It is set 35 years after the \"Battle of Yavin\" (35 ABY). In the chronology of the \"Star Wars\" novels, it is set after the first book of the \"Dark Nest\" trilogy, which is \"The Joiner King\", and before the", "title": "The Unseen Queen" }, { "docid": "6103482", "text": "The Unseen Queen The Unseen Queen is a science fiction novel set in the \"Star Wars\" \"Star Wars\" expanded universe. It is the second book in the \"Dark Nest Trilogy\" by Troy Denning. It is set 35 years after the \"Battle of Yavin\" (35 ABY). In the chronology of the \"Star Wars\" novels, it is set after the first book of the \"Dark Nest\" trilogy, which is \"The Joiner King\", and before the third book of the \"Dark Nest\" trilogy, which is \"The Swarm War\". A year after the events of the previous novel, Luke Skywalker, his wife Mara Jade,", "title": "The Unseen Queen" }, { "docid": "15071588", "text": "microwave being developed is called TK-421, the same designation of a storm trooper on the Death Star in \"Star Wars\". Jack states that all GE products must be \"Six Sigmas\" to perfection. This refers to a business management strategy to improve quality of production outputs. This episode features the song \"Aqualung\" by Jethro Tull. In the post-credits scene, the episode plays graduation music and mimics the well-known college movie \"National Lampoon's Animal House\" with lines over the credits that indicate what the characters did in the future. During this sequence, Jack is said to have \"spent the night on a", "title": "College (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "6753308", "text": "For those interested in listening to the tracks in order of which they play in the movie, this is the order: 1, 7, 13, 2, 6, 5, 8, 4, 11, 10, 9, 3, 12, 14, 15. \"Star Wars: A Musical Journey\" is a bonus DVD included with the soundtrack album. The DVD, which runs just over an hour long, contains a collection of music video clips from the \"Star Wars\" film series set to selected themes from Williams' scores. Each clip features an optional introduction by actor Ian McDiarmid, and the music has been remastered in Dolby 5.1 surround sound.", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "20602294", "text": "in 2011, filmed in South Africa which featured Dee Tails alongside a piano in the commercial. In 2015, Dee Tails landed the role of Cratinus in \"Star Wars: The Force Awakens.\" He then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in \"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.\" in 2016. In 2017, he plays the role of Slowen Lo in \"Star Wars: The Last Jedi\" voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film \"\". In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.", "title": "Dee Tails" }, { "docid": "18360499", "text": "film of all time]], all unadjusted for inflation. It is also the third \"Star Wars\" film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, following \"[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]]\" and \"[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens|The Force Awakens]]\". In the United States, it was the [[List of 2016 box office number-one films in the United States|top-grossing film of 2016]]. \"[[Deadline Hollywood]]\" calculated the net profit of the film to be $319.6 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the 3rd most profitable release of 2016. In late November 2016, box office", "title": "Rogue One" }, { "docid": "6085184", "text": "Queen in a parallel fairy tale world. Esposito appeared in \"Revolution\" as Major Tom Neville, a central character who kills Ben Matheson in the pilot. He escorts a captured Danny to the capital Philadelphia of the Monroe Republic. Esposito also appeared in \"Community\" as a guest star for the episode entitled \"Digital Estate Planning\". He performed again in the fourth season, in the episode titled \"Paranormal Parentage\". Esposito has additionally appeared in a video of the action role-playing sci-fi first-person shooter game \"Destiny\", as well as plays The Dentist, a non-playable story character, in the game \"Payday 2.\" He has", "title": "Giancarlo Esposito" }, { "docid": "7988781", "text": "across all consoles. The controller also includes four \"C buttons\" on the top, which were originally intended to control the camera in the N64's three-dimensional environments. However, since the pad only contains three other face buttons, the C-buttons often became assigned to ulterior functions. An example of this is \"\", where three of the C-buttons can be assigned to secondary items and the upper C-button is used to orient the camera. One game, \"Robotron 64\", allows one player to use two controllers to control an avatar. This way, the game plays like its predecessor, \"Robotron 2084\". \"Star Wars Episode 1:", "title": "Nintendo 64 controller" }, { "docid": "4584147", "text": "Star Wars: Empire at War Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between \"\" and \"Episode IV\", it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. It uses Petroglyph's game engine Alamo. In October 2006, an expansion titled \"\" was released. On May 31, 2014, online functionality, including network multiplayer and wireless chat, was discontinued after Glu Mobile's purchase of GameSpy and the subsequent shutdown of all game servers. As of September 1, 2017, the multiplayer has been re-enabled on the Steam version", "title": "Star Wars: Empire at War" }, { "docid": "12164269", "text": "\"Star Wars\" is also referenced when Tracy Jordan takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. Fey, a fan of \"Star Wars\" herself, said that the weekly \"Star Wars\" joke or reference \"started happening organically\" when the crew realized that they had a \"Star Wars\" reference \"in almost every show\". Fey said that from then on \"it became a thing where [they] tried to keep it going\", and that even though they could not include one in every episode, they still had a \"pretty high batting average\". Fey attributed most of the references to Robert Carlock, who she described as", "title": "Rosemary's Baby (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "9832898", "text": "Star Wars Episode I trailer, only to greet the hundreds of students lined up outside the auditorium with U-Haul trailer with a poster that read: \"Star Wars Trailer--Episode 1.\"Another notable prank includes the Society's 1997 prank, where it staged a memorial for Traveler IV, the University's horse mascot. During the event, a trailer supposedly containing the replacement of Traveler IV arrived only to reveal a donkey, wrapped in a banner that read, \"Traveler IV is alive. Don't you feel like an ass?\" Recently, the Society has been criticized for its annual prank practice with opponents stating that some of the", "title": "Skull and Dagger (honor society)" }, { "docid": "630874", "text": "had \"Episode IV\"s subtitle in mind before its release, but removed it to avoid confusing audiences. Kurtz has corroborated that they had originally considered using a higher episode number to emulate the chapter numbering used in the \"Flash Gordon\" serial. Some of Lucas's early script drafts bear titles such as \"\"The Adventures of the Starkiller (Episode One): The Star Wars\"\" (1975) or \"\"The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the Journal of the Whills: Saga One: Star Wars\"\" (1976). The revised fourth draft of the script dated January 1975 acquired the subtitle \"\"Episode IV: A New Hope – from", "title": "Star Wars (film)" }, { "docid": "668233", "text": "state to fight a Sith Lord. These are a few examples of many descriptions of characters' feelings and inner narrative. There are even some humorous lines added in, including extra dialogue in the battle between Grievous and Obi Wan - Grievous says, \"I was trained by Count Dooku,\" and Obi-Wan replies, \"What a coincidence; I trained the man who killed him.\" An official prequel novel, \"Labyrinth of Evil\" () by James Luceno, was published in 2005. It is set near the end of the Clone Wars and directly before the events of \"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith\".", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" }, { "docid": "5072908", "text": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (video game) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is an action video game based on the . It centers on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as the Clone Wars come to an end. It was released on May 4, 2005, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Additionally, a version was made available for mobile phones on April 2, 2005. As part of the PlayStation 2 classics program, the PlayStation 2 version was re-released in Europe on the PlayStation Network on February 11, 2015. In", "title": "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (video game)" }, { "docid": "3416988", "text": "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a 1985 television film set in the \"Star Wars\" universe co-written and directed by Jim and Ken Wheat from a story by George Lucas. A sequel to \"\", it focuses on Cindel Towani, the human girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the marauders who have taken control of the Endor moon. The film is set between the events of \"Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Episode VI – Return of the Jedi\". Nearly", "title": "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor" }, { "docid": "769769", "text": "depicted in \"Episode II: Attack of the Clones\" and \"Episode III: Revenge of the Sith\". In \"Episode I: The Phantom Menace\", amid a trade dispute, blockade and invasion of Naboo in the Mid Rim Territories by the Trade Federation, then-Senator Palpatine convinces Naboo's Queen Padmé Amidala to address the Galactic Senate, in order to call for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor of the Republic Finis Valorum's leadership, due to his alleged inability to act quickly to end the occupation of Naboo. The crisis on Naboo allows Palpatine to be elected Chancellor. When the extent of the CIS threat", "title": "Galactic Empire (Star Wars)" }, { "docid": "6391376", "text": "no other \"Star Wars\" movies prior to 1977. In addition, it was not certain if the film would be followed with a sequel. When \"The Empire Strikes Back\" was released in 1980, the episode number, \"Episode V\", and subtitle \"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK\" appeared as the first two lines of the opening crawl. To match its sequel's crawl, the episode number \"Episode IV\" and subtitle \"A NEW HOPE\" were added for the film's theatrical re-release in April 1981. The original version, without the subtitle, was not released again until the 2006 limited edition DVDs. Star Wars opening crawl The opening", "title": "Star Wars opening crawl" }, { "docid": "11179682", "text": "something, something, dark side. Something, something, something, complete\". \"Barely Legal\" was written by Kirker Butler, who also wrote this episode. As the episode opens with a shot of the Griffin family, they are seen sitting in front of the television watching a parody of several Aaron Sorkin shows, including \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\", entitled \"The Kitchen\". Once the scene ends, the power unexpectedly goes out, to which Stewie responds by asking \"What are we in, Iraq?\" Reminiscent of the previous \"Star Wars\"-inspired episode, \"Blue Harvest\", Meg insists her father tell another story about \"Star Wars\". Peter then begins", "title": "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" }, { "docid": "14239786", "text": "in the \"30 Rock\" episode \"Señor Macho Solo\". \"Star Wars\" is frequently referenced in \"30 Rock\", beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz Lemon admits to being a huge fan of \"Star Wars\", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit), and dressed up as the \"Star Wars\" character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens, and while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago. \"Star Wars\" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. Fey, a fan", "title": "The Funcooker" }, { "docid": "140380", "text": "time the film \"The Empire Strikes Back\" was released in 1980 Star Wars fanzines had surpassed Star Trek zines in sales. An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art. Comics were mentioned and discussed as early as the late 1930s in the fanzines of science fiction fandom. Famously, the first version of Superman (a bald-headed villain) appeared in the third issue of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's 1933 fanzine \"Science Fiction\". In 1936, David", "title": "Fanzine" }, { "docid": "612803", "text": "icon, a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. She has appeared in many derivative works and merchandising, and has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films. Her \"cinnamon buns\" hairstyle from \"Star Wars\" (1977) and metal bikini from \"Return of the Jedi\" have become cultural icons. Leia was created by \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas, who in 1999 explained his early development of the main characters: In the rough draft of \"Star Wars\", Leia is the spoiled teenage daughter of King Kayos and Queen Breha of Aquilae, with two brothers, Biggs and Windy; Biggs returned", "title": "Princess Leia" }, { "docid": "12338461", "text": "characters who appear in the 10-second internet sitcom, \"Makin<nowiki>'</nowiki> It Happen\", are played by Dave Finkel and Kay Cannon. Finkel and Cannon are both staff writers on \"30 Rock\". Cannon was, at the time, also married to guest star Jason Sudeikis and Finkel co-wrote this episode. A series of \"Makin<nowiki>'</nowiki> It Happen\" was produced and the webisodes aired on NBC.com. \"Star Wars\" is frequently referenced in \"30 Rock\", beginning with the pilot episode where Tracy Jordan is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz Lemon admits to being a huge fan of \"Star Wars\", saying that she had watched", "title": "Fireworks (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "5395235", "text": "be regarded as apocryphal, is found in various literature of the \"Star Wars\" expanded universe. The group are classified as \"Jizz-wailers\", which, according to the \"Star Wars Encyclopedia\", refers to a \"musician who plays a fast, contemporary, and upbeat style of music.\" Max and Droopy were portrayed by actors in bodysuits, while Sy was operated by two puppeteers who were stationed above and beneath the set. The new members seen in the 1997 Special Edition re-release of \"Return of the Jedi\" were computer-generated, as was Sy Snootles in said version. The Max Rebo Band made their \"Star Wars\" canon debut", "title": "Max Rebo Band" } ]

[ "Jasper" ]

[ { "docid": "3529845", "text": "was also filmed in the standard Academy ratio and format. Tom (named \"Jasper\" in his debut appearance) is a grey and white domestic shorthair cat. (\"Tom\" is a generic name for a male cat.) He is usually but not always, portrayed as living a comfortable, or even pampered life, while Jerry (named \"Jinx\" in his debut appearance) is a small, brown, house mouse who always lives in close proximity to Tom. Despite being very energetic, determined and much larger, Tom is no match for Jerry's wits. Jerry also possesses surprising strength for his size, approximately the equivalent of Tom's, lifting", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "8385345", "text": "with himself. This cartoon featured the second appearance of Tom and Jerry, and was the first in which the characters were given their iconic names; the first cartoon, \"Puss Gets the Boot\" had the cat named Jasper and the mouse without a name, though animation model sheets referred to the latter as \"Jinx\". DVD VHS The Midnight Snack The Midnight Snack is a 1941 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. It is the second cartoon in the series. The cartoon takes place in a", "title": "The Midnight Snack" }, { "docid": "5423427", "text": "differ from the later entries in the series, which named Tom and Jerry after a holiday cocktail; in \"Puss Gets the Boot\", Jerry has not yet been named publicly (design sheets referred to the mouse by the name Jinx), while the cat, for the first and only time in the series, bears the name Jasper. Blu-ray DVD VHS Puss Gets the Boot Puss Gets the Boot is a 1940 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the first short in the \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon series, though the duo are not identified as such in this short. It was directed by", "title": "Puss Gets the Boot" }, { "docid": "8385340", "text": "The Midnight Snack The Midnight Snack is a 1941 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley. It is the second cartoon in the series. The cartoon takes place in a kitchen at midnight. Jinx, who is now known as Jerry pokes his head out of the refrigerator door and steals some cheese, unaware that Jasper, who's now known as Tom is watching him. Tom weighs the mouse down enough such that he can no longer see in front of him. After Jerry falls off from", "title": "The Midnight Snack" } ]

[ { "docid": "10753685", "text": "Tom-ic Energy Tom-ic Energy is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones and the eighth short in Jones' series of \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons. The name is a pun on atomic energy. The music of this cartoon is primarily based on Paganini's Moto Perpetuo (Op. 11) with other music and sound effects mixed in with the theme which crops up throughout the cartoon. Tom is chasing Jerry on top of a building and then through the building while during the chase two women first an older woman then a younger woman (voiced by June Foray)", "title": "Tom-ic Energy" }, { "docid": "10355684", "text": "to the chase. The chase through the mansion is repeated, but this time Jerry issues the challenge and Tom declines by tearing up the card. Tom then pursues Jerry with the glove, slapping him repeatedly as he chases him down the hall as the cartoon closes. Duel Personality Duel Personality is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1966, and the first Tom & Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Dean Elliott", "title": "Duel Personality" }, { "docid": "10355679", "text": "Duel Personality Duel Personality is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1966, and the first Tom & Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Dean Elliott as the music composer. In a mansion, possible some time during the Victorian era, Tom is trying to squash Jerry with a heavy ball attached to a rope. The fourth time he swings, Tom hits a loose floorboard and sends Jerry into a clothes drawer. Tom", "title": "Duel Personality" }, { "docid": "10753690", "text": "Tom and Jerry then continues although Tom shakes Jerry's hand to thank him for taking care of the bulldog. Tom-ic Energy Tom-ic Energy is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones and the eighth short in Jones' series of \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons. The name is a pun on atomic energy. The music of this cartoon is primarily based on Paganini's Moto Perpetuo (Op. 11) with other music and sound effects mixed in with the theme which crops up throughout the cartoon. Tom is chasing Jerry on top of a building and then through the", "title": "Tom-ic Energy" }, { "docid": "3455254", "text": "Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of \"Tom and Jerry\" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short \"Puss Gets the Boot\". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as \"Jinx\", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name \"Jerry\" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted \"Tom and Jerry\" as potential names for", "title": "Jerry Mouse" }, { "docid": "3455244", "text": "Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of \"Tom and Jerry\" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short \"Puss Gets the Boot\". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as \"Jinx\", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name \"Jerry\" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted \"Tom and Jerry\" as potential names for", "title": "Jerry Mouse" }, { "docid": "10876862", "text": "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short film, produced and released on August 10, 1962. It was the ninth of the thirteen cartoons in a series of thirteen to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. This is the first 1962 cartoon to update its copyright to 1962. \"The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit\" is a sarcastic attack on the series as a whole and its formulaic approach, which the short mocks as excessively violent and designed solely for profit. Deitch had", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" }, { "docid": "10635032", "text": "he unwittingly closes the manhole. The elephant steps on the switch and Tom explodes. The defeated cat waves a \"The End\" white flag. Jerry-Go-Round Jerry-Go-Round is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title \"Jerry-Go-Round\" is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round. It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1965. Running from Tom, Jerry loses him in a traveling circus where he finds an Female Elephant crying, Jerry Thinking a something to remove a Golden Tack Stucks on Elephants Foot, and Tom watches Elephant Crying", "title": "Jerry-Go-Round" }, { "docid": "9108571", "text": "Nibbles (Tom and Jerry) Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short \"The Milky Waif\". Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short \"The Little Orphan\". The character's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book \"Our Gang Comics\" #1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. In the comics, the gray mouse's name was given as Tuffy Mouse from the start. When", "title": "Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)" }, { "docid": "10354714", "text": "Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat The Mansion Cat is a 2001 American made-for-television one-reel animated cartoon, the 162nd \"Tom and Jerry\" short and the first \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon in nearly 31 years since \"Purr-Chance to Dream\" in 1967. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co., the cartoon premiered on Boomerang on , making it the only \"Tom and Jerry\" short made especially for Boomerang. The short also aired on The WB as part of its Kids' WB! block in November 2001. The cartoon opens with a circle showing Jerry running but as the circle grows,", "title": "Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat" }, { "docid": "10635027", "text": "Jerry-Go-Round Jerry-Go-Round is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title \"Jerry-Go-Round\" is a play on the name of a classic amusepark carousel: a merry-go-round. It was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 1965. Running from Tom, Jerry loses him in a traveling circus where he finds an Female Elephant crying, Jerry Thinking a something to remove a Golden Tack Stucks on Elephants Foot, and Tom watches Elephant Crying With an Evil Smile and The mouse remove a golden tack from Elephant foot wins the affection of a female Elephant by removing", "title": "Jerry-Go-Round" }, { "docid": "728708", "text": "that cartoon, he agreed to make Tom and Jerry an official cartoon of the MGM cartoon studio. As producer, Quimby became a repeated recipient of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the Tom and Jerry films, though he never invited Hanna and Barbera onstage when he accepted the awards. His name became well known due to its prominence in the cartoon credits, and Quimby took sole credit for approving and producing the Tom and Jerry series. Quimby was not involved in the creative process and had a difficult relationship with animators, including Hanna and Barbera, who believed that", "title": "Fred Quimby" }, { "docid": "10354717", "text": "\"makes a better hood ornament than a house cat\". Joseph Barbera as Tom's owner Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat The Mansion Cat is a 2001 American made-for-television one-reel animated cartoon, the 162nd \"Tom and Jerry\" short and the first \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon in nearly 31 years since \"Purr-Chance to Dream\" in 1967. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Turner Entertainment Co., the cartoon premiered on Boomerang on , making it the only \"Tom and Jerry\" short made especially for Boomerang. The short also aired on The WB as part of its Kids' WB! block in November 2001.", "title": "Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat" }, { "docid": "10136989", "text": "Shutter Bugged Cat Shutter Bugged Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced in the Chuck Jones era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray. As with the previous cartoon \"Matinee Mouse\", William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit, though the two did not contribute any work towards the cartoon (other than the footage from older cartoons produced in their era) and Tom and Jerry were animated using their original designs. The cartoon starts with Tom watching clips of himself attempting to catch Jerry, the first of which is from \"Part Time Pal\" where Tom chases", "title": "Shutter Bugged Cat" }, { "docid": "9108577", "text": "bite in. When making his cartoon debut in \"The Milky Waif\", Nibbles' first motion is to point at his mouth, indicating hunger—as a letter announces \"P.S. He's always hungry.\" Although Jerry cares for Nibbles, he is usually annoyed by Nibbles's antics which often get him in trouble with Tom. Coincidentally in every short except \"Mice Follies\", Jerry gets mad at Nibbles whenever he does something dangerous or reckless. Nibbles (Tom and Jerry) Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came", "title": "Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)" }, { "docid": "10352814", "text": "Of Feline Bondage Of Feline Bondage is a Tom and Jerry cartoon released in 1965, directed and produced by Chuck Jones, with animation by Ben Washam, Don Towsley, Ken Harris, Tom Ray and Dick Thompson. In some ways, the cartoon revisits elements of the 1947 short \"The Invisible Mouse\" and the 1950 short \"Cue Ball Cat\", both of which were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The title of the cartoon alludes to the novel \"Of Human Bondage\" by Somerset Maugham, and the better-known 1964 film of the same name. This is also the only Tom and Jerry cartoon", "title": "Of Feline Bondage" }, { "docid": "10615916", "text": "Puss 'n' Boats \"Not to be confused with Puss Gets the Boot and Puss 'n' Toots, 1940 and 1942 Hanna-Barbera shorts\". Puss 'n' Boats is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title Puss 'n' Boats is a play-on-words of the phrase \"Puss in Boots\". The Cartoon is reminiscent of the 1952 shorts Cruise Cat, produced by Hanna-Barbera. A", "title": "Puss 'n' Boats" }, { "docid": "9424368", "text": "Switchin' Kitten The Switchin' Kitten is a \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short film, released on September 7, 1961 (renewed 1989). It was the first cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia, after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera departed from MGM. It is also the first Tom & Jerry cartoon in the 1960s and the first of the Western cartoons that is made in Eastern Europe, as well as in an Eastern Bloc (Second World) country. Switchin' Kitten is the only \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon to be produced for MGM", "title": "Switchin' Kitten" }, { "docid": "10887115", "text": "Love Me, Love My Mouse Love Me, Love My Mouse is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Chuck Jones, who co-directed with Ben Washam. The title \"Love Me, Love My Mouse\" is a play-on-words of the phrase \"Love me, love my dog.\" It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by Phil Roman. This short is one of the very few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom, in love with Toots, goes to her house, carrying Jerry in a ring box to woo her. Tom presents Jerry to his love interest, but Jerry", "title": "Love Me, Love My Mouse" }, { "docid": "9699688", "text": "Spike's dislike of Tom). A short-lived \"Spike and Tyke\" cartoon series was produced by MGM in 1957; only two entries were completed. Within a year, the MGM cartoon studio had shut down, and Hanna and Barbera took Spike and Tyke and retooled them to create one of the first television successes for Hanna-Barbera Productions, \"Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy\". Spike and Tyke would not appear in new \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons, until the 1970s \"The Tom and Jerry Show\", the 1980s \"The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show\", and 1990's \"Tom & Jerry Kids\" (in which Tom and Jerry themselves were", "title": "Spike and Tyke (characters)" }, { "docid": "15723033", "text": "Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Tom and Jerry Golden Collection is a series of two-disc DVD and Blu-ray sets, produced by Warner Home Video, it was expected to be collecting the theatrical \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon shorts released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from the 1940s through the 1960s. The releases were expected to be uncut, uncensored and in chronological order, but due to complaints from Tom and Jerry fans and cartoon collectors for the omission of two cartoons, the second volume was postponed indefinitely and the series was put on hiatus and possibly ended entirely. The first volume was released on October", "title": "Tom and Jerry Golden Collection" }, { "docid": "3529894", "text": "The CW. \"Tales\" is the first \"Tom and Jerry\" TV series that utilizes the original style of the classic shorts, along with the slapstick. The series was canceled in 2008, shortly before the Kids' WB block shut down. \"Tales\" is also the first \"Tom and Jerry\" production presented in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio (which was aired on Cartoon Network in the United States) but cropped to 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio (which was aired on The CW and Boomerang in the United States). Cartoon Network, which began rerunning the \"Tom and Jerry Tales\" in January 2012, subsequently aired a second series", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "10755659", "text": "crab and attaches it to his tail. However, in the final scene, Jerry then puts that pair on as he lies down next to the dog (who still had his earmuffs on) to take a nap. Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by \"William Shakespeare\": \"Much Ado About Nothing\". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom", "title": "Much Ado About Mousing" }, { "docid": "3691549", "text": "career as an animator and storyman on this series. In 1940, Barbera co-created with William Hanna another duo of cartoon characters using the same names: a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry. The characters were a Mutt and Jeff-like pair, one short (Jerry) and one tall (Tom). Each cartoon featured a different adventure and the plot varied from film to film. Sometimes they were lawyers, hunters, plumbers, hobos, etc. The duo were likely named after the stage play and/or the mixed drink of the same name, both of which predated the duo by a century. Stylistically, the cartoons were", "title": "Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)" }, { "docid": "10876867", "text": "replaces the lid as the narrator pipes up, \"Our next film will be for the kiddies, and will demonstrate a new poison gas. Thank you and good night.\" The words on the lid say \"The End, an MGM cartoon\" like an ending typical of a Deitch Tom and Jerry short. The music winds to stop as if it was being played on a slowing phonograph record, and Jerry bows to the audience in typical Japanese fashion, as the gong is sounded, making the screen fade to black. The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" }, { "docid": "10289259", "text": "Little Quacker Little Quacker is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 47th \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It is the first Tom and Jerry short to be released in the 1950s. Little Quacker marks the debut of the eponymous character, Quacker the duckling who would go on to appear in seven more shorts, making him one of the more enduring supporting characters in the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. The voice of Quacker and his parents (who make their only speaking appearance in this cartoon), along", "title": "Little Quacker" }, { "docid": "10136993", "text": "Tom instead. Later, Jerry films a flattened and bandaged Tom ripping the blueprints he used for the mouse trap. Shutter Bugged Cat Shutter Bugged Cat is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced in the Chuck Jones era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray. As with the previous cartoon \"Matinee Mouse\", William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit, though the two did not contribute any work towards the cartoon (other than the footage from older cartoons produced in their era) and Tom and Jerry were animated using their original designs. The cartoon starts with Tom watching", "title": "Shutter Bugged Cat" }, { "docid": "10354605", "text": "O-Solar Meow O-Solar-Meow is a 1967 cartoon featuring Tom and Jerry. It was the first of three outer space-related shorts to be released in the Chuck Jones era (though the second of the three to be produced, according to the MPAA code seen in the opening credits). Also according to the MPAA code and not episode number, this Tom and Jerry cartoon is the last one to feature music from Eugene Poddany (both regarding in its entirety, and regarding the Sib Tower 12/Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry cartoons). The cartoon was produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow.", "title": "O-Solar Meow" }, { "docid": "17887910", "text": "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation. Based on the \"Tom and Jerry\" characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, the series first premiered on the Canadian channel Teletoon on March 1, 2014 and began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that future episodes of the series would be released on Boomerang's SVOD service. A fourth season of the series", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "17887914", "text": "broadcast on China Central Television. The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation. Based on the \"Tom and Jerry\" characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940, the series first premiered on the Canadian channel Teletoon on March 1, 2014 and began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that future episodes of the series would be released on Boomerang's SVOD service. A", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "9488847", "text": "of them a good spanking on their presumably bare bottoms as the sound the paddle makes is met with yelps of pain. The cartoon goes to black while Jerry continues the spanking to his heart's desire. Jerry had spanked Tom in past cartoons, but this cartoon was the first one to feature another cat being spanked along with Tom. Sufferin' Cats! Sufferin' Cats! is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon, is the 9th \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short released. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and re-released on June 4,", "title": "Sufferin' Cats!" }, { "docid": "3674765", "text": "is sold in regional supermarkets during the Christmas season. The drink's name is a reference to Egan's book, \"Life in London, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom\" (1821), and the subsequent stage play \"Tom and Jerry, or Life in London\" (also 1821). To publicize the book and the play, Egan introduced a variation of eggnog by adding of brandy, calling it a \"Tom and Jerry\". The additional fortification helped popularize the drink. Two much later cartoon duos, a short-lived Tom and Jerry from Van Beuren Studios in the 1930s, and", "title": "Tom and Jerry (drink)" }, { "docid": "10249653", "text": "Tom manages to stand up and nod to the crowd before he also falls off through the floor like the feline orchestra. DVD Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 52nd \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon, as the title suggests, is set at the Hollywood Bowl in California, where Tom is conducting a large orchestra. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. It", "title": "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl" }, { "docid": "10615925", "text": "takes his place as a \"guard\" of the ship. He blows a whistle, salutes the captain, and do the dance jig to the audience. Puss 'n' Boats \"Not to be confused with Puss Gets the Boot and Puss 'n' Toots, 1940 and 1942 Hanna-Barbera shorts\". Puss 'n' Boats is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon (both regarding Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, and Tom and Jerry cartoons produced altogether) with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title Puss 'n'", "title": "Puss 'n' Boats" }, { "docid": "3529916", "text": "within a cartoon\". In an episode of the series titled \"Krusty Gets Kancelled\", \"Worker and Parasite\", a replacement cartoon for \"Itchy & Scratchy\", is a reference to Soviet-era animation. In an interview found on the DVD releases, several \"MADtv\" cast members stated that Tom and Jerry is one of their biggest influences for slapstick comedy. Also in the Cartoon Network show \"MAD\", Tom and Jerry appear in three segments \"Celebrity Birthdays\", \"Mickey Mouse Exterminator Service\", and \"Tom and Jury\". Johnny Knoxville from \"Jackass\" has stated that watching \"Tom and Jerry\" inspired many of the stunts in the movies. In the", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "9820232", "text": "\"Robinson Crusoe\". He only has his old shoes to eat in order to survive. Tom though soon spots a distant tropical island and is catapulted there by a wave. After Tom finds it tough to eat a coconut and a tortoise he finds Jerry and decides to eat the mouse instead. Tom has Jerry on a frying pan but the rodent escapes and Tom chases him into a native village. Jerry creeps Tom out by playing tom toms and Tom gets scared. Using soot from a cooking pot Jerry disguises himself as a black native complete with a deep voice", "title": "His Mouse Friday" }, { "docid": "9108574", "text": "name at all. On the other hand, the recent movies \"\", \"Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes\" and \"Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz\" all use the name Tuffy. The 1952 cartoon \"Two Little Indians\" further adds to matters by actually using \"two\" little gray mice, which hints at the existence of both Nibbles \"and\" Tuffy, but this is the only such instance. Nibbles is more often a speaking character than Jerry. In the \"Mouseketeer\" sub-series, he spoke mostly in French, resorting to English whenever a gag depended on it. The only exception to this was \"Robin Hoodwinked\"", "title": "Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)" }, { "docid": "10249648", "text": "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl is a 1950 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 52nd \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The cartoon, as the title suggests, is set at the Hollywood Bowl in California, where Tom is conducting a large orchestra. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge. It was released to theatres in September 16, 1950 and reissued on December 20, 1957. The music was scored by Scott Bradley, making use", "title": "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl" }, { "docid": "10876864", "text": "to be comfortably seated before the feature begins.\" This statement refers to the original theatrical exhibition of the cartoon, in which it ran ahead of a feature film. At first, Jerry eats the watermelon and spits the seeds out, hitting and waking Tom, who initially grabs the hammer to attempt to hit Jerry but instead flicks him in the back of his head. Jerry swallows the seeds by accident, causing him to turn green for a moment and then make sounds like a shaker when he moves, and goes into a lively dance until Tom traps him in a metal", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" }, { "docid": "12432508", "text": "Cartoon Network airings do not. As of December 2018, a complete series of \"The Tom and Jerry Show\", along with its successor, have yet to occur on DVD. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show, also known as \"The New Tom and Jerry Show\", is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters \"Tom and Jerry\". This series marked the first time ever that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced exclusively for television.", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)" }, { "docid": "3529891", "text": "for the show, which ran until November 18, 1994. \"Tom and Jerry Kids\" was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon series produced in 4:3 (full screen) aspect ratio. In 2001, a new television special titled \"\" premiered on Boomerang. It featured Joe Barbera (who was also a creative consultant) as the voice of Tom's owner, whose face is never seen. In this cartoon, Jerry, housed in a habitrail, is as much of a house pet as Tom is, and their owner has to remind Tom to not \"blame everything on the mouse\". In 2005, a new Tom and Jerry theatrical", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "7179637", "text": "Pecos Pest Pecos Pest is the 96th one-reel animated \"Tom and Jerry\" short, released in 1955 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with musical direction by Scott Bradley and released in theaters on November 11, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. \"Pecos Pest\" was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. This was the last \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon released to be produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. This was also last \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon produced in Academy format; all subsequent \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons were released in CinemaScope format. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Irven", "title": "Pecos Pest" }, { "docid": "13631396", "text": "Tom-tom drum A tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, though floor toms can go as large as . It is not to be confused with a tam-tam, a gong. A tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares. The name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala. The first drum kit tom-toms had no rims; the heads were tacked to the shell. As major drum manufacturers", "title": "Tom-tom drum" }, { "docid": "10269444", "text": "his own child. As a cartoon ends, the pleased duckling exclaims to Jerry: \"That's my mommy!\". DVD That's My Mommy That's My Mommy is a 1955 one reel animated \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. \"That's My Mommy\" was the first \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon in which the production was undertaken by Hanna and Barbera due to Fred Quimby's retirement. \"That's My Mommy\" was produced in CinemaScope, a form of Widescreen, and released to theatres on November 19, 1955 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cartoon was animated by Kenneth Muse,", "title": "That's My Mommy" }, { "docid": "3296711", "text": "movies and television shows also featuring MGM's other famous cartoon stars, Tom and Jerry. In the cartoon \"Northwest Hounded Police\", Droopy's last name was given as \"McPoodle\". In \"The Chump Champ\", it was given as \"Poodle\". Nevertheless, Droopy is generally understood to be a basset hound. Droopy first appeared in the MGM cartoon \"Dumb-Hounded\", released by MGM on March 20, 1943. Droopy's first scene is when he saunters into view, looks at the audience, and declares, \"Hello, all you happy people ... you know what? I'm the hero.\" In the cartoon, Droopy is tracking an escaped convict and is always", "title": "Droopy" }, { "docid": "3582794", "text": "the series followed Jerry, the rodent who continually outwitted his feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because: \"We knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought.\" The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's \"The Midnight Snack\". Over the next 17 years Hanna and Barbera worked almost exclusively on \"Tom and Jerry\", directing more than 114 highly popular cartoon shorts. During World War II they also made animated training films. \"Tom and Jerry\"", "title": "William Hanna" }, { "docid": "4852654", "text": "the classic shorts are the pair's appearances (and ages). \"Tom & Jerry Kids\" was one of the last Saturday morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera before shifting focus toward producing shows specifically for Cartoon Network. In 1994, FOX canceled the series, but it soon began airing in reruns on Cartoon Network (which Turner launched to showcase its large animation library, including the original \"Tom and Jerry\") in 1995, and ended in 2006 when the show was removed from the Cartoon Network schedule and instead moved over to its sibling network Boomerang. Cartoon Network in the UK also did reruns in 1995 but", "title": "Tom & Jerry Kids" }, { "docid": "17887912", "text": "Tom and Jerry Show\" was originally intended to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2013 before being pushed back to April 9, 2014. It is the second \"Tom and Jerry\" television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and the first to be animated in Adobe Flash. It is also the second made-for-television iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts, the fifth made-for-television \"Tom and Jerry\" production and the first Tom and Jerry television production to be produced without any of its original creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who died in 2001 and 2006 respectively. \"The Tom", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)" }, { "docid": "8334749", "text": "Kitty Foiled Kitty Foiled is a 1948 one-reel animated cartoon, the 34th in the \"Tom and Jerry\" series. It was created in 1947, and released in 1948. The cartoon was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with animation by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Irving Levine (animating his only \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon) and Ed Barge. The music was scored by Scott Bradley (making extensive use of \"The Barber of Seville\" musical number). This cartoon follows the canary bird named Cuckoo who helps Jerry from Tom. The title is a play on the novel \"Kitty", "title": "Kitty Foiled" }, { "docid": "10876863", "text": "strongly divergent views on animation compared to \"Tom and Jerry's\" creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, that he has openly expressed throughout his lifetime. The cartoon begins with a demonstration for the Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, with which \"anyone can now enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons.\" The items in the kit include the following: The narrator says, \"First, put the sweet, lovable mouse into a simple situation expressing a natural human need, such as eating a slice of watermelon contained in our kit. The result may not make sense, but it will last long enough for you", "title": "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" }, { "docid": "10354715", "text": "it is revealed that Jerry is going nowhere as Tom captured his tail. When Tom's owner calls Tom he lets Jerry's tail go, freeing him back into his cage. The owner of Tom and a large mansion tells Tom he is going away for a while, that the mansion is in perfect shape and that he does not want Tom blaming the mouse (Jerry) for any destruction this time. Of course, this means Tom will spend most of the cartoon chasing Jerry across the mansion, causing extensive damage. First, Tom kicks Jerry out of the mansion, sits on the sofa", "title": "Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat" }, { "docid": "9383052", "text": "Purr-Chance to Dream Purr-Chance to Dream is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Ben Washam, a longtime animator under Chuck Jones dating back to the 1940s, and produced by Jones. It was the last theatrical Tom and Jerry short in the Tom and Jerry series released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the last of the Chuck Jones shorts in Tom and Jerry series, the last Tom and Jerry cartoon released during the Golden Age of American animation, and the second-to-last animated short related by MGM in the Golden Age (\"The Bear That Wasn't\", released at the end of 1967, would", "title": "Purr-Chance to Dream" }, { "docid": "10354641", "text": "Guided Mouse-ille Guided Mouse-ille (or Science on a Wet Afternoon) is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon, produced by Chuck Jones and directed by Abe Levitow. It was the second of three space-age Tom and Jerry shorts to be released in the Chuck Jones era (along with O-Solar Meow and Advance and Be Mechanized), though taking a look at the MPAA code at the beginning of the cartoon would suggest that \"Guided Mouse-ille (or Science on a Wet Afternoon)\" was the \"first\" of the three cartoons to be produced. According to episode number, it is the last Tom and Jerry", "title": "Guided Mouse-ille" }, { "docid": "9593570", "text": "Dog Trouble Dog Trouble is a 1942 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the fifth \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on April 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release on June 21, 1952. It was animated by George Gordon, Irven Spence, Jack Zander, Cecil Surry and Bill Littlejohn. The cartoon introduces the character of Spike, who would later become a recurring supporting character in the \"Tom and Jerry\" and later Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer shorts. In this cartoon, Spike serves as the main antagonist, forcing Tom and Jerry to team up for the", "title": "Dog Trouble" }, { "docid": "10280214", "text": "Matinee Mouse Matinee Mouse is a 1966 \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon, acting as a compilation film short, featuring clips from a number of older episodes from the Hanna-Barbara era. The story was supervised by Tom Ray, while William Hanna and Joseph Barbera received a special director's credit on the cartoon, though they did not do any actual work on it (other than the clips from the earlier shorts). It is the only Sib Tower 12 Tom and Jerry cartoon that features Spike & Droopy (cameo). In this short (and the following compilation short, \"Shutter Bugged Cat\"), Tom and Jerry are", "title": "Matinee Mouse" }, { "docid": "4008270", "text": "(2002). In a new \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon produced in 2000, \"The Mansion Cat\", Barbera voiced the houseowner. After Hanna's death from throat cancer in March 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation, with the unit dedicated to the Cartoon Network original series spun off into Cartoon Network Studios. Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Bros. on direct-to-video cartoon features as well as television series such as \"What's New, Scooby-Doo?\" and \"Tom and Jerry Tales\". He also wrote, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced \"The Karate Guard\" (2005), the return of \"Tom and Jerry\" to the big screen.", "title": "Joseph Barbera" }, { "docid": "9757291", "text": "Flirty Birdy Flirty Birdy is a 1945 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 21st \"Tom and Jerry\" short. It was released on September 22, 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The cartoon was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. The animation was provided by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, and Ray Patterson, the music by Scott Bradley, and backgrounds by Robert Gentle. The cartoon revolves around Tom's effort to regain Jerry from an eagle by dressing up as a female bird. Tom is laying down a trail of cheese for Jerry. Tom traps Jerry in two", "title": "Flirty Birdy" }, { "docid": "10142951", "text": "The Lonesome Mouse The Lonesome Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 10th \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon released. This is notable for being the first speaking role of the cat and mouse duo, and the only one with such extensive dialogue. It was created and released in 1943, and re-released to theatres on November 26, 1949. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. The animators of the cartoon were not credited (typically for Pre-1943 MGM Cartoons), and this was the last \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon to follow this trend.", "title": "The Lonesome Mouse" }, { "docid": "18664018", "text": "\"Tom and Jerry\" The Chuck Jones cartoons, are the unrestored UK Classic Collection prints. Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection The Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection is a two-disc DVD set, released by Warner Home Video. 2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the first Tom & Jerry cartoon. (\"Puss Gets the Boot\") To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts. It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010. All of Disc One have been released on previous Tom", "title": "Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection" }, { "docid": "10813328", "text": "The Karate Guard The Karate Guard is a 2005 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 163rd \"Tom and Jerry\" short. Directed by Joseph Barbera (\"Tom and Jerry\" co-creator and founder of Hanna-Barbera) and Spike Brandt, \"The Karate Guard\" was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to be written, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced by Joseph Barbera before his death on December 18, 2006. It had a limited theatrical release in cinemas throughout Los Angeles on September 27, 2005 and had its television premiere on Cartoon Network on . The short starts outside of Tom and Jerry's house and then cuts to", "title": "The Karate Guard" }, { "docid": "8944499", "text": "for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) of 1940. On the strength of the Oscar nomination and public demand, Hanna and Barbera were assigned to direct more cat-and-mouse cartoons, soon christening the characters \"Tom and Jerry\". \"Puss Gets the Boot\" did not win the 1940 Academy Award for Best Cartoon, but another MGM cartoon, Rudolf Ising's \"The Milky Way\" did, making MGM the first studio to wrestle the Cartoon Academy Award away from Walt Disney. \"Tom and Jerry\" quickly became MGM's most valuable animated property. The shorts were successful at the box office, many licensed products (comic books, toys, etc.) were released", "title": "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio" }, { "docid": "9383053", "text": "be the final one), and \"The Karate Guard\" (released in 2005) was the next Tom and Jerry cartoon from Warner Bros. It is also the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Carl Brandt as the music composer. The title is a play-on-words of \"perchance to dream\" a famous quotation from William Shakespeare's play \"Hamlet\", though the plot of this cartoon bears no resemblance to the play. Like several Chuck Jones-produced Tom and Jerry shorts, this one arguably tends to focus more on poses and personality than on storyline and plot. Tom wakes up after a nightmare of being turned into", "title": "Purr-Chance to Dream" }, { "docid": "18886192", "text": "started his career in 1950 through Sathyadeepam, a Catholic weekly and Kerala Kaumudi. He then joined Malayala Manorama in 1955. Toms created the character Boban and Molly based on two real life persons of the same name. They were two children from his neighborhood and he discovered them in his 30's. \"Boban and Molly\" was first appeared in the cartoon column of Sathyadeepam. Later the characters became more popular through Malayala Manorama. They were first published on 1957. He resigned from Manorama in 1987 and started Toms Publications. Toms joined Malayala Manorama, as a cartoonist in 1961, and worked there", "title": "Toms (cartoonist)" }, { "docid": "10277644", "text": "him. Jerry and Nibbles celebrate Robin's freedom, but Nibbles's diaper gets caught on a flying arrow and he is sent into a nearby tree. A still-inebriated Nibbles is carousing, whilst being carried on the arrow-shaft by Jerry. DVD Robin Hoodwinked Robin Hoodwinked is a 1958 one reel animated \"Tom and Jerry\" short released after the MGM cartoon studio had effectively closed down. It was the penultimate \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon to be directed (and produced) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It also marked the final appearance of Nibbles (a.k.a. Tuffy), who first appeared in", "title": "Robin Hoodwinked" }, { "docid": "4008258", "text": "feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because \"we knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought.\" The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's \"The Midnight Snack\". Over the next 17 years, Barbera and Hanna worked exclusively on \"Tom and Jerry\", directing more than 114 popular cartoon shorts. During World War II, they also made animated training films. \"Tom and Jerry\" relied mostly on motion instead of dialog. Despite its popularity, \"Tom and", "title": "Joseph Barbera" }, { "docid": "3529907", "text": "Meet Sherlock Holmes\", was released on August 24, 2010. It is the first made-for-video Tom and Jerry movie produced without any of the characters' original creators. The next direct-to-video film, \"Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz\", was released on August 23, 2011 and was the first made-for-video Tom and Jerry movie made for Blu-ray. It had a preview showing on Cartoon Network. \"\" was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 2, 2012. \"Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure\" was released in 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD. \"\" was released on DVD on September 2, 2014. \"\" was released", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "9836956", "text": "Nit-Witty Kitty Nit-Witty Kitty is a 1951 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 61st \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon released. It was released to theaters on October 6, 1951, by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. This short is one of the select few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom is chasing Jerry around Mammy Two Shoes, while she is yelling out confusing instructions on where to chase Jerry. She has a broom ready to hit Jerry but instead she bungles things by clumsily hitting Tom on the head causing the cat to forget who he is and believing he is a", "title": "Nit-Witty Kitty" }, { "docid": "9423694", "text": "Cannery Rodent Cannery Rodent is a 1967 \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon produced, written and directed by Chuck Jones. It was the final \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon written and directed by Chuck Jones, and one of the very last of the theatrical \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons to be released by MGM. The title, \"Cannery Rodent\" is a play-on-words of the John Steinbeck novel \"Cannery Row\". Tom chases Jerry onto a dock, and as they soon both end up in a can factory, they turn into cans during the opening credits. After they come out in cans (one reads \"Tom\" and the", "title": "Cannery Rodent" }, { "docid": "9833392", "text": "He reconciles with Jerry as they shake hands. Tom good-naturedly presents his hind end for Jerry to boot, Jerry does, and the chase is on again. However, Jerry then runs into a beautiful female mouse, and its love at first sight. After she blows a kiss to Jerry, Jerry pushes Tom out of the way and snuggles up to his newfound girlfriend. DVD Springtime for Thomas Springtime for Thomas (also known as Springtime for Tom) is a 1946 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 23rd \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by", "title": "Springtime for Thomas" }, { "docid": "3529837", "text": "Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between its two title characters, Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse, and many recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 \"Tom and Jerry\" shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's \"Silly Symphonies\" with the most awards in the category. After the MGM cartoon studio", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "18664015", "text": "Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection The Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection is a two-disc DVD set, released by Warner Home Video. 2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the first Tom & Jerry cartoon. (\"Puss Gets the Boot\") To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts. It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010. All of Disc One have been released on previous Tom and Jerry DVDs especially the three previous \"Spotlight Collection\" and the six \"\" volumes", "title": "Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection" }, { "docid": "10393096", "text": "the cartoon ends. Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? is a 1964 cartoon and the 133th one-reel Tom and Jerry film directed and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a pun on the famous phrase \"Is There a Doctor in the House?\" The cartoon revolves around Jerry drinking a potion which makes him run faster, allowing him to eat all the food around the house, and Tom trying to stop Jerry. Jerry mixes and drinks a potion as the title card and credits are shown. After Jerry drinks the potion, he", "title": "Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?" }, { "docid": "3455246", "text": "by Jerry). Hanna and Barbera considered Tom and Jerry \"the best of enemies\", whose rivalry hid an unspoken amount of mutual respect. In later \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons, Jerry acquired a young ward: a small grey mouse called \"Tuffy\" or \"Nibbles\" depending upon the cartoon, who was left on Jerry's doorstep as a foundling baby in the 1946 short \"The Milky Waif\". Jerry and Tuffy were also featured together in a sub-series of \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons set in 17th century France which featured the characters as musketeers. The first of these shorts, \"The Two Mouseketeers\", won the 1951 Academy", "title": "Jerry Mouse" }, { "docid": "10277640", "text": "Robin Hoodwinked Robin Hoodwinked is a 1958 one reel animated \"Tom and Jerry\" short released after the MGM cartoon studio had effectively closed down. It was the penultimate \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon to be directed (and produced) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It also marked the final appearance of Nibbles (a.k.a. Tuffy), who first appeared in The Milky Waif. The cartoon was released on June 6, 1958, animated by Kenneth Muse, Carlo Vinci, Lewis Marshall and James Escalante with backgrounds by Robert Gentle and layouts by Richard Bickenbach. \"Robin Hoodwinked\" is reminiscent of the", "title": "Robin Hoodwinked" }, { "docid": "9681192", "text": "Jerry and the Lion Jerry and the Lion is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 50th \"Tom and Jerry\" short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on April 8, 1950 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, and Ray Patterson. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and produced by Fred Quimby. Scott Bradley arranged the music, Robert Gentle did the backgrounds, and Frank Graham provided the (uncredited) voice of the lion that befriends Jerry in the cartoon. Tom is listening to music on the radio,", "title": "Jerry and the Lion" }, { "docid": "9108572", "text": "the smaller Nibbles design was introduced to animation in 1946, the comics' Tuffy was retconned to match, almost immediately shrinking in size and age, although the name Tuffy was retained. In the comics, Tuffy remained a peer of Jerry with no familial relationship to him. But in 1953, the animation writers decided to change his on-screen relationship to Jerry. He became Jerry's nephew in \"Life with Tom\". Now it was the cartoons' turn to retcon, changing the screen name Nibbles to Tuffy in the 1957 cartoon \"Feedin' the Kiddie\". The character was thus named Tuffy in all English-language media from", "title": "Nibbles (Tom and Jerry)" }, { "docid": "10373830", "text": "Filet Meow Filet Meow is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a reference to filet mignon. This short is a re-working of the 1951 Hanna-Barbera Tom & Jerry short Jerry and the Goldfish as another short about Jerry saving a goldfish from Tom. Tom sneaks into the house and sees a female fish swimming in a bowl. Tom does not want to eat such a sweet creature at first, but he assuages himself that he must eat. He extends his arm into the bowl and gropes for the", "title": "Filet Meow" }, { "docid": "10247919", "text": "that picture followed. After the cartoon Butch laughs and says: \"Lover boy\" while mimicking Tom, but then sees Jerry again. Tom kicks Jerry out of the house again. Jerry lands in Spike's mouth again. Jerry opens Spike's eyelid like a curtain and frowns. Butch says: \"\"Part two coming up. This is the time you went fishing, Tom!\"\". Part two is named \"The Dumb Dog\" (the opening scene from \"Cat Fishin'\"). After that cartoon Butch says: \"Now there is a dumb dog!\" and sees Jerry again, watching the movie from the mail slot, figuring he'd be safe there. The cats frown", "title": "Smarty Cat" }, { "docid": "10887118", "text": "on his side and deciding that pretending to be frightened of Tom was a bad idea, escapes to the exit door. The now-evil Toots chases him with a fork and knife while Tom limps out and slowly follows her. Love Me, Love My Mouse Love Me, Love My Mouse is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by Chuck Jones, who co-directed with Ben Washam. The title \"Love Me, Love My Mouse\" is a play-on-words of the phrase \"Love me, love my dog.\" It is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by Phil Roman. This short is", "title": "Love Me, Love My Mouse" }, { "docid": "10755652", "text": "Much Ado About Mousing Much Ado About Mousing is a 1964 cartoon directed and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the second Tom and Jerry cartoon to be produced under Chuck Jones' helm, but the fourth to be released. The name is a pun of a comedy by \"William Shakespeare\": \"Much Ado About Nothing\". The cartoon starts with Tom fishing on a pier. Tom baits the line with cheese and casts it all the way out to a far-off ship and into Jerry's mouse hole. The cat gets a bite and gets pulled off the pier and onto a pillar,", "title": "Much Ado About Mousing" }, { "docid": "10352768", "text": "I'm Just Wild About Jerry I'm Just Wild About Jerry is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon, directed and produced by Chuck Jones. Chuck Jones also wrote the cartoon's plot with long-time collaborator Michael Maltese. The animation was provided by Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the popular 1920s song \"I'm Just Wild About Harry\". Jones had also used an \"I'm Just Wild About Harry\" pun for his older cartoon Wild About Hurry, a 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner. Tom chases Jerry down", "title": "I'm Just Wild About Jerry" }, { "docid": "10275323", "text": "where the cartoon began, with Jerry now wearing a rocket-shaped badge. Tom places a lighter to the rocket badge, and it takes flight. Jerry then uses the rocket-shaped badge as a jet pack to chase after Tom. Tom then packs his belongings and leaves while Jerry waves good-bye to him, as the camera closes into Jerry's face, showing the episode's opening template, closing the cartoon. Mouse into Space Mouse into Space is a \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short film made in 1961, released on April 13, 1962. It was the fifth of the thirteen cartoons in the series to be", "title": "Mouse into Space" }, { "docid": "10247631", "text": "and briefly sees Spike; When Spike hits the cat a third time, he ends up driving him out of the screen, then cordially returns the bell to Jerry and engages Tom in a brutal fight. After the brawl, Spike and Jerry are strolling down a street, with Tom inside a dog's leash and collar. Spike kicks Tom whenever Jerry rings the bell. Fit to Be Tied (film) \"Fit to Be Tied\" is a 1952 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 69th \"Tom and Jerry\" short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. This cartoon", "title": "Fit to Be Tied (film)" }, { "docid": "9424372", "text": "Jerry's face is proud (in the opening of the episode Tom's face is evil-looking and Jerry's face scared). Switchin' Kitten The Switchin' Kitten is a \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short film, released on September 7, 1961 (renewed 1989). It was the first cartoon in the series to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia, after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera departed from MGM. It is also the first Tom & Jerry cartoon in the 1960s and the first of the Western cartoons that is made in Eastern Europe, as well as in an Eastern", "title": "Switchin' Kitten" }, { "docid": "9423701", "text": "him, he panics and swims away with lightning speed on the fin keeping pace. However, it is reveals the fin is actually by \"Jerry\"'s creation, who is now shown swimming underneath the water. Jerry turns his head towards the camera with a devilish smile on his face and also grows his own devil horns while he continues to chase back in swimming after the cat and into the sunset as the cartoon closes. Cannery Rodent Cannery Rodent is a 1967 \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon produced, written and directed by Chuck Jones. It was the final \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon written", "title": "Cannery Rodent" }, { "docid": "10465744", "text": "tree. The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon (though the cartoon's year of copyright is actually 1966). The cartoon was directed by Jim Pabian (being the first MGM cartoon produced by Chuck Jones not directed by him), with animation by Tom Ray, Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. Eugene Poddany scored the music, while Maurice Noble provided layouts, and Robert Gribbroek did the backgrounds. The title, \"The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off\" is a parody of the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel \"The Brothers Karamazov\", published in 1880. Jerry is relaxing in a beach", "title": "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off" }, { "docid": "10465737", "text": "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon (though the cartoon's year of copyright is actually 1966). The cartoon was directed by Jim Pabian (being the first MGM cartoon produced by Chuck Jones not directed by him), with animation by Tom Ray, Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris and Don Towsley. Eugene Poddany scored the music, while Maurice Noble provided layouts, and Robert Gribbroek did the backgrounds. The title, \"The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off\" is a parody of the title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel \"The Brothers Karamazov\", published in 1880. Jerry is relaxing in a beach chair", "title": "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off" }, { "docid": "9836963", "text": "after once again dealing with Mammy, re-enters the mouse-hole, and returns to his mouse-like state. He kicks Jerry off his bed and lies on it. It breaks again. A frustrated Jerry gives up. DVD Nit-Witty Kitty Nit-Witty Kitty is a 1951 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 61st \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon released. It was released to theaters on October 6, 1951, by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. This short is one of the select few in which Tom emerges victorious over Jerry. Tom is chasing Jerry around Mammy Two Shoes, while she is yelling out confusing instructions on where to chase", "title": "Nit-Witty Kitty" }, { "docid": "10354674", "text": "again and never stops before the cartoon closes. Advance and Be Mechanized Advance and Be Mechanized, released in 1967, was the penultimate Tom and Jerry cartoon. It was directed by Ben Washam and produced by Chuck Jones, and is the third and final outer space themed shorts from the Chuck Jones era, following \"O-Solar Meow\", and \"Guided Mouse-ille\" both released earlier in 1967. It is the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Dean Elliott as the music composer. The cartoon starts from another planet. One day, Jerry wants to get some cheese from the other room. He uses his robotic", "title": "Advance and Be Mechanized" }, { "docid": "3529869", "text": "for Best Short Subject: Cartoons\" of 1941. It lost to another MGM cartoon, Rudolph Ising's \"The Milky Way\". Producer Fred Quimby, who ran the MGM animation studio, quickly pulled Hanna and Barbera off the other one-shot cartoons they were working on, and commissioned a series featuring the cat and mouse. Hanna and Barbera held an intra-studio contest to give the pair a new name by drawing suggested names out of a hat; animator John Carr won $50 with his suggestion of \"Tom and Jerry\", at the time best known as the name of a Christmastime mixed drink. The \"Tom and", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "10354668", "text": "Advance and Be Mechanized Advance and Be Mechanized, released in 1967, was the penultimate Tom and Jerry cartoon. It was directed by Ben Washam and produced by Chuck Jones, and is the third and final outer space themed shorts from the Chuck Jones era, following \"O-Solar Meow\", and \"Guided Mouse-ille\" both released earlier in 1967. It is the last Tom and Jerry cartoon with Dean Elliott as the music composer. The cartoon starts from another planet. One day, Jerry wants to get some cheese from the other room. He uses his robotic counterpart (Robot-Jerry) to enter the room and fetch", "title": "Advance and Be Mechanized" }, { "docid": "10167401", "text": "Old Rockin' Chair Tom Old Rockin' Chair Tom is a 1948 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 36th \"Tom and Jerry\" short created in 1947 and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. It was animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson and Irven Spence and was released to theaters on September 18, 1948 and re-issued on December 30, 1955 for re-release. This cartoon has the longest Mammy Two Shoes on screen appearance. Mammy Two Shoes is standing on a chair, which Jerry is shaking. She calls for Tom, who chases Jerry away", "title": "Old Rockin' Chair Tom" }, { "docid": "9488837", "text": "Sufferin' Cats! Sufferin' Cats! is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon, is the 9th \"Tom and Jerry\" animated short released. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and re-released on June 4, 1949. This is the final cartoon to have Clarence Nash voice Tom Cat, though he would later voice the vicious cats in \"Mouse in Manhattan\". After this cartoon, Tom or any other MGM cat character would just yelp in pain whenever they get hurt. Tom's yelps were done by creator William Hanna. The cartoon opens with Jerry running with", "title": "Sufferin' Cats!" }, { "docid": "10360213", "text": "Jerry to a tropical island and attempts to eat the mouse once more when he is knocked out by a falling coconut. Fortunately, help is on hand—the St. Bernard appears once again to revitalize Tom before he once again becomes intoxicated and meanders out to the sea with the rescue hound and Jerry waving goodbye to him and the words \"The End\" appear on a sun as the cartoon closes. DVD The A-Tom-Inable Snowman The A-Tom-Inable Snowman is a 1966 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Abe Levitow and produced by Chuck Jones. The title is a play on The", "title": "The A-Tom-Inable Snowman" }, { "docid": "3529905", "text": "assumed its properties) released the duo's first direct-to-video movie, \"\", in which Tom covets a ring that grants mystical powers to the wearer, and has become accidentally stuck on Jerry's head. It would mark the last time Hanna and Barbera co-produced a \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon together, as William Hanna died shortly after \"The Magic Ring\" was released. Four years later, Bill Kopp scripted and directed two more \"Tom and Jerry\" DTV features for the studio, \"\" and \"\", the latter one based on a story by Barbera. Both were released on DVD in 2005, marking the celebration of Tom", "title": "Tom and Jerry" }, { "docid": "12281291", "text": "Tom laughs, and now realizes he is a skeleton when Jerry lifts his shirt, too. Tom is terrified, and as both men run for their lives, the cartoon ends. Wot a Night Wot a Night is a 1931 animated film. This is the first film in Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry series, later re-issued as \"Dick and Larry\". In their first film, Tom and Jerry are taxi drivers at the train station on a stormy day, waiting for a fare. A train comes up, and stops with an engine hauling a coach to let off two identical-looking men, who come", "title": "Wot a Night" }, { "docid": "1648439", "text": "alcohol, or self-harming activities such as depictions of suicide. One classic cartoon gag, most prominent in MGM's \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoons, is the transformation of characters into a blackface caricature after an explosion or an automobile backfire. A sequence in the \"Tom and Jerry\" cartoon \"Mouse Cleaning\" (1948) turned Tom into a blackface caricature. Upon questioning by Mammy Two Shoes, Tom answers \"No, ma'am. I ain't seen no cat aroun' here... uh unh, ain't no cat, no place, no how-no ma'am,\" in stereotypical African-American dialect. Such small amounts of supposedly objectionable material only require relatively minor cuts in the cartoon", "title": "Censored Eleven" } ]

[ "October 24 , 2006" ]

[ { "docid": "9210611", "text": "Taylor Swift (album) Taylor Swift is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 24, 2006, by Big Machine Records. Swift was 16 years old at the time of the album's release and wrote its songs during her freshman year of high school. Swift has writing credits on all of the album's songs, including those co-written with Liz Rose. Swift experimented with several producers, ultimately choosing Nathan Chapman, who had produced her demo album. Musically, the album is country music styled, and lyrically it speaks of romantic relationships, a couple of which Swift wrote from observing", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "9210625", "text": "2008 with the original album artwork, including the three new songs from the \"Taylor Swift Deluxe Edition\", as well as the radio edit of \"Picture to Burn,\" and an additional pop remix of \"Teardrops on My Guitar\". This version of the album was also released on vinyl in 2016. A karaoke version of \"Taylor Swift\" was released on January 27, 2009, containing the first fourteen tracks from the album on both CD+G and DVD. Swift's first broadcast performance of \"Tim McGraw\" was on October 24, 2006 on \"Good Morning America\". Other songs from \"Taylor Swift\" have been performed on television", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "9210623", "text": "during a four-month period before 2005 was over. \"Taylor Swift\" was released on October 24, 2006 with eleven tracks. Swift was highly involved in the album packaging, designing doodle graphics herself. She also personally capitalized specific letters in the lyrics from each song to spell out hidden messages, a feat she would also execute for her succeeding albums. On November 6, 2007, the album was released under the title \"Taylor Swift Deluxe Edition\" for a limited time. The deluxe edition contained three new songs: \"I'm Only Me When I'm with You\", \"Invisible\" and \"A Perfectly Good Heart\", the radio edits", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "9210611", "text": "Taylor Swift (album) Taylor Swift is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 24, 2006, by Big Machine Records. Swift was 16 years old at the time of the album's release and wrote its songs during her freshman year of high school. Swift has writing credits on all of the album's songs, including those co-written with Liz Rose. Swift experimented with several producers, ultimately choosing Nathan Chapman, who had produced her demo album. Musically, the album is country music styled, and lyrically it speaks of romantic relationships, a couple of which Swift wrote from observing", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "7963562", "text": "became one of the first signings, and her father purchased a three percent stake in the fledgling company at an estimated cost of $120,000. She began working on her eponymous debut album shortly after signing the record deal, and persuaded Big Machine to hire her demo producer Nathan Chapman, with whom she felt she had the right \"chemistry\". Swift wrote three of the album's songs alone, and co-wrote the remaining eight with writers Rose, Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher, and Angelo Petraglia. \"Taylor Swift\" was released on October 24, 2006. Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" described it as", "title": "Taylor Swift" } ]

[ { "docid": "62573", "text": "large portion of the new country artists in the popular scene along with solo singers Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert. One of the most commercially successful country artists of the late 2000s and early 2010s has been singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Swift first became widely known in 2006 when her debut single, \"Tim McGraw,\" was released when Swift was only 16. In 2006, Taylor released her first studio album, \"Taylor Swift\", which spent 275 weeks on Billboard 200, one of the longest runs of any album on that chart. In 2008, Taylor Swift released her second studio album, \"Fearless\", which made", "title": "Country music" }, { "docid": "9210634", "text": "ending January 19, 2008, the album reached its charting peak at number five due to sales of 47,000 copies. \"Taylor Swift\" marked the longest stay on the \"Billboard\" 200 by any album released in the decade. As of June 3, 2011, the album has stayed on the chart for 275 weeks. The album topped \"Billboard\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Top Country Albums Chart for twenty-four non-consecutive weeks. On the week ending August 2, 2008, Swift's EP \"Beautiful Eyes\" replaced \"Taylor Swift\" as the chart's number one album. With \"Taylor Swift\" charting at number two, Swift became the first artist to hold the first two", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "9210628", "text": "Swift again opened for Flatts for their Still Feels Good Tour in 2008. In addition, Swift performed six songs from \"Taylor Swift\" on her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour (2009–10). \"Tim McGraw\" was released as the lead single from \"Taylor Swift\" on June 19, 2006. The song was critically appreciated for Swift's delivery. \"Tim McGraw\" enjoyed commercial success, peaking at number forty on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and at number six on \"Billboard\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot Country Songs; it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the shipment of 2,000,000 copies. \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" was", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "12333765", "text": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album) Fearless is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was released on November 11, 2008, by Big Machine Records. As with her first album, \"Taylor Swift\", Swift wrote or co-wrote all thirteen tracks on \"Fearless\". Most of the songs were written as the singer promoted her first album as the opening act for numerous country artists. Due to the unavailability of collaborators on the road, eight songs were written by Swift. Other songs were co-written with Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey, Colbie Caillat, and John Rich. Swift also made her debut as a", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "20670619", "text": "Babe (Sugarland song) \"Babe\" is a song recorded by American country music duo Sugarland, featuring guest vocals from American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was originally written by Swift and Patrick Monahan of the band Train for Swift's fourth studio album, 2012's \"Red\". The song was released by Big Machine Records on April 20, 2018, as the second single from Sugarland's sixth studio album, \"Bigger\" (2018). Patrick Monahan, the founding member of rock band Train, first spoke about the song during a 2013 interview with ABC News Radio. He said that when he asked Swift about collaborating on a song for", "title": "Babe (Sugarland song)" }, { "docid": "20427412", "text": "2018. On June 8 a remix of the song featuring musician Seeb was released. The song had its debut performance at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on May 8, 2018, as part of the setlist for Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour. On May 27, 2018, Swift performed a stripped-down, acoustic version of the song as part of her performance at BBC Radio 1's Biggest Weekend in Swansea, where she supported herself on the guitar. Delicate (Taylor Swift song) \"Delicate\" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album, \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released", "title": "Delicate (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "12333814", "text": "double platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) for shipments exceeding 30,000 copies. \"Fearless\" saw less success in mainland Europe, charting within the top twenty in Austria, Germany, Greece, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. In total, \"Fearless\" has sold 9,775,000 copies worldwide as of October 2017. As listed in the liner notes. !scope=\"row\"|Philippines (PARI) !scope=\"row\"|Worldwide Fearless (Taylor Swift album) Fearless is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was released on November 11, 2008, by Big Machine Records. As with her first album, \"Taylor Swift\", Swift wrote or co-wrote all thirteen tracks on \"Fearless\". Most of", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "18448955", "text": "A cover version of \"Bad Blood\" was released as the first single from singer-songwriter Ryan Adams' interpretation of Swift's \"1989\" album, released in September 2015. Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song) \"Bad Blood\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fifth studio album \"1989\" (2014). Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback, with a remixed version featuring additional writing and guest vocals from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The Lamar version was released by Republic Records on May 17, 2015 as the fourth single from \"1989\". The lyrics of \"Bad Blood\" describe betrayal by a", "title": "Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9742877", "text": "peaked at number nine on the US \"Billboard\" 200 and topped \"Billboard\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Top Country Albums chart, succeeding her self-titled debut album. \"I Heart ?\" was released as a promotional single in June 2008. Though the EP was not heavily promoted, Swift performed the title track at a few venues. Swift received much success with the release of her self-titled debut album \"Taylor Swift\" (2006), and began working on her second studio album, \"Fearless\" (2008), in 2007. During that time, she received a number of e-mails from fans requesting for new material to be released, which drove Swift into releasing \"Beautiful", "title": "Beautiful Eyes" }, { "docid": "9210613", "text": "also successful outside of Swift's native country, especially in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Five singles were released from the album, all of which have been certified platinum by the RIAA. \"Tim McGraw\" was released as the lead single and reached the top ten on \"Billboard\"s Hot Country Songs. \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" was released as the second single and was the album's best-charting song on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. \"Our Song\" was released as the third single from the album and was Swift's first number one on \"Billboard'\"s Hot Country Songs chart. It was later certified 4x platinum", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "12776045", "text": "White Horse (Taylor Swift song) \"White Horse\" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman, with Swift's aid. The song was released on December 7, 2008 by Big Machine Records, as the second single from Swift's second studio album \"Fearless\" (2008). Swift and Rose composed the song about one of Swift's ex-boyfriends, when Swift discovered he was not what she had perceived of him. It focused on the moment where Swift accepted that the relationship was over. \"White Horse\" is, musically, a country song and", "title": "White Horse (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "18227436", "text": "Video of the Year at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards with \"Blank Space\" also winning Best Female Video. An app, \"American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience\", was released alongside the \"Blank Space\" video as a 360° experience. The app won the Emmy for Original Interactive Program at the 2015 ceremony, giving Swift her first Emmy Award. \"1989\" won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 58th Grammy Awards, making Swift the first female artist to win twice with her own works. The album also won Best Pop Vocal Album, while \"Shake It Off\" and \"Blank Space\"", "title": "1989 (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "12613875", "text": "Fearless (Taylor Swift song) \"Fearless\" is a country pop song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift in collaboration with Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey and produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift. \"Fearless\" was released on January 3, 2010 by Big Machine Records as the fifth and final single from Swift's second studio album of the same name (2008). Swift composed the song while traveling on tour to promote her eponymous debut album, \"Taylor Swift\" (2006). She wrote \"Fearless\" in regard to the fearlessness of falling in love and eventually titled her second studio album", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9210630", "text": "third single from the album. The song was critically favored, being described as \"gem\". \"Our Song\" peaked at number sixteen on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA; it also became Swift's first-number one on Hot Country Songs. The song peaked at number thirty on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming the best-charting single from \"Taylor Swift\" in Canada. \"Picture to Burn\" was released as the fourth single from \"Taylor Swift\". \"Picture to Burn\" was appreciated by contemporary critics for lyrics reflecting feminism. It became a fourth consecutive top ten single for Swift on the United", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "12718304", "text": "Al\" Yankovic's studio album \"Alpocalypse\" (2011). A music video for the parody, directed by Bill Plympton, was filmed in October 2010, and was included on the album's DVD. The music video was released on \"Weird Al\"'s Vevo on June 24, 2011. You Belong with Me \"You Belong with Me\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 18, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio album, \"Fearless\" (2008). Swift was inspired", "title": "You Belong with Me" }, { "docid": "16726269", "text": "Red (Taylor Swift album) Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and her last to feature a country sound. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records, as the follow-up to her third studio album, \"Speak Now\". The album title was inspired by the \"semi-toxic relationships\" that Swift experienced during the process of conceiving this album, with Swift describing the emotions she felt as \"red emotions\" due to their intense and tumultuous nature. \"Red\" touches on Swift's signature themes of love and heartbreak, however, from a more mature perspective while exploring other themes", "title": "Red (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "16844639", "text": "from her Red Tour. She played the song as the surprise song on her Reputation Stadium Tour during the first show in Landover. State of Grace (Taylor Swift song) \"State of Grace\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album \"Red\" (2012). It was released to the iTunes Store on October 16, 2012, in the United States by Big Machine Records as the fourth and final promotional single from the album. It was the only promotional single from the album that was not re-issued as an official single, as \"Begin Again\", \"Red\", and \"I Knew", "title": "State of Grace (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20670628", "text": "on the tour, where they performed the song together live for the first time. Credits adapted from Tidal. Babe (Sugarland song) \"Babe\" is a song recorded by American country music duo Sugarland, featuring guest vocals from American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was originally written by Swift and Patrick Monahan of the band Train for Swift's fourth studio album, 2012's \"Red\". The song was released by Big Machine Records on April 20, 2018, as the second single from Sugarland's sixth studio album, \"Bigger\" (2018). Patrick Monahan, the founding member of rock band Train, first spoke about the song during a 2013", "title": "Babe (Sugarland song)" }, { "docid": "18227443", "text": "album of the year on the \"Billboard\" 200. Notes Credits are adapted from liner notes of \"1989\". !scope=\"row\"|India (IMI) !scope=\"row\"|Worldwide 1989 (Taylor Swift album) 1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014 through Big Machine Records. Swift began composing the album following the release of her previous studio effort, \"Red\" (2012). Over the course of the two-year songwriting period, she collaborated with producers Max Martin and Shellback—Martin served as the album's executive producer alongside Swift. The album's title was named after the singer's birth year and its music was inspired by the", "title": "1989 (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "18227399", "text": "1989 (Taylor Swift album) 1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014 through Big Machine Records. Swift began composing the album following the release of her previous studio effort, \"Red\" (2012). Over the course of the two-year songwriting period, she collaborated with producers Max Martin and Shellback—Martin served as the album's executive producer alongside Swift. The album's title was named after the singer's birth year and its music was inspired by the pop music of the 1980s. The album represents a departure from the country music of Swift's previous albums, and is", "title": "1989 (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "12613889", "text": "on tour\". To date, the video has over 50 million views on YouTube. Fearless (Taylor Swift song) \"Fearless\" is a country pop song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift in collaboration with Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey and produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift. \"Fearless\" was released on January 3, 2010 by Big Machine Records as the fifth and final single from Swift's second studio album of the same name (2008). Swift composed the song while traveling on tour to promote her eponymous debut album, \"Taylor Swift\" (2006). She wrote \"Fearless\" in regard to", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20416043", "text": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song) \"Call It What You Want\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released on November 3, 2017, as a promotional single from the album. Swift co-wrote and co-produced the track with Jack Antonoff. After Swift held several listening parties during October 2017, where she played her sixth studio album \"Reputation\" for 100 fans from all around the world and after releasing \"Gorgeous\" as the second promotional single of the album, on November 2, 2017, Swift announced she would be releasing \"Call", "title": "Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "12333786", "text": "to the themes and messages behind the songs, Swift decided to title the album \"Fearless\". On the liner notes, she further explained the album title, As with her debut album, \"Taylor Swift\", Swift was very involved with the album packaging. The album's images were photographed by Joseph Anthony Barker, Ash Newell and Sheryl Nields while the cover and graphic designs were executed by Leen Ann Ramey for Ramey Design. \"Fearless\" was released on November 11, 2008 in the United States and Canada, and on November 15, 2008, in Australia. The album was then re-released on February 27, 2009, in Australia", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "13582866", "text": "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 14, 1978 and released on the Hat Hut label. The album features performances by Taylor with Raphe Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone and Ronald Shannon Jackson. The album was originally released as a triple LP featuring the Cecil Taylor Unit performances (tracks 4-11 all titled \"One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye\") then rereleased as a double CD with duets by Lyons & Malik and Ameen & Sirone and", "title": "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye" }, { "docid": "7963592", "text": "the United States. Two promotional singles were released from \"Reputation\", \"Gorgeous\" and \"Call It What You Want\"; the former later became the album's fifth single, however only being released as such in Europe. The album was released on November 10 and sold 1.216 million copies in the United States—becoming 2017's top-selling album (pure sales only) in the country—and 2 million copies worldwide during its first week. With this achievement, she became the first act to have four albums sell one million copies within one week in the US. The album topped the charts in several countries, including the US, the", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "16726302", "text": "as Jennifer Lopez, Ed Sheeran (who also served as an opening act), Cher Lloyd, among others. The tour grossed $150.2 million, and became the highest-grossing tour of all time by a country act. Credits adapted from AllMusic. Red (Taylor Swift album) Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and her last to feature a country sound. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records, as the follow-up to her third studio album, \"Speak Now\". The album title was inspired by the \"semi-toxic relationships\" that Swift experienced during the process of conceiving this album,", "title": "Red (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "16844632", "text": "State of Grace (Taylor Swift song) \"State of Grace\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album \"Red\" (2012). It was released to the iTunes Store on October 16, 2012, in the United States by Big Machine Records as the fourth and final promotional single from the album. It was the only promotional single from the album that was not re-issued as an official single, as \"Begin Again\", \"Red\", and \"I Knew You Were Trouble\", were all later re-issued as official singles. The song was written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift.", "title": "State of Grace (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20307956", "text": "Reputation (Taylor Swift album) Reputation (stylized in lower case) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 10, 2017, through Big Machine Records. The record was primarily produced by Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback and Swift herself, who also serves as the executive producer. Artists featured on the album include English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and American rapper Future. \"Reputation\" received generally positive reviews from music critics and reached number one in 13 countries including the United Kingdom, and United States. In the US, the album sold 1.216 million copies in its", "title": "Reputation (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "20392464", "text": "Stadium Tour. Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song) \"Gorgeous\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album, \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released on October 20, 2017, as a promotional single from the album. The song reached the top ten in the music charts of Australia, Canada, Hungary, and Malaysia, as well as the top twenty in Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On January 12, 2018, \"Gorgeous\" was released as the fourth European single and fifth overall single from \"Reputation\". After Swift held a secret listening party on October 13, 2017 where", "title": "Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20392456", "text": "Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song) \"Gorgeous\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album, \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released on October 20, 2017, as a promotional single from the album. The song reached the top ten in the music charts of Australia, Canada, Hungary, and Malaysia, as well as the top twenty in Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On January 12, 2018, \"Gorgeous\" was released as the fourth European single and fifth overall single from \"Reputation\". After Swift held a secret listening party on October 13, 2017 where she played", "title": "Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9210629", "text": "released as the second single from \"Taylor Swift\". \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" received critical success for its memorable chorus and crossover potential, as well as commercial success by becoming the best-charting single from \"Taylor Swift\" on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number thirteen. It became Swift's first pop crossover hit, peaking at number eleven on the now-canceled Pop 100 chart. The song was certified double platinum by the RIAA for the shipment of 3,000,000 copies. \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" peaked at number forty-five in Canada and at number fifty-one in the United Kingdom. \"Our Song\" was released as the", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "20307958", "text": "$315 million, being the highest-grossing concert tour of the year. Swift announced , will be released by Netflix on December 31, 2018. Swift first announced through Instagram on August 23, 2017 that her sixth album would be titled \"Reputation\" and released on November 10, 2017. The album's lead single, \"Look What You Made Me Do\", was released the next day. On September 2, Swift teased a second song during ABC's \"Saturday Night Football\" telecast and was later posted on Instagram, titled \"...Ready for It?\", previewing the new track. The song was released on September 3, 2017 as a promotional single.", "title": "Reputation (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "12333769", "text": "achieve a diamond certification in the United States, signifying 10,000,000 album-equivalent units. To promote the album, Swift embarked on her first concert tour, Fearless Tour between April 2009 and June 2010. Prior to stardom, Swift received a publishing contract with Sony/ATV Music. Over the course of that period, Swift composed over 250 songs, either alone or collaborating with other songwriters, mostly with Liz Rose or Robert Ellis Orrall, and refused to give them away to already established acts with intentions of someday singing them herself. When later signed to Big Machine Records, Swift compiled her \"Taylor Swift\" album of material", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "10991466", "text": "of Country Standard Time said \"Taylor Swift\"s best efforts were Swift self-penned song, including \"Our Song\", which \"she sings with stirring conviction.\" Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine said the song \"follow[s] time-tested narrative conventions and, more often than not, build to massive pop hooks.\" Fiona Chua of MTV Asia selected the track as a choice cut from Swift's second studio album, \"Fearless\". Kate Kiefer of \"Paste\" magazine recognized the song to be Swift's \"first great hit\" and believed it became many couples' song. In 2008, \"Our Song\" was listed as a \"Winning Song\" by Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI). On the", "title": "Our Song (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "10810611", "text": "eight studio albums between 2000 and 2017. In 2000, Ledisi re-released her first major label signed album, titled \"\". Ledisi and her group toured in 2001. In 2002, Ledisi released her second album, \"Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue\". The album won an award for \"Outstanding Jazz Album\" at the California Music Awards. In 2007, Ledisi signed a record deal with Verve Forecast and released her third album, titled \"Lost & Found\", which sold almost 217,000 copies and earned her two Grammy nominations, including one for Best New Artist.<ref name=\"Billboard 200: 1/24/09: Taylor Swift #1 72k\">[pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=80953&page=2. Billboard 200: 1/24/09: Taylor Swift", "title": "Ledisi" }, { "docid": "18227402", "text": "having previously won in 2010 for \"Fearless\". Swift released her fourth studio album, \"Red\", on October 22, 2012. The album marked a change in Swift's musical style with the experimentation of heartland rock, dubstep and dance-pop. \"Red\" was a commercial success and debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" 200 with first-week sales of 1.21 million copies. This was the highest opening sales in a decade and ultimately made Swift the first woman to have two albums sell more than a million copies in their first week. To promote the album Swift, embarked on the North American leg of her", "title": "1989 (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "18479811", "text": "positive reviews from music critics. As part of the 1989 World Tour, Swift performed a mashup of \"Wildest Dreams\" along with \"Enchanted\" from her third studio album, \"Speak Now\". Swift also performed the song on her Reputation Stadium Tour. Digital download Credits adapted from liner notes of \"1989\". Recording and management Sound Sources Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song) \"Wildest Dreams\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album, \"1989\". The song was released to radio by Big Machine Records on August 31, 2015, as the album's fifth single. Swift co-wrote the song with its", "title": "Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "13710485", "text": "May 2011, the band supported All Time Low on their US tour. On April 11, UK-based independent record label LAB Records released \"Love Like This\" for the European market. In addition to the eleven tracks of the standard version, the release carried an acoustic rendition of \"Chelsea\" recorded at Hurley Studios, the five Taylor Swift cover songs performed at The Hoodwink New Jersey from 2010's \"Love Like Swift\" and another Taylor Swift cover, the iTunes-only bonus track \"Fifteen.\" However, on this version tracks 1-11 are mastered from a lossy source, the audio quality thus being significantly inferior to the original", "title": "Love Like This (The Summer Set album)" }, { "docid": "10991458", "text": "Our Song (Taylor Swift song) \"Our Song\" is a country song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was produced by Nathan Chapman. It was released on September 9, 2007 by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's eponymous debut album, \"Taylor Swift\" (2006). Swift solely composed \"Our Song\" for the talent show of her freshman year in high school, about a boyfriend who she did not have a song with. It was included on \"Taylor Swift\" as she recalled its popularity with her classmates. The uptempo track is musically driven mainly by banjo and", "title": "Our Song (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9210612", "text": "relationships before being in one. Lyrics also touch on Swift's personal struggles in high school. \"Taylor Swift\" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Swift's talent at such a young age. The album enjoyed commercial success and launched Swift's career in country music. In the United States, it topped the Top Country Albums Chart for 24 non-consecutive weeks, and was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 7 million copies. \"Taylor Swift\" has logged 275 weeks on \"Billboard\"s Top 200 albums chart as of early 2013. The album was", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "20307986", "text": "number one in the nation, before \"Beautiful Trauma\" replaced it at the top spot. It additionally entered at number one and returned to that position in June 2018 in Ireland and New Zealand, and was certified double platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for shipments of 30,000 units. \"Reputation\" was ranked as the number one album of 2018 on the \"Billboard\" 200. Sample credit Adapted from the album liner notes. !scope=\"row\"|Worldwide Reputation (Taylor Swift album) Reputation (stylized in lower case) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 10, 2017, through", "title": "Reputation (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "12333790", "text": "(\"Change\", \"The Best Day\", \"Love Story\", \"White Horse\", and \"You Belong with Me\"), behind-the-scenes videos (for the latter three), over fifty images (photographed by Austin K. Swift, the singer's younger brother) and backstage footage from the first concert of the Fearless Tour, and \"Thug Story\" (a video with rapper T-Pain filmed exclusively for the 2009 CMT Music Awards). To promote the album Swift released four promotional singles, advertised as \"Countdown to \"Fearless\"\". The first promotional single released was \"Change\" on August 8, 2008. The song was also included as part of the \"AT&T Team USA Soundtrack\" (2008). \"Fearless\" was released", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "18479823", "text": "Wonderland (Taylor Swift song) \"Wonderland\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the third promotional single on February 17, 2015 from Swift's deluxe version of her fifth studio album, \"1989\". \"Wonderland\" makes frequent allusions to the novel \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\" by Lewis Carroll, and is known for a \"bass drop\" in the first chorus. In the song, Swift explores her ability to produce a daydream-like track. It descents to her early roots, where she made everyone believe that fairytales do exist. In this case, she convinces people that there is a thing called wonderland", "title": "Wonderland (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "16926939", "text": "22 (Taylor Swift song) \"22\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth album, \"Red\" (2012). It was written by Swift along with Max Martin and Shellback. The song was released as the album's fourth single on March 12, 2013. The lyrics describe the joys of being 22 years old. The song peaked at number 20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in the United States, becoming the sixth song from \"Red\" to hit the top 20 in the country. After writing her third studio album \"Speak Now\" (2010) entirely solo, Swift opted to collaborate with", "title": "22 (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "14785364", "text": "Mine (Taylor Swift song) \"Mine\" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Produced by Swift along with Nathan Chapman, it was released as the lead single from Swift's third studio album, \"Speak Now\" (2010) by Big Machine Records. Following an unauthorized internet leak, the song was released on August 4, 2010, two weeks earlier than the intended release date. Swift was inspired to write \"Mine\" after reflecting on one of her unnamed crushes and explained that the song is about her tendency to run from love. The song contains elements of power pop and its lyrics", "title": "Mine (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "18346587", "text": "Welcome to New York (song) \"Welcome to New York\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the second promotional single on October 20, 2014 from Swift's fifth album, \"1989\". Swift is donating all proceeds from the sale of the single to the New York City Department of Education. The song was released to digital download on iTunes and with the CD on October 20, 2014. The song is the opening track on the album, \"1989\". Prior to the digital release Swift released a 30-second sampler of the song on YouTube. When discussing the song with", "title": "Welcome to New York (song)" }, { "docid": "16819291", "text": "day. Credits are adapted from liner notes of \"Red.\" Red (Taylor Swift song) \"Red\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album of the same name (2012). It was released on October 2, 2012, in the United States by Big Machine Records as the second promotional single from \"Red\" and eventually served as the album's fifth official single on June 21, 2013. It was one of the tracks released during the four weeks preceding the release of the album. Musically, \"Red\" is a country song, and its lyrics use colors and metaphors to describe", "title": "Red (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "16819281", "text": "Red (Taylor Swift song) \"Red\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album of the same name (2012). It was released on October 2, 2012, in the United States by Big Machine Records as the second promotional single from \"Red\" and eventually served as the album's fifth official single on June 21, 2013. It was one of the tracks released during the four weeks preceding the release of the album. Musically, \"Red\" is a country song, and its lyrics use colors and metaphors to describe an intense and tumultuous relationship. The track received polarizing", "title": "Red (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "17201339", "text": "by Pink's official website. Her rendition of Taylor Swift's \"I Knew You Were Trouble\" received an enthusiastic approval from Swift and charted on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In the final round she sang Annie Lennox's \"Why\" and U2's \"One\" in a duet with Usher. She came in second place. Chamuel released her first solo album \"All I Want\" in September 2013. She called the album her \"solo electronic project\" and said her studio work as The Reverb Junkie focuses on creative sound works, whereas the work released under her own name has more of a pop focus. The album debuted", "title": "Michelle Chamuel" }, { "docid": "16574544", "text": "Long Live (Taylor Swift song) \"Long Live\" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her third studio album \"Speak Now\" (2010). The original version of the song was written by Swift, and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's assistance, and served as the closing track on \"Speak Now\". On the strength of digital downloads following the album's release, the song charted at No. 85 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In 2012, a new version of the song was released as a single from the Brazilian edition of Swift's live album \"Speak Now World Tour", "title": "Long Live (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "7963625", "text": "a CoverGirl spokesmodel, and launched two Elizabeth Arden fragrances—Wonderstruck and Wonderstruck Enchanted. While promoting her fourth album, \"Red\", Swift offered exclusive album promotions through Target, Papa John's Pizza, and Walgreens. She became a spokesmodel for Diet Coke and Keds sneakers, released her third Elizabeth Arden fragrance named Taylor by Taylor Swift, and continued her partnerships with Sony Electronics and American Greetings. Swift also partnered with the companies AirAsia and Qantas during the Red Tour. These acted as the official airlines for the Australian and Asian legs, and Cornetto sponsored the Asian leg of the tour. While promoting \"1989\", Swift had", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "11064272", "text": "The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, originally titled Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, is a Christmas EP by American singer Taylor Swift. The EP was first released on October 14, 2007 by Big Machine Records exclusively to Target stores in the United States and online. The release was originally a limited release for the 2007 holiday season, but was re-released to iTunes and Amazon.com on December 2, 2008 and again in October 2009 to Target stores. \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\" features cover versions of Christmas songs and two original tracks written", "title": "The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" }, { "docid": "16800871", "text": "Country Song at the 56th Grammy Awards. Swift quipped that the song is \"about when you've gotten through a really bad relationship and you finally dust yourself off and go on that first date after a horrible breakup, and the vulnerability that goes along with all that\". She previewed it on \"Good Morning America\" on September 24, 2012, and was released digitally on iTunes the next day, September 25. The song initially served as a promotional single, the first of four tracks to be released during the four weeks preceding the release of her fourth studio album \"Red\". It was", "title": "Begin Again (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20651845", "text": "the caption #StillTheSame. The lead single \"Still the Same\" was released on December 21, 2017. Sugarland announced the album, album title and track listing on April 12, 2018. One of the songs on the album, \"Babe\" features Taylor Swift. Swift wrote the song with Train frontman Pat Monahan for her 2012 album \"Red\" but it didn't make the album. After the CMA's Swift got in touch with Sugarland, told them how excited she was that they were getting back together and mentioned she had a song for them. Sugarland performed for the first time in five years at Dick Clark's", "title": "Bigger (album)" }, { "docid": "18448941", "text": "Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song) \"Bad Blood\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fifth studio album \"1989\" (2014). Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback, with a remixed version featuring additional writing and guest vocals from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The Lamar version was released by Republic Records on May 17, 2015 as the fourth single from \"1989\". The lyrics of \"Bad Blood\" describe betrayal by a close friend. The album version is the eighth track of \"1989\". The song reached number one in Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland, and the", "title": "Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "17637600", "text": "Forever & Always (Taylor Swift song) \"Forever & Always\" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her second studio album, \"Fearless\" (2008). It was a last-minute addition to the album It received mixed reviews from music critics and became certified Platinum by the RIAA peaking within the Top 40 of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, despite not being individually released or promoted as a single. \"Forever & Always\" revolves lyrically around a breakup and the resultant heartache. Inspired by her recent break-up with Joe Jonas, Swift quickly wrote and recorded the song at the last minute for inclusion", "title": "Forever & Always (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "10991478", "text": "version of the song during her show at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on July 14, 2018 after a technical malfunction occurred on stage. Our Song (Taylor Swift song) \"Our Song\" is a country song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was produced by Nathan Chapman. It was released on September 9, 2007 by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's eponymous debut album, \"Taylor Swift\" (2006). Swift solely composed \"Our Song\" for the talent show of her freshman year in high school, about a boyfriend who she did not have a song with.", "title": "Our Song (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "20427400", "text": "Delicate (Taylor Swift song) \"Delicate\" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album, \"Reputation\" (2017). It was released on March 12, 2018, as the album's sixth single overall and fourth single in America. Swift wrote the song with producers Max Martin and Shellback. \"Delicate\" was written by Swift, Max Martin and Shellback, and was produced by the latter two. \"Delicate\" runs for a duration of three minutes and fifty-two seconds; and it has a tempo of 95 beats per minute. Swift performs it in the key of C major in a vocal range span", "title": "Delicate (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "11661748", "text": "LeAnn Rimes is the youngest individual winner. She was 14 years old when she won her first two awards in 1997. She was also the first Country artist to win the Best New Artist Grammy. Taylor Swift is the youngest solo artist to win Album of the Year. She was 20 years old when she won in 2010 for her album \"Fearless\". Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded Best Traditional Blues Album for \"Joined At The Hip\" at 97 years of age. Santana's \"Supernatural\" and U2's \"How to Dismantle an Atomic", "title": "Grammy Award records" }, { "docid": "9210487", "text": "Tim McGraw (song) \"Tim McGraw\" is the debut single and first published song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was written by Swift and Liz Rose, and produced by Nathan Chapman. It was released on June 19, 2006 by Big Machine Records as Swift's debut single and the lead single from Swift's eponymous debut album. Swift wrote \"Tim McGraw\" during her freshman year of high school, knowing that she and her senior boyfriend would break up at the end of the year when he left for college. The song was written about all the different things that would", "title": "Tim McGraw (song)" }, { "docid": "15802611", "text": "Taylor Swift and Def Leppard \"Taylor Swift and Def Leppard\" is an episode of the CMT television show \"CMT Crossroads\". The episode features performances by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and English hard rock band Def Leppard. The performance was taped on October 6, 2008, and made its television premiere on November 7, 2008, and was released on June 16, 2009 on DVD exclusively to Walmart stores in the United States by Big Machine Records. The program featured songs by both Swift and Def Leppard as well as interview segments. When the program was released on DVD it contained additional interviews", "title": "Taylor Swift and Def Leppard" }, { "docid": "11064274", "text": "as an exclusive limited release at Target stores in the United States and online, at Target.com. \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cover art is from Swift's music video for \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" (2007). On October 6, 2009, the EP was re-released by Target and made available as a digital download on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com, both making minor adjustments to its cover art and removing \"Sounds of the Season:\" from the title, leaving it as simply \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\". \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\" is holiday music with a country pop inclination. The EP is mainly", "title": "The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" }, { "docid": "8624228", "text": "confirmed the title for their second album would be \"Love Drunk\". The album was officially released on September 8, 2009. On June 24, 2009, the band released their first single, the title track of the album. The \"Love Drunk\" music video features actress and singer Ashley Tisdale. The group released their second single \"She's Got a Boyfriend Now\" on iTunes in August. The fourth song from \"Love Drunk\" is called \"Two Is Better Than One,\" featuring and written with Taylor Swift. The song is about Johnson's previous relationship with a longtime girlfriend. Johnson had previously worked with Swift to write", "title": "Boys Like Girls" }, { "docid": "11064273", "text": "by Swift, \"Christmases When You Were Mine\" and \"Christmas Must Be Something More\", all of which have a country pop sound. Music critics received the album with favorable responses, where some would have preferred a full album. The EP was a commercial success in the United States, peaking at number twenty on the \"Billboard\" 200 and at number one on the Top Holiday Albums chart. Songs from \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\" have been performed at several venues. For the original release of \"The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection\", Swift partnered with the American retail company Target; it was made available", "title": "The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" }, { "docid": "18227425", "text": "\"1989\", peaking at number 46 on the Hot 100 in April 2016. Swift began teasing an announcement in August 2014. On August 4, she posted a video on Instagram in which she pushes the number 18 in an elevator. On August 6, she tweeted an image of the time \"5:00\", and the next day a screenshot from a Yahoo! homepage. She then unveiled the album cover, a Polaroid picture with \"T. S. 1989\" written underneath. The first single from the album, \"Shake It Off\", was revealed during a worldwide live video stream hosted by Swift in partnership with Yahoo! on", "title": "1989 (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "7963565", "text": "number one. For the former, Swift became the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the chart. \"Teardrops on My Guitar\" became a moderate commercial success, reaching number thirteen on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 songs chart in the United States. Swift also released the holiday album \"\" in October 2007 and the EP \"Beautiful Eyes\" in July 2008. She promoted her debut album extensively as the opening act for other artists on their tours. Swift won accolades for \"Taylor Swift\". She was one of the recipients of the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist of the Year in", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "18448922", "text": "Style (Taylor Swift song) \"Style\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and is the third track from her fifth album, \"1989\" (2014). The song was written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami. It was released to radio by Republic Records, in partnership with Swift's label Big Machine Records, on February 9, 2015, as the album's third single, following \"Blank Space\". The song reached number 6 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, becoming the third consecutive top-10 single from \"1989\" in the country, and entered the top-10 on charts of numerous regions, including Australia and", "title": "Style (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "14785389", "text": "2015, Swift dedicated a performance of \"Mine\" to 17-year old Rachel Erlandsen, who had died in a car crash before she was able to attend Swift's Australian leg of her 1989 World Tour in Brisbane. This song was most recently performed on her Reputation Stadium Tour in June 2018 as the surprise song for her show in Louisville. Mine (Taylor Swift song) \"Mine\" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Produced by Swift along with Nathan Chapman, it was released as the lead single from Swift's third studio album, \"Speak Now\" (2010) by Big Machine Records.", "title": "Mine (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "12613879", "text": "date, which Swift stated she hadn't experienced at the time of writing \"Fearless\". After completing the song, Swift deeply deliberated her personal definition of the word \"fearless\". To her, \"fearless doesn't mean you're completely unafraid and it doesn't mean that you're bulletproof. It means that you have a lot of fears, but you jump anyway.\" That influenced her to title the album \"Fearless\". The song was first released as a promotional single from the album on October 14, 2008 as part of Countdown to \"Fearless\" an exclusive campaign by the iTunes Store; it was later released as the fifth and", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "12333770", "text": "written during her publishing contract, and expected to do the same for her second album. She said, \"I've been very selfish about my songs. I had this dream of this project [\"Taylor Swift\"] coming out for so many years now that I just stockpiled. I'm so happy that I did because now we have a second album full of songs and a third album full of songs, and I don't have to lift a finger.\" However, when embarking on her first and second tour as opening act for Rascal Flatts and George Strait, respectively, Swift continued to compose numerous songs.", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "16800887", "text": "it the color palette, or just the general moodiness?”. To date, the video has over 150 million views on YouTube. Credits and personnel adapted from album liner notes. Begin Again (Taylor Swift song) \"Begin Again\" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album, \"Red\" (2012). Swift co-produced the song with Nathan Chapman and Dann Huff. Initially released as a promotional single on September 25, 2012 by Big Machine Records, the song served as the second official single from \"Red\" on October 1, 2012. \"Begin Again\" is a country song, with the lyrical", "title": "Begin Again (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "16942926", "text": "The Last Time (Taylor Swift song) \"The Last Time\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her fourth studio album, \"Red\" (2012). It was released as the seventh and final single from the album. One of two collaborations on \"Red\", the song features Irish singer Gary Lightbody of the band Snow Patrol. The artists co-wrote the song with its producer, Jacknife Lee. \"The Last Time\" is an alternative rock song, with influences of folk rock. It was added to the playlist of British national radio station BBC Radio 2 on October 19, 2013, and officially impacted", "title": "The Last Time (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "18370476", "text": "Blank Space \"Blank Space\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album \"1989\" (2014). It was written by Swift, Max Martin and Shellback. The song was released to the radio by Republic Records on November 10, 2014 as the album's second single, after \"Shake It Off\" and is the second track on the album. It is an electropop song with lyrics that satirize the media's perception of Swift and her relationships. Within three weeks, \"Blank Space\" reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 following \"Shake It Off\". Swift became the first woman", "title": "Blank Space" }, { "docid": "15023385", "text": "Dear John (Taylor Swift song) \"Dear John\" is a song written and recorded by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was on her 2010 release, \"Speak Now\". Swift wrote this song on her own, like all of the songs on the album—save \"If This Were a Movie\" which she co-wrote with Martin Johnson—and it is allegedly about fellow singer, John Mayer. Although the song was never released as a single, it did end up charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100. Swift allegedly wrote \"Dear John\" about rock singer John Mayer, who she dated from", "title": "Dear John (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "9210614", "text": "by the RIAA. It made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. \"Picture to Burn\" and \"Should've Said No\" were released as the fourth and fifth singles from the album, respectively, and both were successful on the country charts in the United States. Swift promoted the album by performing on tour as the opening act for artists such as Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Swift is from Reading, Pennsylvania and developed an early interest in country music and songwriting. When she was", "title": "Taylor Swift (album)" }, { "docid": "20307965", "text": "of a New Year's Eve kiss, and is about how the one that sticks around the next day to \"give you Advil and clean up the house\" is the person that matters more. \"Reputation\"s cover art was photographed by Mert and Marcus in London. The cover features Swift in a grey sweater and choker necklace with newspaper headlines of her name over one side of her face. The typeface used for the headlines is reminiscent of the signature font of \"The New York Times\". Target released two 72-page magazines that contain different content, including the album in the US. Walmart", "title": "Reputation (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "7963593", "text": "UK, Australia and Canada. Later that month, Swift performed \"...Ready for It?\" and \"Call It What You Want\" on \"Saturday Night Live\". \"End Game\", featuring Ed Sheeran and Future, followed in November as the third single, and peaked at number 18 in the US. Other singles from the album include \"New Year's Day\" and \"Delicate\", the former of which was released exclusively to country radio. In April 2018, Swift featured on Sugarland's \"Babe\" from their album \"Bigger\". In support of \"Reputation\", Swift embarked on Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour from May to November 2018. The tour broke multiple venue attendance", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "17637603", "text": "the surprise song on the Reputation Stadium Tour in Indianapolis on September 15. Forever & Always (Taylor Swift song) \"Forever & Always\" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her second studio album, \"Fearless\" (2008). It was a last-minute addition to the album It received mixed reviews from music critics and became certified Platinum by the RIAA peaking within the Top 40 of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, despite not being individually released or promoted as a single. \"Forever & Always\" revolves lyrically around a breakup and the resultant heartache. Inspired by her recent break-up with Joe Jonas,", "title": "Forever & Always (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "16800869", "text": "Begin Again (Taylor Swift song) \"Begin Again\" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album, \"Red\" (2012). Swift co-produced the song with Nathan Chapman and Dann Huff. Initially released as a promotional single on September 25, 2012 by Big Machine Records, the song served as the second official single from \"Red\" on October 1, 2012. \"Begin Again\" is a country song, with the lyrical content finding Swift falling in love again after a failed relationship. The song was widely acclaimed by music critics, many of whom praised Swift's songwriting and complimented for", "title": "Begin Again (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "3329276", "text": "was released on December 21, 2017 and reached number 1 on the country iTunes charts as well as number 9 on the general iTunes chart. The duo also plans to tour in 2018. Their first official performance as a duo in over five years was at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2018. On March 30, 2018, it was announced that Sugarland's new album, \"Bigger,\" will be released on June 8, 2018. The album will contain the song \"Babe\" featuring Taylor Swift. Co-written by Swift and Pat Monahan, \"Babe\" is the first song Sugarland have recorded that", "title": "Sugarland" }, { "docid": "12333787", "text": "as a limited edition with bonus tracks originally from \"Taylor Swift\" and a new artwork. An international edition was released March 2, 2009, in Spain, and numerous countries followed in the consequent weeks. Swift had already started composing songs for her next album, what would become \"Speak Now\" (2010), but had also written songs she believed did not correspond with her scope of the record. She included them in a re-release for \"Fearless\". Some tracks were written much prior recording, while others were done subsequently. \"Jump Then Fall\" was self-penned by Swift using a banjo and a \"feel-good vibe\", which,", "title": "Fearless (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "19463442", "text": "Music (2016). Taylor Swift videography American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released four video albums and has appeared in forty-two music videos, five films and three television shows. From her eponymous debut album (2006), she released music videos for the singles \"Tim McGraw\", \"Teardrops on My Guitar\", \"Our Song\", and \"Picture to Burn\", all directed by Trey Fanjoy and released from 2006–08. For the second of these, she earned an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist nomination. She followed with three other music videos in 2008—\"Beautiful Eyes\" from her extended play of the same name, \"Change\" from the \"AT&T", "title": "Taylor Swift videography" }, { "docid": "19463437", "text": "Taylor Swift videography American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released four video albums and has appeared in forty-two music videos, five films and three television shows. From her eponymous debut album (2006), she released music videos for the singles \"Tim McGraw\", \"Teardrops on My Guitar\", \"Our Song\", and \"Picture to Burn\", all directed by Trey Fanjoy and released from 2006–08. For the second of these, she earned an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist nomination. She followed with three other music videos in 2008—\"Beautiful Eyes\" from her extended play of the same name, \"Change\" from the \"AT&T Team USA", "title": "Taylor Swift videography" }, { "docid": "9742876", "text": "Beautiful Eyes Beautiful Eyes is the second extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The EP was released on July 15, 2008 by Big Machine Records exclusively to Walmart stores in the United States and online. The limited release EP has a primarily country pop sound and features alternate versions of tracks from her debut album, \"Taylor Swift\" (2006), and two original tracks, \"Beautiful Eyes\" and \"I Heart ?\", which Swift had composed as early as 2003. A DVD, featuring music videos of singles from \"Taylor Swift\", is also included on the physical release of the EP. \"Beautiful Eyes\"", "title": "Beautiful Eyes" }, { "docid": "20673483", "text": "demo sessions. Striking up a potent working partnership, the pair began recording multiple demos each week as part of a studio team which also included Tim Marks (bass) and Chad Carlson (engineer). One of those demo sessions was for a teenaged singer/songwriter and aspiring country star named Taylor Swift, who liked the group’s work so much she convinced her Big Machine record label to let Chapman produce her debut album – 2005’s \"Taylor Swift\" – joined by Buda and the others. Buda went on to play drums on all four of Swift’s country albums (\"Taylor Swift\", \"Fearless\", \"Speak Now\" and", "title": "Nick Buda" }, { "docid": "12448116", "text": "Love Story (Taylor Swift song) \"Love Story\" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. She also co-produced the track with Nathan Chapman. It was released on September 12, 2008 by Big Machine Records, as the lead single from Swift's second studio album \"Fearless\" (2008). The song was written about a love interest of Swift's who was not popular among Swift's family and friends. Because of the scenario, Swift related to the plot of William Shakespeare's \"Romeo and Juliet\" (1597) and used it as a source of inspiration to compose the song. However, she replaced \"Romeo and", "title": "Love Story (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "16726282", "text": "hewn details, the most varied production styles of her career and storytelling that remains as emotionally ass-whooping as any artist with her reach.\" Jon Caramanica of \"The New York Times\" also ranked \"Red\" number two on his top ten albums list, stating that \"[Swift] goes Day-Glo on the most unexpected moments of this album, her fourth and the first that stops pretending she's anything but a pop megastar.\" MTV ranked \"Red\" number three, stating that \"Swift takes tremendous strides towards becoming a genuine artist, the kind equally adept at penning heartbreakers.\" The album appeared at number five on \"Billboard\"s top", "title": "Red (Taylor Swift album)" }, { "docid": "7963586", "text": "eight artists to receive a 50th Anniversary Milestone Award at the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2016, Swift won three Grammy Awards for \"1989\"—Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Music Video for \"Bad Blood\". She became the first woman, and fifth act overall, to win the first of these twice. Prior to \"1989\"s release, Swift stressed the importance of albums to artists and fans. In November 2014, she removed her entire catalog from Spotify, arguing that the streaming company's ad-supported, free service undermined the premium service, which provides higher royalties for songwriters. In a", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "7963567", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number one in Australia. Four more singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: \"White Horse\", \"You Belong with Me\", \"Fifteen\" and \"Fearless\". \"You Belong with Me\" was the album's highest-charting single on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number two. The album debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" 200 and was the top-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album received promotion from Swift's first concert tour, the Fearless Tour, which grossed over $63 million. \"\", a concert film, was aired on television and later released on DVD and Blu-ray. Swift", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "16926947", "text": "the UK Singles Chart. It reached 2 million in sales by 2014.As of November 2017, the song has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States. ! scope=\"col\" colspan=\"3\"| Streaming 22 (Taylor Swift song) \"22\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth album, \"Red\" (2012). It was written by Swift along with Max Martin and Shellback. The song was released as the album's fourth single on March 12, 2013. The lyrics describe the joys of being 22 years old. The song peaked at number 20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in the United States,", "title": "22 (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "15953838", "text": "at her concert at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, where they performed \"Airplanes\". After the performance, speculation of a collaboration between the two began. In March 2012, in an interview with Fuse TV at the SXSW music festival, T.I. confirmed Taylor Swift's slot as a featured artist on \"Strange Clouds\". On April 11, 2012 his collaboration with Taylor Swift, titled \"Both of Us\" was leaked. On March 20, 2012, B.o.B. released the third song from the album, \"Where Are You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray)\". The song is in the same vein as T.I.'s \"T.I. vs. T.I.P.\" from his second studio", "title": "Strange Clouds (album)" }, { "docid": "15023380", "text": "uses electric guitars instead of banjos and was released on Swift's first live album, \"Speak Now World Tour Live\". In his review of \"Speak Now World Tour Live\", Matt Bjorke of \"Roughstock\" cited Swift's perforation of \"Sparks Fly\" a standout during the concert. Swift has also performed the song at the CMA Music Festival. Before beginning the performance Swift walked through the crowd to the stage and began singing. \"Sparks Fly\" was the first song Taylor Swift performed on her debut in the iHeart Radio Music Festival 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As introduced by Nina Dobrev, Swift appeared from", "title": "Sparks Fly (song)" }, { "docid": "18479795", "text": "Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song) \"Wildest Dreams\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album, \"1989\". The song was released to radio by Big Machine Records on August 31, 2015, as the album's fifth single. Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. Musically, \"Wildest Dreams\" is a dream pop power ballad, with the lyrics describing Swift's plea for her lover to remember her. Following the release of \"1989\", it charted in the United States, Canada, and Australia on the strength of digital downloads. After its release as a single, it", "title": "Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "docid": "13582867", "text": "a solo by Shannon Jackson added and the titles changed to the performers for each track. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow and Thom Jurek states: \"Fans of Cecil Taylor's unrelenting music will certainly enjoy this exuberant work. This is the best-recorded performance of the enlarged Cecil Taylor Unit at its creative and most unified peak.\" One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 14, 1978 and released on the Hat Hut label. The album features performances by Taylor", "title": "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye" }, { "docid": "7963564", "text": "into envelopes to send to radio\". She spent much of 2006 promoting \"Taylor Swift\" with a radio tour and television appearances. Borchetta has said that record industry peers disliked his signing of a 16-year-old singer-songwriter at first, but that Swift tapped into a previously unknown market—teenage girls who listen to country music. Following \"Tim McGraw\", four more singles were released throughout 2007 and 2008: \"Teardrops on My Guitar\", \"Our Song\", \"Picture to Burn\" and \"Should've Said No\". All were highly successful on \"Billboard\"s Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, with \"Our Song\" and \"Should've Said No\" both reaching", "title": "Taylor Swift" }, { "docid": "20482615", "text": "Now\". Johanna Karlsson was also critical saying \"This album sounds very much like a Taylor Swift album, and it's not bad, but the problem is that Jessica Andersson is not actually Taylor Swift. There is no clear sender at all in this project and there is also no clear direction. Therefore, despite the spotless production, it becomes never engaging.\" Perfect Now Perfect Now is the third studio album by Swedish singer Jessica Andersson. The album was released in April 2015 and peaked at number 3 on the Swedish charts. The album includes her Melodifestivalen 2015 song, \"Can't Hurt Me Now\".", "title": "Perfect Now" } ]

[ "Kittie" ]

[ { "docid": "7216267", "text": "Jam Zone when it was created in 1997, which was just a wall paper video show until 1999, when Cita emerged into the homes of millions. In between videos, Cita would talk to the viewers, answer viewer mail and offer her unadulterated opinions on current events, celebrities and more. The voice and motion of the Cita character was performed by Kali Troy, who was credited as \"Kittie.\" From Washington, D.C. to New York City to Hollywood, the shows content came from producer Tracye Kinzer, who assigned her writers Cliff McBean, Monica \"Monie Mon\" Dyson, and Angela Yarborough topics as well", "title": "Cita's World" }, { "docid": "7216267", "text": "Jam Zone when it was created in 1997, which was just a wall paper video show until 1999, when Cita emerged into the homes of millions. In between videos, Cita would talk to the viewers, answer viewer mail and offer her unadulterated opinions on current events, celebrities and more. The voice and motion of the Cita character was performed by Kali Troy, who was credited as \"Kittie.\" From Washington, D.C. to New York City to Hollywood, the shows content came from producer Tracye Kinzer, who assigned her writers Cliff McBean, Monica \"Monie Mon\" Dyson, and Angela Yarborough topics as well", "title": "Cita's World" }, { "docid": "7979098", "text": "radio market in the world, except for Alaska. She was the voice of Cita on BET's series \"Cita's World\". Her only 2 live roles were as \"Darlene\" of the movie \"White Men Can't Rap\" and as \"Larisha\" of the movie \"Up Against the 8-Ball\". She is known for her starring roles on \"\" as Trixie Carter, \"W.I.T.C.H.\" as Taranee Cook and \"Young Justice\" as Rocket. Kali Troy Kali Bianca Troy (born March 7, 1971) is an American voice actress also known as Kittie. She was born in Washington, D.C., U.S.. She studied broadcast journalism at Clark Atlanta University. She has", "title": "Kali Troy" } ]

[ { "docid": "12606994", "text": "Manos's best friend who he sometimes gets into fights with. Hugo loves to tease and trick China and Roxy. He is Puerto Rican. The Blond-cita twins are two irritable teens who have a resentment of Roxy and China. They hate to lose to them. They always make insults about them. But they are fairly weak and cannot defend themselves when someone talks back to them. Lugar Heights Lugar Heights is an American animated comedy television series that aired on Galavision, mun2, and MTV Tres, as well as BET. It is located in an urban American city, where the main characters", "title": "Lugar Heights" }, { "docid": "16606518", "text": "Chrisye on vocals and bass guitar, Jockie on keyboard, Jerry on electric and acoustic guitar, and Yaya M. on drums. Indah Sukotjo provided backing vocals for \"Tragedi Badai\" (\"Tragedy of the Storm\"). The arrangement was handled by Jockie, who also wrote most of the lyrics; Harry Sabar wrote the lyrics for three songs, while Jockie did seven. Ayik Soegeng, who had previously designed the cover for \"Guruh Gipsy\" – a collaboration between Guruh Sukarnoputra and Sabda Nada, a band featuring Chrisye – in 1976, was selected to design the cover for \"Pantulan Cita\". The photographers Firman Ichsan and Tara Sastrowardoyo", "title": "Pantulan Cita" }, { "docid": "7216268", "text": "as allowing them to generate their own ideas to create great entertainment. Due to the popularity of the show, BET published \"Cita's World\", which addresses the deluge of emails and letters sent to the show. Cita's World Cita's World was a video music show that aired on BET. It was the first show to feature a virtual reality black stereotypical character as the hostess named Cita. Cita's World was the brainchild of Curtis A. Gadson, B.E.T. Senior VP of Programming at that time, & Corey Turner, concept designer and director. The show moved production locations 3 times. The first 2", "title": "Cita's World" }, { "docid": "16620044", "text": "that her doppelganger is on its way to possess her. When Alma refuses to believe her, Seth sneaks into her apartment to find her but is too late. Alma, who has already been possessed by her doppelganger, murdered her dorm mates by throwing them off the balcony and sets herself on fire. Afraid for her daughter's life, Cita brings Cacai to a Chinese temple to be guarded by their relative monks. Inevitably, Seth sees Cacai's image and warns Cita. However, Cita is distracted by a dragon dance and loses Cacai who is then controlled by her doppelganger. Cacai massacres the", "title": "The Healing (film)" }, { "docid": "19043688", "text": "for 2015 Most Popular Music Video which released by YouTube, occupied position #2. Soon after that, Cita was the #1 for most requested artist on Google in Indonesia. Cita had released her EP album \"Sakitnya Tuh Disini\" and produced other single, such as \"Aku Mah Apa Atuh\" and \"Meriang\". Cita Citata Cita Rahayu, stage name Cita Citata (born August 14, 1994), is an Indonesian singer and actress. Cita sings the song \"Sakitnya Tuh Disini\", in English ( The Pain in here \"heart\") introduced in the soap opera \"Diam-Diam Suka: Cinta Lama Bersemi Kembali\". The song won an award for \"Most", "title": "Cita Citata" }, { "docid": "7216265", "text": "Cita's World Cita's World was a video music show that aired on BET. It was the first show to feature a virtual reality black stereotypical character as the hostess named Cita. Cita's World was the brainchild of Curtis A. Gadson, B.E.T. Senior VP of Programming at that time, & Corey Turner, concept designer and director. The show moved production locations 3 times. The first 2 years the show was produced and shot in BET's headquarters in Washington, DC. The third year the show was moved to Harlem in BET's newly rented space. The Cita's World set and technical infrastructure sat", "title": "Cita's World" }, { "docid": "5692649", "text": "did his best to become a star here, but he didn't make the grade - even with Mario Lanza's voice; but he did walk out on his wife and family and start gallivanting around with Linda Christian. I'll bet he'll come hopping back if anyone crooked a finger.\" He eventually married Christian in 1962 but they divorced the following year. He continued to work extensively in Italian B-films, on television and as a voice dubbing actor for many years (recording dialogue translated from Italian into English for sales of Italian films in English-speaking countries). He also had roles in TV", "title": "Edmund Purdom" }, { "docid": "20071984", "text": "the play, one is able to see the juxtaposed experiences of brothers growing up in the same environment but leading completely different lives. Growing Up Gonzales takes into consideration the audience members that may not speak Spanish and those who are not familiar with certain Puerto Rican customs and provides a comedic voice over prior to the commencement with definitions of terms that would be used throughout the performance. With the combination of monologues and live music, \"El Conde y La Condesa\" tell the story of Cita Rodriguez, daughter of Pete \"El Conde\" Rodriguez who was a salsa legend that", "title": "Felix Manuel Rojas" }, { "docid": "19043686", "text": "Cita Citata Cita Rahayu, stage name Cita Citata (born August 14, 1994), is an Indonesian singer and actress. Cita sings the song \"Sakitnya Tuh Disini\", in English ( The Pain in here \"heart\") introduced in the soap opera \"Diam-Diam Suka: Cinta Lama Bersemi Kembali\". The song won an award for \"Most Famous Soap Opera Soundtrack\" at the 2014 SCTV Awards. She also played a role in the soap opera. When she was young, Cita Citata often sang dangdut at wedding receptions with Gemilang Abdi Pratama. She began to sing pop in high school. Then, she began to sing jazz. She", "title": "Cita Citata" }, { "docid": "5777452", "text": "\"Washington Blade\", \"Southern Voice\" and \"Houston Voice\". Since 2008, Boykin has made regular appearances on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and BET. He appeared on CNBC for coverage and analysis of the 2008 presidential debates and vice presidential debate. He also covered the 2008 Democratic Convention for BET from the floor of the Pepsi Center and Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado. In February 2006, Boykin became a co-host of the TV series \"My Two Cents\" on the BET J channel, a part of BET Networks. In January 2007, he began making regular appearances as a commentator on CNN and he also appeared", "title": "Keith Boykin" }, { "docid": "10717961", "text": "on the FM band, now known as CBAM-FM. On June 30, 2017, the CRTC denied an application by International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc. to operate an English-language commercial FM specialty (Christian music) radio station at 104.9 MHz in Saint John, New Brunswick. CITA has a number of rebroadcasters that serve communities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. CITA-FM CITA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting a Christian programming format at 105.1 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station is co-owned with CJLU in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. On August 24, 2000, the International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc.", "title": "CITA-FM" }, { "docid": "10717960", "text": "CITA-FM CITA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting a Christian programming format at 105.1 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station is co-owned with CJLU in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. On August 24, 2000, the International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc. received approval from the CRTC to operate on the frequency 105.9 MHz. On August 22, 2007, the CRTC approved an application for CITA to move from 105.9 FM to 105.1 FM, and to increase its signal strength to 880 watts. This change was prompted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's decision to move CBA from the AM band to 106.1", "title": "CITA-FM" }, { "docid": "6009797", "text": "MV Cita On 26 March 1997, the 300-ft merchant vessel MV Cita pierced its hull when running aground on rocks off the south coast of the Isles of Scilly in gale-force winds en route from Southampton to Belfast. The incident happened just after 3 am when the German-owned, Antiguan-registered 3,000 tonne vessel hit Newfoundland Point, St Mary's. Of Antiguan and Barbudan registry, the \"Cita\" had a gross weight of 3,083 tonnes, , and capacity of . Built as a dry cargo vessel in 1976, she was owned and operated by Reederei Gerd A Gorke, Germany and had been converted to", "title": "MV Cita" }, { "docid": "20710994", "text": "dei Lincei. Cita was named an honorary fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1987. In 1996, she was awarded the Francis P. Shepard Medal for Marine Geology. Maria Bianca Cita Maria Bianca Cita (born September 12, 1924) is an Italian geologist and paleontologist. She was born in Milan and graduated in geology from the University of Milan in 1946. She lectured there on micropaleontology, physical geography, engineering geology, geology and stratigraphy. In 1973, she became a full professor, teaching in turn micropaleontology, geology and marine geology. From 1982 to 1988, she was head of the earth sciences department", "title": "Maria Bianca Cita" }, { "docid": "16606520", "text": "it was Chrisye's only solo album to not receive any awards. Disappointed with the album's failure, Chrisye decided to go on a sabbatical. He would not record another album until \"Resesi\" (\"Recession\"), a collaboration with Jockie and Eros Djarot, in 1983. The later album was more successful, but followed then-popular trends in music. \"Pantulan Cita\" has been reissued twice, once as a CD in 2004 and once as part of the Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition in 2007. Pantulan Cita Pantulan Cita (English: Reflection of Dreams) is a 1981 album by the Indonesian singer Chrisye. Recorded with much input from", "title": "Pantulan Cita" }, { "docid": "16620045", "text": "praying monks and kills herself by jumping from the roof and getting impaled on a flagpole. Seth is haunted by the spirits of her dead friends, who blame her for their deaths because Seth is the key to the healer. Seth then goes to Cita who is watching her daughter get embalmed. Seth apologizes for not saving Cacai, but Cita tells her that there's still a chance to end the terror: Cookie. Determined to save Cookie, Seth and Jed (who finally knows everything and resolved the mystery about the curse) takes her to a secluded house and installs CCTV cameras", "title": "The Healing (film)" }, { "docid": "7566049", "text": "Acting Director and a visiting professor from Queen's University (Richard Henriksen) and a temporary administrative assistant. Today there are 7 faculty members two of which are Canada Research Chairs, two administrative staff, a Systems Manager and technical computing staff. At the same time, Professor Richard Henriksen worked on establishing CITA, Inc. (a separate entity from CITA the institute at the University of Toronto) as an incorporated national institute and charity governed by an elected Council of Canadian astrophysics/relativity professors to promote research in theoretical astrophysics across the country. CITA Council is selected from CITA Inc members. There are presently 55", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" }, { "docid": "19571263", "text": "first time as a part of his headlining set at the BET Experience with other hits including \"Yeah!\",\"U Don't Have to Call\",\"Love in This Club\",\"OMG\" and many more. Rolling Out declared Usher a leading voice of the past and present R&B generation due to his over 20-year career in music. Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times described his performance as nothing short of a spectacle. Usher also did the first live televised performance of the song at 2016 BET Awards which took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on June 26, 2016. He was dressed in a", "title": "No Limit (Usher song)" }, { "docid": "11788381", "text": "and which was the motivation for Caesar's seventh Gallic campaign. In 53 BC, Roman merchants who had established themselves at Cenabum, the overseer Gaius Fufius Cita whom Caesar had installed there to control commerce and to ensure his legions' grain supply, and some Roman troops garrisoning the town were all massacred or thrown into the Loire by the Carnutes who had penetrated the city. Rushing back from Italy at phenomenal speed and reaching Sens, Caesar reached Cenabum by forced marches and did not even need to besiege it. On his approach, its population attempted to flee via a wooden bridge", "title": "Cenabum" }, { "docid": "5329959", "text": "Houghs Neck, Quincy, Massachusetts, at age 84 after battling multiple illnesses. Nicky Clark left after a few months, to be replaced by Wilbur \"Yonkie\" Paul, who was in turn replaced by Hank \"Pompi\" Jernigan. This line-up appeared on \"Doo Wop 50\". Linda Champion left due to health problems around 2000. Marlowe Murray died of cancer in 2008. Raoul J. Cita died on December 13, 2014, from liver and stomach cancer, at the age of 86. The death of Cita leaves Winfield and Dempsey as the only original Harptones, with Winfield present at every version. The Harptones were featured more times", "title": "The Harptones" }, { "docid": "6099747", "text": "Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Ineson played policeman Gunvald Larsson. In 2013, he voiced the Channel 4 series \"Skint\" which followed the lives of British families from underprivileged backgrounds. In 2015, he narrated \"Countryside 999\" on BBC One. He narrated the BBC One documentary Series \"Gears and Tears\" which follows the characters of British BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars. TV adverts that have used his voice include: lastminute.com, Dacia cars, Gaviscon and Wickes. He also did the Sky Bet adverts during Sky Sports football coverage. In video games, Ineson returned to voice Amycus Carrow in the video game adaptation of", "title": "Ralph Ineson" }, { "docid": "16606517", "text": "Pantulan Cita Pantulan Cita (English: Reflection of Dreams) is a 1981 album by the Indonesian singer Chrisye. Recorded with much input from Jockie Soerjoprajogo, the album had rock influences and a cover design showing Chrisye's face as a puzzle. It was a critical and commercial failure, leading Chrisye to take a two-year sabbatical. Although Chrisye's previous albums had been pure pop, continuing the success of \"Badai Pasti Berlalu\" (\"The Storm Shall Surely Pass\"; 1977), with \"Pantulan Cita\" Chrisye and his collaborator Jockie Soerjoprajogo began experimenting, mixing rock sounds. Chrisye was uncertain that this would work. The album was recorded with", "title": "Pantulan Cita" }, { "docid": "19714502", "text": "concluded on December 16, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This set list is representative of the show on April 1, 2017 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. Primera Cita The album debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Top Latin Albums chart with first-week sales of 11,000 copies in the United States. It also accumulated over one million streams on Spotify in just hours after its release. \"Primera Cita\" was the best-selling Latin debut album of 2016 in the United States and Puerto Rico. The album also debuted", "title": "Primera Cita" }, { "docid": "19714501", "text": "Primera Cita The album debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Top Latin Albums chart with first-week sales of 11,000 copies in the United States. It also accumulated over one million streams on Spotify in just hours after its release. \"Primera Cita\" was the best-selling Latin debut album of 2016 in the United States and Puerto Rico. The album also debuted in the top 10 in 15 countries, including number one in Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala. CNCO embarked on the \"Más Allá Tour\" in order to support the album. The tour began on February 26, 2017 in Cochabamba, Bolivia and", "title": "Primera Cita" }, { "docid": "7566050", "text": "members of CITA, Inc. CITA's research activities are supported by the University of Toronto, NSERC, multiple grants by the Ontario and Federal governments, as well as private sponsors including the Simons Foundation and CIFAR. CITA has a small number of long-term faculty members, and a larger number of short term (3- or 5-year) postdoctoral positions, as well as an active visitor program; the purpose of the relatively high influx of new researchers or visitors is to ensure that timely topics are well represented at CITA. There are currently approximately 20 postdoctoral researchers at CITA, and 4 full-time administrative and computer", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" }, { "docid": "7566051", "text": "staff. Several graduate students in the University of Toronto Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics or Department of Physics work with CITA researchers throughout their graduate work, and typically ten undergraduates come to CITA to work over the summer. In 1985, Scott D. Tremaine came to CITA as its first Director; Margaret Fukunaga was hired as the permanent Business Officer and Richard Bond arrived as the second faculty member. Richard Bond became the Director in 1996 and Norman Murray was director 2006-2016. Since 1984, the directors of the institute have been as follows: Notable past and present faculty members of CITA", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" }, { "docid": "7566047", "text": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) is a national research institute funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, located at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CITA's mission is \"to foster interaction within the Canadian theoretical Astrophysics community and to serve as an international center of excellence for theoretical studies in astrophysics.\" CITA was incorporated in 1984. CITA has close administrative and academic relations with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); several CITA faculty also serve as members of CIFAR. The concept of a nationally-supported institute for theoretical astrophysics", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" }, { "docid": "10951501", "text": "as king of Cebu. The phrase \"Cata Raya Chita\" was documented by historian Antonio Pigafetta to be a warning in the Malay language, from a merchant to the Rajah. Following Pigafetta's inscription, the phrase is creole Malay for \"\"Kata-katanya adalah raya cita-cita\"\". The phrase may mean \"What they say is mainly ambitious\": \"kata-kata\" (\"words\"), \"–nya\" (second person possessive), \"adalah\" (\"is/are\"), \"raya\" (great, main, large), \"cita-cita\" (\"ambitious\"). Another interpretation is that the phrase was spoken by merchants under the authority of Rajah Humabon was actually the Old Malay \"Kota raya kita\", meaning \"We are of the great fortress\": \"kota\" (\"fortress\"), \"raya\"", "title": "Rajah Humabon" }, { "docid": "6009799", "text": "been, such as in the aftermath of the \"Torrey Canyon\" oil spill. The specialist salvage vessel \"Salvage Chief\" removed 90 tonnes (98%) of fuel from the \"Cita\" before she sank, leaving only a minor oil slick. Oiled sand on Porth Hellick beach, part of the Isles of Scilly SSSI, was removed by excavation. Three tugs were summoned to collect the containers drifting around the Celtic Sea. The wreck stayed above the surface for several days before sliding off the ledge into the deeper water further from the coast. The \"Cita\"'s cargo consisted of 200 containers, twenty of which remained on", "title": "MV Cita" }, { "docid": "7474675", "text": "would then present a gem to his wife, who would suddenly forget her anger with him. Dellora would take the diamond to Tiffany & Co. to be set in a piece of jewelry of her choice. In 1900, Gates won $600,000 on a $70,000 bet on a horse race in England, exaggerated at over $1 million, which conferred on him the nickname \"Bet-A-Million\". The Waldorf's Oscar Tschirky recalled that Gates did not like the nickname, but did little to repudiate the claims as he would bet on practically everything. Oscar recalled a rainy afternoon in the Waldorf's Oak Room as", "title": "John Warne Gates" }, { "docid": "8962126", "text": "at Technical Operations bet a bottle of rum on who first could determine whether this algorithm always works. Warshall came up with his proof overnight, winning the bet and the rum, which he shared with the loser of the bet. Because Warshall did not like sitting at a desk, he did much of his creative work in unconventional places such as on a sailboat in the Indian Ocean or in a Greek lemon orchard. Stephen Warshall Stephen Warshall (November 15, 1935 – December 11, 2006) was an American computer scientist. During his career, Warshall carried out research and development in", "title": "Stephen Warshall" }, { "docid": "6877954", "text": "Actress Carol Channing made a guest appearance as herself in a scene in which Brian loses a $50 bet on a boxing match between her and professional boxer Mike Tyson, though Tyson did not voice himself. Sportscaster Bob Costas also voiced himself in a short scene in which he interviews Peter and Tom Brady. Much of the episode was scripted with Patriots coach Bill Belichick in mind, but Brady was chosen to replace him. After numerous requests for Brady to voice himself in the episode, he eventually agreed. Comedian Jay Leno voiced himself in two short scenes that show him,", "title": "Patriot Games (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "20710992", "text": "Maria Bianca Cita Maria Bianca Cita (born September 12, 1924) is an Italian geologist and paleontologist. She was born in Milan and graduated in geology from the University of Milan in 1946. She lectured there on micropaleontology, physical geography, engineering geology, geology and stratigraphy. In 1973, she became a full professor, teaching in turn micropaleontology, geology and marine geology. From 1982 to 1988, she was head of the earth sciences department at the University of Milan. In 1992, she was president of the European Science Foundation scientific committee for the Ocean Drilling Program. She was president of the Italian geological", "title": "Maria Bianca Cita" }, { "docid": "13134707", "text": "album of the same genre. Tracks: La Cita (album) La Cita (English:The date or The appointment) is the tenth studio album by the Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released on 1994 and it was produced by Bebu Silvetti. The producer took advantage of the telenovela \"Si Dios Me Quita La Vida\" (\"If God takes away my life\") to release this album that has the main theme of that soap opera. Sales were not good to the albums, when the critics were not impressed with the telenovela. Besides, Romo had a rival in that year in sales, Luis", "title": "La Cita (album)" }, { "docid": "13134706", "text": "La Cita (album) La Cita (English:The date or The appointment) is the tenth studio album by the Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released on 1994 and it was produced by Bebu Silvetti. The producer took advantage of the telenovela \"Si Dios Me Quita La Vida\" (\"If God takes away my life\") to release this album that has the main theme of that soap opera. Sales were not good to the albums, when the critics were not impressed with the telenovela. Besides, Romo had a rival in that year in sales, Luis Miguel with Segundo Romance, with this", "title": "La Cita (album)" }, { "docid": "17179508", "text": "Summer 2015 schedule. Bet on Your Baby Year Bet on Your Baby is an American game show that is hosted by Melissa Peterman. The series premiered on ABC on April 13, 2013, with two back-to-back episodes. Each episode features five families with toddlers between the ages of two to three-and-a-half years old, who play to see how well they can guess their child's next move in order to win money toward their college fund. On January 28, 2014, \"Bet on Your Baby\" was renewed for an eight episode second season. Season 2 premiered on May 31, 2014. The show did", "title": "Bet on Your Baby" }, { "docid": "17179507", "text": "Bet on Your Baby Year Bet on Your Baby is an American game show that is hosted by Melissa Peterman. The series premiered on ABC on April 13, 2013, with two back-to-back episodes. Each episode features five families with toddlers between the ages of two to three-and-a-half years old, who play to see how well they can guess their child's next move in order to win money toward their college fund. On January 28, 2014, \"Bet on Your Baby\" was renewed for an eight episode second season. Season 2 premiered on May 31, 2014. The show did not make ABC's", "title": "Bet on Your Baby" }, { "docid": "3568974", "text": "→ Before that it had been gone by us to a museum. This structure is rarely used in modern Lithuanian. The subject of the active voice is converted to the passive voice using its possessive genitive form (hence aš, tu (I, you) converts not into manęs, tavęs, but mano, tavo): \"Vaikus pagimdei tu, bet užauginau aš → Vaikai buvo tavo pagimdyti, bet mano užauginti.\" – You gave birth to the children, but I raised them → The children were given birth by you, but raised by me. Passive voice structures with present participle are the passive equivalents of active voice", "title": "Lithuanian grammar" }, { "docid": "18521773", "text": "Bet\" in New York City on February 13, 2015, stating \"I did things I’ve always wanted to do in the video, style-wise and performance-wise. I had a vision!\". The video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who previously directed the video for 2013 single, \"I'm Out\" and the video snippets from the album, \"Ciara\" (2013). It made its television premiere on \"Extra\" on March 9, 2015, followed by an immediate release to Vevo and YouTube. Credits adapted from Qobuz. I Bet (Ciara song) \"I Bet\" is a song by American singer Ciara from her sixth studio album, \"Jackie\" (2015). Released", "title": "I Bet (Ciara song)" }, { "docid": "14670146", "text": "when it launched in late 2008. These signals are also available for free in the rest of Europe via satellite Eutelsat 28A. On 24 September 2008 tests appeared for BET on Virgin Media but the channel did not launch. However it did eventually launch on 27 June 2013 on channel 184. BET is available in Kenya on Zuku on channel 125 and on startimes on channel 132. The channel was available on Pan-African Satellite Broadcaster Dstv on Channel 135 until 17 April 2015 when it was terminated to make room for BET Africa which includes local shows alongside BET International's", "title": "BET International" }, { "docid": "9513088", "text": "An alternative version given by Phil Groia, in \"They All Sang on the Corner\", states that the group actually met Barrett while he was serenading lovers in a park with his ukulele. Barrett was invited to join the group because they wanted his song \"Summer Love\", and Richard’s distinctive lead vocals. The original tone of his voice gave the Valentines a sound that is still appreciated today. Now a quintet, The Dreamers adopted the name, The Valentines, taken from the title of Mickey Francis' favorite song \"My Funny Valentine\". At this point their friend Raoul Cita of The Harptones brought", "title": "The Valentines (doo-wop band)" }, { "docid": "7599142", "text": "announce \"No more bets\" or wave their hand over the table in a specific manner. In roulette game for example, past posting refers to placing a bet after the ball lands in a pocket. The player has to distract the dealer's attention to be able either to move the bet to or to place a bet on the winning number. Past posters in roulette games play in teams. According to most cheating strategies the player who succeeded in placing a past posting bet and did not get caught is to make a few more bets (now legal) and leave the", "title": "Late betting" }, { "docid": "6009801", "text": "been faced with prosecution, according to police at the time. Eight extra police were brought over to Scilly from mainland Cornwall to assist, taking notes of who was removing goods. Customs officers said that, under the Merchant Acts of 1894 and 1906, people are obliged to report recovered flotsam to the Receiver of Wreck. There is no known case of police taking up criminal proceedings for the removal of the flotsam. According to David Martin-Clark, the reason for the wreck of the ship was \"the watch-keeping officer had fallen asleep and the watch alarm had been switched off.\" MV Cita", "title": "MV Cita" }, { "docid": "16014309", "text": "the concern of people around him including his mother’s friend Cita who struggles to give him hope and win his love. Disillusioned and unemployed he turns to black market trading and currency smuggling. Child of Sorrow (film) Child of Sorrow (; also known as \"The Ruins\") is a 1956 Philippine crime film directed by Lamberto V. Avellana. The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film won the Best Film Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. The story begins with Cita", "title": "Child of Sorrow (film)" }, { "docid": "11023345", "text": "(1968), directed by Federico Fellini. \"Never Bet the Devil Your Head\" was adapted as a radio play for the \"CBS Radio Workshop\" in 1957. The cast features noted voice actors John Dehner as Mr. Poe, Daws Butler as Toby Dammit and Howard McNear as the Devil. The program is available on the Internet Archive. Never Bet the Devil Your Head \"Never Bet the Devil Your Head\", often subtitled \"A Tale with a Moral\", is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841. The satirical tale pokes fun at the notion that all literature should have", "title": "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" }, { "docid": "7436415", "text": "also moved from the Island Learning Centre to the Kwai Hing Learning Centre (KHLC). After from classrooms, lecture theatre, PC laboratories, study rooms, student commons, several purpose-built teaching/ learning facilities and a learning resources centre, the Learning Centre is also equipped with art studios, design studios and simulation classrooms, including simulation cabins, hotel rooms, wards and broadcasting studios. The OUHK-CITA Learning Centre (OCLC) opened in 2010, locating at 0/F – 5/F, OUHK-CITA Learning Centre (CITA Building), 201–203 Lai King Hill Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories. The area of the Centre is around 3,530 square metres with 11 classrooms, 3 PC", "title": "Open University of Hong Kong" }, { "docid": "634761", "text": "week. I bet on my team to win every night because I loved my team, I believed in my team\", he said. \"I did everything in my power every night to win that game.\" John Dowd disputed Rose's contention he bet on the Reds every night, asserting Rose did not bet on his team when Mario Soto or Bill Gullickson pitched. However, Dowd's allegations did not match the records in his own report. A notebook detailing Rose's daily betting activity shows Rose placed bets on five of the six games Soto started in 1987. The lone exception was April 26,", "title": "Pete Rose" }, { "docid": "3053902", "text": "opposing team received points equal to their bet. If the player was correct, the opposing team lost points equal to their bet. Some teams, notably semi-finalist Three Hills School bet lots of points in this round, after scoring them in the NPB rounds. Other teams did not, notably champion Merivale High School, who only ever bet 10 points in the Dawg Eat Dawg round. The Dawg Eat Dawg question was often the hardest question in the game. The Dirty Half Dozen was the replacement for Season 1's 100 point round. Each of the 6 players received a question to themselves.", "title": "SmartAsk" }, { "docid": "18435084", "text": "no other way, she punches Lord Volt in the face. In response, Lady Quark damages the device, further frustrating Supergirl who telekinetically knocks her across the city. Fortunately, the device begins working again, and Supergirl follows it until Lex's voice comes through it, berating her. Angrily, she drops the device, letting it smash and realizing too late that she's just destroyed the only hope of getting off the planet. Determined to get Lex off of her back, she wonders if other cities will give her sanctuary. A nearby voice warns that she shouldn't bet on it. Turning, Supergirl sees Ambush", "title": "Convergence (comics)" }, { "docid": "4562380", "text": "also did voiceovers for the \"Bratz\" cartoon series as the voice of Sasha. In 2005, Mowry and her sister both starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie \"Twitches\" and reprised their roles in its sequel, \"Twitches Too\" and before co-starred in the 2000 movie \"Seventeen Again\". Tia also appeared on an episode of her sister's television show, \"Strong Medicine\", in January 2006, playing the role of Keisha, the twin sister of Tamera Mowry's character, Dr. Kayla Thornton. Mowry has a starring role in the BET television series \"The Game\" as Melanie Barnett. Mowry has been nominated for a Teen Choice", "title": "Tia Mowry" }, { "docid": "6276489", "text": "a way she considers glamorous and has a fondness for leopard print clothes and a beehive hairstyle. Bet was born to parents Patrick and Mary Lynch. Her father left when she was six months old, and Bet received a strict Roman Catholic upbringing by her mother, but that did not stop her becoming Miss Weatherfield in 1955. When she was sixteen, she met a man named Joe Mason at a party, who was twelve years older than her. After learning Bet was pregnant, Joe left and she gave birth to a baby boy called Martin but her mother insisted that", "title": "Bet Lynch" }, { "docid": "18521764", "text": "\"bit back at Future\" and was essentially Ciara's take on their split. Referring to \"I Bet\" and Future's \"Just like Bruddas\", Stereogum's Tim Breihan observed: \"Future and Ciara were the two halves of one of rap and R&B's greatest power couples. But now, their ugly public breakup has reached the point where they're both writing songs about it\". \"Rap-Up\" mentioned, \"a hurt CiCi sings about a lover who did her wrong, much like her ex-fiancé Future\". The lyrics in \"I Bet\" were described by radio station WKYS as telling a very clear story of Ciara's feelings towards Future. While Larry", "title": "I Bet (Ciara song)" }, { "docid": "9627878", "text": "Des Moines against Governor Herring, alleging that the bet violated Iowa gambling laws. Herring jokingly stated that he had retained Governor Olson as his attorney, who argued that it was not a true bet because Herring did not have a chance of winning it. However, an assistant Iowa attorney general convinced a judge to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds because the bet had been made in Minnesota and Iowa City, beyond the local court's jurisdiction. Case also argued that the governors were guilty of violating federal gambling laws because the pig had been placed into interstate commerce when Herring made good", "title": "Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry" }, { "docid": "3539295", "text": "that Smiley's contract would not be renewed. This sparked an angry response from Joyner, who sought to rally his radio audience to protest BET's decision. Robert L. Johnson, founder of BET, defended the decision, stating that Smiley had been fired because he had sold an exclusive interview to ABC News without first offering the story to BET, even though Smiley's contract with BET did not require him to do so. Smiley countered with the assertion that he had offered the story—an interview with Sara Jane Olson, an alleged former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army—to CBS, which, along with BET,", "title": "Tavis Smiley" }, { "docid": "11023342", "text": "upon checking on his friend, sees that Dammit's head is gone (\"what might be termed a serious injury\"). He realizes that there is a sharp iron bar above the turnstile that severed his friend's head. The narrator sends for the \"homeopathists\", who \"did not give him little enough physic, and what little they did give him he hesitated to take. So in the end he grew worse, and at length died\". After the bill for his funeral expenses is left unpaid, the narrator has Dammit's body dug up and sold for dog meat. \"Never Bet the Devil Your Head\" is", "title": "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" }, { "docid": "17130305", "text": "announcement Future stated in an interview; \"When I first used Auto-Tune, I never used it to sing. I wasn’t using it the way T-Pain was. I used it to rap because it makes my voice sound grittier. Now everybody wants to rap in Auto-Tune. Future’s not everybody.\" Former artists The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other individuals in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. The BET Hip Hop Awards are an annual awards show, airing on BET, showcasing hip hop performers, producers", "title": "Freebandz" }, { "docid": "20710993", "text": "society (Società geologica italiana) from 1989 to 1990, the first woman to hold that office. From 1994 to 1997, she was president of the Italian Association for Quaternary Research (AIQUA}. Cita participated in the 1970 exploration of the Mediterranean sea floor by the research vessel \"Glomar Challenger\" which collected data on the Messinian salinity crisis. She has published over 200 articles in various journals on micropaleontology, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography and marine geology. She has served on the editorial boards for journals in the fields of micropaleontology, geology, oceanography and stratigraphy. In 1986, she received the Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia", "title": "Maria Bianca Cita" }, { "docid": "1879354", "text": "Abbott and Costello, and Hackett's portrayal was widely praised. He and Korman did a memorable rendition of the team's famous \"Who's on First?\" routine. In 1979, Hackett was the voice of the groundhog \"Pardon Me Pete\", and the narrator of the Rankin/Bass Christmas special \"Jack Frost\" (1979). He starred in the 1980 film \"Hey Babe!\". That same year, he hosted a syndicated revival of the 1950–61 Groucho Marx quiz show \"You Bet Your Life\" which lasted for one year. Throughout the 1970s Hackett appeared regularly in TV ads for Tuscan Dairy popsicles and yogurt. But his most famous television campaign", "title": "Buddy Hackett" }, { "docid": "9078011", "text": "which he takes the parents' coffee cups to run DNA tests to decide his bet on Dan's paternity. The tests show that \"neither\" parent is biologically related to Dan (winning House his bet with Foreman, Wilson and everyone else who wagered on Dan's paternity), and a new idea hits him. He remembers a baby he treated earlier whose mother did not want to vaccinate the child. House thinks that infant Dan caught the basic measles virus from his biological mother (who possibly had never been vaccinated) that had mutated, and remained latent for 16 years. Avoiding a dangerous brain biopsy", "title": "Paternity (House)" }, { "docid": "17415831", "text": "for Levi. Ankrim previously played the part in Seattle. The Broadway production closed after a run of five months, on January 5, 2014, after 34 previews and 174 regular performances. It played to an average 71.54% capacity. Levi gave a speech on closing night. \"First Date\" debuted as the first non-English company in Japan in November 2014. The show, titled \"Cita a Ciegas\", opened in Buenos Aires on May 10, 2016, in the on the Avenida Corrientes. The original run of 8 performances was extended to 6 months, with 43 performances in all. \"Cita a Ciegas\" received ten nominations for", "title": "First Date (musical)" }, { "docid": "20071985", "text": "rose to fame in the 1970s. The one-woman show recounts moments that capture the love that Cita had for her father and the impact that their relationship had on her life. The show heavily relies on music to show the intense love and loyalty that are shared in this father-daughter relationship. It attracts not only theatergoers but also music lovers and salsa enthusiasts. The play was written in collaboration with Cita Rodriguez. \"Papi's Promise\" is a TV pilot that brings up the issue of domestic violence, taking responsibility and protecting one's children. The main character, Carlos Bonilla (played by Felix", "title": "Felix Manuel Rojas" }, { "docid": "16606519", "text": "initially intended to have a portrait of Chrisye holding a headshot of himself over his face. However, the photographer later decided that portraying Chrisye's face on a puzzle would be more effective. Soegeng was asked to create the puzzle, taking the photograph initially meant to be held by Chrisye, gluing it to plywood, then cutting out the puzzle with a jigsaw. Chrisye was pleased with the result. \"Pantulan Cita\" was released in 1981 by Musica Studios, with no singles. It was a critical and commercial failure, although the cover was well received. Along with \"Percik Pesona\" (\"Stain of Enchantment\"; 1979),", "title": "Pantulan Cita" }, { "docid": "8971510", "text": "both the sports and entertainment worlds, as well politics. DeRay Davis is featured in wraparound segments, speaking with ordinary people about who would they \"beef\" with when it comes to personal conflict. The show is executive produced by Quincy D. Jones III (QD3). Beef: The Series Beef: The Series is a television series that aired on Black Entertainment Television (BET). The show premiered on October 4, 2006, and aired six episodes for the first season, with the last original episode airing on November 8, 2006. Due to the lack of numbers in ratings, BET did not continue the \"Beef\" series.", "title": "Beef: The Series" }, { "docid": "5928536", "text": "CITA also conducts post-registration audits in places where corruption is suspected. CITA is responsible for promoting the ethical atmosphere in the VET sector by preventing corruptions and unethical incidents. KSQA, with these five core functions, is determined to take the initiative in structuring the integrated system of the VET sector and aims to improve the quality of VET system with the vision of building a competency-based society. competence development training project and joint supervisory counseling on irregular training centers. KOREATECH is ranked Top 10 in engineering universities in the Republic of Korea. KOREATECH was also ranked No.1 in the Education-Oriented", "title": "Korea University of Technology and Education" }, { "docid": "11447748", "text": "Semangat cita-cita Kami Pelajar Berpimpinan Murni Semangat Berkobar untuk Bangsa dan Negara It began in 1958 with the name of Sekolah Menengah Telok Anson commemorating Telok Anson. During that time, some students had to study at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdul Aziz while the buildings for the school were under construction. By 1964, the buildings were complete and were officially opened by Sultan Idris Shah of Perak on January 17, 1965. At that time the school was lacking in proper amenities because there were only few blocks built including few classes, a science lab, an ERT room, a boys hostel,", "title": "SMK Seri Perak" }, { "docid": "5329957", "text": "The Harptones The Harptones are an American doo-wop group, which formed in Manhattan in 1953. The group never had a top forty pop hit, or a record on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart, yet they are known for both their lead singer Willie Winfield and their pianist/arranger, Raoul Cita. The Harptones recorded for various labels, including Coed Records. The Harptones may have been the first doo-wop group to number a full-time arranger among their members, and Cita knew how to work to Winfield's strengths. Their best-known recordings include \"A Sunday Kind of Love\" (1953), \"Why Should I Love You?\" (1954),", "title": "The Harptones" }, { "docid": "6146267", "text": "how much money he or she would win if the dare was successfully completed. If the contestant rejected the amount of money, the host usually raised the bet. As soon as a bet was agreed upon, the player attempted the stunt. If successful, the contestant won the money. If unsuccessful, he or she won nothing except for what was collected in a \"pity jar\" by audience members watching. On several occasions, if a participant did not agree to a bet, the host would ask if someone else in the audience would do it for a \"Stolen Bet\" of the same", "title": "I Bet You Will" }, { "docid": "10540756", "text": "2007 Lil Mama re-recorded \"Lip Gloss\", and released her music video for the song. Lip Gloss managed to hit number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for the next few months, Her first live performance of the song was performed on MTV TRL and BET 106 & Park. She was later featured in Dr. Luke's remix of Avril Lavigne's song, \"Girlfriend\" which would later introduce her as the \"Birth of Hip-Pop\". The Remix was followed by a music video of Avril and Lil Mama that would debut on MTV and BET. Her first studio album \"VYP (Voice", "title": "Lil Mama" }, { "docid": "8275646", "text": "supported in the English-language market. The series did enjoy some success in the European market, however, and two expansion packs have been released for the French, German and Polish markets. These expansion packs, \"Blood of Sahara\" and \"Black out Saigon\", are prequels to the main \"Bet on Soldier\" story, and follow the activities of Max Balding and Hang Shaiming respectively, two of the original game's secondary characters. Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport is a first-person shooter developed by French video game developer Kylotonn, and published in the North American and UK market by Digital Jesters.", "title": "Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport" }, { "docid": "6276487", "text": "Bet Lynch Bet Lynch (also Gilroy) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". Portrayed by Julie Goodyear, the character first appears on screen during the episode airing on Monday 23 May 1966. The character returned in 1970, being made a barmaid at the Rovers Return Inn. In 1985, she became the landlady of the pub. In October 1995, unable to pay her debts, she fled Weatherfield. She made brief comebacks in 2002 and 2003. One of the serial's most popular characters ever, Bet first appeared back in May 1966, but did not become a regular", "title": "Bet Lynch" }, { "docid": "2515077", "text": "Hebrew part went back on-line in 2008, and on 11 October 2008 reported 251,000 Israelis and 160,000 Palestinians having signed. The People's Voice The People's Voice (called in Hebrew המפקד הלאומי, literally The National Census) is an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative dedicated to advancing the process of achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Co-founders Ami Ayalon, former head of the Shin Bet and Sari Nusseibeh signed the initiative on 27 July 2002, and officially launched it at a press conference held in Tel-Aviv on 25 June 2003. Broad outlines and some details of the initiative were known months in advance", "title": "The People's Voice" }, { "docid": "7778444", "text": "he later decides that he prefers \"the voice\". To Jerry's great disappointment, however, everyone is tired of \"the voice\". Elaine pays up and they decide on a double or nothing bet. The intern comes back on his own because he believes in Kramerica. Play Now tries to negotiate with George, but he won't give in. Later, he offers his office and one of their rubber balls to allow Kramer to test his oil tanker bladder idea. The big test takes place at George's workplace where Jerry plans to meet Claire. They quickly notice and try to warn her about the", "title": "The Voice (Seinfeld)" }, { "docid": "15260140", "text": "had four sport houses, known as \"rumah sukan\" in the Malay language, but now the school has added two sport houses. The six houses compete against each other on sports day in Kompleks Sukan Penampang, Donggongon. The school sport houses are: Kami Anak Warisan Kami anak warisan,<br> Harapan bangsa dan negara,<br> Berusaha dan berjaya,<br> Menuju cita-cita. SMK Bahang Penampang,<br> Sekolah kami yang tercinta,<br> Bersama para pendidik,<br> Menuju kejayaan. Kami usaha, kami berjaya,<br> Berpandukan Rukun Negara,<br> Cogan kata kami yang indah,<br> Memberikan semangat waja. Bersama berpimpin tangan,<br> Menentang segala rintangan,<br> Disiplin pegangan kami,<br> Berjaya selamanya. Disiplin pegangan kami,<br> Berjaya selamanya. List", "title": "SMK Bahang (Penampang)" }, { "docid": "19871572", "text": "of Tamuz, 5611 (1851), leaving behind two similarly generous sons, Menashi and Sassoon. Not only did they retain their father’s stipends, but they also created new ones for students who had not been funded in his lifetime, and added to the base budget of the Midrash so that the students could learn with their full hearts. In 1854, Menashi closed the original building that his father had constructed for the Midrash. He bought three adjacent houses: the Bet Dali house and the homes of Ezra Zilkha and Haham Abdallah Khedir. On the combined lots, he built a synagogue that he", "title": "Midrash Bet Zilkha" }, { "docid": "11814501", "text": "Europe to win Arc de Triomphe. Not only did he win this mile and half super classic, at odds of 50-1, he did it in record time (a magnificent feat). Williamson said to the co-writer, \"who did you back? I bet you backed Lester (Piggett) on Parktop\" who ran second - the disgruntled co-writer admitted he had. He also won the Champions Stakes on the Irish trained Arctic Storm, and the Doncaster Cup on the Paddy Prendergast trained Canterbury. Dubbed \"Weary Willy\" by the English press because of his sleepy eyes and lack of socialising, Williamson also won the classic", "title": "Bill Williamson" }, { "docid": "2515075", "text": "The People's Voice The People's Voice (called in Hebrew המפקד הלאומי, literally The National Census) is an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative dedicated to advancing the process of achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Co-founders Ami Ayalon, former head of the Shin Bet and Sari Nusseibeh signed the initiative on 27 July 2002, and officially launched it at a press conference held in Tel-Aviv on 25 June 2003. Broad outlines and some details of the initiative were known months in advance and had engendered responses from competing proposals. The key proposals of the initiative are: Upon the full implementation of these", "title": "The People's Voice" }, { "docid": "2575868", "text": "cartoon voice actor named Wally Wooster. In one episode, frequent collaborator Frank Welker guest-starred as a rival voice artist angling for his job. Don Messick said of his character on the show: \"Wally was never quite sure whether he was Wally or Dippy Duck\". From 1990–1995, he voiced Hamton J. Pig in Amblin's \"Tiny Toon Adventures\" and its spin-offs. Around that time, he also returned as the voice of Droopy for \"Tom & Jerry Kids\" and \"Droopy, Master Detective\". On the 1995 \"Freakazoid!\" episode \"Toby Danger/Doomsday Bet\", a spoof of Jonny Quest, he played Dr. Vernon Danger, a parody of", "title": "Don Messick" }, { "docid": "1826995", "text": "Scott King in 2006, BET broadcast its regularly scheduled music video programming, rather than covering King's funeral live as CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and BET competitors TV One and Black Family Channel did. The BET website streamed the funeral live, while the channel periodically broadcast taped, 60-second reports from the funeral by senior news correspondent Andre Showell. Michael Lewellen, BET's senior vice president for corporate communications, defended the decision: \"We weighed a number of different options. In the end, we chose to offer a different kind of experience for BET viewers.\" Lewellen also said that BET received around \"two", "title": "BET" }, { "docid": "2304109", "text": "Bet had previously had dealings with Kamil Hamad, Osama Hamad's uncle. In October 1995, Shin Bet operatives approached Kamil Hamad. Kamil Hamad demanded money and Israeli identity cards for himself and his wives. After the Shin Bet threatened to inform Hamas of his betrayal, Kamil Hamad agreed to cooperate. Shin Bet agents gave Hamad a cell phone, and told him it was bugged so they could listen in on Ayyash's conversations. They did not tell Hamad that, in addition to eavesdropping devices, it also contained 15 grams of RDX explosive. Kamil Hamad gave the phone to his nephew Osama, knowing", "title": "Yahya Ayyash" }, { "docid": "15634832", "text": "one point each, and each Jack, Queen, and King are worth 2, 3 and 5 points respectively. If a bettor is successful in going out first, the player gains the number of points wagered (30 points for a successful \"Big bet\", 15 points for a successful \"Little bet\"). However, if a bettor \"fails\" to go out first, the points are awarded to the player who did manage to go out first, \"and\" to any third player who made no bets in that round. Haggis (card game) Haggis is a shedding card game similar to Tichu, Zheng Fen, and other East", "title": "Haggis (card game)" }, { "docid": "14195939", "text": "aired as planned, Kirschenbaum, then Director-General of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, was reluctant to screen the second episode until all three groups that interrogated prisoners—the police, the Shin Bet, and the military—responded to the allegations against them. Both the police and the Shin Bet did, but the IDF refused to respond to the charges of an anonymous young reservist, who claimed on camera to have been involved in the physical and mental abuse of prisoners. Even when it finally agreed to respond, it refused to ensure that the whistleblower's anonymity would be protected. The second episode finally aired almost eight", "title": "Ram Loevy" }, { "docid": "9053675", "text": "Cruz, and Eminem, as credited for the album on AllMusic. Skilligan's Island Skilligan's Island is the fourth studio album by American rapper Thirstin Howl III, who also served as producer and executive producer for the album. It was released on July 23, 2002 through Landspeed Records. \"Skilligan's Island\" was also produced by Steve Boston, P.F. Cuttin' (who also mixed the album), DJ Spinna (who also mixed the album along with P.F. Cuttin'), and Will Tell. Guest appearances on this album include Disco, Unique London, Big Boo, Rack-Lo, Master Fool, Cita, Eminem, Father Time, and God Forbid, among others. This album", "title": "Skilligan's Island" }, { "docid": "18138599", "text": "202 (1) and (2) of CITA). The tax due is paid in the respective territorial directorate of the National Revenue Agency by registration of the payer of the income or by the place in which the payer of the income must have registered. Where the payer of the income is not subject to registration, the tax is paid in the Territorial directorate of the National Revenue Agency - Sofia (Art. 202 (3) and (4) of CITA). Overpaid tax is recovered by the territorial directorate of the National Revenue Agency, in which the tax is payable. It should be noted that", "title": "Taxation in Bulgaria" }, { "docid": "9518777", "text": "alphabet, Sundanese alphabet, and the Kawi script of Java. The Lampung script which is used and taught today is the result of a revision of the old Lampung script. Bingkai Perisai Bersegi Lima Perisai bersegi lima adalah mengambarkan tantang kesanggupan untuk mempertahankan dan menjalankan cita-cita dan tujuan luhur membangun daerah lampung untuk mencapai masyarakat yang adil dan makmur berdasarkan pancasila. This is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (\"Pernyataan seduniya tentang Hak Dasar Jelema\") Lampung language Lampung is the language of the Indonesian province of Lampung at the southern tip of Sumatra. It is a dialect cluster", "title": "Lampung language" }, { "docid": "6693617", "text": "Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch in Algiers Point. It occupies the oldest public library building in the city. It opened as the Algiers Branch, a Carnegie library, in 1907 and was the only library in the Algiers area for many years. It was one of five New Orleans Carnegie libraries, and as of 2013, one of two that are still open as libraries. It was originally closed after the opening of the Algiers Regional Library, but Cita Dennis Hubbell and a group led by her campaigned to have it reopened, citing the long distance from Algiers Point to the new library.", "title": "Algiers Point" }, { "docid": "17733311", "text": "how to protect their intellectual properties. Ghinsberg was recruited in 1995 by The Center for Investigation & Treatment of Addiction (CITA) International to serve as Vice President for Development. In this capacity, Ghinsberg has founded 12 centers for the treatment and research of opiate addiction in different parts of the world from Mexico to China. In 1999, Ghinsberg left CITA International and moved to Australia to open his own treatment center. In Australia, Ghinsberg founded The Alma Libre Foundation dedicated to assisting opiate addicts and providing rehabilitation options for re-integration into society. In 2001, at the height of the Intifada,", "title": "Yossi Ghinsberg" }, { "docid": "16818028", "text": "Pinot noir. In 1876, French viticulturist Jules Guyot even speculated that Persan may have been a local mutation of the Burgundian Pinot noir that developed in Savoie. However, DNA testing has dismissed that theory. Persan was used to crossed with Peloursin to create the red grape variety Joubertin. Over the years Persan has been known under a variety of synonyms including Aguyzelle, Aguzelle, Bâtarde, Bâtarde longue, Beccu (in Savoie), Becouet, Becuet (also spelled as Bécuet or Becuét in the Val di Susa region of Piedmont), Becuette (sometimes spelled as Bécuette), Begu, Berla'd Crava Cita, Berla Cita, Berlo Citto (in the", "title": "Persan (grape)" }, { "docid": "1826993", "text": "a subsidiary of BET. BET also has a digital group including BET.com, BET on Blast, BET on Demand and BET mobile. BET's programming is distributed on DVD and through video-on-demand services under the name BET Home Entertainment. In 2007, a distribution deal was arranged with Paramount Home Entertainment. A wide range of people have protested elements of BET's programming and actions, including Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, journalist George Curry, writer Keith Boykin, comic book creator Christopher Priest, filmmaker Spike Lee, Syracuse University professor of finance Dr. Boyce Watkins, former NFL player Burgess Owens, and cartoonist Aaron McGruder (who, in", "title": "BET" }, { "docid": "19043687", "text": "started her career as a jazz singer, but joined Sani Music Indonesia in mid 2014 as a dangdut singer. Her single \"Kalimera Athena\" was written by Doel Sumbang. Citata released the single \"Sakitnya Tuh Disini\" because of a breakup with Gemilang (familiarly called Shahmi). In a few weeks, the song topped various radio stations in Indonesia. Subsequently, she was earning a awards for Best Contemporary Dangdut Female Solo Artist at the 18th Annual Anugerah Musik Indonesia In addition, Cita had released second single \"Goyang Dumang\" and return reaching to success, like her debut single. YouTube Rewind listed her music video", "title": "Cita Citata" }, { "docid": "9053674", "text": "Skilligan's Island Skilligan's Island is the fourth studio album by American rapper Thirstin Howl III, who also served as producer and executive producer for the album. It was released on July 23, 2002 through Landspeed Records. \"Skilligan's Island\" was also produced by Steve Boston, P.F. Cuttin' (who also mixed the album), DJ Spinna (who also mixed the album along with P.F. Cuttin'), and Will Tell. Guest appearances on this album include Disco, Unique London, Big Boo, Rack-Lo, Master Fool, Cita, Eminem, Father Time, and God Forbid, among others. This album was composed by Thirstin Howl III, L. Michael Smith, Angel", "title": "Skilligan's Island" }, { "docid": "16029952", "text": "to make occasional television appearances as well as working as a voice actor, dubbing voices for the German broadcasts of the Japanese animated series, \"Heidi, Girl of the Alps\" and the American comedy series \"The Bad News Bears. In 1979, Ohrner landed the lead role in the 13-part television miniseries, \"Timm Thaler\". Based on the children's novel by James Krüss, Ohrner played the titular role of Timm Thaler, a boy who trades his enchanting laughter to a wealthy Baron in exchange for the ability to win any bet he makes. Premiering on Christmas day 1979, the series became a hit", "title": "Thomas Ohrner" }, { "docid": "14438904", "text": "and Promise had edgy choreography, Ciara \"pushes the envelope\" in the \"Ride\" clip. BET did not air the video, and did not include it on its signature countdown show, \"106 and Park\", due to its sexual content. Of the decision to do so Ciara said \"If there's a way to edit a version I would definitely do it, ...My fans have actually given me a lot of support.\" Several fans noted how MTV and VH1 did not ban the video, and how BET allows Trey Songz' \"Neighbors Know My Name\" and \"I Invented Sex\" in rotation. Later, Ciara reiterated to", "title": "Ride (Ciara song)" }, { "docid": "3839759", "text": "Singapore success\" (\"\"Cita-cita kita yang mulia / Berjaya Singapura\"\"), and to \"unite in a new spirit\" (\"\"Marilah kita bersatu / Dengan semangat yang baru\"\"). In 1956, he also submitted three song compositions to the Malayan – later Malaysian – Government for consideration for their national anthem. However, a different song, \"\"Negaraku\"\", was selected in the end. Zubir is also remembered for his composition \"\"Semoga Bahagia\"\" (\"May You Achieve Happiness\") which was aimed at primary-school students, advising them to work hard for their future. It has become a Children's Day song for Singaporean children, and is thus often sung in schools", "title": "Zubir Said" }, { "docid": "12480343", "text": "gigih berjuang, bimbingan yang berkesan, jati diri dijuak, kita warga perkasa. Amal teguhkan iman, berakhlak bertakwa, restu ayah dan bonda, berbakti berjasa. Luhur budi pandai bijaksana, pekerti mulia, rajin usaha capai cita -cita, kerana ilmu asas kecermelangan, kerana ilmu asas kecermelangan. There are four sport houses which comprises all students from Forms One through Five. The sport houses have no names and all the students just call each according to its colour : -SMKLS Sport Houses 2009- SMK Lembah Subang SMK Lembah Subang (also known as Subang Valley High School) is a coeducational secondary school, located in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia", "title": "SMK Lembah Subang" }, { "docid": "7566048", "text": "dates back to discussions within the Canadian Astronomical Society in the early 1980s. A series of committees advocated a model of a university‑based institute governed by a council of Canadian astrophysicists. Proposals were solicited from universities across the country to host this institute, which by now had been named the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics/Institut Canadien d'astrophysique theorique (CITA/ICAT). The University of Toronto won the resulting spirited competition, and CITA (University of Toronto) was established as an institute within the School of Graduate Studies in June 1984, with staff consisting of a single professor (Peter G. Martin ) as the", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" }, { "docid": "17322136", "text": "Council of Interstate Testing Agencies Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA) is one of five examination agencies for dentists in the United States. The other examination agencies are, Central Regional Dental Testing Service, West Regional Examining Board, Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners, and Southern Regional Testing Agency. These were organized to standardize clinical exams for licensure. The CITA examination is recognized for licensure in a total of twenty-six (26) states/territories. Member states that help create the exam are: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Other states that accept the exam for licensure: Colorado, Kansas, Illinois,", "title": "Council of Interstate Testing Agencies" }, { "docid": "17322137", "text": "Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Texas, Vermont (dental only), Virginia, Washington (dental only), and Wisconsin Council of Interstate Testing Agencies Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA) is one of five examination agencies for dentists in the United States. The other examination agencies are, Central Regional Dental Testing Service, West Regional Examining Board, Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners, and Southern Regional Testing Agency. These were organized to standardize clinical exams for licensure. The CITA examination is recognized for licensure in a total of twenty-six (26) states/territories. Member states", "title": "Council of Interstate Testing Agencies" }, { "docid": "7566052", "text": "also include: CITA has active research programs in cosmology (particularly in studies of the cosmic microwave background), early universe studies and cosmic inflation, neutron stars (especially scintillometry and magnetars), fast radio burst, active galaxies, star formation and planet formation. J. Richard Bond receives 2008 Gruber Prize in Cosmology Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) is a national research institute funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, located at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CITA's mission is \"to foster interaction within the Canadian theoretical Astrophysics community and to serve as", "title": "Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics" } ]

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[ { "docid": "697615", "text": "in the digestive system is to store feces that will be emptied into the rectum. It is retroperitoneal in two-thirds of humans. In the other third, it has a (usually short) mesentery. The arterial supply comes via the left colic artery. The descending colon is also called the \"distal gut\", as it is further along the gastrointestinal tract than the proximal gut. Gut flora are very dense in this region. The sigmoid colon is the part of the large intestine after the descending colon and before the rectum. The name \"sigmoid\" means S-shaped (see sigmoid; cf. sigmoid sinus). The walls", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "697616", "text": "of the sigmoid colon are muscular, and contract to increase the pressure inside the colon, causing the stool to move into the rectum. The sigmoid colon is supplied with blood from several branches (usually between 2 and 6) of the sigmoid arteries, a branch of the IMA. The IMA terminates as the superior rectal artery. Sigmoidoscopy is a common diagnostic technique used to examine the sigmoid colon. The rectum is the last section of the large intestine. It holds the formed feces awaiting elimination via defecation. The cecum – the first part of the large intestine The taenia coli run", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "697615", "text": "in the digestive system is to store feces that will be emptied into the rectum. It is retroperitoneal in two-thirds of humans. In the other third, it has a (usually short) mesentery. The arterial supply comes via the left colic artery. The descending colon is also called the \"distal gut\", as it is further along the gastrointestinal tract than the proximal gut. Gut flora are very dense in this region. The sigmoid colon is the part of the large intestine after the descending colon and before the rectum. The name \"sigmoid\" means S-shaped (see sigmoid; cf. sigmoid sinus). The walls", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "783703", "text": "the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, as in other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subdivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the, cecum, ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colon, rectum, and anal canal. The small intestine begins at the duodenum and is a tubular structure, usually between 6 and 7 m long. Its mucosal area in an adult human is about 30 m. Its main function is to absorb the products of digestion (including carbohydrates,", "title": "Gastrointestinal tract" }, { "docid": "967627", "text": "the small intestine and the colon, called the ileocecal valve, is so small in some animals that it was not considered to be a connection between the small and large intestines. During a dissection, the colon could be traced from the rectum, to the sigmoid colon, through the descending, transverse, and ascending sections. The cecum is an end point for the colon with a dead-end portion terminating with the appendix. The connection between the end of the small intestine (ileum) and the start (as viewed from the perspective of food being processed) of the colon (cecum) is now clearly understood,", "title": "Cecum" } ]

[ { "docid": "17916281", "text": "its nutrients the remaining waste material changes into the semi-solids called feces, which pass to the large intestine, where bacteria in the gut flora further break down residual proteins and starches. The cecum is a pouch marking the division between the small intestine and the large intestine. The cecum receives chyme from the last part of the small intestine, the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. At this junction there is a sphincter or valve, the ileocecal valve which slows the passage of chyme from the ileum, allowing further digestion. It is also the site", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "697611", "text": "that the appendix has a role in housing a sample of the colon's microflora, and is able to help to repopulate the colon with bacteria if the microflora has been damaged during the course of an immune reaction. The appendix has also been shown to have a high concentration of lymphatic cells. The ascending colon is the first of four sections of the large intestine. It is connected to the small intestine by a section of bowel called the cecum. The ascending colon runs upwards through the abdominal cavity toward the transverse colon for approximately eight inches (20 cm). One", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "697641", "text": "a caecum in structure, but is not a homologous structure. Large intestine The large intestine, also known as the large bowel, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation. The colon is the largest portion of the large intestine, so many mentions of the large intestine and colon overlap in meaning whenever anatomic precision is not the focus. Most sources define the large intestine as the combination of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "697606", "text": "Large intestine The large intestine, also known as the large bowel, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces before being removed by defecation. The colon is the largest portion of the large intestine, so many mentions of the large intestine and colon overlap in meaning whenever anatomic precision is not the focus. Most sources define the large intestine as the combination of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Some other sources exclude the anal canal. In humans, the", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "4609116", "text": "amounts of glucose, the pancreas uses amino acids to trigger insulin release instead. Food then moves on to the jejunum. This is the most nutrient absorptive section of the small intestine. The liver regulates the level of nutrients absorbed into the blood system from the small intestine. From the jejunum, whatever food that has not been absorbed is sent to the ileum which connects to the large intestine. The first part of the large intestine is the cecum and the second portion is the colon. The large intestine reabsorbs water and forms fecal matter. There are some things that the", "title": "Cat anatomy" }, { "docid": "2710259", "text": "dish, served with a specialized sauce in a bowl and accompanied by a stack of tortillas, additional complementary sauces, limes, and salt. Chitterlings are also eaten as a dish in many East Asian cuisines. Both large and small intestine (typically pig) is eaten throughout China. Large intestine is called \"feichang\", literally \"fat intestine\" because it is fatty. Small intestine is called \"zhufenchang\", literally \"pig powder intestine\" because it contains a white, pasty or powdery substance. The character \"zhu\" or \"pig\" is added at the beginning to disambiguate. This is because, in Cantonese cuisine, there is a dish called \"chang fen\"", "title": "Chitterlings" }, { "docid": "8058282", "text": "while the majority of absorption occurs in the jejunum. Bile from the liver aids in digesting fats in the duodenum combined with enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine. Horses do not have a gall bladder, so bile flows constantly. Most food is digested and absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine, including proteins, simple carbohydrate, fats, and vitamins A, D, . Any remaining liquids and roughage move into the large intestine. The cecum is the first section of the large intestine. It is also known as the \"water gut\" or \"hind gut\". It is a cul-de-sac pouch, about", "title": "Equine anatomy" }, { "docid": "17916274", "text": "cleaving it to form trypsin; further cleavage results in chymotripsin. The lower gastrointestinal tract (GI), includes the small intestine and all of the large intestine. The intestine is also called the bowel or the gut. The lower GI starts at the pyloric sphincter of the stomach and finishes at the anus. The small intestine is subdivided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. The cecum marks the division between the small and large intestine. The large intestine includes the rectum and anal canal. Partially digested food starts to arrive in the small intestine as semi-liquid chyme, one hour after", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "697607", "text": "large intestine begins in the right iliac region of the pelvis, just at or below the waist, where it is joined to the end of the small intestine at the cecum, via the ileocecal valve. It then continues as the colon ascending the abdomen, across the width of the abdominal cavity as the transverse colon, and then descending to the rectum and its endpoint at the anal canal. Overall, in humans, the large intestine is about long, which is about one-fifth of the whole length of the gastrointestinal tract. The colon is the last part of the digestive system. It", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "17916277", "text": "The duodenum is the first and shortest section of the small intestine. It is a hollow, jointed C-shaped tube connecting the stomach to the jejunum. It starts at the duodenal bulb and ends at the suspensory muscle of duodenum. The attachment of the suspensory muscle to the diaphragm is thought to help the passage of food by making a wider angle at its attachment. Most food digestion takes place in the small intestine. Segmentation contractions act to mix and move the chyme more slowly in the small intestine allowing more time for absorption (and these continue in the large intestine).", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "967816", "text": "and ten the small intestine rotates anticlockwise, as viewed from the front of the embryo. It rotates a further 180 degrees after it has moved back into the abdomen. This process creates the twisted shape of the large intestine. Food from the stomach is allowed into the duodenum through the pylorus by a muscle called the pyloric sphincter. The small intestine is where most chemical digestion takes place. Many of the digestive enzymes that act in the small intestine are secreted by the pancreas and liver and enter the small intestine via the pancreatic duct. Pancreatic enzymes and bile from", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "9715296", "text": "digestive organ where 50 to 70 percent of all nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. Bile from the liver acts here, combined with enzymes from the pancreas and small intestine itself. Equids do not have a gall bladder, so bile flows constantly, an adaptation to a slow but steady supply of food, and another reason for providing fodder to horses in several small feedings. The cecum is the first section of the large intestine. It is also known as the \"water gut\" or \"hind gut.\" It is a blind-ended pouch, about long that holds to . The small intestine opens", "title": "Equine nutrition" }, { "docid": "733430", "text": "allows access to only the colon and lower portions of the small intestines; introduction of the capsule endoscopy aids in endoscopic diagnosis. Giant (multinucleate) cells, a common finding in the lesions of Crohn's disease, are less common in the lesions of lichen nitidus. Crohn's disease is one type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It typically manifests in the gastrointestinal tract and can be categorized by the specific tract region affected. A disease of both the ileum (the last part of the small intestine that connects to the large intestine), and the large intestine, Ileocolic Crohn's accounts for fifty percent of", "title": "Crohn's disease" }, { "docid": "3411210", "text": "reattached to the duodenum a Billroth II is performed, where the remaining portion of the duodenum is sealed off, a hole is cut into the next section of the small intestine called the jejunum and the stomach is reattached at this hole. As the pylorus is used to grind food and slowly release the food into the small intestine, removal of the pylorus can cause food to move into the small intestine faster than normal, leading to gastric dumping syndrome. Also known as the Reichel–Polya operation, this is a type of posterior gastroenterostomy which is a modification of the Billroth", "title": "Gastrectomy" }, { "docid": "18214342", "text": "Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale The Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale, designed by Alaa Rostom and Emilie Jolicoeur, is used to assess a patient's bowel preparation for colonoscopies. The scale assesses three components of the large intestine: (1) the rectosigmoid colon, (2) the mid colon and (3) the right colon. A maximum score of 4 is used for each section of the large intestine. A score of 0 is given if the bowel preparation is excellent, meaning the mucosal detail is visible, there is no fluid and almost no stool. A score of 1 is given if the bowel preparation is good,", "title": "Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale" }, { "docid": "11786430", "text": "Basal electrical rhythm The basal or basic electrical rhythm (BER) or electrical control activity (ECA) is the spontaneous depolarization and repolarization of pacemaker cells in the smooth muscle of the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. This electrical rhythm is spread through gap junctions in the smooth muscle of the GI tract. These pacemaker cells, also called the interstitial cells of Cajal, control the frequency of contractions in the gastrointestinal tract. The cells can be located in either the circular or longitudinal layer of the smooth muscle in the GI tract; circular for the small and large intestine, longitudinal for", "title": "Basal electrical rhythm" }, { "docid": "4020384", "text": "or tenesmus with blood and pus in the stool, and prolapse of the rectum are signs of large intestine disease. The main patterns are listed below: Large intestine (Chinese medicine) The large intestine (Chinese: 大肠/大腸: pinyin: \"dà cháng\") is one of the \"fu\" organs stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). As distinct from the Western medical concept of large intestine, this concept from TCM is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ. It is a functionally defined entity and not equivalent to the anatomical organ of the same name. The large intestine meridian", "title": "Large intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "697632", "text": "The large intestine houses over 700 species of bacteria that perform a variety of functions, as well as fungi, protozoa, and archaea. Species diversity varies by geography and diet. The microbes in a human distal gut often number in the vicinity of 100 trillion, and can weigh around 200 grams (0.44 pounds). This mass of mostly symbiotic microbes has recently been called the latest human organ to be \"discovered\" or in other words, the \"forgotten organ\". The large intestine absorbs some of the products formed by the bacteria inhabiting this region. Undigested polysaccharides (fiber) are metabolized to short-chain fatty acids", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "3269188", "text": "or without colostomy. Either may be done by the traditional laparotomy or by laparoscopic surgery. The traditional bowel resection is made using an open surgical approach, called colectomy. During a colectomy, the person is placed under general anesthesia. A surgeon performing a colectomy will make a lower midline incision in the abdomen or a lateral lower transverse incision. The diseased section of the large intestine is removed, and then the two healthy ends are sewn or stapled back together. A colostomy may be performed when the bowel has to be relieved of its normal digestive work as it heals. A", "title": "Diverticulitis" }, { "docid": "783704", "text": "proteins, lipids, and vitamins) into the bloodstream. There are three major divisions: The large intestine also called the colon, consists of the cecum, rectum, and anal canal. It also includes the appendix, which is attached to the cecum. The colon is further divided into: The main function of the large intestine is to absorb water. The area of the large intestinal mucosa of an adult human is about 2 m. The gut is an endoderm-derived structure. At approximately the sixteenth day of human development, the embryo begins to fold ventrally (with the embryo's ventral surface becoming concave) in two directions:", "title": "Gastrointestinal tract" }, { "docid": "16973730", "text": "is not subdivided into different regions. The large intestine is the last part of the digestive system normally found in vertebrate animals. Its function is to absorb water from the remaining indigestible food matter, and then to pass useless waste material from the body. In fish, there is no true large intestine, but simply a short rectum connecting the end of the digestive part of the gut to the cloaca. In sharks, this includes a \"rectal gland\" that secretes salt to help the animal maintain osmotic balance with the seawater. The gland somewhat resembles a caecum in structure, but is", "title": "Fish physiology" }, { "docid": "4020382", "text": "Large intestine (Chinese medicine) The large intestine (Chinese: 大肠/大腸: pinyin: \"dà cháng\") is one of the \"fu\" organs stipulated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). As distinct from the Western medical concept of large intestine, this concept from TCM is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ. It is a functionally defined entity and not equivalent to the anatomical organ of the same name. The large intestine meridian communicates with the lung (肺), with which it is externally-internally related. The two paired organs are associated with the metal element (金) and the emotion of", "title": "Large intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "2243996", "text": "to 3 hours at most. The chyme is blue in color. With a pH of approximately 2, chyme emerging from the stomach is very acidic. The duodenum secretes a hormone, cholecystokinin (CCK), which causes the gall bladder to contract, releasing alkaline bile into the duodenum. CCK also causes the release of digestive enzymes from the pancreas. The duodenum is a short section of the small intestine located between the stomach and the rest of the small intestine. The duodenum also produces the hormone secretin to stimulate the pancreatic secretion of large amounts of sodium bicarbonate, which then raises pH of", "title": "Chyme" }, { "docid": "2205918", "text": "cancer in the ascending or transverse colon (two-thirds of the colon). However, although in absolute terms only a relatively small section of the large intestine can be examined using sigmoidoscopy, the sites which can be observed represent areas which are most frequently affected by diseases such as colorectal cancer, for example the rectum. For the procedure, the patient must lie on his or her left side on the examining table. The physician inserts a short, flexible, lit tube into the rectum and slowly guides it into the colon. The tube is called a sigmoidoscope. The scope transmits an image of", "title": "Sigmoidoscopy" }, { "docid": "697639", "text": "large intestine is truly distinct only in tetrapods, in which it is almost always separated from the small intestine by an ileocaecal valve. In most vertebrates, however, it is a relatively short structure running directly to the anus, although noticeably wider than the small intestine. Although the caecum is present in most amniotes, only in mammals does the remainder of the large intestine develop into a true colon. In some small mammals, the colon is straight, as it is in other tetrapods, but, in the majority of mammalian species, it is divided into ascending and descending portions; a distinct transverse", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "4020337", "text": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine) In traditional Chinese medicine the Small Intestine (小肠/大腸) is a fu organ described in the Zang-fu theory concept. The small intestine governs the separation of the clear from the turbid. The small intestine further digests food decomposed initially by the stomach. The clear, referring to the essence of water and grain and to the large amount of fluid, is absorbed by the spleen and distributed to the whole, body. The turbid is sent downwards to the large intestine, while the useless water is infused to the bladder. The disorders of the small intestine are attributable to", "title": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "733431", "text": "cases. Crohn's ileitis, manifest in the ileum only, accounts for thirty percent of cases, while Crohn's colitis, of the large intestine, accounts for the remaining twenty percent of cases and may be particularly difficult to distinguish from ulcerative colitis. Gastroduodenal Crohn's disease causes inflammation in the stomach and first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum. Jejunoileitis causes spotty patches of inflammation in the top half of the small intestine, called the jejunum. The disease can attack any part of the digestive tract, from mouth to anus. However, individuals affected by the disease rarely fall outside these three classifications,", "title": "Crohn's disease" }, { "docid": "5090161", "text": "Anal canal The anal canal is the terminal part of the large intestine. It is situated between the rectum and anus, below the level of the pelvic diaphragm. In humans it is approximately 2.5 to 4 cm (0.98-1.58 in) long. It lies in the anal triangle of perineum in between the right and left ischioanal fossa. The anal canal is the short terminal portion of the rectum through which wastes from the large intestine are excreted from the body. The ring at the terminal portion of the anal canal is called the anus. The anal canal is between 2.5 cm", "title": "Anal canal" }, { "docid": "6675109", "text": "of approximately two feet of the ascending colon and a portion of the ileum (a part of the small intestine). The ureters are surgically removed from the bladder and repositioned to drain into this new pouch. The end of the segment of small intestine is brought out through a small opening in the abdominal wall called a stoma. Since a segment including the large and small intestines is utilized, also included in this new system is the ileocecal valve. This is a one-way valve located between the small and large intestines. This valve normally prevents the passage of bacteria and", "title": "Indiana pouch" }, { "docid": "12143444", "text": "is not by itself a disease and as such requires no treatment. Dolichocolon In medicine, a dolichocolon (word derived from ancient Greek \"dolichos\", the long distance in running, and colon) is an abnormally long large intestine. It should not be confused with an abnormally wide large intestine, which is called a megacolon. Dolichocolon may predispose to abnormal rotation (see volvulus) and interposition between the diaphragm and the liver (see Chilaiditi syndrome). It is more commonly seen in the elderly, some psychiatric patients or in institutionalised individuals. It is not, however, a part of normal aging. The exact cause remains unknown.", "title": "Dolichocolon" }, { "docid": "12143443", "text": "Dolichocolon In medicine, a dolichocolon (word derived from ancient Greek \"dolichos\", the long distance in running, and colon) is an abnormally long large intestine. It should not be confused with an abnormally wide large intestine, which is called a megacolon. Dolichocolon may predispose to abnormal rotation (see volvulus) and interposition between the diaphragm and the liver (see Chilaiditi syndrome). It is more commonly seen in the elderly, some psychiatric patients or in institutionalised individuals. It is not, however, a part of normal aging. The exact cause remains unknown. Dolichocolon is often an incidental finding on abdominal X-rays or colonoscopy. It", "title": "Dolichocolon" }, { "docid": "4020383", "text": "grief. The main function of the large intestine is to receive the waste material sent down from the small intestine, absorb its fluid content, and form the remainder into faeces to be excreted. Pathological changes of the large intestine will lead to dysfunction in this transportation function, resulting in loose stools and constipation. The large intestine's function is said to be the strongest between 5am and 7am. Large intestinal disease (\"dà cháng bìng\") is attributable to evils such as heat, cold, stagnation, dampness, and wind, or to vacuity. Rumbling intestines or pain around the umbilicus, constipation or diarrhea, bloody stool", "title": "Large intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "17916261", "text": "in the small intestine. Water and minerals are reabsorbed back into the blood in the colon of the large intestine, where the environment is slightly acidic. Some vitamins, such as biotin and vitamin K produced by bacteria in the gut flora of the colon are also absorbed. The parietal cells in the fundus of the stomach, produce a glycoprotein called intrinsic factor which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), is carried to, and through the stomach, bound to a glycoprotein secreted by the salivary glands - transcobalamin I also called haptocorrin, which protects the acid-sensitive", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "697633", "text": "by bacteria in the large intestine and absorbed by passive diffusion. The bicarbonate that the large intestine secretes helps to neutralize the increased acidity resulting from the formation of these fatty acids. These bacteria also produce large amounts of vitamins, especially vitamin K and biotin (a B vitamin), for absorption into the blood. Although this source of vitamins, in general, provides only a small part of the daily requirement, it makes a significant contribution when dietary vitamin intake is low. An individual who depends on absorption of vitamins formed by bacteria in the large intestine may become vitamin-deficient if treated", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "4573344", "text": "Virtual colonoscopy Virtual colonoscopy (VC, also called CT Colonography or CT Pneumocolon) is a medical imaging procedure which uses x-rays and computers to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine) from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way to the lower end of the small intestine and display them on a screen. The procedure is used to diagnose colon and bowel disease, including polyps, diverticulosis and cancer. VC is performed via computed tomography (CT), sometimes called a CAT scan, or with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A virtual colonoscopy can provide 3D reconstructed endoluminal views of the", "title": "Virtual colonoscopy" }, { "docid": "1373629", "text": "intestine. Once past the stomach, a typical peristaltic wave only lasts for a few seconds, travelling at only a few centimeters per second. Its primary purpose is to mix the chyme in the intestine rather than to move it forward in the intestine. Through this process of mixing and continued digestion and absorption of nutrients, the chyme gradually works its way through the small intestine to the large intestine. In contrast to peristalsis, segmentation contractions result in that churning and mixing without pushing materials further down the digestive tract. Although the large intestine has peristalsis of the type that the", "title": "Peristalsis" }, { "docid": "697630", "text": "more is made available, thus permitting a higher portion of plant material in the diet. The large intestine produces no digestive enzymes — chemical digestion is completed in the small intestine before the chyme reaches the large intestine. The pH in the colon varies between 5.5 and 7 (slightly acidic to neutral). Water absorption at the colon typically proceeds against a transmucosal osmotic pressure gradient. The standing gradient osmosis is the reabsorption of water against the osmotic gradient in the intestines. Cells occupying the intestinal lining pump sodium ions into the intercellular space, raising the osmolarity of the intercellular fluid.", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "787822", "text": "Duodenum The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear, and the terms anterior intestine or proximal intestine may be used instead of duodenum. In mammals the duodenum may be the principal site for iron absorption. The duodenum precedes the jejunum and ileum and is the shortest part of the small intestine. In humans, the duodenum is a hollow jointed tube about 25–38 cm (10–15 inches) long connecting the stomach to the jejunum. It begins with the duodenal", "title": "Duodenum" }, { "docid": "8009866", "text": "folds slow the passage of the partly digested food along the intestines, and afford an increased surface for absorption. They are covered with small finger-like projections called villi (singular, villus). Each villus, in turn, is covered with microvilli. The microvilli absorb fats and nutrients from the chyme. Circular folds The circular folds (valves of Kerckring) (also, plicae circulares, or valvulae conniventes) are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine. The entire small intestine has circular folds of mucous membrane, also called the valves of Kerkring and \"plicae circulares\". The majority extend transversely around the cylinder of", "title": "Circular folds" }, { "docid": "20622650", "text": "Small intestine neuroendocrine tumor A small intestine neuroendocrine tumor is a carcinoid in the distal small intestine or the proximal large intestine. It is a relatively rare cancer and is diagnosed in approximately 1/100000 people every year. In recent decades the incidence has increased. The prognosis is comparatively good with a median survival of more than 8 years. The disease was named by Siegfried Oberndorfer, a German pathologist, in 1907. A large fraction of cases are diagnosed after routine surgery for bowel obstruction. Others may be diagnosed incidentally, or after investigation for carcinoid syndrome. The tumor typically produces serotonin, Tachykinin", "title": "Small intestine neuroendocrine tumor" }, { "docid": "2710260", "text": "which uses intestine-shaped noodles. Large intestine is typically chopped into rings and has a stronger odor than small intestine. It is added to stir-fry dishes and soups. It is also slow-cooked or boiled and served as a standalone dish. It releases oil that may be visible in the dish. Small intestine is normally chopped into tubes and may be simply boiled and served with a dipping sauce. Preparation techniques and serving presentations for both small and large intestine vary greatly within the country. In Japan, chitterlings or \"motsu\" もつ are often fried and sold on skewers or \"kushi\" 串 in", "title": "Chitterlings" }, { "docid": "6580063", "text": "creasing, and the authors hypothesize that it was quite flexible. The fossils are interpreted as showing a large anterior opening, presumably a mouth, a spacious anterior cavity, an alimentary canal, possibly voluminous in the anterior section, and a narrow intestine in the posterior section, straight or coiled (in one specimen). There are five structures on each side of the anterior portion that the authors interpret as gills. Narrow strands towards the lateral margins, sometimes branched, may represent vascular tissue. The authors also identify a dark strand on the lower interior surface of the anterior section, which they speculate is an", "title": "Didazoon" }, { "docid": "967811", "text": "Small intestine The small intestine or small bowel is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine, and is where most of the end absorption of food takes place. The small intestine has three distinct regions – the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum is the shortest part of the small intestine and is where preparation for absorption begins. It also receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct, controlled by the sphincter of Oddi. The primary function of the small intestine is the absorption of nutrients and minerals from food, using small finger-like", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "967826", "text": "different regions. In traditional Chinese medicine, the small intestine is a yang organ. Small intestine The small intestine or small bowel is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine, and is where most of the end absorption of food takes place. The small intestine has three distinct regions – the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum is the shortest part of the small intestine and is where preparation for absorption begins. It also receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct, controlled by the sphincter of Oddi. The primary function of the small", "title": "Small intestine" }, { "docid": "920000", "text": "Long-term carriers of the bacteria are rare. Apart from humans, the bacteria can also infect primates. Upon ingestion, the bacteria pass through the gastrointestinal tract until they reach the small intestine. There they begin to multiply until they reach the large intestine. In the large intestine, the bacteria cause cell injury and the beginning stages of Shigellosis via two main mechanisms: direct invasion of epithelial cells in the large intestine and production of enterotoxin 1 and enterotoxin 2. Unlike other bacteria, \"Shigella\" is not destroyed by the gastric acid in the stomach. As a result, it takes only 10 to", "title": "Shigellosis" }, { "docid": "2243999", "text": "stomach at regular intervals into the small intestine, which stimulates the pancreas to release fluid containing a high concentration of bicarbonate. This fluid neutralizes the gastric juices, which can damage the lining of the intestine and result in duodenal ulcer. Other secretions from the pancreas, gallbladder, liver, and glands in the intestinal wall help in digestion. When food particles are sufficiently reduced in size and composition, they are absorbed by the intestinal wall and transported to the bloodstream. Some food material is passed from the small intestine to the large intestine. In the large intestine, bacteria break down proteins and", "title": "Chyme" }, { "docid": "8047247", "text": "dinosaurs, which left gastroliths as trace fossils. The partially digested and pulverized gizzard contents, now called a bolus, are passed into the intestine, where pancreatic and intestinal enzymes complete the digestion of the digestible food. The digestion products are then absorbed through the intestinal mucosa into the blood. The intestine ends via the large intestine in the vent or cloaca which serves as the common exit for renal and intestinal excrements as well as for the laying of eggs. However, unlike mammals, many birds do not excrete the bulky portions (roughage) of their undigested food (e.g. feathers, fur, bone fragments,", "title": "Bird anatomy" }, { "docid": "967690", "text": "Ileum The ileum is the final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear and the terms posterior intestine or distal intestine may be used instead of ileum. The ileum follows the duodenum and jejunum and is separated from the cecum by the ileocecal valve (ICV). In humans, the ileum is about 2–4 m long, and the pH is usually between 7 and 8 (neutral or slightly alkaline). \"Ileum \"is derived from the Greek word \"eilein\", meaning \"to twist up tightly\". The", "title": "Ileum" }, { "docid": "5330392", "text": "Gastrointestinal perforation Gastrointestinal perforation, also known as ruptured bowel, is a hole in the wall of part of the gastrointestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and tenderness. When the hole is in the stomach or early part of the small intestine the onset of pain is typically sudden while with a hole in the large intestine onset may be more gradual. The pain is usually constant in nature. Sepsis, with an increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, fever, and confusion may occur. The cause can include trauma", "title": "Gastrointestinal perforation" }, { "docid": "967698", "text": "During any intestinal surgery, for instance, during appendectomy, distal 2 feet of ileum should be checked for the presence of Meckel's diverticulum. Ileum The ileum is the final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear and the terms posterior intestine or distal intestine may be used instead of ileum. The ileum follows the duodenum and jejunum and is separated from the cecum by the ileocecal valve (ICV). In humans, the ileum is about 2–4 m long, and the pH is usually", "title": "Ileum" }, { "docid": "2171912", "text": "1 and actinodin 2. As with other vertebrates, the intestines of fish consist of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In most higher vertebrates, the small intestine is further divided into the duodenum and other parts. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear, and the terms \"anterior intestine\" or \"proximal intestine\" may be used instead of duodenum. In bony fish, the intestine is relatively short, typically around one and a half times the length of the fish's body. It commonly has a number of \"pyloric caeca\", small pouch-like structures along its length", "title": "Fish anatomy" }, { "docid": "12162156", "text": "Chunchullo Chinchulín is beef small intestine, which may be grilled or fried. It is consumed in many Latin American countries. It is grilled over wood or charcoal. In Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile however, it is usually roasted. Although it requires long cooking it is usually the first dish served in a Paraguayan, Uruguayan and Argentinian \"asado\". They are presented in the form of a braid. Known as chinchulín and are typically roasted. The large intestine, in Argentina, is called \"Tripa Gorda\" (Big Gut) or torch and cooked similarly, except that they are usually washed inside and filled with", "title": "Chunchullo" }, { "docid": "8009863", "text": "Circular folds The circular folds (valves of Kerckring) (also, plicae circulares, or valvulae conniventes) are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine. The entire small intestine has circular folds of mucous membrane, also called the valves of Kerkring and \"plicae circulares\". The majority extend transversely around the cylinder of the small intestine for about one-half or two-thirds of its circumference, but some form complete circles, and others have a spiral direction; the latter usually extend a little more than once around the bowel, but occasionally two or three times. The larger folds are about 1 cm.", "title": "Circular folds" }, { "docid": "1839613", "text": "passing through. This is also where the ruminant digests the microbes produced in the rumen. Digesta is finally moved into the small intestine, where the digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs. The small intestine is the main site of nutrient absorption. the surface area of the digesta is greatly increased here because of the villi that are in the small intestine. This increased surface area allows for greater nutrient absorption. Microbes produced in the reticulorumen are also digested in the small intestine. After the small intestine is the large intestine. The major roles here are breaking down mainly fiber by", "title": "Ruminant" }, { "docid": "3899782", "text": "and Whipple's disease. Tumours of the small intestine include gastrointestinal stromal tumours, lipomas, hamartomas and carcinoid syndromes. Diseases of the small intestine may present with symptoms such as diarrhoea, malnutrition, fatigue and weight loss. Investigations pursued may include blood tests to monitor nutrition, such as iron levels, folate and calcium, endoscopy and biopsy of the duodenum, and barium swallow. Treatments may include renutrition, and antibiotics for infections. Diseases that affect the large intestine may affect it in whole or in part. Appendicitis is one such disease, caused by inflammation of the appendix. Generalised inflammation of the large intestine is referred", "title": "Gastrointestinal disease" }, { "docid": "16973727", "text": "the intestine. These animals all consume diets that either require little storage of food, or no pre-digestion with gastric juices, or both. The small intestine is the part of the digestive tract following the stomach and followed by the large intestine, and is where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not clear, and the terms \"anterior\" or \"proximal\" intestine may be used instead of duodenum. The small intestine is found in all teleosts, although its form and length vary enormously between species. In teleosts, it is relatively", "title": "Fish physiology" }, { "docid": "2171915", "text": "faecal material from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is present in most amniotes, and also in lungfish. Many fish in addition have a number of small outpocketings, also called pyloric caeca, along their intestine; despite the name they are not homologous with the caecum of amniotes. Their purpose is to increase the overall surface area of the digestive epithelium, therefore optimizing the absorption of sugars, amino acids, and dipeptides, among other nutrients. As with other vertebrates, the relative positions of the esophageal and duodenal openings to the stomach remain relatively constant. As", "title": "Fish anatomy" }, { "docid": "967693", "text": "intestine rotates anticlockwise, as viewed from the front of the embryo. It rotates a further 180 degrees after it has moved back into the abdomen. This process creates the twisted shape of the large intestine. In the fetus the ileum is connected to the navel by the vitelline duct. In roughly 2−4% of humans, this duct fails to close during the first seven weeks after birth, leaving a remnant called Meckel's diverticulum. The function of the ileum is mainly to absorb vitamin B and bile salts and whatever products of digestion were not absorbed by the jejunum. The wall itself", "title": "Ileum" }, { "docid": "17916266", "text": "in the chyme. Food fat is dispersed by the action of bile into smaller units called micelles. The breaking down into micelles creates a much larger surface area for the pancreatic enzyme, lipase to work on. Lipase digests the triglycerides which are broken down into two fatty acids and a monoglyceride. These are then absorbed by villi on the intestinal wall. If fats are not absorbed in this way in the small intestine problems can arise later in the large intestine which is not equipped to absorb fats. Bile also helps in the absorption of vitamin K from the diet.", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "6442437", "text": "and rod-shaped bacteria are the predominant microorganisms found in the small intestine. However, in the distal portion of the small intestine alkaline conditions support gram-negative bacteria of the \"Enterobacteriaceae\". The bacterial flora of the small intestine aid in a wide range of intestinal functions. The bacterial flora provide regulatory signals that enable the development and utility of the gut. Overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine can lead to intestinal failure. In addition the large intestine contains the largest bacterial ecosystem in the human body. About 99% of the large intestine and feces flora are made up of obligate anaerobes", "title": "Gut flora" }, { "docid": "4024656", "text": "decreases fermentation in the small intestine while increasing it in the large intestine for further fatty acid absorption. Blood flow to the colon also increases with the presence of short-chain fatty acids. These fatty acids also increase sodium absorption which helps maintain normal electrolyte and fluid balance in the intestine, reducing the risk for diarrhea . These homeostatic conditions of the intestinal tract promote the growth of beneficial bacteria while inhibiting the proliferation of pathogenic ones. A healthy and balanced gut microbiome is important for maintaining a healthy digestive tract. Fibers promote bacterial growth and activity in the large intestine.", "title": "Cat food" }, { "docid": "4434989", "text": "suitable candidates for an ileo-anal pouch due to the risk of the disease occurring in the pouch, which could make matters even worse. An alternative to an ileo-anal pouch is an ileostomy. Ulcerative colitis is \"cured\" if the large intestine is removed and the patient has the pouch created, as UC is only located in the colon, or large intestine. Crohn's disease can manifest in many different parts of the digestive tract, so the removal of the colon and creation of a pouch, while alleviating symptoms that occurred in the large intestine, does not eliminate the disease. The most common", "title": "Ileo-anal pouch" }, { "docid": "9406095", "text": "of soluble, fermentable fiber – also called \"prebiotic fiber\" – which provides a substrate for microbiota within the large intestine, increasing fecal bulk and producing short-chain fatty acids as byproducts with wide-ranging physiological activities. This fermentation impacts the expression of many genes within the large intestine, which further affects digestive function and cholesterol and glucose metabolism, as well as the immune system and other systemic functions. Cereal β-glucans from oat, barley, wheat, and rye have been studied for their effects on cholesterol levels in people with normal cholesterol levels and in those with hypercholesterolemia. Intake of oat β-glucan at daily", "title": "Beta-glucan" }, { "docid": "19171233", "text": "internal β-glucan solution generally leads to beneficial physiological effects – including a more pronounced hypoglycemic effect and lowered cholesterol levels, and a decrease in postprandial blood glucose levels. In the diet, β-glucans are a source of soluble, fermentable fiber – also called \"prebiotic fiber\" – which provides a substrate for microbiota within the large intestine, increasing fecal bulk and producing short-chain fatty acids as byproducts with wide-ranging physiological activities. This fermentation impacts the expression of many genes within the large intestine, which further affects digestive function and cholesterol and glucose metabolism, as well as the immune system and other systemic", "title": "Oat beta-glucan" }, { "docid": "17987116", "text": "in the digestion of plant material. Much of the fermentation of the plant material occurs in the hindgut, or colon, where symbiotic organisms breakdown plant material that has otherwise been resistant to digestion. In both small and large lizards the small intestine is relatively shorter, whereas the large intestine is relatively longer. There have also been additional transverse valves documented in the large intestine, specifically in \"Ctenosaura pectinata\". The number of these septa increased through ontogeny, with juveniles (who are insectivorous) having two to four valves, whereas adults possessed five to six. These valves help slow the passage of food,", "title": "Lepidosaur herbivory" }, { "docid": "3743886", "text": "primates. Unlike cattle and sheep, infections in deer often present with clinical illness in animals under one year of age. The primary site targeted by Johne's disease is the lower part of the intestine known as the ileum. The wall of the ileum contains a large number of pockets of lymphoid tissue known as Peyer's patches that lie just beneath the interior surface of the intestine. Peyer's patches are clusters of macrophages and lymphocytes organized much like lymph nodes. Covering Peyer's patches are a layer of cells called M cells. These cells function to sample the content of the lumen", "title": "Paratuberculosis" }, { "docid": "11763053", "text": "Human feces Human feces (or faeces in British English; ) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine of humans, but has been rotted down by bacteria in the large intestine. It also contains bacteria and a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially altered bilirubin, and the dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut. It is discharged through the anus during a process called defecation. Human feces have similarities to feces of other animals and vary significantly in appearance (i.e. size, color,", "title": "Human feces" }, { "docid": "7497974", "text": "duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, and in the large intestine (colon), where they are sometimes called \"colonic crypts\". Intestinal glands of the small intestine contain a base of replicating stem cells, Paneth cells of the innate immune system, and goblet cells, which produce mucus. In the colon, crypts do not have Paneth cells. The enterocytes in the small intestinal mucosa contain digestive enzymes that digest specific foods while they are being absorbed through the epithelium. These enzymes include peptidase, sucrase, maltase, lactase and intestinal lipase. This is in contrast to the gastric glands of the stomach where chief cells secrete pepsinogen.", "title": "Intestinal gland" }, { "docid": "1373630", "text": "small intestine uses, it is not the primary propulsion. Instead, general contractions called mass movements occur one to three times per day in the large intestine, propelling the chyme toward the rectum. Mass movements often tend to be triggered by meals, as the presence of chyme in the stomach and duodenum prompts them. The human lymphatic system has no central pump. Instead, lymph circulates through peristalsis in the lymph capillaries, as well as valves in the capillaries, compression during contraction of adjacent skeletal muscle, and arterial pulsation. During ejaculation, the smooth muscle in the walls of the vas deferens contracts", "title": "Peristalsis" }, { "docid": "17686429", "text": "by opening protein water channels. These channels, called aquaporins, allow more solutes to leave the collecting duct and water will follow through osmosis. These two functions of AVT allow birds to maintain a concentrated urine. Avian kidneys do not send urine to a bladder. Instead it is sent via the ureters to the cloaca to be deposited into the lower intestine. The epithelium of the lower intestine absorbs a large amount of sodium chloride, and water follows osmotically to be reabsorbed into the blood stream. This final step insures a concentrated waste product with minimal water and ion loss from", "title": "Common raven physiology" }, { "docid": "8177280", "text": "different places around the town. The place where liver was thrown was called Eirala cheri (Eiral means liver in Tamil). The other names were Uthirampattu (Uthiram means blood), Sirugarumbur and Perugarumbur after sirukudal (small intestine) and perukudal (large intestine). During the war periods valuable statues were buried in land near the Shri Sundara Varadharaja perumal temple. The archaeology department found many statues near this temple. Recently a few statues were found during temple renovation. Apart from above temples, some other small temples are present. In old temples, we could see lot of notable Tamil scripts. Here the ancient note is", "title": "Kaveripakkam" }, { "docid": "12537428", "text": "health in February 2000 when he collapsed during a training session at Central Sports Stadium in Mufulira. In February 2001, he underwent an operation to remove a tumour from his large intestine but his battle with cancer continued until he succumbed and died at Malcolm Watson Hospital in Mufulira on 10 October 2001. Activities in Mufulira came to a standstill as several former and present Wanderers players were joined by other mourners in paying their last respects to the super footballer called \"Zoom.\" After a requiem mass at Shinde Stadium, he was put to rest at Chatulinga Cemetery next to", "title": "Samuel Ndhlovu" }, { "docid": "8335094", "text": "spaces which surround the gland, through which they communicate with the lacteal system. They are situated partly in the submucous tissue, partly in the mucous membrane, where they form slight projections of its epithelial layer. The solitary lymphatic nodules of the large intestine are most abundant in the cecum and vermiform process, but are irregularly scattered also over the rest of the intestine. They are similar to those of the small intestine. Solitary lymphatic nodule The Solitary lymphatic nodules (or solitary follicles) are structures found in the small intestine and large intestine. The solitary lymphatic nodules are found scattered throughout", "title": "Solitary lymphatic nodule" }, { "docid": "3899781", "text": "on CT scan suggests a malignancy. Segmental or diffuse gastrointestinal wall thickening is most often due to ischemic, inflammatory or infectious disease. The small intestine consists of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. Inflammation of the small intestine is called enteritis, which if localised to just part is called duodenitis, jejunitis and ileitis, respectively. Peptic ulcers are also common in the duodenum. Chronic diseases of malabsorption may affect the small intestine, including the autoimmune coeliac disease, infective Tropical sprue, and congenital or surgical short bowel syndrome. Other rarer diseases affecting the small intestine include Curling's ulcer, blind loop syndrome, Milroy disease", "title": "Gastrointestinal disease" }, { "docid": "2171914", "text": "for dozens of turns. This fold creates a valve-like structure that greatly increases both the surface area and the effective length of the intestine. The lining of the spiral intestine is similar to that of the small intestine in teleosts and non-mammalian tetrapods. In lampreys, the spiral valve is extremely small, possibly because their diet requires little digestion. Hagfish have no spiral valve at all, with digestion occurring for almost the entire length of the intestine, which is not subdivided into different regions. The pyloric caecum is a pouch, usually peritoneal, at the beginning of the large intestine. It receives", "title": "Fish anatomy" }, { "docid": "697635", "text": "against the normal flora, that are also effective against related pathogens, thereby preventing infection or invasion. The two most prevalent phyla of the colon are firmicutes and bacteroides. The ratio between the two seems to vary widely as reported by the Human Microbiome Project. Bacteroides are implicated in the initiation of colitis and colon cancer. Bifidobacteria are also abundant, and are often described as 'friendly bacteria'. A mucus layer protects the large intestine from attacks from colonic commensal bacteria. Following are the most common diseases or disorders of the colon: Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large intestine and", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "20622652", "text": "secretion of hormones and the resulting symptoms. Radionuclide therapy with 177-Lutetium-DOTA-Octreotate increases progression-free survival. Traditionally, the primary tumor has been surgically removed even in the case of metastatic disease, although this was in 2017 shown not to improve survival in asymptomatic patients. Small intestine neuroendocrine tumor A small intestine neuroendocrine tumor is a carcinoid in the distal small intestine or the proximal large intestine. It is a relatively rare cancer and is diagnosed in approximately 1/100000 people every year. In recent decades the incidence has increased. The prognosis is comparatively good with a median survival of more than 8 years.", "title": "Small intestine neuroendocrine tumor" }, { "docid": "697626", "text": "The large intestine absorbs water and any remaining absorbable nutrients from the food before sending the indigestible matter to the rectum. The colon absorbs vitamins that are created by the colonic bacteria, such as vitamin K (especially important as the daily ingestion of vitamin K is not normally enough to maintain adequate blood coagulation), thiamine and riboflavin. It also compacts feces, and stores fecal matter in the rectum until it can be discharged via the anus in defecation. The large intestine also secretes K+ and Cl-. Chloride secretion increases in cystic fibrosis. Recycling of various nutrients takes place in colon.", "title": "Large intestine" }, { "docid": "967696", "text": "is of importance in medicine as it can be affected in a number of diseases, including: In veterinary anatomy, the ileum is distinguished from the jejunum by being that portion of the jejunoileum that is connected to the caecum by the ileocecal fold. The ileum is the short termi of the small intestine and forms the connection to the large intestine. It is suspended by the caudal part of the mesentery (mesoileum) and is attached, in addition, to the cecum by the ileocecal fold. The ileum terminates at the cecocolic junction of the large intestine forming the ileal orifice. In", "title": "Ileum" }, { "docid": "4573350", "text": "to identify precancerous polyps and cancer, and to then do prompt diagnostic biopsies or therapeutic removal of these lesions. MRI colonography (MRC) allows similar visualizing without radiation exposure. It can detect larger adenomas and neoplasia with high specificity, but less sensitivity than conventional colonoscopy. Virtual colonoscopy Virtual colonoscopy (VC, also called CT Colonography or CT Pneumocolon) is a medical imaging procedure which uses x-rays and computers to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine) from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way to the lower end of the small intestine and display them on a screen.", "title": "Virtual colonoscopy" }, { "docid": "13338429", "text": "adults. Females survive for 5 to 13 weeks, and males about 7 weeks. The male and female pinworms mate in the ileum (i.e., last part of the small intestine), whereafter the male pinworms usually die, and are passed out with stool. The gravid female pinworms settle in the ileum, caecum (i.e., beginning of the large intestine), appendix and ascending colon, where they attach themselves to the mucosa and ingest colonic contents. Almost the entire body of a gravid female becomes filled with eggs. The estimations of the number of eggs in a gravid female pinworm ranges from about 11,000 to", "title": "Pinworm infection" }, { "docid": "8569233", "text": "Bowel resection A bowel resection or enterectomy (\"enter-\" + \"-ectomy\") is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word \"enterectomy\" is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy, which covers the sense of large bowel resection. Bowel resection may be performed to treat gastrointestinal cancer, bowel necrosis, severe enteritis, diverticular disease, Crohn's disease, endometriosis, ulcerative colitis, or bowel obstruction due to scar tissue. Other reasons to perform bowel resection include traumatic injuries and to remove polyps when polypectomy is", "title": "Bowel resection" }, { "docid": "3099624", "text": "asthma. The Lung Meridian begins at the chest moves to the inner arm, palm, and ends on the thumb. (2)The Large Intestine, a Yang organ, controls the removal of waste and feces. Imbalance in the Large Intestine leads to constipation, diarrhea and the inability to emotionally detach and let go. The Large Intestine Meridian begins on the forefinger, moves to the back of the arm, shoulder, side of the neck, cheek, and ends beside the opposite nostril. Water is an element of life and death. Water governs the Kidneys(1) and the Bladder(2). (1)The Kidneys, a Yin organ, are the source", "title": "The body in traditional Chinese medicine" }, { "docid": "4020340", "text": "meridian, alleviates pain, clears Heat and Damp-Heat. SI-9 (Jian Zhen/True Shoulder): Activates the meridian, alleviates pain, benefits the shoulder. SI-10 (Nao Shu/Upper Arm Shu): Activates the meridian, alleviates pain, benefits the shoulder. https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/smallintestine_meridian_graphic http://www.sacredlotus.com/go/acupuncture/channel/small_intestine_channel_of_hand_tai_yang http://www.acatcm.com/small-intestine-meridian-hand-tai-yin-points Small intestine (Chinese medicine) In traditional Chinese medicine the Small Intestine (小肠/大腸) is a fu organ described in the Zang-fu theory concept. The small intestine governs the separation of the clear from the turbid. The small intestine further digests food decomposed initially by the stomach. The clear, referring to the essence of water and grain and to the large amount of fluid, is absorbed by", "title": "Small intestine (Chinese medicine)" }, { "docid": "8398680", "text": "be removed. Surgery is often used to manage complications of Crohn's disease, including fistulae, small bowel obstruction, colon cancer, small intestine cancer and fibrostenotic strictures, when strictureplasty (expansion of the stricture) is sometimes performed. Otherwise, and for other complications, resection and anastomosis – the removal of the affected section of intestine and the rejoining of the healthy sections – is the surgery usually performed for Crohn's disease (e.g., ileocolonic resection). None of these surgeries cure or eliminate Crohn's disease, as the disease eventually comes back in healthy segments of the intestine, although when Crohn's disease recurs after surgery, it usually", "title": "Management of Crohn's disease" }, { "docid": "17916276", "text": "from the stomach through the opening of the pyloric sphincter. The resulting alkaline fluid mix neutralises the gastric acid which would damage the lining of the intestine. The mucus component lubricates the walls of the intestine. When the digested food particles are reduced enough in size and composition, they can be absorbed by the intestinal wall and carried to the bloodstream. The first receptacle for this chyme is the duodenal bulb. From here it passes into the first of the three sections of the small intestine, the duodenum. (The next section is the jejunum and the third is the ileum).", "title": "Human digestive system" }, { "docid": "7803815", "text": "Balsalazide Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. It is sold under the brand names Giazo, Colazal in the US and Colazide in the UK. It is also sold in generic form in the US by several generic manufacturers. It is usually administered as the disodium salt. Balsalazide releases mesalazine, also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid, or 5-ASA, in the large intestine. Its advantage over that drug in the treatment of ulcerative colitis is believed to be the delivery of the active agent past the small intestine to the large intestine, the active site of", "title": "Balsalazide" }, { "docid": "7803816", "text": "ulcerative colitis. Balsalazide Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. It is sold under the brand names Giazo, Colazal in the US and Colazide in the UK. It is also sold in generic form in the US by several generic manufacturers. It is usually administered as the disodium salt. Balsalazide releases mesalazine, also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid, or 5-ASA, in the large intestine. Its advantage over that drug in the treatment of ulcerative colitis is believed to be the delivery of the active agent past the small intestine to the large intestine, the active", "title": "Balsalazide" }, { "docid": "783717", "text": "allergies. The large intestine hosts several kinds of bacteria that can deal with molecules that the human body cannot otherwise break down. This is an example of symbiosis. These bacteria also account for the production of gases at host-pathogen interface, inside our intestine(this gas is released as \"flatulence\" when eliminated through the anus). However the large intestine is mainly concerned with the absorption of water from digested material (which is regulated by the hypothalamus) and the re absorption of sodium, as well as any nutrients that may have escaped primary digestion in the ileum. Health-enhancing intestinal bacteria of the gut", "title": "Gastrointestinal tract" }, { "docid": "4434988", "text": "be. It is formed by folding loops of small intestine (the ileum) back on themselves and stitching or stapling them together. The internal walls are then removed thus forming a reservoir. The reservoir is then stitched or stapled into the perineum where the rectum was. A similar ileal pouch without the anal anastomosis is a Kock pouch. Ileo-anal pouches are constructed for people who have had their large intestine surgically removed due to disease or injury. Diseases and conditions of the large intestine which may require surgical removal include: There is debate about whether patients suffering from Crohn's disease are", "title": "Ileo-anal pouch" }, { "docid": "19059385", "text": "sleeve gastrectomy procedure, the connection between the stomach and the duodenum is closed off from the level of the second segment of the duodenum. While preserving the last 30 cm part of the small intestine, a 170 cm segment of ileum is prepared and connected to the first segment of the duodenum, which is at the end of the stomach. The other end of the ileum segment is connected to the proximal part of the small intestine. Thus, distal part of the small intestine is ‘’interposed’’ between proximal part of the small intestine and the stomach. Since duodenum and the", "title": "Ileal interposition" }, { "docid": "2707574", "text": "common cause of death in most Western countries and a major cause of hospital admissions. Both large and small bowel can be affected by ischemia. Ischemia of the large intestine may result in an inflammatory process known as ischemic colitis. Ischemia of the small bowel is called mesenteric ischemia. Brain ischemia is insufficient blood flow to the brain, and can be acute or chronic. Acute ischemic stroke is a neurologic emergency that may be reversible if treated rapidly. Chronic ischemia of the brain may result in a form of dementia called vascular dementia. A brief episode of ischemia affecting the", "title": "Ischemia" }, { "docid": "19059386", "text": "proximal part of the small intestine is disabled, a partial bypass is in question. Patients who undergo this operation achieve better weight and blood sugar control, but face anemia (iron deficiency) risk because of the bypass procedure. In addition to sleeve gastrectomy procedure, a 200 cm segment of ileum is prepared while preserving the last 30 cm part of the small intestine and then ‘’interposed’’ to the proximal part of the small intestine. Thanks to this, food continue to pass throughout the entire small intestine. No malabsorption is in question in this technique, and the food is absorbed by the", "title": "Ileal interposition" }, { "docid": "678843", "text": "the animal added traction during these bending motions. In relation to lipid metabolism, \"C. elegans\" does not have any specialized adipose tissues, a pancreas, a liver, or even blood to deliver nutrients compared to mammals. Neutral lipids are instead stored in the intestine, epidermis, and embryos. The epidermis corresponds to the mammalian adipocytes by being the main triglyceride depot. The pharynx is a muscular food pump in the head of \"C. elegans\", which is triangular in cross-section. This grinds food and transports it directly to the intestine. A set of \"valve cells\" connects the pharynx to the intestine, but how", "title": "Caenorhabditis elegans" }, { "docid": "8455500", "text": "considered. If response is seen, oral cyclosporine at 8 mg/kg/day should be continued for 3–4 months while 6-MP or azathioprine is introduced. Those already on 6-MP or azathioprine should continue with these medications. A cholesterol level should be checked in patients taking cyclosporine as low cholesterol may predispose to seizures. Also, prophylaxis against PCP (Pneumocystis carinii) pneumonia is advised. Unlike Crohn's disease, which cannot be cured/eliminated by surgically removing the diseased portions of the intestine and reconnecting the healthy ends, ulcerative colitis can generally be cured by surgical removal of the large intestine. Surgical removal of the large intestine will", "title": "Management of ulcerative colitis" }, { "docid": "5633606", "text": "that each bile salt molecule is reused about 20 times, often multiple times during a single digestive phase. The presence of biliary acids in the intestines helps in digestion of fats and other substances. Bilirubin is conjugated with glucuronic acid in the liver by the enzyme glucuronyltransferase, making it soluble in water. Much of it goes into the bile and thus out into the small intestine. Although 95% of the secreted bilirubinoid bile is reabsorbed by the small intestine, conjugated bilirubin is not reabsorbed in small intestine. All conjugated bilirubin in the large intestine is metabolised by colonic bacteria to", "title": "Enterohepatic circulation" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5584676", "text": "Transformers (comics) There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries. This was followed by a second volume titled \"\", which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. The second major series was produced by Dreamwave Productions from 2002 to 2004 with multiple limited series as well, and within multiple story continuities, until the company became bankrupt in 2005. The third series is", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "1538777", "text": "Argos 1984 catalogues containing the range, the UK comic launching in September 1984 or even the 1984 Transformers product catalogue produced by \"Hasbro Industries (UK) Ltd, Wokingham\". It is thought that Hasbro Europe as it now stands did not come into existence till 1985, hence no records of Transformers sales in 1984. UK Transformers toys were sold in boxes identical to those of their American counterparts until around 1998/9 when the range started to have UK exclusives. The 1984 and 1985 toy lines contained several figures of note. Megatron, the Decepticon leader, originally transformed into a realistic Walther P38 pistol", "title": "Transformers (toy line)" }, { "docid": "5584746", "text": "the Mini-Con Destruction Team and Starscream. The third volume features the Mini-Con Air Defense Team captured by Galvatron before being rescued by Optimus Prime and Jetfire. In the final volume, Optimus Prime, Overload and Roll Out face off against Galvatron who combines with Tidal Wave. Transformers (comics) There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries. This was followed by a second volume", "title": "Transformers (comics)" } ]

[ { "docid": "4968357", "text": "arrived on Earth, wiping out a small city; Nightbeat was able to work out the truth behind the being, and that the Creation Matrix was involved in creating it. (Although a UK only story, it was shown in flashback in a US issue.) There was no Nightbeat toy in the Generation Two toyline, however he did appear in the comics. Nightbeat appears twice in the Transformers: Generation 2 comic series. In issue 10, he is seated at a computer console when an explosion rocks him out of his seat. In issue 12, he is killed when he and Dirge self-destruct", "title": "Nightbeat (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "6421588", "text": "Combat Colin Combat Colin is a slapstick comedy adventure comic strip created, written and drawn by humour comic artist/writer Lew Stringer. It appeared in a number of Marvel UK titles. \"Combat Colin\" appeared as a back-up humour strip in \"Action Force\" comic in the 1980s. Stringer had a back-up story, \"Robocapers\" in \"The Transformers\" and was asked if he could come up with something similar for \"Action Force\" and he came up with a story about a character who was originally named \"Dimbo\" when he submitted it. The story then moved over to \"The Transformers\" comic for a popular run.", "title": "Combat Colin" }, { "docid": "4518128", "text": "infiltrate the Ark, disabling it. He is thrown out by Ratchet. The children's book \"Transformers - Meet The Decepticons\" by Jennifer Frantz has a slightly different ending than the film. This book has all six Decepticons leaving Earth together after being defeated by the Autobots, instead of having most of their numbers die. In the second issue of the \"Transformers: Movie Prequel\" comic distributed by Target stores online, Scorponok (referred to as Blackout's pet by Starscream) is among the Decepticons who come to Earth under Starscream's command. While his role is minor, it is notable that this comic shows Scorponok's", "title": "Scorponok" }, { "docid": "4696536", "text": "Skalor as the right arm and Nautilator as the right lower leg. His depiction in Marvel comic books and in Japan's \"Transformers: Super God Masterforce\", on the other hand, has Nautilator as the right arm, and Skalor as the right leg. With the U.S. \"Transformers\" animated series having come to a close the previous year, it fell to the comic book series from Marvel Comics to provide supporting fiction roles for the Seacons. However, their comic book debut came not in the pages of the U.S. title, but in its sister across the Atlantic, the U.K.'s official \"Transformers\" comic, which", "title": "Seacons" }, { "docid": "4987385", "text": "Ratchet was one of the original and the longest-lived of all Transformers in the Marvel \"Transformers\" comic series. Often a fan favorite, he was a healer first, but a soldier nonetheless. His courage and loyalty are demonstrated time and again. Ratchet made his first appearance in issue #1 of the Marvel Comics \"Transformers\" comic book series. Originally this was intended to be a 4-issue series, but became a monthly series that ultimately lasted 80 issues. Ratchet play prominent roles in the comic. When the rest of the Autobots are incapacitated Ratchet defeats multiple Decepticons and pushes Megatron off a cliff.", "title": "Ratchet (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "9434645", "text": "the Decepticons on other worlds, while Skystalker defeats Shockwave and orders an all-out assault on the Autobots. Both are more concerned with a mysterious Golden Disk, which seemingly indicates that the Transformers were created by other hands. The story ends with Skystalker defeated and the Hot Rod Patrol leaving to follow their own destiny. Transformers: Micromasters Transformers: Micromasters was a four-issue comic book limited series released in 2004 which takes place in between the \"\" and the \"\" series. The main focus of the series is the Micromasters subline of Transformers, though it did have some cameos of notable G1", "title": "Transformers: Micromasters" }, { "docid": "8936956", "text": "from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Scoop is one of those he displays to the Autobots. Scoop and his partners did not appear in Dreamwave comics fiction but did receive a full page biography in their More Than Meets The Eye series. Scoop, in Cybertronian form, appeared in issue #2 of the series by IDW Productions. He aided Springer's Wreckers on the planet Varas Centralus in the Kol system when Optimus Prime redeployed the Wreckers", "title": "Scoop (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "12856021", "text": "lot of other Micromaster attacked a large Decepticon by crawling up his leg. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Erector is one of those he displays to the Autobots. Although Erector did not appear in regular fiction of the ongoing Transformers comic book published by Dreamwave Productions, he did get a page devoted to him in their \"More Than Meets The Eye\" biography", "title": "Erector (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "4674575", "text": "his Pretender shell kept as a trophy aboard the Warworld. Megatron would go on to use Bludgeon's plan and warship, and would later consider aloud that he may have been too hasty to kill such a capable Decepticon. In the short-lived UK \"Generation 2\" comic, Bludgeon personally led an attack on London and did manage to attract Optimus Prime's attention but was defeated when the two fought. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to", "title": "Bludgeon (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "15043620", "text": "Autobots and Unicron's warriors are the Decepticons. As the battle progresses, the Transformers radiate energon, unaware that Unicron is taking this energy to use for himself. In the comic series, Unicron consumes the sparks of fallen Transformers, not just the energon given off when they die fighting. Most Universe toys lacked technical specifications on their boxes, but many of the toys displayed technical specifications that appeared on the Transformers' official website or in the short lived \"Transformers: Universe\" and \"Wreckers\" comic books. The \"Transformers Universe\" comic series was released through the Official Transformers Collector's Club. The Collector's Club came to", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "14963956", "text": "seven issues, with each one scoring in the top 15 of the Diamond Comic Distributors' rankings. However, sales started plummenting after that point and by the end of its run, the title scored out of the top 50. The title was collected in three trade paperbacks—titled \"First Contact\", \"Fortress\", and \"Worlds Collide\" with five, six, and seven issues, respectively—which were published from 2003–4. After IDW Publishing acquired the \"Transformers\" licence, the paperbacks were re-released in 2008–9, and an omnibus collection was published in 2010. \"Transformers: Armada\" #1 was the best-selling comic in July 2002, according to Diamond Comic Distributors' ranking", "title": "Transformers: Armada (comics)" }, { "docid": "9434642", "text": "Transformers: Micromasters Transformers: Micromasters was a four-issue comic book limited series released in 2004 which takes place in between the \"\" and the \"\" series. The main focus of the series is the Micromasters subline of Transformers, though it did have some cameos of notable G1 regulars. The first issue alone sold well over 40 thousand copies in total, exceeding all other single issues of Dreamwave \"Transformers\" titles in that release period, including their best-selling \"Generation One\" series and their lowest-selling regular series \"Transformers: Energon\". The series takes place at an undefined point after the third \"War Within\" series. Optimus", "title": "Transformers: Micromasters" }, { "docid": "17811033", "text": "Windblade's backstory, but she did say that she has \"no intention of presenting her in any sort of stereotypical geisha or hand-over-her-mouth-anime-girl role.\" Windblade made her first comics appearance in IDW Publishing \"Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\" #26, which was Chapter 8 of the \"Dark Cybertron\" event. Following that event, she was featured in a 4-issue miniseries, released from April–July 2014. This miniseries was notable for being first Transformers comic with an all-female creative team. Windblade is a young Transformer who puts duty and truth first, even when both are difficult. Her friend and bodyguard Chromia can get frustrated", "title": "Windblade" }, { "docid": "8552880", "text": "Within series for Dreamwave, but did not limit himself to those. All-in-all, he created the designs for every six-inch transforming figure in the line, over 12 figures, not including repaints. After the Titanium line ended, Figueroa worked with Hasbro again on their Transformers: Classics toy-line, creating updated, highly articulated designs for classic Transformers characters. The line has since expanded into the Transformers: Universe line, and continues to put out new toys. Don Figueroa Don Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both", "title": "Don Figueroa" }, { "docid": "15043617", "text": "Transformers Universe (comic book) Transformers Universe is the title of several comic book series based on the Transformers series by Hasbro. The first comic book was printed in 1986 by Marvel Comics as a character guide, while later series printed by 3H Enterprises contained fiction for the toy line. Transformers Universe refers to the four-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1986 to showcase profiles of the most popular characters in the Transformers comic and cartoon series as well as \"\". The series was requested by fans who were already familiar with Marvel's 12+ issues of \"Marvel Universe\", which", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "5584732", "text": "in October 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the Sony/BMG 20th Anniversary \"The Transformers: The Movie\" Special Edition DVD, released on November 7, 2006. The adaptation was written by former Marvel Transformers writer Bob Budiansky and illustrated by Don Figueroa. The series included scenes and characters in the comic that did not make it into the movie. Transformers is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based upon the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie. \"Balancing Act\", released by IDW in April 2007, is a collection of stories from the \"Hasbro Collector's Club Magazine\" that were published from 2005 to", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "15995214", "text": "would be either the Autobots or Decepticons logo, and #4 had a set of four badges. In 2009, Titan released a comic based on the animated series ; however, it only lasted for three issues due to low sales. The first strip to be published in the magazine was 'Burnout' written by Simon Furman. Another strip in the first issue was an adaptation of the episode 'Blast from the Past'. Transformers Comic UK Transformers Comic was a British Comic based on the Transformers toyline and film series, published monthly by Titan Magazines between 2007 and 2014. It often featured strips", "title": "Transformers Comic UK" }, { "docid": "14621087", "text": "was meant to deliver immersive reading experiences with interactive storytelling including title specific activities, coloring and read-and-record functions. The app was slated to release in May 2011, but never came out. IDW Publishing has released a group of comic books based on \"Transformers: Prime\". A comic book prequel was released on October 13, 2010, in the United States, followed by an October 26, 2010, Canadian release date. Adaptations of episodes (usually two episodes per comic book) from the series are currently being released, similar to the \"Transformers Animated\" comic books. Some \"Transformers: Prime\" storybooks were also set for release in", "title": "Transformers: Prime" }, { "docid": "10651744", "text": "Tap-Out (Transformers) Tap-Out is the name of two fictional characters from the Transformers toy, comic book, and cartoon storylines. Tap-Out is described as having once been a Decepticon prisoner in the infamous grease pits of Polyhex and is one of the best Autobots in hand-to-hand fighting. He was assigned to the vessel \"Sojourner's Passage\" when it and several other ships were commissioned by Rodimus Prime for deep space exploration. The ship crash landed on an alien planet, and Tap-Out was one of only two survivors, the other one being the archaeometrist Glyph. Dedicated to protect all innocent life in haunted", "title": "Tap-Out (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "15043634", "text": "the two Universe comic series and the Botcon voice plays. Appeared in a flashback to Generation 1 Era 2004 Botcon voice actor play Characters fleeing captivity from Unicron Maximal High Council Primeval Dawn Storyline Characters in \"The Wreckers\" Comics Transformers Universe (comic book) Transformers Universe is the title of several comic book series based on the Transformers series by Hasbro. The first comic book was printed in 1986 by Marvel Comics as a character guide, while later series printed by 3H Enterprises contained fiction for the toy line. Transformers Universe refers to the four-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "13802590", "text": "Transformers (film comic series) Transformers is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, spun off from the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie and other films in the \"Transformers\" film series. Transformers: Movie Prequel is a 4-issue mini-series which serves as a prequel to the events of the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie. It is co-written by Chris Ryall and Simon Furman, with art by Don Figueroa. The first issue was delayed due to a printing error, eventually being released on March 6, 2007. Transformers: Movie Prequel Special is a reprinting of two previous movie prequel comics that had been produced in cooperation with Target", "title": "Transformers (film comic series)" }, { "docid": "8689968", "text": "Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave) Transformers: Generation One was a Dreamwave Productions comic book series, consisting of two 6-issue limited series and an ongoing title. Within the same continuity were 3 other Dreamwave series: a series of character profiles entitled \"\", a prequel miniseries entitled, \"\" and another prequel ongoing miniseries called \"\". In addition, a single story was part of the \"Transformers Summer Special\". All ongoing series were cancelled in 2005 due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, leaving their plotlines unresolved. The 'Generation One' term has also come to be associated with the wider Transformers universes based on the original Transformers animated", "title": "Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)" }, { "docid": "4350493", "text": "to destroy the Autobots. However, the Dinobots could not be controlled and rebelled against Shockwave. It is an IDW comic series where the Dinobots are forced to confront Shockwave, linking Transformers Fall of Cybertron to the Transformers Prime continuity and leads into season three of Transformers Prime. The inclusion of Sludge also reveals that he did survive the events of \"Fall of Cybertron\", although it is unexplained how he made it out of the cave or how he received his Dinobot form. A human-built robotic Dinosaur called Trex appears in \"\". Trex debuted in \"Family of Heroes\", the \"Tyrannosaurus rex\"", "title": "Dinobots" }, { "docid": "17345764", "text": "Sparkplug (Transformers) Sparkplug is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers series in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Sparkplug Witwicky is the patriarch of the Witwicky family who was vastly unlike his two sons, in that he was portrayed in startlingly different ways across the two main fictions. The \"Transformers Classics\" Mirage toy sports an advertisement for \"Witwickey Sparkplugs\", a reference to this character. Although Sparkplug started out as being quite similar to his animated counterpart in the comic book universe, aiding in the repair of Bumblebee when his son, Buster, brought the injured robot to his", "title": "Sparkplug (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "13802596", "text": "Moon Movie Adaptation\". A 6-chapter prequel for the third film, included as an extra with some Target Corporation exclusive toys for \"\". Transformers (film comic series) Transformers is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, spun off from the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie and other films in the \"Transformers\" film series. Transformers: Movie Prequel is a 4-issue mini-series which serves as a prequel to the events of the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie. It is co-written by Chris Ryall and Simon Furman, with art by Don Figueroa. The first issue was delayed due to a printing error, eventually being released on March 6,", "title": "Transformers (film comic series)" }, { "docid": "7526755", "text": "issue in the entire series drawn by Dwayne Turner, whose dark-shaded drawing style was noticeably different from other artists in the comic. At the end of issue #73, Blackrock and the Neo-Knights were accidentally transported to Cybertron along with the Transformers when Primus sought to unite all his children against the dark god Unicron. Upon first contact with Unicron, Circuit Breaker fainted because of his sheer size and complexity, and Dynamo was unable to fight because Cybertron's nature was too unlike Earth. However, Rapture did manage to briefly convince Unicron that he had succeeded in destroying the universe. \"Note: Stories", "title": "Circuit Breaker (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "15995211", "text": "Transformers Comic UK Transformers Comic was a British Comic based on the Transformers toyline and film series, published monthly by Titan Magazines between 2007 and 2014. It often featured strips re-printed from American comics and graphic novels. The first issue was released in July 2007 to tie in with the release of the film. The comic went through five different volumes and title changes, before the final issue went on sale in August 2014, after a run of seven years. Volume 1 ran for 25 issues before the second volume began in 2009 to tie in with the release of", "title": "Transformers Comic UK" }, { "docid": "5584733", "text": "2006. The stories were written by Forrest Lee and illustrated by Dan Khanna. IDW also published a bimonthly \"Transformers Magazine\". It features strips from the original Marvel US \"The Transformers\" series, Dreamwave's \"\" comic and IDW's own \"\" series. Spotlight artist Robby Musso provides original covers. The first issue came due out in June 2007. From July 2012 to March 2014, IDW published the series \"Transformers: Regeneration One\". It continued the Marvel Comics canceled \"Transformers\" series picking up after the final issue (#80) which was published in July 1991. 21 years later, the series (now under IDW) resumed, and featured", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "6188167", "text": "versions of Scourge, Thunderwing, and Dirge - and subsequently beaten to a pulp. He did not appear again in the \"Armada\" comics. Although the character of Thrust did not appear in the \"Energon\" animated series he continued to appear in the \"Transformers: Energon\" comic series by Dreamwave, allying himself with the Autobots after the disappearance of Megatron. He was one of those who aided the Autobots when Cybertron was attacked by the Four Horsemen of Unicron: Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox and Terrorsaur. Subsequently, he was one of those who volunteered to head to Earth to battle the Terrorcon invasion. He was", "title": "Thrust (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "11465464", "text": "Hasbro advised Mowry on the story, leading to four script drafts. They rejected his idea to make the series introduce characters for the next film (which Alex Milne designed), making it into a wrap-up to the first film. However, when discussing the official prequel to the sequel film, it was mentioned that \"Transformers: Destiny\" would reference \"The Reign of Starscream\". The first issue's \"B\" cover is modeled after Marvel Comics's \"The Transformers\" (USA) #5, where Shockwave stands against \"Are All Dead\" graffiti. Transformers: The Reign of Starscream Transformers: The Reign of Starscream is an IDW Publishing comic book, a sequel", "title": "Transformers: The Reign of Starscream" }, { "docid": "6188140", "text": "their animation models were drawn to make them visually distinct from the original Decepticon jets Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker despite their toys being modifications of the same mold used to create that original trio. Thrust's personality is that of a braggart who tries to psyche out his opponents with the roar of his engines, but is in fact a coward when it comes to actual battle. Thrust was named the 24th top unfortunately named Transformer by Topless Robot. Thrust first appeared in issue #17 of the US Marvel Transformers comic, acting as a bodyguard for Straxus. \"He played a larger", "title": "Thrust (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "14963955", "text": "Transformers: Armada (comics) Transformers: Armada was an ongoing American comic book published by Dreamwave Productions that ran for 18 issues from July 10, 2002 to December 10, 2003. Originally written by Chris Sarracini, writing duties were taken over by veteran \"Transformers\" writer Simon Furman after the fifth issue. The comic was based on the Japanese anime series by Hasbro and Takara Tomy, but is set in its own continuity with an independent storyline. Upon its launch, the title was a huge commercial success, with its first issue being the best-selling comic of July 2002. Sales remained high throughout the first", "title": "Transformers: Armada (comics)" }, { "docid": "15043632", "text": "back to its own time. The \"\" comic features Sentinel Maximus, a character who is the fused form of the Transformers characters Primal Prime and Apelinq, who were merged to be able to defeat Cryotek during an untold story. Universe characters Nemesis Prime, Ramjet and his Mini-Cons also appear in this story. In the comic story found in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine \"Robots in Disguise\", Optimus Prime told the story of the last battle he was in, set in the \"Transformers: Universe\" storyline. Alongside \"10th Anniversary\" Optimus Primal they attacked the last of Unicron's forces when", "title": "Transformers Universe (comic book)" }, { "docid": "3421282", "text": "simply because of animator error is open to fan-interpretation. As \"The Headmasters\" cartoon is set in alternative \"Japanese continuity\" which officially doesn't belong to original American series that ended with 4th season in three-piece episode titled \"The Rebirth\", Ultra Magnus did not die in scope of original continuity. Ultra Magnus did not appear in Marvel Comics' American \"Transformers\" comic book series outside of a comic book adaptation of a third-season episode of the animated \"Transformers\" series. However, its sister title in the U.K. \"did\" feature in the character extensively in its own original stories (particularly issues in and around the", "title": "Ultra Magnus" }, { "docid": "1538803", "text": "Transformers universe where the Transformers are powered by the kisses of young girls. The toys themselves come packaged with small, scale figurines of the girls who power them. The toyline was openly admitted to be aimed at a specific part of the market — adults, rather than children. The comic that accompanied the Kiss Players was an unashamed reflection of this, with several images which were considered by some to be very sexually themed. Kiss Players continued the theme of the metaphysical power potential of human beings empowering Transformers. Previous examples were the Japanese series programs Masterforce and Car Robots.", "title": "Transformers (toy line)" }, { "docid": "4969484", "text": "their leader Scorponok. Optimus remained inside Unicron, fighting off the horrors within heading for a final showdown with the heart of the enemy. Unfortunately, like many of the plotlines above, the comic folded, with all of the ongoing storylines abandoned, although it was confirmed in the final issue that the intended last arc for the \"Energon\" comic would have led directly into DW's own version of events in \"\". IDW, the current holders of the franchise, have not continued publication of the \"Energon\" comic or even published a \"Cybertron\" comic, they did however release a collection of the Hasbro Transformers", "title": "Transformers: Energon" }, { "docid": "3420125", "text": "The first one sped up the story, while the second ditched the mini series format as well as the Spotlight series. Finally, the series was broken into three, becoming The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eyes, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise (now simply The Transformers) and The returning The Transformers - Spotlight. In January 2006, the \"Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club\" comic wrote a story based on the Transformers Classics toy line, set in the Marvel Comics universe, but excluding the \"Generation 2\" comic. Fifteen years after Megatron crash lands in the \"Ark\" with Ratchet, the war continues with the characters", "title": "Transformers" }, { "docid": "5133251", "text": "years after the events of \"Prime\", Bumblebee becomes the leader of a group of Autobots and they return to Earth to fight a new generation of Decepticons, when the re-emerge on the planet after a prison ship crash. A constant running gag throughout the first season is Bumblebee's inability to come up with a decent command for his team to mobilize, in the vein of Optimus Prime's famous order to \"roll out\". Bumblebee retains a similar vehicle mode as he did in \"Prime\", now a 1992 Chevrolet Camaro (And in the films Bumblebee is a Camaro) however, his robot mode", "title": "Bumblebee (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "5016094", "text": "concept drawings for Ratchet in the 2007 \"Transformers\" film. He transforms into a 2000 BMW X5 fire truck. He appears in the \"Transformers: Defiance\" comic series by IDW Publishing. In issue #2, Inferno helps in the recovery effort after the attack on Cybertron. He later sides with Optimus Prime against the idea of Megatron's counterattack on their invaders. He also appears in the \"Transformers: Movie Prequel\" comic issue #1, as a member of the squad commanded by Bumblebee at Tyger Pax when they are attacked by Megatron and several Dreadwing drones. In \"Transformers Animated\", Inferno is based off the \"Beast", "title": "Inferno (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "3420259", "text": "before actually transforming himself into Cybertron. This world, named Protos, was where he created the first 12 Transformers, each of them themed after an animal of the zodiac. Later, Primus created the Original Thirteen Transformers. Primus appeared with Alpha Trion in the \"Transformers: Universe\" comic, bringing back Optimus Primal and guiding him in his battles against Unicron allied Decepticons. When Dorling Kindersley published \"Transformers: The Ultimate Guide\", the concept of Primus and Unicron as brother heralds created by an extra-dimensional entity, called the \"AllSpark\", as per the \"Armada\" trading card, was again referenced. Additionally, however, the book claimed that there", "title": "Primus (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "10092910", "text": "Unicron's optic blast. Although the US Transformers animated series stopped making original episodes before Waverider was brought out, his Japanese counterpart Diver appeared in the \"Masterforce\" anime series. Waverider appeared in animation was in early commercials for the Pretender toys. Animation from the commercial was used in the opening credits for season 5 of the Transformers, which retold episodes of earlier seasons. Waverider appeared in them. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify", "title": "Waverider (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "8162338", "text": "The Transformers: Infiltration The Transformers: Infiltration is a six-issue comic book mini-series, published by IDW Publishing, based on the Transformers. The series was previewed with a #0 in October, 2005, formally launched with #1 in January 2006 and ended with #6 in July. Written by long-time Transformers writer Simon Furman, it is a new origin for the \"Generation 1\" Transformers, and also marks the beginning of the Hasbro Comic Book Universe. The element of disguise is a major focus, as the Transformers have been living unnoticed amongst humans for several years. Their first contact with humans on Earth is chronicled", "title": "The Transformers: Infiltration" }, { "docid": "12864843", "text": "appeared in Marvel U.K. Transformers #251 \"The Void!\" where he was among the Autobot crew of a ship commanded by Rodimus Prime which was retreating from Cybertron.\" Flak (as Powerbomb) was among the Autobot Micromasters defending the base on Planet Zone when the nine Decepticon generals attacked in \"\". He then traveled to Earth to fight them when they tried to steal the Zodiac. He was among the Autobot present when Dai Atlas was appointed the new supreme commander. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher", "title": "Flak (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "11032686", "text": "first comic book, \"Come Out Comix.\" This comic book was created in response Trina Robbins's comic in \"Wimmen's Comix\" number one, \"Sandy Comes Out\"\"—\"the first comic about lesbians. Wings was angered by \"Sandy Comes Out,\" believing that the complex process of coming out was misrepresented by Robbins, a straight woman. She wrote \"Come Out Comix\" in seven days. Wings self-published \"Come Out Comix,\" printing copies in the basement of a karate studio. The plot of this comic book focuses on the character Maggi, who is coming to terms with her lesbian identity and finding a lover in the process. \"Come", "title": "Mary Wings" }, { "docid": "9097882", "text": "a female Autobot firefighter. Discharge's bio painted her as dedicating herself to the purpose of her alternate mode - putting out fires and rescuing people. Few have ever seen her true appearance. She hates fighting, but is fearsome when provoked. According to the story for Reverse Evolution Sixturbo, a computer virus briefly turned the Sixturbo team into Decepticons. Discharge was named the 2nd top unfortunately named Transformer by Topless Robot. This version of Red Alert appeared only in his combined form of Defensor in issue 2 of the \"Transformers: Universe\" comic as one of the Transformers escaping Unicron's captivity. Red", "title": "Red Alert (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "19884098", "text": "Mega-Set\" as an anticipation to IDW's \"First Strike\", and features sixteen figures from \"Transformers\", \"G.I. Joe\", \"Rom\", \"Micronauts\", \"Action Man\", \"M.A.S.K.\", and \"Visionaries\". Revolution (IDW Publishing) Revolution is a 2016 comic book storyline published by IDW Publishing, that ran from September to November 2016. The story involves characters from various Hasbro franchises. Several months after Optimus Prime's controversial annexation of Earth into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds, the political situation remains volatile as humanity struggles to come to terms with the actions of the Transformers, viewing them with distrust. The tensions heighten after Earth's deposits of Ore-13 start to rapidly", "title": "Revolution (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "10512530", "text": "acquired the rights to the \"Transformers\" comic franchise from Hasbro. Although the Transformers convention Botcon created several storylines external to the \"Beast Wars\" continuity (such as \"The Wreckers\" and a continuation of \"Beast Machines\" entitled \"\") as various comic book miniseries, the canonicity of such stories is disputable. Dreamwave first touched on the \"Beast Wars\" series with a prequel in 2003's \"\". In 2004, the publisher's \"Transformers Summer Special\" featured \"Ain't No Rat\", which was the first officially approved comic story to carry on directly from the events seen in the final \"Beast Wars\" cartoon. Dreamwave held a contest to", "title": "Beast Wars (IDW Publishing)" }, { "docid": "5659020", "text": "appeared in them. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Landmine is one of those he displays to the Autobots. Although Landmine did get a full character profile in Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye series, he didn't appear in their comic stories before the company closed. His bio described him as being perpetually struck with dreams of adventure: whether its daringly rescuing innocents", "title": "Landmine (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "7127057", "text": "shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Overload is one of those he displays to the Autobots. Although Overload did not appear in the Dreamwave storyline, he did get a biography in their \"More Than Meets The Eye\" title. The second Overload is an Autobot/Mini-Con Headmaster unit who combines with Optimus Prime. Apparently a non-sentient weapons platform crafted by the Mini-Cons at the same time as they recreated Optimus Prime's body, Overload", "title": "Overload (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "20694015", "text": "Transformers: Unicron Transformers: Unicron is a science fiction comic book limited series presented by IDW Publishing, in collaboration with Hasbro. The series is being written by John Barber, with art from penciller Alex Milne and colorist Sebastian Cheng. Issue #0 was published during Free Comic Book Day (May 5, 2018) before running from July to October 2018, featuring crossovers with the ongoing series \"Optimus Prime\" and \"\". The series introduces Unicron into the Hasbro Comic Book Universe following the events of \"First Strike\". The character had previously appeared on the Marvel comic book and the \"Unicron Trilogy\" anime series (\"\",", "title": "Transformers: Unicron" }, { "docid": "15995212", "text": ". Volume 3 began in 2011 to tie in with the third film and a fourth launched soon after for the animated series; . The fifth and final volume began in June 2014, coinciding with the release of the fourth Transformers film, , and was cancelled after three issues. The final issue went on sale on 21 August 2014. For the last few issues of Volume 1, the Transformers: Universe toy line logo was on the cover. A typical issue of \"Transformers\" during its first volume would feature the following content: During the first volume, the comic printed three strips", "title": "Transformers Comic UK" }, { "docid": "5133184", "text": "a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Pretender Bumblebee is one of those he displays to the Autobots. In Devil's Due's first \"G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers\" crossover, the evil terrorist organization Cobra are the first to uncover the \"Ark\" and the Transformers slumbering within it, capturing and reformatting a large number of them to use them as war machines. Bumblebee and Wheeljack are able", "title": "Bumblebee (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "3420130", "text": "series, telling its own story. This caused continuity problems when Hasbro sold \"Cybertron\" as a follow-up to \"Armada/Energon\". The writers attempted to change certain plot elements from the Japanese version to remedy this, although this largely added up to nothing more than references to Unicron, Primus, Primes and Minicons. Just as Marvel produced a companion comic to \"Generation One\", Dreamwave Productions published the comic \"Transformers Armada\" set in a different continuity to the cartoon. At #19, it became \"Transformers Energon\". Dreamwave went bankrupt and ceased all publications before the storyline could be completed at #30. However, the Transformers Fan Club", "title": "Transformers" }, { "docid": "7277992", "text": "Transformers: Generation 2 The Transformers: Generation 2 (also known as Generation Two or G2) was a Transformers toy line which ran from 1992–1995, in conjunction with a corresponding comic book series and edited reruns of the G1 cartoon beginning in 1993. The prior Transformer television series, comic books and toys became known as 'Generation 1' or G1 retroactively, and are now officially referred to as such by toymaker Hasbro, even though the term was never used during the days of G1. \"Generation 2\" was discontinued as the first \"\" toys began hitting the shelves. \"Generation 2\" Transformers toys were, for", "title": "Transformers: Generation 2" }, { "docid": "9429504", "text": "for the next piece of prey, and will attack vessels for the fun of it. He is virtually unbeatable in underwater combat in his shark alternate mode, which also possesses legs for land operation and claws for manipulating objects. He is armed with a freeze-beam blaster and wields a corrosive jawbreaker cannon. Overbite was named the 5th oddest thing that G1 Transformers transform into by Topless Robot. With the U.S. \"Transformers\" animated series having come to a close the previous year, it fell to the comic book series from Marvel Comics to provide supporting fiction roles for the Seacons. However,", "title": "Overbite (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "11465457", "text": "Transformers: The Reign of Starscream Transformers: The Reign of Starscream is an IDW Publishing comic book, a sequel to their of the 2007 live action \"Transformers\" film. The comic follows Starscream. The first issue was released in May 2008. The first issue follows the story of the film from Starscream's perspective, with him organizing his team to follow Megatron to Earth. During the battle in Mission City, Starscream is enraged by Megatron's uncaring attitude towards the death of his comrades. Following his leader's death, Starscream meets with a wounded Barricade (whom Ironhide caused to crash into a barrier and thus", "title": "Transformers: The Reign of Starscream" }, { "docid": "8552878", "text": "story arc on the \"\" comic book series, which featured some G1 Decepticons. He was eventually named as the penciler for the ongoing \"Generation 1\" comic. He also contributed heavily to their \"\" eight-issue volume of character profiles. After Dreamwave went out of business, Figueroa was brought into IDW Publishing's Transformers franchise. At IDW, he worked on \"\", \"\", a comic adaptation of 1986's \"\", the official 2007 \"Transformers\" and a \"\" issue on Optimus Prime. His later work included \"\", a Target exclusive comic with Andrew Wildman as well as many of the profiles for the \"\" profile series.", "title": "Don Figueroa" }, { "docid": "14963957", "text": "for that month, with around 145,567 copies distributed. High sales continued with #2 being the third best-selling comic of the month. Issue #3 was the first one to sell less that 100,000 copies, while #4 was the first one to not rank in the top 10. Sales continued to plummet from that point on. Issue #8 scored out of the top 20, #10 scored out of the top 30, and by #14 the series failed to rank in the top 50. By the end, \"Transformers: Armada\" #18 sold 28,059 copies and ranked 70th in Diamond's rankings. The series' first trade", "title": "Transformers: Armada (comics)" }, { "docid": "5636466", "text": "with some of the Maximals and Predacons to Cybertron. During the battle on Cybertron the Snarl shunts Shokaract into limbo with Magmatron, where the truth of Unicron's plans is revealed. Snarl had a biography printed in the \"Beast Wars Sourcebook\" by IDW Publishing. In the \"Beast Machines\" toyline, Snarl was a Maximal who transformed into a technorganic lion. He did not appear in the television series, but eventually did appear in the \"Transformers: Universe\" comic. It is unclear if he had any connections with the \"Beast Wars\" toy of the same name. Snarl appeared in the unreleased \"Transformers: Universe -", "title": "Snarl (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "7851718", "text": "the Autobots on Earth. Upon arriving in the Earth system from transwarp space, they witnessed the arrival of Sunstorm (Transformers: Generation One III #1). Seaspray was one of those who battled against him, but was deactivated by his energy powers. He did not reappear before the end of the Ongoing comic, when Dreamwave fell into bankruptcy. Seaspray appears in the story \"\" where he is among the reinforcements from Autobot City to respond to the Decepticon attack at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Once there the Autobots are able to defeat the Decepticons, but during the fight the Autobots", "title": "Seaspray (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "7486380", "text": "human lives in random situations. When a Mayhem hit squad came after Carnivac and killed Catilla, the other Survivors turned to the Autobot Earthforce for help and subsequently joined them. Issue #279 of the Marvel U.K. Transformers comic featured a story called \"Divide and Conquer!\" where Soundwave led the bulk of the Decepticon forces on Earth against the Autobot Earthforce headquarters while Starscream attacked an oil tanker. Sent into battle by Prowl, the Dinobots routed the main Decepticon forces while Springer led the Autobot Survivors Inferno, Skids, and Carnivac to defeat Starscream. Although Skids did appear in season two of", "title": "Skids (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "5133247", "text": "and try to take his place, as he did to his former superiors. The Botcon 2008 set was chosen as the \"Action Figure Digest Hot Pick.\" Goldbug appears in the 2008 April Fool's comic \"Shattered Expectations\" by Fun Publications. Goldbug appears as a member of Optimus Prime's forces in the \"Transformers: Timelines\" story \"Shattered Glass.\" Goldbug and Blurr report to Optimus Prime the rumors that Megatron is planning an attack. When the Decepticons attack the Ark launch site Blurr, Goldbug and Rodimus compete for who could destroy the most Decepticons, but thanks to Cliffjumper the Decepticon attack is successful. Goldbug", "title": "Bumblebee (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "2124480", "text": "his own, dubbed \"the Decepticons\", to fight against Primus. The army is led by Razorclaw, an alternate version of Tigerhawk, and consists of alternate versions of Obsidian, Tankor, and Reptilion. Although the end of \"Universe\" did not provide a proper conclusion to the storyline, the Cybertron Club Comic portrayed the ending. In \"Revelations, Part 2\", when Optimus Prime is called to another dimension to fight Unicron's heralds, he reflects back on the final battle between Primus's forces and Unicron's army. Unicron suddenly disappeared, his existence ended by the black hole created by his defeat in \"Transformers: Energon\". The Transformers club", "title": "Unicron" }, { "docid": "5584683", "text": "more serious science fiction approach. Because of the weekly approach, the UK comic was able to flesh out characters and ideas more; in the US comic, the Aerialbots and Stunticons are first shown having just been built and being given life by the Creation Matrix program, whereas the UK comic fleshed it out more and showed the two teams as being created out of new technology created by Shockwave after scanning Buster Witwicky while he had the Matrix downloaded into his brain. Furman also tried to maintain continuity with \"\", and wrote several stories set in the future after the", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "6810076", "text": "original episode before Cloudburst was brought out, his Japanese counterpart Phoenix appeared in the \"Masterforce\" anime series. Cloudburst's appeared in animation in commercials for the Pretender toys. Animation from the commercial was used in the opening credits for season 5 of the Transformers, which retold episodes of earlier seasons. Cloudburst appeared in them. In a story called \"By their Blasters you shall know them ...!\" from \"Transformers Comic-Magazin\" issue #12 by German comic publisher Condor Verlag Optimus Prime instructs Backstreet, Bumblebee and Ruckus on how to identify Autobots from Decepticons in battle using the Ark's computer. Cloudburst is one of", "title": "Cloudburst (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "4344987", "text": "into Cobra vehicles remotely controlled by the Televipers. In this storyline Jazz turned into a Cobra S.T.U.N.. In the sequel, he ended up being warped to the 1970s, where he was automatically reformatted into a pimpmobile. In 2002, Jazz returned along with his fellow Autobots when Dreamwave Productions acquired the Transformers comic license and launched a brand new continuity. When civil war broke out on the planet Cybertron between the Autobots and Decepticon factions, Jazz joined the Autobot cause. After Decepticon leader Megatron killed the Autobot leader Sentinel Prime, a new Autobot leader was chosen by the Council of the", "title": "Jazz (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "14621069", "text": "wanted to explore with the Transformers that we just couldn't do. We wanted to show more of their mythology and their past and their planet and just hang out with them. ... And in the movie, every time you did that, it was very special but it was extremely limited. So there was always another way ... to tell ... Transformers stories and this was ... a lucky accident that .. we got an opportunity to pursue that inspiration[.] On February 4, 2011, when the show's first season resumed airing, it was announced that it had been renewed for a", "title": "Transformers: Prime" }, { "docid": "5584678", "text": "a 4 issue limited series\". Issues #5–15, 17–32, 35–42 and 44–56 were written by Bob Budiansky, with Marvel UK writer Simon Furman taking over for the remainder of the comic. The comic did not attempt to follow the show and some elements and characters were completely absent, including Ultra Magnus, Springer, Arcee, and Metroplex. The comic started much the same as the show; a crew crash landing the Ark on Earth in the distant past. They are befriended by Buster Witwicky. His brother Spike eventually joins the cause as Autobot leader when he became the head of commander Fortress Maximus.", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "9429505", "text": "their comic book debut came not in the pages of the U.S. title, but in its sister across the Atlantic, the U.K.'s official \"Transformers\" comic, which interspliced its own stories with the U.S. material. \"The Seacons were brought to Earth by Shockwave to put their undersea adeptness to use fortifying the Decepticons' sub-aquatic island headquarters. Outfitted with Earth modes by Shockwave, the Seacons were going about their task when they met with their first challenge, which also proved to be one of their greatest – they were ordered to defend the island against the insane, time-travelling future Decepticon, Galvatron. The", "title": "Overbite (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "3420139", "text": "often accompanying the toys released that year. Since Fun Publications assumed the license, however, the annual BotCon comic has been supplemented by on-line text stories available exclusively at the official club website, and a bi-monthly magazine sent out to members with a six-page comic in each issue. Grouped under the umbrella term \"Transformers: Timelines\", Fun Publications fiction deals with a variety of existing Transformers franchises, including Generation 1, Beast Wars and Cybertron, as well as new universes created specifically by Fun Publications such as TransTech and Shattered Glass. It was announced in 2016 that Fun Publications would no longer run", "title": "Transformers" }, { "docid": "5584713", "text": "James McDonough and Adam Patyk with art by many Dreamwave artists (including the interlocking covers by Joe Ng), the layout was similar to the mini-series released in 2003, and included separate character bios for the Minicons as well as for the other Transformers. The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue three feature a mini-comic of the human character Alexis studying the history of the Transformers. The comic was set sometime between the events of the \"Transformers: Armada\" and \"\" Dreamwave comics. Before Dreamwave's bankruptcy, an \"Energon\" edition of \"More Than Meets The Eye\" was also", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "15565523", "text": "Female Autobots The Female Autobots is the name of a group in the various \"Transformers\" series in the Transformers franchise. They usually possess the outward appearance of humanoid females. The Female Autobots (known in Japan as the Woman Cybertrons and alternately known as the Fatal Furies and Elita One's Squadron) were seen in the 1985 animated television series, in which they were indicated to be rare, and believed extinct by most other Transformers. They did not appear in the American Marvel comic book series, where it was specifically stated that Transformers do not have genders. It is very clear that", "title": "Female Autobots" }, { "docid": "8696576", "text": "Bob Budiansky as writer of the U.S. counterpart and has been associated with the succession of Transformers comic franchises, such as published by Dreamwave and IDW. The \"Transformers\" UK comic was equally home to two long standing backup humour strips. The first was \"Robo-Capers\", written and produced by artist/creator Lew Stringer. The second was \"Matt and the Cat\", written and produced by artist/creator Mychailo \"Mike\" Kazybrid. Whilst originally created as the daily cartoon strip \"Matt\" in April 1979, and appearing for six years in the \"Bradford Telegraph & Argus\" newspaper, and later in \"The Manchester Evening News\", the comic strip", "title": "The Transformers (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "6210082", "text": "put out a distress call, alerting Prowl and Optimus Prime. He appeared to avoid deactivation by the Underbase powered Starscream, he was not seen again after issue #50 of the US comic. He appeared again in the Generation 2 comics as part of a raiding party under Grimlock that was outthought and captured by the forces of Jhiaxus. He was freed by Prime, and later appeared battling the Swarm. As a release of an unused \"Generation 2\" Go-Bots mold, the name Side Swipe is reused for the first time on an unrelated toy to the original. This toy did not", "title": "Sideswipe (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "5584735", "text": "\"Transformers: The Wreckers\" (3 issues) and \"\" (3 issues). In spring 1999, new publisher Benchpress Comics announced they acquired the rights to produce new G.I. Joe and Transformers comics. The plan was to release two Transformers monthly series, one would feature the Generation 1 cast of characters and a second title would focus on \"Beast Wars\". Benchpress went bankrupt before a single issue was published. In 1987, Blackthorne Publishing released \"The Transformers in 3-D\", a comic book series that ran separately from the Marvel Transformers comic book series. The series had three issues, with 28 pages per issue. The comic", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "3420113", "text": "to be a clone when he took over the U.S. comic book, which depicted Megatron as still dead. The U.S. comic would last for 80 issues until 1991, and the UK comic lasted 332 issues and several annuals, until it was replaced as Dreamwave Productions, later in the 20th-Century. In 2009, Shout! Factory released the entire G1 series in a 16-DVD box set called the Matrix of Leadership Edition. They also released the same content as individual seasons. It was five issues of the \"\" comic in 1993 that would springboard a return for Marvel's Transformers, with the new twelve-issue", "title": "Transformers" }, { "docid": "5503226", "text": "game \"\". Dirge (Transformers) Dirge is the name of several different fictional characters from the Transformers series. He was first introduced in 1985 as a villain in the Transformers series, appearing in the comic book by Marvel Comics and voiced by Bud Davis in the animated television series. Since then the name Dirge was also used by several other Transformers characters. In 2007 a limited edition Dirge toy was sold at the Transformers convention Botcon. Dirge was first introduced in 1985. He, Ramjet, and Thrust are part of a team dubbed by Transformers fans as the \"Coneheads\" for the way", "title": "Dirge (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "5503190", "text": "Dirge (Transformers) Dirge is the name of several different fictional characters from the Transformers series. He was first introduced in 1985 as a villain in the Transformers series, appearing in the comic book by Marvel Comics and voiced by Bud Davis in the animated television series. Since then the name Dirge was also used by several other Transformers characters. In 2007 a limited edition Dirge toy was sold at the Transformers convention Botcon. Dirge was first introduced in 1985. He, Ramjet, and Thrust are part of a team dubbed by Transformers fans as the \"Coneheads\" for the way their character", "title": "Dirge (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "13802592", "text": "the 2007 \"Transformers\" movie, with the exception of the fourth issue which is set just after the movie. Destiny is a series that serves as both a sequel to \"\" and as a lead in to \"Revenge of the Fallen\", and as such is in direct continuity with the films. \"Destiny\" consists of two 4-issue story arcs: the first arc, \"Transformers: Alliance\", began in December 2008, while the concurrent arc, \"Transformers: Defiance\", debuted the following month. Alliance is a 4-part comic series that ran from December 2008 to March 2009. It serves as both a sequel to \"The Reign Of", "title": "Transformers (film comic series)" }, { "docid": "8577040", "text": "ship with which they fled from Cybertron and crash-landed on Earth in G1 continuity, is entirely absent from the comic and does not appear to exist. The Transformers: Hearts of Steel The Transformers: Hearts of Steel is a comic book miniseries published by IDW Publishing. It was intended to be part of a comic book line titled \"The Transformers: Evolutions\", following the same idea of DC Comics' \"Elseworlds\" series. Each series was to create an alternative reality: a continuity in a different time era during which the Transformers would exist. In other words, the Transformers can exist at places and", "title": "The Transformers: Hearts of Steel" }, { "docid": "8696578", "text": "2011, it was announced that IDW Publishing has signed up Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman and Stephen Baskerville (Wildman's \"Transformers\" inker) to make a continuation of the Marvel \"Transformers\" comic, consisting of 20 issues from #81 to #100. A special \"prequel\" issue, numbered #80.5, was published on Free Comic Book Day on 5 May 2012. Issue number #81 was published in July 2012, after which the series continues monthly. Bublbi The Transformers (Marvel Comics) The Transformers was an 80-issue American comic book series published by Marvel Comics telling the story of the Transformers. Originally scheduled as a four issue mini-series, it", "title": "The Transformers (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "6501605", "text": "did appear as one of the Earthforce Autobots in several later issues of the U.K. comic. Just before the launch of the Marvel \"\" comic, Brawn made a brief return to active duty as part of the Autobot reinforcements on Earth responding to Megatron’s alliance with Cobra forces. Brawn was killed by Megatron in the conflict as his body was atomized, never again to return to the pages of Marvel continuity - although he would return in the pages of \"Transformers: Universe\". He also appeared in the U.K. Space Pirates arc (set in the future of the movie) where he", "title": "Brawn (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "6210087", "text": "the Autobots after Optimus Prime's death. Sideswipe also appeared in Dreamwave's \" Transformers: Armada\" comic, with a much lesser role. He first appeared in issue #14. He was one of a team of Autobots under Jetfire who investigated odd Space Bridge activity at the Decepticon HQ - unaware it had been taken over by the Heralds of Unicron. Bludgeon was still present, and stalked Jetfire's team. Sideswipe survived relatively unscathed - unlike Blurr and Dropshot - and helped to eventually destroy the samurai Decepticon. Sideswipe was last seen in issue #18 of the Armada series and did not make any", "title": "Sideswipe (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "8616915", "text": "The Transformers: Devastation The Transformers: Devastation is a six-issue comic book miniseries, published by IDW Publishing, based on the Transformers and following on from \"\". Issue 1 of \"Devastation\" was released on October 3, 2007, with issue 2 following on the 24th of October and was published monthly until February 2008. A follow-up entitled \"\" then followed. The series is available in The Transformers: Volume 3. The story begins with Nightbeat puzzling out the Machination events of both \"\" and \"\" to Optimus Prime and Prowl. Prime attempts to get proactive by moving the Ark-19 to the Gulf of Mexico.", "title": "The Transformers: Devastation" }, { "docid": "8410313", "text": "with the code VE37 on it. When typed in on the official Transformers web site this code reveals the following secret information: \"Those Giant Planet Transformers MUST have come from Cybertron originally, because there is an ancient Transformer (actually he’s from 1988) that was named Quickmix too! The ‘original’ Quickmix was an Autobot chemist and he also turned into a cement mixer! Maybe this was the Gigantion Quickmix’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather!?\" According to exclusive bio information in the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine #15 Stripmine's function is \"Heavy Machine Operations\" and he loves action. Quickmix first appeared in episode 39 of Transformers: Cybertron,", "title": "Quickmix (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "4969468", "text": "Transformers: Energon Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as , is the 2004–2005 Transformers toyline, animated series, and comic book series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a direct sequel to \"\". It is also the first Japanese Transformers show where the Transformers are computer-generated (CG), in a cel-shaded technique similar to the \"Zoids\" anime, which was a trend that would continue into the next series, \"\". In Italy, it's airing on Fox Kids (first 13 Episodes) and Cartoon Network. In the United States, KidsClick started airing reruns of the show from August 27, 2018 until November 3, 2018. In", "title": "Transformers: Energon" }, { "docid": "5584731", "text": "in the 19th Century, with art by former Dreamwave artist Guido Guidi. It premiered in July 2006. At its conclusion, the publishers warned that they needed to be conservative with alternate-reality stories, because both they and Hasbro did not want to make things too confusing before the 2007 movie was released. For this reason, the series is on hold until after the movie premieres, but a trade paperback has been released. \"Transformers: The Animated Movie\" is a four-issue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of the film's release. The first issue was released", "title": "Transformers (comics)" }, { "docid": "3882929", "text": "year. After the first year of toys was released, a number of slightly more show-accurate toys were released. Many of the characters created as toys never made it on the television series, although some did appear in the comic books. Oddly, the transforming plant Botanica from the television series was not made into a toy for any of the related toy lines. Another characteristic of this toy line was its packaging. Unlike other Transformers lines, wherein each toy had a photo or illustration of themselves on the front of the packaging, almost all \"Beast Machines\" packages had an illustration of", "title": "Beast Machines: Transformers" }, { "docid": "2879917", "text": "to overthrow Shockwave's rule of Cybertron. Grimlock successfully hauled Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus to safety when Shockwave's citadel exploded. Grimlock's Pretender form is given an entry in the seventh issue of the More Than Meets the Eyes profile series, indictaing there may have been plans to make him a Pretender at some point in the Dreamwave universe. Dreamwave's closure meant that they would tell no further stories of their Grimlock, although his \"War Within\"-era design did appear in the \"\" comic book exclusive to BotCon. Grimlock also appeared in the Dreamwave \"Transformers/G.I. Joe\" comic. Although not one of the", "title": "Grimlock" }, { "docid": "12543980", "text": "Team made their first appearance in issue #56 of the U.S. comic. Working for Megatron (thought to be dead at this point) they made contact with Scorponok's group of Decepticons, placing themselves under his command. They then attacked an airbase, demanding a refueling plane and the fuel to go with it. When Optimus Prime's Autobots showed up in response in issue #57, Scorponok intervened to protect his \"troops\". Their work complete, the Air Strike Patrol then left - leaving both Autobots and Decepticons exposed to Megatron's instrument of vengeance - the resurrected and reprogrammed Pretender Starscream. \"They did not appear", "title": "Whisper (Transformers)" }, { "docid": "10889700", "text": "avid fan of Marvel Comics, would go to a comics shop every weekend with his mother, although his father was not as pleased with his son's choice of reading material. Giarrusso also enjoyed drawing, but did so intermittently, because he lacked confidence in his abilities, often becoming frustrated with his work and destroying his drawings. He was also influenced the newspaper strips he and his brother read, most notably Charles Schultz's \"Peanuts\". Others included \"Garfield\", \"B.C.\", \"For Better or For Worse\", \"Heathcliff\", \"Marmaduke\", \"Dennis the Menace\" and \"Beetle Bailey\". His first comic book was \"Transformers\", which he began reading when", "title": "Chris Giarrusso" }, { "docid": "5584548", "text": "Sprint. Windcharger was featured on the cover of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine #37. Windcharger appeared sparingly in the US Marvel Comic, but his magnetic powers were a recurrent theme in the early UK-only stories. When the Ark's computer, A.U.N.T.I.E., went out of control threatening all Transformers on Earth, Windcharger and Ravage combined their special abilities to disable A.U.N.T.I.E. Ratchet later deployed Windcharger to stop a rampaging Guardian Unit patrolling the Ark, but on this occasion Windcharger was not able to destabilise Guardian's central data store. Windcharger was then appointed by Prowl to lead the team bringing in Sludge during", "title": "Windcharger" }, { "docid": "5547766", "text": "and Mikaela then start a romantic relationship while the Autobots secretly hide out on Earth, and Optimus sends a transmission into space inviting any surviving Autobots to join them. A brief mid-credits scene shows Starscream escaping into space to rally other Decepticons and summon them to Earth. Don Murphy was planning a , but when the United States launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Hasbro suggested adapting the Transformers franchise instead. Tom DeSanto joined Murphy because he was a fan of the series. They met with comic book writer Simon Furman, and cited the Generation 1 cartoon and", "title": "Transformers (film)" }, { "docid": "20519754", "text": "Distributors best-selling comics ranking for December 2016, with 11,342 copies distributed, being the ninth best-selling comic of IDW Publishing in that month. Transformers: Lost Light Transformers: Lost Light is an American science fiction / action-adventure comic book written by James Roberts and published by IDW Publishing, taking place in their \"Transformers\" universe. \"Lost Light\" acts as a sequel to \"\" which was published from 2012 to 2016, also written by Roberts. Following the \"Revolution\" event which integrated numerous of Hasbro's franchises into the Hasbro Comic Book Universe, including \"Transformers\", \"More than Meets the Eye\" ended with #57 and was continued", "title": "Transformers: Lost Light" }, { "docid": "8552879", "text": "For a time, Figueroa stopped working on the \"Transformers\" comics to pursue other projects, the first of which being a five-part series for IDW titled \"Zombies: Hunters\". He returned to \"Transformers\" as a fill-in artist on the third issue of \"Transformers: Defiance\", a prequel to \"\". He also provided line art on the first story in \"All Hail Megatron: Coda\", as well as the \"Terminator Salvation\" prequel comic. Figueroa returned to Transformers full-time as the artist of IDW's ongoing \"Transformers\" series. Figueroa worked with Hasbro on their Transformers: Titanium line of die-cast toys. Figueroa based several designs after his War", "title": "Don Figueroa" }, { "docid": "10166992", "text": "worked on the \"\", \"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance\", covers for \"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance\", and the third issue of the comic adaptation for the \"Revenge of the Fallen\" movie adaptation. Milne served as the primary artist alongside writer James Roberts for IDW Publishing's \"\" comic, which ran for 57 issues from January 2012 to September 2016. Comic Book Resources disclosed that much of the work credited to Dreamwave founder Pat Lee was in fact drawn by Milne, who received only a fragment of Lee's payment for work on \"Cyber Force\". When Top", "title": "Alex Milne (artist)" }, { "docid": "6289191", "text": "who took it to lose their ability to transform. Megatron also found out about the Nucleon and stole some for his side. To compensate, both the Autobots and Decepticons developed weapons and vehicles that were able to transform. In the original Transformers Marvel comic, the Autobots had come across Nucleon on an alien world. Due to the unpredictable side-effects of Nucleon, Optimus Prime prohibited the use of it. Grimlock later flouted this ban by testing it on himself and using it to revive his comrades. While it had the desired effect and made them more powerful, it caused them to", "title": "Action Masters" }, { "docid": "4905468", "text": "Scourge (Transformers) Scourge is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. He first appeared as one of the central villains in the 1986 voiced by Stan Jones. He also regularly appeared in the animated Transformers series and Transformers comic books; since then other Transformers characters have used the name \"Scourge\". In 2009 a Scourge action figure was one of the exclusive available at Botcon, the annual Transformers convention. Scourge is characterized as a fearless and merciless hunter who was created from the wreckage of Decepticons. He is Galvatron's implacable tracker and leader of his huntsmen, the deadly", "title": "Scourge (Transformers)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "16444712", "text": "give testimony included Phillip A. S. Franklin, Vice President of International Mercantile Marine Co., the shipping consortium headed by J. P. Morgan that controlled White Star Line. The inquiry concluded with Smith visiting \"Titanic\"s sister ship \"Olympic\" in port in New York on 25 May 1912, where he interviewed some members of the crew and inspected the ship's system of watertight doors and bulkheads, which was identical to that of \"Titanic\". The final report was presented to the United States Senate on May 28, 1912. It was nineteen pages long, with 44 pages of exhibits, and summarised 1,145 pages of", "title": "United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "8924558", "text": "trying to raise the wreck. One game, \"\", was released in 1996 by Cyberflix, one year prior to James Cameron's film. In the 1999 video game \"\" the level Going Down features the \"Titanic\". In the 2010 video game \"Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors\", the main characters were all put onto a sinking ship by a mysterious person named Zero. In their introduction, Zero references the \"Titanic\"s sinking in the line \"On April 14, 1912... the famous ocean liner \"Titanic\" crashed into an iceberg. After remaining afloat for 2 hours and 40 minutes, it sank beneath the waters of", "title": "RMS Titanic in popular culture" }, { "docid": "865775", "text": "appeared to vindicate the design of the \"Olympic\"-class liners and reinforced their \"unsinkable\" reputation. On 14 April 1912, \"Olympic\", now under the command of Herbert James Haddock, was on a return trip from New York. Wireless operator Ernest James Moore received the distress call from \"Titanic\", when she was approximately west by south of \"Titanic\"s location. Haddock calculated a new course, ordered the ship's engines to be set to full power and headed to assist in the rescue. When \"Olympic\" was about away from \"Titanic\"s last known position, she received a message from Captain Rostron of Cunard's , which had", "title": "RMS Olympic" }, { "docid": "12455714", "text": "shelters was provided by the Women's Relief Committee, the Travelers Aid Society of New York, and the Council of Jewish Women, among other organisations. Many of \"Titanic\"s surviving passengers did not linger in New York but headed onwards immediately to relatives' homes. Some of the wealthier survivors chartered private trains to take them home, and the Pennsylvania Railroad laid on a special train free of charge to take survivors to Philadelphia. \"Titanic\"s 214 surviving crew members were taken to the Red Star Line's steamer , where they were accommodated in passenger cabins. \"Carpathia\" was hurriedly restocked with food and provisions", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "9927385", "text": "out a final tour of the deck, telling the radio operators and other crew members: \"Now it's every man for himself.\" As passengers and crew headed to the stern, where Father Thomas Byles was hearing confessions and giving absolutions, \"Titanic\"s band played outside the gymnasium. \"Titanic\" had two separate bands of musicians. One was a quintet led by Wallace Hartley that played after dinner and at religious services while the other was a trio who played in the reception area and outside the café and restaurant. The two bands had separate music libraries and arrangements and had not played together", "title": "Sinking of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "14265971", "text": "informed of the disaster by wireless operator Ernest James Moore at 2250 ET on 14 April. After receiving a CQD call from \"Titanic\", Haddock calculated a new course and headed directly to her. He also sent for an engineer to set the ship's engines to full power. When from \"Titanic\", at approximately 1600 ET on 15 April, Haddock received a message from Captain Rostron of RMS \"Carpathia\", explaining that continuing on course to \"Titanic\" would gain nothing, as \"All boats accounted for. About 675 souls saved [...] Titanic foundered about 2.20 am.\" Rostron requested that the message be forwarded to", "title": "Herbert Haddock" }, { "docid": "12455696", "text": "take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her around stern-first towards \"Titanic\". A nearby tugboat, \"Vulcan\", came to the rescue by taking \"New York\" under tow, and Captain Smith ordered \"Titanic\"s engines to be put \"full astern\". The two ships avoided a collision by a matter of about . The incident delayed \"Titanic\"s departure for about an hour, while the drifting \"New York\" was brought under control. After making it safely through the complex tides and channels of Southampton Water and the Solent, \"Titanic\" disembarked the Southampton pilot at the Nab Lightship and headed out into the English Channel. She", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "13199498", "text": "Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri) The Titanic Museum Attraction is a museum located in Branson, Missouri on 76 Country Boulevard. It is one of two \"Titanic\"-themed museums owned by John Joslyn (who headed a 1987 expedition to \"Titanic's\" final resting place); the other is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The museum holds 400 pre-discovery artifacts in 20 galleries. Guests step through the artificial iceberg into the museum, and receive a passenger boarding ticket, featuring the name of an actual \"Titanic\" passenger and the class on which the passenger traveled. During the tour, guests learn the individual stories of several passengers. At", "title": "Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri)" }, { "docid": "15885167", "text": "operations and artefacts to RMS Titanic Inc., a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions Inc. headed by George Tulloch and Arnie Geller. It had to go through a laborious legal process of having itself legally recognised as the sole and exclusive salvager of the wreck. Its claim was opposed for a while by the Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association, \"Titanic\"s former insurer, but was eventually settled. It was awarded ownership and salvaging rights by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on 7 June 1994 in a ruling that declared the company to be the", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "13575422", "text": "visitors to the top of the gantry, where scenes of shipbuilding are displayed through audio and images. The visit continues on a six-seater car which takes the visitor on a ride through a recreation of a shipyard which moves through a scale replica of \"Titanic\"s enormous rudder. The Launch gallery portrays scenes from the Spring day when \"Titanic\" was launched into Belfast Lough, watched by 100,000 people. It overlooks the slipway from which \"Titanic\" was launched and a window enables visitors to see the slipways and docks as they appear now. The fourth gallery presents a large-scale model of \"Titanic\"", "title": "Titanic Belfast" }, { "docid": "16576199", "text": "which he became the second man to walk on the Moon. 1966 NASA T-38 crash The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their \"Gemini 9\" spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible", "title": "1966 NASA T-38 crash" }, { "docid": "16576188", "text": "1966 NASA T-38 crash The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their \"Gemini 9\" spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible medical issues or aircraft maintenance problems, in addition to the weather", "title": "1966 NASA T-38 crash" }, { "docid": "5300821", "text": "sabotage the mission and steal the byzanium for themselves. Once the \"Titanic\" is secured for the trip to the United States, a massive hurricane strikes the salvage area, allowing the Soviets to covertly board the ship and take the crew hostage. Pitt, who was previously believed dead after being last seen on board a crashed helicopter, reemerges to expose the Soviet spies within the salvage crew. After the crew, with the help of Navy SEALs who boarded from a hidden U.S. Navy submarine, regain control of the \"Titanic\" the ship is eventually towed to New York Harbor and laid up", "title": "Raise the Titanic!" }, { "docid": "12455697", "text": "headed for the French port of Cherbourg, a journey of . The weather was windy, very fine but cold and overcast. Because Cherbourg lacked docking facilities for a ship the size of \"Titanic\", tenders had to be used to transfer passengers from shore to ship. The White Star Line operated two at Cherbourg, the and the . Both had been designed specifically as tenders for the \"Olympic\"-class liners and were launched shortly after \"Titanic\". (\"Nomadic\" is today the only White Star Line ship still afloat.) Four hours after \"Titanic\" left Southampton, she arrived at Cherbourg and was met by the", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "627778", "text": "get naked. So when [the tragic ending happens], an uncontrollable flood of tears sinks our composure,\" he said. \"Titanic\" ability to make men cry was briefly parodied in the 2009 film \"Zombieland\", where character Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), when recalling the death of his young son, states: \"I haven't cried like that since \"Titanic\".\" In 2010, the BBC analyzed the stigma over men crying during \"Titanic\" and films in general. \"Middle-aged men are not 'supposed' to cry during movies,\" stated Finlo Rohrer of the website, citing the ending of \"Titanic\" as having generated such tears, adding that \"men, if they have", "title": "Titanic (1997 film)" }, { "docid": "9927370", "text": "to respond was SS \"Mount Temple\", which set a course and headed for \"Titanic\"'s position but was stopped en-route by pack ice. Much nearer was , which had warned \"Titanic\" of ice a few hours earlier. Apprehensive at his ship being caught in a large field of drift ice, \"Californian\"s captain, Stanley Lord, had decided at about 22:00 to halt for the night and wait for daylight to find a way through the ice field. At 23:30, 10 minutes before \"Titanic\" hit the iceberg, \"Californian\"s sole radio operator, Cyril Evans, shut his set down for the night and went to", "title": "Sinking of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "13575428", "text": "ensure that the memorabilia would be permanently displayed in Belfast (where the Titanic was built) and in Greenwich. The museums were critical of the bid process set by the Bankruptcy court in Jacksonville, Florida. The minimum bid for the 11 October 2018 auction was set at US$21.5 million (£16.5m) and the consortium did not have enough funding to meet that amount. Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS \"Titanic\" was built. It", "title": "Titanic Belfast" }, { "docid": "10252206", "text": "did hear something and she said she would lie for him, unknowing that he was already lying. As the trial drew closer Lousie started to see holes in Hari's story and confronted him on it. Hari viciously attacked Louise and chased her in his car when she got away and headed to the police station to confess. Louise lost control of the car and crashed. DCI Grace Barraclough, the lead detective in the hunt for Tom King's killer, was outraged that the Kings where set free as she firmly believed that one, or all, of them killed their father. The", "title": "Emmerdale Village's 500th anniversary" }, { "docid": "12455758", "text": "to 30 million (100% rise by 2008). It was subsequently identified in the Northern Ireland Tourism Board's Strategic Framework for Action 2004–2007 that the significance of and interest in \"Titanic\" globally (partly due to the 1997 film \"Titanic\") was not being fully exploited as a tourist attraction. Thus, \"Titanic\" Belfast® was spearheaded, along with some smaller projects, such as a \"Titanic\" memorial. In 2012 on the ship's centenary, \"Titanic\" Belfast visitor attraction was opened on the site of the shipyard where \"Titanic\" was built. It was Northern Ireland's second most visited tourist attraction with almost 700,000 visitors in 2016. Despite", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "4577251", "text": "to . Moisant stopped flying on April 14, 1912 in Wichita Falls, Texas when her plane crashed (the same day that the \"Titanic\" struck an iceberg). A few months later on 1 July 1912, her friend Harriet Quimby was killed when she fell from her plane. Although Moisant recovered from her injuries, she gave up flying. During World War I she volunteered at the front in France. She spent several years dividing her time between the U.S. and the family plantation in El Salvador, before returning to the Los Angeles area. Matilde Moisant died in 1964 in Glendale, California, aged", "title": "Matilde Moisant" }, { "docid": "9169618", "text": "family and emigrate to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he planned to open a drugstore. Hart was seven years old when she and her parents boarded the \"Titanic\" as second-class passengers on 10 April 1912 at Southampton, England. They had originally been booked on a ship called the \"Philadelphia\" but the coal strike at Southampton that spring kept it from sailing and many of her passengers were transferred to the \"Titanic\". Almost instantly, her mother felt uneasy about the \"Titanic\" and feared that some catastrophe would happen. To call a ship unsinkable was, in her mind, flying in the face of God.", "title": "Eva Hart" }, { "docid": "3598312", "text": "smallpox and measles. An Austrian named Binder (b. 1850) was on a German freighter headed to New Orleans when the ship crashed and he was shipwrecked off Boca Grande. He then washed up to shore on what has been since 1921, Upper Captiva. “He lived for several weeks on what the unoccupied island had to offer, built a makeshift raft, and got himself to Pine Island, where he was helped to return to his home. By 1888, due to his having fought with the U.S. Army, he became naturalized, and was allowed to homestead on Captiva in 1888, when he", "title": "Captiva Island" }, { "docid": "8484798", "text": "Jacquinot Bay Jacquinot Bay is a bay in East New Britain Province, south-eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea, at . It is near the mountain where twenty-eight people died in when a Royal Australian Air Force plane crashed in November 1945. To its west is the Gasmata Bay and the Wide Bay and Rabaul Bay are situated to the north-east. Before the Second World War, a palm tree plantation was started here, known as Palmalmal Plantation (Pal Mal Mal). The area also had a Catholic Mission, headed by Father Edward Charles \"Ted\" Harris. In April 1942, 156 Australian soldiers and", "title": "Jacquinot Bay" }, { "docid": "627774", "text": "film critics predicted the film would be a significant disappointment at the box office, especially due to it being the most expensive film ever made at the time. When it was shown to the press in autumn of 1997, \"it was with massive forebodings\" since the \"people in charge of the screenings believed they were on the verge of losing their jobs – because of this great albatross of a picture on which, finally, two studios had to combine to share the great load of its making\". Cameron also thought he was \"headed for disaster\" at one point during filming.", "title": "Titanic (1997 film)" }, { "docid": "17918135", "text": "into the parked car. The bus was carrying fifty people when it crashed. Ten of the people who were injured were in serious condition after the crash. Suez bus crash On March 11, 2014, a bus crashed into a parked car near Suez, Egypt. The bus departed from South Sinai and was headed to Al-Mansoura. While driving near the city of Suez, a car appeared that was driving on the wrong side of the road. The car also had its headlights turned on. As a result, the headlights blinded the driver of the bus. The bus driver then attempted to", "title": "Suez bus crash" }, { "docid": "3799168", "text": "of the lake where the harbour now is, and was gentle. Ngake, who lived further south, was more violent. Ngake could hear the waters of Raukawa Moana (Cook Strait) pounding to the south, and decided to escape the lake to get to it. He went to the north of the lake to build up his speed for the attempt, then headed off rapidly towards the south. Ngake crashed into and through the rocks at Seatoun and headed out into the Strait. This was seen by Whataitai, who tried to follow Ngake out of the new entrance. The water was now", "title": "Te Whanganui-a-Tara" }, { "docid": "17066884", "text": "SCAT Airlines Flight 760 SCAT Airlines Flight 760 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, Kazakhstan, that crashed in thick fog near Kyzyltu on 29 January 2013, killing all 16 passengers and 5 crew on board. The Bombardier CRJ-200ER airliner operating the flight was on final approach to Almaty International Airport in thick fog when it crashed short of the runway near the village of Kyzyltu at 13:13 local time (07:13 UTC), 14 seconds after initiating a go-around. All 16 passengers and 5 crew members aboard were killed. Shortly after the accident, a commission headed by Bakytzhan", "title": "SCAT Airlines Flight 760" }, { "docid": "12455722", "text": "political prestige and seizing \"his moment to stand on the world stage\". Smith, however, already had a reputation as a campaigner for safety on U.S. railroads, and wanted to investigate any possible malpractices by railroad tycoon J. P. Morgan, \"Titanic\"s ultimate owner. The British Board of Trade's inquiry into the disaster was headed by Lord Mersey, and took place between 2 May and 3 July. Being run by the Board of Trade, who had previously approved the ship, it was seen by some as having little interest in its own or White Star's conduct being found negligent. Each inquiry took", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "6571374", "text": "The Titanic (song) \"The Titanic\" (also known as \"It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down\" and \"Titanic (Husbands and Wives)\") is a folk song and children's song. \"The Titanic\" is about the sinking of RMS \"Titanic\" which sank on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg. The first folk songs about the \"Titanic\" disaster appeared within weeks after the disaster. Recordings of various songs about the disaster date to as early as 1913. The canonical version of the song has the chorus: In most variants, although not the earliest, the chorus starts with a line \"it was sad,", "title": "The Titanic (song)" }, { "docid": "3227993", "text": "of the 20 it ended up with) as well as a double hull and watertight bulkheads that went up to B deck, were overruled. Andrews headed a group of Harland and Wolff workers who went on the maiden voyages of the ships built by the company (the guarantee group), to observe ship operations and spot any necessary improvements. The \"Titanic\" was no exception, so Andrews and the rest of his Harland and Wolff group travelled from Belfast to Southampton on \"Titanic\" for the beginning of her maiden voyage on 10 April 1912. During the voyage, Andrews took notes on various", "title": "Thomas Andrews" }, { "docid": "9969189", "text": "boarded the RMS \"Carpathia\" that had come to their rescue. He was rescued from the sea with only swollen feet. After surviving the \"Titanic\" disaster, he returned to England, and was one of the crew members who reported to testify at the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry headed by Lord Mersey. In 1920, Joughin moved permanently to the United States to Paterson, New Jersey. According to his obituary he was also on board the SS \"Oregon\" when it sank in Boston Harbor. He also served on ships operated by the American Export Lines, as well as on World War II troop", "title": "Charles Joughin" }, { "docid": "16729101", "text": "groups throughout the room. This was in contrast to the B-Deck foyer of \"Olympic\", where there was no restaurant reception room and the foyer space was much smaller because of additional cabins and storage rooms. This staircase was located just aft of where the \"Titanic\" broke apart during the sinking and was totally destroyed. It is assumed to be the source of much of the woodwork recovered as wreckage after the sinking. First class facilities of the RMS Titanic Reflecting the White Star Line's reputation for superior comfort and luxury, the RMS \"Titanic\" had extensive facilities for First-Class passengers which", "title": "First class facilities of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "15626324", "text": "the year before \"The Chambermaid on the Titanic\" made its US debut. In 1912, the protagonist, Horty, leads an uneventful life as a foundry worker in the Lorraine region of northern France with his wife, Zoe, \"the most beautiful woman in town.\" The owner of the foundry where Horty works, Simeon, lusts after Zoe. When Horty wins a company athletic contest, Simeon's prize is a ticket to Southampton to see the sailing of the \"RMS Titanic\". The night before the \"Titanic\" departs, Horty meets a beautiful young woman named Marie, who explains that she is a chambermaid aboard the \"Titanic\".", "title": "The Chambermaid on the Titanic" }, { "docid": "4920481", "text": "and out of place scenes. \"Titanic\" received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special. It was also nominated for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special. Titanic (1996 miniseries) Titanic is a 1996 American two-part television miniseries which premiered on CBS on November 17 and 19, 1996. \"Titanic\" follows several characters on board the RMS \"Titanic\" when she sinks on her maiden voyage in 1912. The miniseries was directed by Robert Lieberman. The original music score was composed by Lennie Niehaus. \"Titanic\" follows three main story threads. Isabella Paradine is traveling", "title": "Titanic (1996 miniseries)" }, { "docid": "9050048", "text": "for their contributions until a record deal was agreed upon. MacColl and her band spent two days at Townhouse Studios in London, where all the backing tracks were recorded. All tracks composed by Kirsty MacColl and Mark E. Nevin; except where indicated Titanic Days Titanic Days is Kirsty MacColl's fourth studio album, released in 1993. Containing eleven tracks, \"Titanic Days\" was sometimes hard to get in years after its release, but it was remastered and re-released in 2005 by ZTT with a second CD of non-album tracks and some live recordings, including a version of \"Miss Otis Regrets\". In 2012,", "title": "Titanic Days" }, { "docid": "12455756", "text": "with the plot bearing a number of similarities to the \"Titanic\" disaster. In the novel the ship is the SS \"Titan\", a four-stacked liner, the largest in the world and considered unsinkable. And like the \"Titanic\", she sinks after hitting an iceberg and does not have enough lifeboats. Only recently has the significance of \"Titanic\" most notably been given by Northern Ireland where it was built by Harland and Wolff in the capital city, Belfast. While the rest of the world embraced the glory and tragedy of \"Titanic\", in its birth city, \"Titanic\" remained a taboo subject throughout the 20th", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "13575411", "text": "Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS \"Titanic\" was built. It tells the stories of the ill-fated \"Titanic\", which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS \"Olympic\" and HMHS \"Britannic\". The building contains more than of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities, plus the addition of Hickson’s Point destination bar in", "title": "Titanic Belfast" }, { "docid": "16538109", "text": "Titanic 2020 Titanic 2020 is the first novel of the \"Titanic 2020\" series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 19 July 2007 through Hodder Children's Books. The novel in based in the year 2020 and follows a stowaway named Jimmy Armstrong and his journey on the brand new and purportedly \"unsinkable\" cruise ship \"Titanic\". Jimmys great-grandfather was on the original \"RMS Titanic\" and drowned when it sank. During a school trip Jimmy misses his chance to see the newly built \"Titanic\" and so decides to return later that night to take a look by himself. The ship leaves", "title": "Titanic 2020" }, { "docid": "14450968", "text": "is 7338561. The ship was built in 1971 by Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Nagasaki as \"Toko Maru\". In 1996, she was sold to Premier Fishing, South Africa and renamed \"Kelso\". In 2009, she was sold to Bill Schlagel of California who intended to convert her into a luxury motor yacht, and renamed her \"Titanic\". On 16 August 2009, \"Titanic\" visited St Helena where it was discovered that she was not displaying her name. The vessel's name was not on shipping registers either. It was established that the vessel was \"bona fide\". She departed the next day. \"Titanic\" is", "title": "MY Titanic" }, { "docid": "15885162", "text": "the French oceanographic agency IFREMER. The expedition produced an outcry. When the crow's nest bell was pulled from the mast, the crow's nest itself, where the lookouts first saw the iceberg, collapsed. A \"Titanic\" survivor, Eva Hart, condemned what many saw as the looting of a mass grave: \"To bring up those things from a mass sea grave just to make a few thousand pounds shows a dreadful insensitivity and greed. The grave should be left alone. They're simply going to do it as fortune hunters, vultures, pirates!\" Public misgivings increased when, on 28 October 1987, a television program, \"Return", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "13909123", "text": "Titanic Symphony Titanic Symphony is Richard Kastle's third symphony and is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is a four movement piece for orchestra that starts out with the ship leaving the dock on her maiden voyage. It doesn't sink until the last movement. The rhythm of the sea was vital to the creation of the piece so he composed it on Venice Beach where he lived in the late 1980s. The symphony was premiered on November 6, 1999 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center with Kastle conducting the orchestra. He recorded “Ida’s Love Theme” as a", "title": "Titanic Symphony" }, { "docid": "7469454", "text": "Phillip, in 1954. The British premiere took place the following year with a celebrity guest list headed by the Queen and Lord Mountbatten of Burma. It became Winston Churchill's favourite film. His most famous and brilliant film creation came in 1958, with \"A Night to Remember\", starring Kenneth More, recalling the sinking of RMS Titanic. As a six-year-old, MacQuitty had witnessed the ship being launched from the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast in May 1911, and watched the maiden voyage departure the following year. For the making of the film, he enlisted several Titanic survivors including Joseph Boxhall –", "title": "William MacQuitty" }, { "docid": "16729079", "text": "and after dinner, serviced by a small connecting bar. It was a largely female domain but available to both sexes; because of its size it was also convenient for holding concerts and other First-Class events, as is attested on the \"Olympic\". The \"Titanic\"s Lounge was destroyed when the ship broke apart, being located in an area where the midsection decks collapsed upon impact with the ocean floor. Several pieces of wreckage from the Lounge have been identified in the debris field surrounding the wreck, including the Artemis statue, bronze sconces, and portions of the window frames. A beautifully carved piece", "title": "First class facilities of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "16065932", "text": "Titanic: Blood and Steel Titanic: Blood and Steel is a 12-part television costume drama series about the construction of the RMS \"Titanic\". Produced by History Asia, it is one of two large budget television dramas aired in April 2012, the centenary of the disaster; the other is \"Titanic\". \"Titanic: Blood and Steel\" premiered in Germany and Denmark on April 15, 2012, in Italy on April 22, 2012, and in France in December 2012. Part of the filming took place in Serbia, where the series aired beginning September 9, 2012. In Canada, it began to air on September 19, 2012, on", "title": "Titanic: Blood and Steel" }, { "docid": "9992859", "text": "When RMS \"Titanic\" sank, \"Olympic\" was on her way across the Atlantic just in the opposite direction. She was able to receive a distress call from \"Titanic\" but she was too far away to reach her sister before she sank. After the sinking of \"Titanic\", \"Olympic\" was returned to dry dock in the autumn of 1912, where she underwent a number of refinements to improve her safety. She then resumed her commercial service. During the First World War, the ship served as a troop transport. On 12 May 1918, she rammed and sank the German submarine . Once she was", "title": "Olympic-class ocean liner" }, { "docid": "627815", "text": "experience the film's environment using motion, wind, fog, lighting and scent-based special effects. For the 20th anniversary of the film, \"Titanic\" was re-released in cinemas in Dolby Vision (in both 2D and 3D) for one week beginning December 1, 2017. Titanic Live was a live performance of James Horner's original score by a 130-piece orchestra, choir and Celtic musicians, accompanying a showing of the film. In April 2015, Titanic Live premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, where the 2012 3D re-release had premiered. \"The Express\" said it was \"An absolute triumph, Titanic Live brought the film to life in", "title": "Titanic (1997 film)" }, { "docid": "9932847", "text": "squadron. I was going to head for England when I saw a squadron above about ten to twenty miles inside France. I didn't know who they were so I headed towards them. When I was close enough I saw that they were ME 109E's. About 12-15 flying in formation . I attacked shooting down the first Gerry. I missed the next then damaged a third, who might have crashed, and was going to shoot at a fourth when my ammunition was finished. I could see nothing but Gerrys around me and I beat it for England as fast as I", "title": "Jimmy Whalen" }, { "docid": "13909124", "text": "solo piece for piano on his Royce Concerto album in 1992 and performed the piano arrangement of the third movement on a national tour with comedian Jay Leno. Titanic Symphony Titanic Symphony is Richard Kastle's third symphony and is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is a four movement piece for orchestra that starts out with the ship leaving the dock on her maiden voyage. It doesn't sink until the last movement. The rhythm of the sea was vital to the creation of the piece so he composed it on Venice Beach where he lived in the", "title": "Titanic Symphony" }, { "docid": "8589530", "text": "of Long Island to avoid New York area air traffic. At 9:03 am, United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower as the fighters were progressing to their holding position. The Northeast Air Defense Sector was not advised of this hijacked aircraft until 9:03. Between 9:09 and 9:13, the jets stayed in a holding pattern. Soon after, they headed toward Manhattan and arrived at 9:25, where they established a Combat Air Patrol over the city. While all of this was going on, senior battle staff at Otis were watching the news when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South", "title": "102nd Intelligence Wing" }, { "docid": "7288304", "text": "because \"Today's films flame out much faster than they did when \"Titanic\" was released.\" Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances of becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it was too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He said, \"While \"Avatar\" may beat \"Titanic\"s record, it will be tough, and the film is unlikely to surpass \"Titanic\" in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s.\" Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to \"try to topple \"Titanic\" off its", "title": "Avatar (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "17079676", "text": "in the Titanic tragedy and for the 121 Titanic victims buried at the cemetery, followed by a wreath-laying and musical performance the next day. The SeaCity Museum in Southampton, Hampshire opened on 10 April 2012, the date when RMS \"Titanic\" made her maiden voyage out of Southampton. It was designed to show Southampton's 2000 years of sea history, as well as commemorate the 549 city residents who sunk with the Titanic. To mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking, the BBC World Service broadcast, on 10 April 2012, a radio documentary in the \"Discovery\" series, entitled \"Titanic—In Her Own Words\".", "title": "Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "16452510", "text": "250654, the ticket for all the members of Wallace Hartley's orchestra. His cabin was second class, and he was the only Belgian musician aboard the \"Titanic\". After the \"Titanic\" hit an iceberg and began to sink, Krins and his fellow band members assembled in the first class lounge and started playing music to help keep the passengers calm. They later moved to the forward half of the boat deck, where they continued to play as the crew loaded the lifeboats. Krins was 23 years old when he died. His body was never recovered. Two documentary films have been made about", "title": "Musicians of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "15884794", "text": "sinking. They argue that the Lloyd's Register dates of arrival in April are invalid because they were merely the \"expected\" arrival dates of the \"Samson\", which did not dock until the mid-May date. Such theories have been dismissed by \"Titanic\" historians including Leslie Reade, Walter Lord and Edward DeGroot. When \"Titanic\" sank, claims were made that a curse existed on the ship. The press quickly linked \"the \"Titanic\" curse\" with the White Star Line practice of not christening their ships. One of the most widely spread legends linked directly into the sectarianism of the city of Belfast, where the ship", "title": "Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "5844034", "text": "March 2012 at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. In this production, he was played by Liam Mulvey. Robert Hichens (sailor) Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the \"Titanic\" struck the iceberg. In 1906, he married Florence Mortimore in Devon, England; when he registered for duty aboard the \"Titanic\", his listed address was in Southampton, where he", "title": "Robert Hichens (sailor)" }, { "docid": "5844023", "text": "Robert Hichens (sailor) Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 – 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. He was one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ship's wheel when the \"Titanic\" struck the iceberg. In 1906, he married Florence Mortimore in Devon, England; when he registered for duty aboard the \"Titanic\", his listed address was in Southampton, where he lived with his wife and two children. Hichens gained notoriety after the disaster because of his", "title": "Robert Hichens (sailor)" }, { "docid": "9050046", "text": "Titanic Days Titanic Days is Kirsty MacColl's fourth studio album, released in 1993. Containing eleven tracks, \"Titanic Days\" was sometimes hard to get in years after its release, but it was remastered and re-released in 2005 by ZTT with a second CD of non-album tracks and some live recordings, including a version of \"Miss Otis Regrets\". In 2012, another remastered re-issue of the album was released by Salvo/ZTT, which again featured a second disc of bonus tracks. Following her 1991 album \"Electric Landlady\", MacColl returned to the studio to record the follow-up \"Titanic Days\". However, in 1992, when Virgin was", "title": "Titanic Days" }, { "docid": "17503284", "text": "Titanic Love Titanic Love is a British romantic comedy short film directed by Mark Pressdee. It was filmed in and around Birmingham city centre. In October 2011 a cast and crew of about 30 people collaborated to produce the film. The film was shot in various historical and local areas of Birmingham, UK. Titanic Love went into post-production at the University of Birmingham in November 2011. A preliminary version was produced and shown at the Stoke Your Fires Festival on Valentine's Day 2012. After additional editing, the film was sent to Los Angeles, where the music was produced by Mark", "title": "Titanic Love" }, { "docid": "4920477", "text": "due to the sinking. Also in first class is the Allison family, a family travelling on the Titanic, returning home to Montreal with their two small children and new nurse, Alice Cleaver. They gradually become wary and suspicious of her hysterical and neurotic behavior. Later on, a fellow maid asks her if she'd seen her in Cairo the previous month, but soon realizes that she remembers her from the highly publicized trial where Alice was accused of throwing her baby off a train. When the \"Titanic\" starts sinking, Alice Cleaver panics and quickly boards a lifeboat with Trevor, the Allisons'", "title": "Titanic (1996 miniseries)" }, { "docid": "12592113", "text": "San Pedro until 4 January 1945, when she headed for Lingayen, on Luzon, in company with MTBRons 28 and 36. At 12:00 hours on the day of departure, 4 January 1945, a Japanese suicide aircraft dived into a merchant ship 100 yards (91 meters) ahead of \"Wachapreague\". At dusk, seven Japanese planes attacked; one of them crashed in the sea some 100 yards (91 meters) ahead of \"Wachapreague\", another came under fire as it plunged toward the merchant ship SS \"Kyle V. Johnson\", and a third headed for \"Wachapreague\", only to be knocked into the sea by a heavy antiaircraft", "title": "USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)" }, { "docid": "14478361", "text": "the surface while strewing metal fittings across the sea bed. The \"Olympic\"s fittings in the White Swan helped the oceanographer Robert Ballard to identify where the identical fittings from \"Titanic\" had come from when he found them in the debris field around the wreck of the \"Titanic\". An archway from the lounge preserved at the hotel is identical to the same archway from \"Titanic\" which was recovered by ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia searching for bodies and is now displayed at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. The room's decoration was crafted by joiners and artisans working for", "title": "White Swan Hotel, Alnwick" }, { "docid": "16367107", "text": "RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act The R.M.S. \"Titanic\" Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (, ) is a United States Act of Congress that was passed to designate the wreck of the RMS \"Titanic\" as an international maritime memorial and to regulate the research, exploration and salvage of the wreckage. The Act became law on October 21, 1986, when it was passed by the 99th United States Congress. According to a 1985 report, the United States Congress was concerned about potential damage caused to the \"Titanic\"'s wreck caused by salvagers. The report found that: Walter B. Jones, Sr. (the Democratic Congressman", "title": "RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act" }, { "docid": "15134318", "text": "saw a \"big fire\" in Atsumi's plane, but lost track of it and assumed it had escaped. Brown last saw it headed west off Kaena Point. The plane was found where it crashed, in the channel between Kauai and Niihau islands, in 2002. Brown managed to shoot down another Kate before the raid was over, though he was not officially credited with the second victory until March 1942. In August 1942 he was assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group based in Australia flying Curtiss P-40s. Brown scored his third victory, an Oscar, over Lae, New Guinea during", "title": "Harry W. Brown (pilot)" }, { "docid": "7470433", "text": "Titanic Quarter railway station Titanic Quarter railway station (sometimes still referred to as Bridge End) is located in the townland of Ballymacarrett in east Belfast. It is a short walk from the SSE Arena and Titanic Quarter. \"Bridge End\" (as it was known when it opened on Monday 9 May 1977) replaced the nearby Ballymacarrett station (opened 1 May 1905 and closed on Monday 9 May 1977). The platforms of this station can still be seen from passing trains, as can the platforms for Victoria Park, another station before Sydenham which closed in the late 1980s. Bridge End station was", "title": "Titanic Quarter railway station" }, { "docid": "13855928", "text": "is buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. William Denton Cox William Denton Cox (1883 – 15 April 1912) was a third class steward aboard RMS \"Titanic\" who died while bringing groups of third class passengers to lifeboats during the sinking. Cox was from Southampton and transferred to \"Titanic\" from the RMS \"Olympic\". Cox escorted two groups of third class women and children to the lifeboats assisted by stewards John Edward Hart and Albert Victor Pearcey. Cox was last seen headed below to rescue a third group. His body was found by the cable ship CS \"Mackay-Bennett\" and", "title": "William Denton Cox" }, { "docid": "13855927", "text": "William Denton Cox William Denton Cox (1883 – 15 April 1912) was a third class steward aboard RMS \"Titanic\" who died while bringing groups of third class passengers to lifeboats during the sinking. Cox was from Southampton and transferred to \"Titanic\" from the RMS \"Olympic\". Cox escorted two groups of third class women and children to the lifeboats assisted by stewards John Edward Hart and Albert Victor Pearcey. Cox was last seen headed below to rescue a third group. His body was found by the cable ship CS \"Mackay-Bennett\" and taken to Halifax, initially listed as Body No. 300. He", "title": "William Denton Cox" }, { "docid": "5018859", "text": "at the shipyard where the RMS \"Titanic\" was built, \"Titanic\" Belfast, and in the United States at Titanic Branson and Titanic Pigeon Forge museums. It was sold by auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on 19 October 2013 for £900,000 ($1.7 million US), as reported by BBC, NBC, and \"The Washington Post\". The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is the inspiration behind the song \"Titanically\" written by Canadian singer/songwriter Heather Rankin and David Tyson, with a music video directed by American-Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald. The music video was released June 2, 2017, to honour", "title": "Wallace Hartley" }, { "docid": "13932565", "text": "that Juliette gave birth to her son who she named Joseph, in honor of his late father. In March 1995, Louise stepped aboard \"Nomadic\" for the first time since 1912 when it carried her family to \"Titanic\" from Cherbourg, France. She was joined by fellow \"Titanic\" survivor Millvina Dean. That same year, Louise was present as the Titanic Historical Society dedicated a stone marker in Cherbourg commemorating \"Titanic\" passengers who sailed from its port. Louise Laroche died on 28 January 1998 at the age of 87. Her death left seven remaining \"Titanic\" survivors. Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche Joseph Philippe Lemercier", "title": "Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche" }, { "docid": "17918134", "text": "Suez bus crash On March 11, 2014, a bus crashed into a parked car near Suez, Egypt. The bus departed from South Sinai and was headed to Al-Mansoura. While driving near the city of Suez, a car appeared that was driving on the wrong side of the road. The car also had its headlights turned on. As a result, the headlights blinded the driver of the bus. The bus driver then attempted to avoid hitting the car, but ending up hitting a parked car in the process. Twenty-five people were killed and twenty-seven people were injured when the bus crashed", "title": "Suez bus crash" }, { "docid": "17079668", "text": "and the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool, which has the original long builder's model of the ship. The National Maritime Museum also has a large \"Titanic\"-related collection, donated by the author and producer of \"A Night to Remember\". Several \"Titanic\" museums operate in the United States. The Titanic Museum in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, presents the collection of the Titanic Historical Society. It includes artefacts including original blueprints of the ship, the lifejacket of John Jacob Astor (which he gave to his wife when they parted aboard \"Titanic\"), and original wireless messages. In Branson, Missouri a Titanic Museum is located inside", "title": "Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "6571377", "text": "by Paul Newman and Brandon de Wilde's characters after a drunken night out, in the 1963 film \"Hud\". Traditionally, the University of California Marching Band performs the song during its march up to Memorial Stadium from Sproul Plaza on the Berkeley campus. The Romantic song is commonly sung at many Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps, and other children's camps with numerous verses added on. The Titanic (song) \"The Titanic\" (also known as \"It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down\" and \"Titanic (Husbands and Wives)\") is a folk song and children's song. \"The Titanic\" is about the sinking", "title": "The Titanic (song)" }, { "docid": "11740092", "text": "Seigfried also crashed in the mire. Knowing where Jones was headed, Dieterhoffmann stopped to pick up his vehicle-less men. Inside the mound, O'Neal recounted the history of the Spear of Lugh, a legendary Celtic weapon, and Henry Jones noted similarities in its lore to the Spear of Longinus, as quoted from Le Morte d'Arthur, and they concluded that it was likely that they were one and the same – the spear had started in Ireland, and was taken to Wales, which was conquered by Romans, who took it to Jerusalem, and then it returned to Britain with Joseph of Arimathea.", "title": "Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny" }, { "docid": "9992865", "text": "saved. Thirty men lost their lives in the disaster. One survivor, nurse Violet Jessop was notable as having also survived the sinking of RMS \"Titanic\" in 1912, and had also been on board RMS \"Olympic\", when it collided with HMS \"Hawke\" in 1911. \"Britannic\" was the largest ship lost during World War I, but her sinking did not receive the same attention as the sinking of her sister, \"Titanic\", or the sinking of the Cunard superliner , when she was sunk by a torpedo in the Irish Sea. When \"Titanic\" sank in 1912 and \"Britannic\" sank in 1916, their sinkings", "title": "Olympic-class ocean liner" }, { "docid": "15885093", "text": "The Titanic Salvage Company was established to manage the scheme and a group of businessmen from West Berlin set up an entity called Titanic-Tresor to support it financially. It fell apart when its proponents found they could not overcome the problem of how the balloons would be inflated in the first place. Calculations showed that it could take ten years to generate enough gas to overcome the water pressure. A variety of audacious but equally impractical schemes were put forward during the 1970s. One proposal called for 180,000 tons of molten wax (or alternatively, Vaseline) to be pumped into \"Titanic\",", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "15885096", "text": "of the film, made using a model of \"Titanic\", it would not have been physically possible. At the time of the book's writing, it was still believed that she sank in one piece. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution had long been interested in finding \"Titanic\". Despite early negotiations with possible backers being abandoned when it emerged that they wanted to turn the wreck into souvenir paperweights, more sympathetic backers joined Ballard to form a company named Seasonics International Ltd. as a vehicle for rediscovering and exploring \"Titanic\". In October 1977 he made his first attempt to find", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "15098317", "text": "The date is September 1, 1985, the search has been going on for 56 days when \"Argo\"'s camera shows wreckage, then one of \"Titanic\"s massive boilers. Then it follows Ballard in his exploration the next year, along with Martin Bowen, the pilot of the undersea robot, ROV Jason Jr., which was mounted in a \"garage\" on the front of the DSV \"Alvin\". Secrets of the Titanic Secrets of the Titanic is a documentary, made and filmed over 1985, 1986, and 1987. Produced by the National Geographic Society, it was a \"National Geographic\" Video exclusive, narrated by Martin Sheen, written and", "title": "Secrets of the Titanic" }, { "docid": "17476570", "text": "the posted \"maximum speed\" permitted by law—which is determined as previously described. It is often unsafe or illegal to drive in excess of 40-50 mph at night. Actor James Dean's 85 mph car crash, Princess Diana's death, and the sinking of the RMS \"Titanic\" after colliding with an iceberg at night are all well publicized tragedies which resulted from a failure to maintain an assured clear distance ahead. It has been widely portrayed that T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) who habitually drove his motorcycle at high speeds, ultimately crashed his motorcycle because he was riding faster than he could stop", "title": "Assured clear distance ahead" }, { "docid": "13444772", "text": "to give any permission for further film adaptations of his books. (In 2006 Cussler sued the filmmakers of \"Sahara\", a film adaption of his 1992 book, for failing to consult him on the script when it also made huge financial losses.) The film grossed $7 million against a budget of $40 million. Lew Grade later wrote that he \"thought the movie was quite good\", particularly the actual raising of the \"Titanic\" and the scene where Dirk Pitt walks into the wrecked ballroom. He blamed the failure of the film in part on the release of a TV movie on the", "title": "Raise the Titanic (film)" }, { "docid": "8924497", "text": "home could listen to the recording of \"The Wreck of the \"Titanic\"\", a \"Descriptive Piano Solo, right from the scene where the ship's bell rings for departure to the pathetic 'burial at sea' ... reminiscent of the sad disaster which will live in history as long as the world rolls on.\" There was even a \"Titanic\" Two-Step which was derived from a then-popular dance craze, though it is unclear how the dance steps were supposed to represent the sinking ship. Several musicals have been produced based on the story of the \"Titanic\". Perhaps the best-known, as of its premiere in", "title": "RMS Titanic in popular culture" }, { "docid": "12455741", "text": "difficulty of finding and reaching a wreck that lies over below the surface, in a location where the water pressure is over . A number of expeditions were mounted to find \"Titanic\" but it was not until 1 September 1985 that a Franco-American expedition led by Robert Ballard succeeded. The team discovered that \"Titanic\" had in fact split apart, probably near or at the surface, before sinking to the seabed. The separated bow and stern sections lie about a third of a mile (0.6 km) apart in Titanic Canyon off the coast of Newfoundland. They are located from the inaccurate", "title": "RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "4866548", "text": "Senate committee headed by Republican Senator William Alden Smith. Ismay later testified at the \"Titanic\" disaster inquiry hearings held by both the U.S. Senate (chaired by Senator William Alden Smith) the following day, and the British Board of Trade (chaired by Lord Mersey) a few weeks later. After the disaster, Ismay was savaged by both the American and the British press for deserting the ship while women and children were still on board. Some papers called him the \"Coward of the \"Titanic\"\" or \"J. Brute Ismay\" and suggested that the White Star flag be changed to a yellow liver. Some", "title": "J. Bruce Ismay" }, { "docid": "10692462", "text": "sure. The reasons for this act remain unknown. As for the two other planes that would have crashed — one on the Pentagon, in Washington, and one in Pennsylvania — they resemble a macabre farce, in my opinion. Everyone knows that any airplane crash produces an abundance of debris. Yet no one has seen any debris at all at the Pentagon or Pennsylvania. I personally don't believe 60-tonne planes can simply vanish. It might be that what we witnessed on Sept. 11, 2001, was a simple act of state banditry of titanic proportions. The events of that fateful day provided", "title": "Richard Bergeron" }, { "docid": "15805114", "text": "No Greater Love (novel) No Greater Love is a novel by Danielle Steel. It tells a fictional story based on the true event of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is Steel's 28th novel. In 1912, after visiting her aunt and uncle in England, Edwina Winfield, her parents, younger siblings and her fiancé, Charles, travel back to the United States on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. When the ship sinks, Edwina's fiancé and her parents die. After being rescued, Edwina and her siblings return to their home in San Francisco, where Edwina takes on the responsibility of", "title": "No Greater Love (novel)" }, { "docid": "17840195", "text": "planned to join an expedition to the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic with Deep Ocean Exploration. When RMS Titanic heard of the trip, the company obtained a court order that banned Haver and any other party from visiting the site. In 1999, Haver joined Deep Ocean Expeditions and other parties in a suit against RMST for salvager and possession rights. While Haver and the others lost in Federal Court, the case moved onto the 4th Circuit Appellate Court where the judge ruled in their favor. The decision was appealed once again. When the case was presented to the US Supreme", "title": "Chris Haver" }, { "docid": "4920475", "text": "Titanic (1996 miniseries) Titanic is a 1996 American two-part television miniseries which premiered on CBS on November 17 and 19, 1996. \"Titanic\" follows several characters on board the RMS \"Titanic\" when she sinks on her maiden voyage in 1912. The miniseries was directed by Robert Lieberman. The original music score was composed by Lennie Niehaus. \"Titanic\" follows three main story threads. Isabella Paradine is traveling on the \"Titanic\" to join her husband after attending her aunt's funeral in England. On the \"Titanic\", she meets Wynn Park, her former lover. She falls in love with him again, and after a brief", "title": "Titanic (1996 miniseries)" }, { "docid": "6804446", "text": "when Wilde's wife and twin sons Archie and Richard died. In August 1911, Wilde became Chief Officer of \"Titanic\"s sister, the , where he served under \"Titanic\" future captain, Edward J. Smith. Wilde was an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, where he was commissioned a sub-lieutenant on 26 June 1902. Wilde was scheduled to leave Southampton on \"Olympic\" on 3 April 1912 but a reshuffle caused the lowering of a rank of William McMaster Murdoch and Charles Lightoller to First and Second Officer, respectively, with Second Officer David Blair being removed from the ship entirely. On the ship's sailing", "title": "Henry Tingle Wilde" }, { "docid": "17679785", "text": "boots\". The aircraft flew along the western coast of Nicaragua to Costa Rica, entering Costa Rica from the northwest. Here, it turned and headed for Nicaragua. After entering Nicaraguan airspace near the border with Costa Rica, the aircraft was maneuvering down towards 2,500 feet in preparation for dropping off its cargo, when it was targeted by a Sandinista SA-7 surface-to-air missile. It crashed near San Carlos, Río San Juan, killing three of its four crew; the fourth, Eugene Hasenfus, parachuted to safety, but was captured within 24 hours. Hasenfus was captured within 24 hours, and confessed to smuggling weapons. He", "title": "Corporate Air Services HPF821" }, { "docid": "9404834", "text": "he was playing for the Rochester Americans. After retiring, Titanic became the head coach of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres, where he coached players such as Bob Beers and Todd Krygier. Titanic currently is a permanent member of the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team. With only 19 career NHL games, in 2013 Titanic and nine other former NHL players sued the NHL and Gary Bettman over concussions suffered during the game. Morris Titanic Morris Steven Titanic (born January 7, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired National Hockey League ice hockey player. He was selected 12th overall in the 1973 NHL", "title": "Morris Titanic" }, { "docid": "15885166", "text": "expedition and Marex was issued with a temporary injunction preventing it from carrying out its plans. In October 1992 the injunction was made permanent and the salvage claims of Titanic Ventures were upheld. The decision was later reversed by an appeals court but Marex's claims were not renewed. Even so, Titanic Ventures' control of the artefacts recovered in 1987 remained in question until 1993 when a French administrator in the Office of Maritime Affairs of the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, and Tourism awarded the company title to the artefacts. In May 1993 Titanic Ventures sold its interests in the salvage", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "904847", "text": "advice from Lord, was released in 1958. Lord also served as a consultant to Canadian film director James Cameron while he was making his film \"Titanic\" in 1997. Lord traveled on the RMS \"Olympic\", \"Titanic\"s sister ship, when he was a boy and the experience gave him a lifelong fascination with the lost liner. As he later put it, he spent his time on the \"Olympic\" \"prowling around\" and trying to imagine \"such a huge thing\" sinking. He started reading about and drawing \"Titanic\" at the age of ten and spent many years collecting \"Titanic\" memorabilia, causing people to \"take", "title": "A Night to Remember (book)" }, { "docid": "4902095", "text": "was detected, Jetfire and Omega split off from the team (who went on to investigate Decepticon attacks on other planets) and headed off after the signal. The duo entered stasis for the lengthy trip, with Jetfire eventually awakening millions of years later as their craft approached Earth. Before Jetfire could bring Omega back on-line, however, their ship was attacked by Scourge and crashed in the Arctic, where shrapnel from it killed a pod of whales. Jetfire ejected from the ship before impact and managed to seal Scourge in a booby-trapped stasis pod, but an avalanche buried both of them in", "title": "Jetfire" }, { "docid": "8613465", "text": "ironclads and to run down the Confederate steamers. His flagship \"Queen of the West\" headed straight for Colonel Lovell, the leading southern ram. A moment before the two ships crashed, one of Colonel Lovell's engines failed causing her to veer. The Union ram's reinforced prow smashed into Colonel Lovell's side, ripping a fatal hole in her hull. When Queen of the West pulled free from Lovell, she ran aground on the Arkansas shore. Meanwhile, Union ram \"Monarch\" crashed into foundering Lovell with a second blow which sent her to the river bottom with all but five of her crew. By", "title": "USS Mingo (1862)" }, { "docid": "1495748", "text": "Airedale belonged to William E. Carter of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mr. Carter was the owner of the Renault automobile in which Jack and Rose trysted in the movie \"Titanic\". Carter, his wife and two children survived the sinking. During the 1930s, when airedales were farmed like livestock, a few American breeders developed the Oorang Airedale offshoot. Capt. Walter Lingo, of LaRue, Ohio, developed the Oorang Airedale strain. The name came from a line of bench champions, headed by King Oorang 11, a dog which was said to have been the finest utility dog. King could retrieve waterfowl and upland game,", "title": "Airedale Terrier" }, { "docid": "8924567", "text": "sold in December 2000 at Christie's of London after emerging from a cupboard where its owner, who disliked the bear's appearance, had kept it for 90 years. It sold for over £91,000 ($136,000), far more than had been expected. Books RMS Titanic in popular culture The RMS \"Titanic\" has subsequently played a prominent role in popular culture since her sinking in 1912, with the loss of over 1,500 of the 2,200 lives on board. The disaster and the \"Titanic\" herself have been objects of public fascination for many years. They have inspired numerous books, plays, films, songs, poems, and works", "title": "RMS Titanic in popular culture" }, { "docid": "20540828", "text": "they took off from the field and then headed west. Their motor sputtered and the men circled again, apparently attempting to head back to the field. The plane struck the power line, turned a loop and crashed almost nose first into the ground. It made a hole three feet deep in the earth. A huge ball of fire burst from the ship and in a second it was a mass of flames, easily seen from the Cheyenne airport where employes [\"sic\"] had been watching the plane. Before aid could reach the two lieutenants they were burned to death. The flames", "title": "Air Mail scandal accidents and incidents" }, { "docid": "18061032", "text": "The district takes its name from the city's Titanic Quarter, where the RMS Titanic was built. Titanic (District Electoral Area) Titanic is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett, Beersbridge, Bloomfield, Connswater, Sydenham and Woodstock. Titanic, along with wards from the neighbouring Ormiston and Lisnasharragh DEAs, together with parts of Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council, form the Belfast East constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district was created for", "title": "Titanic (District Electoral Area)" }, { "docid": "17079665", "text": "last to be heard. The most reported is \"Nearer, My God, to Thee\", though \"Autumn\" has been mentioned. Finally, a widespread myth is that the internationally recognised Morse code distress signal \"SOS\" was first put to use when the \"Titanic\" sank. While it is true that British wireless operators rarely used the \"SOS\" signal at the time, preferring the older \"CQD\" code, \"SOS\" had been used internationally since 1908. The first wireless operator on \"Titanic\", Jack Phillips, sent both \"SOS\" and \"CQD\" as distress calls. The \"Titanic\" disaster was commemorated though a variety of memorials and monuments to the victims,", "title": "Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "9267183", "text": "these claims. Yet, controversy still remains concerning \"Mount Temple\"s position at the time of her receiving the distress call from \"Titanic\", how far she was from \"Titanic\" when she stopped and Moore's decision to stop and never even attempt to cross the ice field. Rumors that \"Mount Temple\" under Moore ignored \"Titanic\"s distress rockets abounded at the time and persist to this day. It is said that \"Mount Temple\" was the \"mystery ship\" seen by officers and passengers aboard the \"Titanic\" five to ten miles away, rather than the \"SS Californian\" as implied by Lord Mersey and the British Board", "title": "SS Mount Temple" }, { "docid": "15885151", "text": "intact and undamaged dresser behind it. Robert Ballard has suggested that areas within the ship or buried under debris, where scavengers may not have been able to reach, may still contain human remains. According to Charles Pellegrino, who dived on \"Titanic\" in 2001, a finger bone encircled by the partial remains of a wedding ring was found concreted to the bottom of a soup tureen that was retrieved from the debris field. It was returned to the sea bed on the next dive. The longest-lasting inhabitants of \"Titanic\" are likely to be bacteria and archaea which have colonized the metal", "title": "Wreck of the RMS Titanic" }, { "docid": "7875236", "text": "was allowed to make fun of grievances in the GDR. \"Eulenspiegel\" and \"Titanic\" still exist in today's Federal Republic of Germany. \"Titanic\" displays satire without boundaries, which is often directed against politicians and public figures and has been the subject of numerous legal cases in Germany. However, German law is very liberal when it comes to satirical freedom. The same publication's practical jokes have also drawn some international attention: In 2000, a \"Titanic\" prank led to the award of the FIFA World Cup 2006 to Germany. In 2007, a spoof ad in the \"Titanic\", making fun of the prolific news", "title": "German humour" }, { "docid": "13926556", "text": "prior to Moore's death, a race in which Jeff Krosnoff was killed. Fernandez responded, \"It's so hard. Greg was such a good friend of ours. We've been racing for a while and shared so many good moments on and off the track.\" On lap 9, Moore lost control of his car and crashed in the same area in turn two where Hearn had already crashed six laps earlier and where Jimmy Vasser had crashed in practice. The two earlier incidents were significantly different than Moore's, however. Vasser and Hearn had both been exiting pit road when they crashed, and thus", "title": "1999 Marlboro 500" } ]

[ "Jonathan Goldsmith" ]

[ { "docid": "13443728", "text": "Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, from 2006 to 2016, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World. Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in New York. His mother was a model and his father was a gym teacher. His parents were Jewish. Goldsmith graduated from Boston University in", "title": "Jonathan Goldsmith" }, { "docid": "13443728", "text": "Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, from 2006 to 2016, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World. Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in New York. His mother was a model and his father was a gym teacher. His parents were Jewish. Goldsmith graduated from Boston University in", "title": "Jonathan Goldsmith" }, { "docid": "7414796", "text": "1984, he became the exclusive narrator of PBS' long-running \"Frontline\" television series, and he became best known as such. Other voice-over credits include documentaries for National Geographic, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel, to name a few. Lyman has narrated many episodes of the WGBH-TV \"Nova\" series (including the \"Frontline\" partnership, What's Up With The Weather?) -- more recently he narrated a series of commercials for the Mexican beer Dos Equis, revolving around their character of \"The Most Interesting Man in the World\", portrayed onscreen by actor Jonathan Goldsmith. He has also provided the voice for", "title": "Will Lyman" }, { "docid": "4251875", "text": "match in a South American setting; surfing the killer wave; and bench pressing two young women in a casino setting, each woman being seated in a chair. In the commercial he says, \"I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.\" Each commercial ends with the sign-off: \"Stay thirsty, my friends.\" After nearly a decade of being the mascot for the beer, Jonathan Goldsmith's character was sent on a one-way trip to Mars in a commercial. From September 2016, \"The Most Interesting Man in the World\" is a French actor named Augustin Legrand. The campaign was", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "12504140", "text": "The Most Interesting Man in the World The Most Interesting Man in the World was an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer. The ads featured a bearded, debonair gentleman with voiceovers that were both humorous and outrageous and the slogan \"Stay Thirsty My Friends\". The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and became a popular Internet meme. The campaign was ended in 2018. The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006, with The Most Interesting Man in the World portrayed by American actor Jonathan Goldsmith, and \"Frontline\" narrator Will Lyman providing voiceovers. They", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" } ]

[ { "docid": "4251872", "text": "line – \"Bohemia Weizen\" a German Kristallweizen was released in summer 2011. Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by a German-born Mexican brewer. The brand was named \"Siglo XX\" (\"20th century\") to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numeral for 20 (\"XX\"), thus \"Dos Equis\" which is Spanish for \"two Xs\". The main brand Dos Equis XX Special Lager is a 4.45% abv pale lager sold in green bottles. Dos Equis XX Amber is a 4.7% Vienna-style amber lager sold in brown bottles, and was first exported to", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "2597911", "text": "Centre and The Music Centre at Fair Park (for concerts featuring underage performers). The name changed again in January 2008 to Superpages.com Center when naming rights were awarded to Superpages.com. The venue was renamed in 2011 to Gexa Energy Pavilion. In January 2017, the name changed again to Starplex Pavilion. In April 2018, it was renamed to Dos Equis Pavilion. Dos Equis Pavilion The Dos Equis Pavilion (originally Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheatre located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The venue opened in July 1988 with a concert by Rod Stewart. It was originally known as the Coca-Cola", "title": "Dos Equis Pavilion" }, { "docid": "2597910", "text": "Dos Equis Pavilion The Dos Equis Pavilion (originally Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheatre located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The venue opened in July 1988 with a concert by Rod Stewart. It was originally known as the Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, with 7,500 seats under a pavilion and 12,500 general admission lawn seats. After Coca-Cola's naming rights expired in 1998, the venue was known simply as Starplex Amphitheatre. In 2000, naming rights were sold to the Smirnoff vodka company, as a result of a corporate sponsorship agreement with The House of Blues. The center was then called Smirnoff Music", "title": "Dos Equis Pavilion" }, { "docid": "15598332", "text": "Sound was a 2010 Gold Winner in the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and The One Show - Dos Equis radio, Euro RSCG, for the radio advertising campaign, \"The Most Interesting Man in the World\". The following is a filmography for Bob Pomann. Bob Pomann Bob Pomann is an American sound designer whose work has been used in films, and in animated television series, including \"Doug\" and \"Little Einsteins\". Pomann has also produced thousands of radio and television commercials, including award-winning ones. While still in high school, Pomann was handpicked for an internship at Wendell L. Craig Inc. Thrust into", "title": "Bob Pomann" }, { "docid": "13011729", "text": "was also promoted and marketed through Drake's music and various tours, such as being part of the \"Virginia Black VIP Lounge\" additional package available for purchase during the Summer Sixteen Tour. Virginia Black shipped a further 30,000 units when rollout was extended to select international markets in late 2016. The company later aired commercials with Dennis Graham which featured the tagline of \"The Realest Dude Ever\" (in reference toward \"The Most Interesting Man in the World\" tagline employed by Dos Equis) after extending the sale of the drink to various European countries in 2017. Drake has lived in Hidden Hills,", "title": "Drake (musician)" }, { "docid": "12504146", "text": "rich in stories and experiences, much the way the audience hopes to be in the future. Rather than an embodiment of the brand, The Most Interesting Man is a voluntary brand spokesperson: he and Dos Equis share a point of view on life that it should be lived interestingly.\" According to the company, U.S. sales increased each year between 2006–2010 and tripled in Canada in 2008, although exact figures were not provided. Sales of Dos Equis are said to have increased by 22% at a time when sale of other imported beer fell 4% in the U.S. Goldsmith said in", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" }, { "docid": "13443733", "text": "and continuing through 2015, Goldsmith had been featured in a high-profile television ad campaign, promoting Dos Equis beer. The campaign, which transformed Goldsmith into \"the most interesting man in the world\", has been credited for helping to fuel a 15.4 percent sales increase for the brand in the United States in 2009 and also made him into a very popular meme. Goldsmith landed the Dos Equis gig by auditioning for the role. Auditioners were given the ending line \"...and that's how I arm wrestled Fidel Castro\" and asked to improvise. Goldsmith began his audition by removing one sock and then", "title": "Jonathan Goldsmith" }, { "docid": "12091085", "text": "a mask, under his real name, losing a tag team match against The Dudebusters. Shortly after Arias signed a developmental deal with WWE following his try out match and started in WWE's farm league Florida Championship Wrestling. He later changed his ring name to Hunico although his mask and outfit remained unchanged. In April Hunico began teaming with Tito Colon, wrestling Florida Tag Team Champions The Uso Brothers (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) but were unsuccessful. Later on Tito Colon was given a new ring persona, an \"enmascarado\" (masked) character called \"Dos Equis\" (after the Dos Equis beer), which was", "title": "Sin Cara" }, { "docid": "14421746", "text": "booked to defeat Tyler Reks, Derrick Bateman and Vance Archer.The promotion's creative team gave him a new ring name \"Tito Nieves\", which was quickly changed to \"Tito Colon\". Subsequently, his character was revamped as a masked wrestler called \"Dos Equis\" (After the Dos Equis beer), while Incognito was renamed Hunico and their team was named \"Los Aviadores\" (Spanish for \"The Aviators\") On June 3, 2010 \"Los Aviadores\" defeated the Uso Brothers to win the Florida Tag Team Championship. Shortly after, his character was renamed again, now being known as \"Dynamico\" and then \"Epico\". On July 15 \"Los Aviadores\" lost the", "title": "Epico Colón" }, { "docid": "12504141", "text": "were produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG (now Havas Worldwide) for Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. Goldsmith landed the Dos Equis gig by auditioning for the role. Auditioners were given the ending line \"...and that's how I arm wrestled Fidel Castro\" and asked to improvise. Goldsmith began his audition by removing one sock and then improvised for 30 minutes before reaching the concluding line. The character was inspired by his deceased sailing partner and friend Fernando Lamas. In March 2016, Dos Equis announced Goldsmith's retirement from the role, with a commercial sending him on a one-way journey to Mars amid much", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" }, { "docid": "4611232", "text": "is involved in churches with his family and has described himself as a \"strong Christian.\" LSU Lady Tigers gymnast, Lloimincia Hall, incorporated the famous 'Les Clap' hand gesture into her floor routine choreography. In 2018, Les Miles was also featured in Dos Equis' \"Keep It Interesante\" campaign, showcasing Miles' affinity for playing field grass. Les Miles Leslie Edwin Miles (born November 10, 1953) is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas and a former player. His head coaching career began with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he coached from 2001 to 2004.", "title": "Les Miles" }, { "docid": "1323732", "text": "with the company, expanding its reach throughout Latin America. The company will sell its products there through FEMSA, which is the largest bottler and brewery in all of Latin America, and maker of such brands as Dos Equis XX, Bohemia and Sol. FEMSA now owns 20% of Heineken N.V. after the early 2010 all-stock deal, becoming its largest single shareholder after the Dutch families (Heineken family and Hoyer family) who owns 25.83% and public shareholders owning 54.17%. The FEMSA acquisition is expected to keep Heineken in its strong position by growing its market share in the Latin American markets. FEMSA", "title": "Heineken International" }, { "docid": "13008208", "text": "the Dos Equis “Most Interesting Show in the World” tour in 2010, where she debuted her alter egos Bella Morningstar and Leipchen Chantilly. Currently, Mandy's song \"Champagne Champagne” is being featured internationally in all of the MAC Cosmetics stores. \"More Like You\" Rehab ft. Mandy Lauderdale She was nominated for both the Teen Choice Awards and TV Guide Awards, and won an award on the Kathy Griffin Really Awards. She was also awarded “Diva of the Year” by FAMSPA. Lauderdale has been featured in two books: \"400 Years Of Music, Entertainment and Showbiz\" and \"The Cabaret World and Who's Who", "title": "Mandy Lauderdale" }, { "docid": "4251873", "text": "the United States in 1973. Tecate and Tecate Light are popular pale lagers named after the city of Tecate, Baja California, where they were first produced in 1943. Originally brewed by a local company, Tecate was acquired by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in 1955. Tecate is sold in both distinctive red and blue aluminium cans and in twist-top bottles. Tecate Light was launched in 1992 by Héctor Emilio Ayala, who was the project manager. In 2013 Tecate Titanium, containing a greater amount of alcohol was launched as a new product of the company. In 2007, Dos Equis inaugurated its \"The Most Interesting", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "13443734", "text": "improvised for 30 minutes before reaching the concluding line. The character was inspired by his deceased sailing partner and friend Fernando Lamas. On March 9, 2016, Dos Equis announced that it would replace Goldsmith in the role as the \"Most Interesting Man in the World\", saying that the brand hoped to \"reboot (the character) in a way that's relevant for today's drinker so the brand doesn't get stale.\" In September 2016, French actor Augustin Legrand (who also speaks English and Spanish) became the new \"Most Interesting Man in the World\". In June, 2017, he returned to television advertising; he switched", "title": "Jonathan Goldsmith" }, { "docid": "13443732", "text": "appeared 17 times. In the 1980s Goldsmith started network marketing businesses (waterless car wash products) Dri Wash & Guard, and also SPRINT which was successful enough to allow him to \"retire\" from the Hollywood scene; he purchased an estate in the Sierra. He taught theater at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York from 1999-2004. He moved onto a large sailboat moored in Marina del Rey. As of 2011 he and his wife Barbara (who was his agent when he obtained the Dos Equis role) are moving to a house in the area of Manchester, Vermont. Beginning in April 2007", "title": "Jonathan Goldsmith" }, { "docid": "14330089", "text": "that portray the \"bad guys\") or faces (\"técnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2005) \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" 2005 (Spanish for \"Homage to Two Legends\") is an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 18, 2005 Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event honored \"Lucha Libre Legends\" CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth (who is always honored at the \"Dos Leyendas\" event) and Perro Aguayo, who came out", "title": "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2005)" }, { "docid": "4926548", "text": "of Pila Seca and La Candelaria by Swiss Bernhard Boldgard and Bavarian Federico Herzog. The industry truly began to develop in the latter half of the 19th century, due to an influx of German immigrants to Mexico and the short-lived Second Mexican Empire headed by emperor Maximilian I of Mexico of the House of Habsburg, an Austro-Germanic ruling family. The emperor had his own brewer, who produced Vienna-style dark beers. This influence can be seen in two popular brands of Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar. From the mid-19th to the early 20th century, a large number of breweries were", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "14330083", "text": "the \"bad guys\") or faces (\"técnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" 2006 (Spanish for \"Homage to Two Legends\") is an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 17, 2006 Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event honored \"Lucha Libre Legends\" CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth (who is always honored at the \"Dos Leyendas\" event). The main event was a \"Lucha de Apuestas\",", "title": "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)" }, { "docid": "4251879", "text": "be huge. You're welcome, America\". Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma / Heineken México) (English: Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery) is a major brewery based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, founded in 1890. It is a subsidiary of Heineken International. The company operates brewing plants in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca, Tecate, Orizaba and, beginning in 2017, Meoqui. The plants produce, among other brands, Dos Equis, Sol, Bohemia, Superior, Carta Blanca, Noche Buena, Indio, Casta and Tecate. It has an annual production of 3.09 GL (gigalitres). The Cuauhtémoc brewery was founded in Monterrey in 1890 by José A. Muguerza, Francisco G.", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "4251862", "text": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma / Heineken México) (English: Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery) is a major brewery based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, founded in 1890. It is a subsidiary of Heineken International. The company operates brewing plants in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca, Tecate, Orizaba and, beginning in 2017, Meoqui. The plants produce, among other brands, Dos Equis, Sol, Bohemia, Superior, Carta Blanca, Noche Buena, Indio, Casta and Tecate. It has an annual production of 3.09 GL (gigalitres). The Cuauhtémoc brewery was founded in Monterrey in 1890 by José A. Muguerza, Francisco G. Sada Muguerza, Alberto Sada Muguerza,", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "4926564", "text": "of the finest beers of the world. The name comes from the Bohemia region in the Czech Republic that is known for beer. It is one of the longest-aged products from Cervecería Cuauhtémoc, and is the only one to use Lepa Styrian hops. There is a dark version of this brand, which is a Vienna-style beer. In 2009, the company introduced a wheat version of this beer called Bohemia Weizen made with wheat, Mount Hood hops, coriander and orange peel. It is the first wheat beer to be produced by a major beer company in Mexico. Dos Equis was first", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "4926565", "text": "brewed in Mexico by the German brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The original name of the beer was \"Siglo XX\" (20th Century) with the double X standing for the number 20, and it commemorated the arrival of that century. The original version is the Dos Equis Ambar, a Vienna-style dark beer. This was Cervecería Moctezuma's best selling beer in the 1940s and 1950s. Demand for the beer has resurged, especially in the United States, where it is now the best-selling imported dark beer. The clear version of this brand is a lager derived from the Ambar. Sol was introduced in", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "4926561", "text": "lagers brewed in large industrial plants, and made with minimal malt. Except for some dark beers, such as Dos Equis Ambar, León Negra, Negra Modelo, and Noche Buena, which are Vienna-style beers, almost all beer produced in Mexico is pilsner. Beers with top fermentation had been produced in Mexico. The Cervecería Toluca was founded in 1865 by a Swiss especially to produce this type of beer, but the introduction of Bohemian-style beers through the giant brewery Cuauhtémoc would define Mexican beer as pilsner. Globally, one of the best known Mexican beers is Corona, which is the flagship beer of Grupo", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "15264723", "text": "with a guest appearance in \"Rock On!!\". In 2008, she was approached by Kiran Rao for the lead role in Rao's directorial debut film \"Dhobi Ghat\" - a role Dogra initially turned down, but eventually accepted. In December 2011, she served as a judge for \"Rolling Stone\"'s Never Hide Sounds musical talent contest. She is the host of \"The Dewarists\", a musical collaborative show on STAR World India. In 2013, she performed with award-winning violinist Scott Tixier, for a series of shows sponsored by Dos Equis around the US. In March 2014, she was featured on the cover page of", "title": "Monica Dogra" }, { "docid": "4149647", "text": "To Make You Better Known\" as part of a charity event taping. Rose has been hired by corporations including Microsoft and regularly speaks as a consultant for PR firms; in this regard he has been pictured on the cover of \"The Wall Street Journal\" and \"Fast Company\", and is featured in the marketing book \"The Deviant's Advantage\". His PR company represents poker sites and manages publicity for top poker players. In 2008 Rose was hired as spokesperson and performer for Dos Equis in the \"Jim Rose Most Interesting Show In The World\" U.S tour. Rose has also served as a", "title": "Jim Rose Circus" }, { "docid": "5544642", "text": "Anthony Bidulka Anthony Bidulka (born July 24, 1962) is a Canadian writer of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. Bidulka's books have been nominated for Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit award, and Lambda Literary Awards. His novel \"Flight of Aquavit\" won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men's Mystery, making Bidulka the first Canadian to win in that category. Bidulka received Lambda Literary Award nominations again in 2008 for \"Stain of the Berry\", in 2009 for \"Sundowner Ubuntu\", and in 2013 for \"Dos Equis\". Born and raised on a farm near Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, Bidulka", "title": "Anthony Bidulka" }, { "docid": "18165671", "text": "the portrayal of Santa Anna invoked memories of the cartoon Snidely Whiplash and the character The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis advertising campaign. Lowry held that the show \"pays more attention to the marketing campaign than the script\". The Washington Post reported that the series seemed more concerned with portraying those fighting for Texas's independence as if they were in John Wayne's 1960 film \"The Alamo\" rather than addressing the complexity of the actual historical events. An approach one might not suspect from a channel that is named \"History\". The Post held that it was", "title": "Texas Rising" }, { "docid": "20815558", "text": "with the alkalinity simultaneously mellowing the acidic flavors of the dark malts in the final product. The result was a popular, mellow, darker style of Vienna lager. The popularity of the Toluca y Mexico beers was such that Graf frequently had difficulty filling orders and was forced to seek outside investors to rapidly increase production. Current popular brands of Graf style Viennas include major brands such as Negra Modelo, Nocha Buena, and Dos Equis Amber. Graf died on August 31, 1904 from endocarditis vegetations as a complication of an ongoing infection and is buried in Toluca, Mexico Santiago Graf Santiago", "title": "Santiago Graf" }, { "docid": "20893108", "text": "win over Western Michigan. As a senior at Kent State, Zabo averaged 13 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game and shot 42.1% from the field. After completing his collegiate eligibility, Zabo participated in the inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. On August 2, 2018, Zabo signed a one-year deal with the St. John's Edge of the NBL Canada. Kevin Zabo Kevin Zabo (born December 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the St. John's Edge of the NBL Canada. He completed his college basketball career with Kent State. Zabo was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec to Congolese father", "title": "Kevin Zabo" }, { "docid": "12527156", "text": "Devils Backbone Vienna Lager, Abita Amber, Yuengling Traditional Lager, Dos Equis Ámbar, August Schell Brewing Company Firebrick, and Negra Modelo. In Norway, the style has retained some of its former popularity, and is still brewed by most major breweries. Lagers would likely have been mainly dark until the 1840s; pale lagers were not common until the later part of the 19th century when technological advances made them easier to produce. Dark lagers typically range in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and may be termed Vienna, amber lager, dunkel, tmavé, or schwarzbier depending on region, color or brewing method.", "title": "Lager" }, { "docid": "14253091", "text": "Ceboruco Ceboruco is a dacitic stratovolcano located in Nayarit, Mexico, northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The largest eruption, the Jala Plinian eruption, was around 930 AD ±200, VEI 6, releasing of tephra. The most recent and best documented eruption from Ceboruco lasted from 1870–1875, with fumarole activity lasting well into the 20th century. The mountain features one large caldera, created during the Jala eruption, with a smaller crater nested inside that formed when the Dos Equis lava dome collapsed during the Coapales eruption around 1100 AD. Within both of these craters, are several explosive volcanic features, including scoria deposits,", "title": "Ceboruco" }, { "docid": "13981966", "text": "chief creative officer, Global Brands. He created new campaigns for Atlantic City Tourism (DO AC), New York Life (Keep Good Going) as well as supervising the successful \"Most Interesting Man\" campaign for Dos Equis. On January 1, 2014, Lee returned to holding company, IPG and assumed the role of CEO at Draftfcb New York. On March 10, 2014, Draftfcb officially changed its name to FCB (Foote, Cone and Belding) and renamed the New York office FCB Garfinkel in recognition of Lee's creative standards. Today, Lee is the Chairman of The Garfinkel Group LLC. Lee Garfinkel has received every major advertising", "title": "Lee Garfinkel" }, { "docid": "1960082", "text": "for at least three seconds at the beginning, after every commercial break, and at the end. The first legal product placement on British television came during an episode of \"This Morning\", for a Nestlé-produced coffee maker. As with all other advertising, the BBC is barred from using placements on its publicly funded services. \"I, Robot\" offers placements for Converse, Ovaltine, Audi, FedEx, Dos Equis and JVC among others, all of them introduced within the film's first ten minutes. One moment includes a straightforward advertisement where Will Smith's character responds to a compliment about his shoes, to which he replies \"Converse", "title": "Product placement" }, { "docid": "17009493", "text": "legacy is as one of the greatest television pitch men of all time. He really is part of an era of people who did television commercials, who did them live. His other legacy is also as a very generous guy in teaching young ventriloquists; up and coming ventriloquists over the years who were interested in the art form from his instructional records.” Clips include his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, Texaco Star Theater as well as Nestles Quick commercials. Edgar Bergen Kelly Asbury opens this segment by stating, “Edgar Bergen’s considered the great master in this day and age.", "title": "I'm No Dummy" }, { "docid": "4926556", "text": "than five percent for Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors in the same year. Mexican beer has done so well in the United States that Miller SAB tried selling citrus and salt-flavored Miller Chill and Anheuser Busch attempted Bud Light Lime. The best-known and best-selling Mexican beer in the United States by far is Corona, produced by Grupo Modelo and distributed by Anheuser Busch. FEMSA entered the US market later, but has paired with Dutch enterprise Heineken USA to promote and distribute its brands, especially Dos Equis and Tecate. Some Mexican beers, such as Modelo Especial and Negra Modelo, are available in", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "11253403", "text": "Scott Tixier Scott Tixier (born 26 February 1986) is an award-winning French jazz violinist and a recording artist. Professor of jazz violin and alternative styles at the University of North Texas Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu then Malo Vallois. Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got Talent on NBC, with Zedd on the David Letterman Late Show on", "title": "Scott Tixier" }, { "docid": "11253411", "text": "Gesù\", it was specially made by Dimitri Musafia. As leader As sideman Scott Tixier Scott Tixier (born 26 February 1986) is an award-winning French jazz violinist and a recording artist. Professor of jazz violin and alternative styles at the University of North Texas Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu then Malo Vallois. Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got", "title": "Scott Tixier" }, { "docid": "6525769", "text": "endeavor. German influence has had a lasting impact on Mexican beers, with brands such as Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar, both deriving from a malty subset of dark lagers known as Vienna-style. The German-Mexican population is especially prevalent in southern Mexico, particularly the state of Chiapas, where German farmers and industrialists were encouraged to immigrate in the late 1890s. Following collaboration between Otto Von Bismarck and Porfirio Diaz to German colonies were established to develop modern coffee plantations and food processing facilities in the state. German-Mexicans make up a large minority of the population of the soconusco region of", "title": "German Mexicans" }, { "docid": "9928513", "text": "his AFL/NFL career, Moorman returned to his home city of Louisville, Kentucky and started Mo Moorman Distributing Company. The distributing company featured Coors Light, Zima, Corona, and other imports such as Stella and Dos Equis. In 2007, Mo sold the company to River City Distributing Company giving River City over 80% of the market share in the city of Louisville. Mo Moorman Maurice \"Mo\" Moorman (born July 24, 1945) is a former American college and professional football player. He played collegiately for Texas A&M, and went to the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs as a first-round draft choice in", "title": "Mo Moorman" }, { "docid": "12504145", "text": "There are secondary advertisements that are similar to the final part of the original advertisements. They feature the man sitting in a social setting, surrounded by beautiful young women, conveying a short opinion to the viewer on certain subjects, such as bar nuts, the two-party system, self-defense, trophy wives, and \"bromance\". He then finishes the advertisement by holding a Dos Equis beer and saying, \"Stay thirsty, my friends.\" The advertisements featuring Legrand end with a slightly different sign-off: \"Stay thirsty, \"mis amigos\"\" (Spanish for \"my friends\"). The agency's rationale for the brand strategy was defined as: \"He is a man", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" }, { "docid": "16137632", "text": "is studying Business Administration and says she has no partner. The major influences for action Dos Ramos are the actors Daniela Alvarado, Emma Rabbe, Diego Boneta, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Thalia, Edgar Ramírez y Saúl Lisazo. Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos De Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is an actress, entertainer, model, and singer from Venezuela. The actress began her career in commercials and promotions on the Venezuelan television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV com abbreviated acronym). She then acted in telenovelas in starring roles on RCTV International such as \"Eugenia Alcoy Del Casal\" on \"La Trepadora\", and as", "title": "Kimberly Dos Ramos" }, { "docid": "20939074", "text": "inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. On August 2, 2018, Clark signed a deal with the Italian club New Basket Brindisi for the 2018–19 LBA season. Wes Clark (basketball) Wes Clark (born December 12, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). As a junior at Missouri, Clark averaged 9.8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists per game. He was dismissed from the team in February 2016 due to failing to meet the academic standards. Clark decided to transfer to Buffalo, whose coach Nate Oats was Clark's coach at Romulus", "title": "Wes Clark (basketball)" }, { "docid": "13194762", "text": "of Chicago's Frozen Fun Fest, SOURCE Maui, Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy Flash, New York City Burning Man Decompression, Electric Forest Festival, Chiditarod Shopping Cart Race, Chicago Halloween Art Parade Environmental Encroachment Environmental Encroachment (also known as \"EE\") is a Chicago-based marching band and performance art troupe. Its origins date back to 1994 with the mission to create site-specific adult playground installations. In its current incarnation, EE fuses traditional Latin and North African rhythms with folk, jazz, and rock melodies, along with incorporating circus antics, costumes, and dance, to provide a spectacle which has been described as “incomparable to anything", "title": "Environmental Encroachment" }, { "docid": "17821329", "text": "Aside from his television and film work, Wilson has been cast in an array of television commercials for companies such as Allstate and AT&T. His first national commercial was for the video game \"\". Wilson is the namesake of his father, Guy Wilson, an attorney and the former mayor of Sebastopol. Wilson currently resides in Los Angeles with his two cats. He is an avid sports fan. His favorite teams include the San Francisco Giants, the San Francisco 49ers, and Everton FC. He has two siblings: a younger sister, Valerie, who is a sculptor, and a younger brother, Willie. Guy", "title": "Guy Wilson (actor)" }, { "docid": "5955357", "text": "Canadian Tire guy The Canadian Tire guy is a character played by actor Ted Simonett in a series of television commercials for Canadian Tire stores that ran for eight years. The character typically touted the features and benefits of products unique to Canadian Tire in a friendly, helpful everyday scenario. In 2005, Canadian Tire changed advertising agencies, which led to a gradual phasing out of Simonett's character. In March 2006, he and on-screen wife \"Gloria\" were let go since the commercials had become the subject of parody, and as such were no longer considered effective. They have been parodied on", "title": "Canadian Tire guy" }, { "docid": "5477765", "text": "Show!\", \"Late Show with David Letterman\", \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" and \"Harry Hill's TV Burp\". Grylls recorded two advertisements for Post's Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, which aired in the US from January 2009. He also appeared as a \"distinguished instructor\" in Dos Equis' \"Most Interesting Academy\" in a webisode named \"Survival in the Modern Era\". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates urban survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to bash. He also has marketed the Alpha Course, a course on the basics of the Christian faith. In 2013, Grylls appeared in an airline safety video for", "title": "Bear Grylls" }, { "docid": "8861645", "text": "bowling equipment manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation. Edelman also worked with Finland to improve its image in part through the Finnfacts Institute it founded in the 1960s. It promoted wine for the California Wine Institute and promoted bowling for the National Bowling Council by emphasizing it as a way to stay in shape. The firm worked with Symantec to promote the Norton brand of antivirus software in more than 35 countries since 2008. Heineken hired Edelman in 2012 for its U.S. corporate public relations and its Dos Equis brand. In April 1998 the \"Los Angeles Times\" reported that Edelman had drafted a", "title": "Edelman (firm)" }, { "docid": "4251868", "text": "the integration of the Moctezuma brewery in 1985, the Dos Equis, Superior, Sol, and Noche Buena brands were added to the Carta Blanca, Tecate, Bohemia and Indio brands. In 1988 Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. was formed as the main subsidiary of Visa containing the beer and other companies. In 1994 FEMSA sold a 22 percent share of its beer business to John Labatt Ltd. of Canada and signed an agreement with Labatt to associate their respective companies in the United States. FEMSA became the successor of Visa in 1998. On 11 January 2010, the Dutch brewing company Heineken", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "3295991", "text": "had a lasting impact on Mexican beers, with brands such as Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar, both deriving from Vienna-style lager. It was German brewing styles that helped cement brewing as a Mexican cultural trait and enterprise. Although Lebanese Mexicans made up less than 5% of the total immigrant population in Mexico during the 1930s, they constituted half of the immigrant economic activity. Lebanese influence in Mexican culture can be seen most particularly in food, where they have introduced many foods and dishes and created their own recipes such as \"tacos Árabes\". Carlos Slim, formerly the richest man in", "title": "Model minority" }, { "docid": "4926560", "text": "1893, and eventually changed its name to Cervecería Moctezuma. It was a major producer of beer since the early 20th century, and was one of the largest brewing companies in the world with the merger of the two, but the new company controls over twelve brand names. FEMSA bought the combined breweries to add to its other businesses, such as bottling and packaging enterprises. FEMSA's brands today include Tecate, Sol, Dos Equis, Carta Blanca, Superior, Indio, and Bohemia. Grupo Modelo's brands include Corona, Corona Light, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Estrella, Léon, Montejo, and Pacifico. Most of these beers are", "title": "Beer in Mexico" }, { "docid": "14762375", "text": "of the ring to stop him from counting the pinfall. On June 3, The Usos lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to \"Los Aviadores\" (Hunico and Dos Equis). On the May 24, 2010 episode of \"Raw\", The Usos and Tamina made their debut as heels by attacking the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya). The following week, Raw General Manager Bret Hart stated that he had signed them to contracts. That night, the trio cut a promo, stating that they were looking for respect for their families. They were interrupted and", "title": "The Usos" }, { "docid": "18233824", "text": "he worked at agencies including Ogilvy & Mather and McCann-Erickson (both New York) then his own boutique shop MadScience Creative (also New York). His clients included Budweiser, Sam Adams, Dos Equis, Rolling Rock, Burger King, Microsoft Xbox, Sony P2P, Dennis Publishing (Stuff, Maxim and Blender), Coke, Stella Artois, Caffeine Apparel and Viacom (WNEW FM) with annual budgets from $2M to $400M. Watson put his advertising skills to use most recently by directing a viral campaign for Deadliest Catch season 10. One of those spots, Crabzilla, (where a giant CG crab attacks the Time Bandit) garnered Watson a Silver Telly Award.", "title": "Decker Watson" }, { "docid": "905416", "text": "Guy Ritchie Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English filmmaker, businessman and occasional actor, known for his crime films. He left secondary school and got entry-level jobs in the film industry in the mid-1990s. Ritchie eventually went on to direct commercials. In 1995, he directed his first film, \"The Hard Case\", a 20-minute short that impressed investors who backed his first feature film, the crime comedy \"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\" (1998). He then directed another crime comedy, \"Snatch\" (2000). Ritchie's other films include \"Revolver\" (2005), \"RocknRolla\" (2008), \"Sherlock Holmes\" (2009), and its sequel \"\" (2011).", "title": "Guy Ritchie" }, { "docid": "12504148", "text": "host Joseph Gordon-Levitt played the unimpressive son of The Most Interesting Man in the World in a pair of sketches, with Jason Sudeikis appearing as his father in the second. The Most Interesting Man in the World The Most Interesting Man in the World was an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer. The ads featured a bearded, debonair gentleman with voiceovers that were both humorous and outrageous and the slogan \"Stay Thirsty My Friends\". The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and became a popular Internet meme. The campaign was ended in 2018. The advertisements first", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" }, { "docid": "15300713", "text": "short film, and selections from Grand Jury and Audience Award films. The films will be screened domestically throughout 2011, including at IFC Center in New York and 14 Pews in Houston. \"Strongman\", a previous Slamdance Grand Jury Documentary winner opened in late January at the IFC Center in New York. Awards were sponsored by Adobe, Dos Equis, Kodak, Panasonic, Good Health and Pierce Law Group. The Feature competitions at Slamdance are limited to first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less. 10 narrative films and 8 documentaries were selected to screen in competition. 14 of them are", "title": "2011 Slamdance Film Festival" }, { "docid": "4527271", "text": "parts of Hispaniola and Jamaica and later made landfall near Majahual, Mexico. It regained hurricane status in the Bay of Campeche and made landfall near Veracruz. Gusts as high as were recorded in Veracruz. Apparently there was little damage to the city itself but several small boats were lost offshore and several sailors drowned. The 800-ton steamer \"Dos Equis\" sank with the loss of everyone on board. No exact figures exist. The storm quickly dissipated inland. Hurricane Eight existed from September 23 to September 28 in the open Atlantic Ocean. A tropical depression developed in the vicinity of the Bahamas", "title": "1931 Atlantic hurricane season" }, { "docid": "1323737", "text": "named Jillz to their list of brands. Since mid-2007, Heineken has also taken ownership of former S&N International brands such as Strongbow and Bulmers Ciders and John Smith's and Newcastle Brown Ale. In 2010, Heineken bought Mexican brewery FEMSA Cerveza, including brands Tecate, Sol, Dos Equis, Indio and Kloster. The shares of Heineken International are traded on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and OTCQX under the symbols: HEIA and HEINY respectively. As at 31 December 2013, the shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below: Heineken's main advertising slogan in the UK was \"Refreshes the parts other", "title": "Heineken International" }, { "docid": "12182406", "text": "brand Undercover, as a voice-over artist for Michael \"Mic\" Neumann's Kung Faux, and worked on projects with Burton, Vans, Supreme and DC Shoes. There are Kaws-designed small edition bottles for Dos Equis and Hennessy, rugs for Gallery 1950 and packaging for Kiehl's cosmetics. In 2004 he collaborated with Undefeated Brand on a billboard project in Los Angeles. In 2008 he collaborated with John Mayer on guitar picks. For the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Kaws redesigned the MTV Moonman trophy in the form of his \"Companion\" character. His 3D model was also used to create a 60-foot tall inflatable version,", "title": "Kaws" }, { "docid": "503479", "text": "as Cemex (the world's third largest cement company), FEMSA (Coca-Cola Latin America, largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the world), Alfa (petrochemicals, food, telecommunications and auto parts), Axtel (telecommunications), Vitro (glass), Selther (leading mattress and rest systems firm in Latin America), Gruma (food), and Banorte (financial services). The FEMSA corporation owned a large brewery, the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma) that produces the brands Sol, Tecate, Indio, Dos Equis and Carta Blanca among others, in the beginning of the year Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery was sold to Dutch-based company Heineken. By the end of the same year, there were more than", "title": "Monterrey" }, { "docid": "4251869", "text": "International announced it would acquire the beer activities of FEMSA, including Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. The company operates plants in Monterrey, Tecate, Navojoa, Guadalajara, Toluca, Orizaba and for 2012 one in Chihuahua. The company has an annual production of . The Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery has an art gallery and can be visited. Hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 17:00 and Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00. Tours are available free of charge and are offered in both English and Spanish. The Brewery has a beer garden which offers a free glass of Bohemia, Dos Equis, or Carta Blanca. The Garden", "title": "Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery" }, { "docid": "10950798", "text": "and \"URB\", as well as radio support from such tastemakers as KCRW (Los Angeles), Indie 103 (Los Angeles), KEXP (Seattle), and KUT (Austin). Mexican Institute of Sound released its second album, \"Piñata\", in 2007. The disc continued the vision established by the debut as a collage of musical influences that reflect Lara's impression of life in the sprawling metropolis of Mexico City. Special guests include members of Tom Tom Club, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Babasónicos. Songs from M.I.S. releases have been featured in ABC's \"Ugly Betty\", Showtime's \"Californication\", New Line Cinema's \"Pride and Glory\", a Dos Equis national advertising campaign,", "title": "Mexican Institute of Sound" }, { "docid": "14243986", "text": "Documentary Features “American Jihadist” and “Mind of the Demon: The Larry Linkogle Story,” and Narrative Features “The Scenesters” and “The Wild Hunt” will be available for a seven-day period for movie fans to rent though their computers or on Xbox LIVE until February 2, 2010. There are three competitive divisions at this year's festival, the Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Dos Equis and Lonely Seal Releasing. The Grand Jury and Audience Award winning films will be screened in several domestic venues throughout the year, including the IFC Center in New York City. The Feature", "title": "2010 Slamdance Film Festival" }, { "docid": "12504144", "text": "know how it felt, and finding the Fountain of Youth but not drinking from it, \"because he wasn't thirsty\". Other feats are more centered on his physical abilities and personality. These include his small talk changing foreign policies, parallel-parking a train, and slamming a revolving door. At the end of the advertisement, the most interesting man, usually shown sitting in a night club or other social setting surrounded by several beautiful young women, says, \"I don't always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.\" Each commercial ends with him stating the signature sign-off: \"Stay thirsty, my friends.\"", "title": "The Most Interesting Man in the World" }, { "docid": "10189909", "text": "he did not know off camera. To fill this need, John Huston hired a Mexican to record the lines, and then the elder Huston memorized them so well that many assumed he knew the language like a native. As with most of the Mexican actors selected from the local population, Alfonso Bedoya's heavily accented pronunciation of English proved to be a bit of a problem. Example: \"horseback\" came out as \"whore's back\". Bogart only knew two Spanish words, \"Dos Equis\", a Mexican beer. The fight scene in the cantina took five days to shoot. During the shooting of the entire", "title": "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)" }, { "docid": "15300712", "text": "Anderson of INSAINTS; \"Pleasant People\" directed by Dave Bonawits; and \"Road Dogs\", a documentary directed by Shane Aquino that follows the bands HTTH (Heavenly Trip to Hell) and Kettle Cadaver on cross country tours. In an interview with \"The Park Record\", festival president and co-founder Peter Baxter said attendance had been \"excellent\" and most of the screenings had sold out. There were three competitive divisions at this year's festival: Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Panasonic, Dos Equis and Good Health. New this year, the festival added a theatrical distribution award for best feature, best", "title": "2011 Slamdance Film Festival" }, { "docid": "1690755", "text": "Bowl saw a sharp rise in popularity. 26 national tournaments were held and Tecmo Madison XIII’s livestream had 161,076 viewers, in addition to ESPN.com coverage. Gameplay is featured in the \"Family Guy\" episode \"Run, Chris, Run\", where Peter uses Bo Jackson to beat Quagmire. \"Tecmo Bowl\" is a central theme for two 2016 Kia Sorento commercials. Both commercials star the aforementioned Bo Jackson and play off the ridiculously advantageous characteristics he possesses in the game. One also features Brian Bosworth, who was famously run over by Jackson during a \"Monday Night Football\" game in 1987 as he attempted to score", "title": "Tecmo Super Bowl" }, { "docid": "16137611", "text": "Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos De Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is an actress, entertainer, model, and singer from Venezuela. The actress began her career in commercials and promotions on the Venezuelan television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV com abbreviated acronym). She then acted in telenovelas in starring roles on RCTV International such as \"Eugenia Alcoy Del Casal\" on \"La Trepadora\", and as \"Karen Montero\" on \"Que el Cielo Me Explique\". She was later known throughout all of Latin America as \"Matilda Roman\" in the Nickelodeon television series \"Grachi\" with her best friend Maria Gabriela de faria. Kimberly became", "title": "Kimberly Dos Ramos" }, { "docid": "3913071", "text": "potato chip and extruded snack lines. The Granny Goose potato chip line is produced by Shearer's Foods under license from Snak King. Granny Goose products can be readily found in the Western United States. Its logo and mascot, also named Granny Goose, is an anthropomorphic cartoon goose. In a series of television commercials first aired in the 1960s, the company's spokesperson, who self-identified as \"Granny Goose\", was portrayed by actor Philip Carey as an ultra-masculine tough guy, depicted in the commercials as such manly stereotypes as a cowboy or a James Bond-style spy. Granny Goose Granny Goose is an American", "title": "Granny Goose" }, { "docid": "3592589", "text": "advertisements for Subway, promoting the restaurant's massive feast sandwich. Chief marketing officer Tony Pace commented \"Peter's a good representation of the people who are interested in the Feast, and \"Family Guy\" is a show \"that appeals to that target audience.\" \"The Boston Globe\" critic Brian Steinberg praised the restaurant's use of the character for the commercials. Peter Griffin Peter Griffin is the main character of the American animated sitcom \"Family Guy\". He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute pilot pitch of \"Family", "title": "Peter Griffin" }, { "docid": "5981530", "text": "Lyonya Golubkov Leonid \"Lyonya\" Golubkov () is a \"common Russian guy\" played by Vladimir Permyakov in notorious MMM commercials from 1992 to 1994. Due to a very aggressive advertising campaign by MMM owned by Sergei Mavrodi, most people know Vladimir Permyakov by this name. In advertising, Lyonya Golubkov was an excavator operator who invested into MMM stock and became rich enough to buy himself a new apartment, house, etc. (Later for marketing reasons Lyonya marked out his initial plans as unwise and \"opted\" to buy an excavator). From his first commercials, his catch phrase was \"\", which roughly translates into", "title": "Lyonya Golubkov" }, { "docid": "16702748", "text": "U.S. Trivago guy, the company decided to create French and Spanish Trivago guys. From 2016 until June 2017, the French actor Mehdi Nebbou was the German Trivago guy. In the UK, Trivago's advertisements are fronted by Australian actress and musician Gabrielle Miller. In Germany, the Trivago girl is German actress and model Anna Puck (since June 2017). In Japan, Trivago is represented in their TV commercials by singer/songwriter Natalie Emmons, who uses the pseudonym \"Strae\" in the United States. In Malaysia, actress and TV host Dahlia Shazwan has starred in Trivago's advertisements. Trivago states that it attempts to recruit tech", "title": "Trivago" }, { "docid": "16403257", "text": "El Hijo de Dos Caras Guillermo Rodríguez (born April 26, 1988) is a Mexican \"luchador enmascarado\", or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a \"tecnico\" (\"Good guy\") wrestling character. He is best known under his current ring name El Hijo de Dos Caras, Spanish for \"The son of Two Face\", a reference to the fact that Rodríguez is the son of \"luchador\" José Luis Rodríguez, better known as Dos Caras. He has previously worked for WWE, on their NXT brand as Memo Montenegro. He is a two-time, former IWRG", "title": "El Hijo de Dos Caras" }, { "docid": "1280184", "text": "and various TV commercials. The pair is warned that the Bramford has a disturbing history involving witchcraft and murder, but they choose to overlook this. Rosemary has wanted children for some time, but Guy wants to wait until his career is more established. Rosemary and Guy are quickly welcomed to the Bramford by neighbors Minnie and Roman Castevet, an eccentric elderly couple. Rosemary finds them meddlesome and absurd, but Guy begins paying them frequent visits. After a theatrical rival suddenly goes blind, Guy is given an important part in a stage play. Immediately afterward, Guy unexpectedly agrees with Rosemary that", "title": "Rosemary's Baby (novel)" }, { "docid": "5631288", "text": "admonishing the squirrel for stealing, which drives Scrat to subsequently attack Peter. Apart from Peter, the scene was rendered in 3D (\"Family Guy\" is normally drawn in 2D), and Scrat was voiced by Chris Wedge who voices him in the films. The episode originally aired the week before the film opened. Fox aired promotions for the film throughout the evening. During the same evening of this cameo, Sid was hosting the entire FOX line-up, showing up in intermittent times between commercials. Re-edited scenes of \"Ice Age: The Meltdown\" were shown in Airhead candy commercials on several kids' channels and programs,", "title": "Ice Age: The Meltdown" }, { "docid": "9471572", "text": "and the variety of gameplay in the 13 levels, concluding that it \"does a great job of providing thrills for the average arcade player\". Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an arcade game by ReadySoft that was released for MS-DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon's Lair and Space Ace but features longer sections. Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron Von Max has located the whereabouts of the legendary Crystals of Armageddon. Max", "title": "Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon" }, { "docid": "9471571", "text": "Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an arcade game by ReadySoft that was released for MS-DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon's Lair and Space Ace but features longer sections. Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron Von Max has located the whereabouts of the legendary Crystals of Armageddon. Max needs these crystals to power the doomsday machine he has constructed in the mountains at an unknown location. \"Computer Gaming World\" praised the graphics", "title": "Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon" }, { "docid": "8325527", "text": "in Seattle in 1980, where he again worked in making local commercials, including spots for the Seattle Mariners baseball team. He was a regular cast member of the long-running local comedy show \"Almost Live!\" as well as the announcer for \"Bill Nye the Science Guy\". On radio, he has hosted the \"Pat Cashman Show\", a morning drive-time show on several Seattle stations, and his familiar bassy voice is heard in local commercials. Among the local commercials he voices are the commercials for Jerry's Hardware in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. His most recent voice work was for the Wii video game", "title": "Pat Cashman" }, { "docid": "17812515", "text": "Guy Veloso Guy Veloso (born 1969) is a Brazilian documentary photographer. Guy Benchimol de Veloso was born and works in Belém in the State of Pará, Brazil, a city of 1.5 million inhabitants in the Amazon rainforest. A Law graduate by Federal University of Pará, he has been a photographer since 1989, with several international publications to his credit. All his projects are made with analog equipment. Invited by the curators \"Agnaldo Farias\" and \"Moacir dos Anjos\", the latest project of Guy Veloso, \"The Penitents: Rituals of blood to the fascination of the world’s end\", attended the 29th São Paulo", "title": "Guy Veloso" }, { "docid": "4485589", "text": "EFMD Quality Improvement System The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). EQUIS has accredited 172 institutions in 41 countries around the world. EQUIS' directors as of 2018 are Ulrich Hommel and David Asch. In the past 20 years of existence the organization has accredited 172 institutions in 41 countries. The accreditation is awarded to business schools based on general quality. The process also takes into account the business school's level of internationalization, which is not a", "title": "EFMD Quality Improvement System" }, { "docid": "13451524", "text": "has a three-year European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation. EQUIS is an international system of quality assessment, improvement, and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. The GSB is one of two African business schools to have received an EQUIS accreditation. AABS: The GSB is one of six South African business schools to belong to the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) – an organisation that aims to promote excellence in business and management education on the continent by supporting business schools through capacity building, collaboration, and quality improvement. AACSB: provides internationally recognized, specialized accreditation for business", "title": "University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business" }, { "docid": "624834", "text": "the air. But they also told him, 'Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air? The guy who took away a show so many kids love, and so many parents love, too?'\" Henry Corden's voice became Fred's after Reed's death in 1977, starting with \"A Flintstone Christmas\". Corden had previously provided Fred's singing voice in \"The Man Called Flintstone\" and later on \"The Flintstones\" children's records. Since 2000, Jeff Bergman, James Arnold Taylor, and Scott Innes (performing both Fred and Barney for Toshiba commercials) have performed the voice of Fred. Since Mel", "title": "The Flintstones" }, { "docid": "11366277", "text": "asked about his character by the \"Washington Post\", Violette said that \"He's a guy who has a lot of dreams and hopes. But he's not able to make them concrete because I think he's a little bit lazy. He's the kind of guy who always has bad luck . . . but I'm sure he has a good heart.\" The commercials have spawned various homages including many parodies on YouTube. \"MADtv\" parodied the ads in a sketch that featured a young man cursed by bad luck after getting a credit card his senior year of high school. After racking up", "title": "FreeCreditScore.com" }, { "docid": "6018317", "text": "Ralna English Ralna Eve English is an American-born singer (born June 19, 1942) in Haskell, Texas, who gained fame as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo of Guy & Ralna with then-husband Guy Hovis, both of whom were featured performers on \"The Lawrence Welk Show\". She was reared in Lubbock, Texas, where, as a teenager, won a local battle of the bands competition with her group \"Ralna and the Ad-Libs\". One of her competitors was legendary rock star Buddy Holly, a Lubbock native. After attending Texas Tech University, and singing jingles for television commercials in Dallas, she relocated to California", "title": "Ralna English" }, { "docid": "335526", "text": "personal computer aimed at businesses and creative professionals with an advertising campaign consisting of several television commercials and print ads. The television commercials used the slogan \"\"The Future Is Better Than You Expected\"\", featuring the first three Power Macintosh computers to showcase special features such as networking and MS-DOS compatibility. In 1993 and 1994, a television advertising campaign created by BBDO aired with the slogan \"It does more, it costs less, it's that simple.\" Power Macintosh The Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, is a family of personal computers that were designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. as part", "title": "Power Macintosh" }, { "docid": "8365477", "text": "it often\", as well as for his unique pronunciation of the word \"diabetes\" (\"\"diabeetus\"\"), which has been the subject of several parodies and internet memes. Other celebrity diabetics who have done at least one commercial for the company include Nell Carter, Phylicia Rashad, and Delta Burke. Liberty Medical TV commercials have been parodied on \"Family Guy\" and \"Saturday Night Live\". Since those parodies, YouTube users have created \"mash-ups\" of Liberty TV commercials featuring Wilford Brimley, garnering hundreds of thousands of views and creating an internet meme. Internet users have also posted pictures captioned \"Diabeetus\" in reference to Brimley's pronunciation of", "title": "Liberty Medical" }, { "docid": "4485590", "text": "strict requirement for accreditation by the other two major international accreditation bodies: AACSB and AMBA. So far, all fully accredited EQUIS business schools applying for AACSB accreditation have succeeded, which has not been the case the other way. EQUIS accreditation can be granted for three years (with annual progress reports on the areas of improvement required) or for five years (with a mid-term progress report on development objectives required). EFMD Quality Improvement System The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation", "title": "EFMD Quality Improvement System" }, { "docid": "16403270", "text": "father, appeared at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XV event in the corner of Alberto El Patron, as Alberto defeated Bobby Lashley to unify the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and GFW Global Championship. El Hijo de Dos Caras Guillermo Rodríguez (born April 26, 1988) is a Mexican \"luchador enmascarado\", or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a \"tecnico\" (\"Good guy\") wrestling character. He is best known under his current ring name El Hijo de Dos Caras, Spanish for \"The son of Two Face\", a reference to the fact that Rodríguez", "title": "El Hijo de Dos Caras" }, { "docid": "7821671", "text": "the erosion of composers' rights. He has won many awards including an ASCAP award in the US and an Ivor Novello Award in the UK, Fletcher has also written TV music, songs, commercials and music for the stage. In 2005, he was honoured in HM the Queen's birthday honours list with an OBE for services to British music. Fletcher has a nephew, also called Guy Fletcher, who has been a longtime keyboardist for both Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. His children are Justin Fletcher, a children's TV presenter; Amity Fletcher, a music promoter; Juliette Fletcher, a ITV South news presenter;", "title": "Guy Fletcher (songwriter)" }, { "docid": "18188405", "text": "guys\") or faces (\"técnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2014) \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" 2014 (Spanish for \"Homage to Two Legends\") was a professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and part of their annual \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" event series that started in 1996. The 2014 event was the 19th event in the series and took place on March 21, 2014, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, making it the first", "title": "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2014)" }, { "docid": "13823987", "text": "regularly scheduled \"Super Viernes\" show. The 2008 show was the 13th overall \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" show. The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as \"rudos\" in Mexico, those that portray the \"bad guys\") or faces (\"técnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2008) \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" 2008 (Spanish for \"Homage to Two Legends\") was a professional wrestling", "title": "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2008)" }, { "docid": "13823993", "text": "2007 show was the 12th overall \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" show. The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as \"rudos\" in Mexico, those that portray the \"bad guys\") or faces (\"técnicos\" in Mexico, the \"good guy\" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007) \"Homenaje a Dos Leyendas\" 2007 (Spanish for \"Homage to Two Legends\") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo", "title": "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007)" }, { "docid": "5955360", "text": "beard. Simonett is also a wildlife and headshot photographer, with Canadian actors including Jackie English (TVO Kids), and Dan Lett. Simonett was at one time voted into the top three of the Most Annoying Canadian contest for his role in a Canadian Tire commercial. Canadian Tire guy The Canadian Tire guy is a character played by actor Ted Simonett in a series of television commercials for Canadian Tire stores that ran for eight years. The character typically touted the features and benefits of products unique to Canadian Tire in a friendly, helpful everyday scenario. In 2005, Canadian Tire changed advertising", "title": "Canadian Tire guy" }, { "docid": "6127940", "text": "Adams' television credits include \"Emergency – Ward 10\" where he played Dr Guy Marshall from 1964 to 1967 and later the similar Dr Guy Wallman in \"General Hospital\" between 1975 and 1978; starred as Major Sullivan in the BBC counter-espionage drama \"Spy Trap\" from 1973 to 1975, \"The Onedin Line\" as Daniel Fogarty (1977–79); \"Doctor Who\" as Vorshak in \"Warriors of the Deep\" (1984); and \"Emmerdale Farm\" (1987) as Malcolm Bates. He took the lead in \"The Enigma Files\" in 1980. During the late 1970s, he appeared in TV commercials for Dixons, and for many years in the 1980s and", "title": "Tom Adams (actor)" }, { "docid": "5356716", "text": "the table would somewhat mock the \"little kid\" or \"little guy\" for wanting \"big Honeycomb\", to where the kid would go, \"Little kid (guy)?! Watch this!\" then go and show off his or her skills to them, thoroughly impressing them (saying \"Big stuff!\" and \"Honeycomb kid!\" as they watch) and being accepted by them (\"I didn't know you were a Honeycomb kid!\") and the commercial ends with the kid happily eating a bowl of Honeycomb. In 1995, a mascot, Crazy Craving, was introduced as a wild-haired, marsupial-like cartoon character who rabidly craves Honeycomb cereal and whom children in the commercials", "title": "Honeycomb (cereal)" }, { "docid": "5955358", "text": "\"Royal Canadian Air Farce\", \"This Hour Has 22 Minutes\", and the \"Rick Mercer Report\". In many circles, particularly in relation to blog sites, Simonett's character - commonly referred to as on the Canadian Tire Guy (TCTG) - has evoked particularly hostile reactions. The October 28, 2005 edition of \"Maclean's\" published an article that ridiculed Ted Simonett and his \"Canadian Tire Guy\" character. Shortly afterward, in March 2006, Canadian Tire unveiled its new ad campaign without Simonett. Ted Simonett (born 1953) is a Canadian actor most widely known for his work in Canadian Tire television commercials. Simonett was raised in Kingston,", "title": "Canadian Tire guy" } ]

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[ { "docid": "802437", "text": "for the organization, including Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. They have won three NBA championships, with their first coming as the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. The second title came in 1967, a team which was led by Chamberlain. The third title came in 1983, won by a team led by Erving and Malone. The 76ers have only been back to the NBA Finals once since then: in 2001, where they were led by Iverson and lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. In 1946, Italian immigrant Daniel Biasone", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "11333140", "text": "The 76ers completed one of the most dominating playoff runs in league history with a 12-1 mark after league and NBA Finals MVP Moses promised \"\"Fo', fo', fo\"\" (as in \"\"four, four, four\"\" – four wins to win each playoff series), which they accomplished in 13 games. The 76ers were also led by Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and Bobby Jones. The 1983 NBA Finals was the last to end before June 1. This championship is especially noted because it would be the last major sports championship for the city of Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333139", "text": "The 76ers went on to capture their second NBA championship as they swept the New York Knicks, and proceeded to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. They finally finished it off with a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them the season before, making this the only NBA championship not to be won by either the Lakers or the Boston Celtics from 1980–1988. Said head coach Billy Cunningham, \"\"The difference from last year was Moses.\"\" Malone was named MVP of the 1983 Finals, as well as league MVP for the third time in his career.", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333141", "text": "Series. At the time, no other city with all four professional sports teams had a championship drought last as long as that from 1983–2008 (25 years). When the Flyers played for the 2010 Stanley Cup, \"The Ottawa Citizen\" reported that the main reason for that lengthy championship drought was because the only years the city's teams played for championships during that time were years presidents were inaugurated. The city's teams had lost championships during such years, beginning with the 76ers themselves in . The exceptions were the Phillies in and the Flyers in . Following the 1983 NBA Finals, a", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333162", "text": "left before his final year at Auburn and made himself eligible for the 1984 NBA draft. He was selected with the fifth pick in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers, two slots after the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Washington Bullets: \"76ers win series 3-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 2-0) (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"76ers win series 4-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Eastern Conference Finals (Philadelphia won 4-1) (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Celtics win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1982 Eastern Conference", "title": "1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "5376786", "text": "the Sixers picked up MVP Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. Malone repeated as the MVP and led the 76ers to an NBA Championship in a 4-game sweep against the Lakers. With the Bucks sweeping Boston, it made the Sixers' title run much easier. However, it was the last title for Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. The \"highlight\" of this era of the rivalry was a 1983 exhibition game that featured 3 separate fights: Moses Malone/Cedric Maxwell, Larry Bird/Marc Iavaroni, and Gerald Henderson/Sedale Threatt. During Bird/Iavaroni, Bird ripped 76ers coach Billy Cunningham's sports jacket in half.", "title": "76ers–Celtics rivalry" }, { "docid": "6477885", "text": "other city with all four professional sports teams had a championship drought last as long as that from 1983 to 2008 (25 Years). Some suggested that this was the Curse of Billy Penn. When the Flyers played for the 2010 Stanley Cup, \"The Ottawa Citizen\" reported that the main reason for that lengthy championship drought was because the only years the city's teams played for championships during that time were years presidents were inaugurated. The city's teams had lost championships during such years, beginning with the 76ers themselves in . The exceptions were the Phillies in and the Flyers in", "title": "1983 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "16327186", "text": "playoff run. Nonetheless, their 12–1 playoff record is tied for the fewest losses in league history with the 2000–2001 Lakers, who went 15–1 en route to the NBA Title, coincidentally beating the 76ers in the Finals (after suffering their only defeat that postseason in Game 1), and the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors, who finished the 2017 NBA postseason 16-1. The Philadelphia-based group Pieces Of A Dream had a minor hit in 1983 with the R&B song \"Fo-Fi-Fo\", which title was prompted by Malone's quip. This also marked the last championship in Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World Series.", "title": "History of the Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "6477874", "text": "1983 NBA Finals The 1983 NBA Finals, also known as Showdown '83, was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1982–83 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It was the last NBA Championship Series completed before June 1. The Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0. 76ers center Moses Malone was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). The 76ers lost their first two Finals meetings with the Lakers in and . While Julius Erving played superbly in both series, their frontcourt of Darryl Dawkins,", "title": "1983 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "7818532", "text": "one NBA championship with the Warriors in 1975, one Finals MVP, five All-NBA Team selections and four All-Star Game selections. Cunningham's achievements include an NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, four All-NBA Team selections and four All-Star Game selections. He also played two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Carolina Cougars. In his first season there, he won the ABA Most Valuable Player Award and was selected to the ABA All-Star Game and All-ABA Team. He later coached the 76ers for eight seasons and won the NBA championship in 1983. Goodrich's achievements include an NBA", "title": "1965 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "4078367", "text": "Moses Malone Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. The center was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection. Malone won his only NBA championship in 1983, when he was both the league and Finals MVP with the Philadelphia 76ers. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001.", "title": "Moses Malone" }, { "docid": "3569438", "text": "Trail Blazers in 1977, and the Washington Bullets defeating the SuperSonics in 1978. The SuperSonics managed to exact revenge in the following season, however, as they won their first franchise title in 1979. Between 1980 and 1990, the Celtics, 76ers, Lakers, or the Detroit Pistons won every NBA Finals. From 1980 to 1990, the Lakers won five titles (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988); the Celtics won three (1981, 1984, and 1986); the Pistons won twice (1989 and 1990); and the 76ers won once (1983). The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game featured Magic Johnson's Michigan State University", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "16557532", "text": "game was of note because the team blew a 10-point lead with approximately 2 minutes left in the game, Trent Tucker's three point shot with less than 10 seconds left gave New York the win. (2) New York Knicks vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Knicks win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Philadelphia won 4-0) 1988–89 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1988-89 NBA season was the 76ers 40th season in the NBA and 26th season in Philadelphia. In the 1988 Draft, the team selected forward Charles D. Smith, then was dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers for shooting guard", "title": "1988–89 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "802474", "text": "2016-2017 Golden State Warriors, who won the title with a 16-1 playoff record. The Philadelphia-based group Pieces Of A Dream had a minor hit in 1983 with the R&B song \"Fo-Fi-Fo\", which title was prompted by Malone's quip. This also marked the last championship in Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. After a disappointing 1983–84 season, which ended with a five-game loss to the upstart New Jersey Nets in the first round of the playoffs, Charles Barkley arrived in Philadelphia for the 1984–85 season. For the next eight seasons, Barkley brought delight to the Philadelphia fans thanks", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "11333163", "text": "Finals (Philadelphia won 4-3) 1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season was Charles Barkley's rookie season. Barkley joined a veteran team that included Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Maurice Cheeks, three players who took Philadelphia to the 1983 NBA championship. The Sixers finished with a regular season record of 58-24, five games behind the Celtics in the Atlantic Division. In the first round of the playoffs, they beat the Washington Bullets 3-1, and then in the Eastern semi-finals they swept the Milwaukee Bucks. The Sixers in the Eastern Conference Finals were defeated in five games by the Boston", "title": "1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "7799895", "text": "Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 NBA Finals (Philadelphia won 4-0) This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning four of the first five meetings. 2001 NBA Playoffs The 2001 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. Since 2001, the 76ers have not advanced beyond the conference semifinals. This was the 76ers' first Finals appearance since", "title": "2001 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "8248727", "text": "most recent) Western Conference title in 1993. The sixth-year Cleveland Cavaliers made their first playoff appearance and won their first playoff series. This was the final playoff appearance for the Buffalo Braves franchise in Buffalo and last until 1992, when they returned as the Los Angeles Clippers. The Philadelphia 76ers made the playoffs for the first time since 1971, starting a 12-year run that included four NBA Finals appearances (1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983). Despite winning their division with a losing record of 38-44, the Milwaukee Bucks were forced to play in the best of three first round against the", "title": "1976 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "11333138", "text": "went 16-1, and the 2001 Lakers, who went 15–1 en route to the NBA title coincidentally beating the 76ers in the finals. The Philadelphia-based group Pieces of a Dream had a minor hit in 1983 with the R&B song \"Fo-Fi-Fo\", which title was prompted by Malone's quip. The 76ers had a first round bye. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New York Knicks: \"76ers win series 4–0\" (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks: \"76ers win series 4–1\" (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (1) Los Angeles Lakers: \"76ers win series 4–0\" The 1983 NBA Finals was the championship round of the season.", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" } ]

[ { "docid": "6477884", "text": "last championship series not to feature either team until 1990. This also was the only NBA Finals to feature 5 NBA Most Valuable Players total for the two teams (Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Bob McAdoo, Moses Malone and Julius Erving). Like the 1966–67 team, the 1982–83 76ers were named as one of the top 10 teams in NBA history during the league's 50th anniversary season of 1996–97. Billy Cunningham played on the former and coached on the latter. The 76ers championship was the last for the city of Philadelphia until the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. At the time, no", "title": "1983 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "16557568", "text": "Eastern Conference Finals (Boston won 4-1) 2001–02 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2001–02 NBA season was the 76ers 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in Philadelphia. The 76ers were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers, in which they won Game 1, but lost the next 4 games. During the offseason, the Sixers re-acquired Derrick Coleman from the Charlotte Hornets in a three-team trade, acquired Matt Harpring from the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed free agent Derrick McKey. Having won the Eastern Conference Championship last season, reigning MVP Allen Iverson, Sixth Man Aaron", "title": "2001–02 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557564", "text": "2001–02 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2001–02 NBA season was the 76ers 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in Philadelphia. The 76ers were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers, in which they won Game 1, but lost the next 4 games. During the offseason, the Sixers re-acquired Derrick Coleman from the Charlotte Hornets in a three-team trade, acquired Matt Harpring from the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed free agent Derrick McKey. Having won the Eastern Conference Championship last season, reigning MVP Allen Iverson, Sixth Man Aaron McKie, and point guard Eric Snow", "title": "2001–02 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11332930", "text": "old at the time. Both refused the job. Only Hal Greer remained on the roster from the 1966–1967 NBA Championship Team. The 1972–73 season would be his last in the NBA. By the start of the 1972–73 season, most of the core of the 76ers 1966-67 championship was gone including coach Jack Ramsay, who was coaching the Buffalo Braves, and Billy Cunningham, who went to the ABA under a court order. Only Hal Greer, who was 36 years old, remained. Poor trades and draft selections left the team with few quality players. The 76ers finished the 1971–72 season with a", "title": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "5376779", "text": "straight NBA Championship. The next year the Sixers brought in Alex Hannum as head coach. Hannum had also coached the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks to the 1958 NBA Championship-the last year someone had defeated the Celtics in the championship. The Sixers went a then-NBA record 68-13 while the Celtics were 60-21. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Sixers overpowered Boston, beating them in five games and ending Boston's eight-year reign as NBA champions. The Sixers won the NBA Championship by beating the San Francisco Warriors in six games, giving the Sixers and Chamberlain their first title. The 1966-67 76ers", "title": "76ers–Celtics rivalry" }, { "docid": "16557574", "text": "3-1; Hornets were in Charlotte at the time) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 NBA Finals (Syracuse Nationals, the predecessor to the 76ers, won 4-3 over the Pistons, at the time located in Fort Wayne, Indiana) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Required overtime. 2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2002–03 NBA season was the 76ers 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in Philadelphia. During the offseason, the Sixers acquired Keith Van Horn from the New Jersey Nets. Van Horn was originally drafted by the Sixers as the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft. The Sixers got", "title": "2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557533", "text": "1989–90 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1989–90 NBA season was the 76ers 41st season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in Philadelphia. During the offseason, the Sixers acquired Rick Mahorn from the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected him in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft. Mahorn, who won a championship with the Detroit Pistons last year, joined Charles Barkley and Mike Gminski to form a formidable front court, while longtime Sixer Maurice Cheeks was dealt to the San Antonio Spurs for Johnny Dawkins, who teamed with second-year star Hersey Hawkins in the backcourt. After a mediocre 18–16 start to the season,", "title": "1989–90 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "14760542", "text": "major knee injury early in the season and was replaced by Ricky Green, and center Mike Gminski was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for Armen Gilliam during the year. (4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: \"76ers win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3-2) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Bulls win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-1) 1990–91 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1990–91 NBA season was the 76ers 42nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 28th season in Philadelphia. The Sixers got off to", "title": "1990–91 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "802552", "text": "to a Finals appearance. Both teams would peak in the 1980s, with every single Eastern Conference Championship between 1980 and 1987 belonging to either the 76ers or Celtics. The Larry Bird-led Celtics won five of them, while the Julius Erving-led 76ers won the other three. The Charles Barkley-led Sixers of the later 1980s took the fight to the Celtics, however neither team experienced much playoff success in the late 1980s and both took steep nosedives in the Eastern Conference rankings throughout the 1990s. The rivalry was reborn in the new millennium. The first time, the Allen Iverson-led defending-Eastern Conference champions", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "11936516", "text": "1973–74 New York Nets season The 1973–74 New York Nets season was the seventh season in the ABA basketball New York Nets franchise. The Nets won their first ABA Championship against the Utah Stars. On September 18, 1973, the Nets opened the ABA vs. NBA exhibition season against the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Playing in Binghamton, New York, the Nets beat the 76ers 94–88. On September 28 the Nets again faced the 76ers, this time in Trenton, New Jersey. The Nets also won this matchup, 118–100. On September 29, in White Plains, New York, the Nets faced the Washington Bullets. Julius", "title": "1973–74 New York Nets season" }, { "docid": "6477878", "text": "the Finals by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4–1 and the San Antonio Spurs 4–2 in the second and third playoff rounds, respectively. The Philadelphia 76ers won both games in the regular season series: The final piece of the Philadelphia 76ers' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. They went on to capture their historic second NBA championship as they won 65 games, and stormed through the playoffs, first sweeping the New York Knicks, and then beating the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. They finally finished it off with", "title": "1983 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "802553", "text": "76ers were defeated in the first round of the 2002 playoffs by the Paul Pierce-led Celtics 3–2. The second time, exactly ten years later, the Big Three Celtics (Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen) defeated the valiant eight seed 76ers team 4–3. In the ten years in between, the Sixers would experience limited success whereas the Celtics won a championship and contended for most of that span. In a memorable 2006 regular season meeting between the two, the 76ers defeated the Celtics 125–124 in triple overtime, with Iverson leading the way with 33 points and 10 assists. The 76ers'", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "16327211", "text": "saw the 76ers lose twice in overtime, and once on a last-second shot in regulation. It would be nine years before the Sixers won another playoff series. On Memorial Day, 2003, Brown abruptly resigned as head coach, taking over the reins in Detroit a few days later. Brown's Pistons would win the 2004 NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers, in some ways avenging his loss to them in 2001. After being turned down by Jeff Van Gundy and Eddie Jordan, the 76ers hired Randy Ayers, an assistant under Brown, as their new head coach. Ayers lasted only 52 games", "title": "History of the Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "16550870", "text": "team. Also following the season, Clifford Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors, Jon Barry signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets, and Michael Curry was dealt to the Toronto Raptors. Bold = All-Star selection (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic Last Playoff Meeting: 1996 Eastern Conference First Round (Orlando won 3-0) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 NBA Finals (Syracuse Nationals, the predecessor to the 76ers, won 4-3 over the Pistons, at the time located in Fort Wayne, Indiana) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Required overtime. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) New Jersey Nets Last", "title": "2002–03 Detroit Pistons season" }, { "docid": "9371461", "text": "series 2–1\" Last playoff meeting: 1976 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Cleveland won 4-3) (4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs: \"Celtics win series 2–0\" Last playoff meeting: This is the first meeting between the Celtics and the Spurs. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (4) Boston Celtics: \"76ers win series 4–3\" Last playoff meeting: 1969 Eastern Division Semifinals (Boston won 4-1) (2) Houston Rockets vs. (3) Washington Bullets: \"Rockets win series 4–2\" Last playoff meeting: This is the first meeting between the Rockets and the Bullets. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Houston Rockets: \"76ers win series 4–2\" Last playoff meeting: This is", "title": "1977 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "16557502", "text": "lose in the first round of the newly expanded playoff format to the New Jersey Nets, who had never won a playoff series in their NBA history to that point. The 76ers lost all three post season games at The Spectrum. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets: \"Nets win series 3-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1979 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 2-0) 1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1983–84 NBA season was the 76ers' 35th season in the NBA and 21st season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having won their third NBA", "title": "1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557501", "text": "1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1983–84 NBA season was the 76ers' 35th season in the NBA and 21st season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having won their third NBA Championship the year prior, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in four games. The team would start fast posting 21 wins in their first 26 games but finished with a 52-30 record. The major difference was that they were just around .500 on the road for the year, unlike the previous season, where they won 30 regular season games away from Philadelphia. The 76ers would", "title": "1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333134", "text": "championship in the 1980s. The Lakers won game one by going on an incredible 40-9 scoring spurt in the second half. The home team would win each of the remaining five contests. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks: \"76ers win series 2-0\" (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"76ers win series 4-2\" (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"76ers win series 4-3\" (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (1) Los Angeles Lakers: \"Lakers win series 4-2\" 1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1981-82 NBA season was the 76ers 33rd season in the NBA and 19th season in Philadelphia. They would", "title": "1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557535", "text": "compared to Johnson's 636. He was also selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game. Reference (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (7) Cleveland Cavaliers: \"76ers win series 3-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting) (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: \"Bulls win series 4-1\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting) 1989–90 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1989–90 NBA season was the 76ers 41st season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in Philadelphia. During the offseason, the Sixers acquired Rick Mahorn from the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected him in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft. Mahorn, who won", "title": "1989–90 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557519", "text": "dealt away in the Summer of 1986. Due to an eye injury sustained towards the end of the regular season, Malone did not participate in the 1986 NBA playoffs. Andrew Toney only played in six regular season games due to a foot injury and never was able to make it back to his previous all star form. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Washington Bullets: \"76ers win series 3–2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 3–1) (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Bucks win series 4–3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Philadelphia won 4–0)", "title": "1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11936518", "text": "BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points\" Eastern Division Semifinals vs. Virginia Squires Eastern Division Finals vs Kentucky Colonels ABA Finals vs. Utah Stars 1973–74 New York Nets season The 1973–74 New York Nets season was the seventh season in the ABA basketball New York Nets franchise. The Nets won their first ABA Championship against the Utah Stars. On September 18, 1973, the Nets opened the ABA vs. NBA exhibition season against the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Playing in Binghamton, New York, the Nets beat the 76ers 94–88. On September 28 the Nets again faced the 76ers, this time in Trenton, New", "title": "1973–74 New York Nets season" }, { "docid": "11333152", "text": "games with Atlanta before being waived on March 12. Three days later, Sánchez would once again sign with the Sixers. On October 28, the 76ers signed Vernon Maxwell, who played for them during the 1995–96 season. Maxwell would play in 24 games with the Sixers before being waived on December 22. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (8) Indiana Pacers Last Playoff Meeting: 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Indiana won 4-2) (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Toronto Raptors Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the 76ers and Raptors. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern", "title": "2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "7655878", "text": "of it against the Warriors. Ultimately, the 76ers won the series over the Warriors, 4–2. \"76ers win series 4–2\" \"* denotes overtime\" 1967 NBA Finals The 1967 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1966–67 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and was the conclusion of the 1967 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Francisco Warriors and the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers. This was the first championship series in 11 years without the Boston Celtics, who were defeated in the Division Finals by Philadelphia. Despite dominating the regular season with", "title": "1967 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "9375443", "text": "\"Lakers win series 4-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1967 Western Division Semifinals (San Francisco won 3-0) Champion: Boston Celtics Division Semifinals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) New York Knicks: \"76ers win series 4-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1959 Eastern Division Semifinals (Syracuse, the predecessor to Philadelphia, won 3-2) (2) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Detroit Pistons: \"Celtics win series 4-2\" This is the first playoff meeting between the Celtics and the Pistons. Division Finals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Boston Celtics: \"Celtics win series 4-3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1967 Eastern Division Finals (Philadelphia won 4-1) (2) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Los Angeles Lakers:", "title": "1968 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "4160517", "text": "Before 1980, the Phillies had appeared in only two other World Series, in and , and the Eagles had won no NFC conference championships since the 1966 agreement that had created the Super Bowl, while the 76ers won NBA titles in both Philadelphia and in their previous incarnation, the Syracuse Nationals. The Villanova Wildcats won the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament, in one of the most famous upsets in sports history. Construction on One Liberty Place began in 1985, two years after the last championship season in Philadelphia. In the 1980 season, all four teams reached the championship", "title": "Curse of Billy Penn" }, { "docid": "18087532", "text": "Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers participated in both leagues. The Philadelphia 76ers won the Orlando Pro Summer League Championship by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in the title game, 91–75. Elfrid Payton was named the league's most valuable player. The Sacramento Kings won the Las Vegas NBA Summer League Championship by defeating the Houston Rockets in the title game, 77–68. Glen Rice, Jr. of the Washington Wizards was named the league's most valuable player. Ray McCallum of the Kings was named the most valuable player of the championship game. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Southwest Airlines Co., the official name", "title": "2014 NBA Summer League" }, { "docid": "6477891", "text": "the Bucks in the next round 4-2. In the Eastern Conference finals, the 76ers blew out the Celtics twice at The Spectrum to take a 3–1 lead, only to lose the next two games in a harrowing replay of the 1981 playoffs. But led by Andrew Toney's 34 points, the 76ers exorcised the demons of 1981 by blowing out the Celtics 120–106 in Game 7. As time wound down, the Boston Garden crowd began to chant \"Beat L.A.!\", encouraging the 76ers to defeat the hated Lakers in the championship round. Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the", "title": "1982 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "5195441", "text": "the Philadelphia 76ers in March 1987. He was USBL Man of The Year in 1987 and the Miami Tropics won the championship. His USBL stint took place the summer before Free went to the Houston Rockets for the 1987–88 season, which was his last NBA season. For Free, the highlight of that season was November 12, 1987, when he scored 38 points against the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena and brought the Rockets back to win the game. Free loved to go one-on-one against a defender and either whirl around him or take a jump shot. His shot was possibly", "title": "World B. Free" }, { "docid": "20106056", "text": "In his professional career out in France, Lessort won co-Sixth Man of the Year honors with Matt Howard back with Élan Chalon in 2016 before recently winning the French Basketball Cup and FIBA Europe Cup championships with the Nanterre 92. <noinclude> 2017–18 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2017–18 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was 25-25 after the first 50 games, but finished the remainder of the season with a 27-5 record. It was the team's first 50-win season since 2000–01, when they last made the NBA Finals. The", "title": "2017–18 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "16557563", "text": "Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoff Meeting: 1999 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Indiana won 4-0) 1999–2000 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 76ers' 51st season in the National Basketball Association, and 37th season in Philadelphia. During the offseason, the Sixers signed free agent Bruce Bowen while acquiring Billy Owens from the Orlando Magic. At midseason, the Sixers traded Owens along with second-year guard Larry Hughes to the Golden State Warriors, and traded Bowen to the Chicago Bulls for Toni Kukoč in a three-team trade. However, Bowen was released and signed with the Miami Heat. The Sixers won seven of their", "title": "1999–2000 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "15690773", "text": "2011–12 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2011–12 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 73rd season of the franchise, 63rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 49th in Philadelphia. The Sixers finished the regular season with a 35–31 record, earning the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference and a berth in the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Philadelphia faced the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round and won the series in six games. This marked the first time the Sixers won an NBA playoffs series since 2003, when they defeated the New Orleans Hornets in six games in the First Round. This", "title": "2011–12 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "4160520", "text": "that Philadelphia's franchises reached their league's championship round after One Liberty Place opened were years that U.S. presidents were inaugurated, except for the Flyers in 1987, and losses during such years date back to the 76ers loss in . When the Flyers played for the 2010 Stanley Cup, \"The Ottawa Citizen\" reported that the main reason for that lengthy championship drought was because the only years the city's teams played for championships during that time were years presidents were inaugurated. The city's teams had lost championships during such years, beginning with the 76ers themselves in . The exceptions were the", "title": "Curse of Billy Penn" }, { "docid": "16557524", "text": "and lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Milwaukee Bucks. This would be the 16th and final season for Julius Erving, who in his last regular season home game, became just the third player in ABA-NBA history to score over 30,000 points for a career. Each road city had a farewell ceremony to honor him. (4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Bucks win series 3-2\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Milwaukee won 4-3) 1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1986-87 NBA season was the 76ers 38th season in the NBA and 24th season in Philadelphia.", "title": "1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333126", "text": "1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1966–67 season of the Philadelphia 76ers was their 14th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and their fourth since moving from Syracuse, as well as their final season at the Philadelphia Civic Center, before moving to the Spectrum in South Philadelphia, the next season. The season set a record in winning percentage and they won the NBA Finals for the franchise's second championship and first in Philadelphia. The team was later chosen as the greatest individual team in 1980 for the NBA 35th Anniversary Team. During the off-season, the 76ers dismissed coach Dolph Schayes", "title": "1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11333130", "text": "1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1979–1980 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 76ers 31st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 17th season in Philadelphia. They finished with a record of 59–23, their best since the 1967–68 season. The team had acquired guard Lionel Hollins from the Portland Trail Blazers after their effort to obtain Pete Maravich failed as he signed with the Boston Celtics. In the playoffs, they won the 1980 Eastern Conference Championship over the Boston Celtics 4–1. In the 1980 NBA Finals they would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 4–2. The series was memorable for Julius", "title": "1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "5376780", "text": "were voted in 1980 as being the greatest team in the History of the NBA to that point. In 1968, the Sixers finished 62-20, eight games above Boston, and Chamberlain won his third consecutive MVP award. Both teams met in the Conference Championship again, and the Celtics won the Series in seven games after trailing 3-1, and went on to win the 1968 NBA Championship. After the season, 76ers head coach Alex Hannum left the NBA for the ABA in order to move closer to his family on the West Coast, and Chamberlain requested a trade, and was traded to", "title": "76ers–Celtics rivalry" }, { "docid": "6477887", "text": "1982 NBA Finals The 1982 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1981–82 season, the top level of competition in men's professional basketball in North America. The series saw the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers face the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers. It was a rematch of the 1980 NBA Finals. The Lakers won 4 games to 2. The 1982 NBA Finals documentary \"Something To Prove\" recaps all the action of this series. It was the last NBA video documentary to exclusively use film in all on-court action. Dick Stockton narrated the", "title": "1982 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "10200410", "text": "NBA: the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Washington Bullets. In 170 games with these seven teams, he holds career averages of 4.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. His most productive year was in 1990-91, when he averaged 5.9 points and 4.4 assists in 70 games for the Philadelphia 76ers. Turner also played in the Continental Basketball Association for the La Crosse Catbirds, where he led the team to the 1989-1990 CBA Championship. After leaving the NBA, he played professionally in Spain. In 1997, Turner won the Spanish King's", "title": "Andre Turner" }, { "docid": "9371244", "text": "series 4-2\" Champion: Washington Bullets 1st Round (1) Philadelphia 76ers & (2) San Antonio Spurs have first round byes. (3) Washington Bullets vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks: \"Bullets win series 2-0\" (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) New York Knicks: \"Knicks win series 2-0\" Last playoff meeting: This the first meeting between the Knicks and the Cavaliers Conference Semifinals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New York Knicks: \"76ers win series 4-0\" Last playoff meeting: 1968 Eastern division Semifinals (Philadelphia won 4-2) (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Washington Bullets: \"Bullets win series 4-2\" Conference Finals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Washington Bullets:", "title": "1978 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "11066717", "text": "Points; AVG = Average\" The Celtics have a first-round bye. Boston defeats the Chicago Bulls four games to none (4-0) in a best of seven series. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Chicago Bulls: \"Celtics win series 4–0\" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series) Boston defeats the Philadelphia 76ers four games to three (4-3) in a best of seven series after making a comeback when they were losing 3-1. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: \"Celtics win series 4–3\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Eastern Conference Finals (Philadelphia won 4-1) (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W6) Houston Rockets: \"Celtics win", "title": "1980–81 Boston Celtics season" }, { "docid": "6477329", "text": "third championship in the 2004 NBA Finals, defeating the Lakers 4–1. 2001 NBA Finals The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers took on the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers for the championship, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. Allen Iverson scored 48 points in his only NBA Finals victory, as the 76ers took Game 1 107–101 in overtime,", "title": "2001 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "6477951", "text": "last 30-minute NBA championship documentary, recapping the 1980 NBA Playoffs. Later championship documentaries on NBA Entertainment will have 60 minutes of running time. 1980 NBA Finals The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1979–80 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP, but midway through Game 5, the Lakers center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the game in the fourth quarter", "title": "1980 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "11382585", "text": "was a five-time member of the U.S. National Rowing Team. In 2008, SJU rower Debbie Bateman won A-10 student-athlete of the year. In 2007, SJU advanced to the A-10 Championship game but lost to UMass. They won the conference tournament and regular season championship in 1995. As of early 2008, the dance team was nationally ranked. They dance at all SJU home basketball games and occasionally perform at 76ers home games. The Saint Joseph's College Rugby Football Club(RFC)was founded in 1962 by sophomore Hugh O'Neill, a transferee from Saint Lois University. Mr. O'Neill recruited Dr. Francis Caughlin from Villanova University", "title": "Saint Joseph's Hawks" }, { "docid": "16557560", "text": "Philadelphia 76ers: \"Pacers win series 4-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 2-0) 1998–99 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1998–99 NBA season was the 76ers 50th season in the National Basketball Association, and 36th season in Philadelphia. After a four-month lockout wiped out half the season, the Sixers signed free agents Matt Geiger and George Lynch, while re-signing former 76ers forward Rick Mahorn. At midseason, they traded second-year forward Tim Thomas and Scott Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks for Tyrone Hill. The Sixers recorded their first winning month in five years winning 8 of 13 games in", "title": "1998–99 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "7788580", "text": "5th pick Jack Marin and 27th pick John Block, have also been selected to at least one All-Star Game. Matt Guokas, the 9th pick, won the NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in his rookie season. He and his father, Matt Guokas, Sr., became the first father and son duo to win the NBA championships. Matt Guokas, Sr. won the inaugural championship with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1947. The younger Guokas became a head coach after ending his playing career. He coached the 76ers for three seasons and the Orlando Magic for four seasons. John Wetzel, the 75th pick, also", "title": "1966 NBA draft" }, { "docid": "7655877", "text": "1967 NBA Finals The 1967 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1966–67 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and was the conclusion of the 1967 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Francisco Warriors and the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers. This was the first championship series in 11 years without the Boston Celtics, who were defeated in the Division Finals by Philadelphia. Despite dominating the regular season with a 68–13 record (the most regular season wins in NBA history at the time) the 76ers did not have an easy time", "title": "1967 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "9371462", "text": "the first meeting between the Rockets and the 76ers. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers: \"Blazers win series 4–2\" Last playoff meeting: This is the first meeting between the 76ers and the Trail Blazers. 1977 NBA Playoffs The 1977 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1976–77 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. It was Portland's first (and , only) NBA title. Bill Walton was named NBA Finals MVP. Portland won the NBA", "title": "1977 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "10531208", "text": "Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and San Antonio Spurs as well as the Jazz in a six-game, four-day event. The Orlando Pro Summer League began in 2002. Its games were closed to the public and could only be seen on television. It named a champion for the first time in 2013 with the Oklahoma City Thunder defeating the Houston Rockets 85-77. On July 11, 2014, the Philadelphia 76ers won the 2014 Orlando Summer League championship with a 91-75 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Dallas Mavericks were the champions in 2017. The league ended after 2017 due to the trend of NBA", "title": "NBA Summer League" }, { "docid": "9116407", "text": "at guard—made the playoffs for the first time. The Blazers won the NBA championship in their first time in the playoffs. After defeating the Chicago Bulls (who were a Western Conference team at the time) and the Denver Nuggets (a surviving ABA team) in the early rounds, the Blazers defeated the favored Los Angeles Lakers, led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in four straight games. They then went on to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 4–2 for the championship. Following his dominating performance, Walton was named MVP of the NBA finals. The team started the 1977–78 season with a 50–10 mark, and many", "title": "History of the Portland Trail Blazers" }, { "docid": "11031676", "text": "they faced the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs. Both teams lacked home court advantage in the series, only winning on the road until the Rockets won Game 6 at The Summit and advanced to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they swept the Orlando Magic in four straight games, and won their second consecutive championship. Following the season, Vernon Maxwell signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Tracy Murray left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft. (3) Utah Jazz vs. (6) Houston Rockets: \"Rockets win series 3-2 Last Playoff Meeting: 1994 Western Conference Finals (Houston won 4-1) (2)", "title": "1994–95 Houston Rockets season" }, { "docid": "16536742", "text": "traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, Scott Williams was dealt to the Denver Nuggets and Kersey retired. , the 2000–01 season remains the last time the Bucks either won 50 games, or made it past the opening round of the NBA playoffs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (7) Orlando Magic Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Bucks and Magic. (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Charlotte Hornets Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Bucks and Hornets. (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 3-0)", "title": "2000–01 Milwaukee Bucks season" }, { "docid": "16327183", "text": "opponent (Philadelphia), openly wished that opponent (Philadelphia) good luck in the next round against a more hated opponent (Los Angeles). Although they lost in the NBA Finals, the 76ers began the 1982–83 season with great momentum. All they needed now was Moses to lead them to the promised land of the NBA championship. Harold Katz bought the 76ers from Dixon in 1981. On his watch, the final piece of the championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. Led by Hall of Famer Julius Erving and All-Stars Maurice Cheeks, Andrew", "title": "History of the Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "11333135", "text": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 37th season of the franchise (going back to their days as the Syracuse Nationals) and their 20th season in Philadelphia. The 76ers entered the season as runner-ups in the 1982 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. Harold Katz bought the 76ers in 1982. On his watch, the final piece of the championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired free-agent center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets in a sign-and-trade for Caldwell Jones. Led by Hall of Famer Julius", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "11873891", "text": "1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1976–77 NBA season was the 28th season for the franchise in the NBA. Just months earlier, the American Basketball Association had ended its ninth and last campaign and the two leagues combined. In a special $6 million deal, the Nets sold Julius Erving, the ABA's leading scorer, to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million. The other $3 million went to Erving, by way of a new contract. In Philadelphia, Erving joined another scoring machine, George McGinnis, who had come over earlier from the Indiana Pacers. This accumulation of talent brought talk of an immediate championship", "title": "1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "15094414", "text": "score of 7–6. Nedohin's championship win was the seventh win by the home team of the host province and the first championship win for Alberta in fourteen years. The defending champions, skipped by Amber Holland, returned to their third Scotties in a row, for the first time wearing the red and white for Canada. They were looking to build momentum off of last year's success, when they won their first Canadian Women's Championship. The last time a team from Saskatchewan won back to back championships was in 1994 when Team Canada's Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) defeated Manitoba's Connie Laliberte to win", "title": "2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts" }, { "docid": "11333129", "text": "playoffs, they defeated the Royals in four games, then in the Eastern Conference Finals defeated the Boston Celtics, a team who had won eight consecutive titles, and nine out of the last ten, four games to one. In the finals they defeated the San Francisco Warriors, four games to two. \"Note: GP= Games played; PTS= Points; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; BLK= Blocks; STL= Steals;\" \"76ers win series 4–2\" 1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1966–67 season of the Philadelphia 76ers was their 14th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and their fourth since moving from Syracuse, as well as their", "title": "1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "6477327", "text": ".500 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 2.6 The Lakers won their third straight championship in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets the following year. The Lakers won 58 games in the season, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games, the San Antonio Spurs in five games, and the Sacramento Kings in seven games before sweeping the Nets in the Finals. , the series remains the 76ers’ last NBA Finals appearance. The Sixers would win only 43 games in the 2001-02 NBA season, as injuries were the story of their season. Nevertheless, they", "title": "2001 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "6477316", "text": "2001 NBA Finals The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers took on the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers for the championship, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. Allen Iverson scored 48 points in his only NBA Finals victory, as the 76ers took Game 1 107–101 in overtime, handing the Lakers their only loss of the playoffs. However, the", "title": "2001 NBA Finals" }, { "docid": "20206341", "text": "two advanced to the finals. Sporting Praia had reached the national championship final 13 times, 11 with the playoff stage winning eight of them. The last time they won a champion title was last season in 2010. Atlético reached the national championship final twice and never won a title. Sporting Praia won their 9th and recent national football championship title, the club possessed the most national titles won until 2014 when Mindelense's total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one. As champion, Sporting Praia achieved their first entry into the first national super cup that took place in", "title": "2012 Cape Verdean Football Championship Final" }, { "docid": "8622598", "text": "Packers. The school won three football state championships in 1974, 1976 and 1992. Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson led Bethel to state championships in both basketball and football. He was drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Iverson is a four-time NBA scoring champion, an 11-time NBA All-Star, and the 2001 NBA MVP. In 2003, Bethel honored the former Bruin by retiring his high school basketball jersey. Mike London, former head football coach at the University of Virginia, is a 1979 Bethel High School graduate. London won the NCAA I-AA National Championship as head coach", "title": "Bethel High School (Virginia)" }, { "docid": "11678738", "text": "(29 pts), Denmark (28 pts) and Poland (26 pts). Champion title was won after 19th heat, when Lindgren beat German Erik Pudel. Silver medal for Germany was won after last heat, when Frank Facher was last, but Danish Patrick Hougaard took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen took one point. The best rider in Final was Maciej Janowski from Poland (15 points in 6 heats). Janowski won 2nd heat the best time (62.16 sek.). Heat after heat 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship The 2008", "title": "2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship" }, { "docid": "12162805", "text": "played hurt. The 76ers would eliminate the Hornets in the sixth game. After the season, the Hornets would stun their fans and most experts by firing Coach Paul Silas. (4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New Orleans Hornets Last Playoff Meeting: 2000 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 3-1; Hornets were in Charlotte at the time) 2002–03 New Orleans Hornets season The 2002–03 NBA season marked the return of the National Basketball Association to New Orleans. Decades after the Jazz relocated to Salt Lake City, the NBA returned to New Orleans as the New Orleans Hornets were established from the Shinn", "title": "2002–03 New Orleans Hornets season" }, { "docid": "802471", "text": "Angeles Lakers. Harold Katz bought the 76ers from Dixon in 1981. On his watch, the final piece of the championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. Led by Hall of Famers Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, and All-Star, Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones they dominated the regular season, winning 65 games in what is still the second most winning year in franchise history. Malone was named League MVP, and when reporters asked how the playoffs would run, he answered, \"four, four, four\"—in other words, saying that the 76ers needed to", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "802468", "text": "by former 76ers' coach/general manager Jack Ramsay—only to drop the next four games in a row to give the Blazers the title. That led to the 1977–78 motto of \"We owe you one\", which would ultimately backfire when they lost in the conference finals that season to the Washington Bullets, who went on to win the NBA championship. In the next four seasons, the 76ers would fall short of the NBA Championship, even after Shue handed the coaching reins to former great Billy Cunningham. In the 1980 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, they lost 4–2. In Game Six,", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "16280970", "text": "place, but Ioseliani won the subsequent playoff 3-2, earning the right to challenge the reigning champion for the title. The championship match was played in Telavi in 1988. This time, challenger Ioseliani put real pressure on the champion, especially when she won the penultimate game, reducing Chiburdanidze's lead to one point. In the end, however, the champion forced a draw with Black in the last game and held onto her title (in what would turn out to be her last successful defense). Women's World Chess Championship 1988 The 1988 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully", "title": "Women's World Chess Championship 1988" }, { "docid": "12321538", "text": "won Polish Championship 7 time was 4th. 2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship The 2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship (, IMP) is the 2008 version of Individual Speedway Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Final took place on August 9, 2008 in Leszno. Last time Final was took in Leszno in 1989 season when Wojciech Załuski beat Jan Krzystyniak and Tomasz Gollob. Defending Champion Rune Holta (Gorzów Wlkp.) was 12th. First time Individual Polish Championship was won by Adam Skórnicki (Poznań, former Leszno's rider) who beat former permanent Grand Prix riders Jarosław Hampel (Leszno) and Grzegorz Walasek", "title": "2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship" }, { "docid": "14061088", "text": "be the last as a player for Billy Cunningham, who suffered an injury early in the season. (4) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Buffalo Braves: \"Braves win series 2-1\" 1975–76 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1975–76 NBA season was the 76ers 27th season in the NBA and 13th season in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia 76ers posted a 46–36 regular-season record, and returned to the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1971, ending a string of four consecutive losing seasons. The team had acquired forward George McGinnis from the ABA's Indiana Pacers, and also drafted shooting guard Lloyd Free (later changed name to", "title": "1975–76 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "9371460", "text": "Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Golden State Warriors: \"Lakers win series 4–3\" Last playoff meeting: 1973 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4-1) (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers: \"Blazers win series 4–2\" Last playoff meeting: This was the first meeting between the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers. (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers: \"Blazers win series 4–0\" Last playoff meeting: This is the first meeting between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers. Champion: Philadelphia 76ers (1) Philadelphia 76ers & (2) Houston Rockets have first round byes. (3) Washington Bullets vs. (6) Cleveland Cavaliers: \"Bullets win", "title": "1977 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "9370668", "text": "Lakers: \"Sonics win series 4–1\" Last playoff meeting: 1978 Western Conference First Round (Seattle won 2–1) (2) Kansas City Kings vs. (3) Phoenix Suns: \"Suns win series 4–1\" Conference Finals (1) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (3) Phoenix Suns: \"Sonics win series 4–3\" Last playoff meeting:1976 Western Conference Semifinals (Phoenix won 4–2) Champion: Washington Bullets (1) Washington Bullets & (2) San Antonio Spurs have first round byes. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets: \"76ers win series 2–0\" (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks: \"Hawks win series 2–0\" Conference Semifinals (1) Washington Bullets vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks: \"Bullets win series", "title": "1979 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "9057953", "text": "76ers swept the series. It would be both teams last playoff appearance until 1999. Game 4 of the Blazers–Jazz series was the last game ever played at the Salt Palace. The Spectrum hosted its final NBA playoff game in Game 4 of the Bulls–76ers series. When the 76ers returned to the playoffs in 1999, they had moved to the CoreStates Center, their home since the 1996–97 season. This was the first year that NBC aired the NBA Playoffs. Champion: Los Angeles Lakers 1st Round (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (8) Seattle SuperSonics: \"Blazers win series 3-2\" This was the fourth", "title": "1991 NBA Playoffs" }, { "docid": "14007407", "text": "won the Munster title for the first time since 1955, were lining out in a first All-Ireland final since 1940 when they claimed their sixth championship crown. The two teams last met in a major game in the semi-final of the 1971-1972 National Hurling League. Limerick were the winners on that occasion with a score line of 3-13 to 2-13. Both teams last met in the championship in the 1940 All-Ireland final when Limerick won. The 1973 All-Ireland final was the sixth championship clash between the two. Limerick had three victories - the All-Ireland finals of 1897, 1936 and 1940", "title": "1973 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final" }, { "docid": "13629922", "text": "1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final was held on the 14 September 1997 and contested between Clare and Tipperary. It was a historic occasion in the history of the championship as it was the first time that two counties from the same province were appearing in the championship decider. Both sides had already met during the year in the Munster final when Clare defeated Tipperary. Clare had last won the All-Ireland title two years earlier in 1995 when they defeated Offaly while Tipperary last claimed the championship title in 1991 when they beat Kilkenny.", "title": "1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final" }, { "docid": "16327171", "text": "reign as NBA champion had ended. The Finals were almost anticlimactic, with the Sixers ousting the Warriors in six games to give them their second NBA Championship. The 1966–67 Sixers were voted the best team in league history during the NBA's 35th anniversary celebration. In the 1967–68 season, with a new home court in the form of The Spectrum to defend their championship, the 76ers had the NBA's best record for the third consecutive season. Chamberlain won his third consecutive MVP award after leading the NBA in rebounds, assists, and field goal percentage. Greer and Chamberlain both averaged over 24", "title": "History of the Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "16289287", "text": "The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals. 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford by a 13-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000. Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye", "title": "1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship" }, { "docid": "15922344", "text": "Jamal Mashburn, who was lost for the entire season with a knee injury, to the Philadelphia 76ers for Glenn Robinson, who never played for the Hornets and was released to free agency. Mashburn would never suit up for the 76ers. The Hornets continued to struggle, losing their final nine games finishing last place in the Southwest Division with a dreadful 18–64 record, which was the same record as the expansion Charlotte Bobcats. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1998–99 season, when the franchise was based in Charlotte. During the offseason, the Hornets made", "title": "2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season" }, { "docid": "20839995", "text": "reach the NBA playoffs for the first time in franchise history but lost the New York Knicks. This marks the last time McGrady and Carter play together as McGrady leaves for the Orlando Magic during the off-season. Controversy surrounds Carter during the Conference Semifinals at the 2001 NBA Playoffs when Carter attends his graduation ceremony at University of North Carolina in the morning of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Carter misses a potential game-winning shot and the 76ers advance to the Conference Finals. During the 2001 NBA off-season, Carter announces his contract extension with the Raptors. He hosts a", "title": "The Carter Effect" }, { "docid": "802482", "text": "in 1994 by the L.A. Lakers—had 16 productive seasons as an NBA player. Starting with the 1990–91 season, and ending with the 1995–96 season, the 76ers had the dubious distinction of seeing their win total decrease each year. The nadir was the 1995–96 season, when they finished with an 18–64 record, the second-worst in franchise history at the time. It was also the second-worst record in the league that year, ahead of only the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies but behind the Toronto Raptors, who were also in their inaugural season. That season would turn out to be their last in The", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "13859013", "text": "players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) New York Knicks: \"Knicks win series 2–0\" Last playoff meeting: This was the first meeting between the Knicks and the Cavaliers (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New York Knicks: \"76ers win series 4–0\" Last playoff meeting: 1968 Eastern division Semifinals (Philadelphia won 4–2) 1977–78 New York Knicks season The 1977–78 New York Knicks season was the 32nd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished the regular season in second place in the Atlantic Division with", "title": "1977–78 New York Knicks season" }, { "docid": "11333153", "text": "Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 3-0) The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. As of the 2013–2014 NBA finals played by the San Antonio spurs and the Miami Heat, the finals have again been returned to a 2-2-1-1-1 format. 2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2000–01 NBA season was the 76ers 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 38th season in Philadelphia. Allen Iverson", "title": "2000–01 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "docid": "14760927", "text": "in the Central Division with a 48–34 record, while posting a 33–8 home record at the Bradley Center. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bucks were swept by the 5th-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in three straight games. This would be their final playoff appearance until 1999. (4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: \"76ers win series 3-0\" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3-2) 1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season The 1990–91 NBA season was the Bucks' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Bucks acquired Frank Brickowski from the San Antonio Spurs.", "title": "1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season" }, { "docid": "802499", "text": "few days later. Brown's Pistons would win the 2004 NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers, in some ways avenging his loss to them in 2001. After being turned down by Jeff Van Gundy and Eddie Jordan, the 76ers hired Randy Ayers, an assistant coach under Brown, as their new head coach. Ayers lasted only 52 games and was fired with the team's record at 21–31. Chris Ford took over, but the 76ers finished the 2003–04 season at 33–49, missing the playoffs for the first time in six years. Iverson, who was at odds with Ford throughout the interim coach's", "title": "Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "docid": "5047555", "text": "three-point range, and 71.4 percent from the foul line. With Barcelona, Rentzias won his second Korać Cup championship in the 1998–99 season, and he also won 2 Spanish League championships in the 1998–99 and 2000–01 seasons. In his only season in the NBA, during the 2002–03 campaign with the 76ers, he played in only 35 games, averaging 1.5 points per game. He was the second Greek-born basketball player at the time to ever suit up for an NBA team. He subsequently played for Ülkerspor (Turkish League), Montepaschi Siena (Italian League), and Forum Valladolid (Spanish League). Rentzias had plans to come", "title": "Efthimios Rentzias" }, { "docid": "6786837", "text": "1966–67 NBA season The 1966–67 NBA Season was the 21st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Philadelphia 76ers winning the NBA Championship, beating the San Francisco Warriors 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals, ending the Boston Celtics' record title run at 8. The Philadelphia 76ers had dismissed coach Dolph Schayes of Syracuse Nationals fame. Alex Hannum, the former 50s power forward who was the last man to coach a winner past Boston, was the new coach. The 43-year-old Hannum looked like he could still play, and often ran with the club in practice.", "title": "1966–67 NBA season" } ]

[ "Africa" ]

[ { "docid": "895756", "text": "cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings. The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\". \"The Lion King\" tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands; however, after Simba's paternal uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. Upon maturation living with two wastrels,", "title": "The Lion King" }, { "docid": "474271", "text": "In parts of West Africa, to be compared with a lion was considered to be a great compliment. Lions were considered the top class in these cultures' social hierarchies. In more heavily forested areas where lions were rare, the leopard represented the top of the hierarchy. In Swahili, the lion is known as \"simba\" which also means \"aggressive\", \"king\" and \"strong\". In parts of West and East Africa, the lion is associated with healing and is regarded as the link between seers and the supernatural. In other East African traditions, the lion is the symbol of laziness. In many folktales,", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "2065763", "text": "as second-born, becomes leader of The Lion Guard, a group who protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life. Kovu, Nuka, Vitani and Zira appear in the season one episode \"Lions of the Outlands\". The Lion King II: Simba's Pride The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video romantic musical film and a sequel to Disney's 1994 animated feature film, \"The Lion King\". The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's \"Romeo and Juliet\". According to co-director", "title": "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" }, { "docid": "474256", "text": "Royal hunting of lions was intended to demonstrate the power of the king over nature. The Maasai people have traditionally viewed the killing of lions as a rite of passage. Historically, lions were hunted by individuals, however, due to reduced lion populations, elders discourage solo lion hunts. During the European colonisation of Africa in the 19th century, the hunting of lions was encouraged because they were considered as vermin and lion hides fetched £1 each. The widely reproduced imagery of the heroic hunter chasing lions would dominate a large part of the century. Explorers and hunters exploited a popular Manichean", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "18673965", "text": "Human–lion conflict Human–lion conflict refers to the pattern of problematic interactions between native people and lions. Conflict with humans is a major contributor of the decline in lion populations in Africa. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to conversion of land for agriculture has forced lions to live in closer proximity to human settlements. As a result, conflict is often characterized by lions preying upon livestock, known as livestock depredation. When depredation events take place, farmers suffer financial losses and lions face threats of retaliatory killing. The main cause of conflict is habitat loss. 83% of the African lion's range has", "title": "Human–lion conflict" }, { "docid": "2065742", "text": "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video romantic musical film and a sequel to Disney's 1994 animated feature film, \"The Lion King\". The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's \"Romeo and Juliet\". According to co-director Darrell Rooney, the final draft gradually became a variation of \"Romeo and Juliet\". Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Australia and released on October 27, 1998, the film centers on Simba and Nala's", "title": "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" }, { "docid": "5283119", "text": "produced, and these children sometimes grow up to be shapeshifters; those who do not transform may instead have other powers. In reference to werecats who turn into lions, the ability is often associated with royalty. Such a being may have been a king or queen in a former life, or may be destined for leadership. This quality can be seen in the lions of Tsavo, which were reputed to be kings in lion shape, attempting to repel the invading Europeans by stopping their railroad with attacks on humans. The ancient myths spanned north Africa to west Africa. It has been", "title": "Werecat" }, { "docid": "895756", "text": "cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings. The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa and was influenced by William Shakespeare's \"Hamlet\". \"The Lion King\" tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands; however, after Simba's paternal uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. Upon maturation living with two wastrels,", "title": "The Lion King" }, { "docid": "6894084", "text": "of dog versus lion. The Roman Empire used to import Barbary lions from North Africa for gladiatorial games. In 1610, during the reign of James I of England the practice of lion-baiting was first recorded. The spectacle was staged for the amusement of the court. The King requested Edward Alleyn, Master of the Beargarden, to acquire the three largest and most courageous dogs. The event was as follows: In 1790, The Times reported a lion-baiting in Vienna as follows: J. March's, Zoological Anecdotes, circa 1845, has the story of a second lion-bait, which occurred in Vienna in the year 1791", "title": "Lion-baiting" } ]

[ { "docid": "6894083", "text": "Lion-baiting Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the dog-baiting of lions. Antiquity has examples where groups of dogs defeats even the 'King of Beasts', the lion. Greek legend reflects Achilles shield with the depiction of a fight of his dog against two lions. A second is a Persian King Kambyses possessed a dog that started a fight with two full-grown lions. A third, is reported by a Roman historian, Claudius Aelianus, in which he states Indians showed Alexander the Great powerful dogs bred for lion-baiting. Certainly, ancient historians would embellish and exaggerate their stories, but they do capture the spirit", "title": "Lion-baiting" }, { "docid": "6894087", "text": "The public were outraged at the promotion of such baiting spectacles and the matter was raised in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Wombwell's lion baits were the last to be staged in the United Kingdom. Lion-baiting Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the dog-baiting of lions. Antiquity has examples where groups of dogs defeats even the 'King of Beasts', the lion. Greek legend reflects Achilles shield with the depiction of a fight of his dog against two lions. A second is a Persian King Kambyses possessed a dog that started a fight with two full-grown lions. A third, is", "title": "Lion-baiting" }, { "docid": "8450732", "text": "of Tibet. The version shown on right with two Snow Lions was introduced by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1912 based on old military banners, and is still used by the Government of Tibet in Exile. The flag is popular known as the Snow Lion Flag (\"gangs seng dar cha\"). Snow lion is frequently mentioned in Tibetan folk songs and proverbs. It is thought to live in the highest mountains as it is the \"king of beasts\" that would tower over other animals of the lower levels. Snow lions may also represent hermits and yogis who live high up in", "title": "Snow Lion" }, { "docid": "17912766", "text": "Lion of Gripsholm Castle The Lion of Gripsholm Castle is a notable example of bad taxidermy, in the museum of Gripsholm Castle, in Sweden. The lion is badly stuffed; it has a comically unrealistic face. In 1731, the Bey of Algiers presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion. It was one of the first lions in Scandinavia. When alive, the lion was kept in a cage near Junibacken. When the lion died, it was stuffed and mounted, but the taxidermist and the museum-keepers would have been unfamiliar with the appearance of live lions. However, from the side, the", "title": "Lion of Gripsholm Castle" }, { "docid": "8518334", "text": "Festival of the Lion King Festival of the Lion King is a live stage musical performed at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World and in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland. The show, an original interpretation of the Disney animated film \"The Lion King\", uses songs, dance, puppetry and visual effects to portray a tribal celebration in an African savanna setting filled with lions, elephants, giraffes, birds, zebras and gazelles. In this theater environment, \"Festival of the Lion King\" is a traveling celebration presented by Simba and his friends (including a band of four human singers). The show is in", "title": "Festival of the Lion King" }, { "docid": "10231660", "text": "King Caesar King Caesar's name and appearance are based on Shisa, which are artistically embellished stone lion statues common in Okinawa, where the film \"Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla\" took place. They are an Okinawan variation on the Chinese guardian lion (石獅; Shishi, meaning \"Stone Lion\"), which in turn originates from Buddhist tradition in India, where Asiatic lions are native. Shisa only loosely resemble actual lions on account of being based on second-hand descriptions by people who had never seen one in person. In the 1970s, general East Asian folklore were relatively unknown to Western audiences, which resulted in the translators interpreting", "title": "King Caesar" }, { "docid": "9002992", "text": "1924. Five different lions have played Leo the Lion, the lion seen at the start of every MGM film. The lion's role as \"king of the beasts\" has been utilized in cartoons, from the Leonardo Lion of \"King Leonardo and His Short Subjects\" (1960-1963) series to the Disney animated feature film \"The Lion King\" (1994) The lion is a popular mascot or symbol, for businesses, government entities, sports, and other uses; for example: Cultural depictions of lions Cultural depictions of lions are known in European, African and Asian countries. The lion has been an important symbol to humans for tens", "title": "Cultural depictions of lions" }, { "docid": "2723388", "text": "Center, which is home to cheetahs. This preserve features several enclosures where the cheetahs live either separately or grouped. Simba Lion Country is home to African lions. The reserve consists of, like the other reserves such as the Nairobi Sanctuary, a grassy field. This reserve is notable because it has a structure made out of rocks so the lions can rest. Timbavati Lion Country is home to white lions, also known as Timbavati lions. This reserve also has a rock structure for the lions to rest or play on. Wankie Bushland Trail is home to olive baboons, bongo miniature zebu,", "title": "African Lion Safari" }, { "docid": "474255", "text": "times and was often a royal pastime. The earliest surviving record of lion hunting is an ancient Egyptian inscription dated circa 1380 BC that mentions Pharaoh Amenhotep III killing 102 lions \"with his own arrows\" during the first ten years of his rule. The Assyrians would release captive lions in a reserved space for the king to hunt; this event would be watched by spectators as the king and his men, on horseback or chariots, killed the lions with arrows and spears. Lions were also hunted during the Mughal Empire, where Emperor Jahangir is said to have excelled at it.", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "9861557", "text": "Madrandele, the Park Ranger responsible for the Ishango Sector . Lions In Kenya for Masaai youth to join the ranks of morans, the initiated young men, they have to kill a lion, either as a group or individually, this is in turn does no justice to the lion populations near where they live. The Lion Guardians project started in 2006 in response to the slaughtering of lions in 2001 and works by getting the Masaai morans to protect these lions instead of killing them. These morans are employed and tasked with tracking, monitoring and conserving the lions. Since the start", "title": "WildlifeDirect" }, { "docid": "11202799", "text": "Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. \"Komainu\" strongly resemble Chinese guardian lions and in fact originate from Tang dynasty China. The Chinese guardian lions are believed to have been influenced by lion pelts and lion depictions introduced through trade from either the Middle East or India, countries where the lion existed and was a symbol of strength. During its transportation along the Silkroad, however, the symbol changed, acquiring a distinctive look. The first lion statue in India appears around the 3rd century BC on top of a column erected by King Ashoka. The tradition later arrived in China where it developed into", "title": "Komainu" }, { "docid": "4021446", "text": "the King of Morocco's collection. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Addis Ababa Zoo kept 16 adult lions. With their dark, brown manes extending through the front legs, they looked like Barbary or Cape lions. Their ancestors were caught in southwestern Ethiopia as part of a zoological collection for Emperor Haile Selassie I. In March 2010, two lion cubs were moved to the Texas Zoo in Victoria, Texas, where efforts were made to preserve Barbary lions under the WildLink International conservation programme. Whether the cubs are of Barbary lion descent was not determined. In 2011, the Port Lympne", "title": "Barbary lion" }, { "docid": "4870731", "text": "now stands. \"Nahar\" means 'don't kill' and the town probably takes its name from an incident when a king was trying to kill a lion and the saint said Nahar, that is 'do not kill it'. The name of the saint was Baba Banwari Das. Another version is that Nahar means Lion in Sanskrit. At the place where Nahan is, Lions were there so it was named Nahar and latter called Nahan, which is distortion of Nahar At an altitude of 932 m, Nahan is a used as a base for visits to the surrounding areas such as Renuka Lake,", "title": "Nahan" }, { "docid": "11359207", "text": "lion's evil spirit wouldn't come back and haunt him. Expert spearmen and archers would protect the king. Sometimes the king would invite some nobles to accompany him. Before the end of the 10th century, Asiatic lions were hunted by 'Shirvanshakhs' in South Caucasia. Lions were present in the Greek peninsula until classical times; the prestige of lion hunting was shown in Heracles' first labour, the killing of the Nemean lion, and lions were depicted as prominent symbols of royalty, as for example in the Lion Gate to the citadel of Mycenae. The first South African legislation on the killing of", "title": "Lion hunting" }, { "docid": "11359205", "text": "reliefs from the North Palace at Nineveh dating from about 645 BC in the British Museum in London show King Ashurbanipal hunting lions. In fact the \"royal lion hunt\", was the staged and ritualized killing by the king of lions already captured and released into an arena. The realism of the lions has always been praised, although the pathos modern viewers tend to feel was perhaps not part of the Assyrian response. The Assyrian kings hunted lions for political and religious purposes, to demonstrate their power. To get the lion out of his cage and onto the Syrian plains, a", "title": "Lion hunting" }, { "docid": "7469874", "text": "between the two polar opposites. The mudra gejishi-in (gesture of the outer lion) and its immediate counterpart naijishi-in (gesture of the inner lion) clearly represent this yin/yang relation. In fact, not only do these two related mudras represent the alpha and omega by themselves, but the two lions associated with them take this association a step further. The two lions are commonly seen outside the doors of Buddhist temples, where they stand as guardians against evil and baleful influences. The first lion utters the sound “A” which symbolizes the alpha, that all reality and phenomena are, in the tradition of", "title": "Kuji-in" }, { "docid": "474281", "text": "for bravery, such as the English King Richard the Lionheart, Henry the Lion, (), Duke of Saxony, William the Lion, King of Scotland, and Robert III of Flanders was nicknamed \"The Lion of Flanders\" – a major Flemish national icon. Lions are frequently depicted on coats of arms, either as a device on shields or as supporters, but the lioness is used much less frequently. The formal language of heraldry, called blazon, employs French terms to describe the images precisely. Such descriptions specify whether lions or other creatures are \"rampant\" (rearing) or \"passant\" (crouching). The lion is used as a", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "18556590", "text": "cheetah and Ono the egret, sets out to keep the Pride Lands safe and protected from animals who do not respect the Circle of Life. The following characters from \"The Lion King\" movies appear in this series: The following characters live in the Pride Lands. The following characters live in the Outlands: The following characters live in the Back Lands which is on the border of the Pride Lands: The following characters do not live in the areas listed above: When Scar's spirit is summoned in season 2, he makes plans to gather the villainous Outlanders as part of his", "title": "The Lion Guard" }, { "docid": "15000489", "text": "Lion Research Project describes one reason to delay the introduction of lions to Kuno Palpur, is the fear that tigers living there would kill the incoming lions. In a one-on-one encounter, it is believed that a Bengal tiger could beat an Indian lion, given its weight advantage. Despite the fact that the habitats of Indian lions and tigers are similar means that they both live in conditions that favor solitary hunters of prey, these lions are social like their African relatives, and may form fighting groups, whereas tigers are usually solitary, and it is believed that a group of lions", "title": "Tiger versus lion" }, { "docid": "474220", "text": "of old and wounded lions falling prey to wild dogs. Lions may also conflict with Nile crocodiles; depending on the sizes of the crocodile and the lion, either can lose kills or carrion to the other. Lions have been known to kill crocodiles venturing onto land, while the reverse is true for lions entering waterways, evidenced by the occasional lion claw found in crocodile stomachs. Most lionesses reproduce by the time they are four years of age. Lions do not mate at a specific time of year and the females are polyestrous. Like those of other cats, the male lion's", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "7309356", "text": "front of vehicles. Others, such as lions or chimpanzees, are segregated behind fences or water barriers. Visitors are warned to drive slowly and carefully, to avoid stopping too close to animals, and not to open their car doors or windows. The lions, whose ability to roam freely with cars was one of the park's original attractions, were separated from visitors by a fence around the road in 2005, due to visitors ignoring warnings and opening their car doors. A unique aspect of Lion Country Safari is the chimpanzee exhibit. The chimps live on an island system where they move to", "title": "Lion Country Safari" }, { "docid": "474245", "text": "to note origins to avoid breeding different subspecies and thus reducing their conservation value. Several Asiatic-African lion crosses, however, have been bred. The former popularity of the Barbary lion as a zoo animal means captive lions are likely descended from Barbary lion stock. This includes lions at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England, that allegedly descended from animals owned by the King of Morocco. Another eleven animals thought to be Barbary lions kept in Addis Ababa Zoo are descendants of animals owned by Emperor Haile Selassie. WildLink International in collaboration with Oxford University launched an ambitious International Barbary", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "19862397", "text": "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal The royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal is shown on a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs from the North Palace of Nineveh that are now displayed in room 10a of the British Museum. They are widely regarded as \"the supreme masterpieces of Assyrian art\". They show a formalized ritual \"hunt\" by King Ashurbanipal (reigned 668 – c. 631/627 BC) in an arena, where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to slaughter with arrows, spears, or his sword. They were made about 645–635 BC, and originally formed different sequences placed around the palace.", "title": "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal" }, { "docid": "474274", "text": "notably in the Book of Daniel in which the eponymous hero refuses to worship King Darius and is forced to sleep in the lions' den where he is miraculously unharmed (). In the Book of Judges, Samson kills a lion as he travels to visit a Philistine woman.(). The power and ferocity of the lion is invoked when describing the anger of God (, ) and the menace of Israel's enemies (, ) and Satan (). The book of Isaiah uses the imagery of a lion laying with a calf and child, and eating straw to portray the harmony of", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "12326852", "text": "is playing the organ pipe, but the sea lion can't do it right. The pup interferes and plays the tune \"Yankee Doodle\" instead, but the crowd cheers anyway. The pup distracts Donald to the point where Donald loses his temper, tries to attack the pup, and gets stuck in a drum. The next thing Donald knew, the whole crowd starts imitating him. Donald regains control, however, by driving the sea lions away from the basket of fish with his pistol. Subsequently, the sea lions refuse to perform unless fed first. When Donald gets out a fish, the sea lion plays", "title": "Mickey's Circus" }, { "docid": "9567342", "text": "talk to him. Lafcadio then remembers that he was a lion, and that in fact he still is a lion. All the lions want him to come back and be a lion with them, but the hunters also want Lafcadio to stay a hunter. Lafcadio cannot make up his mind and says that he does not want to do either and that he does not think that he belongs anywhere. He puts down his gun and walks away, not knowing where he's going and not knowing what's happening to him. Lafcadio has not been heard from since. Lafcadio: The Lion", "title": "Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back" }, { "docid": "8930369", "text": "scenes, and changes to existing scenes. For example, in the completed film, the initial scenes of the king practicing target shooting and having his portrait painted are new, while the scene of the king shooting at the baby bird, which falls between these two, is from the 1952 footage. The differences between the old and new animation are visible at some points in a single scene, most noticeably in the lion pit, where the lions are drawn in two very different styles; the simpler, more abstract lions are the new animation. The production of the music is unusual in that", "title": "The King and the Mockingbird" }, { "docid": "3612479", "text": "lions tend to live on islands between Pages Island in the south coast of Australia and Houtman Adbrolhos island west coast of Australia. Australian sea lions predominantly are on Kangaroo island. These sea lions are non-migratory mammals that live on the coastal land of western and southern Australia. These sea lions live around their birthplace and are at most 300 km away from their birthplace. Also Australian sea lions travel inward on land during tumultuous weather. Sea lions are known to travel up to 9.4 km inland. Australian sea lions biographical range from the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Australian sea", "title": "Australian sea lion" }, { "docid": "17215926", "text": "had fallen after robbers had taken bricks from the wall. Lions were symbolic of royalty because of their strength, and fighting a lion gave a king great prestige. The lion was also the symbol of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. In her role of the goddess of war she is depicted, bow in hand, on a chariot drawn by seven lions. Roux, G. 1992. \"The Ancient Iraq\" (3rd ed), pp. 372–404. London: Penguin Books. Striding Lion Striding Lion, a wall relief made from polychrome glazed, fired bricks, is one of the most iconic objects on display at the", "title": "Striding Lion" }, { "docid": "18075276", "text": "Mandy in Oz\" (1937). His favored companion is the Hungry Tiger. This may well be the \"Biggest of the Tigers\" he and his friends encounter in the Forest of Wild Beasts in the Quadling Country In this forest, all of the lions and many of the other animals have been eaten by a Giant Spider. The Lion finds the Giant Spider asleep and decapitates it. The Tiger and the other animals bow to him and ask him to be their king, and he promises to do so upon his return from accompanying Dorothy to Glinda. Glinda orders the Winged Monkeys", "title": "Cowardly Lion" }, { "docid": "9002969", "text": "the Nemean lion, killed barehanded by Heracles, who subsequently bore the pelt as an invulnerable magic cloak. This lion is also said to be represented by the constellation of Leo, and also the sign of the Zodiac. Lions are known in many cultures as the king of animals, which can be traced to the Babylonian Talmud, and to the classical book \"Physiologus\". In his fables, the famed Greek story teller Aesop used the lion's symbolism of power and strength in The Lion and the Mouse and Lion's Share. Since classical antiquity, a \"Gaetulian lion\" in literature is a lion of", "title": "Cultural depictions of lions" }, { "docid": "20024273", "text": "in Berlin. Lions were symbolic of royalty because of their strength, and fighting a lion gave a king great prestige. The lion was also the symbol of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. In her role of the goddess of war she is depicted on a chariot drawn by seven lions with bow in hand Panel with striding lion The Panel with striding lion (MA 31.13.1) is a panel of Neo-Babylonian glazed ceramic bricks or tiles dated to 604–562 B.C., now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It was one of many that lined the Processional Way", "title": "Panel with striding lion" }, { "docid": "2930892", "text": "the Great Peace Music (太平樂, \"Taiping yue\") or the Lion Dance of the Five Directions (五方師子舞) where five large lions of different colours and expressing different moods were each led and manipulated on rope by two persons, and accompanied by 140 singers. In another account, the 5 lions were described as each over 3 metres tall and each had 12 \"lion lads\", who may tease the lions with red whisks. Another version of the lion dance was described by the Tang poet Bai Juyi in his poem \"Western Liang Arts\" (西凉伎), where the dance was performed by two \"hu\" (胡,", "title": "Lion dance" }, { "docid": "9152745", "text": "twins created the path for the war to end between the Squamish and Haida people. The families that made the Peace Treaty and married together still live in the Squamish and Haida Nations. Sometime around 1890, Judge John Hamilton Gray proposed that Canada rename the mountain peaks to lions \"couchant\" from heraldry. The Lions (peaks) The Lions are a pair of pointed peaks (West Lion – ; East Lion – ) along the North Shore Mountains in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They can be seen from much of the Greater Vancouver area, as far as Robert Burnaby Park in", "title": "The Lions (peaks)" }, { "docid": "9433410", "text": "sun. In others, a male figure accompanies the sun. Similarly, the lion too has always had a close association with Iranian kingship. The garments and throne decorations of the Achaemenid kings were embroidered with lion motifs. The crown of the half-Persian Seleucid king Antiochus I was adorned with a lion. In the investiture inscription of Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rustam, the breast armour of the king is decorated with lions. Further, in some Iranian dialects the word for king (\"shah\") is pronounced as \"sher\", homonymous with the word for lion. Islamic, Turkish, and Mongol influences also stressed the symbolic association", "title": "Lion and Sun" }, { "docid": "474273", "text": "the lion was linked with the fertility goddess Ishtar and the supreme Mesopotamian god Marduk. The theme of the royal lion hunt, a common motif in the early iconography in West Asia, symbolized death and resurrection; the continuation of life was ensured by the killing of a god-like animal. In some stone reliefs depicting the Royal hunt of lions, the lion's divinity and courage are equated with the divinity and courage of the king. The Lion of Judah is the biblical emblem of the tribe of Judah and the later Kingdom of Judah. Lions are frequently mentioned in the Bible;", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "474283", "text": "Wizard of Oz\". Lion symbolism was used from the advent of cinema; one of the most iconic and widely recognised lions is Leo, which has been the mascot for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios since the 1920s. The 1960s saw the appearance of the Kenyan lioness Elsa in the movie \"Born Free\", which is based on the factual book of the same title. The lion's role as king of the beasts has been used in cartoons, such as the 1994 Disney animated feature film \"The Lion King\". Tiger versus lion Lion The lion (\"Panthera leo\") is a species in the family Felidae;", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "13961920", "text": "only about quarter-lion, Nathaniel did not grow a mane. Nathaniel died of cancer at the age of 8 or 9 years old. Noelle also developed cancer and died soon after. As with the liger, the tigon is found only in captivity, because the habitats of the lion and tiger do not overlap. In the past, however, the Asiatic lion did coexist with the Bengal tiger in the wilderness of India, besides occurring in countries where the Caspian tiger had been, such as Iran and Turkey. In India, there is a plan to shift some lions from their current home of", "title": "Tigon" }, { "docid": "4133966", "text": "used in their arms the two lions of Brunswick, the blue lion of Lüneburg and the white steed of Saxony. The use of the lion as a heraldic animal in the House of Guelph goes back to Henry the Lion in the 12th century at least. However, Henry used only a single lion as his symbol. Later accounts by medieval writers that the two golden lions of Brunswick were granted to Henry by the English king, his father-in-law, are deemed fictional by modern historians. It were Henry's sons from his marriage with Matilda of England, the future Holy Roman Emperor", "title": "Duchy of Brunswick" }, { "docid": "8930377", "text": "police in \"The King and the Mockingbird.\" Similarly, Gô from \"Passagers de \"La Grande Ourse\"\" (Passengers of \"The Big Bear\") is recalled by Niglo in \"Marchand de notes,\" then becomes the chimney sweep in \"The King and the Mockingbird.\" For Prévert's part, he had previously written a poem about the Neuilly festival, mentioned by the bird (\"La Fête à Neuilly\", in \"Histoires,\" 1946), featuring lions, and a lion character features prominently in \"Children of Paradise,\" as do other bombastic characters, recalling and in fact inspiring the bird. He also wrote of birds in \"Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau\" (To", "title": "The King and the Mockingbird" }, { "docid": "7786635", "text": "commissioned by Geoffrey's widow between 1155 and 1160, depicts him carrying a blue shield decorated six golden lions rampant and wearing a blue helmet adorned with another lion. A chronicle dated to c. 1175 states that Geoffrey was given a shield of this description when he was knighted by his father-in-law, Henry I, in 1128. Earlier heraldic writers attributed the lions of England to William the Conqueror, but the earliest evidence of the association of lions with the English crown is a seal bearing two lions passant, used by the future King John during the lifetime of his father, Henry", "title": "Lion (heraldry)" }, { "docid": "474268", "text": "has been depicted as \"king of the jungle\" and \"king of beasts\", and thus became a popular symbol for royalty and stateliness. Depictions of lions are known from the Upper Paleolithic period. Carvings and paintings of lions discovered in the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves in France have been dated to 15,000 to 17,000 years old. A lioness-headed ivory carving found in Vogelherd cave in the Swabian Alb, south-west Germany, is dubbed \"Löwenmensch\" (lion-human) in German. The sculpture has been dated to least 32,000 years old – and as early as 40,000 years ago – and originated from the Aurignacian culture.", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "6885461", "text": "As the lions become more aggressive, Tarzan and the chimpanzees arrive. The chimpanzees begin to throw the lion men out of the trees, where they are set upon by the lions. Jane kills two lions before she runs out of ammunition. As she is about to be attacked by the last lion, Tarzan arrives and kills it with his knife. Shortly after, a large herd of elephants arrives, trampling the lions, killing several and running the remainder off. With the lion men and the lions routed, the elephants, along with Tarzan, Jane, and Cheeta, return the ivory to the burial", "title": "Tarzan and His Mate" }, { "docid": "474272", "text": "lions are portrayed as having low intelligence and are easily tricked by other animals. Although lions were commonly used in stories, proverbs and dances, they rarely featured in visual arts. The lion was a prominent symbol in ancient Mesopotamia from Sumer up to Assyrian and Babylonian times, where it was strongly associated with kingship. Lions were among the major symbols of the goddess Inanna/Ishtar. The Lion of Babylon was the foremost symbol of the Babylonian Empire. The \"Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal\" is a famous sequence of Assyrian palace reliefs from c. 640 BC, now in the British Museum. In Meopotamia,", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "3302349", "text": "are believed to be the ones depicted by the guardian lions in Chinese culture. In India, where the Asiatic lion also lived, it is known by its ancient Sanskrit name \"Sinh\" or \"Simha\" (सिंह) and due to travels of Buddhist monks many East Asian languages have borrowed from this Sanskrit word for lion. Since ancient times Lion statues adorned palaces and temples and other important buildings in India and in Buddhist culture Lion was depicted as the protector of Dharma. In Hinduism lions are associated with Gods and Goddesses. With increased trade during the Han dynasty and cultural exchanges through", "title": "Chinese guardian lions" }, { "docid": "5620705", "text": "their mother wasn't taking proper care of them. Another three cubs were born in May 2014. In 2012, the Karachi Zoo, Pakistan, purchased a juvenile male and juvenile female white lion. They have had 2 cubs. The first white lions introduced into Malaysia was in March 2013 when the Safari Park in Bukit Gambang Resort City (Pahang) opened its door to the public. With 2 males and 3 females, the first white lion was born in May 2014 and was named King. A couple of white lions named Zola and Zuri reside in the Sunway Lagoon's Wildlife Park since April", "title": "White lion" }, { "docid": "3744043", "text": "Zira, consumed by her resentment towards Simba, falls to her death. Simba finally approves of Kiara's love for Kovu and reconciles with his daughter, and accepts the two lions as the future king and queen of the Pride Lands. In \"The Lion King 1½\", a direct-to-video followup released in 2004, Simba appears as a less prominent character because the film's primary focus is on Timon and Pumbaa's behind-the-scenes role and involvement in \"The Lion King\", in which they appear as supporting characters. Although the two films technically share the same story and timeline, the plot of \"The Lion King 1½\"", "title": "Simba" }, { "docid": "474237", "text": "threats to the species. The Ewaso Lions Project protects lions in the Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs National Reserve and Shaba National Reserve of the Ewaso Ng'iro ecosystem in northern Kenya. Outside these areas, the problems arising from lions' interaction with humans and their livestock usually results in the killing of the lions. Zambia's Kafue National Park is a key refuge for lions where frequent, uncontrolled bushfires combined with hunting of lions and prey species limits the ability of the lion population to recover. When favourable habitat is inundated in the wet season, lions expand home ranges and travel greater", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "19862409", "text": "some in a small \"private gate-chamber\", are set out in three registers with a plain strip between them, with the figures much smaller. Some scenes are repeated, but not exactly, between the two groups. The lions released from cages charging at the king on foot are from here, and also the king pouring a libation onto the collected bodies of the dead lions. Some of this group are in Paris, and others were recorded in drawings but lost. These include scenes showing the king hunting lions and other animals in the wild; gazelles are beaten towards the king, hiding in", "title": "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal" }, { "docid": "14018434", "text": "cm. Inscription on one of the lion hunt scarabs: anx-m-E1:D40-m-xa-i-H6 Life for Horus, the Mighty Bull, appearing in truth G16-s-mn:n:Y1-h:p-w:Z2-s-g:r-H- The Two Ladies, who establishes law and pacifies a:N17:N17-G8-aA:a:xpS-H-A24-?:A*t-T14-Z3-rsw:t the Two Lands; the Golden Horus, strong of arm, who smites Asians, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, <-ra:nb-C10->-ra-zA-<-i-mn:n:Htp-S38-R19->-di-anx- Nebmaatre, Son of Re, Amenhotep, ruler of Thebes, may he live! M23-N41:t-<-ti-Z4-i-i->-anx-ti-i-r:Aa1*t-E22:Z2- King's Wife Tiye, may she live! The number of lions W25:n:n-Hm-Z1:f-m-t*F29*t:f-I10:z:f-M8#-A#13- His majesty brought from his shooting, m-M4-t:N5:Z1-nfr-i-i-t:D21-M4-t:N5:V20-E22 from Year 1 to Year 10 H-s-Aa18-A-F29-Z7-Z4- total of lions, 102. Commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III During the reign of the ancient", "title": "Commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III" }, { "docid": "474260", "text": "the lion's mouth. The now-iconic lion tamer's chair was possibly first used by American Clyde Beatty (1903–1965). Lions do not usually hunt humans but some – usually males – seem to seek them out. One well-publicised case is the Tsavo maneaters; in 1898, 28 officially recorded railway workers building the Kenya-Uganda Railway were taken by lions over nine months during the construction of a bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. The hunter who killed the lions wrote a book detailing the animals' predatory behaviour; they were larger than normal and lacked manes, and one seemed to suffer from tooth", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "2058979", "text": "(1189–1199), the second Plantagenet king. Although in England the official blazon refers to \"lions\", French heralds historically used the term \"leopard\" to represent the lion passant guardant, and hence the arms of England, no doubt, are more correctly blazoned, \"leopards\". Without doubt the same animal was intended, but different names were given according to the position; in later times the name lion was given to both. Royal emblems depicting lions were first used by Danish Vikings, Saxons (Lions were adopted in Germanic tradition around the 5th century, they were re-interpreted in a Christian context in the western kingdoms of Gaul", "title": "Royal Arms of England" }, { "docid": "9002972", "text": "upon a person, he has no choice but to speak out. In 1 Peter 5:8, the Devil is compared to a roaring lion \"seeking someone to devour.\" In Christian tradition, Mark the Evangelist, the author of the second gospel is symbolized by a lion - a figure of courage and monarchy. It also represents Jesus' Resurrection (because lions were believed to sleep with open eyes, a comparison with Christ in the tomb), and Christ as king. Some Christian legends refer to Saint Mark as \"Saint Mark the Lionhearted\". Legends say that he was fed to the lions and the animals", "title": "Cultural depictions of lions" }, { "docid": "17912767", "text": "setting does resemble a heraldic lion rather than a \"real\" lion. In the 21st century, the badly-stuffed lion has been widely mocked. Lion of Gripsholm Castle The Lion of Gripsholm Castle is a notable example of bad taxidermy, in the museum of Gripsholm Castle, in Sweden. The lion is badly stuffed; it has a comically unrealistic face. In 1731, the Bey of Algiers presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion. It was one of the first lions in Scandinavia. When alive, the lion was kept in a cage near Junibacken. When the lion died, it was stuffed and", "title": "Lion of Gripsholm Castle" }, { "docid": "11237254", "text": "museum building are set up two granite unfinished colossi from Tabo of the Argo Island. Due to missing inscriptions they cannot be assigned to any person but they have Roman influence. The lane leading from the museum car parking to the exhibition halls is flanked with meroitic statues of 2 rams and 6 dark sandstone men-eating lions. The lions are from the first century BCE, as shown by the two cartouches from king Amanikhabale engraved on the first lion on the right. As well as the frogs the lions were brought from Basa and represent the warlike lion-god Apedemak. National", "title": "National Museum of Sudan" }, { "docid": "7822178", "text": "about a maneless male lion in the Tsavo area. The Tsavo lion prides are unique in that they frequently have only a single male lion with usually seven or eight adult females, as opposed to four females in other lion prides. Male lions may have heightened levels of testosterone, which could explain their reputation for aggression and dominance, indicating that lack of mane may at one time have had an alpha correlation. Although primates do not go bald, their hairlines do undergo recession. In infancy the hairline starts at the top of the supraorbital ridge, but slowly recedes after puberty", "title": "Pattern hair loss" }, { "docid": "19862408", "text": "the top of the hill is a small building carrying a scene showing the king lion-hunting. The king makes ready in his chariot, the horses held by grooms. Huntsmen with large mastiff dogs and spears wait within the arena for any lion that comes too close to the shield-wall. In the large scene with the king hunting in his chariot, a total of 18 lions is shown, mostly dead or wounded. The other side of the corridor had similar scenes with the royal chariot in action shown twice. Another group of reliefs, some originally located on the upper floor and", "title": "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal" }, { "docid": "15197214", "text": "Jungle Book\".\" More recently, the possibility of an incestuous relationship involving Simba, his mate Nala, Scar and Mufasa has surfaced. According to Johnson Cheu, author of \"Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability\", the fact that Mufasa, Scar, and Simba appear to be the only male lions present in \"The Lion King \"suggests the possibility that either Mufasa or Scar is Nala's father, which would in turn make Nala either Simba's half-sister or cousin. However, \"The Lion Guard\" identifies Nala's father as a red-maned unnamed lion who-in his youth-resembled his grandson (and Scar's great-nephew)", "title": "Scar (The Lion King)" }, { "docid": "1666817", "text": "Symphonic Poem\" (by Isao Tomita) was released on LP in 1966. As a number of media journalists and fans watched Disney's animated feature film \"The Lion King\" they noticed characters and events in the story resembling those of \"Kimba\". Although the two works follow different screenplays, there are strong artistic similarities, and \"The Lion King\" contains numerous sequences that closely match \"Kimba\"′s. Other similarities are thematically deeper and more pronounced, such as that both feature the theme of the circle of life. Alleged similarities in the characters, beginning with the protagonist lion cubs \"Kimba\" and \"Simba\", include the evil lions,", "title": "Kimba the White Lion" }, { "docid": "474215", "text": "guard. Lions defend their kills from scavengers such as vultures and hyenas. Lions scavenge on carrion when the opportunity arises; they scavenge animals dead from natural causes such as disease or those that were killed by other predators. Scavenging lions keep a constant lookout for circling vultures, which indicate the death or distress of an animal. Most carrion on which both hyenas and lions feed upon are killed by hyenas rather than lions. Carrion is thought to provide a large part of lion diet. Lions and spotted hyenas occupy a similar ecological niche and where they coexist they compete for", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "1545927", "text": "shepherd from the wolf,/So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece,/And next his throat, unto the butcher's knife\" (5.6.7–9). A third recurring image is that of the lion. This is introduced by Rutland in Act 1, Scene 3; \"So looks the pent-up lion o'er the wretch\" (l.174). Later, Richard, speaking of York, says \"Methought he bore him in the thickest troop/As doth a lion in a herd of neat\" (2.1.13–14). As Clifford chastises Henry for disinheriting Prince Edward, he asks \"To whom do lions cast their gentle looks?/Not to the beast that would usurp the den\" (2.2.11–12). Lions are", "title": "Henry VI, Part 3" }, { "docid": "474218", "text": "Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve declined, the spotted hyena population increased rapidly. Experiments on captive spotted hyenas show that specimens without prior experience with lions act indifferently to the sight of them, but will react fearfully to lion scent. The size of male lions allows them to occasionally confront hyenas in otherwise evenly matched brawls and decide the balance in favour of the lions. Lions tend to dominate smaller felids such as cheetahs and leopards where they coexist; lions steal the kills and kill the cubs – and even adults when given the chance. The cheetah in particular has a", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "4837290", "text": "surpassed $1 billion in total Broadway revenue, joining both \"The Phantom of the Opera\" and \"The Lion King\" as the only Broadway shows to do so. In July 2017, \"Wicked\" surpassed \"The Phantom of the Opera\" as Broadway's second-highest grossing show, trailing only \"The Lion King\". Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz discovered writer Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel \"Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West\" while on vacation, and saw its potential for a dramatic adaptation. Maguire, however, had released the rights to Universal Pictures, which had planned to develop a live-action feature film. In 1998,", "title": "Wicked (musical)" }, { "docid": "895829", "text": "show's financial success led to adaptations all over the world. \"The Lion King\" inspired two attractions retelling the story of the film at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. The first, \"The Legend of the Lion King\", featured a recreation of the film through life-size puppets of its characters, and ran from 1994 to 2002 at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Another that is still running is the live-action 30-minute musical revue of the movie, \"Festival of the Lion King\", which incorporates the musical numbers into gymnastic routines with live actors, along with animatronic puppets of Simba and Pumba and", "title": "The Lion King" }, { "docid": "5903865", "text": "officially opened. The bronze lion sculptures and statue of King George V, in front of the King George Square façade of Brisbane City Hall, were initially part of the King George V memorial, which was unveiled in 1938 as a tribute to the King from the citizens of Brisbane. In 2007, the lions, modelled on the bronze lions of Trafalgar Square, London, and the statue, were removed for renovations to the Square. They were re-incorporated into the newly redeveloped King George Square in 2009. An accompanying bronze work to complement the King George V pediment sculpture, based on the life", "title": "Brisbane City Hall" }, { "docid": "474210", "text": "between four and eleven years old. The prey-to-predator weight ratio of 10–15:1 between elephants and lions is the highest ratio known among terrestrial mammals. Young lions first display stalking behaviour at around three months of age, although they do not participate in hunting until they are almost a year old and begin to hunt effectively when nearing the age of two. Single lions are capable of bringing down prey twice their size, such as zebra and wildebeest, while hunting larger prey like giraffes and buffalo alone is too risky. Cooperatively hunting lions are usually successful. In prides, lionesses do most", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "2930898", "text": "the lion. Northern lions resemble Pekingese or Fu Dogs, and its movements are lifelike during a performance. Acrobatics are very common, with stunts like lifts, or balancing on a tiered platform or on a giant ball. Northern lions sometimes appear as a family, with two large \"adult\" lions and a pair of small \"young lions\". There are usually two performers in one adult lion, and one in the young lion. There may also be a \"warrior\" character who holds a spherical object and leads the lions. The dance of the Northern Lion is generally more playful than the Southern Lion.", "title": "Lion dance" }, { "docid": "474239", "text": "and Niger. This population is listed as Critically Endangered. Field surveys in the WAP ecosystem revealed that lion occupancy is lowest in the W National Park, and higher in areas with permanent staff and thus better protection. A population occurs in Cameroon's Waza National Park, where between approximately 14 and 21 animals persisted as of 2009. In addition, 50 to 150 lions in are estimated to be present in Burkina Faso's Arly-Singou ecosystem. In 2015, an adult male lion and a female lion were sighted in Ghana's Mole National Park. These were the first sightings of lions in the country", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "9471025", "text": "in the 17th century. He believed some Cape lions might have been taken to Europe and interbred with other lions. His search took thirty years, which led him to the Novosibirsk Zoo, where he found the closest living resemblance to the cape lion; the zoo called the lion Simon. The lion and his family are kept outdoors in large, natural settings. \"It is kept all the year around in the climate conditions of the west Siberia at the temperatures from . In forty years, more than sixty cubs were born.\" The Novosibirsk Zoo was able to send two lion cubs", "title": "Novosibirsk Zoo" }, { "docid": "3288644", "text": "White Lion disbanded in 1992 and not long after their first compilation album, \"The Best of White Lion\" was released. Mike Tramp reformed White Lion with all new musicians in 1999 and again following a failed attempt to reform the original line up and several legal issues in 2004. The new White Lion released a live album in 2005 and a brand new studio album \"Return of the Pride\" in 2008. After moving from Denmark to Spain and then New York City, vocalist Mike Tramp (formerly of the bands Mabel, Studs and Danish Lions) met Staten Island guitarist Vito Bratta", "title": "White Lion" }, { "docid": "18083227", "text": "Crawford covered the song in a medley of songs from \"The Lion King\". In 2016, Simmons performed the song live on the Disney Wonder cruise ship as part of the Disney Theatrical Group's \"Stars Set Sail\" live concert series. After Disney announced that singer Beyoncé had been cast as Nala in John Favreau's upcoming live-action remake of \"The Lion King\" in November 2017, fans started hoping Beyoncé would be recording a version of \"Shadowland\" for the film. WLCK's Ray Cornelius speculated, \"While this tune was not in the original movie, I’m sure the film’s producers will make an exception and", "title": "Shadowland (The Lion King)" }, { "docid": "474234", "text": "of Sudan. In Eurasia, the lion once ranged from Greece to India; Herodotus reported that lions had been common in Greece in 480 BC; they attacked the baggage camels of the Persian king Xerxes on his march through the country. Aristotle considered them rare by 300 BC, and by 100 AD, they had been extirpated. Until the 10th century, lions survived in the Caucasus, their last European outpost. The species was eradicated in Palestine by the Middle Ages, and from most of the rest of Asia after the arrival of readily available firearms in the 18th century. Between the late", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "508680", "text": "depicted as a bishop on a throne decorated with lions; as a man helping Venetian sailors. He is often depicted holding a book with \"pax tibi Marce\" written on it or holding a palm and book. Other depictions of Mark show him as a man with a book or scroll, accompanied by a winged lion. The lion might also be associated with Jesus' Resurrection because lions were believed to sleep with open eyes, thus a comparison with Christ in his tomb, and Christ as king. Mark the Evangelist can be depicted as a man with a halter around his neck", "title": "Mark the Evangelist" }, { "docid": "15000496", "text": "this context, stating \"the general herd of authors who eulogise the 'courage, greatness, clemency and generosity' of the lion, contrasting it with the unprovoked ferocity, unnecessary cruelty and poltroonery of the tiger, becomes ridiculous, though led by such names as Buffon and Pennant.\" In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Narada told Srinjaya that tigers were fiercer and more ruthless than lions. This is in contrast with other literature from ancient India, which prefers the lion to the tiger. For example, Vedic literature depicted the lion, rather than the tiger, as the \"king of the forest.\" The lion and tiger rival each", "title": "Tiger versus lion" }, { "docid": "15000485", "text": "promiscuous. However, the structures of the prides of African and Asiatic lions vary, with male Asiatic lions usually associating with females during times of mating, similar to tigers, and whereas Asiatic lionesses and tigresses may practice promiscuity to defend their cubs, African lionesses are believed not to do it for that purpose. Currently, India is the only country confirmed to have both wild lions and tigers. Though they do not share the same territory, they did in the past, and there is a project mentioned below that could lead to their meeting in the wild. Before the end of the", "title": "Tiger versus lion" }, { "docid": "7556035", "text": "Hamadan Stone Lion The stone lion of Hamadan ( \"šir-e sangi-ye hamedân\") is a historical monument in Hamadan, Iran. The stone lion -one part of the 'Lions Gate'- sits on a hill where a Parthian era cemetery is said to have been located. When first built, this statue had a twin counterpart for which they both constituted the old gate of the city. During the Islamic conquest of Persia, the victorious Arabs referred to the gate as \"bâb ul-asad\" (, \"the lions gate\"). The gates were demolished in 931CE as the Deylamids took over the city. Mardāvij unsuccessfully tried transporting", "title": "Hamadan Stone Lion" }, { "docid": "18395363", "text": "\"šer\". Detailed description of lion dances appeared during the Tang dynasty and it was then recognized as a foreign import, but the dance may have existed in China as early as the third century CE. Suggested origin of the dance include India and Persia, and during the Northern and Southern Dynasties it had association with Buddhism. In the Tang court, the lion dance was called the Great Peace Music (太平樂) or the Lion Dance of the Five Directions (五方師子舞) where five large lions of different colours, each over 3 metres tall and each had 12 \"lion lads\" with the lions", "title": "History of Chinese dance" }, { "docid": "19097554", "text": "2015 explained that these rights are not respected, only the United States has mechanisms of control and complaint of these situations. She was the spokeswoman and protagonist of the controversial promotional spot of the Erotic Salon of Barcelona 2016. The advertisement, called \"Patria\" and awarded with a Silver Lion at the Cannes Lions festival, criticizes Spanish double standard and ends with the phrase \"We live in a disgustingly hypocritical country, but some of us do not give up\". In 2017, she starred in her first feature film called \"Contigo no, bicho\" directed by Álvaro Alonso and Miguel Ángel Jiménez, which", "title": "Amarna Miller" }, { "docid": "15197162", "text": "their victims' fears. The original plot of \"The Lion King\" revolved around a rivalry between lions and baboons. A baboon himself, Scar was their leader. After this plot was abandoned, Scar was re-written into a rogue lion lacking any blood relation to both Mufasa and Simba. The writers eventually decided that making Scar and Mufasa brothers would make the film more interesting. An abandoned character, at one point Scar owned a pet python as a sidekick. Because the film was originally intended to be much more adult-oriented, Scar was to have become infatuated with Simba's childhood friend and eventual love", "title": "Scar (The Lion King)" }, { "docid": "19437320", "text": "the point where they would risk their own lives to stop other people from killing lions.\" The program grew rapidly, going from five lion guardians in 2007 to 40 in 2013. The organization has contributed to reducing human-animal conflict in Kenya and Tanzania, and the lion population in the region is showing many signs of recovery. Hazzah stated that part of her success was due to co-opting the traditional values that the Maasai men associated with killing lions, and turning them towards protecting the lions instead. The organization is a part of the network \"Living with Lions.\" In addition to", "title": "Leela Hazzah" }, { "docid": "10438544", "text": "Institute's opening at its current location in 1893. Although the lions have no official names, the sculptor designated the lions by their poses as \"stands in an attitude of defiance\" (south lion) and \"on the prowl\" (north lion). These lions, along with those pairs in front of the Main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and the pair in the grand staircase of the Boston Public Library, are part of an Italian Renaissance revival by 19th-century Romantic artists. Guardian lions had been an important architectural theme of the World Columbian Exposition, where six pairs guarded the", "title": "Art Institute of Chicago Building" }, { "docid": "4021445", "text": "of a mtDNA research revealed in 2006 that a lion kept in the German originated from this collection and is very likely a descendant of a Barbary lion. Five lion samples from this collection were not Barbary lions maternally. Nonetheless, genes of the Barbary lion are likely to be present in common European zoo lions, since this was one of the most frequently introduced subspecies. Many lions in European and American zoos, which are managed without subspecies classification, are most likely descendants of Barbary lions. Several researchers and zoos supported the development of a studbook of lions directly descended from", "title": "Barbary lion" }, { "docid": "18083206", "text": "stronger heroine. Will Albrittonat of the University of South Florida's \"The Oracle\" agreed that the song contributes to strengthening Nala's character, providing her with a more significant role. Taymor explained, \"When you talk about lions, the females do all of it ... So I threw out a lot of the soft stuff in the film and made Nala very strong\", giving the character \"one of the best songs in the show, 'Shadowland,' which is about being a refugee,\" a subject matter that the director felt continues to be \"very topical\". Additionally, Taymor cited the song as a \"perfect\" example of", "title": "Shadowland (The Lion King)" }, { "docid": "474200", "text": "Groups of male lions are called \"coalitions\". Females form the stable social unit in a pride and do not tolerate outside females. Membership only changes with the births and deaths of lionesses, although some females leave and become nomadic. The average pride consists of around 15 lions, including several adult females and up to four males and their cubs of both sexes. Large prides, consisting of up to 30 individuals, have been observed. The sole exception to this pattern is the Tsavo lion pride that always has just one adult male. Male cubs are excluded from their maternal pride when", "title": "Lion" }, { "docid": "10918892", "text": "George H. Carroll Lion Habitat The George H. Carroll Lion Habitat is a , climate-controlled facility located on the campus the University of North Alabama that houses the only two live lion mascots in the United States, Leo III and Una. The lion habitat, which was dedicated on October 7, 2007, bears the name of the late owner of the construction firm Pressure Concrete, which built the facility and donated labor, materials and funds. No federal or state dollars or tuition fees were used in construction of the habitat. The habitat cost $1.3 million. Feeding and caring for the lions", "title": "George H. Carroll Lion Habitat" }, { "docid": "10918894", "text": "-- an annual event that attracts kindergarten and elementary school children from throughout the Shoals region. The current lions, which are siblings, were born November 18, 2002, at a USDA-sanctioned refuge owned by Glen and Kathy Eldridge in Greenville, New Hampshire. George H. Carroll Lion Habitat The George H. Carroll Lion Habitat is a , climate-controlled facility located on the campus the University of North Alabama that houses the only two live lion mascots in the United States, Leo III and Una. The lion habitat, which was dedicated on October 7, 2007, bears the name of the late owner of", "title": "George H. Carroll Lion Habitat" }, { "docid": "9422156", "text": "Maximum the Hormone. The tour consisted of six performances which were held at the Zepp music halls in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Perfume also performed live at the Ultra Music Festival in South Korea on June 14. On May 22, Perfume released their second single for 2013, entitled \"Magic of Love\", releasing simultaneously the live DVD \"Perfume World Tour 1st\", which covered their recent performance in Singapore from their world tour. On June 20, 2013, Perfume was invited to Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity where they presented the \"Perfume Global Site Project\" which received a Silver Lion Award in", "title": "Perfume (Japanese band)" }, { "docid": "16999222", "text": "Phoenixes, Tigers, Leopards, Ice Bears, and other animals. When young Prince Cragger loses his parents in the Gorge of Eternal Depth and becomes king of the Crocodile Tribe, his sister Crooler uses Persuader Plants to force him to do whatever she wants (mostly destroy the Lions). His former best friend, Prince Laval of the Lion Tribe, becomes his worst enemy. Thus, a terrible war breaks out between the eight animal tribes over the powerful Chi, a substance that can both sustain life and destroy it. Before the final battle a black cloud stops the Chi falls making Cragger blame Laval", "title": "Legends of Chima" }, { "docid": "18788085", "text": "a symbol of power in the animal kingdom. Earliest pictures of lion hunting came from late pre-historic or early historic times and in the beginning it was not intended to be as a sport, but to rid the country of a plague, which was threatening people. Later pictures emerged of the king taking hold of the lion to stab it to death as was displayed in Ramesses III's temple at Medinet Habu. Moreover, Tuthmosis III bragged about his ability to hunt lions, claiming that he killed seven lions in one second using his arrow shot. Amenophis III, a fan of", "title": "Hunting, fishing and animals in ancient Egypt" }, { "docid": "6578891", "text": "fishing for yabbies, and generally exploring the pre-teens crawled back to suburbia. In under a month the lionesses escaped through the now open drain and onto the adjoining street. At the time Staffiord Bullen told reporters that the lions “would have to escape from their night houses and go through two fences”. https://www.animalwised.com/where-do-leopards-live-habitat-and-distribution-1317.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-matter-is-closed-new-report-into-blue-mountains-big-cat-20131018-2vs6v.html https://www.bluemts.com.au/info/about/history/history-detail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountains_panther http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-20/how-boys-adventure-helped-lion-escape-defunct-safari-park-sydney/7857426 https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/5300204/that-old-black-cat-is-back-blackheath-sighting-of-the-panther/ https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/mysterious-catlike-creature-five-times-size-of-feral-cat-caught-on-film/news-story/59d6cfd0df6994fe1c4409470eddc429 https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/australias-biggest-urban-myths-how-many-do-you-believe/news-story/dfc52656dfc0dbdfbb19c9d2e602c74f Blue Mountains panther The Blue Mountains panther is the name given to the exotic big cat that has been reported by residents of the Blue Mountains area, west of Sydney, New South Wales, for over a century. There is no", "title": "Blue Mountains panther" }, { "docid": "19862402", "text": "king, Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859), who had erected other lion hunt reliefs in his palace at Nimrud some 200 years before, boasted in inscriptions of about 865 BC that \"the gods Ninurta and Nergal, who love my priesthood, gave me the wild animals of the plains, commanding me to hunt. 30 elephants I trapped and killed; 257 great wild oxen I brought down with my weapons, attacking from my chariot; 370 great lions I killed with hunting spears\". Ashurnasirpal is shown shooting arrows at lions from his chariot, so perhaps this was a more conventional hunt in open country, or", "title": "Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal" }, { "docid": "9002978", "text": "can be found in Hindu and Buddhist art of India and Southeast Asia. The lion symbolism in India was based upon Asiatic lions that once spread in Indian subcontinent as far as the Middle East. Narasimha (\"man-lion\"), also spelt \"Narasingh\", \"Narasinga\", is described as an incarnation (Avatara) of Vishnu in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. It is worshiped as \"Lion God\" and considered sacred by all Hindus in India. Lions are also found in Buddhist symbolism. Lion pillars erected during the reign of Emperor Ashoka show lions and the chakra emblem. The lions depicted in the Lion Capital of Ashoka", "title": "Cultural depictions of lions" } ]

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[ { "docid": "425515", "text": "II of Prussia, tried to apply Enlightenment thought on religious and political tolerance, which became known as enlightened absolutism. Benjamin Franklin visited Europe repeatedly and contributed actively to the scientific and political debates there and brought the newest ideas back to Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson closely followed European ideas and later incorporated some of the ideals of the Enlightenment into the Declaration of Independence (1776). One of his peers, James Madison, incorporated these ideals into the United States Constitution during its framing in 1787. The most influential publication of the Enlightenment was the \"\" (\"Encyclopaedia\"). Published between 1751 and 1772 in", "title": "Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "3917349", "text": "United States Declaration of Independence, which was primarily written by Jefferson, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The text of the second section of the Declaration of Independence reads: Both the Moderate Enlightenment and a Radical or Revolutionary Enlightenment were reactions against the authoritarianism, irrationality, and obscurantism of the established churches. Philosophers such as Voltaire depicted organized Religion as hostile to the development of reason and the progress of science and incapable of verification. An alternative religion was deism, the philosophical belief in a deity based on reason, rather than religious revelation or dogma. It", "title": "American Enlightenment" } ]

[ { "docid": "2131195", "text": "an outspoken critic of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan and what he viewed as their abuses of presidential power. His principal scholarly works were his 1936 biography of Theodore Parker; his intellectual history \"The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character since the 1880s\" (1950), which focuses on the evolution of liberalism in the American political mind from the 1880s to the 1940s, and his intellectual history \"Empire of Reason: How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment\" (1977). In addition, he edited a widely used compilation, \"Documents of American History\"; ten editions were", "title": "Henry Steele Commager" }, { "docid": "13399789", "text": "Locke, Wollaston, and Berkeley to Colonial British America. Two native-born Americans, Samuel Johnson and Jonathan Edwards, were first influenced by these philosophers; they then adapted and extended their Enlightenment ideas to develop their own American theology and philosophy. Both were originally ordained Puritan Congregationalist ministers who embraced much of the new learning of the Enlightenment. Both were Yale educated and Berkeley influenced idealists who became influential college presidents. Both were influential in the development of American political philosophy and the works of the Founding Fathers. But Edwards based his reformed Puritan theology on Calvinist doctrine, while Johnson converted to the", "title": "American philosophy" }, { "docid": "13222896", "text": "of the criticism of the Enlightenment that spread throughout Europe during the Revolutionary period. Barruel’s \"Memoirs\" is considered one of the founding documents of the right-wing interpretation of the French Revolution. It became popular immediately after it was published and was read and commented on by most of the important literary and political journals of the day. The four volumes of the text were published in a number of languages and created a debate about the role of the philosophes, their ideas, and the Enlightenment in the French Revolution. They remained in print well into the 20th century and contributed", "title": "Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism" }, { "docid": "4686109", "text": "Enlightenment Foundation Libraries The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) are a set of graphics libraries that grew out of the development of Enlightenment, a window manager and Wayland compositor. The project's focus is to make the EFL a flexible yet powerful and easy to use set of tools to extend the capabilities of both the Enlightenment window manager and other software projects based on the EFL. The libraries are meant to be portable and optimized to be functional even on mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. The libraries were created for version 0.17 of the window manager. EFL is", "title": "Enlightenment Foundation Libraries" }, { "docid": "7854363", "text": "9. Maria Schenk Papers. 1975. Includes interview with Fred Cordova. Filipino American National Historical Society The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) is an organization that documents Filipino American history. Founded on 26 November 1982 in Seattle, Washington by Dorothy Laigo Cordova and her husband Fred Cordova, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) is a community-based organization whose mission is “to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation, and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation, and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States” with the goal “...to preserve, document, and present Filipino American history and", "title": "Filipino American National Historical Society" }, { "docid": "7854353", "text": "Filipino American National Historical Society The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) is an organization that documents Filipino American history. Founded on 26 November 1982 in Seattle, Washington by Dorothy Laigo Cordova and her husband Fred Cordova, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) is a community-based organization whose mission is “to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation, and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation, and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States” with the goal “...to preserve, document, and present Filipino American history and to support scholarly research and artistic works which reflect that", "title": "Filipino American National Historical Society" }, { "docid": "14848116", "text": "role of women in business. In 2016 Kattan opened her Palestinian restaurant Tabun Kitchen in Soho, London. After nearly 20 years she married the writer and director Shamim Sarif. They live in Surrey with their two sons, Ethan and Luca. Hanan Kattan Hanan Kattan (born May 22, 1962) is a Jordanian-born, British-based film producer of Palestinian origin. She is also co-owner of online marketing agency EBS Digital, multi-media entertainment company Enlightenment Productions and a Palestinian restaurant, Tabun Kitchen. Kattan created Enlightenment Productions and EBS Digital in partnership with Shamim Sarif. Enlightenment Productions were Winner of the Kingston Business Excellence Awards", "title": "Hanan Kattan" }, { "docid": "5033635", "text": "Verlag GmbH. There have been two English translations: the first by John Cumming (New York: Herder and Herder, 1972) and a more recent translation, based on the definitive text from Horkheimer's collected works, by Edmund Jephcott (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002). Dialectic of Enlightenment Dialectic of Enlightenment () is a work of philosophy and social criticism written by Frankfurt School philosophers Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno and first published in 1944. A revised version appeared in 1947. One of the core texts of Critical Theory, \"Dialectic of Enlightenment\" explores the socio-psychological \"status quo\" that had been responsible for what", "title": "Dialectic of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "12456832", "text": "at Tytell. \"How many do you want?\" was Tytell's response after Brinkley called. Brinkley bought two, what he described as a lifetime supply. Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in 1950 based on evidence that extensively relied on claims that documents passed to Soviet agent Whittaker Chambers had been created on a typewriter Hiss and his wife had owned, after the prosecution showed that the typewriter's unique combination of printing pattern and flaws matched those on the documents in question. Hiss's lawyers then hired Tytell to create a typewriter that would be indistinguishable from the one the Hiss's owned. Tytell", "title": "Martin Tytell" }, { "docid": "15763058", "text": "information. Blackbird documents would be stored in what was called Blackbird Data Format (BDF), a structured format based on OLE storage. An SGML-based markup language, Blackbird Markup Language (BML), was also created to help automate the creation of documents, though documents based on markup would be processed into the native data format to be used as OLE objects, so would suffer performance disadvantages. To give developers more flexibility, Microsoft planned to include a utility that would allow conversion between BDF and BML, as well as HTML, in any direction. Additionally, there would be an application resource installer that packaged custom", "title": "Blackbird (online platform)" }, { "docid": "13761107", "text": "How the Scots Invented the Modern World How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It (or \"The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots invention of the Modern World\") is a non-fiction book written by American historian Arthur Herman. The book examines the origins of the Scottish Enlightenment and what impact it had on the modern world. Herman focuses principally on individuals, presenting their biographies in the context of their individual fields and also in terms of the theme of Scottish contributions to the world. The book was", "title": "How the Scots Invented the Modern World" }, { "docid": "13222911", "text": "Rousseau and made the Enlightenment themes of reason, progress, anti-clericalism and emancipation central to their own revolutionary vocabulary, it created a link that meant any backlash against the Revolution would increase opposition to the Enlightenment. The advent of what Graeme Garrard has called the \"continuity thesis\" between the Enlightenment and the Revolution – the belief that they were connected in some intrinsic way, as cause and effect- proved damaging to the Enlightenment. For Barruel, the Revolution was not a spontaneous popular uprising expressing a long-suppressed general will. It was instead the consequence of a united minority group who used force,", "title": "Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism" }, { "docid": "14848113", "text": "Hanan Kattan Hanan Kattan (born May 22, 1962) is a Jordanian-born, British-based film producer of Palestinian origin. She is also co-owner of online marketing agency EBS Digital, multi-media entertainment company Enlightenment Productions and a Palestinian restaurant, Tabun Kitchen. Kattan created Enlightenment Productions and EBS Digital in partnership with Shamim Sarif. Enlightenment Productions were Winner of the Kingston Business Excellence Awards 2014, Best Creative and Media Sector Business. EBS Digital were Highly Commended in the Kingston Business Excellence Awards 2014 in the section for Best Business for Marketing and Social Media. Kattan has produced three feature films through Enlightenment Productions including", "title": "Hanan Kattan" }, { "docid": "12081977", "text": "varied in pace across Europe. The new chemistry was established in Glasgow and Edinburgh early in the 1790s, but was slow to become established in Germany. Eventually the oxygen-based theory of combustion drowned out the phlogiston theory and in the process created the basis of modern chemistry. Science in the Age of Enlightenment The history of science during the Age of Enlightenment traces developments in science and technology during the Age of Reason, when Enlightenment ideas and ideals were being disseminated across Europe and North America. Generally, the period spans from the final days of the 16th and 17th-century Scientific", "title": "Science in the Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "11233536", "text": "which there is considered to be one core element to the teachings, the “\"hou\"”); by executing this Hasshoudou every day and every minute in “what they think” and “what they do,” human beings can break away from the vicious cycle of bitterness and sadness that was created as a cause of one's disharmonious notions and actions, and they can also take the first step to enlightenment, based on this kind of steady everyday practice. Takahashi referred to the sections of the Eightfold Path as \"Shouken\" (Right View), \"Shoushi\" (Right Intention), \"Shougo\" (Right Speech), \"Shougyou\" (Right Work), \"Shoumyou\" (Right Livelihood), \"Shoujin\"", "title": "Shinji Takahashi (religious leader)" }, { "docid": "425644", "text": "Grand Architect, the masonic terminology for the deistic divine being who created a scientifically ordered universe. German historian Reinhart Koselleck claimed: \"On the Continent there were two social structures that left a decisive imprint on the Age of Enlightenment: the Republic of Letters and the Masonic lodges\". Scottish professor Thomas Munck argues that \"although the Masons did promote international and cross-social contacts which were essentially non-religious and broadly in agreement with enlightened values, they can hardly be described as a major radical or reformist network in their own right\". Many of the Masons values seemed to greatly appeal to Enlightenment", "title": "Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "5475223", "text": "that people can travel backward in time, and that matter is actually thought.\" Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE) is an American spiritual sect near the rural town of Yelm, Washington, U.S. The school was established in 1988 by J. Z. Knight, who claims to channel a 35,000-year-old being called Ramtha the Enlightened One. The school's teachings are based on these channeling sessions. In 1988, J. Z. Knight founded Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE), then called Ramtha's School of Enlightenment: The American Gnostic School, on her estate in Yelm, Washington, U.S. A division of Knight's company JZK,", "title": "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "5475208", "text": "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE) is an American spiritual sect near the rural town of Yelm, Washington, U.S. The school was established in 1988 by J. Z. Knight, who claims to channel a 35,000-year-old being called Ramtha the Enlightened One. The school's teachings are based on these channeling sessions. In 1988, J. Z. Knight founded Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE), then called Ramtha's School of Enlightenment: The American Gnostic School, on her estate in Yelm, Washington, U.S. A division of Knight's company JZK, Inc., the school had around 80 staff members . According to RSE's website,", "title": "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "11609459", "text": "system. During the Enlightenment period, new theories about what the human was and is and about the definition of reality and the way it was perceived, along with the discovery of other societies in the Americas, and the changing needs of political societies (especially in the wake of the English Civil War, the American Revolution and the French Revolution) led to new questions and insights by such thinkers as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu and John Locke. These theorists were driven by two basic questions: one, by what right or need do people form states; and two, what the best form for", "title": "History of political thought" }, { "docid": "11255519", "text": "Department for Popular Enlightenment in 1944. The best known directorate was the Norwegian Press Directorate. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), the National Gallery of Norway, the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts and all other non-scientific museums were subordinate to the Pressedirektoratet. The department was modelled after the \"Reichskommissariats Hauptabteilung Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda\" (\"Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda\"), trying to spread Nazi ideology in Norway. Documents from this department are archived by the National Archival Services of Norway. Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment The Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment () was a government ministry during the German occupation of", "title": "Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "16139114", "text": "requires \"direct access to the teaching through a personal discovery of one's self. This type of transmission and identification is symbolized by the discovery of a shining lantern, or a mirror.\" Chan is deeply rooted in the teachings and doctrines of Mahāyāna Buddhism. What the Chan tradition emphasizes is that enlightenment of the Buddha came not through intellectual reasoning, but rather through self-realization in Dharma practice and meditation. Therefore, it is held that it is primarily through Dharma practice and meditation that others may attain enlightenment and become Buddhas as well. A review of the early historical documents and literature", "title": "Chan Buddhism" }, { "docid": "13399788", "text": "into two halves, the first half being marked by the theology of Reformed Puritan Calvinism influenced by the Great Awakening as well as Enlightenment natural philosophy, and the second by the native moral philosophy of the American Enlightenment taught in American colleges. They were used \"in the tumultuous years of the 1750s and 1770s\" to \"forge a new intellectual culture for the United states\", which led to the American incarnation of the European Enlightenment that is associated with the political thought of the Founding Fathers. The 18th century saw the introduction of Francis Bacon and the Enlightenment philosophers Descartes, Newton,", "title": "American philosophy" }, { "docid": "10277408", "text": "Fayed's father, Mohammed Al-Fayed, became convinced that their deaths were not accidental, and offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. LeWinter, posing as a CIA officer, offered Al-Fayed what he said were CIA documents that showed the British intelligence agency MI6 had assassinated the two. Negotiations for the documents took place in the United States and were conducted between Al-Fayed's security head John Macnamara and an American lawyer and a journalist. When LeWinter demanded $US4 million for the documents and insisted on meeting outside the United States, Al-Fayed suspected fraud and notified the FBI, the", "title": "Oswald LeWinter" }, { "docid": "1386433", "text": "of what's going on, most of the time,\" would only be an extension of what already gave us the Enlightenment, freedom and privacy. By comparison, he asks what the alternative would be: \"To pass privacy laws that will be enforced by elites, and trust them to refrain from looking at us?\" Brin participated in the opening keynote panel discussion at the 2005 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference, where 500 sousveillance devices were also created to contextualize and explore this debate further. (Each attendee was given a wearable camera-dome bag which created, in effect, an inverse", "title": "The Transparent Society" }, { "docid": "1897982", "text": "colonies in North America, based on his access to the state papers and other documents of what were then termed the plantation records. His work, \"Political Annals of the present United Colonies from their Settlement to the Peace of 1763\", (1780), was to have formed two volumes; but the second, for the period between 1688 and 1763, never appeared. The first volume traces the original settlement of the different American colonies, and the changes in their constitutions and forms of government, as affected by British politics. Chalmers next wrote \"An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Britain during the Present", "title": "George Chalmers (antiquarian)" }, { "docid": "12249024", "text": "her half-sister Fanny. This was one of many personal tragedies that impacted Shelley's work. Shelley's first child died in infancy, and when she began composing \"Frankenstein\" in 1816, she was likely nursing her second child, who would also be dead at \"Frankenstein\"'s publication. Byron managed to write just a fragment based on the vampire legends he heard while travelling the Balkans, and from this John Polidori created \"The Vampyre\" (1819), the progenitor of the romantic vampire literary genre. Thus two seminal horror tales originated from the conclave. The group talked about Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment ideas as well. Shelley believed the", "title": "Frankenstein" }, { "docid": "4866068", "text": "but which became the Prado Museum to display paintings and sculpture. As part of the attempt to revitalize the historiography of Spain and Charles III's general centralizing policies, the Archive of the Indies was established in Seville in 1785 to bring together documents pertaining to Spain's overseas empire. Enlightenment in Spain The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment (in Spanish, \"Ilustración\") came to Spain in the eighteenth century with the new Bourbon dynasty, following the death of the last , Charles II, in 1700. \"Like the Spanish Enlightenment, the Spanish Bourbon monarchs were imbued with Spain's Catholic identity.\" The period", "title": "Enlightenment in Spain" }, { "docid": "19689966", "text": "even before the Spanish Bourbons came to power. The best studied is the University of San Carlos Guatemala, founded in 1676. In Spanish America just as in Spain, the Enlightenment had some aspects of anticlericalism, but many priests were in favor of science and scientific thinking and were practitioners themselves. Some clergy were proponents of the Enlightenment as well as independence. Enlightenment texts circulating in Spanish America have been linked to the intellectual underpinnings of Spanish American independence. Works by Enlightenment philosophers were owned and read in Spanish America, despite restrictions on the book trade and their inclusion on the", "title": "Spanish American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "17527146", "text": "Revolution was Marquis de Lafayette, an ardent supporter of the American constitutional principles. The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was mainly based on Lafayette’s draft of this document. The United Nations Declaration and Universal Declaration of Human Rights also echo the American constitutional tradition. Democracy, social-contract theory, separation of powers, religious freedom, separation of church and state – these achievements of the Reformation and early Protestantism were elaborated on and popularized by Enlightenment thinkers. The philosophers of the English, Scottish, German, and Swiss Enlightenment – Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Toland, David Hume, Gottfried", "title": "Protestant culture" }, { "docid": "12107040", "text": "galleries and Oval Lawn are available for weddings, conferences, and other events. The Millennium Gate Museum is not only a work of art, but also an educational tool. The museum tells Georgia's story through interactive technology, film, and exhibitions. Beginning with pre-Columbian Native American history and 16th century Spanish settlement of the coast, the 18th Century Georgia Pioneer Gallery focuses on General James Oglethorpe's creation of the Colony of Georgia and the enlightenment ideals that were so instrumental in its inception. The gallery contains documents and historical artifacts from the Native Indian, Spanish, British Colonial, and American Revolutionary periods that", "title": "Millennium Gate Museum" }, { "docid": "16411775", "text": "La Plata territory to seems to be inspired more in the Anglosaxon enlightenment than from the French The ideology Artigas is partially taken from the U.S. legal texts. The American political liberalism exerted strong influence on Artigas. Other Hispanic independence leaders, however, were more influenced by the French Revolution and the authors of France. Some historians such as Eugenio Petit Muñoz and Ariosto González, have shown that some paragraphs of the artiguist documents were taken directly from \"\"The independence of the mainland justified by Thomas Paine, thirty years ago\"\" published by Paine in Philadelphia in 1811 and translated immediately into", "title": "Artiguism" }, { "docid": "13399792", "text": "that \"he found himself like one at once emerging out of the glimmer of twilight into the full sunshine of open day.\" He now considered what he had learned at Yale \"nothing but the scholastic cobwebs of a few little English and Dutch systems that would hardly now be taken up in the street.\" Johnson was appointed tutor at Yale in 1716. He began to teach the Enlightenment curriculum there, and thus began the American Enlightenment. One of his students for a brief time was a fifteen-year-old Jonathan Edwards. \"These two brilliant Yale students of those years, each of whom", "title": "American philosophy" }, { "docid": "4076830", "text": "and Willie Wind, whose entry won the first design competition. The image used on the emblem is based on a depiction of the menorah on the Arch of Titus. The menorah was used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem and has been a symbol of Judaism since ancient times. It symbolizes universal enlightenment, based on what is written in Isaiah 60: \"Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn\". The emblem may also be based on the vision of the biblical prophet Zechariah, chapter 4, where he describes seeing a menorah flanked by two", "title": "Emblem of Israel" }, { "docid": "20586662", "text": "concludes with three chapters defending what Pinker sees as Enlightenment values: reason, science, and humanism. Pinker argues that these values are under threat from modern trends such as religious fundamentalism, political correctness, and postmodernism. In an interview about the book published in \"Scientific American\", Pinker has clarified that his book is not merely an expression of hope—it is a documentation of how much we have gained as a result of Enlightenment values, and how much we have to lose if those values are abandoned. On 29 January Bill Gates tweeted praise for \"Enlightenment Now\", calling it \"my new favorite book\".", "title": "Enlightenment Now" }, { "docid": "19243686", "text": "at Jena in 1806. But he was also deeply rooted in the classical spirit of the Age of Enlightenment in his intellectual presuppositions, his use of philological analysis, and his emphasis on both general and particular phenomena in history. He emphasized use of the techniques that philologist had used to study ancient documents, stressing that historical research had to be based primarily on primary sources. The modern academic study of history and methods of historiography were pioneered in 19th-century German universities, especially the University of Berlin and the University of Göttingen. Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) at Berlin was the pivotal", "title": "Historiography of Germany" }, { "docid": "3088564", "text": "a transfer-based approach of translation retains its quality regardless of how close the languages are. The main two bottlenecks of \"full-fledged transfer-based systems\" are complexity and unreliability of syntactic analysis. \"Information Retrieval systems rank documents according to statistical similarity measures based on the co-occurrence of terms in queries and documents\". The MLIR system was created and optimised in such a way that facilitates dictionary based translation of queries. This is because of the fact that queries tend to be short, a couple of words, which, despite not providing a lot of context it is a more feasible than translating whole", "title": "Dictionary-based machine translation" }, { "docid": "2233871", "text": "long explored the importance of the Scottish Enlightenment, as well as the American Enlightenment, while debating the very existence of the English Enlightenment. English historian Peter Gay argues that the Scottish Enlightenment \"was a small and cohesive group of friends – David Hume, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, and others – who knew one another intimately and talked to one another incessantly. Education was a priority in Scotland, both at the local level and especially in four universities that had stronger reputations than any in England. The Enlightenment culture was based on close readings of new books, and intense discussions that", "title": "Georgian era" }, { "docid": "425571", "text": "aufklären\" = to clear up). However, scholars have never agreed on a definition of the Enlightenment, or on its chronological or geographical extent. Terms like \"les Lumières\" (French), \"illuminism\"o (Italian), \"ilustración\" (Spanish) and \"Aufklärung\" (German) referred to partly overlapping movements. Not until the late nineteenth century did English scholars agree they were talking about \"the Enlightenment\". Enlightenment historiography began in the period itself, from what Enlightenment figures said about their work. A dominant element was the intellectual angle they took. D'Alembert's \"Preliminary Discourse of l'Encyclopédie\" provides a history of the Enlightenment which comprises a chronological list of developments in the", "title": "Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "12082429", "text": "Women in the Enlightenment The role of women in the Enlightenment is often debated and frequently overlooked. Women during this era were not considered of equal status to men, and much of their work and effort was suppressed. Salons, coffeehouses, debating societies, academic competitions and print all became avenues for women to socialize, learn and discuss enlightenment ideas. These avenues furthered their roles in society and created stepping stones for future progress. The Enlightenment came to advance ideals of liberty, progress, and tolerance. For those women who were able to discuss and advance new ideals, discourse on religion, political and", "title": "Women in the Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "528601", "text": "as a new \"department\" of reason. In the essay \"What is Enlightenment?\", Michel Foucault proposed a concept of critique based on Kant's distinction between \"private\" and \"public\" uses of reason. This distinction, as suggested, has two dimensions: The terms \"logic\" or \"logical\" are sometimes used as if they were identical with the term \"reason\" or with the concept of being \"rational\", or sometimes logic is seen as the most pure or the defining form of reason. For example in modern economics, rational choice is assumed to equate to logically consistent choice. Reason and logic can however be thought of as", "title": "Reason" }, { "docid": "9902077", "text": "Welfare Institute continue to support the program. Ilchi Lee considers the creation of world peace to be the ultimate goal of his training methods. Essentially, they are meant to facilitate a shift in human consciousness toward a more suitable world culture, according to Lee. He stresses a concept of personal enlightenment similar to those found in other Eastern philosophies, but emphasizes the need to take action based on that enlightenment. Appropriate action, according to Lee, should include some sort of action intended for the betterment of the human condition. Based on this notion, he has spearheaded what he calls the", "title": "Ilchi Lee" }, { "docid": "18535231", "text": "Monterey, California. She describes her art as \"light encoded paintings\" and works mostly on commission for either private or corporate parties. She has also created murals for the Ronald McDonald House, Los Angeles County Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Packard Children's Hospital. Brennan states that painting is \"a language for me. Letters are form, and paintings are documents for information. When I mix those two, I'm happy. It gets me out of the normal way, which is what I want to do.\" Chrisann Brennan Chrisann Brennan (born September 29, 1954) is an American painter and writer who wrote", "title": "Chrisann Brennan" }, { "docid": "12912646", "text": "What Would You Do? (2008 TV program) What Would You Do?, formerly known as Primetime: What Would You Do? through the program's fifth season, is an American situational hidden camera television program that has been broadcast on ABC since February 26, 2008. It is hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones and was created by Chris Whipple. The program was conceived as a format-based series for ABC's newsmagazine \"Primetime\", however all on-air references to the parent program were removed from \"What Would You Do?\" following the discontinuation of \"Primetime\" as a standalone program by the network in 2010, with subject-based formats", "title": "What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)" }, { "docid": "425646", "text": "was the Roman Catholic Church so that in countries with a large Catholic element, such as France, Italy, Spain and Mexico, much of the ferocity of the political battles involve the confrontation between what Davies calls the reactionary Church and enlightened Freemasonry. Even in France, Masons did not act as a group. American historians, while noting that Benjamin Franklin and George Washington were indeed active Masons, have downplayed the importance of Freemasonry in causing the American Revolution because the Masonic order was non-political and included both Patriots and their enemy the Loyalists. The art produced during the Enlightenment was about", "title": "Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "164830", "text": "American Revolution (1775–1783) was the first successful revolt of a colony against a European power. It proclaimed, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, that \"all men are created equal,\" a position based on the principles of the Enlightenment. It rejected aristocracy and established a republican form of government under George Washington that attracted worldwide attention. The French Revolution (1789–1804) was a product of the same democratic forces in the Atlantic World and had an even greater impact. French historian François Aulard says: French intervention in the American Revolutionary War had nearly bankrupted the state. After repeated failed attempts at financial", "title": "History of Europe" }, { "docid": "3737294", "text": "source.\" While the network did not state that the memos were forgeries, CBS News president Andrew Heyward said, Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report. We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret. Dan Rather stated, \"if I knew then what I know now — I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.\" In an interview", "title": "Killian documents controversy" }, { "docid": "2856361", "text": "title (\"Qu'est-ce que les Lumières?\"). Foucault's essay reflected on the contemporary status of the project of enlightenment, inverting much of Kant's reasoning but concluding that enlightenment \"still entails work on our limits.\" Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment? \"Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?\" () is a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. In the December 1784 publication of the \"Berlinische Monatsschrift\" (\"Berlin Monthly\"), edited by Friedrich Gedike and Johann Erich Biester, Kant replied to the question posed a year earlier by the Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner, who was also an official in the Prussian government. Zöllner's question was", "title": "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" }, { "docid": "6352717", "text": "documents, and to ensure their reliability, integrity, and usability. Archival records must be what they claim to be; accurately represent the activity they were created for; present a coherent picture through an array of content; and be in usable condition in an accessible location. An archive curator is called an \"archivist\"; the curation of an archive is called \"archive administration\". Archival science emerged from diplomatics, the critical analysis of documents. In 1540, Jacob von Rammingen (1510-1582) wrote the manuscript of the earliest known archival manual. He was an expert on \"registries\" (\"Registraturen\"), the German word for what later became known", "title": "Archival science" }, { "docid": "65363", "text": "of independence was sent to all the territories of New Spain, including the Intendencies of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala. Costa Rica joined the other Central American Intendancies in a joint declaration of independence from Spain, the 1821 Act of Independence. On October 13, 1821 the documents arrived at Cartago, and an emergency meeting was called upon by Governor . There were many ideas on what to do upon gaining independence, such as joining Mexico, joining Guatemala or Nueva Granada (today Colombia). A group was declared (Junta de Legados), which created the temporary . Meanwhile, \"the clouds clear up\"", "title": "History of Costa Rica" }, { "docid": "14365383", "text": "International Symposium on Fluid Flow Measurement (ISFFM) is a conference held every three to four years which focuses on fluid flow measurement. CEESI served as the secretariat for the ISFFM in 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015. CEESI created the \"CEESI Technical Library\" in October 2007 which is a web-based collection of documents and references to papers related to fluid flow measurement. Bibliographic references and thousands of papers, available for free in PDF format, were collected and indexed by CEESI. CEESI made agreements with the American School of Gas Measurement Training, American Gas Association, and the Natural Gas Sampling", "title": "Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc." }, { "docid": "9317910", "text": "was designed based on design documents by Kitahara, with her lithe physique and bow ribbon reflecting her nickname of \"Adelle the Cat\". The character Cid—the first non-human version in the \"Final Fantasy\" series—went through multiple revisions as Ito created designs based on Kitahara's directions. He first designed him to be very thin, then based his next design on an American bison. His final design blended the bison design with other elements, with his clothing using a cowboy style and common South American colors. Lezaford's design used a staff and cloak to convey his status as a wise mage, which his", "title": "Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift" }, { "docid": "3117377", "text": "fiercely debated throughout the mid-1990s and early 2000s. At the heart of this debate is the conflict between liberal representative democracy, based on the Anglo-American political tradition, the English Glorious Revolution and the American Revolution, and the Scottish enlightenment, which is favoured by the Liberals; and conceptions of direct democracy, based on the Jacobin traditions of the French Revolution, the French enlightenment, in particular Rousseau and the Maoist socialist-democratic concept of the mass line. In 2008, a group of workers and students formed the political party Maoist Communist Party of China, a underground, non-recognized political party that opposed the government", "title": "New Left in China" }, { "docid": "14191729", "text": "this document. The United Nations Declaration and Universal Declaration of Human Rights also echo the American constitutional tradition. Democracy, social-contract theory, separation of powers, religious freedom, separation of church and state – these achievements of the Reformation and early Protestantism were elaborated on and popularized by Enlightenment thinkers. Some of the philosophers of the English, Scottish, German, and Swiss Enlightenment – Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Toland, David Hume, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian Wolff, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau – had Protestant backgrounds. For example, John Locke, whose political thought was based on \"a set of Protestant Christian assumptions\", derived", "title": "Protestantism" }, { "docid": "19950049", "text": "and other ephemera created by women physicians. Bass wrote essays and histories based on her collection which now resides at the Matas Medical Library. The collection itself also \"documents the obstacles women had to overcome to become physicians.\" Elizabeth Bass Mary Elizabeth Bass (April 5, 1876 - January 26, 1956) was an American physician, educator and suffragist. She was the first of two women to become faculty members at the medical school of Tulane University along with Edith Ballard. Bass worked to promote the efforts of women as physicians. She worked at Tulane for thirty years. Bass was born on", "title": "Elizabeth Bass" }, { "docid": "11869602", "text": "pleased with his new start that he can even poke fun at his quest on the title track. 'I'm in the here and now and I'm meditating/And still I'm suffering but that's my problem,' he sings. 'Enlightenment, don't know what it is' – and he doesn't sound disturbed at all.\" Enlightenment (Van Morrison song) \"Enlightenment\" is a single written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1990 album \"Enlightenment\". Biographer Brian Hinton comments \"'Enlightenment' is actually the opposite of what it sounds: it is full of doubt, not affirmation. 'I'm meditating and still I'm suffering.' He seems", "title": "Enlightenment (Van Morrison song)" }, { "docid": "886490", "text": "liberal philosophy, he says, enshrined in the Enlightenment thought of John Locke—that a just society could be based upon self-interest alone, coupled by the emergence of relativism in American thought—had led to this crisis. For Bloom, this created a void in the souls of Americans, into which demagogic radicals as exemplified by 1960s student leaders could leap. (In the same fashion, Bloom suggests, that the Nazi brownshirts once filled the gap created in German society by the Weimar Republic.) In the second instance, he argued, the higher calling of philosophy and reason understood as freedom of thought, had been eclipsed", "title": "Allan Bloom" }, { "docid": "19689977", "text": "had didactic and secular themes rather than religious. Spanish American Enlightenment The ideas of the Spanish Enlightenment, which emphasized reason, science, practicality, clarity rather than obscurantism, and secularism, were transmitted from France to the New World in the eighteenth century, following the establishment of the Bourbon monarchy in Spain. In Spanish America, the ideas of the Enlightenment affected educated elites in major urban centers, especially Mexico City, Lima, and Guatemala, where there were universities founded in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In these centers of learning, American-born Spanish intellectuals were already participants in intellectual and scientific discourse, with Spanish American", "title": "Spanish American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "19689965", "text": "Spanish American Enlightenment The ideas of the Spanish Enlightenment, which emphasized reason, science, practicality, clarity rather than obscurantism, and secularism, were transmitted from France to the New World in the eighteenth century, following the establishment of the Bourbon monarchy in Spain. In Spanish America, the ideas of the Enlightenment affected educated elites in major urban centers, especially Mexico City, Lima, and Guatemala, where there were universities founded in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In these centers of learning, American-born Spanish intellectuals were already participants in intellectual and scientific discourse, with Spanish American universities increasingly anti-scholastic and opposed to “untested authority”", "title": "Spanish American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "4598761", "text": "Education Ministries were \"experimenting on students\" with their continuous innovations on the educational system, causing the dissatisfaction of then Minister Gerasimos Arsenis, who was pushing substantial changes in secondary education at the time. Christodoulos frequently criticized the principles and values of what he characterized \"\"the atheist\" Enlightenment\", and which he contrasted to Christian values. Christodoulos created a major controversy in 2003 when he denounced proposals to let Turkey enter the European Union, calling the Turks \"barbarians\". Despite the fact a number of Greeks are also opposed to Turkey's entrance (as, indeed, are many other Europeans), Christodoulos' statements were seen as", "title": "Christodoulos of Athens" }, { "docid": "123073", "text": "councils were, from the beginning, bureaucratic exercises. Written documents were circulated, speeches made and responded to, votes taken, and final documents published and distributed. A large part of what is known about the beliefs of heresies comes from the documents quoted in councils in order to be refuted, or indeed only from the deductions based on the refutations. Most councils dealt not only with doctrinal but also with disciplinary matters, which were decided in \"canons\" (\"laws\"). Study of the canons of church councils is the foundation of the development of canon law, especially the reconciling of seemingly contradictory canons or", "title": "Ecumenical council" }, { "docid": "16521234", "text": "this period were collected in the volume \"The Age of Secularization.\" Del Noce argued that Western history after 1945 was marked by a particular interpretation of the historical period between the two World Wars. According to this “progressive” interpretation, Nazism and Fascism were symptoms of a general collapse of European civilization, which must be replaced by a new civilization based on science and on the rejection of all metaphysical doctrines. This has led to a type of new Enlightenment, which however is an Enlightenment after Marx, inasmuch it preserves all of Marx’s metaphysical negations. Del Noce maintained that the outcome", "title": "Augusto Del Noce" }, { "docid": "20365524", "text": "they are in the Netherlands, they should not have to deal with such a situation. They testify about their experiences before a Commission of the Dutch House of Representatives. Boris van der Ham, president of the Dutch Humanist Association, conducts conversations with them about what should be done about the situation. He also takes them on a visit to the Amsterdam City Archives, where they read documents about the Dutch Enlightenment philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), who was evicted from the Jewish community in 1656 because of his lack of faith. Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run", "title": "Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run" }, { "docid": "10273576", "text": "out\" - to combine meditation methods with the structure of an interpersonal workshop. The first experimental Enlightenment Intensive was held soon afterwards in the Californian desert with Charles and Ava Berner. Bill Savoie, in an unpublished book, The Bridge to One, writes that “in May 1968 Charles announced we would have a 5 day Enlightenment Intensive. We would just go for it and see what would happen. Charles had a community of about 150 people who would stay connected with his teachings. At that first Enlightenment Intensive there were 26 people. Both Peggy and I were there.\" “The Enlightenment Intensive", "title": "Enlightenment Intensive" }, { "docid": "7959082", "text": "2004, in response to a Historisch Nieuwsblad survey, which asked members of the Royal Netherlands Historical Society what were the classic works about Dutch history, \"The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477–1806\" came in second place. (\"Radical Enlightenment\" (2001), \"Enlightenment Contested\" (2006), and \"Democratic Enlightenment\" (2011) constitute a monumental trilogy on the history of the Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy. \"A Revolution of the Mind\" (2009) is a shorter work on the same theme.) The list above is complete . Jonathan Israel Jonathan Irvine Israel (born 26 January 1946) is a British writer and", "title": "Jonathan Israel" }, { "docid": "12081956", "text": "or kiss the boy on the cheek, causing sparks to shoot between the two children in what was dubbed the ‘electric kiss‘. Such marvels would certainly have entertained the audience, but the demonstration of physical principles also served an educational purpose. One 18th-century lecturer insisted on the utility of his demonstrations, stating that they were “useful for the good of society.” Increasing literacy rates in Europe during the course of the Enlightenment enabled science to enter popular culture through print. More formal works included explanations of scientific theories for individuals lacking the educational background to comprehend the original scientific text.", "title": "Science in the Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "3917338", "text": "books. He offered what he called \"The New Learning\", which included the works and ideas of Francis Bacon, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Boyle, Copernicus, and literary works by Shakespeare, Milton, and Addison. Enlightenment ideas were introduced to the colonists and diffused through Puritan educational and religious networks especially through Yale College in 1718. Enlightened Founding Fathers, especially Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington, fought for and eventually attained religious freedom for minority denominations. According to the founding fathers, the United States should be a country where peoples of all faiths could live in peace and mutual benefit.", "title": "American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "3434068", "text": "of ordering and fulfilment system. EPP is based on XML - a structured, text-based format. The underlying network transport is not fixed, although the only currently specified method is over TCP. The protocol has been designed with the flexibility to allow it to use other transports such as BEEP, SMTP, or SOAP. The first protocol drafts were published as IETF individual submission Internet-Draft documents by Scott Hollenbeck of Verisign in November 2000: The individual submission documents were adopted by the IETF \"Provisioning Registry\" (\"provreg\") working group, which was created after a BoF session was held at IETF-49 in December 2000.", "title": "Extensible Provisioning Protocol" }, { "docid": "15839876", "text": "a part of NVEEE's Anti-Bullying Campaign where communities students, teachers, community leaders and politicians nationwide are asked to get involved in the efforts to end school violence by not being a bystander. National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE) established in October 2009, is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent bullying, violence, and suicide among youth, families and communities through direct service, mentoring and prevention education. Locally in South Florida, NVEEE has created partnerships with: The NVEEE family consists of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters, who are not", "title": "National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "15839874", "text": "National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE) established in October 2009, is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent bullying, violence, and suicide among youth, families and communities through direct service, mentoring and prevention education. Locally in South Florida, NVEEE has created partnerships with: The NVEEE family consists of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters, who are not simply \"concerned\" about today’s youths, but who have taken the first step in refusing to be bystanders - instead leaders. NVEEE's goal is to prevent bullying and victimization, whether it is by", "title": "National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "250372", "text": "document text so that typesetting software could format the text according to the editor's specifications. It was a trial and error iterative process to get a document printed correctly. Availability of WYSIWYG (\"what you see is what you get\") publishing software supplanted much use of these languages among casual users, though serious publishing work still uses markup to specify the non-visual structure of texts, and WYSIWYG editors now usually save documents in a markup-language-based format. Another major publishing standard is TeX, created and refined by Donald Knuth in the 1970s and '80s. TeX concentrated on detailed layout of text and", "title": "Markup language" }, { "docid": "4868819", "text": "microcredit, and what he argues is a financial bubble created by the two. He teaches at Middlebury College. David Stoll David Stoll is an American anthropologist. In his book \"Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans\", Stoll documents the contrast between the testimony of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú, to anthropologist Elizabeth Burgos in 1982, and how her neighbors and relatives remember their history. Stoll also criticized solidarity scholars for using Menchú's story to ignore other indigenous perspectives that do not fit their political agenda. \"The New York Times\" confirmed his findings about Menchú's personal history in", "title": "David Stoll" }, { "docid": "3768696", "text": "the authenticity of several memos purporting to document irregularities in George W. Bush's National Guard service record. (See Killian documents and Killian documents authenticity issues.) CBS news anchor Dan Rather presented the memos as authentic in a September 8, 2004 report on \"60 Minutes Wednesday\", two months before the vote. Days after the broadcast, Johnson alleged the documents, supposedly typewritten in 1973, could have been created easily on a modern computer using Microsoft Word. Charles Foster Johnson Charles Foster Johnson (born April 13, 1953) is an American blogger, software developer, and former jazz guitarist. He has played on 29 albums.", "title": "Charles Foster Johnson" }, { "docid": "10043222", "text": "Council of the Cultural Revolution by Ali Khamenei's official order. He became the overseer of the Mausoleum of Khomeini. He spoke against America, Israel and what he called \"exploitative Iranian capitalists,\" on several occasions. During the Iran hostage crisis, he had a \"prominent role\" and made \"tough anti-American statements\". According to the hostages, after Ahmad's visit to the then taken over embassy, he greeted the students and congratulated them for their action. Emphasizing on that some of the hostages were CIA agents based on the discovered documents, he repeated his father's threat \"to put some of the captives on trial", "title": "Ahmad Khomeini" }, { "docid": "348165", "text": "heavily influenced the American colonists. In general, the English ruling classes of the 18th century vehemently opposed republicanism, typified by the attacks on John Wilkes, and especially on the American Revolution and the French Revolution. French and Swiss Enlightenment thinkers, such as Baron Charles de Montesquieu and later Jean-Jacques Rousseau, expanded upon and altered the ideas of what an ideal republic should be: some of their new ideas were scarcely traceable to antiquity or the Renaissance thinkers. Concepts they contributed, or heavily elaborated, were social contract, positive law, and mixed government. They also borrowed from, and distinguished republicanism from, the", "title": "Republicanism" }, { "docid": "20524652", "text": "to become the \"enlightened one.\" Among scholars, two opposing schools of thought persist on this issue. However, Zen adherents tend to favor the former view: that Śākyamuni attained enlightenment during his time in the mountains. This would suggest that Śākyamuni is portrayed as a bodhisattva, forestalling nirvana and descending from the mountain to assist others on the path to enlightenment. In light of this reading, Śākyamuni's subsequent meditation and what is conventionally understood as his enlightenment under the bodhi tree at Gaya then also poses an interpretive challenge to scholars. Although \"Shussan Shaka\" paintings indeed present viewers with the emaciated", "title": "Shussan Shaka" }, { "docid": "415748", "text": "visa requirements for citizens of the Central Asian Turkic republics. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has formed an alliance of trade between Turkey and the Central Asian states. Turkey is even working on developing solid relations with the other nations of the region, namely Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk created a radical shift in Turkish domestic and foreign policy by instituting a strong tradition of secular democracy, which had its roots in the West. Atatürk was an admirer of Enlightenment in many ways and made numerous reforms to modernize Turkey, based on the principles of positivist and rationalist Enlightenment,", "title": "Foreign relations of Turkey" }, { "docid": "7386538", "text": "out by Moheyan: yet, a principal point of Moheyan's teaching is that according to Moheyan, the root cause of samsara is the creation of false distinctions, \"vikalpa-citta\". As long as these false distinctions are being created, one is bound to samsara. According to Buton Rinchen Drub, Moheyan taught that carrying out good or evil acts binds one to transmigration. Moheyan's point is that the concept of good or false is itself still conceptual thinking, which obscures enlightenment. If all thought, good or bad, obscures enlightenment, then all actions must be based on the simplest principles of conduct. To achieve proper", "title": "Moheyan" }, { "docid": "1340870", "text": "republican ideas were and would continue to be embraced by creoles outside the Mexico City elite. These came out of Bourbon reforms in Europe that were based on the Enlightenment. Attacks on the Church by liberals in Spain and elsewhere in Europe would be repeated in Mexico during the La Reforma period. Ideals of the Constitution of Cadiz would find expression in the 1824 Constitution of Mexico. An interesting fact is that this constitution would influence political thought on both sides of the Mexican political spectrum, with even Iturbide bending to it when he created the first congress of an", "title": "Agustín de Iturbide" }, { "docid": "11105671", "text": "Version 3.0 of gOS solves the problem, as it is actually based on Ubuntu 8.04. Good OS claims that new versions of gOS won't use Ubuntu's upgrading repositories, to prevent the problem from happening again. A Live USB of gOS can be created manually or with UNetbootin. GOS (operating system) gOS or \"good OS\" was an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation. Its CIO David Liu described that after meeting Enlightenment and open source people, he realized that his dream to bring Web 2.0 applications into mainstream use could be achieved by creating a", "title": "GOS (operating system)" }, { "docid": "425623", "text": "originated during the Renaissance. Many of the leading universities associated with Enlightenment progressive principles were located in northern Europe, with the most renowned being the universities of Leiden, Göttingen, Halle, Montpellier, Uppsala and Edinburgh. These universities, especially Edinburgh, produced professors whose ideas had a significant impact on Britain's North American colonies and later the American Republic. Within the natural sciences, Edinburgh's medical school also led the way in chemistry, anatomy and pharmacology. In other parts of Europe, the universities and schools of France and most of Europe were bastions of traditionalism and were not hospitable to the Enlightenment. In France,", "title": "Age of Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "15483265", "text": "tools can effectively be applied to integration of \"shallow ontologies\". The evaluation dataset was extracted from Google, Yahoo and Looksmart web directories. The way these ontology pairs were created was to rely on a reference interpretation for nodes, constructed by looking at their use. The assumption was that the semantics of nodes could have been derived from their pragmatics, namely from analysing, which documents were classified under which nodes. The basic idea was therefore to compute the relationship hypotheses based on the co-occurrence of documents. The specific characteristics of the dataset were: In the directory track only 6 systems have", "title": "DSSim" }, { "docid": "2537747", "text": "Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department that the uranium \"allegations were unequivocally wrong and based on forged documents.\" Kristof added, \"The envoy's debunking of the forgery was passed around the administration and seemed to be accepted—except that President Bush and the State Department kept citing it anyway.\" Two months later, Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV came forward publicly and published a now-famous op-ed in \"The New York Times\" titled \"What I Didn't Find in Africa\". This set off a series of events which resulted in what become known as \"Plamegate\": the disclosure by journalist Robert Novak of the –", "title": "Nicholas Kristof" }, { "docid": "3917351", "text": "Joseph Priestley, the oxygen scientist. Doctor Samuel Johnson called Lord Edward Herbert the \"father of English Deism\". American Enlightenment The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 17th to 18th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the American Republic. The American Enlightenment was influenced by the 17th-century European Enlightenment and its own native American philosophy. According to James MacGregor Burns, the spirit of the American Enlightenment was to give Enlightenment ideals a practical, useful form in the life of the nation and its people. The Enlightenment applied", "title": "American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "3917333", "text": "American Enlightenment The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 17th to 18th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the American Republic. The American Enlightenment was influenced by the 17th-century European Enlightenment and its own native American philosophy. According to James MacGregor Burns, the spirit of the American Enlightenment was to give Enlightenment ideals a practical, useful form in the life of the nation and its people. The Enlightenment applied scientific reasoning to politics, science, and religion. It promoted religious tolerance and restored literature, arts, and music", "title": "American Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "12082445", "text": "open. One of the members of the Academy released a pamphlet reprimanding misogynist opinions. Though there were many women who participated, only winning a prize competition ensured publication. Women in the Enlightenment The role of women in the Enlightenment is often debated and frequently overlooked. Women during this era were not considered of equal status to men, and much of their work and effort was suppressed. Salons, coffeehouses, debating societies, academic competitions and print all became avenues for women to socialize, learn and discuss enlightenment ideas. These avenues furthered their roles in society and created stepping stones for future progress.", "title": "Women in the Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "8838268", "text": "quickly. Richard A. Russell, Deputy Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Information Sharing Customer Outreach (ISCO) said it was created so \"analysts in different agencies that work X or Y can go in and see what other people are doing on subject X or Y and actually add in their two cents worth ... or documents that they have. ... What we're after here is 'decision superiority', not 'information superiority'. ... We have to get inside the decision cycle of the enemy. We have to be able to discover what they're doing and respond to it effectively.\" In September 2007,", "title": "Intellipedia" }, { "docid": "4716572", "text": "said to have been in Western culture for \"time immemorial\". Machiavelli is said to have realized that a fear of youth is what kept the city of Florence from keeping a standing army. Ancient Venice and ancient Greece are also said to have had floundering public policy because of their fear of youth. Early American Puritanism has been seen as reliant on a fear of youth, who were seen as embodying adventure and enlightenment, and therefore were viewed as susceptible to \"decadent morality\". During the Industrial Revolution, Western European and North American popular media was particularly driven to propagate the", "title": "Ephebiphobia" }, { "docid": "4083588", "text": "was bound to occur when these land grants were reviewed under United States control. Title to some grants under United States control were rejected based on questionable documents especially when with predated documents, that could have been created post-United States occupancy in January 1847. After agriculture, cattle, sheep and horses were established by the Missions, Friars, soldiers and Mission Indians, the Rancho owners dismissed the Friars and the soldiers and took over the Mission land and livestock starting in 1834—the Mission Indians were left to survive however they could. The rancho owners tried to live in a grand style they", "title": "Californio" }, { "docid": "13776346", "text": "the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. Jessie Bernard characterized her own work as a movement towards contemporary feminism or what she also referred to as \"the feminist enlightenment\". Since the mid-1940s, Jessie's focus was to increase understanding of the effects of sexism on women's experience of marriage, parenting, education and economic life. This ultimately formed the largest part of her contributions to sociology and feminist theory. To sum up her contribution to sociology", "title": "Jessie Bernard" }, { "docid": "16408171", "text": "pages, from the following sources: The Pinochet File The Pinochet File is a National Security Archive book written by Peter Kornbluh covering over approximately two decades of declassified documents, from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), White House, and United States Department of State, regarding American covert activities in Chile. It is based on more than 24,000 previously classified documents that were released as part of the Chilean Declassification Project during the Clinton administration, between June 1999 and June 2000. \"The Pinochet File\" was selected as one of \"The Best Books of 2003\" in the nonfiction category", "title": "The Pinochet File" }, { "docid": "16408165", "text": "The Pinochet File The Pinochet File is a National Security Archive book written by Peter Kornbluh covering over approximately two decades of declassified documents, from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), White House, and United States Department of State, regarding American covert activities in Chile. It is based on more than 24,000 previously classified documents that were released as part of the Chilean Declassification Project during the Clinton administration, between June 1999 and June 2000. \"The Pinochet File\" was selected as one of \"The Best Books of 2003\" in the nonfiction category by the \"Los Angeles Times\".", "title": "The Pinochet File" }, { "docid": "252086", "text": "circles. Based on a broad variety of methods, e.g. historical documents, analysis of trade relations, floodplain sediments, pollen, tree-ring and further archaeometric analyses and population studies, Alfred Thomas Grove and Oliver Rackham's work on \"The Nature of Mediterranean Europe\" challenges this common wisdom of a Mediterranean Europe as a \"Lost Eden\", a formerly fertile and forested region, that had been progressively degraded and desertified by human mismanagement. The belief stems more from the failure of the recent landscape to measure up to the imaginary past of the classics as idealised by artists, poets and scientists of the early modern Enlightenment.", "title": "Mediterranean Sea" }, { "docid": "10893335", "text": "Modern Greek Enlightenment and the development of Greek nationalism, names from antiquity became popular again. Family names may be patronymic in origin or else based on occupation, location, or personal characteristic. These origins are often indicated by prefixes or suffixes. Traditionally a woman used a feminine version of her father's family name, replacing it with a feminine version of her husband's family name on marriage. In modern Greece, a woman keeps her father's family name for life but may use a husband's name. In official documents in modern Greece, people are given three names: a given name, a patronymic and", "title": "Greek name" }, { "docid": "2152131", "text": "Originally intended to be included in \"Cryptonomicon\", Stephenson instead used the material as the foundation for \"Quicksilver\", the first volume of the \"Baroque Cycle\". The research for the sprawling historical novel created what Stephenson called \"data management problems\", and he resorted to a system of notebooks to record research, track characters, and find material during the writing process. In \"Quicksilver\", Stephenson places the ancestors of the \"Cryptonomicon\"'s characters in Enlightenment Europe alongside a cast of historical individuals from Restoration England and the Enlightenment. Amongst the cast are some of the most prominent natural philosophers, mathematicians and scientists (Newton and Leibniz),", "title": "Quicksilver (novel)" }, { "docid": "17074051", "text": "Zen Buddhism two main views on the way to enlightenment are discernible, namely sudden and gradual enlightenment. Early Chán recognized the \"\"transcendence of the body and mind\"\", followed by \"\"non-defilement [of] knowledge and perception\"\", meaning sudden insight into the true nature followed by gradual purification of intentions. In the 8th-century the Ch'an-history was effectively re-fashioned by Shenhui, who created a dichotomy between the so-called \"Northern School\", led by Yuquan Shenxiu, and his own line of teaching, which he called the \"Southern school\". Shenhui placed Hui-neng into prominence as the sixth Chán-patriarch, and emphasized \"sudden enlightenment\", as opposed to the concurrent", "title": "Doctrinal background of Zen" }, { "docid": "13761121", "text": "formation of the Ku Klux Klan. The reviewer for \"The National Interest\" noted that Herman's study falls short of explaining why the Scottish Enlightenment ended and why \"Scotland had declined into a backwater by the end of the 19th century\". How the Scots Invented the Modern World How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It (or \"The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots invention of the Modern World\") is a non-fiction book written by American historian Arthur Herman. The book examines the origins of the Scottish Enlightenment", "title": "How the Scots Invented the Modern World" }, { "docid": "2856354", "text": "own reason and to speak in his own person.\" Staying on the religious theme, Kant asks whether a religious synod or presbytery should be entitled to “commit itself by oath to a certain unalterable set of doctrines.” He answers that a contract like this prevents “all further enlightenment of mankind forever.” It is impossible and immoral that the people of one generation could restrict the thoughts of the next generation, to prevent the extension and correction of previous knowledge, and stop all future progress. Based on this, later generations are not bound by the oaths of preceding generations. With freedom,", "title": "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" }, { "docid": "11145574", "text": "The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment The Lazy Man’s Guide To Enlightenment is a 1971 philosophical essay by American author Thaddeus Golas. Originally started as a letter for friends, the book itself began as a mimeographed pamphlet which Golas handed out on the streets of San Francisco in 1971. It was first published as a book in 1971 by Joe E. Casey, but was then taken over by the Palo Alto, California based Seed Center in 1972. The book was an underground bestseller, and in 1979, was published by Bantam Books. In 1995, Gibbs Smith, Publisher, of Utah, issued a", "title": "The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment" }, { "docid": "9364094", "text": "Diplomacy Monitor Diplomacy Monitor was a free Internet-based tool created in 2003 to monitor diplomacy documents (communiqués, official statements, interview transcripts, etc.) published in various diplomacy-related websites, including official sources from governments (head of state websites, consulates, foreign ministries) all over the world. Diplomacy Monitor addressed the emerging Internet-based public diplomacy, whereby the growing number of governments embraces the power of internet to communicate with public worldwide. The core of the Monitor was a web crawler which operated on the websites of interest. After the crawler identified documents of potential interest, they were reviewed and processed by the editorial staff", "title": "Diplomacy Monitor" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19035196", "text": "she goes in a \"conciliatory\" direction. Lyrically, it talks about a one-night stand, presenting a dichotomy between heart and head, when we are with someone we shouldn't be with, or we want to be with someone we shouldn't be with. Though denied by Goulding, \"On My Mind\" was described by many critics as an answer song to Ed Sheeran's \"Don't\" (2014). According to Horton, while in \"Don't\", Sheeran sings, \"Don't fuck with my love\", Goulding responds in \"On My Mind\", \"You don't mess with love/You mess with the truth\". \"Q\" described it as a \"guitar led, Swiftian tale of a", "title": "On My Mind (Ellie Goulding song)" }, { "docid": "8258468", "text": "on that album, the others being the title track, \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" (recorded as \"Daddy, You Been on My Mind\"), and \"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall\". Baez sings \"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue\" in a falsetto voice, but retains the power of Dylan's version. Baez has continued to perform the song at live concerts well into the modern era. Others who have covered the song include Columbia Records contemporary Dion DiMucci (who recorded the song one half year prior to Them's version), The Country Gentlemen, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, Manfred Mann's Earth", "title": "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" }, { "docid": "4805428", "text": "a double sided hit reaching number 16 on \"Billboard\" magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in November 1972. In the UK \"Always on My Mind\" was the hit song and \"Separate Ways\" was the B-side. It was voted the number 1 song of Presley's recording career in a poll conducted by ITV in 2013. In 1979, John Wesley Ryles reached number 20 on the US country charts with his rendition, entitled \"You Are Always on My Mind\", from the album \"Let the Night Begin\". The rendition was produced by Bob Montgomery. A review in \"Billboard\" praised the \"brightly mixed vocals\" and", "title": "Always on My Mind" }, { "docid": "18322067", "text": "a dominant female who nurses a broken heart of her lover as she sings \"Let me kiss it and make it better/After tonight you will forget her\". However, Lords later stated she initially wrote it about a drug addiction: \"You will forget her\" was always about \"Forget your heroin.\" It was never about a person. When I wrote it, it didn't even cross my mind. But then, yeah, sure, later, I thought, \"Let me kiss it - and I went, \"Oh, ****!\" But that's not where I was coming from. It really wasn't. Now I see it, it has all", "title": "Control (Traci Lords song)" }, { "docid": "20276640", "text": "Lose My Mind (Dean Lewis song) \"Lose My Mind\" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. Released in July 2017 as the third single from his debut extended play \"Same Kind of Different\" (2017). Lewis explained: \"\"Lose My Mind\" could be my favourite song on the EP, it's about how you feel when you are on the verge of losing someone and you feel like you can't live without them. It's like the first night without that person who has been there for you. I remember feeling like the walls were closing in cause that person who", "title": "Lose My Mind (Dean Lewis song)" }, { "docid": "5256746", "text": "Fury\". The Notorious B.I.G. references \"Mind Playing Tricks on Me\" and sings the guitar line from the song's chorus (originally sampled from the Isaac Hayes song \"Hung up on my Baby\") in his hit \"One More Chance.\" In the song \"She Lives In My Lap\" off the highly successful 2003 OutKast album \"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below\", Andre 3000 samples Scarface's vocals from the track. In the track \"Walk in the Streets\" The Game references the song with the lines: \"Must I remind you of that Geto Boy track/ Your mind is playing tricks on you, you'll never go plaque\". Game also", "title": "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" }, { "docid": "16236001", "text": "solo before the other instruments enter to form the musical foundation. Selena sings to her absent lover about how much she misses him, saying that he is \"always on [her] mind\" and that she feels lonely when he is not with her. Three times she sings, \"I often think of the happy times we spent together / And I just can't wait to tell you that I love you\". In the chorus, she sings of wanting to hold him tight and feel his heartbeat. \"Missing My Baby\" received positive reviews from critics. \"Vibe\" magazine reported that Full Force was awarded", "title": "Missing My Baby" }, { "docid": "6247760", "text": "in 2001. The corps sings in harmony before entering the field before each performance. All Crown alumni are welcomed to sing this with the corps. The adjusted lyrics are: \"In my mind I'm going to Carolina can't you see the sunshine, this feeling lasts for a lifetime, something that I have come to find, I'll never leave behind, yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind.\" Theme from \"Band of Brothers\" In addition to the corps song, the hornline also sings and performs the theme from the HBO miniseries \"Band of Brothers\" (composed by Michael Kamen; arranged by Michael Klesch)", "title": "Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "19295980", "text": "\"her worth as artist and business asset.\" The song opens with \"a Peter Pan metaphor about being held back from maturing,\" where she sings: \"I come fluttering in from Neverland [...] Why will you never let me grow?.\" In the chorus, she bluntly sings: \"I got to do things my own way, darling,\" while also complaining and asking \"in a thick patois\": \"Will you ever let me? Will you ever respect me? No!.\" During the second verse, she \"asserts that she's through with acting as the world's avatar,\" asking: \"Darling, would you mind giving my reflection a break from the", "title": "Consideration (song)" }, { "docid": "2778236", "text": "Womack's work, covered \"If You Think You're Lonely Now\" in 1994. Hailey again covered Womack in 2006 with his rendition of \"A Woman's Gotta Have It\". The song is referenced in Mariah Carey's song \"We Belong Together\", a number one hit in June 2005. Carey sings \"I can't sleep at night / When you are on my mind / Bobby Womack's on the radio / Singing to me: 'If you think you're lonely now.' \" In 2007, R&B singer Jaheim interpolated the song as \"Lonely\" on his album \"The Makings of a Man\". Neo soul singer Calvin Richardson also covered", "title": "Bobby Womack" }, { "docid": "19430638", "text": "the Cupcakes 1963, Jerry Lee Lewis 1965, Carl Hall 1966, Sleepy LaBeef 1970, Price Mitchell & Jerri Kelly 1974, Carol Channing & Webb Pierce 1977, and by Dale Sellers. The song was also the title track on albums of the same title by Jean Shephard 1961 and William Galison and Madeleine Peyroux 2004. Got You on My Mind (song) \"Got You on My Mind\" is a song written by Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas. The lyrics commence: \"Got you on my mind feeling kinda sad and low / Wonderin' where you are / wonderin' why you had to go /", "title": "Got You on My Mind (song)" }, { "docid": "17452206", "text": "know my intentions / I know you can go all night / I just wanna touch you / girl just let me touch you / I know it’s been on your mind\". Lyrically, the song came from a phrase he always says to his longtime girlfriend Anna Kournikova. Speaking to Ryan Seacrest, Enrique said, \"You know how it started? I always walk around my house and I'm always joking around and there’s a phrase in the song that says ‘Gimme some of that.’ And I’m always saying that, saying ‘Gimme some of that’ and … doing a stupid little dance.", "title": "Turn the Night Up" }, { "docid": "19430637", "text": "Got You on My Mind (song) \"Got You on My Mind\" is a song written by Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas. The lyrics commence: \"Got you on my mind feeling kinda sad and low / Wonderin' where you are / wonderin' why you had to go / Tears began to fall ev'rytime I hear your name.\" The song was recorded by John Greer and the Rhythm Rockers 1951, for whom it was a hit, and then covered by Hawkshaw Hawkins 1952, Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra 1952, Jim Reeves early 1950s, Varetta Dillard 1956, The Del Royals 1961, Cookie and", "title": "Got You on My Mind (song)" }, { "docid": "16952870", "text": "single, on December 14, 2012 in Germany and later in the rest of Europe and Canada. It is a dance-pop and electropop song with elements of Latin pop, house music, R&B and folk featuring accordion and bagpipes. The song begins with an entry diary written by Furtado to introduce the song, featuring harp, bagpipes, sounds of waves and sea gulls. In the chorus she sings: \"Day and night / Day and night / You blow my mind / Blow my mind.\" The songs ends with her father, \"Antonio Jose Furtado\", saying, \"Oh, man, that's so rock'n'roll\". According to Furtado, it", "title": "Waiting for the Night (song)" }, { "docid": "19080499", "text": "she explained that the demons represent \"those thoughts about this other person [that] will always haunt you a bit\" and \"always stick with you\". Then, she is walking on the city streets when the demons start to follow her. She runs barefoot through the woods, where she stops and sings around the entities. At the end of the video, they flow back inside of her and Lo returns to her bedroom. Tove Lo performed \"Out of Mind\" and \"Not Made For This World\" for the first time alongside \"Habits\" and \"Love Ballad\" at Swedish radio station P3 on 10 April", "title": "Out of Mind (Tove Lo song)" }, { "docid": "19921051", "text": "Mind Games (Banks song) \"Mind Games\" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Banks for her second studio album, \"The Altar\" (2016). It was released as the album's third single on August 19, 2016. The song was written by Banks, Christopher Taylor, Tim Anderson and produced by the last two. Lyrically, the song is about singer’s love affair with manipulation, with the line \"cause my addiction to these contradictions make it confusing.\" In the song's chorus Banks sings repetitively \"Do you see me now?\", matching the dysfunctional romance of the song. Gabriel Aikins from \"Substream Magazine\" wrote about", "title": "Mind Games (Banks song)" }, { "docid": "7634253", "text": "In the Back of My Mind \"In the Back of My Mind\" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys, first released on their 1965 album \"The Beach Boys Today!\". It is a heavily orchestrated ballad in 6/8 time. Dennis Wilson largely sings lead unaccompanied though briefly during the middle-eight, his brothers Brian and Carl sing two lines in unison. Biographer Peter Ames Carlin said of the track: \"It's like the orchestra is falling apart. It's about the guy's wife, and that's the most intimate relationship you can have. It radiates", "title": "In the Back of My Mind" }, { "docid": "16048500", "text": "that. It's very much a dance type song. It will make you get up and dance and sing along in your car.\" The song opens with Black singing \"When I talk, you listen, I like that/When you listen, you smile and I like that/Why you lookin' lookin' at me just like that?\" Near the end of the song, Black sings \"Can't deny, you're implicated/In the mayhem in my mind/What has got me so frustrated/You should be mine, you should be mine\" \"Person of Interest\" received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. \"Entertainment Weekly\" admitted that the song \"could totally", "title": "Person of Interest (song)" }, { "docid": "18574246", "text": "'You Done Me Wrong' (written by him) and 'It's a Sin' - are among the best things he's ever recorded.\" Trouble in Mind (George Jones album) Trouble in Mind is a George Jones album released on the United Artists label in 1966. \"Trouble in Mind\" and \"Worried Mind\" had previously been released on the LP \"George Jones Sings Bob Wills\" in 1962, while \"I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep\" and \"Take These Chains from My Heart\" were included on \"My Favorites of Hank Williams\", also released in 1962. George Bedard of AllMusic wrote: \"One of his best albums, there", "title": "Trouble in Mind (George Jones album)" }, { "docid": "4805435", "text": "the song for \"Dance Dance Revolution X\" which was released for both arcades and the Sony PlayStation 2 console. In 2010, the song was re-used for \"Dance Dance Revolution X2\" which was released for arcades. In 2017, Burberry released its Holiday campaign, as directed by Alasdair McLellan, which features Cara Delevingne and actor Matt Smith. It opens with Delevingne singing \"Always on My Mind\" before segueing into the Pet Shop Boys cover of the song. Always on My Mind \"Always on My Mind\" is a song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson, recorded first by B.J. Thomas in", "title": "Always on My Mind" }, { "docid": "5783998", "text": "men are applauded for their sexual behaviors, while women who behave in a similar fashion are disdained. In the book \"Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop\", Susan Hadley and George Yancy discuss that \"Can't Hold Us Down\" is a hip hop song that \"encourages young women to be proud, strong, and empowered to be all that they can be\". At the song's first verse, Aguilera sings \"Call me a bitch 'cause I speak what's on my mind / Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled\"; she later rejects that all women \"should be seen, not", "title": "Can't Hold Us Down" }, { "docid": "3333102", "text": "looove that album [...] songs i liked were \"I Wanna Be Down\" and \"Always on My Mind\"... nice.\" Fellow neo soul artist Jill Scott particularly praised the songs \"Sunny Day\" and \"Always On My Mind\" saying \"I listen to her shit all the time\". Pop group Karmin's song \"Brokenhearted\" was inspired by Brandy's song of the same name. Canadian recording artist Drake sampled all three parts of \"I Dedicate\" on his 2016 album \"VIEWS\" for the song \"Fire & Desire\". Gospel recording artists The Walls Group remade the song \"Always On My Mind\", turning it into \"God On My Mind\".", "title": "Brandy (album)" }, { "docid": "5552099", "text": "Family always in my mind and to honour them throughout my life. As I had always the protection of the Holy Family I can tell you with confidence that I have never lost the baptismal grace I received in baptism. I dedicate our little Congregation and each of you to the Holy Family. Always rely on Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Let the Holy Family reign in your hearts. Don’t be sad about my dying. Joyfully submit yourselves to the will of God. God is all powerful and His blessings are countless. God will provide you with a new Prior who", "title": "Kuriakose Elias Chavara" }, { "docid": "10233867", "text": "and white. In 2005, on the third season of \"Australian Idol\", the song was performed by contestant Tarni Stephans on the Top 12 Australiana theme night. Stephans was eliminated the next night on the verdict show, however she recorded a cover of this song on that season's cast album. In 2007, \"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\" was performed again on the fifth season of \"Australian Idol\" by Natalie Gauci who eventually won the series. Gauci recorded a cover of the song for her \"Winner's Journey\" album. (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind \"(Baby I've Got You) On", "title": "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" }, { "docid": "11288817", "text": "released in recent years on the budget \"The Collection\" compilation and \"Classics & Collectibles\" (2005). \"I Have Dreamed,\" \"Country Girl,\" \"When the World Was Young,\" \"Someone to Light Up My Life,\" \"The Impossible Dream,\" \"If She Walked Into My Life,\" \"Who (Will Take My Place)\" and \"Lost in the Stars\" are included on \"Classics & Collectibles\", while \"The Look of Love\" is included on \"The Collection\". \"Will You Still Be Mine,\" \"The Song Is You\" and \"Only the Young\" remain unavailable. \"Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series\" received mixed reviews by the majority of critics. Richie Unterberger,", "title": "Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series" }, { "docid": "15410256", "text": "who you would want to be. This record is more concerned with trying to figure out what's real, with daring to deal with things as they actually are.\" \"Rolling Stone\" gave \"Sondre Lerche\" 3 out of 5 stars saying, \"'To divert my mind/I try to make another love song rhyme,' Sondre Lerche sings on his sixth album. That this couplet (in \"Coliseum Town\") technically fails to rhyme itself is just one of many wry touches on \"Sondre Lerche\". The Norwegian-born singer/songwriter mixes his usual verbose confessionals with sparser production than on past efforts, sifting in raw, chilly blues (\"Tied Up", "title": "Sondre Lerche (album)" }, { "docid": "9523833", "text": "who sings \"It Sure Was Good\" with her ex, a song that nostalgically recalled the good times of a broken relationship (Ironically, the song was co-authored by George Richey, who Wynette married in the summer of 1978). The ambitious pairings with pop and rock singers may have displeased many hardcore Jones fans but one of the songs, James Taylor's \"Bartender's Blues\", had been a top ten country hit in 1978. Taylor wrote the tune with Jones in mind and sang harmony on the track. Pop star Linda Ronstadt also joins Jones on the wistful \"I've Turned You To Stone\" and", "title": "My Very Special Guests" }, { "docid": "6057016", "text": "Got My Mind Set on You \"Got My Mind Set on You\" (also written as \"(Got My Mind) Set on You\") is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962, under the title \"I've Got My Mind Set on You\". An edited version of the song was released later in the year as a single on the Dynamic Sound label. In 1987, George Harrison released a cover version of the song as a single, and released it on his album \"Cloud Nine,\" which he had recorded on his own Dark Horse Records", "title": "Got My Mind Set on You" }, { "docid": "18508146", "text": "is later shown singing and dancing with the backup dancers. Another scene, Adelén is holding balloons. The scenes are shown repeatedly throughout the video. Always on My Mind (Adelén song) Always On My Mind is a single by Norwegian singer Adelén. It was released by Sony Music Entertainment Norway as her third single on March 14, 2014. It was only released in Norway. Like her previous singles, this single includes also preferences from Mediterranean music style. The music video was released on YouTube on March 14, 2014. The video begins as Adelén standing in a dark place. In the next", "title": "Always on My Mind (Adelén song)" }, { "docid": "5559929", "text": "from Alexis Mardas, had been fabricated.) Lennon once said of the song: \"That was inspired by Maharishi. I wrote it when we had our bags packed and were leaving. It was the last piece I wrote before I left India. I just called him, 'Sexy Sadie,' instead of (sings) 'Maharishi what have you done, you made a fool...' I was just using the situation to write a song, rather calculatingly but also to express what I felt. I was leaving the Maharishi with a bad taste. You know, it seems that my partings are always not as nice as I'd", "title": "Sexy Sadie" }, { "docid": "14530677", "text": "on the Country Songs chart, but it charted better on the Adult contemporary charts. Backed by shakers and a piano melody, Jewel sings about \"Letting someone know you love them, while you can.\" She said on her website: \"Hands down my favorite message on the album. This is up there with 'Hands,' and 'Life Uncommon' for me. I really believe we don't always know what it takes to be happy and satisfied. Sometimes it's simpler than we know: finding those you love and letting them know you do. To me that is the definition of the word. My favorite spot", "title": "Satisfied (Jewel song)" }, { "docid": "20960785", "text": "Surfer\". \"It's Your Life\" was released as the third single from debut studio album, \"\"My Paper Heart\"\" on August 1, 2009. Battistelli sings on this song that \"The world is watching you.\" She told NewReleaseToday in a 2011 interview,\"There are always people looking to see if I'm behaving like a good Christian. It's something that I've learned sometimes the hard way. It's something that you have to consciously be aware of, and I think as someone in the limelight, it's more pronounced. But it's a good lesson for believers everywhere that we're not supposed to be one person in that", "title": "It's Your Life (Francesca Battistelli song)" }, { "docid": "9928992", "text": "Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones is Vinton's fourth studio album, released in 1962. There were two singles from this album: \"Rain Rain Go Away\" and \"I Love You the Way You Are\" (the latter written completely by Vinton). Cover versions include \"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You\", \"Ramblin' Rose\", \"The Twelfth of Never\", \"Because of You\", \"Be My Love\", \"My Heart Cries for You\", \"I Remember You\", \"He'll Have to Go\" and \"Autumn Leaves\". The song \"I Love You The Way You Are\" was originally recorded in the late 50s as a demo and", "title": "Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones" }, { "docid": "13339854", "text": "On My Mind\" has also become one of the most successful singles of all time in New Zealand, landing at number one on the Best of All Time Singles Chart, a chart that has been tracking singles since 1994. The title was previously held by \"Bathe in the River\" by Hollie Smith. Always on My Mind (Tiki Taane song) \"Always On My Mind\" is a single by the New Zealand singer Tiki Taane. It was released as the first single from Taane's first solo album, \"Past, Present, Future\". It reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song", "title": "Always on My Mind (Tiki Taane song)" }, { "docid": "13339853", "text": "Always on My Mind (Tiki Taane song) \"Always On My Mind\" is a single by the New Zealand singer Tiki Taane. It was released as the first single from Taane's first solo album, \"Past, Present, Future\". It reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song has been certified 2x Platinum and made it to #1 in New Zealand, knocking Chris Brown off the top spot after a seven-week reign. The song spent nineteen non-consecutive weeks in the top ten, including two weeks at number one, and a total of fifty-five weeks in the chart so far. \"Always", "title": "Always on My Mind (Tiki Taane song)" }, { "docid": "12857048", "text": "Johnny Christopher's \"Always on My Mind\". Haggard had no interest in recording a version of the song for the album, so instead Nelson recorded his own version—the first for the album entitled \"Always on My Mind\". In his autobiography, Nelson stated: \"We'll never know what would have happened if Merle had really heard the song right. 'Always on My Mind' bowled me over the moment I first heard it, which is one way I pick songs to record\". The rest of the album was constituted by adult-contemporary and pop standards, such as \"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man\" and Paul", "title": "Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)" }, { "docid": "11020632", "text": "song Shel Silverstein and I had written about the New Orleans witch Marie Lavaux called, 'POOF, ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE.' \" \"My friend said, “Up to now I was buying this whole singer/songwriter bit. Now, you try to pass off a hit song as yours. I’m not buying that!” “What are you talking about?” I said. “I’m probably one of only three or four people who know that song.” “Yeah, right,\" my friend replied. \"That song is number one on the country charts right now. Bobby Bare sings it.” And he went over and turned on the radio. And they", "title": "Baxter Taylor" }, { "docid": "3943786", "text": "the hardcore twang in her vocal style.\" In 1974 Smith released the singles \"I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)\" and \"I've Got My Baby on My Mind\", which both reached No. 13 on the \"Billboard Magazine\" Hot Country Singles chart. In 1975, she released her second gospel album with the label, entitled \"Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel\", which was a tribute to the gospel material that Hank Williams recorded. That year, she also released a cover of Williams' secular \"Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)\" as a single. In 1976, Smith released two", "title": "Connie Smith" }, { "docid": "16852372", "text": "Keys sings about being a brand new version of herself, where nobody has control of her mind, heart and soul. On her official website, the singer wrote: \"Brand new me is about the journey it takes to get to a place where you are proud to be a new you.\" She sings over the soft piano melody: \"It's , I'm not who I was before/You look surprised your words don't burn me anymore/Been meaning to tell ya, but I guess it's plain to see/Don't be mad, it's just a brand-new kinda me/Can't be bad, I've found a brand-new kinda free.\"", "title": "Brand New Me (Alicia Keys song)" }, { "docid": "9803998", "text": "life I'm livin', And thank God for all He's givin', and my heart sings this Carolina love song I've got South Carolina on my mind Remembering all those sunshine Summertimes, And the beauty of the Autumn when the leaves turn to gold Touches my heart and thrills my soul to have South Carolina on my mind, With those clean snow-covered mountain Wintertimes And the white sand of the beaches and those Carolina peaches, I've got South Carolina on my mind I've got South Carolina on my mind I've got South Carolina On my mind South Carolina Code of Laws 1-1-685:", "title": "South Carolina on My Mind" }, { "docid": "18574245", "text": "Trouble in Mind (George Jones album) Trouble in Mind is a George Jones album released on the United Artists label in 1966. \"Trouble in Mind\" and \"Worried Mind\" had previously been released on the LP \"George Jones Sings Bob Wills\" in 1962, while \"I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep\" and \"Take These Chains from My Heart\" were included on \"My Favorites of Hank Williams\", also released in 1962. George Bedard of AllMusic wrote: \"One of his best albums, there are sappy vocal choruses on some of the tunes, but they can't diminish George Jones. A few that don't -", "title": "Trouble in Mind (George Jones album)" }, { "docid": "19941129", "text": "published by the Warner Music Group, the song is written in the key of D major with a moderately slow beat consisting of 125 beats per minute. In the lyrics of \"My Father's Song\", Streisand sings about discussions with her father where he claims, \"Whatever you are, you're going to be / Whatever you are is all right with me\". Simon Price of London's \"The Quietus\" spoke highly of \"My Father's Song\" and the three others Rupert-written tracks on \"Lazy Afternoon\" (\"Lazy Afternoon\", \"Letters That Cross in the Mail\", and \"Widescreen\"). His favoritism stemmed from the \"collaborative spirit that you", "title": "My Father's Song" }, { "docid": "6057021", "text": "significant airplay, and was nominated for three MTV VMAs. Harrison's version of the song was parodied by \"Weird Al\" Yankovic on his 1988 album \"Even Worse,\" as \"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long\" poking fun at the repetitive nature of the lyrics. Shakin' Stevens recorded the song for his 2006 album \"Now Listen\". Irish singer Lee Matthews covered it in his 2015 album \"It's a Great Day to Be Alive\". Got My Mind Set on You \"Got My Mind Set on You\" (also written as \"(Got My Mind) Set on You\") is a song written and composed by Rudy Clark", "title": "Got My Mind Set on You" }, { "docid": "16843097", "text": "My Mind\". Mama, You Been on My Mind \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Written in 1964 during a trip to Europe, the song dealt with his recent breakup with his girlfriend, Suze Rotolo. Dylan first recorded the song in June of that year during a session for his album \"Another Side of Bob Dylan\". However, the song was not included on the album, and Dylan's version remained unreleased until 1991. In total, in the 1990s and 2000s four versions were put out on Dylan's \"Bootleg Series\" of releases, including two live", "title": "Mama, You Been on My Mind" }, { "docid": "20276641", "text": "I could always turn to was gone. That felt like losing my mind.\" In August 2017, \"Lose My Mind\" was used in a television promotion for the Seven Network's show \"800 Words\". \"Lose My Mind\" was ARIA certified platinum. An acoustic version was released on 20 October 2017. Lose My Mind (Dean Lewis song) \"Lose My Mind\" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. Released in July 2017 as the third single from his debut extended play \"Same Kind of Different\" (2017). Lewis explained: \"\"Lose My Mind\" could be my favourite song on the EP, it's about", "title": "Lose My Mind (Dean Lewis song)" }, { "docid": "8606260", "text": "When (Red Vincent Hurley song) \"When\" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in English by Red Vincent Hurley. The song is a ballad, with Hurley singing about the manner in which \"my thoughts run on to you\" at various times during the day. It is later revealed, however, that the lover he sings about is no longer with him, something which plays on his mind considerably. The song ends with a plea for this lover to return to him. The song was performed seventh on the night (following Belgium's Pierre Rapsat with \"Judy et Cie\"", "title": "When (Red Vincent Hurley song)" }, { "docid": "8715624", "text": "Shara Barkhovot \"Shara Barkhovot\" (Hebrew script: שרה ברחובות, English translation: \"Singing In The Streets\") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Hebrew by Rita. The song is a ballad, with Rita describing her ambiguous feelings about a relationship. She sings of her lover that \"you, who are all my life/Will remain a salt inscription on my hands\" and remarks that \"the great waters/Have gone far away and don't come to me anymore\". As a result of this, she sings that she has left her lover and is now singing in the streets to avoid confronting", "title": "Shara Barkhovot" }, { "docid": "13248633", "text": "interview : \"We were discussing the whole project at Sony BMG and they asked me \"Who would you like to do a duet with?\" The first person that came into my mind was Aaron Neville, because I'd seen him a few months ago here in Brussels and I was just amazed at his voice! This man has a unique voice... his voice is incomparable. The song goes \"What's a woman if a man doesn't treat her right?\" And the fact that a man sings that gives it another dimension. I thought that was interesting.\" The song is featured in the", "title": "What's a Woman?" }, { "docid": "13907862", "text": "in which Rihanna sings, \"And you can see my heart beating/ You can see it through my chest/ I said I'm terrified, but I'm not leaving/ I know that I must pass this test/ So just pull the trigger.\" In the upcoming verse, the character that the singer portrays in the song it's scared that the man talking to her will always have a power over, \"Say a prayer to yourself/ He says close your eyes/ Sometimes it helps/ And then I get a scary thought/ That he's here means he's never lost.\" \"Russian Roulette\" ends with a sound of", "title": "Russian Roulette (song)" }, { "docid": "18207916", "text": "me higher/You set my heart on fire/When you touch my body/Got me singing like\" with Carey's hook harmonizing around. Jason Lipshutz of \"Billboard\" commented that in the song, \"Fifth Harmony admirably pulls off the sunny R&B vibe and falsetto runs of the pop icon they're honoring on the track\". \"Them Girls Be Like\" lyrics also feature cultural references, as noted by Lipshutz who wrote, \"like 'Boss', the song oozes self-assuredness, this time swatting down female rivals instead of tongue-wagging males. The millennial-friendly lyrics are an absolute blast to swim through\". During the song, the group sings: \"We ain't like them", "title": "Reflection (Fifth Harmony album)" }, { "docid": "16798321", "text": "In the song, Del Rey sings over a string-drenched, piano-driven melody produced by Rick Rubin. Lyrically, the song was written by Del Rey and Justin Parker, who co-wrote almost every song on Del Rey's debut album, \"Born to Die\". In the song, Del Rey sings lines such as, \"I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy\" and \"Been trying' hard not to get into trouble/But I, I've got a war in my mind... so I just ride\". The song opens with an audible inhalation, before Del Rey gushes out, \"I've been out on that open road\". The recording features mild", "title": "Ride (Lana Del Rey song)" }, { "docid": "13384639", "text": "who is deceptively claiming he's had sex with her. Several critics believed that the \"guy\" in question was Eminem, who allegedly spread rumors about their involvement. \"H.A.T.E.U.\" stands for \"Having a Typical Emotional Upset\", and it's a painfully slow track about the emotional torment of lovers being torn apart, while in \"Candy Bling\" she wishes she could relive happier times before cherished relationships ended. On \"Ribbon,\" she sings, \"You give my body chills/ … And boy I got your lovin' on my mind,\" while on \"Inseparable\", Mariah sings about true love alongside a thumbing bass. \"It's a Wrap\" has Mariah", "title": "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" }, { "docid": "12523016", "text": "on vocals. 5. Faded Sean Deans wrote the dancehall beat, while P Diggs performed a duet with Taane, as well as co-writing the song. The song is about friendship, respect, love and admiration. 6. Saviour Dub Motive from Melbourne produced most of the beat for this track, which features a \"reggae jungle crossover sound\". 7. Always on My Mind This track features Taane on acoustic guitar and vocals. Taane wrote \"Always on My Mind\" for his ex-girlfriend. A triumph of song writing and performing, \"Always on my Mind\" held the number one spot in the New Zealand top 40 chart", "title": "Past, Present, Future (Tiki Taane album)" }, { "docid": "14591524", "text": "Queen sings: \"Pure love does not fight, it does not hurt you, love that is pure does not cause you to fall\", and described the song as \"an honest statement of what love is\". \"I Do\" is a minor-key, mid-tempo pop and R&B power ballad built on a handclapped rhythm and piano. Lyrically, the song is a message to men and women; Queen sings: \"My ladies, if you know better, if he loves you, let him come back. My fellas, if you love her, don't let nothing hold you back, run out and look for her\". Queen recorded the song", "title": "Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album)" }, { "docid": "13102366", "text": "S.H.E. releasing it as Always on My Mind. Read My Mind (Sweetbox song) \"Read My Mind\" is the first single by Sweetbox from the album \"Jade,\" with Jade Villalon as a frontwoman. \"Read My Mind\" samples \"Cavalleria Rusticana\" from Pietro Mascagni. An acoustic version and the music video of the song can be found on the album \"Jade (Silver Edition).\" A live version of the song can be found on the album \"Live.\" The song was composed by Geoman and Villalon, and the music video for the song was directed by Marc Schoelermann. The 'EP Edition' was remixed by Satoshi", "title": "Read My Mind (Sweetbox song)" }, { "docid": "8998219", "text": "them \"confessional ballads\", with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. \"Dreaming of You\" begins with a moderately slow beat. Selena sings that she is up at night thinking of her lover, \"wishing on a star\" that he is thinking of her too. The song then plays at a moderate tempo, when Selena sings the chorus that she is dreaming of her lover and telling him that she plans on holding him the next day. She then asks her love interest \"if you looked in my eyes, would you see what's inside, would you even", "title": "Dreaming of You (Selena song)" }, { "docid": "2332477", "text": "knowing it. Crespel tells Frantz, his servant, to stay with his daughter, and when Crespel leaves, Frantz sings a comical song about his own talents \"\" – \"Day and night I quarter my mind.\" When Crespel leaves his house, Hoffmann takes advantage of the occasion to sneak in, and the lovers are reunited (love duet: \"\" – \"It's a love song\"). When Crespel returns, he receives a visit from Dr Miracle, the act's Nemesis, who forces Crespel to let him heal Antonia. Still in the house, Hoffmann listens to the conversation and learns that Antonia may die if she sings", "title": "The Tales of Hoffmann" }, { "docid": "19080494", "text": "off\" a former boyfriend for expecting her to get over quickly their former relationship. Sam Lansky of Idolator felt that the artist shows \"frustrated resignation\" while she sings the line \"I'll forget you, seriously\". In the pre-chorus, the music vanishes and she sings \"Are you kidding me?\". Lansky felt that the \"emotion\" on the pre-chorus was \"chill-inducing\", while Savage wrote that \"it's pained and bruised and thrilling and glorious. A moment where meaning and musical intent align perfectly\". In the chorus, the singer repeats the line \"You're out of your mind to think that I\" and later finishes it with", "title": "Out of Mind (Tove Lo song)" }, { "docid": "15365673", "text": "her confronting his marriage. At the beginning of the song, she sings the lines \"I heard that you're settled down/That you found a girl and you're married now. I heard that your dreams came true/Guess she gave you things I couldn't give to you\" with a softly voice and accompanied just by a simple piano melody. The lyrics of \"Someone like You\" are talking about what once was and what could have been as stated by a writer of \"Daily Herald\". Finding the strength to bounce back from hardship and heartache, Adele sings the lines, \"Never mind, I'll find someone", "title": "Someone like You (Adele song)" }, { "docid": "9356366", "text": "that there is not always the emotional distance and clarity to make lyrical improvements such as the one his daughter suggested. In 1987 Lightfoot took a lawsuit out against the writer of \"The Greatest Love of All\", alleging plagiarism of 24 bars of \"If You Could Read My Mind\". Lightfoot has stated that he dropped the lawsuit when he felt it was having a negative effect on the singer Whitney Houston, as the lawsuit was about the writer and not her. The song is in A major and uses the subtonic chord. The house music collective Stars on 54—consisting of", "title": "If You Could Read My Mind" }, { "docid": "9475435", "text": "The video premiered on December 19, 2006. Irma Thomas recorded the song for her 2008 album \"Simply Grand\". Jones performed as a guest pianist on the recording. Thinking About You (Norah Jones song) \"Thinking About You\" is the first single from Norah Jones' third solo album, \"Not Too Late\" (2007). This is the first single to enter the \"Billboard 100\" in 4 years, since \"Don't Know Why\". Jones wrote \"Thinking About You\" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic. She said the song had \"always been in the back of my mind\", but she thought it was", "title": "Thinking About You (Norah Jones song)" }, { "docid": "13506881", "text": "Got to Get You Off My Mind \"Got to Get You Off My Mind\" is a 1965 soul single written and performed by Solomon Burke. The single was produced by Jerry Wexler, and was the most successful of Burke's long career, becoming his highest-charting single on both the R&B and pop singles charts. \"Got to Get You Off My Mind\" was number one on \"Billboard\"'s R&B Singles chart for three weeks and made the Top 40 on the pop singles chart. Burke recorded the song, one of four, during a recording session on January 22, 1965. The song was written", "title": "Got to Get You Off My Mind" }, { "docid": "13408249", "text": "You on My Mind \"You on My Mind\" is a song by the British pop group Swing Out Sister. It was the lead-off single from the group's second album, \"Kaleidoscope World\". It featured a more sophisticated blend of musical components. The extended version begins with the quote \"Why don't you just relax and have your orange juice and shut up, Delgetti?\" by Steve McQueen, which was featured in the film \"Bullitt\". The music video was strongly inspired by the 1968 cult film, \"The Thomas Crown Affair\". You On My Mind (Vinyl 7\") 872964-7 You On My Mind (CD Maxi) 874", "title": "You on My Mind" }, { "docid": "19716186", "text": "some traction in Europe, peaking at number 46 in the Czech Republic, 51 in Slovakia, and reaching number 72 on the Sweden Sverigetopplistan singles chart. The music video for \"In My Mind\" was uploaded to Noyes's Vevo account on September 7, 2016. The video was directed by Dano Cerny and produced by Lauren Solie. It features Noyes and her lover contemplating the complications of their relationship in a bedroom with dim lighting. Noyes is also watching a TV, which depicts dizzying images of flowers. As Noyes sings the song, there are intercut scenes of Noyes singing and posing on the", "title": "In My Mind (Maty Noyes song)" }, { "docid": "16405713", "text": "head like I knew you would.\" In the sing-a-long chorus, she sings: “I want to be your favorite song/ You can turn it up/ Turn me on all night long/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la, la-la-la / I want to be your melody/ Going through your head when you think of me/ I want to be your favorite song/ La-la-la-la.” Meanwhile, Common’s lyrics are softhearted as he tries his hand at crooning. “Girl the songs you sing / They my favorite things / You stay in my dreams / Something so supreme,” he warbles. Later, he raps:", "title": "Favorite Song" }, { "docid": "20133287", "text": "out. Them along with other people on tour, just fans that I met randomly, they've said things like, \"Your music has saved my life. You've saved my life.\" And I was always like, \"Aw so nice of you. Thanks.\" And I give them a hug and shit but in my mind, I'm like, \"What the fuck?\" And they're really serious. And they tat shit on their arms and get shit like lyrics that save their life and in my mind, I was like, \"Man I wasn't even trying to save nobody's life.\" And then it hit me, the power that", "title": "1-800-273-8255 (song)" }, { "docid": "16843095", "text": "1964, Dylan has played the composition over 200 times. \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" has been recorded by numerous artists since the mid-1960s, including Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, Dion & the Belmonts, The Dylan Project, Flatt & Scruggs, George Harrison, Steve Howe, The Kingston Trio, Mylon LeFevre, Peter Mulvey, Ricky Nelson, Rod Stewart and We Are Augustines. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the movie I'm Not There, performed by Jack Johnson. The song was further covered by Laura Veirs, and featured on the Dylan tribute album . An alternate title, \"Mama, You've Been on My Mind\", has", "title": "Mama, You Been on My Mind" }, { "docid": "3719913", "text": "singer believes all life emerged, whilst she sings: \"You have done well for yourselves / Since you left my wet embrace / And crawled ashore\". \"Oceania\" also features The London Choir. Tenth song \"Sonnets/Unrealities XI\" was based on the poem \"It May Not Always Be So; And I Say\" by E. E. Cummings. Lyrically, the singer bids a farewell to a lover. It features only Björk's singing, with slight inflections from the Icelandic Choir. The following track \"Ancestors\" has no lyrics, featuring only Björk and Tagaq's voices with both voices working closely next to each other. The twelfth song \"Mouth's", "title": "Medúlla" }, { "docid": "18508145", "text": "Always on My Mind (Adelén song) Always On My Mind is a single by Norwegian singer Adelén. It was released by Sony Music Entertainment Norway as her third single on March 14, 2014. It was only released in Norway. Like her previous singles, this single includes also preferences from Mediterranean music style. The music video was released on YouTube on March 14, 2014. The video begins as Adelén standing in a dark place. In the next scenes, Adelén is shown singing and dancing. Another scene, Adelén is playing in the spray of a fire hydrant. In the next scene, Adelén", "title": "Always on My Mind (Adelén song)" }, { "docid": "16200774", "text": "Lyrically, it is a poignant ode to a long-lasting relationship, which Mraz says he won't give up on her whatever happens. \"Well, I won't give up on us/Even if the skies get rough/I'm giving you all my love/I'm still looking up,\" he sings. It is guitar led with some additional vocal landscapes towards the end of the song. Mraz told \"Billboard\" magazine: \"That, to me, has always been my favorite part of making music; the singing and what voices can do and the voices singing in harmony.\" It is likely that the song was inspired by Mraz's relationship with singer-songwriter", "title": "I Won't Give Up" }, { "docid": "7428169", "text": "Kianna Alarid Kianna Marie Alarid is the lead singer and co-writer of Yes You Are and singer and bass guitarist for the band Tilly and the Wall from Omaha, Nebraska. She was formerly in a band called Magic Kiss with members of Park Ave. and The Faint, and before that, a hardcore band called Project 356. She performed vocals on the song, \"The Absence of God\" from \"More Adventurous\" with Rilo Kiley. Kianna co-wrote and sings on Tiësto's song \"You Are My Diamond\" on his album \"Kaleidoscope\" released on October 6, 2009. Kianna also sings on She & Him's 2010", "title": "Kianna Alarid" }, { "docid": "16843089", "text": "Mama, You Been on My Mind \"Mama, You Been on My Mind\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Written in 1964 during a trip to Europe, the song dealt with his recent breakup with his girlfriend, Suze Rotolo. Dylan first recorded the song in June of that year during a session for his album \"Another Side of Bob Dylan\". However, the song was not included on the album, and Dylan's version remained unreleased until 1991. In total, in the 1990s and 2000s four versions were put out on Dylan's \"Bootleg Series\" of releases, including two live performances with", "title": "Mama, You Been on My Mind" }, { "docid": "15522063", "text": "but after consulting our manual, Sophie - an Aries - is described as having an adventurous and outgoing personality, with 'a wonderful ability to bounce back'. Given that her last single missed the Top 100 by some considerable margin, we can only hope such character traits are in fact true. \"'No silhouette in my mind/ It's just you and I,' she enunciates over simmering synths and '80s-flecked electronic beats as she sings about losing yourself - elegantly, we might add - in the moment. 'We are one/ Find us under the starlight/ 'Cause tonight we found heaven in the dark,'", "title": "Starlight (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)" }, { "docid": "12608179", "text": "I would thank that star, that made our wish come true,\" and she sings with Efron in some parts of the \"‘cause he knows that where you are, is where I should be too\" line in the first verse and the \"It’s always you and me\" line in the bridge. However, on the soundtrack, Efron sings these lines by himself, with Hudgens providing background vocals during these parts in the song. On the reprise, which is found only during the extended version of the movie, the background music from the beginning of the song is used while the soundtrack version", "title": "Right Here, Right Now (High School Musical song)" }, { "docid": "18232594", "text": "single \"Always Pray For You\". The music video for the single was shot and directed in Lagos by AK One ; it was uploaded onto YouTube on February 7, 2013 and ran for 4 minutes and 5 seconds. On 15 August 2013, \"Why You Love Me\" was released by \"Why You Love Me\" as the album's third single. On 12 February 2014, \"Always on My Mind\" was released by \"Always on My Mind\" as the album's eight single. Open Doors (album) Open Doors is the first studio album by Nigerian Gospel artist Nosa. The album was released by Chocolate City", "title": "Open Doors (album)" }, { "docid": "13408250", "text": "229-2 You On My Mind (Vinyl 12\") 872 965-1, SWING 612 You on My Mind \"You on My Mind\" is a song by the British pop group Swing Out Sister. It was the lead-off single from the group's second album, \"Kaleidoscope World\". It featured a more sophisticated blend of musical components. The extended version begins with the quote \"Why don't you just relax and have your orange juice and shut up, Delgetti?\" by Steve McQueen, which was featured in the film \"Bullitt\". The music video was strongly inspired by the 1968 cult film, \"The Thomas Crown Affair\". You On My", "title": "You on My Mind" }, { "docid": "16244035", "text": "the hit song \"Nellie Kelly, I Love You\", sung by Conroy, who also sings \"You Remind Me of My Mother\". Other songs include \"All in the Wearing\", \"Dancing My Worries Away\", \"Till My Luck Comes Rolling Along\", \"They're All My Boys\", \"The Voice in My Heart\", \"The Busy Bees of DeVere's\" and \"The Dancing Detective\". A song-book, including the music and lyrics of all the show's songs, was published in 1922 by M. Witmark & Sons of New York. \"Little Nellie Kelly\" opened at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on 31 July 1922 and arrived at the Liberty Theatre on Broadway", "title": "Little Nellie Kelly (musical)" }, { "docid": "15934108", "text": "as Clarkson sings \"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger / Stand a little taller / Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone.\" Jonathan Keefe of \"Slant\" felt nobody else could sell the song's \"ginormous chorus\" better than Clarkson. Lyrically, \"Stronger\" explores the theme of moving on from an inimical relationship. In an interview, Clarkson remarked that the song doesn't refer to a specific person, stating \"I didn't have a bad breakup or anything, I just think life is about relationships so I always write all about these different ones going on in my life. And I don't have a", "title": "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" }, { "docid": "9742126", "text": "Romeo (Ketil Stokkan song) \"Romeo\" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in Norwegian by Ketil Stokkan. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Stokkan addressing the object of his desires. He sings about his elaborate preparations to \"seduce you\" - going to the lengths of borrowing clothes to look better. His advances appear to have been over-eager, as he sings \"My greatest pleasure was to touch you/My biggest stupidity was to feel you up\". His paramour compares him unfavourably to Romeo, telling him that \"the Gods shall know that you will never become a/Romeo,", "title": "Romeo (Ketil Stokkan song)" }, { "docid": "11076395", "text": "The chorus gives the bird's cry, and the baritone responds with the lyrical passage describing how the boy listened to the song, 'Yes my brother, I know: The rest might not, but I have treasured every note...' The remainder of the setting is from the text of the bird's song (somewhat edited), (beginning 'Soothe! soothe! soothe!') overlapping as the baritone sings 'Following you, my brother...': from this point on the baritone takes important sections of the bird's song ('You must know who I am, my love!'), with the chorus singing other parts of the text at the same time, interweaving,", "title": "Sea Drift (Delius)" }, { "docid": "17083934", "text": "Cause your shine is somethin' like a mirror<br> And I can't help but notice<br> You reflect in this heart of mine. \"Mirrors\" is a \"new-age wedding reception song\". Lyrically, in the song, Timberlake sings to a lover about \"coming to the realization\" that she is his \"other half\". The singer references \"taking a break from the relationship\": \"It was easy coming back to you/ Once I figured it out, you were right here all along,\" he sings on the chorus. \"It's like you're my mirror, my mirror staring back at me/ I couldn't get any bigger/ With anyone else beside", "title": "Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)" }, { "docid": "13752009", "text": "Only in My Mind \"Only in My Mind\" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in September 1985 as the second single from the album \"Have I Got a Deal for You.\" The song peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard Magazine\" country music chart after its release. It is still the only single ever released that was solely written by McEntire. \"Only in My Mind\" was recorded at the MCA studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. The song was the only track on McEntire's, \"Have I Got a Deal for You\"", "title": "Only in My Mind" }, { "docid": "18894105", "text": "Kiepura sings impressively during a church wedding, and the \"Celeste Aïda,\" which he rehearses during an amusing backstage sequence at the opera house while \"Aïda\" is being trundled through its paces\"; and \"TV Guide\" called the film \"charming in parts, this is a nicely done musical with some good detailed direction.\" My Song for You (film) My Song for You is a 1934 film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jan Kiepura. Kiepura sang the title song \"My Song for You\" written by Mischa Spoliansky and Frank Eyton. The song was released on an EP \"Tell Me Tonight\" (also a", "title": "My Song for You (film)" }, { "docid": "10661931", "text": "series of guitar chords. In the United Kingdom Crispian St. Peters scored a #2 hit with the song in 1966. This version was also released in the United States in 1967 and went to #36 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was featured on his album, \"Follow Me...\" Ian and Sylvia re-recorded the song in 1972 with their band Great Speckled Bird, reaching #4 on the Canadian easy listening chart. Other notable recordings include versions by: You Were on My Mind \"You Were on My Mind\" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1962, in a bathtub in", "title": "You Were on My Mind" }, { "docid": "15735976", "text": "piano as she sings, \"Skies are crying, I am watching catching teardrops in my hands/ Only silence, as it's ending, like we never had a chance\". As the song progresses, the piano is accompanied by heavy percussion and breathy backing vocals. In the chorus, Lovato sings, \"You can take everything I have/ You can break everything I am/ Like I'm made of glass, like I'm made of paper/ Go on and try and tear me down/ I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper\". In the second verse, Lovato \"begins to find more strength\". The song has a", "title": "Skyscraper (song)" }, { "docid": "9356364", "text": "If You Could Read My Mind \"If You Could Read My Mind\" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. It reached number one on Canadian music charts and was his first recording to appear on the American music charts, reaching number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart in February 1971. Later in the year it reached number 30 in the UK. The song also reached number one for one week on the \"Billboard\" Easy Listening chart, and was the first of four Lightfoot releases to reach number one. This song first appeared on Lightfoot's 1970 album \"Sit", "title": "If You Could Read My Mind" }, { "docid": "7141455", "text": "with an acoustic guitar, keeping the guitar in and giving the tune a hip-hop beat. \"Nothing I have is truly mine\" she repeats at the conclusion. “Mary’s in India” is a reflective song about a friend who moves abroad, as the title suggests, and the void her departure creates in those she leaves behind. The fifth track \"See You When You're 40\" is a somber and melodic ballad with a touch of symphonic air, featuring \"quasi\" trip hop beat. 'And I've seen, tonight, what I'd been warned about / I'm gonna leave, tonight, before I change my mind,' she sings.", "title": "Life for Rent" }, { "docid": "11527505", "text": "peaked at number two. The song also peaked at number two on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart, and spent a total of thirteen weeks within the singles chart. In an interview with Fox News, Carey described her feelings regarding surpassing Presley's record, as well as her general sentiments following her success: For me, in my mind the accomplishment is just that much sweeter. In terms of my ethnicity, always feeling like an outsider, always feeling different ... for me it's about saying, 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the faith to believe in myself when other people had written", "title": "Touch My Body" }, { "docid": "9455566", "text": "Sings\", also issued by Federal in 1961. Several versions of \"Have You Ever Loved a Woman\" were subsequently recorded by English guitarist-singer Eric Clapton. The first was a live rendition in November 1965 when he was a member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Clapton then recorded a studio version with his band Derek and the Dominos for their 1970 album \"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\". Later live recordings of the song appear on \"E. C. Was Here\", \"Just One Night\" (as a medley with Ramblin' on My Mind), \"24 Nights\", \"Live In Hyde Park\", \"One More Car, One", "title": "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" }, { "docid": "13754041", "text": "sings a significant proportion with Rachel, including the duets \"Don't Go Breaking My Heart\", \"With You I'm Born Again\", \"Last Christmas\", and the one ostensibly written by Finn at the end of the season, \"Pretending\". His first solo performance of the second season, in the episode \"Grilled Cheesus\", is R.E.M.'s \"Losing My Religion\". Monteith said he and series music producer Adam Anders \"had a bit of a different idea\" about how the song should be performed. While Anders \"always brings the songs in very positive, very upbeat\", he felt the song \"was expressing a betrayal\", and with Finn feeling both", "title": "Finn Hudson" }, { "docid": "15250939", "text": "band's music. While electric guitars still play a prominent role, the focus is on Adam Gontier's voice and the melody. The song, unlike much of the band's other works, is quite positive. It is a song written with simple words: \"Let me inside, let me get close to you / Change your mind, I'll get lost if you want me to / Somehow I found a way to get lost in you.\" The lyrics are bittersweet as Gontier sings about a love that has its ups and downs. On March 15, 2011, the band released an EP, via online download,", "title": "Lost in You (Three Days Grace song)" }, { "docid": "10233864", "text": "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind \"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind\" (also known simply as \"On My Mind\") is the first single from the fifth studio album by Powderfinger, released on 10 November 2003 by Universal Music. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date. After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic anthems (such as \"My Happiness\") or ballads (\"The Metre\" or \"The Day You Come\"), Powderfinger decided to release a heavy rock song as their new", "title": "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" }, { "docid": "316537", "text": "sal nie langer\" [I will no longer] sings that they will no longer apologize for apartheid, a theme echoed by many others, including Koos Kombuis in \"Hoe lank moet ons nog sorry sê\" [For how long do we still have to say sorry]. Piet Paraat sings in \"Toema Jacob Zuma\" [Never mind Jacob Zuma]: \"My whole life I'm punished for the sins of my father.\" There is also a distinct feeling that the Afrikaner is being marginalized by the ANC government: Fokofpolisiekar sings in \"Antibiotika\" [Antibiotics], \"I'm just a tourist in the country of my birth,\" Bok van Blerk sings", "title": "Protest song" }, { "docid": "9475431", "text": "Thinking About You (Norah Jones song) \"Thinking About You\" is the first single from Norah Jones' third solo album, \"Not Too Late\" (2007). This is the first single to enter the \"Billboard 100\" in 4 years, since \"Don't Know Why\". Jones wrote \"Thinking About You\" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic. She said the song had \"always been in the back of my mind\", but she thought it was too much of a pop song for her and preferred if someone else were to record it. She recorded a version of it for her second album,", "title": "Thinking About You (Norah Jones song)" }, { "docid": "10234469", "text": "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby \"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby\" is a Louis Jordan song, recorded on October 4, 1943, and released as the B-side of a single with \"G.I. Jive\". The song reached No. 1 on the US folk/country charts, number two for three weeks on the pop chart, and number three on the R&B chart. In the 1932 American film \"Harlem Is Heaven\", dancer Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson, accompanied by jazz pianist Putney Dandridge, sings \"Is You Is or Is You Ain't.\" The song in the film has different lyrics; but,", "title": "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" }, { "docid": "17732041", "text": "to where you can feel my river flow / Rock it till water falls\". During the end of the song, Beyoncé sings the lines \"You rock hard / I rock steady\" eventually \"erupting into an orgasmic finish\" as stated by Puja Patel of \"Spin\". During the last part, she sings \"Goddamnit, I'm comfortable in my skin / And you're comfortable in my skin\". It was noted that during the end of the song, the protagonist becomes ready to be sexually subordinate and \"discipline[d]\" as opposed to the first part where she adopted a more dominant persona; this is further exemplified", "title": "Rocket (Beyoncé song)" }, { "docid": "16637625", "text": "Booth wrote that Rowland \"uses a synth-driven and stripper-friendly beat from producer Detail to set the mood, letting the world know that her man’s love is so good it gives her the chills\". Lyrically, on the song, Rowland instructs her male lover on how to properly use an ice cube on her naked body. She sings: \"When you come and lay between it this time / Take the ice cube (boy you know what) / Sit it right below my navel and watch what I do / And that’s my favorite angle / My legs are numb now / Your", "title": "Ice (Kelly Rowland song)" }, { "docid": "5568568", "text": "used to press records. This was the fate of two Beatles singles (four songs): \"Love Me Do\", \"P.S. I Love You\", \"She Loves You\" and \"I'll Get You\". In the bridge of the song, after the line, \"Well, there's gonna be a time . . .\", McCartney sings, \". . . when I'm gonna change your mind.\" At the same time, Lennon sings, \". . . when I'm gonna make you mine\", resulting in a blend of the two lines. According to the sheet music the correct version is the former. A live version of the song also uses the", "title": "I'll Get You" }, { "docid": "16620258", "text": "this / And I really mean it this time.\" The song also has the positive mental attitude that is specific to the reggae genre. For Amy Sciarretto of Pop Crush, when she sings \"But you can see it my eyes, you can read on my lips / I'm trying to get a hold on this / And I really mean it this time /And you know it's such a trip / Don't get me started / I'm trying to get a hold on this,\" we are left to assume that Stefani is singing about her desire to finally make a", "title": "Settle Down (No Doubt song)" } ]

[ "Matt Cardle" ]

[ { "docid": "14225054", "text": "number 1. It was reported on 2 December 2010 by the \"Daily Mirror\" that the final five contestants, Mary Byrne, Matt Cardle, Cher Lloyd, One Direction and Rebecca Ferguson, would each record a different song, rather than the same song as in previous series, for their potential debut single. The change was made after Cowell reportedly increased the budget as he wanted songs to suit each act. It was reported on 10 December that Cardle's song would be \"Many of Horror\", Lloyd's would be \"Impossible\", Ferguson's would be \"Distant Dreamer\" and One Direction's song would be \"Forever Young\". Cardle and", "title": "The X Factor (UK series 7)" }, { "docid": "16433324", "text": "the band. The group consisting of Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, got together for two weeks to practise. Styles said he had suggested the name One Direction to his bandmates and they agreed to keep it. Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were Cowell's last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK. In December 2010, One Direction finished \"The X Factor\" in third place behind Rebecca Ferguson and Matt Cardle, who won. In January 2011, it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell", "title": "Harry Styles" } ]

[ { "docid": "13146143", "text": "year JLS released the official sport relief Charity single \"Proud\", which peaked at number 6 in the chart, as well as hosting a special charity concert \"JLS sing for Sport Relief\" and doing the Sport Relief Mile. In total, JLS have recorded five charity singles: a cover of Mariah Carey's song \"Hero\" as part of the X Factor 2008 finalists (for Help for Heroes), Wishing On A Star Xfactor finalists ft. JLS and One Direction (For organization Together for Short Lives) Love You More (for Children In Need), Proud (for Sport Relief) and Everybody Hurts (for Helping Haiti). Four out", "title": "Marvin Humes" }, { "docid": "14222852", "text": "X Factor 2008 finalists (for Help for Heroes), Wishing On A Star Xfactor finalists ft. JLS and One Direction (For organization Together for Short Lives) \"Love You More\" (for Children In Need), \"Proud\" (for Sport Relief) and \"Everybody Hurts\" (for Helping Haiti). 4 out of 5 of these charity singles got to number one on the UK singles chart. In September 2018, he was charged with the rape of a fan in Wolverhampton. He appeared in court on 11 October. The case was referred to Wolverhampton Crown Court, where it was set down for 8 November. Oritsé Williams Oritsé Jolomi", "title": "Oritsé Williams" }, { "docid": "4060998", "text": "initiative to replace its service quality campaign xFactor. Through the ONE! Service, which supposedly stands for \"Outstanding and Exceptional Service\", it hopes to drive a positive service culture amongst its frontline staff at Singapore Changi Airport. xFactor was launched in September 2005 as part of SATS' quality service initiatives. SATS has been described as the third most-admired company in Singapore, in a poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal Asia in September 2008. SATS was also ranked second for the quality of its services and for corporate reputation, and placed fourth for innovation. SATS Ltd SATS Ltd., commonly abbreviated as", "title": "SATS Ltd" }, { "docid": "17174873", "text": "the US. For reasons never explained, XFactor left. Rumours of a rift followed. XFactor still refuses to discuss why he left. Shortly after, the band broke up. Following the dissolution of Warrior Soul in 1995, singer Kory Clarke formed a new band with the name Space Age Playboys. The album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks on CD and MP3 in 2009 by Escapi Music. In 2005, \"The Space Age Playboys\" was ranked number 323 in \"Rock Hard\" magazine's book of \"The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time\". Metallica's Lars Ulrich has rated it one of", "title": "The Space Age Playboys" }, { "docid": "16319861", "text": "On the episode of \"The Xtra Factor\" that followed, Barlow stated that he thought it was \"disgusting\" that a talented singer had been eliminated over a \"joke act\" that had \"little talent\". Several celebrities also vented their fury about the result on Twitter: Barlow's Take That bandmate Howard Donald said: \"Joke decision on xfactor tonight kids. Based on the singing the wrong person was dropped from a great height. That's xfactor for you!\", whilst Coleen Nolan stated: \"I'm horrified!! What a joke and a total fix!!\" Ofcom and ITV received more than 2,500 complaints over the events, and Ofcom said", "title": "The X Factor (UK series 9)" }, { "docid": "15607999", "text": "At the 2015 American Music Awards on 22 November, One Direction won the award for Artist of the Year for the second year in succession. Louis Tomlinson later confirmed that the break would be around 18 months. On 13 December, One Direction performed on \"The X Factor\" final. Their last televised performance as a group, before their hiatus, was on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve\" on 31 December 2015. On 13 January 2016, \"Us Weekly\" published a report claiming that the group's hiatus would become a permanent split, with a \"source\" citing that each of the four remaining group", "title": "One Direction" }, { "docid": "13069707", "text": "for \"Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production\" (Charles Visser for the episode \"Noel\"). \"Animaniacs\" also won two more Daytime Emmy Awards, one for \"Outstanding Animated Children's Program\" and the other for \"Outstanding Music Direction and Composition\". In 1998, the last year in which new episodes of \"Animaniacs\" were produced, \"Animaniacs\" was nominated for an Annie Award in \"Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Daytime Television Program\". \"Animaniacs\" also won a Daytime Emmy Award in \"Outstanding Music Direction and Composition\" (for the episode \"The Brain's Apprentice\"). In 1999, \"Animaniacs\" won a Daytime Emmy Award for \"Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction", "title": "Animaniacs" }, { "docid": "9220904", "text": "In addition, Galan also wrote and produced 2 songs on Universal Record's Twinkle Toes Soundtrack release. In 2011, Eddie Galan began representing clients of his own, taking on then 16-year-old actress/singer Kiersey Clemons, as his first management client. 2013 brought work with Akon, Universal Republic's Aaradhna Patel, which went #1 on Itunes R&B/Soul Charts, Decca Universal's Bo Saris and the album title track for XFactor finalist Reed Deming's debut EP. Moving towards the executive side of the business, Eddie Galan began working as an A&R Coordinator for the band O-Town, while also creatively working on 3 songs as Vocal Producer,", "title": "Eddie Galan" }, { "docid": "9258972", "text": "Soccer (OFSAA AAA Silver Medallist) The Music program at Xavier currently involves over 250 students a year. Ensembles that perform there include: The bands perform concerts annually and attend festivals and trips abroad. St. Francis school clubs include \"Tiger Tales\" (the school magazine), Hip Hop Club, art club, robotics club, computer club, yearbook committee, DECA, Environmental Intelligence, Gamers Club, xFactor, Science Club (XSC), FX Players, Radio FX, Ping Pong Club and many more. On May 31, 2017 a student was stabbed following an altercation with other students, leading to the lockdown of the school and Hold and Secures in other", "title": "St. Francis Xavier Secondary School (Mississauga)" }, { "docid": "19894247", "text": "2016 BBC Music Awards The 2016 BBC Music Awards took place on 12 December in London at ExCeL London. Two new awards were introduced, the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year award and the BBC Radio 2 Album of the Year award. The first winner of the former was The 1975, who performed \"What Makes You Beautiful\" (originally by One Direction) and the winner of the latter award was Adele for her album \"25\". The major winner of the night was Adele who won two awards to the Album of the Year and Song of the Year.", "title": "2016 BBC Music Awards" }, { "docid": "18100049", "text": "won the award for \"Best Xbox One Game\" in \"Destructoid\" Game of the Year Awards 2017. It also won the award for \"Best Xbox One Game\" and \"Best Art Direction\" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, whereas its other nominations were for \"Game of the Year\", \"Best PC Game\", \"Best Platformer\", \"Best Original Music\", and \"Best Multiplayer\". The game also won the award for \"Best Looking Game\" and \"Best Style\", in addition to being runner-up for \"Best Shopkeeper\" for the character Porkrind, \"Best Music\", \"Best Debut\", and \"Game of the Year\" at Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2017 Awards.", "title": "Cuphead" }, { "docid": "18098966", "text": "Royce Twins released their first original song to Australian radio called \"Heartstrings\". On 13 February 2015, The Royce Twins' release a surprise single and video on Valentine's Day called \"Heartstrings Unplugged\". On 10 April 2015, The Royce Twins' release \"We Will Be the Rain\", a single to remember those who have and continue to serve in our defence forces. On 12 May 2017, The Royce Twins \"We Will Be the Rain\", forms a part of the Big Fuss Records Compilation, Songs of Service II. \"I Won't Give Up\" their \"XFactor\" audition performance charted on the Aria Charts entering the top", "title": "The Royce Twins" }, { "docid": "17444538", "text": "by Robe.cz The lights have been used on productions worldwide from major television shows to concert tours and events. Tim Routledge Tim Routledge is an award winning British lighting and creative designer and lighting director creating television lighting designs, music concerts, outdoor events, award shows and variety shows. From Beyonce to ELO to XFactor, Tim is one of the most sought after lighting designers in the world. Tim's recent work as Lighting Designer includes the Beyonce Formation World Tour 2016, Sam Smith World Tour 2018, the live studios of the 2016 series of X Factor UK, solo tours and live", "title": "Tim Routledge" }, { "docid": "17444532", "text": "Tim Routledge Tim Routledge is an award winning British lighting and creative designer and lighting director creating television lighting designs, music concerts, outdoor events, award shows and variety shows. From Beyonce to ELO to XFactor, Tim is one of the most sought after lighting designers in the world. Tim's recent work as Lighting Designer includes the Beyonce Formation World Tour 2016, Sam Smith World Tour 2018, the live studios of the 2016 series of X Factor UK, solo tours and live TV concerts for renowned musician Gary Barlow, Take That and Jeff Lynne's ELO, Royal Blood and Steps. Huge live", "title": "Tim Routledge" }, { "docid": "18115797", "text": "and dressing up Tammin Pamela Sursok who is known for her roles in Home and Away, The Young and the Restless and Pretty Little Liars. Her work has been published in Vogue Australia, Change magazine, AIM magazine, Culture Magazine, the French Tropic Magazine with a four-page spread in Unfold Magazine. She recently appeared on the cover of Vatra magazine. She has also designed dresses that were worn by Miss World contestant Sheron Sultan in 2011, Miss World Fiji contestant Juneth Ndele in 2013 and Miss Philippines. XFactor participant Bella, guest-star Sophia of the group Three Wishes and Miss Globe 2012", "title": "Suzan Mutesi" }, { "docid": "4451779", "text": "archive material over a period of seventeen years with narration, interviews with political and other personalities, songs and poems. Together with his son, Paulmarie, Mendis continued to compile songs, audio documentaries and film material on CD and DVD. Through Mediaeye, they worked closely with various large organisations in Sri Lanka, working on projects such as Sirasa Superstar (Sri Lanka's equivalent of American Idol/Xfactor) and interacting with many young artists in the country. In 2009 they completed a ten-minute piece for Sri Lankan Airlines showcasing the company's new uniforms; this, as well as one of Mendis' songs \"And A Star\" by", "title": "Nimal Mendis" }, { "docid": "11039480", "text": "and within twelve hours had amassed over 50,000 likes. The incident led to criticism from the show's sponsors, franchise owner, and fellow judges. A change.org petition asking TV3 to \"\"Take Natalia Kills off XFactor\"\", calling for the removal of only Natalia without mentioning her husband, had attracted 77,049 signatures. Moon and Kills were both fired from the show the day after the incident, several hours before the next episode went to air. During the \"Factor X\" series 3 semi-final, when the judges voted to determine who would be the last eliminated contestant of the evening (and therefore, to determine the", "title": "The X Factor" }, { "docid": "19630913", "text": "musicians such Francesco Mendolia (Incognito), <nowiki>Richard Sadler</nowiki> (Neil Cowley Trio), Damien Nolan (VV Brown), Roberto Manzin (James Brown), Italian trumpeter Fulvio Sigurta, two-time Grammy Award Winner Eric DeFade, Matteo Becucci (XFactor Italy winner 2009), jazz singer Michela Lombardi, Maurizio Minardi, and Bruno D'Ambra. He has toured with Patrizio Buanne in the U.S., Australia, Asia, Europe and Sounth Africa, and also produced and performed on Steven Bryan's latest two albums \"One Way\" and \"Gravity Always Wins\". Lo Castro has performed in venues and festivals, including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Hamer Hall (Melbourne), the State Theater (Sydney), the Concert Hall (New York),", "title": "Francesco Lo Castro" }, { "docid": "10092854", "text": "ever, was nominated as Worst Supporting Actor under Cimber's direction. Pia Zadora, who starred as Kady in the film, financed by her husband Meshulam Riklis, won Razzie Awards for Worst Actress and Worst New Star. Ed McMahon also won for Worst Supporting Actor. Matt Cimber Matt Cimber (born Thomas Vitale Ottaviano in 1936) is an Italian–American film producer, director and screenwriter. He was the last husband of Jayne Mansfield. Cimber directed her on stage and in one movie, \"Single Room Furnished\" (1968). They divorced in 1966, a year before she was killed in a car crash. Cimber married Jayne Mansfield", "title": "Matt Cimber" }, { "docid": "17572568", "text": "hip-hip vocabulary dictionary in the back for teachers who are not familiar with hip-hop language. Hip-hop educator and artist Professor A.L.I. currently teaches a University of California approved Hip-Hop History course entitled \"Beats, Rhymes and Life: Hip Hop History 101\" as part of the Blend-Ed Consortium of schools (The Athenian School, College Preparatory School, Lick-Wilmerding, Urban School, and Marin Academy) in which his \"XFactor' Album is an integrated part of the curriculum, using, as he states, \"Hip-Hop to teach Hip-Hop\". Artist & educator Chad Harper founded Hip Hop Saves Lives as an extra-curricular workshop for youths in schools across New", "title": "Hip-hop based education" }, { "docid": "15845892", "text": "One Direction… What Makes Them Beautiful, a book about the history of the band One Direction. A year later, Desborough released a follow up book, This Is Us: ID Uncut. Through his freelance work, he was his nominated as the Entertainment Reporter Of The Year at the So Cal Journalism Awards. Desborough was named the runner up at the same Awards in 2013 for an exclusive article in the Sunday Express on Oscar winner Adele. In July 2014 he won two awards at the Southern California Journalism Awards - Online Personality Profile Article and Online Entertainment Feature and collected the", "title": "James Desborough" }, { "docid": "2281518", "text": "sophistication. At the end of season one, James Read made Michael Gleason aware that he was unhappy with the direction of his character. Gleason released him from the series and also let Janet DeMay go, thinking that the detective/investigator and secretary characters could be combined into one character. Gleason originally wrote the replacement character, Mildred Krebs, as an attractive 35-year-old woman who was a rival for Steele's affections. Doris Roberts, an established character actress who had recently won an Emmy for a guest role on \"St. Elsewhere\", asked to read for the part. Although Roberts was not the right age", "title": "Remington Steele" }, { "docid": "19671602", "text": "Clapton, Foals, George Michael, Groove Armada, Interpol, Keane, Kylie, Kodaline, Lady Gaga, Jeff Beck, Joan Armatrading, Laura Marling, Macy Gray, Magnetic Man, Naughty Boy, One Direction, Paloma Faith, Scissor Sisters, Slaves, Shirley Bassey, Sugababes, The Clash, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, The Who, The Vaccines, U2, Van Morrison, You Me At Six. Matt Lawrence (producer) Matt Lawrence is a UK Grammy Award-winning engineer, record producer and mixer. In 2011 Lawrence was nominated for Recording Engineer of the year at The Music Producers Guild Awards. The following year Lawrence won a Grammy for his work on Mumford & Sons \"Babel\"", "title": "Matt Lawrence (producer)" }, { "docid": "5637945", "text": "later. Motta coached at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah in the 1960s. Under the direction of Motta and assistant coach Phil Johnson, Weber State won three Big Sky championships. The first Big Sky Championship the duo experienced while at Weber State was in 1965. Motta holds the unique distinction of being one of the very few coaches in the NBA who never played either high school, college or pro basketball. Motta was hired as head coach of the Chicago Bulls in 1968 after a six-year stint at Weber State University. He replaced Johnny Kerr, who had led the team", "title": "Dick Motta" }, { "docid": "358311", "text": "1999, it was the #1 syndicated show in the United States for adults 18–49 and 25–54. The characters of \"DS9\" were featured on the cover of \"TV Guide\" ten times during its run, including several \"special issue\" editions in which a set of four different-covered versions were printed. The series won a number of awards. It was nominated for Emmy Awards every year of its run, including for makeup, cinematography, art direction, special effects, hairstyling, music (direction and composition), and costumes. Of these, it won two for makeup (for \"Captive Pursuit\" and \"\"), one for special visual effects (for \"\"),", "title": "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" }, { "docid": "12455203", "text": "the Yale School of Drama for one year before joining the United States Army. Grosbard became a naturalized citizen in 1954. Grosbard gravitated towards theatre when he relocated to New York City in the early 1960s. After directing \"The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker\" off-Broadway, he earned his first Broadway credit with \"The Subject Was Roses\", for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1964. That same year he won the Obie Award for Best Direction and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for an off-Broadway revival", "title": "Ulu Grosbard" }, { "docid": "10345179", "text": "\"Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction\" and \"Outstanding Achievement in Animation\" at the 11th Interactive Achievement Awards. Although unsuccessful at the IAA, the game did receive 10 awards, including five Game of the Year awards, and other awards for its artistic direction and multiplayer gameplay. \"Half-Life 2: Episode Two\" won four awards, including one Game of the Year award, and was recognized for excellent NPC AI, level design, and story. The Orange Box The Orange Box is a video game compilation containing five games developed by Valve Corporation. Two of the games included, \"Half-Life 2\" and its first stand-alone expansion, \"\",", "title": "The Orange Box" }, { "docid": "15608000", "text": "members did not renew their contracts following the completion of the On The Road Again Tour in October 2015. Representatives for the group denied said-report in a statement to \"Billboard\", stating, \"nothing has changed regarding hiatus plans for the group, and all will be revealed in due time from the band members' own mouths.\" By May 2017, all members of the group had released solo singles. Despite saying the hiatus would last 18 months, the band still are yet to confirm when they will reform. At the 2017 Brit Awards, One Direction won the Video of the Year award for", "title": "One Direction" }, { "docid": "4830493", "text": "of \"\" and \"Halo 2\" respectively. Eurogamer staff rated \"Burnout 3\" in ninth place on their list of the top fifty games of 2004. At the 2nd British Academy Games Awards, \"Burnout 3\" won three awards in the \"PS2\", \"Racing\", and \"Technical Direction\" categories, and received three further nominations in the \"Art Direction\", \"Online Multiplayer\", and \"Xbox\" categories. The game won \"Racing Game of the Year\" and was nominated for \"Console Game of the Year\" at the 2005 Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. For its showcase at E3 2004, \"Burnout 3\" won \"Best Racing Game\" from the Game Critics Awards. At", "title": "Burnout 3: Takedown" }, { "docid": "10202713", "text": "Perez heading off to attend Life University, new coach Andy Tolson took control midseason under the direction of coach Frank Tito from New Zealand. After defeating Division One newcomers, Daytona Beach, in the first game of the season, things looked up for Boca. However, the Coconuts won the return fixture a week later and Boca would finish the year at 1-5 after also losing both games to Fort Lauderdale and Miami Tridents. Over the last few seasons, Boca has remained very competitive at the Division One level, reaching the Round of 32 in both 2009 and 2010 under the direction", "title": "Boca Raton Rugby Football Club" }, { "docid": "3042165", "text": "Spencer told his radio audience that he regarded Sandilands' remarks as \"heinous\". He hosted the Pink Stumps cricket day in support of the Jane McGrath Foundation in 2012. That same year, he was team captain of the Sydney Sailors in the Community Cup in Sydney, who won the match. The annual day raises funds for Reclink Australia. In 2014, he participated in a video for Reach Out, focusing on combating stress during exams). He highlighted his change in studies (from law to mathematics), and eventual radio role, as examples of changing direction and life path. Spencer was one of the", "title": "Adam Spencer" }, { "docid": "5957063", "text": "England. Interspersed with these scenes are segments of Henley miming the words of the song while driving in a convertible. At its conclusion, the video uses the post-modern concept of exposing its own workings, as with a wry expression Henley drives the car away from a rear projection screen. The video won the Video of the Year at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards (leading Henley to comment at the Awards the following year that he had won for \"riding around in the back of a pickup\"). It also won that year's awards for Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and", "title": "The Boys of Summer (song)" }, { "docid": "3423418", "text": "in McLaren Automotive. The group then merged with McLaren Automotive, to form a new company that was created using the previous McLaren Group name. Bruce McLaren started Bruce McLaren Motor Racing in 1963 and the team first entered Formula One in 1966. Teddy Mayer took over direction of the group following Bruce McLaren's death while testing a Can-am series car in 1970. Mayer subsequently lead the McLaren to their first World Constructors' Championship in 1974 with Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi, who also won the World Drivers' Championship that year. McLaren Group and all of its companies were later formed by", "title": "McLaren Group" }, { "docid": "2049184", "text": "Hart has stated that he joined the wrestling team \"for the sole reason that my dad expected me to... no-one asked me to.\" He won significant championships in tournaments throughout Alberta, including the 1974 city championships in Calgary. He scored a victory over competitor Bob Eklund – who would go on to become a Canadian Interuniversity Sport national champion, winning \"Outstanding Wrestler of the Year 1980–1981\" – en route to the championship. Hart describes the moment where he displayed the medal to his father, Stu, as a \"powerful moment\", and that the relationship with his father \"took a different direction", "title": "Bret Hart" }, { "docid": "4615634", "text": "and \"Best Art Direction\". At IGN's \"Best of 2007\" \"BioShock\" was nominated for Game of The Year 2007, and won the award for PC Game of the Year, Best Artistic Design, and Best Use of Sound. GameSpy chose it as the third best game of the year, and gave \"BioShock\" the awards for Best Sound, Story and Art Direction. GameSpot awarded the game for Best Story, while GamePro gave \"BioShock\" the Best Story, Xbox 360 and Best Single-Player Shooter awards. \"BioShock\" won the \"Best Visual Art\", \"Best Writing\", and \"Best Audio\" awards at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards. Guinness", "title": "BioShock" }, { "docid": "12231586", "text": "\"Theatre Talent of the Year\" by the newspaper \"Dagbladet\". Hennie won the Amanda Award (an important Norwegian film award), for \"Best Direction\" for \"Uno\" in 2005. That year he was among the nominees for \"Best Actor\" and \"Best Film.\" He won an Amanda Award for \"Best Actor\" for \"Jonny Vang\" in 2003. He was named one of European film's \"Shooting Stars\" by the European Film Promotion in 2004. In 2008, Hennie starred in \"Max Manus\", where he played the Norwegian war hero of the same name. The film had a large budget by Norwegian standards. In 2011, \"Age of Heroes\"", "title": "Aksel Hennie" }, { "docid": "15978812", "text": "categories for her performances in \"Eega\" and \"Neethaane En Ponvasantham\", becoming the second Indian female actor to win these awards in both languages in the same year (after Revathi, who won 1993 Best Actress awards for \"Thevar Magan\" and \"Ankuram\"). At the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, \"Eega\" received seven nominations and won three awards; Best Film, Best Cinematographer, and Best Actor in a Negative Role. Ravinder Reddy won the Best Art Direction Award at the 2013 Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil for his work in \"Eega\". The film won nine awards, including Most Original Film, Best", "title": "Eega" }, { "docid": "13945313", "text": "After only a year however Dr R W Hylands became the new conductor of the band. Under Hylands' direction the band were promoted from Junior Section to Championship Section. In 1976, the band won the title \"Band of the Year\" – being the first junior band to do so – shared with Agnes Street Silver Band, which was a senior band. This qualified the Band to compete in the \"Pontin's Holiday Camp Band Contest\" in Southport, one of the biggest British fixtures. The Band won this competition and went on to gain second place at the National Finals in Wales.", "title": "Third Carrickfergus Silver Band" }, { "docid": "7304549", "text": "who then became ill after being substituted. Despite apologising to Tomlinson, Agbonlahor received many threats after the match from One Direction fans via Twitter. On 10 September 2014, Agbonlahor signed a new four-year contract, saying, \"I can still remember making my debut, so to still be able to contribute is a great feeling.\" Three days later, he scored the only goal as Villa won away at Liverpool, a club he had only scored once against before in the Premier League. Agbonlahor was given a straight red card on 20 December for a challenge on former teammate Ashley Young as Villa", "title": "Gabriel Agbonlahor" }, { "docid": "12598519", "text": "direction across the Irish Sea to south England, moving in an eastwards direction up the English Channel. The teams then travelled up into the North Sea until arrival at the Baltic Sea. Puma won leg nine of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Marstrand to Stockholm in Sweden, their first win in the race. The third place for Ericsson 4 was enough for the team to also win the overall race at this point, leading to comparisons with the victor of the previous race, Mike Sanderson and ABN AMRO One, who won at the end of leg seven in Portsmouth,", "title": "2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race" }, { "docid": "10558837", "text": "shortened\": \"Races extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.\": Other info: Many drivers who have won the Daytona 500 have also won the Coke Zero 400 at some point in their career. In addition, almost every multiple-time Daytona 500 winner has won at least one Coke Zero 400 in the career, with the exception of Matt Kenseth who has won the Daytona 500 in 2009 and 2012, but never the July race. In the reverse direction, Tony Stewart has won the Coke Zero 400 four times, but never the Daytona 500 (his best 500 finish being second, behind Dale Earnhardt,", "title": "Coke Zero Sugar 400" }, { "docid": "13025391", "text": "God\". The \"Qibla\" is the direction faced during prayer. It is the focal point for prayer. The direction faced during prayer is the direction of where the \"Kaaba\" is. The Sacred Mosque is the focal point of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages that occur in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar and at any time of the year, respectively. The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the Pillars of Islam, required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford the trip. In recent times, about 1.8 million Muslims perform the Hajj every year. Some of the rituals performed by", "title": "Kaaba" }, { "docid": "8497773", "text": "Strimer, who also won runner-up best actor for the WV state competition for the same play that year in Morgantown, WV. In 2009, under the direction of Amanda Witt, Thespian Troupe #264 placed in the top five schools at the West Virginia Thespian Festival in the one-act play competition against thirteen other schools statewide for their performance of Bradley Hayward's \"Imaginary Harry.\" Other awards to PHS at the 2009 Festival included the naming of Frankie Love (\"Harry\") and Jamie Mace (\"Mom\") as All State Cast Members and Scarlet Sheppard (\"Jamie\") as WV Best Actress. PHS Thespians were awarded a $10,000", "title": "Parkersburg High School" }, { "docid": "8141932", "text": "12, 2015 against Massachusetts was the school's 1,200th football game. Colorado has won one national championship in program history. This consensus national championships is claimed by the school. Colorado won its first national championship in 1990 under the direction of head coach Bill McCartney, who helmed the team from 1982 to 1994. The national title was split with Georgia Tech who won the United Press International Coaches Poll, whereas Colorado won the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America polls. The largest arguments against Colorado were that they had a loss and a tie, whereas Georgia Tech had a", "title": "Colorado Buffaloes football" }, { "docid": "19128147", "text": "and music composer for the film \"Mahakavi Kalidasa\" (1955) which emerged as a biggest commercial and critical success of the year. The film won the President's Silver Medal for Best feature film for the year. Apart from Kannada language, Sastry directed a Malay film, \"Iman\" (1954) and also won international award for his direction. Seetharama Sastry hailed from the Mysore Kingdom and was very active in theater during his early age. He found tutelage under Gubbi Veeranna, who is considered the pioneer of Kannada cinema. All his initial movies as an actor was directed by Veeranna. K. R. Seetharama Sastry", "title": "K. R. Seetharama Sastry" }, { "docid": "7233446", "text": "slower.) Many of the extensive castle sets were left over from \"Becket\", which had been shot earlier that year and had won a BAFTA award for its sets (as well as an Academy Award for Best Art Direction). The film was one of the first films shot in color by cinematographer Nicolas Roeg. Dan Haller was used as production designer but not credited to ensure the film qualified as British. Corman says this was why George Willoughby was credited as producer, although it was Corman who was the actual producer. Corman later expressed dissatisfaction with the final \"masque\" sequence, which", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "docid": "16984005", "text": "Internationally, the song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its eclectic sound and noted it as a \"phenomenon\" that could challenge popular Western singers like Katy Perry or One Direction. The single peaked at number 98 on the Japan Hot 100 and number 3 on the US World Digital Songs. A music video for the song was filmed in October 2012. It features hip hop-inspired dance moves choreographed by renowned American choreographers Nappytabs. It won the award for Video of the Year at the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013, which generated much attention for beating other", "title": "I Got a Boy (song)" }, { "docid": "5710500", "text": "Trudeau (film) Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries and biography dramatizing the life of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television on Sunday and Monday evenings and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. The miniseries was one of the highest-rated Canadian television programs of the year, resulting in 8 wins and 3 nominations. Two of the wins were from Directors Guild of Canada; one being the DGC Craft Award, as Jerry Ciccoritti won Outstanding Achievement in Direction and Dean Soltys won Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing and the other being the", "title": "Trudeau (film)" }, { "docid": "5710495", "text": "Trudeau (film) Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries and biography dramatizing the life of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television on Sunday and Monday evenings and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. The miniseries was one of the highest-rated Canadian television programs of the year, resulting in 8 wins and 3 nominations. Two of the wins were from Directors Guild of Canada; one being the DGC Craft Award, as Jerry Ciccoritti won Outstanding Achievement in Direction and Dean Soltys won Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing and the other being the", "title": "Trudeau (film)" }, { "docid": "5044934", "text": "recognition for \"Best Character Design\", \"Best Game Design\", \"Best Visual Arts\" and \"Game of the Year\", as well as one of three \"Innovation Awards\" at the 2006 Game Developers Choice Awards. At the 2006 DICE Summit, the game won the award for \"Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction\" at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, while it received one of two \"Special Rookie Awards\" at the Famitsu Awards 2005. It was nominated for \"Best Original Music\", \"Best Artistic Graphics\" and \"Best PS2 Game\", yet also \"Most Aggravating Frame Rate\" in GameSpot's awards for 2005, while it won \"Best Adventure Game\"", "title": "Shadow of the Colossus" }, { "docid": "7898933", "text": "1990 to October of that year. Upon release, \"The Commitments\" grossed $14.9 million during its North American theatrical run. Reviewers praised the music, performances and humour, while criticism was aimed at the pacing and direction. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, and won four BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. While only a modest success with North American audiences, \"The Commitments\" has gained cult status and is regarded as one of the best Irish films ever made. It is the first in a series of films known as", "title": "The Commitments (film)" }, { "docid": "19734047", "text": "the Casino de Paris displaying complete. This show is nominated to the \"Prix de la Création musicale 2015\" for the \"Original creation for a show\". In 2015, he participate in the musical \"The Three Musketeers\", for which he play a leading role, and is also part of the artistic direction of the show. In 2003 he won his first title of world champion at the Battle of the Year. In 2004, he won two league titles in Europe, one in 8 against 8 and the other in duet. In 2005, he won in duet with B-boy Lilou, the Freestyle Session", "title": "Brahim Zaibat" }, { "docid": "15789565", "text": "Studio\" (Arkane Studios), \"Best Xbox 360 Game\", and \"Game of the Year\". It won the Inside Gaming Award for Best Environmental Design. For the 2013 D.I.C.E. Interactive Achievement Awards, the game was nominated for \"Adventure Game of the Year\" and \"Outstanding Achievement\" awards for \"Art Direction\", \"Game Direction\", \"Gameplay Engineering\", and \"Story\". The Visual Effects Society nominated Viktor Antonov, Sebastien Mitton, Jean-Luc Monnet, and Julien Roby for \"Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game\". \"Dishonored\" also won the \"Audience Choice\" award at the 2013 Game Developer's Choice Awards, and received four nominations for \"Best Game Design\", \"Best Narrative\", \"Best Visual", "title": "Dishonored" }, { "docid": "8878447", "text": "also in the offing. A major backer of James Arthur in Xfactor and started the InTENsity Express train on the Betfair forum Mark Denton Mark Denton (born 1951 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England) is a British landscape photographer working mostly in the North of England. He is known for using a Fujifilm panoramic film camera and producing images using the 6×17 film format. Mark Denton was born in Lincoln in 1951 but moved to Sunderland, North East England at the age of three, living there until studying at university. He graduated in humanities from the University of Humberside (now the University", "title": "Mark Denton" }, { "docid": "19531537", "text": "by the leading BR entertainment head Helmut Kirchhammer, who also guided the team of authors. Until 2009, under the direction of Eva Demmelhuber, the singing cabaret was gradually expanded into a real stage performance with a new theme and stage setting every year. In the year 2010 Alfons Biedermann took over the direction. For the first time newly composed songs were provided by Matin Lingnau (music) and Heiko Wohlgemuth (texts). One of the main authors of the Salvatorspiel was Holger Paetz from 1999 to 2009, who also portrayed FDP politician Guido Westerwelle. Particularly well known actors were also Walter Fitz", "title": "Nockherberg" }, { "docid": "6444757", "text": "Marching Hatters' first championship, won in 1975, was under the direction of Fran Taylor, followed by the 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, & 1997 championships by Millard Hensel, who retired in 1999. Mr. Hensel's successor was David L. Schopp, who still remains the band director for the school but does not function as the Marching Band Director. The Marching Unit is currently under the direction of Antonio A. Perez (2009 to present). Under the direction of current director Antonio A. Perez, the unit won championships in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015. 2014 & 2016 saw the unit earn a Silver finalist (2nd", "title": "Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School" }, { "docid": "17358194", "text": "to contributing to them the tracks \"Ingen Kokain\" and \"Xfactor\" and with Nicholas Westwood (known as Kidd) most notably in Kidd's hit \"Kysset med Jamel\" and the ensuing \"Kidd projektet\". That also resulted in a 2012 documentary \"Kidd Life\". TopGunn released his debut album on CHEFF Records in May 2013 called \"21\" after having success with singles \"Hemligt nummer\" and \"Tilbud\". CHEFF Records is a hip hop label started by TopGunn that included acts Kidd, Klumben and ELOQ. The labels biggest selling album thus far is \"Kidd Greatest Hits\" that also led to a series of gigs. TopGunn's dancehall partner", "title": "TopGunn" }, { "docid": "16402683", "text": "been the face of successive campaigns for the dress brand \"Mimi Pinzon\". Gisela participated in the shows \"Buenos Tangos-Japan Tour\" with the musical direction of Fabio Hager and in \"One Night in Buenos Aires\" (Australia). She joined \"Tango Passion Company\" under the musical direction of renowned Sexteto Mayor, \"Tango Seduction\" and she was part of the cast for the remake of the legendary \"Tango Argentino\". Since 2011 she integrates \"Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires\". In November of the same year Gisela won a place in Jennifer Lopez & Marc Antony's TV reality show Q Viva broadcast on FOX TV", "title": "German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi" }, { "docid": "17769053", "text": "a finalist for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Mobile Game of the Year, and the D.I.C.E. Spirit Award for the 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. The title won the BAFTA Video Game Awards for best \"British Game\" and \"Mobile/Handheld Game\", while nominated for \"Best Game\", \"Artistic Achievement\", and \"Original Property\" awards. At the 2014 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards \"Monument Valley\" won the category \"Game, Special Class\" and was nominated for \"Game Design, New IP\" and \"Art Direction, Fantasy\". \"Time\"", "title": "Monument Valley (video game)" }, { "docid": "15808090", "text": "Performance by a Human Male\", and \"Character Of The Year\". \"Borderlands 2\" wound up with five D.I.C.E. Awards nominations at the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including \"Game of the Year\", \"Action Game of the Year\", \"Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction\", \"Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay\", and \"Outstanding Achievement in Character\" for the characterization of Tiny Tina. At the ceremony, the game won only one award for 2012's \"Action Game of the Year\". The PlayStation Vita port received mixed reviews. While complimented for offering the entire game and additional content on a handheld console, the port was generally panned for its", "title": "Borderlands 2" }, { "docid": "15125149", "text": "Me\". In July, the video was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards nominations, making it the most nominated music video of the year. The video won three awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. \"Rolling in the Deep\" was also the \"Billboard\" Year End Hot 100 Number One Single of 2011. On 12 February 2012, \"Rolling in the Deep\" received three Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video. Critics and music publications ranked the song highly on their end-of-year lists. \"Rolling in the Deep\" is the fourth", "title": "Rolling in the Deep" }, { "docid": "17358195", "text": "Klumben, also had huge success with his 2012 album \"Fra Klumben Til Pladen\". It was produced by TopGunn in collaboration with Maffi Promotions. TopGunn was featured on the track \"Xfactor\". Featured in TopGunn Oliver Gammelgaard better known by his stage name TopGunn (born 3 April 1991) is a Danish rapper and music producer from Nørrebro, Copenhagen, born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. He has also established his own label CHEFF Records. Influenced by Danish dancehall scene, he published his first EP, \"Dansehallens Erobrer\" in 2010. Best known from the EP was the track \"Averbaver\" og \"Gunmænd med pistoler\". Through his residency in", "title": "TopGunn" }, { "docid": "16806296", "text": "and Jared Cotter. When we write songs, it just works. So that plus Afrojack's unbelievable production skills ... it sounds phenomenal.\" On 8 October 2012, Jay tweeted via his Official Twitter account \"Yo peeps! I'll be premiering my brand new single, \"So High\" on XFactor in Australia on 16 October!!! @Thexfactor_au #xfactorau #YMCMB\". The song was first released via iTunes in Australian, New Zealand & Japan Market on 17 October 2012 as an EP. The EP included 4 tracks plus 1 unreleased bonus track. The video for the song first premiered on the Jay Sean's Vevo account on 5 October", "title": "So High (Jay Sean song)" }, { "docid": "10748879", "text": "finished 9th assuring themselves a spot in the Salvadoran top level of competition one more year. Dragón and Platense were the two clubs relegated that year. In the 1981 Season, the Chalchuapa side won the \"Torneo de Copa\" beating the League Champion Atlético Marte by penalties. At the conclusion of the regulation time, the score was tied one all (Once Lobos scorer was W. Barrera at 27‘) and nothing changed in the ensuing 30 minute overtime. The 1982 season saw the team come under the direction of Dr. Ricardo Mena Laguán. At the end of the regular season, the teams", "title": "Once Lobos" }, { "docid": "18307076", "text": "He has also taken part in the CBBC game show \"Ultimate Brain\". On 15 August 2016 Essex County Standard reported that Essex TV had commissioned a show hosted by Ritchie dubbed 'Stevi Ritchie Takes On Essex.' Stevi often performs with Park Resorts Holiday Parks at their Cambersands Beach location. Stevi recently made a guest appearance at the ChrichMelex 2016 Awards Ceremony, joined by other Xfactor Finalists from past seasons. On Saturday 4 November 2017 Stevi will be performing alongside Britain’s Got Talent star Paul Manners at Bridgwater Carnival. Ritchie and fellow contestant Chloe Jasmine Whichello began dating during their participation", "title": "Stevi Ritchie" }, { "docid": "14318616", "text": "Raekwon in 2011, on the remix \"Things Still Fall Apart\" in 2012, and on his song \"The Mic Shall Inherit The Earth\" off of the \"XFactor\" album in 2015. EP + Singles: Studio Albums: Blitz the Ambassador Samuel Bazawule (born 1982), known by the stage name Blitz the Ambassador, is a Ghanaian-American hip-hop artist and visual artist based in Brooklyn, USA. Samuel Bazawule was born in Accra, Ghana in April 1982. He is the third of four children and attended the renowned Achimota School. While in school he amassed awards for his visual art, but later developed an obsession with", "title": "Blitz the Ambassador" }, { "docid": "17190663", "text": "It was reinstated as an annual event in 2004, after receiving funds from the Indonesian government. The most recent winner is Riri Riza, who won a Citra Award at the 2016 IFF for his direction of \"Athirah\". A total of 58 directors have been nominated for a Citra Award, 22 of whom have won at least one. all recipients have been men, although female directors have competed since Ida Farida received a nomination in 1989 for her romance \"Semua Sayang Kamu\". The most recognised director at the IFF has been Teguh Karya, who won six awards out of nine nominations", "title": "Citra Award for Best Director" }, { "docid": "18207286", "text": "asking TV3 to \"\"Take Natalia Kills off XFactor\"\", calling for the removal of only Kills without mentioning her husband, had attracted 77,049 signatures. Moon and Kills were both fired from the show the day after the incident and left Auckland for Los Angeles. Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Kills made her first public comments on the controversy by wishing luck to Joe Irvine and those in her former category luck in the competition, dismissing the idea of a \"manufactured conspiracy\" and also stated that \"there are many sides to this story\". The following day both Kills and Moon made further", "title": "The X Factor (New Zealand series 2)" }, { "docid": "8749244", "text": "Design and Art Direction Design and Art Direction (D&AD, formerly known as British Design & Art Direction) is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising. \"Widely considered one of the most prestigious and difficult-to-win awards in design and advertising, D&AD celebrates the finest creativity each year across a diverse range of disciplines.\" The main offices are in Spitalfields in London. D&AD was founded in 1962 by a group of London-based designers and art directors including David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes (who designed the original D&AD logo). A panel of", "title": "Design and Art Direction" }, { "docid": "4550282", "text": "the previous station, Radio Hope, needed a makeover and enlisted the help of Visiting Professor, BBC Radio Merseyside's Roger Phillips. After securing funding, the rebranding process began and in early 2014 a competition to find a new name was launched. The result of the competition was The Hope Institute of Sound abbreviated to THIS Radio. A promo video featuring the XFactor Voiceover Man Peter Dickson and 75 name entries later... THIS Radio was born! THIS Radio was announced on-air during Radio Hope's return to the Student Radio Association National UK Student Radio Chart show, on 23 May 2014. THIS Radio", "title": "Liverpool Hope University" }, { "docid": "17706668", "text": "is a soft rock ballad. It received generally favourable reviews from music critics, who named it a \"cinematic\", \"elegant\" and more \"grown-up\" ballad. Commercially, the song managed to reach the top forty in most countries, while it reached the top twenty in the UK and top ten in Ireland. A music video for the song caused controversy due to the 'freeze' on screen being similar to the music video from Australian band Clubfeet. The video won a Brit Award in 2015. The \"You & I\" fragrance endorsed by One Direction, named after the song, was released in August 2014. After", "title": "You & I (One Direction song)" }, { "docid": "12274366", "text": "William A. Horning William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, \"Gigi\". The following year, he received two additional posthumous Oscar nominations, one for Alfred Hitchcock's \"North by Northwest\" and another for the 1959 epic film \"Ben-Hur\". At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Horning won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for \"Ben-Hur\", that year's Best Picture", "title": "William A. Horning" }, { "docid": "11222368", "text": "and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said that a bill in Parliament to develop the FTII into a 'Centre of Excellence' would be introduced. This would enable the institute to enjoy the academic status and privileges of a university. The Institute offers three-year post-graduate diploma courses in film direction, editing, cinematography and audiography; two-year courses in acting and art direction; a one and a half year course in computer graphics and animation; a one-year course in feature film scriptwriting. One-year post-graduate certificate in direction, electronic cinematography, video editing and audiography are also part of the courses offered. The FTII is registered", "title": "Film and Television Institute of India" }, { "docid": "2337521", "text": "a year in the spring and autumn at Meiji-Jingu Stadium, considered as one of the most important matches of the year for students from both schools. Waseda University football team won the Emperor's Cup, in 1964 and 1967. Waseda University Rugby Football Club has reached the final of the All-Japan University Rugby Championship 31 times, and winning fifteen times, most recently in 2008. Its two traditional rivals are Keio University and Meiji University. The Waseda University karate club is one of the oldest in Japan, formed in 1931 under the direction of Gichin Funakoshi. Graduates of the karate club include", "title": "Waseda University" }, { "docid": "6112686", "text": "Award nominations including Best Picture in 1993. Jones received a nomination and won for best supporting actor that year, which is his only Oscar win to date. The Academy ultimately gave the 1993 Best Picture award to \"Schindler's List\". That year Davis was also honored with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Directors Guild of America nominated him for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Direction. Roger Ebert reviewed \"The Fugitive\" in 1993, he begins his review with, \"Andrew Davis' \"The Fugitive\" is one of the best entertainments of the year, a tense, taut", "title": "Andrew Davis (director)" }, { "docid": "10092066", "text": "Coordinator Sarah Costlow. APPS students take AP US Government their freshman year, AP US History their sophomore year, and more AP classes their junior and senior years. Many take AP English Language and Composition and AP World History as juniors. CHStage is the award-winning drama department at Clarksburg High School. It is under the direction of Michelle Meyer. Two shows, at least one a musical, are produced each year and have included \"Tarzan\", \"Once Upon a Mattress\", \"The Little Princess\", \"In The Heights\", and \"The Little Mermaid\". Each year CHStage attends theater festivals throughout Maryland, and has won awards at", "title": "Clarksburg High School (Maryland)" }, { "docid": "4004334", "text": "who also acted as an instructor. The Violin Concerto by Federico Elizalde was premiered by Ginette Neveu in Paris in 1944, but Christian Ferras gave its London premiere under the direction of Gaston Poulet, in the presence of the composer, and made the world premiere recording on 7 November 1947, at the age of 14. In 1948 Ferras won First Prize at the international Scheveningen Festival; Yehudi Menuhin was among the judges. He premiered Arthur Honegger's Sonata for Solo Violin in the Salle Gaveau on 16 November 1948. The next year, he won the second prize (the first prize was", "title": "Christian Ferras" }, { "docid": "10066205", "text": "received strong reviews, with a writer in Brisbane's \"Courier-Mail\" describing it as \"brilliantly satirical\" and a reviewer in Melbourne's \"Age\" awarding it the top rating of five stars. However Paul Sheehan, writing for the \"Sydney Morning Herald\", criticised the musical's pro-Keating bias, calling the script \"preachy and safe\" and an insult to those who voted for Howard. In 2007 it won the Helpmann Award for Best Musical, as well as the awards for best direction for Armfield and best actor in a supporting role for Serio. The following year it won another Helpmann for best regional touring production. By the", "title": "Keating!" }, { "docid": "10287591", "text": "1986 season's Rothmans Medallist was Manly-Warringah hooker, Mal Cochrane. Parramatta's halfback, Peter Sterling won the Dally M Award as well as \"Rugby League Week's\" player of the year award. The Coca-Cola Rugby League Coach-of-the-Year award was given to George Piggins who took South Sydney to the finals in his first year as coach. The new management and marketing direction that had been undertaken by the NSWRL in the 1980s meant that at the end of this season the League was able to announce a profit of $3.7 million and an increase in attendance of 22%. 23 of the 28 players", "title": "1986 NSWRL season" }, { "docid": "10474656", "text": "a two-year contract, with an option for a third year. He rejoined his teammate Mladen Božović, who moved in the same direction earlier that month. However, Lakić made only two competitive appearances for Partizan, as they won the double, before leaving the club in the 2008 summer transfer window. He subsequently moved to Vojvodina, recording only 13 league appearances in the next two years (2008–2010). In June 2011, Lakić returned to his homeland and joined Mogren. He again moved to Serbia and signed with Čukarički in the summer of 2012. After another year without competitive football, Lakić signed with Mladost", "title": "Risto Lakić" }, { "docid": "19123064", "text": "along with the purchase of the EP, \"Perfect\". Home (One Direction song) \"Home\" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from the \"Perfect EP\". It was released as part of the digital EP on iTunes and Apple Music on 21 October 2015. The song is included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of \"Made in the A.M.\". This song was written by Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Jamie Scott. It won a Teen Choice Award at the 2016 ceremony. On 22 October 2015, One Direction released the second single \"Perfect\" from their album, \"Made in the", "title": "Home (One Direction song)" }, { "docid": "19123063", "text": "Home (One Direction song) \"Home\" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from the \"Perfect EP\". It was released as part of the digital EP on iTunes and Apple Music on 21 October 2015. The song is included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of \"Made in the A.M.\". This song was written by Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Jamie Scott. It won a Teen Choice Award at the 2016 ceremony. On 22 October 2015, One Direction released the second single \"Perfect\" from their album, \"Made in the A.M.\" and released \"Home\" as a promotional single", "title": "Home (One Direction song)" }, { "docid": "9842186", "text": "and the story as a whole doesn't make sense. \"LittleBigPlanet\" has been given numerous awards. It won in eight categories out of 10 nominations at the AIAS Interactive Achievement Awards including \"Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction\", \"Visual Engineering\", \"Game Design\", \"Game Direction\", and \"Outstanding Innovation in Gaming\" and was judged \"Family Game of the Year\", \"Console Game of the Year\", and as \"Overall Game of the Year\". \"LittleBigPlanet\" was also given the \"Award for Artistic Achievement\" at the 5th British Academy Video Games Awards. It was dubbed Game of the Year by several gaming websites and publications including \"GamePro\", \"Edge\",", "title": "LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)" }, { "docid": "7022166", "text": "March\", \"Zhen: The David Braid Sextet Live\", \"Brubeck Braid\", \"Spirit Dance\", \"Flow\" and \"The North\" have also been nominated for Juno Awards. In 2017, Braid won two Canadian Screen Awards, \"Best Original Score\" and \"Best Original Song\" for his work on the flm, Born to Be Blue. Although Braid developed a reputation as one of the country's most celebrated jazz players, he began moving in a different direction with a solo piano album of original compositions called, \"Verge.\" Braid's 2011 solo \"turning point\" album, \"Verge\", also won a Juno award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year. In 2014, Braid", "title": "David Braid" }, { "docid": "1790835", "text": "the first director to win all three awards in one year. The film also won seven British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. It won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. In 1995, \"Cabaret\" was the ninth live-action musical film selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". \"Cabaret\" is cited on TV Guide's greatest films on TV and Video, and in", "title": "Cabaret (1972 film)" }, { "docid": "12621762", "text": "Falk won the STIM Platinum guitar prize. Falk has won two Ascap Pop Music Awards with the songs \"Starships\" and \"What Makes You Beautiful\", amongst many other of awards and nominations. Falk received two nominations both in 2012 and in 2013 in the Swedish Music Publishers Awards (SMFF). Both years for Songwriter Of The Year and International Achievement. He was also nominated for the 2013 Swedish Music Export Award, Carl Falk Carl Anthony Falk (born 17 August 1980 in Stockholm), is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician and has worked with artists such as Demi Lovato, One Direction, Nicki", "title": "Carl Falk" }, { "docid": "9501194", "text": "Samurai Reincarnation The film was nominated for three Awards of the Japanese Academy and won two of them. Sanada won best newcomer of the year and Tokumichi Igawa and Yoshikazu Sano took the award for best art direction. The film was nominated for best sound, however did not win the award. Following the massacre of many thousands of Christians by soldiers of the Tokugawa Empire after the Shimabara Rebellion, Shiro Amakusa renounces the God who he feels abandoned them, and bargains his soul to the forces of darkness for the power to take his revenge. He gains the power to", "title": "Samurai Reincarnation" }, { "docid": "11950944", "text": "violent climax. The Americans have liberated the Philippines from Japan. A party is held in the Ojeda home to announce Maggie and Miguels betrothal. The survivors attempt to reclaim their previous lifestyle, but the war has changed the world, just as it has forever changed each of them. The movie won the 1982 Gawad Urian awards for Best picture, direction, cinematography, production design, musical score, and sound. In the same year, it won the Luna Awards for Production Design and for Best Supporting Actress (Liza Lorena). It is marketed as being one of the top ten best films of the", "title": "Oro, Plata, Mata" }, { "docid": "17738233", "text": "the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize at the 2014 BC Book Prizes. Her third novel, \"Anatomy of a Girl Gang\" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013) won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize at the 2014 BC Book Prizes, one of two awards Little won that year. \"Anatomy of a Girl Gang\" was a Finalist for the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award and longlisted for the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Little's short fiction has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies, including \"Room\" (2010), \"Broken Pencil\" (2011), and \"Writing Without Direction: 10 1/2 Short Stories by Canadian Authors Under", "title": "Ashley Little" }, { "docid": "14175475", "text": "1960s while \"combining realism with a slightly bent reality to emphasize certain psychological aspects of the story.\" \"Falling Angels\" premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival where it was named one of \"Canada's Top Ten Films this year\" by the Toronto Film Festival Group. It won the award for Best Ontario Film at Cinéfest Sudbury 2003. Director Scott Smith won the Nanaimo inFEST Short Film and Awards Festival Silvie Award (2003) and was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction by the Directors Guild of Canada (2004) while production designer and art director Rob Gray was nominated for Outstanding Achievement", "title": "Falling Angels (film)" }, { "docid": "8593093", "text": "and Srinagar for 70 days, \"Rudraveena\" was produced on a budget of 8 million. Released on 4 March 1988 to critical acclaim, the film was a commercial failure, resulting in a loss of 0.6 million. It gained cult status later and is considered one of the best films made by Balachander. The film won three National Film Awards: Best Feature Film on National Integration, Best Music Direction, and Best Male Playback Singer (for S. P. Balasubrahmanyam). It also won four Nandi Awards, including a Special Jury award for Chiranjeevi. Later the same year, Balachander later remade the film into Tamil", "title": "Rudraveena (film)" }, { "docid": "17564901", "text": "was released in 2013, followed by their fourth album \"Four\" in 2014 and \"Made in the A.M.\" in 2015. One Direction became the only group in this 58-year history of the \"Billboard\" 200 albums chart to have their first five albums debut at number 1. During the Take Me Home Tour, One Direction covered Wheatus's \"Teenage Dirtbag\". In the original song lead vocalist Brendan Brown performs a segment in a \"female voice\" which, in One Direction's rendition of the song Payne covered in falsetto. This garnered praise from Brown, who commented, \"You can do my girl part anytime.\" Following the", "title": "Liam Payne" }, { "docid": "5826612", "text": "formerly under the direction of Dalt Williams, who led the band program from 1968 to 1995, then Roxanna Macheel, who led the band program from 1995 to 2006. The program is now led by Patrick Martin, who won the Northern California Band Association's Director of the Year Award in 2012 and conducted the All Northern California Junior High Honor Band in 2014. Notable alumni of Benicia High School include: Benicia High School Benicia High School is a public high school serving approximately 1,700 students, grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Benicia Unified School District. It is located", "title": "Benicia High School" }, { "docid": "14950631", "text": "Adele also won three awards, all in the technical fields, including Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Editing for \"Rolling in the Deep\". Britney Spears won a total of two awards, Best Pop Video for her single Till the World Ends and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for her influence and impact in music. Lady Gaga also won two awards, including Best Female Video for \"Born This Way\". Other winners included Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Tyler, the Creator, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West (shared with Perry), Foo Fighters, and the Beastie Boys who all won one apiece. During the awards", "title": "2011 MTV Video Music Awards" }, { "docid": "229067", "text": "a box office bomb, grossing $339,379 with a budget of $6 million, but critics praised Spacey's direction. He also voiced Hopper in the animated film \"A Bug's Life\" (1998). Spacey won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a depressed suburban father who re-evaluates his life in 1999's \"American Beauty\"; the same year, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Spacey won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and earned another Tony nomination in 1999 for \"The Iceman Cometh\". Spacey played a physically and emotionally scarred grade school teacher in \"Pay", "title": "Kevin Spacey" }, { "docid": "8931587", "text": "Krystle Carrington on \"Dynasty\", a rival show to \"Dallas\". After Jacobs decided that Evans would no longer play Pam, he began searching for another actress to play the character. The role was eventually won by then 28-year-old actress, Victoria Principal. Principal won the role over another finalist, Judith Chapman, who was known famously for her work in daytime television. Shortly after Principal's role on \"Fantasy Island\", a friend pointed her in the direction of \"Dallas\" and \"a part in it that was written for you\". Eventually, Principal received a copy of the script \"and read it and thought [my friend]", "title": "Pam Ewing" }, { "docid": "17960066", "text": "par excellence', pointing out that the idea that a small number of young pilots had alone prevented a German invasion is something that historians have long disputed. What Battle of Britain accounts have lacked, they argued, is a more holistic approach that sees the campaign as one in which all three services had played a crucial role. Allen's \"Who Won the Battle of Britain\" and his articles were a step in this direction. Both \"The Legacy of Lord Trenchard\" and \"Who Won the Battle of Britain\" show signs of having been influenced by the former war correspondent and Sunday Times", "title": "Hubert Raymond Allen" }, { "docid": "13044839", "text": "the Locarno International Film Festival, where it picked up two major awards, making it the first Canadian feature film to win an official prize in the festival’s 47-year history. In Canada, \"H\" was presented at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Festival International du Film de Québec, and the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian Screenplay Award. At the 12th Genie Awards the film won a Best Actress Award for Pascale Montpetit, and also received two nominations one for Best Direction and the other for Best Original Screenplay. \"Mustard Bath\", Wasyk’s", "title": "Darrell Wasyk" }, { "docid": "11897958", "text": "and leave them in the wilderness of nowhere, and no one comes to their rescue when their lives, along with their dreams, are threatened by the real danger of death. 2005 National Film Awards for Best Direction Swapner Din Swapner Din (English language: \"Chased by Dreams\", translation: \"A Day of Dreams\") is a 2004 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta, who won the National Film Award for Best Direction for it. Paresh (Prosenjit Chatterjee), the protagonist in \"Swapner Din\", cannot afford the luxury of reaching out for the unexplored. For him, travelling in an official jeep across", "title": "Swapner Din" } ]

[ "Sisyphus" ]

[ { "docid": "822990", "text": "bare repetition. Wolfgang Mieder has collected cartoons that build on the image of Sisyphus, many of them editorial cartoons. Sisyphus In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos (; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος \"Sísuphos\") was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as Sisyphean (). Linguistics Professor R. S.", "title": "Sisyphus" }, { "docid": "125413", "text": "label, and considered his works concerned with facing the absurd. In the titular book, Camus uses the analogy of the Greek myth of Sisyphus to demonstrate the futility of existence. In the myth, Sisyphus is condemned for eternity to roll a rock up a hill, but when he reaches the summit, the rock will roll to the bottom again. Camus believes that this existence is pointless but that Sisyphus ultimately finds meaning and purpose in his task, simply by continually applying himself to it. The first half of the book contains an extended rebuttal of what Camus took to be", "title": "Existentialism" }, { "docid": "7897037", "text": "upon the myth of Sisyphus, who was sentenced to a weird kind of immortality: he would roll a huge rock up to the top of a mountain, only for the rock to roll back down. He would then walk down in order to roll the rock up again. Over and over, eternally. Sisyphus is like a working class hero. While creating \"Still Life\", Dimitris Papaioannou thought a lot about the human crave for meaning, and about the absurdity of the human condition, rooted in matter but yearning for spirit. He was thinking about Albert Camus, and about work as meaning", "title": "Dimitris Papaioannou" } ]

[ { "docid": "3956476", "text": "stars as Arnie Haines, a rock and roll star who returns to his hometown to rest up for the summer only to find that rock and roll has been banned there by disapproving adults. Among those against him is influential newspaper columnist Arline MacLaine, though this does not stop Arnie from starting up a romance with MacLaine's daughter Francine. At Francine's urging, Arnie decides to perform a show to demonstrate to Arline that the adults' fears are unjustified. Meanwhile, MacLaine's columns have led to other towns across the country canceling planned rock and roll shows. This leaves big-name acts like", "title": "Don't Knock the Rock" }, { "docid": "9304383", "text": "pets including a grey parrot called Fritz. John Lees (musician) John Lees (born 13 January 1947) is an English musician who founded the rock band Barclay James Harvest. Educated at Robin Hill Secondary Modern and Breeze Hill School, Lees had no formal musical education, but took up playing the guitar when he was fourteen. Lees went on to study at Oldham School Of Art, where he met Stuart 'Woolly' Wolstenholme in 1964. They played together in \"The Sorcerers\", playing Eddie Cochran-style rock and roll, and in \"The Blues Keepers\", before forming Barclay James Harvest in 1967. He recorded a solo", "title": "John Lees (musician)" }, { "docid": "9304380", "text": "John Lees (musician) John Lees (born 13 January 1947) is an English musician who founded the rock band Barclay James Harvest. Educated at Robin Hill Secondary Modern and Breeze Hill School, Lees had no formal musical education, but took up playing the guitar when he was fourteen. Lees went on to study at Oldham School Of Art, where he met Stuart 'Woolly' Wolstenholme in 1964. They played together in \"The Sorcerers\", playing Eddie Cochran-style rock and roll, and in \"The Blues Keepers\", before forming Barclay James Harvest in 1967. He recorded a solo album, \"A Major Fancy\", in 1972, but", "title": "John Lees (musician)" }, { "docid": "10934891", "text": "Struble, Eddie Wayne Hill, Joel Colbert, Leonard Walters, Joe Donnell, Tommy Morrell, Art McNulty, Ronnie Dawson, Marvin (\"Smokey\") Montgomery, Bill Hudson, Dale Sellers, Jerry Stembridge, David Briggs, Stu Basore, Charlie McCoy, Mike Leech and Hayward Bishop. The background vocal groups were The Five Masks and The Jordanaires plus (Al Struble, Dan Edwards & Glen Struble). Gene Summers was born in Dallas, Texas and is an American singer/entertainer who has been an active rock music/rockabilly recording artist since the 1950s. Some of his classic recordings include \"School Of Rock 'n Roll\", \"Straight Skirt\", \"Nervous\", \"Gotta Lotta That\", \"Twixteen\", \"Fancy Dan\", \"Alabama", "title": "Texas Rock and Roll" }, { "docid": "14956101", "text": "existed. Anyway, there was this part in it where this stampede of dinosaurs, the front one is shot in the leg or something, and it trips up, and then all these huge dinosaurs trip up, roll down this hill, and it just ends up in this massive pile up, and everything in between them survives. I thought it was ridiculous, and as a joke I said, I have to start a band called Dinosaur Pile-Up.\" Dinosaur Pile-Up then released \"My Rock 'n' Roll EP\" in late 2008 and the \"Traynor 7\"\" and \"The Most Powerful EP in the Universe\" in", "title": "Dinosaur Pile-Up" }, { "docid": "12976927", "text": "\"material grounded in Americana even as it morphs from folk to rock and even soul\" and calls it a \"short but sweet collection\". Borges was married to Boston-area guitar player Lyle Brewer. After taking a few years off to have a son, Borges released \"Radio Sweetheart\" in 2014 on Lonesome Day Records and a follow up EP in 2016, \"Good & Dirty,\"which was produced by Eric Ambel. Sarah Borges Sarah Borges is a rock and roll musician from Taunton, Massachusetts, formerly signed to Sugar Hill Records. Her music has been described as \"walking that fine line between punk and country\".", "title": "Sarah Borges" }, { "docid": "17079172", "text": "members struggled to reconnect. \"Save Rock And Roll\" features guest vocals from Foxes, Big Sean, Courtney Love, and Elton John (who sings on the album's title track). The band filmed music videos for every song on the album, which were eventually compiled and released as \"The Young Blood Chronicles\" in 2014. \"Save Rock And Roll\" debuted at number one on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 with 154,000 first week sales, earning the band its second career number one. Its top 20 lead single, \"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)\", has achieved triple-platinum certification in the", "title": "Save Rock and Roll" }, { "docid": "4086909", "text": "Ronnie Spector Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett; August 10, 1943) is an American rock and roll singer known as \"The Bad Girl of Rock & Roll\". Spector is the lead singer of the rock/pop vocal girl group the Ronettes, who had a string of hits during the early to mid–1960s such as \"Be My Baby\", \"Baby, I Love You\", and \"The Best Part of Breakin' Up\". Subsequently, Spector launched her solo career and has since released five studio albums (\"Siren\" in 1980, \"Unfinished Business\" in 1987, \"Something's Gonna Happen\" in 2003, \"Last of the Rock Stars\" in 2006, and", "title": "Ronnie Spector" }, { "docid": "3564202", "text": "Streets of Fire Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It is described in its opening credits and posters as \"A Rock & Roll Fable\". The film is a mix of musical, action, neo-noir, drama, and comedy, with elements of retro-1950s woven into then-current 1980s themes. It stars Michael Paré as a mercenary who returns home to rescue his ex-girlfriend (Diane Lane) who has been kidnapped by the leader of a biker gang (Willem Dafoe). Some of the film was shot on the backlot of Universal Studios in California,", "title": "Streets of Fire" }, { "docid": "18027649", "text": "last week and it all just added up.\" The lyrics of \"A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy\" describe a man named Dan who is a huge fan of The Kinks. He engulfs himself in their music whenever he feels unhappy, \"living in a rock 'n' roll fantasy\". The song also details when Ray Davies and his brother Dave were thinking of breaking up The Kinks. This is evident in lyrics such as \"break up the band, start a new life be a new man.\" The track was the first from \"Misfits\" to be released as a single. It was backed with", "title": "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" }, { "docid": "19262528", "text": "and often focuses on Southern rock. She has also emphasized black contributions to rock music. Crazy Horse edited \"Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll\" (2004)\".\" The collection of essays analyzed black figures in rock in order to bring to light the \"black experience in rock 'n' roll.\" \"Rip It Up\" describes how black rock isn't considered part of the black music scene and therefore its \"impact has been minimized.\" She received an Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship in American Studies from Princeton University during 2008 and 2009. While she was a fellow at Princeton, she taught the course", "title": "Kandia Crazy Horse" }, { "docid": "19781784", "text": "with a finalist award for their single, \"Any\" in 2017, and Silver award of Rock/Alternative for their single, \"Rage\" in 2018. Charles Maven began his musical career producing and writing hyper-pop and rock and roll songs as a solo act in Virginia throughout the early 2000s and Robzie spent that same decade honing her skills under the tutelage of Rudy Bird who has recorded and toured with many notable artists such as Miles Davis , Lauryn Hill, Kenny Garrett , Dance Theatre of Harlem , Leela James; was featured on Michael Jackson's posthumous album Michael and worked with Amy Winehouse", "title": "RadaR Rock Band" }, { "docid": "17809202", "text": "the upbeat, beat-wise humor that hard rock has suppressed ever since grunge.\" Ray Van Horn, Jr. of Blabbermouth.net described the album as \"a fierce and entertaining record\" and \"a shell-shocked, stripped-down form of modern rock 'n roll that sounds at times like Heart in their early years and even their most recent few albums.\" Davey Boy of Sputnikmusic noted that \"'Absolution', 'Fucked Up World' and 'House on a Hill' best showcase [Momsen's] dynamic vocal range, but while concentrating a little too much on her Lolita-like image doesn't blunt the strength of Momsen's voice per se, a by-product is that the", "title": "Going to Hell" }, { "docid": "4240207", "text": "Pan\" has \"always been about my favorite story and I've always looked at it from the perspective that it's a great rock 'n' roll myth because it's about – when you get right down to it – it's about a gang of lost boys who never grow up, who are going to be young forever and that's about as perfect an image for rock'n'roll as I can think of.\" \"Lost Boys and Golden Girls\" is the basis for the musical \"Neverland\", which Steinman says is \"a rock 'n' roll science fiction version of Peter Pan that takes place in a", "title": "Bad for Good" }, { "docid": "961414", "text": "in rock and roll is indisputable. Up until his arrival, the music had been primarily associated with guitars, but his early Sun recordings and television appearances pushed the instrument to the forefront. Lewis was also an incendiary showman who often played with his fists, elbows, feet, and backside, sometimes climbing on top of the piano during gigs and even apocryphally setting it on fire. Like Chuck Berry's guitar playing, Lewis's piano style has become synonymous with rock and roll, having influenced generations of piano players. In a 2013 interview with Leah Harper, Elton John recalls that up until \"Great Balls", "title": "Jerry Lee Lewis" }, { "docid": "13466775", "text": "Jim Dawson Jim Dawson (born September 10, 1944) is a Hollywood, California-based author who has specialized in American pop culture (especially early rock and roll) and the history of flatulence. A self-proclaimed \"fartologist\", he has written three books about flatulence, including the best-selling \"Who Cut the Cheese?\" Jim Dawson is a Hollywood-based writer who has specialized in American pop culture (especially early rock 'n' roll) and the history of flatulence (three books so far, including his 1999 top-seller, \"Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart\"). Mojo magazine called his \"What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record\"", "title": "Jim Dawson" }, { "docid": "11584997", "text": "Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra is a nickname given to artists who recorded together in the early 1970s. They were predominantly members of Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Their first album together was \"Blows Against the Empire\", when they were known as Jefferson Starship. Starship founder Paul Kantner then came up the term \"Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra\", a label of reference to the San Francisco musicians that played on David Crosby's \"If I Could Only Remember My Name\". During the sessions for", "title": "Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra" }, { "docid": "15781716", "text": "to be proud of who they are. Vocally, Porcelain Black sings as if straining through \"a maze of razorblades,\" according to Steven J. Horowitz of \"YRB Magazine\". The RedOne-produced track employs a beat that is reminiscent of his work with Lady Gaga. Porcelain Black screams in the chorus \"Hey hey hey if you're ready to rage / Raise your hands up, this what rock and roll looks like / Yeah yeah yeah, wearing leather and lace / Raise your hands up, this what rock and roll looks like.\" While being interviewed by the \"Los Angeles Times\", Porcelain Black discussed in", "title": "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" }, { "docid": "13679946", "text": "said that the song \"Pick Up Line\" featured on his second album \"In With\", is about the first time he met Sean M. Carey. In May/June 2011 Conor and Vincent recorded a new album with Ex-boyfriends singer/song writer Colin Daly. The new group called The Philistines debut July 3, 2011 at San Francisco's Bottom of the HIll. Vitamin Party Vitamin Party is a San Francisco/Bay Area \"DIY\" rock-punk band which formed in 2004. Their style shows influences of lo-fi, indie, post-modern punk with straight forward rock and roll. The band has released an EP and two full-length albums on their", "title": "Vitamin Party" }, { "docid": "6598444", "text": "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide \"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide\" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as the closing track on the album \"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars\" in June 1972. It detailed Ziggy's final collapse as an old, washed-up rock star and, as such, was also the closing number of the Ziggy Stardust live show. In April 1974 RCA issued it as a single. Bowie saw the song in terms of the French chanson tradition, while biographer David Buckley has described both \"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide\" and the album's opening track \"Five", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" }, { "docid": "12272730", "text": "this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder (Kevin Zegers), whose debut album was a huge hit saw his follow-on album bomb, causing him to retreat to his small hometown and give up. Seven years later, 27-year-old Spyder reconnects with his long-lost best friend and writer of his debut album Eric (Jason Ritter), son of a late great punk rock guitar legend, who has long settled into the sedate life of a", "title": "The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll" }, { "docid": "15222665", "text": "like cymbals. The game uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Jerking the Nunchuk up allows the player to jump. Swinging the Wii Remote swings the player's guitar. The game has received poor reception. IGN gave the game a 3.0/10, criticizing it for non-interesting graphics, sloppy gameplay, and bad controls. \"Official Nintendo Magazine\" pointed out that the spine of the box misspells the title as \"Rock n' Roll Advneture\". Rock 'n' Roll Adventures Rock 'n' Roll Adventures is a platforming video game developed and published by Data Design Interactive and Conspiracy Entertainment. The game was released in Europe on Microsoft Windows,", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll Adventures" }, { "docid": "5056292", "text": "to a larger location close to the bottom of the hill that used to be the location of the now closed Circus World. Finally, there is also the Rock Legends Wax Museum featuring many musical (mostly rock and roll) icons from the 20th and 21st centuries, which is located near the corner of Centre St and Victoria Ave, at the top of Clifton Hill. Each of these museums has its own interactive areas where visitors can pose with figures, appear to get electrocuted in an electric chair (this option is available at Movieland), or have your hands sculpted with wax", "title": "Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls" }, { "docid": "17758721", "text": "rock 'n' roll who inspired and influenced Cliff, including Johnny Tillotson, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Everly Brothers and Little Richard. The album is produced by Steve Mandile and Eddie Healy is the executive producer. The debut single from the album is a cover of the Little Richard hit \"Rip It Up\", it is Cliff Richard's 140th single. In the US, the album was released on 25 February 2014 through Friday Music. The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook is a studio album by Cliff Richard. Promoted as his 100th album, the album", "title": "The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook" }, { "docid": "12896623", "text": "The Kabeedies The Kabeedies were an Indie, Afrobeat/Rock 'n' Roll band from Norwich/Woodbridge, England. The band was composed of Katie Allard (Vocals), Evan Jones (Guitar/Vocals), Rory Hill (Bass Guitar/Vocals) and Francis \"Fab\" Bell (Drums). Their song 'Come On', originally a B-side to debut single 'Lovers Ought To' on Cherryade Records, was included on the Microsoft Xbox Kinect adverts Worldwide. Their 2nd album 'Soap' was released in late February 2012. In July 2012, vocalist Katie Allard left the band. Jones, Hill and Bell have since formed Indie-Rock band, Keep Up. The Kabeedies released their debut album 'Rumpus' on 9 November 2009", "title": "The Kabeedies" }, { "docid": "9062032", "text": "the \"500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll\". Authors Dawson and Propes discussed \"Lawdy Miss Clawdy\" among the first rock and roll songs. \"Lawdy Miss Clawdy\" \"set the pattern for the rock and roll years in New Orleans\" and its success led many to try to emulate it; one author suggests \"for a time, every new R&B song coming out of New Orleans sounded suspiciously like \"Lawdy Miss Clawdy\". In 1953, singer Tommy Ridgley, a friend of Price's who nearly recorded \"Lawdy Miss Clawdy\" first, recorded a follow-up tune \"Oh, Lawdy, My Baby\". In 1958, Larry Williams, who had been", "title": "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" }, { "docid": "14307361", "text": "name \"Wipeout\". It has a surfer theme and is painted blue. The roller coaster is a \"boomerang\" ride wherein the train is taken backwards up a hill. At the top of the hill, the train is released and picks up speed. At that point, pictures are automatically taken of the riders (who can buy souvenir pictures at the beach hut themed stall after the ride). The train then speeds through the station at its top speed, and then goes through a cobra roll and a vertical loop. It then climbs to the top of a second hill. At the top,", "title": "Wipeout (roller coaster)" }, { "docid": "8313437", "text": "School. Terry Mulligan's 2012 memoir \"Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem\" is a chronicle of the writer's experiences growing up in the 1950s and '60s in the neighborhood, where her neighbors included future United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, early rock n' roll legend Frankie Lymon, and New York baseball great Willie Mays, among other well-known names. Among the many notable buildings in the Sugar Hill area are: Notes Sugar Hill, Manhattan Sugar Hill is a United States historic district in the northern part of the Hamilton Heights section of the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York", "title": "Sugar Hill, Manhattan" }, { "docid": "20455368", "text": "Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film is a documentary film directed by Steven Kochones, which depicts the impact of photography on rock and roll history and culture over six decades. The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. It was originally commissioned by the Annenberg Foundation to coincide with the museum exhibit, Who Shot Rock & Roll. Hear the stories behind rock's most enduring images. This documentary features interviews, photographs and never-before-seen footage spotlighting the work of rock photographers whose images defined rock and roll history, including photographers", "title": "Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film" }, { "docid": "3768004", "text": "soundtrack album. The original Ed Stasium mixes were not issued until the 1988 compilation album \"Ramones Mania\" and the 1999 compilation album \"\", respectively. Other songs appearing in the film include: As well as the following songs by the Ramones: \"Rock 'n' Roll High School\" received generally positive reviews and has a 80% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based onreviews from 24 film critics. \"Rock 'n' Roll High School\" did well enough that Arkush and Whitley followed it up with a sequel, \"Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever\" in 1991. On July 31, 2008, it was announced that actor/writer Alex Winter", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll High School" }, { "docid": "15558508", "text": "Mojo Triangle The Mojo Triangle, a geographical and cultural area located within a triangular connection between New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis, is the birthplace of country, blues, jazz, and rock 'n' roll. The Mojo Triangle has presented the world with an astonishing array of creative artists, not just in music, but also in literature and films. The phrase \"Mojo Triangle\" was first coined by author James L. Dickerson in his award-winning 2005 book, Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll. A fiddle tune named \"Natchez Under the Hill,\" which originated in the joints along the docks", "title": "Mojo Triangle" }, { "docid": "15558497", "text": "Mojo Triangle The Mojo Triangle, a geographical and cultural area located within a triangular connection between New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis, is the birthplace of country, blues, jazz, and rock 'n' roll. The Mojo Triangle has presented the world with an astonishing array of creative artists, not just in music, but also in literature and films. The phrase \"Mojo Triangle\" was first coined by author James L. Dickerson in his award-winning 2005 book, Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll. A fiddle tune named \"Natchez Under the Hill,\" which originated in the joints along the docks", "title": "Mojo Triangle" }, { "docid": "14354259", "text": "of \"Rock 'n' Roll Circus\" feature the hand-written lyrics to each song, and an autograph sheet from Hamasaki. All four cover sleeves for \"Rock 'n' Roll Circus\" were photographed by photographer and designer ND Chow. The standalone CD artwork has Hamasaki holding the door to a red telephone box in Covent Garden, London, with the album title and her name superimposed on the booth. This marks Hamasaki's third album cover to be photographed and directed outside of Japan, after LOVEppears and (Miss)understood. The CD and music video DVD format has a close-up of Hamasaki's face, with parts of the British", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll Circus" }, { "docid": "9554008", "text": "The Raindogs The Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll. Based in Boston, the band was made up of Mark Cutler, Emerson Torrey, members of recently disbanded New Orleans band Red Rockers Darren Hill and Jim Reilly (also of Ireland’s “Stiff Little Fingers\"), and Johnny Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard. The Rhode Island based Schemers had previously won the Providence Rock Hunt and the Boston Rock Rumble band competitions, and their", "title": "The Raindogs" }, { "docid": "19361317", "text": "acts of significant importance to the Iowa rock ‘n’ roll scene such as those that perished near Clear Lake, Iowa during the Winter Dance Party Tour on February 3, 1959. Recognizing the significance of venues such as the Surf Ballroom to rock ‘n’ roll history, they are accorded their own category in the Hall of Fame. Making up the record industry and the distribution and marketing of early rock ‘n’ roll, the Hall of Fame has separate categories for: The museum “provides visitors with an in-depth look at Iowa’s rockin’ roots through informative exhibits”. It contains memorabilia from many of", "title": "Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame" }, { "docid": "9672061", "text": "racquetball and a new motorcycle, as well as support from understanding adults, help him discover who he really is. The novel is set in the same high school as \"Vision Quest\", but twenty years later. If Rock & Roll Were a Machine If Rock & Roll Were a Machine is a young adult novel written by Terry Davis. It was first published in 1993 and was re-released in a new edition in March 2003. Despite its title, it has little to do with machines and less to do with rock and roll: it primarily focuses on the central character's coming", "title": "If Rock & Roll Were a Machine" }, { "docid": "10413473", "text": "collage of number one hits from the Rock & Roll era, through, ironically (as it is not a rock record), Debby Boone's \"You Light Up My Life\" (which just happened to be topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at the time). The History of Rock and Roll The History of Rock & Roll is a US radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969. One of the lengthiest documentaries of any medium (48 hours in the 1969 version, 52 hours each for the 1978 and 1981 versions), \"The History of Rock & Roll\" is a definitive", "title": "The History of Rock and Roll" }, { "docid": "4285990", "text": "McIntyre born in Clarksville, tenor saxophonist Red Holloway born in Helena, tenor saxophonist and bandleader Hayes Pillars born in North Little Rock, Oliver Lake born in Marianna, pianist Bob Dorough born in Cherry Hill, bassist James Leary born in Little Rock, pianist Art Porter, Sr. and saxophonist Art Porter, Jr. born in Little Rock, and Amina Claudine Myers born in Blackwell. Sister Rosetta Tharpe from Cotton Plant was a gospel artist who achieved crossover success and became a rock and roll pioneer, influencing among many others fellow Arkansas native Johnny Cash from Kingsland. Sonny Burgess was another Arkansan who influenced", "title": "Music of Arkansas" }, { "docid": "6386105", "text": "August 26, 1946, Snow grew up in Brooklyn, graduating from the High School of Music and Art (1964) and, afterwards, the Juilliard School of Music. He was a co-founder of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble. Snow also composed the score for the television movie \"Dirty Pictures\", the series \"Smallville\" and \"One Tree Hill\". He has also composed music for video games, such as \"\" and \"Urban Assault\" (cutscene music only). Snow has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards and won 34 ASCAP awards. He was nominated for a César Award for his work on the film \"Coeurs\" directed", "title": "Mark Snow" }, { "docid": "10104791", "text": "Rock the Joint \"Rock the Joint\", also known as \"We're Gonna Rock This Joint Tonight\", is a boogie song recorded by various proto-rock and roll singers, notably Jimmy Preston and early rock and roll singers, most notably Bill Haley. Preston's version has been cited as a contender for being \"the first rock and roll record\", and Haley's is widely considered the first rockabilly record. The song's authorship is credited to Harry Crafton, Wendell \"Don\" Keane, and Harry \"Doc\" Bagby, who were musicians contracted to the Gotham label in New York, owned by Ivin Ballen (although a live version recorded by", "title": "Rock the Joint" }, { "docid": "13504947", "text": "many individuals to take up music. These included many of the subsequent generation of rock and roll, folk, R&B and beat performers, among them John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who first performed together in the Quarrymen skiffle group in 1957. At the same time, British audiences were beginning to encounter American rock and roll. For many, this was initially through American films, including \"Blackboard Jungle\" (1955) and \"Rock Around the Clock\" (1955). Both films contained the Bill Haley & His Comets hit \"Rock Around the Clock\" and helped it to top the UK chart in 1955 and again in 1956.", "title": "British rock and roll" }, { "docid": "14354247", "text": "has a close-up of Hamasaki's face. Upon the album's release, it was met with mixed to favourable reviews from music critics. Critics commended the album's approach to rock music, alongside its commercial appeal and music consistency. However, some noted the lack of emotional delivery in Hamasaki's lyrics, while criticizing the album's ballads and production. \"Rock 'n' Roll Circus\" was listed by several critics as one of the best albums of 2010. Commercially, \"Rock 'n' Roll Circus\" was a success. It became Hamasaki's tenth album to reach the top spot on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart, and was certified platinum by the", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll Circus" }, { "docid": "16657744", "text": "Rock Run, Alabama Rock Run is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Rock Run is located on County Route 29, southeast of Centre. Rock Run had its start as a mining community, and may have been named from a run on the rocks containing iron ore. According to another story, a settler climbing a hill dislodged a rock, and watching it roll down the hill, said \"Look at that rock run!\" A post office operated under the name Rock Run from 1883 to 1957. In 1890, it was listed on the U.S. Census as having 360 residents,", "title": "Rock Run, Alabama" }, { "docid": "16022012", "text": "minute shorter compared to the original album version. In the US it was certified gold and platinum in June 2013 by the RIAA. This compilation is the closest Seger has come to the release of a career-spanning boxed set (usually 3 or 4 compact discs). Seger remains an artist, among those whose careers have spanned decades, who has not released a traditional boxed set of his music. Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets is a compilation album by American rock singer–songwriter Bob Seger. The double-disc album was released on November 21, 2011", "title": "Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets" }, { "docid": "5132819", "text": "were immediately put up against the popular the Rock 'n' Roll Express team of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, stating that they had been sent back from the future to save the fans from the Rock 'n' Roll Express, who would supposedly go crazy over what happened to Rock and Roll in the year 2000. They also claimed that in the future Jimmy Valiant had corrupted future Dusty Rhodes, leading to a dictatorship. mockingly calling him \"Father Time\". They also claimed that masked wrestler LazorTron was in reality a robot from the future, sent to stop them. In the spring", "title": "Sean Royal" }, { "docid": "15325222", "text": "was performed as part of a medley, using the same guitar proposed The Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney cover version was released in 2008. \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" is an often-covered song, and has been notably recorded by such artists as: I Love Rock 'n' Roll \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" is a rock song written in 1975 by Alan Merrill of the Arrows, who recorded the first released version. The song was later made famous by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts in 1982. Merrill still plays the song live in Europe, Japan and most often in his home", "title": "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" }, { "docid": "10134090", "text": "by David Kerekes sums up the publication: \"When it comes to garage rock and everything associated with 'wild sounds from past dimensions', there is little to compare to the magnitude that is the mighty Ugly Things.\" In \"My Rock and Roll Magazine Rack\", Mark Boudreau (of rockandrollreport.com) writes: \"Absolutely encyclopedic in its knowledge of arcane rock and roll, Ugly Things is a rock and roll fan's delight.\". The Mod-Sixties Webring says of \"Ugly Things\", \"For fans of '60s beat, punk, R&B, garage, psych and freakbeat Ugly Things magazine has been the place to go for over 15 years\". In 2002,", "title": "Ugly Things" }, { "docid": "2781584", "text": "other original members of the Impressions (Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash, and Arthur and Richard Brooks), into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Hives covered \"Find Another Girl\" on their 2000 album Veni Vidi Vicious. The Black Keys covered \"Never Give You Up\" on their 2010 album, \"Brothers\". He currently resides in Chicago with his wife, Annette, who is one of his backup singers on the road. He has two sons, Randy and Tony, and a grandson, Jeriel. Since his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Impressions, several", "title": "Jerry Butler" }, { "docid": "342164", "text": "recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned. Other artists with early rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent. Chuck Berry's 1955 classic \"Maybellene\" in particular features a distorted electric guitar solo with warm overtones created by his small valve amplifier. However, the use of distortion was predated by electric blues guitarists such as Joe Hill Louis, Guitar Slim, Willie Johnson of Howlin' Wolf's band, and Pat Hare; the latter two also made use of distorted power chords in the early 1950s. Also", "title": "Rock and roll" }, { "docid": "342184", "text": "Brown, and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, whose 1960 hit song \"Shakin' All Over\" became a rock and roll standard. As interest in rock and roll was beginning to subside in America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was taken up by groups in major British urban centres like Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London. About the same time, a British blues scene developed, initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies who were directly inspired by American musicians such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Many groups moved towards the beat", "title": "Rock and roll" }, { "docid": "16657745", "text": "making it the largest incorporated community in Cherokee County, narrowly ahead of Centre, the county seat. Below are photographs recorded in Rock Run during the Historic American Buildings Survey: Rock Run, Alabama Rock Run is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Rock Run is located on County Route 29, southeast of Centre. Rock Run had its start as a mining community, and may have been named from a run on the rocks containing iron ore. According to another story, a settler climbing a hill dislodged a rock, and watching it roll down the hill, said \"Look at", "title": "Rock Run, Alabama" }, { "docid": "6302463", "text": "cover also pictured Cordell Jackson. Paul Burlison's pioneering contribution to rock-and-roll has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Paul Burlison Paul Burlison (February 4, 1929 – September 27, 2003) was an American pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he was exposed to music at an early age. After a stint in the United States Military, Burlison teamed up with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette to form The Rock and Roll Trio. The band released several singles, but failed to attain chart success. Paul is sometimes", "title": "Paul Burlison" }, { "docid": "12976924", "text": "Sarah Borges Sarah Borges is a rock and roll musician from Taunton, Massachusetts, formerly signed to Sugar Hill Records. Her music has been described as \"walking that fine line between punk and country\". Borges grew up in Taunton, a city south of Boston in the third generation of a Portuguese (hence the hard \"g\" in her name) family. She was interested in musical theatre as a youth, and majored in the subject while a student at Emerson College. On the strength of a performance at the South by Southwest Festival in 2004, Borges earned a record deal with Houston's Blue", "title": "Sarah Borges" }, { "docid": "11623482", "text": "The King of Rock 'n' Roll \"The King of Rock 'n' Roll\" is a single by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released by Kitchenware Records in April 1988. It was the second single taken from their album of that year, \"From Langley Park to Memphis\", and referenced a washed-up 1950s star who is only remembered for his one-hit novelty song, which is sung in the chorus. It remains the band's biggest success in their native UK, reaching No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, where it spent 10 weeks. Producer Thomas Dolby added a synth bass in the verses to", "title": "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" }, { "docid": "9554010", "text": "East Greenwich, Rhode Island where he lives. The Raindogs The Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll. Based in Boston, the band was made up of Mark Cutler, Emerson Torrey, members of recently disbanded New Orleans band Red Rockers Darren Hill and Jim Reilly (also of Ireland’s “Stiff Little Fingers\"), and Johnny Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard. The Rhode Island based Schemers had previously won the Providence Rock Hunt and the", "title": "The Raindogs" }, { "docid": "10212736", "text": "town; he and Spirit had discovered Millville). The bartender's odd behavior leads Rock 'n Roll to investigate. A Cobra ring is spotted on the man's finger and a confrontation breaks out, as the other bar patrons are Cobra agents. Rock 'n Roll takes the bartender hostage but none of the other agents care. Bazooka, who had been in the restroom, is hit with a bottle from behind and knocked out; the Cobra agents tie him up in a cold storage room. In the basement facility, the awake Joes are questioned and beaten by Cobra agents. One questions why the Joes", "title": "Rock 'n Roll (G.I. Joe)" }, { "docid": "16934858", "text": "Hillbilly Herald Hillbilly Herald is an American rock and roll band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2008. The band has toured North America several times, including as the opening act for Slash, and has been recognized for its gritty and boisterous live show. Hillbilly Herald was founded by lead singer Jimmy Herald at the advisement of Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, who told Herald he should start a band. Shortly after Herald moved to Los Angeles in 2008, he started playing music with guitarist Mark Hill, a former coworker at a car wash in Austin, Texas. They recorded", "title": "Hillbilly Herald" }, { "docid": "14735306", "text": "Fred Mandel (Queen, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd) make guest appearances on the album. In 2009, guitarists Andy Andersson & Staffan Österlind and former Hot Sauce Johnson / Rumblefish / Earshot drummer Possum Hill were added to the line-up. The band has been described as a \"new powerhouse\" and \"good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll influenced by acts like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Crowes and the Rolling Stones\" The band released their first music video for the JJ Cale classic \"Cocaine\" on May 5, 2010, debuting it exclusively on top rated gaming website IGN.com. The video features a comical cameo appearance by", "title": "Black Robot" }, { "docid": "5715675", "text": "called a boogie, it resembles early North Mississippi Hill country blues rather than the boogie-woogie piano-derived style of the 1930s and 1940s. Hooker gave credit to his stepfather, Will Moore, who taught him the rhythm of \"Boogie Chillen'\" (\"chillen'\" is a phonetical approximation of Hooker's pronunciation of \"children\") when he was a teenager. Some of the song's lyrics are derived from earlier blues songs. Hooker's guitar work on the song inspired several well-known guitarists to take up the instrument. With its driving style and focus on rhythm, it is also considered a forerunner of rock and roll. Music critic Cub", "title": "Boogie Chillen'" }, { "docid": "19625429", "text": "present \"D\"-shaped configuration The name for the raceway complex was \"Strawberry Hill\" until the Virginia State Fairgrounds site was bought out in 1999 and renamed the \"Richmond International Raceway\". 2006 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 The 2006 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on September 9, 2006, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the three–quarter (1.2 km) short track, it was the 26th race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race. In 1953, Richmond International Raceway began", "title": "2006 Chevy Rock & Roll 400" }, { "docid": "13504957", "text": "British rock and roll, including in the 1970s, with highly successful nostalgic pop acts in the 1970s like Showaddywaddy and Alvin Stardust (who, as Shane Fenton, had enjoyed chart success in the early 1960s), and Shakin' Stevens in the 1980s, but a wider revival has been elusive. In general, early British rock and roll was a second-class product and made little impact on the American market, where British acts before 1963 were almost unknown. In Britain too their significance was limited. British rhythm and blues bands like the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds deliberately turned away from rock and roll", "title": "British rock and roll" }, { "docid": "5922256", "text": "Rock 'n' Roll Star \"Rock 'n' Roll Star\" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It is the opening track from their record breaking debut album, \"Definitely Maybe\". Like the majority of the band's songs from this era, it was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. Noel said that \"Rock 'n' Roll Star\" was one of only three songs in which he wanted to say something: \"I've pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say in \"Rock 'n' Roll Star\", \"Live Forever\" and \"Cigarettes & Alcohol\", after that I'm repeating myself, but in a different way\". It became", "title": "Rock 'n' Roll Star" }, { "docid": "18631072", "text": "Peggy Jones (musician) Peggy Jones or Peggy Malone (married name) (July 19, 1940 – September 16, 2015), known on stage as Lady Bo in recognition of her relationship with Bo Diddley, was an American musician. A pioneer of rock and roll, Jones played rhythm guitar in Bo Diddley's band in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming one of the first (perhaps \"the\" first) female rock guitarists in a highly visible rock band, and was sometimes called the \"Queen Mother of Guitar\". Born in Harlem, New York City, in 1940, Jones grew up in the Sugar Hill section, and attended", "title": "Peggy Jones (musician)" }, { "docid": "9503384", "text": "arrival a \"Tennessee hustler\". As he tells a policeman who demands his name: The song was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 1970, Armstrong performed the song with Johnny Cash on \"The Johnny Cash Show\". The song has been covered by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band on \"Almost Acoustic\", Jerry Garcia and David Grisman on \"Been All Around This World\", Merle Haggard on \"Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium\", Jimmie Dale Gilmore on Come on Back, and Steve Earle on \"Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator\".", "title": "Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)" }, { "docid": "14984943", "text": "This launch accelerates riders to their top speed of before climbing an hill. A figure 8 element is located at the top of this hill where riders weave through a series of helixes before dropping into a trench. Riders then proceed over a directional changing airtime hill crossing over the Skyride, before completing the ride's only inversion, a Heartline roll. Upon exiting the barrel-roll and its subsequent brake run (the only one on the ride until the final stop), the ride remains low to the ground and goes through a series of short banked turns through a rock fixture simulating", "title": "Cheetah Hunt" }, { "docid": "342191", "text": "movement, largely working class in origin, and eventually to the rockers. Rock and roll has been seen as reorienting popular music toward a youth market, as in Dion and the Belmonts' \"A Teenager in Love\" (1960). From its early 1950s beginnings through the early 1960s, rock and roll spawned new dance crazes including the twist. Teenagers found the syncopated backbeat rhythm especially suited to reviving Big Band-era jitterbug dancing. Sock hops, school and church gym dances, and home basement dance parties became the rage, and American teens watched Dick Clark's \"American Bandstand\" to keep up on the latest dance and", "title": "Rock and roll" }, { "docid": "17079183", "text": "an entirely new song influenced by it. The same orchestral snippet was employed as a sample by German hip-hop artist Peter Fox in his 2008 single \"Alles Neu\" from the album \"Stadtaffe\". \"Save Rock and Roll\" has been described to contain \"pulsating disco grooves [and] stacked-harmony hair-metal singing.\" The title track, \"Save Rock and Roll\", samples a vocal track of \"Chicago Is So Two Years Ago\", from \"Take This to Your Grave\". The album's earliest origins lie in unsuccessful writing sessions between Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz. The two met up in early 2012 to write for the first time", "title": "Save Rock and Roll" }, { "docid": "16756487", "text": "all my creative power\". SL has also cited Slash of the American hard-rock band Guns N' Roses as being influential in his work as a guitarist. The Devil's Blood was founded by Selim Lemouchi and was joined by his sister Farida, who would be the group's core musicians. The band's line up has changed several times over its existence. The Devil's Blood The Devil's Blood was a Dutch occult rock band from Eindhoven, formed in 2006. Their style is rock-and-roll-flavoured hard rock in the vein of Black Widow, Coven, Black Sabbath, and a plethora of 1970s underground progressive rock. The", "title": "The Devil's Blood" }, { "docid": "9767655", "text": "titled \"I Love Rock 'N' Roll 33 1/3 Anniversary Edition\" was released. The rereleased set included the I Love Rock 'N Roll album plus a second disc of previously unreleased live recordings from New York from 1981. The portrait image used for the cover was taken by British photographer Mick Rock. It is widely considered one of the most iconic images in rock music history. Rock has said his vision for the portrait was clear: \"I saw her as a female Elvis\". The styling played a part in Jett's overall appeal, \"Creem\" observed and asked rhetorically, \"who ever said that", "title": "I Love Rock 'n Roll (album)" }, { "docid": "1873402", "text": "song \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?\" gained new significance a half-century later as the title of a global game show franchise. \"I Love You, Samantha\" has also become a jazz favorite for improvisations. When Bing Crosby sang \"Now You Has Jazz\", he uttered the Porter lyric \"rock and roll\", and it very well might have been the first time that phrase was uttered on film. It would have been ironic coming from Crosby since rock and roll would very soon eclipse the jazz and swing of Crosby, Sinatra, and Armstrong. The first rock and roll film came out the", "title": "High Society (1956 film)" }, { "docid": "1140697", "text": "solos and power chords in the 1950s, evident in the work of Memphis blues guitarists such as Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson, and particularly Pat Hare, who captured a \"grittier, nastier, more ferocious electric guitar sound\" on records such as James Cotton's \"\" (1954). Other antecedents include Link Wray's instrumental \"Rumble\" in 1958, and the surf rock instrumentals of Dick Dale, such as \"Let's Go Trippin'\" (1961) and \"Misirlou\" (1962). In the 1960s, American and British blues and rock bands began to modify rock and roll by adding harder sounds, heavier guitar riffs, bombastic drumming, and louder vocals, from electric", "title": "Hard rock" }, { "docid": "11127007", "text": "songs did not end up on either the film or the soundtrack, both were later released as Sex Pistols singles. Along with Rotten, people who sang on \"The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle\" include: The album has been released in different variations featuring different track listings. There have been two main versions, which were featured on double-album vinyl and CD. The biggest differences between the track lists is that the songs are re-arranged and version A features \"I Wanna Be Me\" and the Dave Goodman produced version of \"Anarchy in the UK\" while version B features \"Watcha Gonna Do About", "title": "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (album)" }, { "docid": "10943550", "text": "Dan Edwards, Glen Struble, Eddie Wayne Hill, Joel Colbert, Leonard Walters, Joe Donnell, Tommy Morrell, Art McNulty, Ronnie Dawson, Marvin (\"Smokey\") Montgomery, Bill Hudson, Dale Sellers, Jerry Stembridge, David Briggs, Stu Basore, Charlie McCoy, Mike Leech and Hayward Bishop. The background vocal groups were The Five Masks and The Jordanaires plus (Al Struble, Dan Edwards & Glen Struble). All the Summers tracks were recorded in Dallas and Los Angeles. Gene Summers was born in Dallas, Texas and is an American singer/entertainer who has been an active rock music/rockabilly recording artist since the 1950s. Some of his classic recordings include \"School", "title": "Rock 'n Roll Volume 2." }, { "docid": "13585059", "text": "record contract before their first live gig.\" Billy Baker of the \"Boston Globe\" called \"Rock and Roll Band\" \"one of the biggest rock anthems of the 1970s.\" Scott Tady of \"Beaver County Times\" described \"Rock and Roll Band,\" \"Smokin'\" and Boston's first four singles as having \"helped set the foundation for classic-rock radio.\" \"Boston Globe\"'s Sarah Rodman credited \"Rock and Roll Band\" as one of the songs that helped drive sales of \"Boston\" to over 17 million copies. \"The New Rolling Stone Album Guide\" called \"Rock and Roll Band\" a \"cleaned-up boogey [\"sic\"] crowd pleaser...\" Jamie Reno of \"San Diego\"", "title": "Rock & Roll Band" }, { "docid": "8559511", "text": "Even It Up \"Even It Up\" is a song recorded by the rock band Heart. It was released in 1980 as the first single from the band's fifth studio album \"Bebe le Strange\". The song is an uptempo rock and roll number which lyrically is sung by a woman who is demanding that her lover \"even it up\" by reciprocating the effort that she has put forth in their relationship. This song is the first of three Heart tunes to utilize the Tower of Power horn section. The band also used TOP on their cover of Aaron Neville's \"Tell It", "title": "Even It Up" }, { "docid": "7678903", "text": "attached as star and Hill's then-girlfriend, a talent agent at ICM, recommended the role of the convict be played by an exciting new comic on \"Saturday Night Live\", Eddie Murphy. The resulting film was a problematic shoot, with many clashes between Paramount and Hill, but it resulted in a massive box office success. Hill's box office success with \"48 Hrs.\" enabled him to raise the money for a stylish \"rock 'n' roll fable\", \"Streets of Fire\". He almost set this up at Paramount but they changed their mind; Universal decided to finance instead. While initially a box office failure, it", "title": "Walter Hill" }, { "docid": "17212789", "text": "the Tophatters big band and the smaller Kings of Rhythm. Hill was Turner's regular tenor saxophone player at the band's first recording sessions at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951, which produced the R&B classic \"Rocket 88\", credited to Hill's fellow saxophonist and singer Jackie Brenston. The record features a solo by the 17-year-old Hill, after Brenston's cry of \"blow your horn, Raymond, blow!\". The single reached no.1 on the R&B chart and has often been called \"the first rock and roll record\". Hill left Turner's regular performing band in 1952 after a dispute over payments. However,", "title": "Raymond Hill (musician)" }, { "docid": "10183177", "text": "Cultural impact of Elvis Presley Since the beginning of his career, Elvis Presley has had an extensive cultural impact. According to \"Rolling Stone\", \"it was Elvis who made rock 'n' roll the international language of pop.\" Rolling Stone encyclopedia of Rock and Roll describes Presley as \"an American music giant of the 20th century who single-handedly changed the course of music and culture in the mid-1950s.\" His recordings, dance moves, attitude and clothing came to be seen as embodiments of rock and roll. His music was heavily influenced by African-American blues, Christian gospel, and Southern country. In a list of", "title": "Cultural impact of Elvis Presley" }, { "docid": "4782210", "text": "family's business in New Jersey, as a paste-up artist for the Lovable underwear company in New York City, And later, in the early 1970s, as a snake hunter for the Miami Serpentarium, in Florida. A fan of early rock and roll and \"oddball\" records, he also began writing for rock music magazines, including \"Creem\", \"Fusion\", and \"Rolling Stone\". He has been described as \"the best example of a good rock journalist who set out to transcend his genre and succeeded,\" and as someone who \"along with Lester Bangs, Richard Meltzer and a handful of other noble notables from the era...", "title": "Nick Tosches" }, { "docid": "342190", "text": "of concern for older generations, who worried about juvenile delinquency and social rebellion, particularly because to a large extent rock and roll culture was shared by different racial and social groups. In America, that concern was conveyed even in youth cultural artifacts such as comic books. In \"There's No Romance in Rock and Roll\" from \"True Life Romance\" (1956), a defiant teen dates a rock and roll-loving boy but drops him for one who likes traditional adult music—to her parents' relief. In Britain, where postwar prosperity was more limited, rock and roll culture became attached to the pre-existing Teddy Boy", "title": "Rock and roll" }, { "docid": "19739659", "text": "Elvis Presley to top things off. The film has a rating of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. Rock N Roll Frankenstein Rock N' Roll Frankenstein is a 1999 American horror comedy film that was directed by Brian O'Hara. The film had its world premiere on 18 September 1999 at the Helsinki International Film Festival and stars Graig Guggenheim, Jayson Spence, Barry Feterman and Hiram Jacob Segarra. The movie follows Bernie, a record producer who persuades his nephew Frankie to create a new rock star that will help Bernie overcome his work", "title": "Rock N Roll Frankenstein" }, { "docid": "10535743", "text": "the top ten on the iTunes Store, where it peaked at number five in September 2007 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. It became the highest charting album by an unsigned artist in iTunes history. The album was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, who released it in May 2008. Eric's 2008 single \"Rock & Roll\" earned him his first gold record in the United States. \"Rock and Roll\" also appeared in the series finale episode of the Australian-produced \"Packed to the Rafters\". The single reached #1 in Australia in April 2009. In addition, \"Rock and Roll\"", "title": "Eric Hutchinson" }, { "docid": "6246694", "text": "Dave Sabo David Michael Sabo (born September 16, 1964), nicknamed \"The Snake\", is an American guitarist who plays in the American metal band, Skid Row. He is co-guitarist with Scotti Hill. Sabo was born on September 16, 1964, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He grew up in Sayreville, down the street from Jon Bon Jovi. His mother, Dorothy, or \"Mama Snake\" as she is known, raised him and his brothers on her own. Influenced heavily by the rock n' roll music of the era, including some Motown, he found himself listening to the likes of Kiss, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Black", "title": "Dave Sabo" }, { "docid": "13954002", "text": "interested in celebrity,” Buckland said, “Substance and creativity is what interests me. If rock and roll is anything, it’s supposed to be real. That what holds it together, it’s an expression of something deep and honest within us. I chose photos that tell the story with a degree of honesty.” Images from more than 100 photographers are exhibited including: Who Shot Rock & Roll Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present was the first major museum exhibition of Rock music photography. The exhibit was organized by guest curator Gail Buckland at the Brooklyn Museum in", "title": "Who Shot Rock & Roll" }, { "docid": "12724514", "text": "Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song) \"Rock & Roll\" (sometimes spelled Rock 'n' Roll) is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album \"Loaded\". The song was written by the Velvets' then-leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the song into his own live performances years later as a solo artist. The song recounts the advent of rock & roll, telling the story of a girl named Jenny whose \"life was saved by rock and roll.” In the liner notes to the Velvet Underground's box set \"Peel Slowly and See\", Lou Reed wrote, \"'Rock and", "title": "Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)" }, { "docid": "1153595", "text": "of All Time\". That year it was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's \"500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll\". A rock and roll standard, since its original release \"Heartbreak Hotel\" has been covered by several rock and pop acts, including Willie Nelson and Leon Russell, who recorded a duet version that topped the Country charts in 1979. The song was written in 1955, by Mae Boren Axton, a high school teacher with a background in musical promotion, and Jacksonville based singer–songwriter Tommy Durden. The lyrics were based on a report supposedly in \"The Miami Herald\"", "title": "Heartbreak Hotel" }, { "docid": "12510339", "text": "and Keith Richards unless otherwise noted\" \"Don't Give Up\" (7\" Mix) (Eggermont, Duiser) - 3:56 \"The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band In The World\" (12\" Mix) - 9:50 \"All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards unless otherwise noted\" \"Don't Give Up\" (12\" Mix) (Eggermont, Duiser) - 5:36 The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World \"The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World\" a.k.a. \"Stars Medley\" a.k.a. \"Stars on 45 III: Rollin' Stars\" was a song issued in 1982 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, in the UK credited to 'Starsound', in the US", "title": "The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World" }, { "docid": "17441525", "text": "an attempt to \"save rock and roll\". After \"Here's to Never Growing Up\", Lavigne announced that \"Rock n Roll\" will be the second single from her \"self-titled fifth studio album\", asking to her fans on her Twitter page, on 18 July 2013, to unlock the single's cover art. After her fans tweeted so much and a consistent worldwide trending topic, Lavigne released the cover art for \"Rock N Roll\" and gave her fans an exclusive listen to the song, uploading the full audio onto her YouTube account. Lavigne announced via Twitter that \"Rock n Roll\" would be digitally released on", "title": "Rock n Roll (Avril Lavigne song)" }, { "docid": "13885215", "text": "except where noted. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Jesus and Mary Chain song) \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the second single from the group's album \"Munki\". It was the band's last single before they split up. It was released by Creation Records in May 1998 and reached #38 in the UK single charts. The song is a reworked version of a previous song, \"I Hate Rock 'n' Roll\", which was included in the band's 1995 compilation album, \"Hate Rock 'n' Roll\". All tracks written", "title": "I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)" }, { "docid": "13885214", "text": "I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Jesus and Mary Chain song) \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the second single from the group's album \"Munki\". It was the band's last single before they split up. It was released by Creation Records in May 1998 and reached #38 in the UK single charts. The song is a reworked version of a previous song, \"I Hate Rock 'n' Roll\", which was included in the band's 1995 compilation album, \"Hate Rock 'n' Roll\". All tracks written by Jim Reid,", "title": "I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)" }, { "docid": "12525148", "text": "dark, morbid thing and the whole rock-n-roll crossover thing. I'm not going to have an agenda on this; I’m going to jam and record whatever is fun to me. With Cypress Hill I'm working with B-Real and DJ Muggs, but with my solo material, it's a bit more of a challenge and more rewarding for me as a songwriter when I come up with tracks and they sound banging.\" Diary of a Mad Dog Diary of a Mad Dog is the debut solo album by Cypress Hill rapper Sen Dog. It was released September 30, 2008 via indie label Suburban", "title": "Diary of a Mad Dog" }, { "docid": "17441528", "text": "\"middle finger to the sky\" to \"let 'em know that she's still rock and roll,\" promising \"she’ll never cover up her tattoo and revealing that she prefers her jeans ripped.\" \"I don't care if I'm a misfit, I like it better than the hipster bulls**t,\" she admits on the opening of the song, over bouncy, cheerleader-esque stomps. In the chorus, Lavigne declares, \"When it’s you and me, we don’t need no one to tell us who to be / We keep turning up the radio / When it’s you and I, just put up our middle finger to the sky", "title": "Rock n Roll (Avril Lavigne song)" }, { "docid": "18085385", "text": "Kids Band also headlined Kidstock 2010. He has produced five albums with Miss Amy since 2004, handling, for example, collaborative arranging, engineering, production, keyboard, trumpet and back-up vocals on 2011's \"Miss Amy’s Fitness Rock and Roll,\" which blended jazz, rock, pop, broadway, and lullabies. \"Fitness Rock & Roll\" was released on his label, Ionian Productions. In November 2011 the album was nominated for a 54th Grammy Award in the category of \"Best Children's Album.\" That year Otey also contributed the track \"Keep Your Chin Up\" to the Grammy-winning compilation \"All About Bullies... Big And Small.\" Otey is the founder and", "title": "Alex Otey" }, { "docid": "18027648", "text": "Dave Davies got together and spent time with each other, a meeting that resulted in the writing of Ray's \"A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy\" and Dave's \"Trust Your Heart.\" Ray Davies has since said, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy' a very personal song about Dave and I.\" He has also claimed that \"A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy\" inspired by both a Peter Frampton concert he attended and the death of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley in 1977. He said, \"It's a Method acting songwriting job. I use personal things to get something else out of me... Elvis Presley died", "title": "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" }, { "docid": "1317066", "text": "Garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called 60s punk or garage punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced various revivals in the last several decades. The style is characterized by basic chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. The term \"garage rock\" derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family garage, although many", "title": "Garage rock" }, { "docid": "4508085", "text": "the only overdub was for double-tracking Lennon's vocal. The Beach Boys' version is notable for the use of backing vocals which repeat the phrase \"Rock, roll, rockin' and roll.\" There is a difference between the LP version and the single version in that the LP version has more synthesizer. Their version reached number 5 on the US chart and number 11 in Canada during the summer of 1976. Rock and Roll Music \"Rock and Roll Music\" is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll star Chuck Berry. The song has been widely covered and is recognized", "title": "Rock and Roll Music" }, { "docid": "12891510", "text": "\"A Day in the Life\". The revised 1978 version ended with Debby Boone's \"You Light Up My Life\" (the number one song at the time that version was being prepared), while the 1981 version ended with 1981's \"I Love a Rainy Night\" (Eddie Rabbitt), followed by The Beatles' version of \"Rock and Roll Music\". The History of Rock and Roll contents The History of Rock and Roll is a radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969, and again in 1978 and 1981. It is currently distributed as a 2 1/2 minute short feature on internet networks.", "title": "The History of Rock and Roll contents" }, { "docid": "5390321", "text": "that fused country music, blues, and swing genre to produce the earliest examples of \"rock and roll.\" The coining of the phrase, \"rock and roll,\" is often attributed to American, Alan Freed, a disk jockey and concert promoter who organized many of the first major rock concerts. Since then, the rock concert has become a staple of entertainment not only in the United States, but around the world. The term 'rock concert' is also occasionally used to refer to live performances by distinctly non-rock acts. Live performances by pop, hip-hop, and R&B bands may not be rock concerts in the", "title": "Rock concert" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12040783", "text": "FIFA World Cup, the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Their best ever performance is winning the Cup in the 1966 tournament held in England, whilst they also finished in fourth place in 1990, in Italy, and in 2018 in Russia. Other than that, the team have reached the quarter-finals on nine occasions, the latest of which were at the 2002 (South Korea/Japan) and the 2006 (Germany). England are the only team not representing a sovereign state to win the World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "469928", "text": "Wars and One World Cup\" chant. The players and staff of England's winning squad who did not get medals in 1966 received them on 10 June 2009 after a ceremony at 10 Downing Street in London. Initially, only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the match received medals, but FIFA later awarded medals to every non-playing squad and staff member from every World Cup-winning country from 1930 to 1974. 1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth football World Cup. The", "title": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "4071239", "text": "World Cup in Mexico but only as Mullery's understudy, and not only did he not get a kick during the competition as England surrendered the title in the quarter-final, he never played for his country again. He ended with 28 caps – ultimately the least capped member of the 1966 XI – and one goal. In 1972, Stiles was appointed as caretaker manager when Bobby Charlton resigned in protest at the transfer of defender John Bird to Newcastle United, but he resigned a week later in support of his former Manchester United teammate. Stiles returned to Preston as manager from", "title": "Nobby Stiles" }, { "docid": "9522604", "text": "1962 FIFA World Cup. Ramsey confidently predicted that at the next tournament, England would win the trophy, and they did just that. The 1966 World Cup saw England win the World Cup in a controversial 4–2 victory over West Germany. The three goals scored by Geoff Hurst within 120 minutes, of which some are controversial, are the only hat trick to be achieved in a World Cup final to date. Bobby Moore was the captain on that day, whilst Munich air crash survivor Bobby Charlton also played. Moore's West Ham colleagues Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters scored that day. The", "title": "History of football in England" }, { "docid": "12040815", "text": "lose their only game of the tournament in normal time. Even though this was England's best finish since the 1966 World Cup, Bobby Robson's time as England manager had come to an end. For the 1994 World Cup in the United States, under the leadership of new manager Graham Taylor, England surprisingly did not qualify for the tournament. In a group with six teams, England lost to Norway and the Netherlands, finishing third above Poland, Turkey and San Marino. England went into their final game with San Marino knowing they would need a seven-goal victory and for Poland to beat", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "7905737", "text": "de Charleroi in Belgium. Alan Shearer had scored the winning goal in what was the twilight of his international career. With the exception of that match England had not beaten Germany in competitive football since the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final. The two sides have met on a number of important occasions in their footballing histories. They had played in the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, in which England had beaten West Germany 4–2 after extra time. Revenge came just four years later, in the quarter-final of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico when the English side forfeited", "title": "2001 Germany v England football match" }, { "docid": "4838073", "text": "but Wilson was Ramsey's first choice. As hosts of the 1966 World Cup, England did not have to partake in a rigorous qualifying campaign, and Ramsey experimented with other left backs as he shaped a squad for the tournament. Later the same year, Wilson was playing at Wembley on six more occasions, ever-present as Ramsey's England got through a World Cup group consisting of Uruguay, Mexico and France; a volatile quarter final against a violent Argentina, and a semi final against the enigmatic Portuguese, which was Wilson's 50th appearance for his country. Wilson was the oldest member of the England", "title": "Ray Wilson (English footballer)" }, { "docid": "4722627", "text": "team to beat England after the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the Tartan Army proclaimed themselves \"unofficial world champions\". In October 1963, which may have been Baxter's best year overall, he played in the \"rest of the world\" in a match against England to celebrate the centenary of The Football Association. He came on to the field in the second half, and his performance won the admiration of Ferenc Puskás. However England won the match 2–1. Scotland did not qualify for the final stage of the FIFA World Cup during Baxter's playing career. Scottish public opinion at the time blamed lack", "title": "Jim Baxter" }, { "docid": "4104394", "text": "Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish established themselves at the club. Callaghan was on the substitutes' bench when Liverpool retained the cup against FC Brugge in 1978. Callaghan also played four times at senior level for England. Although he was in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he did not play in the final and so did not receive a medal. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners’ squad members, Callaghan was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June", "title": "Ian Callaghan" }, { "docid": "12319095", "text": "him to captain the England team of 1966. Ramsey had summoned West Ham manager Ron Greenwood to England's hotel and told the two of them to resolve their differences and get a contract signed up. Moore was the leader of the World Cup winning side and established himself as a world-class player and sporting icon. With all their games at Wembley, England had got through their group with little trouble, they then beat Argentina in their quarter final and a Eusébio-led Portugal team in the semi-finals. West Germany awaited in the final. According to Geoff Hurst's autobiography, England full back", "title": "Bobby Moore" }, { "docid": "12040783", "text": "FIFA World Cup, the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Their best ever performance is winning the Cup in the 1966 tournament held in England, whilst they also finished in fourth place in 1990, in Italy, and in 2018 in Russia. Other than that, the team have reached the quarter-finals on nine occasions, the latest of which were at the 2002 (South Korea/Japan) and the 2006 (Germany). England are the only team not representing a sovereign state to win the World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "469922", "text": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth football World Cup. The match was played by England and West Germany on 30 July 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 96,924. The British television audience peaked at 32.3 million viewers, making it the most watched television event ever in the United Kingdom. England won 4–2 after extra time to win the Jules Rimet Trophy. The England team became known as the \"wingless wonders\", on account of their then-unconventional narrow attacking formation,", "title": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "1853065", "text": "best clubs from the various Regionalligas were assembled into the new Bundesliga. In 1964, Helmut Schön took over as coach, replacing Herberger who had been in office for 28 years. In the 1966 World Cup, West Germany reached the final after beating the USSR in the semifinal, facing hosts England. In extra time, the first goal by Geoff Hurst was one of the most contentious goals in the history of the World Cup: the linesman signalled the ball had crossed the line for a goal, after bouncing down from the crossbar, when replays showed it did not appear to have", "title": "Germany national football team" } ]

[ { "docid": "17982409", "text": "the quarter-final. They have been runners-up on two occasions, in 1938 and 1954. They have failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup since 1986. The third edition of the FIFA World Cup was the first without the host team competing in the final. At half-time, defending champions Italy were leading by 3-1 and Hungary did not manage to get back into the game. The Hungarian Golden Team were favourites for winning the World Cup in Switzerland in 1954 after 31 unbeaten games in the previous five years, among them a recent 7-1 against England and an 8-3 against their", "title": "Hungary at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "10090634", "text": "a century in the opening match, although England were beaten by Australia. England improved in the following match against India, securing a comfortable win. However, they again suffered defeat to Australia meaning that they had to beat India in the final game to qualify for the final. They did so, but again suffered defeat to Australia when they met in the final. Despite finishing as runners up, an assistant coach thought that England had improved and were now in a stronger position ahead of the World Cup. England's World Cup campaign got off to a poor start as they suffered", "title": "Peter Moores (cricketer)" }, { "docid": "9379842", "text": "win to qualify, which they did by beating Poland 2–0 at home, to secure their place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In November, however, England were given a reality check by Chile and Germany, with respective 2–0 and 1–0 defeats at Wembley. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup itself, they failed to get past the group stage, suffering defeats to Italy and Uruguay, both losing by a goal, and a 0–0 draw against Costa Rica. The Three Lions needed Italy to win their final two games in the group to stand any chance of qualifying for the", "title": "History of the England national football team" }, { "docid": "5558265", "text": "points or more to get ahead of England and Ireland. They defeated Italy by 41 points, winning 61–20 scoring 8 tries. However, Ireland overtook Wales when they beat Scotland 40–10, which meant when England won 55–35, Ireland retained their 2014 title. Gatland was heavily criticised ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, having played some key players in Wales' final RWC warm-up, Wales lost Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb to injury. Despite many injuries before and during the World Cup, Gatland guided the team out of the \"pool of death\", with victories over Uruguay 54–9, England 28–25 and Fiji 23–13.", "title": "Warren Gatland" }, { "docid": "14665049", "text": "4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia. 1987 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by the Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first ever Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England. Australia won the", "title": "1987 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "9379752", "text": "victory over an undefeated Portugal in Lisbon, after which the players involved famously became known as the \"lions of Lisbon\". England, however, then lost their first match at home, to non-British opposition when they were defeated 0–2 by the Republic of Ireland in 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool. England's World Cup debut came in 1950; however, they suffered an infamous 1–0 defeat by the United States, and failed to get beyond the first group stage after losing their final game against Spain. Billy Wright was selected to be the first scape goat of England being eliminated from the World Cup", "title": "History of the England national football team" }, { "docid": "3288087", "text": "did not get through their qualifying group for the 1976 tournament, or for the 1974 World Cup. In 1973, he was in the England team which needed to beat Poland at Wembley to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. A goal down, England were awarded a penalty from which Clarke scored, but he was among many England players to be thwarted by the Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski. A 1–1 draw was not enough and England did not go through to play in the 1974 World Cup. Clarke went to Barnsley as player-manager in June 1978 and under him they won", "title": "Allan Clarke (footballer)" }, { "docid": "12529698", "text": "Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) midway through the second half, the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game, with the match ending 3–1 to Brazil. <section begin=Final /><section end=Final /> <section begin=Lineups /> </includeonly><section end=Lineups /> Match rules 1962 FIFA World Cup Final The 1962 FIFA World Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The match was held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, and was contested by Czechoslovakia and Brazil. Brazil won the game 3–1 to record their second consecutive World Cup victory.", "title": "1962 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "19109496", "text": "2017 Rugby League World Cup Final The 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final is a rugby league match to determine the winner of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, to be played between reigning champions Australia and their rivals England on December 2, 2017 at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, immediately after the final of the concurrent women's competition. It was the first time in 22 years since England had played in a World Cup final, when they lost to Australia 8–16 in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Australia became the winners of the Rugby League", "title": "2017 Rugby League World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "3121846", "text": "World Cup but did not make the final 22. As it turned out, Brazil were knocked out at the Group stage in England, and when João Saldanha was tasked with restoring pride and passion to the \"seleção\", he recognised the leadership ability that Carlos Alberto was consistently demonstrating at Santos, and made him national captain. Thus, Carlos Alberto is remembered holding aloft the Jules Rimet trophy after Brazil secured the cup for good after an impressive victory over Italy in the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final in Mexico City. That squad also included Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Roberto Rivelino, Tostão and", "title": "Carlos Alberto Torres" }, { "docid": "4607277", "text": "season Davies played , and scored a conversion in Warrington's 10-40 defeat by Wigan in the 1994–95 League Cup Final at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 28 January 1995. Davies again played in Australia when he signed with the newly-formed North Queensland Cowboys in 1995. He was unable to get out to Australia until midway through the 1995 Winfield Cup Premiership. He scored a full field try against the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle. Davies' last rugby league match was as captain of Wales against England in the 1995 World Cup Semi-final at Old Trafford, which Wales lost 25–10. Playing", "title": "Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962)" }, { "docid": "469923", "text": "described at the time as a 4–4–2. The match is remembered for England's only World Cup trophy, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick – the first, and to date, only one ever scored in a FIFA World Cup Final – and the controversial third goal awarded to England by referee Gottfried Dienst and linesman Tofiq Bahramov. Both teams were strong throughout the tournament. Each won two and drew one of their three matches in the group stages. England did not concede a goal until their semi-final against Portugal. One of the enduring images of the celebrations in Wembley immediately after the game was", "title": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "4789511", "text": "instead of Stevens in his provisional squad, but ultimately neither went to the tournament. Dixon pulled out through an injury suffered in an accident at home so Stevens was recalled, only for the Rangers full back also to withdraw through injury. England ended up with no recognised right back in their squad and didn't get past the group stages. 1993 did not go well internationally, with England failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. Dixon's 21st cap, in a 7–1 win over San Marino in the final qualifier (a result which was immaterial) seemed to", "title": "Lee Dixon" }, { "docid": "3204885", "text": "defeated Scotland 9–6 to secure a place in the final against Australia which they lost 12–6. The next year, England completed another Grand Slam and did not lose that year, including a victory over the Springboks. In the lead up to the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, England completed another Grand Slam – their third in five years. In the World Cup, England defeated Argentina, Italy and Samoa in pool play and then defeated Australia 25–22 in their quarter-final. England's semi-final was dominated by the All Blacks and featured four tries, now worth five points each, by Jonah Lomu;", "title": "England national rugby union team" }, { "docid": "14665028", "text": "1979 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy. England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 99/4 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd. However, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and", "title": "1979 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "17054215", "text": "tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Dunn returned from injury in December 2014 and traveled with the team to Brazil, but did not play. Dunn was named to the roster for February 2015 friendlies against France and England, and made a substitute appearance against England. February 2015, Dunn was named to the 2015 Algarve Cup roster, but did not play a single minute. Dunn was named to the preliminary for the 2015 Women's World Cup, but did not make the final squad of 23. In September 2015, Dunn was added to the roster for the national team's Women's", "title": "Crystal Dunn" }, { "docid": "11735195", "text": "a try in Sheffield Eagles' 17-8 victory over Wigan in the 1997–98 Challenge Cup Final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998. Nick Pinkney was an England international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He was selected for England in the 1995 World Cup Final on the reserve bench but did not play as Australia won the match and retained the Cup. Nick Pinkney Nick Pinkney (born 6 December 1970) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England,", "title": "Nick Pinkney" }, { "docid": "12978450", "text": "the final round of qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Although they finished bottom of the group with two points from 8 games, the country did have a sense of pride, and came back stronger, coming within a point of qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Two years later, the side did get to its second Nations tournament, having finished fourth in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification group. The side did well in their group, which did contain the two finalists, Ivory Coast and the winners Egypt, as well as the 2004 African Cup of Nations", "title": "Football in Libya" }, { "docid": "15676231", "text": "decide which teams would participate in the final. The reigning FIFA U-17 World Cup champions, Nigeria, did not have the opportunity to defend their title after failing to qualify for this edition. In failing to qualify, Nigeria became the first incumbent title holder since Switzerland in 2009 to fail to qualify for the subsequent edition. England won the U-17 World Cup for the first time after coming back from a two-goal deficit and beating Spain 5–2 in the final. This meant England became the second nation, after Brazil in 2003, to win both of FIFA's under-age (U-20 and U-17) World", "title": "2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup" }, { "docid": "9570171", "text": "World Cup hosted outside England. It was also the first tournament where the West Indies were unable to reach the final. The games were reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings, the current standard, because of the shorter daylight hours on the subcontinent when compared to England. Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs, the closest margin so far in World Cup final history. The 1992 Cricket World Cup held by Australia and New Zealand brought many changes to the game such as coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches and an alteration to the fielding restrictions.", "title": "History of the ICC Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "4462616", "text": "was the manager. But I wouldn't say he was necessarily the worst. He had his ways of training and ways of acting and all managers have different ways of doing things; it's the same with club managers. Sometimes when you join up with England and you don't play as often as you did under a certain other manager – then you'll think it's terrible. I loved going to play with England. For instance, I did get to go to the World Cup even though I only played for 17 minutes. That kind of experience leaves an indelible mark on your", "title": "Steve McManaman" }, { "docid": "6838319", "text": "in the final game and Bopara scored just 7 runs. Bopara headed for the West Indies with England Lions in January 2011 after he missed out for the 2010-11 Ashes series Test and ODI squad and the 2011 World Cup. His stay in the Caribbean was cut short when he was called up to England's World Cup squad before the tournament as a replacement for the injured Eoin Morgan. Bopara played in England's opening match against the Netherlands and scored a match-winning 30 from 20 balls. After that, he did not play against India and Ireland as England chose to", "title": "Ravi Bopara" }, { "docid": "13698292", "text": "final of the 1979 ICC Trophy. East Africa, who played in the first World Cup, did not qualify this time, which meant there would be no nation from the African region participating in the 1979 World Cup. In a very close semi-final match, England prevailed. New Zealand won the toss and fielded. England began badly, falling to 38/2, before Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls, 3 fours) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) resurrected the innings. Derek Randall (42 from 50 balls, 1 four, 1 six) played well in the second half of the innings,", "title": "1979 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "5433035", "text": "World Cup was secured. Hodge subsequently played in the final four warm-up matches before the tournament itself. To his delight, Hodge then made the final squad but he then suffered an injury and, as a consequence, the ignominy of being the only outfield England player not to kick a ball during the tournament, even though England reached the semi-finals. He didn't even regain his fitness in time to get on the pitch for the third-place play-off game. Robson quit after the World Cup and Hodge was not selected initially by successor Graham Taylor. At the time he was struggling to", "title": "Steve Hodge" }, { "docid": "5822121", "text": "important under-21 call-ups\". In January 1990 England manager Bobby Robson named him in his 30-man provisional squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He won a cap for the England B team against Ireland B in March 1990, playing in an unfamiliar role of wide-left in a 4–1 defeat. He was angered by manager Dave Sexton's decision to play him as a winger, feeling the game did not give a good chance to make a case for his inclusion in Robson's final World Cup squad. He did not make it into the World Cup squad and never won a senior", "title": "Paul Lake" }, { "docid": "16423030", "text": "automatically qualified for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. Neither England nor New Zealand reached the final of that tournament, but instead met in the third-place playoff, which England won by four wickets. 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a cricket match between New Zealand and England played on 22 March 2009 at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth Women's Cricket World Cup. England won the final by four wickets, clinching their third World Cup title and their first", "title": "2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "16423010", "text": "2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a cricket match between New Zealand and England played on 22 March 2009 at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth Women's Cricket World Cup. England won the final by four wickets, clinching their third World Cup title and their first outside England. It was the second time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup – England won their previous final contest in 1993. After winning the toss,", "title": "2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "12651861", "text": "they again played each other once in order to be ranked for the semi finals. The semi finals featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa with Australia defeating South Africa in the final to record their sixth consecutive World Cup. The top three sides contested a subsidiary title, won by England. Whilst the women's division was not split into separate stages it did employ a more complicated semi final system that gave all five nations the opportunity of progressing through to the final during the finals stage. South Africa advanced straight through to the final after defeating Australia in", "title": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "5832348", "text": "Hungary was also the reigning Olympic Champion and winner of the Central European International Cup in 1953. In 1953, Hungary had defeated England 6–3, becoming the first team outside the UK and Ireland to beat England on home soil, and had thrashed England 7–1 in Budapest just before the World Cup. Hungary did not have to play qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup, as opponent Poland withdrew for lack of prospects. The players of the Hungarian national team were full-time professionals. Most played for the army club Budapest Honvéd FC, or for MTK Budapest FC, which, in the 1950s, was", "title": "1954 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "4227810", "text": "Revie left the job, but England did not qualify for the 1978 World Cup. When England finally did qualify for a major tournament – their first in ten years – Cherry made the squad of 22 which travelled to Italy for the 1980 European Championships. His input on the pitch was limited, however, to a single substitute appearance against Spain in a group game. England were knocked out of the tournament at the same stage. It was to be his final cap. Cherry made a total of 27 international appearances, including four as substitute. He was also captain for his", "title": "Trevor Cherry" }, { "docid": "19309989", "text": "men's final, the West Indies also won the women's tournament with an eight-wicket victory over three-time defending champions Australia, also at Eden Gardens, which gave them the chance to be the first to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20 on the same day. Despite having been the 2010 World T20 champions, England had not advanced past the group stage of the previous year's World Cup and had included only one member of their 2010 champion squad – Irish-born batsman and captain Eoin Morgan. Despite selecting a relatively inexperienced team, England did include players who had World Cup experience", "title": "2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final" }, { "docid": "18716044", "text": "most productive overs rule which removed any chance for South Africa to win the match. Despite being favourites to win the final, England lost to Pakistan, their third World Cup Final defeat. The semi final between South Africa and England ended in controversial circumstances when, after a 10-minute rain delay, the most productive overs method revised South Africa's target from 22 runs from 13 balls to an impossible 21 runs from one ball.<ref name=\"SkyD/L\"></ref> After the World Cup, ODIs used a different formula as a result of this incident, and it was eventually superseded by the Duckworth–Lewis method for the", "title": "England at the Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "4704292", "text": "the ball. Campese is quoted as saying, 'I wouldn't play for England even if you paid me' and 'Playing that sort of boring stuff is a good way to destroy the image of the game. They're all so scared of losing over here they won't try anything.' He further added that 'England would never beat us in the World Cup because they are a bunch of Toffs, and we are convicts.' Australia won the 1991 World Cup Final by beating England 12-6. Campese did not have much \"ball possession\" in the final, as evidenced by the fact that Australian flyhalf", "title": "David Campese" }, { "docid": "10224920", "text": "on as a substitute in the 4–0 FA Cup win against Manchester City before travelling to Cyprus with England for a squad get together. Everton finished second in the league and qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League. In 2009–10 Handley captained Everton to their FA Women's Cup final win over Arsenal, setting up Natasha Dowie for the opening goal. The 2014 season saw Everton defeat local rivals Liverpool en route to the FA Women's Cup final, but Handley did not play as Arsenal won the final 2–0 at Stadium mk. Worse was to follow in September 2014 as Everton", "title": "Jody Handley" }, { "docid": "7676999", "text": "1994 Women's Rugby World Cup The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women. It was originally scheduled to be held in the Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 10–24) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition was organised around the same dates in Scotland. England beat the defending champions USA 38–23 in the final. The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the \"Women's World Cup\" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). The minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB state", "title": "1994 Women's Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "20284782", "text": "to European teams in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal. This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. In order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the \"Last chance bracket\", with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket. France won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed the last remaining", "title": "2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket" }, { "docid": "20293611", "text": "to European teams in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Russia and France reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal. This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. As in 2006, in order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the \"Last chance bracket\", with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket. Italy won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed", "title": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket" }, { "docid": "3204922", "text": "Auckland on 24 October 2011, the night after the World Cup Final, Johnson was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame alongside all other World Cup-winning captains from 1987 through 2007 (minus the previously inducted Australian John Eales). Jason Leonard, also known as \"The Fun Bus\", appeared 114 times for England at prop, which was the world record for international appearances for a national team until 2005, when it was surpassed by Australia's scrum-half George Gregan. He was on the England team that finished runners up to Australia in the 1991 Rugby World Cup final, but avenged this twelve years", "title": "England national rugby union team" }, { "docid": "8368820", "text": "the final against Australia. England's fielding continued to improve. In particular, their slip catching looked better and Ian Bell made a stunning catch against India. However, England lost the final against Australia to finish as runners-up. In the buildup to the World Cup, Taylor spoke about how he was pleased with England's fielding and that he felt the team was improving. The World Cup did not go well for England as they were eliminated in the group stage, managing to beat only Scotland and Afghanistan and losing to Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. England drew the series with", "title": "Chris Taylor (cricketer, born 1976)" }, { "docid": "18716048", "text": "cards were laid down, Captain Imran Khan had the last laugh when end man Richard Illingworth was caught by Ramiz Raja off his delivery to finish off the final and crown Pakistan World Cup winners. Source: England reached the Quarter-Finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, before being eliminated by Sri Lanka. Source: England hosted the 1999 Cricket World Cup, although some matches were played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. After defeats to South Africa and India, England failed to progress to the Knockout stage of the tournament, for the first time in the tournament history. Source: England forfeited", "title": "England at the Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "3689882", "text": "a single World Cup tournament, held since 2000. In the final, Australia took on England for the first time in 22 years, after facing New Zealand for three consecutive editions. The Kangaroos went on to retain the World Cup at Lang Park, the venue, at which they lost the World Cup final, when the tournament was last held in Australia. Australia also became the first team to win 11 World Cup crowns. The final score of 6–0, made this the lowest scoring World Cup final in the history of the tournament. This was also the first time that a country", "title": "Australia national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "2865889", "text": "beyond 11th place in the Premiership – they had occupied this final position three times in four years. He did establish them as a force in cup competitions and made them capable of attracting top-class players – such as Ruud Gullit – to the club. Hoddle's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an end in 1996 when he accepted the England manager's job on 2 May that year. He guided England to qualification for the 1998 World Cup, securing the team's entry with a memorable 0–0 draw in Rome against Italy. However, he caused controversy by omitting Paul Gascoigne from", "title": "Glenn Hoddle" }, { "docid": "6200911", "text": "1974-75 brilliantly scoring 682 runs. He was picked in the Australian side for the fourth test against England replacing Wally Edwards. He scored 80 in the first innings, but was injured and did not bat in the second. In the fifth test he made 35 and 11. In the 6th he scored 0 and 76. He was picked in the squad to tour England to play the World Cup and a four-test series. In the World Cup, McCosker scored 73 against Sri Lanka. 0 against the West Indies, 15 against England in the semi final and 7 in the final.", "title": "Rick McCosker" }, { "docid": "3772656", "text": "the left) and both Neal and Anderson missed out. Neal played against Kuwait in the final group game to rest Mills when qualification had already been assured, but Mills returned for the second phase, from which England were eliminated. Anderson, meanwhile, never kicked a ball. With Forest beginning to fall from grace (the ageing side was breaking up and the 1980 European Cup win was to prove to be their last trophy for nine years), Anderson's England career seemed to be stalling. After the World Cup and Greenwood's departure, he did not feature at all under new coach Bobby Robson", "title": "Viv Anderson" }, { "docid": "11247380", "text": "Portuguese won 2–1. It has been suggested that he would have instead refereed the World Cup Final of that year if England had been eliminated from the tournament. Domestically, he was then selected to handle the 1967 FA Cup Final at Wembley on 20 May 1967, when Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea by 2 goals to 1. Shortly after his retirement in 1968 he suggested in the Bolton Evening News that a band of around fifteen referees should take charge of the most important matches, allowing them a greater number of games at the top level. This did not occur at", "title": "Ken Dagnall" }, { "docid": "10936539", "text": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 6 October with a quarter-final between Australia and England and concluded on 20 October with the final, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, between England and South Africa, their second meeting in this tournament. South Africa were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat Tonga 30–25 in their penultimate Pool A game. This was the first Rugby World Cup tournament to have its semi-finalists coming from only two pools (Pools A and D), and the finalists", "title": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage" }, { "docid": "19571228", "text": "2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final was a football match that was played on at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea on 11 June 2017 to determine the champions of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The final was contested by Venezuela and England. England won the match 1–0, winning the title for the first time. Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his second goal of the tournament during the final, which turned out to be the only goal in the game. This was the first ever final for both England and Venezuela in", "title": "2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "5424319", "text": "opposing defences could never relax when he had the ball. Beasant won two caps for England, and went to the 1990 World Cup as a late replacement when third-choice keeper David Seaman suffered a hand injury. Wimbledon also did well in the league after their promotion in 1986, going top of the First Division in early September before finishing sixth at the end of the 1986–87 season. They finished seventh in the cup winning campaign a year later. However, the 1988 FA Cup final was the last game that Beasant played for Wimbledon. A month later he was sold to", "title": "Dave Beasant" }, { "docid": "14207120", "text": "the quarter-finals stage in 1934, 1986, 1994 and 2002, when single elimination knock-out stages featured. Spain became the 12th different country to play in a World Cup Final, and first new team since France in 1998. The Netherlands played in its third final without a win, surpassing the record it had shared with Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Overall, Germany leads with four final losses. It was the first World Cup final not to feature at least one of Brazil, Italy, Germany or Argentina. Spain became just the eighth country to win the World Cup, joining England and France as nations who", "title": "2010 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "4534449", "text": "the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, as well as at Euro 92, where his team reached the final. Möller did not play in the final of the 1990 World Cup and was suspended for the final of Euro 96 after he was booked in the semi-final against England. In the resulting shoot out, following a 1–1 draw after extra-time, Möller scored the winning penalty, which he celebrated by mimicking the bravado of the pose struck earlier in the shoot out when Paul Gascoigne had converted his penalty. In June 2007, Möller started his career as football manager at Viktoria Aschaffenburg,", "title": "Andreas Möller" }, { "docid": "5430153", "text": "Elland Road stadium in Leeds, England where Australia defeated Great Britain 37-20. Despite being one of the first choice backs selected for representative sides during his career, Ettingshausen never played in a Rugby League World Cup Final for the Kangaroos. He missed selection when Australia defeated New Zealand 25-12 in 1988 at Eden Park, was unavailable through injury when Australia defeated Great Britain 10-6 in 1992 at Wembley, and wasn't selected for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup which was played at the height of the Super League war, and the Australian Rugby League controversially did not select any Super", "title": "Andrew Ettingshausen" }, { "docid": "9570534", "text": "to seal a 180 run victory. He came back in the semi-final against Kenya to score 83. However, in the final, he did not perform, scoring only 4 against a mammoth Australia target. Out of his 11 innings, Tendulkar was unlucky to only get 1 century. He reached 98 against Pakistan and 97 against Sri Lanka before being dismissed. He also reached the 80s twice. In his 11 World Cup innings, Tendulkar scored 7 50+ scores. Tendulkar remains the record-holder of numerous records in World Cups. Man of the Final Match 2003 – Ricky Ponting – 140 not out The", "title": "Cricket World Cup awards" }, { "docid": "4862429", "text": "the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls handing India the victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and the West Indies,", "title": "MS Dhoni" }, { "docid": "13579106", "text": "He played in the 2010 Super League Grand Final for Wigan coming away with a victory. Farrell played from the substitutes' bench in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final victory over Leeds. Farrell played in the Rugby League World Cup warm up match v Italy at Salford on 19 October 2013 when England were beaten 15 -14, and figured for England in the Rugby League World Cup matches in October & November 2013. Farrell played for England in the 2014 Four Nations. He featured in all of England's tournament games and also scored his first international try for England in the", "title": "Liam Farrell" }, { "docid": "11168481", "text": "July - New Zealand Universities 34 defeated England Students 8 CUP THIRD V FOURTH FINAL: 16 July - France Students 31 defeated England Students 12 CUP FINAL: 17 July - Australian Universities 8 lost to New Zealand Universities 17 WORLD CUP RANKINGS: 1. New Zealand 2. Australia 3. France 4. England 5. Pacific Islands 6. Wales 7. Scotland 8. Ireland Eight teams participated in the 2008 Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup in Australia. The tournament was won by Australia, who defeated England in the final. Greece won the pool competition. Plate Semi Finals Seventh Play Off Plate Final Cup", "title": "Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup" }, { "docid": "18634398", "text": "faster than a run a ball scores from Trent Johnston and Andrew White Ireland fell 48 runs short as Andrew Flintoff took the final two wickets, though they exceeded their previous World Cup record total by seven runs. The 2011 World Cup was held between February and March and hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Though Ireland did not progress beyond the first round they secured a historic victory against England. Ireland beat England by 3 wickets with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest century in World Cup history, managing the feat in just 50 balls. In passing England's total", "title": "Ireland at the Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "7127782", "text": "both during the 1956–57 season. His first full England cap came against Scotland in 1957 and he also played against Denmark, and Republic of Ireland (twice in World Cup qualifying games). He was in England's squad for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden but did not feature in any of their games. Two years after his final cap, he returned to the England squad for the 1962 World Cup in Chile as backup to Ron Springett, but once again was not selected for any of the matches. Hodgkinson moved on to professional coaching and worked at numerous clubs, including Rangers,", "title": "Alan Hodgkinson" }, { "docid": "3763889", "text": "The referee was criticised for not going to the Video Referee and if awarded would have seen that Tonga won the game and reached their first ever World Cup final. Despite the controversy, England were victorious and had advanced to their first World Cup Final in 22 Years. England met Australia again in the final but again failed to beat Australia, for a 13th consecutive time, since their last win in the 1995 World Cup group stage. England lost in the lowest World Cup final score in the history of the tournament. Bennets contract expired at the end of the", "title": "England national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "19581598", "text": "All England Cup The All England Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually. It was inaugurated in 1938 at Brough Park later known as Newcastle. History was made during the 1946 running when four of the entries were the four nations Derby winners. The English Greyhound Derby winner Mondays News, the Irish Greyhound Derby champion Lilac Lady, Welsh Greyhound Derby winner Negro's Lad and Scottish Greyhound Derby champion Lattin Pearl all competed. The hope that all four would progress to the final failed to materialise but two of them Monday's News and Lattin Pearl did make the final and", "title": "All England Cup" }, { "docid": "13926588", "text": "seasons at the Chiefs. He will rejoin his old province Wellington for the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup. Having discovered he was eligible to play for England in March 2011, Waldrom was named in the 45-man England training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Waldrom was initially cut from the 30-man squad, but an injury to prop Andrew Sheridan meant he was called in as injury replacement during the World Cup final pool stages. Waldrom did not make an appearance for England until the next year. He was selected as part of England's squad for their 2012", "title": "Thomas Waldrom" }, { "docid": "5617771", "text": "after which they began a streak of seven consecutive World Cup appearances (this streak ended when they failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament). Spain advanced to the four-team Final Round, finishing fourth. Uruguay won the 1950 World Cup. John Souza, the U.S. inside right forward, was selected to the World Cup All-Star team by the Brazilian sports newspaper \"Mundo Esportivo\", and remained the only American player selected to a World Cup All-Star team until Claudio Reyna in 2002. Newspaper headlines in most World Cup nations trumpeted the shocking upset, except ironically in the United States and England. There was", "title": "United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)" }, { "docid": "19093043", "text": "her debut International series, a T20 against Sri Lanka women's national cricket team After the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, the Water resources minister M. B. Patil gifted a car worth Rs 5 lakh, which she refused and said that her priority at the moment is to get a house for her family. She was at that time the sole breadwinner for her family following the death of her father.. Gayakwad was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.In the same", "title": "Rajeshwari Gayakwad" }, { "docid": "3763882", "text": "suffered back-to-back home defeats since 1970 and the first time Australia did not qualify for a tournament final since the 1954 World Cup final. England lost their final game against New Zealand and, in the process, ended any chance of qualifying for their first Four Nations final in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2015, England took on New Zealand in a three match series held in England. Before the series, England recorded their biggest ever win over France, beating their previous 73–6 win in 1996. England beat New Zealand 2–1 in the Baskerville Series to retain the trophy that Great Britain", "title": "England national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "11876303", "text": "England and Australia have played each other 50 times. Australia have won 25 matches, England have won 24, and there has been one draw. 2015 World Cup Pool A<br> 2007 World Cup Quarter-finals<br> 2003 Rugby World Cup Final<br> 1995 World Cup Quarter-finals<br> 1991 Rugby World Cup Final<br> 1987 World Cup Pool 1 History of rugby union matches between Australia and England The rivalry between England and Australia started on 9 January 1909 at Blackheath's Rectory Field in England. The Wallabies won the match 9-3. The two nations next met in 1928, at Twickenham, and England won 18-11. Twenty years passed", "title": "History of rugby union matches between Australia and England" }, { "docid": "15888351", "text": "2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target,when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia. 1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage In 1987 Cricket World", "title": "1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage" }, { "docid": "9653557", "text": "Vincenzo Orlandini Vincenzo Orlandini (30 August 1910 – 23 October 1961) was the first Italian to officiate in a FIFA World Cup final match when he ran the line to William Ling in the 1954 World Cup final between Hungary and West Germany. Orlandini had already taken charge of both the quarter final between Uruguay and England as well as the semi-final between West Germany and Austria when he was selected to run the line in that tournament's final. Orlandini came very much to prominence as an international referee during the mid-1950s; officiating in the December 1954 meeting between World", "title": "Vincenzo Orlandini" }, { "docid": "11168467", "text": "France Students 18 defeated Wales Students 4 CUP SEMI FINALS: England Students 20 defeated New Zealand Universities 10 Australian Universities 18 defeated France 2 CUP SEVENTH V EIGHTH FINAL: Scotland Students 20 defeated Holland Students 10 CUP FIFTH V SIXTH FINAL: Wales Students 48 defeated Ireland Students 12 CUP THIRD V FOURTH FINAL: France Students 28 defeated New Zealand Universities 16 CUP FINAL: Australian Universities 10 defeated England Students 5 WORLD CUP RANKINGS: 1. Australia 2. England 3. France 4. New Zealand 5. Wales 6. Ireland 7. Scotland 8. Holland The 1992 World Cup moved to Australia, and in addition", "title": "Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup" }, { "docid": "14665020", "text": "the required 158 to reach the final. Australia made it through to the knockouts in second place with their only loss being against the West Indies. But they did defeat Pakistan and Sri Lanka to take on England in the semi final. Gary Gilmour took six wickets in the English innings to help them through to the final. The first Cricket World Cup final was played on 21 June (Midsummer of that year) in front of a capacity crowd of 26,000 in glorious summer sunshine. Australia won the toss and invited the West Indies to bat, hoping to make use", "title": "1975 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14665101", "text": "bowler showed Allan Lamb and the dangerous Chris Lewis the pavilion door. Soon Fairbrother was caught by Moin Khan off Aaqib Javed to seal England's last hope. Imran Khan had the final say, when the last-man, Richard Illingworth, was caught by Ramiz Raja off his bowling to finish the final and crown Pakistan World Champions. 1992 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992. The match was won by Pakistan under their captain Imran Khan who defeated England by 22 runs to lift", "title": "1992 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "5717240", "text": "and the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the 1998 World Cup, he started in goal for all three of their games, including the final match against England. Despite conceding two goals, he made some impressive saves and in doing so kept the score down to 2–0, with the BBC's South American football correspondent Tim Vickery saying that Mondragón was \"single-handedly responsible for the fact that England did not run up a cricket score\". At the end of the game, Mondragón broke down in tears and David Seaman, England's goalkeeper, did his best to console him. According to German", "title": "Faryd Mondragón" }, { "docid": "3499614", "text": "Niedzwiecki in goal. Southall returned to play the final game, a 2–0 defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague which left Wales two points short of group winners Denmark. Manager Mike England was then replaced by Terry Yorath, who also made Southall a virtual ever-present in the Wales goal. In qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Wales faced Netherlands, West Germany and Finland. They failed to win a game and finished bottom of the group, though Southall did get the chance to play against some of the world's best players in Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Rudi Völler, Andreas", "title": "Neville Southall" }, { "docid": "6103578", "text": "win which completed a 3-0 series win. Following the 1995 ARL season, O'Davis was selected for Australia's World Cup squad. He played in three games during the World Cup, scoring 5 tries. After playing from the bench in the extra-time Semi-final win over New Zealand, he was selected for the Final at the famous Wembley Stadium, but didn't get off the bench in Australia's 16-8 win over England. He won the Clive Churchill Medal for best player in the 1997 ARL season's Grand Final over hot favourites and defending premiers Manly-Warringah. However the following year, he and Newcastle team mate", "title": "Robbie O'Davis" }, { "docid": "11014381", "text": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final The 2007 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match, played on Saturday, 20 October 2007 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, to determine the winner of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. South Africa beat England 15-6. Having also won the 1995 tournament, South Africa became the second country to win two World Cups, following Australia, who won in 1991 and 1999. The two teams, who won their semi-finals against France and Argentina respectively, had met earlier in the competition, during the pool stage, when South Africa won 36–0. South Africa began the", "title": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "14665097", "text": "1992 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992. The match was won by Pakistan under their captain Imran Khan who defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the second Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England and the first in Australia. 87,182 spectators turned out to see the final and the stadium was fully packed during the match. The final will be remembered by all Pakistanis as they saw two of their", "title": "1992 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "12721318", "text": "the 2010 European Championship. The final was a repeat of 2009 with Australia beating England. The tournament was not played in 2012 to give teams a rest before the 2013 World Cup. The next Four Nations was played in 2014 after the World Cup. The competition was played in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time since 2010 with Samoa qualifying as the fourth nation. Samoa impressed, although they did not win a game they had close games against the big three. New Zealand beat Australia in the final. The next tournament took place in England in 2016. Scotland qualified", "title": "Rugby League Four Nations" }, { "docid": "15520070", "text": "24 August 2017, England manager Gareth Southgate included Maguire in his squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Malta and Slovakia. He made his debut when starting in England's 1–0 away win over Lithuania, which was the team's final match in their successful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. Maguire was named in the 23-man England national team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He assisted Harry Kane's winner against Tunisia on 18 June 2018 in England's World Cup opener. England won 2–1. Maguire scored his first England goal on 7 July 2018 with a 30th-minute", "title": "Harry Maguire" }, { "docid": "10533276", "text": "record for number of matches in charge in a single FIFA World Cup when he took charge of the Netherlands-Uruguay semi-final. He took charge of the World Cup 2010 Group C Fixture, where England met Algeria in Cape Town – thus becoming the youngest official to take charge of an opening World Cup match since 1934 and the youngest referee of 2010 FIFA World Cup. Irmatov also officiated at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and was selected to referee the final between Australia and Japan. Irmatov was selected as a referee at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. In the Group", "title": "Ravshan Irmatov" }, { "docid": "43572", "text": "against Northern Ireland, and was made captain by Ramsey for the occasion. Inevitably, he scored. This was his 48th goal for his country – his 49th and final goal followed a month later in a 4–0 win over Colombia during a warm-up tour for the 1970 World Cup, designed to get the players adapted to altitude conditions. Charlton's inevitable selection by Ramsey for the tournament made him the first – and still, to date, only – England player to feature in four World Cup squads. Shortly before the World Cup Charlton was involved in the Bogotá Bracelet incident in which", "title": "Bobby Charlton" }, { "docid": "5866027", "text": "either match. Capello named Hart in his provisional 30-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Hart played the second half of both of England's warm-up matches, replacing Robert Green against Mexico and James against Japan, and kept a clean sheet in each case. All three goalkeepers, Hart, Green and James, were included in the final 23-man selection. Hart did not feature in the World Cup but started England's next match, a friendly against Hungary, to earn his fourth cap. He conceded his first England goal in dubious circumstances when the ball appeared not to have crossed the line from", "title": "Joe Hart" }, { "docid": "14349082", "text": "Canada's success, the USA's semifinal loss to Mexico marked the first time ever that the USA did not win a World Cup qualifying match. It was also the second time that the USA failed to appear in a CONCACAF final match, though only because they did not participate in the 1998 Championship. Direct entry: Via qualification: Via qualification: Matches were played at Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila and Estadio Quintana Roo in Cancún. When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to: 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying The 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament", "title": "2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying" }, { "docid": "7688885", "text": "Uruguay after not qualifying for the 2007 and 2011 editions. The best result by hosts is champions, achieved by New Zealand in 1987 and 2011, and by South Africa in 1995. The worst result was by Wales in 1991 with only one win in pool play, although they did not host the final. The worst result by a country who hosted the final is held by England, being eliminated in the group stage in 2015. New Zealand is the only nation to successfully defend the World Cup as defending champions in 2015. Australia and England achieved runner up in 2003", "title": "National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "8120858", "text": "English and Australian champions starting in 1989. A week after the 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final (WCF) at Wembley Stadium which saw Australia defeat Great Britain 10-6, Central Park hosted the 1992 World Club Challenge between Wigan and the Brisbane Broncos. With twelve players who played in the WCF playing the challenge (5 from Wigan, 7 from Brisbane), the Broncos became the first Australian side to win the challenge in England with a 22-8 victory in front of 17,764 fans. Wigan would get their revenge just two years later when they defeated the Broncos 20-14 in the 1994 World", "title": "Central Park (Wigan)" }, { "docid": "4592628", "text": "for England's defence of the FIFA World Cup in 1970, for which England did not have to qualify having won the previous tournament, but did not give him another cap as the likes of Bonetti and West added to their meagre tallies of appearances. However, when the preliminary squad of 27 was announced, Stepney was in, along with Banks, Bonetti and uncapped rookie Peter Shilton, with no sign of West. When the final 22 who would travel to Mexico was confirmed, Shilton was the goalkeeper sent home. Nevertheless, Stepney was clearly the third-choice goalkeeper in the squad and the chances", "title": "Alex Stepney" }, { "docid": "6838338", "text": "scored 13 in the first game against Australia as England suffered a defeat, and was not required to bat as England comfortably beat India in the next game. He scored seven against Australia as England again lost, and made four as England beat India to reach the final. He made his biggest score of the series in the final, making 33 in a losing cause against Australia. Bopara also failed to take a wicket in the series. Bopara did not play in the World Cup until the final game against Afghanistan, by which point England had already been eliminated from", "title": "Ravi Bopara" }, { "docid": "20316613", "text": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions England and New Zealand on 26 August 2017 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup for a record fifth time, beating England 41–32. England was the only team in the competition to be made up of professional rugby players, whereas New Zealand had just six players contracted. New Zealand was placed in Pool A with Canada, Hong Kong and Wales in arguably", "title": "2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "2999425", "text": "know if the English F.A. didn't know that I wasn't born there and wasn't brought up there...maybe I played (for England) illegally, right?\" In his early England days, he and fellow black player Mark Chamberlain were subjected to threats from racist groups. Notably, Barnes was abused by supporters of the National Front on the plane back from South America in June 1984; the racists claimed that England had only won 1–0 against Brazil because Barnes' goal \"didn't count\". Bobby Robson did not use Barnes at the 1986 World Cup until the quarter final against Argentina when England were trailing 2–0", "title": "John Barnes (footballer)" }, { "docid": "10936540", "text": "coming from just one pool (Pool A). The top two representative nations of each of pools B and C were eliminated in the quarter-finals. 2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 6 October with a quarter-final between Australia and England and concluded on 20 October with the final, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, between England and South Africa, their second meeting in this tournament. South Africa were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat Tonga 30–25 in their penultimate Pool A game.", "title": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage" }, { "docid": "4533941", "text": "the friendly match against Switzerland in February 2008, but the goalkeeper did not make the final squad for the match against France the following month due to injury. After failing to make Capello's squads for the next five internationals, Carson was recalled to the England squad in October 2008 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus. He won his third England cap in November 2008, in a friendly against Germany in Berlin when he came on for the second half. In doing so he became the first West Bromwich Albion player to play for England for", "title": "Scott Carson" } ]

[ "Sandy Denny" ]

[ { "docid": "1638719", "text": "deluxe 2CD version of \"Led Zeppelin IV\", titled \"The Battle Of Evermore (Mandolin/Guitar Mix From Headley Grange)\", recorded on 29 January 1971, at the Rolling Stones Mobile at Headley Grange with engineer Andy Johns. It is much shorter than the original, with a running time of 4:13 rather than 5:51. The Battle of Evermore \"The Battle of Evermore\" is a folk duet sung by Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, featured on Led Zeppelin's untitled 1971 album, commonly known as \"Led Zeppelin IV\". The song's instrumentation features acoustic guitar and mandolin playing. The song was written by Jimmy Page at Headley", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "1638714", "text": "The Battle of Evermore \"The Battle of Evermore\" is a folk duet sung by Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, featured on Led Zeppelin's untitled 1971 album, commonly known as \"Led Zeppelin IV\". The song's instrumentation features acoustic guitar and mandolin playing. The song was written by Jimmy Page at Headley Grange while he was experimenting on the mandolin owned by John Paul Jones. Page explained in 1977 that '\"Battle of Evermore\" was made up on the spot by Robert [Plant] and myself. I just picked up John Paul Jones's mandolin, never having played a mandolin before, and just wrote up", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "1638719", "text": "deluxe 2CD version of \"Led Zeppelin IV\", titled \"The Battle Of Evermore (Mandolin/Guitar Mix From Headley Grange)\", recorded on 29 January 1971, at the Rolling Stones Mobile at Headley Grange with engineer Andy Johns. It is much shorter than the original, with a running time of 4:13 rather than 5:51. The Battle of Evermore \"The Battle of Evermore\" is a folk duet sung by Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, featured on Led Zeppelin's untitled 1971 album, commonly known as \"Led Zeppelin IV\". The song's instrumentation features acoustic guitar and mandolin playing. The song was written by Jimmy Page at Headley", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "973035", "text": "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. He appeared as a surprise guest during Fairport Convention's set at the 2008 Cropredy Festival, performing Led Zeppelin's \"The Battle of Evermore\" with Kristina Donahue as a tribute to Sandy Denny. On 8 February 2009, Plant and Krauss won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Country Collaboration with Vocals, and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. In July 2010, Robert Plant embarked on a twelve-date summer tour in the United States with a new group called Band of Joy (reprising the name", "title": "Robert Plant" }, { "docid": "15398081", "text": "be an important collaborator in Denny's life, and he would go on to perform guitar duties on each of her solo albums. In addition to her work with Fairport Convention, Denny was also a member of The Strawbs, Fotheringay and The Bunch. Other notable recordings include her duet with Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin's \"The Battle of Evermore\", as well as a brief appearance on a live version of The Who's \"Tommy\". She has received a number of awards and accolades from different organizations. Sandy Denny discography The Sandy Denny discography chronicles the output of British folk rock singer Sandy", "title": "Sandy Denny discography" }, { "docid": "1638716", "text": "Page elaborated that \"[The song] sounded like an old English instrumental first off. Then it became a vocal and Robert did his bit. Finally we figured we'd bring Sandy by and do a question-and-answer-type thing.\" To thank her for her involvement, Denny was given the symbol on the album sleeve of three pyramids (the four members of Led Zeppelin each chose their own symbols for the album). This is the only song Led Zeppelin ever recorded with a guest vocalist. In an interview he gave in 1995 to \"Uncut\" magazine, Plant stated that '[F]or me to sing with Sandy Denny", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "605037", "text": "came from jamming around the intro to Little Richard's \"Keep A Knockin'\". The track became a live favourite in concert, being performed as the opening number or an encore. It was released as a promotional single in the US, with stereo and mono mixes on either side of the disc. \"The Battle of Evermore\" was written by Page on the mandolin, borrowed from Jones. Plant added lyrics inspired by a book he was reading about the Scottish Independence Wars. The track features a duet between Plant and Fairport Convention's Sandy Denny. Plant played the role of narrator in the song,", "title": "Led Zeppelin IV" }, { "docid": "1638715", "text": "the chords and the whole thing in one sitting.\"' The song, like some others by the group, makes references to \"The Lord of the Rings\" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plant felt he needed another voice to tell the story, and for the recording of the song, folk singer Sandy Denny was invited to duet with Plant. Denny was a former member of British folk group Fairport Convention, with whom Led Zeppelin had shared a bill in 1970 at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. Plant played the role of the narrator and Denny represented the town crier.", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "649769", "text": "a mandolin. Jones often used bass pedals to supplement the band's sound while he was playing keyboards and mandolin. On the band's 1977 tour of the United States, Jones would sing lead vocals on \"The Battle of Evermore,\" filling in for Sandy Denny, who had sung on the studio version. While all members of Led Zeppelin had a reputation for off-stage excess (a label that has been claimed was exaggerated), Jones was widely seen as the most quiet and reserved member of the group. For his part, Jones has claimed that he had just as much fun on the road", "title": "John Paul Jones (musician)" } ]

[ { "docid": "1638718", "text": "Bonham sang Denny's vocals along with Jones. Page and Plant also recorded a version of the song in 1994, released on their album \"\". Singer Najma Akhtar sang Denny's vocal part. Fairport Convention performed \"The Battle of Evermore\" with guest vocalists Plant and Kristina Donahue at Fairport's Cropredy Convention on 9 August 2008. Plant and Alison Krauss regularly performed \"The Battle of Evermore\" on their tour of US and Europe in spring and summer 2008 in promotion of their 2007 collaboration album \"Raising Sand\". An instrumental version of the song is featured on the companion audio CD on the remastered", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "973013", "text": "Led Zeppelin were often mystical, philosophical and spiritual, alluding to events in classical and Norse mythology, such as \"Immigrant Song\", which refers to Valhalla and Viking conquests. However, the song \"No Quarter\" is often misunderstood to refer to the god Thor; the song actually refers to Mount Thor (which is named after the god). Another example is \"The Rain Song\". Plant was also influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, whose book series inspired lyrics in some early Led Zeppelin songs. Most notably \"The Battle of Evermore\", \"Misty Mountain Hop\",\"No Quarter\", \"Ramble On\" and \"Over the Hills and Far Away\" contain", "title": "Robert Plant" }, { "docid": "1986857", "text": "the title of \"Rock On\". In 1971, Denny duetted with Robert Plant on \"The Battle of Evermore\", which was included on Led Zeppelin's 1971 album (\"Led Zeppelin IV\"); she was the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin album. In 1972 Denny had a small cameo on Lou Reizner's symphonic arrangement of the Who's rock opera, \"Tommy\". Her brief appearance was at the end of the track \"It's a Boy,\" which also featured vocals from Pete Townshend. In 1973, she married long term boyfriend and producer Trevor Lucas and recorded a third solo album, \"Like an Old", "title": "Sandy Denny" }, { "docid": "20071654", "text": "composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. \"Evermore\"'s lamenting melody is paired with lyrics that express loneliness, accompanied by heavy orchestration that swells and loudens as the ballad progresses. Both \"brooding\" and hopeful at the same time, Jay Jason of Comicbook.com believes that the song's lyrics are inspired by the popular saying \"If you love someone, let them go.\" Stevens' voice quavers with emotion when he sings the phrase \"I never needed anybody in my life\". Amanda Greever of \"The Daily Times\" insists that the song's lyrics will move all listeners to tears. Featuring lyrics that revolve around heartache and heartbreak, \"Evermore\"'s chorus", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "1986846", "text": "Plant on \"The Battle of Evermore\" for Led Zeppelin's album \"Led Zeppelin IV\" in 1971. Denny died in 1978 at the age of 31 due to injuries and health issues related to alcohol abuse. Music publications \"Uncut\" and \"Mojo\" have called Denny Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition \"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?\" has been recorded by Judy Collins, Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone, 10,000 Maniacs and Cat Power. Her recorded work has been the subject of numerous reissues, along with a wealth of previously unreleased material which has appeared over the 40+ years since her death, most notably including", "title": "Sandy Denny" }, { "docid": "1638717", "text": "was great. We were always good friends with that period of Fairport Convention. Richard Thompson is a superlative guitarist. Sandy and I were friends, and it was the most obvious thing to ask her to sing on \"The Battle of Evermore\". If it suffered from naivete and tweeness—I was only 23—it makes up for it in the cohesion of the voices and the playing.' \"The Battle of Evermore\" was played live at Led Zeppelin concerts during the band's 1977 North American Tour. For these live performances, Jones sang Denny's vocals and played acoustic guitar whilst Page played mandolin. Sometimes John", "title": "The Battle of Evermore" }, { "docid": "20071646", "text": "Maurice (Kevin Kline). Finally admitting that Belle is no longer his prisoner, the character sings \"Evermore\" shortly after he releases the heroine from the castle, insisting that she return to her village and protect Maurice from Gaston (Luke Evans). Believing that Belle has been lost to him forever, the Beast is heartbroken by the character's departure and laments his misfortune by performing \"Evermore\", accepting that releasing his former prisoner makes breaking the enchantress' spell more difficult, even impossible. Serving as a culmination of both the Beast's personal and emotional journeys, Tracy Goldman of \"The\" \"Cornell Daily Sun\" observed that the", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "2600323", "text": "(\"Ladies of the Town\"). Carl's earlier love, Manon, is another entertainer at the cafe, who has mixed feelings about Sarah (\"If Love Were All\"). Sarah begs Carl to quit the cafe and take them to a safer place (\"Evermore and a Day\"; \"Dear Little Café\"). He agrees, but that night is busy at the cafe (\"Tokay\"). Manon sings \"Bonne Nuit, Merci\". Sarah is asked to dance with an army captain who handles her boldly and steals a kiss on the dance floor (\"Kiss Me\"). Carl is enraged and strikes the military man. The captain challenges Carl to a duel and", "title": "Bitter Sweet" }, { "docid": "1987434", "text": "received moderate airplay on rock stations and hit No. 20 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The Wilson sisters then put together an informal acoustic group called the Lovemongers with Sue Ennis and Frank Cox. Their first show was a Red Cross benefit for troops in Seattle. A four-song EP, that included a live version of Led Zeppelin's \"The Battle of Evermore\" and an updated version of the Heart standard \"Crazy On You\", came out in late 1992. Their cover of \"The Battle of Evermore\" also appeared on the for the 1992 film \"Singles\". Heart returned in 1993 with \"Desire Walks", "title": "Heart (band)" }, { "docid": "20071655", "text": "reads: \"Now I know she'll never leave me/Even as she runs away/She will still torment me/Call me, hurt me/Move me, come what may/Wasting in my lonely tower/Waiting by an open door/I'll fool myself, she'll walk right in/And be with me for evermore\", which Stevens performs vulnerably. The track also discusses themes such as true love, sacrifice and learning to understand love. Stevens sings within the vocal range of a \"deep, resonating baritone\" throughout the song, which lasts a total duration of three minutes and fourteen seconds; Channel NewsAsia contributor Genevieve Sarah Loh compared Stevens' voice, whose notes are suspended by", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "7975144", "text": "\"Battle of Evermore\" that was included on their fourth album, the song emerged spontaneously when he started experimenting with Jones' banjo, an instrument he had never before played. \"I just picked it up and started moving my fingers around until the chords sounded right, which is the same way I work on compositions when the guitar's in different tunings.\" It is also one of Page's favourite songs on \"Led Zeppelin III\". Led Zeppelin performed the song a few times live during Led Zeppelin concerts in 1971. Plant sometimes also included the lyrics in live performances of the Led Zeppelin song", "title": "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" }, { "docid": "4816189", "text": "slower tempo. During the opening and closing vocal sections, Page takes Earl Hooker's slide-guitar lines and stretches them out using liberal amounts of guitar effects, with Robert Plant's vocal matching them note for note. Plant uses Willie Dixon's opening verses, but also incorporates some from Robert Johnson's \"Stones in My Passway\": \"I have a bird that whistles and I have birds that sings\". The instrumental part consists of three twelve-bar sections for solos by John Paul Jones on organ, Plant on harmonica, and Page on guitar. Led Zeppelin biographer Keith Shadwick notes that, while the accompaniment may appear casual, it", "title": "You Shook Me" }, { "docid": "20071668", "text": "as \"Evermore\". After briefly considering Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Leib suggested American singer Josh Groban because, in his opinion, the singer's \"voice is a natural fit for this showstopper of a composition.\" Having already known Groban personally, Menken texted the singer who immediately confirmed his interest. Groban recorded the song shortly after the studio made final arrangements with his manager. On January 26, 2017, Disney announced that Groban had recorded a cover of \"Evermore\" – still entitled \"For Evermore\", at the time – and revealed that his version would be included on the remake's soundtrack in addition to being", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "3577040", "text": "1999 consisting of brothers Jon, Peter, and Dann. Jon was born in Australia, while Peter and Dann were born in New Zealand. The three were raised and home-schooled in Feilding, Manawatu. The brothers were introduced to music at a young age by their parents, and frequently listened to their record collection. The name \"Evermore\" was taken from the Led Zeppelin song \"The Battle of Evermore\" in 1999. Jon says the trio's parents were highly supportive of them taking up music, stating \"they always wanted us to do something creative...Nothing was too risky.\" In 2012, youngest brother Dann took a break", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "8834357", "text": "brand new recording. \"Dram Behind the Curtain\" was written by the Scottish Highlands composer and accordionist Mairearad Green. The album was promoted, like its original release, with two sold out shows at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. The deluxe edition is dedicated to Kevin McCrae, the Scottish composer, arranger, conductor and cellist, who died in April 2005. McCrae conducted and arranged the strings on the original album. The additional tracks are: Sings the Songs of Robert Burns Sings the Songs of Robert Burns is the seventh studio album by Eddi Reader. It was released in the UK on 12", "title": "Sings the Songs of Robert Burns" }, { "docid": "3577041", "text": "from playing drums with Evermore to pursue his own singing and production career. He supported the Lisa Mitchell tour in 2012 as Danco. In 2000, Evermore entered Rockquest with Richard Higham, who played bass guitar in the band at the time. The band won the competition, and used the prize money to help fund their studio, Red Sky Studio. Evermore's first EP, \"Slipping Away\", was released on 1 December 2002, with only 300 copies pressed. However, the EP received regular airplay on Triple J, and was thus able to garner the band some attention. Their next EP, the \"Oil &", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "13875915", "text": "people in animal costumes and because Jon is in a drunk state it scares him and he starts running downstairs. As Jon gets further underground, he finds himself trying to get through women who are trying to embrace him in a party-like atmosphere with flashing lights, dancing and glitter confetti everywhere. The video eventually ends with Jon falling to the ground passing out with women touching him all over. The song was released on the iTunes store on 19 February 2010. Underground (Evermore song) \"Underground\" is a song by New Zealand rock band Evermore, it was the first single from", "title": "Underground (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "20071633", "text": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song) \"Evermore\" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical fantasy film \"Beauty and the Beast\" (2017), a live-action remake of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. Originally recorded for the film by English actor Dan Stevens, who performs the song in his starring role as the titular Beast, \"Evermore\" was first released as a single by American singer Josh Groban on March 3, 2017. Stevens' version became available on March 10, 2017 when the film's soundtrack was released online, while Groban's cover is played during", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "13806949", "text": "and the speech in the middle removed (the same as the radio edit). Evermore (Evermore album) Evermore is the self-titled greatest hits album by New Zealand rock band Evermore, which was also released in Australia and New Zealand on 12 March 2010. The album is a collection of songs from the band's entire history, as well as three new songs including the single \"Underground\". The first single \"Underground\" was released to radio in late January 2010 and later as a digital download on 19 February 2010. The Australian and New Zealand release of the album came packaged with a limited", "title": "Evermore (Evermore album)" }, { "docid": "13806947", "text": "Evermore (Evermore album) Evermore is the self-titled greatest hits album by New Zealand rock band Evermore, which was also released in Australia and New Zealand on 12 March 2010. The album is a collection of songs from the band's entire history, as well as three new songs including the single \"Underground\". The first single \"Underground\" was released to radio in late January 2010 and later as a digital download on 19 February 2010. The Australian and New Zealand release of the album came packaged with a limited edition DVD, featuring a live performance from the band filmed at the O2", "title": "Evermore (Evermore album)" }, { "docid": "4693416", "text": "an English language version of \"Seiken Densetsu 3\" in 1995. \"Secret of Evermore\" was developed by a new team at Square's office in Redmond, Washington called Square Soft. According to Fehdrau, no one who worked on the \"Evermore\" project would have been involved in a translation of \"Seiken Densetsu 3\"; the Redmond team was specifically hired to create \"Evermore\". In 2000, a fan translation project for \"Seiken Densetsu 3\" led by Neill Corlett was successfully completed and made available on the internet as an unofficial patch, which could be applied to ROMs of the game when played with an emulator", "title": "Seiken Densetsu 3" }, { "docid": "249949", "text": "and has recorded numerous songs on mandolin including \"Going to California\" and \"That's the Way\"; the mandolin part on \"The Battle of Evermore\" is played by Jimmy Page, who composed the song. Other Led Zeppelin songs featuring mandolin are \"Hey Hey What Can I Do\", and \"Black Country Woman.\" Pete Townshend of the Who played mandolin on the track \"Mike Post Theme\", along with many other tracks on Endless Wire. McGuinness Flint, for whom Graham Lyle played the mandolin on their most successful single, \"When I'm Dead And Gone\", is another example. Lyle was also briefly a member of Ronnie", "title": "Mandolin" }, { "docid": "2526046", "text": "promptly given the task to score \"Secret of Evermore\". The score is described by Soule as a mix of ambient sounds and low-key music. The soundtrack was released on a CD containing 29 tracks, the first eight of which are arranged versions of the original sound. The disc was published by Square and was only initially available to those who pre-ordered \"Secret of Evermore\". \"Secret of Evermore\" received positive reviews from most media outlets. Most publications praised its graphics. For instance, RPGFan called the game a \"wonderful visual experience,\" applauding its use of color, animation, and background. Zachary Lewis of", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "8408223", "text": "rewritten for full orchestra (specifically the Orchestra at Temple Square). Robert Plant featured an arrangement titled \"Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday\" on his 2010 album \"Band of Joy\". °Refrain:° Van Johnson sings part of it in the 1956 movie Miracle in the Rain. The song is performed in the 1957 episode of \"Maverick\", \"Hostage\" by Don Durant. The song is performed in the 1959 John Wayne movie \"Rio Bravo\". It is performed by Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan. Andy Griffith sings this song in season 3 episode 10 \"Opie's Rival\" of The Andy Griffith Show 1962. On the", "title": "Cindy (folk song)" }, { "docid": "20071661", "text": "by the actor's interpretation. \"Varsity\" contributor Robert Crawford appreciated Stevens for \"add[ing] a welcome, spine-tingling melancholy moment to an otherwise joyous score.\" CIHR-FM's Shelby Knox concluded that, despite the actor's limited singing experience, Stevens \"shows a lot of promise\", dubbing his song the film's \"stand out\". Meanwhile, MTV included the song at number four on their ranking of \"All 14 Songs from Disney's Live-action Beauty and the Beast\"; author Crystal Bell claims that she would have ranked \"Evermore\" higher if Stevens' voice hadn't been manipulated to sound deeper than it is. Bell went on to write that the song sounds", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "2526048", "text": "and variety, but criticized it for awkward battle system and simple A.I. Reviewers were more critical concerning the game's sound. Although the quality of the musical compositions was praised, both RPGFan and RPGamer found that there were too few adequately long tracks, with mediocre ambient sound effects to fill the dead time, and Scary Larry complained of the player character's dog \"constantly\" barking. \"Super Play\" and \"GamePro\" both found that the game was not up to the standards held by other Square games. Others argued that \"Secret of Evermore\" was a decent first attempt by the American team. \"Game Players\"", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "13573728", "text": "was an advocate of extensive tree planting on a bare landscape and there is an unusual and well-known inscription to that effect on the Burkes Pass monument. In about 1918, Burnett had the memorial built with the wording “Ye who enter the portals of the Mackenzie to found homes, take the word of a child of the misty gorges and plant forest trees for your lives, so shall your mountain facings and river flats be preserved for your children’s children and for evermore – 1917.” A century later the creep of wilding pines from Mount Cook Station into the surrounding", "title": "Thomas Burnett (New Zealand politician)" }, { "docid": "9262762", "text": "Peter Hume (musician) Peter Hume (born Peter Elisha Cobbe, 4 September 1985) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and art director; originally from Whangaparaoa. Hume is the middle of three brothers (with Dann Hume and Jon Hume) who make up the multi-platinum award winning band Evermore. Hume has contributed to songs for Evermore and also sung lead vocals on some of the band's album tracks. In 2008, Hume was shortlisted for the \"Cleo\" Bachelor of the Year award. Born Peter Elisha Cobbe, Peter is the middle brother of the Hume family. Alongside brothers Jon and Dann they formed Evermore in", "title": "Peter Hume (musician)" }, { "docid": "5927062", "text": "Dann Hume Dann Hume is a New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Hume began his career with his two brothers (with Peter Hume and Jon Hume) who make up the alternative rock band, Evermore since 1999. Dann is the youngest brother of the Hume family. In 1999 the brothers formed Evermore in Feilding. He has co-written songs for Evermore such as \"Running\", \"Light Surrounding You\" as well as the first single from \"Dreams\", \"It's Too Late\". Soon after the release of Evermore's fourth studio album \"Follow the Sun\" in late 2012, Dann stepped away from touring with", "title": "Dann Hume" }, { "docid": "13875912", "text": "Underground (Evermore song) \"Underground\" is a song by New Zealand rock band Evermore, it was the first single from their self-titled International Debut \"Evermore\", which was also be released in Australia and NZ. The song was debuted along with two others on Wednesday 7 October at the Hallam Hotel in Melbourne as part of the bands string of small Victorian shows before they went overseas. It was one of three new songs added to the album along with songs from their entire history. The song was released to Australian radio on 21 January 2010 along with the song's music video", "title": "Underground (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "13502242", "text": "Evermore (novel) Evermore is a fantasy novel by Alyson Noël released in 2009. It is the first novel in the \"Immortals\" series. \"Evermore\" was an immediate bestseller and, as of October 11, 2009, had spent 34 weeks on the \"New York Times\" Best Seller list for children's books. Ever Bloom: Ever is the protagonist and narrator of the story. Having lost her family in a tragic car accident, she struggles to cope with her new life living with her aunt, frequently blaming herself for her family's deaths and wishing it on herself. Having once been confident, popular and easy-going, she", "title": "Evermore (novel)" }, { "docid": "220567", "text": "Nash's two-year affair with Mitchell at the time that Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded the Déjà Vu album. Led Zeppelin's \"Going to California\" was said to be written about Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's infatuation with Mitchell, a claim that seems to be borne out by the fact that, in live performances, Plant often says \"Joni\" after the line \"To find a queen without a king, they say she plays guitar and cries and sings\". Jimmy Page uses a double dropped D guitar tuning similar to the alternative tunings Mitchell uses. The Sonic Youth song \"Hey Joni\" is named", "title": "Joni Mitchell" }, { "docid": "20071641", "text": "joking, \"it would be like writing 'Don't Cry for Me Brazil',\" referring to \"Don't Cry for Me Argentina\", a song he famously wrote for the stage musical \"Evita\". Originally entitled \"For Evermore\", \"Evermore\" was written by composer Menken and lyricist Rice. The last of the three original songs written for the remake, \"Evermore\" was completed considerably late into production after the filmmakers finally agreed that the Beast should perform his own. Written in Spring 2015 in London, England, Menken quickly composed its melody before Rice contributed lyrics revolving around the Beast releasing Belle. Actor Dan Stevens, who portrays the Beast", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "2526023", "text": "Secret of Evermore Secret of Evermore is an action role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released by Square in North America on October 1, 1995. In February 1996, it saw release in the PAL territories of Europe and Australia. A Japanese release was planned to follow the North American release by a few months, but was ultimately cancelled. The story of \"Secret of Evermore\" follows a boy and his pet dog as they are inadvertently transported to the fantasy world of Evermore. The player guides both the boy and his shapeshifting dog through Evermore, a world", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "20448465", "text": "his works from the beginning of the world\"\". The memorial phrase \"lest we forget\" is taken from Kipling's poem \"Recessional\"—\"\"Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet / Lest we forget—lest we forget!\"\" Their name liveth for evermore \"Their name liveth for evermore\" is a phrase from the King James Version of the Bible, forming the second half of a line in Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14, widely inscribed on war memorials since the First World War. In full, verse 14 reads \"\"Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore\"\". The chapter begins with the line", "title": "Their name liveth for evermore" }, { "docid": "3577043", "text": "on the RIANZ albums chart. Three singles were released from the album; \"It's Too Late\", \"For One Day\", and \"Come to Nothing\"; which charted moderately. The three singles were featured on the New Zealand and Australian promos of \"The O.C.\", with \"It's Too Late\" ultimately appearing on the show. A remixed version of \"It's Too Late\" with Dirty South, titled \"It's Too Late (Ride on)\", was also released, and appeared on numerous compilation albums. On \"Dreams\", Evermore worked with producer Barrett Jones (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Whiskeytown), who was introduced to the band by Brad on their past tour. The band's", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "13366598", "text": "about the video said: Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song) \"Can You Hear Me?\" is a song by New Zealand rock band Evermore, it is the third single from their third studio album \"\" and is one of the bands personal favourites, seeing it as one of the most emotional and rewarding songs they've ever written. It's the last track on the album and tells the story of the main character, Max, who crashed his car into a river and sees his whole life run before his eyes. The song is currently being used for a Westpac television commercial. It", "title": "Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "13366596", "text": "Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song) \"Can You Hear Me?\" is a song by New Zealand rock band Evermore, it is the third single from their third studio album \"\" and is one of the bands personal favourites, seeing it as one of the most emotional and rewarding songs they've ever written. It's the last track on the album and tells the story of the main character, Max, who crashed his car into a river and sees his whole life run before his eyes. The song is currently being used for a Westpac television commercial. It is also currently being", "title": "Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "11278489", "text": "Log\" by Robert Plant. Viktor Krauss called his album a soundtrack without a movie. It combines country, bluegrass, and jazz. His second album, \"II\" (EMI/Back Porch, 2007), was also compared to a film soundtrack. Shawn Colvin sings a cover version of \"Shine On You Crazy Diamond\" by Pink Floyd. Krauss has worked as a session musician on albums by the Cox Family, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Martin Taylor, Michael McDonald, and Natalie MacMaster. With Alison Krauss With the Cox Family With Bill Frisell With Jerry Douglas With Lyle Lovett With Beth Nielsen Chapman", "title": "Viktor Krauss" }, { "docid": "18038372", "text": "debut album, titled The Common Linnets, the duo show that they can produce a lot more gems. However, none of them share the aforementioned song's atmosphere, reminiscent of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Instead, traditional country and other americana styles prevail on this surprisingly strong album. On Still Loving After You, written with Daniel Lohues, Ilse DeLange sings again with a broken country heart, which she has showcased on too few occasions. And on Where Do I Go With Me, Waylon shows how well versed he is in the repertoire of George Jones. With the help of Lohues and JB", "title": "The Common Linnets (album)" }, { "docid": "20448463", "text": "Their name liveth for evermore \"Their name liveth for evermore\" is a phrase from the King James Version of the Bible, forming the second half of a line in Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14, widely inscribed on war memorials since the First World War. In full, verse 14 reads \"\"Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore\"\". The chapter begins with the line \"Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.\" The full text of verse 14 was suggested by Rudyard Kipling as an appropriate inscription for memorials after the First World", "title": "Their name liveth for evermore" }, { "docid": "5586863", "text": "and its sequel, \"\", as the main character representing \"Final Fantasy IV\". He is voiced by Shizuma Hodoshima in Japanese and Yuri Lowenthal in English. Cecil also appears in \"Secret of Evermore\" as a weapons dealer and makes several references to Final Fantasy IV, including being king of Baron Castle, his wife Rosa, his battle with Zeromus, his being a paladin, and his adventures on the moon. is the leader of the Dragoon Knights of Baron as well as childhood friend of both Cecil and Rosa. He claims that being a dragoon makes him feel closer to his father, who", "title": "Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series" }, { "docid": "20527537", "text": "Are The Ones) Nobody Likes\", \"I Wonder\", \"I’m Lamenting\", \"Ode to Wealth\", and \"A Horseman\". Additional period music included Shall We Gather at the River by Robert Lowry, Battle Hymn of the Republic, lyrics by Julia Ward Howe, music by William Steffe, and The Funeral March of a Marionette (Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) by Charles Gounod. Photo: Angela Conzone Dwyer as Ichaboda Krane sings Battle Hymn of the Republic with her class in B. R. Kreep's \"Kreepy Hollow\" \"Mr. Scrooge\", a musical comedy adaptation on the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol\" with book, music, and lyrics accredited to Richard", "title": "St. John's Conservatory Theater" }, { "docid": "14873178", "text": "signed to the Dandelion label of which John Peel was a co-owner . He has recorded songs by Dave Cartwright and also John Richards with whom he co-wrote “Did You Like The Battle Sir?”. This song has been recorded by Paul Downes and many other notable folk artists. Robert Plant has made several impromptu appearances with Bev’s band who shared the bill when Robert launched his “Priory Of Brion” band at Bewdley on 20 November 1999. Bev has also played alongside Sonny Curtis during two of his UK tours. Bev is referred to in \"A Life\", the authorised biography of", "title": "Bev Pegg" }, { "docid": "6126804", "text": "song itself is split in three sections. The first section is a fast-paced showcase of Jones on synthesizer (he overdubbed bass guitar or already recorded it as part of the backing track), with Robert Plant's vocals mixed down slightly underneath Jones, the drums of John Bonham and Page's guitar chord progression. The second section is much slower in pace, highlighting Page's use of the Gibson EDS-1275 double-necked guitar, the only time he used that instrument on a Led Zeppelin studio song, while Plant sings some reflective lyrics. The final section returns to an up-tempo beat, with all four band members", "title": "Carouselambra" }, { "docid": "20071665", "text": "News\" said \"Evermore\" was a strong contender for an Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination. \"The Hollywood Reporter\"'s Scott Feinberg said that \"Evermore\" is the \"strongest\" prospective Best Original Song nominee from the film, while Paul Sheehan of Golderby said that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would most likely favor \"Evermore\" over \"How Does a Moment Last Forever\" and \"Days in the Sun\". In December 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that \"Evermore\" was one among 70 songs that the organization shortlisted for Best Original Song consideration. Ultimately, \"Evermore\" did not earn", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "20071657", "text": "Taylor Weatherby ranked \"Evermore\" fifth on the magazine's ranking of \"6 Songs We're Most Excited to Hear\" from the remake. Stevens' version of \"Evermore\" was released on March 10, 2017 as a track on the \"Beauty and the Beast\" soundtrack. Menken's demo version of the song is included on deluxe editions of the album. \"Evermore\" has garnered positive reviews from both film and music critics, becoming \"a fan favorite\" among the film's new musical additions. Vulture.com's Sarah Caldwell commended the studio's decision to have a new musical number immediately follow \"Beauty and the Beast\", the song for which the film", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "2526038", "text": "and finds Ruffleberg, who explains everything. He and his butler Carltron once engaged in chess matches. Ruffleberg outfitted him with an intelligence chip to make him a more challenging opponent, but the upgrade backfired by making Carltron more malevolent. He sabotaged the transporter to Evermore and designed the hostile beasts roaming the game. With Ruffleberg's help, the boy and his canine companion break into Carltron's room. The area is guarded by android clones of the boy and his dog, along with a giant mecha version of Carltron. At the last moment, Ruffleberg appears and deactivates Carltron, who promptly freezes in", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "6614675", "text": "the memorial. Circling the memorial from the eastern side, looking up at the four gables one reads the words, \"Peace Evermore\", \"Life Evermore\", \"Light Evermore\" and \"Love Evermore\", which were borrowed from a hymn in Dr. Charles Strong's collection for the Australian Church. In the original sketches by Desbrowe-Annear, one metope at the end of the memorials frieze was to be filled with a classically inspired laurel wreath, but the completed scheme instead used sculptural bronze snake heads, designed by prominent Melbourne artist and close friend to Springthorpe, Sir John Longstaff. Snake heads were included for their strong association with", "title": "Springthorpe Memorial" }, { "docid": "20071634", "text": "the film's closing credits. In the animated film, the Beast barely sings because Menken and original \"Beauty and the Beast\" lyricist Howard Ashman had not been able to determine a moment in the film during which it would have been appropriate for the character to perform his own song. Initially, Menken had especially wanted the Beast to perform \"If I Can't Love Her\", a song he and Rice had written for the character to sing in stage adaptation of the animated film, in the remake, but ultimately decided that an entirely new song that establishes that the Beast has finally", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "5281946", "text": "by being made aware of her own blindness. Ibn-Hakia sings the monologue \"Two worlds\", explaining the interdependence of the mind and the body within the divinely ordained universe, which merges spirit and matter. The king refuses the treatment, fearing for Iolanta's happiness if the cure should fail after she has learned what she is missing. Robert arrives at the court with his friend Count Vaudémont. Robert tells Vaudémont that he wishes to avoid the marriage as he has fallen in love with Countess Matilde. He sings of his love in his aria \"Who can compare with my Mathilde\" (Кто может", "title": "Iolanta" }, { "docid": "15344211", "text": "the name of the house in the title of their songs: \"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp\" (the name of the house being accidentally misspelled on the album cover), and \"Bron-Yr-Aur\". \"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp\" is a country music inflected hoedown on \"Led Zeppelin III\", in which Robert Plant sings about walking in the woods with Strider, his blue eyed merle dog. An earlier, full-electric instrumental version of this song is \"Jennings Farm Blues\", recorded at Olympic Studios in 1969 and included on a bootleg album of studio outtakes, \"Studio Gems.\" In contrast to and not to be confused with \"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp,\" the track \"Bron-Yr-Aur\" is", "title": "Bron-Yr-Aur" }, { "docid": "1498969", "text": "a live DVD \"Nils Lofgren & Friends: Acoustic Live\" at the Legendary Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, Virginia. On June 23, 2006, Lofgren performed at a benefit concert for Arthur Lee at New York's Beacon Theater, along with Robert Plant, Ian Hunter, Yo La Tengo and Garland Jeffreys. In 2007, he appeared playing guitar as part of Jerry Lee Lewis' backing band for Lewis' \"Last Man Standing Live\" concert DVD. He released \"The Loner – Nils Sings Neil\", an album of acoustic covers of Neil Young songs, in 2008. In September 2008, Lofgren had hip replacement surgery for both of", "title": "Nils Lofgren" }, { "docid": "3577046", "text": "initially recorded on the Central Coast of New South Wales, where the band spent three months. Production moved to Easton, Maryland for an additional three months, and continued recording with producer John Alagía. Following recording and production, the album was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge (blink-182). The album's release was followed by a tour of New Zealand and Australia that began in September and October with support acts Bob Evans, The Vagrant City Scandal. In June 2006, Evermore opened for another band who trace their own start a decade ago, also coming from New Zealand to gain world fame in Melbourne.", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "3955758", "text": "of the spring. Charm of our gladness, friend of our sadness, Angel of life when its pleasures take wing! She shall be fairest, she shall be rarest She shall be first in the songs that we sing! Who shall be nearest? - noblest, and dearest, Named but with honour, and pride evermore? He, the undaunted, whose banner is planted On Glory's high ramparts and battlements hoar. Fearless of danger, to falsehood a stranger, Looking not back while there's duty before! He shall be nearest, he shall be dearest, He shall be first in our hearts evermore. Mackay was twice married—first,", "title": "Charles Mackay (author)" }, { "docid": "9052239", "text": "Running (Evermore song) \"Running\" is the lead single by alternative rock band Evermore, taken from their second studio album, \"Real Life\" (July 2006). It was written by backing vocalist and drummer, Dann Hume. It was issued on 3 June, ahead of the album. It was co-produced by Jon with John Alagía (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer). It peaked at No. 4 on their native RIANZ Singles Chart in New Zealand and No. 5 on their adopted country of Australia's ARIA Singles Chart. Evermore's single, \"Running\", was released on 3 June 2006 ahead of their second album, \"Real Life\", which appeared", "title": "Running (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "18437259", "text": "over five furlongs at Arlington Park on July 3. Ridden by James Graham, he started slowly and lost several lengths but stayed on well to finish second, a neck behind the winner, Mr Lightning Boy. In a similar event over six furlongs at Del Mar twenty-four days later, he finished fourth of ten runners behind Red Button, Homer Matt, and Battle of Evermore after again starting poorly. In this race, he was ridden for the first time by his trainer's brother, Kent Desormeaux, who became his regular jockey. Texas Red recorded his first success in a maiden race at Del", "title": "Texas Red (horse)" }, { "docid": "13502249", "text": "ridicules her with rude comments such as \"loser\" or \"freak\". She is jealous of Ever for getting the hot new guy when no one else could. She blackmails and threatens people to get her way. When Ever was addicted to drinking Stacia pretended to be her friend and drank with her but just enough not to get drunk, then later turned Ever into the principal where she got suspended. On March 28, 2011, Alyson Noël announced that all 10 books in both The Immortals and The Riley Bloom Series have been optioned by Summit Entertainment. Evermore (novel) Evermore is a", "title": "Evermore (novel)" }, { "docid": "9330313", "text": "peaked at number 53 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 28 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Unbreakable (Evermore song) \"Unbreakable\" is the third single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album \"Real Life\". The single was released as the Unbreakable Live EP. This song was used in the promo for the Australian premiere of the sixth season of the television show \"24\". The video for \"Unbreakable\" was shot at various concerts during the Coca-Cola live tour. The video is also shot on black and white film, with outrageous fans waving banners and cheering in the crowd. The", "title": "Unbreakable (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "8233226", "text": "Real Life (Evermore album) \"For the Simple Minds Album see Real Life (Simple Minds album).\" Real Life is the second studio album by Evermore, released on 8 July 2006. It debuted on the ARIA charts at number five and on the RIANZ charts at number two. It reached double-platinum certification in Australia. Four singles were released: \"Running\", \"Light Surrounding You\", \"Unbreakable\" and \"Never Let You Go\". The band wrote and recorded demos for the album at their Central Coast home studio in New South Wales, Australia. This time around, all three brothers had an input on the songwriting with everyone", "title": "Real Life (Evermore album)" }, { "docid": "9346211", "text": "flamboyant, and is stopped by Sister Mary Hubert, who reminds her \"The Biggest Ain't The Best\". Reverend Mother comes back on stage, only to be stopped by Sister Robert Anne, who pleads with her to let her sing a solo. Reverend Mother refuses, reminding Robert Anne she is only the understudy, prompting Robert Anne to launch into a song about just that (\"Playing Second Fiddle\"). Mary Amnesia comes on next and sings a song about what it's like to be a nun, along with a foul-mouthed puppet, Sister Mary Annette (\"So You Want To Be A Nun\"). Reverend Mother returns", "title": "Nunsense" }, { "docid": "6965789", "text": "Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in the US (Hickory LPM 143 (mono) /LPS 143 (stereo)) in April 1968. \"Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be\" marked the second Hickory Records compilation of Donovan's 1965 Pye Records material in the United States, following the moderately successful \"The Real Donovan\" from 1966. By 1968, Donovan had released a string of hit singles and albums in both the United States and United Kingdom. With his popularity reaching its zenith, Hickory", "title": "Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be" }, { "docid": "2526044", "text": "interview that \"Secret of Evermore\" was not created in place of \"Seiken Densetsu 3\" and that the team that developed \"Secret of Evermore\" was assembled from newly hired staff, and would otherwise never have been assembled. Several of the team members joined Humongous Entertainment, which spawned Cavedog Entertainment, while the rest of the team spread to other Seattle-area game studios like Electronic Arts, Boss Game Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Gas Powered Games, among others. \"Secret of Evermore\" was released on October 1, 1995, in North America. In 1996, it was translated into German, French and Spanish for the non-English-speaking", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "20071642", "text": "and performs \"Evermore\", had little singing experience prior to being cast in the film. Before \"Evermore\" was written, Condon informed Stevens that he would be singing a new song in his role as Beast. Having not sung professionally since childhood, Stevens was required to retrain his singing voice, the process of which he found challenging. To prepare for the recording, Stevens received extensive vocal coaching from vocal coach Ann-Marie Speed in addition to working closely with Menken. Stevens first recorded a \"guide track\" for \"Evermore\" before he and Menken revisited the track to modify specific lines and notes. To make", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "20071658", "text": "remains most famous. Writing for Stuff.co.nz, James Croot appreciated \"Evermore\" for both enhancing the film and finally allowing the Beast an opportunity to sing on-screen. Katlin Risen of \"The State Journal-Register\" agreed that the song is \"a lovely addition to the story\". Andrew Gaug of News-Press NOW called the musical number \"a welcome addition\" to the film. Citing \"Evermore\" among the film's musical highlights, the \"Christian Broadcasting Network\" reviewed the track as \"a wonderful, heartbreaking ballad\". Lindsay Bahr of the Associated Press reviewed \"Evermore\" as \"a more fitting ballad\" for the character than \"If I Can't Love Her\", while \"Her", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "14746701", "text": "call for Royal Regiment of Artillery units only. The call would then be sounded on an E♭ Cavalry Trumpet. <poem>Sunset in the western sky, Darkness falls o'er land and sea Praise, Lord, we raise to you This night and for evermore. We think of loved ones near and far And those who've fought the fight before Keep safe your people, Lord This night and for evermore. Keep safe your people, Lord This night and for evermore This night and for evermore.</poem> Lyrics: Tim Marshall (Originally written for Festival of Remembrance 2009) Arr: David Cole Sunset (bugle call) Sunset, also known", "title": "Sunset (bugle call)" }, { "docid": "9330312", "text": "Unbreakable (Evermore song) \"Unbreakable\" is the third single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album \"Real Life\". The single was released as the Unbreakable Live EP. This song was used in the promo for the Australian premiere of the sixth season of the television show \"24\". The video for \"Unbreakable\" was shot at various concerts during the Coca-Cola live tour. The video is also shot on black and white film, with outrageous fans waving banners and cheering in the crowd. The video also shows the band members having a good time while travelling around on their Australian/NZ tour. \"Unbreakable\"", "title": "Unbreakable (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "9052242", "text": "Dann: 'It's just us walking around the world. There's no smoke and mirrors making us look better-looking than we are. I think we're like that, just slightly raw'\". Running (Evermore song) \"Running\" is the lead single by alternative rock band Evermore, taken from their second studio album, \"Real Life\" (July 2006). It was written by backing vocalist and drummer, Dann Hume. It was issued on 3 June, ahead of the album. It was co-produced by Jon with John Alagía (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer). It peaked at No. 4 on their native RIANZ Singles Chart in New Zealand and No.", "title": "Running (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "2526039", "text": "place. With Carltron's defeat, the monsters plaguing Evermore disappear, but the world itself grows unstable. The boy returns to each of the worlds to collect Ruffleberg's companions, taking them back to the real world. In doing so, Evermore's destruction is averted and it continues to exist without them. After the credits roll, a final scene shows Professor Ruffleberg returning Carltron to his old task of cleaning the lab. Carltron grins and rubs his hands together, implying that he is not as docile as the professor believes. Development on \"Secret of Evermore\" began in early 1994 at Square Soft, the Redmond,", "title": "Secret of Evermore" }, { "docid": "3577051", "text": "this was on the 12 October 2012 when they released their fourth studio album Follow the Sun. The first single, the title track 'Follow the Sun', was used by HBO America in a major end of year promotion for the station and also featured in the worldwide trailer for DreamWorks Animation's The Croods. Two Australia headline tours were to follow in 2012 and 2013 as well as support for Maroon 5's Australian leg of their worldwide Overexposed Tour and Matchbox Twenty Australian North Tour with INXS. Studio albums Extended plays Compilation albums Evermore (band) Evermore are a band originally from", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "9944714", "text": "Mr. Pitiful \"Mr. Pitiful\" is a song written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper and included on the 1965 album \"The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads\". It also appeared on \"The Commitments\" soundtrack (sung by Andrew Strong). Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin makes a nod to Otis Redding in the song \"The Crunge\" (from the album \"Houses of the Holy\"), which is known for paying tribute to soul and funk. The song was also covered by Tower of Power on their album \"Great American Soulbook\" and by Taj Mahal on his 1997 album \"Seňor Blues\". It was also by", "title": "Mr. Pitiful" }, { "docid": "8834353", "text": "Sings the Songs of Robert Burns Sings the Songs of Robert Burns is the seventh studio album by Eddi Reader. It was released in the UK on 12 May 2003. The album was premiered at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of the Celtic Connections Festival in January 2003 and on release garnered Reader some of the best reviews of her career. Reader explained how the album came about in the extensive liner notes, how when her family was relocated to the Ayrshire town of town of Irvine (Burns was from Ayrshire), how it \"saved my life to be", "title": "Sings the Songs of Robert Burns" }, { "docid": "15565006", "text": "name a few.His latest signing to Specific Music is up and coming artist and songwriter, Dean Lewis. Robert is also the co-founder, along with Leonie Conley, of Australia's biggest songwriting camp, held annually in Sydney – 50 Songs in 5 Days. Specific Music's – '50 Songs in 5 Days', in partnership with APRA AMCOS, is an invitational songwriting camp for Australia's best songwriters and artists. Artists and writers to have taken part in the camp include Joel Little (Lorde), 5 Seconds of Summer, Jarryd James, Art Vs Science, Jessica Mauboy, Kim Churchill, Jon Hume from Evermore(band), Tina Arena, Bonnie Anderson,", "title": "Robert Conley (music producer)" }, { "docid": "5594381", "text": "battle each other at the end of the episode, a Japanese man sings songs about each of the monsters while they approach. This mirrors a common element throughout actual Japanese monster movies, which commonly have theme songs for the monster characters. Parker wrote the songs in Japanese language. The English translation for the lyrics sung when Robert Smith transforms translates are, \"I really like Robert Smith\", and the lyrics sung about Mecha-Streisand translate, \"Barbra, Barbra, she's a bitch, Barbra\". When Streisand becomes Mecha-Streisand, the line was written in Japanese, \"From this moment on, I am Mecha-Streisand!\", but Parker said Bergman", "title": "Mecha-Streisand" }, { "docid": "9121838", "text": "but the time of this recording, he was a record label owner (Reprise), no longer recording for Capitol. Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is an album by Frank Sinatra, arranged by Robert Farnon, recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios by Eric Tomlinson, a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer, who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films including \"Oliver!\" (1968), \"Fiddler on the Roof\" (1971), and the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy (1977; 1980; 1983). It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though", "title": "Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain" }, { "docid": "9121835", "text": "Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is an album by Frank Sinatra, arranged by Robert Farnon, recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios by Eric Tomlinson, a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer, who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films including \"Oliver!\" (1968), \"Fiddler on the Roof\" (1971), and the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy (1977; 1980; 1983). It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released. Sinatra was tired after touring, and", "title": "Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain" }, { "docid": "14764706", "text": "the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. Sedaka's \"Stairway to Heaven\" predates by 11 years Led Zeppelin's song of the same name, which was released in 1971 and written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Stairway to Heaven (Neil Sedaka song) \"Stairway to Heaven\" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released as a 45 rpm single and appeared on Sedaka's 1960 album \"Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits\". The personnel includes King Curtis on saxophone, Don Arnone, Art Ryerson and Everett Barksdale on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, Irving Faberman on timpani", "title": "Stairway to Heaven (Neil Sedaka song)" }, { "docid": "10318828", "text": "over the pot and around the flourishing plant, reflecting Keats's words that Isabella \"hung over her sweet Basil evermore,/And moistened it with tears unto the core.\" Behind her, next to the doorway, are a pair of pattens, next to the edge of a cassone. The emphasis on sensuality, rich colours and elaborate decorative objects reflects the growing Aesthetic movement and similar features in the work of Hunt's Pre-Raphaelite associates John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, such as Millais's \"Pot Pourri\" and Rossetti's \"Venus Verticordia\". The pose of the figure also resembles Thomas Woolner's sculpture \"Civilization\", which was partly modelled", "title": "Isabella and the Pot of Basil" }, { "docid": "8864342", "text": "Tal Herzberg, who has worked the Black Eyed Peas on previous studio recordings, performed additional engineering on the track with the use of Pro Tools. Tony Maserati was signed as the principal mix engineer while Ryan Kennedy assisted him at The Record Plant in Hollywood, California. The song was finally recorded at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia and The Record Plant in Hollywood, California by \"Angry\" Mike Eleopoulos. Since the song was released, the lyrics in the chorus have been a matter of dispute. It appears that Fergie sings the words \"Flossy Flossy\" or as some hear \"Flowers Flowers\",", "title": "Glamorous (Fergie song)" }, { "docid": "973002", "text": "a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2008, \"Rolling Stone\" editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, \"Rolling Stone\" readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, magazine \"Hit Parader\" named Plant the \"Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time\". In 2009, Plant was voted \"the greatest voice in rock\" in a poll conducted by \"Planet Rock\". Robert Anthony Plant was born on 20 August 1948, in the Black Country town of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, to Robert C. Plant, a qualified civil engineer who", "title": "Robert Plant" }, { "docid": "8229731", "text": "Dreams (Evermore album) Dreams is the debut album by Evermore, released on 27 September 2004 in Australia, 8 October 2004 in New Zealand and 23 May 2006 in the US. The album peaked at No. 15 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, and received platinum accreditation in 2005. The album was nominated for four ARIA Music Awards in 2005. It reached No. 30 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart for albums. The first single off the album was \"It's Too Late\", which was released on 2 August 2004, where it debuted at No. 38 on the ARIA Singles Chart,", "title": "Dreams (Evermore album)" }, { "docid": "8229733", "text": "theme for \"Ghost Hunt\", a New Zealand paranormal television show. In 2006, a Dirty South remix of \"It's Too Late\" reached No. 1 on the Australian Club Charts and remained in the top 50 for 24 weeks. \"Dreams\" received generally favorable reviews from critics. Dreams (Evermore album) Dreams is the debut album by Evermore, released on 27 September 2004 in Australia, 8 October 2004 in New Zealand and 23 May 2006 in the US. The album peaked at No. 15 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, and received platinum accreditation in 2005. The album was nominated for four ARIA Music", "title": "Dreams (Evermore album)" }, { "docid": "973000", "text": "Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Plant is regarded as one of the greatest vocalists in the history of rock music. Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to contemporaries such as Roger Daltrey of the Who, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of the Doors. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant", "title": "Robert Plant" }, { "docid": "5268503", "text": "were later re-recorded by Cake (both featured on 2001's \"Comfort Eagle\"). This band included Michael Urbano (drums), Pete Costello (bass), and Robert Kuhlmann (guitar). In the late 1980s, McCrea moved to Los Angeles and began playing acoustically in local coffee shops. His first solo release was a double-sided single on vinyl only called \"Rancho Seco\". One side was electric and the other acoustic. The single was a protest song against the now-decommissioned nuclear power plant Rancho Seco built southeast of Sacramento. McCrea's voice has a very distinctive \"rough-around-the-edges\" quality, which is especially evident when he sings in the lower part", "title": "John McCrea (musician)" }, { "docid": "3577039", "text": "Evermore (band) Evermore are a band originally from Feilding, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of brothers Jon (guitar, vocals, album production), Peter (keyboards, bass, vocals) and Dann Hume (drums, guitar, vocals). The band have released three platinum-selling albums, \"Dreams\" (2004), \"Real Life\" (2006) and \"\" (2009) and a self-titled greatest hits album including three new songs. They have been nominated for seven ARIA Awards, and have won two Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. They have won the APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award, and the Channel V Oz Artist of the Year Award. Evermore started in", "title": "Evermore (band)" }, { "docid": "9052647", "text": "It's Too Late (Evermore song) \"It's Too Late\" is the lead single by rock band, Evermore, taken from their debut album \"Dreams\" (September 2004). The track was written by the group's three New Zealand-raised brothers: Dann (backing vocals, drums), Jon (lead vocals, lead guitar), and Peter Hume (backing vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar). It was produced by John Alagía and released on 2 August 2004, which reached No. 16 on the ARIA Singles Chart in their adopted country of Australia. The song features on as a bonus Australian release only track. It also features on the Australian and New Zealand", "title": "It's Too Late (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "13900701", "text": "to his friends and his beloved Natasha (Marina Ladynina), he goes to Siberia. He works on the construction of a plant, and in the evenings sings in a teahouse. By chance, weather conditions force the plane with Andrey's friends, Boris Olenich (Vladimir Zeldin) and Natasha, who are flying to a competition abroad, to land at the airport near the building of the plant. Andrey meets them and it changes his life. He travels to the Arctic and inspired by the heroic labor of the builders to write a symphonic oratorio \"Ballad of Siberia\", which receives universal recognition. It is a", "title": "Ballad of Siberia" }, { "docid": "12643662", "text": "tour. Between the Lines (Evermore song) \"Between the Lines\" is the first single by Evermore, taken from their third studio album \"\". Evermore's Jon Hume said that \"Between the Lines was the first song to come out of a search for a new musical experience as a band.\" It was released as a free download on Evermore's official website on 10 November 2008. The song failed to chart in Australia and New Zealand as it was not physically released as a single by the band; it was more of a teaser of the band's new musical direction on their new", "title": "Between the Lines (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "12643660", "text": "Between the Lines (Evermore song) \"Between the Lines\" is the first single by Evermore, taken from their third studio album \"\". Evermore's Jon Hume said that \"Between the Lines was the first song to come out of a search for a new musical experience as a band.\" It was released as a free download on Evermore's official website on 10 November 2008. The song failed to chart in Australia and New Zealand as it was not physically released as a single by the band; it was more of a teaser of the band's new musical direction on their new album.", "title": "Between the Lines (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "9052650", "text": "on)\", was released, and appeared on numerous compilation albums. The remixed single reached the top 100 in Belgium, France and The Netherlands. It's Too Late (Evermore song) \"It's Too Late\" is the lead single by rock band, Evermore, taken from their debut album \"Dreams\" (September 2004). The track was written by the group's three New Zealand-raised brothers: Dann (backing vocals, drums), Jon (lead vocals, lead guitar), and Peter Hume (backing vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar). It was produced by John Alagía and released on 2 August 2004, which reached No. 16 on the ARIA Singles Chart in their adopted country", "title": "It's Too Late (Evermore song)" }, { "docid": "20071659", "text": "Campus\"' Justine Steiner described the tune as \"infectious\". \"Xposé\"'s Marese O'Sullivan claims to have \"adored\" the song upon hearing it. Cameron Meier of \"Orlando Weekly\" lauded \"Evermore\" as the film's dramatic highlight, which he nearly rewarded with a standing ovation, while \"Metro\"'s Sarah Deen dubbed it \"an instant classic \".Writing for the British Film Institute, Kate Stables opined that \"Evermore\" remains \"the only standout among the film’s forgettable trio of new songs.\" Critics agreed that Stevens performance of the song is a highlight of the film. Praising Stevens for \"blow[ing] viewers out of the water\" with his voice, the \"Yakima", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" }, { "docid": "20071644", "text": "her, and now she's buggered off, woe is me\", while \"If I Can't Love Her\" is \"How am I going to fall in love with her?\" Replacing \"If I Can't Love Her\" with \"Evermore\" helped make the songwriters eligible for an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. One of at least nine significant ways in which the remake deviates from its source material, \"Evermore\" is among the film's songs that emphasize the sadness and loneliness of both the Beast and Belle's situations. Occurring approximately two-thirds into the film, the song assumes a role that was originally occupied by the", "title": "Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)" } ]

[ "November 29 , 2009" ]

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[ { "docid": "1565290", "text": "auditioned for the role, she was called back by MacFarlane, who instructed her to speak slower. He then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her. Mike Henry voices Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist, Consuela and the Greased-up Deaf Guy. Henry met MacFarlane at the Rhode Island School of Design, and kept in touch with him after they graduated. A few years later, MacFarlane contacted him about being part of the show; he agreed and came on as a writer and voice actor. During", "title": "Family Guy" }, { "docid": "8204839", "text": "Mike Henry (voice actor) Michael \"Mike\" Henry (born November 7, 1965) is an American voice actor, writer, producer, and comedian. He is known for his work on the animated TV series \"Family Guy\" (1999–present), where he writes and produces episodes along with voicing Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce, and Consuela. Henry is also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off, \"The Cleveland Show\" (2009–2013) and for his recurring role as Dann in the television series, \"The Orville\". Henry and his younger brother Patrick were born to artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia. His parents divorced when he was six", "title": "Mike Henry (voice actor)" }, { "docid": "13956176", "text": "series regular, and former \"King of the Hill\" and \"The Oblongs\" director, Julius Wu, and written by Callaghan before the conclusion of the eighth production season. The episode saw the reintroduction of the recurring character Consuela, a Hispanic maid whose first appearance was in the sixth season episode \"Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air\". The character is voiced by main cast member Mike Henry. \"Dog Gone\", along with seven other episodes from \"Family Guy\"s eighth season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on June 15, 2010. The sets included brief audio commentaries by", "title": "Dog Gone" }, { "docid": "1565285", "text": "unspecified damages. Bourne argued that \"I Need a Jew\" uses the copyrighted melody of \"When You Wish Upon a Star\" without commenting on that song, and that it was therefore not a First Amendment-protected parody per the ruling in \"Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.\" On March 16, 2009, United States District Judge Deborah Batts held that \"Family Guy\" did not infringe on Bourne's copyright when it transformed the song for comical use in an episode. In December 2007, \"Family Guy\" was again accused of copyright infringement when actor Art Metrano filed a lawsuit regarding a scene in \"\", in which", "title": "Family Guy" }, { "docid": "17973423", "text": "Out Brian, Mob Wife Lois, Mob Wife Bonnie, Kingpin Consuela and Zoot Suit Stewie. On July 10, 2015, a short Magic Mike-themed event was released, featuring the titular character as a new playable character. This event also included two new outfits, Magic Peter and Stripper Jerome, as well as Steroid Stewie and Stripper Bonnie, who were available in previous events. On July 20, 2015, a mini event entitled \"Invasion of the Hybrid Babies\", based on the Season 13 episode \"Stewie Is Enceinte\", was released. New characters included Chip Griffin, and two of the hybrid babies, Finn and Jack. It also", "title": "Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff" }, { "docid": "17973422", "text": "Klingon Chris, Klingon Meg, Herbert, Vulcan Quagmire, Talosian Stewie, Jean-Luc Picard (reverting Locutus to his human identity), Borg Consuela and Captain Pike Joe. On May 15, 2015, a firefighter-themed event was released. New outfits included Sexy Firefighter Chris, Firefighter Seamus, and Fire Dog Brian. On June 5, 2015, a Godfather-themed event entitled \"The Fatfather\" was released. New characters included Diabeto (who was a NPC in the Halloween 2014 event), Cleveland Jr, Mr. Washee Washee, The Judge, Detective Scrotes, Don Corleone, Mike Tyson, Mr. Miyagi, and RoboCop. New outfits included The Fatfather (Peter), Fight Promoter Cleveland, Gangster School Girl Tricia, Burnt", "title": "Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff" }, { "docid": "12110134", "text": "100 episodes of \"Family Guy\". Paramount wouldn't give them the rights, however, so composer Ron Jones, who wrote the music for \"The Best of Both Worlds\" and several other episodes of \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\", wrote and recorded the music heard in the episode. While looking for Stewie, Joe and other police officers travel to the Fortress of Solitude, where the maid Consuela works for Superman. Stewie is seen participating on \"American Idol\" in a cutaway, singing \"Lost in Your Eyes\" before judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul. \"American Dad!\" characters Stan Smith and Avery Bullock make", "title": "Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie" }, { "docid": "10563189", "text": "him, and later dies. David realizes too late that he genuinely loved Consuela, and ends his relationship with Caroline. He somewhat mends his relationship with his son, Kenny, when the latter reveals that he is having an affair and indirectly asks David for advice. Two years pass before Consuela and David come into contact again. On New Year's Eve, David arrives home to find a message from Consuela. She mentions that she needs to tell him something before he finds out from someone else. At his apartment, Consuela announces that she has found a lump in her breast and will", "title": "Elegy (film)" }, { "docid": "13264932", "text": "an example, \"The Simpsons\" crossover episode with \"Family Guy\", consists of two episodes of \"Family Guy\". While \"The Simpsons\" characters appear, the episodes are from \"Family Guy\" animated series. The first and second episode of the thirteenth season of \"Family Guy\" form an hour-long crossover with \"The Simpsons\" entitled \"The Simpsons Guy\", which aired on September 28, 2014. In the episode, the Griffins are forced out of Quahog due to Peter offending women with a newspaper comic strip he created. On the road, their car gets stolen, leaving them stranded in the town of Springfield where they meet and befriend", "title": "The Simpsons (franchise)" }, { "docid": "13956179", "text": "day, when he is seen reading the funnies, and murmurs to himself, \"this is a very shocking \"Family Circus\".\" News anchor and political commentator Chris Matthews' show entitled \"Hardball with Chris Matthews\" is referenced by Stewie when he suggests Brian is getting a big head, with the guest, United States Senator Harry Reid, then appearing on Matthews' forehead, suggesting Matthews is self-centered. After Reid continues to interrupt him, however, Matthews cuts to actor Kurtwood Smith, in which Matthews appears on Smith's forehead instead. Once Consuela is hired as the family maid, she first begins to annoy Peter by listening to", "title": "Dog Gone" }, { "docid": "10563188", "text": "give her up. They are a couple for a year and a half, during which he continues to sleep with Caroline; neither woman knows of the other's existence. Over dinner, Consuela invites David to her graduation party. After some hesitation, he agrees to attend. On the day of the event, David phones Consuela and claims he is stuck in traffic and will be unavoidably delayed. In reality, he is sitting in his car, anxious about meeting Consuela's family. Heartbroken, Consuela hangs up, and they end their relationship. Shortly afterward, George suffers a stroke during a poetry conference after David introduces", "title": "Elegy (film)" }, { "docid": "10580396", "text": "would appear to be later additions . The earliest known reference to the family de Nicolay begins with Guy (also known as Guglielmo) who was born close to Florence, Italy and accompanied Pope Clement V in around 1305, when the Papacy was first established in Poitiers. His son, Guy (II) (who had married Jaqueline de Baroncelli) followed his father to France and settled in the town of Bourg-Saint-Andéol in the Province of Vivarais (now the Ardèche). Guy & Jaqueline de Nicolay had a son, who they named Ahoult. Ahoult grew to be an influential and accomplished man; exerting the role", "title": "Nicolay family" }, { "docid": "18912050", "text": "The wedding of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow is seen in another cutaway, where the minister concludes the service by saying \"I now pronounce you pretentious and terrible\". Peter explains that he is speaking incoherently after drinking four Ensure health drinks. After Brian tells Stewie that love can exist between people of different backgrounds, the episode features a cutaway mocking former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush and his Mexican wife Columba. Columba is portrayed by the series' stock Hispanic female character Consuela. Brian is outraged by the comparison, but Stewie is adamant that the two women resemble each other. Stewie", "title": "Road to India (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "5840660", "text": "how Mort staged the whole thing to make it appear the house was haunted, and Peter and Quagmire swear off girls forever in disgust. Thirty-five years later and thanks to avoiding the distraction of women, Peter and Quagmire have become incredibly wealthy, and substitute relations with women by having sex with bagels. This segment is a parody of \"The Little Rascals\". Family Guy Viewer Mail 1 \"Family Guy Viewer Mail #1\" is the 21st episode of the third season of \"Family Guy\", first aired on February 14, 2002. The episode consists of three segments, each said by Brian and Stewie", "title": "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1" }, { "docid": "12439746", "text": "Consuela Biaz \"Malaika\" / \"Consuela Biaz\" is a double A-side single by German band Boney M. and the first single taken from their fifth album \"Boonoonoonoos\" (1981). It peaked at #13 in the German charts, their lowest placing so far after their commercial breakthrough. Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos. \"Consuela Biaz\" was first promoted as the A-side in Germany where the group performed it in pop show Musikladen. After a promotional visit to Spain where the", "title": "Consuela Biaz" }, { "docid": "17160553", "text": "edited together with another scene from the same episode showing remote detonations of bombs, to make it appear that \"Family Guy\" predicted or inspired the bombings. This was first put forth by conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host Alex Jones on his website and on Twitter. \"Family Guy\" creator Seth MacFarlane tweeted to denounce the hoax, calling it \"abhorrent\". YouTube subsequently removed uploads of the clip from its service. Turban Cowboy \"Turban Cowboy\" is the fifteenth episode of the eleventh season and the 203rd overall episode of the animated comedy series \"Family Guy\". It aired on Fox in the", "title": "Turban Cowboy" }, { "docid": "6974087", "text": "\"Family Guy\", claiming copyright infringement over their song \"I Need a Jew\". The suit claimed harm to the value of the original song due to the offensive lyrics of the parody. On March 16, 2009, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that \"Family Guy\" did not infringe copyright when they transformed the song \"When You Wish Upon a Star\" for comical use in an episode. In 2014, a writer in the Israeli newspaper \"Haaretz\" claimed that a scene in the episode \"3 Acts of God\" was evidence of long-held anti-semitism by MacFarlane. \"Family Guy\" gained negative reception after the episode", "title": "Criticism of Family Guy" }, { "docid": "11878494", "text": "By this time she had given up her dance career, in part due to the Great Depression. She suffered a series of heart attacks in the mid-1940s. By the 1960s she was again living in New York, in the city of Hudson. Edna Guy died in 1982 in Fort Wayne, Texas, where she had been living for the previous eight years. Edna Guy Edna Guy (1907–1982) was an African-American modern dance pioneer. Born in 1907 in Summit, New Jersey, Guy lived at a time when blacks and whites did not appear on stage together. At the age of fifteen she", "title": "Edna Guy" }, { "docid": "11878483", "text": "Edna Guy Edna Guy (1907–1982) was an African-American modern dance pioneer. Born in 1907 in Summit, New Jersey, Guy lived at a time when blacks and whites did not appear on stage together. At the age of fifteen she begged her mother to take her to a dance concert in Greenwich Village where she watched Modern Dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis perform the Incense Dance. From that point onwards Guy developed a lifelong relationship with modern dance world, especially in the African- American context. Guy’s parents lived a meager existence but still encouraged their only child’s interest in dance, funding", "title": "Edna Guy" }, { "docid": "10563190", "text": "need surgery. Grief-stricken, David cries and asks her why she didn't tell him sooner. Consuela then asks David to take photos of her breasts, before the doctors \"ruin\" them. David agrees. In the final scene, David visits Consuela at the hospital where she is recovering from a mastectomy. Consuela says, \"I will miss you\". David responds, \"I am here\" as he climbs into the hospital bed and gently kisses her face. In a fantasy scene, the film flashes back to David and Consuela on the beach where Consuela told David she loves him. \"Elegy\" received generally favorable reviews from the", "title": "Elegy (film)" }, { "docid": "12439749", "text": "issued on \"The Collection\" in 2008. A 4:57 edit appeared on most single versions. Lead Vocal: Liz Mitchell. Backing Vocals: Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Frank Farian. 7\" Single 12\" Single Consuela Biaz \"Malaika\" / \"Consuela Biaz\" is a double A-side single by German band Boney M. and the first single taken from their fifth album \"Boonoonoonoos\" (1981). It peaked at #13 in the German charts, their lowest placing so far after their commercial breakthrough. Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely", "title": "Consuela Biaz" }, { "docid": "1565303", "text": "\"Family Guy\" for years and considers Stewie her favorite character. Commenting on his appearance in the episode \"Big Man on Hippocampus\" (season 8, 2010), actor Dwayne Johnson stated that he was a \"big fan\" of \"Family Guy\". Johnson befriended MacFarlane after he had a minor role in Johnson's 2010 film \"Tooth Fairy\". R&B singer Rihanna has admitted to being a fan of \"Family Guy\", as has pop singer Britney Spears; she tries to imitate Stewie's English accent. Spears, who was mocked for her personal problems in the \"South Park\" episode \"Britney's New Look\" in 2008, offered to appear in a", "title": "Family Guy" }, { "docid": "16315184", "text": "vocals as they \"sounded sweet\" and Connolly \"had written a killer guitar riff to kick things off\". Kelly enjoyed cross-singing and wrote both \"Everything's Turning to White\" and \"South of Germany\" from a woman's perspective – these tracks also appear on \"So Much Water So Close to Home\". The B-side, \"Ghost Town\" was also written by Kelly, but did not appear on an album until Kelly's 1994 release, \"Hidden Things\", which also included a slower version of \"Sweet Guy\", re-titled as \"Sweet Guy Waltz\". Allmusic's Mike DeGagne liked \"Everything's Turning to White\" and \"Sweet Guy\" from \"So Much Water So", "title": "Sweet Guy" }, { "docid": "20655999", "text": "Consuela Lee Moorehead Consuela Lee Moorehead (November 1, 1927 - December 26, 2009) was an African-American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, music theory professor, and the founder of the Springtree/Snow Hill Institute for the Performing Arts. She is sometimes known as Consuela Lee or Consuela Lee Morehead. Moorehead was born in Tallahassee, Florida and was the granddaughter of the Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute founder, William James Edwards. Both her parents were musicians - her father was a cornet player and band director at Florida A&M while her mother was a classical pianist and teacher. She moved from Florida to", "title": "Consuela Lee Moorehead" }, { "docid": "12774811", "text": "Family Guy (season 3) \"Family Guy\" third season first aired on the Fox network in 22 episodes from July 11, 2001, to November 9, 2003, before being released as a DVD box set and in syndication. It premiered with the episode \"The Thin White Line\" and finished with \"Family Guy Viewer Mail#1\". An episode that was not part of the season's original broadcast run, \"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein\", was included on the DVD release and later shown on both Adult Swim and Fox. The third season of \"Family Guy\" continues the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter,", "title": "Family Guy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "2654568", "text": "of the Asian American community said Miss Jones' reinstatement condoned hate speech. Sarah Silverman appeared on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\" in 2001, stirring up controversy when the word \"chink\" was used without the usual bleep appearing over ethnic slurs on network television. The controversy led Asian activist and community leader Guy Aoki to appear on the talk show \"Politically Incorrect\" along with Sarah Silverman. Guy Aoki alleged that Silverman did not believe that the term was offensive. A Philadelphia eatery, Chink's Steaks, created controversy, appearing in Philadelphia Daily News and other newspapers. The restaurant was asked by Asian community", "title": "Chink" }, { "docid": "15862542", "text": "Brothers already releasing a film based on the characters' origin. The series is the first television series by Bruce Timm and the first series featuring Green Lantern to be rendered using CG. The producers have confirmed that it was requested that the character Sinestro not be used. This was later overturned in 2013, when Sinestro finally did appear. The producers also confirmed that if the series was a hit, other Lanterns like Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner might be introduced. Green Lantern, since its first showing at the 2011 Comic Con, has received positive reviews. Chris Sims of", "title": "Green Lantern: The Animated Series" }, { "docid": "7557587", "text": "Cartoon Wars Part II \"Cartoon Wars Part II\" is the fourth episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series \"South Park\". The 143rd episode of the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 12, 2006. After \"Cartoon Wars Part I\", it is the second part of a two-episode story-arc, which focuses on Cartman's efforts to get the television series \"Family Guy\" cancelled, by exploiting fears of retaliation by Muslims to an impending \"Family Guy\" episode in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad will appear, in violation of some interpretations of Muslim", "title": "Cartoon Wars Part II" }, { "docid": "5907205", "text": "over \"I Need a Jew\", seeking unspecified damages and to halt the program's distribution. The suit claims harm to the value of the song due to the offensive nature of the lyrics. On March 17, 2009, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that the creators of \"Family Guy\" did not infringe on Bourne's copyright. The episode has since returned to syndicated airings on Adult Swim, TBS, and other networks. When You Wish Upon a Weinstein \"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein\" is the twenty-second episode of \"Family Guy\"s third season, and the original series finale. It originally aired on Cartoon", "title": "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" }, { "docid": "19042701", "text": "I did laughing during \"Family Guy\" Season 14 Episode 2. And the only times I did laugh was when Stewie was on the screen.\" Papa Has a Rollin' Son \"Papa Has a Rollin' Son\" is the second episode of the fourteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 251st episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on October 4, 2015, and is written by Danny Smith and directed by Steve Robertson. At The Drunken Clam, Peter Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson talk about the upcoming Father's Day. While Peter has already met", "title": "Papa Has a Rollin' Son" }, { "docid": "8249945", "text": "Guy IV of Spoleto Guy IV (\"Guido\" or \"Wido\"; assassinated 897) was the Duke of Spoleto and Camerino from 889 and Prince of Benevento from 895. He was the son of Guy II of Spoleto. In either 888, when his father was crowned King of France, or 889, when his father was crowned King of Italy, Guy was granted the Duchies of Spoleto and Camerino. Though his father never secured the French kingdom, he did maintain his Italian crown and thus happily divested himself of his responsibilities in Spoleto itself, the hereditary possession of his family. Guy was a capable", "title": "Guy IV of Spoleto" }, { "docid": "2357634", "text": "per the ruling in \"Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.\" On March 16, 2009, United States District Judge Deborah Batts held that \"Family Guy\" did not infringe on Bourne's copyright when it transformed the song for comical use in an episode. In December 2007, \"Family Guy\" was again accused of copyright infringement when actor Art Metrano filed a lawsuit regarding a scene in \"\", in which Jesus performs Metrano's signature magic parody act, involving absurd faux magical hand gestures while humming the distinctive tune \"Fine and Dandy\". MacFarlane, 20th Century Fox, Steve Callaghan, and Alex Borstein were all named in the", "title": "Seth MacFarlane" }, { "docid": "5790137", "text": "being members of the other family). When the lights are off, Abby blows raspberries on Peter's belly, to which he laughs to and says \"Not now, Abby\". A Fish out of Water (Family Guy) \"A Fish out of Water\" is the tenth episode in the third season of the American animated television series \"Family Guy\", and the 38th episode overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 19, 2001. It guest stars Michael Chiklis, Ralph Garman, Brian Doyle-Murray as Salty, and Lisa Wilhoit as Connie D'Amico. The episode was co-written by \"Family Guy\" stars", "title": "A Fish out of Water (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "13891910", "text": "1932; but moved to co-owned KWTO, the more powerful station, soon after it signed on in 1933. The group made its first public appearance in 1936 at the county courthouse in Galena as a fundraiser to treat their father's broken leg. The trio later became The Goodwill Family when Guy Smith joined them as \"Uncle George.\" Unable to afford a car, Wilson hitchhiked to KWTO to appear with Zed Tennis; and later, with Si Perkins and Smokey Lohman. He was a part of many artist combinations on the station, including Slim and Shorty (a Nixa neighbor); and The Tall Timber", "title": "Slim Wilson" }, { "docid": "13956183", "text": "scenes as \"terrific.\" Ahsan Haque of IGN also noted that \"the writers deserved some credit\" for the episode, saying that, in comparison to past episodes the episode did not \"come across as a haphazardly assembled string of jokes.\" Jason Hughes of TV Squad also found the Consuela scenes to be \"hilarious,\" but found the final scene to be \"strangely uncomfortable,\" expecting Meg to be pushed out of the family hug. Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club praised the handling of Brian's character in the episode, and called the Peter and PETA gag \"pretty cheap, but quite funny,\" giving the episode", "title": "Dog Gone" }, { "docid": "3136009", "text": "actor for a television series to not appear in all episodes). Tahj Mowry did not appear in the season 3 episode \"Get a Job\" and Omar Gooding did not appear in \"A Little Knowledge\" as Jason Weaver, Essence Atkins and John Marshall Jones are the only cast members to appear in every episode. The series was taped at Sunset-Gower Studios in Hollywood. The establishing shot of the fictional Piedmont High School later appeared on another Washington, D.C.-based Disney series, \"Cory in the House\" for the Disney Channel, and also as the establishing shot for John Adams High on the ABC", "title": "Smart Guy" }, { "docid": "14736860", "text": "keys out of the car and leaves Consuela inside. His instincts are proved correct when he's attacked by three thugs, one who uses bolas as a weapon against him. De La Bath defeats the assassins with martial arts and their own bolas. Seeing the same two men from the airport watching him from a car, he uses a forklift truck to lift their car into the air. Consuela has vanished, but de La Bath has her car and drives to his hotel. On a car radio he hears that Ellis has been in a serious car accident and hospitalised. As", "title": "OSS 117 Mission for a Killer" }, { "docid": "7568629", "text": "day, when she is supposed to be meeting Mac at the train station, it is Guy that she meets, and because Mac had seemingly stood her up, she decided to marry Guy. However, when Mac later returns and tells Guy he is dying, Guy selflessly asks Caroline to marry him, instead. Guy and Sue appear to hate each other. On one occasion, Guy enters Sue's office and says \"You know what I like about you? Fuck all.\" and then leaves without letting her speak. Guy accidentally reveals to Caroline that he and Sue once slept together. Sue is particularly cruel", "title": "Guy Secretan" }, { "docid": "17651803", "text": "tie and buys a cigar which he hears during the job interview, when he learns it's all about an \"ice cream guy\", and that he can't smoke. Emilia (who runs the \"Motionstrampen\" running event), Lill-Erik and Åke all appear to buy ice cream. Bert also goes to Denmark with his family. Bert is also out with his \"gang\", and officially goes together with Emilia after some summetime romances at the beach (who are also depicted on the book's back cover) and the town park, where Nadja's raggare brothers appear and teases Bert before surprisingly shouts on them to go away.", "title": "Berts bravader" }, { "docid": "11353136", "text": "The Lewis Family The Lewis Family is a family of gospel and bluegrass musicians from Lincolnton, Georgia. They are known as the \"First Family of Bluegrass Gospel\". The family was founded by Pop and Mom Lewis (Roy Lewis Sr. and Pauline Lewis, née Holloway), who married in 1925. In 1951 they chose the name The Lewis Family when singing at a Woodmen of the World meeting. Later that year, they did their first recording sessions, released on Sullivan Records. In 1954, they were offered a slot performing weekly on a television show in Augusta, Georgia, where they would appear until", "title": "The Lewis Family" }, { "docid": "15308378", "text": "up teaching to become a full-time independent writer and moved to Nospelt. In 1963, Rewenig published his first film reviews in the \"Luxemburger Wort\". His first play \"Interview\" appeared in 1970 as did \"Als der Feigenbaum verdorrte\", a collection of essays. From 1973, he also began to write for children, his highly successful collection of children's stories \"Muschkilusch. Geschichte fir Kanner\" appearing in 1990. In 1984, Guy Rewenig published \"Hannert dem Atlantik\", the very first novel to appear in Luxembourgish, paving the way for other works of fiction to be written in the local language. Rewenig writes in German, Luxembourgish", "title": "Guy Rewenig" }, { "docid": "16568769", "text": "first \"Family Guy\" console game since \"Family Guy Video Game!\" in 2006. Upon release, the game received mixed to negative reviews. While praise fell towards its humor and characters, the game was criticized for its gameplay, graphics, and story. When the game was available for pre-order, people who pre-ordered the game received a special level, based on \"\", another video game based on the \"Aliens\" trademark also owned by 20th Century Fox, which was released the next February to similar negative reception. In December 2014, \"Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse\" was removed from Steam. Players control Stewie Griffin and", "title": "Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse" }, { "docid": "8470296", "text": "same year the album was released, Cusano became known as Vinnie Vincent when he replaced Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley. The album cover features Peter Criss for the first time without his Kiss makeup, as he did not appear on the cover of his solo album \"Out of Control\". One year later, Kiss also decided to take off their makeup for their \"Lick It Up\" album. Only one single from the album was released—\"Tears,\" with a cover of John Lennon's \"Jealous Guy\" as the B-side. Let Me Rock You Let Me Rock You is the third album released by American musician", "title": "Let Me Rock You" }, { "docid": "13629557", "text": "living with the Ashworths however he did not appear when they left. Ricky is later seen again in December, when he becomes part of Lee Hunter's Boy Band Guy Candy, also becomes friends with Duncan's sister Ruby Button (Anna Shaffer) when she arrives in January. Ricky left Hollyoaks in August 2012 on results day after messing up his exams. When Ricky dumped Ruby via text message a \"Sunday Mail\" critic said that it was \"not a smart move on his part\" because he risked the wrath of three best friends. Ricky Campbell Richard \"Tricky Ricky\" Campbell is a fictional character", "title": "Ricky Campbell" }, { "docid": "12102982", "text": "with Chris. Herbert has appeared on various occasions in \"Family Guy\" spinoffs, as in a cutaway in \"A Cleveland Brown Christmas\", an episode of \"The Cleveland Show\". In \"\", Herbert appears as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Herbert was created by writer and voice actor Mike Henry. Henry met \"Family Guy\" creator Seth MacFarlane when his brother Patrick was a classmate of MacFarlane's at the Rhode Island School of Design. Henry was invited to write and create characters for \"Family Guy\" after the show was picked up. The first character he created was Cleveland Brown, and he later created Herbert. Herbert was not", "title": "Herbert (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "8040568", "text": "Sybil Kein Sybil Kein (also known as Consuela Provost, born 29 September 1939) is a Louisiana Creole poet, playwright, scholar, and musician. Provost was born Consuela Marie Moore on 29 September, 1939. She largely created the field of Creole Studies through her early publications and presentations. A protégé of Robert Hayden, her poetry is housed in the National Archives, Library of Congress. In 1981 Provost published \"Gombo People\", a volume of poetry representing the first contribution to American letters of original literature in the Louisiana Creole language. Provost has been named \"Chercheur Associe\" of the Sorbonne in Paris, France for", "title": "Sybil Kein" }, { "docid": "5840654", "text": "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1 \"Family Guy Viewer Mail #1\" is the 21st episode of the third season of \"Family Guy\", first aired on February 14, 2002. The episode consists of three segments, each said by Brian and Stewie to have been suggested by a viewer. This was the final episode to air before the series was cancelled by Fox, though Adult Swim burned off the episode \"When You Wish Upon a Weinstein\" in 2003. Ten years later, a sequel of this episode was made in the tenth season. Brian and Stewie introduce the show, consisting of three short stories", "title": "Family Guy Viewer Mail 1" }, { "docid": "14924798", "text": "in time as Julia is pronounced dead. The cast hurriedly says their goodbyes over Julia Roberts' corpse, revealing characters who did not appear in the episode and twins portraying Rallo. \"Cleveland Live!\" was broadcast on October 3, 2010, as a part of an animated television night on Fox, and was preceded by \"The Simpsons\" and was followed by \"Family Guy\" and the 100th episode of \"American Dad!\". It was watched by 6.65 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. The episode also acquired a 3.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic, beating \"American Dad!\". The episode's ratings increased slightly from the show's", "title": "Cleveland Live!" }, { "docid": "7833454", "text": "Other Great Moments in Media Punditry\". Some Guy with a Website Some Guy with a Website (formerly known as XQUZYPHYR & Overboard) is a political webcomic and blog by August J. Pollak. The cartoon first started in October 1999 when Pollak was a freshman at New York University and drew the cartoon for NYU's student-run paper, Washington Square News. Because it was a student-run paper the cartoon only ran during the school year; starting in 2004, after Pollak had graduated, the strip appeared weekly year-round. New comics appear online on Mondays. On October 16, 2006, Pollak announced that the strip", "title": "Some Guy with a Website" }, { "docid": "7833448", "text": "Some Guy with a Website Some Guy with a Website (formerly known as XQUZYPHYR & Overboard) is a political webcomic and blog by August J. Pollak. The cartoon first started in October 1999 when Pollak was a freshman at New York University and drew the cartoon for NYU's student-run paper, Washington Square News. Because it was a student-run paper the cartoon only ran during the school year; starting in 2004, after Pollak had graduated, the strip appeared weekly year-round. New comics appear online on Mondays. On October 16, 2006, Pollak announced that the strip will be changed: the format has", "title": "Some Guy with a Website" }, { "docid": "5810378", "text": "a \"Family Guy\" spin-off featuring Cleveland was currently in the works with the studio and writers. The series was the first new product of MacFarlane's $100 million deal with Fox. The series was mentioned in the final moments of the \"Family Guy\" season 7 episode \"Baby Not on Board\", with Cleveland telling Quagmire \"Did I tell you I'm getting a spin-off\". It premiered on September 27, 2009 on Fox, right after \"The Simpsons\". The \"Cleveland Show\" is an animated series focusing on the character of Cleveland Brown and his family as Cleveland moves from Rhode Island to Virginia. His newly", "title": "Cleveland Brown" }, { "docid": "13709372", "text": "featured in. He concluded that \"coupled with Brian and Stewie front and centre, it made for the best Family Guy episode ever.\" The director of \"Road to the Multiverse\", Greg Colton, was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, for storyboarding the episode, on August 21, 2010, at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards's Creative Arts Awards. Although the Parents Television Council, a frequent \"Family Guy\" critic, did not name \"Family Guy\" its \"Worst TV Show of the Week\" for \"Road to the Multiverse\", it did refer to this episode in its negative review of the following", "title": "Road to the Multiverse" }, { "docid": "4908930", "text": "by Rolento in 1996's \"Street Fighter Alpha 2\" and by Cody in 1998's \"Street Fighter Alpha 3\", followed by Maki's appearance in the portable versions of \"Alpha 3\". In the \"Alpha\" games, Guy's Bushin predecessor is revealed to be a man named Zeku, who would appear in Guy's ending in \"Street Fighter Alpha 2\" to test Guy for his successor-ship. Zeku's presence in the game contradicts \"Final Fight 2\", which identifies Genryusai as Guy's sensei, as designers of the \"Alpha\" games did not take into account the SNES \"Final Fight\" sequels when developing the games. Zeku was mentioned once again", "title": "Guy (Final Fight)" }, { "docid": "1787117", "text": "arc titled \"Cartoon Wars Part I\" and \"Cartoon Wars Part II\", \"South Park\" touched the issue of the recent protest over the Danish cartoon drawings depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The image of Muhammad did not appear in the episode. The episode also mocked fellow cartoon \"Family Guy\". On April 13, 2006, Comedy Central issued a statement which appears to confirm that the network prohibited the show's creators from airing an image of Muhammad. The statement reads, \"\"In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision.\"\" An anonymous source close to the show indicated that \"South", "title": "Comedy Central" }, { "docid": "13510566", "text": "with local teams in Netanya. Abend joined Maccabi Netanya F.C.'s Youth system when we has fourteen. At seventeen Abend signed his first professional contract with Maccabi Netanya F.C. of the Israeli Premier League and he would make his senior debut in the 2008-09 Toto Cup. Over the course of 2 seasons Abend would appear in three Toto Cup matches as well as one match in the league. Abend would go on loan with Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Liga Leumit for the 2010-2011 season. Hapoel Rishon LeZion Louisville City FC Guy Abend Guy Abend (; born 8 November 1990) is", "title": "Guy Abend" }, { "docid": "1483932", "text": "he replaced Orbach, and it was felt that the cast just did not seem to mesh well together anymore. In an effort to revitalize the show, Wolf replaced Parisse with Alana de la Garza as Assistant District Attorney Consuela \"Connie\" Rubirosa, while Martin's character was promoted to senior detective and partnered with Detective Nina Cassady, played by Milena Govich, who had worked with Wolf on the short-lived series \"Conviction\" and served as the show's first female detective of the main cast. However, Govich proved to be even more unpopular with fans than her predecessor was, and she left the show", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "docid": "4317868", "text": "1998, Bassey won the Soap Opera Digest Award for \"Favorite Scene Stealer,\" and in 1999, alongside co-star David Canary, won the same award for \"Favorite Couple.\" Also, in 1999, Bassey received her first Daytime Emmy nomination in the \"Outstanding Supporting Actress\" category. Bassey appeared on \"All My Children\" in both contract and recurring capacities until the show's 2011 network cancellation, but did not appear on the show's short-lived online incarnation. Bassey did not appear on the February 2, 2017 \"All My Children\" reunion on the Hallmark Channel's \"Home & Family\" show. However, \"Home & Family\" did utilize footage of Bassey", "title": "Jennifer Bassey" }, { "docid": "12263653", "text": "time. The last name \"Kanaga\" is of Swiss origin, and a family genealogy traces its roots back at least 250 years. She spelled her first name \"Consuela,\" at least in the 1920s and '30s, but it is generally listed now as Consuelo, a more common Spanish name. Her middle name \"Delesseps\" is said to have come from her mother's admiration for Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. In 1911 the family moved from Oregon to Larkspur in Marin County, California. In 1915 Kanaga got a job as a reporter, feature writer and part-time photographer", "title": "Consuelo Kanaga" }, { "docid": "14703291", "text": "which according to a Punch report came alive only when \"Guy Blaikie came in to bat. Not only did he hit to the boundary. One ball went right over the fence and dropped into St. John's Wood Road\". Blaikie did not play again in first-class cricket after leaving Oxford for Canada in the summer of 1924. Guy Blaikie Kenneth Guy Blaikie (8 May 1897 – 8 June 1968), generally known as \"Bill Blaikie\", played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset in the early 1920s. He was born at Johannesburg in South Africa and died at Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. He", "title": "Guy Blaikie" }, { "docid": "18079066", "text": "Lena Hall Lena Hall (Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal) (born January 30, 1980) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Hall is a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee who will appear opposite Jennifer Connelly in TNT’s science fiction epic \"Snowpiercer.\" Following her Tony winning Broadway run in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lena toured North America alongside Josh Groban on his \"Stages\" tour and portrayed the dual starring roles of Hedwig and Yitzhak in Hedwig in Los Angeles (LA Drama Critics Circle nomination) and San Francisco. She originated the role of Nicola in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots, and can", "title": "Lena Hall" }, { "docid": "12774983", "text": "<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 6) \"Family Guy\" sixth season first aired on September 23, 2007 on Fox and ended on May 4, 2008. The season includes 12 episodes and was shortened due to creator Seth MacFarlane's participation in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which resulted in Fox airing episodes without MacFarlane doing the final work. The episode \"Lois Kills Stewie\" was the last episode completed before the strike. When the strike ended in February 2008, Fox had already aired three episodes without any input from MacFarlane. Episodes 2-8 of the sixth season are included on the Volume 6", "title": "Family Guy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "12774980", "text": "Family Guy (season 6) \"Family Guy\" sixth season first aired on September 23, 2007 on Fox and ended on May 4, 2008. The season includes 12 episodes and was shortened due to creator Seth MacFarlane's participation in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which resulted in Fox airing episodes without MacFarlane doing the final work. The episode \"Lois Kills Stewie\" was the last episode completed before the strike. When the strike ended in February 2008, Fox had already aired three episodes without any input from MacFarlane. Episodes 2-8 of the sixth season are included on the Volume 6 DVD,", "title": "Family Guy (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16307209", "text": "make money. When asked to describe John's approach to his work and family, Thornton said \"Even though he's a business guy, he's not just about the money. He likes working hard and obviously cares about his family first and foremost. He's a genuine, grounded bloke and at the moment things are going really well for him.\" The actor revealed he did have some personal experience of farming as he used to help out on a farm near to where he grew up. For the role of John, Thornton had to take tractor lessons. In their fictional backstory, John and Moira", "title": "John Barton (Emmerdale)" }, { "docid": "12293947", "text": "show, but it was hard to find networks that were interested; Cartoon Network eventually bought the rights, \" basically for free\", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television Production. When the reruns were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2003, \"Family Guy\" became Adult Swim's most-watched show with an average 1.9 million viewers an episode. Following \"Family Guy\"s high ratings on Adult Swim, the first and second seasons was released on DVD in April 2003. Sales of the DVD set reached 2.2 million copies, becoming the best-selling television DVD of 2003 and the second highest-selling television DVD", "title": "Family Guy (season 2)" }, { "docid": "20656001", "text": "State University. In 1979 she returned to Snow Hill Alabama to reopen her grandfather's school as a performing arts center with after-school and summer programs for students, which ran until 2003. She was the assistant music supervisor and wrote a song for the 1988 movie School Daze (directed and written by her nephew, Spike Lee) and contributed music to the 1999 movie The Best Man (directed and written by her nephew, Malcolm D. Lee). In 1992, she was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Consuela Lee Moorehead Consuela Lee Moorehead (November 1, 1927 - December 26, 2009) was", "title": "Consuela Lee Moorehead" }, { "docid": "12608299", "text": "from Consuela, a young woman who works at the saloon. In the morning after the gang’s celebration at the saloon one of the malefactors is killed by gunshots from Burt and by an arrow from Sarah. The O’Haras have Consuela taken to a mine to serve as bait to catch Burt. Burt and Sarah kill the guards with arrow and knife. They enter the cave and kill the gang member who is in the process of raping Consuela, but the girl is killed by a stray bullet. Sarah and Burt kill the guards at the O'Hara ranch with arrow and", "title": "Black Killer" }, { "docid": "14019999", "text": "behind \"Family Guy\"'s \"Business Guy\" which had 7.68 million viewers and was second in its timeslot. \"The Simpsons\" was the third most viewed episode on Fox, after \"Family Guy\" and \"Bones\". The episode was 3rd ranked on Fox in the 18-49 rating after \"Family Guy\" and \"Glee\" and made it at 21 in all. IGN's Robert Canning gave the episode a 7.6/10, saying \"The episode did well by sticking to one main story instead of adding a weaker \"B\" storyline to fill the half hour.\" The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+ calling it \"another fine outing\". O Brother,", "title": "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" }, { "docid": "12506587", "text": "buried alive. His fear becomes so overwhelming, it nearly prevents him from marrying his fiancee Emily. He tells her that he, like his father, suffers from a cataleptic disease which can make one appear to be dead. Guy then takes Emily down to the family catacomb, and claims that when he was a boy, he heard his father scream from his tomb after being interred, even though his sister insists it was all in his mind. But despite all this, Emily tells Guy that she still wants to marry him. After the wedding ceremony, Emily plays the melody to \"Molly", "title": "The Premature Burial (film)" }, { "docid": "11306485", "text": "from the same episode in their list of \"Stewie's Top 10 Most Diabolical Evil Plans\". Another IGN editor, Jeremy Conrad, stated: \"There aren't many shows on TV that are this sharp, or brave enough to offend everyone on the face of the planet. [...] If you find offensive humor funny, chances are you'll love this show.\" David Williams from the DVD Movie Guide gave Volume One of the \"Family Guy\" a positive review, saying that the first season did well in introducing the characters of the series; he ended his review as \"If you’re a fan of shows like \"The", "title": "Family Guy (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18057654", "text": "Once Bitten (Family Guy) \"Once Bitten\" is the fifteenth episode of the thirteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 246th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 19, 2015, and is written by Anthony Blasucci and directed by Joseph Lee. Brian becomes ill and is taken to the vet. His problem is determined to be due to his drinking and he is given medicine. When Peter tries to give Brian his medicine, which must be administered via a suppository, Brian draws the line and refuses. Peter tries to at first outsmart him", "title": "Once Bitten (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "12774824", "text": "a last-minute reprieve, it returned for a third season in 2001. In 2002, \"Family Guy\" was canceled after three seasons due to low ratings. Fox tried to sell rights for reruns of the show, but it was hard to find networks that were interested; Cartoon Network eventually bought the rights, \" basically for free\", according to the president of 20th Century Fox Television Production. When the reruns were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2003, \"Family Guy\" became the channel's most-watched show with an average 1.9 million viewers per episode. Following this, the show's first season was released on", "title": "Family Guy (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19670768", "text": "ballot access for an independent candidate for President in the 2016 election. McMullin's campaign is supported by some members of the \"Never Trump\" movement. Trump repeatedly attacked McMullin, referring to him as \"McMuffin\" and stating that \"I never even heard of this guy before. Nobody did.\" McMullin's late entrance into the race caused him to miss several state ballot deadlines, and ultimately he was only able to appear on the ballot in eleven states, with write-in eligibility in many other states. As such he did not appear on enough ballots to win the necessary Electoral College majority of 270 electoral", "title": "Evan McMullin" }, { "docid": "10835022", "text": "Jac\", was released on 25 August 2006, while she was on a trip to Australia for both leisure and business purposes, including visiting Mount Buller and performing in two concerts in Melbourne's Australia for Christ Fellowship Church (with the singer-songwriter Juwita Suwito), and in Adelaide's Paradise Community Church (of which the inaugural \"Australian Idol\" winner, the Malaysian-born Guy Sebastian is a member, though Sebastian himself did not appear). While in Australia, Jaclyn also did an interview for the Christian radio station HCJB. In November 2006, she made her first proper music video (previously her videos were clips from studio recording", "title": "Jaclyn Victor" }, { "docid": "1987540", "text": "thought too many people tell young folks, 'I never did anything wrong. Who, Moi? – never I. I have no skeletons in my closet. In fact, I have no closet.' They lie like that and then young people find themselves in situations and they think, 'Damn I must be a pretty bad guy. My mom or dad never did anything wrong.' They can’t forgive themselves and go on with their lives.\" Angelou had one son, Guy, whose birth she described in her first autobiography; one grandson, two great-grandchildren, and, according to Gillespie, a large group of friends and extended family.", "title": "Maya Angelou" }, { "docid": "15886801", "text": "of the elements it knows best.\" Andy Neuenschwander of Yidio also gave mixed reaction to the episode, writing, \"Something happens whenever a celebrity shows up on \"Family Guy\" and plays themselves. I can't quite put my finger on it, but everything just feels a bit off. This episode, which featured Ryan Reynolds as Ryan Reynolds, only confirmed that feeling.\" He also compared it to \"The Simpsons\", noting, \"Maybe it's the way the celebrity is treated as a character: in shows like \"The Simpsons\", celebrities who play themselves appear as a relatively normal version of themselves But on \"Family Guy\", celebrities", "title": "Stewie Goes for a Drive" }, { "docid": "14311299", "text": "remaining episodes of the eighth season and the first three episodes of the ninth season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on December 13, 2011. The DVD release features bonus material including four featurettes, \"Who Done It? The Making of 'And Then There Were Fewer'\", \"Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call\", \"The History of the World According to \"Family Guy\"\" and the \"Family Guy\" panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, along with audio commentaries, animatics and deleted scenes. Family Guy (season 9) \"Family Guy\" ninth season first aired on", "title": "Family Guy (season 9)" }, { "docid": "15774323", "text": "\"Family Guy Online\" was first revealed by 20th Century Fox through social media and through its official website on June 16, 2011, with initial plans to launch the game in autumn 2011. People wishing to join the beta phase for the game were invited to register on the website, although registration did not guarantee entrance into the beta. The game would use the Unity game engine to run within a user's web browser. IGN's Nick Kolan said that the game's use of cel shaded graphics showed potential for the game, but worried that it \"could also be a total no-effort", "title": "Family Guy Online" }, { "docid": "19062047", "text": "Inside Family Guy \"Inside \"Family Guy\"\" is the fourth episode of the fifteenth season of the animated sitcom \"Family Guy\", and the 273rd episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on October 23, 2016, and is written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Joe Vaux. In this episode, viewers are taken behind the scenes of what happens when the characters of \"Family Guy\" are not involved in the production of their show and what they do during their free time, hosted by James Woods. In this behind the scenes episode hosted by James Woods, viewers get to", "title": "Inside Family Guy" }, { "docid": "9456815", "text": "\"Living Single\", a Fox sitcom, where he was eventually promoted to writer. He stayed with the show until its cancellation in 1998. After the show was cancelled and Sheridan became unemployed, he began writing for the animated television series \"Family Guy\". Although initially skeptical, he accepted the job as he did not have other options. Sheridan was one of the first writers hired, and has continued to write for the show through its eleventh season. For his work on \"Family Guy\", he has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Television Award, and has won a DVD", "title": "Chris Sheridan (writer)" }, { "docid": "2892714", "text": "season\" and said that it is \"entertaining, cleverly written\" and features \"a very strong tightly woven storyline\". Running Mates (Family Guy) \"Running Mates\" is the tenth episode from the second season of the Fox animated series \"Family Guy\", and its 17th episode overall. A holdover from Season 1 that aired in Season 2, it first aired on April 11, 2000, and was written by Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman, and directed by John Holmquist. Lee Majors guest stars as himself. This episode is rated TV-14 LS. Lois's campaign for school board president is interrupted when Brian tells her that he", "title": "Running Mates (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "2892710", "text": "Running Mates (Family Guy) \"Running Mates\" is the tenth episode from the second season of the Fox animated series \"Family Guy\", and its 17th episode overall. A holdover from Season 1 that aired in Season 2, it first aired on April 11, 2000, and was written by Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman, and directed by John Holmquist. Lee Majors guest stars as himself. This episode is rated TV-14 LS. Lois's campaign for school board president is interrupted when Brian tells her that he got a call from the principal, saying that Chris has taken part in voyeurism. Peter tries to", "title": "Running Mates (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "16044707", "text": "the first viewer mail episode, Brian and Stewie read their mail from viewers and tell three stories. The episode uses the premise that \"Family Guy\" is based on a British television show. The characters from \"Family Guy\" are all presented as English, apart from Stewie, who is a devoutly religious redneck with a hillbilly accent, as he already has an English accent in the main show. Brian is also an effeminate horse. In this British version of the series, Neville (Peter) states that he is going to the pub to meet his friends. When the news announces that Queen Elizabeth", "title": "Family Guy Viewer Mail 2" }, { "docid": "20321323", "text": "Guy de Charnacé Ernest Charles Guy de Girard, count then marquis de Charnacé (3 May 1825 – 3 March 1909) was a French writer, journalist, agronomist and musicologist. In Anjou, he was called the \"hero of Bois-Montbourcher\". Originally from a family in Anjou, his father Charles-Guy (1800-1884) was a senior officer of the Royal Guard who resigned during the July Revolution. Guy de Charnacé studied at the college of Vendôme. In 1843, he left for Dresden. He took a taste for music and attended the premieres of the first lyrical works by Richard Wagner who he did not cease fighting", "title": "Guy de Charnacé" }, { "docid": "12263659", "text": "Museum listed seven photographers in Group f/64 and said \"From time to time various other photographers will be asked to display their work with Group f/64. Those invited for the first showing are: Preston Holder, Consuela Kanaga, Alma Lavenson, Brett Weston.\" However, in 1934 the group posted a notice in \"Camera Craft\" magazine that said \"The F:64 group includes in its membership such well known names as Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke, John Paul Edwards, Imogene [sic] Cunningham, Consuela Kanaga and several others.\" In an interview later in her life, Kanaga herself said \"I was in that f/64", "title": "Consuelo Kanaga" }, { "docid": "1288799", "text": "she wonders whether he is merely on the rebound after losing Geneviève. Four years later, on a snowy Christmas Eve, Guy and Madeleine are in the office of their gas station with their small son François. Madeleine is decorating a Christmas tree. They appear a loving, happy family. As Madeleine and François leave to visit Santa Claus, an expensive car pulls in. The mink-clad driver is Geneviève, now wealthy and sophisticated. She has a young girl with her. As Guy rounds the car to Geneviève's window their eyes meet and there is a moment of awkwardness. Guy invites Geneviève into", "title": "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" }, { "docid": "9686918", "text": "Fernanda will be the heiress of her grandfather Fernando Alkantera too or the only one and not only or at all Consuela. La Hija del Jardinero La Hija Del Jardinero (\"The Gardener's Daughter\") is a Mexican telenovela directed by Luis Alberto Lamata. It aired from August 18, 2003 until April 23, 2004 on TV Azteca in Mexico. \"La Hija Del Jardinero\" was the first soap opera or telenovela that featured actress Mariana Ochoa. Ochoa played the main role, Luisa Fernanda, a talented and beautiful girl from a family that hides a secret. She fell in love with the character Carlos", "title": "La Hija del Jardinero" }, { "docid": "7568626", "text": "the only serious threat to his friendship with Mac, for instance telling Mac that him and Caroline hated each other after Mac lost his memory (albeit being blackmailed by Sue, Mac believed he did it because he wanted Caroline for himself). Although Guy rarely shows any emotion, he seemed genuinely horrified when Mac told him of his terminal illness. Boyce even persuaded him to give up his marriage with Caroline and do the right thing, so for the first time ever Guy did the right thing and told Caroline to marry Mac before he died. Guy was the best man", "title": "Guy Secretan" }, { "docid": "5433767", "text": "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas \"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas\" is the sixteenth episode of \"Family Guy\"s third season. It originally aired on Fox on December 21, 2001. In the episode, it is Christmas time in Quahog, a time when Lois's plans for a perfect holiday blow up in her face, causing her to have a mental breakdown. Stewie uses his role as the baby Jesus in the town play to be good for Santa Claus, about whom he has become paranoid, and show Lois the true meaning of Christmas. \"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin'", "title": "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" }, { "docid": "16001824", "text": "also get time in as well.\" Moore also stated his enjoyment of the cultural references in the episode, stating, \"It's all good fun, and the cutaways are also top notch, including Peter's First Holiday and The Cowardly Lion as Lindsay Lohan's gynecologist. I nearly fell out when Peter described his probably-black coworker who turned out to be a white guy, which I should have seen coming because it's very \"Family Guy\", but still managed to get a laugh out of me.\" He gave the episode a nine out of ten. Thanksgiving (Family Guy) \"Thanksgiving\" is the sixth episode of the", "title": "Thanksgiving (Family Guy)" }, { "docid": "1271606", "text": "Carlton Celebrity Room was an actual venue in Bloomington, Minnesota, and José Feliciano did once appear there, but it had been closed for almost ten years when filming began. The Feliciano scene was shot at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Chanhassen, near Minneapolis. The ransom drop was filmed in two adjacent parking garages on South 8th Street in downtown Minneapolis. Scenes in the Lundegaards' kitchen were shot in a private home on Pillsbury Avenue in Minneapolis, and the house where Mr. Mohra described the \"funny looking little guy\" to police is in Hallock, in northwest Minnesota. The motel “outside of", "title": "Fargo (film)" }, { "docid": "12466054", "text": "hand animation. Upon review, Fox gave the green light to \"Family Guy\" as a series. Although \"Family Guy\"s cancellation was initially announced after the second season, Fox decided to make a third season, after which it was cancelled in 2002. However, reruns on Adult Swim drove up interest in the show, and its DVD releases did quite well, selling over 2.2 million copies in one year, which renewed network interest. \"Family Guy\" returned to production in 2004, making four more seasons (for a total of seven) and a straight-to-DVD special, \".\" The show celebrated its official 100th episode during its", "title": "Griffin family" }, { "docid": "4186722", "text": "Happy Families (1985 TV series) Happy Families is a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which was a BBC series first broadcast in 1985. It recounts the tale of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It stars Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy. The series centred on Guy's attempts to find his four sisters – also played by Saunders – for a family reunion. Each sister's story was shot in a different \"style\" of film; Cassie's story was shot to make it appear to be a U.S. soap opera,", "title": "Happy Families (1985 TV series)" }, { "docid": "5294599", "text": "songs from 1980s shows such as \"Diff'rent Strokes\", \"Who's the Boss\", \"Growing Pains\" and \"Charles in Charge\". The album is arranged and orchestrated by Walter Murphy and all songs are produced by MacFarlane and Murphy. All the voice actors from the show appear on the album voicing their characters. The album includes a DVD with the music video of Stewie's \"Sexy Party\" and behind the scenes of making the album and the video. The DVD also includes a trailer for \"American Dad!\" and the fourth season of \"Family Guy\". The album received positive reviews from music sources and critics. Rob", "title": "Family Guy: Live in Vegas" }, { "docid": "14320396", "text": "it appear as if Lois ran him over to induce her guilt. Lois suggests they frame someone else, but Peter professes his love for her and suggests they take Stewie to the hospital. Stewie later walks in on the family with his head wrapped in bandages, revealing that seven months have passed since his accident. In his first official episode for the series, the show was written by Spencer Porter, who had previously worked as a writing assistant for series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane on both \"Family Guy\", as well as \"The Cleveland Show\" and \"American Dad!\". In", "title": "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" }, { "docid": "11098131", "text": "Guy Gannett Communications Guy Gannett Communications was a family-owned business consisting of newspapers in Maine and a handful of television stations in the eastern United States. The company was founded by its namesake, Guy P. Gannett, in 1921, and managed by a family trust from 1954 to 1998, when it sold most of its properties to The Seattle Times Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group. William Howard Gannett, of Augusta, Maine, first published \"Comfort\" magazine in 1888—an eight-page advertisement for a patent medicine—but it was his son, Guy Patterson Gannett, who headed the push into daily journalism. After a stint helping", "title": "Guy Gannett Communications" }, { "docid": "12774818", "text": "of his own just sitting in his house!\" The third season has received positive reviews from critics. In his review for the \"Family Guy\" Volume 3 DVD, Aaron Beierle of DVD Talk stated \"Often brilliant, extremely witty and darkly hilarious, \"Family Guy\" was unfortunately cancelled after Fox bumped it around six or seven different time slots. Although this third season wasn't as consistent as the first two, it's still hilarious and fans of the show should definitely pick up this terrific set.\" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Family Guy (season 3) \"Family Guy\" third season first aired on the Fox network in 22 episodes", "title": "Family Guy (season 3)" }, { "docid": "6683466", "text": "loner and began to write. When he was 22, Hüsch began to study in Mainz, \"but I did not study, I wrote cabaret pieces\". In 1949 Hüsch married Marianne and they had a daughter named Anna. At the time, they did not earn enough money to feed the young family, and Hüsch moved to Stuttgart, where he obtained employment at the local radio station. He worked under the direction of Guy Walter as author, songwriter and radio commentator. In 1955 Hanns Dieter Hüsch started his first cabaret ensemble, 'Arche nova', which became famous in southern Germany and Switzerland. From 1965", "title": "Hanns Dieter Hüsch" }, { "docid": "18130370", "text": "to the cast, to star opposite Mulhall. In addition, at around the same time it was announced that Pat O'Malley had been signed to appear in the film. Wynne Gibson was added to the cast in mid-March, and at the same time it was announced that Francis McDonald was also being added to the cast, although he did not appear in the finished film. The picture's filming was scheduled to start the first week in April, and it was revealed that Wynne Gibson and Tom Jackson had joined the cast. In late March it became known that Leslie Pearce would", "title": "The Fall Guy (1930 film)" }, { "docid": "8967324", "text": "the Hall of Records and digs into the past cases that involved McCoy and Quinlan. Holt then meets with Dan Buccio, brother of gangster Emil Buccio, to confirm that the Buccio family had nothing to do with the shooting incident. Afterward, Holt discovers that his Hall of Records transcripts are stolen. Soon after Consuela returns, Holt enlists the aid of the \"Press-Examiner\" newspaper to make his accusations public. This stirs things up in the city and Adair and Gould wash their hands of it. The plan backfires when Farnum commits suicide and the \"Press-Examiner\" is forced to drop Holt’s story.", "title": "Badge of Evil" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6357689", "text": "Masters of the Universe (film) Masters of the Universe is a 1987 American superhero film directed by Gary Goddard, produced by Yoram Globus and by Menahem Golan and written by David Odell. The film stars Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Jon Cypher, Chelsea Field, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill and Meg Foster. It is based on the Mattel toyline of the same name and brings the story of two teenagers who meet the mighty warrior He-Man, who arrived on Earth from planet Eternia and now goes on a mission to save the universe from the villainous Skeletor, his nemesis.", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "6357689", "text": "Masters of the Universe (film) Masters of the Universe is a 1987 American superhero film directed by Gary Goddard, produced by Yoram Globus and by Menahem Golan and written by David Odell. The film stars Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Jon Cypher, Chelsea Field, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill and Meg Foster. It is based on the Mattel toyline of the same name and brings the story of two teenagers who meet the mighty warrior He-Man, who arrived on Earth from planet Eternia and now goes on a mission to save the universe from the villainous Skeletor, his nemesis.", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "12049658", "text": "and \"\". Masters of the Universe: The Movie Masters of the Universe: The Movie is an action-adventure game developed by Gremlin Graphics, and published in 1987. It is based on the American film \"Masters of the Universe\" (1987), directed by Gary Goddard. The film and the game are part of the Masters of the Universe media franchise. A promotional photo of Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor illustrates the video game packaging. The MSX version of the game is titled Masters of the Universe. Two other Masters of the Universe video games were published in the same", "title": "Masters of the Universe: The Movie" }, { "docid": "12049657", "text": "Masters of the Universe: The Movie Masters of the Universe: The Movie is an action-adventure game developed by Gremlin Graphics, and published in 1987. It is based on the American film \"Masters of the Universe\" (1987), directed by Gary Goddard. The film and the game are part of the Masters of the Universe media franchise. A promotional photo of Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor illustrates the video game packaging. The MSX version of the game is titled Masters of the Universe. Two other Masters of the Universe video games were published in the same year: \"\"", "title": "Masters of the Universe: The Movie" }, { "docid": "19551920", "text": "Filmation's previous series \"Flash Gordon\"), Campbell Lane in the 1990s series, and by Brian Dobson in the 2002 series. In the 1980s live-action movie, Skeletor is portrayed by Frank Langella. Panthor is Skeletor's evil feline companion, a giant purple panther who serves as an evil counterpart to Battle Cat. Beast Man makes his debut in Mattel's very first illustrated books as a follower of Skeletor. As the toyline expanded, he stayed at Skeletor's side. Beast Man is a mandrill-like humanoid with orange and red fur, who can telepathically summon wild creatures of Eternia to aid Skeletor's schemes. He was frequently", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" } ]

[ { "docid": "6003462", "text": "also released in Series 5 of the ministatue line in 2007, in the new purple color scheme. Comic Book Resources list the character as part of He-Man: 15 Most Powerful Masters of the Universe. Evil-Lyn Evil-Lyn is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe toy line and the accompanying cartoon series \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\". An evil witch who aids Skeletor as his second-in-command with her powers of darkness. She is vastly more intelligent than Skeletor's other minions, and while she admits that she is not as powerful as Skeletor, she readily confesses that she", "title": "Evil-Lyn" }, { "docid": "6003444", "text": "Evil-Lyn Evil-Lyn is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe toy line and the accompanying cartoon series \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\". An evil witch who aids Skeletor as his second-in-command with her powers of darkness. She is vastly more intelligent than Skeletor's other minions, and while she admits that she is not as powerful as Skeletor, she readily confesses that she hopes to seize her master's powers and lord it over Eternia herself one day. Thus, she has worked completely independently of Skeletor on multiple occasions. Her trademark is the magic wand crowned with a", "title": "Evil-Lyn" }, { "docid": "2976125", "text": "expansive He-Man.org site being created. Various popular internet memes were also created with Masters of the Universe being reviewed by popular YouTube channels, parodies such as Unemployed Skeletor or Wil Wheaton's \"Skeletor Reads Angry Tweets\" segment. Masters of the Universe would also appear many times on the Adult Swim stop-motion comedy series \"Robot Chicken\" (which introduced comedic character Mo-Larr). Both He-Man and Skeletor are often mentioned in pop culture, as seen on the long running animated series, \"The Simpsons\" on a few occasions. In 2000, however, Mattel did act on the growing nostalgia for the 1980s action figures, by re-releasing", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551982", "text": "appeared only in 3-page MotU comic called \"Il Labirinto di Minox (The Maze Of Minox)\" from Italian Magic Boy Magazine # 1. He received a Masters of the Universe Classics toyline bio in the encyclopedia, which reimagined him as a Mintoran cyborg. However, he never received any toy made of him. Reigam is an evil mage from the Plain of Eternity, who joined forces with Skeletor to conquer the Royal Palace. At first he remained as a mysterious, unnamed hooded wizard, who tried to activate the \"Sword Of Wizards\" on Skeletor orders. Later, he appeared without his hood and pretended", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551959", "text": "comics. Originally Tri-Klops was going to appear in the movie instead. Like Tri-Klops, his toy is sometimes mistaken for a Heroic Warrior due to his human appearance. In the \"Masters of the Universe Classics\" toyline, Blade started out as a pirate from the Kylax System who was transported to Eternia by Skeletor. He agreed to help Skeletor at the right price. He was portrayed by Anthony De Longis in the 1987 live-action film. Saurod is a reptilian who can emit sparks from his mouth. He is featured in the 1987 movie assisting Blade, Beast Man, and Karg into retrieving the", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551981", "text": "Grayskull. He was ultimately banished back to his reality by Skeletor, who mistakenly thinks Climato was attacking him, after he almost hit him by one of his thunders, during the fight with He-Man and Moss Man. Climato has appeared only in MotU comic \"Weather Wars\" from UK Masters of the Universe Adventure #5. Minox is an android minotaur who described himself as a \"creation of Skeletor\" and could shoot powerful electrical bolts from his horns. He was ordered to eliminate He-Man in complex labyrinth on Eternia, but he was defeated, when his electrified body was doused with water. Minox has", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "17471302", "text": "the Eternity War. Starting August 28, 2013, a six-issue mini-series titled \"DC Universe vs. Masters of the Universe\" began publishing. It takes place between Volume two issues six and seven. Skeletor, last seen at the end of Volume one, has been sent to Earth by his mysterious ally. Once there, he sets a plan in motion to siphon off Earth's core magic. He-Man and the Masters follow Skeletor to Earth but are confronted with the heroes of the DC Universe, primarily the various factions of the Justice League. A series of one-shots detailing the origins of different characters have also", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2012 DC comic)" }, { "docid": "19551984", "text": "Megator who, unbeknownst to him, was brought to life thanks to Evil-Lyn's magic. Wild and aggressive monster, start rampaging across the planet, until he collapse under the mental strain of their attempted control by Skieletro, Evil-Lyn and Orrko. Torvus has appeared only in MotU comic from Italian Magic Boy Magazine #3. Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe) Skeletor is the main antagonist of He-Man. In the original illustrated books and in the Filmation series, Skeletor is an evil demon from another dimension. A later Mattel minicomic implies that he was once Keldor, brother of King Randor, which was in fact", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551947", "text": "stink still escapes the suit, causing Skeletor and the other evil warriors to cover their noses and to treat Stinkor politely in order to get him out of the room as efficiently as possible. Stinkor is voiced by Brian Drummond in the 2002 series. NOTE: Stinkor was voted No.30 in The 36 Worst Action Figures From Iconic Toy Lines by Cracked. Stinkor was voted No.7 in The 12 Coolest Masters of the Universe Action Features by Topless Robot. Ninjor is a ninja warrior who works for Skeletor. He was never featured in the cartoon because his figure was released after", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2612473", "text": "powers to defend Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor. Skeletor's main goal is to conquer the mysterious fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers. If successful, Skeletor would have enough power to rule all of Eternia and possibly the entire universe. The Mattel company released the original He-Man action figure in 1982; the franchise backstory was developed by the Filmation animation studio. On 1 December 1982, Michael Halperin wrote a \"series bible\". Some time after, both firms pitched the idea to the ABC network, who turned it down. The resulting series, \"He-Man and the Masters of", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551967", "text": "mist from his mouth. He did not have a toy made of him until the Collector-centric \"Masters of the Universe Classics\" series which stated that he was evolved from an ancient Dragosaur species. The bio for that toy also states that Fang Man resides with his ancestors on Dragosaur Isle awaiting the return of Skeletor. Originating in the Filmation cartoon, Batros is an anthropomorphic bat who resides on the dark side of Eternia. He has helped Skeletor out, although he is generally an independent villain and will not officially ally himself with any evil team. He did not have a", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551953", "text": "of Skeletor is taken from a promotional card provided by Mattel to the publishers of various story media. A similar story of Scare Glow coming from another dimension summoned by Skeletor is told in an issue of Marvel's Star Comics, Masters of the Universe series. Although he is not featured in the 2002 relaunch of the Masters of the Universe franchise, Scare Glow is used in the comic series from MV Creations. He is featured in a special Halloween comic \"The Power of Fear\" that was given away free at the 2003 Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF) fundraiser, and", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551918", "text": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe) Skeletor is the main antagonist of He-Man. In the original illustrated books and in the Filmation series, Skeletor is an evil demon from another dimension. A later Mattel minicomic implies that he was once Keldor, brother of King Randor, which was in fact intended. The 2002 series and related materials confirm that Skeletor was once a man named Keldor, though the series itself established no familial connection prior to its cancellation, his connection to Randor was heavily implied. The later DVD releases of the series featured bios, confirming ultimately that the shows' creators conceived", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551930", "text": "is invaded by Skeletor in an attempt to enter Castle Grayskull. While Skeletor attempts to weaken the Castle's defenses, Trap Jaw, who is being pursued by authorities, slams into Skeletor and knocks him back through the dimensional portal to Eternia. Back on Eternia, Trap Jaw emerges from the Castle connected to its power by a magical cord. Both He-Man and Skeletor attempt to defeat Trap Jaw, but eventually realize that they must join their halves of the power sword to be strong enough to sever the magical cord connecting Trap Jaw to the Castle. The comic ends with Skeletor carrying", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2976010", "text": "Universe franchise would become best known, through Filmation's groundbreaking \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" animated series. Debuting in the fall of 1983, running 130 episodes through two seasons until November 1985. The series mostly focused on the two primary characters, the blonde muscular He-Man, \"the most powerful man in the Universe\", and his nemesis, the evil skull-faced, blue-skinned sorcerer Skeletor and their many moral-themed encounters on the planet Eternia. Set in a hybrid world of sword and sorcery and technological sci-fi, He-Man does battle with Skeletor to prevent him from conquering Eternia and discovering the secrets of Castle", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "13859545", "text": "dimensions, allowing the evil warlord Skeletor to travel to Eternia. Skeletor has set his sights on the ancient Castle Grayskull, a fortress of mystery and power; whoever controls Grayskull will become Master of the Universe. To prevent Skeletor from achieving his goal, He-Man has received special powers and weapons from the Sorceress and defends the castle from Skeletor. He-Man is supported by allies such as Man-At-Arms (the Eternian master of weapons) and Teela, the adopted daughter of Man-At-Arms. Skeletor finds one half of the Power Sword, the key to Castle Grayskull. He-Man received the other half from the Sorceress, and", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "2612483", "text": "and Man-At-Arms away to another dimension, Skeletor turns the ray onto Orko, who gets stuck inside a vase which deflects the beam. Orko escapes to warn He-Man. This footage has not been lost; it is still existent on other media in circulation. However, complications over the rights to it prevented it from being inserted back into the DVD release. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line \"Masters of the Universe\". The show, often referred to as simply \"He-Man\", was", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6357694", "text": "Earth. Skeletor's forces capture the Eternians, and Julie is mortally wounded by Skeletor's lightning blast, which simultaneously erases the memory storage of Gwildor's Key. He-Man surrenders to save his comrades and is returned to Eternia as Skeletor's slave. Skeletor demands that He-Man kneel before him for all of Eternia to witness, before he is killed. He-Man refuses and is lashed by Blade's laser whip in an attempt to make him submit. He-Man is still standing when the moon rises, and Skeletor absorbs the powers of the universe. Declaring himself the Master of the Universe, Skeletor asserts his victory and continues", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "2976148", "text": "also on Netflix. A Masters of the Universe comic book series was relaunched by DC Comics in 2012, first appearing as a series of digital comics. This was quickly followed by a six issue mini-series and all new revised origin issues for He-Man, Skeletor and Hordak. After a crossover mini-series with superheroes from the DC Comics universe in 2013, an ongoing series ran for 19 issues through 2014, before being replaced by the 'He-Man The Eternity War' 15 issue series in 2015/2016. This introduced a new back-story for He-man's sister She-ra (as Despara), Skeletor (as the half-Gar son of King", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976111", "text": "1980s. There was also a Masters of the Universe 'Power Tour' live stage show, showing across the United States, with 19 consecutive performances at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Directed by Tony Christopher, husband and wife Jack and Leslie Wadsworth portrayed He-Man and She-ra, while Khalos Planchart and Eric Van Baars played lead villains Hordak and Skeletor, respectively. The production also featured lesser used characters such as Rio-Blast, Clamp-Champ, Snout-Spout, Rokkon, Ninjor, Blast-Attak and songs by an original character, Songster (performed by Doug Howard). In 1987, a live action He-Man film was made by Cannon Films entitled \"Masters of", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6357695", "text": "to torture He-Man with energy blasts. Back on Earth, Gwildor repairs the Cosmic Key, and Kevin recreates the tones necessary to create a gateway to Eternia. The group, including Lubic who attempts to arrest them, are transported to Castle Grayskull, where they begin battling Skeletor's forces. Resenting that Skeletor absorbed the power of the Universe without sharing it with her, Evil-Lyn deserts him along with the other henchmen. Skeletor accidentally frees He-Man, who reclaims the Sword of Grayskull, and they battle until He-Man shatters Skeletor's staff, removing his new powers and restoring him to his normal state. He-Man offers mercy,", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "18546235", "text": "The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game is a role-playing game published by FASA in 1985. \"The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game\" is a fantasy system based on the \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" cartoon series. It consists of a boardgame with simple role-playing with player characters such as He-Man, Teela, and Orko pitted against Skeletor and the forces of evil. The rules are presented in comic-book style by staff artists from First Comics. The set includes cardstock character cards, miniatures, and components. \"The Masters of the", "title": "The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game" }, { "docid": "2976164", "text": "to broaden the success of Masters of the Universe, by releasing a line of toys aimed at girls. Many of the Princess of Power characters would eventually be incorporated into Masters of the Universe Classics. Mattel revamped the Masters of the Universe concept for this 1989 toyline, which had more slender-looking action figures, and a storyline which featured He-Man and Skeletor taking their adventures beyond Eternia, into outer space. In 2003, Tops Toys, an Argentinian toy company, used the molds from the vintage Masters of the Universe figures and released eight characters in Argentina. Four Horsemen Studios continued the 200X", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "1624459", "text": "Power Sword; Skeletor had the second half, and used it as his main weapon. When joined, the two halves of the Power Sword will provide the key to Castle Grayskull (this is why the two figures' swords could combine into one, when the action figures were initially released). In one early illustrated story, He-Man and Skeletor united their two Power Sword halves to form the true Power Sword, defeating a common enemy. In June 2012, DC Comics began publishing a six-issue limited series, \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\", alongside the weekly digital first series \"Masters of the Universe\".", "title": "He-Man" }, { "docid": "3405954", "text": "as he. Skeletor Skeletor () is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the \"Masters of the Universe\" franchise created by Mattel. He is the archenemy of He-Man. Depicted as a muscular blue humanoid with a purple hood over his yellow bare-bone skull, Skeletor seeks to conquer Castle Grayskull so he can obtain its ancient secrets, which would make him unstoppable and enable him to conquer and rule the fictional world of Eternia. However, the incompetence of his henchmen is always an impediment to achieving his ambitions. In the 2002 series, Skeletor was once a man named Keldor whose", "title": "Skeletor" }, { "docid": "3405912", "text": "Skeletor Skeletor () is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the \"Masters of the Universe\" franchise created by Mattel. He is the archenemy of He-Man. Depicted as a muscular blue humanoid with a purple hood over his yellow bare-bone skull, Skeletor seeks to conquer Castle Grayskull so he can obtain its ancient secrets, which would make him unstoppable and enable him to conquer and rule the fictional world of Eternia. However, the incompetence of his henchmen is always an impediment to achieving his ambitions. In the 2002 series, Skeletor was once a man named Keldor whose face was", "title": "Skeletor" }, { "docid": "18546237", "text": "notes this game as an example of an unsuccessful licensed role-playing game. The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game is a role-playing game published by FASA in 1985. \"The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game\" is a fantasy system based on the \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" cartoon series. It consists of a boardgame with simple role-playing with player characters such as He-Man, Teela, and Orko pitted against Skeletor and the forces of evil. The rules are presented in comic-book style by staff artists from First Comics. The", "title": "The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game" }, { "docid": "1624467", "text": "clash with Skeletor, in which Skeletor was flung deep beneath Castle Grayskull into a pit filled with steaming liquid. The film ended with a post-credit scene in which Skeletor emerged from the liquid and proclaimed, \"I'll be back!\". After the end of the Masters of the Universe toy line, Mattel attempted to revive interest in He-Man by producing a new toy line, entitled \"He-Man\". The accompanying storyline in the mini-comics packaged with the figures explained that He-Man had left Eternia and pursued Skeletor into the depths of space, where Skeletor had set his sights on conquering the distant world of", "title": "He-Man" }, { "docid": "17471299", "text": "a weekly digital-first title, \"Masters of the Universe\", with the first chapter written by Geoff Johns, with art by Howard Porter and John Livesay. The title explored the world of Eternia and tied directly into DC Comics' print title, \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\". The digital series lasted eight issues and ended in December 2012. In July 2012, a six-issue mini-series started titled \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\". The series lasted until January 2013. In the story, Skeletor succeeds in capturing Castle Grayskull but ultimately fails at unlocking the secret of its power. In the course", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2012 DC comic)" }, { "docid": "19551919", "text": "of Keldor as Randor's half-brother. The only main difference between Skeletor in the cartoon, and the figure, is there is no green on his face in the cartoon, nor red glow in his eyes, unlike that of the figure. The original Skeletor figures wore boots designed for clawed feet. This feature was omitted in Skeletor and a number of other evil warriors in the Filmation series. Later, he was depicted with ordinary human feet with long, pointed toenails on them. Skeletor is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer in the 1980s series (recycling the voice he used for Ming the Merciless in", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2976008", "text": "Masters of the Universe Masters of the Universe (commonly abbreviated MOTU and sometimes referred to as \"He-Man\", after the lead hero) is a media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise revolves around the conflict between the heroic He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe and the secret identity of Prince Adam), against the evil sorcerer Skeletor on the planet Eternia, with a vast line-up of supporting characters in a hybrid setting of medieval sword and sorcery and sci-fi technology. A spin-off series, with a similar premise, \",\" features He-Man's sister She-Ra and her struggle against the Evil Horde", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6357705", "text": "kids but scorned by critics, it's a high camp oddity that we should celebrate on its own terms\". Billy Barty received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance in the film, but 'lost' to David Mendenhall for \"Over the Top\". The commercial failure of \"Masters of the Universe\", among other films such as \"\" and \"Lifeforce\", contributed to the eventual closure of Cannon Films. Cannon Films had intended to create a \"Masters of the Universe\" sequel, indicated by the end credits with a surprise reveal that Skeletor survives his fall. The sequel titled \"Masters of", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "19551943", "text": "were originally two bounty hunters named Tuvar and Baddhra who were recommended to Skeletor by Whiplash and who were magically fused together into one being by Skeletor after they failed to work together to destroy He-Man. Two Bad becomes one (or two) of Skeletor's Evil Warriors and appears throughout the remainder of the series among Skeletor's henchmen. Two Bad is voiced by Lou Scheimer in the 1980s series and by Brian Drummond and Mark Gibbon in the 2002 series. Spikor is a humanoid covered in spikes, with a trident for a left arm. He serves as Skeletor's blacksmith. He was", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2976100", "text": "it was intended that the central antagonist would be Keldor, a character revealed similarly late in the line to have been He-Man's uncle and also strongly hinted to have been the former identity of Skeletor. Whether or not Keldor was also supposed to be the \"Unnamed One\" Hiss served is not clear, although in an interview writer Steven Grant vaguely recalls that the intention was that the Unnamed One would be a greater evil who, as the Emperor was to Darth Vader, was intended to be the one who caused Keldor to become Skeletor. However, when Mattel finally went about", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551980", "text": "created exclusively for New Adventures of He-Man cartoon, and appeared only in the first episode \"A New Beginning\", voiced by Garry Chalk. According to James Eatock: \"The reason for this character's appearance is more than likely because those working on the show were unable to use existing Filmation villains, or were deterred from using characters like Beast Man who were based on old action figures.\" Climato is a demonic weather wizard from the Stormworld, who could manipulate all aspects of weather. He was summoned by Skeletor to reek havoc on Eternia and later assisted Skeletor during an assault on Castle", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551926", "text": "as a young woman with collar-length white hair who is physically attracted to the man who would become Skeletor (\"I like what I see,\" she purrs at Keldor). Later in the series, her hair is shown to be close cropped. This version of Evil-Lyn relied heavily on her magical staff to cast her spells. Without it, her powers were significantly diminished. Evil-Lyn is voiced by Linda Gary in the 1980s series and by Kathleen Barr in the 2002 series. In the live action movie, she is played by Meg Foster. Tri-Klops is a 3-eyed hunter and swordsman who can see", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551894", "text": "Key. He debuted in the \"Masters of the Universe\" movie where Evil-Lyn tricked him into giving her the Cosmic Key so that Skeletor can invade Castle Grayskull. In the Classics toyline, Gwildor's kind was called the Vejulian Gwitthrol Trolls that come from Tundaria. He attended Grimhammer University in Eternos and studied under many of Eternia's great inventors, archaeologists, and magicians. It was in a small village in Pelleezeea where Gwildor invented the Cosmic Key. Gwildor is portrayed by Billy Barty in the 1980s live-action movie. The heroic Meteorbs are members of the Rock People who can transform from meteors into", "title": "Heroic Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551975", "text": "unlike Blade, Saurod and Gwildor, Karg did not have a toy made of him, in vintage toyline and Mattel did not have the rights to produce a Karg figure in MOTUC. Finally in 2018, Super7 delivered his figure, although the toy was based on Karg appearance in the Masters of the Universe magazine, where he was depicted with green skin, blonde hair and red eyes. In the \"Masters of the Universe Classics\" toyline, Karg is described as a determined bounty hunter, known for his tracking skills and Skeletor twisted interrogator of Snake Mountain. His bio also mention, that he at", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "13859546", "text": "must prevent Skeletor from linking the two halves and gaining access to the castle. To distinguish these stories from the minicomics which were released as tie-ins with the TV series, fans called this first version of Eternia \"mini-Eternia\" and the words were combined into Mineternia in 2003 by the minicomics fansite \"Eternia Minor\" (now \"He-Man Tales\"). Debuting in DC Comics Presents issue #47, DC Comics published a Masters of the Universe insert preview, which appeared in several comic books dated November 1982. The following months, a three issue \"Masters Of The Universe\" limited series was sold separately on newsstands. With", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "2976144", "text": "stories and ideas from MOTU history. DC took over the Masters of the Universe Classics minicomics from Dark Horse in 2013, publishing five more minicomics, with stories from Scott Neitlich and artwork by Wellinton Alves and Axel Giménez. These mini-comics provide an origin story of Keldor (Skeletor), and then proceed to join into the later \"New Adventures of He-Man\" continuity. The \"Fall of Eternia\" saga in the final issues, incorporates the proposed Dare, son of He-man (He-Ro II) series from the 1990s, along with many 'Create-a-character' contest finalist designs from the 1980's Masters of the Universe Magazine. Many of these", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6002705", "text": "as a formidable fighter. Comic Book Resources list the character as part of He-Man: 15 Most Powerful Masters of the Universe. Beast Man Beast Man is a fictional character in the toy line and cartoon series Masters of the Universe; the savage right-hand man of Skeletor, he has control over many wild creatures and has brute strength. The original design sketch of Beast Man by Mattel toy designer Mark Taylor was rejected by Mattel for looking too much like Chewbacca. Beast Man was one of the first eight characters to be created for the Masters of the Universe toy line", "title": "Beast Man" }, { "docid": "2976118", "text": "almost purely science fiction setting which sees He-Man transported to the futuristic planet of Primus. He-Man (with a new more slender appearance and sporting a ponytail; voiced by Doug Parker) leads the heroic Galactic Guardians; while Skeletor (also with a new completely look; voiced by Campbell Lane), bases himself on the mutant world of Denebria, forming an alliance with Flogg and his band of Evil Mutants, who are hellbent on conquering Primus for themselves. The series contains continuity links to the original \"Masters of the Universe\", and was intended as a continuation of the existing mythology, although some fans see", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "4922755", "text": "is possibly his brother, is the evil ruler of the galaxy-spanning Horde Empire. Their home planet is known as Horde World. The Horde employs a vast army of robots, tanks, aircraft, spaceships and other advanced technology to allow them to conquer and enslave planets. An assortment of the most horrible creatures in the universe serve the Horde as the leaders of its robotic army. In the new continuity of the 2002 Mike Young Productions \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" animated series, Hordak played the role of the ultimate evil in Eternia and the power behind Skeletor. Here, he", "title": "Hordak" }, { "docid": "2976059", "text": "waves of figures and vehicles were produced during this peak of popularity. First introduced into the action figure line in 1984 were new 'Battle Armor' versions of He-Man and Skeletor, who could be \"battle damaged\" when the mechanism on the figure's chest was pressed. These new renditions of He-Man and Skeletor did not appear in the animated series or the minicomics, but several new featured characters in the Filmation series would find releases in these 3rd and 4th waves of action figures. Making their toyline debuts in 1984 were He-Man's allies Buzz-Off (\"heroic spy in the sky\"; bee-like insectoid warrior", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976094", "text": "and Rattlor (who previously appeared in the He-Man and She-Ra cartoon series with Skeletor, and/or as members of the Horde), were now under the leadership of the ancient Eternian King Hiss, whose snake men army rose from Eternia's past, joining forces with Skeletor to once again rule Eternia (additional Snake Men were later added to the roster in the form of the long-armed Sssqueeze and the medusa-like Snake Face in the minicomic \"Revenge of the Snake Men\"). Another major minicomic storyline of this period included the introduction of the three-towered fortress of Eternia in \"The Ultimate Battleground\"; which was a", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976058", "text": "spring of 1985, featuring most of the main characters from both cartoons. The two animated series, would however, join up one last time for \"\" in December 1985; in which two children from Earth end up accidentally coming to Eternia and are protected by Skeletor, who in a rare act of kindness, is overtaken by the Christmas Spirit. The very last appearance of Filmation's He-Man and Skeletor is in one of the final She-Ra episodes, entitled \"Assault on the Hive\", airing December 13, 1986. Sales of the toyline continued to increase with the exposure of the animated series, and new", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "4922752", "text": "Hordak Hordak is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise who opposes She-Ra and He-Man, as well as the franchise's main villain, Skeletor, to whom he was once mentor. Hordak is the main antagonist of the \"\" cartoon, in which he is the archenemy of She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister. In this series, he rules the planet of Etheria with an army of Horde Troopers, most of whom wear a red bat symbol on their chests to convey their allegiance. According to most story media, Skeletor betrayed Hordak and trapped him in \"another dimension\" before beginning his own", "title": "Hordak" }, { "docid": "1624466", "text": "– to which Skeletor retorts, \"my throne-room now\") and (supposed) release. Skeletor was accompanied by a group of henchmen who aided his evil schemes. In 1987, Cannon Films produced a live-action film directed by Gary Goddard, \"Masters of the Universe\", which featured Dolph Lundgren in the role of He-Man; it was a commercial failure. In this film, Prince Adam was not seen at all; only He-Man was shown. This He-Man was much more aggressive than his 1980s TV-series counterpart, attacking with lasers, his sword and bare fists several times throughout the film. The film ended with a spectacular and violent", "title": "He-Man" }, { "docid": "19551955", "text": "figure was essentially a spinning top, so by running it's tip along a smooth surface and letting it go, the figure would spin freely. Twistoid did not appear in the cartoon because it ceased production before his figure's debut. So far, the only official medium to feature Twistoid, is the Mattel mini-comic \"Energy Zoids\". In this story, Skeletor stole the blueprints for the Gyro Machnie, who Man-At-Arms used to create Rotar and used the machine to create a Energy Zoid's robot. Skeletor initially intended to use the machine, to create an army of robots with, but he only succeded in", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "4581704", "text": "Masters of the Universe continuity, as the whole franchise would be rebooted twelve years later. He-Man, legendary defender of the planet Eternia, has been summoned to the futuristic planet of Primus to defend the planet from the evil Mutants of the neighboring planet of Denebria. But his old adversary Skeletor has followed him and allied himself with the Mutants in his fight to conquer the whole universe. Together with a team of Galactic Guardians, He-Man fights to defend Primus and all its power resources from the continuous attacks by Skeletor and the Mutants. The majority of the cartoon episodes were", "title": "The New Adventures of He-Man" }, { "docid": "2976073", "text": "a third year; however, He-Man often appeared in episodes of \"She-Ra\" to aid his sister, and several other characters from \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\", both heroic and evil, also appeared in multiple crossovers. She-Ra was born as Princess Adora on Eternia, Prince Adam/He-Man's twin sister and daughter of King Randor and Queen Marlena. As an infant, Adora is kidnapped by Hordak (vampire/demon-faced sorcerer with a cowl of bones, who can transform his body into various mechanical devices) and Skeletor (Hordak's apprentice at the time), and taken to the world of Etheria (a planet ruled by the Horde,", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976114", "text": "of retrieving their Cosmic Key (which has fallen into the hands of the unwitting humans, Julie Winston and Kevin Corrigan) and returning to Eternia, before Skeletor can gain the full power of Castle Grayskull. Skeletor sends his minions to Earth with the mission of recovering the Cosmic Key prototype, as the war between good and evil is transferred to Earth, before returning to Eternia for a final battle between He-Man and a golden-clad godlike Skeletor in the film's climax. Numerous parts of the previously accepted history of the series are omitted in the film, including all references to Prince Adam,", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976128", "text": "their original re-sculpts being intended for a continuation of the original storyline in which Skeletor had obtained both halves of the Power Sword (hence the new Skeletor figure's dual blades with clear \"good\" and \"evil\" hilt designs), necessitating a new sword to be built by Man-At-Arms and endowed with the properties of the original by the Sorceress. However, Mattel decided to reboot the continuity for a new generation of children, and thus the \"new\" Power Sword design became the \"original\" version for the new continuity. Another issue was the over-reliance on releasing alternate versions of He-Man (13 in total), Skeletor", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "13859547", "text": "the introduction of Hordak, the minicomics began to diverge from the \"He-Man\" and \"She-Ra\" animated series and Etheria became Hordak's base of operations. Years earlier, Hordak had been overthrown by his minion Skeletor and banished from Eternia. He returns, accompanied by the Evil Horde, to conquer the planet. Occasionally allying with Skeletor (but usually attempting to destroy him), Hordak is opposed by He-Man. In the mini-comic \"King of the Snakemen\", Skeletor discovers a pool of energy buried in Snake Mountain which contains ancient emperor King Hiss. Hiss discloses that he had conquered a number of planets before invading Eternia. Large", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "19551888", "text": "imprisoned by Skeletor. Loyal to the end, she refuses to talk or eat until an impatient Skeletor kills her before engaging his nephew Adam/He-Man in a battle outside Castle Grayskull where his Havoc staff is broken and his jaw shattered by He-Man, before being knocked into the pit between Grayskull and the Evergreen Forest. Skeletor is presumed dead, but Adam/He-Man knows this might not be true. A memorial service is held in the Sorceress' honor in Eternos City following the battle at Grayskull. Her 1987 action figure was released belatedly, as the toyline was about to end. The Sorceress character", "title": "Heroic Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "13859556", "text": "quickly followed by a six issue mini-series and all new revised origin issues for He-Man, Skeletor and Hordak. After a crossover mini-series with superheroes from the DC Comics universe in 2013, an ongoing series ran for 19 issues through 2014, before being replaced by the 'He-Man The Eternity War' 15 issue series in 2015/2016. This introduced a new back-story for He-man's sister She-ra (as Despara), Skeletor (as the half-Garn son of King Miro), Hordak, and the Snakemen; moving the storyline further along, with a new Horde invasion of Eternia and He-Man taking the Eternian throne, amongst other new developments. He-Man/ThunderCats,", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "19551849", "text": "moustache seen on the character in the cartoon. Man-At-Arms was voiced by Alan Oppenheimer in the 1980s series and by Garry Chalk in the 2002 series. In the 1980s live action movie, he is portrayed by Jon Cypher. Teela is the Captain of the Royal Guard and Man-At-Arms' adopted daughter. The original minicomics depicted Teela as a magical clone of the Sorceress created by Skeletor to do his bidding, but she was rescued from Skeletor by Man-At-Arms, who raised her as his daughter and trained her to serve the side of good. This portrayal of the character was abandoned for", "title": "Heroic Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2976036", "text": "Cringer), Man-At-Arms (depicted as clean-shaven, without a moustache), Teela (often drawn with long blonde hair and accompanied by a unicorn/horse in these early depictions), and Stratos, the winged warrior (who erroneously cameos fighting on the side of Skeletor in the initial mini-comic). Skeletor, in-turn, enlists the help of the brutish ape-like Beast Man and fish-like Mer-Man to battle He-Man and his heroic warriors. Other major characters introduced the following year in these early waves of action figures included He-Man's allies, Ram Man (\"heroic human battering ram\"; with spring loaded legs), Man-E-Faces (\"heroic human… robot …monster\"; with three alternate faces) and", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "17471300", "text": "of the adventure, Skeletor murders the Sorceress before being brutally defeated by He-Man and transported to the side of an unseen villain who reveals he has been manipulating Skeletor all along. On April 24, 2013, the second volume, an ongoing series, started with the aftermath of the first volume. 19 issues were released, consisting of 3 story arcs of 6 issues and one prelude to the next ongoing series. At the start of the first arc, a celebration of the Sorceress’ life is interrupted by an invasion of the Horde, the army of Hordak himself. Leading the charge is a", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2012 DC comic)" }, { "docid": "7325898", "text": "mean for the future. Skeletor becomes aware of Grayskull's power when he attacks it, prompting him to spend much of the season attempting to enter it. Hints are made as to the fate of Skeletor's mentor, Hordak, and the future main adversaries of the second season, the Snake Men. Much like the original series, selling toys was a key goal of this series, and He-Man and Skeletor would don variations of their costumes or different ones entirely whenever they were briefly \"empowered\" with an ancient relic or new technology. The first season ends on a cliffhanger in which Skeletor unites", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)" }, { "docid": "2976030", "text": "inspiration from the paintings of Frank Frazetta, a fantasy artist with many works depicting Conan the Barbarian, when creating He-Man. The 'Masters of the Universe' toyline was created by Mattel in 1981, and first released to stores in 1982 as 5 1/2 inch action figures (as opposed to the 3 3/4 inch size used by Kenner's Star Wars and Hasbro's lines). The two main characters, He-Man (\"the most powerful man in the universe\") and his arch-enemy Skeletor (\"evil lord of destruction\") were the first released in action figure form, along with other core characters of the series: Man-At-Arms (\"heroic master", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551873", "text": "an extra-strong warrior with an enlarged metal right hand. In the original series, he was the caretaker of a forest and was hesitant to join in the conflict against Skeletor. He was later appraised by both his fellow Eternians and an alien race as second in strength only to He-Man. In the 2002 series, he is the last to join the Masters of the Universe and is revealed to be Man-At-Arms' older brother, to Teela's surprise. The brothers became estranged during the Great Unrest, when Fisto allegedly deserted Randor's forces. Fisto came to the aid of He-Man and the Masters,", "title": "Heroic Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "5439653", "text": "Castle Grayskull Castle Grayskull is a fortress located on the fictional planet Eternia. It forms a central location in the \"Masters of the Universe\" toy/comic/animation universe, and also appears in the 1987 live action adaptation. In the storyline of the franchise, it is the target of numerous attacks by Skeletor, Hordak and the Snake Men, all of whom believe that the secrets inside will allow them to conquer Eternia and become the titular Masters of the Universe. Castle Grayskull was conceived as the central location for the battle between the forces of good and evil. The original playset was released", "title": "Castle Grayskull" }, { "docid": "6357707", "text": "pay Mattel's fees. The production instead utilized the already-made costumes and sets for the low-budget sci-fi film \"Cyborg\". \"Masters of the Universe\" was Lundgren's first leading role in a feature film following his success in \"Rocky IV\", and he later labeled it as his least favorite film role. Conversely, Langella considers playing Skeletor to be one of his favorite roles. Skeletor's question to He-Man (\"Tell me about the loneliness of good, He-Man. Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?\") from this film is - with a slight rewording - quoted in the crossover comic mini-series \"Injustice vs. Masters of", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "2976055", "text": "or \"moral of the story\" was played at the end of each episode; which was usually tied to the action or central theme of the episode in question (although in the United Kingdom, the closing \"morals\" were often edited out of the original broadcasts). The series featured the voice talents of John Erwin, who starred as He-Man/Prince Adam, Beast Man, Ram Man, Webstor, Whiplash (and many others); the aforementioned Alan Oppenheimer, voicing Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Battle Cat/Cringer, Mer-Man, Buzz-Off (also voicing many others); Linda Gary as much of the female cast with Teela, The Sorceress, Evil-Lyn and Queen Marlena; and executive", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6357706", "text": "the Universe 2: Cyborg\" was written and followed He-Man, who returned to Earth to battle Skeletor, who has left Earth as a post-apocalyptic wasteland and the film was to feature Trap Jaw and She-Ra. Pro surfer Laird Hamilton was originally to replace Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and the only aspect known about the sequel's screenplay was that He-Man would have returned to Earth and was disguised as a professional quarterback. With a low budget of $4.5 million, the sequel was to be directed by Albert Pyun, consecutively with the aborted \"Spider-Man\" movie. The project was abandoned when Cannon would not", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "6002687", "text": "Beast Man Beast Man is a fictional character in the toy line and cartoon series Masters of the Universe; the savage right-hand man of Skeletor, he has control over many wild creatures and has brute strength. The original design sketch of Beast Man by Mattel toy designer Mark Taylor was rejected by Mattel for looking too much like Chewbacca. Beast Man was one of the first eight characters to be created for the Masters of the Universe toy line by Mattel in the early 1980s, and one of the first four to be completed and released (the other three being", "title": "Beast Man" }, { "docid": "3405923", "text": "still Keldor. In a he-man.org interview with one of producers of the 2002 series, it is revealed that Keldor is the half-brother of Randor; they have different mothers. In the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line, further character development was introduced. This line has offered more in depth origins to the Masters of the Universe characters and a collaboration of all origins in attempt to create a new coherent continuity. According to their revised back story, Keldor is Randor's half-brother. Keldor's mother was a member of the Gar race and he was ousted from the royal castle due to", "title": "Skeletor" }, { "docid": "13859555", "text": "more minicomics were published to be included with the MOTU Classics line action-figures; the first told the origin story of Keldor (Skeletor), the second dealt with He-Man and Skeletor's final battle after their intergalactic New Adventures. The third begins ushering in the Son of He-Man era (introduced as a new series concept by Lou Scheimer in the 1990s, but never produced); which then continues for three more issues, culminating in the Third Ultimate Battleground. A Masters of the Universe comic book series was relaunched by DC Comics in June 2012, first appearing as a series of digital comics. This was", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "2976163", "text": "Each figure would also come packaged with a mini-comic. The line debuted in 1982 with just four figures to begin with: He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Skeletor and Beast Man. Later that year the remaining four characters from Wave 1 were released. They were Stratos, Teela, Mer-Man and Zodac. Each figure came with removable armor, a weapon and mini-comic. The Comet Warriors, Stonedar and Rokkon, arrived in the UK a full year before the rest of their wave 5 counterparts. This may have been due to their appearance in the UK Masters of the Universe fortnightly magazine in 1986. In 1985 Mattel attempted", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551977", "text": "lateral incisor, and central incisor) different types of teeth. Although originally created as a joke, Mattel paid homage to his segment, by releasing an exclusive 2-pack of Mo-Larr and Skieletor at San Diego Comic Con in 2010. Mo-Larr also received a Masters of the Universe Classics toyline bio in the encyclopedia, which also gave him a name Dr. Moe Larrstein. He actually made one official appearance within MOTU canon, being seen in \"The Fall of Eternia part 3\" on the battlefield, among Skieletor's Evil Warriors. Also known as \"Robot Knights\", Skeletor used dozens of these floating mechanical minions to bolster", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "11254034", "text": "The Power Sword The Power Sword is a fictional sword from the \"Masters of the Universe\" toyline, sometimes also referred to as the Sword of Power and the Sword of Grayskull. It started out as a mystical object in the early stories, in which Skeletor tries to obtain both halves and put them together in order to gain control over Castle Grayskull, while He-Man's role is to stop him by using more regular weapons such as an axe and a shield. With the arrival of the \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\" animated series, the Power Sword became the", "title": "The Power Sword" }, { "docid": "2976134", "text": "as opposed to the earlier Zodac), Two-Bad (portrayed as two bounty hunters known as Tuvar and Baddhra, magically combined into one being by Skeletor's magic), Stinkor (finally making an appearance in cartoon continuity as the mutated form of Odiphus) are all expanded upon. On-and-off villains Count Marzo and Evilseed return, while new characters such as Dekker, Carnivus, Ceratus, Lord Dactys, Prahvus, the Faceless One and the giants Chadzar, Belzar and Azdar are also introduced in this series. Later episodes of this series were re-titled \"Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake-Men\", and sidelined Skeletor as chief villain in favor of", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "13859549", "text": "Tower. The return of the Towers enhances the Sorceress' magic, and she helps King Randor in his search to discover what happened to his long-lost brother Keldor. Skeletor is determined to stop the search. Included with the She-Ra dolls beginning in 1985, these differed from the cartoon series. She-Ra used the Crystal Castle as her home, and Catra (rather than Hordak) is the primary villain. Marvel's Star Comics imprint published 13 issues in 1986. First ublished in the UK by London Edition Magazines, the fortnightly comic series lasted for 72 issues with an additional monthly comic (\"Masters of the Universe", "title": "Masters of the Universe (comics)" }, { "docid": "19551954", "text": "sold in comic shops to raise additional donations to the CAAF. The story features Scare Glow as a character from another dimension who is summoned by Skeletor to use his powers against the Masters. Twistoid is a cybernetic warrior with no legs, whose lower body is shaped like a spinning top, enabling him to twist along the ground at super-speed. This enables him to trick opponents and easily dodge attacks. He was one of the last figures to be released in He-Man toyline's sixth wave in 1987, basicly being an evil rival to the heroic character of Rotar. His first", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551971", "text": "After being shunned by Granamyr, Draego-Man sided with the people of Eternia. After the Truce of the Three Towers, Draego-Man became so disgusted with the humans that he chose to isolate himself within the Caverns of Rakash. Many millenniums later, Draego-Man came out of hiding where he sided with Skeletor in his plot to enslave the dragons and use them in the Evil Warriors' attack on the Royal Palace of Eternia. Exclusive to the MOTU Classics toyline, he is also the only entirely new character that the Four Horsemen have created for Masters of the Universe. Goat Man was originally", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551960", "text": "Cosmic Key. Originally, Mer-Man was slated to appear the movie instead of Saurod, but Mattel would not allow the filmmakers to kill off a character they had created. Saurod is vaporized by Skeletor as penalty for the group's failure. He does not speak in the movie and his name is pronounced by Evil-Lyn as \"Saraad\" rather than 'Saw-rod\". His action figure has been the source of controversy with claims that it should not be given to a very young child because the sparks that come out of his mouth are a potential fire hazard. In the \"Masters of the Universe", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551958", "text": "appear in the cartoon because it ended before his figure was released. There is some debate over which faction he belongs to, as the Mattel style guide and the original toy packaging state that he is an Evil Warrior of Skeletor, whilst some comics depict him as a member of the Snake Men serving King Hiss. The Masters of the Universe Classics toyline designates him as a Snake Man. Blade is a master swordsman and bounty hunter with an eyepatch and completely bald head. His swordsmanship can rival He-Man's. He appears in the 1987 movie, the mini-comics and the Marvel", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "19551968", "text": "toy made of him, until the Masters of the Universe \"Classics\" line. The symbol over his chest straps strongly resembles the Evil Horde's red bat-winged insignia. That and the fact that an origin episode for the Sorceress featuring 3 aliens wearing Horde uniforms, and flying in Horde ships leads many to assume that he may have been one of several teasers for the upcoming \"\" series. Originating in the Filmation cartoon, Strongarm is a cyborg with a powerful and extending right arm, with strength that can rival He-Man's. Capable and competent, he delighted Skeletor with his intelligence and ingenuity. He", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "2976027", "text": "working title 'Lords of Power', the name 'Masters of the Universe' came into being when it was suggested that former name of the toy-line was too religious in nature. The roster of characters would soon expand past the main hero, He-Man, and Mark Taylor would draw inspiration for the series main villain, Skeletor, from his 1971 sketch entitled 'The King of Styx', along with early renderings of his characters Demo-Man and D-Man. Taylor would create preliminary designs for several other original characters as well, with additional ideas and direction from Mark Ellis and Paul Cleveland, among others, but the premise", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "7325903", "text": "to a close when Mattel began to end the licensing program for the Masters of the Universe relaunch. The comics were published by Image Comics, then MV Creations themselves (through Crossgen Comics), before eventually going back to Image Comics. MV Creations also made several minicomics which were included with a few of the 200X action figures; they also created a comic of the unproduced episode 40 of the cartoon series, based on Dean Stefan's original screenplay. In the comic - \"Captured\" - Skeletor retakes Snake Mountain, King Hiss recovers from his injuries after his defeat at the hands of Zodak,", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)" }, { "docid": "6357698", "text": "from the Filmation animated series \"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe\", thus linking the two planets. Describing her character, Foster said that Evil-Lyn is not villainous, \"she is just doing her job and she knows how to get results, even if it means being harsh.\" Langella agreed, calling Evil-Lyn a female more dedicated to Skeletor's cause than any man; she is obsessive around Skeletor because she is slightly lovelorn. The filmmakers considered having Foster wear eye-lenses to mask her naturally pale-blue eyes, but decided that her natural eyes fit the character better. However, they did augment Foster's chest, fitting", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "2976034", "text": "devastated once powerful civilizations, leaving behind their fantastical machinery and weapons. The events of the war have also opened a rift between dimensions, which has allowed the evil warlord Skeletor to travel to Eternia. This inaugural incarnation of Skeletor sets his sights on obtaining both halves of the Power Sword (originally split in two in these early stories), in order to gain entry into the ancient Castle Grayskull (depicted, in these early comics, as being inhabited by the ghostly 'Spirit of Castle Grayskull'). The main premise being that whomever attains control of Castle Grayskull, will gain the power to become", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "19551983", "text": "to by an ally of Eternos, putting all citizens of Eternia into deep sleep, to allow Skeletor and Monsters of Deep to invade the city. He-Man and Orrko ultimately succeeds in stopping his evil plans and made Reigam vanish, possibly to his own dimension. Reigam has appeared in two episodes of MOTU German Audio Sturm auf Castle Grayskull (Assault On Castle Grayskull) voiced by Gunther Konig (credited as \"Magier\") and Die Ebene der Ewigkeit (The Level Of Eternity) voiced by Michael Wiegandt. Torvus is a elderly human mad scientist in the employ of Skeletor. He created the rampaging giant called", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "6173002", "text": "of Protection, which looks just like He-Man's sword but has a jewel in it. Adora becomes She-Ra for the first time after the Sorceress contacts her via telepathy and tells her her destiny and reveals that she is He-Man's twin sister. The live action movie, \"Masters of the Universe\", showcased Christina Pickles in the role of Sorceress. In the movie the Sorceress has been imprisoned by Skeletor, and her powers are being siphoned into him; the result leaves her aged and dying. Once Skeletor is eventually defeated, her powers and true appearance are seemingly restored. The Sorceress is clothed in", "title": "Sorceress of Castle Grayskull" }, { "docid": "19551949", "text": "to himself as the Ghost of Skeletor in the mini comic, Scare Glow was packaged with the mini-comic \"The Search for Keldor\". In this comic he is summoned to Eternia by Skeletor using a magic spell to call forth the most evil beings of space and time, although it is never stated which time period or dimension Scare Glow originates from. He is sent out with Ninjor on a mission to attack the Heroic Warriors with the power of his glow. He uses the glow to overpower Prince Adam, evoking in him so much fear that he is even too", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" }, { "docid": "6357691", "text": "that Skeletor has acquired his invention: a \"Cosmic Key\" that can open a portal to anywhere by utilizing sound keys. The device was stolen by Skeletor's second-in-command, Evil-Lyn, allowing Skeletor to breach Castle Grayskull. With Gwildor's remaining prototype of the Key in hand, He-Man and his friends travel to the Castle. They attempt to free the Sorceress but are overwhelmed by Skeletor's army and forced to flee through Gwildor's hastily opened portal, transporting them to Earth. The Key is misplaced on their arrival and discovered by two New Jersey teenagers, orphaned high school girl Julie Winston and her boyfriend Kevin", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "6357696", "text": "but Skeletor draws a concealed sword and attempts to kill He-Man; He-Man knocks Skeletor into a towering pit below. The freed Sorceress heals Julie, and a portal is opened to send the Earthlings home. Hailed as a hero for his bravery, Lubic decides to remain on Eternia. Julie awakens on the morning of her parents' deaths by plane crash. She prevents them from taking the ill-fated flight by taking their keys, and runs outside to find Kevin. Kevin confirms that their experiences were real, producing a souvenir from Eternia: a small blue sphere containing a scene of He-Man in front", "title": "Masters of the Universe (film)" }, { "docid": "2976050", "text": "the original line such as Lizard-Man, the Royal Archeologist Melaktha, Trollans Dree-Elle and Montork, Avion bird-people Delora and Hawke, Adam's grandfather King Miro, Squinch and the Widgets and the wise and ancient dragon, Granamyr. He-Man's nemesis, the evil wizard Skeletor (now famously portrayed by voice actor Alan Oppenheimer as a cackling and more comedic villain), still wishes to conquer Castle Grayskull and learn of its secrets, but also now desires to take over the royal palace and rule Eternia; often seeking ancient and mysterious beasts and artifacts to try and stop He-man and his allies. Skeletor often hosts his rogues", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "3405935", "text": "Snake Men are freed from the Void, Hiss imprisons Skeletor, having him devoured by a giant snake, but Skeletor escapes after the Masters defeat Hiss. Despite owing his life to Hordak, Skeletor destroys Hordak's sanctuary to prevent him from returning. Skeletor did not want to hold up his end of the bargain and free Hordak from Despondos because he wants Eternia for himself. At the end of the Second Season, King Hiss revives Serpos, the Serpent God, who had been transformed into Snake Mountain by the Elders; Skeletor and his minions were inside the mountain at that time. Though Serpos", "title": "Skeletor" }, { "docid": "2976039", "text": "on the side of Skeletor in \"He-Man Meets Ram-Man\"; and Man-E-Faces is introduced in \"The Ordeal of Man-E-faces\" as an Eternian actor turned into a monster by Skeletor, freed by the Sorceress, only to be magically possessed by three multiple personalities: man, monster and robot. Skeletor's evil warriors also get their own introductory minicomics, with Tri-Klops as a skilled swordsman and mercenary in \"The Terror of Tri-Klops\", and Trap Jaw, portrayed in \"The Menace of Trap Jaw\", as a criminal from another dimension. In these pre-Filmation stories, the primary characters of Prince Adam, Cringer, Orko, and Evil-Lyn did not yet", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "2976013", "text": "of He-Man/Adam. The childlike Trollan magician Orko also often features as one of He-Man's closest allies; as do Stratos, a flying bird-man from the kingdom of Avion; Ram-Man, a stout dimwitted warrior with spring-like legs and a large helmet that encloses his head and upper torso; and Man-E-Faces, an actor with face-changing abilities. Skeletor is originally described as an evil being from another dimension and in some later MOTU lore as a disfigured and vengeful relative of the royal family, known as Keldor. From his lair in Snake Mountain, Skeletor would assemble his \"Evil Warriors\" to assist in his various", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "6003451", "text": "her to pilot the shuttle. When the ship crashed as the result of an explosion from Skeletor's homeworld of Infinita, Evelyn wound up on Infinita, where the evil powers of that world turned her knowledge of science into sorcery to aid Skeletor. This origin is used in a storybook entitled \"New Champions of Eternia\" but was unpopular with the show's writers and therefore never alluded to in the cartoon. Evil-Lyn features in the 1987 live action feature film \"Masters of the Universe\". Played by Meg Foster, she is shown as Skeletor's main hench-woman as in the cartoon, although the film", "title": "Evil-Lyn" }, { "docid": "2976064", "text": "again feature new versions of He-Man and Skeletor with special action features: Thunder-Punch He-Man (whose backpack could be loaded with plastic ring caps to create a loud \"bang\" when turning He-Man's waist) and Dragon Blaster Skeletor (which included a small water squirting dragon chained to Skeletor's armour). Heroic warriors included in the line were Moss Man (\"heroic spy & master of camouflage\"; a fuzzy pine-scented re-tooling of the Beast-Man mold), Roboto (\"heroic mechanical warrior\"; featuring moving gears and multiple weapons that could be inserted into his arm socket) and Sy-Klone (\"heroic fist-flinging tornado\"; with a dial on his waist allowing", "title": "Masters of the Universe" }, { "docid": "7325899", "text": "several of the other adversaries fought by the Heroic Masters into a grand council of evil. He captures most of the Masters, forcing He-Man and Teela to enter Snake Mountain. Adam becomes separated from his sword, and is soon forced to protect Castle Grayskull from Skeletor without it. After the events of the season one cliffhanger such as Orko returning the sword to Adam and the Heroic Masters rescued, the Snake Men took center stage as the main antagonists, having been hinted at in the first season as being trapped beneath Snake Mountain (the place being their former stronghold, hence", "title": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)" }, { "docid": "19551966", "text": "Ice Mountains, recruited by Skeletor, after he realizing a need for evil agents in the North. Originating in the Filmation cartoon, Fang Man is a dragonoid who appeared in one episode \"The Time Corridor\", voiced by Lou Scheimer. He has power to control dragon-like creatures called Dragosaurs. He was left back in time with Tri-Klops and was never seen in another episode again, yet Tri-klops was. Some sources state that he is a Snake Man known as \"Fang-Shu\". He is possibly the prototype of Kobra Khan of the Snake Men, who was released as a figure, as he can squirt", "title": "Evil Warriors (Masters of The Universe)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "15461432", "text": "confront \"-A\" who appears to be a woman dressed as The Black Swan from Swan Lake. Spencer, accompanied by Mona, rides out to Lost Woods, while the other girls chase \"-A\". Spencer and Mona are able to steal the key to one of the rooms, which is revealed to be \"-A's\" Lair. Mona then reveals to Spencer that she is \"-A\", while the woman at the costume party was only a decoy. Mona knocks Spencer unconscious, driving her to a nearby cliff. She gives Spencer the option of joining her \"-A\" Team, or dying. Spencer momentarily escapes, and the other", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2)" } ]

[ { "docid": "20942996", "text": "a minimum salary of $25,000 per season, health care, and league equity. The PLL will feature six teams with a 28-player roster. As opposed to tying teams to a specific market, the league will tour 12 different \"major market cities\". The season is projected to have 14 weeks, comprising 10 regular-season weekends, 1 all-star weekend, and 2 playoff weekends. It is projected the season will run during the summer from June 1 through September 21. This schedule will assure there is no overlap with the NCAA Lacrosse season or National Lacrosse League season. In Mid-October 2018 it was announced that", "title": "Premier Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "14724838", "text": "the reference counter, the other for the output (or VCO) counter. In a uni-bit PLL, of the two digital buses, only one bit (line) of each is used. All the rest of the information is lost. PLL design is an interdisciplinary task, difficult even for experts in PLLs. This - for the Unibit PLL, which is simpler than the Multibit PLL. The design should take into account: The above PLL uses more of the bits in the two counters. There is a \"difficult problem\", of comparing signals at different frequencies, in two digital buses which count to a different final", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "14724832", "text": "PLL multibit A PLL multibit or multibit PLL is a phase-locked loop (PLL) which achieves improved performance compared to a unibit PLL by using more bits. Unibit PLLs use only the most significant bit (MSB) of each counter's output bus to measure the phase, while multibit PLLs use more bits. PLLs are an essential component in telecommunications. Multibit PLLs achieve improved efficiency and performance: better utilization of the frequency spectrum, to serve more users at a higher quality of service (QoS), reduced RF transmit power, and reduced power consumption in cellular phones and other wireless devices. A phase-locked loop is", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "5465517", "text": "as ×3/2, ×4/3, ×2/3, etc.) and generate arbitrary voltages by quickly alternating between modes, depending on the controller and circuit topology. They are commonly used in low-power electronics (such as mobile phones) to raise and lower voltages for different parts of the circuitry - minimizing power consumption by controlling supply voltages carefully. The term \"charge pump\" is also commonly used in phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits even though there is no pumping action involved unlike in the circuit discussed above. A PLL charge pump is merely a bipolar switched current source. This means that it can output positive and negative current", "title": "Charge pump" }, { "docid": "16478218", "text": "we announce the New Jersey Rascals will not be playing this season. We believe it is in the best interest of our fans, the Sun National Bank Center, our corporate partners and sponsors to take another year to explore the many ways that we can build on the great momentum we are seeing in the Mercer County area.\" With the loss of the Rascals, the 2012 PLL season was in serious jeopardy. The Rascals have since become a charter member of the new United States Lacrosse League which also failed to launch. Professional Lacrosse League The Professional Lacrosse League (PLL)", "title": "Professional Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "14724836", "text": "better performance than phase coding. Fine frequency resolution is the capability of a PLL to generate closely spaced frequencies. For example, a cellular network may require a mobile phone to set its frequency at any of a plurality of values, spaced 30 kHz or 10 kHz. The \"performance envelope\" of a PLL defines the interrelation between the above essential criteria of performance - for example improving the frequency resolution will result in a slower PLL and higher phase noise, etc. The PLL Multibit expands the performance envelope of the PLL - it enables to achieve faster settling time together with", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "14724840", "text": "and programming the components. Early multibit PLLs used a microprocessor, a microcontroller or DSP to close the loop in a smart implementation. A multibit PLL offers fine frequency resolution and fast frequency hopping, together with lower phase noise and lower power consumption. It thus enhances the overall performance envelope of the PLL. The loop bandwidth can be optimized for phase noise performance and/or frequency settling speed; it depends less on the frequency resolution. Improving the PLL performance can make better use of the frequency spectrum and reduce transmit power. And indeed, PLL performance is being constantly improved. PLL multibit A", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "19133724", "text": "can swim by way of two rear mounted propellers. The existence of the PLL-05 was first revealed in 2001 with the system entering service some years later. The PLL-05 was one of the systems that participated in the military parade as part of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China celebrations. PLL-05 The PLL-05 is a Chinese self-propelled gun-mortar in use by Chinese mechanised infantry formations. Conceptually it is similar to the Russian 2S23 \"Nona-SVK\" (the turret and weapon system of the 2S9 Nona mounted on a BTR-80 chassis) three of which China purchased for evaluation; at one", "title": "PLL-05" }, { "docid": "10586477", "text": "facilities. PLL has a long term LNG supply contract with RasGas, Qatar, for import of 7.5 MMTPA of LNG. PLL Dahej terminal in Gujarat has been expanded to 10 MMTPA capacity. PLL has successfully implemented a pilot project for supplying LNG through cryogenic road tankers. PLL is also coming up with an LNG terminal at Kochi, Kerala, with an initial capacity of 2.5 MMTPA, expandable up to 5 MMTPA and it was scheduled to be operational by end of 2011. GAIL has a 12.5% equity stake in PLL, along with BPCL, ONGC and IOCL as equal partners. Ratnagiri Gas and", "title": "GAIL" }, { "docid": "6328033", "text": "previous sentences (that correspond to the figure where the integrator, and not the flat gain, is used), the DLL is a loop of 1st order and type 1 and the PLL of 2nd order and type 2. Without the integration of the error signal, the DLL would be 0th order and type 0 and the PLL 1st order and type 1. The number of elements in the delay chain must be even, or else the duty cycle of the clock at the intermediate nodes of the chain might become irregular. If 2N +1 was the -odd- number of stages, a", "title": "Delay-locked loop" }, { "docid": "20942995", "text": "Premier Lacrosse League Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a proposed professional lacrosse league. The league's inaugural season is set to debut June 1, 2019 and include a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 \"major-market cities.\" The league is founded by the American professional lacrosse player Paul Rabil and his brother Mike Rabil. Investors include The Chernin Group and The Raine Group. In September 2018 Bloomberg reported Paul Rabil would be launching a new professional lacrosse league. The PLL would be a direct competitor to the more established Major League Lacrosse. The new league will provide professional lacrosse players with", "title": "Premier Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "14724833", "text": "an electronic component or system comprising a closed loop for controlling the phase of an oscillator while comparing it with the phase of an input or reference signal. An indirect frequency synthesizer uses a PLL. In an all-digital PLL, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is controlled using a digital, rather than analog, control signal. The phase detector gives a signal proportional to the phase difference between two signals; in a PLL, one signal is the reference, and the other is the output of the controlled oscillator (or a divider driven by the oscillator). In a unibit phase-locked loop, the phase is", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "20942997", "text": "140 players had already been signed by the PLL. Of the 140 players; 86 All-Americans, 25 members of the U.S. National Team, and 10 former Tewaaraton Award winners. The league followed up with an announcement the first week of December 2018 that it had signed 17 additional players. It was further announced that the league signed an exclusive media rights with NBC Sports Group. Premier Lacrosse League Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a proposed professional lacrosse league. The league's inaugural season is set to debut June 1, 2019 and include a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 \"major-market cities.\"", "title": "Premier Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "5457883", "text": "as the input, which in turn drives the right grounded link of the PLL, thus driving the entire PLL. Sylvester (\"Collected Works\", Vol. 3, Paper 2) writes that when he showed a model to Kelvin, he “nursed it as if it had been his own child, and when a motion was made to relieve him of it, replied ‘No! I have not had nearly enough of it—it is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life.’” A monumental-scale sculpture implementing the linkage in illuminated struts is on permanent exhibition in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The artwork measures , weighs", "title": "Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage" }, { "docid": "14724839", "text": "value. Improved performance is possible by using the faster bits of the counters, taking into account the additional available information. The operation of the PLL is further disrupted by \"overflow in the counters\". This effect is only relevant in multibit PLLs; for Unibit PLL, there is only the one-bit signal MSB, therefore no overflow is possible. The additional degree of freedom in Multibit PLLs allows to adapt each PLL to specific requirements. This can be effectively implemented with programmable logic devices (PLD), for example those manufactured by Altera Corp. Altera provides both digital components and advanced design tools for using", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "19729169", "text": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, referred to as B-PLL, is a rare blood cancer. Specifically, B-PLL is a prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL) that affects prolymphocytes – immature forms of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes – in the peripheral blood, bone marrow, and spleen. It is an aggressive cancer that presents poor response to treatment. Mature lymphocytes are infection-fighting immune system cells. B-lymphocytes have two responsibilities: It is categorized as a lymphoproliferative disorder due to the excessive production of lymphocytes, in B-PLL there is excess production of B-prolymphocytes by the bone marrow. These immature lymphocytes are not normally found in the blood; part", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "19729180", "text": "early relapse and median survival time between 3–5 years. B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, referred to as B-PLL, is a rare blood cancer. Specifically, B-PLL is a prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL) that affects prolymphocytes – immature forms of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes – in the peripheral blood, bone marrow, and spleen. It is an aggressive cancer that presents poor response to treatment. Mature lymphocytes are infection-fighting immune system cells. B-lymphocytes have two responsibilities: It is categorized as a lymphoproliferative disorder due to the excessive production of lymphocytes, in B-PLL there is excess production of B-prolymphocytes by the bone marrow. These immature", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "10082318", "text": "Despite its overall rarity, it is also the most common type of mature T cell leukemia. T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a mature T-cell leukemia with aggressive behavior and predilection for blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and skin involvement. T-PLL is a very rare leukemia, primarily affecting adults over the age of 30. It represents 2% of all small lymphocytic leukemias in adults. Other names include \"T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia\", \"\"knobby\" type of T-cell leukemia\", and \"T-prolymphocytic leukemia/T-cell lymphocytic leukemia.\" People affected by T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia typically have systemic disease at presentation, including enlargement of the", "title": "T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia" }, { "docid": "10082312", "text": "T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a mature T-cell leukemia with aggressive behavior and predilection for blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and skin involvement. T-PLL is a very rare leukemia, primarily affecting adults over the age of 30. It represents 2% of all small lymphocytic leukemias in adults. Other names include \"T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia\", \"\"knobby\" type of T-cell leukemia\", and \"T-prolymphocytic leukemia/T-cell lymphocytic leukemia.\" People affected by T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia typically have systemic disease at presentation, including enlargement of the liver and spleen, widespread enlargement of the lymph nodes, and skin infiltrates. Due to the systemic", "title": "T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia" }, { "docid": "10082317", "text": "treated people with T-PLL, people who had a complete response to alemtuzumab survived a median of 16 months after treatment. Some patients who successfully respond to treatment also undergo stem cell transplantation to consolidate the response. T-PLL is an extremely rare aggressive disease, and patients are not expected to live normal lifespans. Before the recent introduction of better treatments, such as alemtuzumab, the median survival time was 7.5 months after diagnosis. More recently, some patients have survived five years and more, although the median survival is still low. About four men are diagnosed with this disease for every three women.", "title": "T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia" }, { "docid": "18985226", "text": "to name such frequency deviations that make the acquisition process possible (see, e.g. explanations in [, p. 40], [, p. 61]). Definition of pull-in range. Pull-in range is a largest interval of frequency deviations formula_10 such that PLL acquires lock for arbitrary initial phase, initial frequency, and filter state. Here formula_11 is called pull-in frequency. Assume that PLL is initially locked. Then the reference frequency formula_12 is suddenly changed in an abrupt manner(step change). Pull-in range guarantees that PLL will eventually synchronize, however this process may take a long time. Such long acquisition process is called cycle slipping. If difference", "title": "Phase-locked loop ranges" }, { "docid": "19729172", "text": "used to study proteins expressed in cells using immunologic markers. In B-PLL patients there is strong expression of surface immunoglobulin – a membrane-bound form of an antibody, b-lymphocyte surface antigens CD19, CD20, CD22, CD79a and FMC7, and weak expression of CD5 and CD23. Due to the similarities among lymphoproliferative disorders, it is often difficult to diagnose patients. Immunophenotyping helps distinguish B-PLL from similar diseases, one of its key identifiers is the absence in expression of the surface antigens CD10, CD11c, CD25, CD103 and cyclin D1 – an important regulator of cell-cycle progression. B-PLL is rare, consequently few genetic studies have", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "19729171", "text": "leukemia is often asymptomatic. The most common signs and symptoms are the result of the inability of the bone marrow to produce normal levels of blood cells: Diagnosis of B-PLL is difficult due to its considerable overlap with other mature B-cell leukemias and lymphomas. It requires integration of morphology with diagnostic tests including immunophenotyping and chromosome analysis (cytogenetics). In order to diagnose a patient with B-PLL, b-prolymphocyte composition of a patient's blood cells must exceed 55%. High white blood cell counts – greater than 100 x 10/L – are also indicative of B-PLL. B-prolymphocytes are characterized by: This technique is", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "520067", "text": "the PLL responds only to the carrier frequencies which are very close to the VCO output, a PLL AM detector exhibits a high degree of selectivity and noise immunity which is not possible with conventional peak type AM demodulators. However, the loop may lose lock where AM signals have 100% modulation depth. One desirable property of all PLLs is that the reference and feedback clock edges be brought into very close alignment. The average difference in time between the phases of the two signals when the PLL has achieved lock is called the static phase offset (also called the steady-state", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "19133721", "text": "PLL-05 The PLL-05 is a Chinese self-propelled gun-mortar in use by Chinese mechanised infantry formations. Conceptually it is similar to the Russian 2S23 \"Nona-SVK\" (the turret and weapon system of the 2S9 Nona mounted on a BTR-80 chassis) three of which China purchased for evaluation; at one time it was reported that China would purchase 100 of the Russian vehicles however this failed to occur, nor does it appear that there was a formal transfer of technology to China. The Chinese system features a longer barreled weapon mounted on the Type 92 variant of the WZ551 armored personnel carrier. The", "title": "PLL-05" }, { "docid": "10586448", "text": "the globe and has been adopting a strategy to have a mixed portfolio of spot, short/mid-term, and long-term deals. To ensure long-term supplies in the past, GAIL has promoted Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL), along with oil majors Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for the import of LNG into India. PLL is importing 7.5 MMTPA of LNG from Qatar for its Dahej Terminal on long-term contract basis. PLL will also be importing 1.44 MMTPA from Gorgon LNG project, Australia for its Kochi Terminal. GAIL is also the sole transporter of", "title": "GAIL" }, { "docid": "14724835", "text": "so the oscillator frequency follows (equals) the input frequency. Although the average output frequency equals the input frequency, the oscillator's frequency fluctuates or vibrates about that average value. The closed loop operates to correct such frequency deviations; higher performance PLL reduces these fluctuations to lower values, however these deviations can never be stopped. See Control theory. Phase noise, spurious emission, and jitter are results of the above phenomena. Frequency settling time is the time it takes the PLL to hop to another frequency. Frequency hopping is used in GSM, and still more in modern systems. In CDMA, frequency hopping achieves", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "15066812", "text": "cells. Studies have also shown that alginate-PLL-alginate (APA) microcapsules demonstrate low mechanical stability and short term durability. Thus several research groups have been looking for alternatives to PLL and have demonstrated promising results with poly-L-ornithine and poly(methylene-co-guanidine) hydrochloride by fabricating durable microcapsules with high and controlled mechanical strength for cell encapsulation. Several groups have also investigated the use of chitosan which is a naturally derived polycation as a potential replacement for PLL to fabricate alginate-chitosan (AC) microcapsules for cell delivery applications. However, studies have also shown that the stability of this AC membrane is again limited and one group demonstrated", "title": "Cell encapsulation" }, { "docid": "16478217", "text": "have not secured arena leases and are currently searching for new locations. The New Jersey Rascals will reportedly be a member of the PLL. On July 11, 2012 the Commissioner Brett Vickers announced on Twitter \"@PLLcommissioner I love throwing people off by setting up websites.\" & \"Heading South...had two great meetings in the two new PLL cities Wednesday and yesterday. Excited about September!\" Adding speculation that New Jersey may not be the league's newest member. On August 28, Brett Vickers resigned from the PLL. On September 6, 2012, New Jersey Rascals CEO announced \"It is with a heavy heart that", "title": "Professional Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "16068299", "text": "but too little accuracy to be useful. Gee and LORAN-A became possible due to the development of the oscilloscope – before this the accurate measurement of time was not possible. LORAN-C became possible due to the development of the low-cost phase-locked loop (PLL) in the 1950s. A PLL produces a steady output signal with the same frequency and phase as an input signal, even if that input is periodic or poorly received. In this case the important feature was that the PLL allowed the re-construction of a continuous signal from a number of short pulses. A system using PLLs could", "title": "Hyperbolic navigation" }, { "docid": "7796270", "text": "higher maximum speed with greater accuracy at higher total cost). Only the external oscillator may be run through an on-chip phase-locked loop (PLL) clock multiplier, which may be set at 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x. Both the on-board oscillator frequency (if used) and the PLL multiplier value may be changed at run-time. If used correctly, this can improve power efficiency; for example, the PLL multiplier can be decreased before a long \"no operation\" wait needed for timing purposes, then increased afterward, causing the processor to use less power. However, the utility of this technique is limited to situations where", "title": "Parallax Propeller" }, { "docid": "351545", "text": "and second layer edges simultaneously, with each corner paired up with a second-layer edge piece, thus completing the first two layers (F2L). This is then followed by orienting the last layer, then permuting the last layer (OLL and PLL respectively). Fridrich's solution requires learning roughly 120 algorithms but allows the Cube to be solved in only 55 moves on average. A now well-known method was developed by Lars Petrus. In this method, a 2×2×2 section is solved first, followed by a 2×2×3, and then the incorrect edges are solved using a three-move algorithm, which eliminates the need for a possible", "title": "Rubik's Cube" }, { "docid": "520084", "text": "the input of PLL formula_4 and VCO output formula_5 are high frequency signals. Then for any piecewise differentiable formula_28-periodic functions formula_8 and formula_9 there is a function formula_31 such that the output formula_32 of Filter in phase domain is asymptotically equal ( the difference formula_34 is small with respect to the frequencies) to the output of the Filter in time domain model. Here function formula_31 is a phase detector characteristic. Denote by formula_36 the phase difference Then the following dynamical system describes PLL behavior Here formula_39; formula_40 is the frequency of a reference oscillator (we assume that formula_15 is constant).", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "520052", "text": "each car is on its own and free to pass the other and lap the other. This is analogous to the PLL in an unlocked state. However, if there is an accident, a yellow caution flag is raised. This means neither of the race cars is permitted to overtake and pass the other car. The two race cars represent the input and output frequency of the PLL in a locked state. Each driver will measure the phase difference (a fraction of the distance around the lap) between himself and the other race car. If the hind driver is too far", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "14724834", "text": "measured using only one bit of the reference and output counters, the most significant bit (MSB). In a multibit phase-locked loop, the phase is measured using more than one bit of the reference and output counters, usually including the most significant bit. In unibit PLLs, the output frequency is defined by the input frequency and the modulo count of the two counters. In each counter, only the most significant bit (MSB) is used. The other output lines of the counters are ignored; this is wasted information. A PLL includes a phase detector, filter and oscillator connected in a closed loop,", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "19269398", "text": "seventh season, but would not necessarily mean that the show would end after the seventh season. Hale said on \"The Late Late Show with James Corden\" that the show was ending after the seventh season. Bellisario's fiancé Patrick J. Adams said in June 2016, that the show was ending in 2017, as the couple has decided to get married after the show ends. Freeform gave out a statement not long after saying that \"There has been no official decision made for PLL beyond a season 7.\" It was announced on August 29, 2016, the day before the mid-season finale would", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)" }, { "docid": "19133722", "text": "gun-mortar is a lighter and more compact artillery piece than the traditional gun-howitzer at the expense of maximum range, and which has the advantage of better accuracy, higher rate of fire and capability of direct fire in comparison to standard infantry mortars. The main armament of the PLL-05 is a 120mm gun-mortar in a turret capable of 360° traverse, this turret being mounted on a 6x6 WZ551 armored personnel carrier chassis. The mortar has an elevation range of -4 to +80 and is capable of both direct and indirect fire. It is fitted with a semi-automatic loader and can be", "title": "PLL-05" }, { "docid": "517444", "text": "Costas loop A Costas loop is a phase-locked loop (PLL) based circuit which is used for carrier frequency recovery from suppressed-carrier modulation signals (e.g. double-sideband suppressed carrier signals) and phase modulation signals (e.g. BPSK, QPSK). It was invented by John P. Costas at General Electric in the 1950s. Its invention was described as having had \"a profound effect on modern digital communications\". The primary application of Costas loops is in wireless receivers. Its advantage over the PLL-based detectors is that at small deviations the Costas loop error voltage is formula_1 as compared to formula_2. This translates to double the sensitivity", "title": "Costas loop" }, { "docid": "5863123", "text": "and maximum period to achieve a desired effect. Prescalers are typically used at very high frequency to extend the upper frequency range of frequency counters, phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizers, and other counting circuits. When used in conjunction with a PLL, a prescaler introduces a normally undesired change in the relationship between the frequency step size and phase detector comparison frequency. For this reason, it is common to either restrict the integer to a low value, or use a dual-modulus prescaler in this application. A dual-modulus prescaler is one that has the ability to selectively divide the input frequency by", "title": "Prescaler" }, { "docid": "6736509", "text": "CFOP Method The CFOP Method (Cross – F2L – OLL – PLL), sometimes known as the Fridrich method, is one of the most commonly used methods in speedsolving a 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube. This method was first developed in the early 1980s combining innovations by a number of speed cubers. Czech speedcuber Jessica Fridrich is generally credited for popularizing it by publishing it online in 1997. The method works on a layer-by-layer system, first solving a cross typically on the bottom, continuing to solve the first two layers (F2L), orienting the last layer (OLL), and finally permuting the last layer (PLL).", "title": "CFOP Method" }, { "docid": "6328031", "text": "(=delay) block where a PLL uses a variable frequency block. A DLL compares the phase of its last output with the input clock to generate an error signal which is then integrated and fed back as the control to all of the delay elements. The integration allows the error to go to zero while keeping the control signal, and thus the delays, where they need to be for phase lock. Since the control signal directly impacts the phase this is all that is required. A PLL compares the phase of its oscillator with the incoming signal to generate an error", "title": "Delay-locked loop" }, { "docid": "520065", "text": "is the PLL's feedback input. The function of the PLL is to compare the distributed clock to the incoming reference clock, and vary the phase and frequency of its output until the reference and feedback clocks are phase and frequency matched. PLLs are ubiquitous—they tune clocks in systems several feet across, as well as clocks in small portions of individual chips. Sometimes the reference clock may not actually be a pure clock at all, but rather a data stream with enough transitions that the PLL is able to recover a regular clock from that stream. Sometimes the reference clock is", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "14724837", "text": "fine frequency resolution and with lower phase noise. As one progresses from the MSB toward the least significant bit (LSB), the frequency increases. For a binary counter, each next bit is at twice the frequency of the previous one. For modulo counters, the relationship is more complicated. Only the MSB of the two counters are at the same frequency. The other bits in one counter have different frequencies from those in the other counter. All the bits at the output of one counter, together, represent a digital bus. Thus, in a PLL frequency synthesizer there are two buses, one for", "title": "PLL multibit" }, { "docid": "2269438", "text": "When the phase difference is too large (which will happen when the instantaneous frequency difference is large), then the sign of the loop gain can reverse and start driving the VCO away from lock for short intervals. The design of the PFD avoids that problem. The PFD has the advantage of producing an output even when the two signals being compared differ not only in phase but in frequency. A phase frequency detector prevents a \"false lock\" condition in PLL applications, in which the PLL synchronizes with the wrong phase of the input signal or with the wrong frequency (e.g.,", "title": "Phase detector" }, { "docid": "10586476", "text": "about 10 km to the ONGC's C2+ Extraction Plant within Special Economic zone (SEZ) at Dahej, Gulf of Khambhat. Feed system: C2, C3 & C4 feed is sourced from existing C2+ recovery plant of ONGC in Dahej (at a distance of 10 km) through the pipeline. Mixed Naphtha (LAN & ARN) in definite proportionate from Hazira is sourced to Petrochemical complex through a separate pipeline. Saleable products: The products shall be dispatched through various modes, like bagging, truck, rail, tanker loading and through pipelines. Petronet LNG Limited (PLL)<BR> PLL has been formed for setting up of LNG import and regasification", "title": "GAIL" }, { "docid": "520062", "text": "which data can be sent. One way of eliminating this delay is to include a deskew PLL on the receive side, so that the clock at each data flip-flop is phase-matched to the received clock. In that type of application, a special form of a PLL called a delay-locked loop (DLL) is frequently used. Many electronic systems include processors of various sorts that operate at hundreds of megahertz. Typically, the clocks supplied to these processors come from clock generator PLLs, which multiply a lower-frequency reference clock (usually 50 or 100 MHz) up to the operating frequency of the processor. The", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "520066", "text": "the same frequency as the clock driven through the clock distribution, other times the distributed clock may be some rational multiple of the reference. A PLL may be used to synchronously demodulate amplitude modulated (AM) signals. The PLL recovers the phase and frequency of the incoming AM signal's carrier. The recovered phase at the VCO differs from the carrier's by 90°, so it is shifted in phase to match, and then fed to a multiplier. The output of the multiplier contains both the sum and the difference frequency signals, and the demodulated output is obtained by low pass filtering. Since", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "18869436", "text": "Weekly\"'s Isabella Biedenharn deemed the reveal \"satisfying\", saying she did not understand people's disappointment and that Wren or one of the Liars \"would have made no sense\". Biedenharn called Vanessa Ray \"fantastic\" and \"compelling\". She opined that the episode, \"the biggest in \"PLL\" history\", deserved at least two hours. Vanessa Ray won a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain for her performance in this episode. Game Over, Charles \"Game Over, Charles\", the tenth episode of sixth season, serves as the mid-season finale. It is the 130th episode, overall, of the ABC Family mystery drama series \"Pretty Little Liars\". It", "title": "Game Over, Charles" }, { "docid": "4136121", "text": "response at its output because a linear system can not create frequencies not present at its input. The superior close-in phase noise performance of a DDS stems from the fact that it is a feed-forward system. In a traditional phase locked loop (PLL), the frequency divider in the feedback path acts to multiply the phase noise of the reference oscillator and, within the PLL loop bandwidth, impresses this excess noise onto the VCO output. A DDS on the other hand, reduces the reference clock phase noise by the ratio formula_1 because its output is derived by fractional division of the", "title": "Direct digital synthesis" }, { "docid": "520060", "text": "radio transmitters, a PLL is used to synthesize new frequencies which are a multiple of a reference frequency, with the same stability as the reference frequency. Other applications include: Some data streams, especially high-speed serial data streams (such as the raw stream of data from the magnetic head of a disk drive), are sent without an accompanying clock. The receiver generates a clock from an approximate frequency reference, and then phase-aligns to the transitions in the data stream with a PLL. This process is referred to as clock recovery. In order for this scheme to work, the data stream must", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "19729175", "text": "of genes it regulates, most are involved in cell growth, cell cycle progression, protein biosynthesis and apoptosis. Amplification of c-MYC has been reported in B-PLL patients and while the consequences are unclear, it is generally associated with poor clinical outcome. After physicians have identified an abnormality in the composition of the peripheral blood, biopsies (tissue samples) from a patient's bone marrow and/or spleen are often recommended for confirmation. A bone marrow biopsy involves the removal of a small amount of tissue that is further analyzed for abnormalities, for B-PLL pathologists look for prolymphocytic infiltration where the hematopoietic stem cells of", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "2984372", "text": "control voltage range of typically 0 to 3 volts, because the high Q factor of the crystals allows \"pulling\" over only a small range of frequencies. When a wider selection of clock frequencies is needed the VCXO output can be passed through digital divider circuits to obtain lower frequencies or be fed to a phase-locked loop (PLL). ICs containing both a VCXO (for external crystal) and a PLL are available. A typical application is to provide clock frequencies in a range from 12 kHz to 96 kHz to an audio digital-to-analog converter. There are two reasons for using a VCXO:", "title": "Voltage-controlled oscillator" }, { "docid": "1766661", "text": "the formulae: formula_4 where V is the combined division ratio V = MN+A. For this to work properly, A must be strictly less than M, as well as less than or equal to N. These restrictions on values of A imply that you can't get every division ratio V. If V falls below M(M - 1), some channels will be missing. Today, most dual-modulus prescalers exist inside of PLL chips, making it impossible to probe actual signals during operation. The first dual-modulus prescalers were discrete ECL devices, separate from the PLL chips. Here is an example of a dual-modulus prescaler", "title": "Dual-modulus prescaler" }, { "docid": "3061521", "text": "Party of Right and Legality (PLL). PLL is a right wing monarchist party and a marginal factor in Albanian politics. It formed a coalition with other parties in Albania. Leka, however, did not vote, stating that Leka was head of the Movement for National Development. He argued that he was a fighter for a Greater Albania in terms of ethnicity and that his restoration as king would make possible this goal. However, in February 2006, he announced he would be withdrawing from political and public life. He died on 30 November 2011 in Mother Teresa Hospital, Tirana. He was buried", "title": "Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1939)" }, { "docid": "19729170", "text": "of their maturation process is being programmed to produce antibodies against foreign material prior to their departure from the bone marrow. In B-PLL, malignant B-prolymphocytes disrupt the adaptive capabilities of the immune system due to the lack of mature B-lymphocytes. B-PLL represents less than 1% of all leukemia cases worldwide, mainly affecting the elderly population with a mean age of presentation between 65-70 years. Most cases have shown slight male predominance, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.6 to 1, and the vast majority of patients being Caucasians. This type of leukemia is characterized by: Similar to other leukemias, B-cell prolymphocytic", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "520069", "text": "logic families such as transistor-transistor logic (TTL) or CMOS. Another desirable property of all PLLs is that the phase and frequency of the generated clock be unaffected by rapid changes in the voltages of the power and ground supply lines, as well as the voltage of the substrate on which the PLL circuits are fabricated. This is called substrate and supply noise rejection. The higher the noise rejection, the better. To further improve the phase noise of the output, an injection locked oscillator can be employed following the VCO in the PLL. In digital wireless communication systems (GSM, CDMA etc.),", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "8701149", "text": "to counter this effect and keep the system in optimal resonance conditions, White used a phase-locked loop system (PLL). Their analysis assumed that using a PLL ruled out significant electromagnetic interaction with the wall. Another potential source of error was a Lorentz force arising from power leads. Many previous experiments used cups with Galinstan metal alloy, which is liquid at room temperature, to supply electrical power to the device in lieu of solid wires. Martin Tajmar and his graduate student Fiedler characterized and attempted to quantify possible sources of error in their experiment at Dresden University of Technology. They ran", "title": "RF resonant cavity thruster" }, { "docid": "19729173", "text": "focused on this disease. As a result, the associated genetic lesions underlying B-PLL are largely unknown. The most commonly reported abnormalities have occurred at chromosome 14, specifically in a region of the chromosome called band q23 (14q23). Translocations to this location lead to overexpression of the cyclin D1 gene which has been linked to both the development and progression of a number of cancers. Other chromosomal abnormalities have been reported on 6q21, 11q23, 12p12, 13q14 and 17p. Among the documented studies, mutations to the TP53 gene have occurred in 75% of all cases of B-PLL. This is the highest incidence", "title": "B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia" }, { "docid": "520080", "text": "in the feedback path divides by formula_1 and the reference input divider divides by formula_2, it allows the PLL to multiply the reference frequency by formula_3. It might seem simpler to just feed the PLL a lower frequency, but in some cases the reference frequency may be constrained by other issues, and then the reference divider is useful. Frequency multiplication can also be attained by locking the VCO output to the \"N\"th harmonic of the reference signal. Instead of a simple phase detector, the design uses a harmonic mixer (sampling mixer). The harmonic mixer turns the reference signal into an", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "2682166", "text": "every year. The 555 is the most popular integrated circuit ever manufactured. The IC was designed in 1971 by Hans R. Camenzind under contract to Signetics (later acquired by Philips Semiconductors, and now NXP). In 1962, Camenzind joined PR Mallory's Laboratory for Physical Science in Burlington, Massachusetts. He designed a pulse-width modulation (PWM) amplifier for audio applications, but it was not successful in the market because there was no power transistor included. He became interested in tuners such as a gyrator and a phase-locked loop (PLL). He was hired by Signetics to develop a PLL IC in 1968. He designed", "title": "555 timer IC" }, { "docid": "1690160", "text": "the Puff variety have few, if any, dental defects. Eyes are a concern within the breed, with many suffering from a painful and blinding inherited eye disease called Primary Lens Luxation. (PLL) The Chinese Crested can also have at least two forms of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) which can eventually lead to blindness as well. For PLL and also one of the forms of PRA, there exists a genetic test, to determine if a dog is a \"carrier, clear, or affected.\" prcd-PRA. Since the test for prcd-PRA can only reveal the existence of affected or carrier status of this one", "title": "Chinese Crested Dog" }, { "docid": "10996674", "text": "to other frequency synthesizer and PLL design techniques. In similar fashion, the frequency output of large lasers can be purified by injection locking them with high accuracy reference lasers (see injection seeder). An injection-locked oscillator (ILO) is usually based on cross-coupled LC oscillator. It has been employed for frequency division or jitter reduction in PLL, with the input of pure sinusoidal waveform. It was employed in continuous mode clock and data recovery (CDR) or clock recovery to perform clock restoration from the aid of either preceding pulse generation circuit to convert non-return-to-zero (NRZ) data to pseudo-return-to-zero (PRZ) format or nonideal", "title": "Injection locking" }, { "docid": "18985224", "text": "VCO. Definition of locked state In a locked state: 1) the phase error fluctuations are small, the frequency error is small; 2) PLL approaches the same locked state after small perturbations of the phases and filter state. Definition of hold-in range. A largest interval of frequency deviations formula_7 for which a locked state exists is called a hold-in range, and formula_8 is called hold-in frequency. Value of frequency deviation belongs to the hold-in range if the loop re-achieves locked state after small perturbations of the filter's state, the phases and frequencies of VCO and the input signals. This effect is", "title": "Phase-locked loop ranges" }, { "docid": "4753093", "text": "primary lens luxation. PLL is a late onset disease which typically affects dogs between the ages of mid 2 and 7. Younger and older cases are known. During September 2009 a definitive DNA test was released by the Animal Health Trust. This test gives three results: Clear, Carrier, or Affected. Aortic valve stenosis and mitral valve dysplasia are heart diseases. Diagnosis is made by colour doppler echocardiography scanning by a specialist veterinarian. Disorders of the skin of a Miniature Bull Terrier can occur. Pyotraumatic dermatitis (hot spots), allergic reactions, and hives can be problematic. U.K. and U.S. breed surveys shows", "title": "Miniature Bull Terrier" }, { "docid": "16478215", "text": "Professional Lacrosse League The Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) was a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in the United States. It was announced in 2012 with its inaugural season scheduled to begin in September 2012. The league originated in a split with the North American Lacrosse League (NALL). The Professional Lacrosse League developed out of a rift in the North American Lacrosse League, which was originally scheduled to start play with five teams in January 2012. Weeks before the NALL season was to start, four of the teams – the Charlotte Copperheads, the Hershey Haymakers, the Jacksonville Bullies, and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton", "title": "Professional Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "15745703", "text": "Charlotte Copperheads The Charlotte Copperheads were an American professional indoor lacrosse team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are a charter member of the Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) and began play in the 2012 season with their home games at the Bojangles' Coliseum. The Copperheads are Charlotte's second indoor lacrosse team; the Charlotte Cobras of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (now known as the National Lacrosse League) played a single season at the Coliseum (when it was known as the Independence Arena) in 1996 before folding. The Cobras maintain the dubious distinction of being the only EPBLL/MILL/NLL team to finish", "title": "Charlotte Copperheads" }, { "docid": "15745700", "text": "Charlotte Copperheads The Charlotte Copperheads were an American professional indoor lacrosse team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are a charter member of the Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) and began play in the 2012 season with their home games at the Bojangles' Coliseum. The Copperheads are Charlotte's second indoor lacrosse team; the Charlotte Cobras of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (now known as the National Lacrosse League) played a single season at the Coliseum (when it was known as the Independence Arena) in 1996 before folding. The Cobras maintain the dubious distinction of being the only EPBLL/MILL/NLL team to finish", "title": "Charlotte Copperheads" }, { "docid": "2033895", "text": "possible, with methods such as K4. Doing so mixes a variety of techniques and is heavily reliant on commutators for the final steps. Some algorithms of Rubik's revenge are: 1. Solving edge pairs - u' R U R' u and u L' U' L u' 2. OLL parity - r U2 x r U2 r U2 r' U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 r' U2 r' 3. PLL parity - 2R2 U2 2R2 u2 2R2 2U2 or u2 r2 U2 2R2 U2 r2 u2 The world record for fastest solve is 18.42 seconds, set by Max Park of the", "title": "Rubik's Revenge" }, { "docid": "18651117", "text": "was allegedly leaked on Reddit. The person behind the account claimed to have been fired after being a PA at the set of \"Pretty Little Liars\" after failing a drug test, and could therefore reveal information about the show. Showrunner I. Marlene King took to Instagram, where she posted a picture and reassured the audience that the claims were false and that the identity of 'A' had not been leaked. ABC Family responded to the leaks, stating, \"All of the info on the site is false. No crew member was fired from PLL and we believe it is just a", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 6)" }, { "docid": "18171348", "text": "AS Jocondien from the latter town, which resulted in the fusion side Tours Joué Basket, playing in Nationale 2. However, it proved an awkward collaboration and the club amassed significant debts (€130,000 out of a budget of €380 000) and was declared bankrupt in 2009. Touraine BC then played alone in the Nationale 3, the fifth division. After repeated requests from TBC, a union was formed with PLL Tours, then of Nationale 2, in June 2014 to form Union Tours Basket Métropole. After playing on an ever-changing number of courts, mostly uncovered outside courts, the club moved into the Palais", "title": "Union Tours Basket Métropole" }, { "docid": "3694540", "text": "Method is used by most speedcubers. The CFOP (Cross - F2L - OLL - PLL) method, also known as the Fridrich Method, was named after one of its inventors, Jessica Fridrich, who finished second in the 2003 Rubik's Cube World Championships. While it is known as the Fridrich method, its origins are actually credited to David Singmaster, who was one of the first to publish a layer by layer method of solving in 1980, and Guus Razoux Schultz, who built upon this and developed a more efficient system for the first two layers (F2L). Jessica Fridrich then finished developing the", "title": "Speedcubing" }, { "docid": "19813488", "text": "in Adults 18-49, finishing with a 1.1 rating among adults aged 18–49, and aired to a total viewership of 2.10 million, placing in the seventeenth spot in viewership. This episode is rated TV-14. Louisa Mellor of \"Den of Geek\" commented, \"I'm really looking forward to seeing what PLL looks like when it isn't holding anything back. I hope it's ridiculous, and beautiful, and subversive. Just like it's always been.\" Also on Season 7, she further added: \"I complained that the show had lost its flavour, the things that made it different, and become a parody of itself. While I'm not", "title": "The Darkest Knight (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "docid": "15745628", "text": "to play in the Mohegan Sun Arena. Now known as the Pennsylvania Shamrocks, the team is reportedly seeking a new venue for the 2012 season. Pennsylvania Shamrocks The Pennsylvania Shamrocks were an American professional indoor lacrosse team based in Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the Professional Lacrosse League (PLL). They were previously known as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks and planned to play in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area before losing their lease to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. A franchise of the upstart North American Lacrosse League based in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area was announced in June 2011, the first", "title": "Pennsylvania Shamrocks" }, { "docid": "16478216", "text": "Shamrocks – announced that the NALL had relieved acting Commissioner Anthony Caruso of duty and would be switching from a winter to a fall schedule. In turn, Caruso responded that his removal was illegitimate and that he remained in charge of the NALL, which would keep to the winter schedule. The dispute went to litigation, with the result that winter faction kept the NALL name and branding, while the fall faction formed the PLL. Brett Vickers was announced as PLL League President. The league expects to start play with four teams in September 2012, however, the Haymakers and Shamrocks franchises", "title": "Professional Lacrosse League" }, { "docid": "9056355", "text": "greater than a certain value, the embedded generation will be disconnected from the network. Loads generally have power factors that are not perfect, meaning that they do not accept the voltage from the grid perfectly, but impede it slightly. Grid-tie inverters, by definition, have power factors of 1. This can lead to changes in phase when the grid fails, which can be used to detect islanding. Inverters generally track the phase of the grid signal using a phase locked loop (PLL) of some sort. The PLL stays in sync with the grid signal by tracking when the signal crosses zero", "title": "Islanding" }, { "docid": "3958151", "text": "a special stain known as TRAP (tartrate resistant acid phosphatase). More recently, DB44 testing assures more accurate results. It is also possible to definitively diagnose hairy cell leukemia through flow cytometry on blood or bone marrow. The hairy cells are larger than normal and positive for CD19, CD20, CD22, CD11c, CD25, CD103, and FMC7. (CD103, CD22, and CD11c are strongly expressed.) Hairy cell leukemia-variant (HCL-V), which shares some characteristics with B cell prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL), does not show CD25 (also called the Interleukin-2 receptor, alpha). As this is relatively new and expensive technology, its adoption by physicians is not uniform,", "title": "Hairy cell leukemia" }, { "docid": "15724788", "text": "baud rate, which was useful in some contexts, but not when used purely for data communications over known-good lines. The other improvement, which would prove key to the design, was to use the incoming signal itself as the reference tone. While working at Ampex, Felsenstein had learned that the signal would always return to a \"one\" tone between sending bits of data; his new design looked for these signals and used them to resynchronize a local phase locked loop (PLL). The system stored the \"one\" voltage generated by the PLL on a capacitor and set the threshold voltage to a", "title": "Pennywhistle modem" }, { "docid": "17101577", "text": "minimum number of additional process steps. In contrast, other companies employed BiCMOS to implement emitter-coupled logic for microprocessors, which consumed much more power. The BiCMOS circuits were developed for the Pentium processor family and its follow-on generations, Pentium Pro, Pentium II processor family. Young developed the original Phase Locked Loop (PLL) based clocking circuit in a microprocessor while working on the 50 MHz Intel 80486 processor design. He subsequently developed the core PLL clocking circuit building blocks used in each generation of Intel microprocessors through the 0.13 μm 3.2 GHz Pentium 4. The successful introduction of GHz clocking contributed to", "title": "Ian A. Young" }, { "docid": "11741701", "text": "be done by choosing one of the three intersection points P between the given lines; and drawing a circle centered on the midpoint of C and P of diameter equal to the distance between C and P. The intersections of that circle with the intersecting given lines are the two points of tangency. PLL problems generally have 2 solutions. As shown above, if a circle is tangent to two given lines, its center must lie on one of the two lines that bisect the angle between the two given lines. By symmetry, if such a circle passes through a given", "title": "Special cases of Apollonius' problem" }, { "docid": "16601935", "text": "many of advanced LCD driver interfaces, using CDR (or clock data recovery) technology, remove the necessities to adjust skew between clock and data and achieved higher data rate over 1 Gbit/s. However, CDR technology requires having PLL circuits on receiving driver ICs. COF is easily affected by the noise of power source and ground. CalDriCon, instead of using CDR, detects the optimal sampling points at receiving driver ICs and adjust the transmitting phase between clock and data. This feature achieves both of high-speed of 2 Gbit/s and noise tolerances in unstable power sources and ground as well solution of skew", "title": "CalDriCon" }, { "docid": "11520319", "text": "instructor for PLL LOT. Janusz Centka Janusz Centka (born 20 April 1950, Tonowo) is a Polish glider pilot who has won two European and three World Gliding Championships. In 2002 he established a world record in speed over a triangular course of 1000 km (144.95 km/h) in the 15m class in a SZD 56 Diana from Ely, Nevada (USA). In 2003, he was awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma, and in 2004 he was awarded the Lilienthal Gliding Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale gliding commission. He is a member of the gliding club at Leszno and works as a Boeing", "title": "Janusz Centka" }, { "docid": "15745702", "text": "with the fall faction forming the Professional Lacrosse League. The Copperheads began play in September 2012 with a road win against the Jacksonville Bullies. Their inaugural season concludes on December 1. The PLL has since folded. This has caused the Copperheads to no longer exist. The Copperheads name was decided through a name-the-team contest-after various submissions, the official team name will be decided via a 16-nomination bracket from the top submissions. Notably, three of the finalists (Charge, Legion, Monarchs) were runners-up for the name-the-team contest which ultimately decided the Charlotte Hounds name for the city's 2012 Major League Lacrosse team.", "title": "Charlotte Copperheads" }, { "docid": "17101578", "text": "massive improvements in computing power. The integration of an on-chip PLL enabled the clock rates to exceed the off chip interconnect I/O rate in DX2. This led to the integration of an on-chip cache, paving the path for the first microprocessor with 1 million transistors. The clock rate scaling ushered by Intel and AMD ended as the thermal power dissipation of processors reached 100 W/cm^2. By the end of the race for clock speed, the clock rates had increased by a factor of more than 50. Intel subsequently shifted to multi-core era with modified Intel Core architecture and concurrent improvements", "title": "Ian A. Young" }, { "docid": "7663367", "text": "Parallel-to-Serial converter) and the Serial In Parallel Out (SIPO) block (aka Serial-to-Parallel converter). There are 4 different SerDes architectures: (1) Parallel clock SerDes, (2) Embedded clock SerDes, (3) 8b/10b SerDes, (4) Bit interleaved SerDes. The PISO (Parallel Input, Serial Output) block typically has a parallel clock input, a set of data input lines, and input data latches. It may use an internal or external phase-locked loop (PLL) to multiply the incoming parallel clock up to the serial frequency. The simplest form of the PISO has a single shift register that receives the parallel data once per parallel clock, and shifts", "title": "SerDes" }, { "docid": "12952522", "text": "John Gilchrist (New Zealand politician) John Gilchrist (1872 – 14 April 1947) was a Scottish socialist who became a political activist in New Zealand. Born in Scotland in 1872, Gilchrist was a member of the Scottish Independent Labour Party and emigrated to New Zealand in 1900. He joined the Wellington Socialist Party in 1901 and later was Secretary of the Fabian Society, PLL (Political Labour League) and LRC in Dunedin. Gilchrist was the New Zealand Labour Party candidate for Port Chalmers in 1919, Dunedin Central in 1922 and 1925, and Dunedin West in . He left the Labour Party over", "title": "John Gilchrist (New Zealand politician)" }, { "docid": "12998477", "text": "York, New York Investment banker, who has an ongoing affair with her boss, Chris Fullbright. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon Euthanasia provider. Appearances: Season 1 Location: Columbus, Mississippi Woman in her 70s, who is an expectant mother. Appearances: Season 2 and 3 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Daughter of Jack Lord. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Connecticut Lesbian who is getting married. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Plainsville, Missouri Woman who went missing as a young girl in 1972. Was trapped in her parents' basement by her father. Appearances: Season 2 Overzealous doctor who over-prescribes medication. Appearances: Season 2 Olympic trainer.", "title": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters" }, { "docid": "12721095", "text": "Meanwhile, the Electricity Corporation had been dissolved and the Wairakei power plant was now owned by Contact Energy Limited, who had applied for consent to reinject used fluid as part of their new low-temperature plant to be added to the main Wairaki stations, thus reducing their dumping into the Waikato river. MGL objected because this reinjection of low-temperature fluid (much cooler than that already being re-injected) would be detrimental to their Poihipi plant. But in December 1998 Judge Whiting held that Contact's existing (inherited) consents allowed for reinjection at any temperature and consequently, receivers were appointed for MGL and PLL,", "title": "Poihipi Power Station" }, { "docid": "20426181", "text": "2014 Persija Jakarta season The 2014 season is Persija's 81st competitive season. Persija was finished in 5th but they didn't enter to second round. In this season, Ramdani Lestaluhu was showing his great potential with 8 goals. In the 2014 season, Persija are in the western group of ISL 2014 and coached by Benny Dollo and Fabiano Beltrame is the team captain. Persija doesn't have a striker who is quite satisfactory despite being filled by Ivan Bošnjak who had played for Croatia in World Cup 2006. !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match ! !", "title": "2014 Persija Jakarta season" }, { "docid": "10096371", "text": "input is called the reference and is usually derived from a crystal oscillator, which is very stable in frequency. The block diagram below shows the basic elements and arrangement of a PLL based frequency synthesizer. The key to the ability of a frequency synthesizer to generate multiple frequencies is the divider placed between the output and the feedback input. This is usually in the form of a digital counter, with the output signal acting as a clock signal. The counter is preset to some initial count value, and counts down at each cycle of the clock signal. When it reaches", "title": "Frequency synthesizer" }, { "docid": "20426182", "text": "! ! ! Total 2014 Persija Jakarta season The 2014 season is Persija's 81st competitive season. Persija was finished in 5th but they didn't enter to second round. In this season, Ramdani Lestaluhu was showing his great potential with 8 goals. In the 2014 season, Persija are in the western group of ISL 2014 and coached by Benny Dollo and Fabiano Beltrame is the team captain. Persija doesn't have a striker who is quite satisfactory despite being filled by Ivan Bošnjak who had played for Croatia in World Cup 2006. !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match", "title": "2014 Persija Jakarta season" }, { "docid": "12998474", "text": "Location: Bel Air, California Sister of Simon Cowel. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Flatwoods, Kentucky Grandmother to Miley Cyrus. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Woodsville, Vermont Mother of teen mother. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Coral Gables, Florida Woman who along with her husband, refuse to leave a rundown mansion. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Clovis, New Mexico Woman addicted to the internet. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Wild Spunk, Texas FLDS woman. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Washington, DC Woman who sets up for investigative hearings. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Battlecreek, Michigan Ex-performer. Senior citizen. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Albany, New York Lynne is a", "title": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters" }, { "docid": "9056365", "text": "tuned phase-locked loop to become unstable when the grid signal is missing; in this case, the PLL attempts to adjust the signal back to itself, which is tuned to continue to drift. In the case of grid failure, the system will quickly drift away from the design frequency, eventually causing the inverter to shut down. The major advantage of this approach is that it can be implemented using circuitry that is already present in the inverter. The main disadvantage is that it requires the inverter to always be slightly out of time with the grid, a lowered power factor. Generally", "title": "Islanding" }, { "docid": "6449541", "text": "Cameron (voiced by Charlie Schlatter in season 1; Ian James Corlett in season 2): Cameron is a good friend to the Bratz. He's in love with Cloe and her main love interest. Dylan (voiced by Ogie Banks in season 1; Adrian Holmes in season 2): Dylan is another boy who has a habit of annoying the Bratz, usually resulting them in saying \"Goodbye Dylan!\". Eitan (voiced by Josh Keaton in season 1; Trevor Devall in season 2): Eitan is a boy who works at a smoothie bar in the mall area of Stylesville. He does not appear as often as", "title": "Bratz (TV series)" }, { "docid": "520083", "text": "by The VCO frequency is usually taken as a function of the VCO input formula_12 as where formula_14 is the \"sensitivity\" of the VCO and is expressed in Hz / V; formula_15 is a free-running frequency of VCO. The loop filter can be described by a system of linear differential equations where formula_10 is an input of the filter, formula_12 is an output of the filter, formula_19 is formula_20-by-formula_20 matrix, formula_22. formula_23 represents an initial state of the filter. The star symbol is a conjugate transpose. Hence the following system describes PLL where formula_25 is an initial phase shift. Consider", "title": "Phase-locked loop" }, { "docid": "4795041", "text": "SCAT Airlines SCAT Airlines, legally \"PLL SCAT Air Company\", is an airline with its head office on the property of Shymkent Airport in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It operates services to all of the major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. Its main base is Shymkent Airport, with focus cities at Aktau Airport, Astana International Airport and Almaty International Airport. The airline was established and started operations in 1997. It is owned by Vladimir Denissov (53%) and Vladimir Sytnik (47%). Its name is the contraction of Special Cargo Air Transport. SCAT founded Sunday Airlines as a new charter venture and subsidiary,", "title": "SCAT Airlines" }, { "docid": "6328032", "text": "signal which is then integrated to create a control signal for the voltage-controlled oscillator. The control signal impacts the frequency of the oscillator, and phase is the integral of frequency, so a second integration is unavoidably performed by the oscillator itself. In the Control Systems jargon, the DLL is a loop one step lower in order and in type with respect to the PLL, because it lacks the 1/s factor in the controlled block: the delay line has a transfer function phase-out/phase-in that is just a constant, the VCO transfer function is instead G/s. In the comparison made in the", "title": "Delay-locked loop" }, { "docid": "12998482", "text": "Appearances: Season 3 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jewish female suitor. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Central Arizona Soccer mom. Appearances: Season 1 Location: Mustang, Oklahoma WNBA coach. Appearances: Season 3 Location: Jupiter, Florida Woman who coaches a young girl the art of moaning in a tennis tournament. Appearances: Season 1 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Regional theater actress, who returns to the stage after having a hip replacement. Appearances: Season 2, and 3 Location: Oakridge, Tennessee Woman with Mitral Valve Prolapse who is forced to get surgery abroad. Appearances: Season 2 Location: Illinois Champion hog-caller. Appearances: Season 3 Location: New York City Woman", "title": "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters" }, { "docid": "4139511", "text": "multiplier circuits. Graphene can work over a large frequency range due to its unique characteristics. A phase-locked loop (PLL) uses a reference frequency to generate a multiple of that frequency. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is initially tuned roughly to the range of the desired frequency multiple. The signal from the VCO is divided down using frequency dividers by the multiplication factor. The divided signal and the reference frequency are fed into a phase comparator. The output of the phase comparator is a voltage that is proportional to the phase difference. After passing through a low pass filter and being", "title": "Frequency multiplier" }, { "docid": "12009623", "text": "results in poly--lysine (PLL) and poly--lysine (PDL) respectively. ε-Polylysine (ε-poly--lysine, EPL) is typically produced as a homopolypeptide of approximately 25–30 -lysine residues. According to research, ε-polylysine is adsorbed electrostatically to the cell surface of the bacteria, followed by a stripping of the outer membrane. This eventually leads to the abnormal distribution of the cytoplasm causing damage to the bacterial cell that is produced by bacterial fermentation. ε-Poly--lysine is used as a natural preservative in food products. Production of polylysine by natural fermentation is only observed in strains of bacteria in the genus \"Streptomyces\". \"Streptomyces albulus\" is most often used in", "title": "Polylysine" }, { "docid": "520074", "text": "phase difference between two signals. In a PLL, the two inputs of the phase detector are the reference input and the feedback from the VCO. The PD output voltage is used to control the VCO such that the phase difference between the two inputs is held constant, making it a negative feedback system. Different types of phase detectors have different performance characteristics. For instance, the frequency mixer produces harmonics that adds complexity in applications where spectral purity of the VCO signal is important. The resulting unwanted (spurious) sidebands, also called \"reference spurs\" can dominate the filter requirements and reduce the", "title": "Phase-locked loop" } ]

[ "Connie Stevens", "Edd Byrnes" ]

[ { "docid": "5653187", "text": "Edd Byrnes Edd Byrnes (born July 30, 1933) is an American actor best known for his starring role in the television series \"77 Sunset Strip.\" He also was featured in the 1978 film \"Grease\" as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine, and was a charting recording artist with \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" (with Connie Stevens). He was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger. He had two siblings, Vincent and Jo-Ann. When he was 13, his father died. He then dropped his last name in favor of \"Byrnes\" based on the name of his maternal grandfather, Edward Byrne, a fireman. Byrnes", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "20805610", "text": "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" is a song written by Irving Taylor and performed by Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens. It reached #4 on the U.S. pop chart, #27 on the UK Singles Chart, and #30 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1959. The song was featured on Byrnes' 1959 album, \"Kookie Star of \"77 Sunset Strip\"\". It was based on Byrnes' character from the television show \"77 Sunset Strip\". The song is mostly spoken, except when Kookie sings the Bridge section: \"I've got smog in my noggin' ever since you made the", "title": "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" }, { "docid": "3660143", "text": "hit was the novelty record \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\", with words and music by Irving Taylor, which reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was nominally performed by Warner contract actor Edd Byrnes, who played the wisecracking hipster character Gerald Lloyd \"Kookie\" Kookson III on Warner's TV detective series \"77 Sunset Strip\". The story behind the recording illustrates the sharp practices often employed by major recording companies. Actress and singer Connie Stevens (who appeared in the Warner TV series \"Hawaiian Eye\") sang the song's chorus, but although her record contract entitled her to a 5 percent royalty", "title": "Warner Bros. Records" }, { "docid": "18927811", "text": "served in the U.S. Army from 1951 - 1953. Graduated from Brigham Young University in 1958 with a B.S. degree in marketing, elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Played saxophone and piano in big bands and small combos and sang in vocal groups through high school, military service and university years. March 1958, hired as a Warner Bros. Records producer and A&R man. Produced two of the label’s first top ten single records, --- \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" with Edd Byrnes, reaching #4 on the \"Billboard\" singles charts and \"“Sixteen Reasons”\" with Connie Stevens, reaching #3 on", "title": "Karl Engemann" }, { "docid": "10401622", "text": "\"Bongo Beat\". Warner Bros. hired him for \"Gershwin with Bongoes\" and \"The Savage and The Sensuous \", which is widely regarded as one of the best jungle exotica albums of that era. He worked with Warren Barker on the music for 77 Sunset Strip and did the heavy musical lifting when Edd \"Kookie\" Byrnes, one of the show's stars, became a teen idol and recorded his one hit, \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\". Ralke performed similar duties for \"Hawaiian Eye\" star Connie Stevens when she recorded \"Sixteen Reasons\". Other recordings include Jewel Akens' \"The Birds and the Bees\", and", "title": "Don Ralke" }, { "docid": "5653195", "text": "rod for motorcycle; same hair and comb). By April 1959 Byrnes was among the most popular young actors in the country. \"I was a nobody,\" said Byrne. \"Now I'm dragging in over 400 letters a week and I'm a name.\" Kookie's constant onscreen tending of his ducktail haircut led to many jokes among comedians of the time, and it resulted in the 1959-charted (13 weeks) 'rap' style recording, \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\", recorded with actress and recording artist Connie Stevens, and which reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It sold over one million copies and was awarded", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "3875534", "text": "Rangers\"), and Danton (replacing Robert Evans in \"The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond\") playing the lead roles; many of the stars appeared in ensemble casts in such films as \"The Chapman Report\" and \"Merill's Marauders\". Some stars such as Connie Stevens, Edd Byrnes, Robert Conrad and Roger Smith made albums for Warner Bros. Records. One particular recording, a novelty tune titled \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" became a big hit for Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens (1959). The following year, Connie Stevens had her own hit, with \"Sixteen Reasons\". It was during this period, that shows, particularly Westerns", "title": "Warner Bros. Television" }, { "docid": "2319035", "text": "Sunset Strip\", she recorded the hit novelty song \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" (1959), a duet with one of the stars of the program, Edd Byrnes, that reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. She and Byrnes also appeared together on ABC's \"The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom\". She had hit singles as a solo artist with \"Sixteen Reasons\" (1960), her biggest hit, reaching #3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, (#9 in the UK) and a minor #71 hit \"Too Young to Go Steady\" (1960) (music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Harold Adamson). Other single releases were \"Apollo\",\"Why'd You", "title": "Connie Stevens" }, { "docid": "5653187", "text": "Edd Byrnes Edd Byrnes (born July 30, 1933) is an American actor best known for his starring role in the television series \"77 Sunset Strip.\" He also was featured in the 1978 film \"Grease\" as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine, and was a charting recording artist with \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" (with Connie Stevens). He was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger. He had two siblings, Vincent and Jo-Ann. When he was 13, his father died. He then dropped his last name in favor of \"Byrnes\" based on the name of his maternal grandfather, Edward Byrne, a fireman. Byrnes", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "2905263", "text": "episodes were named \"capers\". The catchy theme song, written by the accomplished team of Mack David and Jerry Livingston, typified the show's breezy, jazzed atmosphere. The song became the centerpiece of an [ album] of the show's music in Warren Barker-led orchestrations, which was released in 1959, a top-10 hit in the \"Billboard\" LP charts. The Kookie character became a cultural phenomenon, with his slang expressions such as \"ginchy\" and \"piling up Zs\" (sleeping). When Kookie helped the detectives on a case by singing a song, Edd Byrnes began a singing career with the novelty single \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "14754219", "text": "single re-entered the top 20 at #17 that June, spending 12 weeks on the chart in all. Total sales for Connie Stevens' \"Sixteen Reasons\" single are estimated at two million units. The sheet music for the song was also a bestseller in both the US and the UK. \"Sixteen Reasons\" was a popular song on the American Forces Network in Germany that summer. A recounting of sixteen reasons for being in love, beginning \"The way you hold my hand\", \"Sixteen Reasons\" was Stevens' second Top 40 hit, the precedent being a duet with Edd Byrnes: \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your", "title": "Sixteen Reasons" }, { "docid": "2905264", "text": "Your Comb)\" (Warner Bros. 5047), based on his frequent combing of his hair; this featured Connie Stevens on vocals in the chorus and the song, with words and music by Irving Taylor, became the first hit single for the recently established Warner Bros. Records. Kookie was also used to provide product placement for Harley-Davidson, appearing on their Topper motor scooter in the show and in Harley-Davidson advertisements. When Byrnes' demands for more money and an expanded role were not met, he left the show for a period in season two. After an absence of 16 episodes beginning in January 1960,", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "3558693", "text": "film was made, Alvin Cluster told Robertson \"The President picked you not only because you were a fine actor but because you're young looking, yet mature enough so that the world won't get the idea the President was being played by a parking lot attendant or something\". In his autobiography \"Kookie, No More\" Edd Byrnes said he was told \"President John F. Kennedy didn't want to be played by \"Kookie\". Kennedy also vetoed Raoul Walsh as the director of the film after screening Walsh's \"Marines Let's Go\" and not liking it. Original director Lewis Milestone, who had previously filmed \"All", "title": "PT 109 (film)" }, { "docid": "5653205", "text": "news anchor for Fox-11 News in Los Angeles, California. Previous to 2016, he was at Fox Connecticut since 2008. As a tribute to his enduring celebrity and his iconic \"Kookie\" character, Byrnes has ranked #5 in \"TV Guide's\" list of \"TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols\" (23 January 2005 issue). He wrote an autobiography in 1996 entitled \"Kookie No More\". Byrnes appeared during the Memphis Film Festival in June 2014, in which he was reunited with his former \"Yellowstone Kelly\" co-star Clint Walker. Edd Byrnes Edd Byrnes (born July 30, 1933) is an American actor best known for his starring role", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "5653196", "text": "a gold disc by the RIAA. The song also appeared on the Edd Byrnes album, entitled (what else) \"Kookie\". He and Stevens appeared together on ABC's \"The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.\" During the run of \"77 Sunset Strip\", Byrnes, as the \"Kookie\" character, was a popular celebrity (Elvis Presley–level national attention), and Byrnes received fan-mail volume that reached 15,000 letters a week, according to \"Picture Magazine\" in 1961, rivaling most early rock-recording stars of the day. Warners put him in the second lead of a Western, \"Yellowstone Kelly\" (1959); he supported Clint Walker, star of another Warners show, \"Cheyenne\". It", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "8929519", "text": "on a 1959 Warner specialty record, \"Behind Closed Doors at a Recording Session\", and on one side of the spoken-word single \"Kookie's Love Song\" with Edd Byrnes. The pairing with Byrnes led to a small role in \"77 Sunset Strip\", the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' \"I Don't Dig You\" and \"Hot Rod Rock\" which appeared on one of his albums. Concurrently, Tommy Oliver supported Sommers by starring her in his orchestra engagements at California venues Hollywood Palladium and The Chalet at Lake Arrowhead. Her 1960 debut single \"One", "title": "Joanie Sommers" }, { "docid": "11766023", "text": "Shermer as producer. By early 1959 the project had become a vehicle for Clint Walker, the star of Warner Bros' hit TV show \"Cheyenne\" and the final script was done by Burt Kennedy who was under contract to Warners at the time. Walker's co-star was Edd Byrnes who had leapt to fame playing \"Kookie\" on the Warner Bros detective show \"77 Sunset Strip\". Filming took place in April and June 1959, partly on location in Flagstaff, Arizona. \"I felt miserable and lost ten pounds in one month\" said Byrnes. Ray Danton was signed to a long term contract at Warners", "title": "Yellowstone Kelly" }, { "docid": "2905261", "text": "called by his first name. Gilmore was played by Byron Keith, who for most of the first season was billed as Keith Byron. The 'breakout' character, who had not been included in the pilot film, was Gerald Lloyd \"Kookie\" Kookson III (played by Edd Byrnes), the rock and roll-loving, wisecracking, hair-combing hipster and aspiring PI who initially worked as the valet parking attendant at Dino's, the club next door to the detectives' office. Byrnes had originally been cast as a contract killer in the series pilot, but proved so popular that he was brought back in a new role for", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "7769113", "text": "character Kookie who was played by Edd Byrnes. As a consequence of the magazine exposure, Grabowski was approached about renting the car out to appear in movies and television shows. The contacts he made in this way led to an acting career for Grabowski. He appeared in television shows, including \"The Monkees\", \"Batman\" (episodes 39 and 40 in 1966) and \"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis\", and films such as \"High School Confidential\" (1958), \"The Beat Generation\" (1959), \"The Big Operator\" (1959), \"Girls Town\" (1959), \"College Confidential\" (1960), \"Sex Kittens Go to College\" (1960), \"The Misadventures of Merlin Jones\" (1964),", "title": "Norm Grabowski" }, { "docid": "2358872", "text": "root, despite their apparent similarity, and implied colloquial use of \"pot\" to mean \"head\" in the word \"crackpot\". However, the term \"craze\" is also used to refer to minute cracks in pottery glaze, again suggesting the metaphorical connection of cracked pots with questionable mental health. The term \"kook\" appears to be much more recent. The adjectival-form, \"kooky\", was apparently coined as part of American teenager (or beatnik) slang, which derives from the pejorative meaning of the noun cuckoo. In late 1958, Edd Byrnes first played a hair-combing parking lot attendant called \"Kookie\" on 77 Sunset Strip. The noun-form \"kook\", was", "title": "Crank (person)" } ]

[ { "docid": "20805611", "text": "scene...\", and makes use of cool, Beatnik slang. Connie continually interrupts him, asking him to lend her his comb. When he finally asks her, \"What's with this comb caper, baby?...\", she says she wants him to stop combing his hair and kiss her. Kookie likes the sound of that, ending up saying, \"Baby, you're the ginchiest!\". The single was produced by Karl Engemann and arranged by Don Ralke, and ranked #37 on \"Billboard's\" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959. Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) \"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)\" is a song written by Irving Taylor and performed", "title": "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" }, { "docid": "13068487", "text": "Lend Me Your Comb \"Lend Me Your Comb\" is a song written by Kay Twomey, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman and published by Alamo Music, ASCAP. It was originally the B-Side of Carl Perkins' \"Glad All Over\" single, released December 1957 on Sun Records as Sun 287 by \"The Rockin' Guitar Man\". \"Lend Me Your Comb\" was Carl Perkins' last single on Sun Records. The vocals were by Carl Perkins and Jay Perkins. Today it is best known for a cover by The Beatles, with John Lennon and George Harrison dueting the verses while Paul McCartney sang the middle eight,", "title": "Lend Me Your Comb" }, { "docid": "13068489", "text": "also appeared in the 1983 film \"The Outsiders\" in the re-released version. It also appeared on the Beatles' \"Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962\" album. Other artists have performed the song, including: Lend Me Your Comb \"Lend Me Your Comb\" is a song written by Kay Twomey, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman and published by Alamo Music, ASCAP. It was originally the B-Side of Carl Perkins' \"Glad All Over\" single, released December 1957 on Sun Records as Sun 287 by \"The Rockin' Guitar Man\". \"Lend Me Your Comb\" was Carl Perkins' last single on Sun Records. The vocals", "title": "Lend Me Your Comb" }, { "docid": "14039607", "text": "\"Kookie\" on the popular television series \"77 Sunset Strip\", and became typecast as a result. Orr was the one who'd originally cast Byrnes as Kookie, and Bare directed several episodes of the show. The casting of Tiffany Bolling was an entirely different matter. In 1970, Bolling released an album titled \"Tiffany\". The album didn't sell well and the company backing it went out of business, so Bolling continued her acting career. For the part of lounge singer Lisa James, the filmmakers needed someone who could both act and sing. \"My singing was one thing that helped me get the part", "title": "Wicked, Wicked" }, { "docid": "5653194", "text": "homage to the \"Jack Kerouac\" style of cult-hipster of the late 1950s. The show became the most popular on in the country. To the thrill of teen viewers, Kookie spoke a jive-talk \"code\" to everyone, whether you understood him or not, and Kookie knew, better than others, \"the word on the street.\" Although the Kookie character was at least several years older than Jim Stark, James Dean's character in the film \"Rebel Without a Cause\", Byrnes exuded a similar sense of cool. Kookie was also the progenitor of Henry Winkler's The Fonz character of the \"Happy Days\" series (switch hot", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "795088", "text": "a current event in a Polish neighborhood bar. In 1973, Royko collected several of the Grobnik columns in a collection titled \"Slats Grobnik and Other Friends\". Another of Royko's characters was his pseudo-psychiatrist Dr. I. M. Kookie (eponymous protagonist of \"Dr. Kookie, You're Right!\" [1989]). Dr. Kookie, purportedly the founder of the Asylumism religion — according to which Earth was settled by a higher civilization's rejected insane people — satirized pop culture and pop psychology. Through his columns, Royko helped make his favorite after-work bar, the Billy Goat Tavern, famous, and popularized the curse of the Billy Goat. Billy Goat's", "title": "Mike Royko" }, { "docid": "5653193", "text": "to the audience: Kookie's recurring character—a different, exciting look that teens of the day related to—was the valet-parking attendant who constantly combed his piled-high, greasy-styled teen hair, often in a windbreaker jacket, who worked part-time at the so-called Dean Martin's Dino's Lodge restaurant, next door to a private-investigator agency at 77 Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Kookie frequently acted as an unlicensed, protégé detective who helped the private eyes (Zimbalist and Roger Smith) on their cases, based upon \"the word\" heard from Kookie's street informants. Kookie called everybody \"Dad\" (as in \"Sure thing . . . Dad\") and was television's", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "2905265", "text": "Brynes and Warner Brothers settled their differences, and Kookie came back as a full-fledged partner in the detective firm beginning in May. (During his absence, Roscoe's and Suzanne's roles were beefed up to handle the leg work normally assigned to Kookie.) For the 1960-61 season, Richard Long (who had previously been seen in different roles in two season one \"77 Sunset Strip\" episodes) moved over from the recently canceled detective series \"Bourbon Street Beat\". His \"BSB\" character of Rex Randolph was said to have left New Orleans and relocated to North Hollywood, joining Bailey and Spencer's firm. The character was", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "3121257", "text": "people use modern fuel-injected engines. T-bucket A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T of the 1915 to 1927 era, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers. Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. This car was named \"Lightning Bug\", better known as the \"Kookie Kar\", after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show \"77 Sunset Strip\", driven by character Gerald \"Kookie\" Kookson. The exposure it gained led to numerous copies being", "title": "T-bucket" }, { "docid": "3121253", "text": "T-bucket A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T of the 1915 to 1927 era, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers. Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. This car was named \"Lightning Bug\", better known as the \"Kookie Kar\", after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show \"77 Sunset Strip\", driven by character Gerald \"Kookie\" Kookson. The exposure it gained led to numerous copies being built. A genuine T-bucket has", "title": "T-bucket" }, { "docid": "17941117", "text": "Von Franco Von Franco (born May 29, 1952) is a self-taught American artist associated with the Lowbrow art movement and Kustom Kulture. He became involved at an early age in the burgeoning hot rod and Kustom Kulture scene of Southern California. His skill at drawing hot rod and monster art, popular in Kustom Kulture, caught the attention of Ed \"Big Daddy\" Roth, for whom Von Franco later worked. Von Franco became a builder of custom automobiles, gaining notoriety for building clones of Norm Grabowski's Kookie, Kookie II and Lightning Bug t-buckets, as well as a clone/expansion of the Golden Rod.", "title": "Von Franco" }, { "docid": "5653201", "text": "episodes of \"Mister Roberts\", \"Honey West\", and \"Theatre of Stars\" and did \"Picnic\", \"Bus Stop\", \"Sunday in New York\", \"Sweet Bird of Youth\" and \"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" on stage in stock. The shadow of Kookie hung over him. \"People think that's the only role you can play,\" he said in 1966. \"Producers and directors still think of me as the kid I played on the Strip. I've been offered other series but they've still wanted to cast me as the same kid.\" Byrnes returned to Europe for several spaghetti westerns, including the 1967 films \"Renegade Riders\", \"Any", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "17840221", "text": "of love from Kookie (Edward Byrnes), the show's resident teen heartthrob. Her last 1961 episodes, April 16 and 23, representing a two-part story on \"Maverick\", \"The Devil's Necklace\", cast her as yet another Indian girl, Tawny, who falls in love with that episode's Maverick, Bart (Jack Kelly), repeating to him the phrase, \"me friend\". The following month brought big changes for Hugueny — May 4 was the release date for the studio's 2 hour-18 minute multi-star Technicolor production, \"Parrish\", in which she is seventh-billed, playing Paige, the daughter of tobacco farm tycoon Karl Malden. The brunette Paige competes for and", "title": "Sharon Hugueny" }, { "docid": "11055808", "text": "Tex Makin (bass), Bill Davidson (organ), Art Regis(Organ), Viv Prince (Drums), Derry Wilkie (vocals), Tony Gomez (keyboards), Tony Morgan (vocals), Kookie Etan (vocals), Bob Mundy (vocals), Steve Mustang Sallis (lead guitar), Brian Williams (bass), Jeff Bridge (Tenor saxophone), Phil Presland (Baritone saxophone) John Walsh (organ), Pat Green (drums) and Chris Burdett (Tenor Saxophone) among many others. In 1969 he was arrested for being an illegal alien in the UK but managed to avoid deportation. At the end of 1974, Mack signed to K-Tel Records as Mr. Superbad and recorded many records under this label. He also sang on the 1975", "title": "Freddie Mack" }, { "docid": "5653199", "text": "summer stock in 1962 with his wife. Although Byrnes was a popular celebrity, the years of unfortunate \"Kookie\" typecasting led him to ultimately buy out his television contract with Warner Brothers to clear his way for films—though it was accomplished too late to allow Byrnes to capitalize on feature-length-cinema projects based upon his established television-series fame. In August 1963 Byrnes bought up the remaining ten months of his contract with Warner Bros and left \"Sunset Strip\". \"No more hipster image for me,\" said Byrnes. \"From now on I'd like to establish myself as a movie star.\" Byrnes appeared in episodes", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "15797832", "text": "in the US charts at the end of August 1961. Dowell's version also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart. Other songs by Twomey include the 1961 Elvis Presley single \"Put the Blame on Me\", \"Lend Me Your Comb\" and \"In the Beginning\", as well as songs recorded by Jo Stafford, Doris Day, Carl Smith, Don Cornell, Jill Corey, Eddy Arnold, Eartha Kitt, Caterina Valente, Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray, Brian Hyland, Gus Backus, Ray Ellis, Perry Como, Hayley Mills, Earl Grant, The Sandpipers, the Eli Radish Band, Frank Sinatra (\"Hey! Jealous Lover\"), The Statler Brothers, Leroy", "title": "Kay Twomey" }, { "docid": "10783002", "text": "in family-oriented films such as the \"Wilderness Family\" film series. From 1961 to 1963, Logan played J.R. Hale, the young valet parking attendant on ABC's \"77 Sunset Strip\". Logan succeeded the previous attendant, Kookie, played by Edward Byrnes, who in the story line became a full-fledged investigator. From 1965-1966, Logan played the part of Jericho Jones on NBC's Daniel Boone. Robert Logan Robert F. Logan, Jr. (born May 29, 1941) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television programs, the most notable of which were a successful series of family adventure movies in the 1970s. Born", "title": "Robert Logan" }, { "docid": "5653198", "text": "forced to turn down film roles in \"Ocean's Eleven\" (1960), \"Rio Bravo\" (1959), \"North to Alaska\" (1960), and \"The Longest Day\" (1962). He tested for the role of John F. Kennedy in \"PT 109\", but President Kennedy preferred Cliff Robertson. Instead he guest starred on \"Lawman\". Byrnes made a cameo as Kookie in \"Surfside Six\" and \"Hawaiian Eye\", a \"77 Sunset Strip\" spin off. He bought a story for Warners \"Make Mine Vanilla\" but it was not made. He threatened to punch a photographer who was trying to take a photo of him getting a marriage licence. He did some", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "5653192", "text": "kept in. Around this time Brynes decided to change his acting name from \"Edward\" to \"Edd\". \"I just dreamed it up one day,\" he said. \"Edward is too formal and there are lots of Eddies.\" The show aired in October 1958 and was so popular Warners decided to turn it into a TV series \"77 Sunset Strip\". Byrnes' character became an immediate national teen sensation, prompting the producers to make Byrnes a regular cast member. They transformed Kookie from a hitman into a parking valet at Dino’s Lodge who helped as a private investigator. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., explained the situation", "title": "Edd Byrnes" }, { "docid": "20208238", "text": "brave fox on a quest to find his inner strength and help his sister protect the Book of Ages, inside of which exist entire worlds and characters. The game's antagonist is a cat named Jinx, a mysterious villain who is trying to steal the Book of Ages for his own nefarious purposes. Along the way, Lucky encounters a supporting cast of friends and adversaries. Lucky must confront the Kitty Litter, Jinx's mischievous kids. Lucky also meets friends and allies along the way, including misplaced Yetis, Kookie Spookies, a village of farming worms, and other colorful characters, all of whom live", "title": "Super Lucky's Tale" }, { "docid": "18616496", "text": "He stated: \"I don't have skeletons in my closet, or anyone else who's coming out or saying this. I'm bewildered why, after 32 years, this is coming out, now.\" Braudy had been commissioned by \"Playboy\" magazine in 1969 to write an \"objective\" piece on the feminism movement. Her final article was viewed as controversial by male \"Playboy\" editors. The debate continued up to Hugh Hefner; who wrote in a memo (covertly distributed by female \"Playboy\" employees) that he felt the article needed to focus more on the \"highly irrational, emotional, kookie trend\" of feminism because \"these chicks [are] the natural", "title": "Susan Braudy" }, { "docid": "12618284", "text": "a residence at The Groove Room, which lasted for circa 12 months), record label EMI signed Inheritance to a recording contract. In 1969, Inheritance recorded their first single called \"Kookie\". The band was later joined by two female musicians and changed their name to Grapevine, which had a six-month residence at Jonathan's nightclub in Sydney. After that residency ended, the two female members parted ways with the band and a name change was forced on them after they found out another group had it registered. Around 1971, the band met with Harry Vanda and George Young who suggested the band's", "title": "Tony Currenti" }, { "docid": "12105550", "text": "His sister Blanch explained that Barker only wrote the books for the money, and his friend James W. Moseley said Barker \"pretty much took all of UFOlogy as a joke\". In a letter to John C. Sherwood, who had submitted materials to Saucerian Books as a teenager, Barker referred to his paranormal writings as his \"kookie books\". Barker occasionally engaged in deliberate hoaxes to deceive UFO enthusiasts. In 1957, for example, Barker and Moseley wrote a fake letter (signed \"R.E. Straith\") to self-claimed \"contactee\" George Adamski, telling Adamski that the United States Department of State was pleased with Adamski's research", "title": "Gray Barker" }, { "docid": "13358928", "text": "\"Lend Me Your Comb\" (Lennon) \"Your Feet's Too Big\" (McCartney) \"Red Sails in the Sunset\" (McCartney) \"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby\" (Harrison) \"Matchbox\" (Lennon) \"Talkin' 'Bout You\" (Lennon) \"Shimmy Shimmy\" (McCartney) \"Long Tall Sally\" (McCartney) \"I Remember You\" (McCartney) \"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)\" (Lennon) \"Where Have You Been All My Life\" (Lennon) \"Twist and Shout\" (Lennon) \"Mr. Moonlight\" (Lennon) \"A Taste of Honey\" (McCartney) \"Besame Mucho\" (McCartney) \"Reminiscing\" (Harrison) \"Kansas City\" (McCartney) \"Nothin' Shakin' But the Leaves On a Tree\" (Harrison) \"To Know Her is to Love Her\" (Harrison or Lennon) \"Little Queenie\" (McCartney)", "title": "The Beatles in Hamburg" }, { "docid": "12901463", "text": "on the meaning of their Chinese counterparts, resulting in a shift in meaning. This is most obvious in such cases as \"borrow\"/\"lend\", which are functionally equivalent in Singlish and mapped to the same Hokkien word, \"借\" (chio), which can mean to lend or to borrow. (\"Oi (also used as oy, although Singaporeans spell it as oi), can borrow me your calculator?\"); and 'send' can be used to mean \"accompany someone\", as in \"Let me send you to the airport\", possibly under the influence of the Hokkien word \"送\" (sang). However, the Malay '(meng)hantar' can also be used to mean both", "title": "Singlish" }, { "docid": "9447651", "text": "Strip\", Byrnes became \"Kookie\", a comically hep carhop—who also compulsively combed his hair. Because of the narrative improbability of a killer becoming a trusted ally of Stu Bailey, Byrne's appearance in \"Girl on the Run\" was addressed directly in the series. At the beginning of the episode which followed \"Girl on the Run\", Zimbalist broke the fourth wall with the announcement: The film also featured the talents of singer/actress Erin O'Brien, whose performance as a singer required no dubbing; she appeared as a featured solo singer on six episodes of \"The Steve Allen Show\" during this same period. Veteran character", "title": "Girl on the Run" }, { "docid": "4384091", "text": "fighting oppression. Combating sexism had an internal component, whereby one could change the basic power structures within family units and personal spheres to eliminate the inequality. Class struggle and the fight against racism are solely external challenges, requiring public action to eradicate inequality. There was criticism of the movement not only from factions within the movement itself, but from outsiders, like Hugh Heffner, \"Playboy\" founder, who launched a campaign to expose all the \"highly irrational, emotional, kookie trends\" of feminism in an effort to tear apart feminist ideas that were \"unalterably opposed to the romantic boy-girl society\" promoted by his", "title": "Women's liberation movement" }, { "docid": "1402015", "text": "Force. While in the Air Force, Spinney wrote and illustrated \"Harvey\", a comic strip about military life. He also animated a series of black-and-white cartoons called \"Crazy Crayon\". In 1955, Spinney relocated to Las Vegas, where he performed in the show \"Rascal Rabbit\". He returned to Boston, joining \"The Judy and Goggle Show\" in 1958 as a puppeteer \"Goggle\" to Judy Valentine's Judy. Throughout the 1960s, he performed on the Boston broadcast of \"Bozo's Big Top\", where he played various costumed characters which included Kookie the Boxing Kangaroo as well as Mr. Lion, who created cartoon drawings from the names", "title": "Caroll Spinney" }, { "docid": "13193219", "text": "soon became the haven of hundreds of race car drivers who would train there, and would eventually host several international and local racing events. Ramirez raced competitively until around 2008, when he was 75 and already battling cancer. In 2000, he was the Blaze Super Saloon Champion. Shortly before his death from cancer, Ramirez was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Automobile Association Philippines, the national authority on motorsports. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, and children José André \"Kookie\"†, Georges, Louis, Michelle and Miguel. Ramirez was the long-time co-anchor (together with Butch Gamboa) of the racing", "title": "Pocholo Ramirez" }, { "docid": "3766740", "text": "the band to most of the US in 1964. The flashpoint for the album came with the song \"Free as a Bird\" – the three remaining Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr re-working a John Lennon demo recording given to McCartney by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Produced by Harrison's Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, the three added additional music and lyrics, instrumentation and backing vocals, with McCartney and Harrison both taking a turn at a lead vocal. The live BBC Radio recording of \"Lend Me Your Comb\" was held back from \"Live at the BBC\" for inclusion on", "title": "Anthology 1" }, { "docid": "13068488", "text": "recorded 2 July 1963 at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London. The Beatles cover has helped the song gain some notability. Musically, it is best known as a Rock'n'Roll song, and is usually performed as such. The Beatles version was released on their \"Anthology 1\" album in 1995 and again in 2013 on their \"On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2\" collection; McCartney also performed the song with Carl Perkins in a filmed performance on the 1993 \"Old Friends\" video, while Lennon recorded the song in a home recording for the 1971 film short \"Clock\". The song", "title": "Lend Me Your Comb" }, { "docid": "17547536", "text": "positive reviews upon release. The \"Daily Mail\" reviewer Adrian Thrills gave this compilation a rating of 5 stars. He points to the version of Chuck Berry's \"I'm Talking About You\" as being a highlight as it \"reiterates John Lennon's credentials as a rock 'n' roller\". Thrills also stated, \"Other highlights include a fresh take on Arthur Alexander's 'Anna', a heartfelt 'Please Mr. Postman' and a countrified stroll through the Carl Perkins hit 'Lend Me Your Comb'.\" Another reviewer, Damian Fanelli from \"Guitar World\", stated the album is \"an exceedingly satisfying release, yet another example of how talented, charming and generally", "title": "On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2" }, { "docid": "1285339", "text": "included music recorded by the Quarrymen, the famous Decca Records audition tapes, and various out-takes and demos from the band's first four albums. It also included the song \"Lend Me Your Comb\", omitted from the collection \"Live at the BBC\", released the previous year (1994). The song \"Free as a Bird\" was included at the very start. 450,000 copies of \"Anthology 1\" were sold in its first day of release, the most sales for an album in a single day ever. The band's first drummer Pete Best, replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962 before the Beatles recorded professionally for EMI,", "title": "The Beatles Anthology" }, { "docid": "11538777", "text": "song in concert in 2011. John Lennon also recorded the song as an outtake. Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song) \"Glad All Over\" is a 1957 song recorded by rock and roll and rockabilly artist Carl Perkins, \"The Rockin' Guitar Man\", at Sun Records in 1957. It was released as a 45 and 78 single, Sun 287, on January 6, 1958 (b/w \"Lend Me Your Comb\"). It was written by Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy Bennett. A performance of the song was featured in the 1957 film \"Jamboree\", where Carl Perkins and his band perform the song in a", "title": "Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song)" }, { "docid": "11538775", "text": "The song was published by Magnificent Music, BMI. In 1978, Sun Records Corporation under owner Shelby Singleton re-released the song as part of the Sun Golden Treasure Series as Sun 24 with \"Lend Me Your Comb\" as the flipside. The Beatles recorded \"Glad All Over\" on two occasions in 1963 for BBC radio sessions, with George Harrison on lead vocals. The first of these, recorded on July 16, 1963, was released in 1994 on \"Live at the BBC\". On November 11, 2013, a second version recorded by The Beatles for the BBC Saturday Club radio program on July 30, 1963", "title": "Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song)" }, { "docid": "11538773", "text": "Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song) \"Glad All Over\" is a 1957 song recorded by rock and roll and rockabilly artist Carl Perkins, \"The Rockin' Guitar Man\", at Sun Records in 1957. It was released as a 45 and 78 single, Sun 287, on January 6, 1958 (b/w \"Lend Me Your Comb\"). It was written by Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy Bennett. A performance of the song was featured in the 1957 film \"Jamboree\", where Carl Perkins and his band perform the song in a recording studio in a scene similar to Elvis Presley's studio performance in \"Jailhouse Rock\"", "title": "Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song)" }, { "docid": "10735474", "text": "the song when they were members of this Perth punk rock group. Baker had left Gurus after their first album \"Stoneage Romeos\" and did not record Hoodoo Gurus' version of the song. \"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue\" and \"I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement\" were both originally recorded by The Ramones on their 1976 debut album, \"Ramones\", with \"Carbona not Glue\" from the Ramones second album \"Leave Home\". \"Lend Me Your Comb\" was originally the B-Side of Carl Perkins' \"Glad All Over\" single, released December 1957 on Sun Records as Sun 287 by \"The Rockin' Guitar Man\",", "title": "Bite the Bullet (Hoodoo Gurus album)" }, { "docid": "9385964", "text": "× 4-11/16 inches Johnson vs. Goldwater (66) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches John F. Kennedy (77) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Military Emblems (24) Nutty Awards (32) Size: 3⅛ × 5¼ inches Outer Limits (50) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Battle (66) Size: 2 × 3-5/16 inches Daniel Boone (~55) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Flash Gordon (24) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Flying Things (~48) Size: irregular Gilligan's Island (55) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Hot Rods (66) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches King Kong (55) Size: 2½ × 3½ inches Kookie Plaks (88) Size: 2½ × 4-11/16 inches", "title": "1960s Topps" }, { "docid": "7769112", "text": "hot rods created afterward. The car was first featured on the cover of the October, 1955 issue of \"Hot Rod Magazine\" and then underwent further modifications, including a greater rake, tilted windshield and blue paint with flames when it famously appeared in color on the cover of the April, 1957 issue of \"Car Craft\" magazine as well as in the April 29, 1957 issue of \"Life Magazine\". Grabowski's hugely influential T-bucket hot rod, which became known as the Kookie Kar, was used in the television show \"77 Sunset Strip\". The car was owned and driven in the show by the", "title": "Norm Grabowski" }, { "docid": "6650698", "text": "on to appear in over 100 television and feature films, including \"The Haunted Castle\" (1960), \"The Indian Scarf\" (1963) and \"Pippi Longstocking\" (1969). On television, he gained popularity through roles in the series \"Weißblaue Geschichten\" (1985), \"Fest im Sattel\" (1988), \"Rivalen der Rennbahn\" (1989), \"Peter und Paul\" (1992), \"Titus, der Satansbraten\" (1997), as well as making appearances in the long running crime series \"Ein Fall für zwei\", \"Der Alte\" and \"Tatort\". Between 1995 and 2000 he appeared in five productions by the Chiemgauer Volkstheater. Clarin was also a voice artist, dubbing the voice for \"Kookie\" Kookson in the US series", "title": "Hans Clarin" }, { "docid": "4544190", "text": "of Lt. Steward and his survey party. In 1872, 1,890 military offensives were launched simultaneously into Lushai Hills (Mizoram) from Chittagong district and Burma in collaboration with the governments of Bengal, Assam and Burma, and the whole of Kookie land was brought under British control. Autonomous police forces were created from the Hill Tract tribes in 1881. Tribals complained to Britain after the Hill Tracts experienced attempts at penetration by lowlander Bengali Muslims. On 1 April 1900, the South and the North Lushai Hills (then a part of Chittagong Hill Tracts) were merged to form the district of Assam province", "title": "Chakma people" }, { "docid": "19128205", "text": "Anatoly Sofronov Anatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov (, 19 January 1911, Minsk, Russian Empire, now Belarus, — 9 September 1990, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor (\"Ogonyok\", 1953-1986) and literary administrator, the Union of Soviet Writers' secretary in 1948-1953. Sofronov was a Stalin Prize laureate (twice, 1948, 1949) and a recipient of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (1981). An ominous figure with the reputation of \"one of the most feared literary hangmen of the Stalinist era,\" Sofronov is best remembered for his play \"Stryapukha\" (Стряпуха, The Kookie) which was followed by three sequels and", "title": "Anatoly Sofronov" }, { "docid": "17821390", "text": "2013, the Philadelphia and Camp Hill locations remain open. Gullifty's was best known for its desserts. The desserts were baked fresh daily by two full-time bakers. Among the most popular varieties were Peanut Butter Truffle Pie, Killer Kookie, 5th Dimension Cake, and Chocolate Intemperance. Gullifty's Gullifty's was a restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a \"cross between a diner and a traditional restaurant,\" serving fare described as \"American eclectic\" cuisine Gullifty's was a Pittsburgh landmark known for its desserts. The building, located at 1922 Murray Avenue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh had 2 levels seating 150 diners. The", "title": "Gullifty's" }, { "docid": "16875837", "text": "Arizmendi Bakery Arizmendi Bakery is a bakery located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. They have locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, Emeryville, San Rafael, and in Oakland. They are a worker-owned cooperative. In 2011, they were voted the best bakery in the east bay by the \"East Bay Express\". The bakery makes pastries, pizza and bread. Arizmendi Bakery came out of the Cheese Board Collective, forming in 1997. It was named after Basque priest and labor organizer José María Arizmendiarrieta. Food reviewer Tamara Palmer, from \"SF Weekly\", called their Auntie Mabel's Kookie Brittle the", "title": "Arizmendi Bakery" }, { "docid": "14036209", "text": "a very long time, just like Tips’ last musical hit \"Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani\" did.\" He rated the music 8 stars out of 10. Prince (2010 film) Prince is a 2010 Indian action thriller film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and Ramesh S Taurani, and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The dialogues were written by Mayur Puri. The songs were composed by Sachin Gupta, with the lyrics penned by Sameer. The background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The film released on 9 April 2010 in Hindi, along with", "title": "Prince (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "14036199", "text": "Prince (2010 film) Prince is a 2010 Indian action thriller film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and Ramesh S Taurani, and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The dialogues were written by Mayur Puri. The songs were composed by Sachin Gupta, with the lyrics penned by Sameer. The background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The film released on 9 April 2010 in Hindi, along with its dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu. Prince (Vivek Oberoi) is a sharp and intelligent burglar, but when he awakes one morning, he finds that", "title": "Prince (2010 film)" }, { "docid": "11694373", "text": "2015, Kloss partnered with Flatiron School and Code.org to offer a scholarship named \"Kode with Klossy\" for young girls interested in computer science and software engineering. In collaboration with Momofuku Milk Bar, Kloss created a special recipe called Karlie's Kookies, which was sold in DKNY Soho during Fashion's Night Out in New York City, with proceeds benefiting hungry children around the world (through FEED Projects). Kloss called it a \"Perfect 10 Kookie\" because for every tin of cookies that is sold, 10 meals were donated to starving children all over the world. Kloss is a close friend of Taylor Swift,", "title": "Karlie Kloss" }, { "docid": "10669920", "text": "customers in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. The main products sold in the 1950s included Koch's Golden Anniversary, Koch's Lager, Deer Run Pale Ale and Koch's \"Kookie\" Pilsener. In 1961, the Fred Koch Brewery contracted with Diamond Spring Brewery of Lawrence, Massachusetts to brew the Black Horse Ale brand. (The Metropolis Brewing Company in Trenton, New Jersey also purchased a license from Diamond Springs to brew an ale under the Black Horse name.) The ale had a slightly higher alcohol content than most domestic and imported ales of the time and was sold at a premium price. In 1964,", "title": "Fred Koch Brewery" }, { "docid": "17547537", "text": "'different' the Beatles were. In terms of George Harrison's guitar playing, we get to hear the good (his whammy-bar-laced guitar solo on 'Till There Was You'), the not so good (his solo on 'Lucille') and the intriguing (His better-than-the-EMI-version solo on 'I Saw Her Standing There' inspires a few 'What ifs?').\" \"Mojo\" music writer Jon Savage reviewed the album, giving it four stars and stated, \"There are several surprises: a tough version of Chuck Berry's 'I'm Talking About You', an early 'Words of Love', covers of 'Lend Me Your Comb' and 'Beautiful Dreamer'.\" Speech tracks are in \"italics\". The show's", "title": "On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2" }, { "docid": "9185929", "text": "book, noted for its exhaustive research, was featured in numerous publications including \"USA Today\", \"New York Post\", \"Playboy\", \"Entertainment Weekly\", \"The Washington Post\", \"Variety\", \"Cosmopolitan\", \"Chicago Tribune\", \"San Francisco Chronicle\", and the \"Arizona Republic\". \"Portrait of an American Rebel\" became a best-seller and has gone into four printings. Terrill moved back to Phoenix in 1994 and followed his biography on McQueen with collaborations on actor Edd \"Kookie\" Byrnes and Barbara Leigh, boxers Aaron Pryor, Ken Norton, and Earnie Shavers (co-authored with Mike Fitzgerald), and basketball legend David Thompson (co-authored by Sean Stormes). In 1999, Terrill was hired by the \"East", "title": "Marshall Terrill" }, { "docid": "9016097", "text": "and sensitive; Byrnes' character is heartless and over-serious, the ultimate \"square\". These are the opposites of the two stars' portrayals of their best-known TV characters: cynical, easy-going Bret Maverick and hip \"Kookie\" of \"77 Sunset Strip\". \"Darby's Rangers\" was filmed, economically, on the studio backlot. The supporting cast includes: Murray Hamilton, Adam Williams, Corey Allen, and William Wellman Jr. French actress Etchika Choureau (née Jeannine Paulette Verret) made her Hollywood début in this film, and acted in \"Lafayette Escadrille\", then returned to Europe. Francis De Sales had an uncredited role as a captain. The film emphasizes romantic subplots, as Darby", "title": "Darby's Rangers" }, { "docid": "8418621", "text": "(bumper cars), Limbo (dark house), Kookie Kube, Dark Mystery (which started as an African-themed dark ride but was redone in the 1950s with a Dali-esque surrealistic facade), the Mad Mine (a dark ride that literally covered over Dark Mystery), Scrambler, Twister, and Kiddie Bulgy. Another favorite was the Diving Bell, a metal chamber that took guests under water and then returned them to the surface with a big splash. This ride originated at the 1939-40 Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island. George Whitney commissioned the inventor to build another one at Playland on the southeast block of the park. After", "title": "Playland (San Francisco)" }, { "docid": "5350512", "text": "November 2009. In 1959, after the successful revival of Flash and Green Lantern, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz decided to update the Justice Society of America using a new group of heroes under the name Justice League of America (JLA). According to Schwartz, DC Comics Executive Editor Whitney Ellsworth not only insisted that a teenager be a member of the Justice League but also that this teenager be hip. Ellsworth wanted the new superhero team to tap into the emerging and economically powerful youth culture, and specifically told Schwartz to have the character emulate the hip-talking, leather jacket-wearing, finger-snapping \"Kookie\"", "title": "Snapper Carr" }, { "docid": "2905269", "text": "the show's popularity waned, the entire cast was let go except for Zimbalist. Jack Webb was brought in as executive producer and William Conrad as a producer/director. The character of Stuart Bailey was presented as a solo private investigator, with no continuity or reference to his past years with Jeff Spencer, Suzanne, Kookie, and Roscoe et al, or his military OSS background. It was an abrupt, unexplained disconnect. The series and Bailey's personality took on a darker tone, and the familiar office, parking lot and Dino's Lodge were gone. A new musical theme was written by Bob Thompson. The season", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "2905262", "text": "the series. \"Kookie\" often found a way to get himself involved in the firm's cases, and was eventually made a full partner in the firm with his own office. Also seen relatively frequently were The Frank Ortega Trio, playing themselves as the jazzy house band at Dino's Lodge. All the above characters were regulars for the first five seasons, though Brynes was not seen for several months in 1960 due to a contract dispute. Despite Huggins' hopes for a hard-edged drama, the tone of the series was much lighter and featured a strong element of self-deprecating humor. Many of the", "title": "77 Sunset Strip" }, { "docid": "2266384", "text": "as various characters which included \"Mr. Lion\" and \"Kookie the Boxing Kangaroo\". He later went on to portray \"Big Bird\" and \"Oscar the Grouch\" on the PBS series \"Sesame Street\". Carl Carlsson also appeared as Bozo's sidekick Professor Tweedy Foofer. Ruth Carlsson also appeared in several 1966 episodes. Harmon supervised the taping of these episodes, with Harmon-approved characters added, some based on characters in Harmon's classic 1958-1962 animated \"Bozo\" cartoon shorts which also aired in each episode. These were the only Bozo shows Harmon fully owned. Bozo's frequent exclamations on the show included, \"Whoa, Nellie!\", \"Wowie Kazowie!\" and always ended", "title": "Bozo the Clown" }, { "docid": "19374069", "text": "not appear on this set, but two performers here, George Jacks and The 12th Knight, do renditions of the song. The set begins' with the flute-embellished \"Workin' Man\" by Kookie Cook, whose characteristically \"deranged\" vocals are heard again in his other cuts \"Don't Lie\", \"Revenge\", \"Misery\", \"I Feel Alright\", a version of \"Ooby Dooby\", previously done by Roy Orbison. Cook, a drummer, does the piece, \"Drums\", which features a drum solo and concludes the set. He also appears with the Satellites in surf the instrumentals \"Space Race\" and \"Space Monster\". None of the Cobras were over thirteen years old when", "title": "The Midnite Sound of the Milky Way" }, { "docid": "14129698", "text": "Other episodes in the list are \"Band Geeks\", \"Ripped Pants\", \"Just One Bite\" and \"Idiot Box\". Cavna rewatched the episode in 2009 and said \"so much of the style and polish are already in place.\" Nancy Basile of the About.com said \"[The] humor and optimistic essence of SpongeBob is evident even in this first episode.\" Maxie Zeus of \"Toon Zone\" said the episode is a \"winner\". In an Associated Press article, Frazier Moore lauded the featured song in the episode called \"Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight\" calling it the \"kookie part.\" Writer Kent Osborne, considers the episode", "title": "Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants)" }, { "docid": "10732209", "text": "the Students' Union. Papiya was an avid debater, dramatist and writer from an early age, and, together with her sister Tuktuk, became something of a household name as a regular contributor to Kookie Kol, a column in the Junior Statesman, which was a popular youth magazine of the time. As Patna University was closed down indefinitely in 1975 during Jayaprakash Narayan's agitation, Papiya Ghosh moved to Delhi University where she completed her MPhil and PhD, studying the pre-independence civil disobedience movement in Bihar (1930–34). After her PhD, she taught History at Delhi University for two years. In 1979, she decided", "title": "Papiya Ghosh" }, { "docid": "9021074", "text": "rhetoric for a literal request. The lyrics of Bob Dylan's \"Pay in Blood\" on his 2012 album \"Tempest\" include the line, \"I came to praise not to bury.\" Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears \"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears\" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play \"Julius Caesar\", by William Shakespeare. Occurring in Act III, scene II, it is one of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare's works. Antony has been allowed by Brutus and the other conspirators to make a funeral oration for Caesar on condition that he", "title": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" }, { "docid": "9021073", "text": "the line is begun several times by Julius Caesar, played by actor Kenneth Williams. Also parodied in \"\" (1995), when Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is rallying his animals, he yells \"Friends! Rodents! Quadrupeds! Lend me your rears!\" Also parodied in \"Sausage Party\", when Frank (Seth Rogen) tries to convince the other food that the humans are evil he starts by saying \"Friends, Ramen, Country Club Lemonade, lend me your ears of corn.\" In \"\" (1993) the speech is parodied where Robin Hood begins the speech, only to be interrupted by a barrage of ears thrown by the audience, misinterpreting the", "title": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" }, { "docid": "9021067", "text": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears \"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears\" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play \"Julius Caesar\", by William Shakespeare. Occurring in Act III, scene II, it is one of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare's works. Antony has been allowed by Brutus and the other conspirators to make a funeral oration for Caesar on condition that he not blame them for Caesar's death; however, while Antony's speech outwardly begins by justifying the actions of Brutus and the assassins \"I come to bury Caesar, not to", "title": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" }, { "docid": "11163798", "text": "very distinguished success with it) and \"Love sounds the alarm\" (which was \"excellent\"). In the same month Mrs Moore Lawson was Venus to his Tannhäuser in the first scene of that opera as presented in English at a concert of Hans Richter and was, according to Shaw, capable of holding his own with the majority of continental singers to whom he might be compared. Again in October 1891 at the Palace he sang \"Lend me your aid\" (Gounod) and some songs by Bemberg. In January 1892, McGuckin was called in to sing Berlioz' \"Damnation of Faust\" in two concert performances", "title": "Barton McGuckin" }, { "docid": "9577306", "text": "companions and is murdered, which leaves off where the original folk song begins: \"Tom, Tom, lend me your grey mare, I want to go back to Widecombe Fair...\" Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare. All along, down along, out along lea. For I want for to go to Widecombe Fair, With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all. And when shall I see again my grey mare? All along, down along, out along lea. By Friday soon, or Saturday noon,", "title": "Widecombe Fair (song)" }, { "docid": "16828840", "text": "2015, ISIL has released a total of six videos in the \"Lend Me Your Ears\" series, all of which feature Cantlie speaking while sitting at a wooden table and wearing orange prison garb against a black backdrop. In the videos, Cantlie adopts a critical position toward Western foreign policy, including military actions, political statements, and media coverage. Cantlie is particularly critical of US and British hostage policy, comparing it unfavourably to the policy of other European countries that negotiate and pay for the release of hostages. ISIL has released three additional videos apart from the \"Lend Me Your Ears\" series.", "title": "John Cantlie" }, { "docid": "8743098", "text": "their Chinese counterparts, resulting in a shift in meaning. It is also taken from Indian words such as \"dai\" meaning 'hey', \"goondu\" meaning 'stupid', etc. This is most obvious in such cases as \"borrow\"/\"lend\", which are functionally equivalent in Singlish and mapped to the same Mandarin word, 借 (\"jiè\"), which can mean to lend or to borrow. For example: \"Oi, can I borrow your calculator?\" / \"Hey, can you lend me your calculator?\" There have been several efforts to compile lexicons of Singlish, some for scholarly purposes, most for entertainment. Two early humorous works were Sylvia Toh Paik Choo's \"Eh,", "title": "Singlish vocabulary" }, { "docid": "3054891", "text": "this city, that I may have come hither with good omen as to this business of mine, on which I have come; and, ye gods, lend me your aid, that you may permit me to find my daughters and the son of my cousin; those who were stolen away from me, and his son from my cousin. But here lived formerly my guest Antidamas. They say that he has done that which he was doomed to do. They say that his son Agorastocles lives here. To him am I carrying with me this token of hospitality. He has been pointed", "title": "Punic language" }, { "docid": "13050470", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" top R&B albums chart. Put Me in Your Mix Put Me in Your Mix is a 1991 album by R&B singer Barry White. Regarded as a return to form, with exemplary slow jams, it was the second album of his comeback phase and contained the smash title track. The album also contained production akin to contemporary R&B, featuring electronic instrumentation and, particularly, the presence of a Linn Drum combined with White’s traditional symphonic arrangements. Glodean White sang back-up vocals, and Isaac Hayes sang duet on “Dark and Lovely (You over There).” The album reached number 98 on", "title": "Put Me in Your Mix" }, { "docid": "13050469", "text": "Put Me in Your Mix Put Me in Your Mix is a 1991 album by R&B singer Barry White. Regarded as a return to form, with exemplary slow jams, it was the second album of his comeback phase and contained the smash title track. The album also contained production akin to contemporary R&B, featuring electronic instrumentation and, particularly, the presence of a Linn Drum combined with White’s traditional symphonic arrangements. Glodean White sang back-up vocals, and Isaac Hayes sang duet on “Dark and Lovely (You over There).” The album reached number 98 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 8", "title": "Put Me in Your Mix" }, { "docid": "7574685", "text": "did not lend the second's sickle. And reading the words of \"You shall not . . . bear any grudge,\" the Sifra defined the extent of the term \"grudge.\" The Sifra taught that the term \"grudge\" applies to a case where one person asks to borrow a second's spade, and the second does not lend it, and then on the next day, the second asks the first to borrow the first's sickle, and the first consents to lend the sickle but taunts, \"I am not like you, for you did not lend me your spade, but here, take the sickle!\"", "title": "Kedoshim" }, { "docid": "11570251", "text": "Miller, Pee Wee Russell, and Coleman Hawkins. They also recorded with Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Dorsey, and Muggsy Spanier. McKenzie sang with the Paul Whiteman orchestra and in the 1930s led the Spirits of Rhythm and the Farley-Riley band. In 1931 sang on \"Time on My Hands, \"Just Friends\" (1931), and \"I'm Sorry Dear\" (1931). McKenzie played in the Town Hall concerts of Eddie Condon but retired in the 1940s. Red McKenzie William 'Red' McKenzie (October 14, 1899 – February 7, 1948) was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb by", "title": "Red McKenzie" }, { "docid": "10808907", "text": "dance alone, he is saved by one of the young ladies. Channing played \"such diverse characters as a French movie star, a British Christian Scientist, and 1920s flapper.\" Songs included \"Who Hit Me?\", \"Neurotic you and psychopathic me\", \"Where Is the She for Me?\", \"Give Your Heart a Chance to Sing\", \"Doin' the Old Yahoo Step\", and \"Molly O'Reilly\". \"Source:\" Brooks Atkinson, in his \"New York Times\" review, wrote that \"Gaynor's intimate musical is a model of skill and taste in this style of fooling, and it is performed by some fresh-grown youngsters whose talents have not been corrupted yet...He", "title": "Lend an Ear" }, { "docid": "13410316", "text": "Penny Farthing Records. After \"Sugar Baby Love\" – featuring Da Vinci's striking falsetto (he also sang all of the low vocal plus the two part harmony on the record) but with Alan Williams, who did not play or sing on the record, miming to the whole vocal on \"Top of the Pops\" – became a UK no.1 hit in 1974 (also reaching number 37 on the US pop chart), He also sang the lead vocal on the B-side of the record \"You could Have Told Me\". He issued his first solo single. The song, \"Your Baby Ain't Your Baby Anymore\",", "title": "Paul Da Vinci" }, { "docid": "9021069", "text": "king, for there were many who witnessed the latter's denying the crown three times. As Antony reflects on Caesar's death and the injustice of the idea that nobody will blame him, he becomes overwhelmed with emotion and deliberately pauses (\"My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/ And I must pause till it come back to me\"). As he does this, the crowd begins to turn against the conspirators. Antony then teases the crowd with Caesar's will, which they beg him to read, but he refuses. Antony tells the crowd to \"have patience\" and expresses his feeling that he", "title": "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" }, { "docid": "847263", "text": "then, honour the mother of all [Hera], the bride of Zeus, and lend me the help of your girdle, that I may charm my runaway son furious Ares, to make heaven once more his home.’</nowiki>\" \"<nowiki>When she had finished, the goddess replied with obedient words : ‘Mother of Enyalios (i.e. Ares), bride first enthroned of Zeus! I will give my girdle and anything else you ask me; I obey, since you reign over the gods with Kronion. Receive this sash; bind it about your bosom, and you may bring back Ares to heaven. If you like, charm the mind of", "title": "Apate" }, { "docid": "1470706", "text": "selection as a theme for the Marquis: By the light of the moon, My friend Pierrot, Lend me your quill, To write a word. My candle is dead, I have no more fire. Open your door for me For the love of God. By the light of the moon, Pierrot replied: \"I don't have any pens, I am in my bed Go to the neighbor's, I think she's there Because in her kitchen Someone is lighting the fire...\" Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2000, \"Quills\" premiered in the United States at the Telluride Film Festival on 2 September 2000.", "title": "Quills" }, { "docid": "14905556", "text": "\"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\". As an actor, Gesner performed regionally in theatre productions, including \"1776\", \"Lend Me a Tenor\", and \"Carnival!\", among others. He sang on the original concept album of \"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\" as Linus van Pelt and sang with Barbara Minkus on four bonus tracks on the original cast recording of the Off-Broadway cast of \"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\". Gesner wrote for \"NBC Experiment in Television\" in 1967, shortly before completing \"...Charlie Brown\". The 1968 television series \"The Ed Sullivan Show\" used Gesner's songs \"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\" and", "title": "Clark Gesner" }, { "docid": "6918639", "text": "turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, Why", "title": "Sheppey (play)" }, { "docid": "13982292", "text": "dog comes to see Sang Kancil. He mocks him and said that he will be cooked the next morning. Sang Kancil stays calm and relaxed. The dog got confused and asks him why. He said, \"You are wrong, I'm not going to be cooked! I'm going to be a prince!\" The dog becomes more confused. \"I’ll marry the farmer's daughter and I will become a prince. I feel sorry for you, all of your loyalties were paid just like this! You just become a dog! Look at me! Tomorrow, I'll become a prince!\" said Sang Kancil proudly. The dog, who", "title": "Kancil Story" }, { "docid": "19702817", "text": "\"God, Your Mama, and Me\". The duo then asked members of the Backstreet Boys via their manager Seth England if the group would be interested in performing with them, and all five members of the group agreed. In the song, Carter sang on the second verse, while AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson sang on the bridge. The song was recorded on June 27, 2016 at NightBird Recording Studios in West Hollywood, CA. The song first became available as an instant gratification track on iTunes just before the album release, and it entered the Hot Country Song on the chart date", "title": "God, Your Mama, and Me" }, { "docid": "9209204", "text": "(winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996) and the Brotherhood of Man singing \"Save Your Kisses for Me\" (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976). Also singing was Dmitry Koldun, the Belarusian entry to the 2007 contest, with his song \"Work Your Magic\". The first song to be performed was \"The Thought of You\" which involved the group playing around Jordan who sang at a microphone stand. The whistle and accordion player were sitting down. The second song \"Walk With Me\", involved more movement by the group than the first song, with Jordan at the microphone stand while the whistle", "title": "Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1568602", "text": "citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. The legislation had been proposed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in June 1963, but opposed by filibuster in the Senate. After Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson pushed the bill forward, which in its final form was passed in the U.S. Congress by a Senate vote of 73–27 and House vote of 289–126. The Act was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, at the White House.", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "3942450", "text": "Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. The final version of Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law later on that same day by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, at the White House. In April 1971, U.S. Representative Olin Teague of Texas introduced a bill to create five medical schools in conjunction with established VA hospitals and U.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California introduced a companion bill within the U.S. Senate. Known as the Teague-Cranston Act, the federal legislative proposal called for the creation of five new medical schools", "title": "Jimmy Quillen" }, { "docid": "1568602", "text": "citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. The legislation had been proposed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in June 1963, but opposed by filibuster in the Senate. After Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson pushed the bill forward, which in its final form was passed in the U.S. Congress by a Senate vote of 73–27 and House vote of 289–126. The Act was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, at the White House.", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" } ]

[ { "docid": "17522097", "text": "and months afterwards introduced an omnibus civil rights bill to Congress after his civil rights address on national television and radio. The fulfillment of the vision of King and the Civil Rights Movement against segregation came with the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was pushed through a bitterly divided Congress and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1964 King spoke of the Civil Rights Act, saying \"Then came that glowing day a few months ago when a strong Civil Rights bill became the law of", "title": "Second Emancipation Proclamation" }, { "docid": "2252031", "text": "Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson, the two laws signaled the end of discriminatory voting practices and segregation of public accommodations. The importance of these two laws was the injection of both the legislative and executive branches joining the judiciary to promote racial integration. In addition, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized the federal government to cut off funding if Southern school districts did not comply and also to bring lawsuits against school officials who resisted. One argument against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that opponents of the", "title": "Desegregation busing" }, { "docid": "2587114", "text": "the Civil Rights Act, which created the Division of Civil Rights within the U.S. Justice Department and the investigatory Civil Rights Commission. Signed by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, the law was pushed through Congress by U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn. However, Wright refused to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which required desegregation of public accommodations and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His reason for not supporting that legislation had to do with the voting rights provision of the law, which Wright enthusiastically supported, and felt the Civil Rights Act was weak without the", "title": "Jim Wright" }, { "docid": "7797012", "text": "B. Johnson, Kennedy's successor, took up the mantle and pushed the landmark Civil Rights Act through a bitterly divided Congress by invoking the slain president's memory. President Johnson then signed the Act into law on July 2, 1964. This civil rights law ended what was known as the \"Solid South\" and certain provisions were modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1875, signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. Kennedy's continuation of Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower's policies of giving economic and military aid to South Vietnam left the door open for President Johnson's escalation of", "title": "John F. Kennedy" }, { "docid": "3359010", "text": "more liberal alternative to conservative Senator Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election. Scott also faced re-election in 1964 and overcame the national landslide for Democratic President Lyndon Johnson to defeat the state Secretary of Internal Affairs, Democrat Genevieve Blatt, by approximately 70,000 votes. Scott voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. In 1966, along with two other Republican Senators and five Republican Representatives, Scott signed a telegram sent to Georgia Governor Carl Sanders on the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat the", "title": "Hugh Scott" }, { "docid": "1568656", "text": "the list of public accommodations covered.\" The Americans with Disabilities Act extended \"the principle of nondiscrimination to people with disabilities\", an idea unsought in the United States before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act also influenced later civil rights legislation, such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, aiding not only African Americans, but also women. Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and U.S. labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color,", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "2574741", "text": "80% of the vote in his Democratic-friendly district. He was the first black representative elected west of the Mississippi River. Hawkins was a strong supporter of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society. Early in his congressional career, he authored legislation including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Hawkins was a strong supporter of civil rights, and toured the South in 1964 to advocate for African American voter registration. Five days after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, the Watts Riots occurred in Hawkins' district. It was", "title": "Augustus Hawkins" }, { "docid": "6059402", "text": "outside their local communities. The case of the young murdered activists captured national attention. They were found to have been murdered by members of the Klan, some of them members of the Neshoba County sheriff's department. President Johnson used the outrage over their deaths and his formidable political skills to bring about passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed July 2. It banned discrimination in public accommodations, employment and education. It also had a section about voting, but voting protection was addressed more substantially by passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1964, civil rights organizers", "title": "History of Mississippi" }, { "docid": "3186414", "text": "House of Representatives after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 had opened voter registration to blacks. By ending the disfranchisement of blacks through discriminatory voter registration, African Americans regained the ability to vote and entered the political process. Although he was initially undecided about his party affiliation, Bond ultimately ran and was elected as a Democrat, the party of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law. On January 10, 1966, Georgia state representatives voted 184–12 not to seat him, because he had", "title": "Julian Bond" }, { "docid": "11732122", "text": "in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the town where the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner occurred in 1964, when running for president in 1980 (many politicians had spoken at that annual Fair, however). Reagan was offended that some accused him of racism. In 1980 Reagan said the Voting Rights Act was \"humiliating to the South\", although he later supported extending the Act. He opposed Fair Housing legislation in California (the Rumford Fair Housing Act), but in 1988 signed a law expanding the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Reagan was unsuccessful in trying to veto another civil rights bill in March of the", "title": "Domestic policy of the Ronald Reagan administration" }, { "docid": "942168", "text": "in 1964 for her editorials about the civil rights movement during this period. The Freedom Democratic Party was organized in 1964 to work on black voter registration and education, and continued after passage of civil rights laws. For instance, where white Democratic Party officials had defined the very large Lexington precinct, which held the majority of population, the county chapter of the FDP organized its own sub-precincts within it in order to communicate better with its community. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were important but had to be implemented on the local", "title": "Holmes County, Mississippi" }, { "docid": "7124098", "text": "Tee Walker pointed to its influence on national affairs as its true impact. President Kennedy's administration drew up the Civil Rights Act bill. After being filibustered for 75 days by \"diehard southerners\" in Congress, it was passed into law in 1964 and signed by President Lyndon Johnson. The Civil Rights Act applied to the entire nation, prohibiting racial discrimination in employment and in access to public places. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, however, disagreed that the Birmingham campaign was the primary force behind the Civil Rights Act. Wilkins gave credit to other movements, such as the Freedom Rides, the integration", "title": "Birmingham campaign" }, { "docid": "3109636", "text": "readopted by Congress during the Civil Rights Movement as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The 1964 and 1968 acts relied upon the Commerce Clause contained in of the Constitution of the United States rather than the Equal Protection Clause within the Fourteenth Amendment. Civil Rights Act of 1875 The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (–337), sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era in response to civil rights violations to African Americans, \"to protect all citizens in their civil and", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1875" }, { "docid": "11935467", "text": "Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by President Johnson. In 1982, he signed a bill extending the Voting Rights Act for 25 years after a grass-roots lobbying and legislative campaign forced him to abandon his plan to ease that law's restrictions. In 1988, he vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act, but his veto was overridden by Congress. Reagan had argued that the legislation infringed on states' rights and the rights of churches and business owners. Reagan did not consider himself a racist and dismissed any attacks aimed at him relating to racism as", "title": "Political positions of Ronald Reagan" }, { "docid": "11732121", "text": "question about the seriousness of this and the need to find an answer.\" Annual AIDS related funding was $44 million in 1983, 2 years after he took office, and was $1.6 billion in 1988, an increase of over 1000 percent. No civil rights legislation for lesbian or gay individuals passed during Reagan's tenure. On the 1980 campaign trail, he spoke of the gay civil rights movement: Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Reagan gave a States' Rights speech at the Neshoba County Fair", "title": "Domestic policy of the Ronald Reagan administration" }, { "docid": "1568654", "text": "in New York City had reached the opposite conclusion, finding that Title VII sex discrimination does not include claims based on sexual orientation. Despite its lack of influence during its time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had considerable impact on later civil rights legislation in the United States. It paved the way for future legislation that was not limited to African American civil rights. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990—which has been called \"the most important piece of federal legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964\"—was influenced both by the structure and substance of the previous Civil", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "4741958", "text": "counted. Title VII established the separability of the act, affirming that the rest of the act shall go unaffected if one provision is found invalid. After the subsequent intensive acts of 1964 and 1965, the act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 were deemed ineffective for the firm establishment of civil rights. The later legislation had firmer ground for the enforcement and protection of a variety of civil rights, where the acts of 1957 and 1960 were largely limited to voting rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 dealt with race and color but omitted coverage of", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1960" }, { "docid": "2202292", "text": "Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, newly-inaugurated President Lyndon Johnson continued to press for the passage of the civil rights bill sought by his predecessor. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into effect the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In attendance were various leaders of the Civil Rights Movement including Martin Luther King Jr. This resulting legislation outlawed any discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin; thus ensuring full, equal rights of African-Americans before the law. Officially, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing remained unsolved until William Baxley was elected", "title": "16th Street Baptist Church bombing" }, { "docid": "4427566", "text": "anguish, and turmoil: Lyndon B. Johnson and civil rights activists used the outrage over the activists' deaths to gain passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which he signed on July 2. This and the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965 contributed to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which Johnson signed on August 6 of that year. Malcolm X used the delayed resolution of the case in his argument that the federal government was not protecting black lives, and African-Americans would have to defend themselves: \"And the FBI head, Hoover, admits that they know who did", "title": "Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner" }, { "docid": "19860823", "text": "the public projects. Both programs helped Mexican Americans improve both their economic and social positions in the community. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was founded in 1964 as a corollary to the Civil Rights Act passed by congress in 1964. The act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and the EEOC was designed to prevent employment discrimination. Congress has given the EEOC the authority to investigate discrimination claims, create conciliation programs, create voluntary assistance programs and file lawsuits. The agency is still in existence today and continues to enforce a range of federal statutes, which prohibit employment discrimination. The", "title": "Timeline of Latino civil rights in the United States" }, { "docid": "1376372", "text": "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case holding that the Commerce Clause gave the U.S. Congress power to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations. This important case represented an immediate challenge to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark piece of civil rights legislation which represented the first comprehensive act by Congress on civil rights and race relations since the Civil Rights Act", "title": "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" }, { "docid": "19134691", "text": "guaranteeing equal treatment of every American regardless of race. Soon after, Kennedy proposed that Congress consider civil rights legislation that would address voting rights, public accommodations, school desegregation, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs, and more. Despite Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963, his proposal culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson just a few hours after House approval on July 2, 1964. The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. It banned discriminatory practices in employment and ended segregation in public places such as swimming pools, libraries, and public", "title": "School desegregation in Boston" }, { "docid": "6396765", "text": "to a lesser extent economic opportunities offered by the New Deal relief programs. Although Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower carried half the South in 1952 and 1956 and Senator Barry Goldwater also carried five Southern states in 1964, Democrat Jimmy Carter carried all of the South except Virginia and there was no long-term realignment until Ronald Reagan's sweeping victories in the South in 1980 and 1984. The party's dramatic reversal on civil rights issues culminated when Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act was passed in both House and Senate by a", "title": "History of the United States Democratic Party" }, { "docid": "8509704", "text": "proposed 1964 civil rights bill attracted 10,000 Kentuckians, as well as prominent leaders and allies such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, landmark athlete Jackie Robinson, and folk musicians Peter, Paul, and Mary. In January 1966, Breathitt signed \"the most comprehensive civil rights act ever passed by any state south of the Ohio River in the history of this nation.\" Martin Luther King Jr. concurred with Breathitt's assessment of Kentucky's sweeping legislation, describing it as \"the strongest and most important comprehensive civil-rights bill passed by a Southern state.\" Kentucky's 1966 Civil Rights Act ended racial discrimination in bathrooms,", "title": "History of Kentucky" }, { "docid": "594232", "text": "almost all of whomblack and whitestill consider it to have been one of the defining periods of their lives. Although President Kennedy had proposed civil rights legislation and it had support from Northern Congressmen and Senators of both parties, Southern Senators blocked the bill by threatening filibusters. After considerable parliamentary maneuvering and 54 days of filibuster on the floor of the United States Senate, President Johnson got a bill through the Congress. On July 2, 1964, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on \"race, color, religion, sex or national origin\" in employment practices and", "title": "Civil rights movement" }, { "docid": "4820406", "text": "Liuzzo, gaining conviction by an all-white jury in Alabama. In 1963, he calmed an angry mob after the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, murdered outside his home. Doar prosecuted the federal case for civil rights violations against the people who were accused of murdering Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, young civil rights workers in Mississippi. He had earlier contributed to drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Lyndon Johnson signed to try to enforce constitutional rights for all citizens. In March 1965, Doar was the first to arrive in Montgomery, Alabama, during the third of", "title": "John Doar" }, { "docid": "1713033", "text": "\"as an expression of the Nation's gratitude for the public service of the man we honor tonight, the Navy's next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, CVN-74, will be christened the \"U.S.S. John C. Stennis\".\" Originally, Stennis was an ardent supporter of racial segregation. In the 1950s and 1960s, he vigorously opposed the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968; he signed the Southern Manifesto of 1956, supporting filibuster tactics to block or delay passage in all cases. Earlier, as a prosecutor, he sought the conviction and execution of three sharecroppers whose murder confessions", "title": "John C. Stennis" }, { "docid": "4442373", "text": "helped lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Shuttlesworth's activities were not limited to Birmingham. In 1964, he traveled to St. Augustine, Florida (which he often cited as the place where the civil rights struggle met with the most violent resistance), taking part in marches and widely publicized beach wade-ins. In 1965, he was active in the Selma Voting Rights Movement, and its march from Selma to Montgomery which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Shuttlesworth thus played a role in the efforts that led to the passage of the two great legislative accomplishments", "title": "Fred Shuttlesworth" }, { "docid": "13480652", "text": "be.\" On November 22, 1963 Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson was immediately sworn in as President and addressed a joint session of Congress, saying, \"No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long.\" After an intense legislative effort, the bill passed Congress and was signed into law by Johnson as the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964. The address was Kennedy's most dramatic statement on African-American civil rights. It transformed the subject from a legal issue", "title": "Report to the American People on Civil Rights" }, { "docid": "1568648", "text": "Title VII and gave EEOC authority to initiate its own enforcement litigation. The EEOC now played a major role in guiding judicial interpretations of civil rights legislation. The commission was also permitted for the first time to define \"discrimination,\" a term excluded from the 1964 Act. The Constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, at the time, in some dispute as it applied to the private sector. In the landmark \"Civil Rights Cases\" the United States Supreme Court had ruled, in 1883, that Congress did not have the power to prohibit discrimination in the private sector, thus stripping", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "1568655", "text": "Rights Act of 1964. The act was arguably of equal importance, and \"draws substantially from the structure of that landmark legislation [Civil Rights Act of 1964]\". The Americans with Disabilities Act paralleled its landmark predecessor structurally, drawing upon many of the same titles and statutes. For example, \"Title I of the ADA, which bans employment discrimination by private employers on the basis of disability, parallels Title VII of the Act\". Similarly, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, \"which proscribes discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations, tracks Title II of the 1964 Act while expanding upon", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "1568652", "text": "which ended that practice among the country's newspapers. The United States Civil Service Commission ended the practice among federal jobs which designated them \"women only\" or \"men only.\" In 1974, the Supreme Court also ruled that the San Francisco school district was violating non-English speaking students' rights under the 1964 act by placing them in regular classes rather than providing some sort of accommodation for them. In 1975, a federal civil rights agency warned a Phoenix, Arizona school that its end-of-year father-son and mother-daughter baseball games were illegal according to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Gerald Ford intervened, and", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "1568601", "text": "Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and U.S. labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. Powers given to enforce the act were initially weak, but were supplemented during later years. Congress asserted its authority to legislate under several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its power to regulate interstate commerce under Article One (section 8), its duty to guarantee all", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "12506881", "text": "session of Congress be known as the session which did more for civil rights than the last hundred sessions combined.\" On June 21, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, where they were volunteering in the registration of African-American voters as part of the Mississippi Summer Project. The disappearance of the three activists captured national attention and the ensuing outrage was used by Johnson and civil rights activists to build a coalition of northern Democrats and Republicans and push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On July 2, 1964,", "title": "Jim Crow laws" }, { "docid": "3655912", "text": "himself as a \"Mendel Rivers Democrat,\" a reference to L. Mendel Rivers, the long-time chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from South Carolina. Later president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and a long-time counsel for the South Carolina Hospital Association, Callison was considered \"moderate\" because he urged compliance with the Civil Rights Act, which U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson had signed into law on July 2, 1964. By contrast, Watson equated the Civil Rights Act to the supremacy of minority rights over those of the southern white majority. Byrnes, the elder statesman of the South Carolina Democratic Party,", "title": "Albert Watson (South Carolina)" }, { "docid": "5156916", "text": "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Votes on Act Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 The Civil Rights Restoration Act, or Grove City Bill, was a US legislative act that specified that recipients of federal funds must comply with civil rights laws in all areas, not just in the particular program or activity that received federal funding. The Act was first passed by the House in June 1984 (375–32) but failed to pass in either chamber after divisions occurred within the civil rights coalition over the issue of abortion. In", "title": "Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987" }, { "docid": "583813", "text": "has no indigenous life. To cope with the sterile habitat, the human colonists abuse drugs such as \"Can-D\" and \"Chew-Z\". Dick previously published a shorter version of the story in 1963, called \"All We Marsmen\". Like Heinlein's \"Double Star\", \"All We Marsmen\" was conceived at a time in US history when many marginalized people were fighting especially vehemently for more civil rights. US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law on 2 July 1964. \"Total Recall\" (1990) is a science fiction action film about an apparently unsophisticated construction worker who turns out to be", "title": "Martian" }, { "docid": "1868957", "text": "balance the ticket. Lyndon Johnson was later selected. Jackson boasted one of the strongest records on civil rights during the civil rights movement. He supported the 1957 and the 1964 Civil Rights Acts. On July 22, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Water Resources Planning Act into law, noting Jackson as one of the Congress members to \"have made a very invaluable and very farsighted contribution to America's future.\" In April 1968, responding to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson gave a speech about the legacy and injustice of inequality. In 1963, Jackson was made chairman of", "title": "Henry M. Jackson" }, { "docid": "4675079", "text": "attention and build support for the cause. The events captured important national media attention and coverage, as Walker discussed in detail when interviewed by Robert Penn Warren for the book Who Speaks for the Negro?. This was critical for gaining national support among American citizens and the Kennedy administration for the movement and its goals. Walker also helped organize and participated in the 1963 March on Washington. In 1964 and 1965 he celebrated the movement's successes when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. From 1964 to 1966 Walker worked with a new publishing venture,", "title": "Wyatt Tee Walker" }, { "docid": "7880185", "text": "platform. Black activists, most prominently Martin Luther King, escalated the bearer agitation throughout the South, especially in Birmingham, Alabama, where brutal police tactics outraged national television audiences. The civil rights movement climaxed in the \"March on Washington\" in August 1963, where King gave his dramatic \"I Have a Dream\" speech. The activism put civil rights at the very top of the liberal political agenda and facilitated passage of the decisive Civil Rights Act of 1964, which permanently ended segregation in the United States, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which guaranteed blacks the right to vote, with strong enforcement", "title": "Modern liberalism in the United States" }, { "docid": "3686949", "text": "that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, and advised school systems to integrate. Talmadge was elected to the United States Senate in 1956. Most blacks in Georgia were still disenfranchised under state laws passed by conservative white Democrats and discriminatory practices they had conducted since the turn of the 20th century. During his time as U.S. Senator, Talmadge continued as a foe of civil rights legislation, even as the Civil Rights Movement gained media coverage and increasing support across the country. After President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Talmadge, along with more than a dozen other", "title": "Herman Talmadge" }, { "docid": "12046576", "text": "already provided them with financial security. Larom was a conservationist, a conservative, a Republican, an Episcopalian, and a teetotaler. He opposed the Wyoming Civil Rights Act of 1957, signed into law by then Governor Milward L. Simpson as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which then U.S. Senator Milward Simpson and five Republican colleagues voted against. Larom feared that the unintended consequences of such laws would render it impossible to screen his guests. When he could no longer find enough high-paying guests who fit into his image of Valley Ranch, Larom sold the enterprise but resided with his", "title": "Larry Larom" }, { "docid": "2053591", "text": "Congress to pass the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kunstler brought the first federal case under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which allowed the removal of cases from county court to be appealed; the defendants were protestors at the 1964 New York World's Fair. He was a director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1964 to 1972, when he became a member of the ACLU National Council. In 1966 he co-founded the Center for Constitutional Rights. Kunstler also worked with the National Lawyers Guild. In 1965, Kunstler's firm Kunstler, Kunstler, and Kinoy was", "title": "William Kunstler" }, { "docid": "8911656", "text": "disparate impact on national origin minorities. However, when defending against a disparate impact claim that alleges age discrimination, an employer does not need to demonstrate necessity; rather, it must simply show that its practice is reasonable. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) interprets and enforces the Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I and V of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The Commission was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Its", "title": "Employment discrimination law in the United States" }, { "docid": "3124725", "text": "Civil Rights Act of 1968 The Civil Rights Act of 1968, (), also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime to \"by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin.\" The Act was signed into law during the King assassination riots by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had previously signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1968" }, { "docid": "9507114", "text": "Clarence Mitchell Jr. Clarence Maurice Mitchell Jr. (March 8, 1911 – March 19, 1984) was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years. He also served as a regional director for the organization. Mitchell, nicknamed \"the 101st U.S. Senator\", waged a tireless campaign on Capitol Hill, helping to secure passage of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act (\"Title VIII\" of the", "title": "Clarence Mitchell Jr." }, { "docid": "1518433", "text": "Tennessee senators Albert Gore, Sr. and Estes Kefauver. Virginia closed schools in Warren County, Prince Edward County, Charlottesville, and Norfolk rather than integrate, but no other state followed suit. Democratic governors Orval Faubus of Arkansas, Ross Barnett of Mississippi, John Connally of Texas, Lester Maddox of Georgia, and, especially, George Wallace of Alabama resisted integration and appealed to a rural and blue-collar electorate. The northern Democrats’ support of civil rights issues culminated when Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which ended legal segregation and provided", "title": "Southern United States" }, { "docid": "12195140", "text": "and some initial issues with the congressional calendar\". While the law sought to address the rights of women in the workplace, some conservative editorialists said the law was \"[nothing] more than a trial-lawyer payout.\" Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (, ) is a federal statute in the United States that was the first bill signed into law by US President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay", "title": "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" }, { "docid": "551808", "text": "ascended to the presidency, beginning a campaign for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which angered white segregationists. These laws ended segregation and committed the federal government to enforce voting rights of citizens by the supervision of elections in states in which the pattern of voting showed blacks had been disenfranchised. Many Democrats strongly opposed these laws, including Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), who filibustered the Civil Rights Act for 14 hours and 13 minutes on June 9 and 10, 1964. During the signing ceremony for the Civil Rights Act, President Johnson", "title": "Strom Thurmond" }, { "docid": "2489039", "text": "Thurmond in 1948, but he opposed civil rights laws as unconstitutional and unwise. Unlike Theodore Bilbo, \"Cotton Ed\" Smith and James Eastland, who had reputations as ruthless, tough-talking, heavy-handed race baiters, he never justified hatred or acts of violence to defend segregation. But he strongly defended white supremacy and apparently did not question it or ever apologize for his segregationist views, votes and speeches. Russell was key, for decades, in blocking meaningful civil rights legislation intended to protect African-Americans from lynching, disenfranchisement, and disparate treatment under the law. After Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Russell (along with", "title": "Richard Russell Jr." }, { "docid": "1568643", "text": "who had argued Title VII protections applied to sexual orientation. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated in its earlier ruling that only the Supreme Court could determine if Title VII applied. Required compilation of voter-registration and voting data in geographic areas specified by the Commission on Civil Rights. Title IX made it easier to move civil rights cases from state courts to federal court. This was of crucial importance to civil rights activists who contended that they could not get fair trials in state courts. Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should not be confused", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "9778215", "text": "It was the first time that Southern senators had failed to win with such tactics against civil rights bills. On July 2, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act prohibited segregation in public places and barred unequal application of voter registration requirements. It did not explicitly ban literacy tests, which had been used to disqualify blacks and poor white voters. As the United States Department of Justice has stated: By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disenfranchisement (sic) had been under way for some time, but had achieved only modest success", "title": "Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era" }, { "docid": "3109635", "text": "Civil Rights Act of 1875 was the last federal civil rights bill signed into law until the Civil Rights Act of 1957, enacted during the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is notable as the last major piece of legislation related to Reconstruction that was passed by Congress during the Reconstruction Era. These include the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the four Reconstruction Acts of 1867 and 1868, the three Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871, and the three Constitutional Amendments adopted between 1865 and 1870. Provisions contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1875 were later", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1875" }, { "docid": "9507128", "text": "York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury, New York. Clarence Mitchell Jr. Clarence Maurice Mitchell Jr. (March 8, 1911 – March 19, 1984) was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years. He also served as a regional director for the organization. Mitchell, nicknamed \"the 101st U.S. Senator\", waged a tireless campaign on Capitol Hill, helping to secure passage of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and", "title": "Clarence Mitchell Jr." }, { "docid": "19560464", "text": "Republican than the national average. Goldwater was the first Republican to carry the Magnolia State since Reconstruction. In a state where fewer than ten percent of blacks were registered voters, and an almost entirely white electorate that had lost none of its hostility towards the Civil Rights Movement, President Johnson's policies, not only on civil rights but also his \"War on Poverty\", were anathema. Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr., though considered relatively liberal for such reforms as repealing statewide Prohibition, told Mississippians not to obey the Civil Rights Act when it became law in the middle of 1964, while it", "title": "1964 United States presidential election in Mississippi" }, { "docid": "1691953", "text": "in some Orleans Parish precincts benefited Boggs and that Treen may have actually won the election. During his tenure in Congress, Boggs was an influential player in the government. After \"Brown v. Board of Education\", he signed the Southern Manifesto condemning desegregation in the 1950s and opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unlike most other Southern Representatives, however, he supported the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Open Housing Act of 1968. He was instrumental in passage of the interstate highway program in 1956. Boggs was the youngest member of the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of", "title": "Hale Boggs" }, { "docid": "9507126", "text": "helped secure passage of the era's critical civil rights legislation: the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act (\"Title VIII\" of the Civil Rights Act of 1968). He was nicknamed \"the 101st U.S. Senator.\" President Lyndon B. Johnson also led his administration's War on Poverty. He appointed Daniel Patrick Moynihan as Assistant Secretary of Labor. Mitchell was criticized by some in the black community for his support of Moynihan during this period, as the latter had written a controversial book analyzing issues of the black", "title": "Clarence Mitchell Jr." }, { "docid": "9517849", "text": "Jr. agreed to tone down the March on Washington in 1963. Kennedy finally endorsed the March on Washington and proposed what would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but he could not get it passed during his lifetime. Lyndon Johnson, who took office in November 1963, used the image of Kennedy's martyrdom to mobilize northern support, along with the black leadership community, to pass major civil rights legislation: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The result was an end to legalized segregation and an end to restrictions on black voting. However, it", "title": "Liberalism in the United States" }, { "docid": "4104474", "text": "1964 the NWP and Pauli Murray did succeed, with the support of conservatives and over the opposition of liberals, blacks and labor unions, to have \"sex\" added to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, thus achieving some of the goals sought by the NWP. Pauli Murray was also instrumental in the inclusion of sex in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits the discrimination based on sex, which has been attributed to the betterment of women as a group. \"The Suffragist\" newspaper was founded by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in", "title": "National Woman's Party" }, { "docid": "661429", "text": "voting rights act that you can\". However, Johnson did not publicly push for the legislation at the time; his advisers warned him of political costs for vigorously pursuing a voting rights bill so soon after Congress had passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Johnson was concerned that championing voting rights would endanger his Great Society reforms by angering Southern Democrats in Congress. Following the 1964 elections, civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) pushed for federal action to protect the voting rights of racial minorities. Their efforts", "title": "Voting Rights Act of 1965" }, { "docid": "3124726", "text": "Act into law. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly known as the \"Fair Housing Act\" and was meant as a follow‑up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibited discrimination in housing, there were no federal enforcement provisions. The 1968 act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and since 1974, gender; since 1988, the act protects people with disabilities and families with children. Victims of discrimination may use both the 1968 act and", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1968" }, { "docid": "16691334", "text": "of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cover discrimination against LGBT employees, as \"allegations of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation necessarily state a claim of discrimination on the basis of sex\". This interpretation in essence bars employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2012 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow gender identity-based employment discrimination because it is a form of sex discrimination. Then in 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded that Title", "title": "LGBT employment discrimination in the United States" }, { "docid": "1531348", "text": "a colleague and friend of Martin Luther King Jr., he was a strategist and negotiator during the Civil Rights Campaigns in Birmingham (1963), St. Augustine (1964), Selma (1965), and Atlanta (1966). He was jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations, both in Selma, Alabama, and in St. Augustine, Florida. The movement gained congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Young was with King in Memphis, Tennessee, when King was assassinated in 1968. In 1970, Young ran as a Democrat for Congress from Georgia, but was unsuccessful. After his defeat, Rev. Fred", "title": "Andrew Young" }, { "docid": "3065686", "text": "President John F. Kennedy's new Peace Corps initiative that trained new volunteers for service in Chile, but he felt that the Kennedy administration had a poor record on civil rights issues. In contrast to his assessment of the Kennedy administration's civil rights efforts, Hesburgh praised Lyndon B. Johnson's work to secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. Congress and his courage for supporting the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Hesburgh also made public appearances to show his support for the civil rights movement. On July 21, 1964, Hesburgh delivered an impromptu speech during Martin Luther", "title": "Theodore Hesburgh" }, { "docid": "16362048", "text": "Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. 1964 Firecracker 400 The 1964 Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on July 4, 1964, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It would become the first NASCAR Grand National Series race to take place after Fireball Roberts died two days earlier; after participating in the infamous 1964 World 600. There were 33 American-born drivers on the official racing grid. Fred Lorenzen (employed by Holman Moody) secured his last-place finish during the parade laps because", "title": "1964 Firecracker 400" }, { "docid": "13017372", "text": "in \"Brown v. Board of Education\". After the Little Rock, Arkansas school board decided to end a desegregation program in 1958, Taylor wrote a brief that convinced the court to require the continued integration of its schools. He served as general counsel, and later as staff director, at the United States Commission on Civil Rights during the 1960s, where his research helped lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. There he helped formulate a voluntary desegregation plan in the 1980s for the St. Louis, Missouri school", "title": "William L. Taylor" }, { "docid": "2574743", "text": "Pierre Salinger lost to Republican George Murphy in California over the issue, marking the only Republican pickup amid Lyndon Johnson's crushing presidential victory over anti-civil rights Barry Goldwater in 1964. Open housing reform seemed next on the Great Society list after the Voting Rights Act was signed, but the Watts Riot put it on hold. It was not passed until after the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. On the Vietnam War, Hawkins initially agreed with President Johnson. In 1964, both insisted that the war undermined the Great Society and that the United States could not \"impose our way", "title": "Augustus Hawkins" }, { "docid": "4741959", "text": "those discriminated against for national origin, although Eisenhower had called for it in his message to Congress. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 worked to fulfill the seven goals suggested by President Eisenhower in 1959. The two satisfied proponents of the civil rights movement to end racial discrimination and protect legal equality in the United States. Civil Rights Act of 1960 The Civil Rights Act of 1960 () is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1960" }, { "docid": "57006", "text": "the 1957 Civil Rights Act H.R. 6127 and the 1960 Civil Rights Act H.R. 8601 and had supported the original Senate version of the bill, Goldwater made the decision to oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His stance was based on his view that Article II and Article VII of the Act interfered with the rights of private persons to do or not to do business with whomever they chose, and believed that the private employment provisions of the Act would lead to racial quotas. In the segregated city of Phoenix in the 1950s, he had quietly supported civil", "title": "Barry Goldwater" }, { "docid": "2073956", "text": "the Civil Rights Act of 1957. On June 30, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Housing Act of 1961; Kennedy thanked Sparkman for spearheading \"this bill through the Senate\". During the September 4, 1964 signing of the Housing Act of 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the latter expressed his \"very special congratulations this morning to both Senator Sparkman and Congressman Rains of Alabama.\" In August 1961, the Kennedy administration reaffirmed its lack of interest in compromising on its five-year foreign aid program, Sparkman arguing that the administration faced the possibility of having to settle for a reduction in", "title": "John Sparkman" }, { "docid": "13243399", "text": "for the passage of many civil rights bills, having a hand in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. In addition, he fought against McCarthyism and was a long-time executive board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Joseph L. Rauh Jr. Joseph Louis Rauh, Jr. (January 3, 1911 – September 3, 1992) was one of the United States' foremost civil rights and civil liberties lawyers. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by", "title": "Joseph L. Rauh Jr." }, { "docid": "3250362", "text": "and voter registration drives in Mississippi. During the 1964 Freedom Summer, hundreds of students from the North came to participate in voter drives and community organizing. Media coverage, especially of the violent backlash exemplified by the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner near Philadelphia, Mississippi, contributed to national support for civil rights legislation. After the Kennedy assassination, now-President Lyndon Johnson helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made racial discrimination and segregation illegal, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which abolished the poll tax and other means of keeping blacks and the poor from registering", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1957" }, { "docid": "3818075", "text": "of the Byrd Organization, and very conservative on social issues. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 1959 to 1966. In 1956, Robertson was one of the 19 senators who signed the Southern Manifesto against the US Supreme Court decision of \"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka\", which mandated schools' desegregation. When President Lyndon Johnson sent his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, on a train trip through the South to encourage support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Robertson was one of four Southern", "title": "Absalom Willis Robertson" }, { "docid": "20794790", "text": "establish the first fully integrated professional symphony orchestra in the U.S. It would take another two decades to be achieved, however. As the civil rights movement of the 1960s gained momentum in the US, Steinberg founded a committee to create a symphony orchestra of accomplished musicians and conductors, irrespective of race. The mission statement of the Symphony of the New World was written two months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. Steinberg accepted the post of Music Director and obtained funding for the orchestra's first season. The debut concert of the first fully integrated orchestra", "title": "Benjamin Steinberg (conductor)" }, { "docid": "14318886", "text": "from various perspectives and in diverse fields of study.\" Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review The Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review is a student-run law review published by Harvard Law School. The journal is published two times per year and contains articles, essays, and book reviews concerning civil rights and liberties. In 2009 its online companion \"Amicus\" was launched, which features standard length journal articles coupled with online responses. The journal was established in Spring 1966 in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In their first issue the editors", "title": "Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review" }, { "docid": "14318883", "text": "Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review The Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review is a student-run law review published by Harvard Law School. The journal is published two times per year and contains articles, essays, and book reviews concerning civil rights and liberties. In 2009 its online companion \"Amicus\" was launched, which features standard length journal articles coupled with online responses. The journal was established in Spring 1966 in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In their first issue the editors of the new publication wrote that the review \"is", "title": "Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review" }, { "docid": "4877681", "text": "in Atlanta, Chicago and New York. The facts gathered in these and other hearings along with the Commission's recommendations were presented not just to Congress and the President but the American people generally, and they become part of the foundation upon which the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 were built. A revolution in public opinion occurred during the late 1950s and early 1960s on issues of civil rights. The activities and reports of the Commission on Civil Rights contributed to that", "title": "United States Commission on Civil Rights" }, { "docid": "4594548", "text": "an award of attorney's fees and to collect interest on any judgment against the federal government. Civil Rights Act of 1991 The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. The Act represented the first effort since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify some of the basic procedural and substantive rights provided by federal law in employment discrimination cases. It provided the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1991" }, { "docid": "4594539", "text": "Civil Rights Act of 1991 The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. The Act represented the first effort since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to modify some of the basic procedural and substantive rights provided by federal law in employment discrimination cases. It provided the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introduced the possibility of emotional distress damages and limited the amount that a jury could", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1991" }, { "docid": "2281204", "text": "awakening, forcing black women not only to fight for civil rights but also to engage in the Feminist movement. Noted achievements of the Civil Rights Movement include the judicial victory in the \"Brown v. Board of Education\" case that nullified the legal article of \"separate but equal\" and made segregation legally impermissible, and the passages of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, . that banned discrimination in employment practices and public accommodations, passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that restored voting rights, and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that banned discrimination in the sale or rental", "title": "Civil rights movements" }, { "docid": "3109630", "text": "Civil Rights Act of 1875 The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (–337), sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era in response to civil rights violations to African Americans, \"to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights\", giving them equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service. The bill was passed by the 43rd United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1875. The law was generally opposed by public opinion, but blacks did", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1875" }, { "docid": "7752776", "text": "the South. The organization was composed mainly of conservative white southerners who sought to exert financial pressures on civil rights supporters. The greater part of the members were medium to lower-income whites who were staunch supporters of what was commonly called \"the southern way of life.\" The Citizens' Council grew in numbers until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, a frequent target of Touchstone's editorials, along with Johnson's intra-party rival, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, subsequently a U.S. senator from New York. Touchstone's newsletter, \"The Councilor,\" was hostile toward liberals", "title": "Ned Touchstone" }, { "docid": "15196", "text": "of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 did African Americans regain the ability to exercise suffrage, among other civil rights. In many jurisdictions, they continued to be excluded from representation by at-large electoral systems, which allowed the majority of the population to dominate elections. Some changes at the county level have occurred following court challenges to establish single-member districts that enable a more diverse representation among county boards. In 2007, the Alabama Legislature passed, and Republican Governor Bob Riley signed a resolution expressing \"profound regret\" over slavery and its lingering impact. In a symbolic ceremony, the bill was signed", "title": "Alabama" }, { "docid": "512053", "text": "signed into law. Goldwater said that he considered desegregation a states' rights issue, rather than a national policy, and believed the 1964 act to be unconstitutional. Goldwater's vote against the legislation helped cause African-Americans to overwhelmingly support Johnson. Goldwater had previously voted in favor of the 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights acts, but only after proposing \"restrictive amendments\" to them. Goldwater was famous for speaking \"off-the-cuff\" at times, and many of his former statements were given wide publicity by the Democrats. In the early 1960s, Goldwater had called the Eisenhower administration \"a dime store New Deal\", and the former president", "title": "1964 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "4594540", "text": "award. President Bush had used his veto against the more comprehensive Civil Rights Act of 1990. He feared racial quotas would be imposed but later approved the 1991 version of the bill. The 1991 Act combined elements from two different civil right acts of the past: the Civil Rights Act of 1866, better known by the number assigned to it in the codification of federal laws as Section 1981, and the employment-related provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, generally referred to as Title VII. The two statutes, passed nearly a century apart, approached the issue of employment discrimination", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1991" }, { "docid": "14800682", "text": "Post–civil rights era in African-American history The post–civil rights era in African-American history is defined as the time period in the United States since Congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, major federal legislation that ended legal segregation, gained federal oversight and enforcement of voter registration and electoral practices in states or areas with a history of discriminatory practices, and ended discrimination in renting or buying housing. Politically, blacks have made substantial strides in the post–civil rights era. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson ran for", "title": "Post–civil rights era in African-American history" }, { "docid": "3909710", "text": "as an \"Uncle Tom\". Wilkins was also a member of Omega Psi Phi, a fraternity with a civil rights focus, and one of the intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternities established for African Americans. In 1964, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP. In 1967, Wilkins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon Johnson. During his tenure, the NAACP played a pivotal role in leading the nation into the Civil Rights Movement and spearheaded the efforts that led to significant civil rights victories, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights", "title": "Roy Wilkins" }, { "docid": "1568615", "text": "margin, the final tally stood at 71 to 29. Never in history had the Senate been able to muster enough votes to cut off a filibuster on a civil rights bill. And only once in the 37 years since 1927 had it agreed to cloture for any measure. On June 19, the substitute (compromise) bill passed the Senate by a vote of 73–27, and quickly passed through the House–Senate conference committee, which adopted the Senate version of the bill. The conference bill was passed by both houses of Congress, and was signed into law by President Johnson on July 2,", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "16691339", "text": "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow gender identity-based employment discrimination because it is a form of sex discrimination. In 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow sexual orientation discrimination in employment because it is a form of sex discrimination. On March 31, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled in the case of \"TerVeer v. Billington\", that Peter TerVeer can sue for discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, that bans sex", "title": "LGBT employment discrimination in the United States" }, { "docid": "7876773", "text": "where the Zionist movement hoped to create a Jewish state. Franklin D. Roosevelt and civil rights In June 1941, Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which created the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC). It was the most important federal move in support of the rights of African-Americans between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The President's order stated that the federal government would not hire any person based on their race, color, creed, or national origin. The FEPC enforced the order to ban discriminatory hiring within the federal government and in corporations that received federal contracts. Millions of blacks", "title": "Franklin D. Roosevelt and civil rights" }, { "docid": "11228997", "text": "into law on February 26, 1964, the act cut individual income tax rates across the board by approximately 20%. The act also slightly reduced corporate tax rates and introduced a minimum standard deduction. Movement of this long-stalled initiative facilitated efforts to move ahead on civil rights legislation. In 1968 Johnson signed a second tax bill, the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968, into law. The product of months of negotiations, he reluctantly signed it to pay for the Vietnam War's mounting costs. The bill included a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. Though a product of the South", "title": "Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson" }, { "docid": "7135813", "text": "should be that there are parallels-the family, the history of the community—and then they come together on the explosion. A local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan placed bombs at the 16th Street Baptist Church and set them off on Sunday morning 15 September 1963. Four young girls were killed in the explosion ranging from ages 11-14. The deaths provoked national outrage and that summer the US Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The bombing is marked in history as a critical and pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.", "title": "4 Little Girls" }, { "docid": "1568650", "text": "clause, thus paving the way for the Federal government to enact civil rights laws prohibiting both public and private sector discrimination on the basis of the commerce clause. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, the Supreme Court upheld the law's application to the private sector, on the grounds that Congress has the power to regulate commerce between the States. The landmark case \"Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States\" established the constitutionality of the law, but it did not settle all of the legal questions surrounding the law. In \"Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.\", a 1971 Supreme", "title": "Civil Rights Act of 1964" }, { "docid": "13521200", "text": "United States v. Johnson (1968) United States v. Johnson, 390 U.S. 563 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case. Defendants were indicted under the federal civil rights statute (18 USC 241) for a conspiracy to injure and intimidate three African Americans in the exercise of their right to patronize a restaurant under the \"Public Accommodations\" part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Defendants were outsiders not connected with the restaurant. The District Court granted a motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that 207(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes the provision for relief by", "title": "United States v. Johnson (1968)" }, { "docid": "6539694", "text": "Commission's (EEOC) failure to enforce the provision barring sex discrimination in employment. Howard W. Smith (Virginia) had added \"sex\" into the employment provision (Title VII) of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the request of the Virginia branch of the National Woman's party so that white women would be protected by the Civil Rights Act. Smith, a long-time supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, noted in his campaign literature in November 1964 that he was responsible for this amendment. The Act passed into law without additional floor debate. For the first time, the United States had a law against all", "title": "Presidential Commission on the Status of Women" }, { "docid": "19872038", "text": "growing mindset among urban planners that a communal-focused, people-first approach should be taken, along the same lines as community development handled by the recently-enacted Peace Corps. Lyndon B. Johnson continued the policies of his predecessor John F. Kennedy, and in the first year in office he signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and followed soon after with a series of bills that comprised the foundation of what was termed the \"War on Poverty\" and \"Great Society\", despite the protesting of a largely anti-integration Congress. The new philosophy of the administration focused", "title": "Municipal disinvestment" }, { "docid": "7583906", "text": "Education\" in 1954, desegregating American schools and the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and 1956 leading to a similar ruling regarding public bus segregation by the Supreme Court, marked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, meant to abolish American segregation. The movement lead to protests across the United States, including the March on Washington in 1963, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous \"I Have a Dream\" speech. Though the civil rights protests were often met with violent retaliation, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ensured much of the goals the protesters and activists had", "title": "U.S. Route 80 in Alabama" }, { "docid": "7937307", "text": "White House Conference on Civil Rights The White House Conference on Civil Rights was held June 1 and 2, 1966. The aim of the conference was built on the momentum of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in addressing discrimination against African-Americans. The four areas of discussion were housing, economic security, education, and the administration of justice. President Lyndon Johnson had promised this conference in his commencement address at Howard University the year before. Like that address, the conference was named \"To Fulfill These Rights.\" The title was a play on \"To Secure", "title": "White House Conference on Civil Rights" } ]

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[ { "docid": "13032821", "text": "Pollux were also mythologically associated with St. Elmo's fire in their role as the protectors of sailors. When Castor died, because he was mortal, Pollux begged his father Zeus to give Castor immortality, and he did, by uniting them together in the heavens. Gemini is dominated by Castor and Pollux, two bright stars that appear relatively very closely together forming an o shape, encouraging the mythological link between the constellation and twinship. The twin above and to the right (as seen from the Northern Hemisphere) is Castor, whose brightest star is α Gem; it is a second-magnitude star and represents", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "13032820", "text": "known as the Great Twins (MUL.MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL). The Twins were regarded as minor gods and were called Meshlamtaea and Lugalirra, meaning respectively 'The One who has arisen from the Underworld' and the 'Mighty King'. Both names can be understood as titles of Nergal, the major Babylonian god of plague and pestilence, who was king of the Underworld. In Greek mythology, Gemini was associated with the myth of Castor and Pollux, the children of Leda and Argonauts both. Pollux was the son of Zeus, who seduced Leda, while Castor was the son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta and Leda's husband. Castor and", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "81064", "text": "one patch of the sky, an area around Cygnus. In addition, most of the eastern part of Cygnus is dominated by the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, a giant galaxy filament that is the largest known structure in the observable universe, covering most of the northern sky. In Greek mythology, Cygnus has been identified with several different legendary swans. Zeus disguised himself as a swan to seduce Leda, Spartan king Tyndareus's wife, who gave birth to the Gemini, Helen of Troy, and Clytemnestra; Orpheus was transformed into a swan after his murder, and was said to have been placed in the", "title": "Cygnus (constellation)" }, { "docid": "716618", "text": "Castor and Pollux Castor and Pollux (or in Greek, Polydeuces) were twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. In Latin the twins are also known as the Gemini (literally \"twins\")", "title": "Castor and Pollux" }, { "docid": "716630", "text": "a blow from his spear—but not before Castor called out to warn Pollux. In the ensuing brawl, Pollux killed Lynceus. As Idas was about to kill Pollux, Zeus, who had been watching from Mt. Olympus, hurled a thunderbolt, killing Idas and saving his son. Returning to the dying Castor, Pollux was given the choice by Zeus of spending all his time on Mount Olympus or giving half his immortality to his mortal brother. He opted for the latter, enabling the twins to alternate between Olympus and Hades. The brothers became the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini (\"the twins\"):", "title": "Castor and Pollux" }, { "docid": "15061729", "text": "by Christian Ward. The book is a four-issue comic book limited series collected into a trade paperback in December 2009. It is the story of the Gemini twins Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology who, alive in modern day, serve Zeus on earth. The author has mentioned on his site and his Twitter page that the book has been picked up and is in film development. \"The Light\", a five-issue horrorlimited series from Image Comics premiered in April 2010 with art by Brett Weldele (artist of The Surrogates, Southland Tales and other books). The story focuses on a father and", "title": "Nathan Edmondson" } ]

[ { "docid": "10028646", "text": "pair of fraternal twins, arrive via bus in London on Spring break from university, while their father is in Mexico on business. The pair launch themselves into London's underground party scene, clubbing at strip bars, accompanied by Jacki's teddy bear, Agamemnon, whom the twins address—and regard—as a father figure. At one club the pair encounter Clive, a small-time pimp who survives by ingratiating himself with the wealthy and well-connected. Clive quickly endears himself to Jacki, while Clive's sometimes girlfriend Denise attempts to seduce Jules. Julian turns her down, intent on beginning an incestuous relationship with Jacki. Julian regards he and", "title": "Goodbye Gemini" }, { "docid": "10028655", "text": "collector's item in recent years until it was reissued on CD by Harkit Records in 2005. Scorpion Releasing released the DVD in January 2010. Goodbye Gemini Goodbye Gemini (also released as Twinsanity) is a 1970 British horror-thriller film starring Judy Geeson, Michael Redgrave, and Martin Potter. Directed by Alan Gibson, it was based on the novel \"Ask Agamemnon\" by Jenni Hall. The film concerns a pair of unusually close fraternal twins, Jacki and Julian, discovering Swinging London while home on Spring Break. Their experiences complicate the pair's relationship, which is already strained due to Julian's incestuous fascination with his sister,", "title": "Goodbye Gemini" }, { "docid": "10028644", "text": "Goodbye Gemini Goodbye Gemini (also released as Twinsanity) is a 1970 British horror-thriller film starring Judy Geeson, Michael Redgrave, and Martin Potter. Directed by Alan Gibson, it was based on the novel \"Ask Agamemnon\" by Jenni Hall. The film concerns a pair of unusually close fraternal twins, Jacki and Julian, discovering Swinging London while home on Spring Break. Their experiences complicate the pair's relationship, which is already strained due to Julian's incestuous fascination with his sister, which he sees as a natural manifestation of what he believes to be the pair's hive-minded nature. The film was produced at a time", "title": "Goodbye Gemini" }, { "docid": "16807420", "text": "is comparable to our normal appendages and that their bodies have obvious overlapping physically and psychologically. Because most cases of craniopagus twins are unique, the research outlining general connections between craniopagus twins is limited. However, this example provides insight into the effects of a union between twins who essentially share the same sensory relay system in the thalamus. Conjoined twinning is one of the oldest known birth defects in history and examples with human’s fascination with twins is extremely evident throughout historical literature. The Gemini constellation, known in Greek mythology as Castor and Pollux, is arguably one of the best", "title": "Craniopagus twins" }, { "docid": "20249305", "text": "is seen in his chariot; he restores the day. Following the chariot are Zephyr, who scatters flowers, symbolic of peace, and Iris. The carriage flies in the sky towards Castor and Pollux, representing the constellation Gemini and symbolising the period of the Zodiac when Waterloo took place. The twins are armed with spears, and are meant as the apotheses of the victorious generals, Wellington and Blücher. Themis, the goddess of justice, appears before the rulers, a reminder that justice, more than power, secures their rule. Under her are seen the Fates, their subservient position meaning that human fate will henceforth", "title": "Waterloo Medal (Pistrucci)" }, { "docid": "2254033", "text": "act to accomplish. They returned to the Xibalban ballcourt and retrieved the buried remains of their father, Hun Hunahpu. Then finished, the pair departed Xibalba and climbed back up to the surface of the Earth. They did not stop there, however, and continued climbing straight on up into the sky. One became the Sun, the other became the Moon. Many Native American cultures in the United States have traditions of two male hero twins. For instance, in the creation myth of the Navajo (called the Diné Bahaneʼ) the hero twins Monster Slayer and Born for Water (sons of Changing Woman)", "title": "Maya Hero Twins" }, { "docid": "15325564", "text": "immediately clashed with Marlena. Marlena believed that Brady was endangering Belle's life, causing a rift between her and John. Eventually, she and Brady made amends, and she and John reconciled. When the Gemini Twins, Rex and Cassie, seemingly fall from the sky, Marlena finds out she had given birth to the twins during the time she was in a coma years before. She comes to believe that she and Tony DiMera are their parents. However, it's revealed that Marlena was only their surrogate mother, and Roman and Kate Roberts are their biological parents. When a serial killer dubbed The Salem", "title": "Marlena Evans" }, { "docid": "8192702", "text": "to kill his sister and Victor. He later learned his electrical powers were innate and the helmet simply a psychological crutch. Gemini +: A pair of identical twins who possessed super strength shared between them, and a force field which operated only when they were in close proximity to each other; it was their capture of Sepulchre and the unimpressed reactions of the other heroes to their feat that led to Sepulchre's confession to having killed the Guardsmen. Bob was an obnoxious loudmouth, and his brother Steve apologetic for Bob's behavior. Hover: A telekinetic who lost the use of his", "title": "Hero Alliance" }, { "docid": "12007672", "text": "Subrahmanyam, damaging it completely, Vasan purchased the studio, rebuilt and renamed it as the Gemini Studios. It is purported that the name was chosen because Vasan was an extremely successful punter, involved in horse racing at that time and owned a successful race horse named Gemini Star. However, his family cite the reason to choose \"Gemini\" as it was the natal moon sign of Vasan's wife Pattamal, who was not only his strongest supporter but who brought his family great luck. An interesting point of note was that the \"model\" for the Gemini twins logo was inspired on the day", "title": "S. S. Vasan" }, { "docid": "14944353", "text": "where Bailey, London, Woody, and Dr. Spaulding find them. Dr. Olsen reveals that he is Dr. Spaulding's evil twin and explains that he spied on Zack and Cody earlier. After telling each other off, Zack and Cody begin to merge, but the merge is unsuccessful because the twins get into an argument that escalates into a fight, ultimately destroying the Gemini Project and freeing all the other twins from Ronald’s control. Ronald attempts to reboot the machine, but he is stopped by Cody who quickly forms a plan, and he and Zack give the special fruit to the Spaulding twins,", "title": "The Suite Life Movie" }, { "docid": "14944352", "text": "find him. At the institute, London learns from a dolphin that Zack and Cody are at the Gemini Project and alerts Dr. Spaulding who claims that the Martin twins may be in danger. Bailey calls the manager of the SS \"Tipton\", Mr. Moseby (Phill Lewis), to the site of the Gemini Project while they all go to save Zack and Cody. During this time, the brothers attempt to flee the island and the army of twins, who are now mind-controlled to go after the two. The army succeeds, as Zack and Cody are captured and taken back to the laboratory,", "title": "The Suite Life Movie" }, { "docid": "3849733", "text": "Gemini; \"The Age of Communication, Trade and the Twins\" During this mythological age writing developed, and trade started to accelerate. The constellation can be seen as two people holding hands (thought to be twins), believed by some to be symbolic for trade and communication of peoples. In myths associated with the constellation of Gemini, both writing (including literature, newspapers, journals, magazines, and works of fiction) and trade (including merchants) are traditional archetypes belonging to the sign of Gemini. Most forms of local transportation are archetypes mythologically linked with the sign of Gemini. Multiple gods, such as the pantheon of gods", "title": "Astrological age" }, { "docid": "10035776", "text": "The first winter and ski ascent of Pollux was by Dr Alfred von Martin and Karl Planck on 7 March 1913. There are also a pair of summits named Pollux and Castor in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Located in the Absaroka Range, Pollux is 3,373 m, 65 m higher than its twin. Pollux (mountain) Pollux () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks (), the other being Castor, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology.", "title": "Pollux (mountain)" }, { "docid": "13032809", "text": "Gemini (constellation) Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for \"twins,\" and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its symbol is (Unicode ♊). Gemini lies between Taurus to the west and Cancer to the east, with Auriga and Lynx to the north and Monoceros and Canis Minor to the south. The Sun resides in the astrological sign of Gemini from June 20 to", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "11357771", "text": "combat the Paratwa, a race of genetically engineered assassins who share a psychic bond between twins. Gemini Blood Gemini Blood is a nine-issue comic book series published by American company DC Comics under its Helix imprint. Dated from September 1996 to May 1997, the series was written by Christopher Hinz and illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards. It was placed in the same universe as Hinz's \"Paratwa Saga\", featured in his trilogy of novels consisting of \"Liege-Killer\" (1987), \"Ash Ock\" (1989) and \"The Paratwa\" (1991). Set in the mid 21st century, the world of Gemini Blood was one of increasing global", "title": "Gemini Blood" }, { "docid": "2743078", "text": "so strong that when Castor dies, Pollux gives up half of his immortality to be with his brother. This etiologically explains why their constellation, the Dioskouroi or Gemini, is only seen during one half of the year, as the twins split their time between the underworld and Mount Olympus. In an aboriginal tale, the same constellation represents the twin lizards who created the plants and animals and saved women from evil spirits. Another example of this strong bond shared between twins would be the Ibeji twins within African mythology. Ibeji twins are viewed as one soul shared between two bodies.", "title": "Twins in mythology" }, { "docid": "4251262", "text": "the two pairs of stars denoting a bone each. Used for navigation and time-keeping at night, the constellation was recognised from Alaska to western Greenland. The Gwich'in saw Capella and Menkalinan has forming \"shreets'ą įį vidzee\", the right ear of the large circumpolar constellation \"Yahdii\", which covered much of the night sky, and whose orientation facilitated navigation and timekeeping. In Australian Aboriginal mythology for the Boorong people of Victoria, Capella was \"Purra\", the kangaroo, pursued and killed by the nearby Gemini twins, \"Yurree\" (Castor) and \"Wanjel\" (Pollux). The Wardaman people of northern Australia knew the star as \"Yagalal\", a ceremonial", "title": "Capella" }, { "docid": "2435388", "text": "for all unmanned and manned Mercury flights, including the MR-3 and MA-6 flights, which put the first Americans into space and orbit respectively. After MA-6, he was promoted to Assistant Flight Director for the MA-7 flight of Scott Carpenter in May 1962. He continued in this role for the remaining two Mercury flights and the first three Gemini flights. With the upcoming Gemini flights, he was promoted to the Flight Director level and served his first shift, the so-called \"operations shift,\" for the Gemini 4 mission in 1965, the first U.S. EVA and four-day flight. After Gemini, he served as", "title": "Gene Kranz" }, { "docid": "12905455", "text": "Gemini Studios Gemini Studios was an Indian film studio based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was launched when film producer S. S. Vasan bought a film distribution concern at an auction and renamed it. The name was chosen because Mr. S.S. Vasan was also involved in horse racing and owned a successful race horse named Gemini. Gemini Studios served as a breeding ground for innumerable artists and technicians for the south Indian Film Industry. The Gemini twins became a household symbol and the Gemini flyover was named after the original studio at that junction. Gemini Studios is one of the", "title": "Gemini Studios" }, { "docid": "465855", "text": "constellations can be traced even further back, to Bronze Age (First Babylonian dynasty) sources, including Gemini \"The Twins\", from MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL \"The Great Twins\", and Cancer \"The Crab\", from AL.LUL \"The Crayfish\", among others. Around the end of the 5th century BC, Babylonian astronomers divided the ecliptic into twelve equal \"signs\", by analogy to twelve schematic months of thirty days each. Each sign contained thirty degrees of celestial longitude, thus creating the first known celestial coordinate system. Unlike modern astronomers, who place the beginning of the sign of Aries at the place of the Sun at the vernal equinox; Babylonian astronomers", "title": "Zodiac" }, { "docid": "8214541", "text": "Gemini (1999 film) Gemini (also known as Sōseiji; , \"Twins\") is a 1999 horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto, loosely based on an Edogawa Ranpo story, which pursues his theme of the brutally physical and animalistic side of human beings rearing its ugly head underneath a civilized veneer, present in previous films like \"\" (1989) and \"Tokyo Fist\" (1995), in what is a new territory for Tsukamoto—a story set in the late Meiji era (1868–1912) with no stop-motion photography and no industrial setting. Tokyo. 1910. Dr. Daitokuji Yukio (Masahiro Motoki), a former military doctor who has taken over a successful practice", "title": "Gemini (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "16611335", "text": "famous \"The Corsican Brothers\" which was also adapted into Tamil. The Gemini Studios version \"Apoorva Sagotharargal\" (1949) with M. K. Radha playing the twins was a box office hit. M. G. Ramachandran played the twins in a rehash of the film titled \"Neerum Neruppum\", which did not do as well. The film was remade again in 1958 with Sivaji Ganesan. \"Uthama Puthiran\" also was the inspiration behind \"Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi\", a 2006 historical comedy film starring comedian Vadivelu as the twins. Uthama Puthiran (1940 film) Utthama Puthiran is the 1940 Tamil language movie directed by T. R. Sundaram and", "title": "Uthama Puthiran (1940 film)" }, { "docid": "18421359", "text": "now and Bonnie is stuck with Kai, the narrative is mainly focused on drama within this family of witches.\" Rebecca Jane Stokes from \"Den of Geek\" rated the episode with 3/5 saying that it had lots of cliches. \"I was really, really into the whole Jo and Kai being twins deal, though it was hardly revelatory if you’ve been paying attention and have read a book. The Gemini coven? Clearly there were going to be twins involved. Not sure how I feel about this whole twins-fusing together, strong one absorbing the weak one’s strength, but I’ll go for it for", "title": "Fade Into You (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "12553872", "text": "Life Support (ECLSS), and Electrical Power Systems (PHALCON). ATLAS was also responsible for monitoring Robotics (ROBO) and Mechanical Systems (OSO) heaters, as those consoles were not supported during the majority of Gemini shifts. While Gemini officially reflected the fact that two controllers act as \"twins\" during operations, the name was also an homage to the first missions (Project Gemini) controlled from that room. In addition, Titan was the type of booster rocket which launched the Gemini spacecraft and Atlas boosters launched Gemini-era Agena target vehicles (and several missions in Project Mercury). In 2010 after ISS assembly complete, the Gemini concept", "title": "Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center" }, { "docid": "13713804", "text": "and current struggles of the people of Mali, West Africa for Vision TV and TVO; \"Separate Lives\", the Gemini-winning documentary which follows the lives of conjoined twins from Pakistan and the pioneering operation that gave them a chance at a new life for Discovery; \"The Biggest Little Ticket\", a children’s musical fantasy special for CTV which won several awards; and \"Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky\", a documentary music special for CTV. Lang was recipient of the Queen's Gold Jubilee Medal in 2002, was named North American Trailblazer of the Year by MIPDOC in 2009 and his work in film and", "title": "Robert Lang (producer)" }, { "docid": "9697527", "text": "Castor (mountain) Castor () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the higher of a pair of twin peaks (), the other being Pollux, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology. Castor's peak is at an elevation of , and it lies between Breithorn and the Monte Rosa. It is separated from Pollux by a pass at , named \"Passo di Verra\" in Italian and \"Zwillingsjoch\" in German. Ascents are usually made from the alpine hut \"Capanna Quintino Sella\" on the Italian side, by means", "title": "Castor (mountain)" }, { "docid": "10035774", "text": "Pollux (mountain) Pollux () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks (), the other being Castor, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology. Pollux' peak is at an elevation of . It is separated from Castor by a pass at , named \"Passo di Verra\" in Italian, \"Col de Verra\" in French and \"Zwillingsjoch\" in German. The first ascent was by Jules Jacot from Geneva with guides Josef-Marie Perren and Peter Taugwalder (father) on August 1 (the", "title": "Pollux (mountain)" }, { "docid": "14944350", "text": "the dolphins which allows her to understand them. The Martin twins later learn that although Cody will no longer be eligible to work as Dr. Spaulding's intern, both boys are ideal for the Gemini Project, a massive project by Dr. Ronald Olsen (Matthew Glave), who studies the physical and emotional connection of twins. Though it takes them much thought, the brothers agree and land themselves in a camp among hundreds of other twins. Dr. Olsen explains the purpose of the project is to create an emotional bond between people with the hopes of putting an end to evil in the", "title": "The Suite Life Movie" }, { "docid": "20645381", "text": "each holding an axe and a mace. They are identified with the constellation Gemini, which is named after them. Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea are a set of twin gods who were worshipped in the village of Kisiga, located in northern Babylonia. They were regarded as guardians of doorways and they may have originally been envisioned as a set of twins guarding the gates of the Underworld, who chopped the dead into pieces as they passed through the gates. During the Neo-Assyrian period, small depictions of them would be buried at entrances, with Lugal-irra always", "title": "Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea" }, { "docid": "3146627", "text": "Gemini is the northernmost constellation in the zodiac, therefore high in the winter sky in the northern hemisphere where the Aurora Borealis on occasion clothes the heavenly twins in green. Another explanation is that the statues of St John and Our Lady which, in Christian churches, flank the crucifix on the altar reredos or the rood screen were, during Holy Week, bound with rushes to cover them. (During Holy Week, from Palm Sunday until Easter Day, all statues, crosses, and crucifixes are traditionally covered from view, and all flowers are removed from the Church.) The two figures were portrayed in", "title": "Green Grow the Rushes, O" }, { "docid": "2254029", "text": "be burned in the oven, killed and ground into dust and bones. The Xibalbans were elated at the apparent demise of the twins and cast their remnants into a river. This was, however, a part of the plan devised by the boys, and when cast into the river their bodies regenerated, first as a pair of catfish, and then as a pair of young boys again. Not recognizing them, the boys were allowed to remain among the Xibalbans. Tales of their transformation from catfish spread, as well as tales of their dances and the way they entertained the people of", "title": "Maya Hero Twins" }, { "docid": "14544124", "text": "his hip, cool, con-artist uncle as the older man attempts to lure him into a life of charity scams. His 2011 novel, \"Gemini Bites\", explores the world of a boy and girl who are fraternal twins, and their competition for the affections of a goth boy who comes to live for a short period of time with their family. \"The Dream Life of Astronauts\" was published in July 2016. It is a collection of nine short stories set against the backdrop of Florida's space program from the late 1960s to the present. For four years, Ryan worked as an editor", "title": "Patrick Ryan (author)" }, { "docid": "8214545", "text": "film as \"disconcerting, opaque, energetic, tedious, fascinating and flat-out insane in roughly equal measure\" A review in the French film magazine \"Positif\" stated that \"Gemini\" had an awkward style that would leave viewers unable to get a real sense of fear and that the film had the complexity of a student film or a z-grade series. Gemini (1999 film) Gemini (also known as Sōseiji; , \"Twins\") is a 1999 horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto, loosely based on an Edogawa Ranpo story, which pursues his theme of the brutally physical and animalistic side of human beings rearing its ugly head underneath", "title": "Gemini (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "10028648", "text": "order to pay off his gambling debt. Meanwhile, Denise reveals the plan to Jacki, telling her that Clive has similarly raped and blackmailed other men in the past, going to far as to sell some of them into sexual slavery when they were unable to pay him. That night, Jacki comforts Julian, telling him that she knows what happened and that their relationship has not changed. The next night, the twins bet a drunken Clive that he can't tell the two of them apart. Clive agrees, and the twins quickly dress the room in a ritualistic manner, erecting an \"altar\"", "title": "Goodbye Gemini" }, { "docid": "13676236", "text": "Gemini Residence Gemini Residence is a residential building on the Islands Brygge waterfront in Copenhagen, Denmark. Built to the design of MVRDV, the building has been created by converting two former seed silos. It is located at the end of Bryggebroen, connecting Amager-side Islands Brygge to Zealand-side Vesterbro across the harbour, and close to the southern end of Havneparken. With a reference to the twin silos that have given the building its shape, Gemini Residence takes its name from the Astrological sign Gemini, the Latin name of the Zodiac sign The Twins. Dansk Soyakagefabrik (English: Danish Soybean Cake Factory) was", "title": "Gemini Residence" }, { "docid": "6380898", "text": "the Puerto Rican and nearly beat him to death with his fists. By 1970, at the age of 12, Senter had already been convicted of auto theft three times. Testa and Senter had all of their cases dismissed because they were juveniles at the time. Testa and Senter became known as the \"Gemini twins,\" because they were always together, and the primary hangout of the DeMeo crew was the Gemini Lounge. Chris Rosenberg hired Senter and Testa to wax his Corvette and Porsche and steal cars for him. Rosenberg introduced his friends Senter and Testa to Roy DeMeo, who asked", "title": "Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa" }, { "docid": "6263500", "text": "Concordance (genetics) Concordance, as used in genetics, usually means the presence of the same trait in both members of a pair of twins. However, the strict definition is \"the probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic, given that one of the pair has the characteristic.\" For example, twins are concordant when both have or both lack a given trait. The ideal example of concordance is that of identical twins. A twin study compares the concordance rate of identical twins to that of fraternal twins. This can help suggest whether a disease or a certain trait", "title": "Concordance (genetics)" }, { "docid": "6263503", "text": "50% using this measure. Concordance (genetics) Concordance, as used in genetics, usually means the presence of the same trait in both members of a pair of twins. However, the strict definition is \"the probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic, given that one of the pair has the characteristic.\" For example, twins are concordant when both have or both lack a given trait. The ideal example of concordance is that of identical twins. A twin study compares the concordance rate of identical twins to that of fraternal twins. This can help suggest whether a disease", "title": "Concordance (genetics)" }, { "docid": "10502532", "text": "resulted in a final casting session held in London, UK. The eventual winners were Tom and Alex Dawes, twins from the Midlands who are more generally known for their guest appearance in Nickelodeon's TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Double Act. However, after being accepted for the roles, the pair were rejected in favour of Johnson as loss of funding cut the cast in half. After a brief conflict between the Dawes twins and Lammers, which resulted in the pair gaining UK rights to the title \"Tom & Thomas\", the matter was settled with an undisclosed settlement. The Dawes twins have", "title": "Tom & Thomas" }, { "docid": "2281244", "text": "Schirra commanding Gemini 6A in December.) After the rendezvous, Gemini 4's orbit was now . Twenty-two hours into the mission, Mission Control estimated the orbit would decay to at the end of 63 revolutions. Originally planned for the second revolution, the astronauts postponed the EVA until the third after McDivitt decided that White, following the stress of the launch and the failed rendezvous, looked tired and hot. After a rest, the pair finished performing the checklist for the EVA. Flying over Carnarvon, Australia, they began to depressurize the cabin. Over Hawaii, White pulled the handle to open his hatch, but", "title": "Gemini 4" }, { "docid": "18421351", "text": "Luke clarify that after the merge, the weaker of the twins dies. In the meantime, Damon, Stefan and Alaric get to Portland to investigate about the Gemini coven. They find the house but no one seems to be there. Alaric finds pictures of Jo inside the house and in one of the pictures, Damon recognizes Kai. A man appears who introduces himself as the father of Kai, Joshua Parker (Christopher Cousins), and when he shakes hands with Damon, he makes them and the house disappear so Alaric and Stefan cannot see them. He uses his powers on Damon to knock", "title": "Fade Into You (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "docid": "5543286", "text": "Crash, he paralyzes Coco Bandicoot. Poorly disguised as Coco, Cortex lures Crash over to a bay, where he attacks Crash with the Mecha-Bandicoot, a gigantic mech. After this fails to defeat Crash, the robot falls in a cave, forcing Cortex into Crash and causing the pair to fall. Cortex, infuriated over losing to Crash again, attacks him, and the duo fight roll all the way to the cave's exit. After getting out of the cave, Crash and Cortex are confronted by a pair of odd, anthropomorphic turquoise parrots who proclaim themselves as \"The Evil Twins\", who have come to destroy", "title": "Crash Twinsanity" }, { "docid": "18238836", "text": "laughter was the laughter of three young girls, who were, in essence, their clients: the fourteen year-old twins, Cass and Polly, and their nineteen-year-old friend, Helen. Cass and Polly are most likely feminized renderings of the celestial twins of Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux (better known as Gemini), and their sister, Helen of Troy. Many of his original sketches and drawings for Oxygen House are now owned by the Museum of Modern Art, along with a select few of \"Sex Shop\" drawings; gifts of Darden's widow. The remainder of his drawings are held at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts", "title": "Douglas Darden" }, { "docid": "13281237", "text": "recordings of Schubert, Liszt and Gershwin-Grainger on this label. They have re-recorded the Beethoven-Liszt 9th Symphony for Gemini. Richard and John Contiguglia Richard and John Contiguglia (born 13 April 1937) are American classical duo pianists with a worldwide reputation, who consistently attract superlatives from critics. The Contiguglia brothers are identical twins. They were born in Auburn, New York, of Italian immigrant parents, who already had five children including another set of twins. They were playing duets by the age of 5. At age 12, in the midst of a solo piano recital by Percy Grainger, they performed some piano-duo pieces.", "title": "Richard and John Contiguglia" }, { "docid": "19255562", "text": "\"Block Trading\" in April 2018. Block Trading enables Gemini users to buy and sell large quantities of digital assets outside of Gemini's continuous order books, creating an additional liquidity mechanism when trading in greater size. The Winklevoss twins said that their main goal in 2018 was to add Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. In March 2018, Gemini added a number of partnerships and products to its portfolio and network. It announced a partnership with Caspian, the full-stack cryptocurrency trading and risk management platform for institutional and complex investors. In April 2018, it was reported by Reuters that Gemini would be utilizing", "title": "Gemini (digital currency exchange)" }, { "docid": "17350624", "text": "Apocalypse Twins The Apocalypse Twins, Uriel and Eimin, are a pair of fictional comic book supervillains who appear in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as adversaries of the X-Men. Created by writer Rick Remender and artist Oliver Coipel, the Twins first appeared in \"Uncanny Avengers\" #5 (May 2012). They are the twin children of X-Man Archangel and Ichisumi, a Horseman of Apocalypse. In the storyline the Twins were kidnapped by Kang the Conqueror and taken to the future where he raised them. The Apocalypse Twins later travelled back in time, attacking and killing a Celestial. Using the powers gained", "title": "Apocalypse Twins" }, { "docid": "945219", "text": "is fusion, in which a fertilized egg completely separates, but stem cells (which search for similar cells) find similar stem cells on the other twin and fuse the twins together. Conjoined twins share a single common chorion, placenta, and amniotic sac, although these characteristics are not exclusive to conjoined twins, as there are some monozygotic but non-conjoined twins who also share these structures \"in utero\". The most famous pair of conjoined twins was Chang and Eng Bunker (Thai: อิน-จัน, In-Chan) (1811–1874), Thai brothers born in Siam, now Thailand. They traveled with P.T. Barnum's circus for many years and were labeled", "title": "Conjoined twins" }, { "docid": "4846325", "text": "Jettsonz introduced the girls to Cipha Sounds, a hip hop DJ under the Star Trak label owned by The Neptunes (Pharrell and Chad Hugo). Cipha Sounds was impressed when he heard the girls sing and suggested that they use the \"Coolie Dance\" riddim. The twins then proceeded to write \"Move Ya Body\" (along with The Jettsonz, who also produced the record), mixing Caribbean rhythms. Eventually, a demo of the song was made. The demo fell into the hands of Eddie O'Loughlin, the president of Next Plateau Entertainment (which is a division of Universal Records). O'Loughlin signed the twins to a", "title": "Nina Sky (album)" }, { "docid": "4175311", "text": "\"Coolie Dance\" riddim. The twins then proceeded to write \"Move Ya Body\" (along with The Jettsonz, who also produced the record), mixing Caribbean, R&B, and pop rhythms. Eventually, a demo of the song was made. The demo fell into the hands of Eddie O'Loughlin, the president of Next Plateau Entertainment (which is a division of Universal Records). O'Loughlin signed the twins to a contract and they started working on their debut album. On March 18, 2004, they had their first concert under their current name at Club Demara. The single \"Move Ya Body\" was released on April 27, 2004 and", "title": "Nina Sky" }, { "docid": "13032817", "text": "the sky area of Gemini is directed away from the Milky Way, there are comparatively few deep-sky objects of note. M35 (NGC 2168) is a large, elongated open cluster of magnitude 5, discovered in the year 1745 by Swiss astronomer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux. It has an area of approximately 0.2 square degrees, the same size as the full moon. Its high magnitude means that M35 is visible to the unaided eye under dark skies; under brighter skies it is discernible in binoculars. The 200 stars of M35 are arranged in chains that curve throughout the cluster; it is 2800", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "14026507", "text": "The LeGarde Twins The LeGarde Twins are a pair of identical twins, Tom and Ted (b. 15 March 1931, in Mackay, Ted LeGarde passed Aug 2,2018 Queensland), from Australia who play country music. The twins left home at the age of 15 and after trying their luck on the rodeo circuit as cowboys, they began playing music (they both sing and play guitar) and performed throughout Australia (with the nickname \"Australia's Yodeling Stockmen\"). They were signed to the Rodeo label from 1950 to 1952, after which they released a string of hits in the 1950s on Regal Zonophone Records. In", "title": "The LeGarde Twins" }, { "docid": "17350631", "text": "camps to the timeline which was accidentally created by Wolverine when he killed Henry Pym to prevent the creation of Ultron. Kang the Conqueror gave the Apocalypse Twins the mission to kill Colonel America. They failed, but end up murdering Havok and his wife Rogue. Kang the Conqueror sent them back to the concentration camps. Apocalypse Twins The Apocalypse Twins, Uriel and Eimin, are a pair of fictional comic book supervillains who appear in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as adversaries of the X-Men. Created by writer Rick Remender and artist Oliver Coipel, the Twins first appeared in \"Uncanny", "title": "Apocalypse Twins" }, { "docid": "6466014", "text": "SuperStar Gemini MS \"SuperStar Gemini\" is a cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1992 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France as \"MS Dreamward\" for traffic with Norwegian Cruise Line. In 1998 she was lengthened at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany and renamed as the \"Norwegian Dream\". In late 2012, she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruise and renamed \"SuperStar Gemini\". The \"Dreamward\" was the first in a pair of two identical cruise ships ordered by Kloster Cruise for Norwegian Cruise Line from Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The sisters were", "title": "SuperStar Gemini" }, { "docid": "14026510", "text": "TV show \"Network\". They also both appeared on the \"\" episode \"I, Mudd\" (1967). In 2009, Ted played the \"Old Man Dalton\" character in the movie \"D4\", an action-thriller directed by Darrin Dickerson. The LeGarde Twins The LeGarde Twins are a pair of identical twins, Tom and Ted (b. 15 March 1931, in Mackay, Ted LeGarde passed Aug 2,2018 Queensland), from Australia who play country music. The twins left home at the age of 15 and after trying their luck on the rodeo circuit as cowboys, they began playing music (they both sing and play guitar) and performed throughout Australia", "title": "The LeGarde Twins" }, { "docid": "7503202", "text": "Elizabeth Wakefield Elizabeth Wakefield was one of the two main fictional characters in the book series \"Sweet Valley High\". She was portrayed by Cynthia Daniel in the TV series of the same name. Her twin sister, Jessica was portrayed by Cynthia's twin, Brittany Daniel. According to the SVH novel \"Last Wish\" the twins' birthday is June 13, which would place them at Gemini, the sign of the twins on the zodiac. Despite being more sensible and down to earth than her twin sister, Elizabeth was one of few students in Sweet Valley who rivaled Jessica in the popularity stakes. She", "title": "Elizabeth Wakefield" }, { "docid": "721722", "text": "selected to be in NASA's second group of astronauts, known as The New Nine. He helped develop guidance and navigation systems. He served as backup pilot for Gemini 5, with Neil Armstrong serving as backup command pilot. They were the first civilians selected for potential spaceflight. See was a CAPCOM in Houston during the Gemini 7/6A rendezvous mission in December 1965. He was in line for prime crew pilot (second seat) for Gemini 8, but was promoted to command pilot (first seat) of Gemini 9. According to chief astronaut Deke Slayton's autobiography, Slayton did not assign See to Gemini 8", "title": "Elliot See" }, { "docid": "8767502", "text": "to fool a criminal who had deduced the Wonder Twins' secret identities and tried to use them to learn Batman's. In \"Wonder Woman\" vol. 2 #186, an unnamed character identical to Wendy appears on Paradise Island as a tutor to Lyta (daughter of Circe). In 2006, a new version of the Wendy and Marvin characters debuted in the DC Universe. The pair work as \"caretakers\" of Titans Tower one year after the events of the \"Infinite Crisis\" crossover. The pair (now fraternal twins, surname Harris) seem to be technical geniuses; Wendy mentions in their initial appearance that she and Marvin", "title": "Wendy and Marvin" }, { "docid": "6643178", "text": "were given a short-lived title. The Twins appeared in \"All-Star Squadron\" during the \"Crisis on Infinite Earths\", at which point it is revealed they reside on Earth-Two. Their origin was told in \"Secret Origins\" vol. 2 #48 in April 1990. They were seen in \"Weird Western Tales\" #71. A modern pair of Trigger Twins are introduced in \"Detective Comics\" #667 (October 1993). They are Tom and Tad Trigger, a pair of criminals who resemble their Old West counterparts, although it is unknown if they are actually related. They first meet when they both decide, separately, to rob the same bank", "title": "Trigger Twins" }, { "docid": "7014044", "text": "('As We Head Towards Christmas'), along with TV and radio interviews, successfully promoted their Christmas tour. In 2006 Anders said of his intention to record new material with Karin, although no firm plans have been announced. Karin duets with Anders on the song 'Äntligen,' with Benny Andersson on keyboards, on Anders' solo album \"Boogie i mitt huvud\". The recording is credited as a Gemini release. Gemini (Swedish band) Gemini are a Swedish brother and sister duo, consisting of Karin Glenmark and Anders Glenmark. The duo released two original albums: \"Gemini\" (1985) and \"Geminism\" (1987). Both albums reached the Swedish Top", "title": "Gemini (Swedish band)" }, { "docid": "18912609", "text": "e., Ahriman), who is born from gloom, engaging in a war against each other. This dualistic idea of two primordial spirits, which Zoroaster calls twins, is an early Indo-European concept. Reconstruction indicates that primordial twins that existed before the creation of the world, came into conflict. One was named \"Man\" (Iranian *Manu', meaning \"man\"), the other was named \"Twin\" (Iranian Yama, Avestan Yima. After Man killed Yima he used his dismembered body to fashion the world. He used the flesh for the earth, the bones for the mountains, the skull for the sky, etc. In a different Iranian variant of", "title": "Ancient Iranian religion" }, { "docid": "13493701", "text": "over four years later to work under Brophy. Other than a one-year stint in 1977 as manager of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Class A Midwest League, Rantz worked for Brophy for the next 16 years. Following Brophy's retirement from the Twins in 1985 due to health problems, Rantz was promoted to succeed him as Director of Minor League Operations. In recognition of his accomplishments as the team's player development boss for 22 years, Rantz was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame in 2007. On October 15, 2012, the Twins announced that Rantz would retire from his", "title": "Jim Rantz" }, { "docid": "13032816", "text": "light-years from Earth, and the secondary is of magnitude 8. 38 Gem, a binary star, is also divisible in small amateur telescopes, 84 light-years from Earth. The primary is a white star of magnitude 4.8 and the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 7.8. U Gem is a dwarf nova type cataclysmic variable discovered by J. R. Hind in 1855. Mu Gem is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Gemini. It has the traditional name Tejat Posterior, which means back foot, because it is the foot of Castor, one of the Gemini twins. Since", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "157128", "text": "someone with the phenylketonuria mutation follows a strict diet that avoids this amino acid, they remain normal and healthy. A common method for determining how genes and environment (\"nature and nurture\") contribute to a phenotype involves studying identical and fraternal twins, or other siblings of multiple births. Identical siblings are genetically the same since they come from the same zygote. Meanwhile, fraternal twins are as genetically different from one another as normal siblings. By comparing how often a certain disorder occurs in a pair of identical twins to how often it occurs in a pair of fraternal twins, scientists can", "title": "Genetics" }, { "docid": "922561", "text": "Xbalanqué circulated through the Mayan peoples, but the story that survives was preserved by the Dominican priest Francisco Ximénez who translated the document between 1700 and 1715. Maya deities in the Post-Classic codices differ from the earlier versions described in the Early Classic period. In Mayan mythology Hunahpú and Xbalanqué are the second pair of twins out of three, preceded by Hun-Hunahpú and his brother Vucub-Hunahpú, and precursors to the third pair of twins, Hun Batz and Hun Chuen. In the Popol Vuh, the first set of twins, Hun-Hunahpú and Vucub-Hanahpú were invited to the Mayan Underworld, Xibalba, to play", "title": "Popol Vuh" }, { "docid": "14437197", "text": "trading volume of each exchange. In March 2014, it was announced that the twins had purchased seats on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic shuttle using the profits they had made from bitcoin. In October 2015, Gemini, the twins' Bitcoin exchange, received approval to launch from the New York State Department of Financial Services. The exchange is targeted at both first-time users and professional traders. In May 2018, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss won a patent for settling exchange-traded products (ETPs) with digital currencies, including bitcoin, ripple, dogecoin and ethereum. Both twins are played by actor Armie Hammer in \"The Social Network\" (2010),", "title": "Winklevoss twins" }, { "docid": "6343786", "text": "Emmy Awards and a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television Animation (for the episode pair, \"Deep Sea Johnny\" and \"Johnny and the Amazing Turbo Action Backpack\") at Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA. In 2007, the second season of the show won a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (for the episode pair, \"Saturday Night's Alright for Johnny\" and \"Johnny's Mint Chip\") and in 2008, the third season was nominated for another Gemini Award, this time for Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series (for the episode pair,", "title": "Johnny Test" }, { "docid": "2281256", "text": "the American flag on their suits, the first astronauts to do so, although Soviet crews wore the Cyrillic \"СССР\" on their spacesuit helmets. Previous astronauts had only had the NASA insignia and a strip with their name on their suits. The flight was commemorated on a pair of US postage stamps in 1967. The spacecraft is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. Gemini 4 Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth manned American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights", "title": "Gemini 4" }, { "docid": "12210255", "text": "coach of the Gulf Coast League Twins before the start of the season. He was promoted to manager of the Beloit Snappers, the Twins' Midwest League Single-A affiliate the following year. He guided the Snappers into the post-season both seasons at the helm, compiling a 153-125 record for a .550 winning percentage. He was named \"Baseball America\" Class A Manager of the Year in 2007. In , Smith was promoted again to the Twins' advanced-A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle. In his first half season managing the Miracle, they captured the Florida State League first-half West Division title with a", "title": "Jeff Smith (baseball)" }, { "docid": "19702163", "text": "role, with dances by Lalitha - Padmini. The film was an adaption of the English Comedy classic play \"Twelfth Night\" by William Shakespeare. The film centers on the twins Adithan and Chandrika, who are separated in a shipwreck. Chandrika (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Prince Vasantha Kumaran, who in turn is in love with Megala Devi. Upon meeting Chandrika, Megala falls in love with her, thinking she is a man. In 1947, two sadly underrated maestros of Indian Cinema K. Ramnoth and A. K. Sekar. resigned from the Gemini Studios announcing their departure with a", "title": "Kanniyin Kaadhali" }, { "docid": "290653", "text": "depressed that the mission was cut short, canceling most mission objectives and robbing Scott of his EVA. The Agena was later reused as a docking target by Gemini 10. Armstrong and Scott received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the Air Force awarded Scott the Distinguished Flying Cross as well. Scott was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Armstrong received a $678 raise in pay to $21,653 a year (), making him NASA's highest-paid astronaut. The final assignment for Armstrong in the Gemini program was as the back-up Command Pilot for Gemini 11, announced two days after the landing of Gemini", "title": "Neil Armstrong" }, { "docid": "9137530", "text": "Eventually, \"to have something positive to do,\" the pair bought an old house in Ireland, moved in with Bailey's collection of religious objects and Currie's collection of first editions by British poet Edith Sitwell and forgot about music altogether. When Currie felt like returning to music again, the pair started working on the next Thompson Twins album as a duo. Much of \"Close to the Bone\" reflected Bailey and Currie's personal experiences following Leeway's departure from the band. This included Bailey's reunion with his parents, who had disowned him over a decade before, and Currie suffering a miscarriage and losing", "title": "Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album)" }, { "docid": "2307007", "text": "Gemini 9A Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the seventh manned Gemini flight, the 13th manned American flight and the 23rd spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over ). The original crew for Gemini 9, command pilot Elliot See and pilot Charles Bassett, were killed in a crash on February 28, 1966 while flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft. Their deaths promoted the backup crew, Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan, to the prime crew. The mission", "title": "Gemini 9A" }, { "docid": "1440482", "text": "pre-selected to have one affected member (of the pair). During the course of the study four other previously non-affected members become affected, giving a pairwise concordance of 4/(4+6) or 4/10 or 40%. For a group of twins in which at least one member of each pair is affected, \"probandwise concordance\" is a measure of the proportion of twins who have the illness who have an affected twin and can be calculated with the formula of 2C/(2C+D), in which C is the number of concordant pairs and D is the number of discordant pairs. For example, consider a group of 10", "title": "Twin study" }, { "docid": "3052246", "text": "album, featuring most of the instrumental backing tracks, was also released. \"God in Three Persons\" received a 5-star rating from AllMusic. The album is the story of a Colonel Tom Parker-type character called \"Mr. X\", who finds a pair of Siamese twins who have miraculous healing powers. He convinces them to let him manage their careers, touring them as holy healers and conducting services during which they cure the masses. Mr. X begins to lust after the \"female\" twin, then realizes that the twins' sexes are fluid rather than fixed. When he discovers that the twins are far more worldly", "title": "God in Three Persons" }, { "docid": "4175325", "text": "Boy Entertainment. Single \"Champion Lover\" was also performed. On December 18, twins said that \"Brightest Gold\" was delayed for 2016 release, as a studio album. \"Champion Lover\" will be released as the second single on June 24, 2016. Both album and single will be released through Tommy Boy Entertainment, LLC. Nina Sky Nina Sky is an American duo composed of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino (born 1984 (sources differ), in Puerto Rico). Their debut single \"Move Ya Body\", released from their self-titled debut album in 2004, was a success, reaching number 4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Their second", "title": "Nina Sky" }, { "docid": "6527251", "text": "MZ twins compared to 0% for DZ twins. Concordance of \"cognitive abnormalities\" was 82% in MZ pairs and 10% for DZ pairs. In 12 of the 17 pairs discordant for autism, a biological hazard was believed to be associated with the condition. A 1979 case report discussed a pair of identical twins concordant for autism. The twins developed similarly until the age of 4, when one of them spontaneously improved. The other twin, who had suffered infrequent seizures, remained autistic. The report noted that genetic factors were not \"all important\" in the development of the twins. In 1985, a study", "title": "Heritability of autism" }, { "docid": "934566", "text": "new to business – like \"virgins\". The original Virgin logo (known to fans as the \"Gemini\" or \"Twins\" logo) was designed by English artist and illustrator Roger Dean: a young naked woman in mirror image with a large long-tailed serpent and the word \"Virgin\" in Dean's familiar script. A variation on the logo was used for the spin-off Caroline Records label. The first release on the label was the progressive rock album \"Tubular Bells\" by multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, who was discovered by Tom Newman and brought to Simon Draper – who eventually persuaded Richard and Nik to present it as", "title": "Virgin Records" }, { "docid": "6586133", "text": "\"Flash: Rebirth\", Iris reveals that the reason their powers are the way they are is because they are literally fighting over the speed force and to continue to do so will kill them. Iris then draws all the power into herself and finally becomes a speedster. She is then stabilized by Jesse Quick, who recently regained her connection to the Speed Force. Iris West then becomes the new Impulse. On Earth-22, Wally West also had twins, Iris and Barry West. Of the pair, Iris West shows a personality very similar to the spunky, driven and restless personality of her alternate-universe", "title": "Tornado Twins" }, { "docid": "6044869", "text": "patterns: “Pairs of complete strangers seem continually, magnetically drawn to one another, to shake hands, slap backs – and, sometimes, take the relationship further... Another extraordinary thing is happening: clumps of twins keep making human patterns. Every few seconds, two or three or more sets get together in symmetrical formations and smile for somebody’s camera. They seem powerless to resist the compulsion, and watching it is like seeing the colors coalesce in a giant kaleidoscope.” The Twins Days event was inspired by a pair of enterprising 19th-century twins, Moses and Aaron Wilcox. “They were the identical twins who bought about", "title": "Twins Days" }, { "docid": "4148017", "text": "performed sexual acts on each other. It is illegal in many jurisdictions. For example, in Australia it is rated \"Refused Classification\" (RC). The 1999 William Higgins production \"Double Czech\" included actual sex between the Bartok twins, as did the 2009 sequel between the Richter twins, though the Bartok brothers were described as \"looking utterly mortified\" in their scene. Not so for another pair of Czech twins, Elijah and Milo Peters, who work together condomless for both oral and anal sex for studio Bel Ami. As of 2010, they were reported to live together as a monogamous couple outside of their", "title": "Incest pornography" }, { "docid": "4755167", "text": "are a pair of Spanish-speaking twins from Guatemala who can move at super speed, but only when they are in contact with each other. In \"Titans East Part 1\", Aqualad states that their other power is to talk only in Spanish. Their battle cry is \"¡Más y Menos, sí podemos!\" which means, \"Plus and Minus, yes we can!\" in English. It seems that they are partially based on the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque depicted in the Popol Vuh chronicles; however, since their incorporation into the mainstream DC Universe, their origins and history have not been dealt with. The", "title": "Más y Menos" }, { "docid": "6420023", "text": "Xi Geminorum Xi Geminorum (ξ Geminorum, abbreviated Xi Gem, ξ Gem), also named Alzirr, is a star in the zodiac constellation of Gemini. It forms one of the four feet of the outline demarcating the Gemini twins. The star has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.35, which is bright enough for it to be seen with the naked eye. From stellar parallax measurements, its distance from the Sun can be estimated as . \"ξ Geminorum\" (Latinised to \"Xi Geminorum\") is the star's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name of \"Al Zirr\", meaning \"the button\" in Arabic. In 2016, the", "title": "Xi Geminorum" }, { "docid": "13032822", "text": "Castor's head. The twin below and to the left is Pollux, whose brightest star is β Gem (more commonly called Pollux); it is of the first magnitude and represents Pollux's head. Furthermore, the other stars can be visualized as two parallel lines descending from the two main stars, making it look like two figures. H. A. Rey has suggested an alternative to the traditional visualization that connected the stars of Gemini to show twins holding hands. Pollux's torso is represented by the star υ Gem, Pollux's right hand by ι Gem, Pollux's left hand by κ Gem; all three of", "title": "Gemini (constellation)" }, { "docid": "6117371", "text": "stolen vehicles. By 1972, Rosenberg had his friends stealing cars for him. Two of these friends were the Gemini twins, Joseph Testa and Anthony Senter, who Rosenberg would introduce to DeMeo and become two core members of the DeMeo crew. Testa and Senter, who were both full-blooded Italians, had known Rosenberg since their teenage years. By 1974, a 23-year-old Rosenberg began selling cocaine and quaaludes, again backed by DeMeo. He acquired the Quaaludes through a pharmacist connection, as well as the cocaine, which at the time could be prescribed for medical purposes. Through this pharmacist, Chris Rosenberg and the rest", "title": "Chris Rosenberg" }, { "docid": "8219881", "text": "Corduroy (band) Corduroy are a four-piece acid jazz outfit based in London, formed around twins Ben Addison (drums/vocals) and Scott Addison (keyboards/vocals), who were previously in Sire Records act Boys Wonder (Scott had been guitarist with Boys Wonder, while Ben had been the lead vocalist). Joining the twins in the band are Richard Searle and guitarist Simon Nelson-Smith. Searle had been bass player with Doctor and the Medics, who topped the UK Singles Chart in 1986 with a cover version of \"Spirit in the Sky\". Searle had joined the Addison twins in the final incarnation of Boys Wonder, before the", "title": "Corduroy (band)" }, { "docid": "18049853", "text": "\"La Conexión\" was mixed and mastered by George Mena for Lovehouse Music Studios in Union City, New Jersey. Mixtape was released on October 21, 2005 in United States, October 25, 2005 worldwide and December 19, 2006 as reissue in United States only. It wasn't released through Universal like their first album but through La Conexión Music Company and Traffic Records. It was promoted by two singles: Artwork was made in 2005. The first (standard edition) cover features twins in front of the yellow-green background with white letters of the name (NINA SKY) and album (LA CONEXIÓN). Second was special edition", "title": "La Conexión" }, { "docid": "2437313", "text": "Gemini 2 Gemini 2 (Gemini-Titan 2; GT-2) was the second spaceflight of the American human spaceflight program Project Gemini. Gemini 2, like Gemini 1, was an unmanned mission intended as a test flight of the Gemini spacecraft. Unlike Gemini 1, which was placed into orbit, Gemini 2 made a suborbital flight, primarily intended to test the spacecraft's heat shield. It was launched on a Titan II GLV rocket. The spacecraft used for the Gemini 2 mission was later refurbished into the Gemini B configuration, and was subsequently launched on another suborbital flight, along with OPS 0855, as a test for", "title": "Gemini 2" }, { "docid": "845018", "text": "siblings, if a pair of monozygotic twins reproduces with another pair or with the same person), rather than first cousins. Identical twins do not have the same fingerprints however, because even within the confines of the womb, the fetuses touch different parts of their environment, giving rise to small variations in their corresponding prints and thus making them unique. Monozygotic twins always have the same phenotype. Normally due to an environmental factor or the deactivation of different X chromosomes in female monozygotic twins, and in some extremely rare cases, due to aneuploidy, twins may express different sexual phenotypes, normally from", "title": "Twin" }, { "docid": "14771159", "text": "behind the wild facade. Everyone from here to New York says how wonderful The Wonder Twins are!\" The Fabulous Wonder Twins The Fabulous Wonder Twins (October 28, 1967) (Louis Alberto Campos and Carlos Eduardo Campos, (born in San Salvador) are a pair of fraternal twin brothers who have been featured in MTV music videos, made cameos on film and television motion pictures and have appeared on several talk shows, from \"The Jerry Springer Show\" to \"The Geraldo Rivera Show\". The Twins have also participated in several fashion shows, performance art pieces, gay pride parades, and club appearances from Los Angeles", "title": "The Fabulous Wonder Twins" }, { "docid": "5787160", "text": "2008, the body has also been available on Volvo B5LH hybrid chassis. Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied buses were mass-introduced on London Buses services from 2001. It has also been popular with FirstGroup, who have purchased over 1,200 into service. Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have also acquired a large number of Volvo B9TLs with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork. The Eclipse Gemini was launched in 2001, initially on Volvo B7TL chassis, as a double decker version of the existing Wright Eclipse body. The original Eclipse Gemini, and all versions up until the facelifted Gemini 3, have both the upper and lower", "title": "Wright Eclipse Gemini" }, { "docid": "8317064", "text": "against Rhino for the title, but he once again lost. In 2007, Mack took the summer off to rest and recuperate a knee injury before returning to the ring on July 21, 2007 with a victory alongside Havoc after they beat Wes Draven and Pinkie Sanchez. The Heavy Hitters then began a winning streak throughout the end of 2007 and into 2008, defeating several teams such as The Christopher Street Connection and The Gemini Twins en route to becoming contenders for the Tag Team Championship. On May 31, 2008, the Heavy Hitters were unable to win the title from then-champions", "title": "Monsta Mack" }, { "docid": "100486", "text": "old, since the average lifespan according to the Bible (Psalm 89:10, Vulgate) is 70 years; and since his imaginary travel to the netherworld took place in 1300, he was most probably born around 1265. Some verses of the \"Paradiso\" section of the \"Divine Comedy\" also provide a possible clue that he was born under the sign of Gemini: \"As I revolved with the eternal twins, I saw revealed, from hills to river outlets, the threshing-floor that makes us so ferocious\" (XXII 151–154). In 1265, the sun was in Gemini between approximately May 11 and June 11 (Julian calendar). Giovanni Boccaccio", "title": "Dante Alighieri" }, { "docid": "6380904", "text": "paid into the account over a six-year period while Senter was in prison on a life sentence. Union officials said Senter could have qualified for a pension of $1,400 a month if the payments by Canarsie Recycling had continued for another five years. Senter will not collect the pension; the Teamsters disqualified Senter as a member and barred his pension. It is unclear if Senter's cousin, Dominic Vulpis, or the garbage company he owns received a refund of the fraudulent dues. Sources External links Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa, better known as the Gemini twins,", "title": "Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa" }, { "docid": "15342124", "text": "to Los Angeles in order to live with his screenwriter cousin Matt. Failing to find any serious work, Gar attempts to clear his name after having been framed for a series of murders around the city. He eventually discovers that the real culprit is Gemini, the daughter of his old Doom Patrol foe Madame Rouge. Blaming Gar for her mother's death, Gemini reveals that she has hired a pair of mercenaries known as Fear and Loathing to kidnap Tim Bender and Vicky Valiant, Gar's former \"Space Trek: 2020\" co-stars. With the bound and gagged actors in tow, Gemini attempts to", "title": "Beast Boy" }, { "docid": "11312342", "text": "for prying open car doors. Phineas Darkkon Cadel's \"father\" - the founder of the Axis Institute, was imprisoned for various black market-related crimes. He claims to be Cadel's real father, and seems to be working with Dr. Thaddeus Roth. Frog like and sometimes described as being \"crazy\", he was the husband to Cadels mother (Elspeth) and legal father to Cadel (not biological). Jemima and Niobe \"Gemini\" (Jem 'n' Ni): Two of Cadel's classmates at the Axis Institute, who treat Cadel with more fondness than others because of his youth. The two teenagers are identical twins who were brought to the", "title": "Evil Genius (novel)" } ]

[ "Autograph" ]

[ { "docid": "879373", "text": "following abbreviations are used to help describe the type of letter or document that is being offered for sale. Autograph An autograph is a person's own signature or handwriting. The term is used particularly in connection with the collecting of autographs of celebrities; the hobby of collecting autographs is known as \"philography\". What might be considered the oldest \"autograph\" is a Sumerian clay table from about 3100 BC which includes the name of the scribe Gar.Ama. No ancient written autographs have been found, and the earliest one known for a major historical figure is that of El Cid from 1098.", "title": "Autograph" }, { "docid": "879373", "text": "following abbreviations are used to help describe the type of letter or document that is being offered for sale. Autograph An autograph is a person's own signature or handwriting. The term is used particularly in connection with the collecting of autographs of celebrities; the hobby of collecting autographs is known as \"philography\". What might be considered the oldest \"autograph\" is a Sumerian clay table from about 3100 BC which includes the name of the scribe Gar.Ama. No ancient written autographs have been found, and the earliest one known for a major historical figure is that of El Cid from 1098.", "title": "Autograph" }, { "docid": "4146700", "text": "Autopen An autopen or signing machine is a device used for the automatic signing of a signature or autograph. Many celebrities, politicians and public figures receive hundreds of letters a day, many of which request a personal reply; this leads to a situation in which either the individual must artificially reproduce their signature or heavily limit the number of recipients who receive a personal response. Given the exact verisimilitude to the real hand signature, the use of the autopen allows for a small degree of wishful thinking and plausible deniability as to whether a famous autograph is real or reproduced,", "title": "Autopen" }, { "docid": "879348", "text": "Autograph An autograph is a person's own signature or handwriting. The term is used particularly in connection with the collecting of autographs of celebrities; the hobby of collecting autographs is known as \"philography\". What might be considered the oldest \"autograph\" is a Sumerian clay table from about 3100 BC which includes the name of the scribe Gar.Ama. No ancient written autographs have been found, and the earliest one known for a major historical figure is that of El Cid from 1098. \"Autograph\" can refer to a document transcribed entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset", "title": "Autograph" }, { "docid": "14756711", "text": "a round of drinks for other sims at the bar to prove you are a hot shot. A celebrity is something you have to become, although the spouses and offspring of celebrities get an extra boost. Celebrities are granted access to better clubs and VIP lounges. They are given discounts around town. Like free drinks or food at the club. They are invited to hang out at exclusive parties with other celebrities. Sims that are celebrities are stalked by the paparazzi and admiring fans, who will ask you for their autograph. There are also scandals. If your celebrity sim is", "title": "The Sims 3: Late Night" }, { "docid": "10478027", "text": "by fans called fan panels. The cabaret (renamed \"variety show\" in 1992) was 90-120 minute show featuring celebrity guests performing a variety of acts. A separate admission fee was charged for this event. Video rooms (one in 1990, two thereafter) ran television shows and movies, concentrating on programs that attending celebrities appeared in. A third room featuring fan-made videos was added in 1996. Each fan was given the opportunity to meet the celebrities and receive and autograph and a photograph. Each year fans participated in an auction of science fiction memorabilia. Proceeds went to Lambs Farm and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.", "title": "Visions (convention)" } ]

[ { "docid": "949351", "text": "addition, the use of celebrities in fictional, sexual stories remains controversial. Journals including RPS often include disclaimers that explain their true fictional nature. Henry Jenkins says that RPS may be \"troubling\" to the old guard of slash. Fans of real person slash state that the personas presented by the common figures of RPS such as boy bands, celebrities, athletes and pro wrestlers are \"largely manufactured\" for the pleasure of female fans, \"so why not just run with them?\" Reverse slash is a term used for fanfic without any sexual content, or very little sexual content, compared to the canon. The", "title": "Slash fiction" }, { "docid": "16756717", "text": "Sasaeng fan In South Korean culture, a sasaeng or sasaeng fan () is an over-obsessive fan of a Korean idol, or other public figure, that has engaged in stalking or other behaviour that constitutes an invasion of privacy. The term \"sasaeng\" comes from the Korean words \"sa\" () meaning \"private\" and \"saeng\" () meaning \"life,\" in reference to the fans' intrusion into the celebrities' private lives. According to estimates given by celebrity managers to Korean media, popular Korean celebrities \"have between 500 to 1,000 sasaeng fans\" and are actively followed by about 100 sasaeng fans every day. Sasaeng fans are", "title": "Sasaeng fan" }, { "docid": "274275", "text": "The expression for the \"four-momentum\" depends on how the coordinates are expressed. Time may be given in its normal units or multiplied by the speed of light so that all the components of the four-vector have dimensions of length. If the latter scaling is used, an interval of proper time, , defined by is invariant under Lorentz transformations (in this expression and in what follows the metric signature has been used, different authors use different conventions). Mathematically this invariance can be ensured in one of two ways: by treating the four-vectors as Euclidean vectors and multiplying time by ; or", "title": "Momentum" }, { "docid": "7079775", "text": "as ways of branding themselves, by showing people their lives and having fans feel close to them, almost like they are friends, and have a connection through social media outlets such as twitter and instagram. Also, to keep more of their fans interested, and to reach as many as possible many celebrities will update daily on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat so their message can be seen by a wider audience. They can keep fans informed on everything from what they want to wear, to their political views. Social Media has provided a simple way for celebrities to get their", "title": "Personal branding" }, { "docid": "656608", "text": "the term \"hentai yaoi\" is sometimes used to denote the most explicit titles. The use of \"yaoi\" to denote those works with explicit scenes sometimes clashes with use of the word to describe the genre as a whole, creating confusion between Japanese and Western writers or between Western fans who insist on proper usage of the Japanese terms and those who use the Westernized versions. \"Yaoi\" can also be used by Western fans as a label for anime or manga-based slash fiction. In Japan, the term yaoi is occasionally written as \"801\", which can be read as yaoi through Japanese", "title": "Yaoi" }, { "docid": "16558513", "text": "to its business partners when and whether they might qualify for having verified account status. Secondly, Twitter attempts to work with celebrity and media public relations staff to encourage them to make use of Twitter in their advertising and publicity campaigns, encouraging them to use Twitter in their promotional campaigns, and providing support and analysis services to determine what worked, what created \"buzz\", and what did not. Celebrities use Twitter to engage with their fans. Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry do this, for examples. Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, was one of the first celebrities on Twitter. In 2009,", "title": "Use of Twitter by public figures" }, { "docid": "3882196", "text": "writing for a broad audience, the expansion is typically given at the first occurrence of the acronym within a given text, for the benefit of those readers who do not know what it stands for. The capitalization of the original term is independent of it being acronymized, being lowercase for a common noun such as frequently asked questions (FAQ) but uppercase for a proper noun such as the United Nations (UN) (as explained at Case > Casing of expansions). In addition to expansion at first use, some publications also have a key listing all the acronyms used they have used", "title": "Acronym" }, { "docid": "9398204", "text": "2016, the band released an album called Midgard. It quickly reached third place in the German album ranking. To express their own bond with nature the band coined the term \"Pagan Folk\" for one style of their concerts. While the term was initially used for electronically amplified concerts only, it is now used by fans and band for their music itself. A quote by Oliver Pade reveals another possibility for having chosen this specific term: \"We don't know ourselves what kind of music we play, so we call it paganfolk\" (Oliver Pade 2004 in a song announcement at the 2004", "title": "Faun (band)" }, { "docid": "7749225", "text": "is also given a proper name, the tetragrammaton YHWH, in origin possibly the name of an Edomite or Midianite deity, Yahweh. In many translations of the Bible, when the word \"LORD\" is in all capitals, it signifies that the word represents the tetragrammaton. \"Allāh\" () is the Arabic term with no plural used by Muslims and Arabic speaking Christians and Jews meaning \"The God\" (with the first letter capitalized), while \"ʾilāh\" () is the term used for a deity or a god in general. God may also be given a proper name in monotheistic currents of Hinduism which emphasize the", "title": "God" }, { "docid": "266232", "text": "mode respectively). Vitry took this a step further by indicating the proper division of a given piece at the beginning through the use of a \"mensuration sign\", equivalent to our modern \"time signature\". \"Tempus perfectum\" was indicated by a circle, while \"tempus imperfectum\" was denoted by a half-circle (the current symbol , used as an alternative for the time signature, is actually a holdover of this symbol, not a letter \"C\" as an abbreviation for \"common time\", as popularly believed). While many of these innovations are ascribed to Vitry, and somewhat present in the \"Ars Nova\" treatise, it was a", "title": "Medieval music" }, { "docid": "1349595", "text": "K-pop. The term is not to be confused with Sasaeng fans, which are overly obsessed fans who stalk and sometimes bring harm to idols. Stans, however, are merely highly dedicated fans. The term was added to the \"Oxford English Dictionary\" in 2017. Celebrities have positively reacted to their \"stan\" followings. Notably, English singer-songwriter Jessie J had this to say about her stans, \"They support me and buy my albums and singles, and they stand outside hotels, and they come to shows, and they get tattoos of my lyrics and they cut their hair like me. You have to love your", "title": "Fan (person)" }, { "docid": "1421356", "text": "Name A name is a term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a \"specific\" individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called \"common names\" or (obsolete) \"general names\". A name can be given to a person,", "title": "Name" }, { "docid": "288094", "text": "a given episode. In addition to the show's fandom, a number of celebrities have expressed their love for the show. One of the earliest known celebrity fans was Frank Zappa, who went so far as to telephone Best Brains, calling \"MST3K\" as \"the funniest fucking thing on TV\" according to Beaulieu. Zappa became a friend of the show, and following his death, episode 523 was dedicated to him. Other known celebrities fans include Al Gore, Neil Patrick Harris, Penn Jillette, and Patton Oswalt. There were two official fan conventions in Minneapolis (run by the series' production company Best Brains) called", "title": "Mystery Science Theater 3000" }, { "docid": "6270596", "text": "can inspire hundreds of thousands of others to give. The presence of celebrities can draw criticism, but that is outweighed by the benefits. Some argue that pop stars only take part in charity to improve their public image. That, arguably, may be a motivation, but their participation can be essential to the event's success. Celebrities not only promote catalytic philanthropy, they can produce an effect some call \"Geldofism\": “The mobilization of pop stars and their fans behind a cause.” Therefore, because of their visibility, celebrities are used by organizers as a mean to gain support to the cause in hand.", "title": "Benefit concert" }, { "docid": "12578608", "text": "In this role they may be crucial influencers / multipliers for trends in the fashion industry, variously also becoming popular (\":wikt:fashionista\") as fashion bloggers or (unlearned) fashion designers. Occasionally an Internet celebrity has naively invited fans to meet him/her at a certain place and time, without proper organization, attracting crowds of fans, causing disorderly and even unsafe situations. Alternatively it can be organized in a venue, with security personnel. Magcon is an example of even a group of internet celebrities meeting fans in the latter way. Ryan Higa, known by his YouTube username \"nigahiga\", is an American comedian, YouTube personality,", "title": "Internet celebrity" }, { "docid": "20064723", "text": "Little Fresh Meat Little Fresh Meat (小鲜肉）is an internet buzz word in China used to describe handsome young males. It is most commonly used for celebrities, particularly a rising star. This reductive and demeaning term has been widely used as a selling point by Chinese entertainment agencies in defining a star, and helped the star in gaining more fans. Films featuring \"little fresh meat\" have done well at the box office, in return for some of these films' low production cost. This is due to the devout fanbase of the stars. In particular, the media coined Lu Han's massive influence", "title": "Little Fresh Meat" }, { "docid": "8403322", "text": "revealed after the signature has been applied, because that would mean that the semantic interpretation of the document can change. WYSIWYS is a desirable property of digital signature systems that is difficult to guarantee because of the increasing complexity of modern computer systems. Various methods have been proposed to make WYSIWYS more robust. The term WYSIWYS was coined by Peter Landrock and Torben Pedersen to describe some of the principles in delivering secure and legally binding digital signatures for Pan-European projects. WYSIWYS WYSIWYS is an acronym for \"What You See Is What You Sign\", used in cryptography to describe the", "title": "WYSIWYS" }, { "docid": "5524865", "text": "Term algebra In universal algebra and mathematical logic, a term algebra is a freely generated algebraic structure over a given signature. For example, in a signature consisting of a single binary operation, the term algebra over a set \"X\" of variables is exactly the free magma generated by \"X\". Other synonyms for the notion include absolutely free algebra and anarchic algebra. From a category theory perspective, a term algebra is the initial object for the category of all algebras of the same signature, and this object, unique up to isomorphism, is called an initial algebra; it generates by homomorphic projection", "title": "Term algebra" }, { "docid": "20972351", "text": "pay attention to celebrities and the released news to escape from boredom. In contrast, Hung theorizes that fans put a much higher emotional investment in order to create an individual “bond” with celebrities, which gives them pleasure and a sense of satisfaction. According to Hung, fans may typically try to become physically and mentally closer to their idols by attending concerts, movies, and fan-meetings. In extreme circumstances, fans may become obsessed with celebrities and invade their privacy by stalking them. Scholar Jens Hoffman has argued that this is a result of a pathological fixation, as fans exhibiting this can believe", "title": "Celebrity privacy" }, { "docid": "20972345", "text": "prevent celebrity privacy, some national and state governments set up privacy laws particularly for protecting celebrities. The legal impact of these celebrity privacy laws has currently been undetermined, since the curb for celebrity privacy intrusion often counteracts the legal principle of “free press” in many countries. Scholars have debated how much or what type of privacy celebrities and their friends or family can or should expect. Commonly posed arguments center upon topics such as the idea of celebrity privacy as controlled publicity, the intrusion of paparazzi or fans, and what types of privacy should be granted to and expected by", "title": "Celebrity privacy" }, { "docid": "8815095", "text": "Simple (philosophy) In contemporary mereology, a simple is any thing that has no proper parts. Sometimes the term \"atom\" is used, although in recent years the term \"simple\" has become the standard. Simples are to be contrasted with atomless gunk (where something is \"gunky\" if it is such that every proper part has a further proper part). Necessarily, given the definitions, everything is either composed of simples, gunk or a mixture of the two. Classical mereology is consistent with both the existence of gunk and either finite or infinite simples (see Hodges and Lewis 1968). Given a mereology containing the", "title": "Simple (philosophy)" }, { "docid": "20972348", "text": "in order to publicize herself. Scholar Seong Hong has stated that based on the court decision, Lee’s privacy right was not protected because of her celebrity identity. The term “paparazzi”’ is used to define the freelance photographers who take celebrities’ exclusive pictures and sell them to the press for financial purposes. Techniques used by the paparazzi include stalking celebrities and their children, taking photos of them with or without consent, and chasing celebrities’ cars. Some see these techniques as causing turbulence to the lives of the celebrities and those with them and that some aggressive techniques may result in the", "title": "Celebrity privacy" }, { "docid": "385685", "text": "of the stadium. Current and former players, coaches, local celebrities, prominent fans, Seattle-area athletes, and current owner Paul Allen have raised the flag. Earlier, the Seahawks retired the #12 jersey on December 15, 1984 as a tribute to their fans. Before their Super Bowl win, the Seahawks ran onto the field under a giant 12th Man flag. In September 1990, Texas A&M filed, and was later granted, a trademark application for the \"12th Man\" term, based on their continual usage of the term since the 1920s. In January 2006, Texas A&M filed suit against the Seattle Seahawks to protect the", "title": "Seattle Seahawks" }, { "docid": "7319821", "text": "Barber–Mizell feud, Johnson County War and others. Range wars have been the subject of movies and novels. Some examples are: While in previous centuries violence may have been involved, the term is used for nonviolent competition for scarce resources, perhaps between ranchers and environmentalists, or between ranchers and fans of wild horses. A range war is also a slang term for a turf war or disagreement about proper hierarchy or relationship and is often used in a joking manner. The term is in politics, or business. Range war A range war is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly", "title": "Range war" }, { "docid": "8476524", "text": "mobile phone to generate digital signatures. The term was then used by Paul Gibson (G&D) and Romary Dupuis (France Telecom) in their standardisation work at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and published in ETSI Technical Report TR 102 203. The ETSI-MSS specifications define a SOAP interface and mobile signature roaming for systems implementing mobile signature services. ETSI TS 102 204, and ETSI TS 102 207. The mobile signature can have the legal equivalent of your own wet signature, hence the term \"Mobile Ink\", commercial term coined by Swiss Sicap. Other terms include \"Mobile ID\" by Valimo Wireless, \"Mobile Certificate\"", "title": "Mobile signature" }, { "docid": "3531636", "text": "property usually had to supplement their incomes from sources other than the land, sometimes by opening their properties to the public. In the 21st century, the term \"landed gentry\" is still used, as the landowning class still exists, but it increasingly refers more to historic than to current landed wealth or property in a family. Moreover, the deference which was once automatically given to members of this class by most British people has almost completely dissipated as its wealth, political power and social influence have declined, and other social figures such as celebrities have grown to take their place in", "title": "Landed gentry" }, { "docid": "8088393", "text": "Proper adjective In English orthography, the term proper adjective is sometimes applied to adjectives that take initial capital letters, and the term common adjective to those that do not. For example, a person from Boston is Bostonian. \"Bostonian\" is a proper adjective. These terms are used informally only; they are not used by grammarians or linguists. The term \"proper noun\" denotes a noun that, grammatically speaking, identifies a specific unique entity; for example, \"England\" is a proper noun, because it is a name for a specific country, whereas \"dog\" is not a proper noun; it is, rather, a \"common noun\"", "title": "Proper adjective" }, { "docid": "18291309", "text": "the teachers were the group with the highest average result, followed by celebrities; Red Symons had the highest IQ among the celebrities, with 131. The test consisted of 76 questions which were divided into six categories: language, spatial processes, arithmetic, memory, reasoning, and learning. Over 43,000 people registered to take the test online during the show, and over 20,000 completed the test by texting their results via mobile phone. Results were used for several humorous comparisons, such as whether Aussie rules fans were more intelligent than Rugby league fans (both groups scored equally, with 110). The show was the most", "title": "Test Australia: The National IQ Test" }, { "docid": "889413", "text": "brand has been sold in more than 3,000 stores in the United States and over 5,300 stores worldwide. The Olsens have appeared on the Forbes \"Celebrity 100\" list since 2002; in 2007, Forbes ranked them (collectively) as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated net worth of US $100 million. As the sisters have matured, they expressed greater interest in their fashion choices, with \"The New York Times\" declaring Mary-Kate a fashion icon for pioneering her signature (and now popular among celebrities and fans alike) \"homeless\" look. The style sometimes referred to by fashion journalists as \"ashcan\" or \"bohemian-bourgeois\",", "title": "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen" }, { "docid": "5147454", "text": "is the position in 3-dimensional space of the particle, formula_3 is the velocity in 3-dimensional space and formula_4 is the speed of light. The \"length\" of the vector is a Lorentz scalar and is given by where formula_6 is the proper time as measured by a clock in the rest frame of the particle and the Minkowski metric is given by This is a time-like metric. Often the alternate signature of the Minkowski metric is used in which the signs of the ones are reversed. This is a space-like metric. In the Minkowski metric the space-like interval formula_9 is defined", "title": "Lorentz scalar" }, { "docid": "4051120", "text": "to argue that wages from labor cannot be taxed as income. The decision in the case, however, was not about wages, and the exception for stock dividends was narrow. Here is a typical quote that is accurate but misleading from the case: In order, therefore, that the clauses cited from Article I of the Constitution may have proper force and effect save only as modified by the Amendment, and that the latter also may have proper effect, it is essential to distinguish between what is and what is not 'income' as the term is there used; and to apply the", "title": "Eisner v. Macomber" }, { "docid": "11244876", "text": "a particular interpretation that is used to motivate them. For example, the first-order signature for set theory includes only one binary relation, ∈, which is intended to represent set membership, and the domain of discourse in a first-order theory of the natural numbers is intended to be the set of natural numbers. The intended interpretation is called the \"standard model\" (a term introduced by Abraham Robinson in 1960). In the context of Peano arithmetic, it consists of the natural numbers with their ordinary arithmetical operations. All models that are isomorphic to the one just given are also called standard; these", "title": "Interpretation (logic)" }, { "docid": "3244851", "text": "spacetime, the proper distance between two events is the proper distance along a straight path between the two events. In a curved spacetime, there may be more than one straight path (geodesic) between two events, so the proper distance along a straight path between two events would not uniquely define the proper distance between the two events. Along an arbitrary spacelike path \"P\", the proper distance is given in tensor syntax by the line integral formula_6, where In the equation above, the metric tensor is assumed to use the +−−− metric signature, and is assumed to be normalized to return", "title": "Proper length" }, { "docid": "4219684", "text": "Real person fiction Real person fiction or real people fiction (RPF) is a genre of writing similar to fan fiction, but featuring celebrities or other real people. In the past, terms such as actorfic were used to distinguish such stories from those based on fictional characters from movies or television series. Before the term \"real person fiction\" (or \"real people fiction\") came into common usage, fans came up with a variety of terms, which are still used for specific genres or cultural practices in the RPF community; for example, musicfic, popslash, or actorfic. The genre includes stories about actors, athletes,", "title": "Real person fiction" }, { "docid": "9908060", "text": "lowest viewership ever in this series. Ratings for the show since the move to Friday have remained steady, with seasons premieres maintaining around 6 million viewers and only small drops over the course of a given season. With the show's age, some of its current fans were not born when the show had first aired in 2001, and the production team used a concept like season 28, aired in 2016, where the use of YouTube and other Internet celebrities was intended to help bridge the gap between long-time and new fans. The 30th season of the show was moved by", "title": "The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "14820192", "text": "their opposition to socialism, communism, Marxism, anarchism, social democracy, progressivism and liberalism and their ultraconservative or reactionary tendencies which limited new access to power and status. There is disagreement over how right-wing movements should be described, and no consensus exists regarding what the proper terminology should be, although the terminology developed in the 1950s, using the words \"radical\" or \"extremist\" is the most commonly used one. Other scholars simply prefer to call them \"The Right\" or \"conservatives\", which is what they call themselves. The terminology is used to describe a broad range of movements. The term \"radical right\" was coined", "title": "Radical right (United States)" }, { "docid": "4365468", "text": "Bieber, who rose to immense fame after being discovered on YouTube, are argued to elicit emotional ties and self-reflexiveness that invoke a seemingly personal connection. This can be seen with some fans, especially female fans, feeling like they have a certain ownership or connection over a celebrity. There has recently been an intersection of celebrity and political culture. This is a result of the large platform given to celebrities. As Jane Johnson, a reporter for the popular British celebrity publication Closer observed that the gossip surrounding celebrities is a nationally unifying among all social groups. This unification and large platform", "title": "Celebrity culture" }, { "docid": "6927304", "text": "wear and products they consume (Aureliano-Silva et al., 2015). Celebrities create meaning for the consumer through their interactions with products in advertising (Muda et al., 2012; Aureliano-Silva et al., 2015). Due to the high-profile lives of celebrities that are constantly being reviewed and scrutinized by the media, there are risks of using celebrities in advertising (Jin & Phua, 2014). The term eclipsing (also referred to as overshadowing) is used to describe the instance where a celebrity in an advertisement overshadows the product being advertised by occupying more time or space than the product being advertised, this is a negative for", "title": "Celebrity branding" }, { "docid": "709182", "text": "term \"common name\" is not much used to contrast with \"proper name\", but some linguists have used the term for that purpose. Sometimes proper names are called simply \"names\"; but that term is often used more broadly. Words derived from proper names are sometimes called \"proper adjectives\" (or \"proper adverbs\", and so on), but not in mainstream linguistic theory. Not every noun or noun phrase that refers to a unique entity is a proper name. \"Blackness\" and \"chastity\" are common nouns, even if blackness and chastity are considered unique abstract entities. Few proper names have only one possible referent: there", "title": "Proper noun" }, { "docid": "13029934", "text": "in the DieHard 500. The term was also being used informally by fans on message boards. During the 2001 Daytona 500, Fox commentator Darrell Waltrip used the term on-air to describe an 18-car crash in the backstretch on lap 173, as saying \"It's the big one, gang, it's the big one. It's what we've all been fearing in this kind of racing is going to happen.\" By 2001, the phrase was widely used by competitors, fans, and in print and broadcast media. It soon became standard NASCAR vernacular, and it became a retronym to describe past such accidents as well.", "title": "The Big One (NASCAR)" }, { "docid": "4219685", "text": "comedians, historical figures, musicians, newsworthy people, and reality show contestants among others, as well as fiction about the fans themselves. In general, the authors seem to adopt the public personas of the celebrities in question as their own characters, building a fictional universe based on the supposed real-life histories of their idols. Information from interviews, documentaries, music videos, and other publicity sources are assimilated into the stories. It is also very popular to write fiction about celebrity couples. Communities of writers build collective archetypes based on the celebrities' public personas. Communities also develop their own ethics on what sort of", "title": "Real person fiction" }, { "docid": "8476526", "text": "the signature solution is Common Criteria evaluated by an independent party and given the EAL4+ designation, the solution can produce what the EU directive and consequent clarifications are calling a qualified electronic signature. The current standard dates back to the year 2002/2003 and is in the process being renewed and published by the end of 2012. Most, if not all, mobile signature implementations to date generate what the EU Directive is calling advanced electronic signature. The most successful mobile signature solutions can be found in Turkey, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland with millions of users. Technically the mobile signature is created", "title": "Mobile signature" }, { "docid": "3159666", "text": "require elaborate lip-synching. Many video games make extensive use of lip-synced sound files to create an immersive environment in which on-screen characters appear to be speaking. In the music industry, lip-synching is used by singers for music videos, television and film appearances and some types of live performances. Lip-syncing by singers can be controversial to fans attending concert performances who expect to view a live performance. Lip sync is also referred to as \"lip-sync\" or \"lip-synch\". The proper spelling is sync (when used alone), and synchronize, synchronizing and synchronization. The term \"sync\" or \"synch\" is pronounced , the same as", "title": "Lip sync" }, { "docid": "19676992", "text": "Patera (planetary nomenclature) Patera (plural: paterae) is an irregular crater, or a complex crater with scalloped edges on a celestial body. Paterae can have any origin (volcanic, impact or other), although majority of them were created by volcanism. The term comes from Latin language, where it refers to a shallow bowl used in antique culture. This term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of the international names of such features. In such names, it is capitalized and stands after the proper given name (e.g., Pillan Patera). Besides that, it can be used as a description term and", "title": "Patera (planetary nomenclature)" }, { "docid": "8476529", "text": "m-banking or corporate applications for example. Mobile Ink is a commercial term associated with the mobile signature solution of Sicap building on Kiuru MSSP platform by Methics Oy. The platform allows simultaneous existence of multiple keys and associated identities with distinct registration procedures. This is used for example as a replacement for RSA SecureID dongles with anonymous but specific identity in corporate access applications. Mobile Certificate i.e. Mobiilivarmenne in Finnish is a term used in the Finnish market space to describe the roaming mobile signature solution deployed by the three mobile network operators Elisa, Sonera, and DNA. This setup was", "title": "Mobile signature" }, { "docid": "14917401", "text": "attention and publicity may have been incentives for the group. Contrary to what it first claimed, the group initially revealed the security flaw to Gawker Media \"before\" notifying AT&T and also exposed the data of 114,000 iPad users, including those of celebrities, the government and the military. These tactics re-provoked significant debate on the proper disclosure of IT security flaws. weev has maintained that Goatse Security used common industry standard practices and has said that, \"We tried to be the good guys\". Jennifer Granick of the Electronic Frontier Foundation has also defended the tactics used by Goatse Security. On June", "title": "Goatse Security" }, { "docid": "13590884", "text": "Court: In order, therefore, that the clauses cited from Article 1 of the Constitution may have proper force and effect, save only as modified by the Amendment, and that the latter also may have proper effect it becomes essential to distinguish between what is and what is not \"income\" as the term is there used; and to apply the distinction, as cases arise, according to truth and substance, without regard to form. Congress cannot by any definition it may adopt conclude the matter, since it cannot by legislation alter the Constitution, from which it derives its power to legislate, and", "title": "Legal history of income tax in the United States" }, { "docid": "147177", "text": "or work. Gaming companies use fans to alpha and beta test their games in exchange for early access or promotional merchandise. The TV show \"Glee\" used fans to create promotional materials, though they did not compensate fans. The entertainment industry in particular has capitalized on the fandom phenomena , by promoting its work directly to members of the fandom community by sponsoring and presenting at events and conventions dedicated to fandom. Studios frequently create elaborate exhibits , organize panels that feature celebrities and writers of film and television (to promote both existing work and works yet to be released), and", "title": "Fandom" }, { "docid": "6320937", "text": "have their volume automated, creating a pulsing effect on the off-beat. The term has been used to describe what most other people call \"epic trance\" in the UK's trance scene, to describe some non UK-based commercial trance acts, like Brooklyn Bounce or Darude, which has created some confusion in terminology and classification. Many UK fans call those acts \"uplifting house\". The term is also used on the psychedelic trance/Goa trance scene, although these styles are not really meant to sound uplifting (there is the possibility some people may be thinking of the term \"uplifting\" in this case to mean \"euphoric\").", "title": "Uplifting trance" }, { "docid": "11513313", "text": "unary operations and is in accordance with the custom to allow nullary terms and nullary term operations in universal algebra. Typically, publications studying clones as abstract clones, e.g. in the category theoretic setting of Lawvere's algebraic theories, will include nullary operations. Given an algebra in a signature \"σ\", the set of operations on its carrier definable by a \"σ\"-term (the \"term functions\") is a clone. Conversely, every clone can be realized as the clone of term functions in a suitable algebra by simply taking the clone itself as source for the signature \"σ\" so that the algebra has the whole", "title": "Clone (algebra)" }, { "docid": "1349593", "text": "describe artist devotees whose fanaticism matches the severity of the obsessive character in the song. The word has been described as a blend of \"stalker\" and \"fan\". A website known as \"Stan Wars\" or \"stanipedia\" sprouted up to host discussions and flame wars between rival fanbases. Colloquially, the term can be used as both a noun or a verb. Stans of a particular singer are often given more detailed names, such as \"Arianators\" for fans of Ariana Grande and \"Belieber\" for fans of Justin Bieber. Some artists, however, do not have specific titles attributed to their stans; fans of Kylie", "title": "Fan (person)" }, { "docid": "3418615", "text": "Others traveled across Ohio to what is now Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, home of the Dakota. The Siouan family proper consists of some 18 languages and various dialects: \"(†)\" – Extinct language Another view of both the Dakotan and Mississippi Valley branches is to represent them as dialect continuums. All the Virginia Siouan dialects listed here are thought to have been closely related to one another; the term Tutelo language is also used in reference to their common tongue. Western Siouan languages The Western Siouan languages, also called Siouan proper or simply Siouan, are a large language family native to", "title": "Western Siouan languages" }, { "docid": "13517354", "text": "appears to have been given no naloxone, a drug used to counteract the effects of an opioid overdose. Chopra also criticized what he saw as \"enabling\" by some Hollywood doctors: \"This cult of drug-pushing doctors, with their co-dependent relationships with addicted celebrities, must be stopped. Let's hope that Michael's unnecessary death is the call for action.\" Eugene Aksenoff, a Tokyo-based physician who had treated Jackson and his children on a few occasions, expressed concern about Jackson's use of and interest in various drugs. Aksenoff said that Jackson asked for stimulants so that he could get through some demanding performances. He", "title": "Death of Michael Jackson" }, { "docid": "3274650", "text": "or digested is really what was present in the original data, in other words, that the algorithms used there can be trusted not to change the meaning of the signed data. Because the signed document's structure can be tampered with leading to \"signature wrapping\" attacks, the validation process should also cover XML document structure. Signed element and signature element should be selected using absolute XPath expression, not codice_25 methods. The creation of XML Signatures is substantially more complex than the creation of an ordinary digital signature because a given XML Document (an \"Infoset\", in common usage among XML developers) may", "title": "XML Signature" }, { "docid": "16951417", "text": "Mons (planetary nomenclature) Mons (plural: montes, from the Latin word for \"mountain\") is a mountain on a celestial body. The term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of the international names of such features. It is capitalized and usually stands after the proper given name, but stands before it in the case of lunar mountains (for example, there is a Martian mountain Arsia Mons and a lunar mountain Mons Argaeus). The term \"tholus\" (\"dome\") is used for names of smaller (especially domical) uplands, and the term \"colles\" (\"hills\") in names of groups of still smaller knobs. Peculiar", "title": "Mons (planetary nomenclature)" }, { "docid": "8699635", "text": "and \"every\". The study of \"categorematic\" words (or \"terms\") and their properties was also developed greatly. One of the major developments of the scholastics in this area was the doctrine of the \"suppositio\". The suppositio of a term is the interpretation that is given of it in a specific context. It can be \"proper\" or \"improper\" (as when it is used in metaphor, metonyms and other figures of speech). A proper suppositio, in turn, can be either formal or material accordingly when it refers to its usual non-linguistic referent (as in \"Charles is a man\"), or to itself as a", "title": "Philosophy of language" }, { "docid": "7170298", "text": "into the habit of writing every day. The website focuses on celebrity gossip (often assigning his own monikers), including Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and Jake Gyllenhaal, as well as Vanegas' own daily adventures and exploits. The website's signature is in the large block pink letters that are used to add comments to paparazzi photos. Some celebrities like John Mayer have copied the idea to give to Vanegas and his site by using the large pink blocks in the pictures they take themselves. Vanegas also has pictures of himself with celebrities and celebrities", "title": "Trent Vanegas" }, { "docid": "17633473", "text": "public and it can be used by anyone to examine whether the signature given by the person is authentic. The certificate also holds the personal data, name and personal identification code. All certificates are different and correspond to the private keys of specific persons. The certificate can be used to examine digital signatures – if the certificate and the signature match mathematically (all the necessary calculations are performed by the computer on behalf of the user), it can be claimed that the signature has been given by the person named in the certificate. Digital signature in Estonia Electronic signature allows", "title": "Digital signature in Estonia" }, { "docid": "7061908", "text": "helped them cope with difficult issues such as school bullying. What is notable about \"Makenaide\" is that Zard fans' favorite phrase, \"Run through Until the End\" was originally \"Do Not Give Up until the End\". \"Makenaide\" has been used as a theme song for the Nippon Television program \"24-hour TV\", an annual charity program hosted live by celebrities for a whole day. Sakai said that she was honored and looked forward to watching \"24-hour TV.\" Overall, \"Makenaide\" sold nearly 2 million copies. Sakai produced 42 singles as well as 11 albums and 5 compilations in her lifetime. In addition to", "title": "Izumi Sakai" }, { "docid": "106044", "text": "a major impediment since documentaries are characterised by \"the abundance of terminological units and very specific proper names\". When the script is given to the translator, it is usually poorly transcribed or outright incorrect making the translation unnecessarily difficult and demanding because all of the proper names and specific terminology have to be correct in a documentary programme in order for it to be a reliable source of information, hence the translator has to check every term on their own. Such mistakes in proper names are for instance: \"Jungle Reinhard instead of Django Reinhart, Jorn Asten instead of Jane Austen,", "title": "Documentary film" }, { "docid": "18267361", "text": "adult movies, \"Shakespeare and so on are kid stuff\". Boyd's main intention was to expose hypocrisy and let people know what male sex in this country really was. As such, he was particularly interested in celebrities, because attention was already being given to celebrities and their sexuality, along with their lies, would more rapidly achieve his goal. Many famous people appear in the pages of STH, some voluntarily, others not at all. Others appeared in \"Cruising the Movies\". (Look at the history for March 2017 to see what was deleted.) Boyd McDonald was mentioned as a prominent figure in the", "title": "Boyd McDonald (pornographer)" }, { "docid": "20972350", "text": "Scholar Andrew Mendelson argues that paparazzi are valuable in that they reveal potential mismatches between the public image and the reality of celebrities who possess great power in contemporary society, which legitimizes the paparazzi's invasion of celebrity privacy as a form of watchdog journalism. Besides, Anne Jerslev and Mette Mendelson have noted that the paparazzi have become integrated into the mainstream culture and their photographs are distributed widely and quickly by consumers. The “dual entertainment path model” suggested by scholar Kineta Hung shows that fans and non-fans adopt different ways to engage with their favorite celebrities For non-fans, they usually", "title": "Celebrity privacy" }, { "docid": "2194839", "text": "Sube a mi Motora \"For the mexican telenovela named after the song, see \"Súbete A Mi Moto\" Sube a mi Motora is the name of a Menudo song from their 1981 album \"Quiero Ser\". It became arguably the album's most popular song, topping the charts in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela. It is considered by many Menudo fans to have been the group's best song ever and their signature song. Rene Farrait was the lead singer for this song. \"Sube a mi Motora\" (\"Motorcycle Dreamer\" in English) created some controversy in Mexico, because in Mexico, \"motora\" usually is the term", "title": "Sube a mi Motora" }, { "docid": "71532", "text": "celebrities to communicate directly with their fans, removing the middle-man known as traditional media. Social media humanizes celebrities in a way that arouses public fascination as evident by the success of magazines such as \"Us Weekly\" and \"People Weekly\". Celebrity blogging have also spawned stars such as Perez Hilton who is well known for not only blogging, but also outing celebrities. Social media sites have also contributed to the fame of some celebrities, such as Tila Tequila who became known through MySpace. Another example of celebrity is a family that has notable ancestors or is known for its wealth. In", "title": "Celebrity" }, { "docid": "5491974", "text": "editions of the show instead of the editions that used what was referred to as the \"Star Wheel\". The primary differences were the use of nine celebrities – Bauman, plus the other eight who took part in the \"Hollywood Squares\" segment – rather than six, and the method for determining the potential top prize. The round began with the Audience Match, in which the contestant tried to match one of the three most popular responses given by a previous studio audience to a short item such as \"Trading ______ .\" The contestant was allowed to call on any three celebrities", "title": "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour" }, { "docid": "2203419", "text": "time\" in a \"TV Guide\" poll conducted in the summer of 2005. In February 2006, \"People\" magazine readers voted Aiken their \"Favorite American Idol\". While the origin of the term \"Claymates\" is unknown, Aiken trademarked the term. While in Los Angeles in September 2006 for a CD signing and appearance on \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\", Aiken talked with Jann Carl of \"Entertainment Tonight\" about the names various sub-groups have given themselves: \"Claysians\" (Asian fans), \"Claynadians\" (Canadian fans), \"Clayropeans\" (European fans) and \"Claydawgs\" (male fans). She then teased him about having his own \"Clay Nation\". At the CD signing, two young fans", "title": "Clay Aiken" }, { "docid": "6927341", "text": "is called \"gifting\" and the celebrity might endorse the brand by taking a photo of the gift and putting it on their social media account for their fans and followers to see. Whilst the \"gifting\" may appear to be unpaid, costs are associated with this endorsement, as the brand does not have any contract in place with the celebrity and will have little or no protection against what happens during the unpaid endorsement. Celebrities are seen wearing or using the product due to liking it themselves. They could be seen wearing the product in public or in photos on social", "title": "Celebrity branding" }, { "docid": "3274655", "text": "too much to overcome for transactional, performance sensitive SOA applications. These issues are being addressed in the XML Security Working Group. Without proper policy and implementation the use of XML Dsig in SOAP and WS-Security can lead to vulnerabilities, such as XML signature wrapping. An example of applications of XML Signatures: XML Signature XML Signature (also called \"XMLDSig\", \"XML-DSig\", \"XML-Sig\") defines an XML syntax for digital signatures and is defined in the W3C recommendation XML Signature Syntax and Processing. Functionally, it has much in common with PKCS#7 but is more extensible and geared towards signing XML documents. It is used", "title": "XML Signature" }, { "docid": "2630605", "text": "of radio and television, celebrities often had a signature song associated with them that became their theme music. Such music would be played when a celebrity was about to appear, often played by a band if the celebrity were appearing on the talk show . For example, Bob Hope's theme song, which almost always preceded his appearance, was Thanks for the Memory. In another example, Lucille Ball's theme music was Hey, Look Me Over. Other celebrities will have the theme music played for their most notable role; for example, playing the theme from Indiana Jones when Harrison Ford is the", "title": "Theme music" }, { "docid": "20688040", "text": "Jerry Lorenzo Jerry Lorenzo (born October 5, 1976) is an American fashion and sneaker designer. He is the founder of the streetwear label Fear of God. He is also the son of former MLB player, coach, and manager Jerry Manuel. Lorenzo created five custom looks for Justin Bieber to wear on stage during his \"Purpose World Tour.\" He also helped to design the tour merchandise. Celebrities such as Kanye West and Kendall Jenner are known fans of the brand. Lorenzo founded his signature label in 2012, although he had no fashion training and was unknown in the world of streetwear.", "title": "Jerry Lorenzo" }, { "docid": "20688039", "text": "Jerry Lorenzo Jerry Lorenzo (born October 5, 1976) is an American fashion and sneaker designer. He is the founder of the streetwear label Fear of God. He is also the son of former MLB player, coach, and manager Jerry Manuel. Lorenzo created five custom looks for Justin Bieber to wear on stage during his \"Purpose World Tour.\" He also helped to design the tour merchandise. Celebrities such as Kanye West and Kendall Jenner are known fans of the brand. Lorenzo founded his signature label in 2012, although he had no fashion training and was unknown in the world of streetwear.", "title": "Jerry Lorenzo" }, { "docid": "735531", "text": "the proper techniques for verifying what we think we know. Whereas both philosophies are under the umbrella of epistemology, their argument lies in the understanding of the warrant, which is under the wider epistemic umbrella of the theory of justification. The theory of justification is the part of epistemology that attempts to understand the justification of propositions and beliefs. Epistemologists are concerned with various epistemic features of belief, which include the ideas of justification, warrant, rationality, and probability. Of these four terms, the term that has been most widely used and discussed by the early 21st century is \"warrant\". Loosely", "title": "Rationalism" }, { "docid": "6127751", "text": "Culchie Culchie is a pejorative term in Hiberno-English and Ulster-Scots dialects for someone from rural Ireland. The term usually has a pejorative meaning directed by urban Irish against rural Irish, but since the late 20th century, the term has also been reclaimed by some who are proud of their rural or small town origin. In Dublin, the term \"culchie\" is often used to describe someone from outside the Dublin Region, including commuter towns such as Maynooth. In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the term is used to refer to persons from outside of the city proper but not necessarily outside the Greater", "title": "Culchie" }, { "docid": "709181", "text": "\"Mozart\" experience; his \"Azores\" adventure), or in the role of common nouns (he's no \"Pavarotti\"; a few would-be \"Napoleons\"). The detailed definition of the term is problematic and to an extent governed by convention. A distinction is normally made in current linguistics between proper nouns and proper names. By this strict distinction, because the term \"noun\" is used for a class of single words (\"tree\", \"beauty\"), only single-word proper names are proper nouns: \"Peter\" and \"Africa\" are both proper names and proper nouns; but \"Peter the Great\" and \"South Africa\", while they are proper names, are not proper nouns. The", "title": "Proper noun" }, { "docid": "16702560", "text": "and compute the hash that is a valid signature for the new message. A server for delivering waffles of a specified type to a specific user at a location could be implemented to handle requests of the given format: The server would perform the request given (to deliver ten waffles of type eggo to the given location for user 1) only if the signature is valid for the user. The signature used here is a MAC, signed with a key not known to the attacker. (This example is also vulnerable to a replay attack, by sending the same request and", "title": "Length extension attack" }, { "docid": "14244462", "text": "Uta Sagashi: Request Cover Album Her cover of \"'S Wonderful\" was used as the Everio camcorder commercial song. \"Uta Sagashi\" was released 8 months after her 5th studio album, \"Umui Kaji.\" It was her first cover album since 2003's \"Famureuta.\" The project was decided on to extend Natsukawa's signature songs (based on the fact that her two most popular songs, \"Nada Sōsō\" and \"Warabigami\" are both covers). Fans submitted song suggestions to Natsukawa's website or at her live concerts. A total of 2,000 were chosen by fans, and the top 100 were given to Natsukawa to select. Natsukawa listened to", "title": "Uta Sagashi: Request Cover Album" }, { "docid": "1987677", "text": "the Grateful Dead sober or needed more efforts to remain straight. Deadheads are often involved in social and environmental activism. The following celebrities have claimed to be Deadheads or have had media reported on them saying they are Deadheads: Deadhead Deadhead or Dead Head is a name given to fans of the American rock band the Grateful Dead. In the 1970s, a number of fans began travelling to see the band in as many shows or festival venues as they could. With large numbers of people thus attending strings of shows, a community developed. Deadheads developed their own idioms and", "title": "Deadhead" }, { "docid": "8403317", "text": "WYSIWYS WYSIWYS is an acronym for \"What You See Is What You Sign\", used in cryptography to describe the property of digital signature systems that the semantic content of signed messages can not be changed, either by accident or intent. The concept of “digital signature”, first publicly described by Diffie and Hellman (1976) in their classic paper “New directions in Cryptography”, suggests that it is a computer-based equivalent of physical written signatures. Although there are similarities between handwritten and digital signatures there are also fundamental differences. The main similarity is that both types of signatures can provide evidence of authenticity", "title": "WYSIWYS" }, { "docid": "6198906", "text": "proper time in the momentary frame, and the momentary velocity is given by The mathematical treatment of this paradox is similar to the treatment of Born rigid motion. However, rather than ask about the separation of spaceships with the same acceleration in an inertial frame, the problem of Born rigid motion asks, \"What acceleration profile is required by the second spaceship so that the distance between the spaceships remains constant in their proper frame?\" In order for the two spaceships, initially at rest in an inertial frame, to maintain a constant proper distance, the lead spaceship must have a lower", "title": "Bell's spaceship paradox" }, { "docid": "4649825", "text": "Quiddity In scholastic philosophy, \"quiddity\" (; Latin: \"quidditas\") was another term for the essence of an object, literally its \"whatness\" or \"what it is\". The term \"quiddity\" derives from the Latin word \"quidditas\", which was used by the medieval scholastics as a literal translation of the equivalent term in Aristotle's Greek to ti en einai (τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι) or \"the what it was to be (a given thing)\". Quiddity describes properties that a particular substance (e.g. a person) shares with others of its kind. The question \"what (quid) is it?\" asks for a general description by way of commonality.", "title": "Quiddity" }, { "docid": "5978740", "text": "music of the oppressed (African Americans, Puerto Ricans and women) and activist based. Fans of more progressed Hip Hop have received both acclaim due to innovation and futuristic views, as well as strong criticism due to lack of proper education and what is felt as a completely changed form of values, rather than evolved. Like most grassroots cultures, hip hop initially rejected the views and support of the mainstream industry, however eventually learned to be content due to the understanding of what opportunity and voice could be given. The Father of Hip Hop, DJ Kool Herc recently criticized the cancelled", "title": "Hip hop" }, { "docid": "2061192", "text": "clothing to press conferences which was unheard of in the early 2000s NBA. The VP of Reebok, who Iverson was signed with said, \"He did what basketball players wanted to do, but didn't think they could.\" He earned local supports from the global Hip-Hop crowd including celebrities like Scoop Jackson. However, fans of fundamental basketball had a problem with the way Iverson dressed and carried himself. He was called out for having an \"ungentlemanly attitude\" and \"the attitude of a thug\". However, given the backlash, Iverson didn't shy away from his identity. Other superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett,", "title": "Allen Iverson" }, { "docid": "7711994", "text": "Valediction A valediction (derivation from Latin \"vale dicere\", \"to say farewell\"), or complimentary close in American English, is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, or the act of saying parting words whether brief or extensive. Its greeting counterpart is called a salutation. The term is also used to refer to the speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement and to refer to final prayers and remarks at the graveside before a burial. Valedictions normally immediately precede the signature in written correspondence. The word or words used express", "title": "Valediction" }, { "docid": "1918741", "text": "Scottish side Hibernian F.C. has also been nicknamed the \"Flying Finn\", owing to a strange but popular celebration when he scores a goal. His habit of throwing himself onto the ground, with his arms outstretched and landing on his chest, has drawn notice from many fans and media pundits. Flying Finn \"The Flying Finn\" () is a nickname given to several Finnish athletes who were noted for their speed. Originally, it was given to several Finnish middle and long-distance runners. The term was later extended to notable Finnish racing sportsmen. The nickname was first used of Hannes Kolehmainen, also known", "title": "Flying Finn" }, { "docid": "17476961", "text": "or grandchildren's answers pre-recorded and shown on-screen. The celebrities watch a series of clips of their children or grandchildren describing several everyday items with the aim being to identify what their children or grandchildren are describing. They are awarded two points if they can identify the items after the first clue and one point after the second clue has been given. The celebrities and their children or grandchildren are given three pictures. They will then be asked a question about either the celebrity or their child/grandchild/children/grandchildren and both of them must answer A, B or C with the objective being", "title": "Big Star's Little Star" }, { "docid": "2751584", "text": "generalized pentagonal numbers and the first term is a pentagonal number proper (\"n\" ≥ 1). This division of centered hexagonal arrays gives generalized pentagonal numbers as trapezoidal arrays, which may be interpreted as Ferrers diagrams for their partition. In this way they can be used to prove the pentagonal number theorem referenced above. Given a positive integer \"x\", to test whether it is a (non-generalized) pentagonal number we can compute The number \"x\" is pentagonal if and only if \"n\" is a natural number. In that case \"x\" is the \"n\"th pentagonal number. For generalized pentagonal numbers, it is sufficient", "title": "Pentagonal number" }, { "docid": "2640180", "text": "said he and Horner \"were looking forward to our next gig.\" Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, wrote on her Facebook page, \"We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved.\" Many celebrities, including Russell Crowe, Diane Warren and Celine Dion, also gave their condolences. Dion, who sang \"My Heart Will Go On\", one of Horner's most popular compositions and considered Dion's signature song, wrote on her website that she and husband René Angélil were \"shaken by the tragic death\" of their friend and \"will always remember his kindness and great talent", "title": "James Horner" }, { "docid": "268184", "text": "Fundamental concepts in universal algebra are signatures σ and σ-algebras. Since these concepts are formally defined in the article on structures, the present article is an informal introduction which consists of examples of the way these terms are used. This is a very efficient way to define most classes of algebraic structures, because there is also the concept of σ-homomorphism, which correctly specializes to the usual notions of homomorphism for groups, semigroups, magmas and rings. For this to work, the signature must be chosen well. Terms such as the σ-term \"t\"(\"u\",\"v\",\"w\") given by are used to define identities but also", "title": "Model theory" }, { "docid": "7079771", "text": "Such efforts give job-seekers better odds of being noticed by potential employers. Erving Goffman's Self Presentation is a key theory that explores the way people want to be seen and how people are perceived by their peers. Goffman, uses the term Dramaturgy as a component to his theory of self-presentation. This term refers to looking at your own persona as a drama, treating your actions as an actor in a play. One can control how he or she is viewed by their peers and in cases of celebrities or athletes, can build a personal brand through utilizing what they present", "title": "Personal branding" }, { "docid": "16351902", "text": "Eyewitness memory (child testimony) An eyewitness testimony is a statement given under oath by a person present at an event who can describe what happened. During circumstances in which a child is a witness to the event, the child can be used to deliver a testimony on the stand. The credibility of a child, however, is often questioned due to their underdeveloped memory capacity and overall brain physiology. Researchers found that eyewitness memory requires high-order memory capacity even for well-developed adult brain. Because a child's brain is not yet fully developed, each child witness must be assessed by the proper", "title": "Eyewitness memory (child testimony)" }, { "docid": "3386170", "text": "of the value and the interest of the Rochechouart impact structure. Rochechouart crater The Rochechouart crater is an impact crater. The initial crater morphology has been lost by erosion and there is no crater visible on site. The proper term to designate what remains of the Rochechouart impact crater is Rochechouart impact structure. The term “astrobleme” (wound of star in greek) introduced by R. Dietz since 1947 together with shatter cones as a symptomatic finger print for identifying an eroded impact crater on Earth, is also used to designate the Rochechouart impact structure. In 2008 the French State acknowledged the", "title": "Rochechouart crater" }, { "docid": "3386149", "text": "Rochechouart crater The Rochechouart crater is an impact crater. The initial crater morphology has been lost by erosion and there is no crater visible on site. The proper term to designate what remains of the Rochechouart impact crater is Rochechouart impact structure. The term “astrobleme” (wound of star in greek) introduced by R. Dietz since 1947 together with shatter cones as a symptomatic finger print for identifying an eroded impact crater on Earth, is also used to designate the Rochechouart impact structure. In 2008 the French State acknowledged the heritage value of the Rochechouart impact creating the “Réserve Naturelle Nationale", "title": "Rochechouart crater" }, { "docid": "12468220", "text": "no ripped jeans, no jeans, no gang clothing, and so on, other clubs may not post their policies. As such, the club's bouncers may deny entry to anybody at their discretion. The guest list is typically used for private parties and events held by celebrities. At private parties, the hosts may only want their friends to attend. At celebrity events, the hosts may wish the club to only be attended by A-list individuals; in this way, the famous guests can avoid having to deal with fans from the general public. In most cases, entering a nightclub requires a flat fee,", "title": "Nightclub" }, { "docid": "16554167", "text": "a spike in short term sales. Twitter contains thousands of fake accounts representing real celebrities; some of these fake unverified accounts have much more than a thousand of followers Twitter bot A Twitter bot is a type of bot software that controls a Twitter account via the Twitter API. The bot software may autonomously perform actions such as tweeting, re-tweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, or direct messaging other accounts. The automation of Twitter accounts is governed by a set of automation rules that outline proper and improper uses of automation. Proper usage includes broadcasting helpful information, automatically generating interesting or creative", "title": "Twitter bot" }, { "docid": "20972344", "text": "Celebrity privacy Celebrity privacy is the right of people who gain high fame and recognition on mass media, usually entertainment stars, sports athletes or political leaders, to hide the information they are not willing to disclose to the public. The privacy of celebrities includes the celebrities' address, family members, and romantic relationships. Different from the privacy of the general public, celebrity privacy is usually challenged by the press and the fans: paparazzi chase celebrities' cars to take private photos and sell them to entertainment magazines for profits; fans break into celebrities' houses to stalk, kidnap, or even assassinate them. To", "title": "Celebrity privacy" } ]

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Barker would host \"Truth or Consequences\" on NBC until 1965, and later in daily syndication until 1975, by which time he had also taken over a revival of \"The Price Is Right\" on CBS from 1972 to 2007 (Drew Carey has been their host since 2007). As a result, thanks to Edwards's \"be yourself\" admonition, Barker became as familiar with a generation of \"Truth or Consequences\" and \"Price Is Right\" viewers, as earlier fans had with Edwards and original \"Price Is Right\" host Bill Cullen during the original versions of the shows in the 1950s and", "title": "Ralph Edwards" }, { "docid": "7887678", "text": "first episode of the revamp briefly paid tribute tooriginal host Ian Turpie, who had lost his battle to cancer earlier that month. Speculation of an Australian revival started when Emdur, during a winter 2011 trip to Los Angeles (July), visited CBS Television City, where U.S. version host Drew Carey had Emdur call down a contestant and host Cliff Hangers during a taping in July for an episode that aired in December 2011. Furthermore, U.S. version announcer George Gray appeared on \"Rove LA\", an Australian chat show also taped at CBS Television City (Studio 56) and has featured a \"Price\" prop", "title": "The Price Is Right (Australian game show)" }, { "docid": "475809", "text": "Going and Hole in One. It also featured both host Drew Carey and announcer Rich Fields. CBS.com featured an online \"Price Is Right\"-based game in the late-1990s, which was plugged in the closing credits of each episode. The game consisted of choosing which of the four bidders in Contestant's Row was closest to the price of a prize without going over. Additionally, Mobliss provides a suite of pricing games for cellular phones. On March 26, 2008, Ludia (in connection with Ubisoft) launched \"The Price Is Right\" video game for PC. A version for the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms was", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475711", "text": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show) The Price Is Right is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. The show revolves around contestants competing by identifying accurate pricing of merchandise to win cash and prizes. Contestants are selected from the studio audience when the announcer states the show's famous catchphrase, \"Come on down!\" The program premiered on September 4, 1972, on CBS. Bob Barker was the series' longest-running host from its 1972 debut until his retirement in June 2007, when Drew Carey took over. Barker was accompanied by a series of announcers,", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475731", "text": "games, as well as launching \"The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular\" primetime spin-off. Reruns of Barker's final season were aired throughout the summer from the Monday after his final show (June 18, 2007) until the Friday before Drew Carey's debut as host (October 12, 2007), when the season 35 finale was re-aired. During his time as host, Barker missed only one taping of four episodes; Dennis James, then hosting the syndicated nighttime version of the show, filled in for him on these shows in December 1974. After he became a noted animal rights advocate in 1981 shortly after the death", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "5241701", "text": "Chuck Woolery, Marco Antonio Regil, Alan Thicke, Drew Lachey, Jerry Springer, Joey Fatone, and current television announcer George Gray. Newton, Summers, Regil, Davidson, and Hamilton were contenders to replace Bob Barker, a job that ultimately went to Drew Carey. Davidson was also the host of a short-lived syndicated spinoff of the show known as \"The New Price Is Right\", which ran for four months in 1994. Regil, who is bilingual, hosted the Mexican version of the show (\"Atinale al Precio\"), which has aired at various times since 1997, including the current Warman-style UK Showcase format that debuted in April 2010.", "title": "The Price Is Right Live!" }, { "docid": "2444660", "text": "demands of the new format were deemed too strenuous for him. Consequently, when CBS picked up the daytime version, Bob Barker was selected to host the daytime version while Dennis James (who sold the pilot with Mark Goodson), hosted the syndicated nighttime version. Barker remained the show's daytime host until his retirement in 2007. Occasional references to Cullen have been made by current \"The Price Is Right\" host Drew Carey. Other game shows Cullen hosted included \"Eye Guess\" in the 1960s; \"Three on a Match\", \"Blankety Blanks\", \"The Love Experts\", \"How Do You Like Your Eggs?\" (QUBE cable interactive program)", "title": "Bill Cullen" }, { "docid": "14299908", "text": "every episode of the US series of \"Whose Line?\", with Stiles having missed two recordings due to illness. The original host of the U.S. show was Drew Carey, who appeared in every episode of seasons 1–8. Carey notably took more of an active role in the show than his predecessor Clive Anderson, as following the announcement of the \"winner\" of each show, Carey would perform a game with the other performers. After the CW revival in 2013, Aisha Tyler took over as host, as Carey was the host of \"The Price is Right\", which ran at the same time as", "title": "Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "6012033", "text": "of Brunei that she was held against her will for 30 days. The lawsuit was thrown out because of the royal family's immunity as heads of state. She also has acted in a few movies including \"Shark Zone\", released in 2003. Sherwood was a model on the long running game show \"The Price Is Right\". In 1999, she married movie actor Dean Cochran. \"The Price Is Right\" host Drew Carey announced on the show's February 13, 2009 broadcast that Sherwood and Cochran were expecting twins in the summer, with a scheduled due date of June 12, 2009. Sherwood took time", "title": "Brandi Sherwood" }, { "docid": "3312467", "text": "September 12, 1994. The show was canceled just four and a half months later on January 27, 1995. Davidson was one of a few people given an audition to replace Bob Barker after his retirement from \"The Price Is Right\" in June 15, 2007, a role which ultimately went to Drew Carey. Davidson has also hosted the live stage show adaptation, \"The Price Is Right Live!\", at Harrah's-owned casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. From 1998 through 2003, Davidson served as a host of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. On September 12, 2018, it was reported that Davidson's contract was", "title": "Doug Davidson" }, { "docid": "7948635", "text": "who was a regular substitute for Monty Hall on \"Deal\", was selected to host both versions of the reincarnated show; however, he hosted only the syndicated version as CBS insisted that Bob Barker, then still hosting \"Truth or Consequences\", host the daytime show. While the syndicated version lasted only until 1980 (Barker replaced James on the syndicated version in 1977), the daytime version has been on the air five days per week since 1972, with Drew Carey replacing Barker in 2007. Two more syndicated versions aired during the 1985–86 and 1994-95 seasons (with the latter show being known as \"The", "title": "The Price Is Right (1956 U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475782", "text": "features a behind the scenes look at \"Price\" featuring production secrets, interviews with former host Bob Barker along with his \"Barker's Beauties\". This episode aired on GSN on June 17, 2018 where it features a tour of the prize warehouse, bloopers, Drew Carey discussing Bob Barker's legacy and where co-producer Stan Blits talks about choosing contestants. \"Road to Price\" is a six episode reality documentary show aired on the now-defunct \"CBS Innertube\" from September 20 to 27 in 2006. The program featured nine teenage boys driving to Los Angeles in a refurbished mini-school bus as they leave their hometown of", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "10816635", "text": "rest. Patrick confirmed he was asked by the producers of \"The Price Is Right\" to audition for the vacant host position, but he declined. The job eventually went to Drew Carey. Patrick admitted he was hurt when good friend, \"Sports Illustrated\" writer Rick Reilly (who would move to ESPN) wrote, \"Patrick was making one of the top 5 biggest career mistakes in entertainment history,\" ranking right under Shelley Long's leaving \"Cheers\" and Katie Couric's leaving NBC's \"Today\" show for the \"CBS Evening News\". Keith Olbermann stated it was only a matter of time before a website erroneously reported Patrick was", "title": "Dan Patrick" }, { "docid": "2880878", "text": "sold-out show to join the Festival. Newton was featured on the 2007 fall season of \"Dancing with the Stars\" partnered with two-time champion Cheryl Burke. He became the third contestant to be eliminated from the contest. During the taping (which takes place at CBS Television City), he also became the first guest on \"The Price Is Right\", which tapes on the same lot, under host Drew Carey, who began adding guests to the show, especially to present prizes. Newton appeared after a trip to Las Vegas was shown. In 2007 Newton revealed on \"Larry King Live\" how he personally confronted", "title": "Wayne Newton" } ]

[ { "docid": "7887669", "text": "The Price Is Right (Australian game show) The Price Is Right is an Australian television game show that has been produced in a number of different formats. The most recent of these formats began airing on 7 May 2012 on Seven Network. Larry Emdur, who hosted the program on two separate occasions prior to 2012, was the presenter for the 2012 revival. \"The New Price Is Right\" aired on Seven Network from 1981–1985 with host Ian Turpie and announcer John Deeks. In 1983, the show introduced a \"carry-over\" format with returning champions. Up to that point, the format of the", "title": "The Price Is Right (Australian game show)" }, { "docid": "5954674", "text": "years without any) agreed to pick up a daytime version of the show, but insisted on \"Truth or Consequences\" host Bob Barker as host. Barker took the daytime show, which he hosted until 2007, while James hosted a weekly version for the syndicated market, which aired in the \"access period\" leading into prime time and was thus known as \"the nighttime \"Price Is Right\"\". On the nighttime \"Price Is Right\", James was reunited with another DuMont Television Network host, Johnny Olson, who served as announcer. James hosted the weekly show from 1972–77, and also filled in for Barker during four", "title": "Dennis James" }, { "docid": "14299899", "text": "\"Enlightened\". In 2007, Mochrie was host of a five-episode run of \"Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?\" on Global TV in Canada. Carey, Stiles, Brady, and Esten were all later employed by American television network CBS; Carey succeeded Bob Barker as the host of the long-running game show \"The Price Is Right\" (after a short stint as host of another game show, \"Power of 10\"). In addition, Sherwood and Davis served as guest announcers for the 2010-11 season of \"The Price Is Right\", after the departure of Rich Fields, who was eventually replaced by George Gray. Stiles appeared", "title": "Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)" }, { "docid": "3643614", "text": "Martindale, and Ludden were the three top choices to host, but each was already committed to other shows (Kennedy was tied to \"Split Second\" for ABC, Ludden had just started hosting a revival of \"Password\", and Martindale was to host \"Gambit\" which was to premiere the same day as \"Joker\" on CBS). They even offered it to Dennis James, who had originally been the favorite to land the host job for the upcoming Mark Goodson–Bill Todman Productions' game show \"The New Price Is Right\". When CBS agreed to a weekday daytime version of \"The New Price Is Right\", Vice President", "title": "The Joker's Wild" }, { "docid": "6696887", "text": "received millions in settlement. Two other Barker-era models who were added in the 2000s and went through the host transition have also filed lawsuits, with lawsuits targeting Executive Producer Mike Richards and producer Adam Sandler (not to be confused with the film star) for inappropriate behavior on the set. Brandi Sherwood won her lawsuit against the show in November 2012, which pertained to the show terminating her while on maternity leave, and was awarded over $8,000,000 in damages, both punitive and personal. The Price Is Right models The American television game show \"The Price Is Right\" has, since its 1972", "title": "The Price Is Right models" }, { "docid": "475765", "text": "CBS commissioned a new daily daytime version, Goodson also wanted James to host the show, but CBS wanted Barker, who was hosting \"Truth or Consequences\" at the time, to take it. Barker offered to compromise by hosting \"The Joker's Wild\", but CBS again insisted Barker host \"Price\" instead.) James eventually hosted a taping day (four half-hour episodes) of the daytime show in December 1974 when Barker fell ill and was unable to participate in the episode tapings. The two versions were largely similar at the beginning, as both were called \"The New Price Is Right.\" Some games had rule differences", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "7743924", "text": "The Price Is Right (UK game show) The Price is Right is a British game show based on the US version of the same name. It originally aired on ITV from 24 March 1984 to 8 April 1988 and was hosted by Leslie Crowther. The show later briefly moved to Sky One for one series as \"The New Price is Right\" from 4 September 1989 to 31 August 1990 with Bob Warman as the host. It returned to ITV, as \"Bruce's Price is Right\", from 4 September 1995 to 16 December 2001 with Bruce Forsyth hosting for seven series, and", "title": "The Price Is Right (UK game show)" }, { "docid": "475716", "text": "host then instructs the contestants to re-bid below the lowest previous bid. If a contestant bids the actual retail price, a bell rings and the contestant wins a cash bonus in addition to the prize. From the introduction of the bonus in 1977 until 1998, the \"perfect bid\" bonus was $100; it was permanently increased to the current $500 in 1998. On \"The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular,\" the bonus was $1,000. After each pricing game except the final one, another contestant is called to \"come on down\" to fill the spot of the contestant who played the previous pricing", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "6855979", "text": "Shawn Cosgrove Shawn Cosgrove (born 2 December 1955) is an Australian voice-over artist and television announcer. He is most known for his work as the announcer on \"The Price Is Right\", where he shouts \"Come on Down!\" to the contestants chosen to play. Cosgrove has also been a radio host on 104.3 Gold FM and has appeared in a range of television and radio commercials. He is also the chief voiceover announcer on SEN 1116. Until March 2010, he also worked as a radio personality host on 3MP on weekdays from 3-7pm. Before he announced \"The Price is Right\" for", "title": "Shawn Cosgrove" }, { "docid": "2213659", "text": "was cancelled in September. In early 1972, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman began shopping a modernized revival of \"The Price Is Right\" to stations, with Dennis James as host. CBS expressed interest in the series, on one condition: instead of James, Barker would be installed as host. After some initial resistance, Barker instead offered to host another upcoming CBS game show, Jack Barry's \"The Joker's Wild\" (which had difficulty finding a host and was scheduled to debut the same day as \"Price\") to allow James to host \"Price\", but CBS rejected this proposal. The eventual compromise that was struck led", "title": "Bob Barker" }, { "docid": "14802352", "text": "\"The Price Is Right\". He first worked on the original incarnation in New York starring Bill Cullen that ran from 1956 to 1965. In 1986 he became director of the current version of the show, replacing original director Marc Breslow. Alter was relieved of his position as director of \"The Price Is Right\" in 2000 by Pearson Television due to an unfavorable deposition against host Bob Barker. Bart Eskander replaced Alter as director of \"The Price Is Right\", though Alter briefly resumed his position as part of a special agreement with Pearson. He retired following his departure from \"The Price", "title": "Paul Alter" }, { "docid": "3643615", "text": "of Daytime Programming B. Donald \"Bud\" Grant wanted 15-year \"Truth or Consequences\" host Bob Barker to host \"New Price\" instead of James. Barker originally said he would gladly host \"Joker\", but Grant convinced him to take the hosting role on \"Price\" instead. With no alternatives after Grant pushed Barker to \"The New Price Is Right\" (a position he would hold for 35 years) and James was hired by Goodson to host a nighttime syndicated version of the same program, Barry was given the green light to host. Barry's contract, however, was only for sixty-five episodes (thirteen weeks, a standard run", "title": "The Joker's Wild" }, { "docid": "2444664", "text": "\"Family Feud\". In 1982, Cullen made an appearance on \"The Price Is Right\" to promote his new game show, \"Child's Play\". It was the only time he ever appeared on the revival of \"The Price Is Right\", but no mention was made of his role as the show's original host. Cullen did color commentary on college football games early in his career, and also broadcast track and field on NBC. On \"I've Got A Secret,\" producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and host Garry Moore quickly learned to never start the questioning with Cullen if the guest's secret was anything", "title": "Bill Cullen" }, { "docid": "8247225", "text": "world. Hosts and models from the versions in other countries have made appearances on the U.S. version, usually sitting in the audience and acknowledged by the host during the broadcast. Barker and then-music-director Stan Blits appeared on the Carlo Boszhard-hosted \"Cash en Carlo\" at the start of the 200th episode. The Price Is Right The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia (Endemol in Netherlands). The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such", "title": "The Price Is Right" }, { "docid": "6690514", "text": "David Ruprecht David Martin Ruprecht (born October 14, 1948) is an American television actor and game show host, primarily known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, \"Supermarket Sweep\". Ruprecht has hosted the live stage show version of \"The Price Is Right\" at casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Mississippi and Connecticut. He has also hosted \"Family Feud Live\". He currently is one of the hosts of \"The Price Is Right Live\" Stage Show at Bally's Las Vegas. Ruprecht guest-starred on more than 50 television shows, like \"Three's Company\", on which his character married Joyce DeWitt in", "title": "David Ruprecht" }, { "docid": "8551013", "text": "1981 with Tomarken as host. On February 5, 1990, \"Rodeo Drive\" debuted with comedian Louise DuArt hosting. \"Rodeo Drive\" ended its run on August 31 of that year; the show had aired twelve weeks of new episodes prior to that and had been in reruns until the program was removed from Lifetime's lineup. After a hiatus, Wolpert returned to the Goodson Productions team and produced a new \"The Price Is Right\" series for Goodson and Paramount Television. \"The New Price Is Right\" debuted in syndication in September 1994, with Wolpert producing. Ratings for \"The New Price Is Right\" were lacking,", "title": "Jay Wolpert" }, { "docid": "2444659", "text": "CBS's \"Name That Tune\". From 1956 to 1966, he hosted the initial daytime and primetime versions of \"The Price Is Right\", another Goodson-Todman production. He was also a panelist on \"I've Got a Secret\" from 1952 to 1967, and \"To Tell the Truth\" from 1969 to 1978, where he also guest hosted on occasion. After relocating to Southern California, Cullen guest hosted \"Password Plus\" for four weeks in April 1980 while original host Allen Ludden was being treated for stomach cancer. Cullen was initially in the running to host the 1972 revival of \"The Price Is Right\", but the physical", "title": "Bill Cullen" }, { "docid": "5698051", "text": "on WCBS-TV in New York until 2006. And he occasionally fills in for Harry Smith on The Early Show. After Bob Barker announced his retirement from \"The Price Is Right\" late in 2006, Price auditioned as a replacement. Despite not getting the job there, he did host a week of shows on \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\" for the week of March 3–7, 2008. On June 28, 2012 it was announced that Dave Price will be returning to Good Day New York as a co-anchor along with Rosanna Scotto starting July 2, 2012. He was quoted by Newsday as", "title": "Dave Price" }, { "docid": "475791", "text": "record for winnings on the primetime show is currently held by Adam Rose. On February 22, 2008, the first \"The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular\" episode since Carey became host, Rose won $20,000 playing Grand Game and won both showcases, which included a Cadillac XLR convertible in his own showcase and a Ford Escape Hybrid in his opponent's showcase, plus a $1 million bonus for being within $1,000 of the actual retail price of his own showcase, bringing his total to $1,153,908. Additionally, Rose holds the record for winnings on any version of the \"Price\" franchise worldwide, shattering the previous", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475802", "text": "Barker did not appear, stating that he believed that he had been excluded for criticizing some of the prizes given away after Carey became host, such as a trip to the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Although he did not appear in person, vintage clips of Barker hosting the show were shown during the episode. Barker appeared on the show twice afterwards, once in December 2013 during Pet Adoption Week, celebrating his 90th birthday, and again on April 1, 2015, as the guest host for the first pricing game, part of an April Fool's Day storyline involving Carey. \"The Price Is Right\"", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "7948634", "text": "Truth\", and \"Password\", producer Stewart left Goodson-Todman in 1964. Stewart's follow-up to \"The Price Is Right\", his first independent production, was \"Eye Guess\", a sight-and-memory game with Bill Cullen as host. Later, Stewart created other successful shows such as \"Jackpot!\" and \"The $10,000 Pyramid\". In the early 1970s, Mark Goodson was preparing a revised version of \"The Price Is Right\" for syndication and CBS daytime dubbed \"The New Price Is Right\", which incorporated elements of the Cullen version with new mini-games influenced by \"Let's Make a Deal\" (known as pricing games, since these games required pricing various products). Dennis James,", "title": "The Price Is Right (1956 U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "8247215", "text": "a bonus spin. The series debuted September 4, 1972, in two forms: a daily version on CBS with Bob Barker as host, and a weekly version, eventually dubbed \"the nighttime \"Price Is Right\",\" hosted by Dennis James and airing in first-run syndication. Barker took over the nighttime version in 1977 (which remained a half-hour in length throughout its existence) and hosted both until the nighttime version was discontinued in 1980. The syndicated nighttime version returned five years later, with Tom Kennedy as host and running five days a week. This version ran for one season. Barker hosted the program from", "title": "The Price Is Right" }, { "docid": "4666841", "text": "U.S. company called the Sabra Dipping Company. In popular culture, an episode of \"Saturday Night Live\" contained a skit entitled \"Sabra Price Is Right\" featuring Tom Hanks as the guest host. The skit was written by Robert Smigel and is a parody of Israel-born Jews making bargains with people who believe this show is \"The Price Is Right\". In the skit, Hanks' character \"Uri Shurinson\" and the other Sabra are swindling the contestants, conning them into purchasing shoddy products (a Summit clock-radio, a \"Pinnacle satellite dish\" that's a v-aerial, a cordless phone that's a defective rotary phone, a microwave that's", "title": "Sabra (person)" }, { "docid": "475780", "text": "consecutive nights, May 23–25, 2016. On May 31, 2006, \"The Price Is Right\" was featured on the series \"Gameshow Marathon,\" one of seven classic game shows hosted by talk show host and actress Ricki Lake. This version combined aspects of the Barker and Davidson versions with the celebrity contestants playing three pricing games, followed by a Showcase Showdown where the \"two\" contestants with the highest scores moved on to the Showcase. The winner of the Showcase also earned a spot in Finalists' Row. This version was announced by Fields and taped in Studio 46. It also marked the first \"Price", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "4953692", "text": "series \"Body Language\" originated with the Milton Bradley board game of the same name, which was created by Dr. Cody Sweet, the first platform speaker on nonverbal communication (body language), in 1974. Host Tom Kennedy would also concurrently host \"The Nighttime Price Is Right\" near the end of \"Body Language's\" broadcast run. Kennedy, whose hair had visibly grayed by the time \"Body Language\" began production, dyed his hair brown to host \"Price\" (as daytime host Bob Barker was also still doing at the time; Barker would revert to his natural white hair in 1987) and can be seen with his", "title": "Body Language (game show)" }, { "docid": "7908136", "text": "seventh season saw a return of Richard Dawson as its host. The series also benefitted from two connections linked to its distributor. In 1993, nearly a full year before the premiere of \"The New Price Is Right\", Paramount announced that it would be partnering with Chris-Craft Industries, which owned a group of television stations it operated under the United Television banner, to launch a new television network, the United Paramount Network, in January 1995. Paramount, in turn, was able to sell \"The New Price Is Right\" to these stations. This gave the series clearance in the two largest television markets", "title": "The New Price Is Right (1994 game show)" }, { "docid": "475764", "text": "but were intended to air on most stations in the early evening in the pre-prime time slot, and as such they were referred by the announcer as \"the nighttime \"Price Is Right.\"\" A weekly syndicated version debuted the week after the daytime show and continued to air until September 1980. It was distributed by Viacom Enterprises, which had started as the syndication arm of CBS. When Mark Goodson devised the revival of Price for the 1972–73 season, it was intended for a nighttime broadcast under new rules for early-prime syndication and Goodson named Dennis James to host the show. (When", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "9085282", "text": "Price Is Right\") in 2000 and the comedy show Objetos Perdidos. Héctor Sandarti Héctor Sandarti is a Guatemalan television host and actor who was the host of the Spanish-language version of \"Deal or No Deal\" called \"Vas o No Vas\" on the Telemundo Network in the USA. He held similar duties in 2004–2006 for a Mexican version which aired on Televisa. He also worked in Hospital el paisa with Galilea Montijo. He has also hosted \"Vida TV\" for the TV network as well as a Mexican version of \"Big Brother\". Plus, he has also worked in \"Fantastico Amor\" with Galilea", "title": "Héctor Sandarti" }, { "docid": "13403082", "text": "show with Shaun Starr until November 19, 2015, when he was laid off as part of cuts across Bell Media properties. Price began to produce and host his own sports talk show, \"Price is Right\", beginning February 14, 2016 on multicultural station CFMB. On June 13, 2016, the program expanded to weeknights. In July 2016, Price announced a partnership with Sportsnet to distribute the program; it was renamed \"Sportsnet Tonight with Elliott Price\", began to be available via the Sportsnet website, and Price became available as a Montreal-based contributor for the two Sportsnet Radio stations in Calgary and Toronto. Price", "title": "Elliott Price" }, { "docid": "475781", "text": "Is Right\" episode directed by DiPirro, who replaced Eskander as the director on the daytime show in January 2009. This episode in particular aired on the E! network on January 27, 2002 as it featured interviews with former long-running host Bob Barker along with his former \"Barker's Beauties\" Dian Parkinson and Janice Pennington. Additionally, it also includes brand new interviews with the show's other past models like Chantel Dubay, Kathleen Bradley, Holly Hallstrom, Cindy Margolis, Gina Lee Nolin and Nikki Ziering. Hosted by Lisa Joyner, this aired on the TV Guide Channel (now Pop) on August 21, 2006 where it", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "12942796", "text": "the guest host for \"WWE Raw\" on February 15, 2010 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Springer has also hosted \"The Price Is Right Live!\". From 2010 to 2015, Springer hosted a dating game show called \"Baggage\", which aired on GSN. In July 2012, he hosted \"Price is Right Live!\" in Vancouver's Boulevard Casino. From January 2014, Springer hosted Investigation Discovery series \"Tabloid\". He hosted \"The Adam Carolla Show\" on April 25, 2014, where he sat in for Adam Carolla. Springer guest hosted the 22nd-season premiere episode of WWE Raw on September 8, 2014 in an attempt to", "title": "Jerry Springer" }, { "docid": "1344153", "text": "replacing the yellow and a minor rule change of $100 each for the initial five buttons, decreased from the $250). A similar version was played in Chile and in some occasions on the Univision version, where Don Francisco uses a pistol and the contestant would lose if the pistol fired. The concept is loosely based on \"The Price Is Right\"s \"Ten Chances\" pricing game, albeit largely unrelated. It was also the only game where the host also played a participation role. This game is similar to \"The Price Is Right\"s \"Any Number\" pricing game. Contestants can call out digits one", "title": "Sábado Gigante" }, { "docid": "8196954", "text": "role in the 2008 Australian film noir short film \"Noir Drive\". On 9 December 2009 Price announced that he would be leaving 2UE after eight years, saying the time was right to explore new opportunities. Price became the breakfast host on Melbourne talkback radio station MTR 1377 after it replaced 3MP in April 2010. Daily contributors to Price's breakfast show included Andrew Bolt, Jason Akermanis and Sam Newman. MTR 1377 ceased operation in March 2012. In April 2012, Price was appointed nights presenter on 2GB in Sydney. Although presenting to a Sydney audience, Price remained based in Melbourne. He is", "title": "Steve Price (broadcaster)" }, { "docid": "3568912", "text": "first appearance in a game show was on the June 20, 1980, episode of \"The Price Is Right\", in which she was among the first four contestants. She did not make it onstage, but the clip of her running to Contestants' Row was rebroadcast as part of \"The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special\" in August 1996 and also was featured on the special broadcast \"Game Show Moments Gone Bananas\". After \"Wheel of Fortune\" hostess Susan Stafford left in October 1982, White was selected as one of three substitute hostesses (along with Vicki McCarty and Summer Bartholomew) to co-host the", "title": "Vanna White" }, { "docid": "11644647", "text": "in 1986 due to clashes with the show's former host, Bob Barker. Paul Alter replaced Breslow as director of \"The Price Is Right,\" though Breslow remained on \"The Price Is Right\" credits until 1996 under the title of Creative Consultant as part of a 10-year, $1 million severance package. He continued to direct other shows for Mark Goodson Productions. Breslow died on December 1, 2015 at the age of 90. Marc Breslow Marc Breslow (July 7, 1925 – December 1, 2015) was an American television director, specializing in game shows for Mark Goodson Productions. Breslow was the director throughout the", "title": "Marc Breslow" }, { "docid": "11583245", "text": "Right has been on the air, our executive producers has been Mr. Frank Wayne. Frank passed away on March 18th. I speak for the entire Price is Right family when I say, We'll miss you Frank.\" Then was followed by a memoriam of \"FRANK WAYNE JULY 9, 1917-MARCH 18, 1988\". Frank Wayne Frank Wayne (born Rocco Francis Rossi, Jr.; July 9, 1917 – March 18, 1988) was an American game show producer and host. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was also associated with Mark Goodson Productions. Wayne was the original executive producer of the current incarnation of \"The Price Is", "title": "Frank Wayne" }, { "docid": "7743942", "text": "2017, the revival was a one-off pilot that aired as a Christmas special on Channel 4 hosted by Alan Carrand was announced by Tony Hirst. According to a press release by FremantleMedia, Carr said \"I'm so excited to be the new host of The Price is Right. It's proper bucket list territory for me as I loved it when I was growing up and now for me to be at the helm of such a legendary show is a dream come true. It just leaves me with one thing to say … COME ON DOWN!\". Viewers had praised Carr's hosting", "title": "The Price Is Right (UK game show)" }, { "docid": "2438169", "text": "then \"Price\" host Bob Barker serving as a panelist), host Gene Rayburn called Olson to center stage to read the top answer (\"\"Come on down!\"\"). Olson died on Saturday, October 12, 1985, at St. Johns Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California, six days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. The staff and crew of \"The Price Is Right\" learned of Olson's condition as studio 33 at CBS Television City was being prepared for another day's taping. Production was cancelled for the rest of the week (shows were recorded several weeks in advance of broadcast). There was no on-air mention", "title": "Johnny Olson" }, { "docid": "4389414", "text": "Bud Flanagan in performances on television and on stage. Crowther was one of the many hosts of the ITV panel/game show \"Whose Baby?\" which he presented in the mid-1980s. He also presented the fifth series of Southern Television's children's game show \"Runaround\" in 1977, standing in for Mike Reid. He was also host of the first British version of the game show \"The Price is Right\", from 1984 to 1988, during which time his \"Come on down!\" catchphrase became familiar. In 1994, Crowther said that when \"The Price is Right\" was axed in May 1988, the producers never bothered to", "title": "Leslie Crowther" }, { "docid": "5596888", "text": "company, J2 Strategic Communications http://j2sc.com, alongside Steve Kmetko, Jon Kelley and Terry Murphy. Goen also hosts the annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, broadcast on Animal Planet and other channels owned by Discovery Communications. Goen was co-host of GSN Radio with Marianne Curan, his wife. The show debuted on August 18, 2008 and aired its last episode on November 13, 2009. He and Curan moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 2012 to work at Warm 98. Goen has hosted live traveling versions of \"Family Feud\" and \"The Price Is Right\". In 2012, he hosted The Price is Right LIVE in Branson, MO. Goen", "title": "Bob Goen" }, { "docid": "475732", "text": "of his wife Dorothy Jo, Barker signed off each broadcast, informing viewers with the public service message, \"Help control the pet population: have your pets spayed or neutered.\" Carey continued the tradition upon becoming the new host. On October 31, 2006, Barker announced that he would retire from the show at the end of season 35. In March 2007, CBS and FremantleMedia began a search for the next host of the show. Carey, who was hosting \"Power of 10\" at the time, was chosen and, in a July 23, 2007, interview on \"Late Show with David Letterman\", made the announcement.", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "13098901", "text": "Lai Van Sam Lại Văn Sâm (, born 1957) is a Vietnamese journalist and MC. Lại Văn Sâm studied Hinduism for 12 years in Moskva. He was host of many television programs, such as \"Trò chơi thi đấu liên tỉnh\", \"SV '96\", \"SV 2000\", \"Đấu Trí\" (\"PokerFace\"), \"Đấu trường 100\" (\"1 vs 100\"), \"Chiếc nón kỳ diệu\" (\"Wheel of Fortune\"), \"Hãy chọn giá đúng\" (\"The Price Is Right\") and now he is the host of \"Ai là triệu phú?\" (\"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?\") and \"Chúng tôi là chiến sĩ\" (We are the soldiers). He was also one of", "title": "Lai Van Sam" }, { "docid": "5954917", "text": "Bradley played the role of Mrs. Parker in the 1995 movie \"Friday\". Bradley, along with longtime model Janice Pennington, was released from her modeling duties on \"The Price Is Right\" in October 2000, shortly after having testified during the lawsuit for slander and defamation of character host Bob Barker filed against model Holly Hallstrom. Barker lost his suit against Hallstrom and afterward fired Bradley, Pennington and other show staffers whose testimony contradicted Barker's. She accepted an undisclosed monetary settlement and did not pursue litigation. In June 2014, Bradley released her memoirs, \"Backstage at The Price Is Right: Memoirs of a", "title": "Kathleen Bradley" }, { "docid": "475812", "text": "games. Jakks Pacific released a Plug It in and Play version of \"The Price Is Right\" in 2009, featuring Carey and Fields. A series of video slot machines were manufactured for North American casinos by International Game Technology. Although gameplay varies by machine, each feature themes and motifs found on the show, including the Showcase Showdown, with themes used following Carey's start as host. Others feature pricing games as gameplay elements, including Plinko, Cliff Hangers, Punch a Bunch, Dice Game, and Money Game. A scratchcard version of the game is being offered by several U.S. and Canadian lotteries, featuring adaptations", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475810", "text": "released in September 2008, while a version for the iOS was released in November 2008. The show's announcer, Fields, was the host of the computer version. The virtual set in the game resembles the set used in seasons 31 to 34. Ludia announced that all three platforms will receive a new version of the video game that was previewed at the Target Bullseye Lounge during the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show on June 2–4, 2009. \"The Price Is Right 2010 Edition\" was released on September 22, 2009. In the fall of 2010, Ludia developed a multi-player version for Facebook. A", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "2996932", "text": "and \"The Price Is Right\" for helping him pursue a game-show career. Summers was a young page at CBS when \"The Price Is Right\" premiered with \"The Joker's Wild\" and \"Gambit\" in 1972, and he often asked advice of Barker, Jack Barry and Wink Martindale—the shows' respective hosts—about a hosting career. He claims it's the best possible education and training in the game show field, and it was during this time that Summers got his first on-air experience, as a fill-in announcer on \"The Joker's Wild\". Summers served as host of \"Drunk Double Dare\" during Drunk Day, an annual episode", "title": "Marc Summers" }, { "docid": "6138633", "text": "of \"The Auctionaire.\" Stewart joined Goodson-Todman Productions in 1956, after he bumped into broadcaster (and future game show producer-host) Monty Hall on the street and Hall told him he knew Goodson-Todman's attorney. \"You got any ideas?\" Stewart quoted Hall as asking. \"The Price Is Right,\" using some of the \"Auctionaire\" concept, premiered on NBC November 26, 1956, with Bill Cullen as host. It lasted seven years on NBC before being bumped in favor of Hall's \"Let's Make a Deal\" in 1963; after that, \"Price\" moved to ABC, where it lasted another two years. In September 1972, after Stewart left Goodson-Todman,", "title": "Bob Stewart (television producer)" }, { "docid": "2213660", "text": "to Barker hosting the daytime \"Price\" on CBS, James hosting the weekly nighttime \"Price\" in syndication, and Jack Barry himself (first on a trial basis, then eventually permanently) hosting \"Joker\". On September 4, 1972, Barker began hosting the CBS revival of \"The Price Is Right\". In the 35 years of the CBS version, Barker became far more associated with the series than first host Bill Cullen was with the 1956–65 original. When James' contract for the nighttime \"Price\" expired without being renewed in 1977, Barker assumed hosting duties for three nighttime seasons as well, with the nighttime series eventually ending", "title": "Bob Barker" }, { "docid": "7908120", "text": "The New Price Is Right (1994 game show) The New Price Is Right is a syndicated edition of the American game show \"The Price Is Right\" which aired from September 12, 1994 to January 27, 1995. Doug Davidson, who also appears on the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\", hosted with Burton Richardson as the announcer. The prize models were Julie Lynn Cialini, Ferrari Farris and Lisa Stahl. Kathy Greco, then associate producer of the CBS version of \"The Price Is Right\", served as this edition's producer while Jay Wolpert served as associate. The show was produced by", "title": "The New Price Is Right (1994 game show)" }, { "docid": "4681228", "text": "and Ukrainian. After being laid off from CKGM, Elliott Price briefly produced his own Sunday-night sports talk program for CKGM, \"Price is Right\", beginning February 14, 2016. The program originally aired on Sunday nights; on June 13, 2016, the show switched to weeknights, and in July 2016, was renamed \"Sportsnet Tonight with Elliot Price\" as part of a syndication arrangement with the Rogers Media-owned sports network.{ The show ended on February 3, 2017, followed by the announcement that he would move to Rogers' flagship sports station CJCL in Toronto to host its morning show. CFMB CFMB is a multilingual Canadian", "title": "CFMB" }, { "docid": "12323714", "text": "23, 2008 and aired twice weekly during the late summer and early fall. Each game featured contestants predicting how a cross-section of Americans responded to questions covering a wide variety of topics in polls conducted by CBS. After taping the pilot episode for \"Power of 10\", Carey was contacted by CBS about replacing Bob Barker—who had earlier announced his own retirement—as host of \"The Price Is Right\". After initially turning down the offer, Carey announced on \"Late Show with David Letterman\" that he would succeed Barker as host of the program beginning in the fall of 2007. His first episode", "title": "Drew Carey" }, { "docid": "9731199", "text": "James Sherry James Sherry (born 14 November 1967) is an Australian television presenter and actor. Sherry has hosted several children's shows, including \"Saturday Disney\" (1990 to 1994) and \"A*mazing\" (1994 to 1998). He has had guest roles in television dramas, including \"Spellbinder\" in 1995, \"The Man From Snowy River\" in 1996, \"Blue Heelers\" in 1999, \"McLeod's Daughters\" in 2002 and \"The Odyssey\". He almost became host of the 2003 revival of Australia's version of \"The Price is Right\", but the Nine Network informed him that Larry Emdur (who had hosted the 1993–1998 version) would host. Sherry is also an announcer", "title": "James Sherry" }, { "docid": "475808", "text": "\"Price Is Right\" computer game for the DOS and Commodore 64 platforms and other systems to fit in their line of other game show games. A handheld Tiger game was made in 1998 with four pricing games. A DVD game with 12 pricing games, live casino show host Todd Newton and video of prizes taken directly from the show was produced by Endless Games in 2005. A 2008 DVD edition, also from Endless Games, featured many changes based on season 36 and included seven new games: Half Off, More or Less, Swap Meet, Secret X, That's Too Much, Coming or", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "13098902", "text": "the founders of VTV3. On October 5, 2008 he received an award for being the most popular game show host of VTV. Lai Van Sam Lại Văn Sâm (, born 1957) is a Vietnamese journalist and MC. Lại Văn Sâm studied Hinduism for 12 years in Moskva. He was host of many television programs, such as \"Trò chơi thi đấu liên tỉnh\", \"SV '96\", \"SV 2000\", \"Đấu Trí\" (\"PokerFace\"), \"Đấu trường 100\" (\"1 vs 100\"), \"Chiếc nón kỳ diệu\" (\"Wheel of Fortune\"), \"Hãy chọn giá đúng\" (\"The Price Is Right\") and now he is the host of \"Ai là triệu", "title": "Lai Van Sam" }, { "docid": "15145850", "text": "squares, and one each of ) and bidding on one Showcase to be within the chosen range without going over the actual price. Later, the show involved only three contestants competing in one Showdown to determine who played in the Showcase round. In addition, each contestant was partnered with two other players who won money if the main contestant won a pricing game. Initially airing on weekdays, it was moved to Saturdays due to its low ratings. The Price Is Right (Philippine game show) There are two versions of The Price Is Right in the Philippines, aired on two networks.", "title": "The Price Is Right (Philippine game show)" }, { "docid": "6598331", "text": "John Deeks John \"Deeksie\" Deeks (born 1 May 1951) is an Australian television and radio presenter and voice artist for the Seven Network, where he has been working since 1975 based in Melbourne. For many years Deeks was the announcer who said \"Come on Down!\" on the Australian version of game show \"The New Price Is Right\", although frequently the program's host Ian Turpie is erroneously named as the person to voice the phrase. Deeks was also the announcer on game show \"Man O Man\" and presented the \"Tattslotto\" lottery draw for many years. He has acted as announcer on", "title": "John Deeks" }, { "docid": "5698048", "text": "Dave Price David M. \"Dave\" Price (born October 18, 1966) is an American journalist and weather forecaster who is currently working for WNBC-TV in New York as a weekday afternoon weatherman. Price is perhaps best known for his time on CBS television's \"The Early Show\", where he was the daily forecaster and a co-host for a brief period. He was the co-host and weatherman for Fox 5 WNYW Good Day New York, from 1993-2003. Most recently In 2012, he was brought back to replace Greg Kelly as Rosanna Scotto's Co-Anchor, as Kelly was promoted to replace Ernie Anastos as the", "title": "Dave Price" }, { "docid": "7341293", "text": "Tamiko Nash Tamiko Pleshette Nash (born August 24, 1979) is an American actress, television host, model and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss USA 2006. Nash won the Miss California USA pageant in 2005, becoming only the third African American to hold the title. She went on to place first runner-up in the Miss USA 2006 pageant. Nash has previously been employed by The Recording Academy, known for the Grammy Awards and is currently working as an actress in the Los Angeles area. Nash was a model on the television series \"The Price Is Right\" from 2007 to", "title": "Tamiko Nash" }, { "docid": "7908126", "text": "called from the audience immediately came onstage to play a pricing game. Three pricing games were played per episode along with a Showcase Showdown. Some pricing games on \"The New Price Is Right\" were played with slight modifications to the rules as played on the daytime version. Games which usually featured grocery products (i.e., Grand Game and Hole in One) were played using prizes generally valued less than $400 instead, and some games featured other rule changes. \"The New Price Is Right\" became the first half-hour \"Price Is Right\" series to employ the Showcase Showdown to determine who would play", "title": "The New Price Is Right (1994 game show)" }, { "docid": "5241703", "text": "who debuted the television high-stakes pricing game \"Pay the Rent\". Andy Taylor, formerly of radio station KTTS in Springfield, MO is the announcer for the Branson show. Chinese-Canadian television presenter Benny Yau was co-announcer with Howard Blank for the show's Canadian debut at Vancouver, Canada in May 2011, where the show was done in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. The Price Is Right Live! The Price Is Right LIVE! is a staged production show based on the television game show \"The Price Is Right\". The live stage shows are held at Caesars Entertainment casinos, as well as the Foxwoods Resort &", "title": "The Price Is Right Live!" }, { "docid": "7743926", "text": "One\" fame), who made the occasional cameo appearance. The Crowther version is popular with fans of the show for its near-campiness, frenetic pace, glamour, and the endearing presentation skills of its host, not for its cheaper prizes (which were forced on it by the Independent Broadcasting Authority's prize limits). Its format was nearly identical to that of CBS's daytime show in the United States. It initially used the Big Wheel to decide who would go through to the Range Finder (Scoring 100 won £500 and a bonus spin which awarded an additional £1,000 for spinning 100 or £250 for landing", "title": "The Price Is Right (UK game show)" }, { "docid": "11746812", "text": "in 2010. Atinale Al Precio Atínale al Precio (\"Succeeds the Price\") is a Mexican game show based on \"The Price Is Right\" that has aired in two separate runs on Televisa, both hosted by Marco Antonio Regil. The format is similar to the American version of the show, featuring many pricing games that have also appeared on that version. This version borrowed many elements from the American version (from set, game styles and a salsa arrangement of the U.S. main theme). Regil was pointed out by American host Bob Barker in the VIP of the audience of a U.S. episode", "title": "Atinale Al Precio" }, { "docid": "11746802", "text": "Atinale Al Precio Atínale al Precio (\"Succeeds the Price\") is a Mexican game show based on \"The Price Is Right\" that has aired in two separate runs on Televisa, both hosted by Marco Antonio Regil. The format is similar to the American version of the show, featuring many pricing games that have also appeared on that version. This version borrowed many elements from the American version (from set, game styles and a salsa arrangement of the U.S. main theme). Regil was pointed out by American host Bob Barker in the VIP of the audience of a U.S. episode in 1997", "title": "Atinale Al Precio" }, { "docid": "2438165", "text": "Truth\" after both shows moved from CBS to syndication in the late 1960s. His involvement with both of them ended when he was designated announcer of the 1972 revivals of \"The Price Is Right\" and \"I've Got a Secret\", both of which were taped in Hollywood, where he relocated. While \"Name That Tune\", \"To Tell the Truth\", \"What's My Line\", and \"The Match Game\" put Olson in the upper echelons of television game show announcers, the revival of \"The Price Is Right\" cemented Olson's fame. In addition to serving as then-host Bob Barker's sidekick, Olson was a beloved and valued", "title": "Johnny Olson" }, { "docid": "6696870", "text": "The Price Is Right models The American television game show \"The Price Is Right\" has, since its 1972 relaunch, employed a number of models to showcase the prizes and items that are given away on the show. From 1972 to 2007, the group was referred to as \"Barker's Beauties,\" in reference to Bob Barker, who hosted the show during that period. The original \"Price Is Right\" also employed models. Usually, two models appeared per episode to model the prizes, much in the same tradition as the later incarnations. As is the case with the Carey-era of the current version, the", "title": "The Price Is Right models" }, { "docid": "4345848", "text": "The Game Plane, the first game show which is shot on an airplane in flight, debuted on Discovery Family channel in 2014. In 2011, he made a cameo for West Coast Report for The 'Intervention' episode to help Jimmy Tatro come to terms with his 'Frattyness'. Walberg has also been a spokesperson for 23andMe.com. He is the current host of \"The Price is Right, Live\" traveling game show. Mark L. Walberg Mark Lewis Walberg (born August 31, 1962) is an American actor, television personality, and game show host. His television credits include \"Antiques Roadshow\", as well as the game shows", "title": "Mark L. Walberg" }, { "docid": "20013652", "text": "include \"Good Morning, Miss Dove\" in 1955 and \"That's the Way of the World\" in 1975. He was the first host of the ABC-TV & Chuck Barris Game Show Beauty Pageant called \"The Dream Girl of 1967\" from Monday December 19, 1966 to Friday June 23, 1967 except Bob Barker (Future Ex-Host of \"The Price is Right\" Guest Host for Monday-Friday June 12-16, 1967 for promoting Chuck Barris' New Game Show THE FAMILY GAME also on ABC-TV before Wink Martindale Hosted and his 2 Hostess are Beverly Adams (December 19-23, 1966) & Karen Valentine (December 26, 1966-August 25, 1967.) Stewart", "title": "Dick Stewart (TV host)" }, { "docid": "7759231", "text": "\"Idol\" studio in front of a live studio audience (the stage was also used for The Price is Right). In season 3 (2008), Gina Glocksen and Constantine Maroulis replaced Gordon and Rogers as the co-hosts of the show. In season 4 (2009), Jillian Reynolds replaced Roberto as host and Ace Young replaced Glocksen and Maroulis as co-host. The program did not return in 2010 because Fox Reality was in transition to National Geographic Wild. The exit interview moved to \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\", hosted by DeGeneres, who was a judge that season. DeGeneres has since left the show and the", "title": "American Idol Extra" }, { "docid": "6088219", "text": "predilection for asking the answers.\" Fox's brief tenure on the show may have been the biggest break of his career. He escaped any taint from the coming quiz show scandal, though he told \"The American Experience\" he had been horrified by some of the testimony to Congress--including that of child star Patty Duke (who once played \"The $64,000 Challenge\"), who eventually admitted in tears that she had been coached to lie to Congressional investigators. By that time, Fox's involvement in game shows went no farther than occasionally filling in for the original host of \"The Price Is Right\", Bill Cullen,", "title": "Sonny Fox" }, { "docid": "5296187", "text": "of his travel money to hire a taxi to take him to the offices of various agents around Hollywood. He eventually signed with Abrams, Rubaloff, & Lawrence and was tapped as a host on E! Entertainment Television in 1995. He hosted Hasbro Studios' popular \"Family Game Night\" and the syndicated \"Monopoly Millionaires' Club\". Newton has also hosted such productions including GSN's \"Hollywood Showdown\", \"Made in the USA\", \"World's Wildest Game Shows\", and \"Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck\". The Host With The Most® currently tours North America as host of \"The Price Is Right Live!\", an interactive theatrical production of", "title": "Todd Newton" }, { "docid": "3795497", "text": "\"Beat the Odds\", produced in Los Angeles by Bill Carruthers. Afterward, he went on to host the local weekday program \"Dialing for Dollars\" for two and one-half years. In 1963, Gilbert was selected by Mark Goodson to replace Don Pardo as the announcer and audience host for the original Bill Cullen-hosted version of \"The Price Is Right\" when it moved from NBC to ABC. He hosted the show for the absent Bill Cullen on June 19, 1964. Gilbert also served as the announcer and audience host for Dinah Shore's syndicated daily talk show, which ran from 1974 until 1980. When", "title": "Johnny Gilbert" }, { "docid": "4310170", "text": "in the deception and cheating on \"Dotto,\" and was immediately absolved of any responsibility when the story broke. Narz immediately returned to television after \"Dotto's\" cancellation, hosting \"Top Dollar\" (and succeeding its first host, Warren Hull, as part of an arrangement made with CBS and the ad agency representing the Colgate-Palmolive Company and General Mills, with whom Narz was under contract at the time). In 1960, he guest-hosted for a month on \"The Price Is Right\", while regular host Bill Cullen took a vacation. Later that year, he was the host of \"Video Village\", but asked producers to let him", "title": "Jack Narz" }, { "docid": "2159792", "text": "1972-80 weekly version that was initially hosted by Dennis James, but in 1977, daytime host Bob Barker also hosted the nighttime version for the final three seasons. For the 1985-86 season, Tom Kennedy hosted a daily syndicated version, and in 1994-95, Doug Davidson emceed his own daily syndicated version, titled \"The New Price Is Right\". Unlike the daytime series, which expanded to its current one-hour length in 1975, the syndicated versions of \"Price\" were 30 minutes long. A \"Hollywood Squares\" revival also thrived beginning in 1998 under host Tom Bergeron, running six seasons until its 2004 cancellation. By far the", "title": "Broadcast syndication" }, { "docid": "475717", "text": "game. The newest contestant bids first in each One Bid round. Contestants who fail to win a One Bid round—thus never making it onstage to play a pricing game—receive consolation prizes, currently $300, often sponsored by companies revealed by the announcer near the end of the show, before the Showcase. After winning the One Bid, the contestant joins the host onstage for the opportunity to win additional prizes or cash by playing a pricing game. After the pricing game ends, a new contestant is selected for Contestants' Row and the process is repeated. Six pricing games are played on each", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "3550596", "text": "Boulevard is officially recognized as Raoul Wallenberg Square, in honor of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousand of Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps. The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is located nearby, within Pan Pacific Park. CBS Television City was built in 1952 on the former site of Gilmore Stadium at Fairfax Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. The facility has been used to tape several shows both for CBS and other entities, the most notable being \"The Price is Right\", which has shot in Studio 33 (later renamed for the game show's longtime host, Bob Barker) continuously", "title": "Fairfax District, Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "4653795", "text": "announcers who filled in on \"The Price Is Right\" for Rod Roddy during his terminal illness period. He was the announcer for \"Family Game Night\" on The Hub from 2010 to 2012. Burton Richardson Burton Merrele Richardson (born September 29, 1949, in Portland, Oregon) is an American television announcer. He announced \"The Arsenio Hall Show\" from 1989 to 1994, where he became known for his long-drawn-out introduction of the show's host: \"ARSENIOOOOOOO... HALL!\". Richardson has also announced various game shows, including \"Rodeo Drive\", \"Russian Roulette\", \"WinTuition\", \"To Tell the Truth\" (1990 and 2000), \"Family Feud\" (for all Los Angeles episodes", "title": "Burton Richardson" }, { "docid": "475729", "text": "the price of their own showcase without going over wins the prizes in his or her showcase. Any contestant who overbids is disqualified regardless of their opponent's result. A double overbid results in neither contestant winning a showcase. Since 1974, any contestant who comes within a specified amount from the actual retail price of their own showcase without going over wins both showcases. Until 1998, the amount was less than $100. In 1998, it became the current $250 or less. Bob Barker began hosting \"The Price Is Right\" on September 4, 1972, and completed a 35-year tenure on June 15,", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "4072406", "text": "during 1965 with the Bob Hope USO Show including performances in Vietnam during late December 1965 and also served as Queen of the 1965 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf tournament. From 1975 to 1993, Parkinson was a Barker's Beauty model on the US television show \"The Price Is Right\". Her 18-year tenure on the show was among the longest of any of the models, second only to Janice Pennington, who lasted on the show for more than 28 years. Parkinson left the show in 1993, supposedly to \"pursue other interests\", as host Bob Barker announced during her final appearance. The", "title": "Dian Parkinson" }, { "docid": "15342256", "text": "who offered to sing \"Born in the U.S.A.\" for them; she was given an airplane spin by Rotunda. Rotunda appeared in the segment \"Top Rope Theatre\" on WWE.com, on February 19, 2009, talking to Kelly Kelly. In this exclusively online storyline, he played a heel character once again and his arch enemy was \"Hacksaw\" Jim Duggan. I.R.S. appeared on the September 7, 2009 edition of \"Raw,\" of which Bob Barker was the guest host. Rotunda was a contestant in a pricing game (similar to the \"One Bid\" qualifying segment of \"The Price Is Right\") along with Santino Marella, Jillian Hall,", "title": "Mike Rotunda" }, { "docid": "7887683", "text": "Fictional scenes from \"The Price Is Right\" were featured in the 1997 comedy film \"The Castle\", showing the narrator's sister appearing on the show and almost winning the showcase, but leaving with the amount of $1,234 (\"If only she knew the price of the luggage!\"). A tv show called \"The Checkout\" spoofed \"The Price is Right\" as \"The Consumer Price is Right\" based on the 2003 Larry Emdur version in 2015. The Price Is Right (Australian game show) The Price Is Right is an Australian television game show that has been produced in a number of different formats. The most", "title": "The Price Is Right (Australian game show)" }, { "docid": "11583241", "text": "Frank Wayne Frank Wayne (born Rocco Francis Rossi, Jr.; July 9, 1917 – March 18, 1988) was an American game show producer and host. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was also associated with Mark Goodson Productions. Wayne was the original executive producer of the current incarnation of \"The Price Is Right\" from its 1972 premiere until his death in 1988. He created the show's most popular pricing game, Plinko, and many others. Both of his sons, Philip Wayne Rossi and Mark Wayne, also worked on \"Price\". Wayne is also credited with creating \"The Match Game\" in 1962 and \"Now You", "title": "Frank Wayne" }, { "docid": "20911545", "text": "Perth station TVW as a news presenter and host of music show \"Teenbeat\". He left TVW at the end of 1961 but returned to the station in 1967 to host \"Spellbound\", \"In Perth Tonight\" and \"Perth's New Faces\". Meadows also co-hosted the Perth Telethon in 1968. Meadows won the Logie Award for Best Male Personality in Western Australia at both the 1970 and 1971 Logie Awards. During the 1970's, Meadows moved on to host national television programs, most notably \"The Price Is Right.\" Meadows also hosted \"High Rollers\", \"Let's Make a Deal\", and \"The Marriage Game\". In 1980, Meadows worked", "title": "Garry Meadows" }, { "docid": "19955609", "text": "pleaded their case, the clock restarts and the money continues to drain. If no agreement is reached, all three contestants leave the show with no money. If all questions are answered correctly, the top prize is worth up to $51,000 (60% of the maximum total bank of $85,000). A sneak preview of the series aired on November 26, 2016. Mike Richards, executive producer of \"The Price Is Right\" and \"Let's Make a Deal\" and former host of GSN's \"The Pyramid\", was chosen to host the show, and the series officially premiered January 19, 2017, an hour before the season four", "title": "Divided (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "475753", "text": "other television productions, was renamed the Bob Barker Studio in the host's honor on the ceremonial 5,000th episode taped in March 1998. When Carey became host, there was talk of the show traveling in the future. The program is usually produced in about an hour, although if there is a guest involved, some tapings will last longer because of question and answer sessions by the audience and the guest, which the host usually moderates. Two episodes are usually taped each day, normally with three taping days per week (Monday through Wednesday, with one episode taped at 12:00 pm and another", "title": "The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "14175912", "text": "shopping segments a list of prizes and their price values scrolled on the right of the screen. By the time production began in December 1974, Woolery was selected to host, the choice being made by Griffin after he reportedly heard Byrnes reciting \"A-E-I-O-U\" to himself in an effort to remember the vowels. Susan Stafford turned the letters on Byrnes' pilot episodes, a role that she also held when the show was picked up as a series. The original host of \"Wheel of Fortune\" was Chuck Woolery, who hosted the series from its 1975 premiere until December 25, 1981, save for", "title": "Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)" }, { "docid": "2444663", "text": "wife Ann), \"Break the Bank\", \"Shoot for the Stars\", and all of the pre-$100,000 versions of \"Pyramid\". Cullen hosted a number of pilots for his close friend, quiz producer Bob Stewart, who created \"The Price Is Right\", \"Truth\", and \"Password\" for Goodson-Todman and \"Pyramid\" for his own company. Cullen thus became the only person to host each of these formats on a full- or part-time basis. He also appeared as a panelist on game shows hosted by his favorite understudy, Bob Eubanks, including \"Trivia Trap\", \"Rhyme and Reason\", and \"All Star Secrets\", and he made guest appearances with Eubanks on", "title": "Bill Cullen" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5741520", "text": "system in the event of a fire, and helps to prevent fires from spreading inside the hidden plenum space. This special low-smoke cable is typically referred to as plenum cable or Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH or LS0H) cable. While twisted pair cable for networking and telephone service is the most common form of plenum cable, coaxial cable also needs to be plenum-rated for safety. High-voltage electrical equipment (generally regarded as being over 50 volts) is not permitted to be exposed in the plenum space above a drop ceiling. High voltage wiring must be enclosed in conduit or raceways, and", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "10094893", "text": "plenum cable. Plenum cable is cable used in plenum spaces of buildings. The plenum is the space used for air circulation for heating and air conditioning systems, by providing a location for ductwork. Space between the structural ceiling and the dropped ceiling or under a raised floor is typically considered plenum. Some drop ceiling designs create a tight seal that does not allow for airflow and therefore may not be considered a plenum air-handling space. The telco cable is also associated with pre-wired 66 blocks pre-assembled with an RJ-21 female connector are available that accept a quick connection to a", "title": "Telco cable" }, { "docid": "5741520", "text": "system in the event of a fire, and helps to prevent fires from spreading inside the hidden plenum space. This special low-smoke cable is typically referred to as plenum cable or Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH or LS0H) cable. While twisted pair cable for networking and telephone service is the most common form of plenum cable, coaxial cable also needs to be plenum-rated for safety. High-voltage electrical equipment (generally regarded as being over 50 volts) is not permitted to be exposed in the plenum space above a drop ceiling. High voltage wiring must be enclosed in conduit or raceways, and", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "15267471", "text": "cabinet with vertical exhaust duct (chimney) The hot exhaust air that is given off by the servers exits the cabinet through the vertical exhaust duct, directing the air into a plenum above a drop ceiling and back to the cooling units or to outside vents, isolating the hot air from the room. With this configuration, traditional hot/cold aisle configuration is not a requirement. The type of floor a facility uses can also greatly affect its air flow capabilities and limitations. Specifically, a raised floor allows for under-floor cable management as well as air flow. There are two main classifications of", "title": "Data center environmental control" } ]

[ { "docid": "5741517", "text": "(or drop-out) ceilings allow the installation of a dropped ceiling beneath existing fire sprinklers because the tiles, sometimes called melt-out ceiling tiles, are heat sensitive and designed to fall from the dropped ceiling suspension grid in the event of a fire, allowing the sprinklers to do their job. Drop out ceiling tiles can add to the aesthetic appeal of a ceiling since the fire sprinklers are hidden by the tiles. Commonly made from vinyl or expanded polystyrene, drop out ceiling tiles are available in multiple sizes and finishes from a variety of manufacturers. Installation is subject to the local Authority", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "5217875", "text": "instruments are several times the cost and complexity of basic continuity testers, these measurements may be required to certifythat a cable installation meets the technical standards required for its use, for example, in local area network cabling. An optical cable tester contains a visible light source and a connector compatible with the optical cable installation. A visible light source is used, so that detection can be done by eye. More advanced optical cable testers can verify the signal loss properties of an optical cable and connectors. Cable tester A cable tester is an electronic device used to verify the electrical", "title": "Cable tester" }, { "docid": "5741525", "text": "to provide a fire rating; there are special tiles designed for the underside of mezzanine floors however that can give a fire rating without being clipped. Drop out ceilings have a further advantage in that they can be mounted underneath fire sprinklers, thus hiding the sprinklers for a more attractive appearance. When installed underneath fire sprinklers, certain requirements for materials, applications, installation, and maintenance of drop out ceilings must be met in order to comply with fire safety regulations. (The white paper \"Drop-out Ceiling Panels–A Discussion on Their Use With Fire Sprinklers\", referenced by the article, is available here) Another", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "1980796", "text": "Drop (telecommunication) In a communications network, a drop is the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center, or toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be a wire or cable from a pole or cable terminus to a building, in which case it may be referred to as a downlead. These cables may be reinforced to withstand the tension (due to gravity and weather) of an aerial drop (i.e., hanging in air), as in \"messenger\" type RG-6 coaxial cable, which is reinforced with a steel", "title": "Drop (telecommunication)" }, { "docid": "1980797", "text": "messenger wire along its length. Drop (telecommunication) In a communications network, a drop is the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center, or toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be a wire or cable from a pole or cable terminus to a building, in which case it may be referred to as a downlead. These cables may be reinforced to withstand the tension (due to gravity and weather) of an aerial drop (i.e., hanging in air), as in \"messenger\" type RG-6 coaxial cable, which", "title": "Drop (telecommunication)" }, { "docid": "8381696", "text": "can use a conventional LNB feeding the four sub-bands to a separate SatCR receivers, as a substitute for a traditional multiswitch, that needs a dedicated coaxial cable for every receiver (or tuner) connected. Unicable LNBs and SatCRs also usually include either a legacy mode of operation or a legacy output which provides conventional LNB IF for use with an installation of non-Unicable receivers. A receiver required to operate in a single cable distribution installation can be essentially conventional. It should be able to tune to the user channel (within the normal IF tuning range) and modulate the LNB power voltage", "title": "Single cable distribution" }, { "docid": "6831294", "text": "undulations throughout the duct route. Therefore, for microducts, Air-Blown (AB) cable installation techniques are expected to be the most useful. AB cable installation requires the use of a device that injects a high volume of air into the duct, at pressures as high as 20-25 psi. The viscous drag forces generated by the rushing air along the length of the cable act to reduce or overcome the friction between the cable and the duct. For telecommunications, cables can be installed in water, in air or underground. In the latter case, the cables might be direct buried or installed in ducts.", "title": "Microducts" }, { "docid": "93442", "text": "are even older as radio programming was distributed by cable in some European cities as far back as 1924. To receive cable television at a given location, cable distribution lines must be available on the local utility poles or underground utility lines. Coaxial cable brings the signal to the customer's building through a \"service drop\", an overhead or underground cable. If the subscriber's building does not have a cable service drop, the cable company will install one. The standard cable used in the U.S. is RG-6, which has a 75 ohm impedance, and connects with a type F connector. The", "title": "Cable television" }, { "docid": "568756", "text": "this low-loss cable was no longer suitable. The new RG6 still performed well at high frequencies because of the skin effect in the copper cladding. However, the aluminium shield had a high DC resistance and the steel core an even higher one. The result is that this type of cable could not reliably be used in satellite TV installations, where it was required to carry a significant amount of current, because the voltage drop affected the operation of the low noise block downconverter (LNB) on the dish. A problem with all the aforementioned cables, when passing current, is that electrolytic", "title": "Coaxial cable" }, { "docid": "5154798", "text": "is an alternative to safety wire. Safety cable is defined as a group of strands right-hand helically twisted without a core. This eliminates the need for twisting during installation, as is required with safety wire. Several companies manufacture safety cable, and it is becoming an industry standard due to easier control of critical inputs and reduced installation time. Installation and quality requirements of safety cable are governed by SAE AS4536. One system works by providing pre-cut lengths of safety wire that have a large cap on one end. The cable is threaded through a hole on the fastener to be", "title": "Safety wire" }, { "docid": "5741514", "text": "of ceilings will have a \"key panel\" (usually in the corner) which can be removed, allowing for the other panels to be slid out of the grid (a series of metal channels called 'z bars') one by one, until eventually removing the desired panel. This type of ceiling is more commonly found in older installations or installations where access to above the ceiling is generally considered unnecessary. This system has some major disadvantages compared to the more common \"drop panel\" system, most notably the difficulty in removing and reattaching panels from the grid, which in some cases can cause irreparable", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "7602703", "text": "As penetrants are exchanged or removed, this calculation is redone to maintain compliance with the certification listing. An installation that meets listing and approval use and compliance usually requires pillow coverage between cables. The type and size of the pillows used must be matched to the exact cabling per the certification listing. Smoke will migrate through the interior of a cable bundle if the bundle is not opened up and sealed on the inside during the installation of any firestop, regardless of whether the firestop is intumescent or not. If mesh is used, mechanical fasteners are required, potentially negating the", "title": "Firestop pillow" }, { "docid": "8143646", "text": "required. The network cable is required to be mains-rated, with isolation and a maximum drop of along the cable. (The required cable size depends on the length of the bus, up to a maximum of 300 m with (15.4 AWG) conductors.) Each bit is sent Manchester coded (half a bit time of the data bit, followed by half a bit time of its complement), so that power is present for half of each bit time. When the bus is idle, it is high voltage all the time, which is not the same as a \"0\" or a \"1\" data bit.", "title": "Digital Addressable Lighting Interface" }, { "docid": "12073439", "text": "slopes or dips. Without any compensation for a slope in the median, a car can actually jump the top of a barrier, and therefore be exposed to a potential cross-over collision. Litigation has arisen in Arizona regarding the improper installation of cable barriers. One wrongful death suit resulted in a one million dollar settlement with the state. In Washington state, numerous letters were submitted to the state Department of Transportation complaining of cable barrier installation. \"Tension\" – High tensioned WRSB are generally tensioned to app. 2.5t during installation (subject to weather conditions, type of WRSB, and other factors). Low tensioned", "title": "Cable barrier" }, { "docid": "11018756", "text": "terminated at each end onto patch panels in the communications cabinet or outlets at the desktop. The circuits are then interconnected to the final destination using patch cords. Because large IT infrastructures often encompass vast networks of cables -- all of which need to be serviced, removed, added, and so on throughout an installation lifecycle -- cable planning, in some fashion, is a necessity. Techs may employ different methods of cable planning, depending upon the level of detail required for proper management. Excel can be employed for organizing information, however techs often need a way to visually organize information, which", "title": "Cable management" }, { "docid": "7086476", "text": "Submarine branching unit A submarine branching unit is a piece of equipment used in submarine telecommunications cable systems to allow the cable to split to serve more than one destination. For example, one branch might head for a cable landing point and others may continue. There are several methods by which the split can be effected, which can also depend on the type of cable system: In both types of cable system, more than one technique can be used simultaneously. The conventional symbol used for a submarine branching unit in maps of cable routes is a small equilateral triangle with", "title": "Submarine branching unit" }, { "docid": "18147152", "text": "and clipped cable systems have been investigated as a means of attaching optical fibre cables to overhead power lines, wrapped cables were the first type to be developed and are the only type in common use today. Wrapped cable systems were developed independently in the UK (SkyWrap) and Japan (GWWOP) during the 1980s and have been widely used, with installations in every continent except Antarctica. Through licensing and through independent development, wrapped cable systems have also been supplied by French, Italian, German and Russian companies. The installation process for wrapped cables involves passing a drum of cable around and around", "title": "Optical attached cable" }, { "docid": "5741513", "text": "4 ft and the ceiling tiles are the same size. In Europe the cell size in the suspension grids is 600×600 mm, while the ceiling tiles are slightly smaller at 595mm x 595mm or 595mm x 1195mm. An older, less common type of dropped ceiling is the \"concealed grid\" system. This type of dropped ceiling employs a method of interlocking panels into each other and the grid with the use of small strips of metal called 'splines', thus making it difficult to remove panels to gain access above the ceiling without damaging the installation or the panels. Normally, these type", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "7086477", "text": "(usually) one vertex pointing towards the top of the map. Submarine branching unit A submarine branching unit is a piece of equipment used in submarine telecommunications cable systems to allow the cable to split to serve more than one destination. For example, one branch might head for a cable landing point and others may continue. There are several methods by which the split can be effected, which can also depend on the type of cable system: In both types of cable system, more than one technique can be used simultaneously. The conventional symbol used for a submarine branching unit in", "title": "Submarine branching unit" }, { "docid": "18440154", "text": "a better version. More functions were added to it in order to come up with a much more efficient and effective installer. It is executed automatically when any file with .pkg extension is selected. First, there is a simple BMenuField which is renamed to a more appropriate 'Installation type' label. Users can select the type of Installation here. There might be more than one option depending on the developer. Then there is an Installation Location menu where the user can select any disc as the location of installation. The installation size and volume disk space information is included beside the", "title": "Haiku PackageInstaller" }, { "docid": "10385440", "text": "known in the USA as SOOW cable. Cables meeting the SOOW spec can also be manufactured to be rated as H07RN-F, so-called \"harmonised\" cable, and such cable can be used both in the USA and Europe. Tough rubber-sheathed cable Tough rubber-sheathed cable is a type of cable which normally consists of a black outer sheath of rubber with several conductors inside. The rubber provides an abrasion-resistant, corrosion-resistant, waterproof, protective covering for an insulated electric cable. Though obsoleted for domestic use, it is used for flexible cables when greater mechanical toughness than PVC is required such as temporary electrical wiring at", "title": "Tough rubber-sheathed cable" }, { "docid": "3077734", "text": "to build roads, they started to build and operate punts as required. Private punts might be bought out, or made to impose more standard tolls. Duplicated punts can be provided if capacity of one is not enough. Twin ferries allow one to operate while the other is being maintained. Current cable ferry routes include: There are more than 100 cable ferries in the Netherlands, 11 of which use a floating cable with a single anchorage. The larger ones are usually powered by a diesel-powered screw propellor, the smaller ones often use the cable for propulsion. Most of the larger cable", "title": "Cable ferry" }, { "docid": "5741506", "text": "Dropped ceiling A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop in ceiling, drop out ceiling, or ceiling tiles and is a staple of modern construction and architecture in both residential and commercial applications. Dropped ceilings and ceiling tiles were being used in Japan for aesthetic reasons as early as the Muromachi Period (1337 to 1573). Blackfriars Theater in London, England, built in 1596, had dropped ceilings to aid acoustics. U. S. Patent No. 1,470,728 for modern", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "528378", "text": "used for bulk transmission of alternating and direct current power, especially using high-voltage cable. Electrical cables are extensively used in building wiring for lighting, power and control circuits permanently installed in buildings. Since all the circuit conductors required can be installed in a cable at one time, installation labor is saved compared to certain other wiring methods. Physically, an electrical cable is an assembly consisting of one or more conductors with their own insulations and optional screens, individual covering(s), assembly protection and protective covering(s). Electrical cables may be made more flexible by stranding the wires. In this process, smaller individual", "title": "Electrical cable" }, { "docid": "20586535", "text": "skylights were covered by corrugated, transparent plastic roofing. The deep roof trusses were designed to ventilate the ceiling space, and Laurence West recalls that the showroom was kept cool by air movement in the large space above the curved plaster ceiling (within the rectangular light-wells). Construction work for West's Furniture Showroom was carried out by Ajax Builders (concrete and brick works), H Packman (timber), and G McKinnon (skylights and fibrous plaster, ceiling work). West's completed the timber joinery themselves. Installation of the glass within the sloping display windows proved to be a technical challenge. Ten men were required to ease", "title": "West's Furniture Showroom" }, { "docid": "18134120", "text": "enclosure walls, cable glands, self-sealing grommets or gland plates can be used to seal the cut-outs required for passing the cables through. This protects the inside of an enclosure or machine from dirt, dust or liquids. Cable glands and self-sealing grommets are usually designed for entering single or just a few cables. By utilising a gland plate, many cables with different diameters can be routed. Depending on the type, very high cable densities or ingress protection classes up to IP66/IP68 (according to IEC 60529) can be achieved. For routing cables which are already assembled with connectors, split cable entry systems", "title": "Cable entry system" }, { "docid": "15407260", "text": "USB dead drop A USB dead drop is a USB mass storage device installed in a public space. For example, a USB flash drive might be mounted in an outdoor brick wall and fixed in place with fast concrete. Members of the public are implicitly invited to find files, or leave files, on a dead drop by directly plugging their laptop into the wall-mounted USB stick in order to transfer data. (It is also possible to use smartphones and tablets for this purpose, by utilizing a USB on-the-go cable.) The dead drops can therefore be regarded as an anonymous, offline,", "title": "USB dead drop" }, { "docid": "18147151", "text": "Optical attached cable Optical attached cable (OPAC) is a type of fibre optic cable that is installed by being attached to a host conductor along overhead power lines. The attachment system varies and can include wrapping, lashing or clipping the fibre optic cable to the host. Installation is typically performed using a specialised piece of equipment that travels along the host conductor from pole to pole or tower to tower, wrapping, clipping or lashing the fibre optic cable in place. Different manufacturers have different systems and the installation equipment, cable designs and hardware are not interchangeable. Although lashed cable systems", "title": "Optical attached cable" }, { "docid": "5741528", "text": "buildings that have seen multiple renovations over time, it is not uncommon for a dropped ceiling to have been installed in one renovation and then subsequently removed in another, its installation having been an inexpensive fix to prolong the time between major renovations. One disadvantage with this ceiling system is reduced headroom. Clearance is required between the grid and any pipes or ductwork above to install the ceiling tiles and light fixtures. In general, a minimum clearance of is often needed between the lowest obstruction and the level of the ceiling grid. A direct-mount grid may work for those who", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "4370861", "text": "call for the addition of a reagent \"dropwise\" with the aid of a syringe or a dropping funnel. The rate of addition for such a procedure is taken to be slow, but is otherwise vague, since one chemist might consider dropwise to be one drop per second, while another might consider five to ten drops per second (almost a stream) to be dropwise. Furthermore, the volume of a drop will depend on needle gauge or the dimensions of the glassware. Thus, to improve reproducibility, noting the total amount of time required to add the liquid or another measure of addition", "title": "Drop (unit)" }, { "docid": "12825394", "text": "and CS \"Ocean Layer\". Monarch commenced laying the cable from Point Arena (San Francisco) on 11 July 1957, and after laying 1900 miles met in mid-ocean with Ocean Layer, which put down the remaining 665 miles of cable into Hanauma Bay on Oahu. The first message through the cable was sent on 3 August 1957, and the ships then laid the eastbound cable, completing the installation in the Autumn of 1957. The cable used for HAW-1 was of the same type as used for TAT-1, the first telephone cable across the Atlantic Ocean, which had been laid the previous year,", "title": "HAW-1" }, { "docid": "94398", "text": "Cable car (railway) A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit where rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are distinct from funiculars, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable, and cable railways, which are similar to funiculars, but where the rail vehicles are attached and detached manually. The first cable-operated railway, employing a moving rope that could be picked up or", "title": "Cable car (railway)" }, { "docid": "11018752", "text": "one plate) is much higher than with common cable clamps which are normally designed for holding one single line. Furthermore, most of the available cable clamps are not very flexible when it comes to routing lines with varying diameters. That causes higher acquisition and storage costs. The installation of the single cable clamps can take a lot of mounting time, depending on the laying length of the lines. Strain relief plates are therefore a more flexible solution which allows a parallel routing of several lines with varying diameters. Strain relief is often required for terminated electrical lines that are plugged", "title": "Cable management" }, { "docid": "10385439", "text": "Tough rubber-sheathed cable Tough rubber-sheathed cable is a type of cable which normally consists of a black outer sheath of rubber with several conductors inside. The rubber provides an abrasion-resistant, corrosion-resistant, waterproof, protective covering for an insulated electric cable. Though obsoleted for domestic use, it is used for flexible cables when greater mechanical toughness than PVC is required such as temporary electrical wiring at events where the cable is standardised as Cenelec code H07RN-F (H07 for short) The American National Electrical Code, for theater use, requires (article 520.68(A).1) cables to be \"extra hard usage\" rated, and such cable is generally", "title": "Tough rubber-sheathed cable" }, { "docid": "20690572", "text": "between host and peripheral. ACAs have three ports: the OTG port for the portable device, which is required to have a Micro-A plug on a captive cable; the accessory port, which is required to have a Micro-AB or type-A receptacle; and the charging port, which is required to have a Micro-B receptacle, or type-A plug or charger on a captive cable. The ID pin of the OTG port is not connected within plug as usual, but to the ACA itself, where signals outside the OTG floating and ground states are used for ACA detection and state signaling. The charging port", "title": "USB (Physical)" }, { "docid": "20681471", "text": "Teck cable Teck cable is a type of low voltage armoured cable named for the location where it was first developed and used, Teck Township, now known as Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The mining operations such as those conducted by Teck-Hughes Gold Mining Ltd. required a durable cable to power equipment and withstand the demanding conditions, and teck cable was the engineered result. In Canada, teck cable is defined by CSA standard C22.2 No. 131 and carries the type designation of TECK90, the 90 referring to the normal ambient temperature in degrees Celsius that the cable may be used in without", "title": "Teck cable" }, { "docid": "12057076", "text": "tubing based systems with segmented pavers or pedestal mounted pavers. The only type of hydronic system currently commercially available for use with pedestal, platform or ground mounted pavers is a modular thermapanel type system. System installation specifications beneath asphalt may vary between each manufacturer. The cable can be laid out on the base surface (usually a sand bed), and covered with 1/2\" sand. The asphalt is then hand shoveled onto the heating cable and base surface. When installing a hydronic tube or thermapanel system beneath asphalt, a barrier of sand that meets the manufacturers specifications should be placed over the", "title": "Snowmelt system" }, { "docid": "16846145", "text": "All-dielectric self-supporting cable All-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) cable is a type of optical fiber cable that is strong enough to support itself between structures without using conductive metal elements. It is used by electrical utility companies as a communications medium, installed along existing overhead transmission lines and often sharing the same support structures as the electrical conductors. ADSS is an alternative to OPGW and OPAC with lower installation cost. The cables are designed to be strong enough to allow lengths of up to 700 metres to be installed between support towers. ADSS cable is designed to be lightweight and small in", "title": "All-dielectric self-supporting cable" }, { "docid": "488431", "text": "the inner conductor while other spikes bite into the outer braided shield. Care is required to keep the outer shield from touching the spike; installation kits include a \"coring tool\" to drill through the outer layers and a \"braid pick\" to clear stray pieces of the outer shield. Transceivers should be installed only at precise 2.5-metre intervals. This distance was chosen to \"not\" correspond to the wavelength of the signal; this ensures that the reflections from multiple taps are not in phase. These suitable points are marked on the cable with black bands. The cable is required to be one", "title": "10BASE5" }, { "docid": "8581902", "text": "cabin boasts a glass floor, making it possible to view the 400 metre drop from a different angle. In December 2008, Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia became the first North American resort to install a 3S cable car (\"aerial tramway\" in the US) when it opened the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, which connects Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler with Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb. In effect, it is like the Kitzbühel 3S cable car because it connects two ski areas (although in this case, more two parts of the same area together). The installation of the Peak 2 Peak Gondola eliminated", "title": "3S Cable Car" }, { "docid": "4728662", "text": "remote end as the 6-pin BT socket is physically incompatible with 8P8C. It is common to color-code patch panel cables to identify the type of connection, though structured cabling standards do not require it except in the demarcation wall field. Cabling standards require that all eight conductors in Cat 5e/6/6A cable be connected. IP phone systems can run the telephone and the computer on the same wires, eliminating the need for separate phone wiring. Regardless of copper cable type (Cat 5e/6/6A), the maximum distance is for the permanent link installation, plus an allowance for a combined of patch cords at", "title": "Structured cabling" }, { "docid": "20053509", "text": "be produced more cheaply, whilst still prividing the 20 years + lifetime required. Offshore windfarm developers in particular have adopted the use of Cable protection systems due to the dynamic area where the cable comes from the seabed and enters the monopile/J-tube. This is in part due to the potential for localised scouring to occur near the structure. A CPS generally consists of three sections, a Centraliser or Monopile interface, a protection system for the dynamic area, and a protection system for the static area. The installation of J-Tubes for offshore renewable monopiles was viewed as a costly approach, and", "title": "Cable protection system" }, { "docid": "9287116", "text": "been worked out for replacement of ground wires with OPGW on energized lines. Live-line working techniques are used to re-strand the towers with OPGW replacing the all-metal type of overhead shield wires. Installation of OPGW requires some additional planning because it is impractical to splice an OPGW cable in mid-span; the lengths of cable purchased must be coordinated with the spans between towers to prevent waste. Where fibers must be joined between lengths, a weatherproof splice box is installed on a tower; a similar box is used to transition from the OPGW to an outside plant fiber-only cable to connect", "title": "Optical ground wire" }, { "docid": "5741530", "text": "is also more difficult to perform maintenance on or diagnose problems with the concealed systems. As a renovation tool, dropped ceilings are a quick and inexpensive way to repair a ceiling or reduce HVAC costs. Some materials may show their age quickly— for example, mineral fiber sags, is damaged easily when handled, and stains easily, but stretch ceiling, tin and vinyl do not have these characteristics. Dropped ceiling A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "15262689", "text": "of the platform is of the \"float-over\" type which is designed to be floated out to the installation site and then jacked up onto the submerged supporting structure using the support legs that are integral to the structure. The topside has a total weight of 12000 tonnes and measures 75 m x 50 m x 23 m high. Each of the two 250 kV cables linking HelWin Alpha to the onshore substation has a total length of 130 km, of which 85 km is sea cable and 45 km is underground land cable. The sea cables come ashore close to", "title": "HVDC HelWin1" }, { "docid": "16941926", "text": "transmission rates than the twisted-pair. The center conductor is surrounded by plastic insulation, which helps filter out extraneous interference. This insulation is covered by a return path, which is usually braided-copper shielding or aluminum foil type covering. Outer jackets form a protective covering for coax; the number and type of outer jackets depend on the intended use of the cable (e.g., whether the cable is supposed to be strung in the air or underground, whether rodent protection is required). The two most popular types of coaxial cabling are used with Ethernet networks. Thinnet is used on Ethernet 10BASE2 networks and", "title": "Physical media" }, { "docid": "14871832", "text": "Burgess children. These deaths might possibly have been avoided if better communications had existed. It seems that steamers often did not see distress signals, and no a cable or signal station was supplied. In the mid 1890s it is recorded that a telephone link with Narooma was required. The light was upgraded once in 1910 to an intensity of 250,000 cd, with the installation of a Douglas incandescent kerosene burner, and a second time in 1923 to an intensity of 357,000 cd. A Mercury bearings were installed in 1926 and the characteristic changed to a flash every 7.5 sec. Trips", "title": "Montague Island Light" }, { "docid": "16846152", "text": "runs. ADSS cable can be installed using live-line methods on an energized transmission line. Fiber cables are generally supported on the lower cross-arms of the tower, which provides good clearance to the ground. When the fibers are installed in the middle of a tower, the fiber cable is unlikely to hit energized conductors. Lower weights and forces are used for installation, compared with metallic cables, so lighter equipment can be used. Installation technique is similar to installing overhead conductors, with care taken to prevent excessively tight bending of the cable, and adjustment of the sag of individual spans as for", "title": "All-dielectric self-supporting cable" }, { "docid": "488439", "text": "Nodes can have two types of ports: MDI (uplink port) or MDI-X (regular port, 'X' for internal crossover). Hubs and switches have regular ports. Routers, servers and end hosts (e.g. personal computers) have uplink ports. When two nodes having the same type of ports need to be connected, a crossover cable may be required, especially for older equipment. Connecting nodes having different type of ports (i.e. MDI to MDI-X and vice versa) requires straight-through cable. Thus connecting an end host to a hub or switch requires a straight-through cable. Some older switches and hubs provided a button to allow a", "title": "Ethernet over twisted pair" }, { "docid": "4263297", "text": "or for other special purposes, more than one turn of the primary cable may be passed through the ring. Where a metal shield is present in the cable jacket, it must be terminated so no net sheath current passes through the ring, to ensure accuracy. Current transformers used to sense ground fault (zero sequence) currents, such as in a three-phase installation, may have three primary conductors passed through the ring. Only the net unbalanced current produces a secondary current - this can be used to detect a fault from an energized conductor to ground. Ring-type transformers usually use dry insulation", "title": "Current transformer" }, { "docid": "9425405", "text": "mounted above it which was lit when that digit was required. The light then shone through the drilled holes to display the digit. A new approach to the inter-rack cabling was taken. A false ceiling was built above the top of the racks, creating a cable loft. The cables were just pushed through holes in the cable loft and taken to where they were going by the shortest route. The holes were sealed after all the cables had been put in place, as a fire precaution. The result was a complete mess of a cable loft, but all cables were", "title": "TXE" }, { "docid": "3077730", "text": "not attached to the shore. Alignment of the platform at each end of the journey is automatic and, especially for vehicle ferries, safer than a free-moving ferry might be in bad conditions. A special type are electrically powered overhead-wire ferries like Straussee Ferry, which have an onboard propulsion unit and can float free, but are connected to the overhead wire for power supply, using an electrical cable that slides along the wire as the ferry moves. Cable ferries have probably been used to cross rivers and similar bodies of water since before recorded history. Examples of ferry routes using this", "title": "Cable ferry" }, { "docid": "5514754", "text": "them. In these stores today, which are now CVS stores, the open ceiling and drop ceiling are still in place (though all the aisles are now aligned in a traditional manner). The new stores also were decorated in soft blues and greys, had track lighting, and low hanging lights over the greeting cards, all which gave the store a \"soft\" appearance. Revco introduced strict rules about having no handwritten signs or merchandise displays sitting directly on the floor, which it thought gave the stores a cleaner look. It also required its employees to dress extremely professionally, with men wearing ties.", "title": "Revco" }, { "docid": "17943798", "text": "sufficient insulation is not practical then a driven shield will improve performance. Coaxial cable is well suited for use as a guard, if electromagnetic shielding is also required then triaxial cable should be used as depending on the type of buffer circuit any noise on the guard may be amplified in the output. The limiting factor for this method is the input impedance of the voltage buffer, the JFET or CMOS op-amps typically used may have input impedances of many teraohms which is sufficient for most applications. Care must also be taken to ensure there are no significant gaps in", "title": "Driven guard" }, { "docid": "4061636", "text": "or \"No loo, no \"I do\"\". This campaign promotes the construction of toilets (usually pour flush pit latrine toilets). In rural India, there are sometimes cultural preferences for open defecation and these may be difficult to overcome with unattractive toilet designs, such as pit latrines. Pit latrine A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet or long drop, is a type of toilet that collects human feces in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected to a toilet seat or squatting pan for user comfort.", "title": "Pit latrine" }, { "docid": "2639884", "text": "War. A revised machinery installation was adopted from HMS \"Brave\" onwards, with Spey turbines replacing the previous Olympus. The future machinery arrangement would be COGAG (Combined Gas turbine And Gas turbine). By 1982, the quoted unit cost of a Type 22 had risen to £127m. This might have been the end of the Type 22 programme had it not been for the Falklands War (1982), in which the two ships of the class present (\"Broadsword\" and \"Brilliant\") acquitted themselves well. Replacements for ships lost in the South Atlantic were all of this class. The last four ships of the class", "title": "Type 22 frigate" }, { "docid": "3661851", "text": "U-verse or Verizon FiOS) signal. They must still meet the every-subscriber/television receiver laws, i.e. \"Pursuant to Section 614(b)(7) and 615(h), the operator of a cable system is required to ensure that signals carried in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements are provided to EVERY subscriber of the system,\" of local stations. This has been opposed by numerous cable networks, which might be bumped off of digital cable were this to happen, and promoted by television stations and the National Association of Broadcasters, whom it would benefit by passing their high definition or digital multicast signals through to their cable viewers. In", "title": "Must-carry" }, { "docid": "14255200", "text": "trap would increase the chances of catching the mice. From its birth in March 2008 until now, \"MouseHunt\" has 726 breeds (as of 20 July 2017) of mice excluding the Event Mice. Some of them, when caught will drop loot, which depending on the type of loot may be essential to players' progress through the game. Along with this, there are 127 special Event Mice, some of which are released for a short period during occasional events. These mice might drop cheese, crafting items, collectibles and cash prizes (a Mousehunter won $1000 CAD for being the first in catching a", "title": "MouseHunt (game)" }, { "docid": "3475019", "text": "they \"claim\". A claim can refer to In addition to the above basic claim types, there are also many special types of claim which are used in different circumstances. Sometimes a particular claim form is required by law if a patent is to be granted for a particular invention, such as for a second medical use of a known substance where the \"Swiss-type\" claim might be required. Another reason to use a particular claim might be to catch a particular class of infringer. Patent claim In a patent or patent application, the claims define, in technical terms, the extent, i.e.", "title": "Patent claim" }, { "docid": "1479290", "text": "in baggage theft after its inception. Reported thefts include both valuable and dangerous goods, such as laptops, jewelry guns, and knives. Such thefts have raised concerns that the same access might allow bombs to be placed aboard aircraft. In 2004, over 17,000 claims of baggage theft were reported. As of 2004, 60 screeners had been arrested for baggage theft, a number which had grown to 200 screeners by 2008. 11,700 theft and damage claims were reported to the TSA in 2009, a drop from 26,500 in 2004, which was attributed to the installation of cameras and conveyor belts in airports.", "title": "Transportation Security Administration" }, { "docid": "2832150", "text": "higher resistance than other parts of the cable, and may have damaged insulation. Breaks may form in the stretched insulation, which may not be discovered until the circuit is powered and damage from arcing or shorting has occurred. Wires must be protected from sharp metal edges of cut conduits or cabinet holes. The NEC specifies measures to protect wire insulation from damage by these edges during installation and use. For example, insulated cables may not be inserted directly through knockouts, due to the sharp edge around nearly all knockout holes. Clamping and other wire protection is often not required for", "title": "National Electrical Code" }, { "docid": "7685858", "text": "the building's structure. By 1951 the house had become unsound and President Truman directed a major reconstruction. The building's interior was largely dismantled, with some of the architectural elements being numbered and stored. After a steel infrastructure was installed, those elements were restored in their original configuration. The Red Room was dismantled and reconstructed during this period. Installation of air conditioning in 1953 and 1954 required the ceiling height be reduced by approximately 18\" and a new plaster ceiling with a somewhat generic pattern of stars was installed. Having nearly no furniture original to the house, Truman hired the New", "title": "Red Room (White House)" }, { "docid": "4061598", "text": "Pit latrine A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet or long drop, is a type of toilet that collects human feces in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected to a toilet seat or squatting pan for user comfort. Pit latrines can be built to function without water (dry toilet) or they can have a water seal (pour-flush pit latrine). When properly built and maintained, pit latrines can decrease the spread of disease by reducing the amount of human feces in the environment from", "title": "Pit latrine" }, { "docid": "669960", "text": "Also, testing allows for quick response to high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This might include diet adjustments, exercise, and insulin (as instructed by the health care provider). A blood glucose meter is an electronic device for measuring the blood glucose level. A relatively small drop of blood is placed on a disposable test strip which interfaces with a digital meter. Within several seconds, the level of blood glucose will be shown on the digital display. Needing only a small drop of blood for the meter means that the time and effort required for testing is reduced", "title": "Blood glucose monitoring" }, { "docid": "3931839", "text": "slots inside a system, their presence may limit the number or even prevent the installation of other TURBOchannel option modules. A TURBOchannel Extender box is used to reduce the number of slots required inside a system for double and triple width options. The TURBOchannel Extender box contains a PCB with three TURBOchannel slots and a power supply for supplying the required power to the slots. A TURBOchannel option module, for installation in the host, accompanies the TcE box. It has an external cable that connects to the TcE box. What the option module is doing is bringing out the data,", "title": "TURBOchannel" }, { "docid": "8902973", "text": "is four-sided, up to sixteen passengers can ride simultaneously. Turbo drop Turbo drop is a type of drop tower amusement ride. One example is Abyss at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. The current tallest Turbo Drop installation in operation is . The ride is a vertical drop tower. It uses compressed air to slowly lift a 12-16 seat car to the top of the tower, at an approximate and average speed of . The car is held for multiple seconds, before it is released, dropping almost to the ground. The compressed air 'bounces' the car back to halfway, before it", "title": "Turbo drop" }, { "docid": "8902972", "text": "Turbo drop Turbo drop is a type of drop tower amusement ride. One example is Abyss at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. The current tallest Turbo Drop installation in operation is . The ride is a vertical drop tower. It uses compressed air to slowly lift a 12-16 seat car to the top of the tower, at an approximate and average speed of . The car is held for multiple seconds, before it is released, dropping almost to the ground. The compressed air 'bounces' the car back to halfway, before it is lowered to the loading dock. As the tower", "title": "Turbo drop" }, { "docid": "19635338", "text": "would be placed in the doorway, and three or four men would push it out when the pilot gave the signal. The pilot would fly level or with the nose slightly down, so that cargo would not hit the tail of the aircraft. The pilot would retract the landing gear if it was down, and climb to gain altitude. Multiple passes over the drop zone might be required. Heavy loads were not practical for air dropping missions, since the aircraft had to arrive low and slow over the drop zone, but higher speed was required for greater weight. Nor could", "title": "Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaign" }, { "docid": "6692607", "text": "The cost of small fiber-count pole-mounted cables has greatly decreased due to the high demand for fiber to the home (FTTH) installations in Japan and South Korea. Fiber cable can be very flexible, but traditional fiber's loss increases greatly if the fiber is bent with a radius smaller than around 30 mm. This creates a problem when the cable is bent around corners or wound around a spool, making FTTX installations more complicated. \"Bendable fibers\", targeted towards easier installation in home environments, have been standardized as ITU-T G.657. This type of fiber can be bent with a radius as low", "title": "Optical fiber" }, { "docid": "11333343", "text": "do not host installations of the full range of software that users might want to access. Systems may be \"imaged\" with a minimal or typical cross-section of the most commonly used software. Also, in some environments, users might require specialized or occasional access to older versions of software (for instance, developers may need to perform bug fixes and regression testing, or some users may need access to archived data using outdated tools). Commonly, organizations will provide repositories or \"depots\" of such software, ready for installation as required. These also may include full copies of the system images from which machines", "title": "Automounter" }, { "docid": "2514694", "text": "could not walk or be carried to the place of execution; the sentence required that they were to be drawn: they might be dragged along the ground, but were normally tied onto a hurdle which was drawn to the place of execution by a horse. A man would then be hanged by a noose around the neck, but not so as to die: there would be no \"drop\" to break the neck. Whilst still alive, he would be cut down and allowed to drop to the ground, stripped of his clothes, his genitals cut off, his viscera pulled out and", "title": "High treason in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "4760865", "text": "often used in telecommunications. The minimum bending radius will vary with different cable designs. The manufacturer should specify the minimum radius to which the cable may safely be bent during installation, and for the long term. The former is somewhat larger than the latter. The minimum bend radius is in general also a function of tensile stresses, \"e.g.,\" during installation, while being bent around a sheave while the fiber or cable is under tension. If no minimum bend radius is specified, one is usually safe in assuming a minimum long-term low-stress radius not less than 15 times the cable diameter,", "title": "Bend radius" }, { "docid": "12257650", "text": "a fixed point used as a temperature standard for the International Temperature Scale (ITS-90). In polarography both the dropping mercury electrode and the hanging mercury drop electrode use elemental mercury. This use allows a new uncontaminated electrode to be available for each measurement or each new experiment. Gaseous mercury is used in mercury-vapor lamps and some \"neon sign\" type advertising signs and fluorescent lamps. Those low-pressure lamps emit very spectrally narrow lines, which are traditionally used in optical spectroscopy for calibration of spectral position. Commercial calibration lamps are sold for this purpose; reflecting a fluorescent ceiling light into a spectrometer", "title": "Mercury (element)" }, { "docid": "2091135", "text": "The most common type of distribution cable, NM-B, is generally implied: 14/3 and 12/3 cables are also available, used mainly between three-way (two-location) switches, and to have separate wall controls for ceiling fans and their attached light fixtures, or to have one half of a duplex outlet switched and the other always on. 12/2 and 14/2 can also be used for the rare 240-volt-only 15- or 20-amp plug by clearly marking the white wire red or black, since there is no neutral wire. Two conductor cable is available with black and red conductors only for this purpose; the outer sheath", "title": "American wire gauge" }, { "docid": "11018748", "text": "Cable management Cable management refers to management of electrical or optical cable in a cabinet or an installation. The term is used for products, workmanship or planning. Cables can easily become tangled, making them difficult to work with, sometimes resulting in devices accidentally becoming unplugged as one attempts to move a cable. Such cases are known as \"cable spaghetti\", any kind of problem diagnosis and future updates to such enclosures could be very difficult. Cable management both supports and contains cables during installation, and makes subsequent maintenance or changes to the cable system easier. Products such as cable trays, cable", "title": "Cable management" }, { "docid": "12395390", "text": "heating current flows. Some types of ballast resistors were built into an envelope like a tube that was easily replaceable. With mains voltages of around 220 V, the power dissipated by the additional resistance and the voltage drop across it could be quite high, and it was common to use a resistive power cable (mains cord) of defined resistance, running warm, rather than putting a hot resistor inside the case. If a resistive power cable was used, an inexperienced repairer might replace it with a standard cable, or use the wrong length, damaging the equipment and risking a fire. AC/DC", "title": "AC/DC receiver design" }, { "docid": "6655010", "text": "cable under normal operation. The amplifiers or repeaters derive their power from the potential difference drop across them. A shunt fault occurs when the cable insulation becomes damaged, such that there is a short circuit from the metallic core to the seawater directly. In this situation the apparent location of the virtual ground will move to the shunt fault location. As long as the power feed equipment farthest from the shunt fault has the capability of generating the additional voltage required to maintain the same current, the cable system will continue to carry traffic. This damage can be from ship", "title": "Shunt fault" }, { "docid": "5654108", "text": "of cables for anything but hierarchical star network topologies prompted a more automatic solution. Auto MDI-X automatically detects the required cable connection type and configures the connection appropriately, removing the need for crossover cables to interconnect switches or connecting PCs peer-to-peer. As long as it is enabled on either end of a link, either type of cable can be used. For auto MDI-X to operate correctly, the data rate on the interface and duplex setting must be set to \"auto\". Auto MDI-X was developed by Hewlett-Packard engineers Daniel Joseph Dove and Bruce W. Melvin. A pseudo-random number generator decides whether", "title": "Medium-dependent interface" }, { "docid": "13182566", "text": "might be both in terms of the hardware required in OnLive server centers to render and compress the video, as well as the impact of commercial Internet broadband connections on its delivery. During GDC 2009, which was held in San Francisco, the OnLive service was from its Santa Clara data center. The closed beta had \"hundreds of users on the system\". Near E3 in 2009, which is approximately away from their data center, OnLive demonstrated their service performed well with a consumer cable modem and Internet connection. Matt Peckham from \"PC World\" stated in his blog that it might be", "title": "OnLive" }, { "docid": "17160946", "text": "to a Smiths Type D autopilot and installed in Varsity \"WF417\", a much larger aircraft, capable of carrying 38 people rather than 10 in the Devon. The first fully automatic approach and landing was made by \"WF417\" on 11 November 1954 under calm and misty conditions. A similar system was installed in Canberra \"WE189\" to provide the first application of Autoland to jet-type aircraft. Automatic approaches and automatic landings were recorded by \"WE189\" but the development was interrupted in April 1956 when the facilities at Woodbridge, which had the only suitable leader cable installation, ceased to be available to BLEU.", "title": "Blind Landing Experimental Unit" }, { "docid": "19616904", "text": "30 July. Although all of its components had been tested in target and drop tests, no full test of a gun-type nuclear weapon occurred before Hiroshima. There were several reasons for not testing a Little Boy type of device. Primarily, there was insufficient uranium-235. Additionally, the weapon design was simple enough that it was only deemed necessary to do laboratory tests with the gun-type assembly. Unlike the implosion design, which required sophisticated coordination of shaped explosive charges, the gun-type design was considered almost certain to work. Thirty-two drop tests were conducted at Wendover, and only once did the bomb fail", "title": "Project Y" }, { "docid": "5741522", "text": "of overheating and fire is limited. In earthquake prone areas (e.g., California) diagonal wire stays are often required by building codes in order to ensure the ceiling grid won't sway laterally during an earthquake, which can lead to partial or total collapse of the ceiling grid on the occupants below during a severe tremor. Compression posts may also be added to keep the ceiling from bouncing vertically during an earthquake. Lighting fixtures and other devices installed in a dropped ceiling are required to be firmly secured to the dropped ceiling framework. In the event of a fire above a dropped", "title": "Dropped ceiling" }, { "docid": "1495681", "text": "wide slots into which the pins drop allowing devices of differing widths to be inserted. ZIF sockets can be used for ball grid array chips, particularly during development. These sockets tend to be unreliable, failing to grab all the solder balls. Another type of BGA socket, also free of insertion force but not a \"ZIF socket\" in the traditional sense, does a better job by using spring pins to push up underneath the balls. ZIF wire-to-board connectors are used for attaching wires to printed circuit boards inside electronic equipment. An example would be the cable between the LCD screen and", "title": "Zero insertion force" }, { "docid": "20746113", "text": "London News ran an article announcing “FLOODLIGHTING’S NEW ECCLESIASTICAL FORM: A CATHEDRAL INTERIOR. The magnificent reredos of Winchester Cathedral floodlit, as it can now be at any time. The Screen, which is of white Caen stone, transformed into the likeness of old lace. The recent installation of electric light in the Cathedral Choir, involving the use of no less than 5 miles of electric cable, includes permanent arrangements for the floodlighting of the [reredos] screen whenever desired. The Dean and Chapter are making a special effort to raise by the end of this summer the £10,000 required for the heating", "title": "Jeanie Dicks" }, { "docid": "4290629", "text": "a \"Point of Deployment\" (POD) module. After many requests for delay from the cable industry, the first CableCARD devices became available from third party manufacturers in August 2004. As of November 1, 2011, all US cable operators were required to allow self-installation of CableCARDs by consumers. A major concern was that cable operators were not motivated to provide efficient security access mechanisms to equipment competitors. To address this, the FCC directed that by January 1, 2005, that cable operators must use the same separable access device available to third-parties and they were banned from providing equipment with an integrated security", "title": "CableCARD" }, { "docid": "12545610", "text": "Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter The Euro-Fighter is a type of steel roller coaster developed by Gerstlauer. First launched in 2003, the trademark feature of the roller coaster is its beyond-vertical drop, which reaches an angle greater than 90 degrees. Although the majority of Euro-Fighters are custom designed for each installation, every design so far has included the trademark drop. A number of different track elements are possible, including vertical loops, diving loops and barrel rolls. Almost all Euro-Fighter models have a vertical chain-driven lift hill, although LSM launch systems are also available. Riders are transported in individual cars around the track, which", "title": "Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter" }, { "docid": "12173211", "text": "million on the project and was hopeful of both US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and an evaluation contract from the US Forest Service. In October 2006 the FAA issued Evergreen a supplementary type certificate for the installation and removal of internal tanks, associated systems and the support structure for the aerial dispersal of liquids. The Evergreen Supertanker is equipped with a pressurized liquid drop system, which can disperse fire retardant under high pressure or drop retardant at the speed of falling rain. This system allows the aircraft to operate within its design criteria. Using the pressurized system, the aircraft", "title": "747 Supertanker" }, { "docid": "4129857", "text": "atmosphere of Mars. The second type is rare since it involves a pressure drop over several atmospheres, which would require the person to have been placed in a pressure vessel. The only likely situation in which this might occur is during decompression after deep-sea diving. A pressure drop as small as 100 Torr (13 kPa), which produces no symptoms if it is gradual, may be fatal if it occurs suddenly. Such an incident occurred in 1983 in the North Sea, where violent explosive decompression from nine atmospheres to one caused four divers to die instantly from massive and lethal barotrauma.", "title": "Uncontrolled decompression" }, { "docid": "12994295", "text": "backed gas membrane installed with integrity testing where an untested gas membrane might result in 0.5 points. This is both due to the conditions under which gas membranes are installed are often difficult and can adversely compromise the integrity required by the manufacturer/client. The purpose of the test to ensure this integrity to allow the installation to be certified as the method of protection performs correctly. The test is carried out on the membrane immediately after its installation and prior to it being covered up by the following construction processes. The area below the membrane is temporarily pressurised with a", "title": "Gas protection" }, { "docid": "11018755", "text": "allows for optimal airflow and cooling. Good cable management also makes working inside a computer much easier by providing safer hardware installation, repair, or removal. Some PC mod enthusiasts showcase the internal components of their systems with a window mod, which displays the aesthetics of internal cabling as well as the skills and wealth of the modder. The IT industry needs data cables to be added, moved, or removed many times during the life of the installation. It is usual practice to install \"fixed cables\" between cabling closets or cabinets. These cables are contained in cable trays etc., and are", "title": "Cable management" }, { "docid": "2798837", "text": "general concept. This type of therapy works well with individuals who are at a mild to moderate stage of anti-social behaviour since they still have some sense of responsibility regarding their own problems. When working with individuals with anti-social behaviour, therapist must be mindful of building a trusting therapeutic relationship since these individuals might have never experienced rewarding relationships. Therapists also need to be reminded that changes might take place slowly, thus an ability for noticing small changes and constant encouragement for individuals with anti-social behaviour to continue the intervention are required. Family therapy, which is a type of psychotherapy,", "title": "Anti-social behaviour" }, { "docid": "4834539", "text": "to the top of the inclined plane and may provide braking for descending loads. Only a single track and cable is required for this type. The stationary engine may be a steam or internal combustion engine, or may be a water wheel. In a gravity balance system two parallel tracks are employed with ascending trains on one and descending trains on the adjacent track. A single cable is attached to both trains, wound round a winding drum at the top of the incline to provide braking. The weight of the loaded descending cars is used to lift the ascending empties.", "title": "Cable railway" }, { "docid": "6473359", "text": "special rectangular sponge with a handle is run across the ceiling in overlapping and circular motions. This takes some skill and practice to do well. The overall look is a fishscale type pattern on the ceiling, closet wall, etc. Even though retarder is typically used; care must be taken to clean out the sponge thoroughly when finished as any plaster that hardens inside it will be impossible to remove. Stilts are often required to plaster most ceilings and it is typically harder to lay-on and work than walls. For short ceilings one can also work with milk crates. The difficulty", "title": "Plasterwork" }, { "docid": "12519439", "text": "report, \"The aircraft was not fitted with a high cabin altitude aural warning device, nor was it required to be.\" The aircraft was fitted with an emergency oxygen system—an oxygen tank which could supply oxygen to the crew through two masks located in the cockpit and to passengers through masks which drop from the ceiling of the cabin. Accident investigators concluded the aircraft was airworthy at the time the accident occurred, and a pilot who flew the aircraft earlier in the day said the aircraft functioned normally. \"The maintenance release was current and an examination of the aircraft’s maintenance records", "title": "2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash" }, { "docid": "6294950", "text": "Depending on the type of system the customer might be buying exclusive use of one, or more, wires in a wire cable, fibers in a fiber optic cable, or channels through a satellite. An IRU owner can unconditionally and exclusively use the relevant capacity of the IRU grantor’s network for the specified time period. These contracts obligate the purchaser to pay a portion of the operating costs, and the costs of maintaining the cable, including any costs incurred repairing the cable after mishaps. The right of use is indefeasible, so the capacity purchased is also nonreturnable, and maintenance costs incurred", "title": "Indefeasible rights of use" }, { "docid": "3972942", "text": "Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom is commonly understood to be an electrical installation for operation by end users within domestic, commercial, industrial, and other buildings, and also in special installations and locations, such as marinas or caravan parks. It does not normally cover the transmission of electrical power to them. Installations are distinguished by a number of criteria, such as voltage (high, low, extra low), phase (single or 3 phase), nature of electrical signal (power, data), type and design of cable (conductors and insulators used, cable design, solid/fixed or stranded/flexible, intended use, protective", "title": "Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "18147164", "text": "Both systems were withdrawn in about 2010 after a total of about 1000 km of wrapped cable installations for RTE. There are three basic technology requirements for a wrapped cable system – a \"fibre optic cable\" with suitable performance for installation on an overhead power-line; a device for carrying out the wrapping operation (\"wrapping equipment\") and the appropriate \"hardware\" to stabilise and complete the installation. Wrapped fibre optic cable must provide the following characteristics: These characteristics are unique to OPAC and mean that wrapped cables are designed and manufactured specifically for the application: generic fibre optic cables cannot be used", "title": "Optical attached cable" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7710528", "text": "day. 2019 Cricket World Cup The 2019 Cricket World Cup (officially ICC Cricket World Cup 2019) is the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 14 July 2019. The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord's. It is the fifth time that the Cricket World Cup will", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "7710528", "text": "day. 2019 Cricket World Cup The 2019 Cricket World Cup (officially ICC Cricket World Cup 2019) is the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 14 July 2019. The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord's. It is the fifth time that the Cricket World Cup will", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "7710521", "text": "2019 Cricket World Cup The 2019 Cricket World Cup (officially ICC Cricket World Cup 2019) is the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 14 July 2019. The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord's. It is the fifth time that the Cricket World Cup will be", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "9570463", "text": "World Cup bid\". After missing out on 2011, Australia and New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup. England was awarded the 2019 event as part of rotational policy. 2011 Voting Result: Pakistan was stripped of its rights as co-host of the 2011 World Cup by the ICC on 17 April 2009 due to ongoing concerns about the \"uncertain security situation\" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose", "title": "Cricket World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "18716034", "text": "date. They have never won the competition, but their best performances were losing finalists in 1979, 1987 and 1992; they have also been eliminated in the Group stage of the competitions on 3 occasions: 1999, 2003 and 2015. England have hosted the World Cup more than any other team, 4 times in total, including the first 3 World Cups in 1975, 1979 and 1983. They are also scheduled to host the 2019 Cricket World Cup, from 30 May to 15 July 2019. White: Group/Round-Robin Stage The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able", "title": "England at the Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "9570464", "text": "ICC's decision. However, the ICC claims that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan. Pakistan had proposed that South Africa host the 2015 World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise. 2011 Hosts: , and 2015 Hosts: and \"awarded after losing the 2011 hosting bid\" 2019 Host: and \"awarded as per rotational policy\" Since the 1983 World Cup in England, an unofficial rotation system was introduced so that each cricket playing region of the world would have the opportunity", "title": "Cricket World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "7720553", "text": "as those of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand had originally bid to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was awarded to England. The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (Pakistan later lost the co-hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team). The International Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next World Cup to Australia and New Zealand. This was the second time the tournament was held in", "title": "2015 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "2001572", "text": "a handful of post offices that display the royal cypher from the brief reign of Edward VIII. The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Riverside, is home to Durham County Cricket Club which became a first class county in 1992. Since 1999, the ground has hosted many international fixtures, usually involving the England cricket team. The ground was also host to two fixtures at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and is poised to do so again at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The town also has its own cricket club, Chester-le-Street Cricket Club based at the Ropery", "title": "Chester-le-Street" }, { "docid": "13153380", "text": "1978 Women's Cricket World Cup The 1978 Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in India from 1 to 13 January 1978. Hosted by India for the first time, it was the second edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and came over four years after the inaugural 1973 World Cup in England. It was originally proposed that South Africa host the World Cup, but this was abandoned to conform with the sporting boycott of the country. The Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) then made a successful bid, and served as the primary organiser, with the International", "title": "1978 Women's Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "9570458", "text": "4 (including the first three World Cups). They hosted it in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999 and will host their fifth in 2019. England are also the only nation to have hosted a World Cup alone, doing it in 1975 and 1979. In 1983 & 1999, despite being regarded as the only host for the tournament, some matches were played in Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Wales. The West Indies hosted the tournament in 2007 but are not considered as sole hosts because the West Indies represents a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies. England", "title": "Cricket World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "11491871", "text": "(and \"its\" predecessor, the original European Challenge Cup), this will also be the 15th final staged in the UK, and the 12th in England. St. James' Park will also be the first British stadium to host a Challenge Cup final that at the time was not the regular home to a professional club rugby team. The 2019 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by England and Wales. This will be the twelfth World Cup competition, and the fifth time it has been held in England, having played host in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999. The hosting rights were awarded in", "title": "Major sports event hosting in Britain during the 2010s" }, { "docid": "18972290", "text": "2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup will be the fifteenth staging of the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The tournament will be held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The 2019 Netball World Cup was officially launched in January 2018 at St George's Hall in Liverpool, the host city. Liverpool was selected as the host city for the event in February 2015 by the International Netball Federation. All matches at the event will be held at the Echo Arena, which has a seating capacity of 11,000. The venue", "title": "2019 Netball World Cup" }, { "docid": "91018", "text": "non-Test playing nation is the semi-final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament; while the best result by a non-Test playing team on their debut is the Super 8 (second round) by Ireland in 2007. Sri Lanka as a co-host of the 1996 Cricket World Cup was the first host to win the tournament though the final was held in Pakistan. India won in 2011 as host and was the first team to win in a final played in their own country. Australia repeated the feat in 2015. England is the only other host to have made the final, in", "title": "Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "10648092", "text": "Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. The ground has a capacity of 8,000. In July 2009, Gloucestershire C.C.C. announced plans to redevelop the ground into a 20,000 capacity stadium. The ground will also include a \"world class\" media centre and conference facilities. In March 2010, Bristol City Council gave the go-ahead for the new ground. Once completed, the ground will be one of the biggest cricketing venues in England and, as a result, the club hope it become a regular venue for international matches and one of the host grounds of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Ashley Down Old Boys' RFC is", "title": "Ashley Down" }, { "docid": "12332561", "text": "July 2009, the International Rugby Board (IRB) confirmed that England would host the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and Japan would host the 2019 event. The IRB voted 16–10 in favour of approving the recommendation from Rugby World Cup Ltd (RWCL) that England and Japan should be named hosts. The IRB, RWC Ltd, JRFU and host organisers Japan 2019 went through the process of asking for expressions of interest, and meeting with and explaining game hosting requirements to interested parties from late 2013. In May it was announced that twenty-two municipal and/or prefectural organisations had expressed interest from throughout Japan. Interested", "title": "2019 Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "16253720", "text": "with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the finals. \"Note:\" The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. ICC Women's T20 World Cup The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition was held in England in 2009.", "title": "ICC Women's T20 World Cup" }, { "docid": "3938663", "text": "hosted a test in 1930. The ground was also the host to New Zealand's first Test victory, against West Indies in 1955–56 season. It has also been the scene of a dark day in New Zealand's cricket history when on 28 March 1955, the hosts collapsed to their lowest Test score (26 all out) against England. It is scheduled to host three day-night test matches in March 2018, March 2019 and February 2020. The ground hosted four matches during the 1992 Cricket World Cup including the semi-final between New Zealand and Pakistan. It also hosted four matches during the 2015", "title": "Eden Park" }, { "docid": "18654259", "text": "Zimbabwe's last group match. On 13 March 2018, the ICC confirmed all the umpires for the Super Sixes and playoff matches. These were the final standings at the end of the tournament: 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It decided the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup, to be played in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their", "title": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "9304989", "text": "Bangladesh co-hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The country was the sole host of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, the final of which was played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. In addition, Bangladesh has hosted, in succession, the three Asia Cup tournaments in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Bangladesh also continued to do well in test cricket. They have beaten England and Sri Lanka in 2016-17 session. The win against Sri Lanka was the 100th test match and 9th winning test match for Bangladesh. A few months later they have beaten Australian test team in", "title": "History of cricket in Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "18654243", "text": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place during March 2018 in Zimbabwe. It decided the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup, to be played in England and Wales. The top two teams, Afghanistan and the West Indies, qualified for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who had already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship. Afghanistan won the tournament, beating the West Indies by 7 wickets in the final. Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad was named the player of the match and Zimbabwe's", "title": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "11491872", "text": "April 2006, after England withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. In turn, those countries had been defeated by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka for the right to stage the 2011 contest. The 2019 Solheim Cup, the women's equivalent to the Ryder Cup, will be hosted by Gleneagles in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Gleneagles beat out a rival hosting bid from Sweden. This will be the third Solheim Cup to be hosted by the UK, all three by Scotland, but the first since 2000. In 2007, NFL", "title": "Major sports event hosting in Britain during the 2010s" }, { "docid": "7710523", "text": "all of the Test playing nations being present, and after the elimination of all the Associate teams at the qualifying tournament, this will be also be the first World Cup to feature no Associate members. The 2019 World Cup will feature 10 teams, a decrease from previous World Cups in 2011 and 2015 which featured 14 teams. The hosts, England, and the top seven other teams in the ICC One Day International rankings as of 30 September 2017 earned automatic qualification, with the remaining two spots being decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. At the time of the", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "6688284", "text": "to have won consecutive titles (West Indies: 1975 and 1979; Australia: 1999, 2003 and 2007). Australia have also notably featured in 6 finals of the total 9 World Cups, including the last four in a row. England is the only country to have reached the final without ever winning it, having been runners-up three times. The furthest a non-Test playing nation has ever reached is the semi-finals, achieved by Kenya in the 2003 tournament. India is the first host country to have won the world cup on the home ground in 2011.The only other host to reach a Final was", "title": "Cricket World Cup teams" } ]

[ { "docid": "18654249", "text": "in the tournament final and also qualifying for the Cricket World Cup. In the final, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan became the fastest and youngest bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed Shai Hope. He took 44 matches to take his 100th dismissal, breaking the previous record of 52 matches, set by Mitchell Starc of Australia. It was decided before the 2015 Cricket World Cup that the number of participating teams at the 2019 Cricket World Cup would be reduced to ten. A new World Cup qualification structure was introduced in which the host nation of the World Cup", "title": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "777629", "text": "national football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1990, along with Egypt. It was the third consecutive World Cup with two Arab nations qualifying, after Kuwait and Algeria in 1982, and Iraq and Algeria again in 1986. The UAE has won the Gulf Cup Championship twice: the first cup in January 2007 held in Abu Dhabi and the second in January 2013, held in Bahrain. The country is scheduled to host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the UAE, largely because of the expatriate population from the SAARC countries, the", "title": "United Arab Emirates" }, { "docid": "20618236", "text": "the World Cricket League will be replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. The top four teams will join Scotland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and gain ODI status. The bottom two teams will progress to the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, along with other teams from the World Cricket League. Six teams qualified for the tournament: 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two is an international cricket tournament that is", "title": "2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two" }, { "docid": "16259489", "text": "2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup (formerly the Women's World Championship), the quadrennial international association football championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) between 7 June and 7 July 2019. In March 2015, France won the right to host the event; the first time the country will host the tournament, and the third time a European nation will. Matches are planned for nine cities across France. United States enters the competition as", "title": "2019 FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "17724709", "text": "the defending champions. The bidding process to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched by FIFA in June 2017. A member association may bid for both tournaments, but they would be awarded to different hosts. Two countries publicly declared their formal bids to host the tournament. On 8 March 2018, Rwanda withdrew its bid to host the tournament due to time and logistic aspects. FIFA then unanimously announced Peru as the host country after the FIFA Council meeting on 16 March 2018 in Bogotá, Colombia. Currently a total of 24 teams", "title": "2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup" }, { "docid": "20937114", "text": "top three teams will then advance to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the other four teams moving to a play-off tournament, also taking place in 2022. Teams with ODI status Top 4 teams from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 The 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to start in July 2019, with all", "title": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2" }, { "docid": "16259492", "text": "the Swedish Football Association had also expressed interest in bidding for the 2019 tournament, however Japan chose to focus on the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics, whilst Sweden decided to focus on European U-17 competitions instead. The following countries made official bids for hosting the tournament by submitting their documents by 31 October 2014: On 19 March 2015, France officially won the bid to host the Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Cup. The decision came after a vote by the FIFA Executive Committee. Upon the selection, France became the fourth country to host", "title": "2019 FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "20937123", "text": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League The 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to start in August 2019, with all matches having List A status. The Cricket World Cup Challenge League will be split into two groups, A and B, with the top team in each group advancing to a play-off tournament, also taking place in 2022, which feeds into the 2022 Cricket World", "title": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League" }, { "docid": "20937113", "text": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 The 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to start in July 2019, with all matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). Each set of fixtures will take part as a tri-series. The top four teams from the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament will join Scotland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in League 2. The", "title": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2" }, { "docid": "20937124", "text": "Cup Qualifier tournament. The Cricket World Cup Challenge League replaces the World Cricket League (WCL) which was previously used as the pathway to the Cricket World Cup. The league will feature the twelve teams ranked from 21st to 32nd place in the WCL following the conclusion of the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. The twelve teams will then be split into two groups, with each group playing in a six-team tournament on an annual basis. 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League The 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League is scheduled to be the", "title": "2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League" }, { "docid": "14767973", "text": "FIFA World Cup qualification process for the AFC. Australia are the defending champions going into the tournament, having won the previous competition in 2015. The winner of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup will earn the right to participate in the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup which is to be hosted by a yet to be determined AFC association after 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts, Qatar, lost the rights. The 2021 Confederations Cup host country will have already qualified as hosts. If this country wins the Asian Cup, the runner-up will qualify. The bidding procedure and timeline for the 2019 AFC Asian", "title": "2019 AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "18671563", "text": "Chinese bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The Chinese Basketball Association (not to be confused with the basketball league of the same English-language name) was the successful bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became a formal candidate together with the Philippines, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia. China officially won the bid against the Philippines on 7 August 2015. A number of sites were proposed as venues for the Basketball World Cup. FIBA underlined some requirements for the venues", "title": "Chinese bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "7584341", "text": "Cup tournaments. On the other hand, Canada becomes the fifth country to host both the men's and women's World Cups, after Sweden (Men's: 1958/Women's: 1995), United States (Men's: 1994/Women's: 1999, 2003), Germany (Men's: 1974, 2006/Women's: 2011), and France (Men's: 1934, 1998/Women's: 2019). The United States becomes the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup twice each. The bidding process for this World Cup has yet to start. Some early bids for the 2030 FIFA World Cup - the Centennial World Cup - have however been proposed. The first proposed bid has been a collective bid by the", "title": "FIFA World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "20618235", "text": "2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two is an international cricket tournament that is scheduled to take place in April 2019 in Namibia. It will form part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Both Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea finished in the bottom two places in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, therefore relegating them to the Division Two tournament and losing their One Day International (ODI) status in the process. Following the conclusion of the tournament,", "title": "2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two" }, { "docid": "18671564", "text": "to be used: There are eight venues proposed by the Chinese bid committee: Chinese bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The Chinese Basketball Association (not to be confused with the basketball league of the same English-language name) was the successful bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became a formal candidate together with the Philippines, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia. China officially won the bid against the Philippines on 7 August 2015. A number of sites were proposed as", "title": "Chinese bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "7649374", "text": "Rugby World Cup hosts The Rugby World Cup host nation is selected by World Rugby at a special meeting six years in advance of the tournament. The choice of host nation is a highly anticipated event. The original idea of hosting a Rugby World Cup was brought up by Australia when they floated the idea of hosting such an event for the centenary celebrations of rugby union in Australia. The first non Rugby Championship or Six Nations country to host a Rugby World Cup will be Japan in 2019, after failed bids for the 2011 (awarded to New Zealand) and", "title": "Rugby World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "13479122", "text": "the previous World Cup. As a result, Australia became the second nation to host the World Cup twice, having hosted the 1998 Indoor Cricket World Cup at the Glass House in Melbourne. As the national body for both traditional cricket and indoor cricket, Cricket Australia is the first unified national body to host an international indoor cricket event. Cricket Australia determined that Brisbane West Indoor Sports Centre in Darra, Brisbane would host all World Cup matches and Brisbane became the host city as a result. Cricket Australia relocated the 2009 Australian Open Indoor Cricket Championships from Campbelltown to Brisbane to", "title": "2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "20844233", "text": "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bids The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding process resulted in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) selecting the joint by country bid as the location for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup These are the bids from countries vying to host the 2023 FIFA's Women's World Cup. The official announcement for which one of these countries will host the Women's World Cup will not be made until early 2019. As of December 2018, Australia and South Africa are the official bidders and four countries (Japan, Thailand, New Zealand and Colombia) have expressed interest", "title": "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bids" }, { "docid": "20519443", "text": "The following fixtures were confirmed in October 2018. 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was an international cricket tournament that took place in Oman between 9 and 19 November 2018. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The top two teams were promoted to the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament, and the other four teams will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. It was the first international cricket", "title": "2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three" }, { "docid": "20519439", "text": "2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was an international cricket tournament that took place in Oman between 9 and 19 November 2018. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The top two teams were promoted to the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament, and the other four teams will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. It was the first international cricket tournament to be held in Oman. Tournament hosts", "title": "2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three" }, { "docid": "341827", "text": "– and Eden Park, upgraded for 2011. The first country outside of the traditional rugby nations of SANZAAR or the Six Nations to be awarded the hosting rights was Japan, who will host the 2019 tournament. France will host the 2023 tournament. Organizers of the Rugby World Cup, as well as the Global Sports Impact, state that the Rugby World Cup is the third largest sporting event in the World, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics, although other sources question whether this is accurate. Reports emanating from World Rugby and its business partners have frequently touted the", "title": "Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "14622217", "text": "skies over Delhi were lit up with large numbers of fireworks. This was Sri Lanka's second consecutive loss in a World Cup Final and was also Muttiah Muralidaran's last ODI match. This match also recorded the highest successful run chase by any team in a World Cup Final and also only the third time that a team batting second had won the World Cup Final. This was also the first time that a host nation in their own country won the World Cup. 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage In the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the knockout stage was the", "title": "2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage" }, { "docid": "7710526", "text": "participating in the World Cup. The fixture list for the tournament was released on 26 April 2018 after the completion of an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Kolkata. London Stadium had been named as a possible venue in the planning stages, and in January 2017 the ICC completed an inspection of the ground, confirming that the pitch dimensions would be compliant with the requirements to host ODI matches. However, when the fixtures were announced, London Stadium was not included as a venue. The group stage format is a round-robin, where all ten teams play each other once, in a", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "19331036", "text": "2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February 2018. It was the twelfth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in New Zealand (after the 2002 and 2010 events). New Zealand was the first country to host the event three times. The opening ceremony took place on 7 January 2018. The West Indies were the defending champions. However, they failed to defend their title, after losing their first two group fixtures. Following", "title": "2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "16191537", "text": "Dubai. Cricket in the United Arab Emirates Cricket is a popular sport in the United Arab Emirates. The country currently hosts the matches of Pakistani cricket team due to the Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. UAE has participated in various competition by International Cricket Council (ICC) and is an associate member of the ICC. The country will also host few games for UAE cricket team (Home Leg) and Afghanistan cricket team at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah in 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier is also scheduled", "title": "Cricket in the United Arab Emirates" }, { "docid": "16191534", "text": "Cricket in the United Arab Emirates Cricket is a popular sport in the United Arab Emirates. The country currently hosts the matches of Pakistani cricket team due to the Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. UAE has participated in various competition by International Cricket Council (ICC) and is an associate member of the ICC. The country will also host few games for UAE cricket team (Home Leg) and Afghanistan cricket team at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah in 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier is also scheduled in", "title": "Cricket in the United Arab Emirates" }, { "docid": "17050461", "text": "reasons. Cricket is the most popular sport in the country. The popularity began to rise significantly when the national team went on to win the ICC Trophy in 1997 and for the first time qualified for the Cricket World Cup in 1999. In 2000, Bangladesh became a full member of International Cricket Council which allowed it to play Test cricket. Bangladesh regularly hosts many international One Day matches, Test matches and Twenty20 Internationals. In 2011, Bangladesh hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh was also elected to host the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Bangladesh", "title": "Sport in Bangladesh" }, { "docid": "16191536", "text": "ICC Intercontinental Cup. The Country hosted 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two matches. The venues for this competition were DSC Cricket Stadium and ICC Global Cricket Academy (Oval 1 and Oval 2). The host won this competition by defeating Namibia. The UAE were promoted to 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier were held in United Arab Emirates. The venues used for this tournament were Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Afghanistan won the tournament by beating Ireland by 8 wickets in", "title": "Cricket in the United Arab Emirates" }, { "docid": "12155344", "text": "Ireland that have been approved by the International Cricket Council to host international cricket. Cricket in Ireland Cricket is a long-established sport in Ireland. It is governed by Cricket Ireland, which maintains the Ireland men's and women's cricket teams. Like several other sports, cricket in Ireland is organised on an all-Ireland basis. Following the team's success in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the sport's popularity increased in Ireland. The country was, until 2017, an associate member of the International Cricket Council and played in tournaments like the World Cricket League and ICC Intercontinental Cup, which are qualifying rounds for associate", "title": "Cricket in Ireland" }, { "docid": "18171819", "text": "2020 ICC T20 World Cup The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the seventh ICC T20 World Cup tournament, with matches to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020. Cricket Australia is designated as the sole host board for the tournament. Although there was speculation that both Australia and New Zealand would host the tournament, as at the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup, it was confirmed by New Zealand Cricket that Australia would be the sole host for the tournament. Australia has not previously hosted the event. In", "title": "2020 ICC T20 World Cup" }, { "docid": "20528621", "text": "thus maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament. Gaddafi Stadium was the only venue to host the Blind Cricket World Cup matches in Pakistan. In the UAE, International standard cricket venues including Ajman Oval were chosen to host some of the matches. 15 group league matches took place during the tournament. PTV Sports, the Premier 24 hour Pakistani sport channel was awarded the rights to host the 40 overs Blind Cricket World Cup tournament. 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup The 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8-20 January 2018", "title": "2018 Blind Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "14447370", "text": "2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a cricket tournament that took place from 17–24 September 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The host country for this tournament was Malaysia. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven. The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are", "title": "2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six" }, { "docid": "14346551", "text": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was a cricket tournament that took place from 18 to 25 February 2012. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The host country for this tournament was Singapore. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, and the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six. The top five highest run scorers (total", "title": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five" }, { "docid": "17821782", "text": "the list of the host nation bids for both the 2019 and 2021 edition of the Cup of Nations as announced by CAF in November 2013, with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Zambia also on the original list. All three official candidates also bid for hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The decision of the host country was postponed from early 2014 to grant each bidding country adequate time to receive the inspection delegation. After the final vote at the CAF Executive Committee meeting, on 20 September 2014, the CAF announced the hosts for the 2019, 2021", "title": "2021 Africa Cup of Nations" }, { "docid": "14410086", "text": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was a cricket tournament which took place from 3 to 10 September 2012. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. The host country for the tournament was Malaysia. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three and the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five. The top five run scorers (total runs) are", "title": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four" }, { "docid": "7710527", "text": "single group. This means a total of 45 matches will be played, with each team playing a total of nine matches. The top four teams from the group will progress to the knockout stage. A similar format was previously used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. The ICC released the fixture details on 26 April 2018. The knockout stage will see two semi-finals, with the winners of each progressing to the final at Lord's. On 25 April 2018, it was reported that Old Trafford and Edgbaston would host the two semi-finals, with all of the knockout games having a reserve", "title": "2019 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "20424385", "text": "having taken place annually until 2009. The tournament was confirmed publicly on November 3, 2017, during the annual FIFA Beach Soccer Workshop in Dubai as part of the recently renewed partnership between FIFA and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). In October 2018, it was announced the tournament will take place in Paraguay; the city of Asunción will host the event in November 2019. This marks the first time that Paraguay will host a FIFA event and that a landlocked country will receive the World Cup. Brazil are the defending champions. The bidding schedule to determine the hosts was as follows: Countries", "title": "2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" }, { "docid": "20151710", "text": "2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia) The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia) process will determine the 7 teams from FIBA Asia and/or FIBA Oceania that will participate at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 16 participating teams at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup did participate in the First Round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. China, the host of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, also participates in the qualifiers despite being automatically qualified for the FIBA Basketball World Cup as hosts. The seeding of 8 pots used in the draw were determined on", "title": "2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)" }, { "docid": "7457441", "text": "World Cup in 2015 or 2019 was confirmed on 20 July 2008. Italy declared that it wanted to host \"For the Enlargement of the Frontiers of Our Sport\". It was a slogan relevant to the then-current landscape of World Cup rugby, given that 2007 was the first time that the Rugby World Cup was hosted by a primarily non-English-speaking country. The Italian bid offered the largest cities and stadiums in the country and promised a fast domestic train system. The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) also included the importance of the population and the growth of rugby since Italy joined the", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "5201777", "text": "ICC World Cup Qualifier The ICC World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy) is a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the qualifying process for the Cricket World Cup. It is usually played in the year before the World Cup. At every World Cup, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with other teams having to qualify through a process that has the World Cup Qualifier as its culmination. Until recently, automatic qualification was granted to all full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). However, for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, only", "title": "ICC World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "18466290", "text": "bid to China, the Philippines expressed its interest to bid for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup along with another country. It was considered whether to make a joint bid for the 2023 tournament with Malaysia, Singapore or South Korea. The country was also awarded the hosting rights of one of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men on 19 January 2016. On 1 June 2017, FIBA announced the joint bid of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan as one of the shortlisted bids to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. On 9 December 2017, the joint bid", "title": "Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "14447371", "text": "included in this table. The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers. After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows: 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a cricket tournament that took place from 17–24 September 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The host country for this tournament was Malaysia. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, the 2010", "title": "2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Six" }, { "docid": "14346552", "text": "runs) are included in this table. The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table. The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers. 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was a cricket tournament that took place from 18 to 25 February 2012. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The host country for this tournament was Singapore. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket", "title": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five" }, { "docid": "18466291", "text": "of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan won after Argentina and Uruguay, the only other candidates, withdrew their joint bid. Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas' unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became one of the only two formal candidates with the other bidding nation being China, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia. A six-man bidding team was formed in December 2014, to", "title": "Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "18466284", "text": "Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas' unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became one of the only two formal candidates with the other bidding nation being China, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia. A six-man bidding team was formed in December 2014, to attend the bid workshop in Geneva, Switzerland. It was led by Philippine Tourism Undersecretary Domingo Ramon Eneiro, Philippine Basketball", "title": "Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup" }, { "docid": "14410087", "text": "included in this table. The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table. After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows: 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was a cricket tournament which took place from 3 to 10 September 2012. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. The host country for the tournament was Malaysia. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket", "title": "2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four" }, { "docid": "12386612", "text": "Sri Lanka would compete with the initial plan that the Associate teams such as Nepal would also be invited to play in the inaugural competition. China will compete as the host nation which serves as a boost for the Chinese Cricket Association which has boldly stated its ambition of China becoming a force in one-day cricket by the 2019 World Cup. The plans for including Associate/Affiliate nations in the Asian Games was later changed, along with the format that the competition would take place in, changing from 50 over matches to Twenty20 matches. It was decided that the 2009 ACC", "title": "Cricket at the Asian Games" }, { "docid": "1310058", "text": "sports in the country at grassroots level. Currently the Japan Cricket Association is popularising the game with the help of the popularity of baseball, which has significant similarities to cricket. It is an associate member of the International Cricket Council. Ice hockey is a minor sport but growing in popularity. Currently, 4 Japanese teams compete in the Asia League Ice Hockey. Rugby union is a moderately popular sport in Japan. The Japanese national rugby union team, controlled by the Japan Rugby Football Union, has been to every Rugby World Cup since 1987. The country will host the Rugby World Cup", "title": "Sport in Japan" }, { "docid": "20937791", "text": "the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League will take part in the play-off tournament. The top two teams from this tournament will then progress to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off The 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to take place in 2022, with all matches having One Day International (ODI) status, regardless if a team does not have ODI", "title": "2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off" }, { "docid": "670662", "text": "for many other regional financial institutions. Despite its small size, Basseterre played host to Carifesta VII (the Caribbean Festival of Arts) in 2000, outbidding rivals many times its size. The city was able to outbid the United States of America to host matches for the 2007 World Cricket Cup. The Warner Park Sporting Complex was the site of the allocated first round matches of the tournament. This made St. Kitts and Nevis the smallest country in the world ever to host a World Cup event. Basseterre is home to two private, for-profit medical institutions founded by Robert Ross: Ross University", "title": "Basseterre" }, { "docid": "18728019", "text": "attract big-name foreign players, the country being awarded the hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Japanese national team breaking into the top ten of the World Rugby rankings for the first time in their history in 2014 – they were subsequently granted the licence for the 18th franchise in October 2014 – with an agreement reached that Singapore would host three of their home matches each season at the Singapore Sports Hub. The new expanded format and three new teams were formally approved by the SANZAR Executive Committee in November 2014. In April 2015, the JRFU established", "title": "Sunwolves" }, { "docid": "6370833", "text": "has been the home of Auckland Cricket since 1910 and Auckland Rugby since 1925. Its 100-year history boasts some of New Zealand's proudest sporting moments, including the 1950 Empire Games, the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, and the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Since the early 1900s it has hosted major rugby and cricket matches, and is now a regular host of the Bledisloe Cup, ITM Cup, and the Super Rugby games. Most recently, Eden Park hosted the finals for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and it has been named the co-host for 2015 Cricket World Cup. The underground rivers that", "title": "Kingsland, New Zealand" }, { "docid": "20937790", "text": "2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off The 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off, a cricket tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to take place in 2022, with all matches having One Day International (ODI) status, regardless if a team does not have ODI status prior to the start of the event. The bottom four teams from the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of", "title": "2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Play-Off" }, { "docid": "19069025", "text": "2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament will involve 24 national teams after its expansion of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained. The following two countries remain in contention to win the bid: The AFC has yet to select the host country. The AFC obliged Qatar, the 2022 FIFA World Cup host, to participate in the qualifying", "title": "2023 AFC Asian Cup" }, { "docid": "18953085", "text": "presentation conducted by the two candidate countries in Tokyo, Japan on 7 August 2015. The FIBA Central Board decided on the hosts of the 2019 tournament and announced China as hosts of the tournament on the same day. 14 voted for China while 7 voted for the Philippines for the right to host the tournament. 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids The bidding process for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the procedure for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in choosing the hosts for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The process was concluded on 7 August 2015 with China", "title": "2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids" }, { "docid": "18953083", "text": "2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids The bidding process for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the procedure for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in choosing the hosts for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The process was concluded on 7 August 2015 with China announced by the basketball world body as hosts of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The other candidate country was the Philippines. All FIBA national federations are allowed to bid for the 2019 Basketball World Cup, but FIBA also added that a federation can bid on both the 2019 and 2023 World Cups or bid only", "title": "2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup bids" }, { "docid": "6223856", "text": "ODI status as well as Scotland who this time failed to qualify for the World Cup. The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament. In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup because of concerns about the \"uncertain security situation\" in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore. The PCB estimated that this would lose them $10.5 million. This figure took account only of the fees of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss", "title": "2011 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "19752913", "text": "2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an upcoming international limited-overs cricket tournament scheduled to be held in South Africa in January and February 2020. It will be the thirteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be held in South Africa. The twelve full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), excluding Ireland, qualified automatically for the tournament. They will be joined by the winners of the five regional qualification tournaments. Fifty teams will take part in the qualification pathway matches during 2018 and 2019. The first qualification matches", "title": "2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "20440095", "text": "following four nations by the deadline of 15 June 2015: After hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, World Rugby may look to host the tournament in the sports' 'heartlands', leaving South Africa and Ireland as favourites. South Africa was considered one of the frontrunners to host the 2023 competition, having hosted the 1995 tournament and bid unsuccessfully for the right to host the 2011, 2015, and 2019 tournaments. In April 2016 the South African government banned its own rugby union from bidding to stage the 2023 World Cup over its failure to provide enough opportunities for black players.", "title": "2023 Rugby World Cup bids" }, { "docid": "207820", "text": "The country gained the hosting rights for the official Women's Volleyball World Championship on five occasions (1967, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018), more than any other nation. Japan is the most successful Asian Rugby Union country, winning the Asian Five Nations a record 6 times and winning the newly formed IRB Pacific Nations Cup in 2011. Japan will host the 2019 IRB Rugby World Cup. Baseball is currently the most popular spectator sport in the country. Japan's top professional league, now known as Nippon Professional Baseball, was established in 1936 and is widely considered to be the highest level of professional", "title": "Japan" }, { "docid": "9581194", "text": "be held from 30 May to 15 July 2019. The four bottom-ranked sides will be joined by six teams from the ICC World Cricket League in the 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 and the top two sides will complete the 10-team World Cup line-up. Qualifying tournaments for the World Cup Qualifier are held within the five ICC regional bodies (Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, Europe), and are organized by their respective councils. The ICC Trophy, the first qualifying tournament, was held for the second world cup. Since the second World Cup in 1979, qualifying tournaments have been held,", "title": "Cricket World Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "13264854", "text": "October. The pool was composed of Australia, Ireland, Italy, Russia and the United States. \"All times are local New Zealand time (UTC+12 until 24 September, UTC+13 from 25 September)\" The Rugby World Cup is held every four years, and tends to alternate between the northern and southern hemispheres. Every northern hemisphere tournament so far has been held in Europe, however Japan won the bid to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Italy has yet to host the World Cup, although the Italian Rugby Federation made unsuccessful bids for the 2015 and 2019 competitions. Italy at the Rugby World Cup Italy", "title": "Italy at the Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "19830429", "text": "and the Nidahas Trophy) among Full Member nations ever were conducted. The culmination of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup qualification process occurred in this season. The start of this season marked the cut off date for direct qualification for the World Cup from the ICC ODI Championship. The top eight teams at the cut off date gained direct qualification to the World Cup while the bottom four teams (West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Afghanistan) went into the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. These four teams were joined by the top four teams of the World Cricket League Championship and the", "title": "International cricket in 2017–18" }, { "docid": "432177", "text": "umpires officiate almost all Test matches, usually not Tests involving their home country. There has been no World Cup for Test Match conducted thus far by the ICC, since it is the longest format of the game, due to which the Championship might go on for years together. However, of late, the ICC is holding discussions to conduct a World Test Championship over a span of 2 years (starting its first Championship from 2019-2021 ), after failing to execute their plan of conducting this tournament twice, once during 2013 and another time during 2017. The schedule for 2019–21 Test Championship", "title": "Test cricket" }, { "docid": "9581193", "text": "Cricket World Cup qualification Cricket World Cup qualification is the process a national cricket team goes through to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. The Cricket World Cup is a global event, and qualification is used to reduce the large field of participants from about 100 to 14. The current process is known as the World Cricket League. The qualification process can start as early as almost 6 years before the World Cup. Host and the seven highest-ranked sides on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as on 30 September 2017 will qualify directly for the event proper to", "title": "Cricket World Cup qualification" }, { "docid": "3373039", "text": "team is coached by Stephen Constantine. India is currently ranked 96 among the FIFA World Rankings. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was hosted by India in the month of October in 2017 and the first time the country had hosted a FIFA event.The tournament was touted as the most successful FIFA U-17 World Cup ever, with the attendance being a record 1,347,133 surpassing China's 1985 edition where it was 1,230,976. Owing to this, India has also bid to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and is considering a bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup The origin", "title": "Football in India" }, { "docid": "12332566", "text": "Rugby 2019 Organising Committee and Japan Sports Council,\" and would \"need to consider the options relating to the impact of (the) announcement.\" In September 2015, World Rugby approved the Japan Rugby 2019 organizing committee's revised roadmap for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which sought to resolve the venue inadequacies caused by the floundering development of the National Stadium. It was agreed that the originally proposed National Stadium fixtures will be borne by the Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu (a suburb of Tokyo), which will host the opening ceremony and opening match, and the Yokohama Stadium, which will host the final. The", "title": "2019 Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "7649387", "text": "been reported in early 2008 as having given preliminary consideration to bidding, but did not ultimately formally indicate an interest in bidding. The host for the 2019 tournament is Japan, who won the right to host the tournament on 28 July 2009. Several countries declared their interest in hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup, including ones that have already hosted RWC matches and countries looking to host a tournament for the first time. South Africa was considered one of the front runners to host the 2023 competition, having bid unsuccessfully for the right to host the 2011, 2015 and 2019", "title": "Rugby World Cup hosts" }, { "docid": "17926703", "text": "2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket divisional tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and a qualification pathway for the ICC World Cup 2019. The tournament was held in Namibia from 17 to 24 January 2015. The Netherlands won the tournament, beating hosts Namibia by 8 wickets in the final. The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2014 World Cup Qualifier and the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.", "title": "2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two" }, { "docid": "20095347", "text": "South Africa. Jersey beat Vanuatu by 120 runs in the final to win the tournament. The second tournament, the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, was held during April and May 2018. There was no final for this tournament, after two of the final three matches finished as a no result. Following the conclusion of the 2019 Division Two tournament, the World Cricket League will be replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League The 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League (WCL) is the fourth season", "title": "2017–19 ICC World Cricket League" }, { "docid": "15295178", "text": "2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament to decide the final qualification for the 2015 World Cup. The top two teams qualified for the World Cup joining Ireland and for the first time Afghanistan who have already qualified through the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship and maintained their ODI status. The World Cup Qualifier was the final event of the 2009–14 World Cricket League. It was staged in New Zealand, from 13 January to 1 February 2014 after Scotland relinquished the right to host it. The tournament saw Scotland who won", "title": "2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier" }, { "docid": "20863124", "text": "to help prepare the national side for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. 2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup The 2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup is an upcoming domestic one-day cricket championship that is scheduled to be held in South Africa. It will be the 38th edition of the championship and is scheduled to take place from 8 February to 31 March 2019. Dolphins and Warriors are the defending champions, as the final of the previous competition was washed out, and the trophy shared between the two teams. Cricket South Africa announced that the semi-finals and final of the competition will take", "title": "2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup" }, { "docid": "120653", "text": "for the 2011 World Cup in Germany. In June 2016, Equatorial Guinea was chosen to host the 12th African Games in 2019. Equatorial Guinea is famous for the swimmers Eric Moussambani, nicknamed \"Eric the Eel\", and Paula Barila Bolopa, \"Paula the Crawler\", who had astoundingly slow times at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (; ; ), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (, , ), is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of", "title": "Equatorial Guinea" }, { "docid": "7360371", "text": "2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Botswana and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. Botswana’s first T20I match is in 2019, after finishing first in the Southern sub-region qualification group, advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament. Cricket was started in the country by expatriates from South Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Botswana was elected to the ICC as an affiliate member in 2001, and played in the Africa Cup in Zambia", "title": "Botswana national cricket team" }, { "docid": "19611680", "text": "2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier; they were unsuccessful, and therefore failed to directly qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. West Indian cricket team in Ireland in 2017 The West Indies cricket team toured Ireland in September 2017 to play a One Day International (ODI) match. It was Ireland's first scheduled ODI match since they became a Full Member side in June 2017. The teams last faced other when they met in the group stage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. However, the match was called-off without a ball bowled due to rain and a wet outfield. As a result,", "title": "West Indian cricket team in Ireland in 2017" }, { "docid": "12332559", "text": "Olympic Stadium, being rebuilt for the 2020 Summer Olympics, was originally the centerpiece of Japan's Rugby World Cup bid, but revisions to the Olympic Stadium plans mandated the World Cup venue changes. The IRB requested that any member unions wishing to host the 2019 or 2015 Rugby World Cup should indicate their interest by 15 August 2008. This would be purely to indicate interest; no details had to be provided at this stage. A record ten unions indicated interest in hosting either the 2015 and/or the 2019 events. The 2019 tournament received interest from nine different nations. Jamaica were the", "title": "2019 Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "9821059", "text": "years ago in Nairobi. Another event held in Kenya was the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Other applicants for the event were Miami in the United States and Madrid in Spain, both withdrew their candidature before final vote. The World Cross Country Championships have been held in Africa three times before. In 1975 and 1998 it was held in Morocco, the 1996 event took place in South Africa. There was also an IAAF Council meeting held in Mombasa, at which the host cities for 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics were selected. Mombasa, the host, is the second largest", "title": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships" }, { "docid": "7720569", "text": "was played on 24 March in Auckland while Australia's semi-final against India was played on 26 March in Sydney. Both the host nations qualified for the final, where Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets. 2015 Cricket World Cup The 2015 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015) was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets to win their fifth ICC Cricket World Cup. Fourteen teams played 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games", "title": "2015 Cricket World Cup" } ]

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[ { "docid": "444643", "text": "due to enslavement, foreign disease, and mass extermination brought about by European colonists, as is the case in the rest of the Caribbean. European colonists later settled here and established sugar plantations, at least one tobacco plantation, and purchased slaves acquired from Africa. The plantations are gone, but the descendants of the slaves remain the bulk of the population, sharing a common African-Caribbean heritage with the rest of the English-speaking Caribbean. In 1916 and 1917, Denmark and the United States, respectively, ratified a treaty in which Denmark sold the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in", "title": "Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "6089764", "text": "History of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands, often abbreviated USVI, is a group of islands and cays in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. Consisting of three larger islands (Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas plus fifty smaller islets and cays, it covers approximately . Like many of its Caribbean neighbors, its history includes native Amerindian cultures, European exploration followed by subsequent colonization and exploitation, and the enslavement of Africans. The United States Virgin Islands are located in the Lesser Antilles] of the Eastern Caribbean (between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea),", "title": "History of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "13540666", "text": "United States Virgin Islands. The association had its first annual meeting at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados in 1964. Caribbean Food Crops Society The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the regional trade association serving agronomists and agriculture for countries bordering on the Caribbean Sea. Agriculture is the largest sector of the economy of the Caribbean and it affects every nation and territory within the region. The Caribbean Food Crop Society is the organization through which people in the field have the opportunity to meet to discuss research and shared concerns and objectives. The society was founded by Richard Marshall", "title": "Caribbean Food Crops Society" }, { "docid": "16926022", "text": "is an Islamic school based in St. Croix, known as Iqra academy. There is a Buddhist temple located on the island of St. Thomas and more. As in most of the Caribbean, various forms of Rastafari are practiced on the island. Religion in the United States Virgin Islands Religion in the United States Virgin Islands is varied. Only 7% of the religious population is non-Christian. As in most Caribbean countries, Christianity is the dominant religion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Protestantism is most prevalent, reflecting the territory's Danish colonial heritage. There is also a strong Roman Catholic presence. Protestants makes", "title": "Religion in the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "10852913", "text": "Flanagan Island Flanagan Island (sometimes referred to in older charts as Witch Island) is an island located within the Virgin Islands archipelago in the Caribbean and forms part of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is located just off of the eastern end of St. John island. For many years the island fell between the claimed maritime boundaries of the British Virgin Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands. However, the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office formally relinquished its claim to Flanagan Island in 1977 in an agreement with a US delegation headed by David Colson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, US", "title": "Flanagan Island" }, { "docid": "17407460", "text": "Women in the United States Virgin Islands Women in the United States Virgin Islands are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the Virgin Islands of the United States, a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States, and is composed of the islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas. According to \"Countries and Their Culture\", the women of the U.S. Virgin Islands are participating increasingly in the fields of economics, business, and politics. On October 1, 1878 the Fireburn rebellion in Saint Croix was led by", "title": "Women in the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "3856773", "text": "Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John () is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. At 50 km the smallest of the three main US Virgin Islands, Saint John is located about four miles east of Saint Thomas, the location of the territory's capital, Charlotte Amalie. It is also four miles southwest of Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands. Its largest settlement is Cruz Bay with a population of 2,700. St. John's nickname is Love City. Since 1956,", "title": "Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "16926020", "text": "Religion in the United States Virgin Islands Religion in the United States Virgin Islands is varied. Only 7% of the religious population is non-Christian. As in most Caribbean countries, Christianity is the dominant religion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Protestantism is most prevalent, reflecting the territory's Danish colonial heritage. There is also a strong Roman Catholic presence. Protestants makes up 59% (Baptist 42%, Episcopalian 17%) of the total religious population on the islands. Roman Catholics are 34% of the religious population. \"See also\": \"Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands\" and \"Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas\" Jews began settling the", "title": "Religion in the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "2558224", "text": "Colleges and universities: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas () is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and, together with Saint John, Water Island and Saint Croix, a former Danish colony, form a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2010 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total. The district has a land area of . The island was originally", "title": "Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "2558212", "text": "Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas () is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and, together with Saint John, Water Island and Saint Croix, a former Danish colony, form a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2010 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total. The district has a land area of . The island was originally settled around 1500", "title": "Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "12222763", "text": "2000 U.S. Census, there are 15,014 of U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry residing in the continental United States. However, a count of American residents with \"U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry\" excludes most U.S. Virgin Islands-born immigrants in the United States. Because of a high incidence of inter-Caribbean migration throughout the 1960s and 1970s, most native-born Virgin Islanders today are one or two generations removed from other Caribbean islands and would not necessarily define themselves as having \"U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry.\" For example, Tim Duncan is a St. Croix native with Anguillian ancestry. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria slammed the", "title": "Virgin Islands Americans" }, { "docid": "2132868", "text": "surface and walk to the sea. Leatherback nesting seasons vary by location; it occurs from February to July in Parismina, Costa Rica. Farther east in French Guiana, nesting is from March to August. Atlantic leatherbacks nest between February and July from South Carolina in the United States to the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean and to Suriname and Guyana. People around the world still harvest sea turtle eggs. Asian exploitation of turtle nests has been cited as the most significant factor for the species' global population decline. In Southeast Asia, egg harvesting in countries such as Thailand and", "title": "Leatherback sea turtle" }, { "docid": "18880362", "text": "Saba Island, United States Virgin Islands Saba Island is a rocky Caribbean island in the United States Virgin Islands, situated three miles south of the Cyril E. King Airport and 2.6 miles west of Water Island. It is a steep, 200 feet high island with a sandy beach on the northern side. Turtledove Cay is connected by a shallow sandbar. Saba Island has salt ponds on both the eastern and western sides, which is popular bird observation posts, and has numerous rocky cliffs with sea birds on its southern shores. The island has the archipelago’s largest colony of sea birds", "title": "Saba Island, United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "16727303", "text": "tropical storm warnings were in place for was issued for Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Culebra, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Kitts, United States Virgin Islands, and Vieques. Hurricanes watches were also in place for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, and the United States Virgin Islands. As the storm continued westward towards the region, a hurricane watch was issued for the British Virgin Islands on August 22. Later that day, Isaac entered the eastern Caribbean Sea as a minimal tropical storm rather than a", "title": "Hurricane Isaac (2012)" }, { "docid": "4577467", "text": "Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands () was acquired by the USA in 1917 from Denmark but continued to be owned by a corporation until several decades later. Since 1996, it has formed part of the United States Virgin Islands, a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea. The island is of volcanic origin and lies to the south of Saint Thomas in the Charlotte Amalie harbor. Ferry service runs regularly from Crown Bay, Saint Thomas to Phillips Landing, Water Island; the ferry ride is about 10 minutes. At in size is administratively part (with", "title": "Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "14214497", "text": "United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty The United States – Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty is a 1978 treaty between the United States and Venezuela which delimits the maritime boundary between Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean Sea and the American territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The treaty was signed in Caracas on 28 March 1978. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty is 298.7 nautical miles long that consists of 21 maritime straight-line segments defined by 22 individual coordinate points. Two-thirds of the boundary is an equidistant line between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Aves Island.", "title": "United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty" }, { "docid": "1660898", "text": "handled by the FCO in London. Some territories maintain diplomatic officers in nearby countries for trade and immigration purposes. Several of the territories in the Americas maintain membership within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Caribbean Community, the Caribbean Development Bank, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and the Association of Caribbean States. The territories are members of the Commonwealth of Nations through the United Kingdom. The inhabited territories compete in their own right at the Commonwealth Games, and three of the territories (Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands) sent teams to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gibraltar", "title": "British Overseas Territories" }, { "docid": "440057", "text": "Geography of the United States Virgin Islands Geography of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands are a group of several dozen islands and cays located in the Caribbean, about southeast of Florida, north of Venezuela, east of Puerto Rico, and immediately west and south of the British Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands lie near the boundary of the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate, roughly south of the Puerto Rico Trench and near the Anegada Passage, a key shipping lane. Together with the British Virgin Islands, Vieques, and Culebra, they make up the Virgin", "title": "Geography of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "18261664", "text": "Etelman Observatory Etelman Observatory is an astronomical and geophysical observatory located on the St Thomas island, United States Virgin Islands. It is owned and operated by the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). The Etelman Observatory is the eastern-most observatory of the U.S., and the only owning a robotic instrument in that part of the Caribbean Sea. The Observatory building and a first instrument were donated by Harry I Etelman in 1962 to the then College of Virgin Islands. Once promoted to University, UVI refurbished the building and upgraded the telescope to its current configuration in 2004. The instrument is", "title": "Etelman Observatory" }, { "docid": "4494844", "text": "two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. By 18 December, she was at New London, Connecticut, whence she conducted patrols and assisted in antisubmarine warfare training into February 1942. Shifted to the Virgin Islands the next month she continued her dual mission in the Caribbean Sea, operating from Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and from Trinidad until 1 March 1943 when she returned to New London. There she conducted operations for the submarine school, the sound laboratory, and for destroyer and destroyer escort training units. Between 1 August 1943 and 20 March 1944, she operated from Bermuda, then", "title": "USS R-16 (SS-93)" }, { "docid": "440062", "text": "storms. Geography of the United States Virgin Islands Geography of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands are a group of several dozen islands and cays located in the Caribbean, about southeast of Florida, north of Venezuela, east of Puerto Rico, and immediately west and south of the British Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands lie near the boundary of the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate, roughly south of the Puerto Rico Trench and near the Anegada Passage, a key shipping lane. Together with the British Virgin Islands, Vieques, and Culebra, they make up the", "title": "Geography of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "12222762", "text": "Virgin Islands Americans Virgin Islands Americans (stateside) are Americans from the U.S. Virgin Islands who reside in the continental United States, or continental-born Americans of Virgin Islands heritage. Persons born in the U.S. Virgin Islands are United States citizens, and as a result do not go through the legal immigration procedures a typical West Indies immigrant would. They are also, due to cultural affinities with the Anglophone Caribbean, U.S. Virgin Islanders in the U.S. are considered part of the Caribbean American immigrant community. It is difficult to determine how many Virgin Islanders reside in the United States. According to the", "title": "Virgin Islands Americans" }, { "docid": "12287508", "text": "is, \"de facto\", fiat money. As it is the most used in international transactions, the U.S. dollar is the world's primary reserve currency. Several countries use it as their official currency, and in many others it is the \"de facto\" currency. Besides the United States, it is also used as the sole currency in two British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean: the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. A few countries use the Federal Reserve Notes for paper money, while still minting their own coins, or also accept U.S. dollar coins (such as the Sacagawea or presidential dollar).", "title": "United States dollar" }, { "docid": "20128902", "text": "the Indian community in the United States Virgin Islands is primarily made up of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated from other Caribbean countries, as well as other persons of Indian origin. There is also an Indian-American community in the USVI as it is an unincorporated United States territory. As of the 2010 Census of the United States Virgin Islands, an estimated 1,000 persons of Indian descent reside in the territory. Following the abolition of slavery in Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies in 1848, plantation owners on the island sought to find an alternative to African slave labor. Danish Ambassador M.", "title": "Indians in the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "4687001", "text": "Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands Hassel Island (also sometimes Hassell Island) is a small island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea. Hassel Island lies in the Charlotte Amalie harbor just south of Saint Thomas and east of Water Island, with which it is part of the sub-district of Water Island. The roughly island was once a peninsula of Saint Thomas, known as Orkanhullet (Hurricane Hole). Hassel Island was separated by the Danish government in 1860, and named for the Hassel family who owned much of the estate. In March 2012, the MTV's", "title": "Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "18914705", "text": "Southside, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Southside is a census subdistrict (CSD) on Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. The CSD is bordering Charlotte Amalie from Havensight in the west, Nordside- and the Tutu subdistricts to the north, and the East End subdistrict to the east. The 2010 U.S. Census showed a population of 5,411 people, which is a decrease of 56 people as compared to the 2000 U.S. Census of 5,467. Some of the communities here includes Havensight, Bellevue, Raphune, Hoffman, Bolongo and Bovoni. Hotels and resorts in this region front the calmer Caribbean Sea as opposed", "title": "Southside, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "4687007", "text": "island's historic sites. There are limited guided kayaking and hiking tours of the island. Hassel Island is also the location for \"\", the twenty-seventh season of the reality show \"The Real World\". Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands Hassel Island (also sometimes Hassell Island) is a small island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea. Hassel Island lies in the Charlotte Amalie harbor just south of Saint Thomas and east of Water Island, with which it is part of the sub-district of Water Island. The roughly island was once a peninsula of Saint Thomas,", "title": "Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "18880363", "text": "with more than 30,000 Sooty terns. Other sea bird species include the Bridled tern, Roseate tern, Brown noddy, Black-crowned night heron, Black-necked stilt, Yellow warbler, as well as the Red-billed- and White-tailed tropicbird. Besides for bird observation, the island is visited by scuba divers and snorkelers. In addition to coral reefs, the waters here are home to numerous ship wrecks, such as the Witshoal II, Witconcrete II, Grainton, and Witservice IV. Saba Island, United States Virgin Islands Saba Island is a rocky Caribbean island in the United States Virgin Islands, situated three miles south of the Cyril E. King Airport", "title": "Saba Island, United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "3323256", "text": "claim to all the islands on its continental shelf, covering an area of over 50,000 km in the Caribbean Sea, including the Serranilla Bank and all islands associated with the San Andrés and Providencia archipelagoes. It has persistently pursued this claim against Colombia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), filing cases in both 2001 and 2007. The United States' claim was made in 1879 and 1880 under the Guano Islands Act by James W. Jennett. Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972.", "title": "Serranilla Bank" }, { "docid": "20128921", "text": "the former. Some of these Indians are recorded in the 1880 and 1890 Censuses of Saint Croix as \"coolies\". This group of Kittitian Indians is sometimes mistaken for the Indians that arrived in Saint Croix aboard the \"Mars\" in 1863. All of the Indians who arrived in Saint Croix as indentured workers in 1863 left the island by the 1870s. The Indian community in the United States Virgin Islands today is primarily made up of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated from other Caribbean countries, as well as other persons of Indian origin. There is also an Indian American community in the Virgin", "title": "Indians in the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "4851855", "text": "UCP, Northern Command's mission is to: USNORTHCOM’s Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes air, land and sea approaches and encompasses the continental United States, Canada, Mexico and the surrounding water out to approximately . It also includes the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Florida, portions of the Caribbean region to include The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The commander of USNORTHCOM is responsible for theater security cooperation with Canada, Mexico, and The Bahamas. In May 2011, NORTHCOM was mobilized in the wake of the BP oil spill", "title": "United States Northern Command" }, { "docid": "18035510", "text": "were appeals from the British Virgin Islands include: The British Virgin Islands is not a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Although the issue is discussed periodically in the press, at this time there seems to be no strong impetus to change from one final appellate court in a foreign jurisdiction (the Privy Council in London) to another (the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain). Although the British Virgin Islands is not a member of the Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights has been extended to the British Virgin Islands by the United Kingdom.", "title": "Judiciary of the British Virgin Islands" } ]

[ { "docid": "11033438", "text": "thick stew consistency. Because of inter-Caribbean migration, many foods from other Caribbean countries have been adopted into the Virgin Islands culinary culture. For example, a popular dish is roti, of Indo-Trinidadian origin, which consists of curried vegetables and meat wrapped in a paper-thin dough. Fruits consumed in the Virgin Islands include: sugar apple, mango, papaya, soursop, genip, sea grapes, tamarind (can be made in a sweet stew or rolled in sweet balls), and goose berries (small green sour fruit, smaller than a grape). These fruits are mainly stewed together with sugar for a sweet snack. “Bush tea”, a general term", "title": "Culture of the Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "440058", "text": "Islands archipelago. The hilly, volcanic islands of Saint Thomas () and Saint John () border the North Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. The larger island of Saint Croix () lies to the south across the Virgin Islands Trough and is entirely in the Caribbean Sea. Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas is one of the best natural, deepwater harbors in the Caribbean. The Islands have many well-known beaches, including Magens Bay (Saint Thomas) and Trunk Bay (Saint John), and coral reefs, including the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument and the Buck Island Reef National", "title": "Geography of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "18284078", "text": "small Asian mongoose, goats, feral donkeys, rats, mice, sheep, hogs, dogs and cats. Sea mammals includes numerous species of whales, dolphins, orcas, manatees and dugongs. The islands’ only species of seal, the Caribbean monk seal, was deemed extinct in the early 1950s. Virgin Islands National Park and the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument are the two largest among many refugees for numerous species of wildlife. Some of the currently endangered animals includes the West Indian manatee, Virgin Islands tree boa (Epicrates monensis monensis), Saint Croix ground lizard, and the green sea turtle. The official territorial bird of the U.S.V.I.", "title": "Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "528901", "text": "The Arawak inhabited the islands until the 15th century, when they were displaced by the more aggressive Caribs, a tribe from the Lesser Antilles islands. The Caribbean Sea is named for these people. None of the later European visitors to the Virgin Islands reported encountering Amerindians in what would later be the British Virgin Islands. Christopher Columbus did have a hostile encounter with the Carib natives of St. Croix. Comparatively little is known about the early inhabitants of this territory specifically (as opposed to the Arawak generally). The largest excavations of Arawak pottery have been found around Belmont and Smuggler's", "title": "History of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "37588", "text": "Geography of the British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico.Its geographic coordinates are . Map references include Central America and the Caribbean. The area totals 151 km² (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) and comprises 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the islands of Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost van Dyke. There are no bodies of water on the land. There are no land boundaries. There is 80 km of coastline. Maritime claims include of territorial", "title": "Geography of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "37591", "text": "variable, but the wettest months on average are September to November and the driest months on average are February and March. Hurricanes occasionally hit the islands, with the hurricane season running from June to November. Geography of the British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico.Its geographic coordinates are . Map references include Central America and the Caribbean. The area totals 151 km² (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) and comprises 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the", "title": "Geography of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "8730086", "text": "of multiple basins and ridges. The Anegada Trough or Virgin Islands Basin was the likely site of the 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and subsequent tsunami.. Anegada Passage Anegada Passage is a strait in the Caribbean, at . It separates the British Virgin Islands and the British ruled Sombrero Island of Anguilla, and connects the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean. It is 2300 m deep. Because the threshold depths are 1800 and 1600 m, Atlantic deep water from 1600 m level may flow into the deep areas in the Caribbean Sea. The Anegada Passage is a key shipping lane for the", "title": "Anegada Passage" }, { "docid": "9064657", "text": "in 4 phases. Antilles Crossing Antilles Crossing is an underwater 20 gigabit per second (Gbit/s) fiber optics ring network connecting several nations and overseas territories of the Caribbean Sea. It was built by TeleBarbados, and is one of the newer important network connections to the Internet for Caribbean countries in the Windward and Leeward Islands. The company is a joint venture between Leucadia National Corporation and Barbados Light & Power Holdings Limited. It currently extends from Needham's Point, Saint Michael, Barbados to Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where it interconnects with Global Crossing's worldwide telecommunications network. The network", "title": "Antilles Crossing" }, { "docid": "9064656", "text": "Antilles Crossing Antilles Crossing is an underwater 20 gigabit per second (Gbit/s) fiber optics ring network connecting several nations and overseas territories of the Caribbean Sea. It was built by TeleBarbados, and is one of the newer important network connections to the Internet for Caribbean countries in the Windward and Leeward Islands. The company is a joint venture between Leucadia National Corporation and Barbados Light & Power Holdings Limited. It currently extends from Needham's Point, Saint Michael, Barbados to Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where it interconnects with Global Crossing's worldwide telecommunications network. The network is being built", "title": "Antilles Crossing" }, { "docid": "4975598", "text": "Great Camanoe Great Camanoe is a small island just north of Beef Island and northeast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that forms part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Great Camanoe is primarily a residential island, divided into two communities, Indigo Plantation and The Privateers, on the southern half of the island. Access to the island is by boat only. Visitors often anchor at Lee Bay or Cam Bay, a national park and good snorkeling site. A 1793 Spanish map of the Virgin Islands refers to", "title": "Great Camanoe" }, { "docid": "37611", "text": "the East Caribbean Fibre System (ECFS) submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean (2007) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004) Television broadcast stations: 1 (ZBTV), (plus one cable company) (1997) Internet service providers (ISPs): 1 (1999) Internet country code: VG Internet hosts: 465 (2008) Internet users: 4,000 (2002) In 2006, the British Virgin Islands government undertook a deregulation of the telephone industry. Prior to 2006, in common with many other Caribbean countries, Cable & Wireless (Caribbean) had a statutory monopoly on telephone and other electronic communications services. However, in the 1990s,", "title": "Telecommunications in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "11033436", "text": "States. Migration has altered the social landscape of both countries to the extent that in the British Virgin Islands, half of the population is of foreign (mostly Caribbean) origin and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, most native-born residents can trace their ancestry to other Caribbean islands. Traditional food tends to be spicy and hearty. Many of the foods are imported due to an acquired taste for foreign foods. Local farmers grow fruits and vegetables along with the rearing of animals. Their goods are sold in local open-air markets, while supermarkets tend to carry only imported foods. Upscale restaurants often cater", "title": "Culture of the Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "129081", "text": "independent states: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The other two are British overseas territories: Anguilla and Montserrat. These states are all members of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The other two associate members of the OECS do not use the Eastern Caribbean dollar as their official currency: the British Virgin Islands and Martinique. The British Virgin Islands were always problematic for currency purposes due to their proximity to the Danish West Indies which became the US Virgin Islands in 1917. Officially, the British Virgin Islands used to use", "title": "Eastern Caribbean dollar" }, { "docid": "17407713", "text": "Women in the British Virgin Islands Women in the British Virgin Islands are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean. According to \"Countries and Their Culture\", women of the British Virgin Islands are characteristically with \"strong independent and entrepreneurial spirit\". Traditionally, women share household responsibilities with their male counterparts. In general, BVI women take care of chores such as \"gardening, cooking, sewing, and keeping household accounts\". In modern-day British Virgin Islands, women occupy major positions in the fields of education and civil service. Some", "title": "Women in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "17407715", "text": "and intervention programs\" that handle issues related to \"women's health and domestic violence\". Women in the British Virgin Islands Women in the British Virgin Islands are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean. According to \"Countries and Their Culture\", women of the British Virgin Islands are characteristically with \"strong independent and entrepreneurial spirit\". Traditionally, women share household responsibilities with their male counterparts. In general, BVI women take care of chores such as \"gardening, cooking, sewing, and keeping household accounts\". In modern-day British Virgin Islands,", "title": "Women in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "444645", "text": "In the Spanish Virgin Islands, vehicles are driven on the right-hand side of the road. Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rican Bank and St. Croix being a displaced part of the same geologic structure. Politically, the British Virgin Islands have been governed as the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago is separated from the true Lesser Antilles by", "title": "Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "254845", "text": "settlement is constrained to the north. Montserrat has two islets, Little Redonda and Virgin, as well as Statue Rock. Montserrat has a tropical climate, with little daily or seasonal temperature variation. Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about 500 km south-east of Puerto Rico Geographic coordinates: Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: <br>\"Total:\" 102 km² <br>\"Land:\" 102 km² <br>\"Water:\" 0 km² Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 40 km Maritime claims: <br>\"Territorial sea:\" <br>\"Exclusive fishing zone:\" Terrain: Volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland Elevation extremes: <br>\"Lowest point:\" Caribbean Sea 0 m <br>\"Highest point:\" Prior to 1995,", "title": "Geography of Montserrat" }, { "docid": "9714329", "text": "to their ruined and insolvent estates. Realistically, from that point in time, the Territory was almost solely populated by the former slaves who then made up the vast bulk of the population. By 1893, a mere 40 years after the revolts, there were only two white people resident on Tortola - the deputy Governor and the island's doctor. Slavery in the British Virgin Islands In common with most Caribbean countries, slavery in the British Virgin Islands forms a major part of the history of the Territory. One commentator has gone so far as to say: \"One of the most important", "title": "Slavery in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "444641", "text": "Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rican Bank and St. Croix being a displaced part of the same geologic structure. Politically, the British Virgin Islands have been governed as the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago is separated from the true Lesser Antilles by the Anegada Passage and from the main island of Puerto Rico by the Virgin Passage.", "title": "Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "9714302", "text": "Slavery in the British Virgin Islands In common with most Caribbean countries, slavery in the British Virgin Islands forms a major part of the history of the Territory. One commentator has gone so far as to say: \"One of the most important aspects of the History of the British Virgin Islands is slavery.\" In 1563, before there had been any European settlement in the British Virgin Islands, Sir John Hawkins visited the islands with a cargo of slaves bound for Hispaniola. In 1665 the Dutch settlers on Tortola were attacked by a British privateer, John Wentworth, who is recorded as", "title": "Slavery in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "11033435", "text": "French and the Danish also contributed elements to the islands’ culture, as have immigrants from the Arab world, India, and other Caribbean islands. The single largest influence on modern Virgin Islander culture, however, comes from the Africans enslaved to work in canefields from the 17th to the mid-19th century. These African slaves brought with them traditions from across a wide swathe of Africa, including what is now Nigeria, Senegal, both Congos, Gambia and Ghana. Virgin Islands culture continues to undergo creolization, the result of inter-Caribbean migration and cultural contact with other islands in the region, as well as the United", "title": "Culture of the Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "37005", "text": "a few miles east of the US Virgin Islands. The North Atlantic Ocean lies to the east of the islands, and the Caribbean Sea lies to the west. Most of the islands are volcanic in origin and have a hilly, rugged terrain. Anegada is geologically distinct from the rest of the group and is a flat island composed of limestone and coral. In addition to the four main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, other islands include (see also ): The British Virgin Islands have a tropical rainforest climate, moderated by trade winds. Temperatures vary little", "title": "British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "99361", "text": "attracted pirates such as Samuel Bellamy and Blackbeard. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Caribbean Sea as follows: Note that, although Barbados is an island on the same continental shelf, it is considered to be in the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Sea is an oceanic sea largely situated on the Caribbean Plate. The Caribbean Sea is separated from the ocean by several island arcs of various ages. The youngest stretches from the Lesser Antilles to the Virgin Islands to the north east of Trinidad and Tobago off the coast of Venezuela. This", "title": "Caribbean Sea" }, { "docid": "5347119", "text": "has a smaller set of pronouns than English, and conjugations occur less often. For example, the English phrase \"I gave it to her\" would translate to \"Ah gi'e it toh she\" in Virgin Islands Creole. Another common pattern found in Virgin Islands Creole is the absence of the letter \"s\" in the plural, possessive and third person present tense. For example, \"my eyes\" would translate to \"ma eye dem.\" The pronunciation differs from Standard English in various ways. Virgin Islands and \"SSS islands\" accents are somewhat similar to those of other Caribbean countries, especially Guyana, the Cayman Islands, Belize and", "title": "Virgin Islands Creole" }, { "docid": "10113381", "text": "in Venezuela, Florida International University, the University of the Virgin Islands, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida, the University of Florida, and WIDECAST (the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network). The Digital Library of the Caribbean received a US Department of Education Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) grant in 2004, which is administered by Florida International University, the University of Florida Libraries, and the University of the Virgin Islands. The technical infrastructure is provided by the University of Florida Digital Collections. Collections include books, photographs, archives of Caribbean leaders and governments, legal", "title": "Digital Library of the Caribbean" }, { "docid": "282674", "text": "of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October. Environment - current issues: NA Geography of the Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles was a constituent country in the Caribbean Sea. It consisted of two island groups, the ABC islands Curaçao, Bonaire and (until 1986) Aruba just north of Venezuela, and the SSS islands east of the Virgin Islands. The Netherlands Antilles had 960 km² (1153 km² before 1986) of land, which included no major lakes or other bodies of water. Territory included the islands of Aruba until", "title": "Geography of the Netherlands Antilles" }, { "docid": "99366", "text": "other by underwater ridges and mountain ranges. Atlantic Ocean water enters the Caribbean through the \"Anegada Passage\" lying between the Lesser Antilles and Virgin Islands and the \"Windward Passage\" located between Cuba and Haiti. The Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba links the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean. The deepest points of the sea lie in Cayman Trough with depths reaching approximately . Despite this, the Caribbean Sea is considered a relatively shallow sea in comparison to other bodies of water. The pressure of the South American Plate to the east of the Caribbean causes the region of the", "title": "Caribbean Sea" }, { "docid": "37000", "text": "from the adoption of US currency in the Territory in 1959, and the references to US currency on the stamps of the Territory. The Virgin Islands were first settled by the Arawak from South America around 100 BC (though there is some evidence of Amerindian presence on the islands as far back as 1500 BC). The Arawaks inhabited the islands until the 15th century when they were displaced by the more aggressive Caribs, a tribe from the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea is named. The first European sighting of the Virgin Islands was by Christopher Columbus in", "title": "British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "13837626", "text": "Coast. It is a predatory carnivorous species, as is the case in other Volutidae. It feeds on invertebrates, bivalves, other gastropods and on decayed material. Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trocophore) and later into juvenile veligers. Voluta musica Voluta musica, common name the music volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The species occurs on the mainland Caribbean coast in Colombia and Venezuela, and in the West Indies from the following islands or countries: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent & the Grenadines,", "title": "Voluta musica" }, { "docid": "13837624", "text": "Voluta musica Voluta musica, common name the music volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The species occurs on the mainland Caribbean coast in Colombia and Venezuela, and in the West Indies from the following islands or countries: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago. The maximum reported size of the shell is 115 mm. These medium-sized, very solid, axially ribbed shells are characterized by delicate blackish to reddish brown markings on a creamy background color, with a", "title": "Voluta musica" }, { "docid": "37594", "text": "Economy of the British Virgin Islands The economy of the British Virgin Islands is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean. Although tiny in absolute terms, because of the very small population of the British Virgin Islands, in 2010 the Territory had the 19th highest GDP per capita in the world according to the CIA World factbook. In global terms the size of the Territory's GDP measured in terms of purchasing power is ranked as 215th out of a total of 229 countries. The economy of the Territory is based upon the \"twin pillars\" of financial services, which generates", "title": "Economy of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "37610", "text": "Telecommunications in the British Virgin Islands Country Code: +1284<br> International Call Prefix: 011 (outside NANP)<br> Calls from the British Virgin Islands to the US, Canada, and other NANP Caribbean nations, are dialled as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from the British Virgin Islands to non-NANP countries are dialled as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code. Number Format: nxx-xxxx Telephones - main lines in use: 11,700 (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,000 (2002) Telephone system: worldwide telephone service <br>\"general assessment:\" worldwide telephone service <br>\"domestic:\" NA <br>\"international:\" Connected via submarine cable to Bermuda;", "title": "Telecommunications in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "10847855", "text": "Pelican Island (British Virgin Islands) Pelican Island is an uninhabited island in the southwestern corner of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located immediately north of Norman Island, southwest of Peter Island. It is east of Flanagan Island in the southeastern corner of the US Virgin Islands. The rocky cliffs on the south-western face of the island plunge into the sea, The National Park moorings make it a popular snorkeling and dive site. It is perfectly possible to land a boat on the other sides of the island, although there is not much to see. In some", "title": "Pelican Island (British Virgin Islands)" }, { "docid": "12368015", "text": "of the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean islands, consisting of the Greater Antilles on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), are part of the somewhat larger West Indies grouping, which also includes the Lucayan Archipelago (comprising the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands). The Lucayans and, less commonly, Bermuda, are also sometimes considered Caribbean despite the fact that none of these islands border the Caribbean Sea. In a wider sense, the mainland countries, regions, and territories of Belize, the Caribbean region of Colombia, Cozumel, the Yucatán Peninsula, Margarita Island, the Guyanas (Guyana,", "title": "Caribbean" }, { "docid": "440059", "text": "Monument. More than half of Saint John and nearly all of Hassel Island are owned by the U.S. National Park Service. Crown Mountain, on Saint Thomas, is the highest point in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sea level is the lowest. Geographic coordinates (capital Charlotte Amalie): Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Islands: Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, Saint John, Water Island, many other islands Area: Land boundaries: 0 mi (0 km) Coastline: Maritime claims: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: sun, sand, sea, surf Land use: Irrigated land: 1 km² Natural hazards: several hurricanes in recent years; frequent and severe droughts", "title": "Geography of the United States Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "528933", "text": "was common at the time, plantation owners were expected to fortify their own holdings, and Fort Purcell and Fort Hodge were erected on this basis. In common with most Caribbean countries, slavery in the British Virgin Islands forms a major part of the history of the Territory. One commentator has gone so far as to say: \"One of the most important aspects of the History of the British Virgin Islands is slavery.\" As Tortola, and to a lesser extent Virgin Gorda, came to be settled by plantation owners, slave labour became economically essential, and there was an exponential growth in", "title": "History of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "5090292", "text": "1962, there was a short-lived federation between several Anglophone Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation. The Anglophone Caribbean makes up a composite cricket team. The West Indies cricket team also includes Guyana, as another former British colony. Bermuda, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, and the English-speaking Dutch West Indies also participate in Anglophone Caribbean-related sports activities such as 20/20 Cricket. In addition to these formally recognized countries, there are substantial communities of Anglo-Caribbean origin along the Atlantic or Caribbean coast of Central America, as a part of the Western Caribbean Zone. These communities, which began forming in the", "title": "Commonwealth Caribbean" }, { "docid": "37037", "text": "2009, the BVI have made a name for themselves as a host of international basketball events. The BVI hosted three of the last four events of the Caribbean Basketball Championship (\"FIBA CBC Championship\"). British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially simply the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along", "title": "British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "14529426", "text": "Caribbean Netherlands The Caribbean Netherlands (, ) are the three special municipalities of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean Sea. They consist of the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, although the term \"Caribbean Netherlands\" is sometimes used to refer to all of the islands in the Dutch Caribbean. In legislation, the three islands are also known as the BES islands (an acronym of their names). The islands are currently classified as \"public bodies\" in the Netherlands and as overseas countries and territories of the European Union; thus, EU law does not automatically apply. Bonaire (including the", "title": "Caribbean Netherlands" }, { "docid": "10847803", "text": "Resort, Spa & Marina is a luxury private island resort built in 2010 and was the first resort development to be built in the British Virgin Islands in more than 15 years. It has 52 guest accommodations as well as a collection of two-, three- and four-bedroom villas, Ixora Spa, restaurants, three private beaches and a 55-slip marina. The master planned resort was designed by architecture firm OBM International USA for Mainsail Development International. Scrub Island is fringed by three beaches that shelve into the Caribbean Sea. It features protected coves, nature trails and scenery. The island is virtually vehicle-free", "title": "Scrub Island (British Virgin Islands)" }, { "docid": "9768813", "text": "and leader training are conducted with the help of British and nearby Caribbean Scout associations. BVI Scouts participate in numerous Caribbean camps and events. The British Virgin Islands Girl Guide Association is a Guiding organisation in the British Virgin Islands. It is one of the nine branch associations of Girlguiding UK. It is represented by Girlguiding UK at World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) level and Girlguiding UK's Chief Guide is also Chief Guide for British Virgin Islands Girlguiding. British Virgin Islands Girlguiding is part of the Caribbean Link for Guiding. The program is a modified form", "title": "Scouting and Guiding in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "13767241", "text": "Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Martin and Saint Barthélemy. The following day, all of the watches were upgraded to tropical storm warnings as Erika neared the Lesser Antilles. When the storm entered the Caribbean Sea, a tropical storm warning was issued for Dominica and tropical storm watches were for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Early on September 3, the tropical storm watches were upgraded to warnings as Erika drifted through the eastern Caribbean. Later that day, the warnings for Dominica and Guadeloupe were discontinued. Shortly thereafter, all remaining warnings were canceled. Exports from", "title": "Tropical Storm Erika (2009)" }, { "docid": "11033445", "text": "from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Christianity is the leading religion with a large Roman Catholic contingent along with various Protestant denominations. Like many other Caribbean islands, there is a significant Rastafari presence. A small number of practicing Muslims and Jews can also be found in the islands. Culture of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islander culture reflects the various peoples that have inhabited the present-day British Virgin Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands throughout history. Although the territories are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. Like much of the English speaking Caribbean, Virgin Islands culture is syncretic, deriving chiefly", "title": "Culture of the Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "4666950", "text": "Jost Van Dyke Jost Van Dyke (sometimes colloquially referred to as JVD or Jost) is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, measuring roughly . It rests in the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about to the northwest of Tortola and to the north of Saint John. Little Jost Van Dyke lies off its eastern end. Like many of the neighboring islands, it is volcanic in origin and mountainous. The highest point on the island is Majohnny Hill at", "title": "Jost Van Dyke" }, { "docid": "15373387", "text": "Dutch Caribbean The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the territories, colonies, and countries, both former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. Currently the Dutch Caribbean comprises the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. The contemporary term is sometimes also used for the Caribbean Netherlands, an entity since 2010 consisting of the three islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, which are special municipalities of the Netherlands. The islands in the Dutch Caribbean", "title": "Dutch Caribbean" }, { "docid": "67816", "text": "a coastline of . The Cayman Islands make a maritime claim of a exclusive fishing zone and a territorial sea of . The islands are located on the Cayman Rise which forms the northern margin of the Cayman Trough. The trough is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea and forms part of the tectonic boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. The Cayman Rise extends from southeastern Cuba along the northern margin of the Cayman Trough toward Costa Rica and resulted from Paleocene to Eocene island arc formation with associated volcanism along an extinct subduction zone.", "title": "Geography of the Cayman Islands" }, { "docid": "5347120", "text": "Panama, but are also unique in many ways. As in most Anglophone Caribbean dialects, in Virgin Islands Creole, dental fricatives (the \"-th\" sound) are often omitted from speech, and replaced by dental stops (the \"-t\" sound). The vowel pronunciation of Virgin Islands Creole can widely differ from Standard English. For example, in Virgin Islands Creole (as well as most other Anglophone Caribbean creoles), the suffix \"er\" in English, in Standard English, is pronounced (for example: \"computer\" is pronounced (\"computah\"), and \"never\" is pronounced (\"nevah\")). Not all words ending in \"er\" however, are pronounced in this way. Like many other Caribbean", "title": "Virgin Islands Creole" }, { "docid": "14814900", "text": "nations made full claims, and dozens more made preliminary submissions. Two of the submissions made to the CLCS addressed claims in the South China Sea (SCS) – one by Vietnam for a claim over the northern portion of the SCS (which included the Paracel Islands), and another jointly by Vietnam and Malaysia for a joint claim over a \"defined area\" in the middle of the SCS between the two countries, which included part of the Spratly Islands. Brunei made a preliminary submission notifying of its intention to claim a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from its shores. China (PRC)", "title": "Spratly Islands dispute" }, { "docid": "15373391", "text": "Saba. Collectively, these special municipalities of the Netherlands are also known as the \"BES islands\" or the Caribbean Netherlands. The islands have also been informally grouped in the following ways: Dutch Caribbean The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the territories, colonies, and countries, both former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands that are located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. Currently the Dutch Caribbean comprises the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. The contemporary term is sometimes also used for the", "title": "Dutch Caribbean" }, { "docid": "628645", "text": "Islands) in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Denmark started colonies on St. Thomas in 1665 and St. John in 1683 (though control of the latter was disputed with Great Britain until 1718), and purchased St. Croix from France in 1733. During the 18th century, the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea were divided into two territorial units, one British and the other Dano-Norwegian. The Dano-Norwegian islands were run by the Danish West India and Guinea Company until 1755, when the Dano-Norwegian king bought them out. Sugar cane, produced by slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th", "title": "Danish colonization of the Americas" }, { "docid": "10154245", "text": "Islands, often still abbreviated locally to \"LegCo\"), and is headed by the Monarch. The Legislative Council consists of 13 elected members; nine tied to electoral districts, and four \"at large\" seats. Belonger status is a requirement to be elected to the Legislative Council. Low level disputes and petty crimes in the British Virgin Islands are resolved in the magistrates' court. More serious matters are dealt with in the high court. The British Virgin Islands is part of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court circuit. Unusually for its size, the British Virgin Islands has two permanent judges. The British Virgin Islands hosts", "title": "Law of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "16140697", "text": "accession agreement apart from some exceptions granted under the Treaty of Chaguaramas and a few others negotiated by Suriname upon entry. In 2007, the U.S. Virgin Islands government announced it would begin seeking ties with CARICOM. At the time it was not clear what membership status the USVI would obtain should they join CARICOM with the most likely possibility being observer status, considering fellow U.S. Caribbean territory Puerto Rico's current observer status. In 2012, it was confirmed by the USVI Commissioner of Tourism, Beverly Nicholson-Doty, that the U.S. Virgin Islands government has been lobbying for observer status within CARICOM. At", "title": "Member states of the Caribbean Community" }, { "docid": "15609497", "text": "commercial air services to Aguadilla and easier access to nearby Quebradillas. The 1970s, as it is widely known, were difficult times for airlines because of the oil crisis (1973 and 1979) and deregulation of the industry in the U.S. In addition, another competitor, Aero Virgin Islands from the U.S. Virgin Islands, proved an impossible obstacle to overcome for Air Caribbean. In 1979, the airline had its last flight. Aero Virgin Islands also outlasted Prinair; out of the aforementioned Caribbean airlines, the only one still providing service is Vieques Air Link. Air Caribbean (Puerto Rico) Air Caribbean was an airline that", "title": "Air Caribbean (Puerto Rico)" }, { "docid": "282672", "text": "Geography of the Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles was a constituent country in the Caribbean Sea. It consisted of two island groups, the ABC islands Curaçao, Bonaire and (until 1986) Aruba just north of Venezuela, and the SSS islands east of the Virgin Islands. The Netherlands Antilles had 960 km² (1153 km² before 1986) of land, which included no major lakes or other bodies of water. Territory included the islands of Aruba until 1986 and Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten (which is the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) until 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles was", "title": "Geography of the Netherlands Antilles" }, { "docid": "11179351", "text": "a proportion of GDP. In terms of employment, 11.3% of the region's jobs depend on tourism either directly or indirectly. It is often described as \"the most tourism-dependent region in the world\". Caribbean islands now depend on tourism for their economy, it being referred to as \"the engine of their growth\". Tourism is a huge contributor to the economies of all Caribbean countries and the biggest contributor to many of them such as Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas and the Virgin Islands. It provides a steady revenue stream, with temporary blips due to hurricanes or recessions in the Western world and", "title": "Tourism in the Caribbean" }, { "docid": "18035508", "text": "is predominately from the British Virgin Islands. The minimum value for a claim to be brought in the Commercial Court is US$500,000, although most cases are considerably larger than that. Civil procedure in the High Court and its appellate courts is regulated by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules (usually referred to as the CPR). The CPR do not apply to various types of action, including family proceedings, insolvency, non-contentious probate, and where the High Court is acting as a prize court. Appeals from both the Supreme Court and Magistrate's Court are heard by the Court of Appeal of the", "title": "Judiciary of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "5347110", "text": "Virgin Islands, the Queen's English in the British Virgin Islands, both Dutch and English on Saba, Sint Eustatius and the Dutch side of Saint Martin, and French on the French side of Saint Martin. Like most Anglophone Caribbean islands, a post-creole speech continuum exists, in which there are two extremes — standard English (known as the \"acrolect\") and the creole in its most distinct, or \"raw\", form (known as the \"basilect\"). Due to the constant contact between standard English and Virgin Islands Creole in local society, there are many in-between speech varieties as well (known as \"mesolects\"). Most native Virgin", "title": "Virgin Islands Creole" }, { "docid": "11033444", "text": "Sun – Contemporary Poetry in The Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke)\", an anthology edited by Lasana M. Sekou in 2016. \"Ti Koko and Kush Kush\" by Patricia G. Turnbull, has been called a \"magically\" illustrated storybook contribution to Caribbean children's literature. In contemporary Virgin Islands society, there are various dance traditions, given its history of migration. The dances most commonly associated with indigenous Virgin Islander culture are the quadrille, which is also performed in many other Caribbean islands, and the bamboula. Other dances include bachata, meringue and salsa, which were brought to the islands by immigrants", "title": "Culture of the Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "12361654", "text": "include: The British Virgin Islands is a member state of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Judges in the British Virgin Islands are appointed rather than elected politically. By convention, judges on the Eastern Caribbean are always appointed to sit outside of the jurisdiction they are from to minimise the possibility of political interference with the judiciary. Caricom (associate), CDB, ECLAC (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, OECS (associate), UNESCO (associate) Politics of the British Virgin Islands Politics of the British Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the head of government, and", "title": "Politics of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "16967640", "text": "British dominions in the Caribbean but, tellingly, the British Virgin Islands was not represented by a member. The Executive Council was formally abolished in 1902. When democracy was reintroduced into the British Virgin Islands in 1950 following the 1950 general election there was no Executive Council to accompany the new Legislative Council. However, after the 1957 general election an Executive Council was formed by the Administrator of the British Virgin Islands, two other \"Ministers\" appointed by the Administrator, and two \"ex officio\" members, the Financial Secretary and \"Attorney General\". Those terms did not exactly exist in their present form at", "title": "Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "11618576", "text": "Fuel. The oiler plied the Atlantic from Nova Scotia to the Virgin Islands in 1971, supporting NATO and Atlantic Fleet operations. She participated in Exercise \"Rough Ride\" in June. After that 10-day NATO exercise involving ships from five countries, she supported a NATO sea power demonstration off Norfolk in September. February 1972 found \"Truckee\" again underway, via the Caribbean, for the Mediterranean. At the end of this deployment with the 6th Fleet, she returned to the east coast in November and, at year's end, had pumped a total of 189 million litres (50 mio. US gal) of fuel. On deployment", "title": "USS Truckee (AO-147)" }, { "docid": "3116591", "text": "petroleum products, watches and watch parts). The CBTPA authorized the President to designate individual countries as being \"Beneficiary Countries\" in order to receive the enhanced trade benefits available under the Act. The twenty-four current beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) were potentially eligible to be declared CBTPA Beneficiary Countries. These countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and British Virgin Islands. Through the", "title": "Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act" }, { "docid": "13538132", "text": "Rugby union in the British Virgin Islands Rugby union in the British Virgin Islands is a minor but growing sport. They currently have around 440 registered players. The governing body is BVI Rugby Football Union, which is affiliated to the IRB and the North America Caribbean Rugby Association. The British first introduced the game to the islands, and for a number of years it was mainly played by expatriates. Now it has some uptake by the local population. Games against visiting ships, and touring sides are common, as well as against neighbouring Caribbean islands. The British Virgin Islands compete in", "title": "Rugby union in the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "10847810", "text": "of the mission of the Evangelical Brethren on the Caribbean islands of St. Tomas, St. Croix, and St. John. Edited and translated by A.R. Highfield and Vladimir Barac. Ann Arbor: Karoma. Putley, Julian. “A Glimpse of BVI History”. The British Virgin Island Tourism Directory 2007: 9. \"Christopher Columbus,\" Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2007 Scrub Island (British Virgin Islands) Scrub Island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean is a part of the Lesser Antilles, a group of islands that are young volcanic or coral islands. It is home to the Scrub Island Resort Marina and Spa. In late 2013", "title": "Scrub Island (British Virgin Islands)" }, { "docid": "17082570", "text": "Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships The Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships (\"Spanish: Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe de Campo Traviesa\") was an annual Cross country running competition organized by the CACAC for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. The competition was established in 1983 following a proposal of Wallace Williams from the Virgin Islands, then secretary of the CACAC. The rationale was that also smaller countries without adequate athletics' facilities could host such an event. The approval for the competitions' implementation was given during the 1982 CACAC meeting in Havana. The first championships were", "title": "Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships" }, { "docid": "15573664", "text": "Two British dependencies also use the U.S. dollar: the British Virgin Islands (1959) and Turks and Caicos Islands (1973). The islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, now collectively known as the Caribbean Netherlands, adopted the dollar on January 1, 2011, as a result of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. The U.S. dollar is an official currency in Zimbabwe, along with the Euro, the Pound Sterling, the Pula, the Rand, and several other currencies. Some countries that have adopted the U.S. dollar issue their own coins: See Ecuadorian centavo coins, Panamanian Balboa and East Timor centavo coins. A series of", "title": "International use of the U.S. dollar" }, { "docid": "13033274", "text": "where 19 European Union (EU) member states have adopted the euro (€) as their common currency (euroization). Their exchange rates are effectively fixed to each other. There are similar examples of countries adopting the U.S. dollar as their domestic currency (dollarization): British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands and Zimbabwe. Monetary co-operation is the mechanism in which two or more monetary policies or exchange rates are linked, and can happen at regional or international level. The monetary co-operation does not necessarily need to be a", "title": "Fixed exchange-rate system" }, { "docid": "37589", "text": "sea and exclusive a fishing zone. It has a tropical, humid climate, with temperatures moderated by trade winds. Its terrain consists of coral islands, and is relatively flat. It has volcanic islands and is steep and hilly. Its lowest point is the Caribbean Sea and its highest point is Mount Sage at above sea level. Its natural resources are negligible. In terms of land use, it is 20% arable land, 6.67% permanent crops and 73.33% other as of a 2005 figure. Its natural hazards consist of hurricanes and tropical storms from July to October. There is limited natural fresh water", "title": "Geography of the British Virgin Islands" }, { "docid": "19553756", "text": "Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Cruz Bay The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Cruz Bay, Saint John the smallest of the three main islands of the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The temple was opened and blessed in 1962, follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands (\"Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Insulis Virgineis\"). It has its origins in the donation of land that", "title": "Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Cruz Bay" } ]

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[ { "docid": "19855714", "text": "Lowery was also nominated for the Grand Special Prize, although he didn't win. On October 14, 2017, the film won two awards at the Catalonian International Film Festival; Best photography and the Carnet Jove Jury. At the Fantasia Film Festival the film won the Camera Lucida Award. A Ghost Story A Ghost Story is a 2017 American supernatural drama film written and directed by David Lowery. It stars Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky, and Liz Franke. Affleck plays a man who becomes a ghost and remains in the house he shares with his wife (Mara).", "title": "A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "19855700", "text": "A Ghost Story A Ghost Story is a 2017 American supernatural drama film written and directed by David Lowery. It stars Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky, and Liz Franke. Affleck plays a man who becomes a ghost and remains in the house he shares with his wife (Mara). The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017, and was released by A24 on July 7, 2017. A musician lives with his wife in a small house in Dallas, Texas. She wants to move, but he does not. One night,", "title": "A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "19855714", "text": "Lowery was also nominated for the Grand Special Prize, although he didn't win. On October 14, 2017, the film won two awards at the Catalonian International Film Festival; Best photography and the Carnet Jove Jury. At the Fantasia Film Festival the film won the Camera Lucida Award. A Ghost Story A Ghost Story is a 2017 American supernatural drama film written and directed by David Lowery. It stars Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky, and Liz Franke. Affleck plays a man who becomes a ghost and remains in the house he shares with his wife (Mara).", "title": "A Ghost Story" } ]

[ { "docid": "17032422", "text": "Sakamoto (who also plays the role of Major Kusanagi) and Cornelius; the ending themes are different for each episode. A manga original story titled began serialization in Kodansha's \"Young Magazine\"s April 2013 issue, released March 13, 2013, and ended serialization on August 26, 2013. The manga follows the story of how Batou and Kusanagi met during the civil war. \"Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture\" (officially abbreviated as \"Ghost in the Shell AAA\") is a television broadcasting of the previously released film series alongside new content. It began airing in Japan on April 5, 2015, broadcasting from the", "title": "Ghost in the Shell: Arise" }, { "docid": "696129", "text": "Haunted Mansion\". It featured the story of two teenagers, Mike (Howard) and Karen (Robie Lester), who get trapped inside the Haunted Mansion. Thurl Ravenscroft plays the Narrator, Pete Reneday plays the Ghost Host, and Eleanor Audley plays Madame Leota. Some of the effects and ideas that were planned but never permanently made it to the attraction are mentioned here: the Raven speaks in the Stretching Room, and the Hatbox Ghost is mentioned during the Attic scene. It was reissued in 1998 as a cassette tape titled \"A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion\" and on CD in 2009. In 1974,", "title": "Ron Howard" }, { "docid": "14389070", "text": "to capture that in my film.\" \"Paheli\" (Devanagari: पहेली, Nastaliq: پہیلی, ) (2005) was directed by Amol Palekar and produced by Gauri Khan, Sanjiv Chawla and Shahrukh Khan, who also plays the male lead. It is based on the short story written by Vijayadan Detha and tells the story of a wife (Rani Mukerji) who is left by her husband (Shahrukh Khan) and visited by a ghost, disguised as her husband, who is in love with her and takes her husband's place. \"Duvidha\" (1973) was directed by Mani Kaul and was critically acclaimed and won Best Film at the 1974", "title": "Indian ghost movie" }, { "docid": "4008613", "text": "\"Richard III\" also resemble the Senecan model, while the ghost in \"Hamlet\" plays a more complex role. The shade of Hamlet's murdered father in \"Hamlet\" has become one of the more recognizable ghosts in English literature. In another of Shakespeare’s works, \"Macbeth\", the murdered Banquo returns as a ghost to the dismay of the title character. In English Renaissance theatre, ghosts were often depicted in the garb of the living and even in armour. Armour, being out-of-date by the time of the Renaissance, gave the stage ghost a sense of antiquity. The sheeted ghost began to gain ground on stage", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "4008606", "text": "Ghost story A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. The \"ghost\" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic. Linked to the ghost is the idea of \"hauntings\", where a supernatural entity is tied to a place, object or person. Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Colloquially, the term \"ghost story\" can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "12580481", "text": "The Presence: A Ghost Story The Presence: A Ghost Story is a children's ghost novel by Eve Bunting. The spirit of a 17-year-old boy that died 120 years ago stands on the stairs of a church in Pasadena, California, waiting for 17-year-old Catherine, who is spending Christmas with her grandmother while her parents are traveling in Europe. The ghost, Noah, who calls himself \"The Presence\", is searching for a soul mate and thinks that Catherine is \"the one\" after he convinced himself that the many other girls before her, were \"the one\". Catherine has grief and guilt about her best", "title": "The Presence: A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "4949465", "text": "in a descriptive gothic style, especially her ghost story \"The Woman in Black\", which was published in 1983. She has expressed an interest in the traditional English ghost story, which relies on suspense and atmosphere to create its impact, similar to the classic ghost stories by Montague Rhodes James and Daphne du Maurier. The novel was turned into a play in 1987 and continues to run in the West End of London, joining the group of plays that have run for over twenty years. It was also made into a television film in 1989, and a film by Hammer Film", "title": "Susan Hill" }, { "docid": "4377831", "text": "\"Ghost Ship\" is the sort of flimflam that would have filled eight paneled pages in the great horror comic book \"Tales From the Crypt\" or consumed about 30 minutes on the latter-day HBO spinoff.\" Roger Ebert said the film is \"better than you expect but not as good as you hope,\" while Joel Siegel of \"Good Morning America\" awarded the film a B- rating, writing: \"After a very brutal and bloody beginning, \"Ghost Ship\" plays like an old-fashioned ghost story, the kind that kept you awake when you were a kid.\" In a review published by IGN, the reviewer awarded", "title": "Ghost Ship (2002 film)" }, { "docid": "7646031", "text": "Deep\") by Marcello Aliprandi, a story of love relationships at a holiday hideout. In \"There Is a Ghost in My Bed\" (1980), an Italo-Spanish production by Claudio de Molinis, she played newlywed Adelaide Fumagalli who arrives at the \"Black Castle\" in England with her husband on honeymoon. The castle is home to the ghost of 17th century nobleman Sir Archibald, played by veteran actor Renzo Montagnani who played Teresa's father in \"Il corpo della ragassa\". Sir Archibald plays his games to seduce Adelaide which will eventually end badly for himself. \"Il marito in vacanza\" (1981) by Alessandro Lucidi and Mario", "title": "Lilli Carati" }, { "docid": "15021031", "text": "advisory warning is shown: \"What you are about to see are haunted events encountered by real people. Some may find it disturbing.\" Note: This season is subtitled My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera. Note: This season is also subtitled My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera. Note: This season is also subtitled My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera. My Ghost Story My Ghost Story is an American television series on the paranormal, which premiered on July 17, 2010 on the Biography Channel. The series features ghost stories told from a person's own supposed experience with the supernatural. Each episode features claims", "title": "My Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "4008637", "text": "first aired on 5 October 1995 and ran for more than a decade, ending on 25 November 2010 with more than 450 episodes. Ghost story A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. The \"ghost\" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic. Linked to the ghost is the idea of \"hauntings\", where a supernatural entity is tied to a place, object or person. Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Colloquially, the term \"ghost", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "19377280", "text": "in modern depictions. Khonsuemheb and the Ghost Khonsuemheb and the ghost, often known simply as A ghost story, is an ancient Egyptian ghost story dating back to the Ramesside period. Its protagonist is a priest named Khonsuemheb (also rendered as Khonsemhab, in both cases meaning \"Khonsu is in jubilation\") and the story revolves around his encounter with a restless ghost. The beginning of the story is lost, but is implied that an unnamed man had to spend the night next to a tomb in the Theban Necropolis, only to be awakened by a ghost residing in it. Thus, the man", "title": "Khonsuemheb and the Ghost" }, { "docid": "19377273", "text": "Khonsuemheb and the Ghost Khonsuemheb and the ghost, often known simply as A ghost story, is an ancient Egyptian ghost story dating back to the Ramesside period. Its protagonist is a priest named Khonsuemheb (also rendered as Khonsemhab, in both cases meaning \"Khonsu is in jubilation\") and the story revolves around his encounter with a restless ghost. The beginning of the story is lost, but is implied that an unnamed man had to spend the night next to a tomb in the Theban Necropolis, only to be awakened by a ghost residing in it. Thus, the man went to the", "title": "Khonsuemheb and the Ghost" }, { "docid": "8407643", "text": "A Chinese Ghost Story III A Chinese Ghost Story III \"(Sinnui Yauwan III: Do Do Do)\" is a 1991 Hong Kong romantic comedy-horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" and \"A Chinese Ghost Story II\". Though technically a distant sequel, the plot is more of a retelling of the original \"A Chinese Ghost Story\". Joey Wong reprises her role as a ghostly beauty bound in servitude to the Tree Demon. The Tree Demon's seal, as cast by the monk Yin (Wu Ma) in the original film, only", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story III" }, { "docid": "8409884", "text": "in Norway in 2006. The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks is a novel written by Lee Falk in 1973, based on his own comic strip creation \"The Phantom\". The book tells the story about Kit Walker, son of the 20th Phantom, who will one day grow up to take over the mantle from his father and become the 21st Phantom. The book starts with Kit's birth in the Skull Cave. Several chapters are dedicated to him growing up in the Bangalla jungle, where the readers get to see", "title": "The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks" }, { "docid": "4008619", "text": "noted that many literary critics argue a \"Golden Age of the Ghost Story\" existed between the decline of the Gothic novel in the 1830s and the start of the First World War. Sullivan argues that the work of Edgar Allan Poe and Sheridan Le Fanu inaugurated this \"Golden Age\". Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the most influential writers of ghost stories.. Le Fanu's collections, such as \"In a Glass Darkly\" (1872) and \"The Purcell Papers\" (1880), helped popularise the short story as a medium for ghost fiction. Charlotte Riddell, who wrote fiction as Mrs. J. H. Riddell,", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "17215507", "text": "Anya's Ghost Anya's Ghost is a coming-of-age ghost story in graphic novel format. The first book by cartoonist Vera Brosgol, \"Anya's Ghost\" was published on June 7, 2011. In the novel, unpopular Anya befriends the ghost of Emily, a girl around Anya's age who died 90 years earlier. After failing to make Anya popular and happy, Emily becomes manipulative and controlling, leading Anya to discover the truth about Emily's death. \"Anya's Ghost\" took four years from inception to publication, and is drawn predominantly in hues of violet. Well received by critics, \"Anya's Ghost\" is the recipient of Cyblis, Harvey, and", "title": "Anya's Ghost" }, { "docid": "15021030", "text": "interviews of people who claim to have experienced encounters with the supernatural. These stories also include some historical facts of the reportedly haunted locations. Note: The \"My Ghost Story\" series is based on the 2008 and 2009 specials \"My Ghost Story: Hauntings Revealed\". New episodes currently air on the Biography Channel Saturday nights at 10pm EST. Season two premiered on April 9, 2011. Season three premiered on October 15, 2011. Season four premiered on April 21, 2012. As of October 3, 2013, My Ghost Story is airing on Lifetime/Lifetime Movie Network. Warning: At the beginning of each episode a parental", "title": "My Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "8409881", "text": "The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks is a novel written by Lee Falk in 1973, based on his own comic strip creation \"The Phantom\". The book tells the story about Kit Walker, son of the 20th Phantom, who will one day grow up to take over the mantle from his father and become the 21st Phantom. The book starts with Kit's birth in the Skull Cave. Several chapters are dedicated to him growing up in the Bangalla jungle, where the readers get to see events and lessons that", "title": "The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks" }, { "docid": "4008635", "text": "experiences of modern people who are unexpectedly exposed to ghosts, and usually draw on traditional Indian literature or folklore. In some cases the Indian films are remakes of western films, such as \"Anjaane\", based on Alejandro Amenábar's ghost story \"The Others\". In fictional television programming, ghosts have been explored in series such as \"Ghost Whisperer\", \"Medium\", \"Supernatural\", the television series adaptation of \"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir\" and \"Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)\". In animated fictional television programming, ghosts have served as the central element in series such as \"Casper the Friendly Ghost\", \"Danny Phantom\", and \"Scooby-Doo\", as well as minor", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "16398367", "text": "Ghost Story (TV series) Ghost Story (later retitled Circle Of Fear) is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, \"Ghost Story\" featured supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, and witches. By mid-season, low ratings led to a title change. \"Ghost Story\" was hosted by Sebastian Cabot as Winston Essex, the owner of a mysterious hotel named Mansfield House. Cabot's introductions were filmed in the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, California. \"Ghost Story\" dealt exclusively with ghosts, vampires, witches, and other supernatural elements. Guest stars included Helen", "title": "Ghost Story (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6213254", "text": "Ghost Story (1981 film) Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). The female lead role was played by Alice Krige in a dual role as Eva Galli/Alma Mobley. It follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him. It was the", "title": "Ghost Story (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "13769219", "text": "Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an adventure game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo DS and iOS. \"Ghost Trick\"s story centers on the recently deceased protagonist Sissel, and his ghost's struggle to discover who he was when he was alive and who killed him. The player assumes the role of this ghost, who has the ability to perform various \"Ghost Tricks\" to solve puzzles and navigate the world around him. The lead development, writing and directing were handled by Shu Takumi, creator of the \"Ace Attorney\" franchise. The game is published by Capcom and was released", "title": "Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective" }, { "docid": "11395123", "text": "first arrived. They begin a sexual relationship, and the story follows their budding romance as Daikichi begins to settle into his new home and start a new life. My Lovely Ghost Kana The story follows a young man named Amano Daikichi, who had recently lost his job and home and was forced to move into an abandoned apartment building known to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who had committed suicide 10 years before. Daikichi at first thought he had imagined the ghost when she first appeared, but begins to get to know her and learns her name", "title": "My Lovely Ghost Kana" }, { "docid": "6568893", "text": "Play\" is performed in the park's timber frame barn, as part of a ghost story trilogy. The other two plays are \"Phoebe Wise\" and \"Louie\". In 2014, an episode of \"Ghost Hunters\" was filmed at the Ceely Rose House. The episode, entitled Family Plot, aired on the SyFy channel. The \"Ghost Hunter\"s crew investigates claims of paranormal activities stemming from the 1896 triple murder. On this same episode, they also spend time inside Louis Bromfield's \"Big House\" at Malabar Farm, again trying to document reported paranormal activity. A festival dedicated to early Ohio's winter tradition of making maple syrup. This", "title": "Malabar Farm State Park" }, { "docid": "4696910", "text": "The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost is a novella by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in \"The Court and Society Review\", 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American family who move to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times. The home of the Canterville Ghost was the ancient Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrements of a", "title": "The Canterville Ghost" }, { "docid": "13099896", "text": "November 1995, the series was now called \"Real Ghosts\". The opening narration was slightly altered, a middle story was dropped and the series started using more recognizable actors, but it was not picked up as a regular series. Edward Winter, who plays Carl Lawson in the \"Headless Ghost\" storyline, was actually credited as Ed Winter. Winter is best known for playing Colonel Flagg in the TV series \"M*A*S*H\". Quotes: Trivia: Manhattan, Kansas, the location of the haunted Phi Beta Delta fraternity at Kansas State University, is also the hometown of Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Allusions: Josh's", "title": "Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories" }, { "docid": "20125161", "text": "unfold in a strange filmic space between cruel reality and ghostly fantasy.\" The film holds a 92% approval rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 36 reviews with an average rating of 7.1/10. The site's consensus reads: \"\"Sicilian Ghost Story\" uses a horrific real-life story as the framework for a powerfully acted foray into surprisingly beguiling fantasy territory.\" \"Sicilian Ghost Story\" won the David di Donatello for Best Adapted Script. Sicilian Ghost Story Sicilian Ghost Story is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. It is based on the real-life \"The White Knight\"", "title": "Sicilian Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "14389071", "text": "Filmfare Awards. The film is based on a story by Vijayadan Detha which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about merchant’s son whose relationship with his young bride is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the husband. \"Shodh\" (1981) is based on the book \"Steaming Rice and a Ghost Story\" by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Surendra (Om Puri), having been exiled from his village in youth and established himself in the city, comes back to the news of his father's demise, reportedly at the hands of a phantom. He", "title": "Indian ghost movie" }, { "docid": "4008628", "text": "story with nature mysticism), Oliver Onions (whose ghost stories drew on psychological horror), and William Hope Hodgson (whose ghost tales also contained elements of the sea story and science fiction) helped move the ghost story in new directions. Kaidan (怪談), which literally means “supernatural tale” or \"weird tale\", is a form of Japanese ghost story. Kaidan entered the vernacular when a game called Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai became popular in the Edo period. The popularity of the game, as well as the acquisition of a printing press, led to the creation of a literary genre called \"Kaidanshu.\" Kaidan are not always horror", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "8367476", "text": "Beware the Gray Ghost \"Beware the Gray Ghost\" is the eighteenth episode of \"\". It was directed by series regular Boyd Kirkland and first aired on November 4, 1992. The episode features guest star Adam West, best known for his portrayal of Batman in the 1960s \"Batman\" television series. West plays the Gray Ghost, a character who bears a strong resemblance to Batman antecedent The Shadow. The episode opens with a young Bruce Wayne watching a black-and-white television show called \"The Gray Ghost\". The episode cuts back and forth between the flashback and events in the present day, where a", "title": "Beware the Gray Ghost" }, { "docid": "13094551", "text": "cover by Mike Mignola and two black-and-white preview pages for \"\". In the story Hellboy and B.P.R.D. psychic Josephine T. Gant travel to Arcadia to hunt down Ghost, but the tables are turned when Ghost receives a vision from someone calling himself Peace who tells her that Hellboy is her enemy and the key to releasing her from her suffering is the Right Hand of Doom. The second issue (June 1, 1996) featured a cover by Mike Mignola. In the story Ghost delivers Hellboy to the being calling himself Peace on a mystical plane, but when he reveals himself to", "title": "Ghost/Hellboy" }, { "docid": "3222070", "text": "Blaze's long lost siblings. In 2000s comics, Blaze again became the Ghost Rider, succeeding Ketch. In 2013, Robbie Reyes became Ghost Rider as part of the Marvel NOW! initiative. Nicolas Cage starred as the Johnny Blaze iteration of the character in the 2007 film \"Ghost Rider\" and its 2012 sequel, \"\". Gabriel Luna plays Robbie Reyes in the television series \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\", set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Following the western comics character who originally used the name, the first superhero Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, debuted in \"Marvel Spotlight\" #5 (August 1972), created by Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, writer", "title": "Ghost Rider" }, { "docid": "18023255", "text": "wrote Gothic horror novel about ghosts and mystery. Albrecht's novel, \"Das höfliche Gespenst\" (The polite ghost), was published on three separate occasions under three different names — \"Legenden\" (Legends) (1797), \"Das höfliche Gespenst\" (The Polite Ghost), and \"Ida von Duba, das Mädchen im Walde; eine romantische Geschichte aus den grauenvollen Tagen der Vorwelt\" (Ida von Duba, the Girl in the Forest; a Romantic Story from the Dreadful Days of the Past) (1805). \"The Polite Ghost\" told a story about what happens after the war ends and the hero is dead, leaving behind a widow, who is haunted by a ghost.", "title": "Sophie Albrecht" }, { "docid": "16801965", "text": "Rak Nang Phrai Patha Nang Tani (มนต์รักนางพรายปะทะนางตานี) and 2000 film Phrai Tani (พรายตานี), are less important movies in which the banana tree ghost plays the main role. She also plays a role in other films such as horror movie Nang Phrai Khanong Rak (นางพรายคะนองรัก), among others. \"Tani\" appeared as well as in a Sylvania light bulb commercial for Thai audiences. This female ghost is much loved in Thai popular culture, representations and stories about her, sometimes humorous, are common in Thai comic books and story books. Tani has a role as well in the \"Nak\" animated movie. In the PC", "title": "Nang Tani" }, { "docid": "15506507", "text": "credits is the theme song of \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" (1987), which was performed by Leslie Cheung. \"The China Post\" gave the film a negative review of two stars out of five, stating that in comparison to the original film, \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" (2011) was \"in the same spirit as the original so to speak, it seems to be targeted at a younger audience brought up on Hollywood movies, perhaps he hopes the film will be Hong Kong's answer to \"Twilight\".\" A Chinese Ghost Story (2011 film) A Chinese Ghost Story, also known as A Chinese Fairy Tale, is", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story (2011 film)" }, { "docid": "17215522", "text": "and Entertainment One is financing the film. Bolt described Ness as \"passionate about the source material\", having written a \"fresh and distinctive\" screenplay; Bolt went on to describe the film as a \"classic high school comedy with a supernatural twist.\" According to \"Deadline Hollywood\", Emma Roberts has been cast to star in the film. Anya's Ghost Anya's Ghost is a coming-of-age ghost story in graphic novel format. The first book by cartoonist Vera Brosgol, \"Anya's Ghost\" was published on June 7, 2011. In the novel, unpopular Anya befriends the ghost of Emily, a girl around Anya's age who died 90", "title": "Anya's Ghost" }, { "docid": "12367690", "text": "Haunted Kids Haunted Kids (also known as Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories) is a series of true ghost story children's books written by Allan Zullo and Bruce Nash, (creators of \"\".) Unlike many anthology ghost story books at the time, these stories are all non-fiction and based on real cases. The true stories all involve children who have had encounters with the supernatural. As the series grew in popularity, the books began to focus on other true ghost stories, involving animals, sports, etc. The series was enormously popular, publishing millions of copies and eleven initial volumes between 1993 and 1997.", "title": "Haunted Kids" }, { "docid": "6581653", "text": "Church in Campbelltown. It has been suggested that Farley invented the ghost story as a way of concealing some other speculated source of his knowledge about the whereabouts of Fisher's body, but this cannot be confirmed. Joe Nickell has written the ghost story may have originated from an anonymous poem in 1832 which fictionalized Fisher and Worrall. Contemporary police and court records do not mention the ghost story. The legend of Fisher's ghost has since entered popular folklore and the creek beside which the body was discovered is known as Fisher's Ghost Creek, although it has now, however, been converted", "title": "Fisher's ghost" }, { "docid": "19648227", "text": "ultimate goal of the ghost is to indicate who killed him, where, and with what weapon. A series of illustrated cards are laid out for each of three stages: one for suspects, one for locations, and one for murder weapons. One person plays as the ghost. This player may not directly communicate with the other players, who play the mediums; however, the mediums may collaborate. The ghost secretly selects a suspect, location, and murder weapon for each medium to guess. Each round, the ghost hands out one or more illustrated cards to each medium. Mediums progress through the stages by", "title": "Mysterium (board game)" }, { "docid": "17627270", "text": "Urban Ghost Story Urban Ghost Story is a 1998 British horror film set in a high-rise housing estate in Glasgow. It is directed by Geneviève Jolliffe, written by Geneviève Jolliffe and Chris Jones, and stars Jason Connery, Nicola Stapleton, Stephanie Buttle, and Heather Ann Foster. The plot follows 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who, after being involved in a road traffic accident and suffering a near-death experience, feels that she is haunted by a malicious spirit that she brought back with her from the afterlife. Although surrounded by people who disbelieve her claims, Lizzie and her mother eventually encounters a", "title": "Urban Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "9431096", "text": "this is a very common device in the most standard Noh plays, and it is implied that the youth earlier was Atsumori's ghost in disguise. Atsumori (along with the chorus chanting for him) relates his tragic story from his perspective, re-enacting it in dance form. The play then ends with Renshō refusing to re-enact his role in Atsumori's death; the ghost declares that Renshō is not his enemy, and asks that the monk pray for his release. (Tied to the mortal realm by the emotional power of his death, Atsumori's ghost has been unable to move on.) 思へばこの世は常の住み家にあらず In truth,", "title": "Atsumori (play)" }, { "docid": "20870900", "text": "Breathe: A Ghost Story Breathe: A Ghost Story is a novel by English author Cliff McNish published in 2006 as McNish's first stand-alone novel. It is about a group of ghost children trapped inside an old farmhouse by a malignant spirit known as the Ghost Mother. Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother, and discovers that the Ghost Mother wants him to herself. Twelve-year-old Jack, a boy with severe asthma that has almost killed him on multiple occasions, has recently lost his father. To help the two of them recover,", "title": "Breathe: A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "15506506", "text": "falling apart. She pushes Ning out of the temple to join Xuefenglei and Xia Bing, who are waiting outside. The following day, as Ning is about to leave the village, he hears Xiaoqian's voice calling his name. \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" (2011) is regarded as a remake of the 1987 film of the same title directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The end credits mention that the film is dedicated to the memory of actor-musician Leslie Cheung, who starred as Ning Choi-san (Ning Caichen) in \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" (1987). Besides, the song played in the end", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story (2011 film)" }, { "docid": "4008617", "text": "two forms differ. Ghost stories, unlike Gothic fiction, usually take place in a time and location near to the audience of the story. The modern short story emerged in Germany in the early decades of the 19th century. Kleist's \"The Beggar Woman of Locarno\", published in 1810, and several other works from the period lay claim to being the first ghost short stories of a modern type. E. T. A. Hoffmann's ghost stories include \"The Elementary Spirit\" and \"The Mines of Falun\". The Russian equivalent of the ghost story is the \"\". Notables examples of the genre from the 1830s", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "14389074", "text": "described by reviewers as \"uninterested\" and \"mechanical\". \"Bhoothnath\" (Devanagari: भूतनाथ translation: \"Lord of Ghosts\") directed by Vivek Sharma and produced by Ravi Chopra, is an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short-story The Canterville Ghost. The story is about the relationship between a deceased old man (played by Amitabh Bachchan) and a boy named Banku. Some Hollywood movies refer to Bollywood ghost movies. For example, the 2001 movie \"Ghost World\" by Terry Zwigoff includes a clip from the 1965 hit \"Gumnaam\" by Raja Nawathe, which tells of a group of travelers in an isolated hotel who are murdered one by one.", "title": "Indian ghost movie" }, { "docid": "7159851", "text": "fairy tale to show how fear within one's belief system can lead to freedom. Hedwig von Beit interprets cats as the forerunners of the later ghost: They suggest a game which the ghost plays in some variation too, and are trapped like him. Spirits of the dead appear in animals, and bowling games in fairy tales often consist of skull and bones. The underworldly aspect of the Unconscious appears, when consciousness treats it in a disapproving fashion, just as the naive not actually courageous son does in compensation to the behavior of the others. He naively treats ghosts like real", "title": "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" }, { "docid": "10167952", "text": "is Baron Belforest's chaplain; he is a Puritan, and also a hypocrite who is tangentally involved in both the superior plots as a willing stooge for both D'Amville and Levidulchia. His attempted seduction of Soquette is a ridiculous failure. The play takes a negative view of personal vengeance, stressing instead divine judgement upon sinners and wrongdoers. The ghost of Montferrers appears in the play – but unlike the ghost in \"Hamlet\" and other plays of the era (which draw on the precedents of the revenge ghosts in the plays of Seneca the Younger), Montferrers' ghost counsels Charlemont to abjure revenge,", "title": "The Atheist's Tragedy" }, { "docid": "6735124", "text": "Triana had a daughter. Stefan, the ghost, appears the day Karl dies and plays his Stradivarius (s long Strad) (apparently also a ghost). Triana secludes herself in her house for several days without informing anyone of Karl's death. The book tells the story of both Triana and Stefan. Stefan takes Triana in a travel through time, visiting scenes from his life and his afterlife in an attempt to reclaim his violin, which had been taken by Triana. Stefan had many mentors including Beethoven and Paganini, but it is Beethoven whom Stefan cherished the most. After Stefan's story is \"told\" Triana", "title": "Violin (novel)" }, { "docid": "16035299", "text": "A Chinese Ghost Story II A Chinese Ghost Story II (倩女幽魂 II：人間道) is a 1990 Hong Kong romantic comedy-horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" and is followed by \"A Chinese Ghost Story III\". Following the events of the first film, Ning (Leslie Cheung) parts ways with the Taoist Yin (Wu Ma) and returns to his home village, which has since fallen on desperate times. Fleeing from cannibals, Ning winds up being imprisoned. Sharing a cell with Elder Chu, a renowned scholar, Ning spends apparent months languishing", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story II" }, { "docid": "16035305", "text": "journey, they see two women approach on horseback, which happen to be Windy and Moon. Windy has escaped from her wedding and decides to leave with Ning. A Chinese Ghost Story II A Chinese Ghost Story II (倩女幽魂 II：人間道) is a 1990 Hong Kong romantic comedy-horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to \"A Chinese Ghost Story\" and is followed by \"A Chinese Ghost Story III\". Following the events of the first film, Ning (Leslie Cheung) parts ways with the Taoist Yin (Wu Ma) and returns to his home village, which has", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story II" }, { "docid": "1807739", "text": "Grose takes Flora away to her uncle, leaving the governess with Miles, who that night at last talks to her about his expulsion; the ghost of Quint appears to the governess at the window. The governess shields Miles, who attempts to see the ghost. The governess tells Miles he is no longer controlled by the ghost and then finds that Miles has died in her arms, and the ghost has gone. Throughout his career James was attracted to the ghost story. However, he was not fond of literature's stereotypical ghosts. He preferred to create ghosts that were eerie extensions of", "title": "The Turn of the Screw" }, { "docid": "13916741", "text": "The Haunted House (story) \"The Haunted House\" is a story published in 1859 for the weekly periodical \"All the Year Round\". It was \"Conducted by Charles Dickens\", with contributions from others. It is a \"portmanteau\" story, with Dickens writing the opening and closing stories, framing stories by Dickens himself and five other authors: \"The Mortals in the House\" (Charles Dickens) \"The Ghost in the Clock Room\" (Hesba Stretton) \"The Ghost in the Double Room\" (George Augustus Sala) \"The Ghost in the Picture Room\" (Adelaide Anne Procter) \"The Ghost in the Cupboard Room\" (Wilkie Collins) \"The Ghost in Master B's Room\"", "title": "The Haunted House (story)" }, { "docid": "20125158", "text": "Sicilian Ghost Story Sicilian Ghost Story is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. It is based on the real-life \"The White Knight\" short story in the \"We Won't Be Confused Forever\" volume by Marco Mancassola and was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she", "title": "Sicilian Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "14715852", "text": "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas \"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas\" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James. It was published in his book \"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary\" (1904). The tale tells the story of the Rev. Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, who tells a rector the frightening tale of how, while searching an abbey library, he found clues leading him to the hidden treasure of a disgraced abbot. In 1974 the story was adapted as part of the BBC's \"A Ghost Story for Christmas\" strand by John Bowen. It was first broadcast on 23 December", "title": "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" }, { "docid": "14715850", "text": "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas \"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas\" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James. It was published in his book \"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary\" (1904). The tale tells the story of the Rev. Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, who tells a rector the frightening tale of how, while searching an abbey library, he found clues leading him to the hidden treasure of a disgraced abbot. In 1974 the story was adapted as part of the BBC's \"A Ghost Story for Christmas\" strand by John Bowen. It was first broadcast on 23 December", "title": "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" }, { "docid": "15021028", "text": "My Ghost Story My Ghost Story is an American television series on the paranormal, which premiered on July 17, 2010 on the Biography Channel. The series features ghost stories told from a person's own supposed experience with the supernatural. Each episode features claims of encounters at reportedly haunted locations all over the United States, as well as a few locations in other countries. A spin-off series My Ghost Story Asia premiered on the Biography Channel (Asia) on 16 August 2012 featuring stories from Singapore and Malaysia. The fifth season started on October 5, 2012 on Fridays at 9/8 Central. The", "title": "My Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "15155073", "text": "Ghost Story (1974 film) Ghost Story is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Marianne Faithfull, Leigh Lawson, Larry Dann and Anthony Bate. Although set in England, the film was almost entirely shot on location in India, much of it at Bangalore Palace, owned by the Maharajah of Mysore. The film features a rare performance from actor Vivian MacKerrell, who was later the inspiration for Withnail in Bruce Robinson's \"Withnail and I\". The story and screenplay are by Philip Norman, Rosemary Sutcliff and Stephen Weeks and music is composed by Ron Geesin. In a 2017 interview", "title": "Ghost Story (1974 film)" }, { "docid": "17794807", "text": "later, the film was followed by one of the series of children's books, \"Goosebumps\", by R L Stine. \"Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost\" was published by The Scholastic Press in 1995 and tells the story of two children who search for a ghost's missing head. And both the film and the book preceded an episode of the Canadian television family comedy programme \"Goosebumps\". The episode was also titled 'The Headless Ghost.' It was first telecast on 21 September 1996 and relates the same tale as that of the book. The Headless Ghost The Headless Ghost is a 1959 British comedy horror", "title": "The Headless Ghost" }, { "docid": "6564280", "text": "a third-person shooter featuring an original storyline where the character plays a rookie member of Section 9. The video game's soundtrack \"Megatech Body\" features various electronica artists. Animation studio Production I.G has produced several different anime adaptations of \"Ghost in the Shell\", starting with the 1995 film of the same name, telling the story of Section 9's investigation of the Puppet Master. The film was followed by a sequel titled \"\", released in 2004. Meanwhile, a television series release began in 2002 under the title \"\", telling an alternate story from the manga and first film, featuring Section 9's investigations", "title": "Ghost in the Shell (manga)" }, { "docid": "11659552", "text": "the artificially constructed bridge that connects the two moons, Raida learns more about Ghosts, her mother and how much she can trust her partner. The Ghost Pit \"The Ghost Pit\" is a science fiction short story by British writer Stephen Baxter, published in 2001. It was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 2002 Locus Award and 2002 Asimov's Reader Poll. The story follows Raida, a young woman on a hunting expedition, who is teamed with her mother's old partner, L'Eesh. The two are investigating a large jovian planet for the presence of", "title": "The Ghost Pit" }, { "docid": "11659551", "text": "The Ghost Pit \"The Ghost Pit\" is a science fiction short story by British writer Stephen Baxter, published in 2001. It was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 2002 Locus Award and 2002 Asimov's Reader Poll. The story follows Raida, a young woman on a hunting expedition, who is teamed with her mother's old partner, L'Eesh. The two are investigating a large jovian planet for the presence of rare aliens known as Ghosts when their spacecraft is attacked and they crash land on one of the planet's moons. As they walk to", "title": "The Ghost Pit" }, { "docid": "17070686", "text": "causes Sunny temporary pain, and thereby forces the ghost to temporarily leave Sunny. Dr. Dutta realises the toy's importance and urges Satya to destroy it. Eventually the ghost is destroyed along with the rattle. And Sunny, Satya and Dr. Dutta leave the house, having exorcised the ghost and solving the mystery behind the haunting. At the end of the movie a rocking chair is shown rocking back and forth and a child's voice is heard, signifying that there is still a ghost in the house. Sunny Leone, who plays female lead in \"Ragini MMS 2\", says this movie is more", "title": "Ragini MMS 2" }, { "docid": "14459929", "text": "of the game are not used as though they belong to a fourth player who has not played their hand. That player also takes the fourth wind position. In Rummoli the ghost position is known as the widow. An extra hand is dealt to a ghost player and those cards are not revealed until the end of the game. This is designed to keep some cards out of the game, making it more challenging to win difficult hands. In other games the ghost players cards are controlled by a selected player (effectively meaning that player plays two separate hands). The", "title": "Ghost player position" }, { "docid": "4008620", "text": "created ghost stories which were noted for adept use of the haunted house theme. The \"classic\" ghost story arose during the Victorian period, and included authors such as M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu, Violet Hunt, and Henry James. Classic ghost stories were influenced by the gothic fiction tradition, and contain elements of folklore and psychology. M. R. James summed up the essential elements of a ghost story as, “Malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, ‘the stony grin of unearthly malice', pursuing forms in darkness, and 'long-drawn, distant screams', are all in place, and so is a modicum", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "8166911", "text": "but before she dies she will remarry to a greater knight than he. They will have nine children: six daughters, and three sons who will fight for king and country. One son will be a duke, the second a knight, the third a laird. The Knight's Ghost The Knight's Ghost is Child ballad 265. It tells the story of a woman who learns that her husband has died in battle, after which she locks his men in a cellar and throws the keys in the sea. Her husband's ghost appears to ask that she release his men, assuring her they", "title": "The Knight's Ghost" }, { "docid": "485877", "text": "tower\"\" (1941), inspired by \"Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book\". H. Russell Wakefield's story \"He Cometh and He Passeth By!\" (1928) is a homage to James's \"Casting the Runes\". W. F. Harvey's ghost story \"The Ankardyne Pew\" (1928) is also a homage to James's work, which Harvey admired. H. F. Heard's novel \"The Black Fox\" is an occult thriller inspired by \"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral\". Kingsley Amis' novel \"The Green Man\" is partly a homage to James's ghost stories. Between 1976 and 1992, Sheila Hodgson authored and produced for BBC Radio 4 a series of plays which portrayed M. R. James as", "title": "M. R. James" }, { "docid": "16110727", "text": "Ghost (2012 film) Ghost is a 2012 Indian horror film written and directed by Puja Jatinder Bedi, starring Shiney Ahuja and Sayali Bhagat in the lead roles and features Russian actress Julia Bliss who makes her Bollywood debut. Ghost was released on Friday 13 January 2012 and was critically panned, although the performance of Sayali Bhagat was well praised. The film performed moderately well at the Indian box office. The story follows Bhagat as a doctor and Ahuja as a detective who together investigate strange happenings inside a hospital. The film was given an A certificate because of its extremely", "title": "Ghost (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "8846570", "text": "fictionalized the Ghost Club in 1919 as \"The Everlasting Club\" in a ghost story that many still believe to be true. The 20th century's move from séance room investigation to laboratory-based research meant the Ghost Club fell out of touch with contemporary psychic research. Harry Price, famous for his investigation into Borley Rectory, joined as a member in 1927 as did psychologist Nandor Fodor who represented the changing approach to psychical research taking place. With attendance falling, the club closed in 1936 after 485 meetings. The Ghost Club records were deposited in the British Museum under the proviso that they", "title": "The Ghost Club" }, { "docid": "8419193", "text": "about to flee, Supu learns that his lover has been kidnapped by the \"ghost\" and he tracks the \"ghost\" to its lair in the labyrinth, where he discovers that the \"ghost\" is actually a martial arts expert in disguise. The \"ghost\" tells his story and reveals that he was forced into exile because he was betrayed by his apprentice, who is actually Old Man Ji. The \"ghost\" is the hermit Hua Hui, whom Li Wenxiu saved earlier. To everyone's surprise, Old Man Ji is revealed to be actually a man in his 30s in disguise as an old man. Old", "title": "White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind" }, { "docid": "9810236", "text": "the Eaglenest Entertainment Center in Maggie Valley on June 2, 2007. The inspiration of the movie came from Haywood County native Dean Teaster who had a story to tell about his ancestor Harmon Teaster and Ghost Town in the Sky, where he spent many summers as a child. Teaster's desire was to capture Ghost Town in the Sky as how it might have looked in the late 1870's. \"Ghost Town: The Movie\", later titled \"Dean Teaster's Ghost Town,\" at the time of release on Lionsgate label was listed the most rented Western film by \"Rentrax\" reporting service. This position held", "title": "Ghost Town Village" }, { "docid": "20870903", "text": "shortlisted for the Rhode Island Teen Book Award and the Texas Lonestar Awards, Breathe was voted in May 2013 by The U.K. Schools Library Network as one of the best 100 all time adult and children’s novels. Breathe: A Ghost Story Breathe: A Ghost Story is a novel by English author Cliff McNish published in 2006 as McNish's first stand-alone novel. It is about a group of ghost children trapped inside an old farmhouse by a malignant spirit known as the Ghost Mother. Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother,", "title": "Breathe: A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "15297569", "text": "A Temple of the Holy Ghost \"A Temple of the Holy Ghost\" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was written in 1954 and published in 1955 in her short story collection \"A Good Man Is Hard to Find\" and is one of O'Connor's only explicitly Catholic stories. A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work, but more commonly described rural Southern Protestants as her main characters. The story is told from the perspective of a 12-year-old girl and involves a visit from a pair of her 14-year-old cousins, Roman Catholic convent school girls who", "title": "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" }, { "docid": "12671789", "text": "The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story is a children's novel by Mary Downing Hahn. It was first published in 1989. Still angry over the recent death of her father, ten-year-old Ashley moves with her widowed mother into the upper floor of a house owned by mean-spirited Ms. Cooper, who dislikes children. In spite of Ms. Cooper's warnings to stay out of the house's overgrown and neglected garden, Ashley goes exploring and meets a younger neighbor, Kristi. Kristi tells her that the neighborhood kids believe the garden is haunted by a", "title": "The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "4008636", "text": "roles in various other television shows. Popularized in part by the 1984 comedy franchise \"Ghostbusters\", ghost hunting has been popularized as a hobby wherein reportedly haunted places are explored. The ghost hunting theme has been featured in paranormal reality television series, such as \"A Haunting\", \"Ghost Adventures\", \"Ghost Hunters\", \"Ghost Hunters International\", \"Ghost Lab\", and \"Most Haunted\". It is also represented in children's television by such programs as \"The Ghost Hunter\" based on the book series of the same name and \"Ghost Trackers\". The Indian television series, \"Aahat\", featured ghost and supernatural stories written by B. P. Singh. It was", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "13094552", "text": "be Alal the Destroyer, who has been lying to her all along, the vengeful spirit and the world’s greatest paranormal investigator must team up to avert the impending apocalypse. The two issues were compiled and reprinted in the \"Ghost/Hellboy Special\" (June 25, 1997), which also included a two-page sketchbook of some of the thumbnail layouts and the preliminary character sketches Mignola provided for Benefiel to work from. Ghost/Hellboy Ghost/Hellboy is a Dark Horse Comics two-issue crossover comic book miniseries written by Mike Mignola with art by Scott Benefiel published May to June 1996 featuring fictional heroes Ghost and Hellboy. Story", "title": "Ghost/Hellboy" }, { "docid": "17627272", "text": "on too much editing within scenes, so the film often moves too quickly from one face to another instead of moving fluently with unbroken shots. In this way we are unhooked from a film which should really have grabbed and gripped.\" Urban Ghost Story Urban Ghost Story is a 1998 British horror film set in a high-rise housing estate in Glasgow. It is directed by Geneviève Jolliffe, written by Geneviève Jolliffe and Chris Jones, and stars Jason Connery, Nicola Stapleton, Stephanie Buttle, and Heather Ann Foster. The plot follows 12-year-old Lizzie (Heather Ann Foster) who, after being involved in a", "title": "Urban Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "14132013", "text": "Pepper's Ghost (Arena album) Pepper's Ghost is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Arena. It was issued in 2005 by Inside Out Music. The album tells the story of five heroes in 19th century London, who fight crime and, ultimately, defeat a demon. They are an exorcist, a ninja, a scientist who travels through time, a count and a cowboy with Indian ways. The story is told in the booklet that accompanies it, through a small comic. All songs written by Clive Nolan, John Mitchell and Mick Pointer, except where noted. All lyrics written by Nolan.", "title": "Pepper's Ghost (Arena album)" }, { "docid": "14132012", "text": "Pepper's Ghost (Arena album) Pepper's Ghost is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Arena. It was issued in 2005 by Inside Out Music. The album tells the story of five heroes in 19th century London, who fight crime and, ultimately, defeat a demon. They are an exorcist, a ninja, a scientist who travels through time, a count and a cowboy with Indian ways. The story is told in the booklet that accompanies it, through a small comic. All songs written by Clive Nolan, John Mitchell and Mick Pointer, except where noted. All lyrics written by Nolan.", "title": "Pepper's Ghost (Arena album)" }, { "docid": "12959057", "text": "Whistle and I'll Come to You Whistle and I'll Come to You is the title of two BBC television drama adaptations based on the ghost story \"\" by the writer M. R. James. The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a Knights Templar cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. The story was first published in 1904 in \"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary\", the first collection of ghost stories that James published based on tales he had written as", "title": "Whistle and I'll Come to You" }, { "docid": "8180345", "text": "Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated horror anthology television series produced by Toei Animation. The series is made up of three stories: \"Yotsuya Ghost Story (Yotsuya Kaidan)\", an adaptation of the classic Japanese ghost story; \"Goddess of the Dark Tower (Tenshu Monogatari)\", based on the play by Kyōka Izumi; and \"Goblin Cat (Bake Neko)\", an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote. \"Yotsuya Ghost Story\" is a retelling of the classic Japanese ghost story, written by the 18th century kabuki playwright Nanboku Tsuruya IV. In the anime, Nanboku", "title": "Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales" }, { "docid": "7982872", "text": "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, \"More Ghost Stories\" (1911), combined in one volume. it was his first short story collection. After Jonathan Miller adapted \"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad\" for \"Omnibus\" in 1968, several stories from the collection were adapted as the BBC's yearly \"Ghost Story for Christmas\" strand, including \"Lost Hearts\", \"The Treasure of Abbot", "title": "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" }, { "docid": "1647524", "text": "\"A Chinese Ghost Story\" tied with Jia Zhangke's \"Xiao Wu\" (1997) and Zhang Yimou's \"The Story of Qiu Ju\" (1992) for 35th place on the list. A Chinese Ghost Story A Chinese Ghost Story () is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is loosely based on a short story about Nie Xiaoqian from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's \"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio\", and also inspired by the 1960 Shaw Brothers Studio film, \"The Enchanting Shadow\". The film", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "9570965", "text": "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation () is a 1997 Hong Kong animated film. It was written and produced by Tsui Hark and his production company, Film Workshop. The animation was produced by Japanese animation studio, Triangle Staff. It is also referred to as \"\"Xiao Qian\"\", \"\"Little Pretty\"\", \"\"Chinese Ghost Story Xiao Qian\"\". The production time lasted four years with computer CGI being used as graphical enhancements. It was debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The story is loosely based on a short story, titled \"Nie Xiaoqian\", from the", "title": "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation" }, { "docid": "9036498", "text": "of view of five men in their old age. The protagonists, lifelong friends who call themselves the \"Chowder Society,\" gather periodically to reminisce and share ghost stories. When one of them dies suddenly, the surviving men find themselves haunted by dreams in which they also die. As the story unfolds, their past is revealed to hold a murder from their youth, and they begin to fear that the young woman they killed has returned to take revenge upon them. Stephen King, in his non-fiction review of the horror medium, \"Danse Macabre\", lists \"Ghost Story\" as one of the finest horror", "title": "Ghost Story (Straub novel)" }, { "docid": "14574545", "text": "Ghost Story (The Dresden Files) Ghost Story is the 13th book in \"The Dresden Files\", Jim Butcher's continuing urban fantasy series about Chicago wizard Harry Dresden. Immediately following the events of \"Changes\", Harry finds himself between life and the afterlife, where he is informed that there has been an \"irregularity\" with his death and is given the option to return to Chicago as a spirit and find his killer. He elects to return and heads to the house of an ectomancer who could communicate with ghosts, Mortimer Lindquist, whom Harry had maneuvered into helping him in the past. Harry finds", "title": "Ghost Story (The Dresden Files)" }, { "docid": "17032423", "text": "Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, TV Aichi, HTB, OX, SBS, TVQ and BS11 networks. Funimation's subtitled localization of the series began on April 8, 2015, with the digital \"AAA\" releases being released under the same \"Ghost in the Shell: Arise\" listing for the original tetralogy, but labelled as television episodes to differentiate the two. The opening theme is \"Anata o tamotsu mono\" by Maaya Sakamoto (who also plays the role of Major Kusanagi) and Cornelius. A stage production of Ghost in the Shell Arise: GHOST is ALIVE was staged between the November 5th to 15th of 2015 at the Tokyo", "title": "Ghost in the Shell: Arise" }, { "docid": "13008304", "text": "A Ghost Story for Christmas A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films were all shot on 16 mm colour film. The remit behind the series was to provide a television adaptation of a classic ghost story, in line with the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. Each instalment is a separate adaptation of a short story, ranges between 30 and", "title": "A Ghost Story for Christmas" }, { "docid": "9036497", "text": "Ghost Story (Straub novel) Ghost Story is a horror novel by American writer Peter Straub. It was published on January 1, 1979 by Coward, McCann and Geoghegan. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1981, minus the novel's fifth protagonist character, Lewis Benedikt. The novel was a watershed in Straub's career. Though his earlier books had achieved a limited amount of critical and commercial success, \"Ghost Story\" became a national bestseller and cemented the author's reputation. The story takes place in the fictional town of Milburn, New York, and is told from the alternating points", "title": "Ghost Story (Straub novel)" }, { "docid": "14389064", "text": "Indian ghost movie <onlyinclude> Indian ghost movies are popular not just in India but in the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and other parts of the world. Generally the movies are based on the experiences of modern people who are unexpectedly exposed to ghosts. Some Indian ghost movies, such as the comedy/horror film \"Chandramukhi\", have been great hits, dubbed into several languages. They usually draw on traditional Indian literature or folklore, but in some cases are remakes of Western movies, such as \"Anjaane\", based on Alejandro Amenábar's ghost story \"The Others\".</onlyinclude> The 1949 \"Mahal\" (Hindi: महल; Urdu: محل; English:", "title": "Indian ghost movie" }, { "docid": "11395122", "text": "My Lovely Ghost Kana The story follows a young man named Amano Daikichi, who had recently lost his job and home and was forced to move into an abandoned apartment building known to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who had committed suicide 10 years before. Daikichi at first thought he had imagined the ghost when she first appeared, but begins to get to know her and learns her name is Kana. After a night of heavy drinking they discover that Daikichi is able to physically touch Kana instead of just passing through her \"body\" as when he", "title": "My Lovely Ghost Kana" }, { "docid": "20529229", "text": "Roll Ghost Story\" received widespread acclaim, and enjoyed its World Premiere at the 25th Annual Raindance Film Festival in London in 2017. It also enjoyed nationwide theatrical release in Japan through King Records. Ghostroads - A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story Ghostroads - A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story is a 2017 Japanese rock n roll comedy film conceived and produced by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers and written by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers and James Honeycutt. It was directed by Enrico Ciccu and co-produced and edited by Ken Nishikawa. It stars Japanese Rock musicians Mr. Pan of The", "title": "Ghostroads - A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "18316937", "text": "Ghost Game (novel) Ghost Game is a novel by British author Nigel Hinton which was first published in 2011. It is part of Heinemann's Heroes series which is designed to appeal to reluctant readers in the schools market. It follows the story of a father and son who start a new life in a new town after the loss of the mother and younger son of the family but Danny believed that their temporary house was haunted by a boss from his late brother's favourite video game. A non fiction section by Christopher Lee about ghosts follows the story. When", "title": "Ghost Game (novel)" }, { "docid": "12580483", "text": "teen thrill seekers, has produced another winner in this well-written story of acute loneliness, alienation, romance, the occult, hope, and tragedy. Fans of the genre will surely pass it from friend to friend, and it's a natural for reluctant readers\". A Kirkus Reviews review says, \"friend/romance Collin, the minister's son, provides Catherine with fleeting bits of joy and a feeling of solidity from his realness. She is not free of burden by the end, but there is hope. Memorable\". The Presence: A Ghost Story The Presence: A Ghost Story is a children's ghost novel by Eve Bunting. The spirit of", "title": "The Presence: A Ghost Story" }, { "docid": "4008621", "text": "of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...”. Famous literary apparitions from the Victorian period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. In a precursor to \"A Christmas Carol\" Dickens published \"The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton\". Dickens also wrote \"The Signal-Man\", another work featuring a ghost. David Langford has described British author M. R. James as writing \"the 20th century's most", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "11792564", "text": "most common in more remote areas today. Ghost Banana Tree Ghost Banana Tree (Cambodian title: \"Khmoach Daoem Chek Chvia\", ) is a 2005 film. It is a successful Cambodian horror film based on a Cambodian ghost story about a vengeful ghost woman haunting a banana tree and killing her husband. It's the fourth successful horror film by Campro production, following \"ang Neath\", \"The Forest\" and \"The Haunted House\". Ha! Handsome Man hides in Byemane Tree thinking I can't find you The story is based on a Khmer tale. A man goes abroad for business. While he is away, his wife", "title": "Ghost Banana Tree" }, { "docid": "14389073", "text": "based on the story of a couple who have moved to Ooty to save their failing marriage. However, what they find in their new home is more than they expected when a ghost starts haunting the place. Sanjana suddenly finds that her husband is part of the ghostly conspiracy, which she must fix in order to escape. \"Anjaane\" (2005) starred Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Kapoor, Tejasvini Kolhapure and Helen. The film was based on Alejandro Amenábar's ghost story The Others starring Nicole Kidman. The film was criticized for being a copycat of the American version and the acting of Koirala was", "title": "Indian ghost movie" }, { "docid": "11792561", "text": "Ghost Banana Tree Ghost Banana Tree (Cambodian title: \"Khmoach Daoem Chek Chvia\", ) is a 2005 film. It is a successful Cambodian horror film based on a Cambodian ghost story about a vengeful ghost woman haunting a banana tree and killing her husband. It's the fourth successful horror film by Campro production, following \"ang Neath\", \"The Forest\" and \"The Haunted House\". Ha! Handsome Man hides in Byemane Tree thinking I can't find you The story is based on a Khmer tale. A man goes abroad for business. While he is away, his wife falls ill and dies. Her vengeful spirit", "title": "Ghost Banana Tree" } ]

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[ { "docid": "428196", "text": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws which respect an establishment of religion, prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was originally proposed to assuage Anti-Federalist opposition to Constitutional ratification. Initially, the First Amendment applied", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "428196", "text": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws which respect an establishment of religion, prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was originally proposed to assuage Anti-Federalist opposition to Constitutional ratification. Initially, the First Amendment applied", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "427863", "text": "at Large\" and serves as official notice to Congress and to the nation that the ratification process has been successfully completed. The First Amendment (1791) prohibits Congress from obstructing the exercise of certain individual freedoms: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and right to petition. Its Free Exercise Clause guarantees a person's right to hold whatever religious beliefs he or she wants, and to freely exercise that belief, and its Establishment Clause prevents the federal government from creating an official national church or favoring one set of religious beliefs over another. The amendment", "title": "United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "20676979", "text": "a legal right to privacy. The First Amendment states the government cannot violate the individual's right to \" freedom of speech, or of the press\". In the past, this amendment primarily served as a legal justification for infringement on an individual's right to privacy; as a result, the government was unable to clearly outline a protective scope of the right to speech versus the right to privacy. The most common cases through which individual private privacy is infringed upon is through unregulated freedom of speech and press which includes defamation speech under the First Amendment. Initially, in the case of", "title": "Privacy and the US government" }, { "docid": "10256822", "text": "political ends\". Freedom of religion is defined as the right to practice religion in public or private. This also includes having full freedom to convert religion or to not follow a religion at all. This is also known as \"freedom from religion\". In 1791, the First Amendment states \"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances\". There are two parts to the language", "title": "Free society" }, { "docid": "3080729", "text": "Freedom of speech in the United States In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, many state constitutions, and state and federal laws. The Supreme Court of the United States has recognized several categories of speech that are given lesser or no protection by the First Amendment and has recognized that governments may enact reasonable time, place, or manner restrictions on speech. The First Amendment's constitutional right of free speech, which is applicable to state and local governments under the incorporation doctrine, only prevents", "title": "Freedom of speech in the United States" }, { "docid": "13725162", "text": "expression\". Some courts had held the citizen's right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India to be so comprehensive as not to render a person culpable even if he advocates murder and other crimes of violence. The Parliament of India noted that in other countries with written constitutions, freedom of speech and of the press is not regarded as debarring the State from punishing or preventing abuse of this freedom. The right of citizens of India to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business conferred by article", "title": "First Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "15553789", "text": "has been recognized in various cases in the United States, particularly in the case of Melvin v. Reid. However, there is controversy surrounding the right to be forgotten in the United States as it conflicts with the public's right to know and the Constitution's First Amendment, restricting one's “right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression” (Amendment I). Privacy concerns have also been raised over a number of high-profile incidents which can be considered embarrassing for users. Various internet memes have been started on social networking sites or been used as a means towards their spread across the internet.", "title": "Privacy concerns with social networking services" }, { "docid": "3080786", "text": "freedom of speech jurisprudence has been whether the First Amendment merely runs against state actors or whether it can run against private actors as well. Specifically, the issue is whether private landowners should be permitted to use the machinery of government to exclude others from engaging in free speech on their property (which means balancing the speakers' First Amendment rights against the Takings Clause). The right of freedom of speech within private shopping centers owned by others has been vigorously litigated under both the federal and state Constitutions, notably in the cases \"Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner\" (1972) and \"Pruneyard Shopping", "title": "Freedom of speech in the United States" }, { "docid": "17919313", "text": "the First Amendment rights when, particular with regards to government involvement. \"Censorship can be carried out by the government as well as private pressure groups. Censorship by the government is unconstitutional.\" (ACLU) Censorship has, to many people, gotten out of hand, and takes away from our First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech. \"The question, therefore, is not whether we ought to have constraints on speech but what kinds of constraints?\" (Huffpost). An argument of constraints is just an argument in itself. Peoples' views on constraints can vary from personal opinions, to personal exposures and experiences. The book focuses on", "title": "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy" }, { "docid": "7832413", "text": "the government does not have to answer the American people's questions, even though it is guaranteed in the First Amendment. The text of the first amendment is as follows: \"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\" Russo's promotional materials state that the film was shown at Cannes in France, implying that it was screened as part of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.", "title": "America: Freedom to Fascism" }, { "docid": "1715965", "text": "group or assemblage of persons formed to teach or advocate the doctrines of criminal syndicalism\". Convicted in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Brandenburg was fined $1,000 and sentenced to one to ten years in prison. On appeal, the Ohio First District Court of Appeal affirmed Brandenburg's conviction, rejecting his claim that the statute violated his First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment right to freedom of speech. The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed his appeal without opinion. The rather cursory way in which the Ohio courts dismissed Brandenburg's constitutional arguments is unsurprising in light of the state of First", "title": "Brandenburg v. Ohio" }, { "docid": "13639203", "text": "for his child can be considered to be a question of negative and positive rights. According to \"Human Rights: The Essential Reference\", \"the American Declaration of Independence was the first civic document that met a modern definition of human rights.\" The Constitution recognizes a number of inalienable human rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trial by jury. Constitutional amendments have been enacted as the needs of the society evolved. The Ninth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment recognized", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "docid": "146484", "text": "penalty for a private citizen or group failing to comply with the Flag Code and it is not widely enforced—indeed, punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Passage of the proposed Flag Desecration Amendment would overrule legal precedent that has been established. When the flag is affixed to the right side of a vehicle of any kind (e.g.: cars, boats, planes, any physical object that moves), it should be oriented so that the canton is towards the front of the vehicle, as if the flag were streaming backwards from its hoist as the vehicle", "title": "Flag of the United States" }, { "docid": "11757632", "text": "\"Texas v. Johnson\" and \"United States v. Eichman\"). The Constitution provides that all Americans have the right to free speech; specifically, the First Amendment states that \"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\" This prohibition has been interpreted by the courts as applying to the entire federal government, but is not unlimited. The First Amendment protection of free speech is made binding", "title": "Street v. New York" }, { "docid": "17955695", "text": "forgotten as a means to remove unfavourable information. One technique used by reputation consulting firms is to submit multiple requests for each link, written with different angles in an attempt to get links removed. Google for example does not limit the number of requests that can be submitted on the removal of a given link. Major criticisms stem from the idea that the right to be forgotten would restrict the right to freedom of speech. Many nations, and the United States in particular (with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution), have very strong domestic freedom of speech law,", "title": "Right to be forgotten" }, { "docid": "2140973", "text": "Section Four is very similar to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It establishes the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition. It reads; Section Five establishes the right to an education. It also mandates the establishment of a non-sectarian and free educational system for the island. The section also establishes that education will be compulsory for elementary school, \"to the extent permitted by the facilities of the state.\" The section further establishes that \"no public property or public funds shall be used for the support of schools or educational", "title": "Constitution of Puerto Rico" }, { "docid": "19081619", "text": "infringement of their 1st amendment rights”. They argued “the Mayflower doctrine is invalid as violative of the First Amendment, which prohibits Congress from passing laws abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. Those that defended the Mayflower doctrine considered it a “safeguard of the public”. In 1948 the FCC gave in and scheduled hearings to debate the legitimacy of the Mayflower doctrine. FCC chairman Clifford Durr tried to rally support for the doctrine. He contacted groups and organizations like the Lawyers Guild and American Jewish Committee who agreed to speak in support of the Mayflower doctrine during the", "title": "Mayflower doctrine" }, { "docid": "20543516", "text": "the Constitution and Bill of Rights do not contain any explicit provisions which guarantee the public a right to access. The Court said that the First and Fourteenth Amendment expressly guarantee freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right to public assembly, share a common purpose of assuring freedom of communication on matters relating to the functioning of government and were enacted against the backdrop of the long history of trials being presumptively open. Therefore ‘the First Amendment guarantees of speech and press, standing alone, prohibit government from summarily closing courtroom doors which had long been open to", "title": "Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia" }, { "docid": "16037632", "text": "arrested a second time in Piatt Park the next day. Occupy Cincinnati received another permit to utilize Fountain Square on Saturday, October 22, even getting an extension to stay in the park until the 3:00AM closing time Sunday morning. Eleven protesters refused to leave the park after the closing time, and were arrested for a third night in a row. Occupy Cincinnati began to fight the citations and arrests on the base of Constitutional 1st Amendment right of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly in the City Courts on October 15. Occupiers that day were contacted by Jesse Jackson", "title": "Occupy movement in the United States" }, { "docid": "20543517", "text": "the public at the time the Amendment was adopted.Justice Burger chose not to make a case for the public's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, unlike Justice Harry Blackmun in his \"Gannett\" decision. The Court concluded its opinion by stating \"The right to attend criminal trials is implicit in the guarantees of the First Amendment; without the freedom to attend such trials, which people have exercised for centuries, important aspects of freedom of speech and of the press could be eviscerated.\" Justice White, despite joining the majority opinion, wrote separately to state that this particular case would have been", "title": "Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia" }, { "docid": "20280320", "text": "of the first amendment, which gives me the right of freedom of speech; freedom of assembly, and freedom of association; and the fifth amendment, the amendment providing for self-incrimination.<br> Mr. Stripling: Self-incrimination. Are you pleading self-incrimination?<br> Mr. Braverman: I will repeat my answer, Mr. Stripling.<br> Mr. Stripling: I want this straight. Are you pleading self-incrimination?<br> Mr. Braverman: I am pleading the fifth amendment to the Constitution.<br> (...)<br> Mr. Stripling: Did you know Albert E. Blumberg?<br> Mr. Braverman: Yes : I know Mr. Blumberg.<br> Mr. Stripling: How well do you know Mr. Blumberg?<br> Mr. Braverman: He is a client of mine.<br>", "title": "Maurice Braverman" }, { "docid": "4305815", "text": "not a source of rights as such; it is simply a rule about how to read the Constitution.\" The Tenth Amendment is also not listed; by its wording, it is a reservation of powers to the states and to the people.) Guarantee against establishment of religion Guarantee of free exercise of religion Guarantee of freedom of speech Guarantee of freedom of the press Guarantee of freedom of assembly Guarantee of the right to petition for redress of grievances Guarantee of freedom of expressive association Right to keep and bear arms Freedom from quartering of soldiers In 1982, the Second Circuit", "title": "Incorporation of the Bill of Rights" }, { "docid": "7045095", "text": "These laws restrict the ability of the government and civil litigants to obtain the identity of anonymous speakers. The First Amendment says that \"Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press\". This protection has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the right to speak anonymously offline. For example, in \"McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission\", the Supreme Court overturned an Ohio law banning the distribution of anonymous election pamphlets, claiming that an \"author's decision to remain anonymous … is an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment\"", "title": "Anonymous post" }, { "docid": "3028426", "text": "to all governmental institutions, including public universities. The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that academic freedom is a First Amendment right at \"public\" institutions. However, The United States' First Amendment has generally been held to not apply to \"private\" institutions, including religious institutions. These private institutions may honor freedom of speech and academic freedom at their discretion. Academic freedom is also associated with a movement to introduce intelligent design as an alternative explanation to evolution in US public schools. Supporters claim that academic institutions need to fairly represent all possible explanations for the observed biodiversity on Earth, rather than", "title": "Academic freedom" }, { "docid": "2713840", "text": "This proposed amendment was intended to give Congress the right to enact statutes criminalizing the burning or other desecration of the United States flag in a public protest. Proponents of legislation to proscribe flag burning argue that burning the flag is a very offensive gesture that deserves to be outlawed. Opponents maintain that giving Congress such power would essentially limit the principle of freedom of speech, enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and symbolized by the flag itself. The theories underlying these First Amendment principles include: a robust national discourse about political and social ideas; individual", "title": "Flag Desecration Amendment" }, { "docid": "12335290", "text": "fund political and ideological activities that the members did not support. The attorneys argued that such use of their compulsory dues violated their right to freedom of speech and freedom of association, or more precisely, the freedom \"not\" to associate, under the First Amendment, as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. In 1982, when the complaint in this case was filed, the State Bar of California was an active voice on political issues, both within California and nationally. The State Bar lobbied on matters pending before the legislature and before other state agencies, filed briefs in politically charged", "title": "Keller v. State Bar of California" }, { "docid": "7065921", "text": "Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark are ensured by § 77 of the constitution: There's widespread agreement in Danish legal theory that § 77 protects what is called \"formal freedom of speech\" (formel ytringsfrihed), meaning that one cannot be required to submit one's speech for review by authorities before publishing or otherwise disseminating it. However, there is disagreement about whether or not § 77 covers \"material freedom of speech\" (materiel ytringsfrihed), the right to not be punished for ones speech. There is agreement that the phrasing", "title": "Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark" }, { "docid": "9592037", "text": "officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.\" This is why \"fundamental rights may not be submitted to a vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.\" The First Amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. Initially, the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by Congress, and many of its provisions were", "title": "United States Bill of Rights" }, { "docid": "16886659", "text": "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment is a 2007 non-fiction book by journalist Anthony Lewis about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of thought, and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The book starts by quoting the First Amendment, which prohibits the U.S. Congress from creating legislation which limits free speech or freedom of the press. Lewis traces the evolution of civil liberties in the U.S. through key historical events. He provides an overview of important free speech case law, including U.S.", "title": "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate" }, { "docid": "993444", "text": "The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that everyone has \"the freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.\" The open court principle ensures the freedom of the press by requiring that court", "title": "Freedom of the press" }, { "docid": "20165579", "text": "Veterans and those fleeing domestic violence. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits 'the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, ensuring that there is no prohibition on the free exercise of religion and abridging the freedom of speech'. In the United States, Panhandling is typically protected by the First Amendment as one has the right to free speech with many states and cities respecting citizen's right to free speech and allowing panhandling. In the Nebraskan city of Omaha, panhandling is currently illegal. Previously, the Omaha Panhandling Ordinance stipulated that 'anyone who wants to solicit money", "title": "Homelessness in the United States by state" }, { "docid": "11007916", "text": "a constitutional right to privacy, Judge Brotman made the case into a class action that included all involuntarily committed patients at the five mental health facilities operated by the state of New Jersey, and held an additional seventeen days of hearings. An involuntarily committed patient who has not been found incompetent, barring an emergency, has a qualified right to refuse psychotropic medication, especially when forced treatment violates his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech or to practice his religion, or his Eighth Amendment rights to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. New Jersey's administrative policies, which provide for", "title": "Rennie v. Klein" }, { "docid": "13156878", "text": "constitutional challenges to U.S. tax laws are frequently directed towards the validity and effect of the Sixteenth Amendment, assertions that the income tax violates various other provisions of the Constitution have been made as well. Some protesters argue that imposition of income taxes violates the First Amendment freedom of speech because Other protesters argue that the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination allows an individual to refuse to file an income tax return calling for information that could lead to a conviction for criminal acts from which the income was derived, or for the crime of not paying the tax itself.", "title": "Tax protester constitutional arguments" }, { "docid": "428227", "text": "conviction. This conviction continued to be debated over whether \"Schenck\" went against the right to freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., writing for the Court, explained that \"the question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.\" One week later, in \"Frohwerk v. United States\", the court again upheld an Espionage Act conviction, this time that of a journalist", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "3028425", "text": "whether via social media or in academic journals, they are able to articulate their own opinions without the fear from institutional restriction or punishment, but they are encouraged to show restraint and clearly specify that they are not speaking for their institution. In practice, academic freedom is protected by institutional rules and regulations, letters of appointment, faculty handbooks, collective bargaining agreements, and academic custom. In the U.S., the freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment, which states that \"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...\" By extension, the First Amendment applies", "title": "Academic freedom" }, { "docid": "12198195", "text": "that: If you think that we're concerned, upset, from time to time discouraged with some of what we've been hearing and reading in the press, you're right, we are. Because to be quite clear about it, we do believe in what we do. We believe that in our society there should be limits on freedom of expression and freedom of speech, that there is a line, not one that we draw, but one that must be drawn nevertheless. We are comfortable with what we do. Harvey Goldberg stated that \"Freedom of expression is the lifeblood of any free and open", "title": "Canadian Human Rights Commission free speech controversy" }, { "docid": "2887489", "text": "to access judicial records is fundamental to a democratic state and is analogous to the United States' First Amendment right of freedom of speech and of the press and the Sixth Amendment right to public trials. While the right to access trial records is not absolute, it is framed in presumption of public access to the proceedings and records. United States Code 11, Section 107 (a), of the federal bankruptcy law, is a codification of the common-law general right to inspect judicial records and documents. However, the right is not absolute and may be denied when the entity seeking to", "title": "Subpoena duces tecum" } ]

[ { "docid": "3028424", "text": "authority, change the grade upon appeal by a student. The \"Stronach\" case has gotten significant attention in the academic community as an important precedent. Academic freedom and free speech rights are not coextensive, although this widely accepted view has been recently challenged by an \"institutionalist\" perspective on the First Amendment. Academic freedom involves more than speech rights; for example, it includes the right to determine what is taught in the classroom. The AAUP gives teachers a set of guidelines to follow when their ideas are considered threatening to religious, political, or social agendas. When teachers speak or write in public,", "title": "Academic freedom" }, { "docid": "2949404", "text": "at issue in \"Griswold v. Connecticut\", when the Court held, in 1965, that criminal prohibition of contraceptive devices for married couples violated federal, judicially enforceable privacy rights. The right to contraceptives was found in what the Court called the \"penumbras\", or shadow edges, of certain amendments that arguably refer to certain privacy rights, such as the First Amendment, which protects freedom of expression; the Third Amendment, which protects homes from being taken for use by soldiers; and the Fourth Amendment, which provides security against unreasonable searches. The penumbra-based rationale of \"Griswold\" has since been discarded; the Supreme Court now uses", "title": "Substantive due process" }, { "docid": "4700081", "text": "Freedom of religion in India Freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 25-28 of the Constitution of India. Modern India came into existence in 1947 and the Indian constitution's preamble was amended in 1976 to state that India is a secular state. However, in S.R Bommai v. Union of India, Supreme Court of India ruled that India was already a secular state from the time it adopted its constitution, what actually was done through this amendment is to state explicitly what was earlier contained implicitly under article 25 to 28. Every citizen of India has", "title": "Freedom of religion in India" }, { "docid": "20594701", "text": "resident who \"fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word.\" Sponsored by PEN American Center and Newman's Own, a cash prize of $20,000 was awarded. It was active from 1993 to 2006. The PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award was presented for only one year. It was meant to given to a U.S. resident \"who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word.\" Sponsored by PEN American Center and Katherine Anne Porter Foundation,", "title": "PEN American Center inactive awards" }, { "docid": "221109", "text": "expressing the position that the second amendment expresses a right. NRA president Sandra Froman said, \"When these Bush Administration officials affirmed that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, the enemies of freedom were outraged because they fear the Second Amendment for what it really is– a shield against oppression.\" In 2009 in \"Ashcroft v. al-Kidd\", the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found that Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of Abdullah al-Kidd. The American citizen was arrested at Dulles Airport in March 2003 on his way to Saudi Arabia for", "title": "John Ashcroft" }, { "docid": "1477032", "text": "Supreme Court concluded that the Connecticut statute was unconstitutional. Justice William O. Douglas, writing for the majority of the court, recognized the right to privacy, even though not enumerated in the Bill of Rights, is found in the \"penumbras\" and \"emanations\" of other constitutional protections, such as the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment, or the freedom of association clause of the First Amendment. The right to privacy is seen as a right to \"protect[ion] from governmental intrusion.\" Justice Arthur Goldberg wrote a concurring opinion in which he used the Ninth Amendment in support of the Supreme Court's ruling, reasoning", "title": "Griswold v. Connecticut" }, { "docid": "1717292", "text": "right to freedom of association.\" Furthermore, Section 17 states \"Everyone has the right, peacefully and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket and to present petitions\", thus establishing the right to freedom of assembly. Workers' right to freedom of association in terms of the right to form trade unions and collective bargaining is recognized separately, in Section 23. While the United States Constitution's First Amendment identifies the rights to assemble and to petition the government, the text of the First Amendment does not make specific mention of a right to association. Nevertheless, the United States Supreme Court held in \"NAACP", "title": "Freedom of association" }, { "docid": "785702", "text": "Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) to the United States Constitution prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. The amendment is the most recent to be adopted, but one of the first proposed. It was submitted by the 1st Congress to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789, along with eleven other proposed amendments. While ten of these twelve proposals were ratified in 1791 to become the Bill of Rights, what", "title": "Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "428199", "text": "v. United States\" (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protected against prior restraint—pre-publication censorship—in almost all cases. The Petition Clause protects the right to petition all branches and agencies of government for action. In addition to the right of assembly guaranteed by this clause, the Court has also ruled that the amendment implicitly protects freedom of association. In 1776, the second year of the American Revolutionary War, the Virginia colonial legislature passed a Declaration of Rights that included the sentence \"The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "731081", "text": "the congregation that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic Sen. John Kerry should either leave the church or repent\". The church later expelled nine members who had voted for Kerry and refused to repent, which led to criticism on the national level. The pastor resigned and the ousted church members were allowed to return. The Alliance Defense Fund started the Pulpit Freedom Initiative in 2008. ADF states that \"[t]he goal of Pulpit Freedom Sunday is simple: have the Johnson Amendment declared unconstitutional – and once and for all remove the ability of the IRS to censor what a pastor", "title": "Christian right" }, { "docid": "14699236", "text": "Constitutional protection whatsoever. Abramson is trying to change that through his books and teaching. Arguing that sexual freedom is cut from the same cloth as other freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, Abramson and his former students (Steve Pinkerton and Mark Huppin) argued (in the book \"Sexual Rights in America\") that the freedom to choose how, when and with whom to express sexuality is a quintessential right protected by the Ninth Amendment. The Ninth Amendment states the following: “the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”", "title": "Paul R. Abramson" }, { "docid": "428203", "text": "deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable. The people shall not be restrained from peaceably assembling and consulting for their common good; nor from applying to the Legislature by petitions, or remonstrances, for redress of their grievances. This language was greatly condensed by Congress, and passed the House and Senate with almost no recorded debate, complicating future discussion of the Amendment's intent. The First Amendment, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, was", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "15727831", "text": "First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute is a nonprofit legal organization based in Plano, Texas, near the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Supporters describe the organization as focused on religious freedom and the First Amendment and on providing assistance to individuals and organizations \"in legal battles over religious freedom and first-amendment issues\". Opponents generally describe it as a Christian-right and/or Religious-right advocacy organization with a strong anti-LGBT agenda. First Liberty Institute is headed by Kelly Shackelford who founded the organization in 1997 under the name Liberty Legal Institute. The organization changed its name to Liberty Institute in 2009 and then, in", "title": "First Liberty Institute" }, { "docid": "16106807", "text": "right to request access to federal agency records or information except to the extent the records are protected from disclosure by any of nine exemptions contained in the law or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions. The American Library Association defines intellectual freedom as the right of every individual, without restriction, to seek and receive information. It is based upon the idea that a stable and healthy democratic society progresses when ideas can be crafted and shared without social, political, or governmental restrictions. This American librarianship value is in line with First Amendment rights, established by the", "title": "American librarianship and human rights" }, { "docid": "9883369", "text": "Second Amendment as protecting \"an inalienable natural right...that exists whether it is in the Bill of Rights or not.\" In a 2013 article in the Wall Street Journal he wrote an article entitled \"What the Oil Business Could Learn From the NRA\" In a 2008 newspaper column Deming wrote that \"The United States was founded by people who wanted nothing more than freedom and the opportunity to work toward a better life for their children. But within a few generations, the progeny of the pioneers have turned into dolts who can’t take responsibility for anything. . .So long as Americans", "title": "David Deming" }, { "docid": "17943256", "text": "relation to the civil rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Whereas religious civil liberties, such as the right to hold or not to hold a religious belief, are essential for Freedom of Religion (in the United States secured by the First Amendment), religious discrimination occurs when someone is denied \"the equal protection of the laws, equality of status under the law, equal treatment in the administration of justice, and equality of opportunity and access to employment, education, housing, public services and facilities, and public accommodation because of their exercise of their right to religious freedom.\"", "title": "Religious discrimination in the United States" }, { "docid": "427870", "text": "amendment requires what has become known as the \"Miranda\" warning. The Seventh Amendment (1791) extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases, and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. Although the Seventh Amendment itself says that it is limited to \"suits at common law\", meaning cases that triggered the right to a jury under English law, the amendment has been found to apply in lawsuits that are similar to the old common law cases. For example, the right to a jury trial applies to cases brought under federal statutes that prohibit race or gender", "title": "United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "1361117", "text": "609, 622 (1984), in which the Supreme Court said: \"Consequently, we have long understood as implicit in the right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment a corresponding right to associate with others in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends.\" This right, the \"Roberts\" decision continues, is crucial in preventing the majority from imposing its views on groups that would rather express other, perhaps unpopular, ideas. Government actions that may unconstitutionally burden this freedom may take many forms, one of which is \"intrusion into the internal structure or affairs of", "title": "Boy Scouts of America v. Dale" }, { "docid": "12596245", "text": "First Amendment, and compared the activity to other unprotected activities such as fraud, perjury, libel, and slander. Upon rehearing, it also ruled that the Shield Law, and by implicit extension its interpretation of common-law right to privacy, was a \"legitimate limitation on the right of freedom of expression contained in the First Amendment[]\" and \"[t]here simply is no public interest or general concern about the identity of the victim of such a crime as will make the right to disclose the identity of the victim rise to the level of First Amendment protection.\" It reversed the trial court's summary judgment", "title": "Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn" }, { "docid": "2876991", "text": "Catholic communities in what later became the United States. Catholic rule in Maryland was eventually nullified by the re-assertion of royal control over the colony. One hundred forty years after its first settlement, Maryland joined twelve other British colonies along the Atlantic coast in declaring their independence from British rule and the right to freedom of religion for all citizens in the new United States. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ((; 1580 – 15 April 1632) was an English politician and coloniser. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary", "title": "George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore" }, { "docid": "380366", "text": "bill, forcing a peace treaty on Cuba which prohibited it from signing treaties with other nations or contracting a public debt. The Platt Amendment was pushed by imperialists who wanted to project U.S. power abroad (in contrast to the Teller Amendment which was pushed by anti-imperialists who called for a restraint on U.S. rule). The amendment granted the United States the right to stabilize Cuba militarily as needed. In addition, the Platt Amendment permitted the United States to deploy Marines to Cuba if its freedom and independence was ever threatened or jeopardized by an external or internal force. The Platt", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "docid": "2884814", "text": "is listed under Article 18: The United Nations' Human Rights Committee states that this, \"distinguishes the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief from the freedom to manifest religion or belief. It does not permit any limitations whatsoever on the freedom of thought and conscience or on the freedom to have or adopt a religion or belief of one's choice. These freedoms are protected unconditionally\". Similarly, Article 19 of the UDHR guarantees that \"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference\". It is impossible to know with certainty what", "title": "Freedom of thought" }, { "docid": "6578097", "text": "the First Amendment right to free association, the First Amendment right to freedom of expression, and procedural due process. O'Deane (2007) examined the legal issues surrounding gang injunctions and the case law applied to gang injunctions. \"Case Law: City of Chicago v. Morales, 119 S.Ct. 1849. (Chicago Anti-Loitering Ordinance).\" In 1992, the Chicago City Council enacted the Gang Congregation Ordinance, which provided that whenever a police officer observed a person whom he/she reasonably believed to be a criminal street gang member loitering in any public place with one or more other persons, he/she should order all such persons to disperse", "title": "Gang injunction" }, { "docid": "507607", "text": "unfit for the vice presidency two years later. The \"Post\" in particular had been hostile to Nixon since the Hiss case in the 1940s. Agnew accused the papers of sharing a narrow viewpoint alien to most Americans. Agnew alleged that the newspapers were trying to circumscribe his First Amendment right to speak of what he believed, while demanding unfettered freedom for themselves, and warned, \"the day when the network commentators and even the gentlemen of \"The New York Times\" enjoyed a form of diplomatic immunity from comment and criticism of what they said is over.\" After Montgomery, Nixon sought a", "title": "Spiro Agnew" }, { "docid": "5401008", "text": "to the federal constitution establishes freedom of religion as a constitutional right. While the wording of this amendment specifically bars Congress from restricting freedom of religion, current precedent holds that this amendment and the rest of the United States Bill of Rights are binding on the states by the liberty clause of the 14th Amendment. In addition to the 20 Articles listed above, numerous amendments (94 as of October 2015, per the link below) have been added. Though some amendments have been physically incorporated into the text of the Constitution (e.g. Amendment 1, adding Article 20 and Amendment 90, incorporated", "title": "Constitution of Arkansas" }, { "docid": "18814488", "text": "with privacy, family, home or correspondence (Article 12, Universal Declaration of Human Rights). The ALHR also submitted the Bill was likely to chill freedom of association (Articles 21 and 22, ICCPR and Article 20, Universal Declaration of Human Rights), the right to free development of one's personality (Article 22, Universal Declaration of Human Rights), the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs (Article 25, ICCPR), and press freedoms. According to ALHR, the Bill would restrict free speech, as Australians would not know what information about them, including information about their contacts, might be shared among government (and", "title": "Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015" }, { "docid": "5668934", "text": "1st Amendment, guaranteeing the freedoms of speech, the press, government and assembly. For example, the Fifth Amendment protects the right to grand jury proceedings in federal criminal cases. However, because this right was not selectively incorporated into the due process clause of the 14th amendment, it is not binding upon the states. Therefore, persons involved in state criminal proceedings as a defendant have no federal constitutional right to grand jury proceedings. Whether an individual has a right to a grand jury becomes a question of state law. The content of each Article and Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is easy", "title": "Constitutional right" }, { "docid": "428287", "text": "\"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama\" (1958), that this freedom was protected by the Amendment and that privacy of membership was an essential part of this freedom. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in \"Roberts v. United States Jaycees\" (1984) that \"implicit in the right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment\" is \"a corresponding right to associate with others in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends\". In \"Roberts\" the Court held that associations may not exclude people for reasons unrelated to the group's expression, such as", "title": "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "docid": "14166308", "text": "right to travel claim and his First Amendment right to freedom of expression and association, the Court held that the requirements of due process were a function not only of the extent of the governmental restriction imposed, but also of the extent of the necessity for the restriction, citing \"Kent v. Dulles\", \"Aptheker v. Secretary of State\", \"Universal Declaration of Human Rights,\" Art. 13 (quoted. S.Doc. No. 123, 81st Cong., 1st Sess., p. 1157); and \"Korematsu v. United States,\" 323 U. S. 214 and that this case was supported by the weightiest considerations of national security. Zemel's assertion that the", "title": "Zemel v. Rusk" }, { "docid": "13639237", "text": "96 U.S. App. D.C. 287 (1955) at 941. \"The right to travel is a part of the liberty of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.\" Kent v. Dulles, 357 US 116, 125 (1958). Federal courts have ruled that a person does not have the right to drive an automobile, it is a privilege. Freedom of association is the right of individuals to come together in groups for political action or to pursue common interests. Freedom of association in the U.S. is restricted by the Smith Act, which bans political parties that", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "docid": "564760", "text": "of belief is different. It allows the right to believe what a person, group or religion wishes, but it does not necessarily allow the right to practice the religion or belief openly and outwardly in a public manner. Historically, \"freedom of religion\" has been used to refer to the tolerance of different theological systems of belief, while \"freedom of worship\" has been defined as freedom of individual action. Nevertheless, freedom \"from\" religion is a far more pressing moralistic, legal, and peaceful solution. Each of these have existed to varying degrees. While many countries have accepted some form of religious freedom,", "title": "Freedom of religion" }, { "docid": "10445016", "text": "incredible because the damage is done when the president acts. We have the courts to do precisely this, rein in the president or the Congress.\" Ralph G. Neas, president of People For the American Way Foundation, said the decision marked \"a bad day for the First Amendment. The Supreme Court just put a big dent in the wall of separation between church and state.\" Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, 551 U.S. 587 (2007), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which ruled that taxpayers do not have the right to challenge", "title": "Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation" }, { "docid": "7676125", "text": "the bill spoke of the United States as being born out of the need for religious freedom, and that this principle was codified in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The First Amendment explicitly guarantees the fundamental right of religious freedom and liberty to practice any faith as according to one's choice. Their contention made, to this is that the United States has the duty to uphold this fundamental right. During a speech about the Act, on October 9, 1998, IRFA co-sponsor Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), gave the reason as to why the founding fathers were drawn to", "title": "International Religious Freedom Act of 1998" }, { "docid": "11945195", "text": "further stated that: \"Maclean’s\" and its writers are free to express their opinions. The OHRC is mandated to express what it sees as unfair and harmful comment or conduct that may lead to discrimination. We need to keep in mind that freedom of expression is not the only right in the Charter. There is a full set of rights accorded to all members of our society, including freedom from discrimination. No single right is any more or less important than another. And the enjoyment of one depends on the enjoyment of the other. This means if you want to stand", "title": "Human rights complaints against Maclean's magazine" }, { "docid": "17720381", "text": "stated, \"All change and growth whether political or biological, have to conform to the basic laws of their province, or otherwise such growth would soon be found to be cancerous and self destructive. And even if certain urgently needed socio-economic changes call for a cribbling and cabining of the right property, the sweeping power conferred on Parliament by the 24th Amendment to tamper with all the rights, including the right to freedom of association and of religion, are such that it is not surprising that some leaders of minorities and some 'committed' socialists have been alarmed over the grim possibilities.\"", "title": "Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India" }, { "docid": "17839885", "text": "the recent Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave and Work Contact Hours) Amendment Bill which provides six months paid parental leave and guaranteed right to return to work afterwards. The bill is currently stalled in parliament. The Union have campaigned for academic freedom, running an essay competition in cooperation with Academic Freedom Aotearoa. and giving out awards, including to Mike Joy an academic at Massey University who had a high profile clash with Prime Minister John Key. Under the Employment Relations Act 2000 there are limits on what actions a union can take in support of employment", "title": "Tertiary Education Union" }, { "docid": "2592361", "text": "\"Heller\", the Court concluded that there is indeed such a right, but not an unlimited one. Although the decision was not unanimous, all justices endorsed an individual right viewpoint, but differed on the scope of that right. Before \"Heller\" gun rights advocates argued that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own guns. They stated that the phrase \"the people\" in that amendment applies to individuals rather than an organized collective, and that the phrase \"the people\" means the same thing in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, and 10th Amendments. They also said the Second's placement in the Bill", "title": "Gun politics in the United States" }, { "docid": "209844", "text": "state ratifying conventions. While most of the amendments he proposed were drawn from these conventions, he was largely responsible for the portions of the Bill of Rights that guarantee freedom of the press, protection of property from government seizure, and jury trials. He initially introduced an amendment that guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in all civil cases where there was $20 or more at stake. While the original amendment failed, the guaranty of a civil jury trial in federal cases was incorporated into the Bill of Rights as the Seventh Amendment. As the 1790s progressed, the", "title": "James Madison" }, { "docid": "18814470", "text": "which engender a higher level of compliance by agencies and greater acuity in statistical output to measure compliance for annual reporting and cross-agency compliance. Article 19 of the ICCPR provides that all persons shall have the right to freedom of expression. This right includes the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through any media. Article 19(3) provides that freedom of expression may be subject to limitations for specified purposes provided in the right, including the protection of national security or public order where such restrictions are provided by law and are necessary for attaining", "title": "Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015" }, { "docid": "4263581", "text": "of May 2018, which ensures the right to an abortion, this previous amendment is no longer necessary. In Italy, freedom of movement is enshrined in Article 16 of the Constitution, which states: \"Every citizen has the right to reside and travel freely in any part of the country, except for such general limitations as may be established by law for reasons of health or security. No restriction may be imposed for political reasons. Every citizen is free to leave the territory of the republic and return to it, notwithstanding any legal obligations.\" Uniquely, the Norwegian special territory of Svalbard is", "title": "Freedom of movement" }, { "docid": "15390547", "text": "of the subpoena. One of the users moved to quash the subpoena under a pseudonym John Doe (Doe), alleging that enforcement of the subpoena would violate his or her First Amendment right to speak anonymously. This motion to quash is the subject of the present case. This motion to quash raised an important issue on the First Amendment right of an Internet user, that is, whether and on what basis can a private party seek to discover the identity of anonymous Internet users who might be third-party witnesses in the litigation through the enforcement of a civil subpoena? Doe's motion", "title": "Doe v. 2themart.com Inc." }, { "docid": "12979258", "text": "the 2012 presidential election, said in an interview on \"Fox News Sunday\" on December 11, 2011: \"I would support a constitutional amendment that allows our children to pray in school anytime they would like.\" The Freedom From Religion Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have all expressed opposition to this amendment. The Family Research Council has supported it. School Prayer Amendment The School Prayer Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended by its proponents to protect the right of the students if they wish, to voluntarily pray in", "title": "School Prayer Amendment" }, { "docid": "11502228", "text": "filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Nelson against the three aldermen who were seen on television handling the painting. It claimed the removal of the painting violated Nelson's First Amendment right to freedom of expression, Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable seizures, and Fourteenth amendment right against being deprived of property without a hearing. The ACLU sought $100,000 (1988, ) to compensate Nelson for damage to the painting, and to \"punish\" the aldermen and police for their actions. Ald. Robert Shaw (9th) called the suit \"a slap in the face to the black community\". Rush questioned the motive", "title": "Mirth & Girth" }, { "docid": "18925661", "text": "Gary Glenn Gary Glenn is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, first elected in 2014 to represent the 98th legislative district. He is a Republican from Williams Township, Michigan, and as president of the American Family Association of Michigan, he coauthored the state's Marriage Protection Amendment approved by voters in 2004. As executive director of the Idaho Freedom to Work Committee from 1980–86, he led the successful effort to enact a state \"right to work\" law prohibiting compulsory union affiliation or financial support. In 2011, he was a founding board member of the Michigan Freedom to Work", "title": "Gary Glenn" }, { "docid": "17940690", "text": "said, \"The First Amendment is at its best when it is used to protect the rights of minorities from the whims of the powerful. Today's decision, which gives the powerful the right to force their religious beliefs on those around them, is a far cry from the best traditions of religious freedom.\" Scholars on the other side (including some on the left) disagree, arguing that companies owned and run by liberals will likewise benefit from the freedom to operate according to their conscience or values—which has not been viewed as \"imposing\" views, because people routinely choose whom to associate with", "title": "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc." }, { "docid": "6434777", "text": "as sex offenders. In the court battle that followed their arrest, they argued that women should have the same right to go topless as men. In November 2008, the courts awarded the women $150,000. The court also required that California Highway Patrol officers assigned to the Capitol Protection Section be provided training in First Amendment rights of protesters. She comments on her website, \"Their bare breasts were called 'indecent', so I thought, let's use this incident and our equal protection under the 14th Amendment to show what real freedom and decency look like. She realizes, words alone can be easily", "title": "Sherry Glaser" }, { "docid": "8961400", "text": "Freedom of religion in the United States In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Freedom of religion is also closely associated with separation of church and state, a concept advocated by Colonial founders such as Dr. John Clarke, Roger Williams, William Penn and later founding fathers such as James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. The United States Constitution addresses the issue of religion in two places: in the First Amendment, and the Article VI prohibition on religious tests as a condition for holding public office. The First", "title": "Freedom of religion in the United States" }, { "docid": "5600455", "text": "Fundamental Rights, embodied in Part III of the Constitution, guarantee civil rights to all Indians, and prevent the State from encroaching on individual liberty while simultaneously placing upon it an obligation to protect the citizens' rights from encroachment by society. Seven fundamental rights were originally provided by the Constitution – right to equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, right to property and right to constitutional remedies. However, the right to property was removed from Part III of the Constitution by the 44th Amendment in 1978. The purpose of the Fundamental", "title": "Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India" }, { "docid": "12216049", "text": "(Ricketson and Snell, 2002). Some of the changes to the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 for applications received on or after 1 November 2010 include : Freedom of Information Act 1982 The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI) is Australian Commonwealth Freedom of Information legislation which gives members of the public rights of access to official documents of the Government of the Commonwealth and of its agencies. Members of the public have certain rights of access. These include the right to access documents about the operation of government departments and documents that are in the possession of government", "title": "Freedom of Information Act 1982" }, { "docid": "18028507", "text": "but civil. Bill of Rights violated as pointed out by the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) are the 1st amendment of freedom of association and the 5th amendment and 14th amendment rights to due process. Although it is thought to be keeping the community safe from gang crimes, it is violating the rights of those under the gang injunction at the same time. This increases the life chances for some but limits and causes \"premature death\" for others. Civil laws do not require as much proof as criminal actions. Therefore, they are easily implemented without requiring exact proof of activity and", "title": "Oakland gang injunctions" }, { "docid": "251265", "text": "are not required to explain that this right is not merely a right to have a lawyer present while the suspect is being questioned. The right to counsel includes: The circumstances triggering the \"Miranda\" safeguards, i.e. Miranda warnings, are \"custody\" and \"interrogation\". Custody means formal arrest or the deprivation of freedom to an extent associated with formal arrest. Interrogation means explicit questioning or actions that are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response. Suspects in \"custody\" who are about to be interrogated must be properly advised of their Miranda rights—namely, the Fifth Amendment right against compelled self incrimination (and, in", "title": "Miranda warning" }, { "docid": "3080756", "text": "the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\" It is easy to mistakenly interpret the First Amendment as granting people the right to say whatever they want, whenever, and wherever they want. However, the United States Supreme Court has interpreted that the First Amendment was never intended to provide such power, because it does not protect speech at all times and in all places. The Court has consistently ruled that the government has the power to impose limits on free speech in regard to its time, place,", "title": "Freedom of speech in the United States" }, { "docid": "15346286", "text": "Fourth or Fifth Amendment rights were violated when evidence to convict him of bootlegging was obtained through wiretapping. Justice Brandeis provides precedence for the inclusion of intellectual freedom as a constitutional right in his dissenting opinion, claiming the US Constitution's authors \"recognized the significance of man's spiritual nature, his feelings, and his intellect\" and \"sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations.\" Brandeis would ultimately argue for the right to privacy, another important dimension of intellectual freedom, as an extension of American civil rights. In the Supreme Court's upheld decision to deny citizenship to", "title": "Intellectual freedom" }, { "docid": "3914986", "text": "as a ballot proposition on 2 November 2004. It passed with 9,334,852 (83.4%) votes in favor and 1,870,146 (16.6%) against. The amendment adds to the state constitution Article I, Section 3 (b). Section 3 (a) is the provision of the Declaration of Rights that guarantees the right to freedom of assembly, the right to petition the government and the right to instruct one's elected representatives. The amendment added to these rights the following provisions: The official summary of Proposition 59 states that the purpose of the amendment is to The Legislative Analyst's Estimate predicted only \"potential minor annual state and", "title": "2004 California Proposition 59" }, { "docid": "10101832", "text": "Sheppard v. Maxwell Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case that examined the rights of freedom of the press as outlined in the First Amendment when weighed against a defendant's right to a fair trial as required by the Sixth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, the court sought to determine whether or not the defendant was denied fair trial for the second-degree murder of his wife, of which he was convicted, because of the trial judge's failure to protect Sheppard sufficiently from the massive, pervasive, and", "title": "Sheppard v. Maxwell" }, { "docid": "10101830", "text": "Sheppard v. Maxwell Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case that examined the rights of freedom of the press as outlined in the First Amendment when weighed against a defendant's right to a fair trial as required by the Sixth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, the court sought to determine whether or not the defendant was denied fair trial for the second-degree murder of his wife, of which he was convicted, because of the trial judge's failure to protect Sheppard sufficiently from the massive, pervasive, and", "title": "Sheppard v. Maxwell" }, { "docid": "2688483", "text": "as the right to hold or not to hold a religious belief, are essential for Freedom of Religion (in the United States secured by the First Amendment), religious discrimination occurs when someone is denied \"the equal protection of the laws, equality of status under the law, equal treatment in the administration of justice, and equality of opportunity and access to employment, education, housing, public services and facilities, and public accommodation because of their exercise of their right to religious freedom\". However, cases of religious discrimination might also be the result of an interference of the religious sphere with other spheres", "title": "Religious discrimination" }, { "docid": "8394373", "text": "eagles. The third general area of conflict was an issue of interference. Sacred ceremonies were sometimes subject to interference from overzealous officials or curious onlookers. The act acknowledged prior federal infringement on the right of freedom of religion for American Indians by denying them their First Amendment right of \"free exercise\" of religion. President Jimmy Carter said, in a statement about the AIRFA: In the past, Government agencies and departments have on occasion denied Native Americans access to particular sites and interfered with religious practices and customs where such use conflicted with Federal regulations. In many instances, the Federal officials", "title": "American Indian Religious Freedom Act" }, { "docid": "8803204", "text": "under: 15. Dr. Radhakrishnan, who edited the 6th Volume of The Cultural Heritage of India, mentioned as under: The Freedom of Religion Bill was a controversial bill passed by the Gujarat state assembly. The bill was passed in 2003. An amendment to the bill was passed on 19 September 2006 which banned the forced conversion from one religion to another. The Anti-Conversion Act passed earlier was not clear on what forced conversion meant and to whom should it apply. Under the amendment Bill, a person need not seek permission in case he/she is converting from one sect to another of", "title": "Legal status of Jainism as a distinct religion in India" }, { "docid": "4442113", "text": "as the largest legal force of the religious right, arguing hundreds of pro bono cases across the country.\" The surprise hit \"God's Not Dead\" is released. The film's producer, Russell Rolfe stated that the inspiration for the film came from Alan Sears who shared a story about a First Amendment case where a college coed's faith is challenged. Over 1,800 ministers enroll in the annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday. In 2014, ADF achieved a legal victory in a case challenging the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. In \"Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.\", the Court ruled that the birth control mandate", "title": "Alliance Defending Freedom" }, { "docid": "1717297", "text": "applies. Thus, the college's all-comers policy is a reasonable, viewpoint-neutral condition on access to the student organization forum. The implicit First Amendment right of association in the U.S. Constitution has been limited by court rulings. For example, it is illegal in the United States to consider race in the making and enforcement of private contracts other than marriage. This limit on freedom of association results from Section 1981 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as balanced against the First Amendment in the 1976 decision of \"Runyon v. McCrary\". The holding of \"Runyon\" is that the defendant private schools", "title": "Freedom of association" }, { "docid": "6720589", "text": "relies on mutual recognition of rationality and consciousness by all parties involved. Each conscious agent, Fichte thinks, should retain their own 'sphere of freedom' in which they are free from outside forces. As the text continues, Fichte uses the idea of the 'sphere of freedom' to establish what he calls 'original right.' Original right is a fictitious concept in which a being can exist only as a cause, and never \"be\" caused or effected by exterior forces. To violate one's original right is to violate one's freedom and to commit coercion. To combat coercion, Fichte suggests taking away any incentive", "title": "Foundations of Natural Right" }, { "docid": "18814471", "text": "one of these purposes. According to the Memorandum, the Act could potentially restrict the right to freedom of expression, as some persons may be more reluctant to use telecommunications services to seek, receive and impart information if they know data about their communication is stored and may be subject to lawful access. However, the limitation imposed by the data retention regime is in pursuit of the legitimate objective of protecting public order and further limits the abrogation of the right to freedom of expression by ensuring that only the minimum necessary types and amounts of telecommunications data are retained, and", "title": "Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015" } ]

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[ { "docid": "2665416", "text": "visage of the witch (Hamilton), mocking and taunting Dorothy before turning toward the camera to cackle. Another instrumental version is played in the underscore in the final scene and over the closing credits. On October 7, 1938, Judy Garland recorded the song on the MGM soundstage with an arrangement by Murray Cutter. In September 1939, a studio recording of the song, not from the film soundtrack, was recorded and released as a single for Decca. In March 1940, that same recording was included on a Decca 78 four-record studio cast album entitled \"The Wizard of Oz\". Although this isn't the", "title": "Over the Rainbow" }, { "docid": "11357804", "text": "the title of the track, and thereby the album. Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse is the sixth studio album by Buckethead. To date it is his only solo album to be released as both a CD and LP and is currently out of print. Problems with rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. A download can be obtained at TDRS Music. The title track features an intentionally mangled rendition of the song \"Over the Rainbow\", popularly known as \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\", from the 1939 movie \"The Wizard of Oz\", as sung by the main character Dorothy Gale", "title": "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" }, { "docid": "11357803", "text": "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse is the sixth studio album by Buckethead. To date it is his only solo album to be released as both a CD and LP and is currently out of print. Problems with rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. A download can be obtained at TDRS Music. The title track features an intentionally mangled rendition of the song \"Over the Rainbow\", popularly known as \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\", from the 1939 movie \"The Wizard of Oz\", as sung by the main character Dorothy Gale portrayed by Judy Garland. It is the inspiration for", "title": "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" }, { "docid": "4837327", "text": "the \"Unlimited\" theme as the second major motif running through the score. Although not included as a titled song, the theme appears as an interlude in several of the musical numbers. In a tribute to Harold Arlen, who wrote the score for the 1939 film adaptation, the \"Unlimited\" melody incorporates the first seven notes of the song \"Over the Rainbow.\" Schwartz included it as an inside joke as, \"according to copyright law, when you get to the eighth note, then people can come and say, 'Oh you stole our tune.' And of course obviously it's also disguised in that it's", "title": "Wicked (musical)" }, { "docid": "8495591", "text": "natural talent. At the age of 14, Dona was signed to MGM Studios and worked on many of the musicals. She also worked at 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures. In 1939, at the age of 21, Massin was signed to production of \"The Wizard of Oz\", where she worked as a choreographer assisting Bobby Connolly. The film took 6 months to complete. Dona was the first to sing \"Somewhere Over The Rainbow\", and it was she who pushed for the song to be in the film. She also originated the skip that was performed down the", "title": "Dona Massin" } ]

[ { "docid": "17041651", "text": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" (also known as \"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\") is a medley of the songs \"Over the Rainbow\" and \"What a Wonderful World\", by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and released on his albums \"Ka ʻAnoʻi\" and \"Facing Future\". The song was originally recorded in a spur-of-the-moment demo session in 1988. Israel called the recording studio at 3am, and was given 15 minutes to arrive by recording engineer Milan Bertosa. Bertosa is quoted as saying ″And in walks the largest human being I had seen in my life. Israel", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" }, { "docid": "17041653", "text": "World.\" In 1993, five years after the original recording, Bertosa played the song for producer Jon de Mello while the two were completing work on \"Facing Future\", and de Mello decided to include it in the album as \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\". \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" reached #12 on \"Billboard\"'s Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of January 31, 2004 (for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). According to the Israel Kamakawiwoʻole website, Universal Studios first became interested in using the song in the movie and on the soundtrack for \"Meet Joe Black\"", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" }, { "docid": "7882675", "text": "on May 23. Her version again received rave reviews. She also performed \"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree\" a second time, though her title was not released as a single. When McPhee's record deal was officially announced on June 6, 2006, RCA Records announced that \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny\" would be considered a double A-side, meaning that radio stations could have the option of playing either song. This reflects the fact that McPhee's rendition of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" has become her signature performance, just as it was for Eva Cassidy. On June 20, 2006, McPhee's upcoming single was", "title": "My Destiny (Katharine McPhee song)" }, { "docid": "7874561", "text": "vehicle come from somewhere out there, just to land in the Andes? Was it round and did it have a motor or was it something different?\" imply that a UFO is landing in the Andes mountains. As the song progresses, the lyrics become sillier and seem to mock the beginning of the song. An example of this is \"...or did someone build a place or leave a space for Chester's thing to land (Chester's thing... on Ruth). Did a booger-bear come from somewhere out there...\" The non-serious nature of these lyrics and even the music itself seem to be mocking", "title": "Inca Roads (song)" }, { "docid": "7882674", "text": "of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" as the B-side. McPhee's rendition of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" was originally performed during the top 3 finalists' judge's choice round, chosen by Simon Cowell. McPhee performed sitting on the stage and wearing red shoes. She sang the little-known opening verse a cappella. The judges had high praise for McPhee's performance, and it is believed that the song was responsible for vaulting her into the season's final two. Several critics, including Cowell, consider McPhee's performance to be the best of the entire series. McPhee reprised her performance of the song in the final performance show", "title": "My Destiny (Katharine McPhee song)" }, { "docid": "17041652", "text": "was probably like 500 pounds. And the first thing at hand is to find something for him to sit on.\" The building security found Israel a large steel chair. \"Then I put up some microphones, do a quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over.\" At the time, copies of the recording were only made for Kamakawiwoʻole himself and Bertosa. The song was re-recorded as an \"upbeat Jawaiian version\" for Kamakawiwoʻole's debut album \"Ka ʻAnoʻi\", listed as \"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" }, { "docid": "2153132", "text": "Future\" was released in 1993 by The Mountain Apple Company. It featured a version of his most popular song, the medley \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" (listed as \"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\"), along with \"Hawaiʻi 78\", \"White Sandy Beach of Hawaiʻi\", \"Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man\", and \"Kaulana Kawaihae\". The decision to include a cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" was said to be a last-minute decision by his producer Jon de Mello and Kamakawiwoʻole. \"Facing Future\" debuted at #25 on \"Billboard\" magazine's Top Pop Catalogue chart. On October 26, 2005, \"Facing Future\" became Hawaiʻi's first certified", "title": "Israel Kamakawiwoʻole" }, { "docid": "14935639", "text": "mark in popular culture is songs like \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole where he takes two songs ( \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" and \"What a Wonderful World\" ) mashes them together to form an entirely new song. This is common element of the kanikapila style. It is a popular custom to end kanikapila sessions the same way with the song \"Hawaii Aloha\" written by 19th century Christian minister, Lorenzo Lyons. Kanikapila groups include the Experience Paradise Project. Kanikapila Kanikapila is a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session, most commonly taking place at a beach,", "title": "Kanikapila" }, { "docid": "9726321", "text": "wasn’t just DMX using dog metaphors to proclaim loyalty for his girl—it was Aaliyah meeting him somewhere in the middle\". He then said \"When she sang “Come Back in One Piece,” she did it like she really understood that all things, even DMX, are more complicated than they seem\". Bianca Gracie from Fuse felt that the song's usage of the groups Parliament song sample balanced out DMX's \"thuggish flow\" with Aaliyah's \"honey-sweet melody\". Come Back in One Piece \"Come Back in One Piece\" is the third official single from the \"Romeo Must Die\" soundtrack. The song was performed by Aaliyah", "title": "Come Back in One Piece" }, { "docid": "17041655", "text": "a single from the 2001 album \"Wanted\", which peaked at #11 on the UK Official Charts in 2001. Aselin Debison recorded the medley for her 2002 album \"Sweet Is the Melody\". Elisabeth von Trapp included her interpretation of the medley in her album \"Poetic License\", released in June 2004. During season seven of \"American Idol\", Jason Castro performed a cover of the song for his \"Top 8\" performance. Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson performed the song as a duet during the grand finale of season sixteen of American Idol. !scope=\"row\"|Total available sales: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" }, { "docid": "9903854", "text": "more oomph\" than the original, declaring \"I don't know when, I don't know how/But I know something's starting right now\". Musical similarities have been drawn between \"Part of Your World\" and \"Somewhere That's Green\" from Ashman and Menken's musical \"Little Shop of Horrors\", specifically the way in which the lines \"part of your world\" and \"somewhere that’s green\" are sung. The song has also been compared to Judy Garland's song \"Over the Rainbow\" due to their shared themes about \"wish[ing] for something new and different.\" Kyle Turner, a writer for \"Vice\", observed that both \"Part of Your World\" and \"Over", "title": "Part of Your World" }, { "docid": "17441784", "text": "by giving her a standing ovation before she even sang a single note. It was a reminder to people from where she started and how far she has come. For the song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" Boyle said, \"This song is about a wee lassie who goes on an incredible journey.\" \"I hope tonight to take you all on a journey\". Some of the Jazz numbers, such as \"That Ole Devil Called Love\" and \"Cry Me a River\", Boyle sang while seated beside the piano. The first half ended with a rendition of \"You Raise Me Up\" accompanied by a", "title": "Susan Boyle in Concert" }, { "docid": "20508175", "text": "ahead and play it.\" Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks. \"A Sleeping Bee\" gets a \"gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment\". \"This Time the Dream's on Me\" has \"a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement\". Mabern's arrangement of \"Savannah\" begins as a calypso and then shifts into hard bop. \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" was released by Venus Records. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album) Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. The album was recorded on November 11, 2005, at The Studio in New", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album)" }, { "docid": "7584141", "text": "ever of the reflective ballad. The show also includes keyboardist Page McConnell performing a solo version of \"The Wizard of Oz\" classic \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\" on a theremin. Bonus tracks include two songs from the night before at the same venue. Tuesday, 13 August 1996 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN SET 1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light SET 2: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike's Song -> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train", "title": "Live Phish Volume 12" }, { "docid": "7276255", "text": "in the electronic music field. Their first single was \"The Drums\", followed by \"Exploration of Space\", \"Mental Atmosphere\" and their \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\" remix using samples from the film \"The Wizard of Oz\". However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single \"Fire Wire\" was released in the UK in 2001. Cosmic Gate have made many remixes for artists such as Tiësto (Urban Train), Ferry Corsten (Punk), Blank & Jones (DFF), Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), Svenson & Gielen (Answer the Question) and Vanessa-Mae (White Bird). Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed", "title": "Cosmic Gate" }, { "docid": "17041654", "text": "after director Martin Brest became interested in it. Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" has been used on other soundtracks as well, including the soundtracks for \"Finding Forrester;\" \"50 First Dates;\" \"Fred Claus;\" \"Happy, Happy;\" ; and \"IMAX: Hubble 3D\". It was also featured on TV series like \"Charmed\", \"ER\", \"Scrubs\", \"Cold Case\", \"Glee,\" the UK original version of \"Life On Mars,\" and more. The song is still receiving airplay from Hawaiian and adult alternative-formatted radio stations. Other artists have recorded the medley as well. Cliff Richard recorded his own version of the medley, released as", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" }, { "docid": "11629900", "text": "Carole King and Tina Turner. At the time of release the official website for the album explained that it consisted of \"\"hits Cliff's always Wanted to record.\"\" The inspiration for the album came when Richard was sent a copy of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's recording of \"Over the Rainbow\" combined with \"What a Wonderful World\" weeks into the year 2000. He knew immediately he wanted to record it. Two singles were released from this album, the first being the song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 6 weeks. The second", "title": "Wanted (Cliff Richard album)" }, { "docid": "2153140", "text": "2014 Pixar short film, Lava, features two volcanoes as the main characters. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" and his style of music was James Ford Murphy's partial inspiration for the short film. Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of \"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" gained notice in 1999 when an excerpt was used in the TV commercials for eToys.com (now part of Toys \"R\" Us). The full song was featured in the movies \"K-Pax\", \"Meet Joe Black\", \"Finding Forrester\", \"Son of the Mask\", \"50 First Dates\", \"Fred Claus\" and \"IMAX: Hubble 3D\". It was also featured in TV series \"ER\",", "title": "Israel Kamakawiwoʻole" }, { "docid": "2782235", "text": "However, it's also possible that \"Parasol Stars\" could be a side story, or \"gaiden\" to the series occurring after \"Rainbow Islands\", but before \"Bubble Memories\". The game has also been released as \"Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II\", such as on the NES. Much like \"Rainbow Islands\" used \"The Wizard of Oz\"s song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\", \"Parasol Stars\" used an official song in its soundtrack. This time it was \"Lambada\" by the French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma, which was used as the game's boss theme. CU Amiga praised the game, giving it 95% and a \"Super Star\". Amiga Power was a", "title": "Parasol Stars" }, { "docid": "895945", "text": "Amos and her label, then revisited again during the \"From the Choirgirl Hotel\" (1998) recording sessions, was not released until \"\" (2006). Another song, \"To the Fair Motormaids of Japan\", was also recorded during the \"Boys for Pele\" recording sessions. It was released on a deluxe remastered rerelease of the album on November 18, 2016. The \"Hey Jupiter\" EP includes live performances of some of Amos's previously released B-sides, including a cover of \"Over The Rainbow\", listed as \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\". Amos also covered \"I'm on Fire,\" \"Landslide,\" and \"Over the Rainbow\" on \"VH1 Crossroads\". Album Singles ∞ -", "title": "Boys for Pele" }, { "docid": "9403693", "text": "\"I Care 4 U\" in the United States. It reached the top ten on \"Billboard\"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Ross Scarano from Complex Praised Aaliyah's Voice on the song saying \"Aaliyah's voice did longing so well. The lightness of her touch when stretching out and fluttering the final syllable of a word like \"over\" in \"Come Over\" is too pretty\". Scarano also felt that certain parts within the song such as the dying-cell-phone bit was amusing. Come Over (Aaliyah song) \"Come Over\" is a song by American recording artist Aaliyah. Written by Johntá Austin and produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, Jazze", "title": "Come Over (Aaliyah song)" }, { "docid": "4812612", "text": "by Mick Ronson, not dissimilar to the style of Bowie's previous album \"Hunky Dory\" (1971). The chorus is loosely based on Harold Arlen's \"Over the Rainbow\" from the film \"The Wizard of Oz\", alluding to the \"Starman\"'s extraterrestrial origins (over the rainbow) (the octave leap on the word \"Starman\" is identical to that on the word \"Somewhere\" in \"Over the Rainbow\"). Other influences cited for the track are the T. Rex songs \"Telegram Sam\" and \"Hot Love\" (the \"boogie\" references and \"la la la\" chorus) and Holland–Dozier–Holland's \"You Keep Me Hangin' On\" (the morse code-esque guitar and piano breaks). From", "title": "Starman (song)" }, { "docid": "11131668", "text": "since it came out somewhere in the '60s. I just loved that song. So somewhere around '72 I started lobbying to get the band to do a cover of that. And I didn't get anywhere until '75. Then finally in 1975 we actually did it.\" Doobies member Jeff Baxter said of their recording, \"That song was like a dream come true for us. Every musician I've ever known has at some point wanted to achieve Motown's technically slick soul sound - it's so dynamic. We sat down to try to duplicate it, and to see if our version could emerge", "title": "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" }, { "docid": "11729618", "text": "an increased sense of community, allowing for pupils to share experiences, foster understanding and reduce bullying. The system also complements the school curriculum, where in many cases, students in Years 9 and 10 and 11 are in the same subject mixed-age option groups. \"Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World\" is a charity and tribute song recorded by Staff and Students from Scalby School in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It is based on adaptations of well-known classics \"Over The Rainbow\" and \"What a Wonderful World\". The song was recorded and released as an online-digital download in tribute of the late Ellie-Othick Bowmaker, who", "title": "Scalby School" }, { "docid": "13031480", "text": "(over)producer Mark Bright, Cyrus starts off in that soft yet gritty tone that has worked so well on many of his other ballads. Somewhere along the way, though, he loses interest and fades into a lifeless monotone. Even more unusual is that half of the words in the chorus come out forced and clipped.\" All tracks were produced by Mark Bright, except \"Butterfly Fly Away\", which was produced by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri. In the United Kingdom version of the album, \"Ready, Set, Don't Go\" and \"Over the Rainbow\" were added. The album debuted at number 41 on the", "title": "Back to Tennessee" }, { "docid": "7163982", "text": "Destiny\" was released on June 27, 2006 by RCA Records. \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" peaked at number 12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and \"My Destiny\" peaked at number 60. 32 weeks after its release, \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny\" had climbed to number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot Singles Sales charts. It was the second-highest best-selling single of 2006 after Taylor Hicks' \"Do I Make You Proud\". \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny\" remained on the chart for more than 58 weeks. In July, McPhee missed the first three weeks of the American Idol Tour due to laryngitis and bronchitis.", "title": "Katharine McPhee" }, { "docid": "20508174", "text": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album) Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. The album was recorded on November 11, 2005, at The Studio in New York. It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan. The personnel are Harold Mabern (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), and Willie Jones III (drums). All of the compositions are by Harold Arlen. Mabern commented that, \"I've always studied him because his music is very bluesy. And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go", "title": "Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album)" }, { "docid": "2665425", "text": "quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over.\" Eva Cassidy recorded a version of the song for \"The Other Side\" (1992). After her death in 1996, it was included on the posthumous compilation \"Songbird\" (1998) and released as a single in 2001. It debuted at number 88 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2001 and climbed to number 42 in May, becoming Cassidy's first single to chart in the United Kingdom. In Scotland, it reached number 36, giving Cassidy her first", "title": "Over the Rainbow" }, { "docid": "3588565", "text": "out there where the sky is burning, the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there’s injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace — we’ve got work to do!\"\" This was dubbed over the closing scene as the Doctor and Ace walked off into the distance, apparently to further adventures. The \"Doctor Who\" production office at the BBC finally closed down in August 1990, having been in continuous operation since 1963. Although \"Survival\" was the last \"Doctor Who\" serial of the original series to", "title": "Survival (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "4837328", "text": "completely different rhythmically. And it's also harmonized completely differently... It's over a different chord and so on, but still it's the first seven notes of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'\". Schwartz further obscured the motif's origin by setting it in a minor key in most instances. This also creates contrast in the songs in which it forms a part, for example in \"Defying Gravity\", which is written primarily in the key of D-flat major. In the song \"The Wicked Witch of the East\", however, when Elphaba finally uses her powers to let her sister walk, the \"Unlimited\" theme is played in", "title": "Wicked (musical)" }, { "docid": "8018308", "text": "rendition. The original songs are \"Do I Make You Proud\" (Hicks) and \"My Destiny\" (McPhee). The covers are \"Takin' It to the Streets\" (Hicks) and \"Over the Rainbow\" (McPhee, renamed to \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\"). For the first time, the compilation album was made available as digital downloads only. Compilations of individual finalist's performances were also released. On the day after the season six finale, the winner Jordin Sparks and runner-up Blake Lewis released 5-song EPs exclusively to iTunes. Sparks's contained the winner's single, \"This Is My Now\", as well as four songs she performed on \"Idol\": \"I (Who Have", "title": "American Idol compilation series" }, { "docid": "13915725", "text": "time comes. And then the...\"\" suggesting that the city's inhabitants stay inside during the day and come out only at night. Petula Clark recorded the song for her 1970 album \"Memphis\" and Rita Pavone made an Italian version with the title \"Il mondo nelle mani\" (\"The world in the hands\"). From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the TalkTalk TV advertising campaign, and is their hold music. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (9 weeks): Reached #24 \"Cashbox\" (10 weeks): 57, 43, 34, 27, 26, 24, 28, 44, 56, 58 Neon Rainbow \"Neon Rainbow\" is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson", "title": "Neon Rainbow" }, { "docid": "3852161", "text": "child still inside. Salad Fingers then impales his finger on the spike and begins bleeding, blissfully saying \"I like it when the red water comes out.\" Salad Fingers turns pale and passes out. Apparently dreaming, Salad Fingers walks through a large meat locker singing \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" to himself. While inside, he meets a full-size Hubert Cumberdale, who screams a distorted electronic noise at him. When Salad Fingers awakens he sits in a pool of his own blood. The oven smokes as Salad Fingers states, \"That fish smells about done,\" presumably forgetting the fact that it was the smoke", "title": "Salad Fingers" }, { "docid": "17009773", "text": "as temptress Kelly in \"Footballer's Wives\" in a 90-minute special. Her debut album \"Does Neb yn fy Nabod\" features her own, and eight compositions by Gwenno Dafydd and Heulwen Thomas, released on the Sain Records label. In 2006, she was presenter of the S4C children's fun show, \"Mama Mia\". She appeared in \"I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series)\" in 2008 and was voted out by Andrew Lloyd Webber after she performed \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\". She also had a role as a cowgirl in \"Cymru Fach\" and appeared in \"Rownd a Rownd\". Bethan did a UK tour of \"Joseph and", "title": "Tara Bethan" }, { "docid": "734432", "text": "his estranged wife, Merlyn, and repeated a request he made decades before for Bobby Richardson to read a poem at his funeral if he died. Mantle died on August 13, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center with his wife at his side, five months after his mother had died at age 91. The Yankees played Cleveland that day and honored him with a tribute. At Mantle's funeral, Eddie Layton played \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" on the Hammond organ because Mickey had once told him it was his favorite song. Roy Clark sang and played \"Yesterday, When I Was Young.\" The", "title": "Mickey Mantle" }, { "docid": "9443262", "text": "promote the track. German pop girl group Queensberry recorded a cover of \"Over It\" for their debut studio album \"Volume I\" (2008). Katharine McPhee was the runner-up of the fifth season of \"American Idol\", and received a record contract with 19 Recordings. After releasing \"My Destiny\" and a cover version of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" in 2006, McPhee started to work on her eponymous debut studio album; \"Over It\" was written and recorded a few weeks before the album release in 2007. McPhee said that she instantly connected with the song, explaining: \"I know what it feels like to be", "title": "Over It (Katharine McPhee song)" }, { "docid": "19311124", "text": "Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean \"Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean\" is a World War I era song first released in 1917. Irving Crocker wrote the lyrics. George L. Cobb composed the music. It was written for both voice and piano. Walter Jacobs of Boston, Massachusetts published the song. The cover was designed by Rose Starmer. On the cover is a watercolor painting of an ocean with ships in the background. In the foreground is an envelope addressed: \"Private Good-boy; Rainbow Division; Somewhere in France.\" The song is told from the point of", "title": "Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean" }, { "docid": "6623312", "text": "18 of that year, when classical-piano duo Whittemore and Lowe played three 40-minute-long sets, with half of each set dedicated to song requests from guests. In January 1975, the Rainbow Grill had to close temporarily due to a rising lease. This turned out to be a short-lived change: a new management took over the Rainbow Grill and reopened it the following month. The Rainbow Grill was also briefly closed for renovations in 1979. The refurbishment included the installation of a new stage. The Rockefeller family bought the entire Rockefeller Center complex from Columbia University in 1985, then immediately set out", "title": "Rainbow Room" }, { "docid": "1776201", "text": "on Radio 2), Olly Murs (who performed Wogan's favorite swing classics), Eva Cassidy, who posthumously performed over video-tape with Shaun Escoffery duetting live in the studio on the song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe covering The Floral Dance, a song which Wogan once covered himself. On 16 November 2016, the BBC renamed BBC Western House to BBC Wogan House. Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was a British and Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK", "title": "Terry Wogan" }, { "docid": "4695414", "text": "JR or anyone else. During this mission, JR saves Babe from being raped by some guys when she goes undercover as a prostitute to clear JR's name and find out what crimes Richie did. Trina decides to tell the truth about Richie and her part in framing JR when Richie stole his bone marrow. JR promises Trina some money to get out of prostituting and go somewhere Richie is not due to fear that Richie will kill her since she told JR what Richie did. With Richie finally gone, JR and Babe come happily together again. After Richie's death, Fusion", "title": "Babe Carey" }, { "docid": "17107122", "text": "cappella\"\" category for their song \"Daft Punk\", a medley of songs by Daft Punk. On February 15, 2016, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the same category, this time for \"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\" from their \"That’s Christmas to Me\" album. On February 12, 2017, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the \"Best Country duo/group performance\" category for \"Jolene\" which featured Dolly Parton. Maldonado performed at the Hippodrome, London with the song \"Never Neverland\" together with Scott Alan in May 2014. In January 2016, Maldonado performed the song \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" at the World Dog Awards in honor of", "title": "Kirstin Maldonado" }, { "docid": "2665418", "text": "she had for the film. She said she wanted to remain true to the character of Dorothy and to the message of being somewhere over the rainbow. An introductory verse (\"When all the world is a hopeless jumble...\") that was omitted from the film is sometimes used in theatrical productions of \"The Wizard of Oz\" and is included in the piano sheet music from the film. It was also used in versions by Tony Bennett, Al Bowlly, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Norma Waterson. Judy Garland sang the introductory verse only once, on a 1948 radio", "title": "Over the Rainbow" }, { "docid": "2153144", "text": "George Noory uses \"Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" as bumper music on the overnight talk radio show \"Coast To Coast AM\". Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (, translation: \"The Fearless Eyed Man\") (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah Iz or IZ, was a Native Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist. His voice became famous outside Hawaii when his album \"Facing Future\" was released in 1993. His medley of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" was released on his albums \"Ka ʻAnoʻi\" and \"Facing Future\". It was subsequently featured in several films, television programs,", "title": "Israel Kamakawiwoʻole" }, { "docid": "1394687", "text": "in June 2009. In early 2009 it was announced that Jewel would release a new studio album titled \"Lullaby\", a collection of lullabies which she described as \"not just for children, but also adults\". Its lead single, \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\", was released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. The album was released on May 5, 2009. \"Somewhere Over The Rainbow\" was No. 1 on The Top Children's Songs the week of release. Like 2011's \"The Merry Goes 'Round\", it is sold under the Fisher Price brand which Jewel described as \"a great partnership\". She also recorded the \"Make It", "title": "Jewel (singer)" }, { "docid": "5214822", "text": "the end, Foster felt that they worked \"well together.\" After recording the song, Carey invited Miguel to record the song with her as a duet. However, after recording his verses several times, Foster and Carey realized that the song would not turn out the way they planned. Foster said the song's key was \"too high for him\"; the voices did not harmonize well. Carey did not have time to re-record her vocals in a lower key to accommodate Miguel's verses. Miguel, furious over the failed collaboration, later sent a cut-up tape of the demo to Foster. Carey, Warren, and Foster", "title": "Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)" }, { "docid": "19487070", "text": "visions such as the Dave Liebman Big Band and The Diva Jazz Orchestra; and \"out of the box,\" the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, The Either/Orchestra and the Ghost Train Symphony Orchestra. High moments include Alto Madness' Richie Cole walking through the audience with a ten-year-old boy on his shoulders as he improvised to \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\" and when David Amram led the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra and T.S. Monk’s ensemble in a version of \"New York, New York\" the weekend after 9/11. Over the years through the generosity of private donors the Lake George Jazz Weekend has built an audience", "title": "Jazz at the Lake: Lake George Jazz Weekend" }, { "docid": "8033541", "text": "adapted into a children's novel, an opera, and at least seven films between 1910 and 2002. See the German equivalent (blue flower). The immense popularity of Maeterlinck's play probably originated the idiom in English. In 1934 this was strengthened by the popular American song \"Bluebird of Happiness\". Written by Sandor Harmati and Edward Heyman, it was recorded several times by American tenor Jan Peerce, for RCA Victor and also by Art Mooney and His Orchestra. The lyrics \"Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly\" in Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's 1938 song for the movie Wizard of Oz is a likely", "title": "Bluebird of happiness" }, { "docid": "7163981", "text": "In May 2006, McPhee visited her \"alma mater\" Notre Dame High School for her hometown celebration. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa visited the school and proclaimed the day Katharine McPhee Day. She finished as the runner-up to Taylor Hicks. On June 6, 2006, Sony BMG announced that McPhee had signed to \"American Idol\" series creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited and Sony BMG's RCA Records. Also in June, McPhee performed at the \"J.C. Penney Jam: Concert for America's Kids\", soloing with \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" and performing a duet with Andrea Bocelli on \"Somos Novios\". McPhee's \"Idol\" single, \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My", "title": "Katharine McPhee" }, { "docid": "10387135", "text": "in a four-week timeframe. The composers \"felt no pressure to come up with a radio-friendly hit\" and were surprised when Spielberg felt the song had Top 40 hit potential and recruited world-renowned recording artists, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, to record a pop version of it for the film's closing credits. In the main body of the film, the song was performed by Phillip Glasser and Betsy Cathcart in the characters of the anthropomorphic mice Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz. Produced by Ronstadt's regular producer Peter Asher, the single release of the Ronstadt/Ingram track made its debut at number 31 on", "title": "Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)" }, { "docid": "18573156", "text": "Killer Country Killer County is an album by Jerry Lee Lewis, released on Elektra Records in 1980. \"Killer Country\" was produced by Eddie Kilroy, who had been involved with resurrecting Lewis's career back in 1968 when \"Another Place, Another Time\" hit the country charts. The single \"Thirty-Nine and Holding\" would rise to number 6, Lewis's first Top 10 country hit since \"Middle Age Crazy\" in 1977 and his last to date. However, it is Lewis's version of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" that is often singled out for praise; although it only reached number 18 on the charts, Lewis altered the", "title": "Killer Country" }, { "docid": "18576629", "text": "for \"Tamashii Revolution\", a globe for \"Free Planet\" and on the back cover a rainbow for \"Roll Over the Rainbow\". \"Roll Over the Rainbow\" was one of the four tracks found on the \"Wildflower\" single, a special release commemorating Superfly's 10th single since their debut. Each song featured a different style of rock, and a different commercial tie-up. The single came packaged with \"Cover Songs: Best 'Track 3\"', a compilation album compiling Superfly's English language cover songs that were featured on the B-sides of her singles. The song was first unveiled on May 29, when Superfly performed it at the", "title": "Roll Over the Rainbow" }, { "docid": "8683380", "text": "8th World Wonder \"8th World Wonder\" is the 2004 debut single from \"American Idol\" finalist Kimberley Locke, from the album \"One Love\". The single (written by Canadian songwriter/performer Joel Parkes, Shaun Shankel & Kyle Jacobs) debuted on the \"Billboard\" Singles Sales Chart at number one, making it the first non-\"Idol\" single to top the chart from any \"Idol\" finalist. The single was later nominated in the category for \"Best Love Song\" at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards. The release also features a brand new modern arrangement of Locke's signature song from the show, \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\". In a recent", "title": "8th World Wonder" }, { "docid": "2665421", "text": "week ending January 18, 2004). In the U.S., it was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 downloads sold. As of October 2014 it had sold over 4.2 million digital copies. In the UK, \"Over the Rainbow\" was released as a single under the title \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\". It entered the UK Official Singles Chart in April 2007 at number 68. In Germany, the single also returned to the German Singles Chart in September 2010. After two weeks on that chart, it received gold status for selling 150,000 copies. In October 2010, it reached number one on the German charts. In 2011", "title": "Over the Rainbow" }, { "docid": "6674574", "text": "/ re-mastered version of \"Day-In Day-Out\" appears in the box set \"Loving the Alien (1983-1988)\". Upon release, \"Day-In Day-Out\" received mixed reviews from music critics. Complaints about poor studio production were common, although publications did find the song to be \"fun\" and \"danceable\". Bowie biographer Nicholas Pegg called the track \"frustrating\", for on one hand being \"a pretty fine song\", but on the other, \"[encapsulating] everything that's initially promising but ultimately infuriating\" about the album. He concluded, \"Somewhere in there is a concerted attempt to reclaim Bowie's former territory of guitar-based rock'n'roll, but 'Day-In Day-Out' suffers badly from over-elaboration: it's", "title": "Day-In Day-Out" }, { "docid": "2153133", "text": "platinum album, selling more than a million CDs in the United States, according to figures furnished by the Recording Industry Association of America. On July 21, 2006, BBC Radio 1 announced that \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (True Dreams)\" would be released as a single in America. In 1994, Kamakawiwoʻole was voted favorite entertainer of the year by the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). \"E Ala E\" (1995) featured the political title song \"ʻE Ala ʻE\" and \"Kaleohano\", and \"N Dis Life\" (1996) featured \"In This Life\" and \"Starting All Over Again\". In 1997, Kamakawiwoʻole was again", "title": "Israel Kamakawiwoʻole" }, { "docid": "5297974", "text": "UK with Rainbow tribute band Catch the Rainbow starting in March 2014. He collaborates in the Stardust Reverie Project, a supergroup featuring Zak Stevens and Lynn Meredith among others. Their first album \"Ancient Rites of the Moon\" was released in April 2014. He is currently working in the new Stardust Reverie album scheduled for 2015. In 2015, Bonnet formed The Graham Bonnet Band, and toured the UK and Europe, playing songs from throughout his career including Alcatrazz and Rainbow. The band released a two-song E.P. titled \"My Kingdom Come,\" (the song \"My Kingdom Come\", written by Russ Ballard) and announced", "title": "Graham Bonnet" }, { "docid": "6781618", "text": "Russ Hamilton (singer) Russ Hamilton (19 January 1932 – 11 October 2008) was an English singer and songwriter. Hamilton made the Top 10 in the United States with \"Rainbow\", but in the United Kingdom the song was the B-side of \"We Will Make Love\", which climbed high in the UK Singles Chart. Born as Ronald Hulme in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, he was one of the first singer-songwriters of pop music to have come out of the city, and he was the first Liverpool artist to hit the United States music scene with his song \"Rainbow\" several years before the Beatles.", "title": "Russ Hamilton (singer)" }, { "docid": "10678474", "text": "which month also saw the release of a \"Somewhere in the Night\" single recorded by the song's co-writer Richard Kerr: Kerr's version would have its UK release in January 1976 when it also served as the title cut of an album release by Kerr. However, \"Somewhere in the Night\" did not appear on any chart until the Batdorf & Rodney version was issued as a single in October 1975 to reach #69 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The qualified success of the Batdorf & Rodney version did not preclude the December 1975 release of Helen Reddy's version of \"Somewhere in", "title": "Somewhere in the Night (song)" }, { "docid": "10988615", "text": "bass, as well as Phil Elverum (of The Microphones/Mount Eerie) on various horns, and Calvin Johnson on various sounds. \"Blankets Made Of Snow\" is a remix of a song by Y.A.C.H.T. which appeared in its original form under a different name on Y.A.C.H.T.'s debut album Super Warren MVII in 2004. The song \"Guilded Golden Ladies\" is an early version of a track that appears on the White Rainbow album \"ZOME\". Track titles like \"Comeouttoshowdem\", \"Bruise Blood\", and \"Come Out\" all reference the early tape-phasing compositions Come Out (Reich) by minimalist composer Steve Reich. VVRSSNN VVRSSNN (pronounced \"Version\")., released on K", "title": "VVRSSNN" }, { "docid": "18561357", "text": "The Sunshine Makers (1935 film) The Sunshine Makers is a 1935 animated short film directed by Burt Gillett and Ted Eshbaugh, reissued and sponsored by the food and beverage producer Borden in 1940. It was originally released as a part of the \"Rainbow Parade\" series, produced by Van Beuren Studios. Thousands of happy, colorful, good dwarfs come out of the houses singing a song when marching up the hill. They go inside and are making milk as sunshine in bottles. The dwarf rides a cart with crickets and sings a song and puts the bottles by the door and takes", "title": "The Sunshine Makers (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "17743570", "text": "T.I. revealed a song titled \"Stay\", would be featured on the album and promoted the song through the Samsung Mobile app, Owner's Hub. However the song was later leaked online. On July 23, 2014, T.I. performed \"Bring Em Out\", \"What You Know\" and \"No Mediocre\", on Vh1's new show, \"SoundClash\". On August 8, 2014 T.I. released a song of him freestyling over Bobby Shmurda's viral hit \"Hot Nigga\". In an interview with Bootleg Kev in August 2014, although he did not give an exact release date, T.I. said it would arrive \"somewhere in Libra season.\" On August 8, 2014, T.I.", "title": "Paperwork (T.I. album)" }, { "docid": "8958969", "text": "Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song) \"Somewhere Out There\" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Our Lady Peace. It was released in April 2002 as the lead single from their fifth studio album, \"Gravity\". It was the most successful single from the album, and is also their most internationally successful single. The correct title of the song is indeed \"Somewhere Out There\", however the specific chorus lyrics \"defying gravity\" and the fact that the album is titled \"Gravity\", led some to believe that the title of the song was \"Gravity\". The song is mislabeled as such in", "title": "Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)" }, { "docid": "4707181", "text": "version of the fleur now appears on the corps' uniform over the left breast. The corps' official colors are dark green and white. The Scouts first performed \"You'll Never Walk Alone\" as a part of their first field show in 1954. Challenged by the Cavaliers singing \"Somewhere, Over The Rainbow\" in 1957, the corps responded with \"You'll Never Walk Alone\", and it has remained the official corps song to this day. In both the 1971 production of \"The Wizard of Oz\" and the 2005 production of \"Carmen\", the Scouts used one female performer in each show. At VFW Nationals in", "title": "Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "11729610", "text": "Scalby School Scalby School is a comprehensive school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It caters for boys and girls, aged 11–16, with around 980 on roll. The school was built in 1942, and the current Headteacher is David Read, who took over from Paul Tarn in September 2010. In January 2011 Scalby was named the top school in Yorkshire, and 18th in England in the 2010 School League Tables using the CVA measure (Contextual value added). On 5 July 2010 the school released a digital download Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World, in an attempt to reach the charts. The song", "title": "Scalby School" }, { "docid": "7530358", "text": "of the Spinning Wheel\", \"Two Mothers for Maggie\", \"Wild Rose\" and \"The Forbidden Garden\"; José Casanovas, Trine Tinture, Rodrigo Comos, and many other Spanish artists. Jinty also had less well-known British comics artists such as Audrey Fawley, \"Made Up Mandy\"; Philip Townsend \"Somewhere over the Rainbow, Mark of the Witch!, Children of Stepford\" and \"Song of the Fir Tree\"; and Keith Robson. Writers featured included Pat Mills (\"Land of No Tears, Girl in a Bubble, Concrete Surfer\"), Malcolm Shaw (\"The Robot Who Cried\"), and Jay Over (\"Pam of Pond Hill\"), Terence Magee(\"Merry At Misery House\"). Jinty (comics) Jinty was a", "title": "Jinty (comics)" }, { "docid": "8101095", "text": "begins with a dance interlude of the Sandstorm Dub of \"Butterfly\", where acrobat Terry Kvasnik dances round the stage; after this, the same version of \"Red Blooded Woman\" is performed, still using the excerpt of \"Where the Wild Roses Grow\", Minogue this time rising atop a pommel horse in a leopard onesie. Minogue then performed \"Slow\", which was followed by a performance of \"Kids\". The fifth section begins with a cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" where Minogue rises from behind the stage on a sequined moon. This is then followed by a torch version of \"Come into My World\".", "title": "Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour" }, { "docid": "6268020", "text": "Minogue then performs \"Slow\" which is followed by a small flamenco interlude which precedes a performance of \"Please Stay\". The fifth section begins with a cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" where Minogue rises from behind the stage on a sequined moon. This is then followed by a torch version of \"Come into My World\". Minogue then performs \"Chocolate\" on the stage, which morphs at the end of the catwalk to form a \"cake\", from which Minogue performs \"I Believe in You\". The act closes with a performance of \"Dreams\". The sixth section opens with a performance of \"Hand on", "title": "Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour" }, { "docid": "5182691", "text": "capable of evacuating children. No further attempts to reinhabit Rainbow were undertaken. Rainbow (Noon Universe) Rainbow (Радуга, pronounced: \"Raduga\") is a fictional planet described in \"Far Rainbow\" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. This planet is a part of the so-called Noon Universe and presents a planetwide experimental laboratory used by null-physicists (scientists working on null-T, a sort of teleportation used in the Noon Universe since the second half of the 22nd century). It isn't clear when it was discovered but, presumably, somewhere between 2146 and 2154 AD. Rainbow is a very comfortable planet with a moderate climate, a calm atmosphere,", "title": "Rainbow (Noon Universe)" }, { "docid": "15263527", "text": "and \"Rainbow\", calling them \"unimpressive\" and \"tricked out with the showy vocal bling favoured by R&B divas as a substitute for genuine soul\". Johnny Dee of Virgin Media found the album \"a bit patchy\"; he felt that \"when Jessie is having fun she's unstoppable\", but noted that \"the album's problems come when Jessie overdoes the vocal warbling and completely forgets to write an actual song\". However, he concluded by stating that Cornish will be \"[one of] the biggest and coolest UK female artists for decades\". Mischa Pearlman of Yahoo! Music wrote that the album \"doesn't entirely deliver, but even when", "title": "Who You Are (Jessie J album)" }, { "docid": "13915724", "text": "Neon Rainbow \"Neon Rainbow\" is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson and made famous by Memphis blue-eyed soul band The Box Tops. The track is featured on \"The Letter/Neon Rainbow\". The song starts with the lyrics \"\"The city lights, the pretty lights, They can warm the coldest nights\"\" and as they suggest, the song is about neon signs that come on at night and make even the city's coldest nights seem warm. The lyrics continue \"\"But in the daytime everything changes, Nothing remains the same. No one smiles anymore, And no one will open his door. Until the night", "title": "Neon Rainbow" }, { "docid": "15483082", "text": "wisdom.\" Somewhere Else (Toby Keith song) \"Somewhere Else\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It was released in February 2011 as the third and final single from his 2010 album \"Bullets in the Gun\". The song peaked at number 12 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart. Keith wrote this song with Bobby Pinson. The song describes a downbeat character who struggles to come to terms with the collapse of a relationship. Since home is where the heartache is coming from, he decides to withstand the barrage of memories at a bar.", "title": "Somewhere Else (Toby Keith song)" }, { "docid": "15483079", "text": "Somewhere Else (Toby Keith song) \"Somewhere Else\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It was released in February 2011 as the third and final single from his 2010 album \"Bullets in the Gun\". The song peaked at number 12 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart. Keith wrote this song with Bobby Pinson. The song describes a downbeat character who struggles to come to terms with the collapse of a relationship. Since home is where the heartache is coming from, he decides to withstand the barrage of memories at a bar. Gary", "title": "Somewhere Else (Toby Keith song)" }, { "docid": "8535548", "text": "asked where she was, the reply was \"somewhere near Japan\". Phillips' original version of the song, titled \"Fairy Tale Girl\", allegedly ran to over 25 verses. A late-1980s recording by The New Mamas and The Papas (John Philiips, Mackenzie Phillips, Scott McKenzie, and Spanky McFarlane) under the title \"Fairy Tale Girl (Somewhere Near Japan)\" was belatedly released on the 2010 compilation \"Many Mamas, Many Papas\" from Varèse Sarabande. The final Beach Boys release describes a protagonist agreeing to come to the rescue of his \"fairy tale girl\" who is \"driftin' on some Chinese junk\" (a double entendre for both heroin", "title": "Somewhere Near Japan" }, { "docid": "8535547", "text": "Somewhere Near Japan \"Somewhere Near Japan\" is a song written by John Phillips, Terry Melcher, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1989 album \"Still Cruisin'\". The bulk of the song was written by John Philips and concerns his daughter Mackenzie Phillips's honeymoon experiences. She and her new husband, both serious substance abusers, flew to Guam, and both the money and the drugs soon ran out. This was when her father received a late night phone call from Phillips begging him send money or drugs, preferably both: when he", "title": "Somewhere Near Japan" }, { "docid": "4695284", "text": "of \"The Day You Come\"; The first single from the album was \"The Day You Come\", a politically and socially influenced song. The band did not intend for it to be the first single, and released it only when they could not decide on anything else. Haug said it being \"a pretty inoffensive song musically\" helped Powderfinger make that decision. \"The Day You Come\" spent nine weeks on the ARIA Charts, peaking at #25. The second single was the double a-side, \"Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray\", released on 9 November 1998. \"Don't Wanna Be Left Out\", a song about", "title": "Internationalist (album)" }, { "docid": "18972052", "text": "up working out.\" Somewhere to Run (song) \"Somewhere to Run\" is a single by American electronic dance music band Krewella. The song was released on March 23, 2015 for digital download and streaming. It reached the top of iTunes dance charts and currently has over 16 million plays on Spotify as of May 2016. It was featured in the trailer for the 2016 movie \"Nerve\". About the sound of the track, Krewella stated: \"We went back to the roots for that one,” says Yasmine. “The reason why we fell in love with dance music is people like Daft Punk, Justice,", "title": "Somewhere to Run (song)" }, { "docid": "5182683", "text": "Rainbow (Noon Universe) Rainbow (Радуга, pronounced: \"Raduga\") is a fictional planet described in \"Far Rainbow\" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. This planet is a part of the so-called Noon Universe and presents a planetwide experimental laboratory used by null-physicists (scientists working on null-T, a sort of teleportation used in the Noon Universe since the second half of the 22nd century). It isn't clear when it was discovered but, presumably, somewhere between 2146 and 2154 AD. Rainbow is a very comfortable planet with a moderate climate, a calm atmosphere, little seismic activity and a rather phlegmatic native fauna. There is only", "title": "Rainbow (Noon Universe)" }, { "docid": "8958974", "text": "since former lead guitarist Mike Turner left to form Fair Ground. Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song) \"Somewhere Out There\" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Our Lady Peace. It was released in April 2002 as the lead single from their fifth studio album, \"Gravity\". It was the most successful single from the album, and is also their most internationally successful single. The correct title of the song is indeed \"Somewhere Out There\", however the specific chorus lyrics \"defying gravity\" and the fact that the album is titled \"Gravity\", led some to believe that the title of", "title": "Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)" }, { "docid": "13440951", "text": "through Tripura. Their clan names come into existence only when they came out of a cave. The location of the cave is believed to be somewhere in the borders of China.shongthu, Saiche, Misai and Mirem were the names of the leaders who came out of the cave. The names of these leaders became the Clan names of the Kom people. Even though Telien and Hmangte did not take part in the cave incident, they later came to be established as clan names. These people are referred as Kom by the British Raj. The present Kom people are just a small", "title": "Kom people (Manipur)" }, { "docid": "17411823", "text": "are memorable, as in the book's late-autumn ending: \"Crows were out gleaning, looking like blown bits of charred paper. And talking all the time — like crows talk. Far above, the lonely hawk floating. Harvest is over. It is the lone-somest time of the year.\" The novel (published by Houghton Mifflin, and now out of print) forms the basis of the 1969 Broadway musical, \"Come Summer\". Rainbow on the Road Rainbow on the Road is a 1954 novel by Esther Forbes, in which a peddler-artist named Jude spends his winters painting the figures of men and women on canvases, while", "title": "Rainbow on the Road" }, { "docid": "18469128", "text": "92,000 downloads. In the top 5 Live shows, McAndrew covered \"Make it Rain\" by Foy Vance and \"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For\" by U2, and was voted through to the finale. During the finale the top four were given three songs to perform. McAndrew covered \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" and \"Lost Stars\", a duet with his coach Adam Levine. His third performance was the original song \"Wasted Love\", which was his first single to break the top 10 singles of the iTunes top 200 charts. A music video for \"Wasted Love\" was released on \"The Voice\"s YouTube", "title": "Matt McAndrew" }, { "docid": "929067", "text": "her earlier records. \"Sings Some Ol' Songs\" includes classics such as \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\", \"My Funny Valentine\" and \"Moon River\". That year, Williams was also a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. Throughout her marriage to Jayhawk member Mark Olson, the pair regularly toured and recorded together as The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, The Creekdippers, and Mark Olson and the Creekdippers, releasing a total of seven albums and one \"best of\" compilation. \"Miss Williams' Guitar\", a song on the Jayhawks' 1995 album \"Tomorrow the Green Grass\", was written for her by Olson", "title": "Victoria Williams" }, { "docid": "2784009", "text": "and a central figure – maybe THE central figure – of the Hawaiian Renaissance in the '70s, but that he was an inspiration to others. Thousands of Hawaiian kids learned that they were worthy as a people because of Gabby's example.\" Gabby was mentioned in Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's famous performance of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World\" on his 1993 \"Facing Future\" album. In the opening moments of the song, Kamakawiwo'ole can be heard saying, \"'Kay, this one's for Gabby.\" Pahinui received the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Artists Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He received a second Hawai'i Academy of", "title": "Gabby Pahinui" }, { "docid": "7928300", "text": "but to no avail. She remains bedridden for the duration of Dawn's school year. At school, Dawn is excited by the musical opportunities now opening up to her. Her enjoyment of music culminates in her solo song, \"Somewhere over the Rainbow\", at a school concert. Although nervous because of a prank pulled earlier by Clara Sue and her clique, Dawn draws emotional strength from the pearl necklace Sally Jean gave her earlier in the evening, which she claims are a Longchamp heirloom. Dawn's world comes crashing down after her solo performance at the school concert. Her beloved mother, Sally Jean,", "title": "Dawn (Andrews novel)" }, { "docid": "7595919", "text": "Compilations Compilations Remixes Marusha Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German electronic music producer who had several European hits in the mid-1990s. Her most popular song was the cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" in 1994 (Ger #3, Austria #13, CH #2, NL #6, Italy #20, Belgium (Fl)28), from the movie \"The Wizard of Oz\". Some other hits were \"It Takes Me Away (Ger #3, 1994), \"Raveland\" (Ger #29, 1994), \"Deep\" (Ger #11, 1995), \"Unique\" (Ger #35, 1995), \"Secret\" (Ger #92, 1996), \"UR Life\" (Ger #34, 1997), \"My Best Friend (Ger", "title": "Marusha" }, { "docid": "7595917", "text": "Marusha Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German electronic music producer who had several European hits in the mid-1990s. Her most popular song was the cover of \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow\" in 1994 (Ger #3, Austria #13, CH #2, NL #6, Italy #20, Belgium (Fl)28), from the movie \"The Wizard of Oz\". Some other hits were \"It Takes Me Away (Ger #3, 1994), \"Raveland\" (Ger #29, 1994), \"Deep\" (Ger #11, 1995), \"Unique\" (Ger #35, 1995), \"Secret\" (Ger #92, 1996), \"UR Life\" (Ger #34, 1997), \"My Best Friend (Ger #73, 1997), \"Free", "title": "Marusha" }, { "docid": "17985401", "text": "somewhere between Astrud Gilberto \"sotto voce\" and Broadway, able to coo softly on a creatively intimate samba with Loeb on “Comes Love” or hit the climaxes just right on a luminous “Over the Rainbow.” Music reviewer Preston Frazier included \"Scarecrow Sessions\" as no. 5 on his top-10 \"Best of Jazz and Fusion Jazz listing. Said Frazier, \"The \"Scarecrow Sessions\" give Kiki Ebsen a chance to showcase her excellent arranging chops. Who would have guessed that the song “If I Only Had A Brain” could sound so substantial? Part of the album’s success also lies in Ebsen’s classically trained and soulful", "title": "Kiki Ebsen" }, { "docid": "8267249", "text": "Brand licensing Licensing means renting or leasing of an intangible asset. It is a process of creating and managing contracts between the owner of a brand and a company or individual who wants to use the brand in association with a product, for an agreed period of time, within an agreed territory. Licensing is used by brand owners to extend a trademark or character onto products of a completely different nature. Examples of intangible assets include a song (\"Somewhere Over The Rainbow\"), a character (Donald Duck), a name (Michael Jordan), or a brand (The Ritz-Carlton). An arrangement to license a", "title": "Brand licensing" }, { "docid": "2364027", "text": "Jeon Bongjun, and 'when the Nokdu flower falls' is the execution of Jeon Bongjun. The 'jelly seller' are the peasants of Korea. 'Summer' refers to the \"Hucheon\", the Donghak concept of Paradise, and 'winter' refers to the persecution of the rebels. 'Why did you come out' refers to the anger of the peasants at foreign intervention. This song is sung all over Korea, and seems to have been first sung at the execution of Jeon. There are many versions of this song, with different lyrics. Another song was sung in September, at the revolution's zenith, but was soon forgotten after", "title": "Donghak Peasant Revolution" }, { "docid": "17821022", "text": "Somewhere Down the Crazy River \"Somewhere Down the Crazy River\" is a 1987 song by Robbie Robertson, initially released on Robertson's debut solo album \"Robbie Robertson\", with Sam Llanas on backing vocals. When one of the producers, Daniel Lanois, was asked about the inspiration for \"Somewhere Down the Crazy River\", he said that the song was \"kind of like a guy with a deep voice telling you about steaming nights in Arkansas\". He went on to say that Robertson was describing his experiences of hanging out in his old neighbourhood of Arkansas with Levon Helm (fellow The Band member) during", "title": "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" }, { "docid": "8306198", "text": "the entire band except for Charlie Watts. The lyrics in the chorus share the phrase \"she comes in colours\" with the song of that title by Love, released in December 1966. The song begins with the piano playing an ascending scale, which returns throughout the song as a recurring motif. This motif is developed by the celesta and strings in the middle 8. Humorous and ambiguous devices are used, such as when the strings play out-of-tune and off-key towards the end of the song, and when the other Stones sing their \"La La's\" like little children. \"She's a Rainbow\" was", "title": "She's a Rainbow" }, { "docid": "10800429", "text": "idea for a math game came following meeting my partner (Dr. Erich Longie) and I attended in Washington, D.C. to analyze the National Indian Education Study. The results showed that the more time students spent studying their culture, the worse they did in math. The hours have to come out of the school day somewhere and in many schools they seemed to come out of the math instruction. Erich was president of the school board on his reservation at the time and he told me, \"We need to come up with a way to incorporate math and culture because I'm", "title": "AnnMaria De Mars" }, { "docid": "6604267", "text": "Cullen). She, however, doesn't want to end her winter fun, so Rainbow battles her for control over the season. She proves to be no match for Rainbow and Starlite, who outrun her and head off to Earth. When they arrive, they meet up with Brian (Scott Menville), the only boy on Earth who can \"see\" them. Once Rainbow tries to start spring, however, her power weakens and Winter remains. Brian becomes worried that Spring will never come and senses that all of humanity is losing hope. Even Rainbow is confused. Reassuring Brian that they will do what they can to", "title": "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer" }, { "docid": "2814997", "text": "song, and \"Tea for Two\", which would feature her chatting with a surprise guest. Van Dyke would perform comedy sketches, sometimes with Garland or the guests. Garland would close each episode by singing the song \"Maybe I'll Come Back.\" The obscure novelty song, selected by Garland and Schlatter over CBS's objections (the network wanted her signature song \"Over the Rainbow\"), included the line \"And President Coolidge is a cousin of mine.\" Garland as a running gag would substitute a different name for Coolidge's each week. Although initially planned for an East Coast shoot, \"The Judy Garland Show\" was taped in", "title": "The Judy Garland Show" }, { "docid": "20083924", "text": "boat, which they had taken from the beach, somewhere North of Blyth. We came across them about one hundred miles off the home coast at dusk, sailing along with a nice fair wind. If we had been a few minutes later they would probably have been quite safe as it would have been too dark for us to have spotted them. Needless to relate they were very disappointed when we 'closed them' and they did not show any eagerness to come on board when they were ordered to do so, but after firing a few rifle shots over their heads,", "title": "HMS Bonetta (1907)" }, { "docid": "14302492", "text": "The show was split into six sections along with an encore; all the costumes for the tour were designed by for Kylie by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier. The elements of the tour drew inspiration from Kylie's earlier tours, borrowing song interpretations, screen visuals, and costumes. The show began with an instrumental introduction containing elements of \"Over the Rainbow\", \"Somewhere\" and \"The Sound of Music\", which leads into the countdown of \"Light Years\", which was remixed by Steve Anderson; Kylie was lowered onto the stage on the skull used for \"Like a Drug\" on the KylieX2008 tour; following this is", "title": "For You, for Me" } ]

[ "inside the Arctic Circle" ]

[ { "docid": "1929001", "text": "Kola Peninsula The Kola Peninsula (, '; from , '; ; ; ) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. The city of Murmansk is the most populous human settlement on the peninsula, with a population of over 300,000 as of the 2010 Census. While the north of the peninsula was already settled in the 7th–5th millennium BCE, the rest of its", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929007", "text": "habitat for the Atlantic salmon. The Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, established to protect the population of common eider, is located in the Kandalaksha Gulf. The peninsula is located in the far northwest of Russia, almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. Geologically, the peninsula occupies the northeastern edge of the Baltic Shield. The western border of the peninsula stretches along the meridian from the Kola Bay through the valley of the Kola River, Lake Imandra, and the Niva River to the Kandalaksha Gulf,", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929047", "text": "of Murmansk is an important port on the Northern Sea Route. The largest airports are the Murmansk Airport, which handles international flights to Scandinavian countries, and the joint military-civilian Kirovsk-Apatity Airport located southeast of Apatity. Kola Peninsula The Kola Peninsula (, '; from , '; ; ; ) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. The city of Murmansk is the most", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929001", "text": "Kola Peninsula The Kola Peninsula (, '; from , '; ; ; ) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. The city of Murmansk is the most populous human settlement on the peninsula, with a population of over 300,000 as of the 2010 Census. While the north of the peninsula was already settled in the 7th–5th millennium BCE, the rest of its", "title": "Kola Peninsula" } ]

[ { "docid": "10030461", "text": "Umba, Russia Umba () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula at the point where the Umba River flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf. Population: First mentioned in 1466, Umba, along with Varzuga, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on the Kola Peninsula. From the second half of the 15th century it served as the seat of Umbskaya Volost. Transportation There is a bus from to Umba from Kandalaksha, going twice a day. The airport from Umba serves parts of the south edge of the Peninsula inaccessible by", "title": "Umba, Russia" }, { "docid": "10030463", "text": "to Varzuga. Culture, events, tourist information, travel services Umba, Russia Umba () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula at the point where the Umba River flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf. Population: First mentioned in 1466, Umba, along with Varzuga, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on the Kola Peninsula. From the second half of the 15th century it served as the seat of Umbskaya Volost. Transportation There is a bus from to Umba from Kandalaksha, going twice a day. The airport from Umba serves parts of", "title": "Umba, Russia" }, { "docid": "8357288", "text": "Kola, Russia Kola (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kola and Tuloma Rivers, south of Murmansk and southwest of Severomorsk. It is the oldest town of the Kola Peninsula. Population: 11,060 (2002 Census); The district of Kolo was first attested in Russian chronicles in 1264. The first documented mention of the town itself dates to 1565— the area was settled by the Pomors, who built the fort of Kola. Over time, Sweden extracted the Kola Peninsula from both Russia and Denmark-Norway in a", "title": "Kola, Russia" }, { "docid": "8357293", "text": "Soviet of the RSFSR Decree. Although earthen ramparts and ditches of the original fortress still survive, Kola's main landmark is the Annunciation Cathedral (1800–1809), which may have been the first stone building constructed in the Kola Peninsula. Other sights include the Museum of Pomor Way of Life and Murmashi, the northernmost spa in Russia. Kola, Russia Kola (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kola and Tuloma Rivers, south of Murmansk and southwest of Severomorsk. It is the oldest town of the Kola Peninsula.", "title": "Kola, Russia" }, { "docid": "6771834", "text": "Airbase Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast Zapolyarny () is a town in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, northeast of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population: The area where the town is located belonged to Finland in 1920–1944. It was founded in 1956 as \"Zhdanovsk\" () and was granted work settlement status and later given its present name. On February 1, 1963, by the Decree by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Zapolyarny was elevated in status to that of a town of district significance. It is the nearest town to the former Koshka", "title": "Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "6771833", "text": "Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast Zapolyarny () is a town in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, northeast of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population: The area where the town is located belonged to Finland in 1920–1944. It was founded in 1956 as \"Zhdanovsk\" () and was granted work settlement status and later given its present name. On February 1, 1963, by the Decree by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Zapolyarny was elevated in status to that of a town of district significance. It is the nearest town to the former Koshka Yavr", "title": "Zapolyarny, Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "21015230", "text": "dwarf birch (Betula nana) and the Camemoro (Rubus chamaemorus). Large mammals of the area include herds of Reindeer, which migrate into the tundra in Spring from the boreal forests to the south. There are few significant nationally protected areas in this ecoregion, but there are two segments of the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve on the north coast of the Kola Peninsula. Kola Peninsula tundra The Kola Peninsula tundra ecoregion (WWF ID:PA1106) is an ecoregion that covers the northeastern half of the Kola Peninsula, along the coast of the White Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The maritime effects of", "title": "Kola Peninsula tundra" }, { "docid": "1929015", "text": "and camps available to host sport-fishermen. The Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, established in 1932 to protect the population of common eider, is organized in thirteen clusters located in the Kandalaksha Gulf of the Kola Peninsula and along the coasts of the Barents Sea. The Kola Peninsula has many small but fast-moving rivers with rapids. The most important of them are the Ponoy, the Varzuga, the Umba, the Teriberka, the Voronya, and the Yokanga. Most rivers originate from lakes and swamps and collect their waters from melting snow. The rivers become icebound during the winter, although the areas with strong rapids freeze", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "6248145", "text": "Khibiny Mountains The Khibiny Massif, Khibiny Mountains, Khibinsky Mountains or Khibins, Khibinsky tundras, Khibiny ( ) is one of the two main mountain ranges of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, within the Arctic Circle, located between Imandra and Umbozero lakes. The Khibiny Massif are the highest mountains of the Kola Peninsula, a large peninsula extending from northern Russia into the Barents and White seas. The total land area of the peninsula is approximately . It is rich in minerals due to the removal of a layer of soil during the last ice age. The Khibiny Massif is of oval shape of", "title": "Khibiny Mountains" }, { "docid": "1929018", "text": "to Norilsk Nickel. By 2023, Norilsk Nickel plans to reduce its overall emissions by 75% as part of its long-term development programme. Other polluters of note include the thermal power stations in Apatity and Murmansk. The Rybachy Peninsula in the north of the Kola Peninsula was already settled in the 7th–5th millennium BCE. In the 3rd–2nd millennium BCE, the peninsula was settled by the peoples who arrived there from the south (the territory of modern Karelia). Bolshoy Oleny Island in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea is the location of an important Bronze Age archaeological site where ancient DNA", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "21015228", "text": "Kola Peninsula tundra The Kola Peninsula tundra ecoregion (WWF ID:PA1106) is an ecoregion that covers the northeastern half of the Kola Peninsula, along the coast of the White Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The maritime effects of the White Sea create a milder climate than would be expected for a region of this latitude. It is in the Palearctic ecozone, and the Tundra biome. It has an area of . The northernmost segments of this ecoregion are on the northern coast of Fennoscandia, facing the Barents Sea. The more southerly regions are the northeastern edge of the", "title": "Kola Peninsula tundra" }, { "docid": "9293820", "text": "Umba River (Russia) Umba () is a 123 km long river on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The river's source is Lake Umbozero, 100 km northeast of Kandalaksha, located between the mountains of the Khibiny Massif and the Lovozero Tundras on the Kola Peninsula. From there it flows south, through a landscape of forests and hills. The river alternates between rapids and more quiet sections, and it flows through several lakes, the largest of which is Lake Kanozero. The river exits from Lake Kanozero through two separate outlet channels, about five kilometers apart. The outlets are called the Kitsa", "title": "Umba River (Russia)" }, { "docid": "9293823", "text": "floating. Semi-precious stones found in the Umba river are used for high quality, very rare jewelry. Umba River (Russia) Umba () is a 123 km long river on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The river's source is Lake Umbozero, 100 km northeast of Kandalaksha, located between the mountains of the Khibiny Massif and the Lovozero Tundras on the Kola Peninsula. From there it flows south, through a landscape of forests and hills. The river alternates between rapids and more quiet sections, and it flows through several lakes, the largest of which is Lake Kanozero. The river exits from Lake", "title": "Umba River (Russia)" }, { "docid": "9266024", "text": "Olenya (air base) Olenya (also Olenegorsk) is a major Russian Navy reconnaissance base, located on the Kola Peninsula 92 km south of Murmansk. The base and its staff settlement (known as \"Vysokiy\"; ) across the Lake Permusozero from the city of Olenegorsk, and are served by the Olenegorsk rail station (formerly, Olenya station). Olenya serves as the headquarters for 5 MRAD (Naval Reconnaissance Air Division) and is host to two reconnaissance regiments. Its 3500-meter runway is the longest on the Kola Peninsula, making it a key facility for intercontinental flights across the North Atlantic basin. Olenya was first detected by", "title": "Olenya (air base)" }, { "docid": "15121825", "text": "Kolsky District Kolsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kolsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast, partially lies on the Kola Peninsula, and borders with the Barents Sea in the north and Finland in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Kola. Population: The population of Kola accounts for 23.4% of the district's total population. Kolsky District is bordered on the west by Pechengsky District, on the southwest by", "title": "Kolsky District" }, { "docid": "20906747", "text": "and two were wholly rural. The map alongside shows a portion of Chinsurah subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. As per 2011 Census of India Kola had a total population of 7,271 of which 3,642 (50%) were males and 3,629 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 687. The total number of literates in Kola was 5,327 (80.91% of the population over 6 years). Kola, Hooghly Kola is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kola", "title": "Kola, Hooghly" }, { "docid": "4758771", "text": "Kola Norwegians The Kola Norwegians () were Norwegian settlers along the coastline of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. In 1860 the Russian Tsar Alexander II granted permission for Norwegian settlements on the Kola. Around 1870, scores of families from Finnmark in northern Norway departed for the Kola coast, attracted by the prospects of fishing and trade. The Russian authorities granted them privileges to trade with Norway. Most of them settled in Tsyp-Navolok on the easternmost tip of the Rybachiy Peninsula (; – both terms meaning \"Fishermen's Peninsula\"). Others settled in Vaydaguba () at the northwestern tip – Cape Nemetskiy (,", "title": "Kola Norwegians" }, { "docid": "13845377", "text": "the Norwegians were allowed to return to Murmansk Oblast, but they were to be settled in Port-Vladimir. Currently Tsypnavolok hosts a military unit, a weather station, and a lighthouse. Accumulations of sulfide (chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite) nodules in turbidites are found in the area. Tsypnavolok Tsypnavolok or Tsyp-Navolok () is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Rybachy Peninsula by Cape Tsypnavolok, by the Barents Sea. During the 1860s, the Murmansk coast of the Kola Peninsula was actively being settled. In 1867, a fisherman village was established by Kola Norwegians by", "title": "Tsypnavolok" }, { "docid": "13845376", "text": "Tsypnavolok Tsypnavolok or Tsyp-Navolok () is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Rybachy Peninsula by Cape Tsypnavolok, by the Barents Sea. During the 1860s, the Murmansk coast of the Kola Peninsula was actively being settled. In 1867, a fisherman village was established by Kola Norwegians by the cape. In 1929, 114 Norwegians were registered in the area, and therefore a Norwegian national selsoviet was established in 1930. In 1940, the Norwegians were transferred during the ethnic cleansing campaigns near the border, and the selsoviet was abolished. After World War II,", "title": "Tsypnavolok" }, { "docid": "20618855", "text": "the traces of this migration faded away, thus not being reflected in the gene pool of modern populations of the Kola Peninsula. Bolshoy Oleny Island Bolshoy Oleny Island () is an island in the Kola district of the Murmansk region of Russia. It is located in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, 2.5 km northeast of the city of Polyarny, and 35 km north of Murmansk. There is an important archaeological site on the island. Settlers arrived to this area about 3,500 years ago, or earlier. The island is a protected area, which is under the protection of the", "title": "Bolshoy Oleny Island" }, { "docid": "14510751", "text": "moving to Finnmark in the 13th century. Vardøhus Fortress was erected by Norway in 1300 further east than today's land border, supporting Norwegian land ownership on the Varanger Peninsula. There were no permanent Norwegian settlements on the Kola Peninsula. In 1326 Norway and the Novgorod Republic signed an agreement regarding taxation of the Kola Peninsula and Finnmark. No border line was drawn, creating a marchland where both countries held the right to taxation of the Sami. Religiously motivated Russian colonization of the jointly taxed areas started in the 16th century, and Russian-Orthodox chapels were built at Neiden, Pechenga and Boris", "title": "Norway–Russia border" }, { "docid": "1929043", "text": "air strategic forces, providing protection from and posing a threat to northern Norway. Also the ELF-transmitter ZEVS of the Russian Navy is situated there. After the economic slump of the 1990s, the economy of the oblast started to rebound during the first decade of the 2000s, although at a rate below the country's average. Today the Kola Peninsula is the most industrially developed and urbanized region in northern Russia. The major port of the peninsula is Murmansk, which serves as the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast and does not freeze in winter. Although the strategic importance of the Kola Peninsula", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929004", "text": "in their home lands in the southeast of the White Sea. The original administrative and economic center of the area was Kola, situated at the estuary of the Kola River into the Kola Bay. However, in 1916, Romanov-na-Murmane (now Murmansk) was founded and quickly became the largest city and port on the peninsula. The Soviet period saw a rapid increase of the population, although most of it remained confined to urbanized territories along the sea coast and the railroads. The Sami people were subject to forced collectivization, including forced relocation to Lovozero and other centralized settlements, and overall the peninsula", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "12198280", "text": "as 4 metres. In winter, the southern part of the bay may be covered in ice. The Kola Bay Bridge spans the Kola Bay near its southern end. Kola Bay Kola Bay () or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma and Kola Rivers discharge into the bay. The eastern shore is craggy and precipitous, the western one is comparatively level. The ports of Murmansk and Severomorsk sit on", "title": "Kola Bay" }, { "docid": "11501159", "text": "Kola. Kola River Kola () is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 83 km long, with a drainage basin of 3,850 km². The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk. The neighbouring Tuloma River has its mouth just one kilometer to the west. The average discharge is 40 m³/s, but there are large seasonal variations. Its largest tributaries is Kitza and Orlovka from the right, and Tukhta and Medvezhya from the left. The only town on the river is also", "title": "Kola River" }, { "docid": "14092926", "text": "better pasturage and hunting grounds. Modern scholars debate the precise location of the new lands of Vinland, Markland, and Helluland that they discovered. The Scandinavian peoples also pushed farther north into their own peninsula by land and by sea. As early as 880, the Viking Ohthere of Hålogaland rounded the Scandinavian Peninsula and sailed to the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. The Pechenga Monastery on the north of Kola Peninsula was founded by Russian monks in 1533; from their base at Kola, the Pomors explored the Barents Region, Spitsbergen, and Novaya Zemlya—all of which are in the Arctic Circle.", "title": "Arctic exploration" }, { "docid": "856376", "text": "White Sea The White Sea (, \"Béloye móre\"; Karelian and , lit. Dvina Sea; , \"Serako yam\") is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast. The whole of the White Sea is under Russian sovereignty and considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia. Administratively, it is divided between Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts and the Republic of Karelia. The major port of Arkhangelsk is located on the White Sea. For", "title": "White Sea" }, { "docid": "374144", "text": "government. Radioactive wastes and spent nuclear fuel have been stored in the waters off the Kola Peninsula, including locations that are only \"two kilometers\" from places where Sami live. There are a minimum of five \"dumps\" where spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive waste are being deposited in the Kola Peninsula, often with little concern for the surrounding environment or population. The tourism industry in Finland has been criticized for turning Sami culture into a marketing tool by promoting opportunities to experience \"authentic\" Sami ceremonies and lifestyle. At many tourist locales, non-Samis dress in inaccurate replicas of Sami traditional clothing,", "title": "Sami people" }, { "docid": "12198279", "text": "Kola Bay Kola Bay () or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma and Kola Rivers discharge into the bay. The eastern shore is craggy and precipitous, the western one is comparatively level. The ports of Murmansk and Severomorsk sit on the east side. Polyarny, the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet, is on the west side of the bay. Semidiurnal tides in the Murmansk Fjord are as high", "title": "Kola Bay" }, { "docid": "11501158", "text": "Kola River Kola () is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 83 km long, with a drainage basin of 3,850 km². The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk. The neighbouring Tuloma River has its mouth just one kilometer to the west. The average discharge is 40 m³/s, but there are large seasonal variations. Its largest tributaries is Kitza and Orlovka from the right, and Tukhta and Medvezhya from the left. The only town on the river is also called", "title": "Kola River" }, { "docid": "12404578", "text": "Murmansk Oblast since 1934, are held on and round the lake when it is frozen over. Lake Kildinskoye Lake Kildinskoye () is a lake in Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the Kola Peninsula close to the confluence of the Tuloma River and Kola River, south-east of the city of Murmansk. The lake is approximately long and wide. Lake Kildinskoye's proximity to Murmansk, European route E105, and Severomorsk-3 air base has made it a popular year-round tourism location used for various recreational purposes, including sailing regattas during the summer and wind surfing during the", "title": "Lake Kildinskoye" }, { "docid": "1929026", "text": "posadnik from the area of the Northern Dvina. The Novgorod Republic lost control of both of these \"volosts\" to the Grand Duchy of Moscow after the Battle of Shelon in 1471, and the republic itself ceased to exist in 1478 when Ivan III took the city of Novgorod. All Novgorod territories, including those on the Kola Peninsula, became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Russian migration to the peninsula continued into the 16th century, when new settlements such as Kandalaksha and Porya-Guba were established. Kola was first mentioned in 1565. In the end of the 15th century, the", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "17325872", "text": "Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula The submarine Incident off Kola Peninsula was a collision between the US Navy nuclear attack submarine and the Russian Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-407 \"Novomoskovsk\" some north of the Russian naval base of Severomorsk, on 20 March 1993. The incident took place when the American submarine, who was trailing her Russian counterpart, lost track of \"Novomoskovsk\". At the time that \"Grayling\" reacquired the other submarine, the short distance of only half-mile made the collision unavoidable. The incident happened just a week before the first summit between American president Bill Clinton and the president of", "title": "Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "2214349", "text": "ERD well reached a measured total length of . In terms of depth below the surface, the Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 retains the world record at in 1989 and is still the deepest artificial point on Earth. Kola Superdeep Borehole The Kola Superdeep Borehole () is the result of a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union in the Pechengsky District, on the Kola Peninsula. The project attempted to drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust. Drilling began on 24 May 1970 using the \"Uralmash-4E\", and later the \"Uralmash-15000\" series drilling rig. Boreholes were drilled by branching from", "title": "Kola Superdeep Borehole" }, { "docid": "12096570", "text": "to 2010 would result in only modest increases in production, although a significant reduction in production would be averted. A large quantity of sulphide nickel has been discovered by Amur Minerals Corporation in the far east of Russia. The company's principal asset is the Kun-Manie project located in Amur Oblast, with JORC resources in excess of a 830,000 nickel equivalent tonnes and a positive independently compiled prefeasibility study. Norilsk Nickel's operations (located mainly on the Taymyr Peninsula) in East Siberia and also on the Kola Peninsula produce more than 90% of the country's PGM output. About 10 t/yr of PGM", "title": "Mining industry of Russia" }, { "docid": "19363767", "text": "site. Raslakite was named after Raslak Cirques located nearby the type locality. Raslakite was discovered, together with ikranite, in peralkaline pegmatites of the Mt. Karnasurt, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Raslakite is associated with aegirine, fluorcaphite, kazakovite, lamprophyllite, microcline, nepheline, and terskite. Beside main elements given in the formula, raslakite contains some potassium, strontium, manganese, magnesium, cerium, titanium, and aluminium, with minor amounts of lanthanum and hafnium. The M(1) site in raslakite is split into two sub-sites, where Fe and Ca are located. The M(2) site is occupied by sodium, manganese (both with coordination number 5), and zirconium (tetrahedral coordination).", "title": "Raslakite" }, { "docid": "1929016", "text": "later or not at all. Major lakes include Imandra, Umbozero, and Lovozero. There are no lakes with an area smaller than . Recreational fishery is developed in the region. The Kola Peninsula as a whole suffered major ecological damage, mostly as a result of pollution from the military (particularly naval) production, industrial mining of apatite, and military nuclear waste. About 137 active and 140 decommissioned or idle naval nuclear reactors, produced by the Soviet military, remain on the peninsula. For thirty years, nuclear waste had been dumped into the sea by the Northern Fleet and Murmansk Shipping Company. There is", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "14563842", "text": "Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny () is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Teribersky Territorial Okrug of Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of above sea level. Located 150 km east of Murmansk. Population: 6 (2010 Census). This village is located on the Bolshoy Oleny Island, which gave its name to the village. The island is located about 150 km to the east of Murmansk. Not to be confused with another Bolshoy Oleny Island located about 35 km to the north of Murmansk; it is the", "title": "Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny" }, { "docid": "2214342", "text": "Kola Superdeep Borehole The Kola Superdeep Borehole () is the result of a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union in the Pechengsky District, on the Kola Peninsula. The project attempted to drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust. Drilling began on 24 May 1970 using the \"Uralmash-4E\", and later the \"Uralmash-15000\" series drilling rig. Boreholes were drilled by branching from a central hole. The deepest, SG-3, reached in 1989 and is the deepest artificial point on Earth, . The borehole is in diameter. In terms of true vertical depth, it is the deepest borehole in the world.", "title": "Kola Superdeep Borehole" }, { "docid": "14563843", "text": "location of an important Bronze Age archaeological site. Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny () is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Teribersky Territorial Okrug of Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of above sea level. Located 150 km east of Murmansk. Population: 6 (2010 Census). This village is located on the Bolshoy Oleny Island, which gave its name to the village. The island is located about 150 km to the east of Murmansk. Not to be confused with another Bolshoy Oleny Island located about 35 km", "title": "Ostrov Bolshoy Oleny" }, { "docid": "4758772", "text": "\"Cape German\") – of the same peninsula. A vibrant society developed, retaining contact with Norway, especially with the town of Vardø. Some settlers returned to Norway shortly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, but most of them remained at Tsyp-Navolok. In 1917 perhaps about 1000 lived on the Kola. On 23 June 1940, Lavrenty Beria of the NKVD ordered the Murmansk Oblast, encompassing the entire Kola Peninsula, to be cleaned of \"foreign nationals\". As a result, the entire Norwegian population was deported for resettlement in the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Soon they had to move from there too, because of pressures caused", "title": "Kola Norwegians" }, { "docid": "18934653", "text": "the matters of the northern borders was the Treaty of Novgorod signed with Norway in 1326, which ended the decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in Finnmark. Per the terms of this treaty, Norway relinquished all claims to the Kola Peninsula. A signed agreement regarding the taxation of the Kola Peninsula and Finnmark. No border line was drawn, creating a marchland where both countries held the right to taxation of the Sami people. However, the treaty did not address the situation with the Sami people paying tribute to both Norway and Novgorod, and the practice continued until 1602. While the", "title": "Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)" }, { "docid": "1929044", "text": "has diminished since the Cold War, the peninsula nevertheless still has the highest concentration of nuclear weapons, reactors, and facilities in Russia, with the number of nuclear reactors alone exceeding any other region of the world. Mining is the basis of the oblast's economy, and mining enterprises remain the principal employers in such monotowns as Apatity, Kirovsk, Zapolyarny, Nikel, and Monchegorsk. The Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company, a division of Norilsk Nickel, conducts nickel-, copper-, and platinum-group-metals-mining operations on the peninsula. Other large mining companies include OAO Apatit, which is the largest producer of phosphates in Europe; OAO Olcon, one", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929027", "text": "Pomors and the Sami people were forced into serfdom, mostly by the monasteries. Monastery \"votchinas\" greatly expanded during the 17th century, but were abolished in 1764, when all of the Kola Peninsula peasants became state peasants. In the second half of the 16th century, King Frederick II of Denmark–Norway demanded that the Tsardom of Russia cede the peninsula. Russia declined, and in order to organize adequate defenses established the position of a \"voyevoda\". The \"voyevoda\" sat in Kola, which became the administrative center of the region. Prior to that, the administrative duties were performed by the tax collectors from Kandalaksha.", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "12404577", "text": "Lake Kildinskoye Lake Kildinskoye () is a lake in Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the Kola Peninsula close to the confluence of the Tuloma River and Kola River, south-east of the city of Murmansk. The lake is approximately long and wide. Lake Kildinskoye's proximity to Murmansk, European route E105, and Severomorsk-3 air base has made it a popular year-round tourism location used for various recreational purposes, including sailing regattas during the summer and wind surfing during the winter. Activities related to the Festival of the North, an annual winter sports festival held across", "title": "Lake Kildinskoye" }, { "docid": "4758775", "text": "village of Port-Vladimir, the last stronghold of the Kola Norwegians lost its official recognition due to depopulation. Only 98 individuals identified themselves as Norwegians in the 2010 census of Russia, including 20 in St. Petersburg, 11 in Murmansk, and 4 in Karelia. Kola Norwegians The Kola Norwegians () were Norwegian settlers along the coastline of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. In 1860 the Russian Tsar Alexander II granted permission for Norwegian settlements on the Kola. Around 1870, scores of families from Finnmark in northern Norway departed for the Kola coast, attracted by the prospects of fishing and trade. The Russian", "title": "Kola Norwegians" }, { "docid": "17325879", "text": "Clinton's statement caused concern in the US Navy, but after a briefing for top officials, among them the new national security adviser, Anthony Lake, the submarine force got the green light to continue its activities in the Barents Sea, although at a greatly reduced pace. The result was a major effort to restrict the operational procedures and improve the training of submarine commanding officers. Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula The submarine Incident off Kola Peninsula was a collision between the US Navy nuclear attack submarine and the Russian Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-407 \"Novomoskovsk\" some north of the Russian", "title": "Submarine incident off Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "20256047", "text": "Kola Alkaline Province The Kola Alkaline Province or Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province is a discontiguous group of unusual igneous rocks centered in the Kola Peninsula of Russia and with ouliers in nearby areas of Finland and in Arkhangelsk Oblast across the White Sea. The province is made up of alkaline-ultramafic rock complexes often associated to carbonatites and stand-alone dykes and pipes made up of carbonatites, kimberlites and similar rocks. To this it adds the large nepheline syenite bodies of the Lovozero Massif and the Khibiny Mountains. An estimate puts the total volume of the rocks of the Kola Alkaline Province", "title": "Kola Alkaline Province" }, { "docid": "14417406", "text": "1586 to give up the peninsula. His claims were, however, contested by Sweden, then the major power in the Baltic region. At first, Sweden extracted the Kola Peninsula from both Russia and Denmark–Norway in a series of wars and resulting treaties. However, in the later Treaty of Täysinä in 1595, Sweden acknowledged Russian rights in Kola. Claims from Denmark–Norway remained, and therefore in 1582, a Russian voivode was appointed to Kola to provide for better defenses of the peninsula. The voivode governed the territory which became known as Kolsky Uyezd. Upon its creation, the uyezd covered most of the territory", "title": "Kolsky Uyezd" }, { "docid": "14556634", "text": "Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast \"Roslyakovo\"' () was an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, west of Severomorsk proper. It was abolished, with its territory merged into the city of Murmansk, on January 1, 2015. Population: It was founded in 1896. The colony of Roslyakovo was one of the twenty-one included into Alexandrovskaya Volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate upon its establishment on July 1, 1920. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Roslyakovo in 1959. Roslyakovo was in", "title": "Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "856394", "text": "Kandalaksha and Umba. Despite being frozen in winter, the sea remains navigable all year around because of deployment of icebreakers. White Sea The White Sea (, \"Béloye móre\"; Karelian and , lit. Dvina Sea; , \"Serako yam\") is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast. The whole of the White Sea is under Russian sovereignty and considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia. Administratively, it is divided between Arkhangelsk", "title": "White Sea" }, { "docid": "19457162", "text": "Finland, Norway, and Sweden with those on the Russian Kola. Further displacement was caused by the arrival of increased heavy industry and natural resource extraction such as forestry and mining during Soviet times. Hundreds of thousands of workers from other areas of the USSR arrived, many of whom were forcibly interned as workers in the Gulags. This industrialization disrupted reindeer herding livelihoods, and led in part to the settlement of Sami into Soviet-designed urban areas such as Lovozero. Today, most Russian Sami live in extreme poverty and poor housing conditions.Acid rain is a major concern on the Kola peninsula, where", "title": "Environmental inequality in Europe" }, { "docid": "20256049", "text": "is not clear. Some have suggested a link to the Permian Dnieper-Donets Rift while others have considered it as part of a much larger a \"North Atlantic Alkaline Province\". Kola Alkaline Province The Kola Alkaline Province or Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province is a discontiguous group of unusual igneous rocks centered in the Kola Peninsula of Russia and with ouliers in nearby areas of Finland and in Arkhangelsk Oblast across the White Sea. The province is made up of alkaline-ultramafic rock complexes often associated to carbonatites and stand-alone dykes and pipes made up of carbonatites, kimberlites and similar rocks. To this", "title": "Kola Alkaline Province" }, { "docid": "1929009", "text": "peninsula's main orographic features. Administratively, the territory of the peninsula consists of Lovozersky and Tersky Districts, parts of Kandalakshsky and Kolsky Districts, as well as the territories subordinated to the cities and towns of Murmansk, Ostrovnoy, Severomorsk, Kirovsk, and parts of the territories subordinated to Apatity, Olenegorsk, and Polyarnye Zori. Because the last ice age removed the top sediment layer of the soil, the Kola Peninsula is on the surface extremely rich in various ores and minerals, including apatites and nephelines; copper, nickel, and iron ores; mica; kyanites; ceramic materials, as well as rare-earth elements and non-ferrous ores. Deposits of", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929035", "text": "much of the region. The Sami were not the only people subject to repressions. Thousands of people were sent to Kola in the 1930s–1950s, and in 2007 over two thousand people—descendants of those forcibly sent here—still live on the peninsula. A significant portion of the people deported to Kola were peasants from southern Russia subjected to dekulakization. Prisoner labor was often used when building new factories and for manning those which were operational: in 1940, for example, the whole Severonikel Metallurgy Mining Complex was turned over to the NKVD system. Historically, due to its northern location, the peninsula's population had", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "4139004", "text": "by this unexpected discovery, they lowered an extremely heat-tolerant microphone, along with other sensory equipment, into the well. The temperature deep within was —heat from a chamber of fire from which (purportedly) the tormented screams of the damned could be heard. However, the recording was later found to be looped together from various sound effects, sometimes identified as the soundtrack of the 1972 movie \"Baron Blood\". The Soviet Union had, in fact, drilled a hole more than deep, the Kola Superdeep Borehole, located not in Siberia but on the Kola Peninsula, which shares borders with Norway and Finland. Upon reaching", "title": "Well to Hell hoax" }, { "docid": "5726575", "text": "to PRC. Ponoy River Ponoy River () is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. It is 426 km in length. The area of its basin is 15,500 km². The Ponoy's source lies in the western end of the Keivy Uplands, 50 km east of Lake Lovozero, in the middle of the Kola Peninsula. The river then flows towards the east, threading a winding path through a landscape of hilly and marshy taiga for most of its course. The Ponoy receives several tributaries from the north, the largest being the Acheryok. Like the Ponoy itself, these also has their", "title": "Ponoy River" }, { "docid": "5726569", "text": "Ponoy River Ponoy River () is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. It is 426 km in length. The area of its basin is 15,500 km². The Ponoy's source lies in the western end of the Keivy Uplands, 50 km east of Lake Lovozero, in the middle of the Kola Peninsula. The river then flows towards the east, threading a winding path through a landscape of hilly and marshy taiga for most of its course. The Ponoy receives several tributaries from the north, the largest being the Acheryok. Like the Ponoy itself, these also has their sources in", "title": "Ponoy River" }, { "docid": "15086019", "text": "Volost of the uyezd was renamed Pechengskaya (); after Pechenga, where the volost government was located. On February 2, 1920, Murmansk Governorate was established by the Resolution of the Provisional Government of Northern Oblast; it included the territory of Alexandrovsky Uyezd. The uyezd, however, was restored in its 1917 borders after Murmansk Governorate was abolished effective February 21, 1920 when the Soviet power was restored on the Kola Peninsula. In February 1920, according to the provisions of the first Constitution of the Russian SFSR, the process of creating \"selsoviets\" started in the uyezd. While the Constitution and the auxiliary \"Resolution", "title": "Alexandrovsky Uyezd" }, { "docid": "1929020", "text": "Coast () or Terskaya Land (). By the end of the 12th century, the Pomors explored all northern coast of the peninsula and reached Finnmark (an area in the north of Norway), necessitating the Norwegians to support a naval guard in that area. The name given by the Pomors to the northern coast was \"Murman\"—a distorted form of \"Norman\" meaning \"Norwegian\". Pomors were soon followed by tribute collectors from the Novgorod Republic, and the Kola Peninsula gradually became a part of the Novgorodian lands. A 1265 treaty of Yaroslav Yaroslavich with Novgorod mentions Tre Volost (), which is later also", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "10818038", "text": "the Sami indigenous inhabitants of the Kola peninsula, and the cerium content. Loparite-(Ce) Loparite-(Ce) is a granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class. It is black to dark grey and may appear grey to white in reflected light on polished thin section with reddish brown internal reflections. It has the chemical formula of (Ce,Na,Ca)(Ti,Nb)O. Nioboloparite is a variation of Loparite-(Ce) containing niobium. Loparite occurs as a primary phase in nepheline syenite intrusios and pegmatites. It is also found replacing perovskite in carbonatites. Loparite was first described for an occurrence in the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs, Kola peninsula and northern", "title": "Loparite-(Ce)" }, { "docid": "14563672", "text": "settlement but was demoted in status to that of a rural locality on January 1, 2005. Afrikanda is served by a minor railway station of the same name on the Kirov Railway, between Polyarnye Zori and Apatity. An air base of the same name is located just north of Afrikanda. Afrikanda (rural locality) Afrikanda () is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in administrative jurisdiction of Polyarnye Zori Town with Jurisdictional Territory in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of above sea level. Population: 1,644 (2010 Census). The name of the", "title": "Afrikanda (rural locality)" }, { "docid": "2806374", "text": "considered to be a dialect of Kildin Sami. Originally, Kildin Saami was spoken in the mainland areas with the largest pockets of these people in clustered areas and in the coastal parts of the Kola Peninsula. Kildin Saami speakers can be found in rural and urban areas, with one of them being in the administrative center of the Murmansk area. Kildin Saami enclaves can be found throughout villages in Lovozero, Revda, Kola, Loparskaja, Teriberka, but can also be found in larger more sizable areas of Russia such as Olenegorsk and Apatity. Lovozero is known as the area where the Kildin", "title": "Kildin Sami language" }, { "docid": "3113123", "text": "White Seas. Middendorff was tasked with crossing on foot the Kola Peninsula and mapping the peninsula from Kola to Kandalaksha while collecting zoological and botanical material. From 1843 to 1845, on behalf of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, he travelled to the Taymyr Peninsula and then along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk and entered the lower Amur River valley (which at this time was Chinese territory). He published his findings in \"Reise in den äußersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens\" (Travels in the extreme north and east of Siberia) in German (1848–1875), which included an account of the", "title": "Alexander von Middendorff" }, { "docid": "2678660", "text": "Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast () is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409. Geographically, Murmansk Oblast is located mainly on the Kola Peninsula almost completely north of the Arctic Circle and is a part of the larger Lapland region that spans over four countries. The oblast borders with the Republic of Karelia in Russia in the south, Lapland Region in Finland in the west, Finnmark County in Norway in the northwest, and is washed by", "title": "Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "2678672", "text": "is stationed at Pechenga (urban-type settlement), Murmansk Oblast. Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast () is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409. Geographically, Murmansk Oblast is located mainly on the Kola Peninsula almost completely north of the Arctic Circle and is a part of the larger Lapland region that spans over four countries. The oblast borders with the Republic of Karelia in Russia in the south, Lapland Region in Finland in the west, Finnmark County in", "title": "Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "1929046", "text": "of seventeen hydroelectric and two thermal power stations, generating the other half. The energy surplus, accounting for about 20% of the total generated energy, is transferred to the unified energy system of Russia, as well as exported to Norway and Finland via the NORDEL system. With the economy of the oblast being mostly export-oriented, transportation plays an important role and accounts for 11% of the Gross Regional Product. On the Kola Peninsula, the transportation network includes ship transport, air transport, automotive transport, electrified public transport, and access to the railways mostly passing through the rest of Murmansk Oblast. The city", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "18693371", "text": "width of the Sayans.\" The range of writings on Arctic reindeer herding is quite vast. The following authors are the most important of the anthropologists researching this topic and writing in English. Anderson, David G. \"Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia: The Number One Reindeer Brigade (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology).\" (2000). Konstantinov, Yulian. “Memory of Lenin Ltd.: Reindeer-Herding Brigades on the Kola Peninsula.” Anthropology Today, vol. 13, no. 3, 1997, pp. 14–19. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2783133. Konstantinov, Yulian. Conversations with Power: Soviet and post-Soviet developments in the reindeer husbandry part of the Kola Peninsula. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2015.", "title": "Reindeer in Russia" }, { "docid": "19638480", "text": "Finland are the \"roots\" of ancient massifs. As Finland is in the older part of the Fennoscandian Shield, its basement rocks are within three of the shield's older subdivisions known as domains: the Kola, Karelian and Svecofennian domains. This subdivision, established by Gaál and Gorbachev in 1987, is based on the different geological histories of the domains prior to their final amalgamation 1,800 million years ago. The extreme northeast of Finland is part of the Kola Domain because it shows considerable affinity with the geology of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Around Lake Inari there are paragneiss, orthogneiss and greenstone", "title": "Geology of Finland" }, { "docid": "1916370", "text": "provides a map showing where it is. However these accounts are somewhat contradictory. The map printed at the beginning of Part II indicates that Brobdingnag is located on the northwest coast of North America, in probably what is now British Columbia. It shows (from south to north) Point Monterey, Port Sir Francis Drake, Cape Mendocino, Cape St Sebastian, Cape Blanco and the semi-mythical Strait of Anián, all locations on the Pacific coast of North America, and depicts Brobdingnag as a peninsula extending west into the Pacific to the north of the Straits. In the book Gulliver describes his voyage from", "title": "Brobdingnag" }, { "docid": "1929006", "text": "most industrially developed and urbanized region in northern Russia. Despite the peninsula's northerly location, its proximity to the Gulf Stream leads to unusually high temperatures in winter, but also results in high winds due to the temperature variations between land and the Barents Sea. Summers are rather chilly, with the average July temperature of only . The peninsula is covered by taiga in the south and tundra in the north, where permafrost limits the growth of the trees resulting in landscape dominated by shrubs and grasses. The peninsula supports a small variety of mammals, and its rivers are an important", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "9527980", "text": "Lovozersky District Lovozersky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Lovozersky Municipal District. It occupies most of the central and northeastern parts of the Kola Peninsula. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a \"selo\") of Lovozero. District's population: The population of Lovozero accounts for 24.3% of the district's total population. The territory of the district encompasses almost the entire northern half of the Kola Peninsula, excluding the town of Ostrovnoy. The Ponoy and Yokanga Rivers flow through the district's", "title": "Lovozersky District" }, { "docid": "21015229", "text": "Kola Peninsula, facing the White Sea. The region has a Humid continental climate - cool summer subtype (Koppen classification Dfc). This climate is characterized by high variation in temperature, both daily and seasonally; with long, cold winters and short, cool summers with no averaging over . Mean precipitation is about 512 mm/year. The mean temperature at the center of the ecoregion is in January, and in July. The cold climate and northerly latitude puts much of the region above the arctic treeline, with trees limited or sparse. The flora is primarily mosses, lichens and shrubs. Among the shrubs are the", "title": "Kola Peninsula tundra" }, { "docid": "5588950", "text": "the closure of the border in the 1920s. It is estimated that around 1000 Norwegians lived on the Kola peninsula in 1917. The Kola Norwegians were deported to or put in camps in other parts of Russia during the course of World War II. It was only after 1990 that many of the Kola Norwegians again dared to emphasize their background. Only a few had been able to maintain a rusty knowledge of Norwegian. Some of them have migrated back to Norway. There are special provisions in the Norwegian rules of immigration and citizenship which eases this process for many", "title": "Nationality law" }, { "docid": "5403463", "text": "Ter Sami language Ter Sami is the easternmost of the Sami languages. It was traditionally spoken in the northeastern part of the Kola Peninsula, but now it is a moribund language; in 2004, only ten speakers were left. By 2010, the number of speakers had decreased to two. In the end of the 19th century, there were six Ter Sami villages in the eastern part of the Kola Peninsula, with a total population of approximately 450. In 2004, there were approximately 100 ethnic Ter Sami of whom two elderly persons speak the language; the rest have shifted their language to", "title": "Ter Sami language" }, { "docid": "2806376", "text": "regarded as Kola Saami. The Kildin Saami (Kola Saami) first came into contact and had more subsequent meetings with the Russians in the 12th century, when Pomor traders from the empire of Novgorod landed on the southern shores of the Kola Peninsula. Russians themselves inhabited and set up shelters in the Kola and the Ter Coast as it was known then during the 13th–14th centuries. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Russians started heavily occupying and building their own communities in northern Karelia and increased exposure between the Kildin Saami and Russians naturally blossomed as a result. In the 19th", "title": "Kildin Sami language" }, { "docid": "6739121", "text": "is Yuzhno-Russkoye field, which is located in the Krasnoselkupsky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. Nord Stream is also fed from fields in Yamal Peninsula, Ob-Taz bay. Gazprom has also indicated that the majority of gas produced at the Shtokman field would be sold to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline. For this purpose, the pipeline from the Shtokman field via Kola peninsula to Volkhov or Vyborg in the Leningrad Oblast has to be built. According to Gazprom, the costs of the onshore pipelines in Russia and Germany are around €6 billion. The offshore section of the project is expected", "title": "Nord Stream" }, { "docid": "8193274", "text": "Koyuk River The Koyuk River (also spelled, Kuyuk) is a river on the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska, in the United States. The river originates in the interior of the peninsula, at the Lost Jim Lava Flow of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, where it flows southeast towards the mouth of Norton Bay on Norton Sound. The native village of Koyuk is located at its mouth. The two major tributaries are the Peace and Salmon rivers; other tributaries include Dime and Sweepstakes. Its Inuit named as Tebenkof Eskimos, reported by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 2), IRN, as \"Kvyguk\" or", "title": "Koyuk River" }, { "docid": "15139212", "text": "and Kemsky Uyezds were restored in their 1917 borders. Murmansk Governorate (1920) Murmansk Governorate () was a short-lived administrative division (a \"guberniya\") established by the White government on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The governorate was established on February 2, 1920 by the Resolution of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region. It included Alexandrovsky and Kemsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate and parts of Olonets Governorate. The governorate proved to be short-lived—the Soviet power on the Kola Peninsula was restored on February 21, 1920, and on March 16, 1920 by the Order No. 44 of the Arkhangelsk Governorate Revolutionary Committee", "title": "Murmansk Governorate (1920)" }, { "docid": "15139211", "text": "Murmansk Governorate (1920) Murmansk Governorate () was a short-lived administrative division (a \"guberniya\") established by the White government on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The governorate was established on February 2, 1920 by the Resolution of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region. It included Alexandrovsky and Kemsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate and parts of Olonets Governorate. The governorate proved to be short-lived—the Soviet power on the Kola Peninsula was restored on February 21, 1920, and on March 16, 1920 by the Order No. 44 of the Arkhangelsk Governorate Revolutionary Committee Murmansk Governorate was formally abolished effective February 21. Alexandrovsky", "title": "Murmansk Governorate (1920)" }, { "docid": "1929023", "text": "By the terms of the treaty, Novgorodians could collect tribute from the Sami as far as Lyngen fjord in the west, while Norwegians could collect tribute on the territory of the whole Kola Peninsula except in the eastern part of Tersky Coast. No state borders were established by the 1251 treaty. The treaty led to a short period of peace, but the armed conflicts resumed soon thereafter. Chronicles document attacks by the Novgorodians and the Karelians on Finnmark and northern Norway as early as 1271, and continuing well into the 14th century. The official border between the Novgorod lands and", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929028", "text": "Newly established Kolsky Uyezd covered most of the territory of the peninsula (with the exception of Varzuzhskaya and Umbskaya Volosts, which were a part of Dvinsky Uyezd), as well as the northern part of Karelia all the way to Lendery. Despite the economic activity, permanent settlement of the peninsula did not intensify until the 1860s and even then it remained sporadic until 1917. The population of Kola in 1880, for example, was only around 500 inhabitants living in 80 households, compared to 1,900 inhabitants in 300 households living there in 1582. Transportation facilities were virtually non-existent and the communication with", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "6248148", "text": "the cities of Apatity and Kirovsk are situated. Khibiny have an Arctic-moderate climate, with an average winter temperature of −5 °C (23 °F). However, the temperature can potentially drop to −30 °C (−22 °F) during the night. The Gulf Stream, which brings warmer water to the Kolsky Peninsula from the north, moderates the climate, making it slightly warmer than other Arctic regions. Khibiny Mountains The Khibiny Massif, Khibiny Mountains, Khibinsky Mountains or Khibins, Khibinsky tundras, Khibiny ( ) is one of the two main mountain ranges of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, within the Arctic Circle, located between Imandra and Umbozero", "title": "Khibiny Mountains" }, { "docid": "9925117", "text": "Tuloma River The Tuloma River (, , and ) is a river in Murmansk Oblast in Russia. With a drainage basin of and an average discharge at 255 m³/s, the Tuloma is one of the biggest rivers in northern Fennoscandia. The river has its sources in the Saariselkä mountains in the eastern parts of the Lapland region in Finland. The Tuloma River itself is formed by the confluence of the Lutto and Nota rivers at Lake Notozero. Its outflow is in the Kola Bay, at the confluence with the Kola River and south of Murmansk in the Kola Peninsula in", "title": "Tuloma River" }, { "docid": "1929030", "text": "who became convinced of the region's economic potential. Consequently, in 1896 a telephone and a telegraph line were extended to Kola, improving the communication with the mainland. A possibility of building a railway was also considered, but no action was taken at the time. Also in 1896, Alexandrovsk (now Polyarny) was founded, and grew in size so rapidly that it was granted town status in 1899; Kolsky Uyezd was renamed Alexandrovsky on that occasion. During World War I, the still poorly developed peninsula suddenly found itself in a strategic position, as the communication between Russia and the Allies was cut", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "7690542", "text": "2018, KOLA dropped most of the 1970s hits and began adding songs from the early 2000s. KOLA continues to broadcast from the same tower at the same 29,500 watts on its original license from 1959 as KFMW. KOLA KOLA is a commercial Classic Hits music radio station in Redlands, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California, area on 99.9 FM. KOLA was founded by Fred Cote, first owner and general manager. Its studios are in Redlands, California and the transmitter tower is in Moreno Valley. 99.9 FM originally signed on in 1959 as KFMW, with transmitter located on Box Springs", "title": "KOLA" }, { "docid": "374181", "text": "never been, any registration of the home language spoken by Norwegian people. Roughly half of all Sámi live in Norway, but many live in Sweden, with smaller groups living in the far north of Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The Sámi in Russia were forced by the Soviet authorities to relocate to a collective called Lovozero/Lujávri, in the central part of the Kola Peninsula. There is no single Sami language, but a group of ten distinct Sami languages. Six of these languages have their own written standards. The Sami languages are relatively closely related, but not mutually intelligible;", "title": "Sami people" }, { "docid": "1929024", "text": "the lands of Sweden and Norway was established by the Treaty of Nöteborg on August 12, 1323. The treaty primarily focused on the Karelian Isthmus border and the border north of Lake Ladoga. Another treaty dealing the matters of the northern borders was the Treaty of Novgorod signed with Norway in 1326, which ended the decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in Finnmark. Per the terms of this treaty, Norway relinquished all claims to the Kola Peninsula. However, the treaty did not address the situation with the Sami people paying tribute to both Norway and Novgorod, and the practice continued", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "1929037", "text": "groups of note include Komi (~1,600 inhabitants), Sami (~1,600), and Karelians (~1,400). The indigenous Sami people are mostly concentrated in Lovozersky District. During the 15th–16th centuries, the main occupations of the Tersky Coast population were Atlantic salmon fishing, seal hunting, and the extraction of salt from the sea water. The salt extraction in Kandalaksha and Kola was mostly carried out by the monasteries in Pechenga and Solovki, and for a long time remained the only \"industry\" on the peninsula. By the mid-16th century, Atlantic cod fishing developed on the Murman Coast in the north. The 1560s saw a rapid growth", "title": "Kola Peninsula" }, { "docid": "19633539", "text": "lived in China and Central Asia. In 1956 he enrolled at the Geological Department of the Leningrad State University and graduated with honors in 1961. He completed his PhD in two years on the \"Petrology of dolerite of the East Murmansk coast (Kola Peninsula)” and went to work for Sevzapgeologiya, Kola Peninsula as part of their cartographic detachment (White Sea). In 1974 at Leningrad State University he defended his Grand Phd (DSc equivalent) dissertation on the topic of \"South-eastern part of the Baltic Shield (problems of the structure and development)\". He was the youngest person to be awarded a Grand", "title": "Andrѐy V. Sinitsyn" }, { "docid": "15096095", "text": "surveys and US Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gregory S. Richter, meteorologist-in-charge and scientific leader of the Byrd Station winter party in 1968. Richter Glacier The Richter Glacier is a low gradient coastal glacier located west of the Scott Nunataks on the northern side of Edward VII Peninsula. The feature saddles with the Butler Glacier and flows north-west to the sea where it forms a small tongue. The glacier and tongue are depicted on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. The map indicates that the landing party", "title": "Richter Glacier" }, { "docid": "17737814", "text": "ZEVS (transmitter) ZEVS is a facility of the Russian Navy to transmit messages to submerged submarines in deep water using ELF waves. It is located near Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula. As ZEVS works on 82 hertz, it can be only used for very rudimentary transmissions. Due to its extreme low frequency the techniques used by ZEVS are quite different from that of standard transmitters. The antenna used by ZEVS is a ground dipole. This is simply an arrangement of two widely separated electrodes, through which the transmission current is put in the ground. As ZEVS is a location of", "title": "ZEVS (transmitter)" }, { "docid": "14403622", "text": "Varzuga (rural locality) Varzuga () is the rural locality (a \"selo\") in Tersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Varzuga River. Municipally, it is a part and the administrative center of Varzuga Rural Settlement of Tersky Municipal District. Population: 363 (2010 Census). First mentioned in 1466, Varzuga, along with Umba, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on the Kola Peninsula, although it is likely that it had been established as early as the second quarter of the 15th century. The 1466 document describes a transaction between Timofey Yermolinich, a resident of Varzuga, and the Solovetsky Monastery, to", "title": "Varzuga (rural locality)" }, { "docid": "14403625", "text": "the village was formerly considered to be a heritage site of federal importance, but was excluded from the list in 1997. Varzuga (rural locality) Varzuga () is the rural locality (a \"selo\") in Tersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Varzuga River. Municipally, it is a part and the administrative center of Varzuga Rural Settlement of Tersky Municipal District. Population: 363 (2010 Census). First mentioned in 1466, Varzuga, along with Umba, is the first documented permanent Russian settlement on the Kola Peninsula, although it is likely that it had been established as early as the second quarter of", "title": "Varzuga (rural locality)" }, { "docid": "15096094", "text": "Richter Glacier The Richter Glacier is a low gradient coastal glacier located west of the Scott Nunataks on the northern side of Edward VII Peninsula. The feature saddles with the Butler Glacier and flows north-west to the sea where it forms a small tongue. The glacier and tongue are depicted on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. The map indicates that the landing party from the Kainan Maru (Shirase) traversed up this glacier to the summit of the Scott Nunataks in January 1912. The glacier was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground", "title": "Richter Glacier" }, { "docid": "7771254", "text": "The Novgorod Republic lost control of both of these \"volosts\" to the Grand Duchy of Moscow after the Battle of Shelon in 1471, and the republic itself ceased to exist in 1478 when Ivan III took the city of Novgorod. All Novgorod territories, including those on the Kola Peninsula, became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In the second half of the 16th century, King Frederick II of Denmark–Norway demanded the Tsardom of Russia to cede the peninsula. Russia declined, and in order to organize adequate defenses established the position of a \"voyevoda\", who sat in Kola, which", "title": "Administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast" }, { "docid": "18693358", "text": "resettled to the mainland) consisted of about 50–300 Nenetses who subsisted mainly on reindeer herding, fishing, trapping, polar bear hunting and seal hunting. A subspecies of reindeer, Lapland (\"R.t. tarandus\"), a semi-domesticated reindeer are widespread in Lapland. Reindeer herds visit the grasslands of the Kola Peninsula in summer. By the end of the 1st millennium CE, the Kola Peninsula was settled only by the Sami people. who were engaged mostly in reindeer herding and fishing. The Sami people, traditionally known in English as Laplanders are one people living in four countries. There are about 2000 Sami in Russia. They are", "title": "Reindeer in Russia" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12301106", "text": "his experiences. He travels to the museum, discovering most of the exhibits will be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution and replaced with holographic information providers. The Tablet of Ahkmenrah is to remain in the museum, leaving most of the exhibits without the ability to come to life at night. After the exhibits are moved, Larry receives a phone call from Jedediah, who informs him that Dexter the monkey stole the tablet and took it to the Smithsonian, bringing every exhibit in it to life. Larry travels to Washington, DC, navigating his way to the archives with", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" } ]

[ { "docid": "13239127", "text": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - The Video Game (known as Night at the Museum 2 in other countries) is an action-adventure video game developed by Amaze Entertainment and Pipeworks Software, and published by Majesco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360. The video game is based on the . It was released on May 5, 2009. Ben Stiller reprises his role in the film as the voice of Larry Daley. Gameplay will involve Larry exploring certain exhibits in the museum. Platforming involves Larry", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game)" }, { "docid": "9517429", "text": "photographed students from University of Iowa, showing what these women carried with them when they had to walk alone at night. Now Be Here Now Be Here was a project from August 28, 2016, where 733 female and female identifying women came together in Los Angeles to be photographed together to show solidarity. The project continued with Now Be Here #2 at the Brooklyn Museum on October 23, 2016, and Now Be Here #3 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) on December 10, 2016. The Future is Female The Future is Female art exhibit located within the 21C Museum", "title": "Feminist art movement in the United States" }, { "docid": "13239134", "text": "it: \"A solid choice for couch time with the kids.\" ITReviews acknowledged: \"There are decent moments, but added that the game is ridiculously short, a little too muddled and really quite poor value for money.\" GameSpot also agreed on the longevity issue, saying that: \"A few cute moments can't disguise this movie tie-in's biggest problem: its criminally short length.\" Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - The Video Game (known as Night at the Museum 2 in other countries) is an action-adventure video game developed by Amaze Entertainment", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game)" }, { "docid": "9272843", "text": "The Night at the Museum The Night at the Museum, published in 1993, is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. This book is Trenc's best known title, and in 2006 was produced as a feature film titled \"Night at the Museum\". In 2006, the movie was novelized by Leslie Goldman as a book for young adults. Trenc's original book, \"The Night at the Museum\", is a picture story book for children about Hector, a night watchman at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York. On his first night at the", "title": "The Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "17895875", "text": "announced that a television series based on \"Night at the Museum\" is currently being developed. With the upcoming acquisition by Disney, it is increasingly likely that it will appear on one of their platforms. Night at the Museum (film series) Night at the Museum is a trilogy of fantasy-comedy films beginning in 2006 and ending in 2014. All three films, based on the children's book \"The Night at the Museum\" by Milan Trenc, are directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. Starring Ben Stiller as a museum night security guard named Larry, the films", "title": "Night at the Museum (film series)" }, { "docid": "18378234", "text": "Museum Night (Flanders and the Netherlands) Museum Night () is an annual event in several cities in Flanders and the Netherlands. Museums will collaborate and people will be able to buy one ticket to access all the participating museums in a particular city. One of the most popular events is Museum Night in Amsterdam , but other events are also held in cities like Almere, Antwerp, Breda, Brussels, The Hague, Delft, Ghent, Leiden, Ostend, Roermond, Rotterdam, Utrecht and many more. The participating Amsterdam museums are yearly opened on the first Saturday of November from 7 pm until 2 am the", "title": "Museum Night (Flanders and the Netherlands)" }, { "docid": "9272845", "text": "version of the book, \"Night at the Museum\", is an expanded version of Trenc's story. However, in this story every exhibit in the museum comes to life. After Larry tells his son about the strange things he sees at work every night, the son spends a night at the museum and finds out that the stories his father tells him are true. This version was included on the New York Times Best Seller list in 2007, and was featured in \"Publishers Weekly\", \"The New York Post\" and \"Newsday\" magazine. The Night at the Museum The Night at the Museum, published", "title": "The Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "7213365", "text": "trilogy, \"Night at the Museum\" was followed by a sequel titled \"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,\" which was released on May 22, 2009 in North America. The third and final installment, \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\", was released on December 19, 2014 in North America. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter stated that the Alibaba Pictures Group intended to remake the film. Night at the Museum Night at the Museum is a 2006 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, based on the 1993 children's book", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "12301104", "text": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American adventure fantasy comedy film written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Shawn Levy and directed by Levy. The film stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Jon Bernthal, and Robin Williams. It is the second installment in the \"Night at the Museum\" trilogy, and a sequel to the 2006 film \"Night at the Museum\". It is also the last \"Night at the", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "17175522", "text": "\"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\", the third and supposedly final edition in the franchise, is nothing more than an uncomfortably transparent contractual obligation.\" \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\" was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 10, 2015. The film debuted in second place on the home media charts behind \"\". Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a 2014 American comedy adventure fantasy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. It is the third and final installment", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "17175514", "text": "to be a good-natured and entertainingly surreal panto fantasy.\" Glenn Kenny awarded the film 2½ stars out of 4 praising the \"Indiana Jones\" themed-set while criticizing the performances of the cast and said, \"As talent-packed as any \"Night at the Museum\" picture may be—in this third installment... —one doesn't come to a movie of this sort expecting anybody's best work. Or at least one certainly shouldn't, because it won't materialize.\" Stephanie Zacharek of \"The Village Voice\" gave the film a positive review, saying \"The third installment, \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\" may be the best, and even", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "17175519", "text": "film a negative review, saying \"Despite relocating across the pond to the esteemed British Museum, the creaky \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\" fails to capitalize on the comic potential provided by that change of venue.\" Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of \"The A.V. Club\" gave the film a C+, saying \"\"Secret of the Tomb\" plays it as a source of corny jokes, pop-culture references, and father-son bonding moments. In other words, it's exactly the kind of film that shouldn't be expected to engage with its assorted bizarre subtexts – but what a movie it could be if it did.\" Sara", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "17895872", "text": "Night at the Museum (film series) Night at the Museum is a trilogy of fantasy-comedy films beginning in 2006 and ending in 2014. All three films, based on the children's book \"The Night at the Museum\" by Milan Trenc, are directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. Starring Ben Stiller as a museum night security guard named Larry, the films also star an ensemble cast featuring Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs and Dick Van Dyke. When Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), a", "title": "Night at the Museum (film series)" }, { "docid": "5948297", "text": "Mexico to Cuba for the revolution. Around the Granma an SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile of the type that shot down a U.S. Lockheed U-2 spyplane during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the engine of the U-2 airplane is displayed. There are also various vehicles and tanks used in the revolution displayed. Near the museum is located an SU-100, a Soviet tank destroyer. Museum of the Revolution (Cuba) The Museum of the Revolution () is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba. The museum is housed in what was the \"Presidential Palace\" of all Cuban presidents from Mario García", "title": "Museum of the Revolution (Cuba)" }, { "docid": "6434492", "text": "several events including the Harvey Award presented on the actor's birthday in May, the \"It's a Wonderful Life\" festival before Thanksgiving, and a light-up night in late November. By 2013, the museum was in financial trouble due to lack of visitation and its location in rural Pennsylvania. In December of that year, however, it was reported that several donors had stepped up to make contributions. Museum Director Timothy Harley said a San Diego couple originally from western Pennsylvania began making annual $25,000 donations, matching what the Stewart family gives. The Jimmy Stewart Museum The Jimmy Stewart Museum is a museum", "title": "The Jimmy Stewart Museum" }, { "docid": "17175498", "text": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a 2014 American comedy adventure fantasy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. It is the third and final installment in the \"Night at the Museum\" trilogy. The film features an ensemble cast including Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Rachael Harris, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, Skyler Gisondo, Rami Malek, Patrick Gallagher, Mizuo Peck, Ben Kingsley, Dick Van Dyke, and Crystal the Monkey. In \"Secret of the Tomb\", security guard Larry Daley must", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "12301125", "text": "photography and production began on January 27, 2014. In May 2014, principal photography ended. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American adventure fantasy comedy film written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Shawn Levy and directed by Levy. The film stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Jon Bernthal, and Robin Williams. It is the second installment in the \"Night at the Museum\" trilogy, and a sequel to the", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "7213350", "text": "Night at the Museum Night at the Museum is a 2006 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. The film stars Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night. It was released on December 22, 2006 by 20th Century Fox. The", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "7000543", "text": "Friday night star gazing events. In 2010, NASA awarded more than $800,000 to the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery for the creation of an Exoplanet Exploration exhibit. Along with the museum's permanent exhibits, there are also traveling exhibits that are commonly presented at the museum. In the wake of the 2016 closure of the satellite museum at the Upper Valley Mall, the Dayton Society of Natural History had considered relocating the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Springfield into a building on South Fountain Avenue in downtown Springfield. The society estimated it would have needed to raise $2 million for building renovations and", "title": "Boonshoft Museum of Discovery" }, { "docid": "17175513", "text": "F scale. Scott Foundas of \"Variety\" gave the film a positive review, praising the visual effects and calling the production values \"topnotch\", and admiring Guillermo Navarro's work. He added, \"A most enjoyable capper to director Shawn Levy and producer Chris Columbus' cheerfully silly and sneakily smart family-entertainment juggernaut... offers little in the way of secrets of surprises, but should add much holiday cheer to Fox's box-office coffers.\" Peter Bradshaw of \"The Guardian\" gave the film three stars out of five and said, \"The third part in what absolutely no one is calling the \"Night at the Museum\" 'trilogy' turns out", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "13616376", "text": "reasons as to why he would be a good candidate to take over the museum for Mr. Bloomsberry who is retiring. Mr. Bloomsberry however, says that Ted is the only candidate because he couldn't imagine leaving not even Junior (the main antagonist from the first film) to own the museum (he is now a cashier at a parking lot). The only stipulation is Ted has to write a presentation on what his vision of what the museum would look like; to be delivered in one week, to the Board of Directors. However, Ted is scared of the Board of Directors.", "title": "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!" }, { "docid": "7213352", "text": "dissertation on Sacagawea. On his first night, Cecil hands Larry an instruction manual on what to do in the museum, warning him not to let anything \"in or out.\" Larry soon discovers that at night, the museum's exhibits come to life and cause havoc for him. Amongst the lively exhibits are a playful \"Tyrannosaurus\" skeleton named Rexy; a mischievous capuchin monkey named Dexter who destroys the instructions; the warring miniature factions of cowboys and legionnaires led by Jedediah and General Octavius; violent Attila the Hun and his army; a talking Easter Island Head that desires gum who calls Larry \"dum", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "20164644", "text": "\"The Promise of Cultural Institutions\" (New York: AltaMira Press, 2003) and Scott G. Eberle, \"Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame\" (Running Press, 2009). The Why, How, and What of a Museum of Play: An Interview with George Rollie Adams, \"American Journal of Play\", 5:2, 135-156 (http://www.journalofplay.org/sites/www.journalofplay.org/files/pdf-articles/5-2-interview-the-why-how-and-what-of-a%20museum-of-play_0.pdf) George Rollie Adams George Rollie Adams is an American educator, historian, author, and museum professional. As president and CEO of The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, from 1987 through 2016, Adams led the development of the world’s first collections-based history museum devoted solely to the study of", "title": "George Rollie Adams" }, { "docid": "8085772", "text": "Souders Historical Museum The Souders Historical Museum is located 1/2 mile southwest of Cheney, Kansas, United States on MacArthur Road (39th St. S.) and depicts what life was like in Cheney and rural Kansas in the late 1880s and early 1900s. There are a number of buildings at the museum, including a Main Street, several businesses, a school, a church, a homesteaders cabin, and train depots from both Cheney and neighboring Garden Plain. The buildings contain a variety of artificacts, historical photos and educational materials. Built by Floyd and Norma Souders, the Museum was built up over several years. Some", "title": "Souders Historical Museum" }, { "docid": "13173439", "text": "and free or reduced admission opportunities including $2 Fridays the first Friday night of every month from 5-8pm. Awards and recognition received include: Children's Museum of Maine Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is located in the Arts District of downtown Portland, Maine and features a wide variety of interactive exhibits and activities for children and families. Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine exists to inspire discovery and imagination through exploration and play. The Museum & Theatre serves as an indispensable resource for families and educators, helping to create a broad community devoted to our children's development and learning. The", "title": "Children's Museum of Maine" }, { "docid": "16617746", "text": "Development Corporation (TTDC) to include the museum in its Chennai itinerary and in package tour offers to increase the number of visitors. \"There is an intention to start night visits also,\" he said, adding, \"People will be able to visit the museum at night also, much like the night safari in Singapore.\" He also mentioned that the museum intends to make a currently inoperative B Class locomotive of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) functional. The Chennai Rail Museum will also document the history of steam locomotives, bringing out a book on railways with an emphasis on railways in the 1960s", "title": "Chennai Rail Museum" }, { "docid": "801810", "text": "exhibition space, which hosts major Russian museums’ projects (The Pushkin Museum, Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve, Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, etc.), and organises exhibitions of its own collections. Museum of Art Nouveau is one of Samara’s most popular social and cultural entities. Weekly events take place here, giving visitors a taste of late 19th – early 20th centuries’ culture, as well as current cultural trends. Every year the museum hosts the \"Night at the Museum\" and \"Night of the Arts\" events, attended by more than a thousand visitors. House-Museum of Mikhail Frunze in Samara opened on February 23, 1934. The building was constructed", "title": "Samara" }, { "docid": "3667515", "text": "Jews by various of Romania's historic rulers; in short, a museum devoted to looking seriously at the history of a particular ethnic group within a society. In contrast to its Hungarian equivalent in Budapest, this is not a museum that sees the exodus of the majority of the country's surviving Jews to Israel as a culmination: this museum is focused more on what that means for those who have stayed, what is the continuing contribution of Jews to Romanian culture, what has been, what is, and what will be the role of Jews in Romania. The Museum also contains a", "title": "Jewish Museum (Bucharest)" }, { "docid": "17263736", "text": "finally, in 2005 additional archeological works were conducted, resulting in new items being unearthed at the camp site, buried by Jewish prisoners in 1943. On September 2, 2009 the Majdanek Museum was awarded the Gold Medal \"Gloria Artis\" for outstanding contributions to Polish culture by Deputy State Secretary Minister Tomasz Merta. Two other recipients included the Muzeum Stutthof and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. There was a massive fire at one of the barracks in Majdanek on the night of August 9/10, 2010. Some 7,000 pairs of prisoners' shoes were destroyed – stated the museum administration. The cause of the blaze", "title": "Majdanek State Museum" }, { "docid": "16427060", "text": "architectural complex, a reference architecture worker housing at the time of the Second Spanish Republic. The opening of this museum floor space as a tribute to the work of Josep Lluís Sert Josep Torres Clavé and Joan Baptista Subirana and innovation that its approach assumed the 30's. The Casa Bloc is open to everyone, with a regime of guided tours by reservation, from March 2012. Room 1/11 is a duplex measuring 60 square meters. It is located in Block 2, Level 1, Gate 11. The internal layout is very simple and clearly differentiates the day and the night. The Museum", "title": "Design Museum of Barcelona" }, { "docid": "7213363", "text": "\"Seattle Post-Intelligencer\", gave it a B-, and stated that the film was \"Out to impress and delight a family audience with the pageantry of human and natural history, and that's a surprisingly worthy ambition for a Hollywood comedy.\" In a case of life imitating art, museum officials at the American Museum of Natural History have credited the film for increasing the number of visitors during the holiday season by almost 20%. According to a museum official, between December 22, 2006, and January 2, 2007, there were 50,000 more visitors than during the same period the prior year. CinemaScore polls conducted", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "7213356", "text": "the museum before sunrise. Rebecca witnesses this and makes amends with Larry and is subsequently introduced to Sacagawea. The next day, McPhee fires Larry after watching news reports of sightings of the exhibits last night, but once they start to leave the museum, they find out that the reports have caused an increased number of visitors, and Larry is immediately rehired. Near the end of the film, Larry, Nick, and the exhibits throw a party in the museum. During the credits, it is shown that Cecil, Gus, and Reginald have been forced to serve as museum janitors for their crimes.", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "12301112", "text": "hours. Writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon confirmed to Dark Horizons that they were writing a sequel to \"Night at the Museum,\" originally with the tentative title \"Another Night at the Museum\". The writers said that \"there'll be existing characters and plenty of new ones.\" 20th Century Fox announced that the sequel, \"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\", would be released during Memorial Day weekend in 2009. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Brad Garrett and Robin Williams would return for the sequel, with Shawn Levy returning", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "17123759", "text": "National Polytechnical Museum The National Polytechnical Museum () is a science museum located in Sofia, Bulgaria. The National Polytechnical Museum was established on 13 May 1957 by a Council of Ministers decree, initially under the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It was declared a national museum in 1968. Since 1992, the museum is located in a building formerly used as a museum to Georgi Dimitrov. It has been completely renovated in 2012 at a cost of 640,000 lv (326,000 euro). The National Polytechnical Museum regularly participates in the annual Night of Museums. The museum has a collection of more than 22,000", "title": "National Polytechnical Museum" }, { "docid": "7213351", "text": "first installment in the \"Night at the Museum\" trilogy, the film was a box office success despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, grossing over $574 million. Larry Daley is a divorced man from Brooklyn, hoping to find a good job to impress his ten-year-old son Nick, but his ex-wife Erica believes he is a bad example for their son. Larry is hired at the American Museum of Natural History to replace the retiring security guards Cecil Fredericks, Gus, and Reginald. Larry meets the museum's neurotic curator Dr. McPhee, and very attractive museum docent Rebecca Hutman, who plans to write a", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "8085773", "text": "of the buildings are re-creations while others, such as the Dewey School, are historical structures that have been moved to the Museum. The Dewey School was a one-room school located in Kingman County just a few miles west of Cheney, and was in operation from 1880 until 1944. The museum is open only by appointment. Souders Historical Museum The Souders Historical Museum is located 1/2 mile southwest of Cheney, Kansas, United States on MacArthur Road (39th St. S.) and depicts what life was like in Cheney and rural Kansas in the late 1880s and early 1900s. There are a number", "title": "Souders Historical Museum" }, { "docid": "17107906", "text": "and research, both within the University of Aberdeen community, and by visiting academic researchers. The museum runs a schools service for primary school classes in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics, and all workshops link in with the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. The museum runs an evening lecture series on Tuesdays throughout the university term time, and also participates in national and international events, such as the annual \"Night at the Museums\" event, part of the ICOM \"European Night of Museums\" and Museums Galleries Scotland's \"Festival of Museums\". King's Museum King's Museum is a", "title": "King's Museum" }, { "docid": "10586304", "text": "was the last stop before crossing the Rocky Mountains to Denver or Los Angeles in those days. The airport was greatly needed for fuel and more importantly weather updates. As told in story after story, many people who landed, ate at the restaurant and milled about were legends of industry and film. Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Howard Hughes and countless other famous people all walked the terrazzo floors in what is now the Kansas Aviation Museum. It was tagged the \"Country Club without dues\". During the oppressive heat of the 1930s people would come out to the airport at night,", "title": "Kansas Aviation Museum" }, { "docid": "18587721", "text": "examples of questions Emmatron had answers to included \"Tell me about the night you were assaulted\", \"Is this art piece a part of \"Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)\"?\" and \"What do your parents think of all this?\" If audience members asked these questions to Sulkowicz during their conversation, the artist would send them to Emmatron for the answers. On January 30, 2018, Sulkowicz was documented protesting at two New York City museums and a subway station. During the protest, Sulkowicz posed for several photographs in front of Chuck Close paintings at The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum", "title": "Emma Sulkowicz" }, { "docid": "13239129", "text": "the Museum of Natural History, where he once worked as a night guard and found out that the exhibits come to life every night, is having renovations, replacing the wax figures and stuffed animals with state-of-the-art 3D holograms. Larry returns to the museum, where he learns from Jedidiah the miniature cowboy and Octavius the Roman general that because of the renovations, they will be shipped to the Federal Archives (Octavius mistakenly calls it the Imperial Archives) under the Smithsonian Museum, aside from Rexy the T-Rex skeleton, Ahkmenrah and his tablet, (which is the source which makes the exhibits come to", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game)" }, { "docid": "13094984", "text": "as: The museum takes part in the \"Long Night of Museums of Hamburg\". \"Die lange Nacht der Museen\" is a spring evening when museums like HM stay open past midnight, and has been held annually since the year 2000. Hamburg Museum The Hamburg Museum, also known as (\"Museum for Hamburg History\"), is a history museum located in the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The museum was established at its current location in 1922, although its parent organization was started in 1839. The museum was named \"hamburgmuseum\" in 2006. It is located near the park in the center of Hamburg.", "title": "Hamburg Museum" }, { "docid": "12301113", "text": "as director. The film was mostly filmed in Vancouver and Montreal with some scenes filmed in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.. A scene was shot at the Lincoln Memorial on the night of May 21, 2008. Scenes were also shot at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on August 18 and 20, 2008. The trailer was released with \"Bedtime Stories\", \"Yes Man\" and \"Marley & Me\" in December 2008. The trailer accompanied the film \"Bride Wars\" in January, \"The Pink Panther 2\" in February, and \"Dragonball Evolution\" in April 2009. The film was also promoted as an", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "14730595", "text": "In April 1974, a handicapped woman, upset by the museum's policy for the disabled, sprayed red paint at the painting while it was on display at the Tokyo National Museum. On 2 August 2009, a Russian woman, distraught over being denied French citizenship, threw a terracotta mug or teacup, purchased at the museum, at the painting in the Louvre; the vessel shattered against the glass enclosure. In both cases, the painting was undamaged. Rembrandt's \"Night Watch\" (1642) is one of the most popular paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It is viewed by about 4,000 to 5,000 visitors daily with", "title": "Vandalism of art" }, { "docid": "17322543", "text": "Bloomfield Science Museum Bloomfield Science Museum is a science museum in Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1992. The museum is located opposite the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Givat Ram neighborhood. The museum is named for its principal donor, Neri Bloomfield. The museum features indoor and outdoor hands-on exhibits, among them a bubble-making corner in which huge bubbles are produced by chains and sticks. Special events at the museum include programs on science-related topics, such as biomedical research, in which the public is invited to meet stem cell researchers and discuss the ethical issues involved. A special night science program", "title": "Bloomfield Science Museum" }, { "docid": "13867611", "text": "the Saturday night gala by Ed Justice, Jr.. Ed is a well-known radio and TV host and part of the Justice Brothers family. The following Riverside Legends were each honored in the consecutive years after Dan, Carroll Shelby, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser and Bob Bondurant. Each of these honorees were again interviewed by Ed Justice, Jr.. The museum worked with Dave Wolin to bring what was previously known as the \"Southern Yosemite Automotive Film Festival\" to the museum. In addition to showcasing popular racing films, the annual event offers attendees an opportunity to personally meet famous racing legends of the", "title": "Riverside International Automotive Museum" }, { "docid": "11350539", "text": "Persian dagger, is wearing an obvious set of false whiskers, and is clutching a cookbook. Gideon Fell must investigate the death and explain all the bizarre circumstances of what was a very busy night at the museum. The Arabian Nights Murder The Arabian Nights Murder, first published in 1936, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit. When Scotland Yard detective John Carruthers attends the Wade Museum of Oriental Art, and begins to investigate the interior of one of a series of", "title": "The Arabian Nights Murder" }, { "docid": "6042718", "text": "down for their metal content. Many of the gun barrels are located either inside the halls or in front of the museum building, yet the majority is on display in the two artillery halls (buildings 2 and 17) which flank building 1, the former headquarters of the Arsenal. Building 2 - the one on the left as seen from the museum - is dedicated to the development of artillery from the Middle Ages until the 18th century. A side chamber contains what is probably the historically most valuable part of the collection, the wrought-iron guns of the Middle Ages. These", "title": "Museum of Military History, Vienna" }, { "docid": "11135337", "text": "of the year features Santa and Mrs.Claus, as well as the conductor character from the film. This year, the museum has introduced a Night at the Museum scavenger hunt through the museum after dark, preceding a showing of the movie. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located on 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 in the city's Cultural District. It was opened in 1945 as the Fort Worth Children's Museum and moved to its current location in 1954. In 1968, the museum adopted its current name. Attractions at the", "title": "Fort Worth Museum of Science and History" }, { "docid": "3514274", "text": "also displays \"Madder Valley\", a pioneering model railway built by John Ahern. The model trains are hand built, to represent individual locomotives, carriages, and wagons as exactly possible, based on surviving records and photographs. Operation consists of a sequence of trains, showing what one could have seen passing by on a summer day and night, in the mid-1920s. This sequence is based on timetables of the period. They are all modelled in 4 mm to 1 foot scale (1:76), and run on track of 18mm gauge, a combination known as EM gauge. The museum is located at Ordnance Survey mapping", "title": "Pendon Museum" }, { "docid": "17175517", "text": "elements that make this \"Night at the Museum\" sequel work better than its predecessor.\" Stephen Whitty of the \"Newark Star-Ledger\" gave the film two out of four stars, saying \"The exhibits in this \"Night at the Museum\" may still come to life nightly. But their latest movie stays stubbornly inert.\" Tom Russo of \"The Boston Globe\" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying \"Seeing Ben Stiller, the late Robin Williams, and their magically roused gang together again, this time in London, is initially all about indulgent, nostalgic smiles rather than new wows. But then comes", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "18378235", "text": "next day. Besides the normal exhibitions in museums, activities are arranged, like artist performances and free guides. In some events, public transport can be freely used for people who bought a ticket. Museum Night (Flanders and the Netherlands) Museum Night () is an annual event in several cities in Flanders and the Netherlands. Museums will collaborate and people will be able to buy one ticket to access all the participating museums in a particular city. One of the most popular events is Museum Night in Amsterdam , but other events are also held in cities like Almere, Antwerp, Breda, Brussels,", "title": "Museum Night (Flanders and the Netherlands)" }, { "docid": "12301122", "text": "2009. It was fairly well received in comparison to the majority of film-based video-games, netting a 7.5 out of 10 from IGN.com. Ben Stiller admitted that a sequel was \"a possibility\" and on January 22, 2010, co-writer Thomas Lennon said to \"Access Hollywood\", \"That after the success of two \"Night at the Museum\" films, it's no surprise that 20th Century Fox is looking to develop a third and that those suspicions are indeed true and how could you not? I think it's a really outstanding idea to do \"Night at the Museum 3\", in fact,\" he said. \"I wonder if", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "17175515", "text": "the generally wound-too-tight Ben Stiller – once again playing a bemused Museum of Natural History guard – is easy to tolerate.\" Claudia Puig of \"USA Today\" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying \"Where the previous films felt frenetic and forced, this outing feels breezier, more enjoyable and less contrived.\" Joe Neumaier of the \"New York Daily News\" gave the film three out of five stars, saying \"There's a serenity to museum visits, especially if it's a place you know and love. \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\", amazingly, recaptures that feeling in", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "7213362", "text": "on whether they choose to embrace this on the same level as their kids\". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". James Berardinelli of Reelviews gave it 2 stars out of 4, and commented on Stiller's performance by stating \"It might be fair to give Ben Stiller an 'A' for effort, but to call what he does in this movie \"acting\" is a misnomer. He does a lot of running around, occasionally falling down or bumping into things.\" One positive review by William Arnold of the", "title": "Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "2614125", "text": "Fashion and Textile Museum The Fashion and Textile Museum is a contemporary fashion museum in Bermondsey, London. Founded by British designer Zandra Rhodes in 2003, the museum is part of the Newham College of Further Education – one of Europe's largest further education colleges. Recent exhibitions at the museum have included; Liberty in Fashion, Art Textiles, 1920s Jazz Age Fashion & Photographs and Missoni Art Colour. Rather than running a permanent exhibition, the Fashion and Textile Museum offers an ongoing programme of temporary displays, including current exhibition, Night & Day: 1930s Fashion and Photographs which runs until January 2019. The", "title": "Fashion and Textile Museum" }, { "docid": "9272844", "text": "job, he wakes up to find all of the dinosaur skeletons have vanished. He finds nothing looking around the museum, Central Park, and at the planetarium next door. Eventually Hector discovers that the dinosaurs come alive every night, and rather than keep the museum safe from the world outside, his job is to keep the world outside safe from the dinosaurs inside. A re-release was later brought to the American Museum of Natural History with a \"now a major motion picture\" sticker on it. This version changes Hector's name to Larry to resemble the main character of the movie. Goldman's", "title": "The Night at the Museum" }, { "docid": "5698781", "text": "to opening a second gallery exploring the amphibious invasions of the Pacific War in the original building, known as the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, the museum has since opened the Solomon Victory Theater, the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, and the Campaigns of Courage pavilion. There are further plans to construct what will be called the Liberation Pavilion. In 2017, the Museum was ranked by TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards as the #2 Museum in the United States and #2 in the World. Within the large atrium of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion several aircraft are", "title": "The National WWII Museum" }, { "docid": "8446826", "text": "Food museum A food museum tells the story of what sustains humankind. Such museums may be specifically focused on one plant, as is the Saffron Museum in Boynes, France. They may explore a food made from a plant, for example, The Bread Museum in Ulm, Germany; a product such as the National Mustard Museum in Wisconsin; the art of food displayed at California's Copia; or historic farms, for example, Iowa's Living History Farms. In some cases, food museums focus on how and what the world eats. Agropolis in Montpellier, France does this, as does Nestle Foundation's Alimentarium, in Vevey, Switzerland.", "title": "Food museum" }, { "docid": "20454544", "text": "Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum () is a museum of miniature figures in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. The museum is inside the Kahramanmaraş Castle at . It is a single-story building. It was built by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kahramanmaraş, and it was opened to service on 10 February 2013. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Ottoman army was disarmed according to the Armistice of Mudros. Although the Ottoman Empire had agreed to give up vast territories, including what is now Syria and Iraq, the Allies further retained the power of controlling what was left", "title": "Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum" }, { "docid": "18964774", "text": "creativity in the present day. The event has been co-organized since its inception in 2010 by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Media Arts Project. Taking its name from what is widely considered to be the first ‘Happening’ in the United States—from John Cage’s emphasis on chance and the observer as vital components in artistic creation—the {Re}HAPPENING reimagines BMC’s tradition of Saturday night parties and performances. Cage’s proto-Happening took place at BMC in 1952 and featured Cage reading Meister Eckhart, Charles Olson and M.C. Richards reciting poetry, Robert Rauschenberg showing his White Paintings and playing recordings", "title": "Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center" }, { "docid": "11534832", "text": "the collection \"Black Projects, White Knights\", introduces what appears to be a recreation, in holographic form, of William Shakespeare in 24th century London. Actually it is a recording of Shakespeare's mind, made on his deathbed by a Company agent. It inhabits a museum where it speaks to visitors, despite the fact that the actual plays are considered unhealthy for people to watch or read (and few people can read anyway). The recorded personality gradually becomes aware of its surroundings until, thanks to a malfunction, it can switch itself on and wander the museum at night. A young Alec Checkerfield encounters", "title": "Characters in the Novels of the Company" }, { "docid": "20709788", "text": "Cieszyn, Brunon Konczakowski, and the book collection of a teacher - Wincenty Zając. The museum library is meant to be of a reference character for specific departments of the Museum; archaeology, history, technics, history of art, photography. It also includes papers concerning the history of Silesia and Cieszyn Silesia. The library comprises: over 24,000 books, 370 old prints (including 21 incunabula), and several hundred magazines. The Museum organises museum classes related to the following areas of science: The Museum of Cieszyn Silesia is the main organiser of the Cieszyn Night of Museums. The Cieszyn Night of Museums takes place in", "title": "The Museum of Cieszyn Silesia" }, { "docid": "15345696", "text": "of the topic. President Ford and Chevy Chase appeared on several morning news/talk shows generating wide interest in the event. The conference was taped for later broadcast on HBO. Following Gerald Ford's death on December 26, 2006, thousands of people paid tribute to the president on the grounds of the museum. Visitors created a spontaneous memorial with candles, flags, flowers, and handwritten notes at the Pearl Street entrance. During the night of January 2, 2007, through the morning of January 3, approximately 60,000 people viewed the casket as Ford lay in repose in the museum lobby. On January 3, Ford's", "title": "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum" }, { "docid": "12697883", "text": "while in prison. Among the other exponates of museum are two re-created memorial rooms, original posters, festival prizes, signed letters by Federico Fellini, Lilya Brik, Andrey Tarkovsky, Mikhail Vartanov, and Yuri Nikulin, gifts by famous visitors Tonino Guerra, Vladimir Putin and Roman Balayan, who is the author of \"A Night at Paradganov's Museum\" film. The museum uses art and exposition principles of Parajanov himself. The museum has organized about 50 exhibitions, including those at Cannes, Athens, Tokyo, Moscow, Rome, Tehran, Hollywood etc. According to \"Rediscovering Armenia\" guide, \"the best museum in Yerevan is small and idiosyncratic, the would-be final home", "title": "Sergei Parajanov Museum" }, { "docid": "11835109", "text": "to return it to her the following evening. The next night, Devon and Kirk arrive at the Andy Warhol Museum and return Molly's phone, but after Molly's sister accidentally spills a drink on the museum director (Kirk taking the blame) they are told to leave. Molly, the event's planner, feels sorry about what happened and offers Kirk tickets to a hockey game. Kirk brings Stainer to the game, where they meet Molly and her best friend Patty. Kirk assumes Molly meant to set him up with Patty, until Patty explicitly tells Kirk that Molly is interested in him. Later, Molly", "title": "She's Out of My League" }, { "docid": "1348349", "text": "Society of Arts and surplus items from the Great Exhibition as part of the South Kensington Museum, together with what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum. It included a collection of machinery which became the \"Museum of Patents\" in 1858, and the \"Patent Office Museum\" in 1863. This collection contained many of the most famous exhibits of what is now the Science Museum. In 1883, the contents of the Patent Office Museum were transferred to the South Kensington Museum. In 1885, the Science Collections were renamed the \"Science Museum\" and in 1893 a separate director was appointed. The Art", "title": "Science Museum, London" }, { "docid": "9836542", "text": "made worse by Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and the museum has worked to secure funding in order to make the historic building stable again. Work continues, with some recent information being published by GNBC Consulting Engineers that help to highlight the dome's current structure and what phase 2 restoration work will look like. The Barnum Museum has worked to stabilize the historic building, and has remained opened to the public, albeit in a limited capacity. Currently the museum is open to the public from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Thursdays and Fridays, with additional", "title": "Barnum Museum" }, { "docid": "5698785", "text": "In June 2017, a new exhibit, \"The Arsenal of Democracy\", opened in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, dealing the experience on the Home Front. The museum also has plans to open what will be called the Liberation Pavilion by 2020. Its goal would be to explore the \"joys, costs, and meaning of liberation and freedom,\" as well as how the legacy of World War II affects us today. Visitors to the museum are encouraged to allocate roughly 2½ to 3 hours to tour the museum. An award-winning 4-D film, \"Beyond All Boundaries\", is shown in the Solomon Victory Theater and gives", "title": "The National WWII Museum" }, { "docid": "14885090", "text": "Eindhoven Museum The Eindhoven Museum is an archaeological open-air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, focusing on the Iron Age and Middle Ages in the province of North Brabant. The museum is situated in the Genneper Parken area at the south side of the city. It focuses on the daily lives and routines of people in the time periods mentioned, through demonstrations and recreations of buildings, practices and routines. For example, there are demonstrations of cooking on open fire, of games played in the Middle Ages and groups of school children are allowed to spend the night in the stables. The museum", "title": "Eindhoven Museum" }, { "docid": "7436508", "text": "flying logbook can be viewed in the Soldiers and Chief's exhibition in the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. The Finucane family donated Brendan Finucane's uniform to the Royal Air Force Museum London. RAF Fighter Command claims against the British main opponents in 1941 and 1942—\"Jagdgeschwader\" 26 (Fighter Wing 26) and \"Jagdgeschwader\" 2 (Fighter Wing 2) —are very difficult to verify. Only two of the 30 volumes of War Diaries produced by JG 26 survived the war. Historian Donald Caldwell has attempted to use what limited German material is available to compare losses and air victory claims but acknowledges", "title": "Paddy Finucane" }, { "docid": "18948570", "text": "where the Paratethys ocean once stood. The museum held the first moss animal exhibition in the world in 2006, entitled \"Neptune's Lace\". In 2009, visitors had the opportunity to view crocodile fossils from the island Pag, while eighty live snakes owned by the Slovenian breeder Aleš Mlinar were exhibited in 2013. The museum takes part in the Croatian Museum Night (\"Noć muzeja\"), an annual event whereby the public is allowed free entrance to many museums in Croatia during one night in the year. In the 2014 event, the museum was visited by more than 11,000 people. Croatian Natural History Museum", "title": "Croatian Natural History Museum" }, { "docid": "5269699", "text": "King Township Museum The King Township Museum in King City, Ontario, Canada is a local history museum for the township of King at 2920 King Rd. It was previously known as \"Kinghorn Museum\", and is located on what was once known as Kinghorn, now subsumed by King City. It is operated by the township Parks, Recreation and Culture Department and is curated by Kathleen Fry. The Museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), and the Virtual Museum of Canada. The museum consists of a building which houses the majority of collections held.", "title": "King Township Museum" }, { "docid": "18292770", "text": "at the Battle of Calderón Bridge, they arrived at the Hacienda de San Blas and this is where Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was removed from command. The Museum is located at Plaza No. 24 January. Pavilion 19 in Hidalgo. 2 Pabellón de Hidalgo Pabellón de Hidalgo is a town located in the municipality of Rincón de Romos , Aguascalientes, Mexico, which has 4,006 inhabitants. In the town there is the Museum of Insurgency which is located in what was formerly the mansion of the Hacienda de San Blas. It opened on 17 October 1967 with the aim of spreading events", "title": "Pabellón de Hidalgo" }, { "docid": "14453655", "text": "storage area at the local City Hall where the items were stored was soon filled to the brim. Finding numerous other places to hold the ever-growing collection proved to be unsuccessful, in 1942 it moved into its final destination which were on the premises of the old administrative building in Kirchdorf, where it has enjoyed great popularity for the last 50 years. The museum participates at the event Long Night of Museums in Hamburg. Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg Elbinsel Museum is a museum in Kirchdorf Süd, Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany. The museum was founded in 1907 by a local history group. The", "title": "Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg" }, { "docid": "16151755", "text": "May Night (Willard Metcalf painting) May Night is a 1906 oil painting by American Impressionist Willard Metcalf. It is a nocturne depicting the home of Florence Griswold, now the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It was the first contemporary painting purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and is Metcalf's \"most celebrated work.\" Metcalf arrived at the Old Lyme Art Colony at the invitation of his friend Childe Hassam, and summered there from 1905 to 1907. During the spring, summer and autumn of 1906 Metcalf enjoyed what was to that point his most productive year, finishing twenty-six paintings.", "title": "May Night (Willard Metcalf painting)" }, { "docid": "1925188", "text": "\"Ruby Sparks\" and the \"Night at the Museum\" films, as well as collaborating with Rob Brydon in \"The Trip\" and \"A Cock and Bull Story\". He was also a voice actor in the animated comedy films \"Despicable Me 2\" and \"3\", as well as their prequel, \"Minions\", and had two parts in \"The Secret Life of Pets\". He played Hades in \"\". Coogan has also branched out into more dramatic roles, with \"What Maisie Knew\", and portrayed Paul Raymond in the biopic \"The Look of Love\". He co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film adaptation \"Philomena\", which earned him a", "title": "Steve Coogan" }, { "docid": "17175502", "text": "Larry convinces the museum's curator, Dr. McPhee, to let him ship Ahkmenrah to London to restore the tablet, convinced that McPhee knows its secrets. Larry and Nick travel to the British Museum, bypassing the night guard Tilly. To Larry's surprise, Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Attila, Jed, Octavius, Dexter, Rexy and Laaa have come as well, and Laaa is left to stand guard while the others search the museum, the tablet bringing its own exhibits to life. They are joined by a wax Sir Lancelot, who helps them fight off aggressive museum exhibits like a Xiangliu statue and a \"Triceratops\" skeleton. Jedediah and", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "5250448", "text": "Yankee Air Museum The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors. The Yankee Air Force Inc. was founded in 1981 to pursue these goals: On the night of October 9, 2004, the Yankee Air Museum's hangar on the northeast side of Willow Run Airport (KYIP) burned down. The B-17, B-25 and C-47 were saved through heroic efforts by museum volunteers. The Stinson was at another hangar. Everything else inside the hangar was destroyed,", "title": "Yankee Air Museum" }, { "docid": "9504468", "text": "Kids Cannery to learn what life was like at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. The museum rents the galleries and a pavilion on the water for private events. The museum was founded in 1977 as a project by the Mayor's office to preserve the industrial history of downtown Baltimore. The museum is located on the site of the old Platt Oyster Cannery on the North-west branch of the Patapsco River at 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230. Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore Museum of Industry is a museum in Baltimore, Maryland,", "title": "Baltimore Museum of Industry" }, { "docid": "9162233", "text": "Kimberley (14 October 1899 – 15 February 1900) during the Anglo-Boer War, Cecil John Rhodes lodged in rooms at what was then the Sanatorium. Branches of the McGregor Museum today include the original McGregor Memorial Museum in town (city history displays), the Duggan-Cronin Gallery (photographic and ethnographic museum), two house museums, Dunluce and Rudd House, the Pioneers of Aviation Museum, the Magersfontein Battlefield Museum, Wonderwerk Cave near Kuruman and the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre outside Kimberley. McGregor Museum The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves", "title": "McGregor Museum" }, { "docid": "15480853", "text": "18th birthday it moved to the 221 location on high street where it is today. The Museum reopened in May 2011. “It’s the only museum where you can come and touch things. [At other museums] you have to walk around, keep your hands in your pockets. Here we say go up, touch it, play with it, push it, figure out what makes it work.” Children's Museum of Virginia The Children's Museum of Virginia is the largest children's museum in the state of Virginia. It is located in the heart of Olde Town Portsmouth at 221 High Street. The Children's Museum", "title": "Children's Museum of Virginia" }, { "docid": "17175508", "text": "would be titled \"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb\". In May 2014, principal photography ended. Shooting took place outside the British Museum in London, England, as well as on a sound stage at the Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia for scenes taking place inside the museum. Alan Silvestri returned to score the final installment of the trilogy. Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack album of the score on January 6, 2015. The film premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 11, 2014. It was then released on December 19, 2014 in the United", "title": "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" }, { "docid": "7254514", "text": "enjoyed the \"weirdness\" of the city. In 2012, Bas had shows in New York, at the Lehman Maupin Gallery, and in Paris, at Galerie Perrotin, and South Korea. Bas' artwork is part of the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The Brooklyn Museum of Art displays \"the Aesthete's Toy\" (2004) and \"Night Fishing\" (2007) in the permanent collection. Bas has a total of eight works at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, T\"he Start of the Rain\" (2004), \"All", "title": "Hernan Bas" }, { "docid": "4094685", "text": "billiard room. The underwater themed facility is connected to the Bass Pro Shops, but features a separate entrance to accommodate late night diners and bowlers. After nearly a decade of work by the NRA and Bass Pro Shops, the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum opened in the flagship store in Springfield, Missouri on August 2, 2013. It showcases almost 1,000 sporting artifacts from the 1600s to today, including some historically significant firearms from the NRA Museum Collection. The museum will host firearms and artwork from the Remington Arms Company factory collection, a multimillion-dollar collection of U.S. military sidearms, engraved Colt", "title": "Bass Pro Shops" }, { "docid": "19938691", "text": "Caillou Museum The Caillou Museum is housed in the building where Napoleon Bonaparte spent the night and early morning before the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. It is located south of the Lion of Waterloo, at \"Chaussée de Bruxelles\" (Brussels high-road) 66, 1472 Genappe. Travelling north from Genappe the high-road passes pass over the Waterloo battlefield through Waterloo and on to Brussels. In 1815 the farmhouse belonged to \"Séance de Caioux\". Napoleon resided there on the night of the 17/18 of June 1815, and it is where Napoleon held his breakfast conference at which he told his marshals", "title": "Caillou Museum" }, { "docid": "19578581", "text": "study. Drawing and painting workshops include: After school art studio, morning or night classes, summer art studio, and visiting artist workshops. New Museum Los Gatos New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), formerly the Los Gatos Museum Association founded in 1965, is a public non-profit art and history museum located in the Civic Center Plaza in downtown Los Gatos, California. NUMU’s mission is to engage the community at the intersection of art, history and education through innovative, locally connected and globally relevant exhibitions, programs and experiences. Formerly The Museums of Los Gatos, New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) opened in June 2015 with", "title": "New Museum Los Gatos" }, { "docid": "9127696", "text": "as security guards at the British Museum of Natural History and then running around London. Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night \"Sorry's Not Good Enough\"/\"Friday Night\" is the third single taken from British pop band McFly's third studio album, \"Motion in the Ocean\". The single was released on 18 December 2006, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 3 on 24 December 2006. \"Friday Night\" is the main theme for the film \"Night at the Museum\", appearing on both the soundtrack and in the movie itself. Videos for both tracks were recorded, with the video for \"Sorry's Not Good Enough\" appearing", "title": "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" }, { "docid": "8446827", "text": "Japan's Ramen Museum is an innovative food museum in the form of a shopping arcade featuring different noodle restaurants and displays on ramen history. Food museums are a part of the emerging food heritage movement. Food museum A food museum tells the story of what sustains humankind. Such museums may be specifically focused on one plant, as is the Saffron Museum in Boynes, France. They may explore a food made from a plant, for example, The Bread Museum in Ulm, Germany; a product such as the National Mustard Museum in Wisconsin; the art of food displayed at California's Copia; or", "title": "Food museum" }, { "docid": "19616463", "text": "and admission is free. Exhibits and what can be taken by the camera, there is a thing impossible, in the case of the shooting can not have been an icon beside the exhibit. Established a small museum shop at the entrance side. Selling camera pattern playing cards, tumbler that mimics the lens, etc. Nikon Museum Nikon Museum is a museum of Nikon products, located at Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, in the same location as the Nikon headquarters. The Nikon Museum opened in July 2017 to commemorate Nikon's 100th anniversary. It is the first facility to showcase a number of optical products", "title": "Nikon Museum" }, { "docid": "13544082", "text": "Prewitt–Allen Archaeological Museum The Prewitt-Allen Archeological Museum is a small archaeology museum at Corban University in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in the 1950s, the museum is located in the school’s library on the rural campus. Artifacts and replicas come mainly from the Eastern Mediterranean and include replicas of the Rosetta Stone and the Code of Hammurabi, alongside a collection of ancient oil lamps and an internationally known papyrus palimpsest. The free museum has over 900 items in its collections. Robert Allen began a push for a museum in 1953 at what was then Western Baptist Bible College when the", "title": "Prewitt–Allen Archaeological Museum" }, { "docid": "3953350", "text": "some weekends, the museum opens for demonstrations and exhibitions by the volunteer helpers, who demonstrate the types of crafts that would have existed during the 19th century. Colne Valley Museum The Colne Valley Museum is located within the Colne Valley at Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum consists of three converted 19th century weavers' cottages. The museum provides an insight into what life was like for a weaver in the early 1850s. The museum includes a clog maker's workshop, a handloom chamber, a spinning room, a cropping room, kitchen and living rooms. The museum is run entirely by voluntary", "title": "Colne Valley Museum" }, { "docid": "17170958", "text": "At , it is the smallest museum in Norway. The guided tour of the museum is intended to give a sense of what it was like to secretly work against the Nazi German occupiers, and information about the radio transmissions made from the room and how among other things they enabled the British Navy to sink the \"Tirpitz\". Theta Museum The Theta Museum () is a museum in Bergen, Norway. It is a one-room museum in a room that was used by the Norwegian resistance group known as the Theta group to send radio messages to England under the Nazi", "title": "Theta Museum" }, { "docid": "17502548", "text": "portray the success and value of multiculturalism. The museum also contains displays which show the hardships and racism many Chinese faced because of the White Australia policy at the beginning of the 20th century. Alongside these specific displays the assorted Chinese artifacts are great examples of Chinese culture and history. The Golden Dragon Museum also offers educational craft workshops to tour groups and it also offers its expertise to other community museums around Australia. In 2013 the museum began running night time Chinese language classes. Golden Dragon Museum The Golden Dragon Museum is situated in the city of Bendigo, Victoria,", "title": "Golden Dragon Museum" }, { "docid": "1365410", "text": "visited museum in the Netherlands, after the Rijksmuseum, and the 31st most visited art museum in the world. The Van Gogh Museum is a member of the national Museumvereniging (Museum Association). Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum () is an art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opened on 2 June 1973. It is located in buildings designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa.", "title": "Van Gogh Museum" }, { "docid": "606554", "text": "Brighton Pride is usually celebrated at the start of August. Brighton also hosts an annual trans pride event, which is the first of its kind in the UK. Brighton museums include Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Preston Manor, Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton Toy and Model Museum, and Brighton Fishing Museum, the long established social epicentre of the seafront, which includes artefacts from the West Pier. The Royal Pavilion is also open to the public, serving as a museum to the British Regency. Brighton has many night-life hotspots and is associated with popular musicians including Fatboy Slim, Kirk Brandon,", "title": "Brighton" }, { "docid": "951958", "text": "Victoria was on 20 June 1857. In the following year, late night openings were introduced, made possible by the use of gas lighting. This was to enable in the words of Cole \"to ascertain practically what hours are most convenient to the working classes\"—this was linked to the use of the collections of both applied art and science as educational resources to help boost productive industry. In these early years the practical use of the collection was very much emphasised as opposed to that of \"High Art\" at the National Gallery and scholarship at the British Museum. George Wallis (1811–1891),", "title": "Victoria and Albert Museum" }, { "docid": "12301115", "text": "the movie. Alan Silvestri returned to score the sequel. Varèse Sarabande issued the score on May 19, 2009. A trailer of \"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\" was released on December 19, 2008. The film premiered on May 14, 2009 in Washington, D.C.. The film released in UK on May 20, 2009, on May 22, 2009 in United States, and in Japan on August 12, 2009. At the end of its box office run, \"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\" earned a gross of $177 million in North America and $236 million in other territories, for", "title": "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" }, { "docid": "17125025", "text": "locomotive, \"probably more powerful than she has been since her [sic] first arrival at IRM in the 1970’s.\" The locomotive, during Memorial Day weekend 2016, pulled 137 empty coal cars in storage at the museum as what was considered to be one of the longest revenue freight trains powered by a steam locomotive in at least 25 years as said by IRM's Steam department curator. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 is a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive that currently is preserved and operating at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Frisco 1630 is one of", "title": "St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630" }, { "docid": "6704302", "text": "the museum is the military history of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and the German Luftwaffe of World War II. The museum currently houses one jet fighter of every type used by the RNoAF, and a number of trainers, in addition to what is probably the only remaining, or at least most complete Arado Ar 96, and the airframe of an Arado Ar 196 which was stationed on the German cruiser \"Blücher\" when she was sunk in the Oslofjord in April 1940. Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is an aviation museum located in Stavanger Airport,", "title": "Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola" }, { "docid": "1071877", "text": "Saturday night. According to their website, the raceway is a \"large 1/2 mile, slightly banked, dirt track\". The IMCA Sport Compact, iWireless IMCA Late Models, and Performance Concepts are hosted at the raceway. The historical Rock Island Depot, built in 1897, now serves as a museum. It contains displays full of artifacts pertaining to the history of West Liberty and the history of the railway. Heritage Park, or the Depot Campus as it is more commonly known, serves as a museum of sorts as well. This area immediately surrounding the depot has become the final resting place for many local", "title": "West Liberty, Iowa" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6463590", "text": "first satellite, but later renamed after the popular French comics character Astérix. Due to the relatively high altitude of its orbit, it is not expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere for several centuries. Astérix (satellite) Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, French Algeria. With \"Astérix\", France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite in orbit after the USSR (\"Sputnik 1\", 1957), the United States (\"Explorer 1\", 1958), the United Kingdom (\"Ariel 1\", 1962), Canada (\"Alouette 1\", 1962), and Italy (\"San Marco 1\",", "title": "Astérix (satellite)" }, { "docid": "6463589", "text": "Astérix (satellite) Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, French Algeria. With \"Astérix\", France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite in orbit after the USSR (\"Sputnik 1\", 1957), the United States (\"Explorer 1\", 1958), the United Kingdom (\"Ariel 1\", 1962), Canada (\"Alouette 1\", 1962), and Italy (\"San Marco 1\", 1964), and the third to launch a satellite on its own (the UK, Canada and Italy's satellites were launched on American rockets). The satellite was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's", "title": "Astérix (satellite)" }, { "docid": "6463590", "text": "first satellite, but later renamed after the popular French comics character Astérix. Due to the relatively high altitude of its orbit, it is not expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere for several centuries. Astérix (satellite) Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, French Algeria. With \"Astérix\", France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite in orbit after the USSR (\"Sputnik 1\", 1957), the United States (\"Explorer 1\", 1958), the United Kingdom (\"Ariel 1\", 1962), Canada (\"Alouette 1\", 1962), and Italy (\"San Marco 1\",", "title": "Astérix (satellite)" }, { "docid": "22262", "text": "There have also been a number of games based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Astérix. The very first French satellite, Astérix, launched in 1965, was also named after the comics character. As of 2017, 370million copies of \"Asterix\" books have been sold worldwide, with co-creators René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo being France's best-selling authors abroad. Prior to creating the \"Asterix\" series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series \"Oumpah-pah\", which was published in \"Tintin\" magazine. \"Astérix\" was originally serialised in \"Pilote\" magazine, debuting in the first issue on 29 October 1959. In", "title": "Asterix" }, { "docid": "5637551", "text": "country gives the opportunity for students to pursue an international career. The academic specializations are: Approximately 400 of the 1,800 students in Paris graduate every year and 60% of them spent at least three months studying or working outside France. Depending on their specialization, they can attend classes in its 650 m (7000 ft) clean room. It is known as the first engineering school to have students design and launch an artificial satellite, named SARA, in 1991, as part of extracurricular work in \"ESIEESPACE\", a student club. During the last two years, students in Paris choose a specialization among the", "title": "ESIEE" }, { "docid": "15841913", "text": "project had grown to involve a complete satellite, and the Sputnik 40 backup was never deployed. Sputnik 41 Sputnik 41 (, ), also known as Sputnik Jr 2 and Radio Sputnik 18 (RS-18), was a Franco-Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1998 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Aéro-Club de France, and the forty-first anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. A one-third scale model of Sputnik 1, Sputnik 41 was deployed from the Mir space station on 10 November 1998. Sputnik 41 was launched aboard Progress M-40 at 04:14 UTC on", "title": "Sputnik 41" }, { "docid": "15839726", "text": "Sputnik 40 Sputnik 40 (, ), also known as Sputnik Jr, PS-2 and Radio Sputnik 17 (RS-17), was a Franco-Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1997 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. A one-third scale model of Sputnik 1, Sputnik 40 was deployed from the Mir space station on 3 November 1997. Built by students, the spacecraft was constructed at the Polytechnic Laboratory of Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria, whilst its transmitter was assembled by Jules Reydellet College in Réunion with technical support from AMSAT-France. Sputnik 40 was launched, along", "title": "Sputnik 40" }, { "docid": "15841910", "text": "Sputnik 41 Sputnik 41 (, ), also known as Sputnik Jr 2 and Radio Sputnik 18 (RS-18), was a Franco-Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1998 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Aéro-Club de France, and the forty-first anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. A one-third scale model of Sputnik 1, Sputnik 41 was deployed from the Mir space station on 10 November 1998. Sputnik 41 was launched aboard Progress M-40 at 04:14 UTC on 25 October 1998, along with supplies for Mir and the Znamya-2.5 reflector experiment. A Soyuz-U carrier", "title": "Sputnik 41" }, { "docid": "20696605", "text": "Emeraude (rocket) Émeraude VE121 (French for \"emerald\") was a large French sounding rocket of the 1960s. It built on the experiences of the Véronique and Vesta programs, and though it was only used for one year, it tested important technologies that were used in later French launch vehicles, from the Topaze and Saphir sounding rockets to the Diamant, the multi-stage orbital rocket that was used to launch France's first satellite, the Asterix-1. Emeraude was launched exclusively from the Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux (CIEES) launch site in Hammaguir, Algeria. Its codename, VE121, means Vehicle Experimental; 1 stage, liquid propellant (code", "title": "Emeraude (rocket)" } ]

[ { "docid": "4491823", "text": "Saphir (rocket) Saphir VE231 (French, meaning \"sapphire\") was a French sounding rocket. It was part of the \"\"pierres précieuses\"\" (\"precious stones\") family of launch vehicles. Saphir was used between 1965 and 1967 and had a payload capacity of . The rocket could reach a maximum altitude of and produced thrust of at launch. Saphir had a launch mass of , a diameter of and a length of . Saphir was launched 15 times, from July 5, 1965 to January 27, 1967. The Diamant rocket, which carried the first French satellite, Asterix-1, into orbit, was developed from the Saphir with the", "title": "Saphir (rocket)" }, { "docid": "2161320", "text": "or the Topside Sounder Project. This work would soon lead to the development of Canada's first satellite known as Alouette 1. With the launch of Alouette 1 in September 1962 Canada became the third country to put an artificial satellite into space. At the time, Canada only possessed upper atmospheric launch capabilities (sounding rockets), therefore, Alouette 1 was sent aloft by the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California. The technical excellence of the satellite, which lasted for ten years instead of the expected one, prompted the further study of the ionosphere", "title": "Canadian Space Agency" }, { "docid": "3314535", "text": "Vanguard 3 Vanguard 3 (international designation 1959 Eta 1) is a scientific satellite that was launched into Earth orbit by a Vanguard rocket SLV-7 on September 18, 1959, the third successful Vanguard launch out of eleven attempts. Vanguard rocket: Vanguard Satellite Launch Vehicle 7 (SLV-7) was an unused Vanguard TV-4BU (TVBU = Test Vehicle four Back up) rocket, updated to the final production Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV). Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial", "title": "Vanguard 3" }, { "docid": "12357102", "text": "Satellite insurance Satellite insurance is a specialized branch of aviation insurance in which, as of 2000, about 20 insurers worldwide participate directly. Others participate through reinsurance contracts with direct providers. It covers three risks: relaunching the satellite if the launch operation fails; replacing the satellite if it is destroyed, positioned in an improper orbit, or fails in orbit; and liability for damage to third parties caused by the satellite or the launch vehicle. In 1965 the first satellite insurance was placed with Lloyd's of London to cover physical damages on pre-launch for the \"Early Bird\" satellite Intelsat I. In 1968", "title": "Satellite insurance" }, { "docid": "2298007", "text": "Korabl-Sputnik 2 Korabl-Sputnik 2 ( meaning \"Ship-Satellite 2\"), also known incorrectly as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to Earth. Launched on 19 August 1960, it paved the way for the first human orbital flight, Vostok 1, which was launched less than eight months later. Korabl-Sputnik 2 was the second attempt to launch a Vostok capsule with dogs on board. The first try on 28 July, carrying a pair named Bars (Snow", "title": "Korabl-Sputnik 2" }, { "docid": "16200188", "text": "countries, in chronological order by date of launch, include: The SuitSat, an obsolete Russian space suit with a transmitter aboard, is officially known as OSCAR 54. In a twist of fate, \"Oscar\" was the name given to an obsolete space suit by its young owner in the book \"Have Space Suit—Will Travel,\" by Robert A. Heinlein. This book was originally published a year after the launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik). Amateur radio satellite An amateur radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators for use in the Amateur-satellite service. These satellites use amateur", "title": "Amateur radio satellite" }, { "docid": "556255", "text": "1960, was the world's first active repeater satellite. The first artificial satellite used solely to further advances in global communications was a balloon named Echo 1. Echo 1 was the world's first artificial communications satellite capable of relaying signals to other points on Earth. It soared above the planet after its Aug. 12, 1960 launch, yet relied on humanity's oldest flight technology — ballooning. Launched by NASA, Echo 1 was a aluminized PET film balloon that served as a passive reflector for radio communications. The world's first inflatable satellite — or \"satelloon\", as they were informally known — helped lay", "title": "Communications satellite" }, { "docid": "375080", "text": "but are unable to launch them, instead relying on foreign launch services. This list does not consider those numerous countries, but only lists those capable of launching satellites indigenously, and the date this capability was first demonstrated. The list does not include the European Space Agency, a multi-national state organization, nor private consortiums. A few other private companies are capable of sub-orbital launches. While Canada was the third country to build a satellite which was launched into space, it was launched aboard an American rocket from an American spaceport. The same goes for Australia, who launched first satellite involved a", "title": "Satellite" }, { "docid": "2850621", "text": "back to earth, it was destroyed by range safety. The second launch was successful. The first all-up launch on 2 September 1970 was the third launch of the Black Arrow, and Britain's first attempt to launch a satellite. The launch failed due to a leak in the second stage oxidiser pressurisation system, which caused it to cut out early. The third stage fired, but the rocket did not reach orbit, and re-entered over the Gulf of Carpentaria. The fourth launch successfully orbited the Prospero (before the R2 mission, it was named Puck) satellite, making the United Kingdom the sixth nation", "title": "Black Arrow" }, { "docid": "387167", "text": "Korolev forwarded a report by Mikhail Tikhonravov with an overview of similar projects abroad. Tikhonravov had emphasized that the launch of an orbital satellite was an inevitable stage in the development of rocket technology. On 29 July 1955, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced through his press secretary that the United States would launch an artificial satellite during the International Geophysical Year (IGY). A week later, on 8 August, the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approved the proposal to create an artificial satellite. On 30 August Vasily Ryabikov – the head of the State Commission on", "title": "Sputnik 1" }, { "docid": "7315851", "text": "Badr-1 Badr-1 (, meaning \"Full Moon-1\") was the first artificial and the first digital communications satellite launched by Pakistan's supreme national space authority—the SUPARCO—in 1990. The \"Badr-1\" was Pakistan's first indigenously developed and manufactured digital communications and an experimental artificial satellite which was launched into low Earth orbit by Pakistan on 16 July 1990, through a Chinese rocket carrier. The launch ushered new military, technological, and scientific developments in Pakistan and also provided data on radio-signal distribution in the ionosphere. Originally planned to be launched from the United States in 1986, the \"Challenger disaster\" furthered delayed the launch of the", "title": "Badr-1" }, { "docid": "12804113", "text": "People's Republic of China. With the launch, Pakistan became the first Muslim majority country to have developed an artificial robotic satellite, and was the second South Asian state to have launched its satellite, second to India. One of the widely reported achievements was in 1998, when the country joined the nuclear club. In response to India's nuclear tests on 11 May and 13 May 1998, under codename \"Operation Shakti\", in the long-constructed Pokhran Test Range (PTR). Under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) conducted five simultaneous tests at the Chagai Hills under codename \"Chagai-I\" on 28", "title": "Science and technology in Pakistan" }, { "docid": "2452311", "text": "quiet and ultra-quiet measurement labs; and the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR). The Naval Research Laboratory has a long history of spacecraft development. This includes the second, fifth and seventh American satellites in Earth orbit, the first solar-powered satellite, the first surveillance satellite, the first meteorological satellite and the first GPS satellite. Project Vanguard, the first American satellite program, tasked NRL with the design, construction and launch of an artificial satellite, which was accomplished in 1958. , Vanguard I and its upper launch stage are still in orbit, making them the longest-lived man-made satellites. Vanguard II was the first", "title": "United States Naval Research Laboratory" }, { "docid": "387168", "text": "R-7 rocket test launches – held a meeting where Korolev presented calculation data for a spaceflight trajectory to the Moon. They decided to develop a three-stage version of the R-7 rocket for satellite launches. On 30 January 1956 the Council of Ministers approved practical work on an artificial Earth-orbiting satellite. This satellite, named \"Object D\", was planned to be completed in 1957–58; it would have a mass of and would carry of scientific instruments. The first test launch of \"Object D\" was scheduled for 1957. Work on the satellite was to be divided among institutions as follows: Preliminary design work", "title": "Sputnik 1" }, { "docid": "3527873", "text": "Explorer 3 Explorer 3 (international designation 1958 Gamma) was an artificial satellite of the Earth, nearly identical to the first United States artificial satellite Explorer 1 in its design and mission. It was the second successful launch in the Explorer program. The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 17:31:00 UTC on March 26, 1958, by the Juno I vehicle. The Juno I had its origins in the United States Army's Project Orbiter in 1954. The project was canceled in 1955, however, when the decision was made to proceed with Project Vanguard. Following the launch of", "title": "Explorer 3" }, { "docid": "12403012", "text": "third stage of some Vanguard launch vehicles. For the Burner designation, Boeing equipped the stage with 3-axis control. The solid rocket engine later designated Thiokol FW-4 (TE 364-1). The first Thor Burner launch occurred on January 19, 1965 for the US military meteorological program DMSP B4A-01 satellite (first Block 4A). In March 1964, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) office approved plans to develop a more powerful Thor Burner 2 launch vehicle. The Burner 2 was developed for the Air Force Space Systems Division in 1965. The Boeing Company served as prime contractor with major subcontractors: Thiokol Chemical Corporation (solid", "title": "Burner (rocket stage)" }, { "docid": "14097931", "text": "Kosmos 97 Kosmos 97 ( meaning \"Cosmos 97\"), also known as DS-U2-M No.1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and used to conduct tests involving atomic clocks. A Kosmos-2M 63S1M carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 97 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 12:14 GMT on 26 November 1965, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit. Upon reaching orbit, the satellite", "title": "Kosmos 97" }, { "docid": "11065996", "text": "Thor-Burner The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor rocket family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages. It was used between 1965 and 1976 to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of which two failed. Each launch cost 11.890 million 1985 US Dollars. It weighed 51,810 kg and was 24 metres tall. The Burner 1 stage was an Altair rocket stage as used for the third stage of some Vanguard launch vehicles, but equipped by Boeing with 3-axis", "title": "Thor-Burner" }, { "docid": "20970480", "text": "MK-1TS MK-1TS Micron () is a Ukrainian small-sized spacecraft, artificial satellite of Earth manufactured by Yuzhmash. MK-1TS was launched on December 24, 2004, at 13:20 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Russia) using the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle together with Sich-1M satellite. Both satellites placed into incorrect orbits due to premature third stage cutoff. The satellite was active until September 30, 2005. MK-1TS has a small on-board camera (MBTC-VD), which provides digital optical-electronic images of Earth in the panchromatic range. In addition, one of the tasks of the microsatellite was to work out a new system of its orientation on the base of", "title": "MK-1TS" }, { "docid": "20970481", "text": "a magnetometer and electromagnets without using other auxiliary devices. MK-1TS MK-1TS Micron () is a Ukrainian small-sized spacecraft, artificial satellite of Earth manufactured by Yuzhmash. MK-1TS was launched on December 24, 2004, at 13:20 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Russia) using the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle together with Sich-1M satellite. Both satellites placed into incorrect orbits due to premature third stage cutoff. The satellite was active until September 30, 2005. MK-1TS has a small on-board camera (MBTC-VD), which provides digital optical-electronic images of Earth in the panchromatic range. In addition, one of the tasks of the microsatellite was to work out a", "title": "MK-1TS" }, { "docid": "10440783", "text": "experimental rocket program which later played an important role in Pakistan's development of a missile program. Throughout the 1960s till early 1970s, the SUPARCO launched more than 200 rockets using the different payloads of an experimental satellite. With the launching of Rehbar-1, Pakistan became the third country in Asia, first country in South Asia, and the tenth in the world to launch a vessel into outer space. It was followed by the successful launch of the Rehbar-II in 1962. The last launch of the Rehbar Rocket Program took place on 8 April 1972. Rehbar-I Rehbar was series of sounding rocket", "title": "Rehbar-I" }, { "docid": "19230415", "text": "Vanguard TV2 Vanguard TV-2, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle Two, was the third sub-orbital test flight of a Vanguard rocket as part of Project Vanguard. Successful TV-2 followed the successful launch of Vanguard TV-0 a one-stage rocket launched in December 1956 and Vanguard TV-1 a two-stage rocket launched in May 1957. Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket. as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile", "title": "Vanguard TV2" }, { "docid": "12213569", "text": "Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been experimenting with rocket planes such as the supersonic Bell X-1. In the early 1950s, there was challenge to launch an artificial satellite for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). An effort for this was the American Project Vanguard. After the Soviet launch of the world's first artificial satellite (\"Sputnik 1\") on October 4, 1957, the attention of the United States turned toward its own fledgling space efforts. The US Congress, alarmed by the perceived threat to national security and technological leadership (known as the \"Sputnik crisis\"), urged immediate and swift action; President Dwight D. Eisenhower", "title": "NASA" }, { "docid": "3151389", "text": "1 on 4 October 1957. \"Sputnik\" was the first artificial satellite in orbit around the Earth, and the surprise of its successful launch, compounded by the resounding failure of Project Vanguard to launch an American satellite after two attempts, has been dubbed the \"Sputnik crisis\" and was the impetus for the beginning of the Space Race. Trying to reclaim lost ground, the United States embarked on a series of new projects and studies, which eventually included the launch of Explorer 1 and the creation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA. In 1949, the Armour Research Foundation", "title": "Project A119" }, { "docid": "14849249", "text": "San Marco programme The San Marco programme was an Italian satellite launch programme conducted between the early 1960s and the late 1980s. The project resulted in the launch of the first Italian-built satellite, San Marco 1, on December 15, 1964. With this launch Italy became the third country in the world to operate its own satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States San Marco was a collaboration between the Italian Space Research Commission (CRS) (a branch of the National Research Council), led by Luigi Broglio and Edoardo Amaldi, and NASA. In total 5 satellites were launched during the", "title": "San Marco programme" }, { "docid": "398961", "text": "the DSCOVR climate satellite at the L1 point. Citing a lack of confidence in its contractor's ability to deliver, the mission was cancelled in October 2014. , the European Space Agency (ESA) has a proposed deorbit sail, named \"\"Gossamer\"\", that would be intended to be used to accelerate the deorbiting of small (less than ) artificial satellites from low-Earth orbits. The launch mass is with a launch volume of only . Once deployed, the sail would expand to and would use a combination of solar pressure on the sail and increased atmospheric drag to accelerate satellite reentry. The Near-Earth Asteroid", "title": "Solar sail" }, { "docid": "14849254", "text": "as training for the Italian ground crew in preparation for future launches. While all launches were successful, Italy would go on to primarily pursue cooperation through European Launcher Development Organisation and the European Space Research Organisation and ultimately their successor the European Space Agency. San Marco programme The San Marco programme was an Italian satellite launch programme conducted between the early 1960s and the late 1980s. The project resulted in the launch of the first Italian-built satellite, San Marco 1, on December 15, 1964. With this launch Italy became the third country in the world to operate its own satellite,", "title": "San Marco programme" }, { "docid": "15937874", "text": "Creation of NASA As a result of the space race between USA and the Soviet Union in the 1950s, NASA was created in 1958 from NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, formed 1915) and other related organizations. From 1946, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been experimenting with rocket planes such as the supersonic Bell X-1. In the early 1950s, there was challenge to launch an artificial satellite for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). An effort for this was the American Project Vanguard. After the Soviet space program's launch of the world's first artificial satellite (\"Sputnik 1\") on", "title": "Creation of NASA" }, { "docid": "11270502", "text": "Lincoln Experimental Satellite The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication. The series had satellites named LES1 through LES9. They suffered a number of launch problems - LES1 and LES2 were supposed to be delivered to the same 2,800 x 15,000 km orbit, though a failure of a boost stage left LES1 in a 2,800 km circular orbit. LES3 and LES4 were intended to be delivered to geostationary orbit, but a launch problem left them in their transfer orbit.", "title": "Lincoln Experimental Satellite" }, { "docid": "871439", "text": "of an indigenous expendable launch system with which payloads, such as satellites, could be launched into orbit. The indigenous launcher, which was promptly named \"Diamant\", drew heavily from the military ballistic missile programmes which had preceded it; as such, much of the rocket's design was based upon these early missiles. On 26 November 1965, the first Diamant rocket was fired from its launch site, the CIEES testing range, at Hammaguir, Bechar Province, French Algeria. This maiden flight was deemed to be a success, achieving sufficient altitude and launching French's first satellite, a 42 kg test vehicle known as Astérix, into", "title": "Diamant" }, { "docid": "4495414", "text": "Dnepr (rocket) The Dnepr rocket (; ) is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It is a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras. The first launch, on April 21, 1999, successfully placed UoSAT-12, a 350 kg demonstration mini-satellite, into a 650 km circular Low Earth orbit. The Dnepr is based on the R-36MUTTH Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)called the \"SS-18 Satan\" by NATOdesigned in the 1970s by the Yuzhnoe Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then a part of the USSR. The Dnepr control system was developed", "title": "Dnepr (rocket)" }, { "docid": "2501386", "text": "to take advantage of the immensity of space to transmit information, using a satellite system for this purpose. During the Cold War years, the shock caused by the successful launch of the first man-made artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, by the Soviets increased the United States' interest in the development of aerospace research. Soon after the launch of what would become known as Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik in 1957, the Americans began their attempts to launch communications satellites. These circled the planet in elliptical or circular orbits and aimed to improve telecommunications services such as telephones, radio and television. The", "title": "Telstar 1" }, { "docid": "16200177", "text": "Amateur radio satellite An amateur radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators for use in the Amateur-satellite service. These satellites use amateur radio frequency allocations to facilitate communication between amateur radio stations. Many amateur-satellites receive an OSCAR designation, which is an acronym for Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. The designation is assigned by AMSAT, an organization which promotes the development and launch of amateur radio satellites. Because of the prevalence of this designation, amateur radio satellites are often referred to as OSCARs. These satellites can be used for free by licensed amateur radio operators", "title": "Amateur radio satellite" }, { "docid": "885460", "text": "The launch vehicle for PS-1, was a modified R-7 – vehicle 8K71PS number M1-PS– without much of the test equipment and radio gear that was present in the previous launches. It arrived at the Soviet missile base Tyura-Tam in September and was prepared for its mission at launch site number one. On Friday, October 4, 1957, at exactly 10:28:34 pm Moscow time, the R-7, with the now named \"Sputnik 1\" satellite, lifted off the launch pad, and placed this artificial \"moon\" into an orbit a few minutes later. This \"fellow traveler,\" as the name is translated in English, was a", "title": "Space Race" }, { "docid": "2298013", "text": "were both taxidermied after their deaths and placed on display in the Moscow Museum of Space and Aeronautics. Korabl-Sputnik 2 Korabl-Sputnik 2 ( meaning \"Ship-Satellite 2\"), also known incorrectly as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to Earth. Launched on 19 August 1960, it paved the way for the first human orbital flight, Vostok 1, which was launched less than eight months later. Korabl-Sputnik 2 was the second attempt to launch a", "title": "Korabl-Sputnik 2" }, { "docid": "2380193", "text": "from Kapustin Yar. Orbital mass 337 kg. It was a Soviet DS (Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik) type military satellite built in Ukraine for launch by Kosmos launch vehicles. It was used for military and scientific research and component proving tests. Kosmos (satellite) Kosmos (, , \"Cosmos\") is a designation given to a large number of satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1, the first spacecraft to be given a Kosmos designation, was launched on 16 March 1962. The first Soviet satellites orbiting Earth were named Sputnik, Polyot (starting in 1963), Elektron (in 1964), Proton (in 1965), and Molniya", "title": "Kosmos (satellite)" }, { "docid": "375068", "text": "released \"Scientific Uses for a Satellite Vehicle,\" written by R.R. Carhart. This expanded on potential scientific uses for satellite vehicles and was followed in June 1955 with \"The Scientific Use of an Artificial Satellite,\" by H.K. Kallmann and W.W. Kellogg. In the context of activities planned for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58), the White House announced on 29 July 1955 that the U.S. intended to launch satellites by the spring of 1958. This became known as Project Vanguard. On 31 July, the Soviets announced that they intended to launch a satellite by the fall of 1957. Following pressure by the", "title": "Satellite" }, { "docid": "2822218", "text": "an obsolete space suit by its young owner in the book \"Have Space Suit, Will Travel\", by Robert A Heinlein. This book was originally published a year after the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. The names of the satellites below are sorted in chronological order by launch date, ascending. The status column denotes the current operational status of the satellite. Green signifies that the satellite is currently operational, orange indicates that the satellite is partially operational or failing. Red indicates that the satellite is non operational and black indicates that the satellite has re-entered the earth's atmosphere. The", "title": "AMSAT" }, { "docid": "13678745", "text": "TDRS-10 TDRS-10, known before launch as TDRS-J, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, formerly Hughes Space and Communications, and is based on the BSS-601 satellite bus. It was the third and final Advanced TDRS, or second-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, to be launched. The final Atlas IIA rocket was used to launch TDRS-J, under a contract with International Launch Services. The launch occurred at 02:42 UTC on 5 December 2002, from Space Launch Complex 36A at", "title": "TDRS-10" }, { "docid": "14075250", "text": "Kosmos 95 Kosmos 95 ( meaning \"Cosmos 95\"), also known as DS-U2-V No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to conduct classified technology development experiments for the Soviet armed forces. A Kosmos-2M 63S1M carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 95 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 05:31 GMT on 4 November 1965, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into", "title": "Kosmos 95" }, { "docid": "14075100", "text": "Kosmos 93 Kosmos 93 ( meaning \"Cosmos 93\"), also known as DS-U2-V No.1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to conduct classified technology development experiments for the Soviet armed forces. A Kosmos-2M 63S1M carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 93 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 05:44 UTC on 19 October 1965, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into", "title": "Kosmos 93" }, { "docid": "2396578", "text": "disclosed to the world press. The programme carried out six manned spaceflights between 1961 and 1963. The longest flight lasted nearly five days, and the last four were launched in pairs, one day apart. This exceeded Project Mercury's demonstrated capabilities of a longest flight of just over 34 hours, and of single missions. Vostok was succeeded by two Voskhod programme flights in 1964 and 1965, which used three- and two-man modifications of the Vostok capsule and a larger launch rocket. The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, had been put into orbit by the Soviets in 1957. The next milestone", "title": "Vostok programme" }, { "docid": "124948", "text": "\"UNEX\", with select \"Missions of Opportunity\" operated with other agencies. The Explorers Program was the United States's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite. It began as a U.S. Army proposal (Project Orbiter) to place a, \"civilian\", scientific satellite into orbit during the International Geophysical Year; however, that proposal was rejected in favor of the U.S. Navy's Project Vanguard, which included the first sub-orbital flight Vanguard TV0. in December 1956. The Explorers Program was later reestablished to catch up with the Soviet Union its launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957 sparked the Sputnik crisis. Explorer 1 was", "title": "Explorers Program" }, { "docid": "19230423", "text": "drive to put men on the moon with the USA's Apollo program. Vanguard TV2 Vanguard TV-2, also called Vanguard Test Vehicle Two, was the third sub-orbital test flight of a Vanguard rocket as part of Project Vanguard. Successful TV-2 followed the successful launch of Vanguard TV-0 a one-stage rocket launched in December 1956 and Vanguard TV-1 a two-stage rocket launched in May 1957. Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit", "title": "Vanguard TV2" }, { "docid": "375069", "text": "American Rocket Society, the National Science Foundation, and the International Geophysical Year, military interest picked up and in early 1955 the Army and Navy were working on Project Orbiter, two competing programs: the army's which involved using a Jupiter C rocket, and the civilian/Navy Vanguard Rocket, to launch a satellite. At first, they failed: initial preference was given to the Vanguard program, whose first attempt at orbiting a satellite resulted in the explosion of the launch vehicle on national television. But finally, three months after Sputnik 2, the project succeeded; Explorer 1 became the United States' first artificial satellite on", "title": "Satellite" }, { "docid": "20970469", "text": "Sich-1M Sich-1M () is a Ukrainian spacecraft, an artificial satellite of Earth, constructed for remote sensing of Earth. Developed byYuzhnoye Design Office and manufactured by Yuzhmash. Sich-1M was launched on December 24, 2004 at 13:20 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Russia) using the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle together with MK-1TS microsatellite. Both satellites placed into incorrect orbits due to premature third stage cutoff. The satellite was active until April 15, 2006. Sich-1M was designed to receive information simultaneously in the optical, infrared and microwave ranges. The complex of research equipment installed on the spacecraft allowed to study the atmosphere of Earth and", "title": "Sich-1M" }, { "docid": "20970470", "text": "the World Ocean, monitoring the hydrological and ice conditions, vegetation and soil cover of the land, etc. Sich-1M Sich-1M () is a Ukrainian spacecraft, an artificial satellite of Earth, constructed for remote sensing of Earth. Developed byYuzhnoye Design Office and manufactured by Yuzhmash. Sich-1M was launched on December 24, 2004 at 13:20 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Russia) using the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle together with MK-1TS microsatellite. Both satellites placed into incorrect orbits due to premature third stage cutoff. The satellite was active until April 15, 2006. Sich-1M was designed to receive information simultaneously in the optical, infrared and microwave ranges.", "title": "Sich-1M" }, { "docid": "7315862", "text": "the Science ministry confirmed the launch of the satellite. As the satellite completed its life, a new project was launched, more ambitious, advanced, and difficult than \"Badr-1\". However, even after the \"Badr-1I\" was completed, the satellite could not be able to launch until 2001. With the successful development and launch of the \"Badr-1\", Pakistan became the first Muslim country, and second South Asian country after India, to place a satellite in orbit. The satellite gave Pakistani scientists an academic, scientific, and an amateur community experience in telemetry, tracking, control and data communications as the satellite successfully completed store and dump", "title": "Badr-1" }, { "docid": "4495420", "text": "launch was more than twenty years old. Procedures for launch have been changed to prevent future malfunctions of this kind. Dnepr (rocket) The Dnepr rocket (; ) is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It is a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras. The first launch, on April 21, 1999, successfully placed UoSAT-12, a 350 kg demonstration mini-satellite, into a 650 km circular Low Earth orbit. The Dnepr is based on the R-36MUTTH Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)called the \"SS-18 Satan\" by NATOdesigned in the 1970s by the", "title": "Dnepr (rocket)" }, { "docid": "11222846", "text": "activities such as commercial communications satellites and private spaceflight. Space policy also encompasses the creation and application of space law, and space advocacy organizations exist to support the cause of space exploration. Space law is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space. There are currently five treaties that make up the body of international space law. The inception of the field of space law began with the launch of the world's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Named \"Sputnik 1\", the satellite was launched as part of", "title": "Space policy" }, { "docid": "11958451", "text": "Yubileiny Yubileiny (, lit. \"Jubilee\") is an educational Russian satellite built by NPO PM to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to be placed into Earth orbit. The satellite was launched on 23 May 2008 aboard a Rokot class rocket from the LC-133 launch facility at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, after being delayed since the end of 2007. It was a secondary payload accompanying a cluster of three Gonets communication satellites, and utilised the excess capacity of the carrier. The satellite mission was to broadcast audio and video about the Soviet and Russian", "title": "Yubileiny" }, { "docid": "4525206", "text": "WRESAT WRESAT (abbreviation for: Weapons Research Establishment Satellite) was the name of the first Australian satellite. It was named after its designer. WRESAT was launched on 29 November 1967 using a modified American Redstone rocket with two upper stages known as a Sparta from the Woomera Test Range in South Australia. The Sparta (left over from the joint Australian-US-UK Sparta program), was donated by the United States. The launch made Australia the seventh nation to have an Earth satellite launched, and the third nation to launch one from its own territory, after the Soviet Union and the United States (the", "title": "WRESAT" }, { "docid": "12078236", "text": "Optus D3 Optus D3 is an Australian geostationary communications satellite, which is operated by Optus and provides communications services to Australasia. D3 was the third Optus-D satellite to be launched. It is a satellite, which was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corporation based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus, with the same configuration as the earlier Optus D2 satellite. It was launched, along with the Japanese JCSAT-12 satellite, by Arianespace. An Ariane 5ECA rocket was used for the launch, which occurred from ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch took place at 22:09 GMT on 21 August", "title": "Optus D3" }, { "docid": "5834101", "text": "China's own strategic weapons, including associated missiles. After the launch of mankind's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, Chairman Mao decided to put China on an equal footing with the superpowers (\"我们也要搞人造卫星\"), using Project 581 with the idea of putting a satellite in orbit by 1959 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the PRC's founding. However, it would not be until 24 April, 1970 that this goal would become a reality. Mao and Zhou Enlai began the PRCs crewed space program on 14 July 1967. China's first manned spacecraft design was named \"Shuguang-1\"", "title": "Tiangong program" }, { "docid": "859266", "text": "Vanguard 1 Vanguard 1 (ID: 1958-Beta 2 ) was the fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite to be successfully launched (following Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Explorer 1). Vanguard 1 was the first satellite to have solar electric power. Although communication with the satellite was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest man-made object still in orbit, together with the upper stage of its launch vehicle. It was designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle as a part of Project Vanguard, and the effects of the space environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit.", "title": "Vanguard 1" }, { "docid": "4259902", "text": "the satellite decayed on March 31, 1990, but the satellite was seen and tracked later that year and in the mid-1990s by amateur observers. The second satellite (USA-144 or 1999-028A) was launched on May 22, 1999, and by 2004 the launch of a third satellite was planned for 2009. Circumstantial evidence suggested that the third satellite might be the payload of the Delta IV Heavy launch designated NROL-15, which was launched in June 2012. That launch deposited a payload into geosynchronous orbit but, given the stealth/deception hypothesis, there remains the possibility of other, undetected payloads. Misty is reported to have", "title": "Misty (satellite)" }, { "docid": "15556215", "text": "USA-227 USA-227, known before launch as NRO Launch 27 (NROL-27), is an American communications satellite which was launched in 2011. It is operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office. Whilst details of its mission are officially classified, amateur observers have identified USA-227 as being a third-generation Satellite Data System satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The first amateur observation of the satellite was made on 6 April 2011, when the spacecraft was located at a longitude of 30.4 degrees west. SDS satellites are used to relay data from American reconnaissance satellites to ground stations. United Launch Alliance performed the launch of", "title": "USA-227" }, { "docid": "8733539", "text": "dubbed the \"Space Race\". The race began in 1957, when both the US and the USSR made statements announcing they planned to launch artificial satellites during the 18 month long International Geophysical Year of July 1957 to December 1958. On July 29, 1957, the US announced a planned launch of the Vanguard by the spring of 1958, and on July 31, the USSR announced it would launch a satellite in the fall of 1957. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite of Earth in the history of mankind. On November 3, 1957, the", "title": "History of spaceflight" }, { "docid": "16655262", "text": "Intelsat 604 Intelsat 604, previously named Intelsat VI F-4, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1990, it was the third of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Aircraft, based on the HS-389 satellite bus. Intelsat 604 was launched at 11:19 UTC on 23 June 1990, atop a Commercial Titan III carrier rocket, flight number CT-3, with an Orbus-21S upper stage. The launch took place from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and successfully placed Intelsat 604 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite raised itself", "title": "Intelsat 604" }, { "docid": "12319831", "text": "develop a launch vehicle based on Shahab-3. The Shahab-3 is a liquid-fueled single-stage missile. The Iran Space Research Center started testing launch capabilities since early 2007 reaching 150–200 km altitude. These rockets were based on Shahab-3 series and were typically equipped with wind, air and temperature instruments. In August 2008, Iran developed a two-stage launch vehicle Safir-1 which launched a dummy satellite. On February 2009, Iran launched a satellite named Omid into orbit using the domestically built launch vehicle Safir-2, thus becoming the 9th nation to do so on Timeline of first orbital launches by country. Their Aerospace engineering achievement", "title": "Imam Hossein University" }, { "docid": "4321124", "text": "larger launch vehicles, there are a number of companies currently developing launch vehicles specifically targeted at the smallsat market. In particular, the secondary payload paradigm does not provide the specificity required for many small satellites that have unique orbital and launch-timing requirements. Companies planning small sat launch vehicles include: The term \"microsatellite\" or \"microsat\" is usually applied to the name of an artificial satellite with a wet mass between . However, this is not an official convention and sometimes those terms can refer to satellites larger than that, or smaller than that (e.g., ). Sometimes designs or proposed designs from", "title": "Small satellite" }, { "docid": "3527879", "text": "spacecraft is currently located in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Milestones of Flight Gallery. Explorer 3 Explorer 3 (international designation 1958 Gamma) was an artificial satellite of the Earth, nearly identical to the first United States artificial satellite Explorer 1 in its design and mission. It was the second successful launch in the Explorer program. The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 17:31:00 UTC on March 26, 1958, by the Juno I vehicle. The Juno I had its origins in the United States Army's Project Orbiter in 1954. The project was canceled", "title": "Explorer 3" }, { "docid": "16489628", "text": "PW-Sat1 reentered the atmosphere on 28 October 2014. Development of a successor, PW-Sat2, begun in September 2013 with launch planned for 2017. PW-Sat PW-Sat is a series of satellites that includes the first Polish artificial satellite which was launched 13 February 2012 from ELA-1 at Guiana Space Centre aboard Italian-built Vega launch vehicle during its maiden voyage. PW-Sat1's mission was to test experimental elastic solar cells, as well as an orbital decay technology consisting of a \"tail\" designed to speed re-entry. It was expected to last for 1 year. PW-Sat1 was a type of CubeSat satellite constructed by the Faculty", "title": "PW-Sat" }, { "docid": "871433", "text": "(Agate, Topaz, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire), and drew heavily upon the knowledge and technologies that had been previously developed. On 26 November 1965, the Diamant A performed its maiden flight. Out of a total of 12 launch attempts to be performed between 1965 and 1975, 9 of these were successful. Most notably, on 26 November 1965, the Diamant was used to successfully launch the first French satellite, named Astérix. Three successive versions of the Diamant rocket were developed, designated \"A\", \"B\" and \"BP4\". All versions had three stages and a payload of approximately 150 kg for a 200 km orbit.", "title": "Diamant" }, { "docid": "13143893", "text": "thousands of North Koreans took place in Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang to celebrate the launch of the satellite. In August 2009, postage stamps commemorating the launch were brought into circulation. The souvenir sheet says \"Launch of Artificial Satellite 'Kwangmyongsong No. 2' in the DPRK\". Shortly after members of the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the rocket launch, North Korea responded in a statement released by its foreign ministry on April 14, 2009 that the UN action was an \"unbearable insult\", and the UN statement infringed its sovereignty and \"severely debases\" its people. It also decided to quit the six-party", "title": "Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2" }, { "docid": "6683532", "text": "direct military conflict. The United States often opposed Third World movements that it viewed as Soviet-sponsored, and occasionally pursued direct action for regime change against left-wing governments. American troops fought communist Chinese and North Korean forces in the Korean War of 1950–53. The Soviet Union's 1957 launch of the first artificial satellite and its 1961 launch of the first manned spaceflight initiated a \"Space Race\" in which the United States became the first nation to land a man on the moon in 1969. A proxy war in Southeast Asia eventually evolved into full American participation, as the Vietnam War. At", "title": "United States" }, { "docid": "3380564", "text": "seconds after lift-off. The separation and ejection system operated as planned. The Pegasus 3 spacecraft, which was attached to the S-IV stage of the Saturn I and stowed inside the boilerplate service module, was deployed 40 seconds after command initiation at 872 seconds. Pegasus 3 was a 1423.6 kilogram (3138.6 pound) micrometeoroid detection satellite, which was bolted to the S-IV. AS-105 AS-105 was the fifth and final orbital flight of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, and the third and final launch of a Pegasus micrometeroid detection satellite. It was launched by SA-10, the tenth and final Saturn I rocket, in 1965.", "title": "AS-105" }, { "docid": "18730576", "text": "tug briefly rolled upright and only then rescued by breaking a wheelhouse window. The successful raising of \"Asterix\" was announced on 12 April 2015, though she was subsequently declared a total loss. Asterix (tug) Asterix was a small tug/mooring launch which capsized and was a total loss in March 2015 while operating at the marine terminal of Fawley Refinery in Southampton Water, England \"Asterix\" was a small tug, used for towing and mooring at ExxonMobil's Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire, England. She was a standard \"StanTug 1205\" built in 2013 by Damen Group of Gorinchem, Netherlands and one of a", "title": "Asterix (tug)" }, { "docid": "1512434", "text": "pad and exploded 29 seconds after lift-off. One person from the ground crew was killed and eight injured. Another failure occurred on June 21, 2005, during a Molniya military communications satellite launch from the Plesetsk launch site, which used a four-stage version of the rocket called Molniya-M. The flight ended six minutes after the launch because of a failure of the third stage engine or an unfulfilled order to separate the second and third stages. The rocket's second and third stages, which are identical to the Soyuz, and its payload (a Molniya-3K satellite) crashed in the Uvatski region of Tyumen", "title": "Soyuz (rocket family)" }, { "docid": "8758308", "text": "2016 Amos-6 incident, due to a catastrophic failure during a static fire test. The complex was repaired and returned to operational status in December 2017 for the CRS-13 mission. The first launch from SLC-40 (initially named LC-40) was the maiden flight of the Titan IIIC (June 18, 1965), carrying two transtage upper stages to test the functionality of the vehicle. Two interplanetary missions were launched from the pad: A total of 30 Titan IIICs, 8 Titan 34Ds and 17 Titan IVs were launched between 1965 and 2005. The final Titan launch from SLC-40 was the Lacrosse-5 reconnaissance satellite carried on", "title": "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40" }, { "docid": "11943384", "text": "The resulting shock to US pride and perceptions of national security, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial earth satellite, on October 4, 1957 (on the much larger R-7 rocket, developed as an ICBM), combined with the spectacular launch failure of the first complete Vanguard test launch December 6, 1957, is well known and recounted elsewhere. Thus the first US satellite, Explorer 1, was launched January 31, 1958 by a substantially larger Army Jupiter-C rocket, based on the Redstone missile, which had been developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) at Huntsville, Alabama under the leadership", "title": "Milton Rosen" }, { "docid": "6341150", "text": "Sina-1 Sina-1 () is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British Topsat, a European Space Agency SSETI Express, a Norwegian nCube, a German UWE-1 and a Japanese XI-V. Sina-1 Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 28893 . In 2003, then-Defense Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani announced that Iran would launch its first satellite on a locally produced launch vehicle within eighteen months. The plan was to develop a", "title": "Sina-1" }, { "docid": "11065997", "text": "control. This combination was used for six vehicles. The first was launched 1965-01-18 and the sixth 1966-03-30. These were early launches of classified Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites. One of these launches failed. On February 19, 1976, the attempted launch of a DMSP satellite from Vandenberg's SLC-10W went awry when SECO occurred 5 seconds early. Although the second stage separated and fired properly, the satellite was left in an unusable orbit from which it decayed only one hour after launch. Investigation into the mishap found that the Thor had been loaded an insufficient amount of RJ-1 (a higher grade of", "title": "Thor-Burner" }, { "docid": "13017638", "text": "D was the presence of three Castor-1 solid rocket boosters, clustered around the first stage. Both Delta D launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17A. The first, on 19 August 1964, carried the Syncom 3 satellite. The last, on 6 April 1965, carried the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I. Delta D The Delta D, Thrust Augmented Delta or Thor-Delta D was an American expendable launch system used to launch two communications satellites in 1964 and 1965. It was derived from the Delta C, and was a member of the Delta family of rockets. The", "title": "Delta D" }, { "docid": "3817256", "text": "to the Prime Minister of India. ISRO built India's first satellite, Aryabhata, which was launched by the Soviet Union on 19April 1975. It was named after the mathematician Aryabhata. In 1980, Rohini became the first satellite to be placed in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle, SLV-3. ISRO subsequently developed two other rockets: the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for launching satellites into polar orbits and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for placing satellites into geostationary orbits. These rockets have launched numerous communications satellites and earth observation satellites. Satellite navigation systems like GAGAN and IRNSS have been deployed. In", "title": "Indian Space Research Organisation" }, { "docid": "17792179", "text": "F+ and Sport+ and film channels Film+, Cinema+, Comedy+ and Action+. Bulsatcom launched its own satellite named BulgariaSat-1 on the 23rd of June 2017 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch Vehicle. This launch was the second time a Falcon 9 core has been reused for commercial purposes. The Satellite was constructed by the American company SSL and is based on their SSL 1300 Series Satellite Platform which was awarded in 2014. The CEO of Bulsatcom, Maxim Zayakov, has expressed the intention of the company to launch its own second satellite which will be named BulgariaSat-2 in the next 4–5 years.", "title": "Bulsatcom" }, { "docid": "10697628", "text": "with Bags of Grit\". The story concluded in the issue dated 4 April 1964. \"Ranger\" was a British magazine for boys published in 1965 and 1966. It included a version of \"Asterix and the Big Fight\" with the action transferred to Britain. Beginning in issue one, the strip was called \"Britons Never, Never, Never Shall Be Slaves!\" with Asterix renamed Beric the Bold and Obelix being called Son of Boadicea. They are referred to as the henchmen of Chief Caradoc and Son of Boadicea has a dog named Fido. Their druid is called Doric. The story concluded in issue 40", "title": "English translations of Asterix" }, { "docid": "4321129", "text": "orbit. The Spanish company PLD Space born in 2011 with the objective of developing low cost launch vehicles called ARION-1 and ARION-2 with the capacity to place up to into orbit. The term \"nanosatellite\" or \"nanosat\" is applied to an artificial satellite with a wet mass between . Designs and proposed designs of these types may be launched individually, or they may have multiple nanosatellites working together or in formation, in which case, sometimes the term \"satellite swarm\" or \"fractionated spacecraft\" may be applied. Some designs require a larger \"mother\" satellite for communication with ground controllers or for launching and", "title": "Small satellite" }, { "docid": "3839252", "text": "on August 31 from a launch site in Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, North Hamgyong Province by a Paektusan-1 satellite launch vehicle (SLV). No objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch, and outside North Korea it is considered to have been a failure. The North American Aerospace Defense Command reported that the satellite failed to reach orbit, and burned up in the atmosphere. The failure is believed to have occurred during the third stage burn. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il revealed that the country had spent approximately 200-300 million dollars for the satellite project during a summit with then-South Korean president", "title": "Kwangmyŏngsŏng program" }, { "docid": "13018883", "text": "stage. Three were launched between 1965 and 1965 as part of Project ASSET. Launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17B The DSV-2J was an operational nuclear anti-satellite weapon. 18 were launched between 1964 and 1975. Most flights were non-intercept tests of the rocket's anti-satellite capabilities, however some later launches carried research payloads. Launches were conducted from Launch Emplacements 1 and 2 on Johnston Atoll. Thor DSV-2 The Thor DSV-2 was a series of sounding rockets, test vehicles, and anti-satellite weapons derived from the Thor Intermediate-range ballistic missile. It was also used as the first stage", "title": "Thor DSV-2" }, { "docid": "11270507", "text": "of Art in September 2017. The work combines composed and generative music with the live signal of the LES1, and was undertaken in collaboration with musician David Bryant. Lincoln Experimental Satellite The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication. The series had satellites named LES1 through LES9. They suffered a number of launch problems - LES1 and LES2 were supposed to be delivered to the same 2,800 x 15,000 km orbit, though a failure of a boost stage left", "title": "Lincoln Experimental Satellite" }, { "docid": "14175548", "text": "Compass-G1 Compass-G1, also known as Beidou-2 G1, is a Chinese navigation satellite which will become part of the Compass navigation system. It was launched in January 2010, and became the third Compass satellite to be launched after Compass-M1 and Compass-G2. Compass-G1 was launched at 16:12 GMT on 16 January 2010, and was the first orbital launch to be conducted in 2010. The launch used a Long March 3C carrier rocket, flying from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. It was the first flight of a Long March 3 series rocket since an upper stage engine problem in August 2009 which left", "title": "Compass-G1" }, { "docid": "16424928", "text": "of a GSLV, and the second flight of the Mk.II variant, whose maiden flight with GSAT-4 had failed in 2010. It ended a run of four consecutive GSLV launch failures which began with INSAT-4C in 2006. The launch marked the first successful flight test of the CE-7.5, India's first cryogenically-fuelled rocket engine. GSAT-14 GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched in January 2014. It replaced the GSAT-3 satellite, which was launched in 2004. GSAT-14 was launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage. GSAT-14 is part of the GSAT series", "title": "GSAT-14" }, { "docid": "18730574", "text": "Asterix (tug) Asterix was a small tug/mooring launch which capsized and was a total loss in March 2015 while operating at the marine terminal of Fawley Refinery in Southampton Water, England \"Asterix\" was a small tug, used for towing and mooring at ExxonMobil's Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire, England. She was a standard \"StanTug 1205\" built in 2013 by Damen Group of Gorinchem, Netherlands and one of a pair of tugs they delivered to Fawley in 2014. The tug measured 25 gross tons and was 13.08 metres in length, 5.28 metres beam and with a service draught of 1.85 metres.", "title": "Asterix (tug)" }, { "docid": "6341153", "text": "out the process of launching satellites into space. Instead, IRIS, an advanced model of the Ghadr-110 IRBM missile, will be used. In January 2005, Iran and a Russian firm sealed a $132 million deal to build a telecommunication satellite called Zohreh (\"Venus\"). The launch of Zohreh is planned in the next two years. Sina-1 Sina-1 () is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China-DMC, a British Topsat, a European Space Agency", "title": "Sina-1" }, { "docid": "6402361", "text": "2007, shortly after the failure of a Sea Launch rocket launch in January, Hughes Network Systems switched launch of SPACEWAY-3 from a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket to an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Spaceway-3 SPACEWAY-3 is a communications satellite which, as of August 2007, is undergoing on-orbit testing after its successful launch. The third satellite in the SPACEWAY series, it includes a K-band communications payload. After testing it will be used by Hughes Network Systems to provide broadband Internet Protocol network service. SPACEWAY-3 was launched August 14, 2007 on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. It lifted off at 23:44 GMT", "title": "Spaceway-3" }, { "docid": "12453952", "text": "configuration. The launch vehicle was provided by the United Launch Alliance and launch services were administered by Boeing. On 19 July 2016, the Joint Space Operations Center reported a debris causing event of at least 9 observable pieces, after which DigitalGlobe demonstrated the satellite to still be functional by releasing an image of downtown Oakland, California. WorldView-2 WorldView-2 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. \"WorldView-2\" provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of resolution, and eight-band multispectral imagery with resolution. It was launched 8 October 2009 to become DigitalGlobe's third satellite in orbit, joining \"WorldView-1\" which was launched in", "title": "WorldView-2" }, { "docid": "13668658", "text": "with a perigee of , an apogee of , 49.0 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.83 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 February 1965. Kosmos 36 was the first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, of which all but seven were successful. The next launch of a DS-P1-Yu satellite, on 12 February 1965, failed due to a second stage malfunction. Kosmos 36 Kosmos 36 ( meaning \"Cosmos 36\"), also known as DS-P1-Yu #1 was a satellite which was used as a radar calibration target, for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was launched by the", "title": "Kosmos 36" }, { "docid": "8939427", "text": "of the rocketry programmes. In 1979-80s, SUPARCO launched the project to develop country's first artificial satellite and began sending hundreds of engineers to University of Surrey England to participate in the development of UO-11 which was launched in 1984. In 1983, a communication satellite project called \"Paksat\" was initiated, with the establishment of the 10-meter diameter satellite ground station for interception of satellite transmissions was set up that was mainly designed against India. According to the scientists involved in this programme, the real aim was to launch a satellite that could stage a \"cultural counter attack\" on India with the", "title": "Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission" }, { "docid": "17882338", "text": "turning Taisiya Litvinenko into a man, Thomas Littleton), and inserted a scene with monsters on Mars's moon Phobos. In all, the resulting film is 13 minutes shorter than the original. The film was distributed by American International Pictures. Some space scenes from \"Nebo Zovyot\" also appear in Corman's 1965 film \"Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet\". (Most of the scenes in that film are taken from another Soviet science-fiction film, \"Planeta Bur\"). \"Nebo Zovyot\" was released two years after the launch of the first artificial satellite \"Sputnik 1\" and two years before the first manned flight into space by Yuri Gagarin.", "title": "Nebo Zovyot" }, { "docid": "2214884", "text": "first ballistic missile program, adopted on March 1, 1956 and known as the first \"Twelve-Year-Plan for Chinese aerospace\". After the launch of mankind's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, Mao decided during the National Congress of the CPC on May 17, 1958 to make China an equal with the superpowers (“”)(We need to develop the artificial satellite too), by adopting \"Project 581\" with the objective of placing a satellite in orbit by 1959 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the PRC's founding. This goal would be achieved in three phases: developing sounding rockets", "title": "Chinese space program" }, { "docid": "16510132", "text": "they can attend classes in its 650 m (7000 ft) clean room. It is known as the first engineering school to have students design and launch an artificial satellite, named SARA, in 1991, as part of extracurricular work in \"ESIEESPACE\", a student club. During the last two years, students choose a specialization among the following subjects: ESIEE launched several masters of science programs in nano-science, MEMS, electronic engineering and system on a chip, programs to which international students and 4th and 5th-year ESIEE students may participate. In addition to the European Erasmus Programme, two main exchange programs are offered to", "title": "ESIEE Paris" } ]

[ "Osnabrück and Münster" ]

[ { "docid": "320293", "text": "Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia () was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster, largely ending the European wars of religion. The treaties of Westphalia brought to a close a calamitous period of European history which caused the deaths of approximately eight million people. Scholars have identified Westphalia as the beginning of the modern international system, based on the concept of Westphalian sovereignty. The negotiation process was lengthy and complex. Talks took place in two different cities, as each side wanted to meet on territory under", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "320293", "text": "Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia () was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster, largely ending the European wars of religion. The treaties of Westphalia brought to a close a calamitous period of European history which caused the deaths of approximately eight million people. Scholars have identified Westphalia as the beginning of the modern international system, based on the concept of Westphalian sovereignty. The negotiation process was lengthy and complex. Talks took place in two different cities, as each side wanted to meet on territory under", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "320301", "text": "European issues of the time. Scholars of international relations have identified the Peace of Westphalia as the origin of principles crucial to modern international relations, including the inviolability of borders and non-interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign states. This system became known in the literature as Westphalian sovereignty. Although scholars have challenged the association with the Peace of Westphalia, the debate is still structured around the concept of Westphalian sovereignty. Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia () was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster, largely", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "327434", "text": "place in two cities, Osnabrück and Münster in Westphalia, with intermediaries travelling back and forth between the Protestant and the Catholic delegates. Chigi, of course, protested on behalf of the Papacy, when the treaties were finally completed, against the Treaty of Westphalia once the instruments were finally completed. Pope Innocent himself stated that the Peace \"is null, void, invalid, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time.\" The Peace ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and established the balance of European power that lasted until the wars of the French Revolution (1789). Pope Innocent X (1644–1655)", "title": "Pope Alexander VII" }, { "docid": "19597137", "text": "of Osnabrück’s Stadthalle; subsequently it was moved to the Katharinenkirche. Steckenpferdreiten Steckenpferdreiten (English: hobby horse riding) is a custom of the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany commemorating the peace agreement of 1648 by which the Thirty Years’ War was concluded. The peace festival first took place on 22 October 1948 to mark the 300-year anniversary of the Treaty of Westphalia, which had been negotiated and signed in Osnabrück and Münster. Every year since 1953, year four (primary) school pupils have gathered on or around 25 October – the day on which peace was declared – and “ridden” their hobby", "title": "Steckenpferdreiten" }, { "docid": "19597132", "text": "Steckenpferdreiten Steckenpferdreiten (English: hobby horse riding) is a custom of the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany commemorating the peace agreement of 1648 by which the Thirty Years’ War was concluded. The peace festival first took place on 22 October 1948 to mark the 300-year anniversary of the Treaty of Westphalia, which had been negotiated and signed in Osnabrück and Münster. Every year since 1953, year four (primary) school pupils have gathered on or around 25 October – the day on which peace was declared – and “ridden” their hobby horses to the Rathaus (at first only male pupils were", "title": "Steckenpferdreiten" }, { "docid": "10808007", "text": "which their church no longer had any use, for a yearly benefit of five \"Gulden\", in perpetuity, to Duke Wolfgang and his heirs. The Peace of Westphalia, a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster, which brought the Thirty Years' War to an end, guaranteed the free practice of religion, and in the late 17th century, this law was also operative in Breitenbach, where it is likely that once again Lutherans, and certain that Catholics were among the newcomers who came to settle in the village. For a time, the various denominations within", "title": "Breitenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate" }, { "docid": "4289606", "text": "\"Renaissance man\". During the Baroque period the Thirty Years' War in Central Europe decimated the population by up to 20%. In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia, consisting of the treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24, respectively, ended several wars in Europe and established the beginning of sovereign states. The treaties involved the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III (Habsburg), the Kingdoms of Spain, France and Sweden, the Netherlands and their respective allies among the princes and the Republican Imperial States of the Holy Roman Empire. The Peace of Westphalia resulted from the first modern diplomatic", "title": "Early modern period" } ]

[ { "docid": "320300", "text": "settlement, with Pope Innocent X calling it \"null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time\" in the bull \"Zelo Domus Dei\". The main tenets of the Peace of Westphalia were: The treaties did not entirely end conflicts arising out of the Thirty Years' War. Fighting continued between France and Spain until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. The Dutch-Portuguese War had begun during the Iberian Union between Spain and Portugal, as part of the Eighty Years' War, and went on until 1663. Nevertheless, the Peace of Westphalia did settle many outstanding", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "320296", "text": "Habsburgs began in Cologne in 1641. These negotiations were initially blocked by Cardinal Richelieu of France, who insisted on the inclusion of all his allies, whether fully sovereign countries or states within the Holy Roman Empire. In Hamburg and Lübeck, Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire negotiated the Treaty of Hamburg with the intervention of Richelieu. The Holy Roman Empire and Sweden declared the preparations of Cologne and the Treaty of Hamburg to be preliminaries of an overall peace agreement. The main peace negotiations took place in Westphalia, in the neighboring cities of Münster and Osnabrück. Both cities were maintained", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "14568038", "text": "the Commonwealth, known as the Deluge, took place within the context of the Second Northern War. In 1655 the Commonwealth's survival had become endangered, when the huge federation, already critically weakened by the offensive of the Russians, who occupied most of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and by Khmelnytsky's Cossacks holding fast to the lands they overran in Ukraine, was subjected to a massive attack by Sweden. The Swedish leaders, emboldened by the Peace of Westphalia gains, including the western Duchy of Pomerania, intended precisely to take advantage of Poland's grave difficulties, hoping to easily take over at least Courland", "title": "History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764)" }, { "docid": "179203", "text": "lying in Eastern Europe and advocated passive relations with the West. He felt that a German attack should not be feared, because even if this unlikely event were to take place, the Western powers would be bound to restrain Germany and come to Poland's rescue. \"s.\"According to the researcher Jan Sowa, the Commonwealth failed as a state because it was not able to conform to the emerging new European order established at the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Poland's elective kings, restricted by the self-serving and short-sighted nobility, could not impose a strong and efficient central government with its characteristic", "title": "History of Poland" }, { "docid": "4923802", "text": "advances in 1813, the Kingdom was overrun by the Allies and (in 1815) most of its territories became Prussian ruled. Most of the reforms, however, remained in place. The Kingdom of Westphalia was created in 1807 by merging territories ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia in the Peace of Tilsit, among them the region of the Duchy of Magdeburg west of the Elbe River, the Brunswick-Lüneburg territories of Hanover and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and the Electorate of Hesse. Hesse's capital Cassel (modern spelling \"Kassel\") then fulfilled the same function for Westphalia, and the king kept court at the palace of Wilhelmshöhe, renamed", "title": "Kingdom of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "7509823", "text": "in the South. Peace with Marck was made in 1445 which witnessed territorial concessions from both sides. After the Soest Feud, the city of Soest remained part of the Duchy of Cleves. Starting from 1463, the league of knights and cities in Westphalia began a long and bitter struggle against the Archbishops. During the reign of Archbishop Herman V of Wied (1515–1546), the Reformation arrived in Westphalia. Eventually the Reformation was suppressed, but during the reign of Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (1577–1583) the Reformation returned and he was forced to attend to Westphalia in 1582 where several knights and", "title": "Duchy of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "10239036", "text": "and did not reopen again until the Peace of Westphalia (1648). In 1625, at the age of twenty, Haak embarked for England where he visited Oxford and Cambridge Universities. A year later he returned to Germany and spent the next two years in Cologne, where he regularly met in secret with other Protestants for religious gatherings. He brought back from England a copy of Daniel Dyke's \"Mystery of Self-Deceiving\", which he shared with his Protestant spiritual circle. This volume was also Haak's first work in English to German translation, completed in 1638 under the title \"Nosce Teipsum: Das Grosse Geheimnis", "title": "Theodore Haak" }, { "docid": "2128694", "text": "Anabaptism. Although the Peace of Augsburg was moderately successful in relieving tension in the empire and increasing tolerance, it left important things undone. Neither the Anabaptists nor the Calvinists were protected under the peace, so many Protestant groups living under the rule of a Lutheran prince still found themselves in danger of the charge of heresy. (Article 17: \"However, all such as do not belong to the two above named religions shall not be included in the present peace but be totally excluded from it.\") These minorities did not achieve any legal recognition until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.", "title": "Peace of Augsburg" }, { "docid": "19495775", "text": "France's negotiating position in the short term. The population remaining in Freiburg was relieved (it had shrunk to 2,000 in 17 years after five sieges), when, after three long weeks of trepidation, the French withdrew. After losing Alsace and Sundgau in the Peace of Westphalia to France, Freiburg, in place of Ensisheim, did not just become the capital of Further Austria but also a \"\"frontline\"\" city. In 1661, young Louis XIV of France took control of the government after Cardinal Mazarin had died. From 1667, the Sun King led four back-to-back wars of conquest against the Spanish Netherlands, Holland, the", "title": "History of Freiburg" }, { "docid": "3605250", "text": "a 14-day siege, Spanish troops once more took their place. In September 1644, the castle and the town were taken by French soldiers after a 10-day siege; the following month, Cologne troops attacked them and forced them to retreat to the castle with heavy losses. The Cologne commander, Constantin von Nievenheimb, therefore ordered the bombardment and \"more or less ruination\" of the castle, but did not attempt to capture it. The French soldiers remained until 24 July 1650 but had to vacate the castle under the terms of the Peace of Westphalia, which returned it to the Palatinate and Count", "title": "Stahleck Castle" }, { "docid": "14894062", "text": "times since the trophy's inception. Records indicate that the tradition continued through 1974, but the peace pipe exchange did not take place in 1975. The current location of the pipe is unknown since it was last held by Oklahoma. OU's senior associate athletic director, Kenny Mossman, has indicated that Oklahoma officials have conducted an extensive search of their archives for historical items, and the peace pipe has not been located. The Tigers were the Big 12 North's representative to the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game where they faced Big 12 South representative Oklahoma. Missouri came into the game ranked #1", "title": "Missouri–Oklahoma football rivalry" }, { "docid": "3835524", "text": "relatively small size of armies, meant there was little need for any form of camp to hold prisoners of war. The Peace of Westphalia, a series of treaties signed between May and October 1648 that ended the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, contained a provision that all prisoners should be released without ransom. This is generally considered to mark the point where captured enemy combatants would be reasonably treated before being released at the end of the conflict or under a parole not to take up arms. The practice of paroling enemy combatants had begun thousands of", "title": "Prisoner-of-war camp" }, { "docid": "18342908", "text": "representative of the council of the Catholic imperial estates including committee of the Protestant citizenship, in which the patrician Johann David Herwart played a leading role ensuring a balance in negotiations between Catholics and Protestants at the Peace of Westphalia. Johann von Leuchselring Johann von Leuchselring was Chancellor for the Free Imperial City of Augsburg from 1636 () through 1645 () and a leading Catholic negotiator in the Peace of Westphalia. In Munster, Johann von Leuchselring acted as the chief magistrate in the 1645 to the Peace of Westphalia Congress as an envoy for the Catholic Council of the city", "title": "Johann von Leuchselring" }, { "docid": "19260672", "text": "Jürgen Luh Jürgen Luh (born 1963) is a German historian and exhibition curator. He specialises in the history of Prussia and Germany from the Peace of Westphalia to the early nineteenth century. Luh did his PhD with at the Freie Universität zu Berlin, where his dissertation was published in 1995 as \"Unheiliges Römisches Reich: der konfessionelle Gegensatz 1648 bis 1806\". He followed this in 2003 with \"Preussen, Deutschland und Europa 1701-2001\", a collection of essays edited with Vinzenz Czech and Bert Becker. Dr. Luh has published books in both German and English examining the nature of warfare in Europe in", "title": "Jürgen Luh" }, { "docid": "19260677", "text": "(2007-2013) \"Der Große. Friedrich II. von Preußen\" (München, 2011) 'Feinde fürs Leben. Friedrich der Große und Heinrich von Brühl', in \"Neues Archiv für sächsische Geschichte. Sonderdruck Band 85\" (2014) \"Der Kurze Traum der Freiheit. Preußen nach Napoleon\" (München, 2015) Jürgen Luh Jürgen Luh (born 1963) is a German historian and exhibition curator. He specialises in the history of Prussia and Germany from the Peace of Westphalia to the early nineteenth century. Luh did his PhD with at the Freie Universität zu Berlin, where his dissertation was published in 1995 as \"Unheiliges Römisches Reich: der konfessionelle Gegensatz 1648 bis 1806\". He", "title": "Jürgen Luh" }, { "docid": "13563692", "text": "was normally not conducted for love: it took place but four months after the death of the groom's first wife, and it also caused a scandal because of the age difference, when the bride rather than the groom was one decade senior. The couple remained in Germany, where Johan Oxenstierna was a Swedish delegate during the Congress of Osnabrück, and Margareta Brahe reportedly played an important part during the Peace of Westphalia through her calming influence upon her hot-tempered husband, which benefited the sensitive negotiations. Johan Oxenstierna himself alluded to this in letters to his father: \"I may admit, that", "title": "Margareta Brahe" }, { "docid": "11609278", "text": "Minister Wim Kok and the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The headquarters were chosen to be in Münster because Münster was already the location of the I German Corps' headquarters. On top of that it was chosen due to the particular significance for both countries as the place where the Peace of Westphalia was signed. In 1997, Germany and the Netherlands laid down the cooperation in several documents. In general, these state that Germany and the Netherlands provide the Corps framework on an equal basis; both countries share the responsibility for command & control capabilities. In 2002, the Corps met NATO", "title": "I. German/Dutch Corps" }, { "docid": "14957489", "text": "Instead, Innocent's sister-in-law Olimpia Maidalchini handled all of the functions that would ordinarily have been the realm of a cardinal nephew. During Innocent's papacy, the Peace of Westphalia brought an end to the Thirty Years' War, and it was the most significant secular event that occurred during his reign. Innocent did not approve of the treaty because his representatives had not been a part of the discussions and he had not been consulted or asked to approve the recognition of the Protestant religion in Germany. He called upon secular Catholic leaders to renounce the peace, but they did not do", "title": "1655 Papal conclave" }, { "docid": "2959451", "text": "Roman Empire of 14 and 24 October 1648, which comprise the Peace of Westphalia, but which were not signed by the Republic, the Republic now also gained formal \"independence\" from the Holy Roman Empire, just like the Swiss Cantons. In both cases this was just a formalisation of a situation that had already existed for a long time. France and Spain did not conclude a treaty and so remained at war until the peace of the Pyrenees of 1659. The peace was celebrated in the Republic with sumptuous festivities. It was solemnly promulgated on the 80th anniversary of the execution", "title": "Eighty Years' War" }, { "docid": "17586540", "text": "of Democratic Socialism (PDS). From 1998 until 2004 she belonged to the Foreigner Advisory Board of the city of Cologne. In 2007 she became a member of the state party governing body for the Left in North Rhine-Westphalia. During the 2010 North Rhine-Westphalia election, she stood as a candidate of the Left in a local electoral district of Hagen, and as a result of the election, she entered the state parliament as part of the party list. Her political priorities concerned women's equality, environmental protection, and peace. In the 2012 election her party did not win any seats. Hamide Akbayir", "title": "Hamide Akbayir" }, { "docid": "13772008", "text": "previous decade between the Archbishopric of Cologne and the County of Jülich were dispersed and a formal accord set in place between the two states, in which the dominant partner was Count William V of Jülich. Peace was thus established on the lower Rhine early in the new archbishop's reign. This enabled him to concentrate his forces on the ongoing feud between the Archbishopric and the County of the Mark in Westphalia and in 1345 to neutralise the County temporarily as a political power. The rulers of southern Westphalia had far-reaching connections however, particularly through their family relationships, and were", "title": "Walram of Jülich" }, { "docid": "5086140", "text": "last archbishop of Utrecht, Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg, died in 1580, \"a few months before the suppression of Roman Catholic public worship\" by William I, Prince of Orange. \"Suppression of dioceses,\" wrote Hove, \"takes place only in countries where the faithful and the clergy have been dispersed by persecution,\" the suppressed dioceses become missions, prefectures, or vicariates apostolic. This is what occurred in the Dutch Republic. The Holland Mission started when the vicariate was erected by Pope Clement VIII in 1592. \"For two centuries after the [1648] Peace of Westphalia much of Holland was under vicars apostolic as mission", "title": "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht" }, { "docid": "20807254", "text": "Bad Lippspringe Gardening Show 2017 The horticultural show Bad Lippspringe 2017 was the 17th State Garden Show of North Rhine-Westphalia. On June 1, 2011 the city of Bad Lippspringe was chosen out of five applications by the NRW Ministry of the Environment. The garden show took place from April 12 to October 15, 2017. The motto of the show was \"Floral splendor & Forest idyll\".This was also the first garden show in North Rhine-Westphalia to take place with the forest as backdrop. The town of Bad Lippspringe is the smallest town to date to receive the finance to host the", "title": "Bad Lippspringe Gardening Show 2017" }, { "docid": "871334", "text": "fully-fledged international system. The history of international relations based on sovereign states and many more types are often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, a stepping stone in the development of the modern state system. Prior to this the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order. Contrary to popular belief, Westphalia still embodied layered systems of sovereignty, especially within the Holy Roman Empire. More than the Peace of Westphalia, the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 is thought to reflect an emerging norm that sovereigns had no internal equals within a", "title": "International relations" }, { "docid": "14009305", "text": "its Spanish colonial predecessor, with inadequate military resources to suppress the northern indigenous groups that did not recognize outsiders sovereignty over their territory. Mexico faced an insufficient defense network against the Comanches and Apaches in the Northern States. Even going so far as to include a royal signature, pre-Republican Mexico reinstated Spanish Indian policies to the letter. While some peace treaties did exist between locals and \"los indios\", the peace did not last long, as Apaches would often simply take their violence elsewhere when villages proved to be too difficult to raid. With these ineffective policies in place, combined with", "title": "First Mexican Republic" }, { "docid": "14140483", "text": "various destroyed churches of Westphalia, as for example the \"Marienaltar\" by Conrad von Soest from the Marienkirche in Dortmund. From 1946 the collection of the \"Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte\" was exhibited in the castle. The return of the collection to Dortmund did not take place until the opening of the new museum building in 1983. In 1985 the \"Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe\" (\"Landscape Society of Westfalen-Lippe\") and the local authority of Kreis Unna rented rooms in the castle and converted them for use as a museum. Since then, in conjunction with the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, various exhibitions have been held here.", "title": "Cappenberg Castle" }, { "docid": "12095414", "text": "the lists, by the next person on the party list who has not yet taken office (for instance, if ten of eleven people on a party list are sent to parliament, but one of those ten resigns, then the eleventh person who did not get elected will take his place). For members who were elected directly and do not belong to a party list, a special election is held. For the loss of a seat as a result of the banning of a party, it is necessary to distinguish between representatives who were elected directly from an electoral district, versus", "title": "Landtag of North Rhine–Westphalia" }, { "docid": "320295", "text": "the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognising the independence of the Dutch. The Peace of Westphalia established the precedent of peace established by diplomatic congress. A new system of political order arose in central Europe, based upon peaceful coexistence among sovereign states. Inter-state aggression was to be held in check by a balance of power, and a norm was established against interference in another state's domestic affairs. As European influence spread across the globe, these Westphalian principles, especially the concept of sovereign states, became central to international law and to the prevailing world order. Peace negotiations between France and the", "title": "Peace of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "5393363", "text": "the vote. On 3 September 1982, during the meeting, Begin demanded that Bachir sign a peace treaty with Israel as soon as he took office in return of Israel's earlier support of Lebanese Forces and he also told Bachir that the IDF will stay in South Lebanon if the Peace Treaty was not directly signed. Bachir was furious at Begin and told him that the Lebanese Forces did not fight for seven years and that they did not sacrifice thousands of soldiers to free Lebanon from the Syrian Army and the PLO so that Israel can take their place. The", "title": "Lebanese Forces" }, { "docid": "668254", "text": "of the Carnegie Peace Foundation. In the last months of her life, while suffering from cancer, she helped organize the next Peace Conference, intended to take place in September 1914. However, the conference never took place, as she died of cancer on 21 June 1914, and a few weeks later Franz Ferdinand was killed, triggering World War I. Suttner's pacifism was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant, Henry Thomas Buckle, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin and Leo Tolstoy (Tolstoy praised \"Die Waffen nieder!\") As a career writer, von Suttner often had to write novels and novellas that she did not", "title": "Bertha von Suttner" }, { "docid": "1297000", "text": "() is reflected in the prefix \"Markt\" of the names of many towns in Austria and Germany, for example, Markt Berolzheim or Marktbergel. Other terms used for market towns were \"Flecken\" in northern Germany, or \"Freiheit\" and \"Wigbold\" in Westphalia. Market rights were designated as long ago as during the Carolingian Empire. Around 800, Charlemagne granted the title of a market town to \"Esslingen am Neckar\". Conrad created a number of market towns in Saxony throughout the 11th century and did much to develop peaceful markets by granting a special 'peace' to merchants and a special and permanent 'peace' to", "title": "Market town" }, { "docid": "331864", "text": "names like \"The Crown\", \"The Red Lion\", \"The Royal Oak\" etc. and, if they did not simply name their place \"Smith's Beer House\", they would apply topical pub names in an effort to reflect the mood of the times. There was regulation of public drinking spaces in England from at least the 15th century. In 1496, under, Henry VII, an act was passed, \"against vagabonds and beggers\" (11 Hen. VII c2), that included a clause empowering two justices of the peace, \"to rejecte and put awey comen ale-selling in tounes and places where they shall think convenyent, and to take", "title": "Pub" }, { "docid": "7207728", "text": "late on this day or not shouting the party leader's name loudly enough would lead to being reported by fellow workers to prosecutors. In Bulgaria, mass games were occasionally held during the \"Zname na mira\" (\"Flag of Peace\") international youth festivals. However, Bulgaria did not have a tradition of mass games, and performances were rare. In Japan, schools adopted German gymnastics and mass games were started. Since 1925, mass games were played in Meiji Jingū Kyōgi Taikai (Meiji Shrine Sports Competition). Today, mass games are regularly performed only in North Korea, where they take place to celebrate national holidays such", "title": "Mass games" }, { "docid": "17398451", "text": "of the Imperial Army led Ferdinand III to make further concessions in the peace negotiations that had been running for some time in Münster and Osnabrück. These were finally incorporated into the Peace of Westphalia. Battle of Wevelinghoven The Battle of Wevelinghoven () or Battle of Grevenbroich (\"Schlacht bei Grevenbroich\") was the last battle of the Thirty Years' War. It took place on 14 June 1648 between Imperial and Hessian troops. Several sources cite the Julian date of 4 June. The Hessians under General Johann von Geyso were stationed in Neuss as an occupying power. To the south, on the", "title": "Battle of Wevelinghoven" }, { "docid": "452004", "text": "as a small state within Germany in the form of a principality until 1918 and as a free state until 1946. This continues to influence the identity of its people who often distinguish themselves from neighboring regions such as East Westphalia. In addition to these historic, lingual and religious aspects, there are some regional differences in culture and mentality. That is why many of the citizens of North Rhine-Westphalia rather see themselves either as \"Rhinelanders\", \"Westphalians\" or \"Lippers\" rather than as \"North Rhine-Westphalians\". Westphalia is known for the 1648 Peace of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years' War, as the", "title": "Westphalia" }, { "docid": "20210715", "text": "and cultural achievement. Historian Frederick Nussbaum says it was: The worst came during the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648, which had an extremely negative impact on the civilian population of Germany and surrounding areas, with massive loss of life and disruption of the economy and society. Scholars taking a \"realist\" perspective on wars and diplomacy have emphasized the Peace of Westphalia (1648) as a dividing line. It ended the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), where religion and ideology had been powerful motivating forces for warfare. Westphalia, in the realist view, ushered in a new international system of sovereign states of roughly equal", "title": "International relations, 1648–1814" }, { "docid": "7116659", "text": "Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a speech in Chicago where he \"set out a new, post-Westphalian, 'doctrine of the international community. Blair argued that globalization had made the Westphalian approach anachronistic. Blair was later referred to by \"The Daily Telegraph\" as \"the man who ushered in the post-Westphalian era\". Others have also asserted that globalization has superseded the Westphalian system. In 2000, Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer referred to the Peace of Westphalia in his Humboldt Speech, which argued that the system of European politics set up by Westphalia was obsolete: \"The core of the concept of Europe after 1945", "title": "Westphalian sovereignty" }, { "docid": "15944171", "text": "when it gained formal independence in the Peace of Westphalia. Territories of the Holy Roman Empire outside the Imperial Circles When the Imperial Circles ( ) — comprising a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire — were created as part of the Imperial Reform at the 1500 Diet of Augsburg, many Imperial territories remained unencircled. Initially six circles were established in order to secure and enforce the Public Peace (') declared by Emperor Maximilian I and the jurisdiction of the '. They did not incorporate the territories of the Prince-electors and the Austrian homelands of the ruling", "title": "Territories of the Holy Roman Empire outside the Imperial Circles" }, { "docid": "1721681", "text": "the status of Free Imperial Cities, and some of those did so only for a few decades. The military tax register (\") of 1521 listed eighty-five such cities, and this figure had fallen to sixty-five by the time of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. From the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 to 1803, their number oscillated at around fifty. Unlike the Free Imperial Cities, the second category of towns and cities, now called \"territorial cities\" were subject to an ecclesiastical or lay lord, and while many of them enjoyed self-government to varying degrees, this was a precarious privilege which", "title": "Free imperial city" }, { "docid": "114071", "text": "VOC did not want to. Merging the two companies was not feasible. Amsterdam was not willing to help out, because it had too much interest in peace and healthy trade relations with Portugal. This indifferent attitude of Amsterdam was the main cause of the slow, half-hearted policy, which would eventually lead to losing the colony. In 1647 the Company made a restart using 1.5 million guilders, capital of the VOC. The States General took responsibility for the warfare in Brazil. Due to the Peace of Westphalia the seizing of Spanish ships was no longer allowed. Many merchants from Amsterdam and", "title": "Dutch West India Company" }, { "docid": "15915047", "text": "age, the three surviving brothers divided the territory anew. The oldest, William Louis, received Nassau-Saarbrücken, John received Idstein and Ernest Casimir received Weilburg, Merenberg, Gleiberg, Hüttenberg, Reichelsheim, Kirchheim, Stauf, Bolanden and parts of Homburg Ernest Casimir did not spend much time in his own territory. In 1634, he had to flee from the Thirty Years' War. He fled to Metz and returned after the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. Even after the peace had been signed, it took a while before all rightful rulers had been restored to power. During this period, the brothers concluded the \"Treaty of Gotha\" of 16", "title": "Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg" }, { "docid": "16242866", "text": "fighting took place among individual skirmishers, during which Prince Kirill Różyński wounded the khan's nephew with a bow. The main fighting took place the following day when the khan's troops tried to storm the Polish camp. However, because the Tatars had few infantry the attempt was unsuccessful, and the attackers were constantly harried by Polish sallies issuing from the camp. After the struggle went no better for the Tartars on the 20th, Ğazı came to the conclusion that he did not have the means to take the camp and agreed to peace talks. On October 21 a peace treaty was", "title": "Battle of Cecora (1595)" }, { "docid": "18184801", "text": "have musical similarities that I hadn't really thought about until we did that verse.\" Steve says he used a style of playing that resembled European folk music. McPherson describes \"Peaceful Harbor\" as \"the journey of a man to finding a place where we'll find contentment. It's kind of a mix of what it's like to be a man and how we naturally take our journey.\" Steve adds that it is \"about the joy of finding that peace inside after going through a storm or catastrophe\". The initial version of the song didn't contain any choir at the outro, but Neal", "title": "Second Nature (Flying Colors album)" }, { "docid": "1654313", "text": "German principalities, the Swedish kings in their roles as princes and dukes, or \"Reichsfürsten\", of the Holy Roman Empire took part in the German diets from 1648 until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Following the Thirty Years' War, the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 assigned to Sweden the two bishoprics of Bremen-Verden, with the exclave of Wildeshausen. All of them were ceded to Hanover in the peace treaty of 1719. By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Sweden received Swedish Pomerania, situated along the German Baltic Sea coast. The whole Duchy of Pomerania was under Swedish", "title": "Dominions of Sweden" }, { "docid": "1374679", "text": "Sweden in Münster and Osnabrück. (Since 1641, talks had taken place between France and the Empire in Münster, and between Sweden and the Empire in Osnabrück.) The definitive peace treaty, called the Peace of Westphalia, was signed on 24 October 1648, ending the Thirty Years' War. The war between France and Spain, would not end until the Treaty of the Pyrenees on 7 November 1659). The latter made Lens—and the whole Artois province—part of France. In the end, the French victory was made irrelevant by subsequent events elsewhere, during the failure to secure Anne of Austria's regency of France while", "title": "Battle of Lens" }, { "docid": "17369932", "text": "working with both domestic and international peace teams, all of which undergo rigorous training prior to deployment and practice TPNI in the field. Domestic peace teams are usually short-term and last for a few days, while international peace teams are long-term and take place over the course of multiple weeks or months. The goal of the teams is to de-escalate violence and prevent potential armed conflict in places where tension is high and violence is likely to occur. They wear yellow \"Peace Team\" vests on the site to make their presence recognizable. Its peace teams have been requested to help", "title": "Meta Peace Team" }, { "docid": "9246444", "text": "2002, \"Islam, as I said, is a religion of peace. However through the centuries, deviations from the true teachings of Islam take place. And so [people who call themselves] \"Muslims\" kill despite the injunction of their religion against killing especially of innocent people. Dalil Boubakeur, \"mufti\" of the Paris Mosque, said in 2006, \"The prophet did not found a terrorist religion, but a religion of peace.\" Following the 2015 San Bernardino attack, US President Barack Obama used the term, as part of his efforts to counter a perceived anti-Muslim bias, in an address following the attack, and in his first", "title": "Religion of peace" }, { "docid": "17046246", "text": "The church opened on 9 May 1954 and was expanded in 1963. The consecration, by Archbishop Cyril Cowderoy, did not take place until June 1971. A new parish hall was built in 1992. The church became a parish in its own right in 1959. Its priest is Monsignor William Saunders. Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond is a Roman Catholic church in Sheen Road, Richmond, London. It serves the East Sheen parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark and, as it is close to Richmond's boundary with East Sheen, is often", "title": "Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond" }, { "docid": "15931651", "text": "1853. From 1853 to 1858, he served German Baptist churches in Missouri. In 1858 he was called to take charge of the German department of Rochester Theological Seminary, which place he continued to fill until 1888. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Rochester. In 1890 he returned to Germany where he devoted himself to literary work. He is the father of Baptist clergyman Walter Rauschenbusch. Attribution Augustus Rauschenbusch Augustus Rauschenbusch (born in Altena, Westphalia, Germany, 13 February 1816; died in Wandsbek now part of Hamburg, 5 December 1899) was a Baptist (Lutheran early in his", "title": "Augustus Rauschenbusch" }, { "docid": "9487213", "text": "Soviet Russia, Georgy Chicherin, sent a note with a proposal for a peace treaty. It was a \"de facto\" recognition of the Lithuanian state. Similar proposals were delivered to Latvia and Estonia. On September 14 and September 15, 1919, the Baltic states held a trilateral meeting in Tallinn and agreed to begin simultaneous peace talks with the Soviets. However, Lithuania delayed contacting Moscow and the collective negotiations did not take place. Lithuanian feared that negotiations with communist Russia, which was isolated from European politics, would damage its relationships with the western powers that had not yet recognized Lithuania. While Lithuania", "title": "Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty" }, { "docid": "5423711", "text": "education to children. This is also part of the peace-building effort of the local government promoting co-existence to Lumad, Muslims and Christians. Damulog, Bukidnon ', officially the ', is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Historically, the first settlers of Damulog were the Manobos. They are the indigenous people of the place. Testimonials of the old folks disclosed that the name of the place was “Ramulog” meaning a place to take a bath. A river at the town proper is a place where the Manobos take a bath. It", "title": "Damulog, Bukidnon" }, { "docid": "4475171", "text": "the effect that all is for the best (\"The Best of All Possible Worlds\") The happy couple sing their marriage duet (\"Oh, Happy We\"), and the ceremony is about to take place (\"Wedding Chorale\") when war breaks out between Westphalia and Hesse. Westphalia is destroyed, and Cunegonde is seemingly killed. Candide takes comfort in the Panglossian doctrine (\"It Must Be So\") and sets out on his journeys. In the public square of Lisbon (\"Lisbon Fair\"), the Infant Casmira, a deranged mystic in the caravan of an Arab conjuror, predicts dire happenings (\"The Prediction\"), leaving the public in terror (\"Pray For", "title": "Candide (operetta)" }, { "docid": "12239174", "text": "presidency of the European Commission; eventually, the candidates agreed to jointly lead the ALDE’s campaign for elections, with Verhofstadt running to succeed José Manuel Barroso. At the time, Linder was widely regarded to support Rehn. Lindner was a FDP delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017, where he endorsed the government's candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier. That same year, he led his party's successful campaign for the 2017 state elections of North Rhine-Westphalia, which resulted in the FDP joining the state government of incoming Minister-President Armin Laschet. Linder himself did not take a", "title": "Christian Lindner" }, { "docid": "7509822", "text": "Marck. The financial burden placed upon the knights and cities of the Duchy of Westphalia led them into union in 1437. Cologne made peace with Cleves in 1441: this led Soest, the richest town of Westphalia, to refuse recognising Colognian supremacy in 1444 in the Soest Feud, that lasted until 1449. Soest had become a part of the Duchy of Cleves. Thereafter the town of Arnsberg became the administrative capital of Westphalia. Economically the loss of Soest had weakened the duchy. Especially as the surroundings of the town were very fertile and the grain was needed for the mountainous regions", "title": "Duchy of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "8266097", "text": "dry season, Razadarit sent his eldest son Prince Binnya Dhammaraza to attack Toungoo (Taungoo). But the army was driven back by Thihathu. Thihathu's retaliatory invasion in 1417–1418 went on to take Dagon, forcing Razadarit to retreat to Martaban. But Ava forces could not advance towards Pegu, and withdrew. They did take back Razadarit's son Gov. Binnya Set of Dagon to Ava where he was given good treatment befitting a prince. Minkhaung called off any additional campaigns. Razadarit too decided not to test Ava. Unofficial peace between the two kingdoms would hold the remainder of Minkhaung's and Razadarit's reigns. The peace", "title": "Razadarit" }, { "docid": "5581684", "text": "Nipponzan tend to take place. The Pagoda was inaugurated in 1969. Built in 1984, dedicated May 13, 2001, the peace pagoda at Narita-shi in Chiba Prefecture, Japan () is 58 m high and situated on a small hill. Founded in 1964, the Gotemba Peace Pagoda in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan () includes a Nipponzan Myohoji temple. The Stupa is built in Jeju Island on the site where Venerable Masters Bowoo (d. 1565) and Jiahn (d. 1729) died. They gave their lives for Buddhism. The Stupa is the centre of many activities for the propagation of world peace and the unification of", "title": "Peace Pagoda" }, { "docid": "5169047", "text": "Bundestag motion of confidence with the aim of triggering an early federal election following the defeat of his SPD in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia on 22 May 2005. The victory of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia gave that party, together with the FDP, a working majority in the Bundesrat, the federal legislature's upper house. Early federal elections in Germany can only take place after the dissolution of the Bundestag by the President of Germany, since the constitution forbids the Bundestag to dissolve itself. The President can dissolve it only after the Chancellor loses a vote on a motion", "title": "2005 German federal election" }, { "docid": "12095417", "text": "all cases, new elections must take place within 60 days of the dissolution of parliament. After the election in 2005, parliament shrank from 201 regular members to 181, after the electoral districts were reduced from 151 to 128, and the list-elected members were increased from 50 to 53. (Of course, due to overhang and leveling seats, parliament still has over 200 members.) The method to divide the seats based on votes for the parties (the second vote) also changed in 2005, switching from the largest remainder method to the Sainte-Laguë Method. Until 2005, the voting system in North Rhine-Westphalia was", "title": "Landtag of North Rhine–Westphalia" }, { "docid": "452009", "text": "to be Catholic. Osnabrück was divided almost equally between Catholicism and Protestantism. Parts of Westphalia came under Brandenburg-Prussian control during the 17th and 18th centuries, but most of it remained divided by duchies and other areas of feudal power. The Peace of Westphalia of 1648, signed in Münster and Osnabrück, ended the Thirty Years' War. The concept of nation-state sovereignty resulting from the treaty became known as \"Westphalian sovereignty\". After the defeat of the Prussian Army by the French at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 made the easternmost portion of today's Westphalia part of the", "title": "Westphalia" }, { "docid": "13846483", "text": "with Sweden in September 1679. Brandenburg's ally Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor had concluded a separate peace with Louis XIV of France in February 1679, confirming the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 which included the cession of Bremen-Verden and Swedish Pomerania to Sweden. Neither did Leopold I want Frederick William to become a \"new king of the Vandals in the Baltics\", nor did he want the Brandenburg-Pomeranian conflict to disturb his negotiations with France. Frederick William I had his diplomats offer France unconditional support, including military support and support against the Holy Roman Emperor, in return for Louis XIV letting", "title": "Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679)" }, { "docid": "15991341", "text": "Johan Adler Salvius Johan Adler Salvius (born in 1590 in Strängnäs; died on 24 August 1652 in Stockholm) was a Swedish baron of Örneholm, chancellor, confidant and representative of the Christina, Queen of Sweden at the peace negotiations at Osnabrück and responsible for the Peace of Westphalia. Salvius was next to Axel Oxenstierna one of Sweden's most capable and influential diplomats of his time and correspondent of Hugo Grotius. Salvius was the son of a civil servant. In 1612 he started his studies in Uppsala, but also visited the Protestant universities of Rostock and Helmstedt where he studied philosophy. Then", "title": "Johan Adler Salvius" }, { "docid": "5110340", "text": "to be more in the interests of the powerful Habsburgs than in the interest of the Holy Roman Empire proved fatal handicaps. When his military high commander fell in the battle of Dornach, where the Swiss won a final decisive victory, Emperor Maximilian I had no choice but to agree to a peace treaty signed on September 22, 1499, in Basel. The treaty granted the Confederacy far-reaching independence from the empire. Although the \"Eidgenossenschaft\" officially remained a part of the empire until the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the peace of Basel exempted it from the imperial jurisdiction and imperial", "title": "Swabian War" }, { "docid": "18342907", "text": "Johann von Leuchselring Johann von Leuchselring was Chancellor for the Free Imperial City of Augsburg from 1636 () through 1645 () and a leading Catholic negotiator in the Peace of Westphalia. In Munster, Johann von Leuchselring acted as the chief magistrate in the 1645 to the Peace of Westphalia Congress as an envoy for the Catholic Council of the city of Augsburg and for the cities of Überlingen, Dinkelsbühl, Biberach, Ravensburg, Kaufbeuren, book Horn, Buchau on Federseemuseum, Rottweil, Schwäbisch-Gmündt, Offenburg, Pfullendorf, and Gengenbach, and In the second half of 1646 war returned to Augsburg. Johann von Leuchselring was the official", "title": "Johann von Leuchselring" }, { "docid": "5685573", "text": "Kriegsorganisation des Reichs\" [Master's thesis on Emperor Maximilian I's attempts to reform the army and military organization of the empire]. She obtained her PhD in 1998 with her \"Dissertation zum außenpolitischen Wandel von Richelieu zu Mazarin am Beispiel der französischen Diplomatie beim Westfälischen Frieden\" [Dissertation on the change in foreign policy from Richelieu to Mazarin using the example of French diplomacy at the Peace of Westphalia]. She also wrote \"Französische Diplomatie und Diplomaten auf dem Westfälischen Friedenskongreß. Außenpolitik unter Richelieu und Mazarin\" [French diplomacy and diplomats at the peace congress of Westphalia: foreign policy under Richelieu and Mazarin], published in", "title": "Anuschka Tischer" }, { "docid": "5516043", "text": "in sixth place, winning 1,450 votes (4.9%), after SPD (37.4%), Greens (21.5%), The Left (20.1%), Pirate Party (6.7%) and CDU (5.8%). In five districts (Hammerbrook, St. Pauli, Sternschanze, Veddel and Kleiner Grasbrook) the PARTEI beat the well-established FDP. The PARTEI did best in the Kleiner Grasbrook district, where it attracted 39 votes, or 5.3%, drawing level in the district with Germany's largest party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Die PARTEI took part in municipal elections in North Rhine Westphalia on 30 August 2009, garnering 0.69% of the votes in Krefeld. On 17 May 2011, Manuel Lindlar, who had originally been", "title": "Die PARTEI" }, { "docid": "7828390", "text": "May the UPDA replaced Latek with Angelo Okello, who had been commander of the UPDA Division One in Gulu. Okello signed a peace agreement on 3 June 1988. A 1997 report states that Latek and several UPDA units loyal to him did not take place in the peace talks on the advice of the UPDA political wing in London. Latek and his followers then joined the Lord's Resistance Army to continue fighting. According to the recollection of a captured LRA commander, in September 1987 Latek met with LRA leader Joseph Kony, who appointed Latek overall military commander. According to reports,", "title": "Odong Latek" }, { "docid": "3842794", "text": "twins SaraMai and Justin. The family moved to Rostrevor, County Down in 1987 when Martin set up practice in County Armagh. While his wife served as President of Ireland, McAleese initiated a series of meetings with senior Ulster loyalist paramilitary leaders to pursue peace negotiations. These actions did not take place without controversy, but have been widely viewed as instrumental in bringing loyalist paramilitary groups to peace talks. In May 2011, McAleese was appointed as a Senator by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. In August 2011 he was appointed the Chancellor of Dublin City University, taking over from David Byrne. On", "title": "Martin McAleese" }, { "docid": "12607733", "text": "the emergency regulations. The request was immediately rejected by the Chief Minister and instead, discussions began in the new Emergency Operations Council to intensify the \"People's War\" against the guerrillas. In July 1957, a few weeks before independence, the MCP made a further request for peace talks to take place. The MCP suggested the following conditions for a negotiated peace; its members would be given privileges enjoyed by ordinary citizens and there would be a guarantee that political as well as armed members of the MCP would not be punished. The Tunku, however, did not respond to the MCP's proposal.", "title": "Baling Talks" }, { "docid": "12943116", "text": "by the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which enshrined the concept of the nation-state, and the principle of absolute national sovereignty in international law. As European influence spread across the globe, these Westphalian principles, especially the concept of sovereign states, became central to international law and to the prevailing world order. Later concepts of a world of nation-states born by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, coupled with the ideologies of the Enlightenment, the coming of modernity, the Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, would produce powerful social transformations, political and economic institutions that have come to influence (or been imposed", "title": "Western world" }, { "docid": "456161", "text": "was reliant on the so-called \"Maritime Powers\" (England and the Dutch Republic) and also a higher priority for them. By formalising religious divisions within the Empire, the [[Peace of Westphalia|1648 Peace of Westphalia]] weakened its integrity and by 1700, the larger German states were pursuing their own policies. [[Electorate of Bavaria|Bavaria]] allied itself with France while as King of Poland, [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus of Saxony]] was fully occupied by the [[Great Northern War]]. To gain [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick of Prussia]]'s support, Leopold recognised him as King, with Prussia made an equal member of the Grand Alliance. [[George I", "title": "War of the Spanish Succession" }, { "docid": "416299", "text": "The result of that conflict and the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War helped establish postwar Sweden as a major force in Europe. The arrangements agreed upon in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 were instrumental in laying the legal foundations of the modern sovereign nation-state. Aside from establishing fixed territorial boundaries for many of the countries involved in the ordeal (as well as for the newer ones created afterwards), the Peace of Westphalia changed the relationship of subjects to their rulers. Previously, many people had borne overlapping, sometimes conflicting political and religious allegiances. Henceforth, the inhabitants of a given", "title": "Thirty Years' War" }, { "docid": "194914", "text": "army from a peasant militia into an efficient fighting machine, possibly the best in Europe. The conquest of Livonia was now completed, and some territories were taken from internally divided Russia in the Treaty of Stolbova. In 1630, the Swedish (and Finnish) armies marched into Central Europe, as Sweden had decided to take part in the great struggle between Protestant and Catholic forces in Germany, known as the Thirty Years' War. The Finnish light cavalry was known as the Hakkapeliitat. After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Swedish Empire was one of the most powerful countries in Europe. During", "title": "History of Finland" }, { "docid": "5876390", "text": "of no succession with the House of Pomerania, his lands were to pass to Sweden, not to Brandenburg-Prussia. Both, Sweden and Brandenburg, exploited not only their position as superior military and occupying powers but also the succession conflicts within the House of Pomerania itself. Therefore, when the allocation of territory was decided at the Peace of Westphalia which concluded the war in 1648, Pomerania was carved up and the territories were split between Sweden and Brandenburg. This meant that the Peace of Westphalia marked the end of Pomerania as an autonomous, political entity. On 25 May 1654, almost seven years", "title": "Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania" }, { "docid": "1267556", "text": "and Electoral dignity granted to the Duke (now Elector) of Bavaria, Maximilian I. At the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the Sundgau became part of France, and in the 18th century, the Habsburgs acquired a few minor new territories in southern Germany such as Tettnang. In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805, Further Austria was dissolved and the formerly Habsburg territories were assigned to Bavaria, Baden, and Württemberg, and the Fricktal to Switzerland. By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Frederick V's son, Charles Louis, was restored to the Lower Palatinate, and given a new electoral title, but the Upper", "title": "History of Baden-Württemberg" }, { "docid": "1374026", "text": "Wallis, who mentions also Theodore Haak, anchoring it also to the Palatine exiles; there are clear connections to the Wilkins Oxford Philosophical Club, another and less remote precursor to the Royal Society. From 1648 Charles Louis was able to take up his position as Elector of the Palatinate on the Rhine, as a consequence of the Peace of Westphalia. Wilkins travelled to continental Europe, and according to Anthony Wood visited Heidelberg. In 1648 Wilkins became Warden of Wadham College, in Oxford and under him the college prospered. He fostered political and religious tolerance and drew talented minds to the college,", "title": "John Wilkins" }, { "docid": "19136848", "text": "Vasilko of his throne at Terebovl, apparently because a blinded prince was considered incapable of ruling. Envoys were sent to Volodar with orders that either he was to take care of his blind brother personally, or else send his brother to Kiev, where the princes promised to take care of him. Vasilko and Volodar did not accept these orders. The conditions under which the peace was concluded are not known, but Vasilko did remain Prince of Terebovl until his death. A short time later Svyatopolk came into conflict with Prince Yaroslav Yaropolkovich, his nephew by the older brother of his", "title": "Council of Uvetichi" }, { "docid": "1107834", "text": "dynasty. For the first time since the days of Martin Luther, political and national convictions again outweighed religious convictions in Europe. Two main tenets of the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War, were: The treaty also effectively ended the Papacy's pan-European political power. Pope Innocent X declared the treaty \"null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all times\" in his bull \"Zelo Domus Dei\". European sovereigns, Roman Catholic and Protestant alike, ignored his verdict. Scholars taking a \"realist\" perspective on wars and diplomacy have emphasized the Peace of Westphalia (1648)", "title": "Early modern Europe" }, { "docid": "7509825", "text": "1803 the Duchy of Westphalia became part of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1807 the Kingdom of Westphalia was created although it did not include the Duchy and had its capital in Hesse at Kassel. The Congress of Vienna awarded the Duchy of Westphalia to Prussia in exchange for important lands west of the Rhine, and the Duchy was incorporated into the Province of Westphalia in 1815. Duchy of Westphalia The Duchy of Westphalia () was a historic territory in the Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 1180. It was located in the greater region of Westphalia, originally one of the three main", "title": "Duchy of Westphalia" }, { "docid": "495163", "text": "of the French. In 1920, the districts of Eupen and Malmedy were transferred to Belgium (see German-speaking Community of Belgium). Around AD 1, numerous incursions occurred through Westphalia and perhaps even some permanent Roman or Romanized settlements. The Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place near Osnabrück (as mentioned, whether this is in Westphalia is disputed) and some of the Germanic tribes who fought at this battle came from the area of Westphalia. Charlemagne is thought to have spent considerable time in Paderborn and nearby parts. His Saxon Wars also partly took place in what is thought of as Westphalia today.", "title": "North Rhine–Westphalia" }, { "docid": "10821019", "text": "far from Palatinate-Zweibrücken), dare return to Zweibrücken, nominally nine years after becoming Duke, and take over the task of government. It was a few more years before the Peace of Westphalia was concluded in 1648. After Friedrich’s return from exile in Metz in 1644 and with the confirmation of Zweibrücken’s privileges and freedoms early in 1642, the country’s reconstruction began. Because Zweibrücken had been destroyed, Friedrich moved into the old residence at Meisenheim, which had been mostly spared the war’s ravages. The physically handicapped Duke showed much goodwill, though war debt weighed heavily on the country. The situation only got", "title": "Herschweiler-Pettersheim" }, { "docid": "1633334", "text": "for which many modern writers have blamed Turenne, appeared no more harsh a measure than the spirit of the times and the circumstances of the case permitted. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) brought little peace to France, which soon became involved in the civil war of the Fronde (1648–1653). Few of Turenne's actions caused sharper criticism than his adhesion to the party of revolt. The army of Weimar refused to follow its leader and he had to flee into the Spanish Netherlands, where he remained until the treaty of Rueil (March 1649) put an end to the first war of", "title": "Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne" }, { "docid": "14513026", "text": "Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania died. He was the last of the Slavic Griffins Dynasty of the Duchy of Pomerania. Sweden acquired the Pomeranian rule, while the Commonwealth was only able to get back its fiefs, Bytów Land and Lębork Land. Słupsk Land was also sought by Władysław IV at the peace conference, but it ended up a part of Brandenburg, which after the Peace of Westphalia controlled all of Pomerania adjacent to the border of the Commonwealth, extending south to where it met with Habsburg lands. Portions of Pomerania were populated by the Slavic Kashubians and Slovincians. The Thirty", "title": "History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)" }, { "docid": "3170761", "text": "Peace of Westphalia (1648) and the confessional division of Germanic Christianity that exists to this day: most of Austria, Luxembourg, Flanders(by force), Duchy of Brabant, Southern (especially, Bavaria) and Western Germany (notably Saarland and Rheinland part of Nordrhein-Westfalen) remained Catholic while Northern and Eastern Germany (notably Prussia) remained Lutheran. Under the Peace, the religion of the Lutheran or Catholic ruler determined the religion of his subjects. The last German Pope, Benedict XVI, was born in Southern Germany (Bavaria) and was a product of this confessional division. The Romance speaking territories remained Catholic (with the exception of Geneva, where Calvinism originated)", "title": "Christianisation of the Germanic peoples" }, { "docid": "16167477", "text": "Center, approximately at the center of the Westphalia area. Prince George's County Public Schools operates public schools serving the census-designated place. Elementary schools: Middle schools: High schools: Westphalia, Maryland Westphalia is a census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population of the CDP was 7,266 at the 2010 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Westphalia has a total area of , of which , or 0.20%, is water. The CDP is bordered to the west by the Capital Beltway (I-495/95) and to the south by Maryland Route 4. The CDP of Largo borders", "title": "Westphalia, Maryland" }, { "docid": "20584207", "text": "remarked that Puerto Rico has the strictest gun control regulations of all jurisdictions in the country. Rivera Marín stated that \"our communities need to be a place where our people have peace, not fear\". He announced that the march would begin at Condado Lagoon and culminate at the Peace Pavilion in Luis Muñoz Rivera Park. In British Columbia, marches were planned in Vancouver and Victoria. Marches were set to take place in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. Students from R.D. Parker Collegiate in Thompson, Manitoba, were planning to march. In Ontario, marches were planned in Ottawa, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford, Toronto, and", "title": "March for Our Lives" }, { "docid": "15554584", "text": "for the most part in Pappenheim's regiment. It lay there until being discoved by Jan Peters in 1988, an East German professor at the time. Peter Hagendorf expresses mixed feelings towards the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. He had basically lost his job which required him to work now as a night guard, and to take up other unskilled work. Without giving a reason, he picks up his son from the probst, travelling with his family northeast through Öttingen. His last location is Günzburg when the diary stops - the last three pages are missing. Professor , who had published", "title": "Peter Hagendorf" }, { "docid": "17568803", "text": "required to enter parliament), they did not receive any seats. The party entered this election still in direct competition to the ideologically similar Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), with whom they would cooperate in later elections. On the 25 and 26 of March 2006, the first state convention of the group as a political party took place in Dortmund. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) ran candidates in both the 2000 and 2005 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, garnering 1.1% and 0.9% of the votes, respectively. The Left Party came into existence on 21 October 2007 through the merger of", "title": "The Left North Rhine-Westphalia" }, { "docid": "8194864", "text": "Najibuddin appealed for peace. But Jawahar Singh was determined to take revenge for his father, by severing his head. After several days, some Rohilla leaders came to the camp of Jawahar Singh with Zubita Khan who sought the intervention of Maharaja Holkar. Holkar tried to persuade Jawahar Singh to make peace on the condition that Najibuddaulah would pay the whole expenditure for the war. Jawahar Singh did not accepted this offer and continued attacking mughals. After some time a treaty took place between Jawahar Singh and Najib-ud-daula, the whole expenditure of war was beared by Najib-ud-daula. Jawahar Singh took Gates", "title": "Jawahar Singh" }, { "docid": "18000306", "text": "the Fatah–Hamas agreement. The United States said it was troubled by the announcement, which \"could seriously complicate\" negotiations to extend peace negotiations and could implications, inter alia regarding aid. The European Union welcomed the agreement, but said the priority remains peace talks with Israel. The Palestinian Unity Government was formed on 2 June 2014. It was dissolved on 17 June 2015 after President Abbas said it was unable to operate in the Gaza Strip. The general elections stipulated to take place within six months of the formation of the government did not eventuate. During the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, the Shin", "title": "2014 Fatah–Hamas Agreements" }, { "docid": "6154560", "text": "Westphalia, Texas Westphalia is a census–designated place and Unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States located south of Waco on State Highway 320. Westphalia has a strong German and Catholic background. The Church of the Visitation was, until recently, the largest wooden church west of the Mississippi River. Westphalia is mainly noted for its historic church and convents, but also for its meat market and for its annual church picnic, which is one of the largest in the area. Westphalia is also known for the Westphalia Waltz. The Westphalia Independent School District serves area students. The entire town of", "title": "Westphalia, Texas" }, { "docid": "7410683", "text": "parties in the conflict, Israelis insist that their rights and interests must be addressed as well. In 2000, at Camp David, the Palestinians were offered a nominally independent state. Led by Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians rejected this offer. When U.S. President Bill Clinton and the Israelis asked the Palestinians to offer a counter-proposal, Arafat declined and returned to the West Bank. Later, further negotiations did take place, but they were terminated. In his book \"The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace\", Dennis Ross, the American ambassador and facilitator, writes that the idea the Palestinian", "title": "Views on the Arab–Israeli conflict" }, { "docid": "15156742", "text": "violates the Armistice Agreement which specifically prohibits armed guards and anti-personnel mines. In 2016, when North Korea proposed formal peace talks, the U.S. adjusted its position from the pre-condition that North Korea should have already taken \"irreversible steps toward denuclearization\", to a negotiating stance that includes North Korea halting its nuclear program. The discussions did not take place. A State Department spokesman said that \"[North Korea] periodically raise[s] the idea and it never really gets far\". On 27 April 2018 the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula was signed by South Korean President Moon Jae-in", "title": "Korean Armistice Agreement" }, { "docid": "7731510", "text": "but remained in Aragonese prison. She did not take part in the regency for him in Naples, but remained in Provence, where she did take part in the administration from time to time, though she was not formal regent. In 1288, she took part in the negotiations of her consort's release, and the same year, she made a peace treaty with Aragon. Charles was released the same year, and they returned to Naples together. In 1290-94, she was regent for him in Provence. On 10 July 1290, Mary's brother, Ladislaus IV of Hungary died childless. The question now was who", "title": "Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples" } ]

[ "perpendicular distance" ]

[ { "docid": "13690251", "text": "Distance from a point to a line The distance (or perpendicular distance) from a point to a line is the shortest distance from a fixed point to any point on a fixed infinite line in Euclidean geometry. It is the length of the line segment which joins the point to the line and is perpendicular to the line. The formula for calculating it can be derived and expressed in several ways. Knowing the shortest distance from a point to a line can be useful in various situations—for example, finding the shortest distance to reach a road, quantifying the scatter on", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "13690251", "text": "Distance from a point to a line The distance (or perpendicular distance) from a point to a line is the shortest distance from a fixed point to any point on a fixed infinite line in Euclidean geometry. It is the length of the line segment which joins the point to the line and is perpendicular to the line. The formula for calculating it can be derived and expressed in several ways. Knowing the shortest distance from a point to a line can be useful in various situations—for example, finding the shortest distance to reach a road, quantifying the scatter on", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "13690252", "text": "a graph, etc. In Deming regression, a type of linear curve fitting, if the dependent and independent variables have equal variance this results in orthogonal regression in which the degree of imperfection of the fit is measured for each data point as the perpendicular distance of the point from the regression line. In the case of a line in the plane given by the equation where \"a\", \"b\" and \"c\" are real constants with \"a\" and \"b\" not both zero, the distance from the line to a point (\"x\",\"y\") is The point on this line which is closest to (\"x\",\"y\")", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "17147069", "text": "Distance between two straight lines The distance between two straight lines in the plane is the minimum distance between any two points lying on the lines. In case of intersecting lines, the distance between them is zero, because the minimum distance between them is zero (at the point of intersection); whereas in case of two parallel lines, it is the perpendicular distance from a point on one line to the other line. Because the lines are parallel, the perpendicular distance between them is a constant, so it does not matter which point is chosen to measure the distance. Given the", "title": "Distance between two straight lines" }, { "docid": "5082253", "text": "by , and , as in (2). In (3), the axes are rotated to give an isometric view. The triangle, viewed face-on, appears equilateral. In (4), the distances of from lines , and are denoted by , and , respectively. For any line in vector form ( is a unit vector) and a point , the perpendicular distance from to is In this case, point is at Line has Using the perpendicular distance formula, Similar calculation on lines and gives This shows that the distance of the point from the respective lines is linearly proportional to the original values ,", "title": "Ternary plot" }, { "docid": "14849014", "text": "Pedal equation For a plane curve \"C\" and a given fixed point \"O\", the pedal equation of the curve is a relation between \"r\" and \"p\" where \"r\" is the distance from \"O\" to a point on \"C\" and \"p\" is the perpendicular distance from \"O\" to the tangent line to \"C\" at the point. The point \"O\" is called the \"pedal point\" and the values \"r\" and \"p\" are sometimes called the \"pedal coordinates\" of a point relative to the curve and the pedal point. It is also useful to measure the distance of \"O\" to the normal formula_1", "title": "Pedal equation" }, { "docid": "14849019", "text": "was discovered by P. Blaschke in 2017. As an example consider the so-called Kepler problem, i.e. central force problem, where the force varies inversely as a square of the distance: Pedal equation For a plane curve \"C\" and a given fixed point \"O\", the pedal equation of the curve is a relation between \"r\" and \"p\" where \"r\" is the distance from \"O\" to a point on \"C\" and \"p\" is the perpendicular distance from \"O\" to the tangent line to \"C\" at the point. The point \"O\" is called the \"pedal point\" and the values \"r\" and \"p\" are", "title": "Pedal equation" } ]

[ { "docid": "516633", "text": "from a point \"A\" to a point \"B\" should be distinguished from the straight-line distance from \"A\" to \"B\". For example, whatever the distance covered during a round trip from \"A\" to \"B\" and back to \"A\", the displacement is zero as start and end points coincide. In general the straight-line distance does not equal distance travelled, except for journeys in a straight line. Directed distances can be determined along straight lines and along curved lines. Directed distances along straight lines are vectors that give the distance and direction between a starting point and an ending point. A directed distance", "title": "Distance" }, { "docid": "516634", "text": "of a point \"C\" from point \"A\" in the direction of \"B\" on a line \"AB\" in a Euclidean vector space is the distance from \"A\" to \"C\" if \"C\" falls on the ray \"AB\", but is the negative of that distance if \"C\" falls on the ray \"BA\" (I.e., if \"C\" is not on the same side of \"A\" as \"B\" is). I.e. the directed distance from the New York City Main Library flag pole to the Statue of Liberty flag pole has: Another kind of directed distance is that between two different particles or point masses at a", "title": "Distance" }, { "docid": "516636", "text": "and \"B\" can indicate the sense, if the ordered sequence (\"A\", \"B\") is assumed, which implies that \"A\" is the starting point. A displacement (see above) is a special kind of directed distance defined in mechanics. A directed distance is called displacement when it is the distance along a straight line (minimum distance) from \"A\" and \"B\", and when \"A\" and \"B\" are positions occupied by the \"same particle\" at two \"different instants\" of time. This implies motion of the particle. The distance traveled by a particle must always be greater than or equal to its displacement, with equality occurring", "title": "Distance" }, { "docid": "445612", "text": "the vector represents a directed distance or displacement from a point \"A\" to a point \"B\" (see figure), it can also be denoted as formula_7 or \"AB\". Especially in literature in German it was common to represent vectors with small fraktur letters as formula_8. Vectors are usually shown in graphs or other diagrams as arrows (directed line segments), as illustrated in the figure. Here the point \"A\" is called the \"origin\", \"tail\", \"base\", or \"initial point\"; point \"B\" is called the \"head\", \"tip\", \"endpoint\", \"terminal point\" or \"final point\". The length of the arrow is proportional to the vector's magnitude,", "title": "Euclidean vector" }, { "docid": "386624", "text": "a straight line, such that the acceleration is directed towards the center of the motion and also proportional to the displacement from that point. The motion of a particle moving along a straight line with an acceleration whose direction is always towards a fixed point on the line and whose magnitude is proportional to the distance from the variable point is called simple harmonic motion [SHM]. In the diagram, a simple harmonic oscillator, consisting of a weight attached to one end of a spring, is shown. The other end of the spring is connected to a rigid support such as", "title": "Simple harmonic motion" }, { "docid": "825480", "text": "the distance to the nearest point on that line. That is the point at which a segment from it to the given point is perpendicular to the line. Likewise, the distance from a point to a curve is measured by a line segment that is perpendicular to a tangent line to the curve at the nearest point on the curve. Perpendicular regression fits a line to data points by minimizing the sum of squared perpendicular distances from the data points to the line. The distance from a point to a plane is measured as the length from the point along", "title": "Perpendicular" }, { "docid": "13690263", "text": "formula_39 perpendicular to the line. The distance from the point to the line is then just the norm of that vector. This more general formula is not restricted to two dimensions. If the vector space is orthonormal and if the line (\"l\" ) goes through point A and has a direction vector formula_45, the distance between point P and line (\"l\") is where formula_47 is the cross product of the vectors formula_48 and formula_45 and where formula_50 is the vector norm of formula_45. Note that cross products only exist in dimensions 3 and 7. Distance from a point to a", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "651309", "text": "\"n\"-space, then the distance (d) from p to q, or from q to p is given by the Pythagorean formula: The position of a point in a Euclidean \"n\"-space is a Euclidean vector. So, p and q may be represented as Euclidean vectors, starting from the origin of the space (initial point) with their tips (terminal points) ending at the two points. The Euclidean norm, or Euclidean length, or magnitude of a vector measures the length of the vector: where the last expression involves the dot product. Describing a vector as a directed line segment from the origin of the", "title": "Euclidean distance" }, { "docid": "2788841", "text": "point \"A\". Mark point \"B\" at a distance \"r\" from it, and join to form a line segment. Mark point \"C\" in a second, orthogonal, dimension at a distance \"r\" from both, and join to \"A\" and \"B\" to form an equilateral triangle. Mark point \"D\" in a third, orthogonal, dimension a distance \"r\" from all three, and join to form a regular tetrahedron. And so on for higher dimensions. These are the regular simplices or simplexes. Their names are, in order of dimensionality: Begin with a point \"A\". Extend a line to point \"B\" at distance \"r\", and join", "title": "Regular polytope" }, { "docid": "19315493", "text": "directed line (the \"x\"-axis) and after that many choices exist. Axial coordinates \"x\" and \"y\" are found by constructing a \"y\"-axis perpendicular to the \"x\"-axis through the origin. Like in the Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinates are found by dropping perpendiculars from the point onto the \"x\" and \"y\"-axes. \"x\" is the distance from the foot of the perpendicular on the \"x\"-axis to the origin (regarded as positive on one side and negative on the other); \"y\" is the distance from the foot of the perpendicular on the \"y\"-axis to the origin. Every point and most ideal points have axial", "title": "Coordinate systems for the hyperbolic plane" }, { "docid": "2760501", "text": "possible to the real view, the line of sight should be directed to its center. On a plan drawing, the line of sight should correspond to the bisector of the angle containing the extreme projections of the object(s) to the station point. The area on a plan or on an elevation or section, between the pair of lines that correspond to the extremes of the view and converge at the station point is called the drawing´s visual angle and its breadth depends on the distance from the observer to the object(s). The line of sight should always bisect the observer´s", "title": "Perspective projection distortion" }, { "docid": "13690260", "text": "length of this projection is given by: Now, thus Since \"Q\" is a point on the line, formula_27, and so, It is possible to produce another expression to find the shortest distance of a point to a line. This derivation also requires that the line is not vertical or horizontal. The point P is given with coordinates (formula_29). The equation of a line is given by formula_30. The equation of the normal of that line which passes through the point P is given formula_31. The point at which these two lines intersect is the closest point on the original line", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "13690259", "text": "formula_19, and formula_20in terms of the coordinates of P and the coefficients of the equation of the line to get the indicated formula. Let \"P\" be the point with coordinates (\"x\", \"y\") and let the given line have equation \"ax\" + \"by\" + \"c\" = 0. Also, let \"Q\" = (\"x\", \"y\") be any point on this line and n the vector (\"a\", \"b\") starting at point \"Q\". The vector n is perpendicular to the line, and the distance \"d\" from point \"P\" to the line is equal to the length of the orthogonal projection of formula_21 on n. The", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "651313", "text": "unit of length and a direction along the line to call positive. The second point is then uniquely determined as the point on the line that is at a distance of one positive unit from the origin. The distance between any two points on the real line is the absolute value of the numerical difference of their coordinates. It is common to identify the name of a point with its Cartesian coordinate. Thus if \"p\" and \"q\" are two points on the real line, then the distance between them is given by: In one dimension, there is a single homogeneous,", "title": "Euclidean distance" }, { "docid": "13690262", "text": "equation of a line can be given in vector form: Here is the position of a point on the line, and is a unit vector in the direction of the line. Then as scalar \"t\" varies, gives the locus of the line. The distance of an arbitrary point to this line is given by This formula can be derived as follows: formula_39 is a vector from to the point on the line. Then formula_40 is the projected length onto the line and so is a vector that is the projection of formula_39 onto the line. Thus is the component of", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "13690261", "text": "to the point P. Hence: We can solve this equation for \"x\", The y coordinate of the point of intersection can be found by substituting this value of \"x\" into the equation of the original line, Using the equation for finding the distance between 2 points, formula_35, we can deduce that the formula to find the shortest distance between a line and a point is the following: Recalling that \"m\" = -\"a\"/\"b\" and \"k\" = - \"c\"/\"b\" for the line with equation \"ax\" + \"by\" + c = 0, a little algebraic simplification reduces this to the standard expression. The", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "651312", "text": "direction from the origin to the second point is defined as the \"positive direction\". This line segment may be translated along the line to build longer segments whose lengths correspond to multiples of the unit distance. In this manner real numbers can be associated to points on the line (as the distance from the origin to the point) and these are the Cartesian coordinates of the points on what may now be called the real line. As an alternate way to establish the metric, instead of choosing two points on the line, choose one point to be the origin, a", "title": "Euclidean distance" }, { "docid": "5148008", "text": "compute the 3D volume of a mesh (discrete volumetric integral)<br> Surface Area - compute the surface area of a mesh (discrete surface integral)<br> Collision Detection - determine if two complex meshes in motion have collided<br> Fitting - construct a parametric surface (NURBS, bicubic spline) by fitting it to a given mesh<br> Point-Surface Distance - compute distance from a point to the mesh<br> Line-Surface Distance - compute distance from a line to the mesh<br> Line-Surface Intersection - compute intersection of line and the mesh<br> Cross Section - compute the curves created by a cross-section of a plane through a mesh<br> Centroid", "title": "Polygonal modeling" }, { "docid": "858903", "text": "problems in geometry to be translated into problems about numbers and \"vice versa\"; this is the basis of analytic geometry. The simplest example of a coordinate system is the identification of points on a line with real numbers using the \"number line\". In this system, an arbitrary point \"O\" (the \"origin\") is chosen on a given line. The coordinate of a point \"P\" is defined as the signed distance from \"O\" to \"P\", where the signed distance is the distance taken as positive or negative depending on which side of the line \"P\" lies. Each point is given a unique", "title": "Coordinate system" }, { "docid": "13690254", "text": "the same point and the line is |\"ax\" + \"c\"| / |\"a\"|, as measured along a horizontal line segment. If the line passes through two points \"P\"=(\"x\",\"y\") and \"P\"=(\"x\",\"y\") then the distance of (x,y) from the line is: The denominator of this expression is the distance between \"P\" and \"P\". The numerator is twice the area of the triangle with its vertices at the three points, (x,y), \"P\" and \"P\". See: . The expression is equivalent to formula_4, which can be obtained by rearranging the standard formula for the area of a triangle: formula_5, where \"b\" is the length of", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "2343045", "text": "vanishing point are drawn (in grey). These lines give the basic, one point \"railroad tracks\" perspective. The closer it is the horizon line, the farther away it is from the viewer, and the smaller it will appear. The farther away from the viewer it is, the closer it is to being perpendicular to the picture plane. A new point (\"the eye\") is now chosen, on the horizon line, either to the left or right of the vanishing point. The distance from this point to the vanishing point represents the distance of the viewer from the drawing. If this point is", "title": "Perspective (graphical)" }, { "docid": "2831773", "text": "horizon line, while orthogonals are created using a compass set on a line made at a 90-degree angle through each of the four vanishing points. Distances a and c between the viewer and the wall are greater than the b distance, so adopting the principle that when an object is a greater distance from the observer, it becomes smaller, the wall is reduced and thus appears distorted at the edges. If a point has the 3D Cartesian coordinates (\"x\",\"y\",\"z\"): Denoting distance from the point to the origin by \"d\" = , then the transformation of the point to a curvilinear", "title": "Curvilinear perspective" }, { "docid": "13690258", "text": "are vertical lines). Corresponding sides of these triangles are in the same ratio, so: If point \"S\" has coordinates (\"x\",\"m\") then |\"PS\"| = |\"y\" - \"m\"| and the distance from \"P\" to the line is: Since \"S\" is on the line, we can find the value of m, and finally obtain: A variation of this proof is to place V at P and compute the area of the triangle ∆\"UVT\" two ways to obtain that formula_17 where D is the altitude of ∆\"UVT\" drawn to the hypoteneuse of ∆\"UVT\" from \"P\". The distance formula can then used to express formula_18,", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "11741704", "text": "the circle that passes through the three points P, Q and T. If the line \"m\" is \"not\" parallel to the given line \"l\", then it intersects \"l\" at a point G. By the power of a point theorem, the distance from G to a tangent point T must equal the geometric mean Two points on the given line \"L\" are located at a distance formula_12 from the point G, which may be denoted as T and T. The two solution circles are the circles that pass through the three points (P, Q, T) and (P, Q, T), respectively. The", "title": "Special cases of Apollonius' problem" }, { "docid": "5168559", "text": "are measured along the \"x\" axis of an EPR spectrum, from a line's center to a chosen reference point of the line. These defined widths are called halfwidths and possess some advantages: for asymmetric lines, values of left and right halfwidth can be given. The halfwidth formula_61 is the distance measured from the line's center to the point in which absorption value has half of maximal absorption value in the center of resonance line. First inclination width formula_62 is a distance from center of the line to the point of maximal absorption curve inclination. In practice, a full definition of", "title": "Electron paramagnetic resonance" }, { "docid": "8647576", "text": "diagram a line has been drawn from the origin to the point with minimum sink. The slope of the line from the origin gives the glide angle, because it is the ratio of the distance along the airspeed axis to the distance along the sink rate axis. A whole series of lines could be drawn from the origin to each of the data points, each line showing the glide angle for that speed. However the best glide angle is the line with the least slope. In the second diagram, the line has been drawn from the origin to the point", "title": "Polar curve (aerodynamics)" }, { "docid": "17204436", "text": "one distance to the trunk calculate the area. The fourth method, the Azimuth Method, requires only azimuths and distance measurements from point to point around the crown perimeter. The measurer walks the perimeter of the crown following the drip line fairly closely. Points are identified on the ground that represent the outline of the crown and marked in a way so that the next point is always visible from the prior one. For the first point, the distance to the center of the tree's trunk is measured along with the vertical angle to the point. Then the distance to the", "title": "Tree crown measurement" }, { "docid": "5520084", "text": "in 1987, a year after the NCAA. The NCAA used the FIBA three-point line (see below) in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) For three seasons beginning in 1994–95, the NBA attempted to address decreased scoring by shortening the distance of the line from ( at the corners) to a uniform around the basket. From the 1997–98 season on, the NBA reverted the line to its original distance of ( at the corners, with a 3-inch differential). Ray Allen is currently the NBA all-time leader in career made three-pointers with 2,973. In 2008, FIBA announced that the distance would be increased", "title": "Three-point field goal" }, { "docid": "3185129", "text": "scoring by shortening the overall distance of the line to a uniform around the basket. It was moved back to its original distance after the 1996–97 season. FIBA and the NCAA both adopted the three-point line in 1985. In most high school associations in the United States, the distance is 19.75 feet. This was formerly the distance for college basketball as well. On May 26, 2007, the NCAA playing rules committee agreed to move the three-point line back one foot to 20.75 feet for the men. This rule went into effect for the 2008–2009 season. The three-point line for women", "title": "Basketball court" }, { "docid": "9662017", "text": "\"RS\" and \"RW\" are in proportion formula_1. In this figure, segments \"PU\" and \"VT\" are of equal length, and \"RV\" is perpendicular to \"TU\". These properties can be used as part of an equivalent alternative definition for the Philo line for a point \"P\" and angle edges \"d\" and \"e\": it is a line segment connecting \"d\" to \"e\" through \"P\" such that the distance along the segment from \"P\" to \"d\" is equal to the distance along the segment from \"V\" to \"e\", where \"V\" is the closest point on the segment to the corner point of the angle.", "title": "Philo line" }, { "docid": "3152423", "text": "do not intersect. Equivalently, they are parallel if and only if the distance from a point \"P\" on line \"m\" to the nearest point in plane \"q\" is independent of the location of \"P\" on line \"m\". Similar to the fact that parallel lines must be located in the same plane, parallel planes must be situated in the same three-dimensional space and contain no point in common. Two distinct planes \"q\" and \"r\" are parallel if and only if the distance from a point \"P\" in plane \"q\" to the nearest point in plane \"r\" is independent of the location", "title": "Parallel (geometry)" }, { "docid": "1537554", "text": "racing patterns call for a precise distance between the start line and the first barrel, from the first to the second barrel, and from the second to the third barrel. The pattern from every point of the cloverleaf will have a precisely measured distance from one point to the next. Usually the established distances are as follows: \"Note:\" In a standard WPRA pattern, the score line begins at the plane of arena, meaning from fence to fence regardless of the position of the electric eye or timer. In larger arenas, there is a maximum allowable distance of 105 feet between", "title": "Barrel racing" }, { "docid": "8059764", "text": "the inexact differential is very simple conceptually. There are many everyday examples that are much more relevant to inexact differentials in the actual context in which it is used. The easiest example is the difference between net distance and total distance. For example, in walking from Point \"A\" to Point \"B\" along a straight line, one covers a net distance \"B\" − \"A\" that is equal to the total distance. If one then returns to Point \"A\", however, net distance is now 0 while total distance covered is 2*(\"B\" − \"A\"). This example captures the essential idea behind the inexact", "title": "Inexact differential" }, { "docid": "17301592", "text": "south crossing a small portion of Corio Bay parallel with and at a distance of 2 miles from the eastern boundary of the said township to a point bearing east from the south-east corner of the said Township of Geelong thence by a line drawn westerly at a distance of 2 miles from the southern boundary of the said township crossing the Barwon River and Waurn Chain of Ponds to a point 2 miles west of the south-west corner of the said township thence by a line bearing north parallel with and at a distance of 2 miles from the", "title": "Electoral district of Geelong (Victorian Legislative Council)" }, { "docid": "5228291", "text": "indifferent between the actual cities. In analogy with Newton's law of gravitation, the point of indifference is the point at which the \"attractiveness\" of the two retail centres (postulated to be proportional to their size and inversely proportional to the square of the distance to them) is equal: Where formula_2 is the distance of the point of indifference from \"A\", formula_3 is its distance from \"B\", and formula_4 is the relative size of the two centres. If the customer is on the line connecting \"A\" and \"B\", then if \"D\" is the distance between the centres, the point of indifference", "title": "Reilly's law of retail gravitation" }, { "docid": "3407448", "text": "Shear mapping In plane geometry, a shear mapping is a linear map that displaces each point in fixed direction, by an amount proportional to its signed distance from a line that is parallel to that direction. This type of mapping is also called shear transformation, transvection, or just shearing. An example is the mapping that takes any point with coordinates formula_1 to the point formula_2. In this case, the displacement is horizontal, the fixed line is the formula_3-axis, and the signed distance is the formula_4 coordinate. Note that points on opposite sides of the reference line are displaced in opposite", "title": "Shear mapping" }, { "docid": "13690253", "text": "has coordinates: Horizontal and vertical lines In the general equation of a line, \"ax\" + \"by\" + \"c\" = 0, \"a\" and \"b\" cannot both be zero unless \"c\" is also zero, in which case the equation does not define a line. If \"a\" = 0 and \"b\" 0, the line is horizontal and has equation \"y\" = -\"c\"/\"b\". The distance from (\"x\", \"y\") to this line is measured along a vertical line segment of length |\"y\" - (-\"c\"/\"b\")| = |\"by\" + \"c\"| / |\"b\"| in accordance with the formula. Similarly, for vertical lines (\"b\" = 0) the distance between", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "3112185", "text": "dynamics and in geomagnetics, the terms \"isocline\" and \"isoclinic line\" have specific meanings which are described below. A curve of equidistant points is a set of points all at the same distance from a given point, line, or polyline. In this case the function whose value is being held constant along a contour line is a distance function. In geography, the word \"isopleth\" (from or \"plethos\", meaning 'quantity') is used for contour lines that depict a variable which cannot be measured at a point, but which instead must be calculated from data collected over an area. An example is population", "title": "Contour line" }, { "docid": "1787928", "text": "pole\" of the given line. The perpendiculars on the other side also intersect at a point, which is different from the other absolute pole only in spherical geometry, for in elliptic geometry the poles on either side are the same. There are no antipodal points in elliptic geometry. Every point corresponds to an \"absolute polar line\" of which it is the absolute pole. Any point on this polar line forms an \"absolute conjugate pair\" with the pole. Such a pair of points is \"orthogonal\", and the distance between them is a \"quadrant\". The distance between a pair of points is", "title": "Elliptic geometry" }, { "docid": "12788352", "text": "Hesse normal form The Hesse normal form named after Otto Hesse, is an equation used in analytic geometry, and describes a line in formula_1 or a plane in Euclidean space formula_2 or a hyperplane in higher dimensions. It is primarily used for calculating distances (see point-plane distance and point-line distance). It is written in vector notation as The dot formula_4 indicates the scalar product or dot product. The vector formula_5 represents the unit normal vector of \"E\" or \"g\", that points from the origin of the coordinate system to the plane (or line, in 2D). The distance formula_6 is the", "title": "Hesse normal form" }, { "docid": "19816202", "text": "Orthodontics. He developed the holdaway lip analysis. The lip analysis, which was called H Line, was known to run from the cephalometric point Soft Tissue Pogonion to upper lip. \"H\" angle of Holdaway was between the Nasion-B Point (NB) line and the H line. For a normal ANB value of 2-3 degree, H angle is around 7-8 degrees. He was also known for developing the Holdaway ratio to compare the prominence of the lower incisors compare to that of the bony chin. According to him, the distance from labial surface of mandibular incisor to the N-B line and distance from", "title": "Reed Holdaway" }, { "docid": "9249981", "text": "Note that the distance from a point, \"x\" to the line formula_60 is given by And so the squared distance from a point, \"x\", to a line is The sum of squared distances to many lines is the cost function: This can be rearranged: To find the minimum, we differentiate with respect to \"x\" and set the result equal to the zero vector: so and so While formula_55 is not well-defined in more than two dimensions, this can be generalized to any number of dimensions by noting that formula_69 is simply the (symmetric) matrix with all eigenvalues unity except for", "title": "Line–line intersection" }, { "docid": "5520088", "text": "then becomes parallel to the sidelines from the plane of the basket center to the baseline ( in college, in high schools). The distance of the three-point line to the center of the hoop varies by level: A player's feet must be completely behind the three-point line at the time of the shot or jump in order to make a three-point attempt; if the player's feet are on or in front of the line, it is a two-point attempt. A player is allowed to jump from outside the line and land inside the line to make a three-point attempt, as", "title": "Three-point field goal" }, { "docid": "12971305", "text": "and logical arguments were either ignored or slurred over. In Mac Lane's system there are four primitive notions (undefined terms): \"point\", \"distance\", \"line\" and \"angle measure\". There are also 14 axioms, four giving the properties of the distance function, four describing properties of lines, four discussing angles (which are directed angles in this treatment), a similarity axiom (essentially the same as Birkhoff's) and a continuity axiom which can be used to derive the Crossbar theorem and its converse. The increased number of axioms has the pedagogical advantage of making early proofs in the development easier to follow and the use", "title": "Foundations of geometry" }, { "docid": "3185128", "text": "line would give the player three free throws if the shot does not go in, and one if it does. The distance to the three-point line from the center of the basket varies depending on the level or league, and has changed several times. These are the current distances, with the league or level using each distance: The NBA adopted the three-point line at the start of the 1979–80 season. This is of variable distance, ranging from in the corners to behind the top of the key. During the 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons, the NBA attempted to address decreased", "title": "Basketball court" }, { "docid": "9249982", "text": "a zero eigenvalue in the direction along the line providing a seminorm on the distance between formula_54 and another point giving the distance to the line. In any number of dimensions, if formula_71 is a unit vector \"along\" the \"i\"-th line, then where \"I\" is the identity matrix, and so Line–line intersection In Euclidean geometry, the intersection of a line and a line can be the empty set, a point, or a line. Distinguishing these cases and finding the intersection point have use, for example, in computer graphics, motion planning, and collision detection. In three-dimensional Euclidean geometry, if two lines", "title": "Line–line intersection" }, { "docid": "3158806", "text": "standard court size in U.S. college and WNBA play is 94 feet long by 50 feet wide. The FIBA standard court is slightly smaller at 28 metres long by 15 metres wide (91 ft 10.4 in by 49 ft 2.6 in). For most of its distance, the three-point line is from the middle of the basket under both FIBA and WNBA rules. Near the sidelines, the three-point line runs parallel to the.sideline, at a distance of exactly 3 feet in the WNBA and 0.9 m in FIBA play. Under NCAA rules, the three-point distance is for most of the width", "title": "Women's basketball" }, { "docid": "12392545", "text": "would not change because the distance from each point to the line grows on one side of the line, while the distance to each point on the opposite side of the line diminishes by exactly the same amount. Thus the sum of absolute errors remains the same. Also, since one can tilt the line in infinitely small increments, this also shows that if there is more than one solution, there are infinitely many solutions. The least absolute deviation problem may be extended to include multiple explanators, constraints and regularization, e.g., a linear model with linear constraints: where formula_5 is a", "title": "Least absolute deviations" }, { "docid": "390742", "text": "is often quite different from a value of instantaneous speed. If the average speed and the time of travel are known, the distance travelled can be calculated by rearranging the definition to Using this equation for an average speed of 80 kilometres per hour on a 4-hour trip, the distance covered is found to be 320 kilometres. Expressed in graphical language, the slope of a tangent line at any point of a distance-time graph is the instantaneous speed at this point, while the slope of a chord line of the same graph is the average speed during the time interval", "title": "Speed" }, { "docid": "4605283", "text": "for a point where they meet, a fix is generated. However, in the case of fast-moving receivers, the position of the signal moves as signals are received from several satellites. In addition, the radio signals slow slightly as they pass through the ionosphere, and this slowing varies with the receiver's angle to the satellite, because that changes the distance through the ionosphere. The basic computation thus attempts to find the shortest directed line tangent to four oblate spherical shells centred on four satellites. Satellite navigation receivers reduce errors by using combinations of signals from multiple satellites and multiple correlators, and", "title": "Satellite navigation" }, { "docid": "20615238", "text": "The through line (VzG line number 6151) begins at Glasower Damm Ost junction. However, running distance on the line (chainage) does not start at zero, but follows that of the Berlin outer ring. This in turn continues the chainage of the Michendorf–Großbeeren railway, opened in 1926, which formed part of the Brandenburg Bypass Railway. The starting point of the chainage is therefore at kilometre 28.220 km, the distance from Michendorf. The outer ring to the east and the line to the new airport have parallel chainages measured from that point. The end of line 6151 is at Bohnsdorf Süd junction", "title": "Glasower Damm Ost–Bohnsdorf Süd railway" }, { "docid": "15308265", "text": "points are granted for the critical point length. Based on the hills length, distance points are calculated, which is added for each meter beyond the critical point and subtracted for each point shorter than the critical point. A meter has more distance points in smaller hills. Construction point The construction point (), also known as the critical point, calculation point, calculation line, K-point and K-spot, is a line across a ski jumping hill which indicates the hill's steepest point in meters. It was formerly used to classify the size of a ski jumping hill, and to calculate the number of", "title": "Construction point" }, { "docid": "2411801", "text": "Cross-ratio In geometry, the cross-ratio, also called the double ratio and anharmonic ratio, is a number associated with a list of four collinear points, particularly points on a projective line. Given four points \"A\", \"B\", \"C\" and \"D\" on a line, their cross ratio is defined as where an orientation of the line determines the sign of each distance and the distance is measured as projected into Euclidean space. (If one of the four points is the line's point at infinity, then the two distances involving that point are dropped from the formula.) The point \"D\" is the harmonic conjugate", "title": "Cross-ratio" }, { "docid": "5520077", "text": "Three-point field goal A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer or informally, trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for field goals made within the three-point line and the one point for each made free throw. The distance from the basket to the three-point line varies by competition level: in the National Basketball Association (NBA) the arc is from center of the basket; in FIBA and the WNBA the arc is ; and", "title": "Three-point field goal" }, { "docid": "13690255", "text": "a side, and \"h\" is the perpendicular height from the opposite vertex. This proof is only valid if the line is neither vertical nor horizontal, that is, we assume that neither \"a\" nor \"b\" in the equation of the line is zero. The line with equation \"ax\" + \"by\" + \"c\" = 0 has slope -\"a\"/\"b\", so any line perpendicular to it will have slope \"b\"/\"a\" (the negative reciprocal). Let (\"m\", \"n\") be the point of intersection of the line \"ax\" + \"by\" + \"c\" = 0 and the line perpendicular to it which passes through the point (\"x\", \"y\").", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "5070545", "text": "of the numbers 0.9, 0.99, 0.999, etc. Because there is ultimately no room between 1 and these numbers, the point 1 must be this least point, and so . If one places 0.9, 0.99, 0.999, etc. on the number line, one sees immediately that all these points are to the left of 1, and that they get closer and closer to 1. More precisely, the distance from 0.9 to 1 is , the distance from 0.99 to 1 is , and so on. The distance to 1 from the th point (the one with 9s after the decimal point) is", "title": "0.999..." }, { "docid": "6196705", "text": "Shin-Aomori Station Shin-Aomori Station is the northern terminus of the Ōu Main Line from via (a distance of ), although most trains continue on to . It also forms the northern terminus of the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line from (a distance of ), operated by JR East, and the starting point of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to (a distance of ), operated by JR Hokkaido. The conventional Ōu Main Line has a single island platform, serving two tracks. In addition to regular Ōu Main Line trains, the station serves two round-trips per day of Aoimori Railway trains, as well two round-trips", "title": "Shin-Aomori Station" }, { "docid": "18763885", "text": "cross product of α and β. The special perpendicular is employed to compute the volume of a pyramid (p 35), an equation on skew lines that reduces to zero when they are coplanar, a property of a spherical triangle, and the coincidence of the perpendiculars in a tetrahedron. Chapter four describes equations of geometric figures: line, plane, circle, sphere. The definition of a conic section is taken from Kelland and Tait: \"the locus of a point which move so that its distance from a fixed point bears a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed straight line.\" Ellipse, hyperbola,", "title": "Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha" }, { "docid": "516635", "text": "given time. For instance, the distance from the center of gravity of the Earth \"A\" and the center of gravity of the Moon \"B\" (which does not strictly imply motion from \"A\" to \"B\") falls into this category. A directed distance along a curved line is not a vector and is represented by a segment of that curved line defined by endpoints \"A\" and \"B\", with some specific information indicating the sense (or direction) of an ideal or real motion from one endpoint of the segment to the other (see figure). For instance, just labelling the two endpoints as \"A\"", "title": "Distance" }, { "docid": "7797427", "text": "from this point, passing a water tank and then connecting to a small spur with a maintenance shed. Shortly north of the spur, the line turns almost due west to follow the northern shore of Osbourne's Lake, then turns roughly north again after a short distance. The line continues north to a point just south of Peninsula Lake, where it turns to the west for a distance. This is a spur that forms a switchback; the train travels to the west onto this line, switches, and then travels back eastward into North Portage Station. Here there were two parallel spurs", "title": "Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company" }, { "docid": "181432", "text": "is, A particular tangent line distinguishes the hyperbola from the other conic sections. Let \"f\" be the distance from the vertex \"V\" (on both the hyperbola and its axis through the two foci) to the nearer focus. Then the distance, along a line perpendicular to that axis, from that focus to a point P on the hyperbola is greater than 2\"f\". The tangent to the hyperbola at P intersects that axis at point Q at an angle ∠PQV of greater than 45°. In the case formula_63 the hyperbola is called \"rectangular\" (or \"equilateral\"), because its asymptotes intersect rectangularly (i.e., are", "title": "Hyperbola" }, { "docid": "15860224", "text": "QBR is calculated as the following: formula_1, where g() is a function that scales from 0-100, where 50 is average. Total QBR is the raw QBR adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA is calculated based on the down, distance, and the yard line at snap, with each combination having its own point value. The point values are the average net point advantage the team on offense can expect given the particular down, distance, and field position. For example, a 1st and goal chance on the opponent's’ 1 yard line heavily favors the offense, yielding a positive point value.", "title": "Total quarterback rating" }, { "docid": "480293", "text": "parts of the surface are more than 9 kilometres away in straight-line distance. A suitable analogy would be the distance from the top centre of a bun to the bottom centre as compared to the distance from the top centre to a point on the bun's circumference: top-to-bottom is a longer distance than top-to-periphery when measured along the surface but shorter than it in direct straight-line terms. Compression from the same impact is believed to have created the thrust fault Hinks Dorsum. Data from the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft collected on Eros in December 1998 suggests that it could", "title": "433 Eros" }, { "docid": "4628405", "text": "shape analysis, the topological skeleton or medial axis of a shape is a thin version of that shape that is equidistant from its boundaries. In Euclidean geometry, parallel lines (lines that never intersect) are equidistant in the sense that the distance of any point on one line from the nearest point on the other line is the same for all points. In hyperbolic geometry the set of points that are equidistant from and on one side of a given line form an hypercycle (which is a curve not a line). Equidistant A point is said to be equidistant from a", "title": "Equidistant" }, { "docid": "2015928", "text": "the reflection of a point drop a perpendicular from the point to the line (plane) used for reflection, and extend it the same distance on the other side. To find the reflection of a figure, reflect each point in the figure. To reflect point through the line using compass and straightedge, proceed as follows (see figure): Point is then the reflection of point through line . The matrix for a reflection is orthogonal with determinant −1 and eigenvalues −1, 1, 1, ..., 1. The product of two such matrices is a special orthogonal matrix that represents a rotation. Every rotation", "title": "Reflection (mathematics)" }, { "docid": "2727884", "text": "Distance line A distance line, penetration line, cave line or guide line is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers as a means of returning to a safe starting point in conditions of low visibility, water currents or where pilotage is difficult. They are often used in cave diving and wreck diving where the diver must return to open water after a penetration when it may be difficult to discern the return route. Guidelines are also useful in the event of silt out. Distance lines are wound on to a spool or a reel. The length of the", "title": "Distance line" }, { "docid": "1348998", "text": "the perpendicular to a side from the point of intersection of the diagonals always bisects the opposite side. Algebraically, the perpendicular bisector of a line segment with endpoints formula_1 and formula_2 is given by the equation which states that the squared distance of a point on the bisector to one endpoint equals the squared distance from that point to the other endpoint. An angle bisector divides the angle into two angles with equal measures. An angle only has one bisector. Each point of an angle bisector is equidistant from the sides of the angle. The \"interior\" or \"internal bisector\" of", "title": "Bisection" }, { "docid": "715370", "text": "lines (or circles), and a point; and then draw a line which passes through the given point and intersects three lines, and such that the distance between the points of intersection equals the given segment. This the Greeks called \"neusis\" (\"inclination\", \"tendency\" or \"verging\"), because the new line \"tends\" to the point. In this expanded scheme, we can trisect an arbitrary angle (see Archimedes' trisection) or extract an arbitrary cube root (due to Nicomedes). Hence, any distance whose ratio to an existing distance is the solution of a cubic or a quartic equation is constructible. Using a markable ruler, regular", "title": "Straightedge and compass construction" }, { "docid": "11659505", "text": "places at nearly the same longitude by measuring a base line and a chain of triangles. (Suitable stations for the end points are rarely at the same longitude). The distance Δ along the meridian from one end point to a point at the same latitude as the second end point is then calculated by trigonometry. The surface distance Δ is reduced to Δ', the corresponding distance at mean sea level. The intermediate distances to points on the meridian at the same latitudes as other stations of the survey may also be calculated. The geographic latitudes of both end points, φ", "title": "Earth ellipsoid" }, { "docid": "4685429", "text": "the point is not on the line, the pair is called an \"anti-flag\". There is no natural concept of distance (a metric) in an incidence structure. However, a combinatorial metric does exist in the corresponding incidence graph (Levi graph), namely the length of the shortest path between two vertices in this bipartite graph. The distance between two objects of an incidence structure – two points, two lines or a point and a line – can be defined to be the distance between the corresponding vertices in the incidence graph of the incidence structure. Another way to define a distance again", "title": "Incidence geometry" }, { "docid": "12127723", "text": "the original curve. The starting curve is an ordered set of points or lines and the distance dimension \"ε\" > 0. The algorithm recursively divides the line. Initially it is given all the points between the first and last point. It automatically marks the first and last point to be kept. It then finds the point that is furthest from the line segment with the first and last points as end points; this point is obviously furthest on the curve from the approximating line segment between the end points. If the point is closer than \"ε\" to the line segment,", "title": "Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm" }, { "docid": "312998", "text": "angle PVF is complementary to angle VPF, therefore angle PVF is . Since the length of is , the distance of F from the vertex of the parabola is . It is shown above that this distance equals the focal length of the parabola, which is the distance from the vertex to the focus. The focus and the point F are therefore equally distant from the vertex, along the same line, which implies that they are the same point. Therefore, the point F, defined above, is the focus of the parabola. An alternative proof can be done using Dandelin spheres.", "title": "Parabola" }, { "docid": "6082423", "text": "points on the line \"OK\" have polar angle formula_4, and the points at distance \"d\" from \"K\" on this line are distance formula_5 from the origin. Therefore, the equation of the strophoid is given by Let \"C\" be given parametrically by (\"x\"(\"t\"), \"y\"(\"t\")). Let \"A\" be the point (a, b) and let \"O\" be the point (\"p\", \"q\"). Then, by a straightforward application of the polar formula, the strophoid is given parametrically by: where The complex nature of the formulas given above limits their usefulness in specific cases. There is an alternative form which is sometimes simpler to apply. This", "title": "Strophoid" }, { "docid": "8975239", "text": "diagram above. Note that formula_30 by Pythagorean theorem. Substituting with appropriate functions - Rearranging gives: Draw a horizontal line (the \"x\"-axis); mark an origin O. Draw a line from O at an angle formula_34 above the horizontal line and a second line at an angle formula_35 above that; the angle between the second line and the \"x\"-axis is formula_36. Place P on the line defined by formula_36 at a unit distance from the origin. Let PQ be a line perpendicular to line defined by angle formula_34, drawn from point Q on this line to point P. formula_39 OQP is a", "title": "Proofs of trigonometric identities" }, { "docid": "13700601", "text": "Equipollence (geometry) In Euclidean geometry, equipollence is a binary relation between directed line segments. A line segment \"AB\" from point \"A\" to point \"B\" has the opposite direction to line segment \"BA\". Two directed line segments are equipollent when they have the same length and direction. The concept of equipollent line segments was advanced by Giusto Bellavitis in 1835. Subsequently the term vector was adopted for a class of equipollent line segments. Bellavitis's use of the idea of a relation to compare different but similar objects has become a common mathematical technique, particularly in the use of equivalence relations. Bellavitis", "title": "Equipollence (geometry)" }, { "docid": "3958757", "text": "distances and azimuths from that point to any other point will be correct. That point, (\"φ\", \"λ\"), will project to the center of a circular projection, with \"φ\" referring to latitude and \"λ\" referring to longitude. All points along a given azimuth will project along a straight line from the center, and the angle \"θ\" that the line subtends from the vertical is the azimuth angle. The distance from the center point to another projected point is given as \"ρ\". By this description, then, the point on the plane specified by (\"θ\",\"ρ\") will be projected to Cartesian coordinates: The relationship", "title": "Azimuthal equidistant projection" }, { "docid": "12707831", "text": "did not materialise but a line running the short distance from Hendon to Allora was constructed and opened on 21 April 1897. Up to four trains daily connected via Kates with the main line services at Hendon. After development of land to the east of Allora, moves were afoot to extend the line about 20 kilometres to Goomburra. Approved in 1910, construction of the extension commenced in 1911 and opened on 8 July 1912. Stops were located at Kital, Berat and Kunda. The Goomburra extension was constructed from a point a short distance down from Allora station, turning Allora station", "title": "Goomburra railway line" }, { "docid": "4413262", "text": "sight. The difference between the reflected line doppler shift velocity and the direct line velocity gives the actual (i.e. not projected) distance of the shell from the central star, again assuming expansion at constant velocity since the Great Eruption. Observations of the spectrum of the Homunculus at a particular angular distance from the central star has shown the actual linear distance of that point from the central star, which defines the distance. Values obtained using this method are around 2.3 kpc with a margin of error around 100pc. The same calculations also return the inclination of the axis of the", "title": "Homunculus Nebula" }, { "docid": "6893509", "text": "colors and formula_4 symmetry. With a slight extension, Wythoff's symbol can be applied to all uniform polyhedra. However, the construction methods do not lead to all uniform tilings in Euclidean or hyperbolic space. In three dimensions, Wythoff's construction begins by choosing a \"generator point\" on the triangle. If the distance of this point from each of the sides is non-zero, the point must be chosen to be an equal distance from each edge. A perpendicular line is then dropped between the generator point and every face that it does not lie on. The three numbers in Wythoff's symbol, formula_5, formula_6", "title": "Wythoff symbol" }, { "docid": "14671816", "text": "the distance between a given point and the origin and θ is the angle between a line of reference (the \"x\"-axis) and the line through the origin and the point. The angular coordinate is the same as for polar coordinates, while the radial coordinate is transformed according to the rule where formula_2 is the distance to the origin. The formulas for transformation from Cartesian coordinates to log-polar coordinates are given by and the formulas for transformation from log-polar to Cartesian coordinates are By using complex numbers (\"x\", \"y\") = \"x\" + \"iy\", the latter transformation can be written as i.e.", "title": "Log-polar coordinates" }, { "docid": "17683683", "text": "Limiting point (geometry) In geometry, the limiting points of two disjoint circles \"A\" and \"B\" in the Euclidean plane are points \"p\" that may be defined by any of the following equivalent properties: The midpoint of the two limiting points is the point where the radical axis of \"A\" and \"B\" crosses the line through their centers. This intersection point has equal power distance to all the circles in the pencil containing \"A\" and \"B\". The limiting points themselves can be found at this distance on either side of the intersection point, on the line through the two circle centers.", "title": "Limiting point (geometry)" }, { "docid": "3185126", "text": "shot, is located within the three-point arc at 15 feet from the basket. A foul shot is worth 1 point, but if a shot is made from the foul line while in play it is still worth 2 points. † The FIBA three-point line is 2.95 ft (0.90 m) from the sideline in a zone starting at the baseline and ending when it crosses the 22.1 ft (6.75 m) arc. The 21.65 ft (6.60 m) distance exists only at the points on the three-point line that are directly to the left and right of the basket center. The only two", "title": "Basketball court" }, { "docid": "15964339", "text": "the object, runs into obstacles or runs out of line, air or time. The amount of distance line increment for each sweep should allow some overlap of sweeps to avoid the risk of missing the target between sweeps. If a buddy is involved the most efficient place is alongside the controlling diver on the line, and the extension of distance line for each sweep can be roughly doubled. Depending on the circumstances, control of the pattern may be from the surface, from a diver at the central point, or by the diver at the end of the search line, who", "title": "Underwater searches" }, { "docid": "2936342", "text": "now worth 1, 2, or 3 points depending upon distance or game situation. Basically, all non-power play goals scored from inside the yellow line were worth 2 points while non-powerplay goals from outside the yellow line (50 feet from the goal line) were worth 3 points. Any power play goal was worth 1 point, as was any goal scored during a penalty shootout. Before the 1994–1995 season, the three-point line was changed to a 45-foot arc. Eventually, power play goals were worth either two or three points, but penalty shootouts were still kept at one point. National Professional Soccer League", "title": "National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)" }, { "docid": "1374797", "text": "it was to the latter by the Nivelles–Namur paved high road over a distance of about , offered great facility for co-operation and mutual support upon whichever point the greater part of the French Army of the North might be directed. Should it prove tenable, then, considered in conjunction with the advance of the Russians from the Rhine, the whole line of the river Meuse below Namur, and the communications with Aachen and the Prussian States, were secured. If, on the other hand, either position should be forced by the French, then Mont-Saint-Jean and Wavre, upon parallel lines of retreat", "title": "Battle of Ligny" }, { "docid": "4628404", "text": "all four vertices, and it is equidistant from two opposite sides and also equidistant from the other two opposite sides. A point on the axis of symmetry of a kite is equidistant between two sides. The center of a circle is equidistant from every point on the circle. Likewise the center of a sphere is equidistant from every point on the sphere. A parabola is the set of points in a plane equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and a fixed line (the directrix), where distance from the directrix is measured along a line perpendicular to the directrix. In", "title": "Equidistant" }, { "docid": "2727888", "text": "there is a safety or operational requirement to return to that point. Other dives where it is necessary or highly desirable to return to a starting point: This may include dives where a shot line or anchor line is to be used for ascent, and other dives where a specific exit point is chosen for safety or convenience. Working divers may use a guide line to allow confident and efficient movement to, from and around the workplace. This may also be referred to as a jackstay. In these applications the guideline is generally more for efficiency than for safety, but", "title": "Distance line" }, { "docid": "13337161", "text": "790.2-3. The line is fully electrified and the western section from Stuttgart to Schorndorf is part of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. The line’s chainage is measured from Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt station. A short distance from the station the four tracks of the Rems line separate from the Fils Valley Railway at a flying junction. At about the same point the tracks of the Rems line are rearranged to be paired by direction of operation, with S-Bahn trains running on the outer tracks and regional and long distance trains running on the inner tracks. The line climbs about 80 metres on its", "title": "Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Aalen railway" }, { "docid": "13690256", "text": "The line through these two points is perpendicular to the original line, so Thus, formula_7 and by squaring this equation we obtain: Now consider, using the above squared equation. But we also have, since (\"m\", \"n\") is on \"ax\" + \"by\" + \"c\" = 0. Thus, and we obtain the length of the line segment determined by these two points, This proof is valid only if the line is not horizontal or vertical. Drop a perpendicular from the point \"P\" with coordinates (\"x\", \"y\") to the line with equation \"Ax\" + \"By\" + \"C\" = 0. Label the foot of", "title": "Distance from a point to a line" }, { "docid": "19795114", "text": "the midpoint of the line segment \"NL\" connecting the Nagel point \"N\" and the Longchamps point \"L\". The radius of the Bevan circle is 2\"R\", that is twice the radius of the circumcircle. Bevan point The Bevan point, named after Benjamin Bevan, is a triangle center. It is defined as center of the Bevan circle, that is the circle through the centers of the three excircles of a triangle. The Bevan point M of triangle \"ABC\" has the same distance from its Euler line \"e\" as its incenter \"I\" and the circumcenter \"O\" is the midpoint of the line segment", "title": "Bevan point" }, { "docid": "3498366", "text": "Displacement (vector) A displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P. It quantifies both the distance and direction of an imaginary motion along a straight line from the initial position to the final position of the point. A displacement may be identified with the translation that maps the initial position to the final position. A displacement may be also described as a 'relative position': the final position of a point (x) relative to its initial position (x), and a displacement vector can be mathematically defined as the", "title": "Displacement (vector)" }, { "docid": "12957289", "text": "is the distance from the origin to this perpendicular, and \"d\" is the length of the segment between reference and the given line. The motions of the line geometry are described with linear fractional transformations on the appropriate complex planes. Line coordinates In geometry, line coordinates are used to specify the position of a line just as point coordinates (or simply coordinates) are used to specify the position of a point. There are several possible ways to specify the position of a line in the plane. A simple way is by the pair where the equation of the line is", "title": "Line coordinates" }, { "docid": "12559596", "text": "point b, let's say, on the fovea. Likewise, endpoint A is imaged at point a. The optical (physical) angle between those chief rays is the visual angle \"θ\" which can be calculated: The retinal images at b and a are separated by the distance \"R\", given by the equation in which \"n\" is the eye's nodal distance that averages about 17 mm. That is, a viewed object's retinal image size is approximately given by . The line from point O outward through object point B specifies the optical direction, \"d\", of the object's base from the eye, let's say toward", "title": "Perceived visual angle" }, { "docid": "19315498", "text": "end of the \"x\"-axis. From point P draw the line \"p\" asymptotic to the \"x\"-axis to the right ideal point formula_26. \"P\" is the intersection of line \"p\" and horocycle \"h\". The coordinate \"x\" is the distance from P to \"P\" – positive if P is between \"P\" and formula_26, negative if \"P\" is between P and formula_26. The coordinate \"y\" is the arclength along horocycle \"h\" from the origin to \"P\". The distance between two points given in these coordinates is The corresponding metric tensor is: formula_31 The straight lines are described by equations of the form \"y\" =", "title": "Coordinate systems for the hyperbolic plane" } ]

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[ { "docid": "10908607", "text": "V\", on the in-game radio station Los Santos Rock Radio. It was also the intro music to the \"Tin Can Rehab\" edition of Doug Stanhope's podcast. 30 Days in the Hole \"30 Days in the Hole\" is the seventh single by English rock group Humble Pie, from the band's 1972 \"Smokin'\" album. The song received moderate radio airplay at the time but failed to chart. However it gained a following on album oriented rock and classic rock radio formats and consequently it remains one of Humble Pie's best known songs. The B-side on its US release was \"Sweet Peace and", "title": "30 Days in the Hole" }, { "docid": "10908604", "text": "30 Days in the Hole \"30 Days in the Hole\" is the seventh single by English rock group Humble Pie, from the band's 1972 \"Smokin'\" album. The song received moderate radio airplay at the time but failed to chart. However it gained a following on album oriented rock and classic rock radio formats and consequently it remains one of Humble Pie's best known songs. The B-side on its US release was \"Sweet Peace and Time\", while everywhere else the B-side featured \"C'mon Everybody\" and \"Road Runner\". The song, a Steve Marriott composition, bemoans being arrested for possession of small quantities", "title": "30 Days in the Hole" }, { "docid": "10908607", "text": "V\", on the in-game radio station Los Santos Rock Radio. It was also the intro music to the \"Tin Can Rehab\" edition of Doug Stanhope's podcast. 30 Days in the Hole \"30 Days in the Hole\" is the seventh single by English rock group Humble Pie, from the band's 1972 \"Smokin'\" album. The song received moderate radio airplay at the time but failed to chart. However it gained a following on album oriented rock and classic rock radio formats and consequently it remains one of Humble Pie's best known songs. The B-side on its US release was \"Sweet Peace and", "title": "30 Days in the Hole" }, { "docid": "8457374", "text": "giving Kick Axe the \"distinguished front man\" they had long desired. Shortly after his joining, the group signed a major label deal with Spencer Proffer's Pasha Records. \"Vices\" was released in 1984 to critical acclaim, and the band toured behind such top acts of the day as Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Scorpions, and Pasha label-mates Quiet Riot. The third single from \"Vices\" (appearing only on the cassette version), a cover of Humble Pie's \"30 Days in the Hole\" appeared on the \"Up the Creek\" movie soundtrack in 1984. The song also appeared on the first of two Muchmusic compilation albums promoting", "title": "Kick Axe" }, { "docid": "3728639", "text": "of the band, and have since been included in various live albums. The group followed up the album with \"Lean Into It\" in 1991, which represented a critical breakthrough. The song \"30 Days in the Hole\" was originally recorded by British rock band Humble Pie on the 1972 album \"Smokin'\". Bassist Billy Sheehan revealed on an interview on Nikki Sixx's radio show \"Sixx Sense\" that \"Wind Me Up\" is based on Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison played backwards. Album - Billboard (North America) Singles - Billboard (North America) Mr. Big (Mr. Big album) Mr. Big is the self-titled debut", "title": "Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)" } ]

[ { "docid": "4939548", "text": "Hole in My Shoe \"Hole in My Shoe\" is a song by English rock band Traffic which as a single release reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, number 22 in the German charts, and number 4 in Canada in 1967. Composed by guitarist Dave Mason, it was disliked by the other three members of the group who felt that it did not represent the band's musical or lyrical style. In the BBC sitcom \"The Young Ones\", Neil, one of the principal characters, often sang a line from the song. Eventually, in July 1984, Nigel Planer, who played Neil,", "title": "Hole in My Shoe" }, { "docid": "3386514", "text": "song in a snit. For the \"\" mini-tour in 1996, Richard Patrick made a brief return to the band to perform guitar and vocals on \"Head Like a Hole\" at the Irving Plaza show in New York along with Clint Mansell, who joined NIN on this song at all three shows of the tour. In the June 7, 2006 radio performance at Atlanta, Georgia, Trent Reznor and Peter Murphy played a reworked version of \"Head Like a Hole\". Lisa Kennedy Montgomery once sang the song loudly to Reznor to win a $20 bet. To express the evolving state of his", "title": "Head Like a Hole" }, { "docid": "8592263", "text": "School Days (1907 song) \"School Days\" is an American popular song written in 1907 by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards. Its subject is of a mature couple looking back sentimentally on their childhood together in primary school. The best known part of the song is its chorus: \"School Days\" has been recorded many times over the years. Byron G. Harlan was an early recording star who made it a hit. Billy Murray and Ada Jones also sang it as memorable duet, referenced decades later by Tiny Tim on one of his albums, in which he sang \"both\" parts, using his", "title": "School Days (1907 song)" }, { "docid": "6576843", "text": "Bukovič, who stayed true to the English lyrics of the song and only translated it while keeping the rhyme. It was first sung by the band Fešáci in 1977 by their front man Michal Tučný. A Hebrew version was written by Israeli songwriter Dan Almagor and was recorded in 1961, sung by Yossi Banai and Yona Atari. In a 1966 episode of \"The Dean Martin Show\", Dean Martin and George Gobel sang a version of the song on television. . It was also performed by Jim Henson as Henry and Rita Moreno as Liza on Sesame Street. There's a Hole", "title": "There's a Hole in My Bucket" }, { "docid": "10908606", "text": "tracks he would most like his career to be remembered by. But the predominant group personality shown through by the song is Marriott's; so much so that for example when years later Clempson was asked about efforts to reform the group without Marriott, he simply declaimed, \"It's a waste of time.\" In the years since, \"30 Days\" has been recorded by several groups, most notably Gov't Mule, Mr. Big, and Kick Axe, and is a live staple of Canadian rock band The Trews. The song was featured on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC versions of \"Grand Theft Auto", "title": "30 Days in the Hole" }, { "docid": "5173587", "text": "30. Valters and Kaža Valters and Kaža, sometimes spelt Walters and Kazha was a Latvian duo consisting of Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters, who represented their homeland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The slow ballad-like song \"The War Is Not Over\", authored by Mārtiņš Freimanis, finished in fifth place, despite having a considerably large lead at some point during the voting. In the semi-final, which was held two days before the final, Valters and Kaža qualified as tenth. Valters lost his voice at the after-party. At the dress rehearsal, he did not sing during the entire song. He sang", "title": "Valters and Kaža" }, { "docid": "19943127", "text": "Mukhamedkyzy (who sang \"My Swan\" with Kudaibergen), Marat Aitimov, and Kudaibergen’s parents Svetlana Aitbayeva and Kanat Aitbayev (who sang the closing song, \"Astana Waltz\" with Kudaibergen). Kudaibergen sang for most of the duration of the 2.5 hour concert, wowing the audience with his strong voice and unique vocal range in songs such as \"Day Break\", \"Diva Dance\", \"SOS d'un terrien en détresse\", and \"A Tribute to MJ\". \"Bastau\" also received rave reviews in the media. He sang live to a live orchestra, and sang his popular songs from \"Singer\" days, as well as pre-\"Singer\" songs. He also debuted his new", "title": "Dimash Kudaibergen" }, { "docid": "4389505", "text": "a brief relationship with drummer Polly Johnson of 764-HERO. Around this time, she also recorded with Phranc, playing drums on the \"Goofyfoot\" EP. In 1996, Schemel played drums on Hole's cover of Fleetwood Mac's song \"Gold Dust Woman\", which was the first song on the soundtrack to \"\". She also sang backing vocals and appeared prominently in the video for the song. During this time, Schemel and Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur formed a short-lived side project called Constant Comment. The band played a small number of shows before disbanding. Hole became active again in 1997 and entered the", "title": "Patty Schemel" }, { "docid": "1460902", "text": "scorching rocker into a blues dirge. Never has Mellencamp sounded so artful.\" After a star-studded lineup paid tribute to Dylan with cover versions of some of his greatest songs, Dylan closed the evening with a 30-minute speech that included a reference to Mellencamp's 2008 song \"Longest Days\". Dylan said: \"And like my friend John Mellencamp would singbecause John sang some truth today'one day you get sick and you don't get better.' That's from a song of his called 'Life is Short Even on Its Longest Days.' It's one of the better songs of the last few years, actually. I ain't", "title": "John Mellencamp" }, { "docid": "8845020", "text": "In 2008, Jamelody covered the song on his debut album, \"Be Prepared\". In 2012, R. Kelly sang a portion of the song a capella in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary \"Benji\", which was a biography of Chicago HS basketball star Ben Wilson. Wilson was murdered in 1984 during an altercation with two teenagers at the age of 17 and Kelly was one of his AAU teammates. Kelly also sang the song as Wilson was being laid to rest the day of his funeral and recounted that for the film. In 2012, Angela Aki sang the song using both English", "title": "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" }, { "docid": "9814235", "text": "iskee tulta\" by the heavy metal band Kilpi. With these performances, Koivunen made it to the Idols final which was held on April 6, 2007 in the Helsinki Ice Hall, where he defeated his fellow competitor Anna Abreu by gaining 57% of the public vote. Koivunen sang the Sonata Arctica song \"FullMoon\" (which he also sang in the auditions), the Soundgarden hit \"Black Hole Sun\" (chosen by the judges), the Scorpions ballad \"Still Loving You\" and the song \"On the Top of the World\" which was composed for the Idols winner. As his reward for winning Idols 2007, Koivunen received", "title": "Ari Koivunen" }, { "docid": "17224447", "text": "the competition, sending home Beckham. During the Top 16 show, she sang \"Maybe It Was Memphis\" and was voted through by America into the next week. The following week, the country singer sang a rendition of Carrie Underwood's song \"Wasted.\" During the Top 10 playoffs, Bradbery sang a rendition of \"Heads Carolina, Tails California\", which became the first song of the season, and only song of that round, to reach the iTunes top 10 charts. During the Top 8, Bradbery sang a rendition of \"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days).\" In the Top 6, she sang Pam Tillis'", "title": "Danielle Bradbery" }, { "docid": "9215226", "text": "rock below sediments, traditionally have required pre-drilling a deep hole and installing double and triple casing strings to stabilize the upper hole, requiring as long as 7–10 days. Starting in 2014, the approach of drilling-in a single casing string and reentry system with a mud motor and underreamer without pre-drilling a hole has resulted in casing the upper part of a hole in a shorter time (3–4 days). To date, 11 sediment holes have been cased by drilling-in, collectively saving 30–40 days of ship operational time. The deepest single casing string was drilled-in to 842 m. A hydraulic release tool", "title": "JOIDES Resolution" }, { "docid": "8009383", "text": "when a feast is hallowed\"; (2) the Song of the sea in (3) the one that the Israelites sang at the well in the wilderness, as reports, \"Then sang Israel this song: ‘Spring up, O well'\"; (4) the one that Moses spoke in his last days, as reports, \"Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song\"; (5) the one that Joshua recited, as reports, \"Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites\"; (6) the one that Deborah and Barak sang, as reports, \"Then sang", "title": "Chukat" }, { "docid": "6749253", "text": "is hallowed\"; (2) the Song of the Sea in (3) the one that the Israelites sang at the well in the wilderness, as reports, \"Then sang Israel this song: ‘Spring up, O well'\"; (4) the one that Moses spoke in his last days, as reports, \"Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song\"; (5) the one that Joshua recited, as reports, \"Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites\"; (6) the one that Deborah and Barak sang, as reports, \"Then sang Deborah and Barak", "title": "Beshalach" }, { "docid": "12902217", "text": "After a long break, she made her re-entry through a rocky peppy Tamil Song \"Kalasala Kalasala \" in the 2011 movie \"Osthe\" starring Silambarasan. Within a few days of this song release, it became a super hit and reached music box office top ratings. She sang the song \"Naa Poondamallida\" in the film \"Thadaiyara Thaakka\" the following year. She has also recently sang a Kannada song for the movie \"Victory\", named \"Yakka Nin Magalu Nanage\" with Kailash Kher which also become super hit. In 2013, she sang a duet song called \"Thagadu Thagadu\" along with T. Rajendar in the movie", "title": "L. R. Eswari" }, { "docid": "11083710", "text": "capsule was recovered from the ocean with astronaut Gus Grissom's Randall knife inside. Despite having spent 40 years at a depth of underwater, the knife was still serviceable after a good cleaning. The Smithsonian Institution has two Astros on display. Texas musician Guy Clark wrote and sang the original song \"The Randall Knife\" as an elegy for his father; the song first appeared on Clark's 1983 album \"Better Days\". Vince Gill, who sang and played guitar on Clark's original recording, mentions a Randall knife in an elegy for his own father, \"The Key to Life,\" from the 1998 album \"The", "title": "Randall Made Knives" }, { "docid": "10426205", "text": "His single \"One World One Dream\" was chosen as an Olympic Games participation song. The single was written, sung, produced, and scored entirely by himself. He sang along with Jackie Chan, Stephanie Sun, and Han Hong in the song for \"The One Man Olympics\" which was about the first Chinese to be in the Olympics. He also sang in the 100 days countdown theme song \"Beijing Welcomes You\". He also sang alongside Stefanie Sun, Wang Feng, and Jane Zhang in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Torch Relay theme song \"Light the Passion, Share the Dream\". He is also one of", "title": "Wang Leehom" }, { "docid": "7676066", "text": "the innocence of those days.\" McCartney also said: \"Ringo always used to do a song in the show. Back then he had 'Boys'. It was a little embarrassing because it went, 'I'm talking about boys - yeah, yeah - boys'. It was a Shirelles hit and they were girls singing it, but we never thought we should call it Girls, just because Ringo was a boy. We just sang it the way they'd sung it and never considered any implications.\" (Paul McCartney. From \"Anthology\".) \"Boys\" had always been the Beatles' 'drummer' song during their Cavern days − Pete Best sang", "title": "Boys (The Shirelles song)" }, { "docid": "2849708", "text": "to the song as \"Come on Big Bum\". The vocals during the verses were performed by band members Gregg Dechert and Mickey Feat. In 2001 and 2002, the verse vocals were performed on different dates by guest singers: Robert Wyatt, Kate Bush, Durga McBroom, and Bob Geldof, who had played Pink in the movie version of \"The Wall\". On 29 May 2006, at the Royal Albert Hall, David Bowie, in a guest appearance, sang Waters' part of the song. The next day, 30 May, Richard Wright sang Waters' part, by himself, at the same venue. Both performances were immortalised on", "title": "Comfortably Numb" }, { "docid": "10010689", "text": "One Here Gets Out Alive\", \"Strange Days\" is described as \"one of the earliest examples of the Moog synthesizer in rock\". The synth was hooked up with the help of Paul Beaver and played by vocalist Morrison. Two music videos were made for the song. The first featured footage of the band backstage and onstage, as well as Jim Morrison driving his car into a hole in sand and jumping on the hood in frustration. The second features the same circus performers on the Strange Days cover photo, who would explore New York City. It also included footage of various", "title": "Strange Days (The Doors song)" }, { "docid": "7260680", "text": "seven days in Belgrade at the \"Sava center\". PBSBiH, through a public on-line voting system, Hari Mata Hari was chosen as the Bosnian representative for Eurovision. BH Eurosong gave the name \"Vrijeme je za Bosnu i Hercegovinu\" (It's time for Bosnia-Herzegovina), and the song was described as Bosnia's Romeo and Juliet. The first time the song was aired to the public was on March 5, 2006 on a special live evening celebration held by \"BH Eurosong 06\" in Sarajevo's theater. Hari sang the song for the first time in public and received a standing ovations. Six days later, Hari sang", "title": "Hari Mata Hari" }, { "docid": "14895086", "text": "World)\" and a solo version of \"What's My Name?\" on \"Saturday Night Live\" in New York City on October 30, 2010. The next day, she flew to London to perform the song on \"The X Factor\". Rihanna's dancers had a food fight with cakes and cream while she sang, and the show's producers had only one minute to clear the stage before the weekly elimination results were announced. On November 7 she performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, wearing a \"fairy tale\"-inspired ensemble and walking through a set of flowers against a sunset. Two days", "title": "Only Girl (In the World)" }, { "docid": "10483488", "text": "the album. The song charted at number 30 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart and remained on the charts for a duration of five weeks. The song was included the setlist during the Oyeees! Tour. During the tour, Joi Cardwell, who sang backing vocals during the tour, performed the song as a duet with Kubota. In 2007, Double performed the song the MTV Japan Icons Special. During the performance, Kubota walk onto the stage to complete the song with her. In 2012, Kubota performed the song with Japanese singer Yuri, who was also a background vocalist during his \"Party Ain't", "title": "Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song)" }, { "docid": "6600351", "text": "soundtrack having in mind Enya's style; Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø performed the wordless vocals on the soundtrack. Horner knew Sissel from the album \"Innerst i sjelen\" and he particularly liked how she sang the song \"Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg\" (\"I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle\"). Horner had tried 25 or 30 singers and, in the end, he chose Sissel to sing the wordless tune. Céline Dion, who was no stranger to movie songs in the 1990s, since her contribution to Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast, sang \"My Heart Will Go On\", the film's signature song", "title": "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "docid": "17039142", "text": "in January 2013 with a detailed account of the Hole, supplemented by interviews with defectors from Scientology, while \"The Village Voice\" sought to compile a list of the executives said to have been incarcerated there. ABC News also reported on Debbie Cook's account of the Hole. According to John Brousseau, the bad publicity led to reforms of the Hole. Its inmates were allowed to sleep in proper beds in the \"Berthing\" quarters elsewhere in the compound. Brousseau describes their new seven-days-a-week routine starting when \"they got up, showered, then went to the dining hall at 9:30. They had 30 minutes", "title": "The Hole (Scientology)" }, { "docid": "10482663", "text": "Atomic Ed and the Black Hole Atomic Ed and the Black Hole is a documentary released in 2001 by filmmaker, Ellen Spiro. The documentary was made for HBO's Cinemax Reel Life Series. Sheila Nevins served as Executive Producer and Lisa Heller served as Supervising Producer. Karen Bernstein served as Producer. Laurie Anderson provided her song, Big Science, for the soundtrack. Ed Grothus (“Atomic Ed”) is a machinist-turned-atomic junk collector who more than 30 years ago quit his job of making atomic bombs and began collecting non-radioactive high-tech nuclear waste discarded from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Atomic Ed is the", "title": "Atomic Ed and the Black Hole" }, { "docid": "3591018", "text": "A solo career followed, with \"Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues\" (1956) and \"At the Gate of Horn\" (1957). \"Odetta Sings Folk Songs\" was one of the best-selling folk albums of 1963. In 1959 she appeared on \"Tonight with Belafonte\", a nationally televised special. She sang \"Water Boy\" and a duet with Belafonte, \"There's a Hole in My Bucket\". In 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. called her \"The Queen of American Folk Music\". Also in 1961 the duo Harry Belafonte and Odetta made number 32 in the UK Singles Chart with the song \"There's a Hole in the Bucket\". She is", "title": "Odetta" }, { "docid": "3530301", "text": "his comic work. So far Tabor has performed on three of their albums, the 1990 \"Oranges and Lemmings\" (singing \"The Trains of Waterloo\", a parody of the folk song \"The Plains of Waterloo\" in a duet with Martin Carthy), the 1994 \"Gnus and Roses\" (singing \"The January June\", a send up of her perceived sombre character) and the 2003 \"Yelp!\" (singing \"There's a Hole in my Bodhran\", to the tune of \"There's a Hole in my Bucket\"). She sang two songs on \"Beat The Retreat\", a tribute to Richard Thompson. The accompanying book to the Topic Records 70 year anniversary", "title": "June Tabor" }, { "docid": "47364", "text": "On October 13, 1977, Crosby flew alone to Spain to play golf and hunt partridge. On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piñero; their opponents were club president César de Zulueta and Valentín Barrios. According to Barrios, Crosby was in good spirits throughout the day, and was photographed several times during the round. At the ninth hole, construction workers building a house nearby recognized him, and when asked for a song, Crosby sang \"Strangers in the Night\". Crosby, who had a 13 handicap,", "title": "Bing Crosby" }, { "docid": "13982294", "text": "until an elephant came. Then, he had an idea. He said, \"Hurry, come down here! Come down and seek shelter with me because the sky is falling!\" The elephant, confused yet terrified, foolishly followed his order and jumped down into the hole. Sang Kancil quickly hopped onto the elephant's body and then jumped out of the hole, leaving the elephant trapped in the hole. One day, Sang Kancil wants to cross a river, but however, the river is full of hungry crocodiles. The crocodiles might eat him if he crosses the river. Eventually, Sang Kancil had an idea. He told", "title": "Kancil Story" }, { "docid": "10198750", "text": "Andrew Lloyd Webber Mentor: Neil Diamond Each contestant sang two songs. Each contestant sang two songs. Each contestant sang three songs. Each contestant sang three songs. During the Hollywood weeks, \"Hollywood's Not America\" by Ferras played when contestants were eliminated, while \"Best Days\" by Graham Colton was the elimination song for the semi-finals round. For the finals, season 2 winner Ruben Studdard remade Kenny Loggins' \"Celebrate Me Home\" as the exit song. The contestants also performed medleys of songs from that week's theme. Guest artists may perform songs to promote their work or the show itself, or for charitable purpose.", "title": "American Idol (season 7)" }, { "docid": "14014873", "text": "prayed before it and dipped cloths in the miraculous blood. For days and nights they sang hymns as well as burned candles. Priests were absent in fear. Many atheists reportedly converted after seeing this. At the very first opportunity the Soviets destroyed the bleeding Crucifix and all adjacent crosses. It was later claimed that a commission of experts had reported that the fluid coming out of the bullet hole was not blood. The people who had gathered there that day were later depicted as drunkards, fools and scum, and it was claimed that the kissing of the Crucifix had resulted", "title": "Anti-religious campaign during the Russian Civil War" }, { "docid": "14848391", "text": "song at the Tasha Recording Studio in Libis on the evening of 1 March, 1986. The song was greatly popular with the masses in the days after the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos and his eventual departure to Hawaii on 25 February 1986. It was then a big hit when the song played on radio stations and the music video associated with it aired on major television stations in the country, a month after the Revolution. Sarah Geronimo sang the song on August 5, 2009 during the funeral of Cory Aquino. While Regine Velasquez sang her version of the song", "title": "Magkaisa" }, { "docid": "8368196", "text": "and Niran fall through a weak spot into a pit where they continue fighting. Time is running out, and Kiko realizes that the slayers have double-crossed them. The slayers open fire, shooting everyone, both \"song neng\" and \"jai tham\". Only Connor and Niran remain protected in their hole. Connor manages to impale Niran, but when he surfaces from the pit, Connor finds only bodies. He shouts for Sang, but there is no answer. Raines walks up, gloating over how much he will get for all the vampire heads AND those in the future. If Sang ends the curse, he explains,", "title": "Vampires: The Turning" }, { "docid": "5674649", "text": "and \"Remember the Feeling\"), and sang (with Cetera) the hit single \"Hard Habit to Break\". In 1988 Champlin's voice appeared prominently on several major hit singles from \"Chicago 19\": \"Look Away\", \"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love\", and \"You're Not Alone\". That year he also sang the theme to the television show \"In the Heat of the Night\". In 1990 Champlin wrote, produced, and sang lead on \"Hearts in Trouble\", a song for the movie soundtrack of \"Days of Thunder\". Originally a solo song, the producers of the movie decided, for marketing purposes, that it be released under the", "title": "Bill Champlin" }, { "docid": "8626076", "text": "song as in the night when a feast is hallowed\"; (2) the Song of the Sea in (3) the one that the Israelites sang at the well in the wilderness, as reports, \"Then sang Israel this song: ‘Spring up, O well'\"; (4) the one that Moses spoke in his last days, as reports, \"Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song\"; (5) the one that Joshua recited, as reports, \"Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites\"; (6) the one that Deborah and Barak", "title": "Vayelech" }, { "docid": "10807340", "text": "1923. \"Nagasaki\" was covered by many big band jazz groups of the late 1920s through the 1940s, and the music remains to this day a popular base for jazz improvisations. The song was most famously covered by the Benny Goodman Quartet. Others who performed the song include Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Don Redman, Django Reinhardt, Louis Jordan, Adolph Robinson, Stéphane Grappelli, and Chet Atkins. Willie \"The Lion\" Smith performed and recorded the song throughout his career; although he sang different lyrics that he changed back in his vaudeville days. Writing for \"Time\" magazine, Richard Corliss described \"Nagasaki\" as", "title": "Nagasaki (song)" }, { "docid": "17242964", "text": "by Williams to look like a broken vinyl, was released on April 19. It contains the original version of the song, along with a Dutch Uncles-produced remix of it. In Italy, the song was serviced to contemporary hit radio on March 30, 2014 by Atlantic. On June 24, 2014, Atlantic released an extended play (EP) featuring the song's radio edit as well as three remixes of the song. The song was included in the setlist of the band's third worldwide tour, The Self-Titled Tour. For each performance of the song, the band was accompanied by a gospel choir, who sang", "title": "Ain't It Fun (Paramore song)" }, { "docid": "11381983", "text": "Wheel Drive. Cheryl performed in Leonard Bernstein's \"Mass\" and on Broadway in \"The Last Sweet Days of Isaac\", \"Godspell\", and \"Jesus Christ Superstar\". She sang the song \"Love and Passion\" (music by Giorgio Moroder and lyrics by Paul Schrader) for the soundtrack of the 1980 film \"American Gigolo\". She portrayed Dina, the handmaiden, in Doug Henning's \"The Magic Show\". Along with Laura Branigan, Cheryl sang backing vocals for Leonard Cohen on a European tour in 1976. Cheryl Barnes Cheryl Barnes is a singer who starred in Miloš Forman’s 1979 film adaptation of \"Hair\" as the mother of Hud’s little son.", "title": "Cheryl Barnes" }, { "docid": "17291690", "text": "as an administrative officer of the Central Vigilance Commission and his mother is a music teacher. He has two elder brothers, Dr. Ajim Shad and Sajim who works as a sound engineer. On 13 September 2015, he married Thazni Thaha (Kiki) in Punalur Najim debuted as a playback singer in 2007, with the song \"Mizhineer\" in Major Ravi's Malayalam film \"Mission 90 Days\". Arshad first gained attention through his album, \"I'm Here\". Najim sang a ghazal for the movie \"Khaafiron ki Namaaz\". He also sang in \"Casanovva\", \"Doctor Love\", and \"Diamond Necklace\". Arshad rose to the top of the music", "title": "Najim Arshad" }, { "docid": "10908605", "text": "of illegal drugs, including cocaine; Durban poison, a potent strain of marijuana; and Red Lebanese and Black Nepalese, two types of hashish. \"New Castle Brown\" is often mistaken as a reference to Newcastle Brown Ale but actually refers to heroin also known as \"Brown\" or \"Smack\". The song refers to Borstal - \"some seeds and dust, and you got Borstal\"- referring to Borstal Prison and its borstal ilk - any manner of a British juvenile gaol. (Most lyrics listings get this wrong, and say \"buzzed on\" or \"bust on\".) Pie guitarist Clem Clempson has said it is one of the", "title": "30 Days in the Hole" }, { "docid": "10487673", "text": "Garland sang this song with Barbra Streisand in a mash-up that also included \"Happy Days Are Here Again\" on \"The Judy Garland Show\" in 1963. In the 1970 film \"The Boys in the Band\", now considered a landmark of queer cinema, the character Michael sings a line from the song before remarking, \"What's more boring than a queen doing a Judy Garland imitation?\" In the 2010 \"Glee\" episode \"Duets\", Lea Michele and Chris Colfer (as their characters Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel) performed the song as part of the same mash-up that Streisand and Garland sang. In the season seven", "title": "Get Happy (song)" }, { "docid": "10841133", "text": "he was a member for more than 30 years. At Salzburg he sang a noted Pizarro at the Festival, where he appeared from 1966-69, and at Bayreuth he sang the Herald in \"Lohengrin\" (1971). Among other roles, Wixell sang Figaro in Rossini's \"The Barber of Seville\", Escamillo in Bizet's \"Carmen\", Amonasro in Verdi's \"Aida\", Baron Scarpia in Puccini's \"Tosca\", and the title roles in Verdi's \"Rigoletto\", \"Simon Boccanegra\", Mozart's \"Don Giovanni\", Verdi's \"Falstaff\" and Tchaikovsky's \"Eugene Onegin\". Wixell performed all the songs in the competition to select Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 1965 entry. The winning song was \"Annorstädes Vals\" (Elsewhere", "title": "Ingvar Wixell" }, { "docid": "11982873", "text": "she accompanied Osman Baydemir and Layla Zana in \"Diyarbakir Culture Days\" festival in Austria and gave a performance at the Vienna City Hall in which she expressed hope for a peaceful and democratic solution of the Kurdish problem in Turkey. She has also taken part in the first Kurdish performance of Hamlet in Diyarbakır in 2012. In 2009 as part of the \"Diyarbakır Culture and Arts Festival\" held in Diyarbakir from 27–30 May 2009, Rojda sang a Kurdish folk song titled \"Heval Kamuran\". The Diyarbakir Public Prosecutors Office later filed a lawsuit against the artist accusing her of \"spreading propaganda", "title": "Rojda Aykoç" }, { "docid": "18010292", "text": "after 30 days had earned 2,707,000 yen. Kitazawa's debut album \"Nature Couleur\" was released on June 25, 2014. Ayaka Kitazawa Ayaka Kitazawa had an interest in singing from a young age, and she played the double bass in junior high and high school. After graduating from high school, she pursued her love of singing and went on to attend a music-related vocational school. While still at the school, she participated in national singing competitions such as \"Jaccom Music Festival\" in December 2008 and \"Seishun! Hamo Nep League\" in March 2009. In September 2011, Kitazawa sang one song on Denshi Kensetsu's", "title": "Ayaka Kitazawa" }, { "docid": "8845019", "text": "would be left singing \"It's so haaaard.\" In 1995, Barrio Boyzz dedicated the song in Spanish to Selena after her death on March 31, 1995. In 1998, rapper Master P with Mo B. Dick, Silkk the Shocker, and R&B group Sons of Funk did a loose cover for the song titled as \"Goodbye to My Homies\". In 2001, Usher sang the song a capella in memory of R'n'B singer and actress Aaliyah, who had been killed in a plane crash three days before. In 2002, Busch Stadium played the song while showing a memorial video of late pitcher Darryl Kile.", "title": "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" }, { "docid": "4313639", "text": "the end of the show's ninth and final season, the song was played over a series of clips, outtakes and backstage moments. In \"Shades of Gray\", the 19th episode of the fourth season of \"ER\", PA Jeanie Boulet, played by actress Gloria Reuben, sang this song as a farewell to a young boy (Scott Anspaugh, son of Dr. Donald Anspaugh) who had died in her care. In 2008, country singer-songwriter Glen Campbell recorded the song for his album \"Meet Glen Campbell.\" On August 18, 2008, he performed the song as part of his special on \"AOL Sessions\". Four days prior", "title": "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" }, { "docid": "6012636", "text": "Jim Murray (musician) Jim Murray (May 30, 1942 – March 1, 2013) was a guitarist and harmonica player for the psychedelic blues rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. He also handled lead and background vocals on some songs. He left the band in late 1967 shortly before they recorded their first album. The outtakes from the movie \"Monterey Pop\" have rare footage of Quicksilver from their early days as a quintet, performing \"Dino's Song\" on which Murray played rhythm guitar. After Murray left, the group remained a quartet until the lead vocalist slot was filled by Dino Valenti. Jim Murray sang", "title": "Jim Murray (musician)" }, { "docid": "18506999", "text": "sang: Cocker performed the song at her 50th birthday party. Bone qualified as a mental health nurse, eventually working for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust as a service manager for early intervention and adolescent mental health service. While there, she set up their 'Step2 health' service. It was announced in the 2015 New Year's honours list that she had been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for \"her services to children’s mental health\". Bone was affected by the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma. She died at home on 30 December 2014, just eleven days short of", "title": "Deborah Bone" }, { "docid": "17813773", "text": "piece. We spent quite a few days working on it. The result is for all of us to see. The opening refrain of \"Tu Kuja\" is from the famous Persian phrase but later the song is a pure Hindi track inspired by the Amir Khusro song \"Kirpa Karo Maharaj\" in praise of Moinuddin Chishti. The track \"Heera\" involves traditional couplets by Sant Kabir. \"Kahaan Hoon Main\" is a track that lyrically describes one's self-discovery. Singer Jonita Gandhi who sang this song noted: \"It is the song which can take you into the realm of spirituality and lead to self-realisation\". Questioned", "title": "Highway (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "14874627", "text": "Some Days You Gotta Dance \"Some Days You Gotta Dance\" is a song written by Troy Johnson and Marshall Morgan, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in September 2001 as the eighth and final single from their album \"Fly\". The song peaked at #7 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 2002. \"Some Days You Gotta Dance\" was previously recorded by Keith Urban's band, The Ranch, in 1997. Urban plays guitar on the Dixie Chicks' rendition. James Taylor sang the song with the Dixie Chicks during their joint appearances on", "title": "Some Days You Gotta Dance" }, { "docid": "8405928", "text": "Good Rocking Tonight \"Good Rocking Tonight\" was originally a jump blues song released in 1947 by its writer, Roy Brown and was covered by many recording artists. The song includes the memorable refrain, \"Well I heard the news, there's good rocking tonight!\" The song anticipated elements of rock and roll music. Brown had first offered his song to Wynonie Harris, who turned it down. He then approached Cecil Gant later that night, but after hearing Brown sing, Gant made a 2:30 AM phone call to Jules Braun, the president of DeLuxe Records. After Roy Brown sang his song over the", "title": "Good Rocking Tonight" }, { "docid": "19998609", "text": "Dee and Jonah Jones. Yellow Days \"La mentira (Se te olvida)\", known in English as \"Yellow Days\", is a bolero written by Álvaro Carrillo around 1965. Alan Bernstein wrote the song's lyrics in English. It has become a Latin and jazz standard, having been featured as the theme song of films and \"telenovelas\", as well as being covered by artists such as Frank Sinatra, who sang it to an arrangement by Billy May. It appeared on the \"Francis A. & Edward K.\" (Sinatra and Duke Ellington) album on Reprise. It has also been covered by Jerry Vale, the Sandpipers, Anita", "title": "Yellow Days" }, { "docid": "19998608", "text": "Yellow Days \"La mentira (Se te olvida)\", known in English as \"Yellow Days\", is a bolero written by Álvaro Carrillo around 1965. Alan Bernstein wrote the song's lyrics in English. It has become a Latin and jazz standard, having been featured as the theme song of films and \"telenovelas\", as well as being covered by artists such as Frank Sinatra, who sang it to an arrangement by Billy May. It appeared on the \"Francis A. & Edward K.\" (Sinatra and Duke Ellington) album on Reprise. It has also been covered by Jerry Vale, the Sandpipers, Anita Bryant, Johnny Mann, Lenny", "title": "Yellow Days" }, { "docid": "3906210", "text": "… 'cuz there was a little competition between Paul and I as to who got the A-side – who got the hits. If you notice, in the early days the majority of singles, in the movies and everything, were mine … in the early period I'm dominating the group … The reason Paul sang on 'A Hard Day's Night' (in the bridge) is because I couldn't reach the notes.\" However, Paul McCartney and others remember Paul collaborating on the song, though John was the dominant writer. On 16 April 1964, the Beatles gathered at Studio 2 of the EMI Studios", "title": "A Hard Day's Night (song)" }, { "docid": "13664073", "text": "sang on it.\" And they're like, \"Oh, give him a call.\" I'm like, \"Dude, I don't know Ozzy.\" [...] And then two days later, I came in the studio, and he goes, \"Guess who just came in the studio next door?\" And I'm like, \"Who?\" And he goes, \"Ozzy.\" I'm like, \"You serious?\" And he goes, \"Yeah, go talk to him.\" I'm going, \"I'm not going to talk to him!\" We went to lunch and we came back later and there he was in there. He goes, \"You have a song you want me to do?\" I'm like, \"Uhhhhddduuuhhh.\" And", "title": "Therapy (Infectious Grooves song)" }, { "docid": "20114416", "text": "the singer performed \"New Rules\" on \"The Jonathan Ross Show\", where she was accompanied by a group of dancers with whom she recreated the scenes of the music video. Later that month, the artist sang the song during the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, where she received the Best Single award for the track, and on \"Later... with Jools Holland\". On 9 December, she performed \"New Rules\" at the Jingle Bell Ball concert in London. Days later, Lipa appeared on the fifth season of Spanish musical competition \"La Voz\", where she sang the song alongside the finalists. Lipa also performed", "title": "New Rules (song)" }, { "docid": "17412202", "text": "songs, he sang a \"manifesto\" composed his second night there. The militia recognized him for his song and fame and removed him from the crowd. The guards tore off his nails, smashed his hands, and ordered him to play the guitar. He was found dead a week later with signs of brutal treatment and gunshot wounds. The \"manifesto\" survived through both the detainees who memorized the song and the scraps of paper containing Jara's handwritten lyrics. Jara's wife, Joan, presented her research into her husband's final days in her essays and 1984 memoir \"An Unfinished Song\". The poem stretches the", "title": "Estadio Chile (poem)" }, { "docid": "20241386", "text": "up days she learn music from her late mother Trishna Chakraborty and inclined towards literary works of Rabindranath Tagore. Her first break came when she approached Indian record label company Saregama, which decided to produce her first album ‘Bosh te dio kachhe’ in Bengali language. The album consisted of renditions of a few songs by Tagore. The album caught the eyes of composer Anupam Roy, who wanted to experiment with fresh voice with vocal tonal qualities for his composition and she subsequently sang Roy's Bengali film song composition \"Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho\" which was her debut film song. The song fetched", "title": "Iman Chakraborty" }, { "docid": "11393127", "text": "stories to explain how life was different back in their days. \"(Korean: 나쁜녀석들; Starring: Yoo Min-sang, Song Yeong-gil, Jeong Seung-hwan, Park Hwi-sun, Ahn So-mi | Previous appearances: Yang Sang-guk, Kim Na-hui)\" Gangsters trying to show off how bad they are. On 12 June 2016, Yang Jeong-won appeared on the skit as a guest. \"(Korean: 불량엄마; Starring: Jeong Jaehyeong → Kim Kiyeol, Heo Anna, Yu Inseok, Kim Yeonghui, Lee Hyeonjeong, Lee Sejin)\" About three crazy mothers who are summoned to school because of their sons. Kim Kiyeol is the school counselor. Heo Anna, Yungi's mother, is a web broadcast host, BJ", "title": "Gag Concert" }, { "docid": "13350458", "text": "stopped, these great professional musicians stood up and gave him a standing ovation. I have \"never\" seen that done in this town before. Never.\" \"The Hole\" is a song describing a man who is burdened by his sins, which are compared to a hole in the ground. He is described as digging the hole deeper in a futile attempt to get out: \"Now he won't let go of the shovel, and he can't dig out of the hole.\" The music video was directed by Joe Murray, who also directed Randy Travis's previous video \"Out of My Bones\". It reached #1", "title": "The Hole (song)" }, { "docid": "12185569", "text": "Akkineni Nageswara Rao), which were hits. Apart from acting, Bharathi has also been a singer and associate director in the film industry. She has sung a duet with T.M. Soundarrajan for \"Snehithi\", a Tamil film. The song \"Thanga Nilave Nee Illamal\" is picturised on Gemini Ganesan and herself. She sang a Kannada song \"Ee Notake Mai Matake\" with her husband Vishnuvardhan for the movie \"Nagara Hole\". She worked as associate director to K. S. L. Swamy for the movies \"Karune Illada Kanoonu\", \"Huli Hejje\" and the classic \"Malaya Marutha\". She had represented Karnataka State Level Throw-ball team during her college", "title": "Bharathi Vishnuvardhan" }, { "docid": "3884876", "text": "by Greenhalgh. \"Black Hole Sun\" was released in the summer of 1994 and became the most successful song from \"Superunknown\" on the American rock charts and arguably the band's most recognizable and popular song. It appeared on \"Billboard\" magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart, reaching the top 30. The following week it debuted on the Top 40 Mainstream, where it peaked at number nine in its eighth week and remained on the chart until its 20th week. The song peaked at number one on the \"Billboard\" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number two on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks chart. The", "title": "Black Hole Sun" }, { "docid": "7849043", "text": "featured in the Spring 2016 \"The Los Angeles Review\": \"Because / we heard \"Violet\" & our girl parts rumored with rage, / rant. Because we were not holes. Who is whole? / Our violence was inside. Because we played pretty, / played parts.\" The poem acknowledges the band and Love's third-wave feminist impact on a generation. All songs written by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson, unless where noted. Hole Production Violet (Hole song) \"Violet\" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist and guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. The song was written in mid-1991,", "title": "Violet (Hole song)" }, { "docid": "3275021", "text": "the ending theme in Ryuhei Kitamura's film \"Sky High\". In 2003, Hyde starred alongside Gackt in the film \"Moon Child\". In a duet as part of the project, Hyde and Gackt sang \"Orenji no Taiyou\", and when sang live, Hyde could not be there because he was on tour. The song was also released on Gackt's fourth full-length album, \"Crescent\". In December 2003, Hyde's song \"Shining Over You\" from his \"666\" album was used as the commercial song for the video game, \"\". After a three-year hiatus, L'Arc-en-Ciel regrouped for a series of seven concerts titled \"Shibuya Seven Days\" in", "title": "Hyde (musician)" }, { "docid": "8429112", "text": "Sing Sang Song \"Sing Sang Song\" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in German by the Les Humphries Singers. The Les Humphries Singers had had a series of hits Continental Europe and Scandinavia in the early 1970s, most notably \"Mexico\" (1972) and \"Mama Loo\" (1973). The group's usual line-ups consisted of 20 performers and up from all over the world. For their performance in Eurovision they were, however, reduced to six singers; two female and four male. \"Sing Sang Song\" was composed by Eurovision veteran Ralph Siegel, who had made his debut in the 1974", "title": "Sing Sang Song" }, { "docid": "5572907", "text": "It stayed on the show for forty-one days, the same chart run \"Me, Myself and I\" earned. Beyoncé first performed \"Baby Boy\" live at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards; she sang it in a medley with the pre-recorded vocals of Paul. Beyoncé later sang \"Baby Boy\" with Paul at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards. \"Baby Boy\" has been included on the set list for most of Beyoncé's concert tours. It served as opening song of her Dangerously in Love Tour (2003). During her performance of the song on the tour, she was initially suspended from the ceiling of", "title": "Baby Boy (Beyoncé song)" }, { "docid": "14845059", "text": "13, 2011 with actress Gwyneth Paltrow and several puppets provided by The Jim Henson Company. Two days later, he sang at the \"2011 BRIT Awards\" alongside UK singer Paloma Faith. On August 14, Cee Lo sang at WWE's 2011 Summerslam pay-per-view event in Los Angeles with the addition of WWE Divas dancing to \"Fuck You\" at the event's venue. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"The Lady Killer\", Elektra Records Fuck You (CeeLo Green song) \"Fuck You\" (stylized as \"Fuck You!\" or \"F**k You!\"), also titled \"Forget You\" or \"FU\" for the clean versions, is a song by American", "title": "Fuck You (CeeLo Green song)" }, { "docid": "3628394", "text": "for the best metal performance of 2001 for \"Schism\". In 2002, Keenan recorded a song called \"Fallen\" with Thirty Seconds to Mars that was released on the band's self-titled debut album. Fifteen years after the band's formation, Tool had acquired what Dan Epstein of \"Revolver\" described as a devoted \"cult\" following, and in May 2006 the band released \"10,000 Days\", an album in which Keenan sang about more personal issues in contrast to previous attempts to inspire change. His mother, who inspired the song \"Jimmy\" on \"Ænima\", also served as the inspiration for \"Jambi\", and the two-part song \"Wings for", "title": "Maynard James Keenan" }, { "docid": "5173585", "text": "Valters and Kaža Valters and Kaža, sometimes spelt Walters and Kazha was a Latvian duo consisting of Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters, who represented their homeland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The slow ballad-like song \"The War Is Not Over\", authored by Mārtiņš Freimanis, finished in fifth place, despite having a considerably large lead at some point during the voting. In the semi-final, which was held two days before the final, Valters and Kaža qualified as tenth. Valters lost his voice at the after-party. At the dress rehearsal, he did not sing during the entire song. He sang at", "title": "Valters and Kaža" }, { "docid": "6379687", "text": "the most famous Russian folk and folk-style songs in Russia, and all over the world. Instrumental organ versions of this song can be found playing in North American ice hockey arenas. A techno-infused version of \"Kalinka\" by live organist Dave Calendine plays when Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk scores a goal. It appeared in the 1953 film \"Tonight We Sing\", performed by Italian American operatic bass and actor Ezio Pinza. The film was a semi-biography of Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin who famously sang and, during the early days of recording, recorded the song for HMV/Victor. Pinza's recording was included", "title": "Kalinka (song)" }, { "docid": "4380852", "text": "\"Trippin On A Hole (In A Paper Heart)\" from their 1996 record \"Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\" includes the lyric: \"so keep your bankroll lottery eat your salad day deathbed motorcade\" Brand New's song \"Waste\" from their 2017 record Science Fiction includes the lyric: \"You and I were stuck in the waste / Talking about our salad days / What a damn lie\" The Manhattan Transfer uses the phrase in their song, \"Zoo Blues\" which is featured on their 1987 album \"Brasil\". Salad days \"\"Salad days\"\" is a Shakespearean idiomatic expression meaning a youthful time, accompanied by", "title": "Salad days" }, { "docid": "16622264", "text": "by singer-songwriter Yoon Sang, who also composed this piece as a gift for IU. The music video was released on the same day as the album. The song itself is a departure from the pop-like sounds of her previously promoted song, \"Good Day\" (). It features mature vocals and a combination of piano and string instruments. IU made her promotional comeback with \"Only I Didn't Know\" in the television show \"Music Bank\" (KBS) on February 18, 2011, two days after the album's release. As of 2011, the album sold over 23,500 copies in South Korea. Only I Didn't Know (IU", "title": "Only I Didn't Know (IU song)" }, { "docid": "13905331", "text": "Harbour. She gracefully walked along a specially-made pink carpet where 150,000 fans sang Australia's National Anthem Advance Australia Fair. Her 17th birthday was three days later. Australian mildly-disabled rock band The Junction House Band saluted Watson with the song \"Queen of the Seven Seas\", written by former lead singer Brook Crowley. During the journey Watson had to repair the boat and the equipment. Several of the repairs were reported on the blog: the battery monitor (18 December), the stove, toilet and mainsail (24 January), the toilet again (11 March), replacement of wind generator blades (30 March), the kettle (10 April),", "title": "Jessica Watson" }, { "docid": "4434383", "text": "A number of stars performed for the Dreamstone soundtrack; notably Billy Connolly, Ozzy Osbourne, former British heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno (all of whom performed on \"The War Song of the Urpneys\"), Bonnie Tyler (who sang a duet with Batt, \"Into the Sunset\". It was not used on the show, but it was meant to be Dreamstone's official love song). Joe Brown performed \"The Vile Brothers Mountain Band\" along with Gary Glitter. Batt performed the theme song from the series \"Better Than A Dream\". The 52 X 30 min episode series was completed and broadcast in 1990. In January 1990", "title": "Mike Batt" }, { "docid": "19822286", "text": "Shiao Lih-ju Shiao Lih-ju (born 1955) is a retired Taiwanese singer and TV presenter who released more than 30 albums in the 1970s and 1980s. She sang in Mandarin, Hokkien, and Japanese. Shiao rose to fame after singing the theme songs of many popular films based on Chiung Yao's novels, like \"Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain\" (1975), \"Everywhere Birds Are Singing\" (1978), and \"Love Under a Rosy Sky\" (1979). She also sang the theme songs of many TV series, like the Singaporean historical drama \"The Sword and the Song\" (1986). In the mid-1980s, she moved to Singapore, and retired after", "title": "Shiao Lih-ju" }, { "docid": "19822287", "text": "marrying a Singaporean man in 1990. 1984 Golden Bell Awards Shiao Lih-ju Shiao Lih-ju (born 1955) is a retired Taiwanese singer and TV presenter who released more than 30 albums in the 1970s and 1980s. She sang in Mandarin, Hokkien, and Japanese. Shiao rose to fame after singing the theme songs of many popular films based on Chiung Yao's novels, like \"Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain\" (1975), \"Everywhere Birds Are Singing\" (1978), and \"Love Under a Rosy Sky\" (1979). She also sang the theme songs of many TV series, like the Singaporean historical drama \"The Sword and the Song\" (1986).", "title": "Shiao Lih-ju" }, { "docid": "6991043", "text": "re-edited release of the otherwise black-and-white film, and is believed to have been lost in the 1965 MGM vault fire. Another popular recording of the song was Barbra Streisand's, made 33 years after its first recording. While the song is traditionally sung at a brisk pace, her recording is notable for how slowly and expressively she sings it. On \"The Garry Moore Show\", Streisand sang the song during the \"That Wonderful Year\" skit representing 1929. She performed it ironically as a millionaire who has just lost all of her money and enters a bar, giving the bartender her expensive jewelry", "title": "Happy Days Are Here Again" }, { "docid": "5715399", "text": "by \"The Richmond Times-Dispatch\", who wrote that her voice \"soared,\" but criticised by \"The Buffalo News\" Andrea Kibler and \"St. Louis Post-Dispatch\"s Kevin C. Johnson, both of whom opined that Simpson was lip-syncing the whole song. Simpson performed the song on \"The Rosie O'Donnell Show\" on May 11, 2001. On June 1, she performed at the summer concert Zootopia, organized by Radio Z100. Six days later, she performed on \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\". On June 11, she appeared on an episode of MuchMusic in Canada, and sang \"Irresistible\". On June 16, she performed it at Wango Tango, an", "title": "Irresistible (Jessica Simpson song)" }, { "docid": "10958462", "text": "and performed comedy. In the summer of 1939, she sang with a production company at the Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville. Byron sang on radio stations WGRC and WHAS, both in Louisville. In 1939, she was one of two winners of the regional \"Gateway to Hollywood\" competition in Louisville, which enabled her to go to Hollywood to compete at the program's next level. Byron sang on alternate days on \"Kentucky Karnival\", a program that originated at WGRC beginning on August 30, 1943, and was distributed nationally via the Mutual Broadcasting System. She also sang with Tommy Dorsey's band, followed by a", "title": "Jean Byron" }, { "docid": "7731017", "text": "on the beach while Courtney Love walks into the ocean. Samantha Maloney, who replaced drummer, Patty Schemel, appears in the video. All credits adapted from \"Celebrity Skin\"s liner notes except where noted. Hole Guest musician Production Explanatory notes Notes Malibu (Hole song) \"Malibu\" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole. It is the fourth track and second single from the band's third studio album, \"Celebrity Skin\", and was released on December 29, 1998 on DGC Records. The song was written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, lead guitarist Eric Erlandson and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins,", "title": "Malibu (Hole song)" }, { "docid": "3884878", "text": "the album which charted in the UK Top 20. The song remains the band's highest charting single in the United Kingdom to date. \"Black Hole Sun\" debuted at number ten in Australia but quickly descended the chart, however widespread airplay and a promotional visit to Australia stimulated a resurgence of interest in \"Superunknown\". \"Black Hole Sun\" would peak at number six on the Australian Singles Chart. \"Black Hole Sun\" reached the top 30 in Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and was a top ten success in Australia, France, and Ireland. It was a moderate top 20 success in Sweden.", "title": "Black Hole Sun" }, { "docid": "15657986", "text": "Turtles's song \"Happy Together\"), through Diskos. During the summer of 1968, they spent two months performing in Pula other cities in Istria. During the same year, they released their third EP, with songs \"Marijana\" (composed by Vlaho Paljetak), \"To su bili dani\" (\"Those Were the Days\", a cover of Mary Hopkin song \"Those Were the Days\"), \"Ta mala ledi\" (\"That Little Lady\"), \"Misli ponekad na mene\" (\"Think of Me Sometimes\"), through Beograd Disk. In 1968, Slobodanka Miščević sang the theme song for the film \"Pusti snovi\" (\"Pipedreams\") directed by Soja Jovanović. The song was released on the EP \"Muzika iz", "title": "Sanjalice" }, { "docid": "12484085", "text": "1979 song \"Living Together\" on the album \"Spirits Having Flown\". He also sang falsetto during the chorus of his solo song \"Remedy\" from the 1985 album \"Walls Have Eyes\". With Robin, Barry also sang the lead on the track's middle-eight. Recording began on March 30, 1976 in Criteria Studios, Miami and finished on April 25 in Le Studio, Quebec, Canada same day as \"I Think I'm Losing You\" (unreleased). Yvonne Elliman's version was released as a single and reached #14 in the United States, #6 in the United Kingdom, #9 in Ireland, #3 in New Zealand and South Africa, #15", "title": "Love Me (Bee Gees song)" }, { "docid": "19474228", "text": "with additional collaboration from Beyoncé. In an interview for \"The Guardian\", he revealed that Beyoncé had brought her four-year-old daughter Blue Ivy to hear him working. Every time Blake sang the song's hook, Blue Ivy sang: \"Forward!\" \"That's how you know it's catchy,\" said Beyoncé. The song was recorded at the Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California. The instrumentalization consists of voice and piano, played by Blake. After the release of \"Lemonade\", \"Forward\" debuted on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart at number 63 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 30. The song also charted in other countries: France", "title": "Forward (song)" }, { "docid": "12797169", "text": "30 Days (The Saturdays song) \"30 Days\" is a song by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, \"Living for the Weekend\" (2013). The single is their thirteenth release. It was released on 14 May 2012 in the UK and on 11 May 2012 in Ireland. The single debuted at number seven on UK Singles Chart, confirmed by the Official Charts Company. Rochelle Wiseman explained the concept of the single, \"It’s a really amazing, catchy song but the sentiment behind it is being all excited and counting down the days", "title": "30 Days (The Saturdays song)" }, { "docid": "12962232", "text": "United Nations. In August 1968, Ochs performed \"The War Is Over\" during the protests in Chicago, inspiring hundreds of young men to burn their draft cards. When Ochs sang the line \"even treason might be worth a try — this country is too young to die\", he was interrupted by five minutes of cheering. He couldn't finish the song and had to leave the stage. On August 28, 1969 Ochs sang the song at Chicago's Grant Park Bandshell on the first anniversary of the Democratic Convention's \"The whole world is watching\" police riot. The Vietnam War ended on April 30,", "title": "The War Is Over (Phil Ochs song)" }, { "docid": "20485865", "text": "falling in love as the weather grows warmer. A music video of the song directed by Shim Hyung-jun was premiered on the official YouTube channel of S.M. Entertainment in conjunction with the single's release. In it, Eric Nam and Wendy are depicted as a couple who enjoy their day together at an amusement park, riding various attractions. In December 2016, Eric and Wendy sang the song on \"Yang&Nam Show\", a show hosted by Eric, in which Red Velvet appeared as guests in its 4th episode. On March 30, 2017, they performed it live for the first time at KCON Mexico.", "title": "Spring Love (Eric Nam and Wendy song)" }, { "docid": "5572452", "text": "of MTV. He explained that Clarkson's powerful rendition \"literally stopped the show [...] for almost 30 seconds because the audience erupted in such wild applause.\" Caryn Ganz of \"Rolling Stone\" noted that Clarkson sang the song to pay homage to Reba McEntire who was in the audience. Recording Personnel Source: Lisa Tucker covered the song on the fifth season of \"American Idol\" in 2006. However, her performance was met with negative reviews from the judges and she was consequently eliminated from the show. On June 4, 2011, \"Britain's Got Talent\" contestant, Ronan Parke covered \"Because of You\" in the finale", "title": "Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song)" }, { "docid": "5048208", "text": "who discussed Björk's musical shift. The song did not chart well in any nation but managed to enter the UK Singles Chart top 30. The accompanying music video was directed by the British music video director Sophie Muller. The clip shows Björk in a kitchen while she's cooking some eggs and was inspired by the singer's favorite book Story of the Eye. Björk performed the song on different TV appearances, including \"Top of the Pops\", and sang it during the course of her Debut Tour. The song was later chosen by fans to be included in her greatest hits album,", "title": "Venus as a Boy" }, { "docid": "18942599", "text": "Sony retrospective \"The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country\", \"Two days after he recorded it on December 11, 1974, he left Tammy. This time she didn't withdraw her divorce petition. The divorce was granted, property divided, and George was left as one of those mournful souls he sang about in 'The Grand Tour.'\" These Days (I Barely Get By) \"These Days (I Barely Get By)\" is a song by American country singer George Jones. It was one of the few compositions that Jones composed with then wife Tammy Wynette. The song was released on the 1974 Epic retrospective \"The", "title": "These Days (I Barely Get By)" }, { "docid": "16718786", "text": "Rahman debut album, Coffee @ MG Road. She is associated with Blogswara and have sung in multiple albums in the series. Divya has sung in Vineeth Sreenivasan's super hit romantic movie, Thattathin Marayathu composed by Shaan Rahman. She has been associated with Vineeth - Shaan ventures, including Malarvadi Arts Club. In 2014 the hit wedding song \"Thudakkham Maangalyam\" from Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days gave her much popularity which she sang along with along with Vijay Yesudas and Sachin Warrier composed by Gopi Sunder. In 2015 Divya was noticed more promptly when she sang the song \"Puthumazhayai\" from Martin Prakkat's Charlie", "title": "Divya S. Menon" }, { "docid": "5214000", "text": "Kiske participated as a guest on Gamma Ray's (Kai Hansen's band, formed after his departure from Helloween in late 1988) \"Land of the Free\" album, singing lead vocals on the song \"Time To Break Free\" and additional vocals on the title track. During 2002, Michael sang the song \"Key to the Universe\", which was featured on Timo Tolkki's (guitarist of the band Stratovarius) solo album \"Hymn to Life\". In 2003, Kiske sang on the duet \"Heroes\" (together with Jorn Lande), featured on Masterplan's self-titled debut album. In 2004, he took part in the metal opera \"Days of Rising Doom\" by", "title": "Michael Kiske" }, { "docid": "16179866", "text": "late in the summer that Darren Criss, who plays Blaine Anderson, would be starring on Broadway in \"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying\" from January 3 through 22, 2012, with rehearsals beginning there a couple of weeks before his debut. At the time, the reports said he would be missing \"an episode and a half of \"Glee\"\". The final scene filmed before the holiday break was the first song in the episode, for which Criss sang lead, and he filmed several scenes in the episode in those last four days. He is singing lead on the song \"Wanna", "title": "Michael (Glee)" }, { "docid": "4656866", "text": "years neighbours in the Surrey Hills. Brooker has joined Clapton for several one-off benefit gigs over the years. Brooker sang lead vocal on the Alan Parsons Project song \"Limelight\", on their 1985 album, \" Stereotomy\". Brooker sang the lead vocal of the song \"No News from the Western Frontier\", a single taken from the album \"Hi-Tec Heroes\" by the Dutch performer Ad Visser. A new incarnation of Procol Harum, led by Brooker, has continued touring the world, celebrating its 40th anniversary in July 2007 with two days of musical revels at St John's Smith Square in London. Brooker also toured", "title": "Gary Brooker" } ]

[ "Lena Waithe" ]

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[ { "docid": "15873210", "text": "abandons Wade due to the competition being more personal for her. Five months pass. Neither Wade nor anyone else has found the next token, the Jade Key. When Art3mis finds the Jade Key, Parzival scrambles to planet Archaide, where he plays a perfect game of \"Pac-Man\", receiving only a quarter as a prize. Aech, who was the second player to find the Jade Key, provides a hint leading him to the planet Frobozz where he solves the text adventure game \"Zork\". Sorrento, who had tracked Art3mis and Aech using a premium locator artifact, establishes a base there to farm their", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "15873213", "text": "of information, including footage of Daito's murder. The information also includes the attempt on his own life, as well as plans to force Shoto and Art3mis to work for IOI in real life, and kill them at the end of the contest (IOI doesn't know who Aech is due to him using a pseudonym). After escaping the corporation, he shares his information with his friends and publicizes a gathering of avatars to storm the castle. They are interrupted by Ogden Morrow, who offers them a safe haven at his home in Oregon. Wade meets the real-life Aech and Ogden, but", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "15873212", "text": "the Solar Federation in the song \"2112\"), and after playing \"Discovery\", the third movement of the song, finds a clue regarding the conditions to unlock the final gate. As he messages Art3mis, Aech, and Shoto with his solution, Sorrento ends their covert attempts to clear the third gate, Castle Anorak on planet Chthonia, and places a force field around it. Wade manipulates his assumed identity in order to be arrested and placed in indentured servitude in IOI's tech support department. While inside IOI, he uses black market passwords and security exploits to hack into IOI's intranet: he acquires a wealth", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "18683115", "text": "the interest of Nolan Sorrento, the CEO of Innovative Online Industries (IOI) who seeks to control OASIS himself. IOI uses a number of indentured servants and employees called \"Sixers\" to find the egg. Wade Watts is an orphaned teenager living in the slums, or ‘stacks’, of Columbus, Ohio, with his Aunt Alice. In the OASIS, his avatar, Parzival, is best friends with Aech, a virtual mechanic. One day, Parzival befriends Art3mis, a well-known Gunter, sharing a common interest in Halliday's history. They review Halliday's life from the Archives with help of its Curator. They learn Halliday had several regrets in", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "18683117", "text": "retaliation, Sorrento has IOI's head of operations F'Nale Zandor bomb Wade's stack, killing Alice. Art3mis' player, Samantha Cook, rescues Wade, but they are soon found by IOI. Samantha is captured and forced into IOI's servitude, while Wade is extracted by the other High Five – Helen (Aech), Toshiro (Daito), and Zhou (Sho). The group tracks down Samantha's location at IOI, and they remotely help her escape, allowing her to assist them in the OASIS as Art3mis. The third challenge requires one to play Halliday's favorite Atari 2600 game, in a castle on Planet Doom, which Sorrento has protected with a", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "15873209", "text": "lab accident. Wade escapes and moves to Columbus, Ohio, where he lies low, assuming the pseudonym Bryce Lynch and living in an anonymous apartment designed for hardcore OASIS users. He considers an alliance with Aech, Art3mis, and Daito and Shoto, two Japanese gunters who have also earned the Copper Key. Instead, he and Art3mis begin a wary friendship, but when he asks her out, Art3mis declines. IOI operatives, called Sixers, attempt to assassinate Wade and Art3mis at the birthday party of OASIS co-founder Ogden Morrow. They are stopped by Morrow, who has special privileges and powers within the OASIS. Art3mis", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "1270592", "text": "creators. Parzival, the main character of the movie \"Ready Player One\", appears in a Buckaroo Banzai costume for a date. Aech says to Parzival, \"You're going to wear the outfit from your favorite movie.\" The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is a 1984 American science fiction action/adventure film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. The premise centers upon the efforts of the polymath Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, a physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock musician, to save", "title": "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" }, { "docid": "18683116", "text": "life, including his unrequited love for Morrow’s wife Kira and losing Morrow as a friend after forcing him to sign away his part of Gregarious Games. Using this information, they solve the first two challenges of Anorak's game: a car race across an ever-shifting Manhattan cityscape and a search for Kira in the Overlook Hotel from \"The Shining\". Aech and his friends Daito and Sho follow suit, the group becoming known as the \"High Five\" on the OASIS scoreboards. Sorrento learns of Parzival's identity through OASIS mercenary i-R0k, and attempts to sway Wade into joining IOI, but he refuses. In", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "15873208", "text": "Broderick's character in the film \"WarGames\". Art3mis clears the gate shortly afterwards, as does Wade's friend Aech. Wade’s fame enables him to make a living by endorsing virtual products. It also brings him to the attention of Nolan Sorrento, head of operations at Innovative Online Industries (IOI), a multinational corporation bent on a well-funded effort to find the Easter egg in order to take control of the OASIS and monetize it. When Wade refuses to join IOI, Sorrento attempts to kill him by blowing up the stacks where Wade lives, killing his aunt and disguising the explosion as a meth", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "19214772", "text": "requiring the team to use stand-ins 'Xizt', a Swedish player currently playing for Fnatic, and 'Cromen', a Norwegian player who is currently inactive. On May 25th, FaZe announced Olofmeisters return to the team, but after a short while, it was confirmed that Olof was 'not ready' to play. Since then, Olof made his return to competitive play on July 10th. Olofmeister Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson, (born January 31, 1992) better known by his in-game name olofmeister or olofm, is a Swedish professional \"\" player who is currently playing for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for H2k, Absolute Legends, LGB eSports", "title": "Olofmeister" }, { "docid": "14199381", "text": "they are all returned to a central pool to be used as the game progresses. After all dice values have been used, each player will share with each neighbor: The players then discuss who their characters are, what they are called, and how they relate to each other, and the objects, needs, and locations their characters share. Once this is decided Act One is ready to begin. In Act One, for each player's turn, she or he may choose either to Establish or to Resolve. Should the player choose to Establish, the content of the scene—people, place, conflict—is determined by", "title": "Fiasco (role-playing game)" }, { "docid": "18761490", "text": "Reds' match against the Highlanders in 2014, but wasn't used as a replacement player in the game. He made his Super Rugby debut against the Hurricanes in April 2015. Andrew Ready Andrew Ready (born 11 July 1993) is a rugby union player for the Queensland Reds team in the Super Rugby competition, playing as a hooker. Ready was born in Brisbane, and attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2010. Ready played premier rugby for Easts Tigers and was a member of the club's premiership winning team in 2013. He was", "title": "Andrew Ready" }, { "docid": "15873207", "text": "the same virtual world as his own online high school, in a re-creation of the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" module \"Tomb of Horrors\". He meets Art3mis, a famous female gunter and blogger who has been exploring the place, and advances further than she does when he defeats the AI Acererak at the video game \"Joust\". He is awarded the Copper Key, and Parzival appears on the \"Scoreboard\", attracting the world's attention. Parzival completes the Copper Gate's puzzles by teleporting to planet Middletown, playing through the \"Dungeons of Daggorath\" video game in a recreation of Halliday's parents's house and then role-playing Matthew", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "20953434", "text": "getting a team to help develop and more, and when it is ready, will release the game as one whole package. Fox plans for \"Deltarune\" to have only one ending. Deltarune Deltarune is a role-playing video game created by an American indie developer named Toby Fox. The player controls a human, Kris, in a world where monsters live on the surface of the Earth. Kris and a classmate named Susie fall from Earth into a place called the “Dark World” where they meet Ralsei, who informs them that they are heroes destined to restore balance to the world. The players", "title": "Deltarune" }, { "docid": "10836165", "text": "added to their account and the Jackpot reset, ready to be won again. The Gold Jackpot is currently the highest prize that can be won playing Kwari. The first Gold Jackpot was won on February 13, 2008 by a player called Sinister who won over $20,000. During each match the money used by players to buy weapons and other deductions (not including player-to-player damage) is added to The Pill. A glowing ball, this spawns two minutes from the end of each Kwari match and can be picked up by any player. When collected a timer will tick up on the", "title": "Kwari" }, { "docid": "14448829", "text": "takes one point from each player extra. Limit hands are optional and the limit starts at 40 points. Half limit hands in such a case being 20. Limit hands must be concealed. There is a distinction between hand-points and bonus-points. A minimum of 3 hand-points is necessary to win (with experienced player playing with 4 and advanced players 5 minimum hand-points or more). Only winner scores, taking his total score (hand-points and bonus-points) from each player with no doubling of any kind. Discarder pays the other players score and only the bonus-points if the player was ready to win (waiting", "title": "Three player mahjong" }, { "docid": "15873218", "text": "invited Cline several times to sign books and demo hardware. The Ready Player One: Oasis beta, developed by Directive Games Limited, was released on March 23, 2018 alongside the Steven Spielberg movie and consists of four experiences made for virtual reality headsets. The game is currently available for free on Steam and Viveport. \"Lacero\", a fan-fiction story by Andy Weir, was published in the 2016 edition of \"Ready Player One\". It follows the story of Nolan Sorrento and functions as a precursor to the main novel, and is considered canonical to the \"Ready Player One\" fictional universe. In 2015, in", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "18761489", "text": "Andrew Ready Andrew Ready (born 11 July 1993) is a rugby union player for the Queensland Reds team in the Super Rugby competition, playing as a hooker. Ready was born in Brisbane, and attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2010. Ready played premier rugby for Easts Tigers and was a member of the club's premiership winning team in 2013. He was selected for the Australia U20 team in 2013. In 2014, Ready played for Brisbane City in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. Ready was selected on the bench for the", "title": "Andrew Ready" }, { "docid": "2979288", "text": "key part of the novel \"Ready Player One\" by Ernest Cline, which is set in a virtual reality world created by a man who was a fan of the module. The character James Halliday recreated the dungeon in detail, which the novel's other characters must traverse to advance in the global contest and win Halliday's fortune. Tomb of Horrors Tomb of Horrors is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax for the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" (\"D&D\") role-playing game. It was originally written for and used at the 1975 Origins 1 convention. Gygax designed the adventure both to challenge the skill", "title": "Tomb of Horrors" }, { "docid": "15284707", "text": "hoping to become more NBA-ready by playing a year of professional basketball abroad and then try to make the Pistons' roster for the season, but ultimately it never worked out. Moore played 14 seasons in Finland's Korisliiga from 1983 to 1998. Jonathan Moore (basketball) Jonathan Moore (born November 3, 1957) is an American former basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at Furman University between 1976–77 and 1979–80. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Moore finished his career as one of the greatest players in Southern Conference history. During his four-year tenure at Furman, Moore averaged 16.9", "title": "Jonathan Moore (basketball)" }, { "docid": "12048985", "text": "each category, is a choice of two songs, one of which they must attempt. They are given a certain number of words they must sing that are missing. Once the player is ready, the band begin to play and the words come up on the large screen within the studio (and also at the bottom of the screen for the audience at home). The player then must sing along in a karaoke style, until the band stops playing and the words on the screen change to blank spaces according to how many words are missing. The player must then attempt", "title": "Don't Forget the Lyrics! (UK game show)" }, { "docid": "7111359", "text": "Ryan Ready Ryan Ready (born November 7, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers. Ready was drafted 100th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. After playing his first seven NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2005–06, Ready signed with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL on September 15, 2006. After four seasons with the Roosters, He signed a one-year contract with EHC München on July 16, 2010. In the 2010–11 season, Ready posted 44 points in 43 games with München", "title": "Ryan Ready" }, { "docid": "7111360", "text": "before succumbing to injury to again miss out on the playoffs. On February 27, 2011, Ready signed a one-year extension to remain in Munich. However prior to the start of the 2011-12 season on August 8, 2011, Ready remained in Canada and unexpectedly announced his retirement from professional hockey. Ryan Ready Ryan Ready (born November 7, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers. Ready was drafted 100th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. After playing his first seven NHL games with", "title": "Ryan Ready" }, { "docid": "3097538", "text": "order to run down a smaller and faster pinnace, but must be fortunate enough to have the weather gage. One of the most innovative features of \"Pirates!\" is the introduction of a dynamic playing field. In \"Pirates!\" many of the most important factors which affect player decisions are randomized at the beginning of the game and continue to shift during gameplay. This not only creates a new experience each time the game is played, but also requires the player to remain flexible, and be ready to exploit possibilities when they occur. Changes happen whenever time passes and they are unrelated", "title": "Sid Meier's Pirates!" }, { "docid": "13997852", "text": "one \"yaku\". When scoring, each \"yaku\" has its own \"han\" value, and the \"han\" works as a doubler. A winning hand needs at least one \"yaku\". \"Yakuman\" is a value for limit hands which are hard to get, and in some variations multiple \"yakuman\" are applied. Declaring \"\"rīchi\"\" means declaring a ready hand, and is a kind of \"yaku\". A player may declare ready if a player's hand needs only one tile to complete a legal hand (\"tenpai\"), and the player has not claimed another players' discards to make open melds. When declaring ready, a player can win on a", "title": "Japanese Mahjong" }, { "docid": "16530255", "text": "Brian Span Brian \"Cobi\" Span (born February 23, 1992) is an American soccer player who plays for Västerås SK. Span started out playing for FC Westchester as a youth player at age twelve. He stayed there for seven years and then went on to play two years of college soccer at the University of Virginia, scoring 12 goals and registering 8 assists during that time. During the summer of 2011 he trained in Europe with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Örebro SK in Sweden. After his sophomore season that autumn, the winger felt ready to go professional but MLS", "title": "Brian Span" }, { "docid": "15873203", "text": "Ready Player One Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2044, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which will lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune. Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group (a division of Random House). The book was published on August 16, 2011. An audiobook was released the same day; it", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "1665848", "text": "is called aloud, however. Bingo is often used as an instructional tool in American schools and in teaching English as a foreign language in many countries. Typically, the numbers are replaced with beginning reader words, pictures, or unsolved math problems. Ready/Waiting/Cased/Set/Down/Chance – A player who only needs one number in order to complete the Bingo pattern is considered to be Ready, Waiting, Cased, Set, or Down, or to \"have a chance\". Breaking the Bubble or \"Possible\" – The bubble is the minimum number of balls required to complete the Bingo pattern. This is the earliest point any player could have", "title": "Bingo (U.S.)" }, { "docid": "8351016", "text": "Marlins organization for the 2018 season. Randy Ready Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960), is a former professional baseball player and current manager for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from to . He also played one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in . He was a minor league coach for the Detroit Tigers and served as a minor league coach for the Padres. Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Indios de Mayagüez in 1985-86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the", "title": "Randy Ready" }, { "docid": "8351010", "text": "Randy Ready Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960), is a former professional baseball player and current manager for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from to . He also played one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in . He was a minor league coach for the Detroit Tigers and served as a minor league coach for the Padres. Ready played in Puerto Rico's winter league for the Indios de Mayagüez in 1985-86. On June 12, 1986, Ready was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego", "title": "Randy Ready" }, { "docid": "13768437", "text": "2 as a \"special assistant\" who would work with younger players. Baldelli stated that he hurt his shoulder in the previous season playing for the Boston Red Sox that may require surgery, and though he felt uncomfortable going into Spring training, he was \"not ready to retire\" and was hopeful to play again some day. Andrew Friedman, the Rays' Vice President of Baseball Operations, said that the one-year deal was not done with the intention of bringing Baldelli back as a player in 2010, but also said that \"anything's possible.\" Infielder Hank Blalock was signed to a minor-league contract on", "title": "2010 Tampa Bay Rays season" }, { "docid": "17500543", "text": "player, similar to They Might Be Giants' use of a tape player in live performances before 1992. Bolwell operated the CD player. Occasionally, the backing track would often misfire, playing before the band were ready. One such misfiring can be heard in a bootleg of the song \"Old Mac\", recorded live in Tasmania on 13 September 1992. Shortly after Bolwell brings the backing tape under control, Paulzen says \"See what happens if we don't operate our own CD machine\". Like They Might Be Giants, Tlot Tlot maintained a \"sing-a-long line\" at the phone number 61-3-419 0451 (later to become 61-3-9419", "title": "Tlot Tlot" }, { "docid": "7333739", "text": "game. Despite what are now outdated graphics and sound, the game still enjoys a cult following in the retrogaming community for its challenging and engaging gameplay. Dungeons of Daggorath Dungeons of Daggorath is one of the first real-time, first-person perspective role-playing video games. It was produced by DynaMicro for the Tandy (RadioShack) TRS-80 Color Computer in 1982. This game is famously mentioned in the novel \"Ready Player One\", but does not appear in its film adaptation. \"Dungeons of Daggorath\" was one of the first games that attempted to portray three-dimensional space in a real-time environment, using angled lines to give", "title": "Dungeons of Daggorath" }, { "docid": "7333733", "text": "Dungeons of Daggorath Dungeons of Daggorath is one of the first real-time, first-person perspective role-playing video games. It was produced by DynaMicro for the Tandy (RadioShack) TRS-80 Color Computer in 1982. This game is famously mentioned in the novel \"Ready Player One\", but does not appear in its film adaptation. \"Dungeons of Daggorath\" was one of the first games that attempted to portray three-dimensional space in a real-time environment, using angled lines to give the illusion of depth. It followed the 1974 games \"Maze War\" and \"Spasim\", written for research computers, and the first 3D maze game for home computers,", "title": "Dungeons of Daggorath" }, { "docid": "13042845", "text": "stick shift and the game will say the number followed by the colour. Also, the game has an intelligent voice announcement system which tells the player who is out and who wins in a multiplayer game with 2-4 shifters playing. In 2017, a remake of the game was being made by a team of Freelancers who published the game without the project manager's permission on the Google Play store. The project manager has been working with other freelancers to make a bug-free build with a new version (version 1.01) and will be released to iOS once it's ready. In June", "title": "Brain Warp" }, { "docid": "17401297", "text": "Thief's Player Pack Thief's Player Pack is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. The \"Thief's Player Pack\" is an \"AD&D\" game accessory which comes in a case with everything a newcomer needs to get his thief PC ready for a campaign: a pad of character sheets, a stand-up reference screen, a brief but informative player's guide, seven polyhedral dice, three pewter miniatures, and a shiny red pencil. The case is designed so that a copy of the \"Player's Handbook\" can fit snugly inside the lid. \"Thief's Player Pack\" was designed by", "title": "Thief's Player Pack" }, { "docid": "17401295", "text": "Thief's Player Pack Thief's Player Pack is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. The \"Thief's Player Pack\" is an \"AD&D\" game accessory which comes in a case with everything a newcomer needs to get his thief PC ready for a campaign: a pad of character sheets, a stand-up reference screen, a brief but informative player's guide, seven polyhedral dice, three pewter miniatures, and a shiny red pencil. The case is designed so that a copy of the \"Player's Handbook\" can fit snugly inside the lid. \"Thief's Player Pack\" was designed by", "title": "Thief's Player Pack" }, { "docid": "17401294", "text": "Fighter's Player Pack Fighter's Player Pack is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. The \"Fighter's Player Pack\" is an \"AD&D\" game accessory which comes in a case with everything a newcomer needs to get his fighter PC ready for a campaign: a pad of character sheets, a stand-up reference screen, a brief but informative player's guide, seven polyhedral dice, three pewter miniatures, and a shiny red pencil. The case is designed so that a copy of the \"Player's Handbook\" can fit snugly inside the lid. \"Fighter's Player Pack\" was designed by", "title": "Fighter's Player Pack" }, { "docid": "17401292", "text": "Fighter's Player Pack Fighter's Player Pack is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. The \"Fighter's Player Pack\" is an \"AD&D\" game accessory which comes in a case with everything a newcomer needs to get his fighter PC ready for a campaign: a pad of character sheets, a stand-up reference screen, a brief but informative player's guide, seven polyhedral dice, three pewter miniatures, and a shiny red pencil. The case is designed so that a copy of the \"Player's Handbook\" can fit snugly inside the lid. \"Fighter's Player Pack\" was designed by", "title": "Fighter's Player Pack" }, { "docid": "9899205", "text": "Kyle Greentree Kyle Greentree (born November 15, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. An undrafted player, he previously played two games each for the Philadelphia Flyers and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Greentree began playing collegiate hockey for the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks during the 2004-05 season after playing for two seasons with the Victoria Salsa in the British Columbia Hockey League. He led his team in points for all three seasons he played there and got his number retired by the club. Following his junior season, he decided he was ready to move on", "title": "Kyle Greentree" }, { "docid": "6076812", "text": "for about eight months, and recorded a demo tape named \"Sausage\". At the end of 1988, the Freaky Executives' deal looked to be taking a turn for the better, and as Claypool was ready for Primus to start touring, Lane decided he no longer had time for both projects and chose to leave Primus, and also left the Freaky Executives after their record deal was shelved. In the early '90s, Lane began playing in a trio with double bass player Rob Wasserman and Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who had previously been playing as a duo for \"six or eight", "title": "Jay Lane" }, { "docid": "14448820", "text": "as well as the all-honours hand. All bamboo tiles are removed If all three players declare ready, depending on the variation, either that particular game is considered a draw, or the winner only wins his hand-points from the other players. There are two forms of dora which may optionally be used in three player mahjong. In some Japanese mahjong sets, one five circles tile is coloured red and one five characters tile is coloured red (the other matching three of each tile is the normal colour). There are thus only two of these tiles. A player who has one red", "title": "Three player mahjong" }, { "docid": "18683133", "text": "the Future\" within the film's score, as well as quoting the music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind from \"The Shining\" for the film's sequence at the Overlook Hotel. The film also includes licensed music from the 1970s and 1980s, which appears on the digital-only soundtrack album \"Ready Player One: Songs from the Motion Picture\". \"Ready Player One\" was initially scheduled to be released on December 15, 2017, but was pushed back to March 30, 2018, to avoid competition with \"\". In January 2018, it was announced the film's release date had been moved up one day to March 29,", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "18683135", "text": "the week ending on August 4, 2018. \"Ready Player One\" has grossed $137 million in the United States and Canada, and $445.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $582.2 million. Made on a production budget of $175 million, with about $150 million more spent on global marketing costs, the film needed to gross at least $440 million in order to break-even. In the United States and Canada, \"Ready Player One\" was released alongside \"\" and \"Acrimony\", and was projected to gross $40–50 million from 4,100 theaters over its first four days. It made $12.1 million on its", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "371486", "text": "of \"The Washington Post\"'s printing of the Pentagon Papers. Production began in New York on May 30, 2017. The film began a limited release on December 22, 2017, with a wide release following on January 12, 2018. Spielberg directed the film adaptation of the popular sci-fi novel \"Ready Player One\", by Ernest Cline. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. It began production in London in July 2016, a year before \"The Post\", which was filmed, edited and released during the lengthy, effects-heavy post-production period for \"Ready Player One\". \"Ready Player One\" was", "title": "Steven Spielberg" }, { "docid": "5642026", "text": "not serve until the other side is ready; ordinarily, the players of the receiving side are expected to be ready. During the game the player must not leave the court except in the act of playing, if he has an accident, or with the referee's permission for activities such as changing a racket, tying a shoelace, or tightening a belt. The referee normally grants a player's request for such activities, unless the ball is in play; however, he has the final right to refuse if he deems such activities delaying tactics. In \"fives\" tournaments, a team consists of ten formally", "title": "Ball badminton" }, { "docid": "20076176", "text": "a mech, and as a stand-alone minion otherwise. The Magnetic mechanic had originally been designed as \"Modular\", whereby playing a card would either allow the player to select from two effects: playing it as a spell atop a mech, or as its own minion. The developers found this could lead to long turns if a player's deck primarily consisted of such cards, to the point they had been ready to cut the keyword and release the set otherwise. However, they found a solution through the user interface by letting the player make the choice at the same time as playing", "title": "Gameplay of Hearthstone" }, { "docid": "11879894", "text": "Paul Ready Paul Ready is a British actor. He is known principally for his work on stage, but he has also appeared in television, radio and films. He received a commendation at the 2003 Ian Charleson Awards. Ready was born in Birmingham and growing up in the town of Harborne he attended King Edward VI Five Ways school within the city. At the age of 17 Ready played Romeo in the National Youth Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet at London's Bloomsbury Theatre, playing opposite Rosamund Pike who played Juliet. Ready went on to train at London Academy of Music", "title": "Paul Ready" }, { "docid": "17921155", "text": "for FC Basel at the same time with Embolo, complimented him as well, for keeping his feet on the ground.I think he is a sensation – playing like that aged 17. I like him as a person as much as I do as a player. His feet will stay on the ground – he won't be shooting from 50 metres to score the goal of the season. You can give him good advice and he is ready to take it without getting angry. Embolo has cited Mario Balotelli as one of his inspirations. Both players like to lurk between defenders", "title": "Breel Embolo" }, { "docid": "7265292", "text": "Mile House. The club senior team is currently playing in the Intermediate Championship and division 2 league football. The club senior team is currently managed by former Dublin player Barney Rock. Nathan Sherry is current captain of the club senior football team. The club's grounds are currently undergoing an exciting new development.New land was acquired off The Commons with several new pitches being added. The grounds,which have been largely completed,should be ready for use nearing the end of 2012 making Two Mile House one of the foremost clubs in the county in terms of facilities and location.Furthermore,work has begun on", "title": "Two Mile House GAA" }, { "docid": "10817192", "text": "ready to resume life as a professional footballer. He called another local side SC Kriens who offered him a trial and impressed enough to earn a contract. His time at playing in the Swiss Challenge League at SC Kriens was a success and soon top flight clubs were taking note. In 2000, he signed for FC Basel but quickly moved on to the Swiss capital, Bern to play for BSC Young Boys where he remained until the end of his active career. At that time Häberli was the longest serving player at the club. He is known at the club", "title": "Thomas Häberli" }, { "docid": "18063009", "text": "ready to commit to a fifth season before it became clear to him that he wasn't in the coach's plans. As a result, Colbert joined cross-town rivals Neptune for the 2018–19 season. Colbert is the youngest of six children to mother Irene and father Lehmon Sr., who died when Colbert was 18. His daughter, Kyla, was born in 2011. Lehmon Colbert Lehmon Colbert Jr. (born April 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Neptune of the Irish Super League. He played college basketball for Jacksonville University before playing professionally in England, Mexico and Ireland. He quickly became a", "title": "Lehmon Colbert" }, { "docid": "17253861", "text": "in the 2019 film \"\". Tye Sheridan Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Cyclops/Scott Summers in \"X-Men film series\" (2016–present), as well as Wade Watts in \"Ready Player One\" (2018). He made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's experimental drama film \"The Tree of Life\" (2011) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols's film \"Mud\" (2012). He also co-starred in David Gordon Green's drama \"Joe\" (2013) and the period thriller \"The Stanford Prison Experiment\" (2015). Sheridan was born in Elkhart, Texas. His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan,", "title": "Tye Sheridan" }, { "docid": "17253855", "text": "Tye Sheridan Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Cyclops/Scott Summers in \"X-Men film series\" (2016–present), as well as Wade Watts in \"Ready Player One\" (2018). He made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's experimental drama film \"The Tree of Life\" (2011) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols's film \"Mud\" (2012). He also co-starred in David Gordon Green's drama \"Joe\" (2013) and the period thriller \"The Stanford Prison Experiment\" (2015). Sheridan was born in Elkhart, Texas. His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan, owns a beauty salon, and", "title": "Tye Sheridan" }, { "docid": "3759950", "text": "playing past midnight. \"The Orchestra\" reported that \"scarcely one player... was more than 'rough perfect' in his part.\" \"The Observer\" commented that \"the acting, as well as the business, will want working up before it can be fairly criticized... the opera... was not ready\". The \"Daily Telegraph\" suggested that \"It is more satisfactory for many reasons to look upon the performance last evening as a full dress rehearsal... When \"Thespis\" ends at the orthodox Gaiety closing hour, and the opera has been energetically rehearsed, few happier entertainments will be found.\" Some critics could not see past the production's state of", "title": "Thespis (opera)" }, { "docid": "12248558", "text": "2013, Ready was appointed as Technical Director of the Tajikistan Football Federation. In this role, Ready has expanded the number of youth clubs to 18, 12 male and 6 female, and also opened a national goalkeeper academy. On 16 February 2017, Ready was appointed as manager of Evergreen Premier League side Vancouver Victory. Troy Ready Troy Ready (born May 15, 1980 in Spokane, Washington) is a former American soccer player, who played as a midfielder, and current head coach of Vancouver Victory. After his professional career with the Timbers, Ready moved to Tajikistan where he played professionally for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa", "title": "Troy Ready" }, { "docid": "515996", "text": "Hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek, or hide-and-go-seek, is a popular children's game in which any number of players (ideally at least three) conceal themselves in a set environment, to be found by one or more seekers. The game is played by one player chosen (designated as being \"it\") closing their eyes and counting to a predetermined number while the other players hide. For example, count to 100 in units of 5 or count to 20, one two three and keep counting up till it reaches twenty. After reaching this number, the player who is \"it\" calls \"Ready or not, here I come!\" and", "title": "Hide-and-seek" }, { "docid": "16658632", "text": "fireflies; a jazz band is playing a number - with a brief instrumental battle with a tuba player and a trumpeter, a cellist shooing the leaf-eating bugs from chewing on his big cello, a trombonist having an itchy backside as he improvises a way to continue playing, and a drummer playing his full set, two groups of dancers with the male species almost ready to tussle with each other, a group of trombonists and trumpeters alternately their part of the music before the whole band followed up; and a centipede waiter served out some cherry wine to the patrons from", "title": "Woodland Café" }, { "docid": "15737277", "text": "player uses one square. It is played just as the original version, except for the fact that the wall is on the opponent's court and \"lives\" are used, varying on who is playing. When a player runs short of lives, he/she becomes a \"ghost\". A ghost is still allowed to play but cannot lose lives or make players still in the game lose lives. When just two players remain, each player gets four of the eight squares each and continues with the number of lives that they had prior to this. The players continue playing until one of the two", "title": "Patball" }, { "docid": "8319890", "text": "Lynge Jakobsen Lynge Jakobsen (born November 10, 1950) is a Danish former football player and sports director of the professional football club Aalborg BK (AaB), who competes in the best Danish league the Danish Superliga. Aalborg BK won the 2007-08 season and 2013-14 with Jakobsen as sports director. Lynge Jakobsen played his first game for Aalborg BK at May 27, 1969, after more than 4 years he was ready to play at Aalborg BK's first team in 1973. In his playing career Lynge Jakobsen played 267 games for Aalborg BK. In 1978 Lynge Jakobsen signed a contract with Aalborg BK", "title": "Lynge Jakobsen" }, { "docid": "8318975", "text": "José Aílton da Silva José Aílton da Silva (, born 8 September 1977) is a retired Brazilian–born Mexican player, who operated as an attacking midfielder and also as a left midfielder or winger in the same zone. Product of the youth ranks of Bragantino, he started his professional career in 1996 with Palmeiras. He then moved to Deportivo Italia, after a brief spell at Etti Jundiaí. His playing career started in 1997 at Palmeiras, then in 1998 he moved to Etti Jundiaí-SP. By 1999 he was ready to move on and was signed by Venezuela's Deportivo Italia, helping them to", "title": "José Aílton da Silva" }, { "docid": "9417455", "text": "Ernest Cline Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He is known for his novels \"Ready Player One\" and \"Armada\"; he also co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of \"Ready Player One\", directed by Steven Spielberg. Cline was born in Ashland, Ohio, the son of Faye Imogene (Williams) and Ernest Christy Cline. His younger brother, Eric, is a Major in United States Marine Corps, specializing as an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Technician. From 1997 to 2001, Cline performed his original work at Austin Poetry Slam venues. He was the Austin Poetry", "title": "Ernest Cline" }, { "docid": "5126607", "text": "Wink murder. It uses the Ace and King to identify the \"Cop\" and the \"Robber.\" How a cop or a robber relates is not known. The game starts by using the same number of playing cards as players, including one Ace and one King. The rest of the cards are usually number cards which represent the number of seconds to drink. Play begins by shuffling the cards and laying them all face down. Each player grabs a card and keeps it to themselves. The player with the Ace is the player who winks to one other player. The player who", "title": "Wink murder" }, { "docid": "8607903", "text": "in playing gonggi. The difference from gonggi is that the player doesn’t throw one stone in the air but all stones that are in the player’s hand. After throwing multiple stones, the player grabs other stone(s) from the ground and catches all the stones they threw. Like snail, the number of stones the player has to grab is same as gonggi. There are many playing calls in the Gonggi game. The standard calls have been listed here. The penalty for a \"mess–up\" requires that the player who has perpetrated it pass the stones to the next player. Gonggi Gonggi (,", "title": "Gonggi" }, { "docid": "17564452", "text": "appeared in season two of the UK series \"The Tunnel\". On John-Kamen's role in Steven Spielberg's \"Ready Player One,\" Kristen Tauer wrote: \"While much of \"Ready Player One\" takes place in a virtual reality world, John-Kamen's character is unique in that she is rooted in the reality throughout the film.\" Also in 2018, Kamen played Ava Starr / Ghost in the superhero film \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\". John-Kamen plays the piano and is trained in ballet, cabaret, jazz dance, salsa, and tap dance. Hannah John-Kamen Hannah Dominique E. John-Kamen (born 7 September 1989) is a British actress. She is known", "title": "Hannah John-Kamen" }, { "docid": "15553410", "text": "Unlike in most trick-taking games, it is not the winner of a trick who leads to the next one. Instead, the lead passes from one player to the next in the direction of play. A player who loses the Army General in a trick must pay a \"ransom\" amounting to the total value of the pot to the winner of the trick. A player who wins a trick by playing the Army General wins the pot. Anything that remains in the pot at the end is won by the player who wins the greatest number of tricks. The game first", "title": "Jeu Royal de la Guerre" }, { "docid": "7036432", "text": "in fact played twice at Dawlish, playing Torquay United in a pre-season friendly as Torquay United’s ground was not ready to host pre-season friendlies. Dawlish have also played Crewe Alexandra on several occasions having established a close relationship with their manager Dario Gradi. It was Dario Gradi who spotted the talents of a Dawlish Youth player Seth Johnson, and for those who do not know – Seth Johnson not only played for Crewe Alexandra, but went on to play for Derby County and Leeds United as well as becoming a full England international. As part of the Western League development", "title": "Dawlish United F.C." }, { "docid": "9417461", "text": "for a reported seven-figure sum. A third novel was announced in August 2015. It has been confirmed that this novel is to be a sequel to \"Ready Player One\". However, no information about it was given, other than its genre, science fiction. In 2016, he married poet/nonfiction writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, whom he met at the 1998 National Poetry Slam. Cline’s all-time favorite video game is \"Black Tiger\", which figures prominently into the plot of his novel \"Ready Player One\". Ernest Cline Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He is known", "title": "Ernest Cline" }, { "docid": "1359003", "text": "have a high point value. A defensive strategy would advise playing a high card in order to reduce the point value of the hand. However, an offensive strategy would suggest playing a 0 when the player wants to continue on the current color, because it is less likely to be matched by another 0 of a different color (there is only one 0 of each color, but two of each 1–9). A player holding only one card is required to call out \"Uno\" or risk being penalized if caught. A player who calls \"Uno\" risks being the target of concerted", "title": "Uno (card game)" }, { "docid": "18683144", "text": "the lack of resolution for plot holes in the novel, and the bloating of scenes in the film by trivia. Matt Bobkin scored the film a 6 out of 10 for \"Exclaim!\" saying the film \"is not so much a groundbreaking recontextualizing, more doe-eyed affection with no critical commentary\". \"Movie Metropolis\" noted that the film \"is an absolute thrill-ride from start to finish and is pure Spielberg in the very best way\" and awarded it 4 out of 5 stars. Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised \"Ready Player One\" and noted the undercurrent of sadness present in the", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "7373377", "text": "the player lead any card to start the next trick, one weak card can be kept to be played last. However, when trying to prevent a player who is low on cards from emptying their hand, the player preceding him/her can elect to try to block the next player by playing a high value card or combination even if a lower value combination is available, and thus hopefully prevent the next player from playing as they are unable to top it. Additional elements of strategy can be introduced with optional rules (see below) such as skips and clears, which afford", "title": "Daifugō" }, { "docid": "19947977", "text": "preferred as the main kicker, as Caldy improved to finish 6th. Of recent times Vasey has become more of a squad player as Caldy have become serious contenders for promotion from the division. Leeds Carnegie Caldy Yorkshire Cheshire International/Representative Richard Vasey Richard Vasey (born 1985) is an English rugby union player, currently playing at Fly-half for Caldy in National League 2 North. A talented player who has experience of playing at a higher level with clubs such as Leeds Carnegie and Moseley, Vasey is a reliable points kicker who has become one of the most prolific in National League 2", "title": "Richard Vasey" }, { "docid": "12248555", "text": "Troy Ready Troy Ready (born May 15, 1980 in Spokane, Washington) is a former American soccer player, who played as a midfielder, and current head coach of Vancouver Victory. After his professional career with the Timbers, Ready moved to Tajikistan where he played professionally for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa and later headed up the development of football in Tajikistan, before returning to Portland Timbers as a chaplain. Ready attended Mead Senior High School. While in high school, he played for the Spokane Shadow of the USISL, continuing with the team through his collegiate career. In 1999, he entered the University of Washington", "title": "Troy Ready" }, { "docid": "18683140", "text": "the last session. The total there is currently at $17.5M. In its sixth weekend in China, it bumped up 10% from last session to lift the local cume to $220.2M. The film's largest markets after China are Japan ($23.4 million), United Kingdom ($21.3 million), France ($21.5 million), South Korea ($18.6 million), and Russia-CIS ($13.1 million). On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 382 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"\"Ready Player One\" is a sweetly nostalgic thrill ride that neatly encapsulates Spielberg's strengths while", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "19989159", "text": "club president Jalil Hanoon. Ghazi Fahad Ghazi Fahad (; born 1974) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, he played as a midfielder. Ghazi started his playing career at Basra club Al-Zubayr, where he was scouted by Al Minaa manager Hadi Ahmed who signed him for the first team. Ghazi made his debut against Al Quwa Al Jawiya and remained an important player for the club in all four seasons he spent there. Ghazi then moved to Duhok SC for one season playing under Natiq Hashim. The player showed his quality in many matches including one against his", "title": "Ghazi Fahad" }, { "docid": "19989155", "text": "Ghazi Fahad Ghazi Fahad (; born 1974) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, he played as a midfielder. Ghazi started his playing career at Basra club Al-Zubayr, where he was scouted by Al Minaa manager Hadi Ahmed who signed him for the first team. Ghazi made his debut against Al Quwa Al Jawiya and remained an important player for the club in all four seasons he spent there. Ghazi then moved to Duhok SC for one season playing under Natiq Hashim. The player showed his quality in many matches including one against his former team Al Minaa", "title": "Ghazi Fahad" }, { "docid": "12319906", "text": "Marcelinho Machado Marcelo \"Marcelinho\" Magalhães Machado (born 12 April 1975) is a former Brazilian professional basketball. He spent most of his career playing for Flamengo in the NBB and the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. Machado, who was a long-time player of the Brazilian club Flamengo, started his career playing for Fluminense, a team from Rio de Janeiro, one of the greatest Flamengo's rivals. He emerged as one of the greatest hopes of Brazilian basketball as a career then idol Oscar Schmidt was ending, mainly due to the similarities of their game, a player who threw a lot of", "title": "Marcelinho Machado" }, { "docid": "15873219", "text": "an interview with \"Den of Geek\", screenwriter Zak Penn reported that Cline was working on a sequel to the novel. In December 2017, Cline himself confirmed he is writing a sequel. Cline stated that the new sequel would not consist of a contest and would have a different type of storyline involving all of the characters while still exploring pop culture references like the first book. Ten months after the first edition release, Cline revealed on his blog that \"Ready Player One\" itself contained an elaborately hidden Easter egg. This clue would form the first part of a series of", "title": "Ready Player One" }, { "docid": "17625927", "text": "draw pile. Turns alternate between each of the players beginning with the player who did not deal. On their turn a player may choose to do one of the following: After performing their desired action the players turn is over and their opponent's turn begins. As soon as one player's score reaches 21 or more the game is over, with the player who has matched or exceeded 21 points being declared the winner. This can happen on either player's turn. Cuttle Cuttle is a two player card game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards which resembles a", "title": "Cuttle" }, { "docid": "12301509", "text": "the deck laid face-down beside it forming the stock pile. The Jokers are used. The player to the dealer's right plays first by following the rank or suit of the first card led, or by playing a wild card. If the players can not follow the lead, they must draw a card from the stock. The players then take turns playing or drawing cards and the first player who plays all his or her cards out wins the game. When an attack card is played, the next player must draw one or more cards, or play another attack card. 9.", "title": "One-card" }, { "docid": "13544775", "text": "in the ALCS. Baseball's top relief pitcher, Dennis Eckersley, closed out all four games in the ALCS, and he appeared ready to do the same in Game 1 against a Dodgers team trailing 4–3 in the ninth. After getting the first two outs, Eckersley walked Mike Davis of the Dodgers, who were playing without Gibson, their best position player and the NL MVP. Gibson had injured himself in the NLCS and was expected to miss the entire World Series. Yet, despite not being able to walk without a noticeable limp, Gibson surprised all in attendance at Dodger Stadium (and all", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "14358745", "text": "before relocating back to Dallas in 1986. There he met Darrell Nulisch, who both were founding members of The Crawl. The group was named for a Lonnie Brooks song. Mike Morgan and the Crawl earned a reputation playing around Dallas and the Fort Worth area, before Nulisch left them in 1989, to be replaced by the singer and harmonica player, Lee McBee. Following a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, their debut 1990 album, \"Raw & Ready\", saw them undertake national and international tours. Further albums including \"Full Moon Over Dallas\", and \"Ain't Worried No More\" ensued,", "title": "Mike Morgan (musician)" }, { "docid": "6938280", "text": "collects the pot, and any bonuses due to him from the other players. In some games of \", the following hands are automatic wins—if a player is dealt one of these hands, he may display it immediately and the round ends. The player may win the pot, or double the pot, depending on the rules employed: It is a common strategy for a player whose hand is rich in a particular suit, and who believes, to keep playing the suit until it exhausted, in an attempt to win the fourth trick while playing low cards. Winning the fourth trick is", "title": "Cắt tê" }, { "docid": "14927576", "text": "Blanka Szávay Blanka Szávay (Hungarian: Szávay Blanka; born 24 October 1993) is a Hungarian tennis player. She is the younger sister of professional tennis player Ágnes Szávay. Szávay has won one ITF tournament in doubles, and has made her first WTA Tour appearance at the 2009 GDF Suez Grand Prix, playing doubles partnering with her sister. Szávay was born to Terezia Szávay (née Dasko), a coach and a teacher, and Zsolt Szávay. She has two siblings, a sister Ágnes, who is a professional tennis player, and a brother Levente. Blanka Szávay is fluent in Hungarian and English. Szávay began playing", "title": "Blanka Szávay" }, { "docid": "6509420", "text": "an example for society and we have to be ready to get involved in these projects, where we can help people who need it\". Note: \"Each season is September – August\" David Villa David Villa Sánchez (; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Japanese club Vissel Kobe and the Spain national team. Villa is regarded by pundits as one of the best forwards of his generation, and one of the best Spanish strikers of all-time. Nicknamed El Guaje (\"The Kid\" in Asturian) due to cultivating a reputation of playing football with", "title": "David Villa" }, { "docid": "7747129", "text": "result of Watford reserve team manager Ray Lewington, who had previously signed Mahon at Brentford, recommending the player to new manager Gianluca Vialli. Vialli subsequently went to watch him play, and opted to make Mahon his first signing for the club. On signing for Watford, Mahon stated — \"As soon as I knew Watford were interested I was ready to jump at the chance\". He made his Watford debut on 9 March 2002, playing the whole match in a 2–0 away win over Crystal Palace. Mahon went on to make a further five appearances for the club during the remainder", "title": "Gavin Mahon" }, { "docid": "12085961", "text": "for Larissa (64 games played, 13 goals) on a loan from Chacarita Juniors and Atalanta in 2012-2013 (16 games played, 2 goals), playing along Maximiliano Moralez, Germán Denis, Ezequiel Schelotto and Carlos Matheu. However, his arrival at the Greek club left a trail of controversy, as a few hours ago everything was ready to sign with Club Atlético Belgrano, a club where Parra negotiating for days. But this never happened, as the player did not respond during the last hours to either call from the president of the Argentine club or his agent Daniel dos Reis, who was conducting the", "title": "Facundo Parra" }, { "docid": "20035254", "text": "The music is a combination of traditional orchestral instrumentation and what Williams has called \"very light, computerised electronic effects.\" Williams was originally attached to write the music for Spielberg's \"Ready Player One\", but, because both films had similar post-production schedules, Williams chose to work on \"The Post\", while Alan Silvestri composed for \"Ready Player One\". Spielberg has said that \"The Post\" was a rare instance in which he went to the recording sessions \"having not heard a note\" in advance. Recording began on October 30, 2017 in Los Angeles. The soundtrack was released digitally by Sony Classical Records on December", "title": "The Post (film)" }, { "docid": "8538763", "text": "player in Europe\" (professionalism was not allowed in Germany in the 1930s). He was one of the players selected to represent Western Europe against Central Europe in 1937. In his 1978 book \"Fussball\", Helmut Schön, manager of the West German national team (1964–1978), characterised Lehner as follows: \"His way of playing as an outside forward was the way I always wanted outside forwards to play: always ready to take up the ball, to stretch the game from outline to outline, a great dribbler and two-footed shooter.\" Ernst Lehner Ernst Lehner (7 November 1912 – 10 January 1986) was a German", "title": "Ernst Lehner" }, { "docid": "20759869", "text": "one player pass, he wins the contents of the 'Poch' pool and does not need to show his hand. The last stage of the game is the 'playing out' (\"Ausspielen\"): The winner of the \"Pochen\" stage begins by playing a card of his choice. The player with the next highest-ranking card in the same suit places it on the card played, etc. until the chain ends, because it is either completed with the Ace or can no longer be continued because the next card needed is in the talon. The player who played the last card may now start a", "title": "Poch" }, { "docid": "15552629", "text": "in Inverness. He is also engaged in charity work with Habitat for Humanity. His favourite person to go boozing with is Fionnlagh Byrne. Fionnlagh's chat make's him laugh after a hard game of shinty. Finlay MacRae Finlay MacRae (born 1986) is a shinty player from Kintail who plays for Kinlochshiel. He is a Scottish International as well as Player of the Year 2008. MacRae, who plays alongside his brothers Keith and John, is considered one of the finest players of his generation and won the Player of the Year title in 2008 despite playing in North Division One. He has", "title": "Finlay MacRae" }, { "docid": "16785943", "text": "Pokeno game Pokeno is a game manufactured by United States Playing Card Company, the makers of Bicycle Playing Cards. This game is a combination of Poker and Keno (or Lotto) and is similar to the game Bingo in several aspects. The dealer places five ranks of five squares across the board for a total of 25 squares. With another deck of cards at hand, cards are turned over one at a time and each player who has a board with that playing card pictured places a poker chip or other marking device over the square. The first player to get", "title": "Pokeno game" }, { "docid": "15552628", "text": "Finlay MacRae Finlay MacRae (born 1986) is a shinty player from Kintail who plays for Kinlochshiel. He is a Scottish International as well as Player of the Year 2008. MacRae, who plays alongside his brothers Keith and John, is considered one of the finest players of his generation and won the Player of the Year title in 2008 despite playing in North Division One. He has often been played in defence by Shiel but is renowned as a dangerous forward. He made his debut for Scotland at the age of 21. MacRae's day job is as an electrician for Norbord", "title": "Finlay MacRae" }, { "docid": "7576921", "text": "charge. Parkinson said of the signing: \"He's a player that I've watched for a number of years, firstly with Charlton reserves and then obviously with Brentford. I like him a lot and believe he'll be an excellent signing for us because he's ready to play Championship football. Michael was the best central defender in League One last season and is ready to step up.\" After a very disappointing start to the 2006–07 season, Turner's form significantly improved, and he finished the season as one of the club's successes of the year. He was voted Hull City's Player of the Season", "title": "Michael Turner (footballer)" }, { "docid": "18683121", "text": "and Dan Farah would produce. Eric Eason rewrote Cline's script, and Zak Penn was hired to rewrite the previous drafts by Cline and Eason. Village Roadshow Pictures came aboard to co-finance and co-produce the film with Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, which Kristie Macosko Krieger also produced, along with De Line and Farah. \"Ready Player One\" is Spielberg's first action-fantasy film since \"The Adventures of Tintin\" in late 2011. Cline and Penn made several revisions while adapting the novel to film. Most of these changes were to eliminate scenes that would be uninteresting", "title": "Ready Player One (film)" }, { "docid": "1774819", "text": "arsenal attack. The Sun also signed reserves Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota and Tan White to multiyear contracts to solidify the Sun's revamped backcourt. The Sun came into the 2010 WNBA Draft with two picks in the first round – the first and seventh overall picks, the latter of which was acquired one day prior to the draft from Tulsa. With its first overall selection in franchise history, the Sun took UConn standout and Player of the Year recipient, Tina Charles, the consensus top prospect available. By playing alongside premier talent at the collegiate level, Charles had shown that she was ready to", "title": "Connecticut Sun" }, { "docid": "19444783", "text": "Emeka Emerun Emeka Emerun (born 11 November 1994) is a Nigerian football player who plays for FK Budućnost Dobanovci in the Serbian First League. Born in Owerri, he begin playing football inspired by his mother who was a football player. He started playing in a local football academy. When he was 16 he went to Denmark and played one tournament where he scored 5 goals in 6 games and thus earned attention from German giants FC Bayern Munich who brought him to their youth team. He played with Bayern Munich Junior Team in the 2011–12 Under 19 Bundesliga. He started", "title": "Emeka Emerun" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7373998", "text": "made a PSA video for PETA. After Sea returned from Europe, she moved to New York City and decided to re-enter the acting world, giving an audition tape to a friend who worked on \"The L Word\"'s writing staff. Sea then got a call at her restaurant job in New York and was asked to fly to Los Angeles for an audition. She was then offered to perform the role of Moira Sweeney, an androgynous computer technician who moves from the Midwest with Jenny (Mia Kirshner). Over the course of the season, Moira comes out as a trans man, adopting", "title": "Daniela Sea" }, { "docid": "20020875", "text": "The L Word (season 3) The third season of \"The L Word\" was broadcast on 12 episodes from January 8, to March 26, 2006 on Showtime. The season begins six months after the birth of Tina and Bette's daughter, Angelica. New characters in this season include Moira Sweeney (a working class butch portrayed by Daniela Sea who is Jenny’s girlfriend for most of the season) and Angus Partridge (portrayed by Dallas Roberts), Angelica’s male nanny who later becomes Kit's lover. Sweeney starts the process of transitioning switching his name to Max. Erin Daniels' character Dana Fairbanks starts in a multi-episode", "title": "The L Word (season 3)" }, { "docid": "18908847", "text": "appear in a US daytime drama, she may be the first transfeminine character on US television to come out as transgender, and then to begin transitioning. In \"The City\", a daytime drama that aired on ABC from 1995 to '97, Carlotta Chang played Azure C., a model who has already transitioned, and who comes out to her fiancé as transsexual. In early 2006, \"The L Word\" introduced a storyline in which the character Moira Sweeney comes out as a trans man, and changes his given name to Max as part of his transition. Max is portrayed by Daniela Sea. Zoe", "title": "Zoe Luper" }, { "docid": "2617829", "text": "a femme slash fanfic. The winner's story was incorporated into a scene of a third-season episode. Season 3 first aired on January 8, 2006, with 12 episodes. It begins six months after the birth of Tina and Bette's daughter, Angelica. New characters in this season include Moira Sweeney (a working class butch portrayed by Daniela Sea who is Jenny’s girlfriend for most of the season) and Angus Partridge (portrayed by Dallas Roberts), Angelica’s male nanny who later becomes Kit's lover. Sweeney starts the process of transitioning switching his name to Max. Erin Daniels' character Dana Fairbanks starts in a multi-episode", "title": "The L Word" }, { "docid": "7373998", "text": "made a PSA video for PETA. After Sea returned from Europe, she moved to New York City and decided to re-enter the acting world, giving an audition tape to a friend who worked on \"The L Word\"'s writing staff. Sea then got a call at her restaurant job in New York and was asked to fly to Los Angeles for an audition. She was then offered to perform the role of Moira Sweeney, an androgynous computer technician who moves from the Midwest with Jenny (Mia Kirshner). Over the course of the season, Moira comes out as a trans man, adopting", "title": "Daniela Sea" }, { "docid": "7374001", "text": "plays in an unnamed music project with Will Schwartz. They played their second show at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California, in October 2010. Daniela Sea Daniela Sea (born 1977) is an American filmmaker, actress and musician. She rose to prominence through her role as Max Sweeney on Showtime's drama series \"The L Word\". She grew up in Malibu, California, raised by her hippie parents. When she was a child, her father came out as gay. Her stepfather taught her to surf and moved the family to Hawaii so they could enjoy better surfing. Her earliest memories are of", "title": "Daniela Sea" }, { "docid": "8189534", "text": "Shane, with hidden cameras. Jenny is hurt when the truth is revealed because she trusted him. Jenny becomes depressed and in the season finale she self-harms by cutting herself with razor blades. In season three, Jenny is sent away to a clinic in Illinois home town. There she meets Moira Sweeney (Daniela Sea), who is transitioning into a man. They begin a relationship and return home. Max begins to take the first steps of his transition. Max's hormone blockers result in his temper flaring; he starts being slightly abusive to Jenny. Jenny later decides to end their relationship. She then", "title": "Jenny Schecter" }, { "docid": "7373996", "text": "Daniela Sea Daniela Sea (born 1977) is an American filmmaker, actress and musician. She rose to prominence through her role as Max Sweeney on Showtime's drama series \"The L Word\". She grew up in Malibu, California, raised by her hippie parents. When she was a child, her father came out as gay. Her stepfather taught her to surf and moved the family to Hawaii so they could enjoy better surfing. Her earliest memories are of the ocean, later inspiring her pseudonym. She ran away when she was 16 from L.A. and moved to the Bay Area, \"like a good gay", "title": "Daniela Sea" } ]

[ { "docid": "18316262", "text": "christened this creation the \"Rossogolla\" and a popular gastronomic legend was born. It was an innovation of such significance that it earned Nobin Chandra a place among the legends of Bengal. Connoisseurs of sweets throughout India remember him as \"Nobin Moira, The Columbus of Rossogolla\". Highbrow Bengalis who had till then used the word \"Moira\" or confectioner of sweets disparagingly, came to lace it with reverence when linking it to Nobin Chandra’s name. Subsequent generations of Bengali confectioners started earning social acceptance, respectability and recognition because of his achievement. The word \"moira\" itself was redefined by Nobin Chandra during his", "title": "Nobin Chandra Das" }, { "docid": "13814518", "text": "bit of fun with Moira. He explained \"Cain enjoys causing friction between her and John - he just doesn't care about offending anyone. Cain keeps toying with Moira, and he knows that she secretly wants him...\" When asked if Cain and Moira could be heading towards a full-blown affair, Hordley said he did not think so as Cain is still in love with Charity Tate (Emma Atkins). The actor added Cain is just playing with Moira like a cat plays with a mouse. On 23 October, Nada Farhoud of \"The People\" reported the attraction between Moira and Cain was going", "title": "Moira Barton" }, { "docid": "845604", "text": "word moira. This agent or cause against human control might be also called tyche (chance, fate): \"You mistress moira, and tyche, and my daemon \" The word \"nomos\", \"law\", may have meant originally a portion or lot, as in the verb \"nemein\", \"to distribute\", and thus \"natural lot\" came to mean \"natural law\". The word \"dike\", \"justice\", conveyed the notion that someone should stay within his own specified boundaries, respecting the ones of his neighbour. If someone broke his boundaries, thus getting more than his ordained part, then he would be punished by law. By extension, \"moira\" was one's portion", "title": "Moirai" }, { "docid": "10195072", "text": "Fort Erie, the squadron returned to Kingston on 10 November. The war ended on 24 December 1814, but word only reached North America in 1815. After the end of the war \"Charwell\" became a powder hulk from 1816 and an accommodation vessel in 1827. \"Charwell\" was sold in 1837. Notes Citations References HMS Moira (1805) HMS \"Moira (or HMS \"Earl of Moira) was a British 14-gun schooner of the Royal Navy, that plied the waters of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812 . Initially constructed for the Provincial Marine in 1805, the vessel took", "title": "HMS Moira (1805)" }, { "docid": "14452988", "text": "in 2011 and became its Chief Judge on 6 August 2013. She was appointed Chief Judge of the Navy after the retirement of Christian L. Reismeier on 1 July 2015. Moira Modzelewski Moira Dempsey Modzelewski is an American lawyer and Captain in the United States Navy. She is currently Chief Judge of the Navy and one of four Assistant Judge Advocates General. Modzelewski is notable for her appointment to serve as the Presiding Officer over Noor Uthman Muhammaed's Guantanamo military commission. Modzelewski taught English at Szechuan University after earning her bachelor's degree, in 1980. This was shortly after China and", "title": "Moira Modzelewski" }, { "docid": "15368969", "text": "\"The L Word\". She appeared as Grace, the intern for OurChart who develops a relationship with the transgender character Max Sweeney in the fourth and fifth seasons. Bailly played Shona in the \"Battlestar Galactica\" 2-Part Series finale (\"Daybreak\"). On \"Smallville\", Bailly guest-starred as Star, the potion peddler in the Valentine's Day episode, \"Crimson\" (season six). Bailly had a recurring role as Ka'lel on three seasons of \"Stargate SG-1\". On \"Stargate\" she met actor/director Peter DeLuise, who later co-starred with Bailly in the comedic film noir short \"The Bar\", which debuted on the film festival circuit and is now on funnyordie.com.", "title": "Simone Bailly" }, { "docid": "15813409", "text": "Max-Mo Max-Mo is a unique impro jazz/ funk/poetry and spoken word collective based in Adelaide, South Australia. The group was formed in March 2009 by founding musicians Steve Matters (composer, keyboards, programmer, bassist, guitarist, trombonist), Andy Mills (drums & percussion), Derek Pascoe (tenor sax) and performers Mike Ladd, Amelia Walker and Rob Walker (not related) – all published and successful individual poets. The group premiered at Poetry Australia’s \"salt on the tongue\" National Conference in Goolwa, South Australia April 24, 2010, regularly plays in various Adelaide venues and has been broadcast on ABC Radio National’s poetic A programme, Triple R's", "title": "Max-Mo" }, { "docid": "16550691", "text": "Max L. Powell Max L. Powell (April 26, 1869 – March 2, 1941) was a Vermont politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate. Max Leon Powell, the son of E. Henry Powell was born in Richford, Vermont on April 26, 1869. He graduated from the University of Vermont and studied law. Powell also studied at the University of Geneva, and received a master of arts degree from the University of Vermont in 1907. Powell began to practice law in Burlington in 1892. In addition, he became involved in several local businesses, including owning and operating the Van", "title": "Max L. Powell" }, { "docid": "16550694", "text": "Burlington's Lakeview Cemetery. Max L. Powell Max L. Powell (April 26, 1869 – March 2, 1941) was a Vermont politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate. Max Leon Powell, the son of E. Henry Powell was born in Richford, Vermont on April 26, 1869. He graduated from the University of Vermont and studied law. Powell also studied at the University of Geneva, and received a master of arts degree from the University of Vermont in 1907. Powell began to practice law in Burlington in 1892. In addition, he became involved in several local businesses, including owning and", "title": "Max L. Powell" }, { "docid": "7409536", "text": "returned to Britain in 1957. While in Australia, Moira became a successful radio actress. She played in the major radio features, Caltex Theatre and General Motors' Hour as well as plays for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Her best remembered radio drama was Linday Hardy's Stranger in Paradise along Guy Doleman, a New Zealand actor who later had a movie career both in the US and Britain. She made her stage debut as an understudy to Vivien Leigh in Peter Brook's revival of \"Titus Andronicus\" with Laurence Olivier. In July of that year, she made her London debut at the Stoll", "title": "Moira Redmond" }, { "docid": "17208834", "text": "as the legendary Ursus, and Moira Orfei as the evil queen Attea, in a sword-and-sandal adventure. Ed Fury is the actor most often associated with the Ursus series, although he only played him in three of the nine films. The film is rife with villains, in the true peplum tradition, including Moira Orfei as the evil queen, Luis Prendes as the smarmy Setas, and Rafael Luis Calvo as Mok, the grand vizier. A young Soledad Miranda plays the beautiful virgin Fillide who is to be sacrificed at the end of the film. Miranda was later \"discovered\" by Spanish horror film", "title": "Ursus (film)" }, { "docid": "2374906", "text": "what was known as the middle class into two groups: the \"old middle class\" of those who produce material goods and services and the \"knowledge class\" whose occupations relate to the production and distribution of \"symbolic knowledge.\" He followed Helmut Schelsky's definition of \"Sinn- und Hellsvermittler\", \"agents (intemediaries) of meanings and purposes\". Berger's work was notably influenced by Max Weber. Weber focused on the empirical realities of rationality as a characteristic of action and rationalization. In comparison, Berger proposed the usage of the word 'options' rather than freedom as an empirical concept. Therefore, much of the empirical work of Berger", "title": "Peter L. Berger" }, { "docid": "2617837", "text": "time Showtime's website ceased carrying the videos, but they can be found on YouTube. All episodes feature Lucy Lawless as Sgt. Marybeth Duffy and Sean Tyson as Det. Sean Holden who are investigating the death of Jenny Schecter. Following the seven interrogation tapes (featuring Bette, Tina, Alice, Max, Helena, Niki & Shane), the same URL offered an interview with series creator Ilene Chaiken in two weekly installments. Chaiken discussed several aspects of the show's history and plotlines, but would only consent to reiterating that Alice went to jail for Jenny's murder while not necessarily being guilty of the crime. Ilene", "title": "The L Word" }, { "docid": "20721191", "text": "Joe Harriott and Harold McNair. The opening of Max Roach Park was timed to coincide with Roach's GLC-sponsored visit to London, and he attended its opening along with Councillor Atkin and the drummer Ken Gordon, uncle of Moira Stuart. The park includes a One O'Clock Club and children's playground, which have been under threat from funding cuts. Demonstrations against cuts to youth services began in 2011, but Lambeth Council says it is trying to find a way to maintain some level of service despite budget cuts. Max Roach Park Max Roach Park is a public park in Brixton in the", "title": "Max Roach Park" }, { "docid": "5468520", "text": "celebrity guests as diverse as the entertainer Max Bygraves and the jazz loving politician Ken Clarke. Durbridge died in Spain on 9 June 2012. He is survived by his first wife, Yvonne, and also leaves a daughter, Moira, and a grandson, Teddy. Don Durbridge Don Durbridge (13 January 1939 – 9 June 2012) was a UK radio presenter who started his career on the BBC Light Programme, and subsequently worked on the British Forces Broadcasting Service, and on BBC Radio 2. He also broadcast for many years on BBC Radio Medway, BBC Radio Kent and Invicta Sound in Kent, and", "title": "Don Durbridge" }, { "docid": "10195064", "text": "to Commander Thomas England. Shortly after assuming command, England became sick and was invalided home and Lieutenant Alexander Dobbs was made acting-commander. In May 1813, word arrived from Fort George that the American squadron had left their anchorage and sailed south. A council of war was organized and a force under the command of Colonel Edward Baynes would be landed at Sackets Harbor by Yeo's force. \"Earl of Moira\" was among the vessels that participated in transporting the troops to the Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor. \"Earl of Moira\" did not participate further in the battle beyond transporting troops. In", "title": "HMS Moira (1805)" }, { "docid": "5511225", "text": "in \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\" at the 1954 Edinburgh Festival. She worked again for Powell on \"The Tales of Hoffmann\" and on the controversial film \"Peeping Tom\" (1960), which damaged Powell's own career. In 1972, she was chosen by the BBC to present the Eurovision Song Contest when it was staged at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. She also wrote for \"The Daily Telegraph\" newspaper and gave talks on ballet worldwide. The choreographer Gillian Lynne persuaded her to return to ballet in 1987 to play L. S. Lowry's mother in \"A Simple Man\" for the BBC. In 1950, Moira Shearer", "title": "Moira Shearer" }, { "docid": "6795827", "text": "Moira Buffini Moira Buffini (born 29 May 1965) is an English dramatist, director, and actor. Buffini was born in Cheshire to Irish parents, and attended Northwich County Grammar School for Girls (became The County High School, Leftwich). She studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, London University (1983–86). She subsequently trained as an actor at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. For \"Jordan\", co-written with Anna Reynolds in 1992, she won a Time Out Award for her performance and Writers' Guild Award for Best Fringe play. Her 1997 play \"Gabriel\" was performed at Soho theatre, winning the LWT Plays", "title": "Moira Buffini" }, { "docid": "2985999", "text": "has Blaster executed, Master imprisoned, and Max exiled. He is bound on a horse and sent off in a random direction through the wasteland. When his mount perishes in a sinkhole, Max frees himself and presses on. Near death, Max is found by a desert dweller named Savannah Nix, who hauls him back to her home, \"Planet Erf\", a primitive community of children and teenagers who live in an oasis. The children, survivors of a crashed Boeing 747, were left by their parents who went to find civilization. They believe Max to be the flight captain, G. L. Walker, returned", "title": "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" }, { "docid": "7099334", "text": "to The LOGIC Cafe, which is part of St John's Parish Church in the village. Moira has another (unrelated) football team, \"Moira Albion\", an amateur football club who host two teams and play in the Mid Ulster League. The Moira area is also represented in GAA by the St. Michael's club in Magheralin as Moira falls within the Magheralin Parish. St. Michael's play in the Down County League and their most notable player to date is George Lavery, who came from Moira and won two senior all-irelands with Down in 1960 and 1961. George played soccer for Moira Young Men's", "title": "Moira, County Down" }, { "docid": "13814530", "text": "when Cain reveals that Moira is paying him in instalments for a Land Rover. Angered by this, Moira goes to the garage to confront Cain. Despite the two arguing, they end up having sex which leads to them beginning an affair. Moira confides in Diane about the affair, but does not initially say who she is seeing. Cain tells John about the affair and when he throws Moira out, she goes to stay with her mother. On her return, Moira moves in with Marlon and tries to help out her family. John allows her to come to the farm to", "title": "Moira Barton" }, { "docid": "5625880", "text": "unpleasant circumstances. He was the son of Moira MacTaggert and her sinister husband, Joseph MacTaggert, who forced Moira into an unhappy marriage. Moira conceived Kevin after Joseph severely beat and raped her. After this traumatic experience, Moira left Joseph. She did not notify him that she was pregnant with his child. Moira and Kevin lived at her Mutant Research Centre on Muir Island, off the coast of Scotland. Kevin eventually began manifesting his mutant abilities and became a danger to everyone around him. His abilities gave him an uncontrollable hunger for energy. To protect herself and others, Moira was forced", "title": "Proteus (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "8111819", "text": "and displays about Moira Furnace and the industrial heritage of the area. The furnace has become a popular site for the detection of paranormal activity by Swadlincote Paranormal Investigations, who first visited the furnace with Richard Felix and Phil Whyman. They hold nocturnal events here, which are open to the public. Moira Furnace Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.", "title": "Moira Furnace" }, { "docid": "20523189", "text": "on 30 September. In 1824 \"Moira\" was one of the transports belonging to the first division of the Madras Force participating in the First Anglo-Burmese War. On 2 September officers and men from \"Moira\" helped man the gunboats during an attack up Dalla Creek. Brigadier-General Sir Archibald Campbell, the commander of the Burma Expedition noted that \"the officers and crew of the transport ship \"Moira\" are volunteers on every occasion when the enemy is likely to be met with.\" In the attack on Martaban about a month later, one of the few British casualties was a seaman from \"Moira\" who", "title": "Moira (1813 ship)" }, { "docid": "845602", "text": "a universal principle of natural order has been compared to similar concepts in other cultures like the Vedic Rta, the Avestan Asha (Arta) and the Egyptian Maat. In earliest Greek philosophy, the cosmogony of Anaximander is based on these mythical beliefs. The goddess Dike (justice, divine retribution), keeps the order and sets a limit to any actions. The ancient Greek word moira (μοῖρα) means a portion or lot of the whole, and is related to \"meros\", \"part, lot\" and \"moros\", \"fate, doom\", Latin \"meritum\", \"reward\", English \"merit\", derived from the PIE root \"*(s)mer\", \"to allot, assign\". Moira may mean portion", "title": "Moirai" }, { "docid": "2055114", "text": "against them, Moira commits suicide. On the world of the Sons of Iron and Daughters of the Dragon, the New Exiles face a squad of alternate 'core X-Men' who are loyal to Lilandra. These X-Men include an alternate version of Moira MacTaggert who is not married on this world or is going by her maiden name, Kinross. Moira's codename is Hypernova and her powers are energy blasts. It is not known whether she is a mutant on this world or has gained powers through another method. In the Ultimate Marvel continuity, Moira MacTaggert is the ex-wife of Charles Xavier, and", "title": "Moira MacTaggert" }, { "docid": "639414", "text": "that Bradley's positive effect on her readers and associates \"makes the revelations about Marion Zimmer Bradley protecting a known child rapist and molesting her own daughter and others even more tragic.\" G Willow Wilson, World Fantasy award winner, said she was \"speechless\". Diana L. Paxson, who collaborated with Bradley on a number of novels and who continued to write novels set in the Avalon Series after Bradley's death, said that she was \"shocked and appalled to read Moira Greyland's posts about her mother.\" Bradley stated that when she was a child she enjoyed reading adventure fantasy authors such as Henry", "title": "Marion Zimmer Bradley" }, { "docid": "15559114", "text": "wrote \"\"finis\",\" a Latin word meaning \"the end.\" The funeral services were held at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Services were also held at the same time in Palm Springs near the entrance of the O'Donnell Golf Club. Thomas A. O'Donnell Thomas Arthur O'Donnell (June 26, 1870 – February 21, 1945), was an Irish American pioneer in the California oil industry along with Edward L. Doheny, Charles A. Canfield and Max H. Whittier who became known as the \"big four.\" O'Donnell was born in McKean, Erie County, Pennsylvania to Thomas O'Donnell and Myra Parsons, where he", "title": "Thomas A. O'Donnell" }, { "docid": "14477880", "text": "... He would work with us all day, often until midnight, and then we would drive him back to his friend's house, stopping on the way to buy fish and chips.\" He adds that \"even with the incredibly long hours we worked each day, [Gough] never had a word of complaint.\" Various members of the crew, including the producers, appear in the film as hooded cultists. Moira Young took over the role of the woman who is sacrificed in the opening scene when the actress who had been cast failed to attend on the night of filming. While filming on", "title": "Satan's Slave (1976 film)" }, { "docid": "15798365", "text": "She was a member of Equity Players in 1946, who toured a programme of Abbey Theatre and other famous plays. In 1954, she married fellow \"The Riordans\" actor John \"Johnny\" Hoey (who played \"Francie Maher\"). John Hoey died on 10 August 1978, aged 69. The couple had four children, Kevin, Mary, Bernadette, and Brenda. Fans often thought she was married in real life to actor John Cowley who played \"Tom Riordan\", her television husband. In 2009, she reunited with the cast members of \"The Riordans\" for an RTÉ documentary on the programme. rural drama series, \"The Riordans\". She was one", "title": "Moira Deady" }, { "docid": "9438631", "text": "Storylines of Shortland Street (2001) This article details the storylines that took place on the New Zealand Soap Opera Shortland Street in the year 2001. Nurse Kate Larsen (Rebecca Hobbs) had second thoughts about her revenge plot against Eamon Dempsey and tried to save him when he was left dangling from a clifftop. Unfortunately Eamon lost Kate's grip and plunged to the ground below and died. Kate never said a word to anyone about her involvement in his death and felt guilty when Eamon's aunt, Moira Crombie (Geraldine Brophy) apologised to her for doubting her about the rape. Moira also", "title": "Storylines of Shortland Street (2001)" }, { "docid": "13302064", "text": "the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. In October 2014 a new museum called Lange Max Museum dedicated to the \"Long Max\" in Koekelare opened. The main subject of the museum is the Pommern Battery, a German 38 cm SK L/45 gun. Besides the museum, one may still visit the remains of the artillery platform. 38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\" The 38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\", also called Langer Max (literal translation \"Long Max\") was a German long-range, heavy siege and coast-defense gun used during World War I. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service when it", "title": "38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\"" }, { "docid": "14475009", "text": "(Sapphire Elia) on New Year's Eve. Devastated by this, Scarlett leaves for a holiday in Canada. Adam tries to pursue Mia, although she plays hard to get. They later start a relationship although Adam ruins this when he starts an affair with Mia's mother, Ella (Corrinne Wicks). She is furious when she finds out the truth and leaves the village. Adam is understandably distraught when he learns of his mother's affair with Cain, but he is delighted when John and Moira patch things up and they get back together. When John and Moira spend the night in a hotel, Adam", "title": "Adam Barton (Emmerdale)" }, { "docid": "19304017", "text": "Don Max (editor) Don Max is an Indian film director and editor, who works mainly in Malayalam along with Tamil and Telugu language films. He is considered one of the leading contemporary film editors in the Malayalam film industry, and has introduced several new editing techniques into the region's films. Don Max was born on 16 November 1980 in Mundakayam, Kottayam District , Kerala , as the eldest child of K. L. Varghese, a former bank manager at SBT, and T. V. Chinamma, who was a teacher in Malayalam at St. Thomas High School in Anikkad. He was born on", "title": "Don Max (editor)" }, { "docid": "16350368", "text": "Moira Crombie Moira Dawn Cochrane (also Lafferty, previously Crombie) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera \"Shortland Street\" who first appeared in 1997, portrayed by Geraldine Brophy. The character was axed in 2001 as part of a large cast cull and show revamp. Moira was the matriarch of the Crombie family unit, a working-class family consisting of husband Earl (Murray Keane), sons - Jordan (Cameron Smith), Blake (Jesse Peach) and Maddy (Joseph Greer) and daughter - Shelley (Natalie Dennis). The family often struggled to meet ends meet and ex convict - Moira was the receptionist at Shortland", "title": "Moira Crombie" }, { "docid": "13814535", "text": "changes her mind. Cain and Moira marry in front of their friends and family on the farm. Moira is stunned when Pete, her marital nephew, kisses her. After Cain finds out about the kiss, he threatens Pete. Pete later gets himself arrested. When Cain's car is stolen, Cain and Moira chase after the mystery driver, who turns out to be Holly. After Holly relapses into drug use, Moira confronts her drug dealer but falls onto a used needle causing her to believe she has contracted HIV. With Moira's help Holly becomes clean, however Cain is disgusted when he finds out", "title": "Moira Barton" }, { "docid": "13814526", "text": "it is her. She tries to tell Victoria that she was unaware that Alex was seeing them both, while Andy tries to persuade her not to tell Adam. However, Victoria gets revenge on Moira and Alex by announcing their affair in The Woolpack. Moira and her family move to Emmerdale to take over the running of Butler's Farm. Moira defends her husband, John, when he faces prison for locking Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) in a barn. She also becomes concerned when her youngest daughter, Hannah, shows an interest in Andy Sugden, who is recovering from a breakdown. When Moira spots", "title": "Moira Barton" }, { "docid": "13032204", "text": "Moira Orfei Moira Orfei (; born Miranda Orfei; 21 December 1931 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian actress and television personality of Romani origin. Moira was also considered the queen of the Italian circus, one stage name being \"Moira of the Elephants\". Cult movie fans know her for the many sword-and-sandal (peplum) films she starred in. Raised in a family who owned the circus company \"Circus Orfei\", Moira became the symbol of circus in Italy and attained international fame. The \"Circus Moira Orfei\" itself was founded in 1960. She was photographed in various scenes as a rider, trapeze artist,", "title": "Moira Orfei" }, { "docid": "3722285", "text": "season, and physiologist Erlend Hem who was responsible for the testing stated that he would not discount the possibility of the skier passing 100 mL/(kg·min) at his absolute peak. Norwegian cyclist Oskar Svendsen is thought to have recorded the highest VO max of 97.5 mL/(kg·min), when aged 18. The highest values in absolute terms for humans are often found in rowers, as their much greater bulk makes up for a slightly lower VO max per kg. Elite oarsmen measured in 1984 had VO max values of 6.1±0.6 L/min and oarswomen 4.1±0.4 L/min. Rowers are interested in both absolute values of", "title": "VO2 max" }, { "docid": "12556392", "text": "the Central Criminal Court in London. He also painted in oil, tempera, and watercolour. Moira was principal of the Edinburgh College of Art from 1923 until 1932, president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society, a member of the Royal West of England Academy, and a founder member of the National Portrait Society. Gerald Moira Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter.", "title": "Gerald Moira" }, { "docid": "13302054", "text": "38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\" The 38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\", also called Langer Max (literal translation \"Long Max\") was a German long-range, heavy siege and coast-defense gun used during World War I. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service when it became clear that the ships for which it was intended would be delayed and that it would be very useful on the Western Front. The first guns saw service in fixed positions (for example at Verdun in February 1915), but the lengthy preparation time required for the concrete emplacements was a severe drawback and a", "title": "38 cm SK L/45 \"Max\"" }, { "docid": "7192180", "text": "and plural suffixes. There are four group groups of affixes in Kathlamet. Singular: i-, a-, L- Plural: -ks, max Dual: s- Number opposite of singular and plural:t-, L- The gender categories are extended to all nouns. Kathlamet has 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th person, dual and plural possessors. Kathlmat noun occurs with both prefixation and sufiixiation. The noun stem has limited complexity. The minimum noun word: prefix plus single stem. And the minimum sequence is classificatory prefix plus possessive inflection plus stem. Kathlamet contains 7 positions in a noun form. Pronoun words in Kathlamet are always members of the pronominal stem", "title": "Kathlamet language" }, { "docid": "7839514", "text": "of a new farming family, the Bartons. She plays mother-of-three Moira Barton. She made her \"Emmerdale\" debut on 17 July 2009. Natalie J. Robb Natalie Joy Robb (born 3 December 1974) is a Scottish actress. She played the roles of Trish McDonald in the Scottish Television soap opera \"Take the High Road\" (1990-99) and Moira Barton in the ITV soap opera \"Emmerdale\", a role she has played since 2009. Her other television roles include, \"Dream Team\" (2000–2001), \"Doctors\" (2001–2004) and \"The Bill\" (2004–2005). Robb is the youngest of three children. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama groups in Glasgow,", "title": "Natalie J. Robb" }, { "docid": "19786831", "text": "a trailer of that week's episode. The team game for that episode was Spell Check, where the aim of the game is to identify the incorrectly spelt word from 6 on a big screen, buzz in and say which is misspelt, before spelling the word correctly. There were 6 groups of 3, and only 4 went through safe to the next round. The elimination round was Letter By Letter, where Moira says a word and each person says a letter of that word. If spelt wrong, that person has to step back and the last person standing is safe through", "title": "The Big Spell (TV series)" }, { "docid": "6795829", "text": "Story\" was performed as part of NT Connections in 2008. She did a writers’ attachment at the Royal National Theatre Studio in 1996. Buffini advocates big, imaginative plays rather than naturalistic soap opera dramas, and is a founder member of the Monsterists, a group of playwrights who promote new writing of large scale work in the British theatre. She has been described by David Greig as a metaphysical playwright. All her plays have been published by Faber. Buffini is also a prolific screenwriter. In 2010 her film adaptation of Posy Simmon's \"Tamara Drewe\" was released, directed by Stephen Frears. In", "title": "Moira Buffini" }, { "docid": "10335826", "text": "Max Porter Max Porter (born 29 June 1987) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder who plays for National League South club Chelmsford City. In his youth, Porter was part of the Tottenham Hotspur and Southend United set-ups before signing a professional contract with Cambridge United but merely stayed for eight games. He then moved to Bishop's Stortford, where he saw more game time, and his good form for \"the Blues\" attracted the attention of Barnet boss Paul Fairclough, who signed Porter in May 2007. He spent two seasons with Barnet, but in April 2009 he was", "title": "Max Porter" }, { "docid": "2055102", "text": "the same illness, later identified as the Legacy Virus. Moving back to Muir Island after the girl’s death, Moira became the key figure in working for a cure to the disease (during this time, she also worked on curing Wolfsbane's artificial bond with Havok). The European superhero team Excalibur took up residence on Muir Island after assisting Moira. She had been attacked by agents of Mister Sinister who was seeking the genetic information on her son. Moira became an official member of the group, acting as their medic, team mother, and morale officer. An information leak revealed her to be", "title": "Moira MacTaggert" }, { "docid": "17978240", "text": "on April 12, 2018. Max Bullough's parents are Shane and LeeAnn Bullough. His father, Shane, was a linebacker at Michigan State from 1983-1986. He has two younger brothers, Riley and Byron. Riley is currently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Byron plays for the Spartans. On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015, Max became engaged. On July 2, 2016 Max married fiancé Bailee in Traverse City, MI. Max Bullough Max Bullough (born February 11, 1992) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Michigan State. He signed with the Houston Texans as an", "title": "Max Bullough" }, { "docid": "2617834", "text": "joined the show as entrepreneur Dawn Denbo, who started a rival lesbian bar with her lover Cindi. Showtime confirmed a sixth and final season for \"The L Word\". Unlike the show's previous seasons, it only lasted 8 episodes to conclude the show with 71 episodes in total. Studio executives commented on the longevity of the show, with the Showtime president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt saying that \"The L Word\" has \"surpassed its niche as a gay show\". The sixth season premiered on January 18, 2009 and ended its original run on March 8 of the same year. Producers and writers", "title": "The L Word" }, { "docid": "2055094", "text": "of Cerebro, Moira assisted Xavier in helping the young Jean Grey recover after the traumatic triggering of her mutant abilities. Moira was a kind woman who took to helping humans and mutants alike. She rescued a young Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) from an angry mob, and adopted the girl. She even attempted to treat Xavier's son, a mutant known as Legion who suffered from multiple personality disorder. When a confused, traumatized Cable first arrived from the future, he washed up in Scotland unable to speak English, and it was Moira who stood up for him against an angry mob. Taking him", "title": "Moira MacTaggert" }, { "docid": "17941120", "text": "Philipp Max Philipp Martin Max (; born 30 September 1993) is a German footballer who plays as a left back for FC Augsburg. He joined Schalke 04 in 2010 from Bayern Munich. He made his Bundesliga debut on 25 March 2014 against Borussia Dortmund, coming in for Julian Draxler. On 30 April 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Karlsruher SC, effective the following season. On 4 August 2015, Max joined FC Augsburg on a two-year contract with an option to extend the agreement, for a reported fee of €3.6 million. Max scored his first goal for Augsburg in a", "title": "Philipp Max" }, { "docid": "2861249", "text": "\"Battlestar Galactica\" and Paul Ballard in \"Dollhouse\". His twin daughters Sarah and Stephanie Penikett have also appeared on television, in \"Psych\" and \"The L-Word\". Their mother, Lulla Sierra Johns, is a member of the White River First Nation. Penikett is the author of \"Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia\" (Douglas & McIntyre, 2006); two television films, \"The Mad Trapper\" (BBC TV, London, 1972) and \"La Patrouille Perdu\" (ORTF, Paris, 1974); and several plays. Tony Penikett Antony David John \"Tony\" Penikett (born November 14, 1945) is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada, who served as", "title": "Tony Penikett" }, { "docid": "12833484", "text": "Grey's and Kate Moennig's performance at Austin Pride. Kate Moennig plays Shane in \"The L Word\" and Lena in \"Ray Donovan\". Ellen DeGeneres publicly came out as a lesbian in 1997 on \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\". When asked by host Oprah Winfrey, \"Why did you think it was necessary for you to come out?\" Ellen replied, \"Because it's okay. Because it is okay.\" By involving their lesbian sexuality in popular culture, they are doing work to normalize it. Mainstream media produces hierarchic ratings of present-day celesbians. In 2015, \"The Talko\" electronically published \"15 Celesbian Couples Who Are Too Cute To", "title": "Celesbian" }, { "docid": "16150859", "text": "Boomahnoomoonah The town area of Boomahnoomoonah is part of the Shire of Moira local government area. On the Boomahnoomoonah Road, approximately 12 km southeast of Yarrawonga it was once a small town having its own school, church and post office. Comprising medium to large farms the area is predominantly agricultural, focusing on dairying as well as sheep and cattle grazing. Some viticulture is also practised. Boomahnoomoonah is the longest single-word place name in Victoria. The Victorian Aborigines are the traditional owners of the land; in particular the Bangerang people, a family group of the Yorta Yorta people who occupied a", "title": "Boomahnoomoonah" }, { "docid": "95115", "text": "a ruby with an inscription on it in an underground temple. During the war, he receives a letter from Moira telling him that she is breaking up with him. He later discovers that Moira married her old boyfriend Joseph MacTaggert, who abuses her. Deeply depressed when Moira broke off their engagement without explanation, Xavier began traveling around the world as an adventurer after leaving the army. In Cairo, he meets a young girl named Ororo Munroe (later known as Storm), who is a pickpocket, and the Shadow King, a powerful mutant who is posing as Egyptian crime lord Amahl Farouk.", "title": "Professor X" }, { "docid": "2055113", "text": "on a gruesome killing spree that was attributed to Moira as failed experiments, as she chases him across the globe. When the reality-hopping Exiles caught Proteus's attention, Moira emerged from hiding to warn them about her son, who was intrigued by their presence and desired to ruin the realities they attempted to fix. When he attacks the team, Moira shot him, exposing him to the metal that was his deadly allergy and only weakness, forcing him to find a new body. Unsurprisingly, he chose to possess his mother, and rather than allow her son to possess her and use her", "title": "Moira MacTaggert" }, { "docid": "12010974", "text": "Kendall. Whilst at a restaurant with Moira, Bourne senses somebody watching him. He has Moira surruptitiously call him on his phone, leaves the restaurant and waits for his enemy to appear. That failing, Bourne goes back into the restaurant to join Moira. He gradually realizes that it is Moira who is the one being followed. Luther LaValle, Rob Batt and General Kendall are hatching a conspiracy amongst their little triumvirate to get Veronica Hart sacked. They want her out of her job as soon as possible. When Bourne and Specter meet in a library, Specter tells Bourne of Pyotr Zilber", "title": "The Bourne Sanction" }, { "docid": "14475342", "text": "her watch her daughter die. She promises Moira that she will not take it again and with her help starts to get clean. Moira falls on a used needle whilst going to confront Simon, Holly's drug dealer and believes she has contracted HIV. Holly finds support from fellow drug addict Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) and they date in secret. They attend a wedding together, where Holly takes photographs for a friend. The next day, Moira fails to wake Holly and she later discovers Holly is dead from a heroin overdose. Moira phones the emergency services, who process the scene and", "title": "Holly Barton" }, { "docid": "14906802", "text": "Karl Max Barthélémy Karl Max Barthélémy also known as Karl Max Dany (born 27 October 1986 in N'Djaména) is a Chadian footballer who plays as forward for Malaysia Super League club PKNP FC. He has 20 caps for national team and 2 goals and he was a part of qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, as well as the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Barthélémy was the best scorer of the Gabonese national championship in 2010, scoring 20 goals. As of 2011, he plays for Difaa El Jadida from Morocco. He signed a 3-year contract. He was best scorer", "title": "Karl Max Barthélémy" }, { "docid": "3231886", "text": "1998 and died on October 15, 2009, in Bozeman, Montana. Prophet is survived by her five children—Erin, Moira, Tatiana, Sean and Seth. In 2009, her daughter Erin Prophet published \"Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside the Church Universal and Triumphant\", and, in 2016, contributed a chapter to \"The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements\". Elizabeth Clare Prophet Elizabeth Clare Prophet (\"née\": Wulf, a.k.a. Guru Ma) (April 25, 1939 – October 15, 2009) was an American spiritual leader, author, orator, and writer. In 1963 she married Mark L. Prophet, who had founded The Summit Lighthouse in 1958. Mark", "title": "Elizabeth Clare Prophet" }, { "docid": "8383510", "text": "builders of ancient monuments. Moura is a homonym word with two distinct roots and meanings; one from Celtic *MRVOS, the other from Latin maurus. The word \"moura\", (moira, maura) (medieval: mora) feminine of \"mouro\", is thought to originate from the Celtic *MRVOS and the indo-european \"mr-tuos\" that originated in Latin the word \"mortuus\" and in Portuguese/Galician the word morto (dead). Some authors think that the mouras are the deceased. But the word \"mouro\" is also a synonym of \"Muslim\". Since the Iberian peninsula was occupied by Muslims for many centuries, it might also refer to young Muslims deceased in battle.", "title": "Enchanted Moura" }, { "docid": "8708269", "text": "Max Gradel Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Toulouse and the Ivory Coast national team. Max received his first call up to the Côte d'Ivoire national team in November 2010. He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011. On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds. In June 2018, Max Gradel joined French club Toulouse. After moving to the UK from Paris, France in 2004, Gradel attended Lewisham College Football Academy, under the tutelage of", "title": "Max Gradel" }, { "docid": "1393064", "text": "Max Keeble's Big Move Max Keeble's Big Move is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Tim Hill, written by David L. Watts, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein and Mark Blackwell and starring Alex D. Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Nora Dunn, and Robert Carradine. The film was released in the United States on October 5, 2001 by Walt Disney Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $18 million against its $25 million budget. Max Keeble is a paperboy who starts his first day of middle school. Max is antagonized by the corrupt megalomaniacal school principal, Elliot T. Jindrake,", "title": "Max Keeble's Big Move" }, { "docid": "16529626", "text": "Bushcaddy L-162 Max The Bushcaddy L-162 Max is a Canadian kit aircraft that was designed by Sean Gilmore and produced by Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service and most recently by Bushcaddy. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. The L-162 was developed from the Bushcaddy L-160 as a result of customer demand for a freight aircraft that could also provide room for a second row of seats behind the pilot and passenger seats. Unlike the L-160's designation, which indicates that the design engine for that model was originally a Lycoming O-320 of , the L-162 designation", "title": "Bushcaddy L-162 Max" }, { "docid": "10195063", "text": "spot and confined to quarters until his affairs were put in order and command of the brig was given to Lieutenant George Smith. Once the ship was ready, \"Earl of Moira\" was positioned at the opening of Navy Bay at Kingston, keeping a watch for the American squadron. A company of Royal Newfoundland Fencibles was distributed amongst the Lake Ontario squadron, with \"Earl of Moira\"s complement rising to fifty-four. Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo, who had arrived on 16 May to take command of the Lake Ontario squadron. After his arrival, he reorganized the commands and \"Earl of Moira\" passed", "title": "HMS Moira (1805)" }, { "docid": "12556391", "text": "Gerald Moira Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891. His first commission for a mural was by J. Lyons and Co. for the Trocadero restaurant in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. His other early commissions included the ceilings of the vestry and library of the Unitarian Chapel, Liverpool, the board-room of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and paintings and stained glass for", "title": "Gerald Moira" }, { "docid": "16350371", "text": "show alongside 10 other characters. The cause was later revealed as a show revamp which would see the tone more suited towards working class characters. Moira arrived to the hospital in with her daughter Shelley (Natalie Dennis) and son Maddy (Joseph Greer). She got a job as a receptionist but quickly it came out that Moira had served time in prison for armed robbery. Moira's husband Earl (Murray Keane) arrived to town. however so too did Moira's ex-boyfriend Dean Cochrane (Greg Johnson) who it turned out was the man who landed Moira prison time, blaming her for the crime. Earl", "title": "Moira Crombie" }, { "docid": "19133957", "text": "Nkrumah's mentor George Padmore and attended school with C. L. R. James at Queen's Royal College, winning the island scholarship and becoming a doctor who eventually settled in the Gold Coast. Through her maternal line, she is a cousin of BBC newscaster Moira Stuart, and her grandfather was George James Christian, a delegate at the First Pan-African Conference that was held in London in 1900, who migrated to the Gold Coast in 1902. After leaving school in Sussex at 15, Margaret Busby read English at Bedford College, London University, where she became editor of her college literary magazine as well", "title": "Margaret Busby" }, { "docid": "952669", "text": "(1953) as examples of the woman's film genre. Nearly all of his female protagonists had names beginning with \"L\" (Leonora, Lisa, Lucia, Louise, Lola, etc.) Actor James Mason, who worked with Ophüls on two films, wrote a short poem about the director's love for tracking shots and elaborate camera movements: Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer (; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (; ), was a German-born film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made nearly 30 films, the latter ones being especially notable: \"La Ronde\"", "title": "Max Ophüls" }, { "docid": "6313075", "text": "the Kikinda Short Story Festival in Serbia in June 2009, and at Traverse Theatre in November 2009. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Bissett described the inspiration for the character of Moira Bell. “The voice comes from the women in my family, my three aunties and my sister, who are great storytellers and hard as f***,” he says. “If they were to go on stage and talk about their lives in their own voices, it would be acclaimed as a virtuoso performance.\" Bissett was also a regular performer at and co-organiser of Glasgow spoken word night Discombobulate . Bissett", "title": "Alan Bissett" }, { "docid": "1665283", "text": "Centre in Salford hosted a contemporary dance performance inspired by the works of Lowry. To mark the centenary of his birth in 1987, Royston Futter, director of the L. S. Lowry Centenary Festival, on behalf of the City of Salford and the BBC commissioned the Northern Ballet Theatre and Gillian Lynne to create a dance drama in his honour. \"A Simple Man\" was choreographed and directed by Lynne, with music by Carl Davis and starred Christopher Gable and Moira Shearer (in her last dance role). It was broadcast on BBC, for which it won a BAFTA award as the best", "title": "L. S. Lowry" }, { "docid": "16774273", "text": "Max Bettin House The Max Bettin House at 602 E. Santa Rosa in Victoria, Texas, United States was built in 1908. It is believed to be a work of architect Jules Leffland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The two-story house was built in 1908 for Max Bettin, a prominent local grocer who was a leader in the local Jewish community. A one-story house now located at 604 E. Santa Rosa was originally located here, but was moved to make way for this house. The house has a two-story L-shaped porch on two sides.", "title": "Max Bettin House" }, { "docid": "13425201", "text": "in San Francisco. Max, who was 46 at his son's birth, was born in western Russia or eastern Poland in 1862, and came to The United States in 1877 at 15, at which time he changed his last name to Lewis. Max declined to reveal his given name to his son, his daughter, or to his first born grandson. Max's wife, Hattie Lissner, was born in Massachusetts of German Jewish parents who immigrated in the mid 19th century. Salim L. Lewis attended Boston University for three semesters, and dropped out because he could not afford tuition. Though he was asthmatic,", "title": "Salim L. Lewis" }, { "docid": "8248460", "text": "Tovarich (film) Tovarich (the Russian word for \"comrade\") is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak, based on the 1935 play by Robert E. Sherwood, which in turn was based on the 1933 French play \"Tovaritch\" by Jacques Deval. It was produced by Litvak through Warner Bros., with Robert Lord as associate producer and Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner as executive producers. The screenplay was by Casey Robinson from the French play by Jacques Deval adapted into English by Robert E. Sherwood. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Charles Lang. The", "title": "Tovarich (film)" }, { "docid": "16529628", "text": "time for the factory kit is estimated at 1200 hours. Twelve examples had been completed and flown by December 2011. Bushcaddy L-162 Max The Bushcaddy L-162 Max is a Canadian kit aircraft that was designed by Sean Gilmore and produced by Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service and most recently by Bushcaddy. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. The L-162 was developed from the Bushcaddy L-160 as a result of customer demand for a freight aircraft that could also provide room for a second row of seats behind the pilot and passenger seats. Unlike the L-160's", "title": "Bushcaddy L-162 Max" }, { "docid": "14673775", "text": "few recurring ones. The third season premiered on Showtime on July 12, 2012. The Real L Word The Real L Word is an American reality television series aired on the cable station Showtime, where it premiered on June 20, 2010. The show was created by executive producer Ilene Chaiken and Magical Elves Productions, following the success of the television drama \"The L Word\" also created by Chaiken. \"The Real L Word\" follows a group of lesbians in their daily lives in Los Angeles, and as of the third season, Brooklyn. With seasons 1 and 2 being successful, Showtime commissioned a", "title": "The Real L Word" }, { "docid": "19871806", "text": "Moira Verschoyle Moira Hamilton Verschoyle (17 December 1903 – 13 January 1985) was an Irish novelist and playwright. Verschoyle was born in Limerick and raised in Castle Troy on the banks of the River Shannon, where she was privately educated by governesses. She was born into the Verschoyle family, a prominent landed family of Dutch descent, the daughter of Captain Frederick Thomas Verschoyle, who had been a 2nd Brig. South Irish Div. R.A. and was now a Land Agent, and his wife Hilda Caroline Hildyard Blair who was part of the Plantagenet Roll of Blood Royal. Her grandfather was Hamilton", "title": "Moira Verschoyle" }, { "docid": "989113", "text": "name the museum after him. The Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum opened its doors in 1969. In 1978, the museum needed to expand, and it was decided to also build a library where the large collection of Scout books could be displayed and used as a place to learn about Scouting's vast history. The Museum Committee elected to name the library after Max, who on top of his great dedication and service to Scouting around the world was the catalyst for the museum's founding. The Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Max I. Silber Library are run by a volunteer", "title": "Scouting in New Hampshire" }, { "docid": "13814538", "text": "in a bid to tell Pete and Ross the truth. This appears to be successful until Emma begins to lash out and taunt Moira about Holly, resulting in Moira slapping Emma and subsequently pushing her to her death when she proclaimed Moira as to blame for Holly's death. Moira appears in the 2011 spin-off DVD \"Paddy and Marlon's Big Night In\". The DVD centers around the characters of Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) and Marlon Dingle who have a \"not-so-quiet night in the country, and a morning after anybody would want to forget.\" The script was written by Paul Roundell and", "title": "Moira Barton" }, { "docid": "5850295", "text": "Lord Moira died in June 1793, aged 73, and was succeeded by his eldest son by his third marriage, Francis, who had already been created Baron Rawdon in his own right in 1783 and was created Marquess of Hastings in 1816. The Countess of Moira died in April 1808. John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (17 March 1720 – 20 June 1793), known as Sir John Rawdon, Bt, between 1724 and 1750 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1750 and 1762, was an Irish peer. Rawdon was the only son of Sir John Rawdon,", "title": "John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira" }, { "docid": "20384596", "text": "playing the word \"punt.\" Both Max and Billy are incredulous that it has taken Tony so long to create such a low-scoring word. Max then turns from insulting Tony's word to Tony's past career as a football player, and the game of football in general. Tony leaves the room, hurt and angry. Max admits to Billy that the reason he dislikes athletics is because he was always picked last. Billy points out that Max is lashing out and being selfish; unlike Max, Tony wasn't \"out\" in high school and therefore probably had a difficult time in ways Max couldn't imagine.", "title": "A Quiet End" }, { "docid": "2685401", "text": "bartender at a restaurant she was discovered by Alayne Skylar, a talent scout. After moving to Los Angeles, Michaels landed the role of Nicole Julian on \"Popular\". In 2002, Michaels guest-starred on the Fox show \"That '80s Show\", followed by a guest appearance in 2004 on the Showtime drama \"The L Word\". In 2005, she played the character Tess on the NBC series \"Committed\". In 2003, Michaels played the role of Max in the short-film \"D.E.B.S.\" The film received several awards and was later expanded to a feature-length film of the same name and released in 2004. However, most of", "title": "Tammy Lynn Michaels" }, { "docid": "20036453", "text": "The L Word (season 6) The sixth and final season of \"The L Word\" started airing on January 18, 2009 and ended its original run on March 8 of the same year. 8 episodes were produced instead of 12. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Showtime confirmed a sixth and final season for \"The L Word\". Unlike the show's previous seasons, it only lasted 8 episodes to conclude the show with 71 episodes in total. Studio executives commented on the longevity of the show, with the Showtime president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt saying that \"The L Word\" has \"surpassed its niche as a gay show\".", "title": "The L Word (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19261044", "text": "Max O'Leary Max Edward O'Leary (born Bath,10 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City. On 9 January 2016, O'Leary made his debut for Bristol City as a half-time substitute in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup. On 18 March 2016, O'Leary joined National League side Kidderminster Harriers on loan until the end of the season. In April, Max returned to his parent club Bristol City and was on the bench for their games at the end of season due to Frank Fielding being injured. On 26 August", "title": "Max O'Leary" }, { "docid": "7681038", "text": "have its own functional requirements, which can be recognized cross-culturally and cross-historically, and will inevitably take on distinctive institutional forms. But spheres do so variously from society to society according to the relative influence of other powers and spheres and the dominant values and norms present in the wider ethos.\" (Max L. Stackhouse, “General Introduction,” in \"God and Globalization: Religion and the Powers of the Common Life\", ed. Max L. Stackhouse and Peter J. Paris (USA: Trinity Press International, 2000), 39-40). Max Lynn Stackhouse Max Lynn Stackhouse (July 29, 1935—January 30, 2016) was the \"Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor", "title": "Max Lynn Stackhouse" }, { "docid": "19261046", "text": "away at Brentford FC. Max O'Leary Max Edward O'Leary (born Bath,10 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City. On 9 January 2016, O'Leary made his debut for Bristol City as a half-time substitute in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup. On 18 March 2016, O'Leary joined National League side Kidderminster Harriers on loan until the end of the season. In April, Max returned to his parent club Bristol City and was on the bench for their games at the end of season due to Frank Fielding being", "title": "Max O'Leary" }, { "docid": "20610726", "text": "Max Crumpton Max Crumpton (born 25 October 1993) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He was a graduate of Saracens academy system where he progressed into the first-team squad. Crumpton spent time on loan with Plymouth Albion in the RFU Championship where he made four Championship appearances and featured in the British and Irish Cup. But it was cut short as he signed for Premiership rivals Harlequins on a loan until the end of the 2013-14 season. On 5 March 2014, Crumpton agreed a move to Bristol who play in the RFU", "title": "Max Crumpton" }, { "docid": "11911038", "text": "Khyber Rifles\" (1954), a Hollywood film with Tyrone Power for 20th Century Fox; \"Seagulls Over Sorrento\" (1954) with Gene Kelly; \"The Teckman Mystery\" (1954) with Margaret Leighton; \"The Man Who Loved Redheads\" (1955) with Moira Shearer. Fox called him back for \"Untamed\" (1955) and Warwick Films used him in \"Safari\" (1956) with Victor Mature. Justin had a good role in Fox's \"Island in the Sun\" (1957), romancing Dorothy Dandridge. In 1957, he appeared on stage in \"Dinner With The Family\". In 1959 he joined the Old Vic where his plays included \"The Double Dealer\", \"As You Like It\", and \"The", "title": "John Justin" }, { "docid": "7235528", "text": "Darwin (comics) Armando Muñoz, also known by his codename Darwin, is a mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Edi Gathegi plays the character in the film \"\". Darwin first appeared in \"\" #2 (February 2006), created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Pete Woods . After birth, Darwin's powers of self-protection and continuous circumstantial evolution made his mother hate him. The Afro-Hispanic boy was found by scientists who experimented on him, bringing him to the attention of the public. He was found by Moira MacTaggert and recruited as one of her \"fosters.\" He was in", "title": "Darwin (comics)" }, { "docid": "14673774", "text": "The Real L Word The Real L Word is an American reality television series aired on the cable station Showtime, where it premiered on June 20, 2010. The show was created by executive producer Ilene Chaiken and Magical Elves Productions, following the success of the television drama \"The L Word\" also created by Chaiken. \"The Real L Word\" follows a group of lesbians in their daily lives in Los Angeles, and as of the third season, Brooklyn. With seasons 1 and 2 being successful, Showtime commissioned a third and final season, where there will be many new faces and a", "title": "The Real L Word" }, { "docid": "16658798", "text": "Max Huwyler Max Huwyler (born December 6, 1931 in Zug) is a Swiss writer. Originally, Max Huwyler was a high school teacher in Zurich. He wrote several books for children, theatre plays, poetry, fiction stories and radio plays. He co-authored with Walter Flückiger a book in the volumes titled \"Welt der Wörter (World of Words)\" in 1983. His works include further texts for children, plays for the school stage, radio plays, poems and children's books. He also translated plays by Elias Canetti and Günter Grass into Swiss German. Huwyler was awarded with the Swiss Youth Book Award in 1993, the", "title": "Max Huwyler" }, { "docid": "20626096", "text": "Allee appeared on television in the recurring role of Pasha on the Golden Globe Awards nominated Starz limited series \"Flesh and Bone\" (2015) from Breaking Bad writer and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett. Allee is also a songwriter, recording artist, and composer of musical plays, including an adaptation of Kin Platt's \"The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear\" and \"Poet's Garden\" (both written with Gary Matanky), the latter of which premiered in Los Angeles at The Matrix Theatre in 2001 under the direction of Michael Michetti. Allee has performed in cabarets, clubs, and theatres and has had his music featured Off-Broadway,", "title": "John Allee" }, { "docid": "1643392", "text": "he appeared in the HBO comedy \"Sex and the City\" as O the designer in the episode, 'The Real Me'. In 2003, he appeared in a cameo role in the sitcom \"Frasier\", playing Niles' yoga instructor. He also guest starred on \"3rd Rock from the Sun\". Cumming played the role of Bill Blaikie, a gay drag queen party promoter hired by Kit Porter to manage her café \"cum\" nightclub, in season 3 of \"The L Word\". His character had an affair with Max, a transgender male character in the show. He appeared in episodes 2 to 7, which originally broadcast", "title": "Alan Cumming" } ]

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[ { "docid": "11277141", "text": "Poverty in Canada Poverty in Canada remains prevalent within some segments of society and according to a 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the rate of poverty in Canada, is among the highest of the OECD member nations, the world's wealthiest industrialized nations. There is no official government definition and therefore, measure, for poverty in Canada. However, Dennis Raphael, author of \"Poverty in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life\" reported that the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Canadian poverty researchers find", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "11277141", "text": "Poverty in Canada Poverty in Canada remains prevalent within some segments of society and according to a 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the rate of poverty in Canada, is among the highest of the OECD member nations, the world's wealthiest industrialized nations. There is no official government definition and therefore, measure, for poverty in Canada. However, Dennis Raphael, author of \"Poverty in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life\" reported that the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Canadian poverty researchers find", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "11277162", "text": "the attractiveness of hiring low-skilled staff (\"see Minimum wage#Debate over consequences\"). Poverty in Canada Poverty in Canada remains prevalent within some segments of society and according to a 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the rate of poverty in Canada, is among the highest of the OECD member nations, the world's wealthiest industrialized nations. There is no official government definition and therefore, measure, for poverty in Canada. However, Dennis Raphael, author of \"Poverty in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life\" reported that the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "4809846", "text": "wealthiest industrialized nations. There is no official government definition and therefore, measure, for poverty in Canada. However, Dennis Raphael, author of \"Poverty in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life\" reported that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Canadian poverty researchers find that relative poverty is the \"most useful measure for ascertaining poverty rates in wealthy developed nations such as Canada.\" In its report released the Conference Board The Municipality of Rosario, Batangas, Philippines implemented its Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond Human", "title": "Basic needs" } ]

[ { "docid": "1462298", "text": "behind that of their community.\" In 1964, in a joint committee economic President's report in the United States, Republicans endorsed the concept of relative poverty: \"No objective definition of poverty exists. ... The definition varies from place to place and time to time. In America as our standard of living rises, so does our idea of what is substandard.\" In 1965, Rose Friedman argued for the use of relative poverty claiming that the definition of poverty changes with general living standards. Those labelled as poor in 1995, would have had \"a higher standard of living than many labelled not poor\"", "title": "Poverty threshold" }, { "docid": "16420407", "text": "Canada Without Poverty Canada Without Poverty (CWP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Canada and educating Canadians about the link between poverty and human rights. It is based in Ottawa, with a second office in Vancouver and is run by a board of directors who have, or have had, personal experiences of poverty. Canada has yet to develop consistent poverty indicators, which makes it difficult to effectively help the estimated 1 in 7 or 4.8 million people living in conditions of poverty. This is what CWP is working to change. CWP was founded in 1971 as a", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "743204", "text": "of what is substandard.\" In 1965 Rose Friedman argued for the use of relative poverty claiming that the definition of poverty changes with general living standards. Those labeled as poor in 1995 would have had \"a higher standard of living than many labeled not poor\" in 1965. In 1979, British sociologist, Peter Townsend published his famous definition, \"individuals ... can be said to be in poverty when they lack the resources to obtain the types of diet, participate in the activities and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary, or are at least widely encouraged or approved, in", "title": "Poverty" }, { "docid": "7420021", "text": "lower income in a home which cannot be kept warm at reasonable cost”. Statistically, this used to be defined as a household needing to spend more than 10% of its income to maintain an adequate heating regime. However, definitions of \"income\" and \"adequate heating regime\" vary between UK Government and Devolved Administrations. A new, more complex definition of fuel poverty is now used in the UK, based on the Hills review. This gave the following definition: fuel poverty is now defined as when a household’s required fuel costs are above the median level, and if they were to spend what", "title": "Fuel poverty" }, { "docid": "11277146", "text": "1969, however, estimated that as many as 1 in 4 Canadians were living in poverty that year. From 1969 to 1982, the proportion of families with incomes below the poverty line fell from 20.8% to 13.9%. According to one definition, nearly two-fifths of Canadians lived in poverty in 1951, falling slightly to more than one-fifth in 1961 and to slightly less than one-fifth by 1968. In recent years, newly arrived immigrants have higher than average low-income rates, although each immigrant arrival cohort year experiences a declining low-income rate over time. As of 2018, Canada has no official poverty measure. Instead,", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "16095069", "text": "As one researcher put it, \"The issue of poverty is the subject of many reports, analysis, debate and resolutions. However, the experiences of those living in poverty are often not reflected in high level policy documents or economic reports. For UN staff, poverty and development experts, government representatives, and NGOs, the use of an expert language grounded in statistics has become the prevailing way to discuss poverty. In contrast, a reduction in the percentage of people living within the World Bank definition of extreme poverty has little impact upon those for whom poverty persists. What is unseen to most experts", "title": "International Movement ATD Fourth World" }, { "docid": "11277156", "text": "at 40%.\" \"50% — of status First Nations children live below the poverty line. This number grows to 62% in Manitoba and 64% in Saskatchewan.\" The study referred to used the Low Income Measure as their definition for poverty, which always shows a high rate. Nonetheless, the much higher LIM statistics for indigenous families indicates a much higher level of poverty among that demographic. The Canadian income tax system is highly progressive. This can be seen by comparing the 2005 pre-tax low-income cut-off rate of 15.3% with the after-tax rate of only 10.8%. It is also evident in the Gini", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "3090291", "text": "warmth schemes is where a household can achieve temperatures needed to maintain health and comfort for expenditure of less than 10% of income. This definition has been accepted and used by successive Government Departments with responsibilities for fuel poverty issues to quantify the extent of the problem. However, there has been some disagreement over what constitutes household income and this clearly has considerable bearing on the total number of fuel-poor households. The Government’s preferred definition of household income includes Housing Benefit and Income Support for Mortgage Interest in the calculation of household resources, although fuel poverty estimates are also published", "title": "National Energy Action" }, { "docid": "8195838", "text": "lower than the World Bank's $1.25 per day \"income\"-based definition, the definition is similar to China's US$0.65 per day official poverty line in 2008. The World Bank's international poverty line definition is based on purchasing power parity basis, at $1.25 per day. This definition is motivated by the fact that the price of the same goods and services can differ significantly when converted into local currencies around the world. A realistic definition and comparison of poverty must consider these differences in costs of living, or must be on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. On this basis, currency fluctuations and nominal", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "3206256", "text": "poverty by 30 percent and child poverty by 50 percent as well as helping working families with work rewards as well as increasing the Canada Child Tax benefit, increasing guaranteed revenues for seniors. In an editorial in the \"National Post\", economist Alex MacMillan notes that the poverty targets Dion has set are based on a Statistics Canada measure that the statistical agency has stated is not a poverty measure (LICO), and that by using what is in effect a relative income measure rather than an absolute poverty measure, Dion is essentially aiming to flatten the income distribution of Canadians. However,", "title": "Stéphane Dion" }, { "docid": "4197470", "text": "not process alone. A clear definition of what civil participation means has not been laid out by the IMF or World Bank. This creates a problem when evaluating one of the key requirements of the PRSP, which is that it has to be formulated with civil participation. In fact, participation that involves the population working with the government to develop specific strategies to reduce poverty doesn't exist in any developing country. This seems to suggest that the WB and IMF approve PRSPs regardless of the fulfillment of this condition. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are documents", "title": "Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper" }, { "docid": "11898562", "text": "drive this point home. The table shows that in 1994, the actual rate of poverty (what the rate would be without government interventions) in the U.S. was 29%. When compared to actual rates in Canada (29%), Finland (33%), France (39%), Germany (29%), the Netherlands (30%), Norway (27%), Sweden (36%) and the United Kingdom (38%), the United States rate is low. But when government measures and programs are included, the rate of reduction in poverty in the United States is low (38%). Canada and the United Kingdom had the lowest reduction rates outside of the U.S. at 66%, while Sweden, Finland", "title": "Theories of poverty" }, { "docid": "8195836", "text": "definition and consumption-based poverty statistics are in use. Outside India, the World Bank and institutions of the United Nations use a broader definition to compare poverty among nations, including India, based on purchasing power parity (PPP), as well as nominal relative basis. Each state in India has its own poverty threshold to determine how many people are below its poverty line and to reflect regional economic conditions. These differences in definition yield a complex and conflicting picture about poverty in India, both internally and when compared to other developing countries of the world. As with many countries, poverty was historically", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "8195839", "text": "numbers become less important, the definition is based on the local costs of a basket of essential goods and services that people can purchase. By World Bank's 2014 PPP definition, India's poverty rate is significantly lower than previously believed. As with economic measures, there are many mixed or non-economic measures of poverty and experts contest which one is most appropriate for India. For example, Dandekar and Rath in 1971 suggested a measure of poverty rate that was based on number of calories consumed. In 2011, Alkire et al. suggested a poverty rate measure so-called Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which put", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "14139972", "text": "of charity: the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, or other purposes that benefit the community in a way the courts have said are charitable. This definition comes from the English case \"Commissioners for Special Purposes of Income Tax v. Pemsel\" commonly referred to as \"Pemsel\". The organization's purposes must be exclusively and legally charitable. Therefore all the purposes of the charity must be charitable, not just most purposes. In addition the organization must be established and resident in Canada. Furthermore, there is a public benefit test: the charity must benefit the public or a", "title": "Charitable organizations (Canada)" }, { "docid": "18967899", "text": "On the same case, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the decision of Bar of Quebec that Giles Dore was guilty of professional misconduct because of an uncivil letter he wrote to a judge. This high-profile case brought a lot of attention to the legal definition of the word civility, and what it means to be civil in the legal profession. It has since defined a broader set of rules of what is legally considered civil in the court of law in Canada. Since the case with Joe Groia, The Law Society of Upper Canada has launched several initiatives to", "title": "Civility" }, { "docid": "15952184", "text": "interventions and prescriptions. Wilson's study set the precedent of using the census' 40% threshold and this has been adopted as the standard measure to study trends of poverty and poor neighborhoods. This is largely due to the measure's convenience rather than any strong conceptual justification. The measure is used to compare degree of poverty concentration between areas and the growth or decline in the number of tracts that fit this qualification in a given city, region, or country. Critiques of the measure have been leveled against both the federal definition of poverty as well as the census definition of concentrated", "title": "Concentrated poverty" }, { "docid": "2913788", "text": "the opposite sex\" in the definition of \"spouse\" specifically exclude homosexual couples from claiming a spousal allowance. Cory J argued this distinction was not based on anything other than the appellants' sexual orientation and was therefore discriminatory. Regarding the section 1 analysis, Iacobucci J identified the objective of the impugned legislation as \"the alleviation of poverty in elderly households\". He held this to be a \"pressing and substantial\" government objective under the \"Oakes\" test. However, Iacobucci J held the section 15 violation (the exclusion of same-sex couples from the definition of \"spouse\") was not rationally connected to that goal: If", "title": "Egan v Canada" }, { "docid": "3392149", "text": "working poverty in high-income countries defines a household as working poor if 1) it has at least one employed person and 2) the total household income falls below 50% of the median income for that country. According to this relative definition, the US's working poverty rate was 11% in the year 2000, nearly double the rate produced by the US government's absolute definition. For the same year, Canada's working poverty rate was 7.8%, the UK's was 4%, and Germany's was 3.8%. Poverty is often associated with joblessness, but a large proportion of poor people are actually working or looking for", "title": "Working poor" }, { "docid": "583768", "text": "example, declare a goal of \"working for a world free of poverty\", with poverty defined as a lack of basic human needs, such as food, water, shelter, freedom, access to education, healthcare, or employment. In other words, poverty is defined as a low quality of life. Using this definition, the World Bank works towards improving quality of life through the stated goal of lowering poverty and helping people afford a better quality of life. Other organizations, however, may also work towards improved global quality of life using a slightly different definition and substantially different methods. Many NGOs do not focus", "title": "Quality of life" }, { "docid": "15752736", "text": "expenditure on domestic energy, including that used for hot water, cooling, lights and appliances. This definition is essentially that first established by Dr Brenda Boardman in her book entitled \"Fuel Poverty\", first published in 1991, although fuel poverty has been the focus of political action since the early 1970s . There are, however, a variety of different ways of considering household income when measuring fuel poverty. The UK definition does not, for example, take account of the amount that a household actually spends on fuel, nor the amount available for the household to spend on fuel after other costs have", "title": "Fuel poverty in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "2107171", "text": "study on poverty in America was criticized for what critics called an overly narrow definition of poverty. Criticism was published in opinion editorials in \"The New Republic\", \"The Nation\", the Center for American Progress, and \"The Washington Post\". A 2013 study by Heritage senior fellow Robert Rector on the 2013 Senate Immigration Bill (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013) was criticized for its methodology by critics from across the political spectrum. Notably, outlets like \"Reason Magazine\" and the Cato Institute criticized the report for failing to employ dynamic scoring despite Heritage's support for such methodology in", "title": "The Heritage Foundation" }, { "docid": "2819714", "text": "views behind them and revert to policy law; leaving behind their personal moral conflicts and ethics to abide by law and policy. Political philosophers focus on free movement as a human right and aid for those in poverty or serious global inequality. Although there is not a necessary definition for something considered to be morally, ethically, or legally accepted in a society, everyone has an individual connection to what may be considered good for society and what may be considered bad for society. The United States government has placed many strict laws on immigration that it proposes will produce a", "title": "Free migration" }, { "docid": "8195830", "text": "$3.10 per day. According to the \"Modified Mixed Reference Period (MMRP)\" concept proposed by World Bank in 2015, India's poverty rate for period 2011-12 stood at 12.4% of the total population, or about 172 million people; taking the revised poverty line as $1.90. The World Bank has been revising its definition and benchmarks to measure up poverty since 1990, with a $2 per day income on purchasing power parity basis as the definition in use from 2005 to 2013. Some semi-economic and non-economic indices have also been proposed to measure poverty in India; for example, the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index placed", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "6318155", "text": "the definition of risk. In the study, Rossi took what are called \"street-level bureaucrats\" and applied them for WIC. These people were either at marginal or no nutrition risk, yet they were accepted easily into the WIC program. This practice essentially turns eligibility into solely a matter of income. The second eligibility standard for participation in the WIC program—income level—also allows for much subjectivity. In theory, to qualify for WIC services, a family must have an income of no more than 185% of the current federal poverty level. While this definition seems straight forward, Besharov and Germanis describe many instances", "title": "WIC" }, { "docid": "2267142", "text": "of Canada. In 1993 the party was de-registered and had its assets seized, forcing it to begin a successful thirteen-year political and legal battle to maintain registration of small political parties in Canada. The campaign culminated with the final decision of \"Figueroa v. Canada\", changing the legal definition of a political party in Canada. Despite its continued presence as a registered political party, the CPC places the vast majority of its emphasis on extra-parliamentary activity what it terms \"the labour and people's movements\", as reflected in its programme \"Canada's Future is Socialism\". The Canadian Communist Party began as an illegal", "title": "Communist Party of Canada" }, { "docid": "11277142", "text": "that relative poverty is the \"most useful measure for ascertaining poverty rates in wealthy developed nations such as Canada.\" In its report released the Conference Board. Currently, an income inequality measure known as low income cut-off (LICO) published by Statistics Canada is frequently used as a poverty rate and is 10.8% as of 2005. The Central Intelligence Agency uses the LICO as the relative measure results in a higher poverty figure than an absolute one. Statistics Canada has refused to endorse any metric as a measure of poverty, including the low-income cut off it publishes, without a mandate to do", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "1462308", "text": "measure\". Poverty threshold The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries. In 2008, the World Bank came out with a figure (revised largely due to inflation) of $1.25 a day at 2005 purchasing-power parity (PPP). In October 2015, the World Bank updated the international poverty line to $1.90 a day. The new figure of $1.90 is based on ICP purchasing power parity", "title": "Poverty threshold" }, { "docid": "1462286", "text": "Poverty threshold The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries. In 2008, the World Bank came out with a figure (revised largely due to inflation) of $1.25 a day at 2005 purchasing-power parity (PPP). In October 2015, the World Bank updated the international poverty line to $1.90 a day. The new figure of $1.90 is based on ICP purchasing power parity (PPP)", "title": "Poverty threshold" }, { "docid": "1944197", "text": "hazardous waste in Canada, and also deem any waste that is \"...considered or defined as hazardous under the legislation of the country receiving it and is prohibited by that country from being imported or conveyed in transit\" to be covered under Canadian regulation and therefore subject to prior informed consent procedures. The loophole in the regulations that allows tons of e-waste to be exported from Canada is the use of the definition of \"intact\" vs \"functional\". A non-functioning electronic device that is intact can be exported under the current legislation. What can't be exported without prior informed consent is a", "title": "Environment and Climate Change Canada" }, { "docid": "10334326", "text": "Malaysia for its reportedly successful poverty reduction programmes. Officially: Poverty in Malaysia Poverty in Malaysia is a controversial economic issue. The definition of poverty and the poverty line for Malaysians has been disputed, and government policies to address poverty such as the Malaysian New Economic Policy have been met with political protest. Malaysia’s total population is 31 million as of 2015, of which 0.6% live below the national poverty line. Malaysia has grown rapidly in terms of economic development. An indicator is that in 2014, 65.6% of the population aged 15 years and above were employed. After Malaysian independence, significant", "title": "Poverty in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "16420420", "text": "Nation. In February 2012, Elizabeth May, the Green Party of Canada leader joined an all-party panel discussion on poverty organized by the Dignity for All Campaign to ensure adequate discussion on issues relating to the low-income population remain on the public agenda. In 2015 CWP employs four employees to fulfill all administrative affairs, including fund raising, communications, and organizing the various events and campaigns along with the assistance of numerous volunteers. Canada Without Poverty Canada Without Poverty (CWP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Canada and educating Canadians about the link between poverty and human rights. It", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "3113702", "text": "marginalization of specific groups of people within a country or society, such as: girls and women, boys and men, people of color, religious communities, citizens in poverty, LGBT people, youth and children, and many more. This socioeconomic, cultural, political, legal, and institutional oppression (hereinafter, \"social oppression\") probably occurs in every country, culture, and society, including the most advanced democracies, such as the United States, Japan, Costa Rica, Sweden, and Canada. A single, widely accepted definition of social oppression does not yet exist, although there are commonalities. Taylor (2016) defined (social) oppression in this way: Oppression is a form of injustice", "title": "Oppression" }, { "docid": "11277143", "text": "so from the federal government. Statistics Canada is looking into creating an initiative on how to better calculate the poverty line. The Government of Canada has announced that Market Basket Measure (MBM) will become the official poverty measure in Canada. Some elements that work towards reducing poverty in Canada include Canada's strong economic growth, government transfers to persons of $164 billion per annum as of 2008, universal medical and public education systems, and minimum wage laws in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. In recent times, after a spike in poverty and low-income rates around the 1996 recession,", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "743203", "text": "the support of life but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without\". In 1958 J. K. Galbraith argued that \"People are poverty stricken when their income, even if adequate for survival, falls markedly behind that of their community.\" In 1964 in a joint committee economic President's report in the United States, Republicans endorsed the concept of relative poverty. \"No objective definition of poverty exists... The definition varies from place to place and time to time. In America as our standard of living rises, so does our idea", "title": "Poverty" }, { "docid": "16170182", "text": "discovery is a patentable invention. The definition of “invention” in section 2 of the Patent Act includes \"any new and useful art\". In determining whether Shell Oil's discovery is a patentable \"art\", Justice Wilson, for the Court, stated: What then is the “invention” under s. 2? I believe it is the application of this new knowledge to effect a desired result which has an undisputed commercial value and that it falls within the words “any new and useful art”. I think the word “art” in the context of the definition must be given its general connotation of “learning” or “knowledge”", "title": "Shell Oil Co v Canada (Commissioner of Patents)" }, { "docid": "9215751", "text": "in poverty. It found 14.2 million people in poverty, 7.7 million of whom are in persistent poverty. It is however still a relative measurement and does not evidence the real increases in the incomes of the poorest picked up by the standard absolute measurement of poverty. Water poverty is defined by the government as spending more than 3% of disposable income on water bills. Nationally, in 2006, nearly 10% of households were in water poverty. Fuel poverty. A fuel poor household is one that struggles to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost. The most widely accepted definition of a fuel", "title": "Poverty in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "10334323", "text": "Poverty in Malaysia Poverty in Malaysia is a controversial economic issue. The definition of poverty and the poverty line for Malaysians has been disputed, and government policies to address poverty such as the Malaysian New Economic Policy have been met with political protest. Malaysia’s total population is 31 million as of 2015, of which 0.6% live below the national poverty line. Malaysia has grown rapidly in terms of economic development. An indicator is that in 2014, 65.6% of the population aged 15 years and above were employed. After Malaysian independence, significant chunks of the Malaysian economy were controlled by British", "title": "Poverty in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "16706745", "text": "calculation, individuals whose income is above the poverty line have a gap of zero. By definition, the poverty gap index is a percentage between 0 and 100%. Sometimes it is reported as a fraction, between 0 and 1. A theoretical value of zero implies that no one in the population is below the poverty line. A theoretical value of 100% implies that everyone in the population has zero income. In some literature, poverty gap index is reported as formula_8 while the headcount ratio is reported as formula_9. The poverty gap index can be interpreted as the average percentage shortfall in", "title": "Poverty gap index" }, { "docid": "2323770", "text": "similar to the other South American countries in these issues. For this reason, Brazil is included in some meanings when speaking in Southern Cone, but excluded in others. When the definition is not limited to entire countries, the states of the South Region and the state of São Paulo are generally included. Due to the geographical proximity, common history, geography and political cycles, Paraguay is usually included in what is meant by Southern Cone. However, it contrasts strongly with other countries given the high level of poverty, low standard of living and low level of industrialization, and is therefore sometimes", "title": "Southern Cone" }, { "docid": "15752737", "text": "been met. The UK Government’s preferred definition of household income includes income from housing-related benefits in the calculation of household income. Other estimates of the extent of fuel poverty exclude benefits from household income. The charity National Energy Action (NEA) regards both these definitions as unacceptable and believes that disposable income (after the deduction of housing costs) should be used in the definition of fuel poverty. On 14 March 2011, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change announced he had asked Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics to lead a review of the fuel poverty", "title": "Fuel poverty in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "12449536", "text": "of income cutoffs, or thresholds, adjusted for factors such as family size, sex of the family head, number of children under 18 years old, and farm or non-farm residence. The economy food plan (the least costly of four nutritionally adequate food plans designed by the Department of Agriculture) was at the core of this definition of poverty. At the time of creating the poverty definition, the Department of Agriculture found that families of three or more persons spent about one third of their after-tax income on food. For these families, poverty thresholds were set at three times the cost of", "title": "Poverty in the United States" }, { "docid": "12449538", "text": "1981, further changes were made to the poverty definition. Separate thresholds for \"farm\" and \"female-householder\" families were eliminated. The largest family size category became \"nine persons or more.\" Apart from these changes, the U.S. government's approach to measuring poverty has remained static for the past fifty years. More recent surveys of household food consumption have shown that households of three spend presently only around one-eighth of their budget on food. The cost of housing as a percentage of the household budget has instead significantly increased since the definition of the poverty line was established. Based on more recent household consumption", "title": "Poverty in the United States" }, { "docid": "5665280", "text": "and $2.50 per day. Absolute poverty, extreme poverty, or abject poverty is \"a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.\" The term 'absolute poverty', when used in this fashion, is usually synonymous with 'extreme poverty': Robert McNamara, the former President of the World Bank, described absolute or extreme poverty as, \"...a condition so limited by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality, and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition", "title": "Poverty in Australia" }, { "docid": "1839209", "text": "and men and traces his mythological descent as son of \"Contrivance\" (father) and \"Poverty\" (mother). Love has attributes from both parents, he is beggarly, harsh and a master of artifice and deception (203d) and is delicately balanced and resourceful (204c). Having been born at Aphrodite’s birthday party he became her follower and servant, and consequently is a lover of beauty, but since wisdom is one of the most beautiful things, he is a lover of wisdom too. Then Diotima moves to the definition of the aim of love as “the perpetual possession of what is good”. Lovers are pregnant with", "title": "Symposium (Plato)" }, { "docid": "5283822", "text": "at each moment. For instance, if poverty in a society is distinctly reduced among men and is only slightly reduced among women, there would be a feminization of poverty. There are many definitions on the feminization of poverty. One definition talks of an increase in the difference in the levels of poverty among women and among men while another focuses on the increase in the difference in the levels of poverty among female-headed households and among male and couple-headed households. It likewise depicts the escalating role that gender discrimination has in determining poverty. For instance, an increase of wage discrimination", "title": "Feminization of poverty" }, { "docid": "8195861", "text": "the least poverty of 5.09% while the national average stood at 21.92% The table below presents the poverty statistics for rural, urban and combined percentage below poverty line (BPL) for each State or Union Territory. The highest poverty statistics for each category column is coloured light red in the table below. The World Bank has reviewed its poverty definition and calculation methodologies several times over the last 25 years. In early 1990s, The World Bank anchored absolute poverty line as $1 per day. This was revised in 1993, and the absolute poverty line was set at $1.08 a day for", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "9477929", "text": "permanent settlement, Fort Maurepas (at what is now Ocean Springs, Mississippi, near Biloxi), was founded in 1699 by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French military officer from Canada. The French colony of Louisiana originally claimed all the land on both sides of the Mississippi River and north to French territory in Canada around the Great Lakes. A royal ordinance of 1722—following the transfer of the Illinois Country's governance from Canada to Louisiana—may have featured the broadest definition of the region: all land claimed by France south of the Great Lakes between the Rocky Mountains and the Alleghenies A generation later,", "title": "History of Louisiana" }, { "docid": "8195835", "text": "the World Bank started reporting poverty rates for all countries using two new international poverty lines: a \"lower middle-income\" line set at $3.20 per day and an \"upper middle-income\" line set at $5.50 per day. India falls in the lower middle-income category. Using the $3.20 per day poverty line, the percentage of the population living in poverty in India was 60% (2011). This means that 763 million people in India were living below this poverty line in 2011. There are several definitions of poverty, and scholars disagree as to which definition is appropriate for India. Inside India, both income-based poverty", "title": "Poverty in India" }, { "docid": "11277155", "text": "province is exploring the development of a measurement tool to track any progress made on reducing poverty, such as the use of a \"Deprivation Index\". As of August 2018, the Government of Canada has introduced the \"Opportunity for All\" which is being deemed Canada's first official poverty reduction strategy. According to a left-wing think tank, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, \"Based on data from the 2006 census, this study found that the average child poverty rate for all children in Canada is 17%, while the average child poverty rate for all Indigenous children is more than twice that figure,", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "4809845", "text": "sharp contrast to the results of Statistic Canada, Conference Board of Canada, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UNESCO reports using the relative poverty measure considered to the most useful for advanced industrial nations like Canada, which Sarlo rejects. OECD and UNICEF rate Canada's poverty rate much higher using a relative poverty threshold. Statistics Canada's LICO, which Sarlo also rejects, also result in higher poverty rates. According to a 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the rate of poverty in Canada, is among the highest of the OECD member nations, the world's", "title": "Basic needs" }, { "docid": "14129247", "text": "Nunavut. This is the definition of rural used by Statistics Canada’s Census of Population. This definition has changed over time (see Appendix A in du Plessis et al., 2002). The current definition is a settlement with fewer than 1,000 or more population with a population density below 400 inhabitants per square kilometre (Statistics Canada, 2007). Rural Canada is highly diverse. On virtually any possible measure of socio-economic, cultural and environmental characteristics, rural areas are found at the two extreme of the distribution. For instance, rural communities of Canada are found among the most affluent and among the most disadvantaged. Rural", "title": "Rural Canada" }, { "docid": "12845790", "text": "the century.\" Tom G. Palmer has described the work as \"brilliant\". Popper's usage of \"historicism\" has been criticized as differing significantly from the normal definition of the word. That is, amongst historians themselves, a historicist is normally someone whose methodology is cautiously hermeneutical and exegetical, rather than predictive and speculative. This is perhaps closer to what Popper calls \"\"historism\"\". A Neo-Marxist critic, Karel Kosík, in \"Dialectics of the Concrete\" (1976) criticizes Popper's statement that \"All knowledge, whether intuitive or discursive must be of abstract aspects, and we can never grasp the 'concrete structure of reality itself\". Kosík refers to him", "title": "The Poverty of Historicism" }, { "docid": "5210529", "text": "CFAP-DT CFAP-DT is the V owned-and-operated television station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 2.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at Édifice Marie-Guyart in Downtown Quebec City. Owned by V Media Group, a Remstar company, its studios are located on De Vallier Street East and Rue Dorchester in Downtown Quebec City. This station can also be seen on Vidéotron channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 605. The station signed on along with sister station CFJP-TV in Montreal in 1986 as part of what was then", "title": "CFAP-DT" }, { "docid": "1928547", "text": "Geography defines development as \"[p]rocesses of social change or [a change] to class and state projects to transform national economies\". This definition entails an understanding of economic development which is imperative when trying to understand the north–south divide. Economic Development is a measure of progress in a specific economy. It refers to advancements in technology, a transition from an economy based largely on agriculture to one based on industry and an improvement in living standards. Other factors that are included in the conceptualization of what a developed country is include life expectancy and the levels of education, poverty and employment", "title": "North–South divide" }, { "docid": "17359838", "text": "Land Reform in Developing Countries Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property Rights and Property Wrongs is a 2009 book by the Leontief Prize–winning economist Michael Lipton. It is a comprehensive review of land reform issues in developing countries and focuses on the evidence of which land reforms have worked and which have not. The introduction defines land reform as comprising \"laws with the main goal of reducing poverty by substantially increasing the proportion of farmland controlled by the poor, and thereby their income, power or status\"(the appendix gives a more precise definition). It then expands on what is meant by", "title": "Land Reform in Developing Countries" }, { "docid": "17359832", "text": "Land Reform in Developing Countries Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property Rights and Property Wrongs is a 2009 book by the Leontief Prize–winning economist Michael Lipton. It is a comprehensive review of land reform issues in developing countries and focuses on the evidence of which land reforms have worked and which have not. The introduction defines land reform as comprising \"laws with the main goal of reducing poverty by substantially increasing the proportion of farmland controlled by the poor, and thereby their income, power or status\"(the appendix gives a more precise definition). It then expands on what is meant by", "title": "Land Reform in Developing Countries" }, { "docid": "16420416", "text": "of poverty in Canada\" . These goals include the establishment of legislative changes to create an Act of Parliament which would ensure ongoing federal commitment and accountability mechanisms, the establishment of a federal poverty strategy, and adequate income supports for Canadians. This project is supported by over 550 Canadian anti-poverty groups (for example, Acorn Canada, and Alberta Human Rights Commission and almost 130 Members of Parliament and 15 Senators. The goal is to increase the number of groups and individuals committed to produce pressure on the government to act for Canadians demanding poverty eradication. CWP was involved in writing Bill", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "12449567", "text": "report on the study in \"The Guardian\" stated: Some 12 million Americans live with diseases associated with extreme poverty. According to Philip Alston, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, 19 million people live in deep poverty (a total family income that is below one-half of the poverty threshold) in the United States as of 2017. The Urban Institute reported in August 2018 that nearly half of Americans, or 4 in 10, are struggling to afford basic needs, such as housing, utilities, groceries and health care. Some critics assert that the official U.S. poverty definition is", "title": "Poverty in the United States" }, { "docid": "8600090", "text": "Frey v Fedoruk Frey v Fedoruk [1950] S.C.R. 517 is a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the definition of a breach of the peace and whether being a \"peeping tom\" is a crime. The Court found that actions do not necessarily breach the peace just because they cause violent reactions. Due to this finding, courts would have less say in determining what is criminal as a breach of the peace, and the Parliament of Canada would have more. At the time, peeping was not specifically prohibited. Allegedly, the appellant Frey had left his truck to look into", "title": "Frey v Fedoruk" }, { "docid": "11277148", "text": "the province. In August 2018, it was announced that the Government of Canada was going to use the MBM as the official poverty line. Low-income cut-off (LICO) rates are often quoted by the media as a measure of poverty even though Statistics Canada has stated it is not a poverty measure. It is also used by statistics collators like the Central Intelligence Agency in lieu of an official measure, although the CIA also notes that it \"results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies\". The measure has been reported by Statistics Canada since the 1960s. They were reported", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "5633951", "text": "definition of crimes against humanity; however, no one really knows full details of what has occurred. According to Anuak militants Anuak men (and some women) continue to be subject to arbitrary arrest, beatings, detentions and extra judicial killings in Ethiopia . Rape of Anuak women is allegedly widespread as part of the wartime atrocities. The Anuak continue to suffer huge problems with basic access to water, health care or clinics, food, and education, just like the rest of Ethiopia. Even though the country currently has one of the fastest growing economies and GDPs, poverty still exists. Entire generations of Anuak", "title": "Anuak people" }, { "docid": "15952188", "text": "Massey and Eggers contend that a relative indicator based on segregation is more rigorous and meaningful, claiming that \". . .levels and trends in poverty concentration are best studied with well-established measures of segregation that use complete information on the spatial distribution of income instead of an ad hoc and arbitrary definition of 'poverty neighborhoods' and 'poverty concentration'\" Jennifer Wolch and Nathan Sessoms have challenged the utility of the traditional concept of concentrated poverty based on the 40% threshold due to the recent growth of working poor populations and the emergence of inner-suburban poverty. Their study shows that several areas", "title": "Concentrated poverty" }, { "docid": "20128745", "text": "of the Environmental Justice Movement- that \"social inequality and imbalances of power are at the heart of environmental degradation resource depletion pollution and even overpopulation.\" CCSCLA continues to affect community change today and in doing so they continue to challenge the narrow definition of environment that is currently utilized by many MEGs. CCSCLA accomplishes this by focusing on the intersectionality of race, concentrated poverty, social isolation, and environmental health. CCSCLA comments on what the \"environment\" entails for them: \"CCSCLA realize that the environment consists of more than just hazardous waste, chemicals, and air quality control; our environment is also the", "title": "Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles" }, { "docid": "8774714", "text": "has a low gini co-efficient and therefore a decent distribution of income (relatively lower inequality). According to the United Nations Human Development Report, Pakistan's human development indicators, especially those for women, fall significantly below those of countries with comparable levels of per-capita income. Pakistan also has a higher infant mortality rate (88 per 1000) than the South Asian average (83 per 1000). As of 2017, the Asian Development Bank reports that there are approximately 210 million people living in Pakistan. In 2011, 12.4% of Pakistanis live below in Pakistan's definition of poverty. Statistics vary due to the definition of poverty.", "title": "Poverty in Pakistan" }, { "docid": "8833890", "text": "the United States omits, and vice versa. However, some countries such as Canada have similar definitions of what constitutes a violent crime, and nearly all countries had the same definition of the characteristics that constitutes a homicide. Overall the total crime rate of the United States is higher than developed countries, specifically Europe, with South American countries and Russia being the exceptions. Some types of reported property crime in the U.S. survey as lower than in Germany or Canada, yet the homicide rate in the United States is substantially higher as is the prison population. The reported U.S. violent crime", "title": "Crime in the United States" }, { "docid": "2307234", "text": "\"the primary objective of Canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers.\" Another cause for debate is the scope of what should be included as \"insured services\". For historical reasons, the CHA's definition of insured services is largely restricted to care delivered in hospitals or by physicians. As care has moved from hospitals to home and community, it increasingly has been moving beyond the terms of the \"Act\". International data shows that approximately 70% of Canadian", "title": "Canada Health Act" }, { "docid": "15952179", "text": "suburbanization and out-migration that followed. In most cases, these poor inner city locations were populated predominantly by minorities, and many featured large public housing developments. The definition for \"low-income areas\" first developed by the Bureau of the Census as part of its work for the newly established Office of Economic Opportunity, a new bureaucracy designed to administer most of the War on Poverty Programs created as a part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society legislative agenda. The goal was to identify areas of major concentrations of poverty within large metropolitan areas. The original definition was formed through an attribute-based criterion.", "title": "Concentrated poverty" }, { "docid": "3392146", "text": "to 4.7% in 2000. The family-level working poverty rate only includes families of two or more people who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' definition of family-level working poverty, a family is working poor if the combined cash income of the family falls below the poverty threshold for a family of their size. In 2009, the family-level working poverty rate in the US was 7.9%, compared to 5.6% in 2000. Finally, the unrelated individual working poverty rate measures working poverty among those who do not currently live with any family members. In", "title": "Working poor" }, { "docid": "9215746", "text": "60% of this figure (£284 a week / £14,758 a year) were considered to be in the low income bracket. This is the definition that is used by the UK government's Department of Work and Pensions in its yearly survey \"Households below average income\". However, their reports expressly avoid using the word poverty, using low income instead. Reports from others agencies, such as the Institute of Fiscal Studies \"Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK\", use the same methodology, but specifically use the word poverty. This measure can be further divided. Those who live in absolute poverty have a", "title": "Poverty in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "16420411", "text": "the Americas. In the 2000s it published documents including Voices: Women, Poverty and Homelessness in Canada, a study of female homelessness in Canada, and began a national campaign for a new minimum wage. It also championed the rights of homeless people and won a legal case against the City of Winnipeg which was forced to repeal a by-law prohibiting panhandling. The mission of CWP is to relieve poverty in Canada by educating Canadians about the human and financial cost of poverty and by identifying public policy solutions. These 'costs' include financial and 'human'. CWP works with people from government, business", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "15151279", "text": "TV were made in 2010. Early in the year two international consumer product manufacturers, Samsung and Sony began to market flat screen, digital, high definition, 3D television sets in Canada. The 3D effect is only available with the use of a pair of special glasses worn by the viewer. Each company has its own proprietary viewing standard, so that the glasses of one company cannot be used to view the 3D television of another. DVD movies recorded in 3D provide what is, as yet, a limited source of programming. Broadcasters also began to take steps to provide 3D programming to", "title": "Technological and industrial history of 21st-century Canada" }, { "docid": "7543534", "text": "is private and away from a view from the street, or through legislation when the beaches are officiated by a municipal decree, for example. It has hosted the meeting of the International Federation of Naturism in 2008, and there is a growing interest in the practice. In Canada, s.173 of the \"Criminal Code\" prohibits \"indecent acts\". There is no statutory definition in the Code of what constitutes an indecent act (other than that the exposure of the genitals for a sexual purpose to anyone under 16 years of age), so the decision of what state of undress is \"indecent\", and", "title": "Clothing laws by country" }, { "docid": "16420418", "text": "the organization as its executive director. Leilani is a leading expert and advocate on economic and social human rights, especially for women. She has a long history promoting the right to adequate housing, equality and non-discrimination in housing in Canada and internationally. Prior to joining Canada Without Poverty, Leilani was the executive director of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation for 12 years. She has extensive experience addressing homelessness, poverty and inequality in Canada through advocacy, casework, litigation, research and community based work. She has been at the forefront of applying international human rights law to anti-poverty issues in", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "1368578", "text": "acquired distinct connotations leading to the present difference in definition. An example of this is the United States under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles established a national government under what today would be defined as a federal system (albeit with a comparatively weaker federal government). However, Canadians, designed with a \"stronger\" central government than the U.S. in the wake of the Civil War of the latter, use the term \"Confederation\" to refer to the formation or joining, not the structure, of Canada. Legal reforms, court rulings, and political compromises have somewhat \"decentralised\" Canada in practice since its formation in", "title": "Federation" }, { "docid": "3312639", "text": "found absolute poverty among the working class in York had decreased by 50% since his first study. However, as he changed his definition of the poverty line, and so the measure of absolute poverty, from his earlier study this is not a direct comparison. In this study he included allowances for some items which were not strictly necessary for survival, these included newspapers, books, radios, beer, tobacco, holidays, and presents. His results showed that the causes of poverty had changed considerably in a few decades. In the 1890s, the major reason for primary poverty was low wages, 52%, whereas in", "title": "Seebohm Rowntree" }, { "docid": "3090292", "text": "using a formula that excludes housing subsidies. NEA’s view is that neither of these definitions is acceptable or rational and that the only sensible definition of income is one that uses actual disposable income after housing costs. Fuel poverty results from a combination of low household income, unaffordable energy costs and inadequate thermal insulation and inefficient and uneconomic heating systems. Welfare benefit increases for vulnerable groups, and other initiatives such as the minimum wage, have addressed some aspects of general poverty and fuel poverty, this approach must be considered short term in the context of fuel poverty. NEA maintains that", "title": "National Energy Action" }, { "docid": "6212920", "text": "of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought\". This was the first national academic and literary journal ever published in the United States. The journal, whose name is Spanish for \"the Shout,\" was \"intended to raise awareness at what we could call a pan-Chicano/a nationalistic level\". Considered an intellectual and independent critical space, it became a place where Chicano(a) scholars, authors and artists could work to debunk the \"culture of poverty\" and other negative stereotypes attributed to Mexican Americans by scientists, other literature works and the media. As the editorial developed, the journal was used to expand Chicano expression and self-definition. The authors published", "title": "Quinto Sol" }, { "docid": "16420414", "text": "Canadian Council for International Co-operation, a group involved in global poverty reduction and connected to CWP, is threatened with complete funding cuts. However, the organization has refused to simply stop operating. In 2009, Canada Without Poverty adopted a new logo that \"symbolizes rising above one's poverty line towards a bright future\". The need for greater pressure is evident in the erosion of concern of the Federal government to address poverty. Poverty deeply impacts individuals, families, society and costs governments perhaps as much as $80 billion annually. Individually it is characterized by people having to make tough choices between meeting basic", "title": "Canada Without Poverty" }, { "docid": "15752735", "text": "Fuel poverty in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom fuel poverty is said to occur when, in order to heat its home to an adequate standard of warmth, a household needs to spend more than 10% of its income on total fuel use. Adequate warmth is generally defined to be 21 °C in the main living room and 18 °C in other occupied rooms during daytime hours, with lower temperatures at night, following the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Fuel poverty is not just about access to heating as the definition of fuel is taken to include all", "title": "Fuel poverty in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "5774634", "text": "Child poverty Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited, or in some cases absent, state resources. Children that fail to meet the minimum acceptable standard of the nation where that child lives are said to be poor. In developing countries, these standards are lower and when combined with the increased number of orphans the effects are more extreme The definition of children in most countries is 'people under the age of eighteen', while biologically the transition from childhood to adulthood is", "title": "Child poverty" }, { "docid": "743183", "text": "pauvreté), from Latin paupertās from pauper (poor). There are several definitions of poverty depending on the context of the situation it is placed in, and the views of the person giving the definition. Income Poverty: a family's income fails to meet a federally established threshold that differs across countries. United Nations: Fundamentally, poverty is the inability of having choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society. It means not having enough to feed and clothe a family, not having a school or clinic to go to, not having the", "title": "Poverty" }, { "docid": "743187", "text": "safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.\" The term 'absolute poverty', when used in this fashion, is usually synonymous with 'extreme poverty': Robert McNamara, the former president of the World Bank, described absolute or extreme poverty as, \"a condition so limited by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality, and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition of human decency.\" Australia is one of the world's wealthier nations. In his article published in Australian Policy Online, Robert Tanton notes that, \"While", "title": "Poverty" }, { "docid": "6914465", "text": "in this, the Board expressed a desire to clarify an aspect of their previous ruling in \"Board of Commerce\". In the current case, it had been argued that \"Board of Commerce\" held that the trade and commerce power could be used only in furtherance of a general power that the Parliament of Canada had independently of it. It was emphasized that that was not the correct interpretation, and that the power existed as a separate grant of authority. Atkin's definition of what criminal law is has had a lasting impact throughout Commonwealth jurisprudence. In Canadian constitutional law, it was subsequently", "title": "Proprietary Articles Trade Association v Canada (AG)" }, { "docid": "5923302", "text": "Sanderson says that he coined the term in the early 1980s. Others state that the term came into common usage in the 1970s to avoid using the word “Indian”, which some people considered offensive. Apparently, no legal definition of the term exists. Some Aboriginal peoples in Canada have also adopted the term “First Nation” to replace the word “band” in the name of their community. \"First Nations\" (most often used in the plural) has come into general use for the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, excluding the Inuit and Métis, who", "title": "Native American name controversy" }, { "docid": "16541157", "text": "the 2006 case of \"Isen v Simms\", the Court endorsed a summary given by Décary JA on what does not fall within federal jurisdiction: The scope of maritime law has been refined by the SCC in subsequent jurisprudence: Canadian maritime law Canadian maritime law is based on the field of \"Navigation and Shipping\" vested in the Parliament of Canada by virtue of s. 91(10) of the \"Constitution Act, 1867\". Canada has adopted an expansive definition of its maritime law, which goes beyond traditional admiralty law. The original English admiralty jurisdiction was called \"wet\", as it concerned itself with things done", "title": "Canadian maritime law" }, { "docid": "6792916", "text": "regulations for handling death and the disposal of the body. In British Columbia, green burials are treated the same way as traditional burials, as embalming is not legally required for interment. All burials are required to follow the regulations set forth by their respective provincial government. With growing interest in promoting eco-friendly practices, natural burials have been making rounds in various Canadian news outlets. Some debate still lies in what makes certain funeral practices eco-friendly and how cemeteries make these claims as no government-imposed standard or definition currently exist. Eco-friendly funeral practices in Canada can include: Canada offers a wide", "title": "Natural burial" }, { "docid": "11277157", "text": "coefficient, which was estimated to be 0.428 on a pre-tax basis but only 0.315 on an after-tax basis. The Conference Board of Canada 2013 study noted the Canadian system provides relief to the poor which contributes to lowering poverty rates in Canada. Their 2013 report stated that without Canada's tax system and transfers, the poverty rate would have been 23 per cent not the current 12 per cent. The Conference Board of Canada 2013 study noted \"that due to the tax system and transfers to the poor, income inequality is 27 per cent lower than it otherwise would be.\" Canada", "title": "Poverty in Canada" }, { "docid": "9491634", "text": "\"Energy for recreation\", when the user has fulfilled the previous categories and needs energy for enjoyment.\" Until recently energy poverty definitions took only the minimum energy quantity required into consideration when defining energy poverty, but a different school of thought is that not only energy quantity but the quality and cleanliness of the energy used should be taken into consideration when defining energy poverty. One such definition reads as: An 'improved energy source' for cooking is one which requires less than 4 hours person per week per household to collect fuel, meets the recommendations WHO for air quality (maximum concentration", "title": "Energy poverty" }, { "docid": "5896958", "text": "Oxfam Canada Oxfam Canada, founded in 1963, is an international development agency based in Canada, and is a registered charity (OXFAM CANADA 129716866RR0001). It is located in Ottawa, Canada and it works with partner organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. It focuses on the root causes of poverty, injustice and inequality, with the stated intent of creating self-reliant and sustainable communities. Oxfam believes that to end global poverty women's rights must be secured. Oxfam Canada is a founding member of Oxfam International, the federation of Oxfams worldwide. Oxfam Canada traces its history to 1963, when the British-based Oxford Committee", "title": "Oxfam Canada" }, { "docid": "12649503", "text": "of what are often collectively referred to in Canada as \"transfer payments\", a term used in other jurisdictions to refer to cash payments to individuals. Unlike conditional transfer payments such as the Canada Health Transfer or the Canada Social Transfer, the money the provinces receive through equalization can be spent in any way the provincial government desires. The payments are meant to guarantee \"reasonably comparable levels\" of health care, education, and welfare in all the provinces. The definition of \"reasonably comparable levels\", however, has been the subject of considerable debate. In 2016-2017, the total amount of the program was roughly", "title": "Canadian transfer payments" }, { "docid": "4560665", "text": "standard-definition and high-definition HBO Canada feeds (East/West) are available nationally to those television providers who wish to carry them. The Movie Network's master control acts as the hub for HBO Canada. Movie Central HD was a high definition simulcast feed of Movie Central that broadcast in the 1080i resolution format. In addition to its main channel, Movie Central also operated high definition simulcast feeds of its two Movie Central-branded multiplex channels and HBO Canada. In December 2004, Movie Central launched its first high definition channel called Movie Central HD, which delivered simulcasted content from Movie Central's various multiplex channels, excluding", "title": "Movie Central" }, { "docid": "8519943", "text": "to bring his family to Canada. Mathews left home at a young age and went on to become a successful businessman in the United States. When he returned to Wales, he found his family living in poverty and became convinced they should emigrate to Canada. In 1817 his family settled in the township of Southwald, near what is now London, Ontario. By 1812 he had brought over more relatives who built homes on the lots granted to them by Colonel Thomas Talbot. The colony attracted 385 Welsh settlers by 1850 and retained its predominantly Welsh character until the late 1870s.", "title": "Welsh Canadians" }, { "docid": "17088232", "text": "as \"Zee TV Canada\", via Bell TV, Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable, Optik TV, Shaw. On April 2, 2013, Zee TV launched Zee TV HD, a high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed. It is currently available on Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable, SaskTel and Optik TV. A list of Notable shows airing on Zee TV Canada: Zee TV Canada Zee TV Canada is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from Zee TV as well as local Canadian content. Zee TV is a top rated entertainment channel", "title": "Zee TV Canada" }, { "docid": "17375858", "text": "homeless population into four categories: \"unsheltered\", \"emergency sheltered\", \"provisionally accommodated\" and \"at risk of homelessness.\" The new definition received a lot of support and also faced some criticism. Since then, the Canadian definition of homelessness has been endorsed by 75 scholars and community organizations. The COH produces a number of resources to help service providers, researchers, policy makers etc., better understand and tackle the problem of homelessness. In collaboration with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the COH (then CHRN) released the State of Homelessness in Canada in 2013, what they call the first national report card on homelessness in", "title": "Canadian Observatory on Homelessness" }, { "docid": "2515445", "text": "much justification actually existed; hence, the same action could be pious and impious; again, Euthyphro's definition cannot be a definition of \"piety\". To overcome Socrates' objection to his second definition of piety, Euthyphro amends his definition. (9e) Euthyphro's third definition of piety is: \"What \"all\" the gods love is pious, and what they \"all\" hate is impious.\" In reply, Socrates poses the question that would eventually become known in philosophy as the Euthyphro dilemma: \"Is the pious loved by the gods \"because\" it is pious? Or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?\". Euthyphro seems unsure as", "title": "Euthyphro" }, { "docid": "8330635", "text": "In keeping with this, it is often asserted that Canadian government policies such as publicly funded health care, higher taxation to distribute wealth, outlawing capital punishment, strong efforts to eliminate poverty in Canada, an emphasis on multiculturalism, imposing strict gun control, leniency in regard to drug use and most recently legalizing same-sex marriage make their country politically and culturally different from the United States. In a poll that asked what institutions made Canada feel most proud about their country, number one was health care, number two was the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and number three was peacekeeping. In a CBC contest", "title": "Canadian identity" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6573738", "text": "Nick Tilsley Nick Tilsley (also Platt; formerly credited as Nicky) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". He was born off-screen during an episode broadcast on 31 December 1980, but made his first appearance on 5 January 1981. He was played by Warren Jackson from 1981 until 6 September 1996. Adam Rickett took over the role on 15 October 1997 until 21 April 1999 but returned for three separate stints between 2002 and 2004 and made his final appearance as Nick on 11 July 2004. Ben Price took over the role on 21 December 2009.", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573738", "text": "Nick Tilsley Nick Tilsley (also Platt; formerly credited as Nicky) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". He was born off-screen during an episode broadcast on 31 December 1980, but made his first appearance on 5 January 1981. He was played by Warren Jackson from 1981 until 6 September 1996. Adam Rickett took over the role on 15 October 1997 until 21 April 1999 but returned for three separate stints between 2002 and 2004 and made his final appearance as Nick on 11 July 2004. Ben Price took over the role on 21 December 2009.", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573760", "text": "goodbye to Gail, Nick gets in his car and drives out of town to start a new life elsewhere. The character of Nick first appeared in 1981, when he was born; portrayed by Warren Jackson. In 1996, Jackson decided to leave Coronation Street to focus on his GCSEs and assumed he would return to the role the following year after his exams were finished; but was later axed from the programme completely. Speaking of his shock at his axing in 2004, Jackson revealed that he was adamant that he was returning to the show after his exams and didn't know", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "10306476", "text": "and before that \"Arthur\". Jack himself made two appearances that year. By the time she became a street resident and a more regular character, her husband was named \"Bert\" and they had an adult son, Brian (Christopher Quinten). Ivy is the grandmother of Nick Tilsley (Warren Jackson) and Sarah Platt (Lynsay and Leah King). Storylines have included her feud with Brian's wife Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth), losing her husband and son and her relationship with Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff). Ivy is introduced as a worker at the Mark Brittain warehouse. She and another worker Edna Gee (Mavis Rogerson) started spreading", "title": "Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "82829", "text": "This rating is sometimes incorrectly credited to the 8 December 1989 tram death episode. Other stories included the birth of Nicky Tilsley (Warren Jackson) in 1980, Elsie Tanner's departure and Stan Ogden's funeral in 1984, the birth of Sarah-Louise Tilsley (Lynsay King) in 1987, and Brian Tilsley's murder in 1989. New characters were introduced, such as Terry Duckworth (Nigel Pivaro), Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy), Martin Platt (Sean Wilson), Reg Holdsworth (Ken Morley), and the McDonald family; one of whom, Simon Gregson, started on the show as Steve McDonald a week after his 15th birthday, and has been on the show", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "3460322", "text": "Coronation Street were re-casting the part of Nick, Rickitt auditioned for the part and got the job. The part had been played by actor Warren Jackson until 1996 when the character moved to Canada. Rickitt left the series in 1999, returning briefly in 2002 and for a longer spell from 2003 to 2004 after which he along with several cast members were sacked when a new producer came to the show. His most famous and controversial storyline was in 2003 when the character of Nick was involved in the series' first gay kiss with Todd Grimshaw (played by Bruno Langley).", "title": "Adam Rickitt" }, { "docid": "8284632", "text": "absence from the serial. In October 2014, it was announced that O'Brien would reprise the role, she returned on screen on 30 March 2015. Sarah is the daughter of Gail (Helen Worth) and Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten); sister to Nick Tilsley (Warren Jackson, Adam Rickitt, Ben Price); half-sister to David Platt (Thomas Ormson, Jack P. Shepherd); granddaughter to Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), Ted Page (David Byrne) and Bert (Peter Dudley) and Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie); and mother to Bethany (Mia Cookson, Amy & Emily Walton, Lucy Fallon), Billy and Harry. Sarah is born prematurely in February 1987 and questions are", "title": "Sarah Platt" } ]

[ { "docid": "5894237", "text": "January 2017 it was announced that he would be leaving the role of Nick Tilsley in \"Coronation Street\" later in 2017. On 23 April 2018 it was announced that Price would be returning to \"Coronation Street\" in summer 2018 and will appear on screen from autumn 2018 following a year away from the role. Ben Price Ben Price (born 1 January 1972) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\" and made three films as a writer/director, the first of which, \"I'm Sorry To Tell You\",", "title": "Ben Price" }, { "docid": "6573749", "text": "and Steve McDonald; who were on a night out together. Angry with Maria for sleeping with her stepsister Toyah Battersby's (Georgia Taylor) boyfriend John Arnley, Leanne attempted to come between them. Having lured Nick to her flat, she sent Maria a photo of them together. Maria dumps Nick and he leaves Coronation Street, taking a job in Nottingham. On Christmas Day 2009, Nick (now played by Ben Price) returns to Weatherfield. He becomes interested in buying a share of Underworld but Carla Connor (Alison King) declines his offer. He briefly meets Leanne, who has told Carla not to trust Nick", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "14766064", "text": "Matt Carter (Coronation Street) Doctor Matt Carter is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\", played by Oliver Mellor. He made his first on screen appearance on 20 August 2010. On 30 June 2013, Mellor revealed that he had quit the show and Matt would not appear again or have an on-screen exit. Natasha Blakeman (Rachel Leskovac) first sees Matt and confides in him that she has just had an abortion. She tells him that she does not want her partner, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) to know and he promises to keep her secret, even when", "title": "Matt Carter (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "4879273", "text": "Travel\", \"Here I Stand\", \"The Shabby Tiger\", \"Strangers\" and \"Crown Court\". He also played two further small roles in \"Coronation Street\" during this time, as Duggie Bowker in 1973 and as Donald Anderson in 1978. After these bit parts, he was eventually cast as series regular Bert Tilsley, appearing from January 1979 onwards. Bert was the husband of Ivy Tilsley (played by Lynne Perrie) and father of Brian Tilsley (played by Christopher Quinten). Although Dudley was openly gay to the cast and crew of \"Coronation Street\", in 1981 he was observed exposing himself to another man in a public toilet", "title": "Peter Dudley" }, { "docid": "5589610", "text": "Christopher Quinten Christopher Quinten (born Christopher Bell; 12 July 1957) is a British actor, best known for his role as Brian Tilsley on \"Coronation Street\", which he played from 1978 to 1989. Quinten started his career as a dancer in West End productions, including the Victoria Palace with Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck. He turned to acting and had his first role in the 1978 film \"International Velvet\", starring Tatum O'Neal. This appearance led to small parts in television series like \"Quatermass\" and \"Hazell\", and was also noticed by the \"Coronation Street\" casting offices, who gave Ivy Tilsley, the oft-seen", "title": "Christopher Quinten" }, { "docid": "6573770", "text": "it's going to go! But I think that would be great. But I think it could also be great if there's someone else on the Street who could come into his life. It's nice to keep spicing things up, really.\" In September 2014, it was announced that \"Coronation Street\" producers had signed up former \"Emmerdale\" and \"Bad Girls\" star Claire King for a guest stint as Erica Holroyd. It was revealed that the newcomer's arrival leads to some happier times for Nick as Erica immediately sets her sights on him, leading to a fling between the pair. Producer Stuart Blackburn", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "82916", "text": "were unavailable so the characters were recast with Paul Barber and Philip Whitchurch. The show ran for 26 episodes over four series. In 1985, a sister series, \"Albion Market\" was launched. It ran for one year, with 100 episodes produced. In 2010, several actors from the show appeared on \"The Jeremy Kyle Show\" as their soap characters: David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan). In the fictional, semi-improvised scenario, David accused Nick (his brother) and Tina (his ex-girlfriend) of sleeping together. \"Coronation Street\" and rival soap opera \"EastEnders\" had a crossover for \"Children", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "12072566", "text": "to pay up most of the debt. He then confesses to Gail about his problem, and Gail later suggests they sell up the house, pay his debts and use the rest of the money for a flat and the wedding. David doesn't like this and tells Audrey about it, who is angry at Gail. When Audrey can't get through to Gail, she later contacts her grandson Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) to speak some sense to Gail. However, when Nick meets Joe, he thinks Joe is an 'alright man' and they get along as Nick tells Gail he is pleased for", "title": "Joe McIntyre (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "7685388", "text": "Katona, Danniella Westbrook and Michael Barrymore. The thousandth episode, broadcast on 18 March 2010, featured actors from \"Coronation Street\" acting as their respective characters, discussing fictional problems within the show. The story centred on what happened on Christmas Day 2009 when Tina McIntyre (played by Michelle Keegan) and Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) kissed. David Platt (played by Jack P. Shepherd) suspects Tina slept with his half-brother. Kyle attempted to sort their fictitious problems in the manner in which he would with a real-life story. In the audience was Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey), David and Tina's friend. On 7 June 2013,", "title": "The Jeremy Kyle Show" }, { "docid": "82849", "text": "opera \"As the World Turns\" concluded. William Roache was listed as the world's longest-running soap actor. \"Coronation Street\" 50th anniversary week was celebrated with seven episodes, plus a special one-hour live episode, broadcast from 6–10 December. The episodes averaged 14 million viewers, a 52.1% share of the audience. The anniversary was also publicised with ITV specials and news broadcasts. In the storyline, Nick Tilsley and Leanne Battersby's bar—The Joinery—exploded during Peter Barlow's stag party. As a result, the viaduct was destroyed, sending a Metrolink tram careering onto the street, destroying D&S Alahan's Corner Shop and The Kabin. Two characters, Ashley", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "5591154", "text": "barely speak but reconcile after a family holiday in North Wales. However, tensions with Nick (as he now wants to be called) grow and are aggravated by Ivy's death in August 1995, more than a year after she had left Coronation Street. She leaves most of her estate to Nick - providing he changes his name back to Tilsley. Months of wrangling and bad feeling ensue, with Gail, Martin, Nick and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff), Ivy's second husband, constantly arguing. In January 1996, Gail settles the row by getting Don to pay Nick £12,000 for the house. Soon after, Gail", "title": "Gail McIntyre" }, { "docid": "3460320", "text": "Adam Rickitt Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978) is an English actor, singer and model. He played Nick Tilsley in the soap opera \"Coronation Street\" from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2004. He is now part of the pop group 5th Story, set up for \"The Big Reunion\". He married \"Good Morning Britain\" presenter Katy Fawcett on 20 December 2014. Rickitt was born in Crewe, the youngest of four brothers. His father is co-owner of an estate agency. Rickitt was educated at Sedbergh School, a boarding school in Cumbria. Rickitt has spoken publicly about suffering from", "title": "Adam Rickitt" }, { "docid": "3460331", "text": "that he was drunk at the time of the incident. Adam Rickitt Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978) is an English actor, singer and model. He played Nick Tilsley in the soap opera \"Coronation Street\" from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2004. He is now part of the pop group 5th Story, set up for \"The Big Reunion\". He married \"Good Morning Britain\" presenter Katy Fawcett on 20 December 2014. Rickitt was born in Crewe, the youngest of four brothers. His father is co-owner of an estate agency. Rickitt was educated at Sedbergh School, a boarding", "title": "Adam Rickitt" }, { "docid": "5887412", "text": "Martin Platt Martin Platt is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\", portrayed by Sean Wilson. His major storylines were a relationship with Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth) following the death of her estranged husband Brian (Christopher Quinten) and the birth of their child David (Jack P. Shepherd); a feud with Gail's former mother-in-law Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie); the adoption of Brian's children Sarah-Louise (Tina O'Brien) and Nick (Ben Price); affairs with Cathy Power (Theresa Brindley) and Rebecca Hopkins (Jill Halfpenny); his relationship with 16-year-old Katy Harris; and his involvement in the rescue of Gail and her", "title": "Martin Platt" }, { "docid": "5591208", "text": "storylines. Gail McIntyre Gail Rodwell (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman and McIntyre) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". Portrayed by Helen Worth, the character first appeared on-screen on 29 July 1974. As of 2018, Gail has been on the show for 44 years, which currently makes her the third longest-running character on the show after Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). Gail is the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne) and is the mother of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and David Platt", "title": "Gail McIntyre" }, { "docid": "5591136", "text": "Gail McIntyre Gail Rodwell (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman and McIntyre) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". Portrayed by Helen Worth, the character first appeared on-screen on 29 July 1974. As of 2018, Gail has been on the show for 44 years, which currently makes her the third longest-running character on the show after Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). Gail is the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne) and is the mother of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and David Platt (Jack", "title": "Gail McIntyre" }, { "docid": "5894233", "text": "Ben Price Ben Price (born 1 January 1972) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\" and made three films as a writer/director, the first of which, \"I'm Sorry To Tell You\", was BAFTA long-listed. Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre. He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996. He started his career at the Manchester", "title": "Ben Price" }, { "docid": "82834", "text": "wife Mavis, was angered by the firing of her co-star and resigned. The production team lost some of its key writers when Barry Hill, Adele Rose and Julian Roach all resigned as well. In line with Park's suggestion, younger characters were introduced: Nick Tilsley was recast, played by Adam Rickitt, single mother Zoe Tattersall (Joanne Froggatt) first appeared, and the Battersbys moved into No.5. Storylines focussed on tackling 'issues', such as drug dealers, eco-warriors, religious cults, and a transsexual woman. Park quit in 1998, after deciding that he had done what he intended to do; he maintained that his biggest", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "14509598", "text": "and insists that Russ isn't bullying him at school. Leanne apologises to Cheryl. She tells Leanne she was wrong and forgives her. Leanne later offers Cheryl a job at \"The Joinery\" bar which she is opening with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price). On 6 December 2010 Cheryl is working when the Joinery explodes, destroying the viaduct above and sending a tram crashing onto the street. She is later rescued and brought out of the wreckage alive and is reunited with Russ. When the Joinery re-opens as a Bistro, Cheryl continues to work there. Nick realises he needs a manager so Cheryl", "title": "Cheryl Gray (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "10306475", "text": "Ivy Tilsley Ivy Joan Tilsley (originally credited as Ivy Tyldesley, also Nelson and later Brennan) is a fictional character from the British soap opera \"Coronation Street\". Played by Lynne Perrie, Ivy first appeared on-screen on 14 June 1971, initially on a recurring basis, before becoming a regular in 1979. As the character continued development, Ivy's stringent religious beliefs would become a synonymous part of her storylines on the show. In the 1975 episode where the Mark Brittain warehouse burnt down, Ivy mentions that she is childless and her husband's name is \"Jack\"; before that, her husband was called \"Wilf Tyldesley\",", "title": "Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "5864485", "text": "later split from him, after his affair with Carla Connor (Alison King) was exposed. After a volatile reconciliation, she and Nick married for the second time in January 2013, but late January 2014, Nick decided it was best for them to be apart, as he was suffering with long-term brain damage. After a one-night stand, Leanne becomes pregnant with Steve McDonald's (Simon Gregson) baby and gives birth to a son, Oliver Battersby. Leanne moves to Coronation Street with her father Les, stepmother Janice and stepsister Toyah in July 1997. She starts dating Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt), despite his mother, Gail", "title": "Leanne Battersby" }, { "docid": "8217914", "text": "renames it \"Barlow's Bookies\". Peter begins a relationship with Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson). Peter and Leanne decide to open a bar, but Ken is hesitant about the venture because of Peter's alcoholism. On the opening night of the bar, Peter falls off the wagon and gets drunk and is forced to go to rehab. Peter and Leanne get engaged, but Peter feels threatened by the return of Leanne's former husband, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), until Leanne convinces him that Nick is just a friend. Nick decides to open the bar and offers Leanne a job as bar manager. Feeling guilty", "title": "Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "6070509", "text": "immediate surrounding streets. As part of 2010 Children In Need charity appeal, Weatherfield became twinned with Walford in a special programme uniting the two soaps \"Coronation Street\" and \"EastEnders\" called \"East Street\". Formerly \"Bessie Street Mixed Infants\" and \"Bessie Street Juniors\", \"Bessie Street Primary School\" is the main institution for primary education in Weatherfield. Headteachers: Wilfred Perkins (1972-74), Mrs Nandhra (2010), Miss Muirhouse (2014), Brian Packham (2011–13), Mrs Glover (2014-) Many of the characters in the programme attended Bessie Street as children, including Albert Tatlock, Ken Barlow, Dennis Tanner, Tracy Barlow, Nick Tilsley, David Platt, Chesney Battersby-Brown, Bethany Platt, Joshua", "title": "Weatherfield" }, { "docid": "10306489", "text": "a caricature. Her power struggles with daughter-in-law Gail were legendary, and it was also fascinating to see a character whose religion dominated her life to such a degree.\" Ivy Tilsley Ivy Joan Tilsley (originally credited as Ivy Tyldesley, also Nelson and later Brennan) is a fictional character from the British soap opera \"Coronation Street\". Played by Lynne Perrie, Ivy first appeared on-screen on 14 June 1971, initially on a recurring basis, before becoming a regular in 1979. As the character continued development, Ivy's stringent religious beliefs would become a synonymous part of her storylines on the show. In the 1975", "title": "Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "8217937", "text": "comes to her aid when she is arrested for drink driving. A source said: \"Carla is feeling vulnerable and Peter is there,\" a source told the paper. \"They soon become more than friends. He's stunned when she tells him she hasn't felt like this about anyone since Liam.\" Asked what is attracting Carla to Peter, King replied: \"In Peter she has found someone who understands what she is going through.\" Carla's best friend Leanne (Jane Danson) who is in a relationship with Peter would tell Carla that she is in love with her ex-husband Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), \"This storyline", "title": "Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "9384054", "text": "a casino where she bumps into Robert Preston (Tristan Gemmill), Tracy Barlow's (Kate Ford) ex-husband, who had just broken up with her for planning to elope with Rob, and after gambling with him, Carla has sex with him. She instantly regrets it, and confides in Michelle, who attempts to persuade Carla not to tell fiancée Nick Tilsley (Ben Price). Carla tells Aidan and Kate about Johnny being her dad and they disown him. They and Carla eventually reconcile with him. In January 2016, Carla tries to stop Robert from buying into the bistro and they have an argument, with Tracy", "title": "Storylines of Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "5819516", "text": "David Platt (Coronation Street) David Platt (also Tilsley) is a fictional character from the British soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". He was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 25 December 1990. He was played by Thomas Ormson from his first appearance until 15 March 2000 when Ormson left. Jack P. Shepherd took over the role and made his first on screen appearance on 26 April 2000. David is the son of Martin (Sean Wilson) and Gail Platt (Helen Worth). David was born on Christmas Day 1990. Martin's friend Carmel Finnan (Catherine Cusack) tried to kidnap David when he was a", "title": "David Platt (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "17073933", "text": "The Ghost of Ivy Tilsley The Ghost Of Ivy Tilsley was a Channel 4 documentary broadcast at 8.00pm on 5 October 1996. The programme told the story of singer and Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, who spoke about how she had lost her sense of self in her search for fame. Known to the soap's fans as 'Poison Ivy', she had left the series in a blaze of publicity two years earlier – after a 23-year stint as a cast member – and was filmed packing up to return to Yorkshire and the husband (Derrick Barksby) who stood by her", "title": "The Ghost of Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "9384027", "text": "the next day. On that night, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), who had been having an affair with Leanne, ushered Peter into his office of The Joinery bar, with the intention of revealing all. Molly decided to leave her husband Tyrone (Alan Halsall), however, when he refused to allow her to leave with baby Jack, was forced to reveal to him that he wasn't the boy's father but didn't name Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) as his actual biological father. As a result, a devastated Tyrone allowed her to leave with him and she headed to the corner shop to say", "title": "Storylines of Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "3876842", "text": "London textile magnate Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) also backfired. Feast refused to sign a new contract, stating in the British national press that he didn't want to become \"another \"Coronation Street\" cabbage\" which some thought to be referring to several cast members, possibly Peter Dudley (who played Bert Tilsley), Jack Howarth (who played Albert Tatlock) and Bernard Youens (who played Stan Ogden), all of whom had recently died, and thus the remark was deemed tasteless. Fred Gee was not killed off at that point, he was simply never mentioned again. He last appeared in the soap in December 1984. His", "title": "Fred Feast" }, { "docid": "6070557", "text": "May 2014, Lloyd Mullaney was rushed to Weatherfield General Hospital after suffering a heart attack, and Sarah Platt's baby son Billy was born and died here. A pregnant Kylie Platt also took a trip to Weatherfield General Hospital in January 2013 after falling off a table while drunk in The Rovers Return Inn, and David Platt and Nick Tilsley were both rushed here after a horrific lorry accident in August 2013. The medical practice situated on the junction between Rosamund Street and Coronation Street. Gail Platt was employed as a receptionist at the practice, until 2010 when she lost the", "title": "Weatherfield" }, { "docid": "5744866", "text": "decided to rename Coronation Street Alf Roberts Street in his honour, and Alf was hurt when the locals opposed it. He was also made an OBE for services to local Government. When Alf became mayor for the second time, Audrey declined to be mayoress, and Alf asked Betty Turpin (Betty Driver) instead. A compromise was later reached. When Alf retired from the council, Audrey held his seat for a while. On New Year's Eve 1998, the Roberts attended Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt)'s 18th birthday party at Gail's house. Worn out from dancing, Alf slumped onto an armchair where he suffered", "title": "Alf Roberts" }, { "docid": "15156493", "text": "marked with a storyline in which the residents had to deal with a tragic accident and its aftermath. In the storyline, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and Leanne Battersby's (Jane Danson) bar - The Joinery - explodes during Peter Barlow's (Chris Gascoyne) stag party. As a result, the viaduct running above the restaurant is destroyed, sending a tram careering onto the street, destroying D&S Alahan's Corner Shop and \"The Kabin\". Two characters, Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns), and an unnamed taxi driver perished as a result of the disaster. Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) survives despite being trapped", "title": "Coronation Street Live (2010 episode)" }, { "docid": "17073936", "text": "where she performed the song \"You Needed Me\" live. The Ghost of Ivy Tilsley The Ghost Of Ivy Tilsley was a Channel 4 documentary broadcast at 8.00pm on 5 October 1996. The programme told the story of singer and Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, who spoke about how she had lost her sense of self in her search for fame. Known to the soap's fans as 'Poison Ivy', she had left the series in a blaze of publicity two years earlier – after a 23-year stint as a cast member – and was filmed packing up to return to Yorkshire", "title": "The Ghost of Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "5864483", "text": "Leanne Battersby Leanne Battersby (also Tilsley and Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\", played by Jane Danson. It was announced in February 1997 that a \"family from hell\" would be introduced to \"Coronation Street\". This included Les (Bruce Jones) and Janice Battersby (Vicky Entwistle), Les's daughter Leanne and Janice's daughter Toyah (Georgia Taylor). Leanne made her first appearance on 4 July 1997. Danson left the series on 23 August 2000 and returned on 7 June 2004. Danson later took maternity leave in 2006 and returned in early 2007. Danson took another maternity break", "title": "Leanne Battersby" }, { "docid": "5894235", "text": "2006 in Edinburgh. He starred in \"Casualty\" as corporate director Nathan Spencer between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by \"Stage and Screen\" magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of \"Out\" magazine. In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show \"The Tudors\", playing the martyr John Lambert. Price joined \"Coronation Street\" as Nick Tilsley in 2009. He began filming on 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009. In January 2015, Price set up", "title": "Ben Price" }, { "docid": "12806842", "text": "Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), however, this never materialised and Natasha made her last appearance on 27 September 2010. Rachel Leskovac was to take on the role, with a Coronation Street spokesman confirming it: \"Rachel's very well known in TV land as she has been in countless series and dramas. To have her new character in the salon is a smashing coup.\" The actress stated in an interview that she only felt really part of the backstage family when her character became more involved with central storylines saying: \"Last year, it was a bit sporadic because I wasn't in for weeks", "title": "Natasha Blakeman" }, { "docid": "8423654", "text": "(Nick Tilsley). Thomas said that his time in Kenya changed him as a person and made him realise how much he has in life. Thomas left \"Coronation Street\" in June 2016. He told Daniel Kilkelly of \"Digital Spy\" that he wanted \"a different experience\" and the chance to pursue other roles. He added \"It could be stage, it could be TV, or I could disappear and start learning my craft – start from the bottom and do some acting classes again. These are all things that I need to do because I feel like I haven't done them yet.\" He", "title": "Ryan Thomas" }, { "docid": "9174450", "text": "of \"Upstairs, Downstairs\" as the new housemaid Daisy Peel (later Barnes). She played this role for 32 episodes until the programme's end in 1975. After \"Upstairs, Downstairs\" finished she went back to theatre and played at Coventry rep. She also had roles on television in \"Hard Times\", \"Spearhead\" and, alongside Lesley-Anne Down who had appeared with her in \"Upstairs, Downstairs\", in \"The One and Only Phyllis Dixey\". From February to April 1982, Tong made several appearances in \"Coronation Street\" as Jackie Moffat, a neighbour of Gail Tilsley. During the 1980s and 1990s, she appeared in \"Growing Rich\", \"Middlemarch\" and \"David", "title": "Jacqueline Tong" }, { "docid": "9384056", "text": "wrong place. Johnny, fearing that Tracy will ruin everything, locks her in a storeroom in Underworld. Carla, feeling guilty, tells Nick about Robert. He forgives her and they continue the wedding. Tracy breaks free and tells Nick about the blackmail, leading Nick to split up with her and to punch Robert, who splits up with Tracy, and Gail Rodwell (Helen Worth) slapping Carla. In February 2016, when it was announced that Paula Lane, who played Kylie Platt since 2010, had quit the soap after five years, \"Coronation Street\" producers also announced that they were working on a \"top secret storyline\"", "title": "Storylines of Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "6072014", "text": "by the locals. Tina and Jason buy No. 12a Coronation Street and move in together in July 2009. Jason and Tina redecorate the flat and hold a house-warming party in September 2009 but in November, a loan shark named Rick Neelan fakes interest in buying the flat, when he is actually waiting for Tina's father, Joe (Reece Dinsdale), about the debt he owes him. Before Christmas 2009, Tina and Jason row after it is discovered that Jason is still married to Sarah. In retaliation, she shares a kiss with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), his brother-in-law. They reconcile however, and in", "title": "Jason Grimshaw" }, { "docid": "3460321", "text": "bulimia in his teenage years and about how male sufferers have largely been neglected. Prior to his acting career, Rickitt had briefly been a child model. He subsequently modelled for numerous UK magazines such as \"Attitude\" and \"Cosmopolitan\". Rickitt is most famous for his role on popular ITV soap opera \"Coronation Street\", where he took over the role of Nick Tilsley in 1997. His girlfriend sent his pictures to various showbusiness agents, one of whom was Nigel Martin-Smith. At first Martin-Smith had the idea of putting him in a boy band he was forming, but when he found out that", "title": "Adam Rickitt" }, { "docid": "10306486", "text": "only if he changed his surname from Platt back to Tilsley, much to Gail and Martin's annoyance (Sarah-Louise escaped this condition as Ivy said that she would probably change her name in the future). She and Don were left with nothing. Don is almost evicted as he and the Platts fight over Ivy's legacy; this eventually ends with Don buying No.5 from Nicky for £12,000. With Martin and Gail's blessing, Nicky changes his surname back to Tilsley. Perrie joined \"Coronation Street\" in 1971 as a semi-regular character before joining full time in 1979. The character of Ivy was described as", "title": "Ivy Tilsley" }, { "docid": "9383954", "text": "character, it was revealed that he had been returning home from an affair, cheating on his wife Rita (Barbara Knox). Adamson celebrated the character's death by delivering an obituary on TV-am dressed as an undertaker. In 1988, actor Christopher Quinten, who had played Brian Tilsley since 27 December 1978, told bosses at Granada that he was going to move to the United States to marry his then-fiancée, American talk show host Leeza Gibbons and to build an acting career in Los Angeles. In announcing his resignation, Quinten tried to ensure that his role would be left open for him to", "title": "Storylines of Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "3609291", "text": "Fellows released one more album in 1985 under his own name titled \"Love at the Haçienda,\" which was re-released in 2004. In 2000 he appeared as Alan Stephens, a St John Ambulanceman in two episodes of \"Time Gentlemen Please\". Prior to creating Shuttleworth, Fellows appeared in \"Coronation Street\" as Les Charlton, a young biker chasing the affections of married Gail Platt (then Tilsley). During his fame as Jilted John, Fellows had first appeared on \"Coronation Street\" in a very brief cameo role in which he meets Gail, single at the time, on the street in Manchester. In 2007 he appeared", "title": "Graham Fellows" }, { "docid": "6072039", "text": "into Liz and Jim McDonald's old house on the street. Producers hoped Thomas and Langley would achieve the same heartthrob status as Adam Rickitt, who played Nick Tilsley for two years before leaving to pursue a pop career. \"We thought it was time for some good looking boys,\" said a spokeswoman. The Grimshaws are often portrayed as arguing rivals in their scenes. Jason and his brother Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) are portrayed as \"bickering brothers\". Jason is often cheeky to their mother, Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver). Thomas told a reporter from \"Soaplife\" that he and Langley were best friends off-screen.", "title": "Jason Grimshaw" }, { "docid": "5819540", "text": "Street\" was cleared by TV watchdogs after 31 complaints about scenes of 'bullying and torture'\". Investigators eventually ruled that the torture scenes \"were editorially justified by plot development, characters involved and the manner of editing.\" Tony Stewart of the \"Daily Mirror\" refers to the character as \"David Pratt\" when writing reviews of any storyline he features in, due to the character's way of seemingly always getting away with outlandish things. In magazine articles he is often referred to as \"Demon David\", \"Teen Tormenter\" or \"Psycho Platt\". David Platt (Coronation Street) David Platt (also Tilsley) is a fictional character from the", "title": "David Platt (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "6573767", "text": "so I think it's good that they went with someone else.\" Jane Danson, who plays Leanne, said she was \"intrigued\" by the decision to re-introduce Nick played by a different actor, Ben Price. Nick was married to Leanne from 1998 until 1999. Leanne and Nick split in 1999 and Nick started dating Maria Connor (Samia Smith). Speaking about Nick's re-introduction, Danson said it's interesting when an old character is re-introduced because even though it's a different actor, the previous baggage remains. Danson said that Nick has been involved with both Leanne and Maria and said obviously his family are there", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573769", "text": "with Tina, then he moved to Kelly. I'm getting through the whole of the Street, I'll be on to Rita by the end of the year!\" Price added that he is expecting a storyline to develop between Nick and Leanne. He added: \"You'll see him bump into Leanne soon. I'm sure stuff will come out of that, there's a story there.\" Asked whether if he wants to see Leanne and Nick to get back together, Price said: \"There'd have to be a big journey to get to that point, but yeah, I would. But who knows? I don't know how", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "5589614", "text": "Comic Relief sketch alongside Rustie Lee & Bob Carolgees. In 2016 it was reported that Quinten now works at Stringfellows erotic nightclub in London. In August 2005 Quinten was charged with rape. In June 2006 he was cleared of this charge. With partner Alison Slater (ex-Stringfellow's dancer), he has a daughter Sydney (b. 2005). Christopher Quinten Christopher Quinten (born Christopher Bell; 12 July 1957) is a British actor, best known for his role as Brian Tilsley on \"Coronation Street\", which he played from 1978 to 1989. Quinten started his career as a dancer in West End productions, including the Victoria", "title": "Christopher Quinten" }, { "docid": "4879271", "text": "Peter Dudley Peter Dudley (21 June 1935 – 20 October 1983) was an English character actor best known for his role as Bert Tilsley in the ITV television series \"Coronation Street\"; a role he played continuously from 1979 until his death in 1983. As a child, Dudley harboured a desire to become an actor, but after leaving school, he began his working life as a doffer in a local mill—but this job lasted only two days. He then took a job in a grocer's shop before he joined the Bolton Hippodrome where he stayed for six months. He then worked", "title": "Peter Dudley" }, { "docid": "4879276", "text": "second trial was heard, he suffered two heart attacks and a further stroke. He died on 20 October 1983 in Salford Royal Hospital, aged 48 years. He was cremated at Blackley Crematorium, Manchester on 25 October 1983. Peter Dudley Peter Dudley (21 June 1935 – 20 October 1983) was an English character actor best known for his role as Bert Tilsley in the ITV television series \"Coronation Street\"; a role he played continuously from 1979 until his death in 1983. As a child, Dudley harboured a desire to become an actor, but after leaving school, he began his working life", "title": "Peter Dudley" }, { "docid": "5591402", "text": "Audrey Roberts Audrey Roberts (also Potter) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\", played by Sue Nicholls. Audrey made her first appearance over 39 years ago on 16 April 1979 and appeared on a recurring basis for three years until April 1982. She returned over two years later in July 1984, before becoming a full-time regular character from 1985. Audrey Potter makes her first appearance at daughter Gail's (Helen Worth) engagement party to Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten). As an unmarried mother, Audrey is not considered a suitable match for widowed local councillor, Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley).", "title": "Audrey Roberts" }, { "docid": "7440799", "text": "house on Coronation Street. The character became infamous for interfering, and was known for her acid tongue. As a result, Ivy Tilsley was nicknamed 'Poison Ivy' by the media. During the early 1970s, whilst still only a semi-regular on \"Coronation Street\", Perrie was always available to take up other acting work. She appeared in early episodes of several popular television shows such as the children's serials \"Follyfoot\" and \"The Intruder\", in which she starred as Mavis the hairdresser, the long-running courtroom drama series \"Crown Court\", and the sitcom \"The Cuckoo Waltz\". Perrie's first regular television role was in the popular", "title": "Lynne Perrie" }, { "docid": "4458758", "text": "from \"Coronation Street\" after selling stories about the show and cast members Barbara Knox (his on-screen wife Rita), Christopher Quinten (Brian Tilsley), Doris Speed (Annie Walker), Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin), William Roache (Ken Barlow), Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) and Patricia Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) to the Sun newspaper journalist Dan Slater. Following his arrest for alleged indecent assaults in April 1983, Granada Television decided not to support him financially through his legal problems. Although he was cleared of the charge in July, he was sacked from \"Coronation Street\" by producer Bill Podmore on 26 August 1983 for breach of contract when", "title": "Peter Adamson (actor)" }, { "docid": "6573742", "text": "her house if he kept the name Tilsley. She persuaded him to become an altar-boy at St. Luke's in exchange for a place on the football team. Ivy also reported Gail to social services as an unfit mother. Nicky's relationship with Ivy caused friction with Martin. Nicky begun to rebel, taking up smoking and demanding to be called \"Nick\". When Ivy died in 1995, her will stipulated that Nick must change his name back to Tilsley to inherit her house, which shocked Gail and Martin. He did so and arguments sprang up about the house, then occupied by Ivy's widow", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573757", "text": "him straight. She then leaves the street to look after her mother. When Erica returns, she tells Nick that she is pregnant and he decides to be there for Erica. At a pub quiz in May 2015, Erica has stomach pains and she is rushed to hospital, where Nick and Erica learn that she has had a miscarriage. In July 2015, Nick soon starts a relationship with Carla and he helps her get help for her gambling addiction. In December 2015, Carla later proposes to Nick and Nick accepts. The next day, Nick gathers his and Carla's families together and", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "8284631", "text": "Sarah Platt Sarah Platt (also Tilsley and Grimshaw) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera \"Coronation Street\". She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 and by Lynsay King from 1987 until 8 October 1999 when King opted to leave to focus on her education. Tina O'Brien took over the role on 31 October 1999; she opted to leave in 2007 and made her final on-screen appearance on 30 December 2007. A number of false rumours about O'Brien returning to the role surfaced during her", "title": "Sarah Platt" }, { "docid": "6573764", "text": "they'll go with it, but I can't worry about it too much.\" Price made his on-screen debut as Nick on 21 December 2009. In July 2010, it was reported that Rickitt turned down an offer to return. In June 2011, Price signed a new one-year contract. Nick Tilsley is the first-born child and only son of Brian Tilsley (Chris Quinten) and Gail Platt (Helen Worth), born on New Year's Eve 1980 and known as \"Nicky\". Nicky's first few years are spent in a happy home but Brian and Gail clash over Gail's desire to work and holier than thou attitude", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573778", "text": "how else would you explain him returning to the soap ten years older than he should be? Casting a much older actor was never going to be the easiest transition, but that aside, there doesn't seem to have been an awful lot of point to his on/off return. He wasn't the most likeable character when he was in it before and he isn't particularly interesting now.\" In August 2017, Price was longlisted for Best Exit at the Inside Soap Awards, while Nick's quicksand accident was longlisted for Best Show-Stopper. Neither nominations progressed to the viewer-voted shortlist. Nick Tilsley Nick Tilsley", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "14917832", "text": "on the set next door to the real life \"Coronation Street\" set, who were also filming. The role of Tony Warren, \"Coronation Street\"s creator and writer, was given to actor David Dawson. \"Coronation Street\"s producer, Canadian-born Harry Elton, was played by Christian McKay. Casting director Margaret Morris and her young assistant Josie Scott, who befriends Warren, were played by Jane Horrocks and Sophia Di Martino, respectively. Derek Bennett, the director, was portrayed by Shaun Dooley, while Sidney Bernstein was played by Steven Berkoff. Jessie Wallace was given the role of Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in \"Coronation Street\". Wallace,", "title": "The Road to Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "8284683", "text": "in 2000. She was nominated for \"Best Actress\" at the 2005 British Soap Awards. O'Brien was also nominated for \"Best Actress\" at the 2016 Inside Soap Awards. Her portrayal of Sarah in her psychosis storyline earned her the award for \"Best Performance in a Continuing Drama\" at the RTS North West Awards 2016. O'Brien stated that she was \"proud\" to win the award, with her colleague Jane Danson, who was also nominated for the award, congratulating her on the win. Sarah Platt Sarah Platt (also Tilsley and Grimshaw) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera \"Coronation Street\".", "title": "Sarah Platt" }, { "docid": "12675411", "text": "to Hayley and betrayed her, and Anna does her best to comfort him. Anna is weary when Faye brings her new friend Grace Piper (Ella-Grace Gregoire) home for tea. Grace seems lovely, and Anna falls her tactics when it is revealed that Grace is in fact a manipulative girl who uses Faye in her dangerous games. Grace and Faye cause havoc all over Coronation Street, but it isn't until the pair attack Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) that Anna loses her temper with Faye. After Simon's stepmother Leanne Tilsley (Jane Danson) has confronted Faye, Anna asks for the truth, but Faye", "title": "Anna Windass" }, { "docid": "6573762", "text": "me a good year to come to terms with it. Back then I was maybe a bit angry, although not now.\" The producers decided to reintroduce the character of Nick a year later in 1997, with the character being recast and now played by Adam Rickitt. After three years of playing Nick, Rickitt decided to leave the show and left in 1999 but he returned for three short stints in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He appeared as Nick for the last time in July 2004. In early-2009, it was reported that producers were discussing bringing back Nick, but Adam Rickitt", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573763", "text": "was unavailable because he was starring in \"Shortland Street\", a soap opera in New Zealand. The producers decided to recast the character for the second time. The role went to former \"Footballers' Wives\"' star Ben Price. Commenting on the recasting, Ben Price said \"I'm not playing Adam Rickitt—I'm playing Nick and Nick's moved on [with his life]. It's been five years and you move a lot over that time. I'm sure people will think he's not like 'the other Nick', but hopefully they'll think I'm bringing something better, nicer or a bit different to the show. If I'm good enough,", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573766", "text": "search, leading to a standoff between Gail and Brian at a motorway service station where Brian leaves with his son. Finally, Brian realises that Nicky needs his mother and they reconcile. Nick has been described as sexy, a tease and handsome. When Nick returned in 2009, new actor Ben Price described the character as a smart businessman and always wanting control. He also stated that the character has changed a lot since 2004. \"Nick's got to be a bit harder now. He's got to start running the Street and looking after his mum and start to get David into place,", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "82816", "text": "(Anne Kirkbride), Rita Littlewood (Barbara Knox), Mavis Riley (Thelma Barlow) and Ivy Tyldesley (Lynne Perrie) were built up between 1972 and 1973 (with Perrie's character being renamed to the better-known \"Tilsley\"), and characters such as Gail Potter (Helen Worth), Blanche Hunt (Patricia Cutts, Maggie Jones), and Vera Duckworth (Elizabeth Dawn) first appearing in 1974. These characters would remain at the centre of the programme for many years. Comic storylines had been popular in the series in the 1960s, but had become sparse during the early 1970s. These were re-introduced by new producer Bill Podmore who joined the series in 1976.", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "8924680", "text": "Nutgrove Shopping Centre Nutgrove Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. Anchor tenants include Tesco, McDonald's, Dunnes Stores, Penneys and Argos. Since its grand opening in October 1984 at which the ribbon was officially cut by Coronation Street actress Helen Worth who portrays Gail McIntyre, then Tilsley, on the long running British soap opera, Nutgrove Shopping centre has been serving the shoppers of South County Dublin. The centre was built on part of the old Lamb's Jam orchards. The Centre is now more than The first drive-through restaurant (a McDonald's drive-thru) in Europe opened at", "title": "Nutgrove Shopping Centre" }, { "docid": "6573745", "text": "details of the crime he had been imprisoned for, Nick realised that Darren was the man who killed his father. Wanting revenge, he wrote to Darren under Leanne's name, asking to meet. Darren agreed, and, when released on parole, he visited Leanne; who was frightened and furious with Nick for putting her in danger. When Nick told Darren who he was, Darren threatened him. Nick reported him to the police and he was arrested and returned to prison for violating his parole conditions. In December 1998, Nick was short of money, and started modelling for his art teacher. Leanne suspected", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "16922036", "text": "deleted in 1997, just two years after its release. Today, it is quite rare. Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout was a VHS tape released on 15 May 1995. It starred \"Coronation Street\" actress Lynne Perrie, who had left the programme the year before after a twenty-three years of playing Ivy Tilsley (later Brennan). It was a parody of a fitness programme, aimed at the comedy/soft-porn market. The video was distributed by a small company called 'Mastiff World Productions Ltd', and was certified as a 15. The video's blurb reads: \"See our Lynne exert the least amount of", "title": "Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout" }, { "docid": "15059519", "text": "food in the hospital cafeteria. Health experts praised the show and Burnett for the initiative. The pairing of Nick and Waverley was described as \"totally right\" and was compared to the marriage of Ken and Deirdre Barlow in \"Coronation Street\". Nick's exit in 2005 was celebrated by Frances Grant, who labelled the character \"gormless\" and \"boring\", comparing him unfavorably to the \"Coronation Street\" character Ken Barlow. However following Burnett's appearance on the weight loss show \"Downsize Me\" in 2008, Grant criticised the shows writers for axing the character and suggested Burnett's weight loss could have been a potential storyline for", "title": "Nick Harrison" }, { "docid": "16922032", "text": "Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout was a VHS tape released on 15 May 1995. It starred \"Coronation Street\" actress Lynne Perrie, who had left the programme the year before after a twenty-three years of playing Ivy Tilsley (later Brennan). It was a parody of a fitness programme, aimed at the comedy/soft-porn market. The video was distributed by a small company called 'Mastiff World Productions Ltd', and was certified as a 15. The video's blurb reads: \"See our Lynne exert the least amount of energy as she takes you into her interpretation of what exercise is all about.", "title": "Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout" }, { "docid": "6680389", "text": "and turns himself in to the police outside, which is witnessed by Dev, Jason and many other residents on the street. In 2014, Dev begins to develop feelings for Stella and he decides that he is unfit. Gary Windass (Mikey North) hears Dev talking about this, and recommends his army friend Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry), who has left the army and became a personal trainer. Initially, Dev declines the offer. However, Kal visits the Rovers and Dev later agrees to let Kal help him in his goal to get fit. Kal also begins training with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), who", "title": "Dev Alahan" }, { "docid": "6573758", "text": "he gives her an engagement ring. In May 2016, on the wedding day, Nick finds out about Carla's one night stand with Robert and that Tracy blackmailed her to give Robert the business. He forgives her and they marry, but he soon regrets it. He hits Robert before Carla goes on the rampage trying to knock Tracy over; but accidentally hits Cathy. This causes the majority of the street to hate her, so she leaves Weatherfield for good. In August 2016, Nick learns that Leanne is pregnant and is moving to Liverpool to be closer to Toyah. After a heart-to-heart", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6840863", "text": "in a row. Bill Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in \"Coronation Street\", was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in November 2012. Betty Driver, who played Betty Williams in \"Coronation Street\", was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in October 2011. Maggie Jones, who played Blanche Hunt in \"Coronation Street\", was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in December 2009. Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in \"Emmerdale\", was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in July 2008. Wendy Richard, who played Pauline Fowler in \"EastEnders\", was also remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in", "title": "The British Soap Awards" }, { "docid": "5864524", "text": "and danger in her life. She added that she loves the fact that her character and herself are opposites, because Leanne gives her a chance to do things that she wouldn't do in reality. Danson said she was \"intrigued\" by the decision to re-introduce Nick Tilsley played by a different actor, Ben Price. Leanne was married to Nick from 1998 until 1999. Leanne and Nick split in 1999 and Nick started dating Maria Connor (Samia Smith). Speaking about Nick's re-introduction, Danson said it's interesting when an old character is re-introduced because even though it's a different actor, the previous baggage", "title": "Leanne Battersby" }, { "docid": "6573754", "text": "seatbelt and stopped the van in the middle of the road, resulting in the van being hit by a lorry and knocking them unconscious. David only suffers minor injuries but Nick is in a coma and has an emergency operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. While Nick is in his coma, Kylie gives birth to a baby girl, who she names Lily Platt. When Nick awakes, he has a panic attack when he sees David. Later, when Nick can talk more fluently, he blackmails David to get a paternity test to see who Lily's father biological is;", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6573739", "text": "Price announced his intentions to leave the serial on 26 January 2017, before making his on-screen departure on 2 June 2017. However, on 23 April 2018, it was announced that Price would reprise his role as Nick, and returned on 12 October 2018. Nick is the first-born child of Brian (Christopher Quinten) and Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth). He is the older brother of Sarah (Tina O'Brien) and older half brother of David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) as well as the uncle of Bethany (Lucy Fallon), and Lily Platt (Brooke Malonie) and the grandson of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ivy", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "82918", "text": "with Norris learning the error of his ways and dancing on the cobbles. The original plan for this feature was to have included Jack Duckworth, along with Vera, but actor Bill Tarmey died before filming commenced. In the end a recording of his voice was played. \"Coronation Street: Family Album\" was several documentaries about various families living on the street. \"Farewell ...\" was several documentaries featuring the best moments of a single character who had recently left the series—most notably, Farewell Blanche (Hunt), Farewell Jack (Duckworth), Farewell Mike (Baldwin), Farewell Vera (Duckworth), Farewell Janice (Battersby), Farewell Liz (McDonald), Farewell Becky", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "10532240", "text": "Frank Barlow (Coronation Street) Frank Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, \"Coronation Street\", played by Frank Pemberton (1913-1971) As the head of the show's core Barlow family, Frank was one of the original twenty-one characters at the show's inception in 1960, along with wife Ida (Noel Dyson) and sons Ken (William Roache) and David (Alan Rothwell). In his time on \"Coronation Street\", Frank survived the death of Ida in 1961 and entered into a controversial relationship with younger woman Christine Appleby (Christine Hargreaves). He remained in a prominent role until May 1964, when the character", "title": "Frank Barlow (Coronation Street)" }, { "docid": "6573747", "text": "July 2002, and soon began dating Maria Sutherland (Samia Smith). She agreed to join him in Canada but learns from Audrey that he has a girlfriend. Heartbroken, she decides not to go. Later, having been reassured, she accompanies Nick to Canada, but soon returns, saying that Nick was not spending enough time with her. Nick returned in September 2003 and became friends with Sarah's boyfriend, Todd Grimshaw, (Bruno Langley). After a night of conversation and bonding, Todd, who was struggling with his sexuality, attempted to kiss Nick. In May 2004, Nick was disgusted when Sarah forgave Todd. Nick found work", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "6840861", "text": "end credits in the broadcast version, dedications appeared to Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden in \"Coronation Street\"), who died in October 2016, and Roy Barraclough (Alec Gilroy in \"Coronation Street\"), who died in June 2017. Peter Baldwin (Derek Wilton in \"Coronation Street\"), Stephen Hancock (Ernest Bishop in \"Coronation Street\"), Shirley Stelfox (Edna Birch in \"Emmerdale\"), Kitty McGeever (Lizzie Lakely in \"Emmerdale\"), Kristian Ealey (Matt Musgrove in \"Brookside\" and \"Hollyoaks\") and Morag Siller (Marilyn Dingle in \"Emmerdale\") were remembered during the ceremony which was held on 29 May. Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow in \"Coronation Street\", was remembered during the ceremony", "title": "The British Soap Awards" }, { "docid": "14917834", "text": "the character of Annie Walker, and Lynda Baron played the role of Violet Carson, who played one of \"Coronation Street\"s most iconic characters, Ena Sharples. John Thomson and Michelle Holmes, who had previously been members of the Coronation Street cast, appeared as H.V. Kershaw and Harry Elton's secretary respectively. The drama achieved a peak of 852,000 viewers on its first transmission, making it the second most popular programme in BBC Four's history, behind 2008's \"The Curse of Steptoe\" at 1.41m viewers. Sam Wollaston, a critic for \"The Guardian\", gave a positive review, stating \"\"The Road to Coronation Street\" is fond,", "title": "The Road to Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "14917833", "text": "a Londoner most famous for her role as Kat Moon in \"EastEnders\", \"religiously\" watched YouTube footage of early episodes to master the \"old-fashioned Mancunian\" accent as she described it. Wallace also briefly had sessions with a dialect coach before filming commenced. James Roache plays his father William Roache in the drama. The elder Roache has played Ken Barlow in \"Coronation Street\" since its inception. As well as acting in \"The Road to Coronation Street\", James was filming scenes for \"Coronation Street\" in a non-regular role as Ken Barlow's grandson at the same time. Celia Imrie played Doris Speed, who played", "title": "The Road to Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "10189104", "text": "of Nick Cotton\" in 2000; \"Crimewatch\"; \"Heartbeat\" and \"A Touch of Frost\". In 2005, Millea was cast as the father of the new Ashworth family in \"Hollyoaks\", once remarking that he envied the life of his on-screen son, Rhys. He left the show in 2010. He has also played Carl Armstrong and Jeff Rayner in \"Coronation Street\" in 1994 and 2013 respectively. Jim Millea Jim Millea (born 25 November 1958) is an English actor who played small businessman and publican Neville Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap opera \"Hollyoaks\". Millea trained at the Rose Burford College of Speech and Drama,", "title": "Jim Millea" }, { "docid": "6573741", "text": "trip to the seaside with his enemies Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), he became trapped in quicksand. Nicky was born on New Year's Eve 1980. After Brian's murder in February 1989, Nicky began misbehaving but Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) proved a calming influence. In 1991, Martin, now married to Gail, adopted Nick and changed his name. Brian's mother Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie) was furious and was devastated when she discovered this, igniting her feud with Gail and Martin. In order to not have a Platt name, Ivy first changed her will to say Nicky would inherit", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "8340869", "text": "F.C.. 2005 - as Marian in the thriller \"Marian, Again\". 2006 - Channel 4 series \"Goldplated\". 2008 - \"Spring 1941\" 2009 - two episodes of \"The Bill\". 2010 - as Moira in the 2-part drama \"A Passionate Woman\". 2011 - \"Silent Witness\" episode \"A Guilty Mind\" 2011 - The Body Farm 2014 - \"Happy Valley\" 2015 - Safe House 2017 - \"The End of the F***ing World\" 2018- \"Age before beauty\" 2018 - \"Coronation Street\" as Elsa Tilsley Kelly Harrison Kelly Harrison (born 28 November 1980) is a British actress, educated at Hungerhill School, Edenthorpe, Doncaster. Harrison was a model", "title": "Kelly Harrison" }, { "docid": "4801047", "text": "as a similar character to the one they played in their original soap, and are narrated by Tony Hirst. Soap stars or ex-soap stars to have appeared in Cleaner Close include Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale in \"EastEnders\", Stella Price in \"Coronation Street\"), Alison King (Carla Connor in \"Coronation Street\"), Chris O'Dowd (Brendan Davenport in \"The Clinic\"), Jennifer Ellison (Emily Shadwick in \"Brookside\") and Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch in \"Coronation Street\"). Daz (detergent) Daz is the name of a popular laundry detergent on the market in the United Kingdom and Ireland and was introduced in February 1953. It is manufactured by", "title": "Daz (detergent)" }, { "docid": "6573743", "text": "Don Brennan; who eventually bought the house from Nick for £12,000. In July 1996, Nick stayed at home while the rest of the family went away on holiday but, tired of his maternal grandmother Audrey Roberts' (Sue Nicholls) fussing, he ran away and was reported missing. Upon his return, he claimed to have been living rough in London and working in a cafe. Nick's stories cause Jamie Armstrong (Joseph Gilgun) to want to run away to London; when confronted by Jamie's mother, Tricia (Tracy Brabin), Nick admits he only lasted two hours in London and spent the rest of his", "title": "Nick Tilsley" }, { "docid": "8781261", "text": "Nick Stringer Nick Stringer (born 10 August 1948 in Torquay, Devon) is an English actor. In a thirty-year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including \"The Bill\", \"Open All Hours\", \"Only Fools and Horses\", \"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet\", \"Coronation Street\", \"Family Affairs\", \"Minder\", \"Johnny Jarvis\", \"Butterflies\", \"My Family\" and \"The Professionals\". He also had roles in the films \"The Long Good Friday\" (1980), \"Clockwise\" (1986) and \"Personal Services\" (1987). He appeared in the British police drama, \"The Sweeney\", episode 'One of Your Own', as gang boss 'Patsy Kearney'. In \"The Bill\" he played PC Ron Smollett from", "title": "Nick Stringer" }, { "docid": "82818", "text": "different ages and backgrounds: Eddie Yeats became the Ogdens' lodger, Gail Potter and Suzie Birchall (Cheryl Murray) moved in with Elsie, Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) arrived in 1976 as the tough factory boss, and Annie Walker reigned at the Rovers with her trio of staff Bet Lynch, Fred Gee (Fred Feast) and Betty Turpin (Betty Driver). Storylines throughout the decade included a warehouse fire in 1975, the birth of Tracy Langton in 1977, the murder of Ernest Bishop (Stephen Hancock) in 1978, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return in 1979, and the marriage of Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) and", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "docid": "7440791", "text": "Lynne Perrie Jean Dudley, known professionally as Lynne Perrie (7 April 1931 – 24 March 2006), was an English actress, singer, comediene, presenter and author. Born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, she was the older sister of comedian and actor Duggie Brown. She rose to prominence in the 1960s as a cabaret singer, but was to become best known for her acting. Perrie is most recognised as Mrs Casper in Ken Loach's 1969 film \"Kes\", Mrs Petty in the television series \"Queenie's Castle\", and as Ivy Tilsley in \"Coronation Street\", a character she portrayed from 1971 until 1994. On", "title": "Lynne Perrie" }, { "docid": "7440798", "text": "wrote: \"Lynne Perrie is outstanding as Mrs Casper, infusing her steely exterior with real vulnerability and pathos\". Perrie's role in the film, which achieved international acclaim, ultimately led to her getting the part of Ivy Tilsley (later Brennan) in the soap opera, \"Coronation Street\". The show's casting director Paul Bernard had seen her in \"Kes\" and cast her without audition. She first appeared in 1971 as a minor character, but the producers were sufficiently impressed with her performance to offer her a more substantial role from the mid-1970s, when the character was joined by her family and moved into a", "title": "Lynne Perrie" }, { "docid": "7440802", "text": "\"A Good Human Story\". Perrie turned down the role of Mrs Shenton in John Schlesinger's wartime romance \"Yanks\" in 1978, after she was given the option of a regular contract with \"Coronation Street\". However, she also appeared in the movie as a speaking face in the crowd. She was credited simply as 'Woman at Railway Station', and when a girl pushed forward shouting that she was pregnant, Lynne was called on to retort: \"So's half the bloody town, love.\" During her years as Ivy Tilsley, Perrie appeared as herself on television shows such as \"Des O'Connor Tonight\" and \"Family Fortunes\",", "title": "Lynne Perrie" } ]

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[ { "docid": "744699", "text": "to accept him so he could, in his own words, \"be placed in charge of a modernized Army band\". After he was accepted into the Army, Miller's civilian band played its last concert in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 27, 1942, with the last song played by the Miller civilian band being \"Jukebox Saturday Night\"—featuring an appearance by Harry James on trumpet. His patriotic intention of entertaining the Allied Forces with the fusion of virtuosity and dance rhythms in his music earned him the rank of captain and he was soon promoted to major by August 1944. Miller reported at", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "744699", "text": "to accept him so he could, in his own words, \"be placed in charge of a modernized Army band\". After he was accepted into the Army, Miller's civilian band played its last concert in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 27, 1942, with the last song played by the Miller civilian band being \"Jukebox Saturday Night\"—featuring an appearance by Harry James on trumpet. His patriotic intention of entertaining the Allied Forces with the fusion of virtuosity and dance rhythms in his music earned him the rank of captain and he was soon promoted to major by August 1944. Miller reported at", "title": "Glenn Miller" } ]

[ { "docid": "17591704", "text": "Glenn Miller and his Orchestra were the last on the bill to perform. Benny Goodman, Fred Waring, and Paul Whiteman were the other performers on the bill. The Glenn Miller performance was both a popular and critical success. He led his orchestra through a program of music that ranged from full-scale swing and romantic ballads. Music critics hailed the concert as Miller's defining moment. Paul Whiteman introduced the band: \"It affords me a great joy to have him on this program and to present to you the final band of the night, one of the most popular bands in the", "title": "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert" }, { "docid": "5965106", "text": "due to the snow and rushes them to the festival by bus. The Swing Girls rush onstage just in time and perform their set, wowing the crowd. The song played by the band for their audition tape was \"In the Mood\" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The first song played at the concert finale is \"Moonlight Serenade\" by Glenn Miller. The second song played is \"Mexican Flyer\" by Ken Woodman. It is featured in Space Channel 5, which Tomoko's little sister plays early on in the movie. The final song played is \"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)\" by Benny", "title": "Swing Girls" }, { "docid": "17591706", "text": "Clyde Hurley, R. D. McMickle, John Best, Lee Knowles, and on Guitar - Richard Fisher. The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert is a live album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. It documents a live concert recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1939. The album was released by RCA Victor in 1958. The live album was released in 1958 by RCA Victor as LPM-1506, featuring Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Ray Eberle and Marion Hutton on vocals. The album documents the band's concert at Carnegie Hall, recorded on Friday, October 6, 1939. Four orchestras", "title": "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert" }, { "docid": "17591703", "text": "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert is a live album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. It documents a live concert recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1939. The album was released by RCA Victor in 1958. The live album was released in 1958 by RCA Victor as LPM-1506, featuring Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Ray Eberle and Marion Hutton on vocals. The album documents the band's concert at Carnegie Hall, recorded on Friday, October 6, 1939. Four orchestras performed at New York's Carnegie Hall that night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ASCAP.", "title": "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert" }, { "docid": "15696052", "text": "To You (song) \"To You\" is a 1939 song composed by Tommy Dorsey with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro. The song was a top 10 hit on the \"Billboard\" charts. \"To You\" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and released as an RCA Bluebird 78. Glenn Miller also performed the song at the 1939 Carnegie Hall Concert, which was released in 1958 by RCA Victor on the album \"The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert\". \"To You\" appeared as part of a medley by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, paired with \"Stairway to the", "title": "To You (song)" }, { "docid": "7544737", "text": "to Gray to conduct the orchestra's first concert in Paris after Miller's airplane disappeared over the English Channel. When the men returned to the U.S. in 1945 and McKinley left following his discharge, Gray assumed full leadership of the AAF Orchestra until its final performance on November 17 of that year. Gray was passed over for the job of leading the postwar \"ghost\" Glenn Miller Orchestra, reportedly because the Miller Estate felt he did not have the pop-star qualities they wanted in a new leader. Instead, they approached Ray McKinley, who was not interested, and finally hired Tex Beneke whose", "title": "Jerry Gray (arranger)" }, { "docid": "17008746", "text": "a Waltz' has quite an introduction-–-187 bars to be exact, with 8 bars of 'waltz' near the end of the tune.\" The performances featured Billy May on trumpet, Tex Beneke on tenor saxophone, Chummy MacGregor on piano, and Moe Purtill on drums. \"Introduction to a Waltz\" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra was also released as a 7\" vinyl 45 Extended Play single by RCA Victor as EPBT 3001, \"Glenn Miller Concert\", Vol. 3, a 45 double pack, featuring the March 20, 1942 broadcast version. The instrumental also appears on the 1953 UK release \"Glenn Miller: A Glenn Miller Concert\",", "title": "Introduction to a Waltz" }, { "docid": "16594985", "text": "on a number of albums as \"The Lost Recordings\". The personnel for Miller's Abbey Road recording were: A number of strings musicians were part of the ensemble, but the song's orchestration did not require their performance. In August and September 1950, a band led by Gray—billed as the \"Ex-Glenn Miller Men\" and including musicians such as Willie Schwartz, Jimmy Priddy and Johnny Best—performed the song at the Hollywood Palladium; a recording of the concert was released through Jazz Hour Records. The song was performed by the BBC Big Band as part of their Glenn Miller tribute concert at Birmingham Town", "title": "Caribbean Clipper" }, { "docid": "11987457", "text": "aircraft, from RAF Twinwood and he was never seen or heard of again. The disappearance of Glenn Miller from RAF Twinwood Airfield sparked a mystery that has fascinated the world ever since. After World War II, R.A.F. Twinwood was decommissioned and the site lay almost untouched. In 1989 the company Twinwood Events was formed and work started on the restoration of the Twinwood Control Tower to convert it into the Glenn Miller Museum. In 2002 a celebration Glenn Miller concert was held to mark the completion of the restoration. The success of the Glenn Miller concert led to the birth", "title": "Twinwood Festival" }, { "docid": "7557663", "text": "however, as noted in John Kennedy O'Connor's \"The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History\", he did not conduct the home entry for the UK. Lockyer had taken part in the very first UK selection process to find Britain's debut Eurovision entry in 1957. He performed an orchestral version of the song \"All\", which won the contest. However, Patricia Bredin went on to perform the song at the final in Frankfurt with musical direction by Eric Robinson. Shortly before his death in 1976, he conducted The Million Airs Orchestra in 26 Glenn Miller tribute concerts. Malcolm Lockyer Malcolm Lockyer (5", "title": "Malcolm Lockyer" }, { "docid": "744707", "text": "orchestras. The orchestra's official public début was at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway where it opened for a three-week engagement on January 24, 1946. Future television and film composer Henry Mancini was the band's pianist and one of the arrangers. This ghost band played to very large audiences all across the United States, including a few dates at the Hollywood Palladium in 1947, where the original Miller band played in 1941. In a website concerning the history of the Hollywood Palladium, it is noted \"[even] as the big band era faded, the Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller Orchestra concert at", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "744712", "text": "public. The legacy also continues through The United States Air Forces in Europe Band, stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Today, most branches of the American military, in addition to concert and marching bands, have jazz orchestras, combos and even groups playing rock, country and bluegrass. All that can be tracked to Miller's original Army Air Force band. Annual festivals celebrating Glenn Miller's legacy are held in two of the towns most associated with his youth. Since 1975, the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society has held its annual Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa. The festival's highlights include performances by the", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "7502366", "text": "same melody was used for the song \"My Ding-a-Ling\" written by Dave Bartholomew, which became a Number 1 hit in 1972 for Chuck Berry. In 1939, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released a hit version of the song on RCA Bluebird, as an A side 78 single, B-10286-A, in a new arrangement by Bill Finegan backed with \"Pavanne\". The recording was an early chart hit for Glenn Miller. The song was performed in Glenn Miller's Carnegie Hall concert that year and became a staple of the Glenn Miller Orchestra repertoire and a classic of the Big Band era. The personnel", "title": "Little Brown Jug (song)" }, { "docid": "14456811", "text": "emphysema. Miller represented himself during his trial, ranting and raising bizarre objections such as one regarding witnesses' oaths \"because they did not include the word God.\" On August 31, 2015, Miller was found guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges. On September 8, a Kansas jury recommended he get the death penalty. On November 10, 2015, Miller was formally sentenced to death by Johnson County District Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (born November 23, 1940, commonly known as Glenn Miller or Frazier Glenn", "title": "Frazier Glenn Miller Jr." }, { "docid": "5700191", "text": "tough\". By 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped. This band recorded for RCA Victor, just as the original Miller band did. Beneke believed that Miller had promised him his own band in the early 1940s, and this was his chance to have that promise fulfilled. Beneke wanted a band with Beneke's musical identity. Larry Bruff, an announcer for the earlier Glenn Miller radio shows says, \"Beneke would even set wrong tempos so as not to sound too much like Glenn.\" The Miller estate wanted a band that was primarily associated with Glenn Miller, playing the Glenn Miller", "title": "Tex Beneke" }, { "docid": "744713", "text": "official Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Nick Hilscher as well as numerous other jazz musicians, visits to the restored Miller home and the new Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum, historical displays from the Glenn Miller Archive at the University of Colorado, lectures and presentations about Miller's life, and a scholarship competition for young classical and jazz musicians. Glenn Miller's widow, Helen, died in 1966. Herb Miller, Glenn Miller's brother, led his own band in the United States and England until the late 1980s. In 1989, Glenn Miller's adopted daughter purchased the house in Clarinda Iowa where Miller was born,", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "17591705", "text": "United States at the moment, Mr. Glenn Miller\" RCA released the album in the UK in 1958 as RD-27057. In 1983, the album was re-released on RCA International in Europe as NL 81506 featuring Carnegie Hall and a photograph of Glenn Miller on the cover. The live album was also released on CD by RCA in 1993. The personnel on the recording were: Bass – Rowland Bundock, Drums – Maurice Purtill, Piano – J. C. McGregor, Saxophone – Al Klink, Hal McIntyre, Jimmy Abato, Tex Beneke, Wilbur Schwartz, Trombone – Al Mastren, Glenn Miller, Paul Tanner, Tommy Mack, Trumpet –", "title": "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert" }, { "docid": "16133090", "text": "6101. The liner notes for the album by Brad McCuen described the song as follows: \"Glenn and his close friend Chummy MacGregor, the band's pianist, collaborated on this quality pop song. It is a mystery why Glenn did not include this song among the hundreds he later recorded. Ray Eberle has the vocal.\" The version included was the April 18, 1939 performance at the Meadowbrook. There were five broadcast performances of “Sometime” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in 1939. It is Score 117 in the library and the composer credits are listed as Glenn Miller and John Chalmers MacGregor.", "title": "Sometime (Glenn Miller song)" }, { "docid": "9143923", "text": "As part of his faith, he strictly observed the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown on Friday; thus he did not perform in concert on Friday nights. An exception to this rule occurred at a 2007 concert in Fairbanks, Alaska; since the sun did not set until 12:00 a.m., performing in the late hours was not a violation of Jewish observance. In 2014, he appears to have performed on at least one Friday night. Miller performed for over a year as MC Truth in Bend, Oregon. In 2004, after having signed with JDub Records, he released his first album, \"Shake", "title": "Matisyahu" }, { "docid": "3330912", "text": "of Music in Rochester. While performing with an all-girl USO show in England, Irene was asked to perform with bandleader Glenn Miller shortly before his death in 1944. Miller was involved in making swing records to be broadcast into Nazi Germany as part of the American Broadcasting System in Europe. Because she had been a light opera star prior to World War II and was fluent in singing in German, she was asked to sing some American pop tunes which had been translated into German vocals. Her sides were some of the last records made by Glenn Miller, prior to", "title": "Irene Manning" }, { "docid": "13416439", "text": "York and attended John Glenn High School in Elwood, New York. Miller attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was active in the comedy troupe Mask and Wig, received his B.A. \"cum laude\" in 1983, and subsequently served as a university trustee. He went to Harvard Law School and received his J.D. in 1986. When Miller graduated from Harvard Law, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 had not yet been adopted and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act did not do enough; despite his academic credentials of graduating near the top of his class, Miller encountered considerable resistance in", "title": "Paul Steven Miller" }, { "docid": "18416425", "text": "absolutely overwhelming treatment of Albert Ayler's 'Ghosts' and a vibrant version of Joe Harriott's 'Idioms', which sounds better than anything on Vandermark's own Joe Harriott Project record.\" The \"JazzTimes\" review by Harvey Pekar notes that \"Gustafsson and Vandermark perform wide open during most of the album, honking, screaming, rasping and playing as rapidly as possible.\" Live at the Glenn Miller Café Live at the Glenn Miller Café is the third album by the AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in Stockholm in 1999 and released on Wobbly Rail, a short-lived imprint started by Merge Records/Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan.", "title": "Live at the Glenn Miller Café" }, { "docid": "6079313", "text": "finger post is a listed structure. During the Second World War an American military base was in the field to the rear of the pub and Joe Louis the heavyweight boxer fought an exhibition match in the field and all the surrounding villagers were invited. Glenn Miller also entertained troops in an adjacent field and visited the pub for refreshments prior to going to Cheltenham to perform a further concert. The following day he left from a nearby airfield for France. He and the plane he was travelling in was never seen again. The current theory being is small plane", "title": "Teddington, Gloucestershire" }, { "docid": "13159717", "text": "Sonderzug nach Pankow \"Sonderzug nach Pankow\" (\"Special Train to Pankow\") is a song by the German rock singer Udo Lindenberg, released as a single on 2 February 1983. It was a reaction to the refusal of the West German singer's wish to perform a concert in East Germany by the East German administration in charge. The text of this approximately three minutes long song appeals ironically directly to East German leader Erich Honecker. The melody is based on the 1941 swing classic \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\" by Glenn Miller. With regard to the Berlin borough Pankow, the title is based on", "title": "Sonderzug nach Pankow" }, { "docid": "15683822", "text": "soda shop, then during the outdoor concert scene featuring Harry Morgan and Ann Rutherford dancing. Glenn Miller as Gene Morrison is shown conducting his orchestra on the bandstand. The title comes from the wide-angle, mobile camera shot used to film the scene, known as a boom shot. The arrangement is by George Williams. \"Boom Shot\" was first released on the 1958 gatefold, double LP released by Twentieth Century Fox entitled \"Original Film Sound Tracks\" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, TCF 100-2, which featured music from both the \"Orchestra Wives\" and \"Sun Valley Serenade\" movies. \"Boom Shot\" also appeared on", "title": "Boom Shot" }, { "docid": "9406669", "text": "II he served in the Army Air Force for five years. While Leyden was serving as a master sergeant in Atlantic City and rehearsing music, Glenn Miller heard Leyden perform. Miller said to him \"For a Yale man, you don't play bad tenor\". Miller called on Leyden in September 1943 to conduct the Moss Hart Army Air Force spectacular \"Winged Victory\". This was a big musical play in Broadway's Shubert Theatre with an all service band. The show started in November 1943. Leyden next requested the opportunity to arrange for Glenn Miller, and was accepted and served as one of", "title": "Norman Leyden" }, { "docid": "17571662", "text": "Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film \"The Glenn Miller Story\" starring James Stewart and June Allyson. It was the first Glenn Miller album to be certified Gold in the U.S. The 1954 10\" album \"Glenn Miller Plays Selections from the film \"The Glenn Miller Story\"\" was number one for eleven weeks on the \"Billboard\" albums chart in 1954, released on LP as RCA", "title": "Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\"" }, { "docid": "744708", "text": "the Palladium resulted in a record-breaking crowd of 6,750 dancers.\" By 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped. This band recorded for RCA Victor, just as the original Miller band did. Beneke was struggling with how to expand the Miller sound and also how to achieve success under his own name. What began as the \"Glenn Miller Orchestra Under the Direction of Tex Beneke\" finally became \"The Tex Beneke Orchestra\". By 1950, Beneke and the Miller estate parted ways. The break was acrimonious and Beneke is not currently listed by the Miller estate as a former leader of", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "11987456", "text": "Twinwood Festival Twinwood Festival is an annual vintage music and dance festival, held every August bank holiday weekend at Twinwood Arena in Clapham, Bedfordshire. Twinwood Festival is held at the former RAF Twinwood Farm Airfield in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England. On 27 August 1944, Glenn Miller & his AAF band performed an outdoor concert at RAF Twinwood. The stage was a flatbed trailer, and the audience, which consisted of the R.A.F. personnel who worked at RAF Twinwood sat on the grass not far from the Twinwood Control Tower. Later on that year on 15 December 1944, Glenn Miller boarded a Norseman", "title": "Twinwood Festival" }, { "docid": "17571663", "text": "Victor LPT 3057. This collection featured the original Bluebird and Victor recordings and broadcasts by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The album reached no. 10 on the UK album charts in 1961 in an 18-week chart run. The RIAA certified the album Gold on June 28, 1961. The contents of the album were: Recording dates: Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film \"The Glenn", "title": "Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film \"The Glenn Miller Story\"" }, { "docid": "744717", "text": "where the Miller family briefly lived, as Glenn Miller Memorial Highway. Miller had a staff of arrangers who wrote originals like \"String of Pearls\" (written and arranged by Jerry Gray) or took originals like \"In The Mood\" (writing credit given to Joe Garland and arranged by Eddie Durham) and \"Tuxedo Junction\" (written by bandleader Erskine Hawkins and arranged by Jerry Gray) and arranged them for the Miller band to either record or broadcast. Glenn Miller's staff of arrangers in his civilian band, who handled the bulk of the work, were Jerry Gray (a former arranger for Artie Shaw), Bill Finegan", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "6063324", "text": "during their formal schooling and professional musicians looking for another group with which to perform great music. Music teacher Ed Kerman led the band until approximately 1983 and Fred Gruenbaum was the first director. The next director was Ron Friedman, where they changed their name to Columbia Concert Band and became incorporated on November 18, 1983. In 1989 Howard County, Maryland music teacher and percussionist Robert Miller took the podium. During this time the band doubled in size, and rehearsed in a number of local schools, before settling at Hammond Middle School where Miller taught. A partnership with Howard Community", "title": "Columbia Concert Band" }, { "docid": "12093622", "text": "of the Presidents\" or \"The Potsdam Pianist.\" List would perform many more times at the White House, the last in 1980 for President and Mrs. Carter. List's post-war concert career flourished, even gaining him a role in a movie, \"The Bachelor's Daughter\". In 1964, he and his wife Carroll Glenn joined the faculty at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Both husband and wife would teach in Rochester until 1975 before they returned to New York, where Glenn taught violin at Queens College and the Manhattan School of Music. List joined the faculty at NYU as a part-time", "title": "Eugene List" }, { "docid": "744698", "text": "as the music carried them back to years gone by.\" De Franco says, \"the beauty of Glenn Miller's ballads [...] caused people to dance together.\" In 1942, at the peak of his civilian career, Miller decided to join the war effort, forsaking an income of $15,000 to $20,000 per week in civilian life, including a home in Tenafly, New Jersey. At 38, Miller was too old to be drafted and first volunteered for the Navy but was told that they did not need his services. Miller then wrote to Army Brigadier General Charles Young. He persuaded the United States Army", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "17037733", "text": "\"The Complete Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1938-1942)\". Crosstown (Glenn Miller song) \"Crosstown\" is a 1940 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon. \"Crosstown\" was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single in 1940 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featuring Jack Lathrop on vocals. The single reached no. 9 on the \"Billboard\" pop singles chart in a single-week chart appearance. The B side was \"What's Your Story, Morning Glory?\" The recording appeared on the 2005 Avid Entertainment collection \"Glenn Miller: The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 9-10\"", "title": "Crosstown (Glenn Miller song)" }, { "docid": "7043332", "text": "Terrace night club after they perform \"In the Mood\", as part of the orchestral background score in a scene between John Payne and Lynn Bari, and in an orchestral version with vocalization but without lyrics a minute and twenty seconds in length during the closing skating sequence with Sonja Henie. \"At Last\" would also appear in the 1942 follow-up movie \"Orchestra Wives\" performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. Glenn Miller vocalist Pat Friday provided the pre-recorded vocal tracks that Lynn Bari lip synced in the film. Future Olympic gold medalist Gretchen", "title": "Sun Valley Serenade" }, { "docid": "15696054", "text": "78 single in 1939, 26234-A. According to the tsort.info database, \"To You\" reached no. 10 on the \"Billboard\" chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks. To You (song) \"To You\" is a 1939 song composed by Tommy Dorsey with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro. The song was a top 10 hit on the \"Billboard\" charts. \"To You\" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and released as an RCA Bluebird 78. Glenn Miller also performed the song at the 1939 Carnegie Hall Concert, which was released in 1958 by RCA Victor on the", "title": "To You (song)" }, { "docid": "12093625", "text": "with cancer suddenly returned. Several days later, she slipped into a coma. At that same time, List was scheduled to perform the Vincent Persichetti Concerto in Carnegie Hall. The next morning, after the Carnegie Hall concert, Carroll Glenn died. Only two years later, on March 1, 1985, while at home planning his own 50th anniversary concert in Carnegie Hall, List accidentally fell on the stairway of his New York brownstone and was killed. An autopsy revealed he died instantly of a broken neck. During their forty-two year marriage, Eugene List and Carroll Glenn raised two daughters, Rachel and Allison, while", "title": "Eugene List" }, { "docid": "744677", "text": "Beatles (33 top 10s) did in their careers. While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. The son of Mattie Lou (née Cavender) and Lewis Elmer Miller, Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa. He attended grade school in North Platte in western Nebraska. In 1915, his family moved to Grant City, Missouri. Around this time, he had made enough money from milking cows to buy his first trombone and played in the town orchestra. He played cornet and mandolin, but he switched to", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "5700192", "text": "songs in the Glenn Miller style. By 1950, Beneke and the Miller estate parted ways. Beneke continued to perform under his own name with no official connection to Miller. He enjoyed less success in the early 1950s, partly because he was limited to smaller recording labels such as Coral Records and partly because of competition from other Miller alumni and imitators such as Jerry Gray, Ray Anthony and Ralph Flanagan. Eydie Gorme sang with the Beneke band in 1950. Beneke appeared on \"Cavalcade of Bands\", a television show in 1950 on the DuMont Television Network. In the latter part of", "title": "Tex Beneke" }, { "docid": "17037732", "text": "Crosstown (Glenn Miller song) \"Crosstown\" is a 1940 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon. \"Crosstown\" was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single in 1940 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featuring Jack Lathrop on vocals. The single reached no. 9 on the \"Billboard\" pop singles chart in a single-week chart appearance. The B side was \"What's Your Story, Morning Glory?\" The recording appeared on the 2005 Avid Entertainment collection \"Glenn Miller: The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 9-10\" and the 1991 RCA Bluebird compilation box set", "title": "Crosstown (Glenn Miller song)" }, { "docid": "16881387", "text": "in Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York, . The Group for Contemporary Music presented a memorial concert for Miller on November 30, 1982, and released an LP dedicated to his memory in 1982. It contained the pianist's final recording, Wuorinen's \"Arabia Felix\" . Robert Miller (pianist) Robert Miller (December 5, 1930 – November 30, 1981) was an American pianist and attorney. Miller was born in New York City and grew up in Mount Vernon. His early musical studies were with Mathilde McKinney and Abbey Simon, after which he studied at Princeton University where he graduated in 1952, \"magna cum laude\"", "title": "Robert Miller (pianist)" }, { "docid": "17730449", "text": "recording the album, and prior to its release, the \"Painted Windows\" line-up debuted in an appearance with Pylon in April 1981. They went on to perform a series of shows from April through October 1981. Although the album was released in January 1982, the band did not perform again until late February 1982. All songs on \"Painted Windows\" were written and composed by Scott Miller. After the release of \"Painted Windows\", the group's final show took place at the U.C. Davis Coffeehouse on Saturday, February 27, 1982. The trio of Scott Miller, Carolyn O'Rourke, and Byl Miller performed without a", "title": "Alternate Learning" }, { "docid": "6797034", "text": "\"As Time Goes By\". The Glenn Miller Orchestra did a rendition of the song as the last track on the album \"Something New: The Glenn Miller Orchestra plays the Tijuana Brass\" (1966) Allan Sherman did a parody of this song on his album \"Togetherness\" (1967). Another parodic cover version, spoofing Alpert's version, appeared on the mock Alpert tribute album \"Sour Cream & Other Delights\" by the Frivolous Five. In addition to its use in \"The Dating Game\", the song has been used in a variety of film and television soundtracks. It was one of two Alpert songs in a 1966", "title": "Spanish Flea" }, { "docid": "4798421", "text": "Armenian-Canadian opera singer who moved to Canada as a teenager. James Westman (born 1972) is an operatic baritone, in his youth he was the first boy soprano to perform Gustav Mahler, 4th symphony with Leonard Bernstein. Joni Henson (born 1977 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) and Measha Brueggergosman (born 1977 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) are both Sopranos that perform regularly both in concert and in fully staged Operas. Symphony orchestras: Community orchestras: Baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles: Alberto Guerrero (1886–1959) was a Chilean-Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher whose students included Glenn Gould and Jon Kimura Parker. Glenn Gould (1932–1982) was", "title": "Canadian classical music" }, { "docid": "12995181", "text": "Glenn Miller discography In addition to leading bands and playing the trombone, Glenn Miller composed music or lyrics to a number of songs. These and others were recorded by Miller with his pre-war civilian bands and his Army Air Force band. Glenn Miller composed the music to \"Moonlight Serenade\" in 1935, with lyrics added later by Mitchell Parish after two other sets of lyrics were written. \"Moonlight Serenade\" was Glenn Miller's theme for his radio programs between 1939 and 1942 (except for a brief period in 1941). This song has been covered by Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Carly Simon Charlie", "title": "Glenn Miller discography" }, { "docid": "1879071", "text": "they worked on it for three months. Kennedy and Miller did the final cut, in a process Miller described as \"he would cut sound in the lounge room and I’d cut picture in the kitchen.\" Professional sound engineer Roger Savage would perform the sound mixing in the studio he worked after finishing his work with Little River Band, and employed timecoding techniques that were unseen in Australian cinema. The musical score for \"Mad Max\" was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May (not to be confused with the guitarist of the English rock band Queen). Miller wanted a Gothic,", "title": "Mad Max" }, { "docid": "17020019", "text": "Here We Go Again (Glenn Miller song) \"Here We Go Again\" is a swing jazz instrumental recorded by Glenn Miller. The song was released as a 78 single. \"Here We Go Again\" was composed by Jerry Gray, the arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78 single, 20-1563-A, backed with \"Long Time No See, Baby\". The recording reached no. 25 on the \"Billboard\" pop singles chart in April, 1944 in a one-week chart run. The song was also performed by Glenn Miller with the Army Air Force Band. The", "title": "Here We Go Again (Glenn Miller song)" }, { "docid": "2957140", "text": "in 1945, a follow-up in 1947, and his original recordings repackaged for the release of \"The Glenn Miller Story\" in 1954. Ray Anthony, who played trumpet with the band from 1940 to 1941, is the last surviving member, alive as of 2018. <br> Million-selling singles: Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the Swing era and one of the greatest", "title": "Glenn Miller Orchestra" }, { "docid": "17460595", "text": "Glenn Miller (1945 album) Glenn Miller is a compilation album of phonograph records released posthumously by bandleader Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Released in 1945 on RCA Victor as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series, described on the front cover as \"An Album of Outstanding Arrangements on Victor Records\", the set was number one for a total of 16 weeks on the newly created \"Billboard\" album charts. The album, also known under the title \"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra\", was certified Gold in July 1968 by the RIAA. These reissued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78", "title": "Glenn Miller (1945 album)" }, { "docid": "744709", "text": "the Glenn Miller orchestra, although his role has more recently been acknowledged on the orchestra's website. When Glenn Miller was alive, many bandleaders like Bob Chester imitated his style. By the early 1950s, various bands were again copying the Miller style of clarinet-led reeds and muted trumpets, notably Ralph Flanagan, Jerry Gray, and Ray Anthony. This, coupled with the success of \"The Glenn Miller Story\" (1953), led the Miller estate to ask Ray McKinley to lead a new ghost band. This 1956 band is the original version of the current ghost band that still tours the United States today. The", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "2957114", "text": "Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the Swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. Miller began professionally recording in New York City as a sideman in the Hot jazz era of the late 1920s. With the arrival of virtuoso trombonists Jack Teagarden and Tommy Dorsey, Miller focused more on developing his arrangement", "title": "Glenn Miller Orchestra" }, { "docid": "11683646", "text": "Hal McIntyre Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. McIntyre played extensively as a teenager and led his own octet in 1935. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a temporary slot as an alto saxophonist behind Benny Goodman; this lasted only ten days, but Glenn Miller heard of his ability and drafted him as a founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where he played from 1937 to 1941. Miller encouraged McIntyre to start his own group again, and the McIntyre Orchestra first", "title": "Hal McIntyre" }, { "docid": "5876574", "text": "the candidate of both the Democratic and the New Constitution parties. He lost to Republican George C. Perkins. In 1883, Dr. Glenn was murdered on his ranch at Jacinto by Huram Miller, who worked for him as a bookkeeper. Miller was an alcoholic and Glenn finally struck him, after being verbally abused by the drunken employee. Miller brooded for several days, then shot Glenn in the head from ambush with a load of buckshot. Glenn was survived by his wife and three children. In 1891, Glenn County was created and named in honor of Hugh James Glenn. Hugh J. Glenn", "title": "Hugh J. Glenn" }, { "docid": "15687257", "text": "guitar; Rowland Bundock, bass; and Doc Carney (Cenardo), drums. Kathleen Lane sang the lead vocals. The recording was made in Brunswick studios in New York. The arrangement was by Glenn Miller. The drummer on the 1937 session was Doc Carney Cenardo. In his 1974 biography \"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra\", George Thomas Simon wrote: \"Without realizing it, the Miller band had broken the color line.\" Doin' the Jive \"Doin' the Jive\" is a 1938 song composed by Glenn Miller and pianist Chummy MacGregor. The song was released as a 78 single by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on Brunswick. \"Doin'", "title": "Doin' the Jive" }, { "docid": "744716", "text": "Major Glenn Miller in Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington, D.C. A monument stone was also placed in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, next to the campus of Yale University. Miller was awarded a Star for Recording on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The headquarters of the United States Air Forces in Europe Band at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is named Glenn Miller Hall. Additionally, on June 25, 1999, the Nebraska State Highway Commission unanimously agreed to name Nebraska Highway 97 between North Platte, where Miller attended elementary school, and Tryon,", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "1816911", "text": "a lovely guy, a real gentleman.\" A concert tribute to Lord took place on 4 April 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall. Performers and presenters included Deep Purple, Bruce Dickinson, Alfie Boe, Jeremy Irons, Joe Brown, Glenn Hughes, Miller Anderson and Steve Balsamo. In December 2012 the Mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, joined the campaign to honour Lord with a blue plaque at his childhood home at 120 Averill Road, where he lived until he was twenty, saying it would be \"an important reminder of the city's contribution to the world of contemporary music.\" Lord was posthumously inducted into", "title": "Jon Lord" }, { "docid": "6579476", "text": "Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941. and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie \"Sun Valley Serenade\" before joining the U.S. Navy during World War Two. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became popular in the early 1950s with", "title": "Ray Anthony" }, { "docid": "17144093", "text": "Center in Newark, New Jersey, where she received a golden ticket and advanced to the next stage in Hollywood. During the season's final Hollywood rounds, Miller opted to perform the self-penned tune \"You Set Me Free\" on the piano, and was praised from the judges. At first introduced as Angela, she later adopted the moniker, \"Angie\", with which judge Keith Urban referred to her. Miller proceeded to perform without her piano, albeit of the judges' suggestions; she permanently retreated to the piano during the Top 7 episode. During the course of the series, Miller tackled songs by Jessie J, Beyoncé", "title": "Angie Miller (American singer)" }, { "docid": "17008747", "text": "a 24-track set of three 10\" LPs, DLP1012/13/21, with picture sleeve, on His Master's Voice, the 1994 album \"The Glenn Miller Orchestra: Real Stereo 1941\" on the Jazz Hour label, the 2002 various artists collection \"Swing Era Big Band\" on Frémeaux/Frémeaux & Associés, on the 2011 album \"75 Glenn Miller Masterpieces\" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on Sepia as 1165, and the 2003 album \"Swinging Miller Thrillers\" by The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Jasmine Records. Jerry Gray and his Orchestra released a version of the instrumental backed with \"V Hop\" in 1951 as a Decca 45, 27869, and as", "title": "Introduction to a Waltz" }, { "docid": "10240050", "text": "led by Nobuo Uematsu that arranges music from \"Final Fantasy\" video games into a rock music style, have arranged \"Distant Worlds\" in the album \"\", published in 2008. Uematsu continues to perform certain pieces in his \"Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy\" concert series. The music of \"Final Fantasy XI\" has also appeared in various official concerts and live albums, such as the \"Distant Worlds - Music from Final Fantasy\" concert tour, where \"Opening Theme\" and \"Distant Worlds\" were performed as a medley by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, while \"Ronfaure\" was performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in", "title": "Music of Final Fantasy XI" }, { "docid": "3267482", "text": "to discord among the band members. Veteran guitarist Froese was replaced by Brian MacLeod, who contributed guitar, drums, keyboards and backing vocals. The album was re-recorded; with some of Froese's vocal and guitar work, as well as percussion from session drummer Eddie Tuduri, included in the final mix. By the time of the record's release, bassist Glenn Miller and long term drummer Ross Turney had left the group. Mushroom was also having financial problems which hampered the promotion of the album after its release in June 1978. Drummer Skip Layton and former Prism bassist Ab Bryant were recruited to perform", "title": "Chilliwack (band)" }, { "docid": "5700188", "text": "the war and learn more about leading a band before being given his own band. Beneke led two bands in the navy and kept in touch with Glenn Miller while they were both serving in the military. By 1945, Beneke felt ready to lead his own orchestra. Glenn Miller went missing on December 15, 1944, while flying to France from England. After World War Two, the United States Army Air Force decommissioned the Glenn Miller-led Army Air Force band. The Miller estate authorized an official Glenn Miller \"ghost band\" in 1946. This band was led by Tex Beneke who as", "title": "Tex Beneke" }, { "docid": "14456794", "text": "guilty in the Overland Park shooting of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges. Eight days later, the same jury recommended that Miller be put to death by lethal injection. On November 10, 2015, he was formally sentenced to death. Miller was born Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. in North Carolina, and named after his father. He dropped out of high school and joined the United States Army, where he served 20 years, and rose to the rank of master sergeant. He served two tours of duty in South Vietnam during the Vietnam", "title": "Frazier Glenn Miller Jr." }, { "docid": "12995227", "text": "to the creation of be-bop, which was the predominant style of jazz in the late forties, see \"Glenn Miller: The Godfather of Bop?\" by Richard Jessen. Mr. Jessen says that Miller's recording of \"Wham\" from August 1, 1939, predates the same phrasing used in \"Salt Peanuts\" by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1944. Jessen points out though that \"Wham\" was arranged by Eddie Durham. Songs that were in the civilian band and Army Air Force band libraries include: A disc released in 2010 is called \"The Final - His Last Recordings\" and collects Miller's last known recorded performances (November,", "title": "Glenn Miller discography" }, { "docid": "744702", "text": "his 50-piece Army Air Force Band and take it to England in the summer of 1944, where he gave 800 performances. While in England, now Major Miller recorded a series of records at EMI owned Abbey Road Studios. The recordings the AAF band made in 1944 at Abbey Road were propaganda broadcasts for the Office of War Information. Many songs are sung in German by Johnny Desmond and Glenn Miller speaks in German about the war effort. Before Miller's disappearance, his music was used by World War II AFN radio broadcasting for entertainment and morale as well as counter-propaganda to", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "6579481", "text": "to be active as a bandleader and musician. Anthony was a close friend of the late Hugh Hefner and appeared in numerous episodes of \"The Girls Next Door\". Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941. and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie \"Sun Valley Serenade\"", "title": "Ray Anthony" }, { "docid": "19598174", "text": "and 2015 Edition of Copa Lagos. In 2015, he made his debut on one of Nigeria’s biggest outdoor concerts, \"Star Trek\", at Ibadan and had to be recalled to perform at the Grand Finale in Lagos. Pepenazi was enlisted and did perform at the Season 2 of the \"Olamide Live in Concert\" (OLIC 2), where he made good statement of himself alongside other A-list artists on the performers’ roll. He also performed at the One Lagos concert held in December, 2015 Pepenazi Opeyemi Gbenga Kayode (born 16 April 1988), popularly known with his stage name, Pepenazi is a Nigeria-based songwriter,", "title": "Pepenazi" }, { "docid": "18960797", "text": "Tom Miller (footballer, born 1990) Thomas Miller (born 29 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Bury. Miller began his career with the youth teams at Norwich City but the club's then manager Glenn Roeder did not offer him a professional deal at the end of his two-year scholarship. Upon hearing the news, Miller spoke with the club's former assistant manager Jim Duffy who recommended the player to Rangers. The Ibrox-based club scouted Miller in the Football League exit trials and were suitably impressed to sign him to a two-year professional contract. However,", "title": "Tom Miller (footballer, born 1990)" }, { "docid": "18710575", "text": "Glenn Miller Time Glenn Miller Time is a 1961 summer replacement American television series that aired on CBS Television. The series featured the orchestra of the late Glenn Miller, under the direction of bandleader Ray McKinley. Miller had died in an airplane crash during World War II. Patty Clark was a regular singer on the series, which was targeted at a nostalgic audience. A 30-minute series, approx. 25 minutes minus ads, \"Glenn Miller Time\" was sponsored by Kent cigarettes and Jell-O. . \"Glenn Miller Time\" was the summer replacement for the series \"Hennesey\". A contemporary account called \"Glenn Miller Time\"", "title": "Glenn Miller Time" }, { "docid": "8703268", "text": "Up! Close and Personal Up! Close and Personal is the fourth live video album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and produced by team composed of Dan Braun, Cliff Burnstein, Carol Donovan, McCarthy-Miller, Peter Mensch, and Marc Reiter. The concert was filmed in November 2003 at a sound stage in Nashville, Tennessee, with an audience of 300 people. When conceptualizing the show, Twain desired to make the setting intimate and perform the songs acoustically, so she turned to bluegrass band Alison Krauss and Union Station to perform backup during the concert. It was also modeled", "title": "Up! Close and Personal" }, { "docid": "2567923", "text": "became a major hit of the swing music era. During the Barnet days, May revealed a significant flair for satire on a composition, \"The Wrong Idea\", composed with Barnet, ridiculing the bland \"Mickey Mouse\" style of safe big-band music, with specific aim at bandleader Sammy Kaye, known for his \"swing and sway\" trademark. May's caustic lyrics to the song called it \"swing and sweat with Charlie Barnet\". Bandleader Glenn Miller hired May away from Barnet in 1940. \"May points out that he was not responsible for any of the [Glenn Miller] band's signature hits, but he did write the beautiful", "title": "Billy May" }, { "docid": "14351311", "text": "Band Blues You've gone to my head Big Band Bash Ted Heath discography This is a discography for British bandleader Ted Heath. Al Jolson Classics/Hits I missed All Time Top 8 (incl. in All Time top 12) All Time Top Twelve All Time Top Twelve/Shall We Dance A Salute to Glenn Miller At Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall/First American Tour At The London Palladium/100th Palladium Concert At the London Palladium vol. 3/Final Swing Session A Yank in Europe Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (Lita Roza singles) Beatles, Bach and Bacharach Big and Rich Big Band Bash Big", "title": "Ted Heath discography" }, { "docid": "14351301", "text": "Ted Heath discography This is a discography for British bandleader Ted Heath. Al Jolson Classics/Hits I missed All Time Top 8 (incl. in All Time top 12) All Time Top Twelve All Time Top Twelve/Shall We Dance A Salute to Glenn Miller At Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall/First American Tour At The London Palladium/100th Palladium Concert At the London Palladium vol. 3/Final Swing Session A Yank in Europe Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (Lita Roza singles) Beatles, Bach and Bacharach Big and Rich Big Band Bash Big Band Bash Big Band Bash/Big Band Percussion Big Band Beat", "title": "Ted Heath discography" }, { "docid": "17006785", "text": "by the Delta Rhythm Boys, Erskine Butterfield and His Blue Boys on Decca Records with vocals in the U.S. and on Brunswick in the UK, Kenny Graham, Herb Miller and His Orchestra, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, and the King Sisters. The Delta Rhythm Boys also performed the song with the lyrics in a 1941 soundie or film short by Storyville Films directed by Robert R. Snody. Sheet music was released by Fowler Music in New York to accompany the Glenn Miller and Erskine Butterfield recordings. The Alan Glasscock Orchestra has performed the song live in concert in 2013. I Dreamt", "title": "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" }, { "docid": "17576507", "text": "Trombone – \"Trummie\" Young, and Trumpet – Louis Armstrong. Former Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller manager Don Haynes were advisors on the production. The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 soundtrack album released on Decca Records featuring songs from the film biography of Glenn Miller starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The collection featured eight songs from the film recorded under the direction of Joseph Gershenson. The 1954 10\" album The Glenn Miller Story movie soundtrack LP, Decca Records DL 5519, spent 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard albums", "title": "The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "12995224", "text": "band's there to greet us, Old friends there to meet us. Where the rich and the poor folks meet, let me take you down to Basin Street.\" Jack Teagarden explained how the lyrics were co-written with Glenn Miller in 1931: \"I was home in New York the evening before the 'Basin Street Blues' record date when Glenn called me from his apartment in Jackson Heights. 'Jack, I think we could do a better job if we could put together some lyrics and you could sing it. Want to come over and see what we can do?'...We finally finished the job", "title": "Glenn Miller discography" }, { "docid": "18310673", "text": "crime he did not commit. After his release Ford suffered further injustices: He was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer and Louisiana State refused to pay any compensation for his time in prison. An intimate portrait of Ford as he nears death, A System of Justice was filmed over 2 days at the hospice where Glenn spent his final days. 3 Generations partnered with two organizations, Resurrection After Exoneration and The Innocence Project, who helped Glenn in his final days. A System of Justice had its world premiere on March 5 at 2:30pm at the Odeon Cinema in the Manchester", "title": "3 Generations (company)" }, { "docid": "7043331", "text": "The Glenn Miller Orchestra (the other is 1942's \"Orchestra Wives\"). Besides \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\", other Glenn Miller tunes in the film are \"Moonlight Serenade\", \"It Happened in Sun Valley\", \"I Know Why (And So Do You)\", and \"In the Mood\". An instrumental version of \"At Last\" was recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra as well as a version with vocals by John Payne and Pat Friday, but these recordings would remain unused and unissued. \"At Last\" can be heard in the movie in three scenes, however, in an orchestral performance by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in the Lido", "title": "Sun Valley Serenade" }, { "docid": "5013068", "text": "The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American biographical film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western collaboration. Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, \"Moonlight Serenade.\" The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage", "title": "The Glenn Miller Story" }, { "docid": "17460601", "text": "Smart Set: An Album of Outstanding Arrangements on Victor Records\". The collection was re-released in a 2-sided 10\" 33rpm record set in 1951 as RCA Victor LPM-31 and in 1952 as P-148 as a three-record set of 7\", 45rpm discs. The album was also released in Canada on His Master's Voice/Victor in 1945.. Glenn Miller (1945 album) Glenn Miller is a compilation album of phonograph records released posthumously by bandleader Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Released in 1945 on RCA Victor as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series, described on the front cover as \"An Album of", "title": "Glenn Miller (1945 album)" }, { "docid": "15687255", "text": "2014 and on the 2015 album \"Demon Diaries\". The Glenn Miller recording appears on the 1992 Sony compilation \"Evolution of a Band\", \"The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 1-2\" on Avid, \"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: 1935-1938\", Classics, 2004, \"Community Swing, Vol. 2, 1937-1938\", Naxos Jazz Legends, 2003, \"The Complete Early Recordings\", Opus Kura, 2004, and the 2003 Sony various artists collection \"Jazz Legends: Swing and Big Bands\". \"Doin' the Jive\" was performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and broadcast on the radio on the following dates: July 24, 1937 at the Hotel Roosevelt for a New Orleans broadcast, August", "title": "Doin' the Jive" }, { "docid": "15684490", "text": "by the Glenn Miller Orchestra appeared in the 2002 environmentalism documentary \"Blue Vinyl\". The Glenn Miller recording was featured on \"The Notebook\" soundtrack album in 2004. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2008 film \"Revolutionary Road\" starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. A String of Pearls (song) \"A String of Pearls\" is a 1941 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on RCA Bluebird, composed by Jerry Gray with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. The song is a big band and jazz standard. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded \"A String of Pearls\" on November 8, 1941", "title": "A String of Pearls (song)" }, { "docid": "18630924", "text": "members with the 1953 release of \"The Glenn Miller Story\" on the big screen. The band garnered award nominations and box office success, as well as top hit status for its soundtrack album in 1954. The Glenn Miller Orchestra has recorded and performed under various leaders, from 1956 to this day. Singer Nick Hilscher became the director of the touring band in 2012, replacing previous director Gary Tole. Current as of 2015 Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present) The Glenn Miller Orchestra is a band formed after the loss of Glenn Miller, named in memory of him and the original Glenn Miller", "title": "Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present)" }, { "docid": "744685", "text": "a melodic line with a tenor saxophone holding the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized within a single octave. George T. Simon discovered a saxophonist named Wilbur Schwartz for Glenn Miller. Miller hired Schwartz, but instead had him play lead clarinet. According to Simon, \"Willie's tone and way of playing provided a fullness and richness so distinctive that none of the later Miller imitators could ever accurately reproduce the Miller sound.\" With this new sound combination, Glenn Miller found a way to differentiate his band's style from the many bands that existed in the late thirties. Miller talked about", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "744714", "text": "and the Glenn Miller Foundation was created to oversee its restoration; it is now part of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum. In 1953, Universal-International pictures released \"The Glenn Miller Story\", starring James Stewart; Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke neither appear in nor are referred to in it. In 1957, a new student Union Building was completed on the Boulder Campus and the new Ballroom was named \"The Glenn Miller Ballroom\". In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Glenn Miller postage stamp. In the United States and England, there are a few archives that are devoted to Glenn", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "3789246", "text": "Paul Tanner Paul Tanner (October 15, 1917 – February 5, 2013) was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tanner had five brothers and each could play an instrument. Tanner learned to play the trombone at a reform school where his father was employed as superintendent. Tanner and his brothers were playing in what he described as a \"strip joint\" when Miller heard him and offered him a position in his band. Tanner gained fame by playing trombone with Glenn Miller's band from 1938 until 1942, when he joined the U.S. Army Air Force. (In fact,", "title": "Paul Tanner" }, { "docid": "16739078", "text": "1993 Gaetano Bardini, a renowned Italian tenor, accepted Dime in his private singing school in Tuscany. Upon return to Serbia, Dime worked with highly recognized voice teachers such as soprano Radmila Smiljanić and mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić, but Professor Olivera Jovanovic set him as a singer in the professional scene. Even the beginning of his career was out of the ordinary; his debut concert in Belgrade had two reprises. After the concert in France and several concerts in Belgrade, from 2004 to 2006, Dime got a new chance to perform at the celebrated Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto in September 2006.", "title": "Goran Dime" }, { "docid": "18630923", "text": "Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present) The Glenn Miller Orchestra is a band formed after the loss of Glenn Miller, named in memory of him and the original Glenn Miller Orchestra. After the disappearance of Glenn Miller in 1944, the band was reconstituted under the direction of Tex Beneke, its lead tenor saxophonist, singer, and one of Miller's longtime close friends. A few years later, the Miller estate, having parted ways with Beneke, hired Ray McKinley, principal drummer in Miller's , to organize a new \"ghost band\" in 1956. Hollywood contributed to the band's popularity and that of its founder and original", "title": "Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present)" }, { "docid": "744720", "text": "as many troops as possible. His superior accomplishments are highly commendable and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States.\" Glenn Miller had three recordings that were posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have \"qualitative or historical significance.\" Notes Bibliography Glenn Miller Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "744718", "text": "(a former arranger for Tommy Dorsey), Billy May and to a much smaller extent, George Williams, who worked very briefly with the band as well as Andrews Sisters arranger Vic Schoen According to Norman Leyden, \"[s]everal others [besides Leyden] arranged for Miller in the service, including Jerry Gray, Ralph Wilkinson, Mel Powell, and Steve Steck.\" In 1943, Glenn Miller wrote \"Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging\", published by the Mutual Music Society in New York, a one hundred sixteen page book with illustrations and scores that explains how he wrote his musical arrangements. \"Major Alton Glenn Miller (Army Serial No.", "title": "Glenn Miller" }, { "docid": "16132910", "text": "bass, and George T. Simon on drums. Community Swing Community Swing is a swing jazz instrumental composed and recorded by Glenn Miller and released as a Brunswick 78 single in 1937 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. \"Community Swing\" was composed by Glenn Miller in 1937 and recorded on June 9, 1937 at the Brunswick studios in New York and released as a Brunswick 78, 7923, Matrix #B 21236-1, backed with \"Sleepy Time Gal\". Arranged by Glenn Miller, the instrumental featured Mannie Klein on trumpet, Hal McIntyre on clarinet, and George T. Simon on drums. The 78 release on Vocalion", "title": "Community Swing" }, { "docid": "5700197", "text": "Sandra, of Santa Ana, Calif. His saxophone is currently used by the Arizona Opry. Tex Beneke Gordon Lee \"Tex\" Beneke (February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gorme, Henry Mancini and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song \"In The Mood\" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\". Jazz", "title": "Tex Beneke" }, { "docid": "10444253", "text": "main soloists on that recording were Best and Bobby Hackett. The Glenn Miller recording sold 115,000 copies in the first week. It was featured in the 1953 Glenn Miller biopic \"The Glenn Miller Story\" starring James Stewart and Harry Morgan. The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the song on February 5, 1940 in New York. The personnel on the Glenn Miller recording: Saxes: Hal McIntyre, Tex Beneke, Wilbur Schwartz, Jimmy Abato, Al Klink; Trumpets: Clyde Hurley, John Best, R. D. McMickle, Legh Knowles; Trombones: Glenn Miller, Tommy Mack, Paul Tanner, Frank D'Annolfo; Piano: Chummy MacGregor; String Bass: Rowland Bundock; Guitar: Richard", "title": "Tuxedo Junction" }, { "docid": "18501584", "text": "died on August 23, 2003 in Freeport, Bahamas. Ed Zandy Edward Eugene \"Eddie\" Zandy was a professional trumpet player from 1938 until his death in 2003. He was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he also played with the Ina Ray Hutton, Claude Thornhill, Skitch Henderson and Gene Krupa bands. Zandy moved permanently to the Bahamas in 1968, living initially in Nassau and then Freeport, where he played in casino and hotel bands. One of his last performances was", "title": "Ed Zandy" }, { "docid": "18501582", "text": "Ed Zandy Edward Eugene \"Eddie\" Zandy was a professional trumpet player from 1938 until his death in 2003. He was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he also played with the Ina Ray Hutton, Claude Thornhill, Skitch Henderson and Gene Krupa bands. Zandy moved permanently to the Bahamas in 1968, living initially in Nassau and then Freeport, where he played in casino and hotel bands. One of his last performances was with the Apple Elliot Ensemble in the Bahamas.", "title": "Ed Zandy" }, { "docid": "11683649", "text": "a salute to some member of that fraternity who has distinguished himself in the war effort.\" General references Inline citations Hal McIntyre Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. McIntyre played extensively as a teenager and led his own octet in 1935. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a temporary slot as an alto saxophonist behind Benny Goodman; this lasted only ten days, but Glenn Miller heard of his ability and drafted him as a founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where", "title": "Hal McIntyre" }, { "docid": "2860066", "text": "outbreak of the war in 1914, Miller volunteered for the army. He joined the Royal Sussex Regiment and, after serving in France, was posted to India and a year later to Mesopotamia, where he was temporarily blinded for three days. This experience stayed with him all his life, and in later years he did much work to help the blind. During his time in the army, he started a troops’ concert party. Demobilized from the army, he found work to be in short supply. He had lost his mother to the 1918 flu pandemic. He had his sights on performing", "title": "Max Miller (comedian)" }, { "docid": "6308383", "text": "Davis on his 1957 \"Birth of the Cool\" album which was produced by Mercer's cousin Walter Rivers; \"Sold American\" with Glenn Miller; \"Sometime\" with Glenn Miller in 1939; \"Solid As a Stonewall Jackson\" with Jerry Gray; \"Mister-Lucky-Me\" in 1943; \"Simply Grand\"; \"If Not For You\"; \"The Technical Training Command\" with Glenn Miller and Sol Meyer in 1943; and, \"I Sustain the Wings\", composed with Glenn Miller, Norman Leyden, and Bill Meyers for the NBC radio series, which ran from 1943 to 1944. Chummy MacGregor also composed a series of songs with Charles Ives: \"The Cage\", \"Berceuse\", \"Evidence\", \"Disclosure\", \"Down East\",", "title": "Chummy MacGregor" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9856856", "text": "Congressional pension Congressional pension is a pension made available to members of the United States Congress. Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service. A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later.", "title": "Congressional pension" }, { "docid": "9856856", "text": "Congressional pension Congressional pension is a pension made available to members of the United States Congress. Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service. A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later.", "title": "Congressional pension" } ]

[ { "docid": "19867282", "text": "total pension cost to the federal government in 1869 was $46,178,000. Fraud is more than just a possibility in these pension statements as there were 80,000 plus known pension applications. While Congress’ act of 1818 and 1820 discouraged military resignation and encouraged enlistment, it also allowed for poor colonists who did not serve to get fraud pensions from the United States Government. The pension office most commonly rejected pension applications because the soldier had not served nine months in the war. A small percentage of pension claims were rejected because the soldier’s name was not found on a roster. Widows", "title": "Southern Campaigns: Pension Transactions" }, { "docid": "3565804", "text": "ERISA. On September 12, 1972, NBC broadcast an hour-long television special, \"Pensions: The Broken Promise\", that showed millions of Americans the consequences of poorly funded pension plans and onerous vesting requirements. In the following years, Congress held a series of public hearings on pension issues and public support for pension reform grew significantly. ERISA was enacted in 1974 and signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 2, 1974, Labor Day. In the years since 1974, ERISA has been amended repeatedly. ERISA does not require employers to establish pension plans. Likewise, as a general rule, it does not require", "title": "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" }, { "docid": "449706", "text": "two-thirds vote to convict. No vice president has ever been impeached. The vice president's salary is $230,700. The salary was set by the 1989 Government Salary Reform Act, which also provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees. The vice president does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on his position as President of the Senate. The vice president must serve a minimum of two years to qualify for a pension. The home of the vice president was only designated in 1974, when", "title": "Vice President of the United States" }, { "docid": "14924995", "text": "serve to express the opinion of Congress, or to regulate procedure. In many cases, lobbyists write legislation and submit it to a member for introduction. Congressional lobbyists are legally required to be registered in a central database. Bills may be introduced by any member of either house. However, the Constitution provides that: \"All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.\" As a result, the Senate does not have the power to initiate bills imposing taxes. Furthermore, the House of Representatives holds that the Senate does not have the power to originate appropriation bills, or bills authorizing", "title": "Procedures of the United States Congress" }, { "docid": "18025281", "text": "told of the discovery of love letters from Julian to Claire Foster, whom Long was planning to marry. The implication is that Julian must have killed Long in a fit of jealousy. Julian, however, is known by all as a man of uncommon integrity. Margaret never questions his innocence; she decides to disguise herself as a member of the underclass in order to get to know Claire Forster (herself a member of the lower class) in an attempt at getting Claire to explain how she set Julian up. Margaret does this successfully; she gets Cliare drunk, and Claire then explains", "title": "The Woman in the Case (play)" }, { "docid": "2356044", "text": "to be called the Bickerdyke House. Later, she became an attorney, helping Union veterans with legal problems, including obtaining pensions. General Logan helped her get a job in the San Francisco Mint. She also worked for the Salvation Army there. While in California, she was elected as the first president of Lyon Women's Relief Corps, No. 6 of Oakland, California. She declined, but is on their membership rolls as a charter member. Bickerdyke received a special pension of $25 a month from Congress after Mary Livermore lobbied on her behalf. This special bill was introduced by Representative Long of Massachusetts.", "title": "Mary Ann Bickerdyke" }, { "docid": "12288046", "text": "in stratification. Weber noted how managers of corporations or industries control firms they do not own; Marx would have placed such a person in the proletariat. (2) Prestige (status): A person's prestige, or popularity in a society. This could be determined by the kind of job this person does or wealth. and (3) Power (political party): A person's ability to get their way despite the resistance of others. For example, individuals in state jobs, such as an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or a member of the United States Congress, may hold little property or status but they", "title": "Sociology" }, { "docid": "20481230", "text": "areas; originally, it was only set up to serve rural children. Now, more children have access to this assistance. Overall, the social welfare of children has been improved by these measures. Other groups that are eligible to receive social welfare assistance in Mexico are the elderly and the disabled. Pension age in Mexico is 65 years. The amount given in the pension varies depending on how much the person contributed to the pension program. Pensions are usually 2,253.76 pesos a month. People with disabilities are also given pensions. The average pension for a disabled individual is roughly 2,253.76 pesos a", "title": "Social Welfare in Mexico" }, { "docid": "2479345", "text": "to reform the congressional pension program. Coble refused to participate in the congressional pension program, stating that reforming congressional pensions was long overdue and that the bill would lengthen the time of service required before a member would be eligible for participation in the pension program. The bill To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years (H.R. 3626; 113th Congress) was introduced in the House on December 2, 2013 by Coble. The bill would extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for an additional 10 years, but would not expand any of its provisions (related to plastic", "title": "Howard Coble" }, { "docid": "12356445", "text": "Pensions cannot be transferred, but defined contribution, defined benefit pension schemes, SIPPs and SSAS can be transferred abroad. A QROPS does not have to be established in the country where one retires; rather, a person can move the pension to another jurisdiction and have the benefits paid into their country of choice. The critical issue in deciding how a QROPS is taxed internally on funds, and on payout, would be the double tax treaty between the country of residence of the beneficial owner (the pensioner or beneficiary) and the jurisdiction where the pension is based. Taxation can be affected by", "title": "Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme" }, { "docid": "1733903", "text": "and proper to carry out the enumerated powers. It specifies the election and composition of the House of Representatives and Senate and the qualifications necessary to serve in each chamber. The Seventeenth Amendment changed how senators were elected. Originally, senators were elected by state legislatures. The Seventeenth Amendment changed this to senators being elected directly by popular vote. Member of Congress A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. Member of Parliament (MP) is an equivalent", "title": "Member of Congress" }, { "docid": "9856860", "text": "who worked for 22 years and who had a top three-year average salary of $154,267 would be eligible for a pension payment of $84,847 per year. A member elected after 1984 would have been enrolled under the FERS plan, and their pension payment under similar conditions ($154,267 top three-year average salary, but with only 20 years of service, rather than the 22 in the CSRS example) would be $52,451. In 2002, the average congressional pension payment ranged from $41,000 to $55,000. , senior Members of Congress who have been in office for at least 32 years can earn about $139,000", "title": "Congressional pension" }, { "docid": "9185669", "text": "Zealand is one of only four countries that have flat-rate universal superannuation, the others being Canada, Denmark and Russia. One quarter of the state's core operating expenditure in New Zealand goes on superannuation. People who have served in any war or other emergency in which New Zealand forces have served, and have a disability, may be able to get a Veteran's Pension instead of Superannuation. Veteran's Pension is paid at the same rate as New Zealand Superannuation but unlike Superannuation, payments are not reduced should a veteran require long term hospital care. Disabled veterans may also be able to get", "title": "Welfare in New Zealand" }, { "docid": "16299568", "text": "scheme sanction tax charge of at least 15 per cent of the unauthorised payment. Income drawdown can be started at the same time as a saver can start to get any authorised pension from a registered pension scheme. Normally this starts at age 55. A person can start drawing a pension earlier if: There is no upper limit for commencement. (Most forms of pension have to be taken before age 75.) Opting for Income drawdown therefore has the advantage of enabling savers to put off drawing any income from their pension savings for as long as it suits them. When", "title": "Income drawdown" }, { "docid": "12418146", "text": "1.7 million students across the country each year. Furthermore, these programs likely serve hundreds of thousands of adults. Grant-receiving organizations may also be supported by non-governmental organizations. For example, some communities may collaborate with organizations such as Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America, Gear Up, Teens Act, and ESOL Adult Program. On average, Congress appropriated about $1.9 billion annually to the program between 2002 and 2007. Since 2007, Congress has determined yearly how much money will be appropriated to the program. However, the congressional record does not explain how Congress determines the amount appropriated each year. Congressional records", "title": "21st Century Community Learning Centers" }, { "docid": "8162940", "text": "the educational benefits universities produce and the efficiency with which they produce them: What does college cost? How many students are admitted? How many graduate? How long does it take them to graduate? How many get good jobs? At the same time, accrediting bodies have changed their measurement emphasis from inputs and activities to outcomes...Students want not just high-paying jobs, but an acceptable ratio of starting salary to student debt. Governments likewise care not just about the number of graduates but the total cost of producing each graduate.” These questions warrant consideration in the future conversations about the Federal Student", "title": "Federal Direct Student Loan Program" }, { "docid": "15813813", "text": "Lal bemused and dejected by the irony of the situation sets out on his mission to gather proof that he is alive while the Pension Office employees resolve that whatever proof Mussaddi brings they will not allow him to be officially alive since they have already mopped up his pension money. Mussaddi decides to revolt in his own way and decides to take the law in his hands. Does Mussaddi finally get his justice or does he remain a dead victim of the bureaucracy? Can Mussaddi overcome the corrupt system and its officials and be triumphant, and alive, if so", "title": "Chala Mussaddi... Office Office" }, { "docid": "18657054", "text": "Ohio. In 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as a member of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force. This commission was established by Congress to study the structure of the U.S. Air Force to determine whether, and how, the structure should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements for the U.S. Air Force in a manner consistent with available resources. He and his wife have two sons, both of whom serve as Citizen Warriors - one in the Army National Guard and one in the Marine Corps Reserve. McCarthy graduated from the University", "title": "Dennis M. McCarthy" }, { "docid": "8025254", "text": "guests get to make cocktails is based on a random number generator. If the player does not want to drink or vomits, they would have been forced to quit the treatment. One guest cannot handle the taste of a cocktail and is sent home. Original Airdate: February 6, 2010 The barftending treatment finishes up with five players who did not quit. The guests then get sleep; an hour and eleven minutes of it. They were then asked how long they thought they were sleeping. Based on how close their guesses were to the actual amount of time they slept decided", "title": "Solitary (TV series)" }, { "docid": "12154753", "text": "non-profit organization mentors and trains medical innovators. The idea for the institution dates back to Fogarty’s early life when he received encouragement from Dr. Jack Cranley. “We are teaching people (doctors and engineers) how to get their concepts and products into use. Very few have gone through the process of coming up with a concept and getting it funded. That does not come naturally. It comes through experience. We will teach how to address these challenges.” Physician innovators, including Fogarty, serve as the faculty of the Institute and make use of their networks and experiences in the private industry to", "title": "Thomas J. Fogarty" }, { "docid": "2911770", "text": "technical ground that their patent was under the great seal, whereas by statute it should have been under that of the duchy of Lancaster. It does not appear how the question with the Earl of Salisbury was settled. In 1662 Gerard was granted a pension charged on the customs. Towards the end of the year he was sent as envoy extraordinary to the French court, where he was very splendidly received. About this time he became a member of the Royal African Company, which obtained in January 1663 a grant by letters patent of the region between Port Sallee and", "title": "Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield" }, { "docid": "17601526", "text": "person is determined by the ISS Health Committee to have lost working power (or a minimum 60% earning power in their profession due to work accident or occupational disease), they may be eligible for a pension or lump-sum payment dependant on other factors such as how long they have held insurance. Survivors' insurance is a compulsory and contributory insurance \"which provides a monthly pension to survivors including spouse, children and parents in case the insurance holders become deceased due to a reason other than work accident and occupational diseases. The rights provided under survivors’ insurance are survivors’ pension, death grant,", "title": "Social Security Institution" }, { "docid": "16036075", "text": "joined by her daughter Evlyn Latta Lutes (1877–1968), who was admitted to the bar in 1905. This may have been the first mother-daughter law practice in the nation. Nettie applied for a widow's Civil War pension but was denied because she had too much money; after her appeal was denied, she tried to get a private bill passed in Congress to give her the pension. Nelson and Nettie had three daughters - Elinor Seney Lutes (1875–1963); Evlyn Latta Lutes; and Lillian Cronise Lutes (b. 1882). Nettie was buried by the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, probably at the", "title": "Nettie Cronise Lutes" }, { "docid": "5274972", "text": "have decided to rally around Hackett was that, had he won, he would have been the first veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to serve in Congress. Late in the campaign Schmidt claimed Mark Kirk, Republican Congressman from Illinois was the first Congressman to serve in Iraq, but Kirk said he had never actually been on tour in Iraq. Schmidt won the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, which frustrated her opponent, a long-time NRA member. She also won the endorsements of the International Association of Fire Fighters, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the National Homebuilders Association, the", "title": "2005 Ohio's 2nd congressional district special election" }, { "docid": "8829233", "text": "he never considered job as his goal of life. The job was just to make his ends meet, not more than that.He was afraid that he might turn into how others live their life which he mentioned in one of his stories in \"Sarika\"- get a degree, start a job, become a servant, get pension and pass away.It is believed that he quit ( or was perhaps dismissed) from this job in 1957 because of being absent for long duration of times (as new events were happening in his life which included his second marriage to Savitri Sharma of Mussoorie).", "title": "Rajkamal Choudhary" }, { "docid": "17626870", "text": "He also said that he had not cast the vote with the expectation of receiving money, but had revealed what was said to him to show how \"money controls Washington\" and how work in Congress is a \"steady cycle of voting for fundraising and money instead of voting for what is right.\" A spokesman for The Heritage Foundation stated: \"we would never do anything like that... we do not [make political donations]. The Heritage Foundation is a think tank and does research and education, but does not get involved with political bills at all.\" McAllister and his wife, the former", "title": "Vance McAllister" }, { "docid": "6135213", "text": "this purpose) rather than the Additional Pension, although most people will continue to build up some entitlement to AP at the same time. Because they will continue to pay some National Insurance, such employees will receive the difference between the higher level of the S2P and the lower level of SERPS which they have contracted out from when they come to draw on their State Pension. \"This form of contracting out lasts as long as the individual remains a member\" of the employer's scheme - usually as long as they remain in a particular job. Once they leave a job,", "title": "State Second Pension" }, { "docid": "3037370", "text": "for oversight and regulation of the franking privilege in the Congress. Among the Commission's responsibilities is to establish the \"Official Mail Allowance\" for each Member based proportionally on the number of constituents they serve. Certain other persons are also accorded the privilege such as Members-elect and former presidents and their spouse or widow as well. A president who is convicted in the Senate as a result of an impeachment trial would not have a franking privilege after being forced to leave office. The sitting president does not have personal franking privileges but the vice president, who is also President of", "title": "Franking" }, { "docid": "18040810", "text": "Daily News\", said that the series does not serve up enough fun unlike Rhimes' other shows, \"Grey's Anatomy\" and \"Scandal\". Frazier Moore, \"Associated Press\", wrote that the show \"promises to be twisty, wicked, dark and fun. And it stars Viola Davis, who brings life to a character of endless calculations and mystery.\" The second season received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 94% based on 87 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Developing a stronger narrative this season, \"How to Get Away with Murder\" throws more improbable shocks and", "title": "How to Get Away with Murder" }, { "docid": "10155458", "text": "strong step forward, some say that the legislation does not go far enough in enabling personal control over genetic testing results. The law does not cover life, disability, or long-term care insurance, which may cause some reluctance to get tested. Some legal scholars have called for the addition of a \"disparate impact\" theory of action to strengthen GINA as a law. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (, GINA, pronounced Jee-na), is an Act of Congress in the United States designed to prohibit some types of genetic discrimination. The act bars the use of genetic", "title": "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act" }, { "docid": "19867279", "text": "to apply for pensions if they had served in the Continental Army, the Navy, or the Marines for at least nine months, and could prove it. These pensions would be available for life. To no surprise, pension applications soared into congress following this act. Financial problems quickly arose in the government as people were clearly starting to fraud the system to get benefits. In an attempt to reduce fraud, Congress passed a remedial legislation on May 1, 1820 in which pensioners were now forced to give documentation of his estate and income to the Secretary of War, who would then", "title": "Southern Campaigns: Pension Transactions" }, { "docid": "17601527", "text": "marriage allowance for the girls who are receiving monthly pension and funeral allowance.\" A pension is dependent on other factors such as how long they have held insurance and if they received disability or old age insurance. Marriage benefit \"shall be payable in advance, for once, at the amount of two years of pension or income they receive, upon marriage and request of the daughters, whose income or pensions should be terminated due to marriage.\" Funeral benefit \"shall be payable to the right holders of the insurance holder who deceased when receiving permanent incapacity income due to work accident or", "title": "Social Security Institution" }, { "docid": "3983790", "text": "true for practically all cases, but pension law in the United States does not require that employees bear investment risk. The law only provides a section 404(c) exemption under ERISA from fiduciary liability if the employer provides the mandated investment choices and gives employees sufficient control to customize his pension investment portfolio appropriate to his risk tolerance. ERISA does not provide insurance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for defined contribution plans, but cash balance plans do get such insurance because they, like all ERISA-defined benefit plans, are covered by the PBGC. Plans may also be either employer-provided or", "title": "Retirement plans in the United States" }, { "docid": "18422129", "text": "of breadwinner. This system is funded by individuals such as employees,enterpreneurs, self- employed and others that are obliged to contribute to the compalsory state pension insurance. This payment amounts to 22% of individual salary,which is paid either by individual or by employer. The money paid is received by Pension Fund of Ukraine - authority that is responsible for compalsory state pension insurance and manages it. Above mentioned payments of insurees are then redirected by Pension Fund to pay pensions of today's retirees. Such system does not ensure that current employees,who contributes to state pension insurance, will get their own pension", "title": "Pensions in Ukraine" }, { "docid": "8938935", "text": "while 35% disapproved. When asked how old is too old for a Supreme Court judge to serve if he or she seems healthy, 48% said \"no limit as long as he or she is healthy\", while 31% agreed that anyone over the age of 70 is too old. Some state lawmakers have officially expressed to Congress a desire for a federal constitutional amendment to limit terms of Supreme Court justices as well as of judges of federal courts below the Supreme Court level. While there might be others, below are three known examples: Term limits for state officials have existed", "title": "Term limits in the United States" }, { "docid": "4232677", "text": "about on your own, or in using public transport due to a permanent disability you can obtain an allowance to purchase a car, make alterations to a car, and to take a driving licence. If you have worked in Sweden and earned a taxable work income, you will be entitled to Swedish old age pension, at the earliest from the age of 61 years. The levels depend on your income and how long you have worked. There is also a guarantee pension which you are entitled to if you have lived for at least three years in Sweden if you", "title": "Social security in Sweden" }, { "docid": "17116430", "text": "for retirement. He conveyed the request to the Chief Constable. There was no precedent for a woman to retire and receive a pension, despite the fact she had been paying into the fund since 1918. She had to send many letters (25 in all) to confirm her pension would be paid, writing to the government in Whitehall, London. The Watch Committees of Salisbury and Birmingham were consulted. In both 1925 and 1930 White had her superiors confirm her pensionable pay status. It was argued by some that she should serve the full 25 years to get a pension but, as", "title": "Florence Mildred White" }, { "docid": "18391216", "text": "Pension review Pension review is a component of retirement planning, where a pension is examined to determine how well it is performing. This may include what the annual fees amount to, if the pension is growing at a reasonable level, how it is invested, if it could perform better with different investments, and if the fund will be able to provide the desired retirement. Pension reviews may be conducted by the company holding the pension, or by independent companies. As an example, a 30-year-old could have a pension review in an effort to give their pension a good start. They", "title": "Pension review" }, { "docid": "6135216", "text": "- £4368) so that they would still receive some S2P through their State pension later - equivalent to the difference remaining (here, £12500 - £9000). If an individual chose this sort of second pension, in lieu of being 'contracted-in', it should give them roughly the same amount one would get from the Additional Pension. Whether it does or not rests on the investment returns from the rebate being sufficient to purchase additional income (usually in the form of an annuity.) One may still need to think about whether this predetermined level of pension would be enough to support the lifestyle", "title": "State Second Pension" }, { "docid": "10913277", "text": "of current members. Frequently, if the amounts are small, the member and the scheme administrators lose touch with each other, and as a result the pension is never claimed. Many financial services advisors and companies offer to collect frozen pensions so as to amalgamate them and bring them under one paying agency. Frozen Occupational Pension A frozen occupational pension (or a \"preserved pension\") is one which has been left behind in an occupational pension scheme by people no longer employed by the sponsoring employer. These pensions are \"frozen\" until retirement age. This does not mean that the pension is fixed", "title": "Frozen Occupational Pension" }, { "docid": "4877305", "text": "1904 before winning Wisconsin's 5th congressional district seat in 1910 as the first Socialist to serve in the Congress. In Congress, he focused on issues related to the District of Columbia and also more radical proposals, including eliminating the President's veto, abolishing the Senate and the socialization of major industries. Berger gained national publicity for his old-age pension bill, the first of its kind introduced into Congress. Less than two weeks after the \"Titanic\" passenger ship disaster of 1912, Berger introduced a bill in Congress providing for the nationalization of radio-wireless systems. A practical socialist, Berger argued that the wireless", "title": "History of the socialist movement in the United States" }, { "docid": "3704250", "text": "explained that members of Congress were so preoccupied with the question of what they would do after leaving Congress – the most obvious career path being lobbying – that they fell into the habit of thinking about how to serve special interests rather than how to serve the public. According to Lessig, Cooper described Congress as a \"Farm League for K Street\". In 2011, Cooper said: \"Working in this Congress is deeply frustrating; in fact, it's enraging. My colleagues are misbehaving. They're posturing for voters back home. They're taking the cheap political hit instead of studying the problem that's before", "title": "Jim Cooper" }, { "docid": "2966846", "text": "efforts to extract answers from them, they teleport him and his ship far into outer space, albeit after filling the ship with gifts. Seeing how he will not get anywhere this way, Klapaucius constructs a massive machine capable of simulating the entire universe, including a member of the HPLD civilization. Upon questioning the simulation, he is informed that over six million such interrogations took place in the past. The simulation also reveals that the civilization in question has long since achieved the HPLD, and thus has nothing else to strive for. When Klapaucius asks why the HPLD civilization does not", "title": "The Cyberiad" }, { "docid": "17957591", "text": "s/he may (at their own expense) appeal to the Federal Court of Canada. The Bureau of Pensions Advocates does not currently have the authority to represent individual clients at the Federal Court. Clients proceeding to the Federal Court of Canada with their own private lawyer should be aware that the Federal Court does not have the jurisdiction to impose its own decision and grant a disability pension or award. Instead, the Court considers how the Veterans Review and Appeal Board made its decision. If the Court deems that the decision was arrived at in an incorrect manner (e.g., the Board", "title": "Bureau of Pensions Advocates" }, { "docid": "434153", "text": "the structure and most of the powers of Congress. Sections One through Six describe how Congress is elected and gives each House the power to create its own structure. Section Seven lays out the process for creating laws, and Section Eight enumerates numerous powers. Section Nine is a list of powers Congress does not have, and Section Ten enumerates powers of the state, some of which may only be granted by Congress. Constitutional amendments have granted Congress additional powers. Congress also has implied powers derived from the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress has authority over financial and budgetary policy", "title": "United States Congress" }, { "docid": "9107581", "text": "Navy Nurse Corps was established. However, despite their uniforms the nurses were civilian employees with few benefits. They slowly gained additional privileges, including \"relative ranks\" and insignia in 1920, a retirement pension in 1926, and a disability pension if injured in the line of duty in 1926. Edith Nourse Rogers, one of the first women to serve in Congress, voted to support the pensions. The first American women enlisted into the regular armed forces were 13,000 women admitted into active duty in the Navy and Marines during World War I, and a much smaller number admitted into the Coast Guard.", "title": "Yeoman (F)" }, { "docid": "9856861", "text": "a year. In 2003, after James Traficant was expelled from Congress, several Congressmen tried passing a bill that would prevent expelled members from receiving their pensions. The bill was stalled and eventually dropped after being sent to the House Administration and Reforms committee for review. In 2007, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act was enacted; this act provides that a member of Congress convicted of one or more of a list of enumerated felonies (those relating to corruption, election crimes, or official misconduct) will forfeit his or her pension. Former congressman Ron Paul refused to participate in the congressional", "title": "Congressional pension" }, { "docid": "20875313", "text": "us on important matters. Now for a close examination of the Congress activities--regarding this matter I would just like to say that the Congress does not have a clear picture of how the freedom of our country should be won and it is misleading the people with the word 'swarajya'. The public understands the meaning of 'swarajya', as one's own rule in the country. Despite this the Congress is desperate to accept the abbreviated from of 'swarajya'. I wonder why the Congress, while strengthening its movement with public support, does not tell them the correct meaning of independence. Today the", "title": "Vijay Kumar Sinha" }, { "docid": "4026939", "text": "with others through the website, users are able to rate and post reviews of recipes they have tried, and to provide suggestions as to how to improve or alter them; according to the website, \"The ratings/reviews...are a valuable resource to our community because they show how the members and their families feel about a recipe. Does the recipe get raves—or does it never get made again? Your opinion counts\". This feedback is used to evaluate and classify recipes based upon how successfully they passed through the site's \"editorial process\" and to what extent they were approved by site members, potentially", "title": "Social web" }, { "docid": "7788234", "text": "of the most lovable and distinguished citizens of the United States. [Yet] the people elected Long to the Senate because they believe that he can be of more use to them there. The people trust Long. I find it mighty easy to get on with Governor Long. I have seen the school appropriations increased by $1.9 million during the past two years. ..\" Ransdell was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-sixth Congress). It was in this capacity that Randsell", "title": "Joseph E. Ransdell" }, { "docid": "9915193", "text": "plan if he knew three of his teammates would die. Star-Lord does not understand how three would die as only Gabe/Captain Universe and Groot have died (he doesn't count Deathcry as a member of the team). Mantis says she saw Ultron at the moment appearing and killing her. In Adam Warlock's body, Ultron does appear and cripples her with a blow to the head. Outside the energy shield a gathering of ships from the Badoon, Rigellians, Galadorian Spaceknights, Spartoi and remaining Kree constantly batter the shield with all their weaponry, failing to get through. Suddenly, Nova appears with Drax and", "title": "Annihilation: Conquest" }, { "docid": "2974701", "text": "both the House of Representatives and Senate are eligible to serve as ministers and parliamentary secretaries. A minister does not have to be a member of either house, but Section 64 of the Constitution of Australia requires the minister to become a member within three months. The Prime Minister and Treasurer are traditionally members of the House of Representatives, but the Constitution does not have such a requirement. As amended in 1987, the Minister of State Act 1952 permits up to 30 ministers. As members of one house cannot speak in the other, ministers in each house serve as representatives", "title": "Cabinet of Australia" }, { "docid": "3924408", "text": "the general exodus of Loyalists when British forces abandoned the city. In November 1776, James was exchanged for Colonel Philip Skene. When he got back to Boston in December, he was elected to be a delegate to the Continental Congress. He would serve in Congress until 1782. Lovell served effectively in the Congress during the six years that were critical to the American Revolution. He was particularly important as a long term member of the Committee of Foreign Correspondence and that of Secret Correspondence. He signed the Articles of Confederation, endorsing them for Massachusetts on July 9, 1778. During his", "title": "James Lovell (Continental Congress)" }, { "docid": "16893348", "text": "their pay taken away. The annual salary of a member of Congress is $174,000. Reid Ribble, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin, said \"You have to take away the one thing every member of congress really wants, and that's their paycheck at the end of every month. You take it away until they get their job done and I think you would see miraculously bipartisan work to get something done.\" Jim Cooper, the lead sponsor and author of the bill, said \"If we can show a greater number of co-sponsors leadership will have to pay attention. It's no secret this is", "title": "No Budget, No Pay Act" }, { "docid": "6148638", "text": "least £5564 if you are an employee, or £5595 if you are self-employed, and have paid (or been credited with) National Insurance contributions based on these earnings. Men born after 5 April 1945 and women born after 5 April 1950 need 30 qualifying years for a full Basic State Pension, with a single qualifying year required to get any State Pension. Men born before 6 April 1945 needed 44 qualifying years for a full Basic State Pension, and women born before 6 April 1950 needed 39 years; to get any State Pension, an individual needed 25 per cent of the", "title": "State Pension (United Kingdom)" }, { "docid": "5518649", "text": "federal public law libraries in the world, rivaled by the Law Library of Congress. Strictly speaking, neither the U.S. Supreme Court Library nor the Law Library of Congress is a public access law library; both, however, are government libraries funded by taxpayers, and accountable to the U.S. Supreme Court or to the U.S. Congress respectively. The Law Library of Congress does serve the public through various means, e.g. websites, social media services, and a physically accessible library. New York and California are examples of states that have statutes requiring all their counties to maintain a public law library. While New", "title": "Law library" }, { "docid": "10343041", "text": "as member of the State house of representatives 1927-1929 and 1931–1933, serving as minority leader during two sessions. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress and in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. City corporation counsel 1928-1934. He served as a member of the Connecticut Old Age Pension Commission in 1932 and 1933. He served as clerk of the State senate 1933-1935. Citron was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938", "title": "William M. Citron" }, { "docid": "19068800", "text": "coach operators have improved their profitability since market deregulation, despite tough price competition and that market deregulation had led to a better utilization of their fleet. In 2015, Cologne closed its city center long-distance bus station because of the congestion associated with buses. The city had wanted Flixbus to move its Cologne stop to the airport, which Flixbus refused to do. As of September 2016, Flixbus passengers can use public transport to get from the Flixbus stop in Leverkusen to Cologne city centre at no extra charge. Also, as of 2017, Flixbus does serve the Cologne-Bonn airport. Several cities criticized", "title": "Flixbus" }, { "docid": "18040800", "text": "cut bait; or he can try to win his way back. That’s a long road.\" Charlie Weber commented on Frank's whereabouts as he said to \"Entertainment Weekly\" \"I think he’s hiding, and I think he’s alone. If he does have a lifeline, I don’t think it’s Laurel.\" Regarding Laurel, Nowalk said that Laurel's backstory with her family will be explored in the upcoming season, \"I feel like it’s very present. The promise of our show is that we won’t dangle things out too long. The likelihood is yes. We’ve raised that question too many times not to answer it sooner", "title": "How to Get Away with Murder" }, { "docid": "3063031", "text": "have been written by Major John Armstrong, aide to General Horatio Gates, although the authorship of its text and underlying ideas is a subject of historical debate. Commander-in-Chief George Washington stopped any serious talk of rebellion when he successfully appealed on March 15 in an emotional address to his officers asking them to support the supremacy of Congress. Not long afterward, Congress approved a compromise agreement it had previously rejected: it funded some of the pay arrears, and granted soldiers five years of full pay instead of a lifetime pension of half pay. The motivations of numerous actors in these", "title": "Newburgh Conspiracy" }, { "docid": "13337382", "text": "offered by a private employer. Individuals that have worked in the UK and have paid certain levels of national insurance deductions can expect an income from the state pension scheme after their normal retirement. The state pension is currently divided into two parts: the basic state pension, State Second [tier] Pension scheme called S2P. Individuals will qualify for the basic state pension if they have completed sufficient years contribution to their national insurance record. The S2P pension scheme is earnings related and depends on earnings in each year as to how much an individual can expect to receive. It is", "title": "Defined benefit pension plan" }, { "docid": "18178668", "text": "four on Bus B. In this Roadblock, one team member rode a marked boat and delivered two basins of fish to the Magsaysay Fish Market. There, the team member unloaded the fish from the boat by crossing a long, thin, wooden plank delivering the basins of fish to a marked fish stall where the market vendor gave them their next clue. If teams dropped their fish in the water, they had to go back to the fish port and get a new batch. If they dropped fish in the water a second time, they would have to serve a short", "title": "The Amazing Race Philippines 2" }, { "docid": "13583880", "text": "School Breakfast Program The School Breakfast Program provides federally subsidized breakfasts to children at schools and child care facilities in the United States. The program began as a 2 year pilot in 1966. The program was supposed to serve schools in poor neighborhoods and in areas where kids had to travel a long distance in order to make it to school. To get schools to participate Congress allowed for higher payments to schools that were defined as being in \"severe need\". In its first year, the SBP spent US$573,000 serving about 80,000 children. In 1971 Congress modified the program, making", "title": "School Breakfast Program" }, { "docid": "4355450", "text": "its member states. As a result, many organizations doing business within the EU began to draft policies to comply with this Directive. In the same year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the Fair Information Principles which provided a set of non-binding governing principles for the commercial use of personal information. While not mandating policy, these principles provided guidance of the developing concerns of how to draft privacy policies. The United States does not have a specific federal regulation establishing universal implementation of privacy policies. Congress has, at times, considered comprehensive laws regulating the collection of information online, such", "title": "Privacy policy" }, { "docid": "16657446", "text": "explores the use of Oriental imagery in the appropriation of it within the West and the East and in both the past and the present. Elements found in Parnes' art include: ancient and modern history; mysticism; war; and fashion. He alters the context of the logos of corporate brands, such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Ferrari, Puma, Citibank, Subway, and Burger King. He does this to express a view of corporate influence and how its relationship with traditional cultures has developed. Parnes serves as a select member of the Artist Pension Trust. founded by Dan Galai, and David A. Ross, former", "title": "Eric Parnes" }, { "docid": "15240455", "text": "of 90. Though India was freed in 1947, Pondicherry territory was not freed. He went to Pondicherry and took part in freedom struggle. During his tenure in Pondicherry, he ran a journal, \"Samudayam\". When Jayaprakash Narayan formed a separate group in congress to serve the down-trodden vigorously, Vadivelu joined Jayaprakash Narayan and have become an active member of his socialist group. After the country obtained Independence, Jayaprakash left congress in 1948 to serve have-nots and formed the socialist party. Vadivelu followed him. Vadivelu fought for the causes of down-trodden, imprisoned 17 times in free India. Because of his tireless efforts", "title": "G. A. Vadivelu" }, { "docid": "17168562", "text": "I do not doubt that Hindus are forbidden the slaughter of cows. I have been long pledged to serve the cow but how can my religion also be the religion of the rest of the Indians? It will mean coercion against those Indians who are not Hindus.\" According to Gandhi, Hindus should not demand cow slaughter laws based on their religious texts or sentiments, in the same way that Muslims should not demand laws based on Shariat (Quran, Hadith) in India or Pakistan. In 1940, one of the Special Committees of the Indian National Congress stated that slaughter of cow", "title": "Cattle slaughter in India" }, { "docid": "20664485", "text": "on the challenge to the 1934 Railroad Retirement Act, \"Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Co.\". Its similarity with the Social Security Act meant the test of the railroad pension regime would serve as an indicator of whether Roosevelt's ambitious retirement program would be found constitutional. The railroad pension was designed to encourage older rail workers to retire, thereby creating jobs for younger railroaders desperately in need of work, although ostensibly Congress passed the act on the grounds that it would increase safety on the country's railways. Numerous challenges to the law were filed in the Supreme Court of the", "title": "Constitutional challenges to the New Deal" }, { "docid": "3997050", "text": "defeat on the tariff bill could be considered a victory for Randall, but the vote showed how isolated the former Speaker's protectionist ideas now made him in his party: only four Democrats voted against the tariff reductions. The state party likewise turned against Randall and toward free trade, adopting a pro-tariff revision platform at the 1888 state Democratic convention. At the same time, Randall seemingly reversed his long-standing commitment to fiscal economy by voting with the Republicans to override Cleveland's veto of the Dependent and Disability Pension Act. The Act would have given a pension to every Union veteran (or", "title": "Samuel J. Randall" }, { "docid": "15014727", "text": "esteem.\" He also was the one to hide Pascal in his house around the time he published his first \"Provincial Letters\". Patrix always followed his employer's fortunes, and after his demise, in 1660, he attached his fate to that his widow, Marguerite of Lorraine, becoming her first squire. All Patrix got for his long and loyal service of Gaston of Orléans was the government of the county and castle of Limours, Montlhéry, with an accommodation at the palace of Orléans and some rather insignificant pension. He even had to serve a local member of the aristocracy who was trying to", "title": "Pierre Patrix" }, { "docid": "541073", "text": "program. Individuals that have worked in the UK and have paid certain levels of national insurance deductions can expect an income from the state pension scheme after their normal retirement. The state pension is currently divided into two parts: the basic state pension, State Second [tier] Pension scheme called S2P. Individuals will qualify for the basic state pension if they have completed sufficient years contribution to their national insurance record. The S2P pension scheme is earnings related and depends on earnings in each year as to how much an individual can expect to receive. It is possible for an individual", "title": "Pension" }, { "docid": "6743823", "text": "was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1991. The Ambersons are by far the wealthiest family in the midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana at the beginning of the 20th century. Eugene Morgan is a young man who is courting Isabel Amberson, but she rejects him after he publicly embarasses her. Isabel instead marries Wilbur Minafer, a passionless man she does not love. They have a child, George, whom she spoils and who becomes the terror of the town. The townspeople long to see George get his comeuppance. George Minafer returns home from college during", "title": "The Magnificent Ambersons (film)" }, { "docid": "17885774", "text": "approx Rs 7200 per month where as in the Tables, pension has been mentioned as Rs 6665/-. This does not satisfy the approved OROP definition. There are minimum such examples. Nb Subedar of ‘Y’ group has been shown to get less than X Gp Havildar this making a senior rank defence, personal gets less than junior rank. Nb Sub TA is shown getting more pension then Regular Nb Sub. The three Service HQs pay cells must be involved in making this Table afresh. These anomalies will result in lesser pensions to widows, soldiers, NCOs and JCOs than what will be", "title": "One Rank, One Pension" }, { "docid": "6356581", "text": "Apparently Rivera is a former rival gang member of El Cid's and will make El Norte have an unpleasant time as long as he works in Oz. If Alvarez does not do this then he will be out of El Norte and killed. Alvarez does this and is thrown into solitary as a result. In solitary, Alvarez is being reduced to drinking his own urine to survive. This is because the COs \"forget\" to feed him regularly since he blinded Eugene Rivera. Father Mukada, Sister Pete, and Dr. Nathan think it is for the better to get Alvarez out of", "title": "Miguel Alvarez (Oz)" }, { "docid": "16822305", "text": "travel allowance. During the 2012 campaign, Mullin promised to serve for only three terms (six years), meaning that he would have left Congress in 2019. However, in July 2017, Mullin released an eleven-minute video announcing that he would indeed run for a fourth term in 2018, saying he was ill-advised when he made the promise to only serve three terms. He and his wife, Christie, live in Westville, a few miles from the Arkansas border, and have five children. He is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, and is one of four Native Americans in the 116th Congress. Tom", "title": "Markwayne Mullin" }, { "docid": "18626962", "text": "by providing social welfare to the elderly. 1.to ensure long-term financial sustainability of the pension system, give a reasonable solution to the problem. 2.Create a direct, visible link between the individual’s income and his future pension amount, making him responsible for his future pension formation. There are a number of other expectations from the long-run funded pension system which are visible in case of the countries that have already undergone the pension reforms. In particular, it is expected that the pension funds will bring long-term financial resources into the economy which will lead to: So, all of this will contribute", "title": "Pensions in Armenia" }, { "docid": "14451262", "text": "assistance and college and career counseling.\" Because of this, Hayden received Library Journal's Librarian of the Year Award. In January 2010, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Hayden as a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board and National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. On February 24, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Hayden to serve as the next Librarian of Congress. In a press release from the White House, President Obama stated: Michelle and I have known Carla Hayden for a long time, since her days working at the Chicago Public Library, and I", "title": "Carla Hayden" }, { "docid": "19657286", "text": "Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 The Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (Division O of ) is a federal law that was enacted in the United States on December 16, 2014, with the goal of allowing certain American pension plans that have insufficient funds, and thus are at risk of insolvency, to reduce the benefits they owe to participants. The bill was co-sponsored by U.S. Representatives John Kline (R-Minnesota) and George Miller (D-California). According to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), \"In Kline-Miller, Congress established a new process for multiemployer pension plans to propose a temporary or", "title": "Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014" }, { "docid": "17382159", "text": "Pension buyout A pension buyout (alternatively buy-out) is a type of financial transfer whereby a pension fund sponsor (such as a large company) pays a fixed amount in order to free itself of any liabilities (and assets) relating to that fund. The other party, usually an insurer, receives the payment but takes on responsibility for meeting those liabilities. Since the liabilities associated with a fund, particularly those associated with defined benefit schemes, are not known precisely at the time of the buyout (as they depend upon how long the members live and investment returns on the fund assets among other", "title": "Pension buyout" }, { "docid": "1662871", "text": "individuals, with a term of one year. A Reader was a person literally elected to read—he would be elected to the Pension (council) of Gray's Inn, and would take his place by giving a \"reading\", or lecture, on a particular legal topic. Two readers would be elected annually by Pension to serve a one-year term. Initially (before the rise of the Benchers) the Readers were the governing body of Gray's Inn, and formed Pension. The earliest certain records of Readers are from the 16th century—although the Inn's records only start at 1569 William Dugdale (himself a member) published a list", "title": "Gray's Inn" }, { "docid": "11190327", "text": "checks, no licenses are issued etc.), but sex workers and call girls can contribute to the official government pension fund and receive benefits when they retire. Fernando Gabeira, founder of the Green Party, has been a strong voice for sex workers' rights in Brazil and introduced legislation in Congress to recognize sex workers as a profession. The bill was defeated in 2007. Brazilian sex workers have campaigned for the repeal of laws criminalizing the maintenance of whorehouses and pimping. Those offenses carry sentences from two to five years in prison. They demanded that they should pay social benefits and get", "title": "Prostitution in Brazil" }, { "docid": "13553098", "text": "action, insisting nonetheless that: ”Governments and international institutions need to do more if they truly seek to ‘unlock’ private sector capital in a meaningful way. They have to ask themselves the following questions: what are the concrete legal, regulatory, financial and fiduciary concerns facing pension fund board members? How can we improve emerging industry standards for impact measurement and help pension trustees steer more long-term capital towards valuable economic endeavors at home and abroad, while, simultaneously, ensuring fair risk-adjusted returns for future pensioners?” Mission investments are investments made by foundations and other mission-based organizations to further their philanthropic goals. Jed", "title": "Impact investing" }, { "docid": "5957591", "text": "Finance Act 2004 implemented wide-ranging changes to the UK pensions regime, most of which came into force on 6 April 2006 (also known as A-Day) and is commonly referred to as pension simplification. Unlike conventional personal pensions where the provider as trustee has ownership and control of the assets, in a SIPP the member may have ownership of the assets (via an individual trust) as long as the scheme administrator is a co-trustee to exercise control. In practice, most SIPPs do not work this way and simply have the provider as SIPP trustee. The role of the scheme administrator in", "title": "Self-invested personal pension" }, { "docid": "15388000", "text": "in Congress. Norman Mineta (served 1975-95) was the fourth Japanese American to serve in the House. Bob Matsui (served 1979-2005) was the fifth Japanese American to serve in the House. Daniel Kahikina Akaka, appointed as U.S. senator of Hawaii in 1990, and then subsequently reelected for two terms in 1994 and 2000, is the first senator of native Hawaiian descent. Bobby Scott, elected in 1993, is the first US born member of Congress to have Filipino ancestry. He was joined by Jay Kim, the first Korean American to be elected to Congress, as well as the first Korean elected to", "title": "Asian Americans in government and politics" }, { "docid": "4579003", "text": "three, headed by a retired U.S. District Court, was being advised by Kenneth Feinberg. On April 1, 2014, General Motors announced it had retained Feinberg to handle part of its response to a widely reported product safety recall. GM said Feinberg would serve as a consultant \"to explore and evaluate options in its response to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for possible ignition switch defects.\" The U.S. Department of the Treasury released proposed and temporary regulations to implement the Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014, as required by Congress. In Kline-Miller, Congress established a new", "title": "Kenneth Feinberg" }, { "docid": "12438674", "text": "National Pension Commission, following the promulgation into law of the Pension Bill (principally authored by him), by the National Assembly of Nigeria. He chaired the Lagos State Disaster Relief Committee which was set up following the 27 January 2002 Lagos armoury explosion. He was the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) serving as running mate to former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman (EFCC) Nuhu Ribadu in the 2011 presidential elections. Adeola was also a member of the National Honours and Awards Committee and was appointed a member of the Governing Council of Lagos State University in", "title": "Fola Adeola" }, { "docid": "17830448", "text": "\"song which is definitely well within the musical pocket each of the song’s writers have in their music and an obvious choice for single at some point. It’s another sing-a-long, small town love type of song but does that matter at this point, it’s a song that’s all about feeling good with people you love to be with.\" Website \"Taste of Country\" also reviewed the song favorably, saying that \"‘Get Your Shine On,’ ‘Round Here’ and ‘Stay’ have found success on country radio, but this track from the group’s deluxe edition of ‘Here’s to the Good Times’ is their best", "title": "This Is How We Roll" }, { "docid": "4831557", "text": "men, who have stolen most of the equipment and abandoned the camp. All the food and water are gone, and the player has no idea how to get back to civilization. He may very well have been left to die in the barren desert. But the navigation box finally arrives, convincing him that everything will work out as long as he can find the pyramid! Once he does, of course, there is the small matter of the traps the Egyptians set to protect their treasures from plunderers like him... After the player manages to survive through numerous challenges, many reminiscent", "title": "Infidel (video game)" }, { "docid": "11432975", "text": "Davis worked on the Dean Campaign in New Media, taking pictures and blogging about the tour. In the CNN Documentary on the Dean Campaign, \"True Believers\", Davis describes how he came to be a part of the campaign; \"I packed up all my stuff. I rented a car. And I drove up here.\" After Dean's primary defeat, Ryan returned to Salisbury, Maryland to serve as Campaign Manager on Chesapeake City Town Councilman Harry Sampson's unsuccessful campaign for Congress in Maryland's First District. Davis managed to get Harry Sampson the only newspaper endorsement of the primary and a mention in \"Wired", "title": "Ryan J. Davis" }, { "docid": "7220262", "text": "some are accepted based on an evaluation of the quality and frequency of their reviews. Members may nominate other reviewers for elite status. Users must also use their real name and photo on Yelp to qualify for the Elite Squad. To accept a nomination, members must not own a business. Yelpers are governed by a council and estimated to have several thousand members. Yelp does not disclose how the Yelp Elite are selected. Elite Squad members are given different color badges based on how long they've been an elite member. The Yelp Elite Squad originated with parties Yelp began throwing", "title": "Yelp" }, { "docid": "2414680", "text": "company, and these investments entail heavy risks for workers, given the lack of diversification. Another form of direct participation rights is for employees to exercise voting rights over specific workplace issues. The primary example is the Pensions Act 2004 sections 241-243 state employees must be able to elect a minimum of one third of the management of their occupational schemes, as \"member nominated trustees\". This gives employees the ability, in principle to have a voice on how their pension money is invested in company shares, and also how the voting power attached to company shares is used. There have, at", "title": "United Kingdom labour law" }, { "docid": "15082468", "text": "deters medical innovation needed to save and improve patients’ lives, and inhibits economic growth. In 2015, Congress temporarily suspended the medical device excise tax. While AdvaMed supported the suspension, the association continues to push for full and permanent repeal of the tax. Whitaker has stated that \"“It’s not enough to delay or further suspend this disruptive tax, even if for a longer period of time. It simply does not give industry the certainty and confidence it needs to make these critical long-term R&D investments. The time is now. We stand ready to help this administration, Congress, and the nation get", "title": "AdvaMed" }, { "docid": "18902539", "text": "leather, also looking for ways to increase its suppleness. He was successful in the Italian market and considered a high-fashion brand in Los Angeles. By 1991, Liz Smith in \"The Times\" said: \"Nigel Preston's sarong skirts, bush shirts and jackets in supple suede have long been classics collected by fashion purists\". By this stage, Maxfield Parrish designs were available in the UK via retailers such as Joseph and Harvey Nichols. Preston, speaking in 1991, described how he continued to try to work suede into new shapes: \"It is difficult to get fullness and suede does not float... I have just", "title": "Maxfield Parrish (clothing)" }, { "docid": "10271481", "text": "checking with the Navy Department, which still listed Hendershot as a deserter-at-large, the Bureau summarily rejected his application. For the next ten years Hendershot gathered affidavits, hired lawyers, and exchanged letters with the Bureau, but failed to get the pension. In 1921 he modified his application, stating that he was an invalid, bedridden, suffering from Parkinson's disease, and in need of constant attention. Again, his naval service stood in the way. Finally, Hendershot appealed to Congress, which by a special act on 23 December 1924 granted him an old age pension of $50 per month. But Hendershot felt he was", "title": "Robert Henry Hendershot" }, { "docid": "8293788", "text": "wary about how will these actions get reflected in terms hostility towards human rights, implications of these fines, profiteering stakeholders agendas, is it the government's first step to a long term plan \"monitoring the whole world wide web\" as China does. Many of these services are malvertising, click away access and pops ups, how does the government intend to tackle these issues and problems with the current plan that is heavily in favor of corporation's margin and doesn't cater to its users needs. Other groups express their fear and uneasiness whether these will lead to emergency era like arrests where", "title": "Internet censorship in India" }, { "docid": "14742199", "text": "Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. How did punk get beyond its small venue roots? How did punk acts get to Ireland? How did punk bands like Buzzcocks reach a regional audience? How did punk find audiences in continental Europe? To address these questions I tracked down, Paul Charles, from the Asgard agency in London. I have never met Paul, yet he agreed to conduct a series of telephone interviews with me. Although he is understated and does not actively seek credit for his achievements, as I pieced his story together, it became apparent that he is one", "title": "Paul Charles (novelist)" }, { "docid": "4269554", "text": "(3) The legislative veto power does not involve the ability of Congress to enact new legislation without bicameral consensus or presentation to the president, but instead involves the ability of Congress to veto suggestions by the executive, a power that both houses of Congress already possess. (4) The Court has allowed Congress to delegate authority to executive agencies; lawmaking does not always require bicameralism or presentation. (5) The bicameralism and presentation provisions of the Constitution serve to ensure that no departure from the status quo takes place without consensus from both houses of Congress and the President or by a", "title": "Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha" }, { "docid": "1598929", "text": "of them do, Congress cannot participate in the regular removal process of commissioners. Constitutionally, Congress can only participate directly in impeachment proceedings. Congress can, however, pass statutes limiting the circumstances under which the president can remove commissioners of independent agencies. Members of Congress cannot serve as commissioners on independent agencies that have executive powers, nor can Congress itself appoint the commissioners – the Appointments Clause of the Constitution vests that power in the president. The Senate does participate, however, in appointments through \"advice and consent\", which occurs through confirmation hearings and votes on the president's nominees. There is a further", "title": "Independent agencies of the United States government" }, { "docid": "12453559", "text": "1918\" requires the disclosure of donations, which since 2006 has been over $10,000. Australia has a system of \"codetermination\" or member nominated trustees in its pension, or 'superannuation' funds. Since the \"Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987\", the Occupational Superannuation Standards Regulations (SR 1987 No 322) regulations 13 and 15 required that equal member nominated trustees was required, or at least one member nominee in schemes with under 200 people. The current legislation is the \"Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993\", sections 86 to 89. A shareholder does not have a right to receive a dividend. Once a final dividend is declared,", "title": "Australian corporate law" } ]

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[ { "docid": "3262934", "text": "Israeli press; and Belgium's rank of world number 1 in November 2015, given that Belgium had only played in one tournament final stage in the past 13 years. Further criticisms of the 2006-2018 formula included the inability of hosts of major tournaments to retain a high place in the rankings, as the team participated in only lower-value friendly matches due to their automatic qualification for the tournament. For example, 2014 FIFA World Cup hosts Brazil fell to a record low ranking of 22nd in the world prior to that tournament, at which they then finished fourth. 2018 FIFA World Cup", "title": "FIFA World Rankings" }, { "docid": "3716604", "text": "produced a number of top-class French players. Despite improved professionalism, France finished 10th in the 2008 World Cup in Australia. The team reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Cup where they were knocked out by England. Currently the team is ranked fifth in the world. In Europe alone they are ranked second, ahead of Ireland, Scotland and Lebanon, but behind their main rival, England. On New Year's Eve 1933, England and Australia played in Paris – the first game of rugby league football in France. The match was one-sided, with Australia winning 63-13 in front of a crowd of", "title": "France national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "3216733", "text": "union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship outright on a total of 28 occasions (with the addition of 10 shared victories), 13 times winning the Grand Slam and 25 times winning the Triple Crown, making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. England are to date the only team from the northern hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, when they won the tournament back in 2003. They were also runners-up in 1991 and 2007. They are currently ranked fourth in the world by", "title": "Rugby Football Union" }, { "docid": "3204871", "text": "England national rugby union team The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship outright on a total of 28 occasions (with the addition of 10 shared victories), 13 times winning the Grand Slam and 25 times winning the Triple Crown, making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. They are ranked fourth in the world by the International Rugby Board as of 5 November 2018. England are to date the only team from the northern hemisphere to win the Rugby World", "title": "England national rugby union team" }, { "docid": "19695523", "text": "the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 - 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match. Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked. On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad. The team includes several", "title": "Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "7629684", "text": "Women's Olympic Football. \"Up-to-date women's caps and goals statistics are not published by the Football Association of Wales (FAW).\" The following players were named to the squad for friendly matches against on 10 and 13 November 2018. Manager: Jayne Ludlow The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months. \"This list may be incomplete.\" Wales women's national football team The Wales women's national football team represents Wales in international women's football. They have yet to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup or European Championships and are currently ranked 35th in the", "title": "Wales women's national football team" }, { "docid": "16020814", "text": "continued in 1993, when Norway won 3–1 against Turkey, followed by a great 2–0 win against England and a somewhat fortunate goalless draw against Holland in Rotterdam. The World Cup tickets were secured on October 13, when Norway defeated Poland by 3–0 in Poznań after goals by Jostein Flo, Jan Åge Fjørtoft and Ronny Johnsen. A 2-1 defeat by Turkey in their next match meant nothing: Norway had reached the World Cup finals for the first time since 1938. In October 1993, Norway had managed the amazing feat of being ranked the second best team in the world (behind Brazil)", "title": "History of the Norway national football team" } ]

[ { "docid": "19693754", "text": "England national cerebral palsy football team England national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for England that represents the team in international competitions. The team was ranked 7th in the world in 2016. The team has participated in a number of international competitions. At the 2015 IFCPF World Championships, the team finished fifth, an improvement from 2011 when they finished tenth. The Football Association manages the national team. The team held a national team training camp in Macau in 2007 in 2008, where their performance was tracked to assess among other things how jet lag impacted", "title": "England national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "19693757", "text": "English squad. England has participated in a number of international tournaments. England has participated in the IFCPF World Championships. The team trained for nine months ahead of the 2007 World Championships in Brazil. England national cerebral palsy football team England national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for England that represents the team in international competitions. The team was ranked 7th in the world in 2016. The team has participated in a number of international competitions. At the 2015 IFCPF World Championships, the team finished fifth, an improvement from 2011 when they finished tenth. The Football", "title": "England national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "20809876", "text": "position in the World Football Elo Ratings since 1872: The following is a list of national football teams ranked by their highest Elo score ever reached. The team in each confederation that has achieved the highest rank is shown in color. The following is a list of national football teams ranked by their highest Elo ranking ever reached. The biggest point gap between 1st and 2nd national team was between 14 March and 21 March 1885, when Scotland (at 2094) led by 205 points over 2nd ranked England (at 1889). Time averaged Elo or Elo-like scores are routinely used to", "title": "World Football Elo Ratings" }, { "docid": "4390175", "text": "UFWC website maintains an all-time ranking table of teams, sorting by number of championship matches won. Owing mostly to their successes in the early years of international football, where competition was almost entirely limited to the British Isles, the top ranked team is Scotland, followed by England. Due to the nature of group stages, a team may win or retain the UFWC without qualifying for the knock-out stages of a competition. However, if an UFWC-holding side reaches a knock-out stage, the eventual tournament champions are guaranteed to also be Unofficial World Champions. No team has ever successfully defended the unofficial", "title": "Unofficial Football World Championships" }, { "docid": "9739430", "text": "England men's team are European champions and are ranked fifth in the world. The women's team are currently second in Europe (however have won the competition three out of the seven times it has been competed for); they are also ranked fourth in the World (having won silver in both the 1987 and 1991 World Championships). England is seen as one of the birthplaces of bandy, beside Russia (where a similar game developed simultaneously). The match which later has been dubbed the original bandy match was held in London in 1875. England won the 1913 European Bandy Championships in Davos,", "title": "Sport in England" }, { "docid": "5032865", "text": "although it is universally accepted that football was officially formalised in England in 1863, originating from a simple game that had been played for many centuries between villages in England. . The national governing body is the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Hong Kong and Macau have separate national teams and leagues. Association football is the most popular spectator sport in China, followed by basketball. According to FIFA ranking on 10/08/2017, the Men's National Team is ranked 77th in the world, and according to FIFA women's world rankings on 23/6/2017, the Women's National Team is ranked 14th. The Chinese Football Association", "title": "Football in China" }, { "docid": "10693424", "text": "fierce rivals England. Scotland's games with England during this period drew extremely large crowds, with five matches prior to the First World War attracting crowds of over 100,000 spectators. The compilers of the World Football Elo Ratings retrospectively consider Scotland to have been ranked at number 1 during much of the early period of international football. \"Scotland's score is shown first in each case.\" Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international association football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It is the joint-oldest national football team in the world, alongside", "title": "Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results" }, { "docid": "15318620", "text": "Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly) Hungary v England (1954) was an international football game played on 23 May 1954. The game was played between the Hungary national football team—then the world's number one ranked team and the Olympic champions—and the England national football team, hailing from the birthplace of the game of football. The game was a return fixture from the 1953 game in the old Wembley Stadium, where Hungary had beaten England 6–3. England approached the game in the hope that the 6–3 result had been an aberration; instead, Hungary provided a masterclass of football, and thrashed", "title": "Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly)" }, { "docid": "14304431", "text": "Championships. The team are currently ranked second in Europe and fifth in the World. Larkin was instrumental in helping to establish the United Kingdom's first football academy for visually impaired players. The Football Academy, which is based at the Royal National College, was officially opened in August 2008 by former England footballer Sir Trevor Brooking and offers visually impaired students the opportunity to include football as part of their study programme with a view to playing the game at a national level. The college hosted the 2010 World Blind Football Championships. He coached Britain's Blind Football team for the 2012", "title": "Tony Larkin" }, { "docid": "5582115", "text": "Tonga national rugby league team The Tonga national rugby league team is represents Tonga in rugby league football. They are currently the 4th ranked team in the world, and the highest ranked tier-two nation. The team was formed to compete in the 1986 Pacific Cup, and have competed at five Rugby League World Cups, starting in 1995 and continuing consecutively until the most recent tournament in 2017, where they achieved their best ever result as semi-finalists. Administered by the Tonga National Rugby League, the team wears a predominately red uniform with white sides. They are associated with the phrase Mate", "title": "Tonga national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "11911465", "text": "Colombia women's national football team The Colombia women's national football team represents Colombia in international women's football competitions and are controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. They are a member of the CONMEBOL. The team is currently ranked 22nd in the FIFA Ranking and have qualified for two FIFA Women's World Cups, in Germany 2011 and Canada 2015. Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for World Cup and the Olympics, besides Brazil and Argentina. To date, Colombia is the only Spanish-speaking country whose women's team has", "title": "Colombia women's national football team" }, { "docid": "19693756", "text": "after getting an endorsement by the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA), the IFCPF Anti-Doping Code was formally amended to allow for out of competition testing. This was done through a WADA approved Whereabouts Programme managed through ADAMS. Drawing from players in a Registered Testing Pool, players from this country were included ahead of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. In 2016, England was ranked seventh in the world by the IFCPF. Previously in August 2013, and November 2014, they were ranked tenth. In July 2011 and September 2012, England was ranked eleventh. There have been a number of players for the", "title": "England national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "15769171", "text": "Ethiopia women's national football team The Ethiopia women national football team is the national women football team of Ethiopia and has been overseen by the Ethiopian Football Federation. As of June 2017, they are ranked 97th in the world. They are popularly known as Lucy and Dinknesh in reference to the Australopithecus fossil. The Ethiopian national team made its debut in September 2002 in the 2002 African Championship's qualifiers, beating Uganda to progress to the final tournament, where it ended last in its group, only grasping a tie with Mali. It subsequently played the 2003 All-Africa Games, losing all three", "title": "Ethiopia women's national football team" }, { "docid": "13917719", "text": "Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They have never qualified for the World Cup or the European Championship. The team is currently coached by Samira Hurem and captained by veteran Mersiha Aščerić. Currently ranked 63rd by FIFA, the team plays their home games at the Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium in the city of Sarajevo, the country's capital. The following players were called up for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Q matches against England", "title": "Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team" }, { "docid": "16436972", "text": "team was ranked 125. In 2007, they were ranked 144. In 2008, they were ranked 117. In 2009, they were ranked 92. In 2010, they were ranked 128. In 2011, they were ranked 136. In March 2012, they were ranked 135th best in the world. In June 2012, the team was ranked the 135th best in the world. Lesotho women's national football team The Lesotho women's national football team represents the country in international competitions. Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended", "title": "Lesotho women's national football team" }, { "docid": "15388546", "text": "but lost all of their matches in the football tournament. Sri Lanka participated in the 4th SAFF Women's Championship in 2016 but they failed to reach the semi finals after a shock defeat to Maldives which are ranked below them. Sri Lanka women's national football team The Sri Lanka women's national football team is the female representative football team for Sri Lanka. As of 2014 the national team has never entered qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the AFC Women's Asian Cup. The team has played in all three editions of the South Asian SAFF Women's Championship, where", "title": "Sri Lanka women's national football team" }, { "docid": "15091033", "text": "in the world and are, as of March 2016 are ranked 46th and last in the Asian Football Confederation with zero points and 193rd in the world on the official FIFA / Coca-Cola rankings. Their highest ranking achieved was 159th, which they last reached in April 2015 following their two World Cup qualifying victories over Sri Lanka. The team are also ranked extremely low on the all time Elo ratings at 230th out of 234 as of the end of 2015. There are no FIFA affiliated teams ranked below them with the other four spots taken by Kiribati, Tibet, the", "title": "Bhutan national football team results" }, { "docid": "20574644", "text": "East Sharks winning the men's and women's open finals respectively. At the close of the 2017 season October rankings, and according to FITs ranking policy, the ETA open men's team ranked fifth in the world, with the women's open team placing fourth. As of the close of the 2018 season, and the September rankings, the ETA open men's team have climbed to second on the world rankings, ahead of New Zeland and South Africa, with the women's open team placing third, ahead of Wales. England Touch Association The England Touch Association (ETA) is the national governing body for touch football", "title": "England Touch Association" }, { "docid": "17776866", "text": "80 other national teams. Of the other teams, England have not lost to 51 of them, having earned a perfect winning percentage against 27 of the teams. England have also never beaten five teams; Algeria, Ghana, Honduras, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. England have contested four of these teams only once, the other being Saudi Arabia where two matches have been played (both of which ended in a draw). England national football team all-time record The following tables show the England national football team's all-time international record. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship and", "title": "England national football team all-time record" }, { "docid": "124854", "text": "the United States and Croatia on 15 and 18 November 2018 respectively. <br>Caps and goals correct as of: \"18 November 2018, after the match against the Croatia.\" The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months. \"Updated 15 November 2018.\" Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. \"Updated 15 November 2018.\" \"For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page\" England first appeared at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, and have subsequently qualified for a", "title": "England national football team" }, { "docid": "7015415", "text": "England national netball team The England national netball team, also known as the Roses, represent England in international netball competition. England are coached by Tracey Neville, and are captained by Serena Guthrie. As of 2 December 2018, the team is ranked fourth in the INF World Rankings, having previously been as high as second. England have won one silver and several bronze medals at the World Cup and have won one gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The England national netball team was established in 1963, ahead of the inaugural Netball World Championships held in Eastbourne that year. England have", "title": "England national netball team" }, { "docid": "3204916", "text": "slipped, following a poor showing at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and was ranked 6th in February 2012. England entered the 2015 Rugby World Cup ranked 4th. However, after failing to exit the pool stage, England were ranked 8th in the world as of 1 November 2015. England has won 398 of their 725 Test matches; a winning record of 55%. Below is a summary table of capped England matches up until 16 November 2018. Only fixtures recognised as test matches by the RFU are included. On 18 October, England finalised a 36-man squad ahead of the 2018 Autumn Internationals.", "title": "England national rugby union team" }, { "docid": "17488738", "text": "England men's national lacrosse team The England men's national lacrosse team is one of the premier national teams in Europe and the world having competed at every World Lacrosse Championship since its inception in 1967 and having won all but one of the European Lacrosse Championships. Currently the team is ranked 5th in the world. They are governed by the English Lacrosse Association and are a full member of the Federation of International Lacrosse. The England men's national team has played in every World Lacrosse Championship since 1967, earning a Silver medal in 1974. The last world championships to be", "title": "England men's national lacrosse team" }, { "docid": "2902882", "text": "of the national squad are based in France, in both the Top 14 and lower divisions. This is a practice that was popularized by former national team coach, Claude Saurel, a Frenchman. Rugby is one of the most popular sports in Georgia. The national team qualified for the Rugby World Cup four times, first in 2003 – playing against rugby powers such as England and South Africa. The Lelos recorded their first ever World Cup win in 2007 Rugby World Cup, where they beat Namibia 30–0. As of 6 February 2017, Georgia are ranked 12th in the world by World", "title": "Georgia national rugby union team" }, { "docid": "17891270", "text": "International Test - 22 October | France 6-40 England 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup - 16 November | England 36-8 Papua New Guinea 19 November | England 0-38 New Zealand 22 November | England 16-22 Cook Islands 26 November | New Zealand 52-4 England 2018 International Test - 27 October | France 4-54 England All-time head-to-head records - England women's national rugby league team The England women's national Rugby League team represents England in Women's Rugby League. They are administered by the Rugby Football League. Great Britain reached the first-ever Women’s Rugby League World Cup Final in 2000, where", "title": "England women's national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "8090974", "text": "head coach since January 2017. As of June 2018, the team is ranked number 9 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France. The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4–0 defeat for the Netherlands. In 1980s and 1990s, the team failed to qualify for the final tournaments of UEFA's European Championship and later also for the FIFA's World Championship. The team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached third place together with Norway, after England (second", "title": "Netherlands women's national football team" }, { "docid": "19693748", "text": "in the IFCPF World Championships. National team development is supported by an International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) recognized national championship. Recognized years for the national IFCPF recognized competition include 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Portugal was ranked eleventh in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. In November 2014, the team was ranked thirteenth. In August 2013, the team was ranked sixteenth. In September 2012, Portugal was ranked twenty-first. In July 2011, the team was ranked twenty-ninth. Portugal has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the Football 7-a-side International Tournament in Portugal in 2011,", "title": "Portugal national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "19693739", "text": "Northern Ireland national cerebral palsy football team Northern Ireland national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Northern Ireland that represents the team in international competitions. The team was ranked thirteenth in the world in 2016. At the 2015 IFCPF World Championships, they finished fourteenth in a fifteen deep field. The Irish Football Association manages the national team. While Northern Ireland was active in participating on the World Championship level by 2016, the country did not have a national championships to support national team player development. Northern Ireland was ranked thirteenth in the world by the", "title": "Northern Ireland national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "17891260", "text": "England women's national rugby league team The England women's national Rugby League team represents England in Women's Rugby League. They are administered by the Rugby Football League. Great Britain reached the first-ever Women’s Rugby League World Cup Final in 2000, where they lost 26-4 to New Zealand. Great Britain toured Australia in 2002 and took part in the 2005 World Cup. In 2006, the RFL announced that, after the 2007 All Golds Tour, the Great Britain team would no longer compete on a regular basis, and that players would be able to represent England, Wales and Scotland at Test level.", "title": "England women's national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "5578352", "text": "Italy national rugby league team The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Federazione Italiana Rugby League, was formed. They are currently ranked 13th in the RLIF World Rankings. In 1950, a team from Turin toured the North of England. Italy later started a domestic competition. A year later the first official match of the Italian national team took place in Cahors, France. Italy lost 29–17 although the Azzurri ended the", "title": "Italy national rugby league team" }, { "docid": "10619123", "text": "England national under-20 football team England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Because there is no under-20 competition at UEFA level, England's under-20 side has generally only played competitive matches when it has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every 2 years. England are the reigning champions of this competition, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Starting in the", "title": "England national under-20 football team" }, { "docid": "8690901", "text": "Bulgaria Olympic football team The FIFA Bulgaria national football team () is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home stadium is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Petar Hubchev is the current national manager. Their best World Cup performance was in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where they beat defending champions Germany to reach the semi-finals, controversially losing to Italy. Although defeating strong top ranked teams in many international friendlies throughout the years, the team's strength has slowly diminished, failing to qualify for any major tournament since", "title": "Bulgaria Olympic football team" }, { "docid": "19693751", "text": "Scotland national cerebral palsy football team Scotland national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Scotland that represents the team in international competitions. At the 2015 IPCPF World Championships, Scotland finished 9th after defeating Canada in overtime. Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) manages the national team. While Scotland was active in participating on the World Championship level by 2016, the country did not have a national championships to support national team player development. Scotland was ranked ninth in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. In November 2014, they were ranked seventh. In August 2013, the team", "title": "Scotland national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "16442465", "text": "team. In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA. Brunei women's national football team The Brunei women's national football team, represents Brunei Darussalam in international women's association football and is governed by Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD). The team has not played any official match so far. Under the current Sharia law, (or Islamic law (Arabic: شريعة (IPA: [ʃaˈriːʕa]))women are not allowed to play football. Until women were banned from playing, football was the second most popular sport in the country for women. Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country", "title": "Brunei women's national football team" }, { "docid": "5466451", "text": "Finland women's national football team The Finland women's national football team represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi-finals of the 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden and beaten Denmark. Finland hosted the 2009 EC finals. The Finnish team now has a few players that are considered to be among the best in the female football, such as Laura Österberg Kalmari, Sanna Valkonen and Anne Mäkinen. As of March 2017, the team is ranked 28th in the FIFA world ranking. This is the", "title": "Finland women's national football team" }, { "docid": "7629683", "text": "Wales women's national football team The Wales women's national football team represents Wales in international women's football. They have yet to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup or European Championships and are currently ranked 35th in the world and 20th in Europe. The team is run by the Welsh FA. The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and", "title": "Wales women's national football team" }, { "docid": "8180238", "text": "Argentine football league system The Argentine football league system include tournaments organised by the Argentine Football Association. Clubs affiliated to the body compete in the tournaments, which are split into categories or divisions. Rules establish a system of promotion and relegation, a process where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance for the completed season. The best-ranked team or teams in the lower division are \"promoted\" to the higher division for the next season, and the worst-ranked team or teams in the higher division are \"relegated\" to the lower division for the next season. Tournaments organised by", "title": "Argentine football league system" }, { "docid": "4555704", "text": "United Kingdom national football team No United Kingdom national football team exists, as there are separate teams representing each of the nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) in international football. These national teams compete in the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championships and other internationals. A United Kingdom team has played in friendly matches, though never in a full FIFA international and not since 1955. However, the United Kingdom has competed in the association football tournament at the Summer Olympic Games, where it is represented by the Great Britain Olympic football team. When the", "title": "United Kingdom national football team" }, { "docid": "4133894", "text": "Anguilla national football team The Anguilla national football team is the national team of Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, and is controlled by the Anguilla Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. Along with the teams from the Bahamas, Tonga, Bhutan, Gibraltar, Eritrea, Montserrat, and Somalia, they are consistently ranked as among the worst teams in the world in the FIFA rankings. Anguilla entered the World Cup qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In the first round of the qualifiers, Anguilla were drawn", "title": "Anguilla national football team" }, { "docid": "19693781", "text": "of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. In 2016, Russia was ranked 2nd in the world by the IFCPF. In November 2014, the team was ranked number 1 in the world. In August 2013, the team was ranked number 1 in the world. In September 2012, the team was ranked number 1 in the world. In July 2011, the team was ranked number 2 in the world. There have been a number of players for the Russian squad. Russia has participated in a number of international tournaments. Russia has participated in the IFCPF World Championships. Russia has participated in 7-a-side", "title": "Russia national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "16436935", "text": "Ivory Coast women's national football team The Ivory Coast women's national football team represents Ivory Coast in international women's football and it is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. They played their first international match in 1988. They are currently ranked 64th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings and the 6th best team in CAF. In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team, including Côte d'Ivoire who did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 1988 when they participated in the Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988. The country was in Group A.", "title": "Ivory Coast women's national football team" }, { "docid": "16436945", "text": "qualifying matches against Mali. Head coach: Clémentine Touré Ivory Coast women's national football team The Ivory Coast women's national football team represents Ivory Coast in international women's football and it is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. They played their first international match in 1988. They are currently ranked 64th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings and the 6th best team in CAF. In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team, including Côte d'Ivoire who did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 1988 when they participated in the Women's FIFA Invitational", "title": "Ivory Coast women's national football team" }, { "docid": "10677227", "text": "Sport in Manchester Manchester City and Manchester United are popular Premier League football clubs in Manchester, United's ground is in Old Trafford, and fixtures between the clubs are referred to as the Manchester Derby. Manchester United are the most successful football club in England with 66 elite honours won (Including three European Cups) and Manchester City are ranked seventh in England by the number of elite honours won with a total of 21. Manchester has hosted every major domestic, continental and international football competition, including the World Cup in 1966, the European Championship in 1996, Olympic Football in 2012, the", "title": "Sport in Manchester" }, { "docid": "3800771", "text": "Nigeria national football team The Nigeria national football team, also known as the Super Eagles, represents Nigeria in international association football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). They are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, with their last title in 2013, after defeating Burkina Faso in the final. In April 1994, the Super Eagles was ranked 5th in the FIFA rankings, the highest FIFA ranking position ever achieved by an African football team. Throughout history, the team has qualified for six of the last seven FIFA World Cups (as of 2018), missing only the 2006 World Cup", "title": "Nigeria national football team" }, { "docid": "18634389", "text": "match, played on Saint Patrick's Day, they beat the fourth-ranked team in the world, Pakistan, by three wickets, thus knocking Pakistan out of the competition. These two results were sufficient to advance Ireland to the Super 8 stage of the tournament. Their final group stage game was against the West Indies, where they lost by eight wickets. In the Super 8 stage, they lost their four matches against England, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Sri Lanka, but recorded a 74-run victory against the 9th ranked team in the world and Test playing nation Bangladesh. The team received a heroes", "title": "Ireland at the Cricket World Cup" }, { "docid": "3253604", "text": "after the match against England. The following is a chart of yearly averages of Croatia's FIFA ranking. Upon admission to FIFA, Croatia was ranked 125th in the world; following the 1998 World Cup campaign, the side rose to third place in the rankings immediately after the tournament, making it the most volatile team in FIFA Rankings history. It held that rank until February 1999. The following is the list of players for the UEFA Nations League games against on 15 November and on 18 November 2018. \"Caps, goals and numbers as of 18 November 2018 after match against England, only", "title": "Croatia national football team" }, { "docid": "8383111", "text": "football team. They are ranked directly below their fellow non-FIFA teams of Kiribati, Tibet and Palau, though this is perhaps somewhat skewed by the fact that all three of these teams are essentially in hibernation having not competed internationally for a number of years. The nearest FIFA affiliated team to them is Bhutan, who are ranked 230th. The Northern Mariana Islands have only entered three formal international competitions, the AFC Challenge Cup, the EAFF East Asian Championship and the Micronesian Games. As non-FIFA members, they are not entitled to enter the FIFA World Cup. The Marianas Cup is not noted", "title": "Northern Mariana Islands national football team" }, { "docid": "11404346", "text": "Brasileira de Beach Soccer); BSWW (Beach Soccer World Wide); and FIFA (Federation International of Football Association) Brazil national beach soccer team The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil. Portugal, Russia and Spain are the only squads to have eliminated Brazil out of the World Cup. Brazil are ranked 1st in the BSWW World Rankings. They are, alongside Portugal, the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. \"Current as of", "title": "Brazil national beach soccer team" }, { "docid": "19693785", "text": "Testing Pool, players from this country were included ahead of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. In 2016, the country was ranked 1st in the world by the IFCPF. In November 2014, the team was ranked number 2 in the world. In August 2013, the team was ranked number 2 in the world. In September 2012, the team was ranked number 2 in the world. In September 2011, the team was ranked number 1 in the world. There have been a number of players for the Ukrainian squad. Ukraine has participated in a number of international tournaments. Ukraine won the", "title": "Ukraine national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "15590817", "text": "far has come against Liechtenstein in a friendly match on 28 April 2004, where San Marino won 1–0. They have drawn four matches, one against Liechtenstein in another friendly, in FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Turkey and Latvia, and in a UEFA European Championship qualifier against Estonia. Their heaviest loss was in September 2006, against Germany in an UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier, where San Marino lost 0–13. As of August 2018, San Marino are ranked 203rd in the FIFA World Rankings. The highest international rank achieved was in September 1993 when they reached 118th. San Marino's first team has competed", "title": "San Marino national football team results" }, { "docid": "3189863", "text": "meaning they would have to play in the play-offs; where they were ranked as the best second-placed team, and were drawn to play Northern Ireland. In the first leg, played on 9 November, they won 1–0 through a controversial penalty scored by Ricardo Rodríguez, and three days later played in the second leg, drawing 0–0 and advancing to the World Cup finals in Russia with a 1–0 aggregate win. Before the World Cup, Switzerland were ranked 6th in the world ranking, even ranking higher than eventual World Cup winners France.At the World Cup, Switzerland were drawn to play Brazil, Serbia", "title": "Switzerland national football team" }, { "docid": "20071054", "text": "UEFA Women's Champions League. Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination. English women's football clubs in international competitions This is a compilation of the results of teams representing England at the official international competitions for European women's football clubs, that is, the former UEFA Women's Cup and its successor the UEFA Women's Champions League. England is one of four associations that have won the competition along with Germany, France, and Sweden, and as of the 2016–17 edition it stands fourth with a coefficient of 58,000 in the UWCL association rankings, which", "title": "English women's football clubs in international competitions" }, { "docid": "138018", "text": "Association took place in 1892 in Glasgow. In England, the first recorded game of football between women took place in 1895. The most well-documented early European team was founded by activist Nettie Honeyball in England in 1894. It was named the British Ladies' Football Club. Nettie Honeyball is quoted, \"I founded the association late last year [1894], with the fixed resolve of proving to the world that women are not the 'ornamental and useless' creatures men have pictured. I must confess, my convictions on all matters where the sexes are so widely divided are all on the side of emancipation,", "title": "Association football" }, { "docid": "10187491", "text": "Friendly matches are not included. Players in bold are still active. Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players. Turkey women's national football team The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the", "title": "Turkey women's national football team" }, { "docid": "10497472", "text": "England national under-17 football team The England national under-17 football team, also known as England under-17s or England U17(s), represents England in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. In July 2015, Steve Cooper was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Mike Marsh. England reached the quarter-final stage at both the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In October 2017, England defeated Spain in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to become World Champions at this age", "title": "England national under-17 football team" }, { "docid": "3814133", "text": "of the World Cup's popularity in nations where football was not the primary sport (such as Japan, the United States, and Australia) that the national team found incentives to increase player development and fan support. As of November 2018, Venezuela has the highest position on the FIFA World Ranking of any team that has not yet qualified for the World Cup, being ranked 29th. Venezuela did not participate in FIFA World Cup qualification until the 1966 qualifiers in which they were drawn with Uruguay and Peru, but failed to register a point in four games. In the 1970 qualifiers they", "title": "Venezuela national football team" }, { "docid": "16437086", "text": "Zambia women's national football team Zambia women's national football team, nicknamed The She-polopolo, represents the country in international match. There is also a Zambia women's national under-17 football team, a Zambia women's national under-20 football team, and Olympic qualifying team and a Homeless World Cup team. The country has participated in several qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based football tournaments. The team is currently ranked 116th in the world. Zambia women's national football team is called The She-polopolo. In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team. Women's football was", "title": "Zambia women's national football team" }, { "docid": "15769220", "text": "Zimbabwe women's national football team The Zimbabwe women's national football team is the national women's football team of Zimbabwe and is overseen by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). As of June 2017, they are ranked 86th in the world. Their first competitive international match was played in the 2000 African Women's Championship, when they drew against Uganda 2–2 on 11 November 2000. They actually were in the draw for the 1991 edition, but withdrew from the tournament before playing a match. Their best result in the African Women's Championship was 4th in 2000. They have never qualified for the World", "title": "Zimbabwe women's national football team" }, { "docid": "12152980", "text": "basketball clubs are Sporting Beirut and Sagesse for men and Antranik SC for women. Very famous basketball players include: The Lebanese play mini football which is very similar or identical to futsal. The Lebanon national futsal team represents Lebanon in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Federation Libanaise de Football Association. It is one of the rising teams in Asia. In December 2007, Lebanon ranked 34 in the Futsal World Ranking, the sixth highest ranking Asian team that year. In 2010, Lebanon ranked 41 and in 2011, the country ranked 48. Rugby league is", "title": "Sport in Lebanon" }, { "docid": "4024108", "text": "Mozambique national football team The Mozambique national football team (), popularly known as \"Os Mambas\", represents Mozambique in association football and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol, the governing body for football in Mozambique. Mozambique have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, but they have qualified for four Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, 1996, 1998 and most recently the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, being eliminated in the first round in all four. Mozambique are currently ranked 97th in the FIFA World Rankings, with their highest ever ranking of 66th in November 1996. Mozambique's", "title": "Mozambique national football team" }, { "docid": "8291875", "text": "ConIFA World Football Cup in London. On 9 June 2018, Tuvalu recorded their biggest ever victory in a 6–1 win over the Chagos Islands. Sources: 2007 The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup Head Coach: Lopati Taupili Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone (starting from, the bottom of the list). In 2014 for the first time in history a Tuvaluan Player of the year was chosen. Sepetaio Willie", "title": "Tuvalu national football team" }, { "docid": "9899255", "text": "with several clubs starting up in the mid-2000s. Wales has a national team the Wales Australian rules football team, they are the holders of the Dragon Cup after beating England 179–93 on aggregate on 18 and 25 October 2008. Wales also competes as part of the Great Britain Australian rules football team in the Australian Football International Cup, which is essentially a World Cup for all countries apart from Australia which is the only place where the sport is played professionally. The Tiger Bay Brawlers are a roller derby league based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in April 2010, the league", "title": "Sport in Wales" }, { "docid": "11151593", "text": "\"All caps and goals as of 1 October 2018 before the matches against .\" Czech Republic women's national football team The Czech Republic women's national football team are the official football women's team for the Czech Republic, they are currently ranked 36th in the world. At the moment, the captain of the team is Lucie Voňková, who plays for Bayern Munich. As of 2003, there were approximately 10,000 women playing football in the Czech Republic and around 95 clubs in the country, the best of which compete in the national league, the Czech First Division (women). The following players have", "title": "Czech Republic women's national football team" }, { "docid": "11151592", "text": "Czech Republic women's national football team The Czech Republic women's national football team are the official football women's team for the Czech Republic, they are currently ranked 36th in the world. At the moment, the captain of the team is Lucie Voňková, who plays for Bayern Munich. As of 2003, there were approximately 10,000 women playing football in the Czech Republic and around 95 clubs in the country, the best of which compete in the national league, the Czech First Division (women). The following players have been called up for two friendly matches against on 2 and 5 October 2018.", "title": "Czech Republic women's national football team" }, { "docid": "19693743", "text": "Recognized years for the national IFCPF recognized competition include 2015. Canada was ranked tenth in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. That same year, the team was also ranked fourth in the Americas. In August 2013 and November 2014, the team was ranked eleventh in the world. Canada was ranked twelfth in July 2011 and September 2012. There have been a number of players for the Canadian squad. Canada has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the Football 7-a-side International Tournament in Portugal in 2011, Canada played four games. They defeated Portugal 7 - 0. They lost", "title": "Canada national cerebral palsy football team" }, { "docid": "14449431", "text": "Australian cricket team in England in 2010 The Australian cricket team toured Britain from 22 June to 3 July 2010 where they played the Ireland and England cricket teams. The tour comprised one One Day Internationals against Ireland and five against England. The match against Ireland was played at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin. Ireland, an associate member of the ICC pushing for Test status, gave the top-ranked ODI team in the world a scare. Limiting the Australians to 231/9 from their 50 overs, the Irish were eventually all out for 192 from 42 overs, giving Australia a 39-run victory.", "title": "Australian cricket team in England in 2010" }, { "docid": "14041882", "text": "have never been able to go through tonext stage. In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. It is ranked 171st in the world and 31st in Asia (as of 7 February 2016). The Malaysia women's national football team is ranked 88th in the world and 17th in Asia in the FIFA Women's World Rankings (as of 19 December 2014). The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is the governing body for football in Malaysia. The home stadium of Malaysia national football team is the Bukit Jalil National", "title": "Sport in Malaysia" }, { "docid": "9769594", "text": "However, the Dutch scored twice to advance. In the semi-final, the Dutch beat Uruguay 3–2 to advance to their first World Cup final since 1978, where they would fall to Spain 1–0 after midfielder Andrés Iniesta scored in extra time. From August to September 2011, the team was ranked number one in the FIFA World Rankings, therefore becoming the second national football team, after Spain, to top the rankings without previously winning a World Cup. For Euro 2012, the Netherlands were placed in Group B alongside with Germany, Portugal and Denmark, dubbed the tournament's \"Group of Death.\" The Netherlands lost", "title": "Netherlands national football team" }, { "docid": "8815216", "text": "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 by winning all the matches and ahead in 11 points to the second classified. In 2017 the national team participated for the first time in the Algarve Cup winning the tournament. However, its performance in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 was very disappointing: only one match won (against Portugal, the worst ranked team in Euro), two defeats against England (0–2) and Scotland (0–1) in group stage, Miraculously Spain advanted to the quarter-finals, where losing against Austria in a quarter-final finishing 0–0 after extra time, then 3–5 in penalty shoot-out. Eventually, the national football team was eliminated", "title": "Spain women's national football team" }, { "docid": "16436983", "text": "Libya women's national football team The Libya women's national football team is the national football team of Libya. It does not have FIFA recognition. It is not ranked by FIFA. There are development plans in the country to improve the state of women's football. In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team, including Libya who have not played in a FIFA sanctioned match . In 2006, a FIFA recognised senior A team did not official exist. In 2010, the country did not have a team competing in the African Women's Championships. The country did", "title": "Libya women's national football team" }, { "docid": "8972294", "text": "are dominating the scene in the Arab World, including: El Morabba3, Autostrad, JadaL, Akher Zapheer and Aziz Maraka. Football is the most popular sport in Jordan. The national football team has improved in recent years, though it has yet to qualify for the World Cup. In 2013, Jordan spurned the chance to play at the 2014 World Cup when they lost to Uruguay during inter-confederation play-offs. This was the highest that Jordan had advanced in the World Cup qualifying rounds since 1986. The women's football team is also gaining reputation, and in March 2016 ranked 58th in the world. Jordan", "title": "Jordan" }, { "docid": "14895912", "text": "and as savage as a wolf. Well known for their Normandy Formation and Sniper Track Formation. GGO National Tournament finalist. Runners up to Team Barefoot. Team Captains are Tyrant and his four assistants. Their football skills already meet the world-class standard. After the Devil's training, all the footballers are technically and physically far better than normal footballers. Brazil's Team Samba, champions of the world three times in a row are probably the best GGO team in the world. Their football skills are world class defensively and offensively. A competing team representing England in GGO International Challenge Cup. Finalist of the", "title": "AI Football GGO" }, { "docid": "16436987", "text": "are some unregistered female futsal players in the country. Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by Al Jazeera and Eurosport. The national federation was created in 1962 and joined FIFA in 1964. Their kid includes green shirts, white shorts and green socks. In 2006, there were three staff members dedicated to working on women's football in the country. Libya women's national football team The Libya women's national football team is the national football team of Libya. It does not have FIFA recognition. It is not ranked by FIFA. There are development plans in", "title": "Libya women's national football team" }, { "docid": "4717314", "text": "Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match) On 25 November 1953, an international football match was played between Hungary—then the world's number one ranked team, the Olympic champions and on a run of 24 unbeaten games, and England, that became known as the Match of the Century. Hungary won 6–3 and the result led to a review of the training and tactics used by the England team, and the subsequent adoption of continental practices at an international and club level in the English game. The English national team had suffered just one defeat on home soil against", "title": "Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match)" }, { "docid": "16748969", "text": "Sport in Slovakia Sport in Slovakia is influenced by its climate and geography; popular summer sports include football, tennis, volleyball, swimming, cycling and hiking, popular winter sports include skiing and snowboarding. The most watched sports in Slovakia are football, ice hockey and tennis. Internationally, the most successful sport in Slovakia is ice hockey where currently, as of 2017, the country is ranked as the tenth best team in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. Until revolution in 1989, the sport sector was highly centralized, oriented on a unified, nationwide programme of sports. In 1990 the Act No.173/1990 was adopted", "title": "Sport in Slovakia" }, { "docid": "16436951", "text": "the world and the 31st best in the CAF. Kenya's average FIFA world rank is 120. In 2011, they were ranked 136. In 2010, they were ranked 128. In 2009, they were ranked 92. In 2008, they were ranked 117. In 2007, they were ranked 144. In 2006, they were ranked 135. Their best move in world rankings was an increase of 24 in June 2007. Their worst move down world rankings was a loss of 27 in December 2007. In May 2017, the Football Kenya Federation signed a 3-year partnership with kits manufacturer Mafro Sports to providing the kits", "title": "Kenya women's national football team" }, { "docid": "465729", "text": "Football \"(also known as soccer)\" is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe. The Warriors have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations three times (2004, 2006, 2017), and won the Southern Africa championship on six occasions (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018) and the Eastern Africa cup once (1985). The team is ranked 115th in the world (Fifa World Rankings Nov 2018). Rugby union is a significant sport in Zimbabwe. The national side have represented the country at 2 Rugby World Cup tournaments in 1987 and 1991. The team are currently ranked 26 in the world by World Rugby. Cricket", "title": "Zimbabwe" }, { "docid": "19226369", "text": "With a 1–0 victory against Greece in their final group stage match, Russia finished second in its group. In the elimination round, Russia played against Group A winner England. Russia won 1–0 on penalty kicks, but lost to Turkey 1–0 in the gold medal match. The Russia national 7-a-side football team qualified for Rio 2016 after winning the 2015 CP World Championships, defeating reigning European champions Ukraine. They went into the competition as the top ranked team in the world. The team was in Group B with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Germany. The draw for the tournament was held on", "title": "Russia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics" }, { "docid": "7697197", "text": "Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006 The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 2006 English cricket season, following England's winter tour of Pakistan where Pakistan had won a three-Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–1. As a result of this series, Pakistan rose two spots to be ranked second in the world Test rankings before this series, and England dropped to third after the 12 July annual update of the ICC Test Championship. The series was marred by a ball-tampering controversy on the fourth day of the Fourth Test, which culminated in Pakistan refusing to take the", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006" }, { "docid": "12293295", "text": "the part of Malaysia national football team. His memorable games at the international arena are against England national football team where Malaysia lost 2–4 against the world giant. 1993 saw him clinch his first international title after helping Malaysia to defeat South Korea 3–1 at the 1993 Merdeka Tournament. During his time with the national team, Khairul said his feared player at the international arena is the Saudi Arabian forward Khalid al-Muwalid during the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC). He also feared Alistair Edwards of Johor FA in the Malaysia League. During his time with Pahang, he helped the", "title": "Khairul Azman Mohamed" }, { "docid": "3186028", "text": "national team managers since its first official match in 1938: Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team () represents Colombia in international football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL and is currently ranked 12th in the FIFA World Rankings. The team are nicknamed \"Los Cafeteros\" due to the coffee production in their country. Since the mid-1980s, the national team has been a symbol fighting the country's negative reputation. This has made the sport popular and made the national team a sign of nationalism, pride and passion for many", "title": "Colombia national football team" }, { "docid": "7697218", "text": "ODI for seven years. Their innings also doubled the number of ODI fifties scored for Scotland. CricketArchive Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006 The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 2006 English cricket season, following England's winter tour of Pakistan where Pakistan had won a three-Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–1. As a result of this series, Pakistan rose two spots to be ranked second in the world Test rankings before this series, and England dropped to third after the 12 July annual update of the ICC Test Championship. The series was marred by a ball-tampering", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006" }, { "docid": "15755906", "text": "team is among the best in the world, ranked 9th. The South Korean men's national team is ranked 55th, while the women's team is ranked 18th. South Korea has tended to dominate the North in men's football, while the opposite is true in women's football. Both genders combined, North Korea has beaten the South thirteen times, and South Korea has beaten the North eight times, but the North's men's team has only won once, as has the South's women's team. Nine games between the two countries have been played in the South, but only one in the North - a", "title": "North Korea–South Korea football rivalry" }, { "docid": "4299064", "text": "1977–78 in English football The 1977–78 season was the 98th season of competitive football in England. 11 July 1977: Don Revie resigns as manager of the England national football team after three years in charge. 12 July 1977: Barely 24 hours after quitting as England manager, Don Revie accepts a four-year contract worth £340,000 to take charge of the United Arab Emirates national team, making him the highest-paid football manager in the world. 14 July 1977: Dave Sexton steps down at Queens Park Rangers to take over as manager of Manchester United, where Tommy Docherty was sacked ten days ago.", "title": "1977–78 in English football" }, { "docid": "17545348", "text": "played for the England women, who won the same event in both 2008 and 2012 (now as part of the first and second World Mind Sports Games). For the Venice Cup, or odd-years world teams championship, England has qualified with Senior a member of the six-person team in 2003, 2011, and 2013, finishing fourth and second on the latter occasions. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and world meets (summer and October), Nevena Senior ranked 18th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP). At least for the SportAccord World Mind Games in December 2011, where the England", "title": "Brian Senior" }, { "docid": "3186001", "text": "Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team () represents Colombia in international football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL and is currently ranked 12th in the FIFA World Rankings. The team are nicknamed \"Los Cafeteros\" due to the coffee production in their country. Since the mid-1980s, the national team has been a symbol fighting the country's negative reputation. This has made the sport popular and made the national team a sign of nationalism, pride and passion for many Colombians worldwide. Colombia is known for having a passionate fan", "title": "Colombia national football team" }, { "docid": "4148462", "text": "as Fahrudin Mustafić from what would now become Serbia, Daniel Bennett from England, Shi Jiayi and Qiu Li from China. Singapore is currently the 165th-ranked team in the world as of October 2018. In 1892, the Singapore Amateur Football Association applied to become a registered society. The HMS Malaya Cup (which was later known as the Malaysia Cup) was launched in 1921 by officers of a British battleship in Malaya, and Singapore was one of the six teams that took part in the inaugural year, and won the event. While the representative side in the Malaysia Cup and the Malaysian", "title": "Singapore national football team" }, { "docid": "3341508", "text": "Champions Trophys (2004 and 2013). England has also played 105 T20Is, winning 50. They won the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010, and were runners-up in 2016. , England are ranked second in Tests, first in ODIs and third in T20Is by the ICC. Though the team and coaching staff faced heavy criticism after their Group Stage exit in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, it has since adopted a more aggressive and modern playing style in ODI cricket, under the leadership of captain Eoin Morgan and head coach Trevor Bayliss. The first recorded incidence of a team with a claim to", "title": "England cricket team" }, { "docid": "8305278", "text": "Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus is home to the Syrian national football team, many other local teams are based in other cities and stadiums. Syria's national team enjoyed some success, having qualified for four Asian Cup competitions. The team's first international was on 20 November 1949, losing to Turkey 7–0. The Syrian national football team's biggest win was with the Maldives, beating them 12-0 on the 4th of June 1997. The team was ranked 75th in the world by FIFA as of 2018. Although Syria has never qualified for the World Cup finals, its national football team reached the fourth round", "title": "Culture of Syria" }, { "docid": "4717332", "text": "Callaghan) to play Switzerland. The popular 1998 Hungarian comedy film \"\" is based on the match. Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match) On 25 November 1953, an international football match was played between Hungary—then the world's number one ranked team, the Olympic champions and on a run of 24 unbeaten games, and England, that became known as the Match of the Century. Hungary won 6–3 and the result led to a review of the training and tactics used by the England team, and the subsequent adoption of continental practices at an international and club level in", "title": "Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match)" }, { "docid": "5255168", "text": "Australian cricket team in England in 2005 The Australia national cricket team landed in England on 6 June 2005. Over the course of the summer, they played one Twenty20 International, a triangular ODI tournament with both Bangladesh and England, a one-day tournament with England, and five Test matches, the outcome of which would decide The Ashes. With Australia the top-ranked team in the World Test table, and England the second-ranked, this was the most eagerly anticipated Ashes series since the 1980s. Australia won their first two warm-up games, a Twenty20 game against the PCA Masters XI at Arundel and a", "title": "Australian cricket team in England in 2005" }, { "docid": "3184956", "text": "Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team () is an association football team of Bulgaria. It is fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home stadium is the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia and Petar Hubchev is the current national manager. Their best achievements are – one FIFA World Cup semi-final in 1994, one Summer Olympics final in 1968, fifth place at the UEFA Euro 1968, and three Balkan Cup titles. Although defeating strong top ranked teams in many international friendlies throughout the years, the team's strength has slowly fallen, failing", "title": "Bulgaria national football team" }, { "docid": "15769224", "text": "via a walkover, and Cameroon 2–2 on away goals. They qualified along with South Africa, who finished last in their group as well. They were drawn into a group with Germany, Canada, and Australia, and were the only team in the women's tournament to lose all of their games. The following 18 players were called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Zimbabwe women's national football team The Zimbabwe women's national football team is the national women's football team of Zimbabwe and is overseen by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA). As of June 2017, they are ranked 86th in the world.", "title": "Zimbabwe women's national football team" }, { "docid": "3835980", "text": "DR Congo national football team The Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team (formerly known as Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa) is the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association (FECOFA). They are nicknamed \"the Leopards\". DR Congo have been ranked as high as 28 in the FIFA Rankings. As Zaire they were the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup and twice won the Africa Cup of Nations. The Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association (FECOFA) was founded in 1919 when the country was not", "title": "DR Congo national football team" } ]

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[ { "docid": "269128", "text": "Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB. The unit prefix \"mega\" is a multiplier of (10) in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one megabyte is one million bytes of information. This definition has been incorporated into the International System of Quantities. However, in the computer and information technology fields, several other definitions are used that arose for historical reasons of convenience. A common usage has been to designate one megabyte as (2 B), a measurement that conveniently expresses the binary multiples inherent in digital computer memory", "title": "Megabyte" }, { "docid": "229803", "text": "to mean eight bits (1 B = 8 bit). Therefore, 1 kB = 8000 bit. One thousand kilobytes (1000 kB) is equal to one megabyte (1 MB), where 1 MB is one million bytes. The kilobyte has traditionally been used to refer to 1024 bytes (2 B), a usage still common. The usage of the metric prefix \"kilo\" for binary multiples arose as a convenience, because 1000 approximates 1024. The binary interpretation of metric prefixes is still prominently used by the Microsoft Windows operating system, which is used on 90% of the world's personal computers. They are also used for", "title": "Kilobyte" }, { "docid": "48293", "text": "Media, Dane–Elec Memory, Fuji Photo Film USA, Eastman Kodak Company, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Memorex Products, Inc.; PNY Technologies Inc., SanDisk Corporation, Verbatim Corporation, and Viking Interworks alleging that their descriptions of the capacity of their flash memory cards were false and misleading. Vroegh claimed that a 256 MB Flash Memory Device had only 244 MB of accessible memory. \"Plaintiffs allege that Defendants marketed the memory capacity of their products by assuming that one megabyte equals one million bytes and one gigabyte equals one billion bytes.\" The plaintiffs wanted the defendants to use the traditional values of 1024 for megabyte", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "16893736", "text": "of megabits per second. One megabit is equal to one million bits or 1,000 kilobits. It is used to measure high data transfer speeds of connections such as Ethernet and cable modems. A measure of computer memory or storage. It is one million bytes (in the context of computer memory, sometimes used to mean 1,048,576 (2 to the power 20) bytes). A unit of frequency equal to one million hertz or cycles per second. Usually abbreviated to MHz. The term pixel comes from the phrase picture element. One megapixel is equal to 1,000,000 (one million) pixels. For the most part,", "title": "Glossary of video terms" } ]

[ { "docid": "269130", "text": "was a convenient term to denote the binary multiple. In 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) proposed standards for binary prefixes requiring the use of megabyte to strictly denote 1000 bytes and mebibyte to denote 1024 bytes. By the end of 2009, the IEC Standard had been adopted by the IEEE, EU, ISO and NIST. Nevertheless, the term megabyte continues to be widely used with different meanings: In this convention, one thousand megabytes (1000 MB) is equal to one gigabyte (1 GB), where 1 GB is one billion bytes. In this convention, one thousand and twenty-four megabytes (1024 MB) is", "title": "Megabyte" }, { "docid": "229804", "text": "random-access memory capacities, such as main memory and CPU cache sizes, due to the binary addressing of memory. The binary representation of 1024 bytes typically uses the symbol KB, with an uppercase letter \"K\". The \"B\" is often omitted in informal use. For example, a processor with 65,536 bytes of cache memory might be said to have \"64K\" of cache. In this convention, one thousand and twenty-four kilobytes (1024 KB) is equal to one megabyte (1 MB), where 1 MB is 1024 bytes. In December 1998, the IEC addressed such multiple usages and definitions by creating prefixes such as kibi,", "title": "Kilobyte" }, { "docid": "14703788", "text": "5 was used only with the System/360 model 85 with 524,288 (512 K) or 1,048,576 bytes (1 MB) of storage. The IBM System/360 Model 85, when configured to have 2,097,152 (2 MB) or 4,194,304 (4 MB) bytes, used the IBM 2385 instead of the IBM 2365 Processor Storage, which had a cycle time of 960 nanoseconds 2385 could also refer to: IBM 2365 Processor Storage The IBM 2365 Processor Storage is a magnetic-core memory storage unit that was a component of the IBM System/360 models 65, 67, 75 and 85 computers, which were released between 1965 and 1968. Storage is", "title": "IBM 2365 Processor Storage" }, { "docid": "18057778", "text": "(≈ 127 MB) [FAT12 maximum : 128 sectors per cluster × 4,084 clusters = 267,694,024 bytes (≈ 255 MB)] FAT16 maximum : 64 sectors per cluster × 65,524 clusters = 2,147,090,432 bytes (≈2,047 MB) [FAT16 maximum : 128 sectors per cluster × 65,524 clusters = 4,294,180,864 bytes (≈4,095 MB)] FAT32 maximum : 8 sectors per cluster × 268,435,444 clusters = 1,099,511,578,624 bytes (≈1,024 GB) FAT32 maximum : 16 sectors per cluster × 268,173,557 clusters = 2,196,877,778,944 bytes (≈2,046 GB) [FAT32 maximum : 32 sectors per cluster × 134,152,181 clusters = 2,197,949,333,504 bytes (≈2,047 GB)] [FAT32 maximum : 64 sectors per", "title": "Design of the FAT file system" }, { "docid": "290140", "text": "bytes of on-chip texture memory, the end-result is often a distorted, out-of-proportion appearance. Many titles that feature larger 32 or 64 MB cartridges avoided this issue entirely, notable games include \"Resident Evil 2\", \"Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth\", and \"Conker's Bad Fur Day\" as they feature more ROM space, allowing for more detailed graphics by utilizing multiple, multi-layered textures across all surfaces. Nintendo 64 games are ROM cartridge based. Cartridge size varies from 4 to 64 MB. Many cartridges include the ability to save games internally. Nintendo cited several advantages for making the Nintendo 64 cartridge-based. Primarily cited", "title": "Nintendo 64" }, { "docid": "1938834", "text": "bytes). 1.44 MB HD floppies formatted to 32 MB as \"FD32MB\" (FAT16B with logical geometry 1024/2/32 CHS × 512 bytes) in the LS-240 show a dummy FAT12 file system (with logical geometries 160/2/9 or 80/2/18) when inserted into a normal floppy drive. SuperDisk drives have been sold in parallel port, USB, ATAPI and SCSI variants. All drives can read and write 1.44 MB and 720 KiB MFM floppies, as used on PCs, Apple Macintoshes (High Density format only, see below), and many workstations. 2.88 MB floppy formats are not supported. Imation also released a version of the SuperDisk with \"Secured", "title": "SuperDisk" }, { "docid": "1828256", "text": "2013. The 64-bit addressing mode (\"long mode\") is a superset of Physical Address Extensions (PAE); because of this, page sizes may be 4 KB (2 bytes) or 2 MB (2 bytes). Long mode also supports page sizes of 1 GB (2 bytes). Rather than the three-level page table system used by systems in PAE mode, systems running in long mode use four levels of page table: PAE's \"Page-Directory Pointer Table\" is extended from four entries to 512, and an additional \"Page-Map Level 4 (PML4) Table\" is added, containing 512 entries in 48-bit implementations. A full mapping hierarchy of 4 KB", "title": "X86-64" }, { "docid": "8909053", "text": "situations where only very small amounts of data are changed, such as when updating file system metadata. While not a file system feature, operating systems should also aim to align partitions correctly, which avoids excessive read-modify-write cycles. A typical practice for personal computers is to have each partition aligned to start at a 1 MB (= 1,048,576 bytes) mark, which covers all common SSD page and block size scenarios, as it is divisible by all commonly used sizes - 1 MB, 512 KB, 128 KB, 4 KB, and 512 bytes. Modern operating system installation software and disk tools handle this", "title": "Solid-state drive" }, { "docid": "84539", "text": "a total of 3160 blocks free when formatted (a block being equal to 256 bytes). The number of permitted directory entries was also increased, to 296 entries. With a storage capacity of 800 kB, the 1581 is the highest-capacity serial-bus drive that was ever made by Commodore (the 1-MB SFD-1001 uses the parallel IEEE-488), and the only 3½\" one. However, starting in 1991, Creative Micro Designs (CMD) made the FD-2000 high density (1.6 MB) and FD-4000 extra-high density (3.2 MB) 3½\" drives, both of which offered not only a 1581-emulation mode but also 1541- and 1571-compatibility modes. Like the 1541", "title": "Commodore 1581" }, { "docid": "10876201", "text": "with some modern DVDs supporting speeds of up to 24X. It is important to note that the speed of writing a DVD at 1X (1,385,000 bytes per second) is approximately 9 as fast as writing a CD at 1X (153,600 bytes per second). However, the actual speeds depend on the type of data being written to the disc. For Blu-ray discs, 1X speed is defined as 36 megabits per second (Mbit/s), which is equal to 4.5 megabytes per second (MB/s). However, as the minimum required data transfer rate for Blu-ray movie discs is 54Mbit/s, the minimum speed for a Blu-ray", "title": "CD and DVD writing speed" }, { "docid": "632873", "text": "does not (or fails to properly) implement IP fragmentation and reassembly . If TFTP packets should be kept within the standard Ethernet MTU (1500), the blocksize value is calculated as 1500 minus headers of TFTP (4 bytes), UDP (8 bytes) and IP (20 bytes) = 1468 bytes/block, this gives a limit of 1468 bytes/block x 65535 blocks = 92 MB. Today most servers and clients support block number roll-over (block counter going back to 0 or 1 after 65535) which gives an essentially unlimited transfer file size. Since TFTP utilizes UDP, it has to supply its own transport and session", "title": "Trivial File Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "5753529", "text": "sizes of the archives within the distributed file vary from the traditional 3½\" floppy disk (1.44 MB) or extra-high density disk (2.88 MB) to 5 MB, 15 MB (typical for CD images) or 20MB (typical for CD images of console releases), 50 MB files (typical for DVD images), and 100MB (for dual-layer DVD images). These measurements are not equivalent to traditional measurement of file size (which is 1024 KB to a MB, 1024 MB to a GB); in a typical DVD release, each RAR file is exactly 50,000,000 bytes, not 52,428,800 bytes (50 megabytes in binary prefix). Formerly, the size", "title": "Standard (warez)" }, { "docid": "712761", "text": "megabyte. The latter term is often used as a synonym for mebibyte, but it formally refers to 1000 kilobytes, or 1,000,000 bytes. The binary prefix \"mebi\", which is a factor of 2, was created to provide an unambiguous unit that is distinct from the metric SI prefix \"mega\" (\"M\"). Binary prefixes are becoming more predominant in scholarly literature, descriptions of computer hardware and open source software. Many operating systems compute file size in mebibytes, but report the number as MB (megabytes). For example, all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system show a file of 2 bytes as \"1.00 MB\"", "title": "Mebibyte" }, { "docid": "2032088", "text": "had 24 physical address lines. The 24 lines allowed the processor to address up to 16 MB of memory (2 bytes), which was seen as a sufficient amount at the time. The RAM limit in the Macintosh design was 4 MB of RAM and 4 MB of ROM, because of the structure of the memory map. This was fixed by changing the memory map with the Macintosh II and the Macintosh Portable, allowing up to 8 MB of RAM. Because memory was a scarce resource, the authors of the Mac OS decided to take advantage of the unused byte in", "title": "Mac OS memory management" }, { "docid": "48288", "text": "formally defined in IEEE Std 610.10-1994 as either or 2 bytes. Kilobyte, Kbyte, and KB are equivalent units and all are defined in the obsolete standard, IEEE 100-2000. The hardware industry measures system memory (RAM) using the binary meaning while magnetic disk storage uses the SI definition. However, many exceptions exist. Labeling of diskettes uses the megabyte to denote 1024×1000 bytes. In the optical disks market, compact discs use \"MB\" to mean 1024 bytes while DVDs use \"GB\" to mean 1000 bytes. Computer storage has become cheaper per unit and thereby larger, by many orders of magnitude since \"K\" was", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "16309409", "text": "the specific bit emission. Wireless cellular networks consume 0.5% of the world total electricity which is approximately 20 PWh in 2010. The average monthly cellular wireless traffic is 240×10 bytes which is totally 2880 PB in 2010. Then energy per byte can be found as 0.0347×10 kWh and it is equal to 0.125 J. If the electricity is obtained from coal then 975 g of CO arises for 1 kWh of energy. Then for one byte of wireless data 0.0338325 mg of CO arises, which is approximately equal to 34 g of CO for 1 MB. User-in-the-loop User-in-the-Loop (UIL) refers", "title": "User-in-the-loop" }, { "docid": "12601564", "text": "are connected. Three memory modules were available for the VAX 8800: a 4 MB module, a 16 MB module and a 64 MB module. The 4 MB array module is an eight-layer printed circuit board populated by metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices and medium-scale integration (MSI) FAST transistor-transistor logic (TTL) devices in roughly equal numbers. The 16 MB array module is similar to the 4 MB module, but contains eight surface-mounted daughter boards, each containing 2 MB of memory built from DRAMs. The VAX 8800 uses the VAXBI bus for input/output. The VAX 8800 supports", "title": "VAX 8000" }, { "docid": "5954532", "text": "use the metric system (for e.g. GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB = 1000 GB), to show higher capacity numbers for their products. File transfers (e.g. \"downloads\") may use rates of units of bytes (e.g. MB/s) in binary rather than metric system, while networking hardware, such as WiFi, always uses the metric system (Mbits/s, Gbits/s etc.). of units of bits (and it needs to send more than the files themselves, so some overhead needs to be factored in), making superficially similar terms very incompatible. File size File size is a measure of how much data a computer file contains or,", "title": "File size" }, { "docid": "48314", "text": "objects); this is conveniently expressed as \"64K\" items. An operating system might map memory as 4096-byte pages, in which case exactly 8192 pages could be allocated within bytes of memory: \"8K\" (8192) pages of \"4 kilobytes\" (4096 bytes) each within \"32 megabytes\" (32 MiB) of memory. All hard disk drive manufacturers state capacity using SI prefixes. USB flash drives, flash-based memory cards like CompactFlash or Secure Digital, and flash-based SSDs use SI prefixes; for example, a \"256 MB\" flash card provides at least 256 million bytes (), not 256×1024×1024 (). The flash memory chips inside these devices contain considerably more", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "3224608", "text": "changes from 0x0000 to 0xFFFF, the Fletcher-32 checksum remains the same. This also means a sequence of all 00 bytes has the same checksum as a sequence (of the same size) of all FF bytes. These examples assume two's complement arithmetic, as Fletcher's algorithm will be incorrect on one's complement machines. The below is a treatment on how to calculate the checksum including the check bytes; i.e., the final result should equal 0, given properly-calculated check bytes. The code by itself, however, will not calculate the check bytes. An inefficient but straightforward implementation of a C language function to compute", "title": "Fletcher's checksum" }, { "docid": "10511912", "text": "for the 70/55 ranged from 65,536 bytes (64 KB) of core memory to 524,288 bytes (512 KB). The memory cycle time was 0.84 microseconds to access four bytes of information. Weighed . The RCA Model 70/60 was a later addition to the Spectra 70 series, having been announced in 1969. The RCA Model 70/61 was the virtual memory model of the 70/60, and it was referred to as the Octoputer II in some advertisements. The 70/60 and 70/61 were the first RCA central computers to be capable of 1 MB of core memory which was housed in 4 standard racks", "title": "RCA Spectra 70" }, { "docid": "15008514", "text": "a simpler protocol with a length-data format and is often misinterpreted as such. A message longer than 7 bytes requires segmenting the message packet over multiple frames. A segmented transfer starts with a First Frame. The PCI is two bytes in this case, with the first 4 bit field the type (type 1) and the following 12 bits the message length (excluding the type and length bytes). The recipient confirms the transfer with a flow control frame. The flow control frame has three PCI bytes specifying the interval between subsequent frames and how many consecutive frames may be sent (\"Block", "title": "ISO 15765-2" }, { "docid": "7816913", "text": "follows. If the high bit is set, then the lower seven bits indicate how many bytes follow that themselves make up a length field. For example if the first byte of a BER length field is binary 10000010, that would indicate that the next two bytes make up an integer that then indicates how many Value bytes follow. Therefore a total of three bytes were taken up to specify a length. The remaining bytes are the Value field, and its contents can be whatever you like, including a chain of more KLV sets, as is often the case. In the", "title": "KLV" }, { "docid": "48316", "text": "as for example, DSDD, meaning double-sided double-density. The last widely adopted diskette was the 3½-inch high density. This has a formatted capacity of bytes or 1440 KB (1440 × 1024, using \"KB\" in the customary binary sense). These are marketed as \"HD\", or \"1.44 MB\" or both. This usage creates a third definition of \"megabyte\" as 1000×1024 bytes. Most operating systems display the capacity using \"MB\" in the customary binary sense, resulting in a display of \"1.4 MB\" (). Some users have noticed the missing 0.04 MB and both Apple and Microsoft have support bulletins referring to them as 1.4", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "7816911", "text": "The first few bytes are the Key, much like a key in a standard hash table data structure. Keys can be 1, 2, 4, or 16 bytes in length. Presumably in a separate specification document you would agree on a key length for a given application. Sixteen byte keys are usually reserved for use as globally registered unique identifiers, and the Value portion of such a packet usually contains a series of more KLV sets with smaller keys. Following the bytes for the Key are bytes for the Length field which will tell you how many bytes follow the length", "title": "KLV" }, { "docid": "712758", "text": "Mebibyte The mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix \"mebi\" means 2; therefore one \"mebibyte\" is equal to = 1024 kibibytes. The unit symbol for the mebibyte is MiB. Technically a megabyte (MB) is a power of ten, while a mebibyte (MiB) is a power of two, appropriate for binary machines. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1998. It was designed to replace the megabyte when used in the binary sense to mean 2 bytes, which conflicts with the definition of the prefix mega in the International System", "title": "Mebibyte" }, { "docid": "400348", "text": "to 16 MB as a single block.) An operand is two bytes long, typically representing an address as a 4-bit nibble denoting a base register and a 12-bit displacement relative to the contents of that register, in the range 000–FFF (shown here as hexadecimal numbers). The address corresponding to that operand is the contents of the specified general-purpose register plus the displacement. For example, an MVC instruction that moves 256 bytes (with length code 255 in hexadecimal as FF) from base register 7, plus displacement 000, to base register 8, plus displacement 001, would be coded as the 6-byte instruction", "title": "IBM System/360" }, { "docid": "611056", "text": "as a small integer power of two (2, 4, 8, etc.) and a designation of megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB); e.g., 512 MB, 8 GB. This includes SSDs marketed as hard drive replacements, in accordance with traditional hard drives, which use decimal prefixes. Thus, an SSD marked as “64 GB” is at least bytes (64 GB). Most users will have slightly less capacity than this available for their files, due to the space taken by file system metadata. The flash memory chips inside them are sized in strict binary multiples, but the actual total capacity of the chips is not", "title": "Flash memory" }, { "docid": "41379", "text": "negative, and any other value is considered a positive sign value (the processors will normalize a positive sign to 1100 (C)). No matter how many bytes wide a word is, there are always an even number of nibbles because each byte has two of them. Therefore, a word of \"n\" bytes can contain up to (2\"n\")−1 decimal digits, which is always an odd number of digits. A decimal number with \"d\" digits requires (\"d\"+1) bytes of storage space. For example, a 4-byte (32-bit) word can hold seven decimal digits plus a sign, and can represent values ranging from ±9,999,999. Thus", "title": "Binary-coded decimal" }, { "docid": "7136165", "text": "with a capacity of 128 KB to 4 MB. The cache is accessed via a dedicated 128-bit data bus. The secondary cache can be configured either as a unified cache or as a split instruction and data cache. In the latter configuration, each cache can have a capacity of 128 KB to 2 MB. The secondary cache is physically indexed, physically tagged and has a programmable line size of 128, 256, 512 or 1,024 bytes. The cache controller is on-die. The cache is built from standard static random access memory (SRAM). The data and tag buses are ECC-protected. The R4000", "title": "R4000" }, { "docid": "13172348", "text": "improved branch prediction and the inclusion of an external 32 MB unified secondary cache. The secondary cache has a bandwidth of 10 GB/s and a latency of 40 cycles. It is 4-way set-associative, physically indexed and physically tagged with a line size of 128 bytes. The set-associativity was chosen to reduce the number of I/O pins. The L2 cache is implemented with using four 72 Mbit (9 MB) Enhanced Memory Systems Enhanced SRAM (ESRAM) chips, which despite its name, is an implementation of 1T-SRAM – dynamic random access memory (DRAM) with a SRAM-like interface. Access to this cache by each", "title": "PA-8000" }, { "docid": "1914793", "text": "significant bit is first and is therefore numbered bit 0 and signaled on line A0. A20 transmits bit 20 (the 21st bit) and becomes active once addresses reach 1 MB, or 2. The early Intel 8086, Intel 8088, and Intel 80186 processors had 20 address lines, numbered A0 to A19; with these, the processor can access 2 bytes, or 1 MB. Internal address registers of such processors only had 16 bits. To access a 20-bit address space, an external memory reference was made up of a 16-bit \"offset\" address added to a 16-bit \"segment\" number, shifted 4 bits so as", "title": "A20 line" }, { "docid": "14920047", "text": "XML texts or entire Java Object serialization graphs. The space and performance scaling of an ItemSpace is smooth as any size of client-imposed multi-Item structure is created, grows, shrinks, or disappears. On-storage performance is like any block-oriented B-tree, with blocks of about 4 KB, which is \"O\"(log(\"n\")) per access. There is a block cache of 2.5 MB by default, which is of unlimited size but which is often about 100 MB. The cache grows only as needed. For performance and efficiency, the Items are stored inside a single B-tree prefix-compressed and variable length as an uninterpreted sequence of bytes for", "title": "InfinityDB" }, { "docid": "1249020", "text": "request-response control models, where one or more bytes following a write command are treated as a command or address. Those bytes determine how subsequent written bytes are treated or how the slave responds on subsequent reads. Most SMBus operations involve single-byte commands. One specific example is the 24C32 type EEPROM, which uses two request bytes that are called Address High and Address Low. (Accordingly, these EEPROMs are not usable by pure SMBus hosts, which only support single-byte commands or addresses.) These bytes are used for addressing bytes within the 32 kbit (or 4 kB) EEPROM address space. The same two-byte", "title": "I²C" }, { "docid": "48281", "text": "PC and compatibles quickly standardized on 512-byte sectors, so two sectors were easily referred to as \"1K\". The 3.5-inch \"360 KB\" and \"720 KB\" had 720 (single-sided) and 1440 sectors (double-sided) respectively. When the High Density \"1.44 MB\" floppies came along, with 2880 of these 512-byte sectors, that terminology represented a hybrid binary-decimal definition of \"1 MB\" = 2 x 10 =1 024 000 bytes. In contrast, hard disk drive manufacturers used \"megabytes\" or \"MB\", meaning 10 bytes, to characterize their products as early as 1974. By 1977, in its first edition, Disk/Trend, a leading hard disk drive industry marketing", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "12298297", "text": "maximum capacity of 16 MB per partition in earlier versions, and 32 MB as of v.4.40. A 4 GB per disk – by making sector clusters, up to 65,536 bytes per cluster – is theoretically possible, but not yet implemented. The system library contains a binary loader supporting standard, address-dependent Atari binaries as well as SpartaDOS X address-independent (\"relocatable\") binary files. It also facilitates such tasks as error handling, parsing the command line, as well as managing memory, file and device resources etc. The library also contains a menu-driven disk formatter, that can be invoked at any time, not only", "title": "SpartaDOS X" }, { "docid": "2872253", "text": "1024 × 1024, (Gibibytes) means 1024 × 1024 × 1024, and so on for Tebibytes, Exbibytes, Pebibytes, Zebibytes, and Yobibytes. Some implementations also understand the suffix uppercase to indicate SI units such as kB (kilobytes) for 1000 bytes or MB (Megabytes) for 1,000,000 bytes. Thus indicates a blocksize of 16 mebibytes (16,777,216 bytes), or specifies 3,000 bytes. Additionally, some implementations understand the character as a multiplication operator for both block size and count parameters. For example, is interpreted as 2 × 80 × 18 × 512 = 1474560 bytes, the exact size of a 1440 KiB floppy disk. For some", "title": "Dd (Unix)" }, { "docid": "10277104", "text": "text image: By contrast the following tiny GWBASIC program demonstrates how easy it was to load these in BASIC. The CGA Video Card (and other IBM PC video cards which support CGA which until recently were almost all) has two interleafs when in monochrome or 4-color Graphics mode. Visible memory is 16,000 bytes. There is 192 bytes of unused data between the first and second interleaf, and 192 bytes of unused data following the second interleaf. The byte array is identical for either mode. File Size 16,392 bytes Header Size 7 bytes First Interleaf 8000 bytes Unused 192 Bytes Second", "title": "BSAVE" }, { "docid": "8260263", "text": "and other features that make AT45 chips simpler to support. Both DataFlash and EEPROM chips can be accessed from a microcontroller, using a 4-wire Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI bus). Both are available in small 8 pin packages. The protocol interfaces are very similar; in both cases, bytes are written or read, via SPI, one or more bytes at a time. DataFlash usually had higher capacities than EEPROM in the early days, and it still provides faster access times. DataFlash capacities in small packages range from 128 kB to 8 MB, while SPI EEPROM capacities in similar packages range from", "title": "DataFlash" }, { "docid": "2269773", "text": "would result in an encoder too slow to be practically usable, so sophisticated data structures are needed to support fast match searches. The simplest approach, called \"hash chains\", is parameterized by a constant N which can be either 2, 3 or 4, which is typically chosen so that 2^(8×) is greater than or equal to the dictionary size. It consists of creating, for each \"k\" less than or equal to \"N\", a hash table indexed by tuples of \"k\" bytes, where each of the buckets contains the last position where the first \"k\" bytes hashed to the hash value associated", "title": "Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm" }, { "docid": "2483881", "text": "High memory area In DOS memory management, the high memory area (HMA) is the RAM area consisting of the first 65520 bytes above the one megabyte in an IBM AT or compatible computer. In real mode, the segmentation architecture of the Intel 80286 and subsequent processors identifies memory locations with a 16-bit segment and a 16-bit offset, which is resolved into a physical address via (segment) x 16 + (offset). Although intended to address only 1 Megabyte (MB) (2 bytes) of memory, segment:offset addresses at codice_1 and beyond reference memory beyond 1 MB (codice_2). So this mode can actually address", "title": "High memory area" }, { "docid": "1698190", "text": "two bytes. The example below illustrates how truncating the input of the above quote changes the output padding: The same characters will be encoded differently depending on their position within the three-octet group which is encoded to produce the four characters. For example: The ratio of output bytes to input bytes is 4:3 (33% overhead). Specifically, given an input of \"n\" bytes, the output will be formula_1 bytes long, including padding characters. In theory, the padding character is not needed for decoding, since the number of missing bytes can be calculated from the number of Base64 digits. In some implementations,", "title": "Base64" }, { "docid": "13392581", "text": "of the instruction. Thus, all instructions in rows 0 to 7 and row 9 consist of two bytes (the opcode and a data byte) while all the other instructions consist of just a single opcode byte. The main accumulator register, A, can be set to be 1, 2, 3 or 4 bytes in length, using the SETL instructions. This controls how many bytes are loaded (or stored) in a memory-access instruction. The JIL instruction performs a Jump Indirect, like the JI instruction, but saves the value in the program counter, S, into the link register, L. This allows very simple", "title": "GEC 2050" }, { "docid": "632872", "text": "specification extending the TFTP support to all EFI/UEFI environments. The original protocol has a transfer file size limit of 512 bytes/block x 65535 blocks = 32 MB. In 1998 this limit was extended to 65535 bytes/block x 65535 blocks = 4 GB by TFTP Blocksize Option RFC 2348. If the defined blocksize produces an IP packet size that exceeds the minimum MTU at any point of the network path, IP fragmentation and reassembly will occur not only adding more overhead but also leading to total transfer failure when the minimalist IP stack implementation in a host's BOOTP or PXE ROM", "title": "Trivial File Transfer Protocol" }, { "docid": "3505670", "text": "MB (404×19×13,030 bytes) (the 1973 Model 11 featured IBM 3336-11 Disk Packs that hold 200 MB (808x19x13,030 bytes)). Access time is 30 ms and data transfers at 806 kB/s. A major advance introduced with the 3330 is the use of error correction, which makes the drives more reliable and reduced costs because small imperfections in the disk surface can be tolerated. The circuitry can correct error bursts up to 11 bits long through use of Fire codes. The 3333-1 and the 3333-11 contain two 3330 type drives and a controller that attach to a director type storage control Up to", "title": "History of IBM magnetic disk drives" }, { "docid": "3479858", "text": "potential replacement for NOR Flash, where device capacities typically lag behind those of NAND Flash devices. (State-of-the-art capacities on NAND passed 512 Mb some time ago.) NOR Flash offers similar densities to Samsung's PRAM prototype and already offers bit addressability (unlike NAND where memory is accessed in banks of many bytes at a time). Samsung's announcement was followed by one from Intel and STMicroelectronics, who demonstrated their own PRAM devices at the 2006 Intel Developer Forum in October. They showed a 128 Mb part that began manufacture at STMicroelectronics's research lab in Agrate, Italy. Intel stated that the devices were", "title": "Phase-change memory" }, { "docid": "19853389", "text": "IBM System/360 Model 75 The IBM System/360 Model 75 is a discontinued high end / high performance system that was introduced April 22, 1965. Although it played many roles in IBM's System/360 lineup, it accounted for a small fraction of a percent of the 360 systems sold. Three models, the H75, I75 and J75, were respectively configured with one, two or four IBM 2365 Model 3 Processor Storage units, each of which provided 262,144 (256K) bytes of core memory, so that the H75 had 262,144 (256K) bytes of core, the I75 had 524,288 (512K), and the J75 1,048,576 (1 MB).", "title": "IBM System/360 Model 75" }, { "docid": "1938833", "text": "storage while the SuperDisk drive itself was backwards compatible with 1.44 MB and 720 KB floppy formats (MFM). Superdisk drives read and write faster to these sorts of disks than conventional 1.44 MB or 720 KB floppy drives. The newer LS-240 drives also have the ability to read and write regular 1.44 MB floppies at much higher densities. The true capacity of these \"SD120MB\" drives is 120.375 MiB aka 126.22 MB (FAT16B with logical geometry 963/8/32 CHS × 512 bytes). The \"SD240MB\" drives have a capacity of 229.25 MiB aka 240.39 MB (FAT16B with logical geometry 262/32/56 CHS × 512", "title": "SuperDisk" }, { "docid": "48291", "text": "file sizes using \"MB\", \"GB\" or other SI-looking prefixes in their binary sense, just as they do for displays of RAM capacity. For example, many such systems display a hard drive marketed as \"160 GB\" as \"149.05 GB\". The earliest known presentation of hard disk drive capacity by an operating system using \"KB\" or \"MB\" in a binary sense is 1984; earlier operating systems generally presented the hard disk drive capacity as an exact number of bytes, with no prefix of any sort, for example, in the output of the MS-DOS or PC DOS CHKDSK command. The different interpretations of", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "7089116", "text": "second (B) byte, bit 3 indicates how to interpret the C and D bytes, with 0 being spark (Otto or Wankel) and 1 (set) being compression (Diesel). The bytes C and D for spark ignition monitors (e.g. Otto or Wankel engines): And the bytes C and D for compression ignition monitors (Diesel engines): A request for this PID returns 4 bytes of data. The first byte is always zero. The second, third, and fourth bytes give information about the availability and completeness of certain on-board tests. As with PID 01, the third and fourth bytes are to be interpreted differently", "title": "OBD-II PIDs" }, { "docid": "1324014", "text": "1 to 65,536 bytes, that is just not enforced by the CPU. The effective 20-bit address space of real mode limits the addressable memory to 2 bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes (1 MB). This derived directly from the hardware design of the Intel 8086 (and, subsequently, the closely related 8088), which had exactly 20 address pins. (Both were packaged in 40-pin DIP packages; even with only 20 address lines, the address and data buses were multiplexed to fit all the address and data lines within the limited pin count.) Each segment begins at a multiple of 16 bytes, called a \"paragraph\",", "title": "X86 memory segmentation" }, { "docid": "325320", "text": "Petabyte The petabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix \"peta\" indicates the fifth power of 1000 and means 10 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore 1 petabyte is one quadrillion (short scale) bytes, or 1 billiard (long scale) bytes. The unit symbol for the petabyte is PB. 1 PB = = = . A related unit, the pebibyte (PiB), using a binary prefix, is equal to 1024 bytes, which is more than 12% greater (2 bytes = ). One thousand petabytes (1000 PB) is equal to one exabyte (1 EB). Examples", "title": "Petabyte" }, { "docid": "2483882", "text": "the first 65520 bytes of extended memory as part of the 64 KB range starting 16 bytes before the 1 MB mark—codice_3 to codice_4. The Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 processors, with only 1 MB of memory and only 20 address lines, wrapped around at the 20th bit, so that address codice_1 was equivalent to codice_6. To allow running existing DOS programs which relied on this feature to access low memory on their newer IBM PC AT computers, IBM added special circuitry on the motherboard to simulate the wrapping around. This circuit was a simple logic gate which could disconnect", "title": "High memory area" }, { "docid": "19943151", "text": "are the E and EX, followed by B and BX. The J and JX are the fastest 3083s. IBM's information sheet says: Collectively, the fastest is 2.667 times the performance of the slowest. Announced September 3, 1982 and withdrawn August 4, 1987. It could be configured with 32, 48 or 64 million bytes of main memory. A 3084 was \"available only as an upgrade from a 3081 Model Group K\" with 32 MB. \"The 3084 was two 3081 tied together to make a 4-way SMP.\" (\"that can operate .. as two independent\" dual-processors)( IBM 308X The IBM 308X was a", "title": "IBM 308X" }, { "docid": "3514615", "text": "generated by iBoot (the 2nd-stage iOS Boot Loader). Linux kernel enabled a weak form of ASLR by default since the kernel version 2.6.12, released in June 2005. The PaX and Exec Shield patchsets to the Linux kernel provide more complete implementations. The Exec Shield patch for Linux supplies 19 bits of stack entropy on a period of 16 bytes, and 8 bits of mmap base randomization on a period of 1 page of 4096 bytes. This places the stack base in an area 8 MB wide containing 524,288 possible positions, and the mmap base in an area 1 MB wide", "title": "Address space layout randomization" }, { "docid": "3536611", "text": "byte= F2 (this is in hexadecimal, Hex F is binary 1111, Hex 2 (0010) defines the op); Q byte= 00000001 specifies that we \"jump\" if the condition register has the \"equal\" bit on; Operand= 00011000: if the condition is met we jump forward 24 bytes. Indicators were binary switches used to control program flow. Over 100 of these were available to the programmer. By using the instruction formats explained above, many of the indicator-oriented operations could be fit into just 3 bytes. For example... a line of RPG might test an indicator for \"On\": 3 bytes for a \"Test Bits", "title": "IBM System/3" }, { "docid": "13489801", "text": "single element within a SECS-II message to 16777215 bytes (about 16.5 MB). These old links are now broken SECS-II The SECS-II (SEMI Equipment Communications Standard, Part 2), sometimes called SEMI E5, is a communication protocol used in the semiconductor industry between devices involved in manufacturing. Much like the protocols in the OSI model, SECS-II is a layer above SECS-I and HSMS. While SECS-I and HSMS define how the communications are transmitted (such as over RS-232C or Ethernet), SECS-II defines the format and content of messages that can be sent over SECS-I or HSMS. The protocol is maintained by the SEMI", "title": "SECS-II" }, { "docid": "136224", "text": "greater than 2). Although other sector sizes have been known in the past, formatted sector sizes are now almost always set to powers of two (256 bytes, 512 bytes, etc.), and, in some cases, disk capacity is calculated as multiples of the sector size rather than only in bytes, leading to a combination of decimal multiples of sectors and binary sector sizes. For example, 1.44 MB -inch HD disks have the \"M\" prefix peculiar to their context, coming from their capacity of 2,880 512-byte sectors (1,440 KiB), consistent with neither a decimal megabyte nor a binary mebibyte (MiB). Hence, these", "title": "Floppy disk" }, { "docid": "48317", "text": "MB. The earlier \"1200 KB\" (1200×1024 bytes) 5¼-inch diskette sold with the IBM PC AT was marketed as \"1.2 MB\" (). The largest 8-inch diskette formats could contain more than a megabyte, and the capacities of those devices were often irregularly specified in megabytes, also without controversy. Older and smaller diskette formats were usually identified as an accurate number of (binary) KB, for example the Apple Disk II described as \"140KB\" had a 140×1024-byte capacity, and the original \"360KB\" double sided, double density disk drive used on the IBM PC had a 360×1024-byte capacity. In many cases diskette hardware was", "title": "Binary prefix" }, { "docid": "8612174", "text": "sectors of 512 data bytes each per track is the configuration used on the GEC 4000 series minicomputers. SMD disk packs (as the Storage Module itself was most commonly called) required head alignment to assure interchangeability of media between drives. Storage Module Device Storage Module Drive (SMD) is a family of storage devices (hard disk drives) that were first shipped by Control Data Corporation in December 1973 as the CDC 9760 40 MB (unformatted) storage module disk drive. The CDC 9762 80 MB variant was announced in June 1974 and the CDC 9764 150 MB and the CDC 9766 300", "title": "Storage Module Device" }, { "docid": "756642", "text": "zero or more compressed blocks, immediately followed by an end-of-stream marker containing a 32-bit CRC for the plaintext whole stream processed. The compressed blocks are bit-aligned and no padding occurs. Because of the first-stage RLE compression (see above), the maximum length of plaintext that a single 900 kB bzip2 block can contain is around 46 MB (45,899,236 bytes). This can occur if the whole plaintext consists entirely of repeated values (the resulting codice_9 file in this case is 46 bytes long). An even smaller file of 40 bytes can be achieved by using an input containing entirely values of 251,", "title": "Bzip2" }, { "docid": "5470958", "text": "behest of their government liaison \"the Minister\", to battle criminal masterminds and the occasional extraterrestrial menace. The show was broadcast every weekday at 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon on South Africa's English radio service, Springbok Radio from 1965 with re-runs continuing until the stations close in 1985. It was also broadcast on Radio Rhodesia in Rhodesia (the present day Zimbabwe). It is not known how many of the episodes were actually recorded, or how many of them were rebroadcast, since so little of the Springbok Radio archive exists. There appear to be screenplays and sound bytes available, and a number", "title": "Jet Jungle" }, { "docid": "19052106", "text": "of Tasks) as the Operating System of an IBM System/360 Model 50. Few chose MVT. The choice of operating system for the System/360 Model 50 was based primarily on the amount of main storage. The F50, with 65,536 bytes of main storage, can not run OS/MFT, which requires a minimum of 131,072 bytes of main storage. DOS/360 has a minimum of 16,384 bytes of main storage. Systems with 131,072 or more bytes of main storage could run OS/360. Although 360/50 systems equipped with 1 MB or more could and did run MVT one IBMer described this as \"[getting] blood out", "title": "IBM System/360 Model 50" }, { "docid": "4651669", "text": "up to and including 7.10 will cause these operating systems to crash on boot when encountering volumes with 256 heads. Therefore, all compatible BIOSes will use mappings with up to 255 heads (codice_6) only, including in virtual 255×63 geometries. This historical oddity can affect the maximum disk size in old BIOS INT 13h code as well as old PC DOS or similar operating systems: (512 bytes/sector)×(63 sectors/track)×(255 heads (tracks/cylinder))×(1024 cylinders)=8032.5 MB, but actually 512×63×256×1024=8064 MB yields what is known as 8 GB limit. In this context relevant definition of 8 GB = 8192 MB is another incorrect limit, because it", "title": "Cylinder-head-sector" }, { "docid": "2295548", "text": "Dope vector In computer programming, a dope vector is a data structure used to hold information about a data object, especially its memory layout. Dope vectors are most commonly used to describe arrays, which commonly store multiple instances of a particular datatype as a contiguous block of memory. For example, an array containing 100 elements, each of which occupies 32 bytes, requires 100*32 bytes. By itself, such a memory block has no place to keep track of how large the array (or other object) is overall, how large each element within it is, or how many elements it contains. A", "title": "Dope vector" }, { "docid": "15360338", "text": "in UDP, in SCTP a sender sends a message in one operation, and that exact message is passed to the receiving application process in one operation. In contrast, TCP is a stream-oriented protocol, transporting streams of bytes reliably and in order. However TCP does not allow the receiver to know how many times the sender application called on the TCP transport passing it groups of bytes to be sent out. At the sender, TCP simply appends more bytes to a queue of bytes waiting to go out over the network, rather than having to keep a queue of individual separate", "title": "Stream Control Transmission Protocol" }, { "docid": "10524213", "text": "be a single line. When Unicode is not in use, the size in bytes of a text file is simply the number of characters, including spaces, and with a new line counting for 1 or 2. For example, the Bible, which is approximately 800,000 words, is about 4 MB. Plucker is an Open Source free mobile and desktop e-book reader application with its own associated file format and software to automatically generate Plucker files from text, PDF, HTML, or other document format files, web sites or RSS feeds. The format is public and well-documented. Free readers are available for all", "title": "Comparison of e-book formats" }, { "docid": "2483817", "text": "up to 64 MB of memory, with XMS version 3.0 this increased to 4 GB (2 bytes). To differentiate between the possibly different amount of memory that might be available to applications, depending on which version of the specification they were developed to, the latter may be referred to as super extended memory or SXMS. The extended memory manager is also responsible for managing allocations in the high memory area (HMA) and the upper memory area (UMA; also referred to as upper memory blocks or UMBs). In practice the upper memory area will be provided by the expanded memory manager", "title": "Extended memory" }, { "docid": "6940380", "text": "acquires as many granules as it requires. The SGA can be said to consist of linked granules. The granule size depends on the database version and sometimes on the operating system. In Oracle 9i and earlier, it is 4 MB if the SGA size is less than 128 MB, and 16 MB otherwise. For later releases, it is typically 4 MB if the SGA size is less than 1 GB, and 16 MB otherwise. There must be at least 3 granules in the SGA: one for the Database Buffer Cache, one for the Shared Pool Area and one for the", "title": "System Global Area" }, { "docid": "20226453", "text": "process up to seven operations at a time. The system can be configured with 1, 2, or 4 MB of magnetic core memory (models 195J, 195K, and 195L) with a cycle time of 756 ns. A 32 KB cache, called a \"buffer memory\" in the IBM announcement, is standard. Memory blocks are brought into cache in units of 64 bytes. The normal operating system for the Model 195 is OS/360 Multiprogramming with a Variable Number of Tasks (MVT). The Model 195 was later updated as the IBM System/370 Model 195 with the new System/370 instructions and the 370 TOD clock", "title": "IBM System/360 Model 195" }, { "docid": "1278009", "text": "each direction, per lane. This figure is a calculation from the physical signaling rate (2.5 gigabaud) divided by the encoding overhead (10 bits per byte.) This means a sixteen lane (×16) PCIe card would then be theoretically capable of 16×250 MB/s = 4 GB/s in each direction. While this is correct in terms of data bytes, more meaningful calculations are based on the usable data payload rate, which depends on the profile of the traffic, which is a function of the high-level (software) application and intermediate protocol levels. Like other high data rate serial interconnect systems, PCIe has a protocol", "title": "PCI Express" }, { "docid": "412411", "text": "C became available memory chunks of indeterminate or large size were required. This gave rise to the use of heap storage and some memory management routines. To ease the overhead, TPF memory was broken into frames— 4 KB in size (1 MB with z/TPF). If an application needs a certain number of bytes, the number of contiguous frames required to fill that need are granted. Transaction Processing Facility Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) is an IBM real-time operating system for mainframe computers descended from the IBM System/360 family, including zSeries and System z9. TPF delivers fast, high-volume, high-throughput transaction processing, handling", "title": "Transaction Processing Facility" }, { "docid": "197422", "text": "many sources of information today. Techniques to gather knowledge from an overabundance of electronic information (e.g., data fusion may help in data mining) have existed since the 1970s. Another common technique to deal with such amount of information is qualitative research. Such approach aims at organizing the information, synthesizing, categorizing and systematizing in order to be more usable and easier to search. A new metric that is being used in an attempt to characterize the growth in person-specific information, is the disk storage per person (DSP), which is measured in megabytes/person (where megabytes is 10 bytes and is abbreviated MB).", "title": "Information explosion" }, { "docid": "3584319", "text": "doesn't need to reread data from decompressed file. REP's advantage is its multiplicative rolling hash that is both quick to compute and has near-ideal distribution. Larger minimal match length (512 bytes compared to 32 bytes in rzip) allowed for additional speed optimizations, so that REP provides very fast compression (about 200 MB/s on Intel i3-2100). SREP (SuperREP) is an implementation of Tridgell's idea of LZ compressor that doesn't store its dictionary in RAM, using instead SHA1 hashes of processed blocks to compare their contents. It allows the program to compress files that are about 10x larger than RAM available. Decompression", "title": "Rzip" }, { "docid": "7504117", "text": "and number of encoded 16-bit samples (32 bits); all known AMV files run sound at 22050 samples/second. Low decoder overhead is paramount as the S1 MP3 players have very low-end processors (a Z80 variant). Video compression ratio is low – around 4 pixels/byte, compared with over 10 pixels/byte for MPEG-2 – though as the files are of low resolution (96×96 up to 208×176) and frame rate (10, 12, or 16 frame/s), file sizes are small in bytes per second. With a resolution of 128×96 pixels and a framerate of 12 frame/s, a 30-minute video will be compressed into 80 MB.", "title": "AMV video format" }, { "docid": "12361112", "text": "(0x00-0x7F). Shift JIS can directly be used in programming languages and languages such as HTML (if accepting that backslash looks like ¥), because the bytes used for free text delimiters are not used as part of non-ASCII characters. UTF-16 is even less extended ASCII because ASCII characters are stored as two bytes with one byte equal to 0x00. Porting an existing system to support character sets as Shift JIS or UTF-16 is complicated and bug prone. For programming languages and document languages such as C and HTML, the principle of Extended ASCII is important, since it enables many different encodings", "title": "Extended ASCII" }, { "docid": "9549493", "text": "(MiB), for bytes, to distinguish them from their decimal counterparts such as megabyte (MB), for precisely one million () bytes. In the standard, the application of the binary prefixes is not limited to units of information storage. For example, a frequency ten octaves above one hertz, i.e., 2 Hz (), is one kibihertz (1 KiHz). These binary prefixes were standardized first in a 1999 addendum to IEC 60027-2. The harmonized IEC 80000-13:2008 standard cancels and replaces subclauses 3.8 and 3.9 of IEC 60027-2:2005, which had defined the prefixes for binary multiples. The only significant change in IEC 80000-13 is the", "title": "ISO/IEC 80000" }, { "docid": "8970974", "text": "with alien-like characters. Though not much development for homebrew games was done on the console, several programmers have created demos and proof-of-concepts. Some of the programs include a CD-Door demo, 3D Wire-frame demo, and a Bluescale demo. Sunplus SPG290 SoC UART, I²C, SPI etc. Composite video output (SoC supports TFT displays, but the HS does not use it) 16 MB SDRAM system RAM 640×480 native resolution 65,535 colors (RGB 565 mode) 1 USB port RFID scanner (13.56 MHz) RFID storage: 96 bytes of user memory + 8 bytes unique ID + 6 bytes of one time programmable memory The HyperScan", "title": "HyperScan" }, { "docid": "13489800", "text": "information across a network without wasting bandwidth. When using the SECS-I standard, RS-232 serial communication, the message size is limited to 7995148 bytes (about 8 MB). When using the HSMS standard, TCP/IP network communication, the maximum message size is limited to 4294967295 bytes (about 4.3 GB). The structure of each standard SECS-II message is defined by the SEMI E5 SECS-II standard. A message can be a simple data element, such as a binary response or an ASCII string. A message can also be a complex list structure with multiple levels of lists in the hierarchy. The SECS-II standard limits a", "title": "SECS-II" }, { "docid": "4665655", "text": "used are the ASCII characters 33 (!) through 117 (u) inclusive (to represent the base-85 digits 0 through 84), together with the letter z (as a special case to represent a 32-bit 0 value), and white space is ignored. Adobe uses the delimiter \"codice_9\" to mark the end of an Ascii85-encoded string, and represents the length by truncating the final group: If the last block of source bytes contains fewer than 4 bytes, the block is padded with up to three null bytes before encoding. After encoding, as many bytes as were added as padding are removed from the end", "title": "Ascii85" }, { "docid": "2031972", "text": "longer constant, and the spindle motor needed to be designed to vary its speed from between 200 RPM on the outer rim and 500 RPM on the inner. Later CD drives kept the CLV paradigm, but evolved to achieve higher rotational speeds, popularly described in multiples of a base speed. As a result, a 4× drive, for instance, would rotate at 800-2000 RPM, while transferring data steadily at 600 KiB/s, which is equal to 4 × 150 KiB/s. For DVDs, base or 1× speed is 1.385 MB/s, equal to 1.32 MiB/s, approximately nine times faster than the CD base speed.", "title": "Optical disc drive" }, { "docid": "10164236", "text": "changed later on as explained above, so the capacity decreased. Other formats, those with 8 cm diameter and hybrid variants, acquired similar numeric names with even larger deviation. The 12 cm type is a standard DVD, and the 8 cm variety is known as a MiniDVD. These are the same sizes as a standard CD and a mini-CD, respectively. The capacity by surface area (MiB/cm) varies from 6.92 MiB/cm in the DVD-1 to 18.0 MB/cm in the DVD-18. Each DVD sector contains 2,418 bytes of data, 2,048 bytes of which are user data. There is a small difference in storage", "title": "DVD" }, { "docid": "934830", "text": "three Bank Address inputs (BA0, BA1 and BA2) are used to select which bank a command is directed toward. Many commands also use an address presented on the address input pins. Some commands, which either do not use an address, or present a column address, also use A10 to select variants. The commands are defined as follows: All SDRAM generations (SDR and DDRx) use essentially the same commands, with the changes being: For example, a 512 MB SDRAM DIMM (which contains 512 MiB (mebibytes) = = 536,870,912 bytes exactly), might be made of eight or nine SDRAM chips, each containing", "title": "Synchronous dynamic random-access memory" }, { "docid": "2483885", "text": "hold a growing data structure recording various properties of the loaded real-mode drivers. High memory area In DOS memory management, the high memory area (HMA) is the RAM area consisting of the first 65520 bytes above the one megabyte in an IBM AT or compatible computer. In real mode, the segmentation architecture of the Intel 80286 and subsequent processors identifies memory locations with a 16-bit segment and a 16-bit offset, which is resolved into a physical address via (segment) x 16 + (offset). Although intended to address only 1 Megabyte (MB) (2 bytes) of memory, segment:offset addresses at codice_1 and", "title": "High memory area" }, { "docid": "4061537", "text": "the number of \"transfers\" per second. Careful usage generally talks about \"500 MHz, double data rate\" or \"1000 MT/s\", but many refer casually to a \"1000 MHz bus,\" even though no signal cycles faster than 500 MHz. DDR SDRAM popularized the technique of referring to the bus bandwidth in megabytes per second, the product of the transfer rate and the bus width in bytes. DDR SDRAM operating with a 100 MHz clock is called DDR-200 (after its 200 MT/s data transfer rate), and a 64-bit (8-byte) wide DIMM operated at that data rate is called PC-1600, after its 1600 MB/s", "title": "Double data rate" }, { "docid": "5694111", "text": "the first widely available 5-1/4\" hard disks using the ST506 interface such as the 5 MB BASF 6182 and the removable SyQuest SQ306RD of the same capacity. Due to the limited address space of the 6809 (64 kB) and hardware limitations, the main memory space for the UniFLEX kernel as well as for any running process had to be smaller than 56 kB (code + data)(processes could be up to 64K minus 512 bytes). This was achieved by writing the kernel and most user space code entirely in assembly language, and by removing a few classic Unix features, such as", "title": "UniFLEX" }, { "docid": "229805", "text": "mebi, gibi, etc., to unambiguously denote powers of 1024. Thus the kibibyte, symbol KiB, represents 2 = 1024 bytes. These prefixes are now part of the International System of Quantities. The IEC further specified that the kilobyte should only be used to refer to 1000 bytes. One thousand and twenty-four kibibytes (1024 KiB) is equal to one mebibyte (1 MiB), where 1 MiB is 1024 bytes. Kilobyte The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The International System of Units (SI) defines the prefix \"kilo\" as 1000 (10); per this definition, one kilobyte is 1000 bytes.", "title": "Kilobyte" }, { "docid": "325321", "text": "of the use of the petabyte to describe data sizes in different fields are: Petabyte The petabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix \"peta\" indicates the fifth power of 1000 and means 10 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore 1 petabyte is one quadrillion (short scale) bytes, or 1 billiard (long scale) bytes. The unit symbol for the petabyte is PB. 1 PB = = = . A related unit, the pebibyte (PiB), using a binary prefix, is equal to 1024 bytes, which is more than 12% greater (2 bytes =", "title": "Petabyte" }, { "docid": "15708478", "text": "the track width to be greatly reduced. In 1990, an attempt was made to standardize details for a 20 megabyte 3½-inch format floppy. At the time, \"three different technologies that are not interchangeable\" existed. One major goal was that the to-be-developed standard drive be backward compatible: that it be able to read 720K and 1.44Mb floppies. As early as 1987, Brier Technology announced the Flextra BR3020, which boasts 21.4 MB (a value used for marketing: its true size is 21,040 kB, 2 sides × 526 cylinders × 40 sectors × 512 bytes or 25 MB unformatted). Around 1990 it announced", "title": "Floppy disk variants" }, { "docid": "796690", "text": "marker segments (for details refer to JPEG, Syntax and structure). The markers are defined in part 1 of the JPEG Standard. Each marker consists of two bytes: an codice_1 byte followed by a byte which is not equal to codice_2 or codice_1 and specifies the type of the marker. Some markers stand alone, but most indicate the start of a marker segment that contains data bytes according to the following pattern: codice_4 The bytes \"s1\" and \"s2\" are taken together to represent a big-endian 16-bit integer specifying the length of the following \"data bytes\" plus the 2 bytes used to", "title": "JPEG File Interchange Format" }, { "docid": "2656907", "text": "were bit rather than byte aligned, with an instruction taking between 6 and 321 bits. The iAPX 432 has hardware and microcode support for object-oriented programming and capability-based addressing. The system uses segmented memory, with up to 2 segments of up to 64 KB each, providing a total virtual address space of 2 bytes. The physical address space is 2 bytes (16 MB). Programs are not able to reference data or instructions by address; instead they must specify a segment and an offset within the segment. Segments are referenced by Access Descriptors (ADs), which provide an index into the system", "title": "Intel iAPX 432" }, { "docid": "9933752", "text": "encrypted, except for the first two bytes -- the destination address byte and the data-length byte are never encrypted to allow standard and secure peripherals to be mixed on the same bus. The total length of a message packet can range from a minimum of 5 bytes (data-length byte equal to 0) to 260 bytes (data-length byte equal to 255). Longer transfers require a series of message packets. A number of associated standards have emerged over the years from within the ccTalk specification. For example, the global tags to identify the world’s forever changing coins and notes. In ccTalk a", "title": "CcTalk" }, { "docid": "7672417", "text": "financial and other issues required a re-evaluation of how to best serve the reader community. All issues are still obtainable from the \"Tux Magazine\" website. All 20 issues were laid out in a style usual for glossy printed magazines but optimised for screen reading. The magazine fits perfectly on displays in the 4:3 landscape format and the files open automatically in full screen presentation. The number of pages per issue are between 46 and 60 with almost no advertising; the files sizes range from 1.8 MB to 14 MB with an average of about 4 MB. \"TUX Magazine\" contained HOWTO-type", "title": "Tux Magazine" }, { "docid": "1304044", "text": "Gibibyte The gibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix \"gibi\" means 2, therefore one gibibyte is equal to = 1024 mebibytes. The unit symbol for the gibibyte is GiB. It is one of the units with binary prefixes defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1998. The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte (GB), which is defined by the IEC as 10 bytes = , ≈ . 1024 gibibytes are equal to one tebibyte. In the context of computer memory, gigabyte and GB are customarily used to mean 1024 (2) bytes,", "title": "Gibibyte" }, { "docid": "2659424", "text": "which can still be seen: Large-file support Large-file support (LFS) is the term frequently applied to the ability to create files larger than either 2 or 4 GB on 32-bit operating systems. Traditionally, many operating systems and their underlying file system implementations used 32-bit integers to represent file sizes and positions. Consequently, no file could be larger than 2 − 1 bytes (4 GiB − 1). In many implementations, the problem was exacerbated by treating the sizes as signed numbers, which further lowered the limit to 2 − 1 bytes (2 GiB − 1). Files that were too large for", "title": "Large-file support" }, { "docid": "4651678", "text": "with a CHS tuple of codice_26 would have 500 tracks per side on each platter, two platters (4 heads), and 32 sectors per track, with a total of 32 768 000 bytes (31.25 MB). ATA/IDE drives were much more efficient at storing data and have replaced the now \"archaic\" MFM and RLL drives. They use zone bit recording (ZBR), where the number of sectors dividing each track varies with the location of groups of tracks on the surface of the platter. Tracks nearer to the edge of the platter contain more blocks of data than tracks close to the spindle,", "title": "Cylinder-head-sector" }, { "docid": "12118735", "text": "Gbit). These prefixes are more often used for multiples of bytes, as in kilobyte (1 kB = 8000 bit), megabyte (1 MB = ), and gigabyte (1 GB = ). However, for technical reasons, the capacities of computer memories and some storage units are often multiples of some large power of two, such as 2 = bytes. To avoid such unwieldy numbers, people have often repurposed the SI prefixes to mean the nearest power of two, e.g., using the prefix \"kilo\" for 2 = 1024, \"mega\" for 2 = , and \"giga\" for 2 = , and so on. For", "title": "Units of information" } ]

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[ { "docid": "15860139", "text": "Women in Quebec did not receive full suffrage until 1940. The cause of women's suffrage began in 1867, Canadian Confederation year, when Dr. Emily Stowe came to Toronto to practise medicine. She was the first, and for many years the sole woman physician in Canada. Stowe, vitally interested in all matters relating to women, at once came before the public as a lecturer upon topics then somewhat new, \"Woman's Sphere\" and \"Women in the Professions,\" being her subjects. She lectured not only in Toronto, but, under the auspices of various Mechanics' Institutes, in Ottawa, Whitby, and Bradford. After attending a", "title": "Women's suffrage in Canada" }, { "docid": "15860139", "text": "Women in Quebec did not receive full suffrage until 1940. The cause of women's suffrage began in 1867, Canadian Confederation year, when Dr. Emily Stowe came to Toronto to practise medicine. She was the first, and for many years the sole woman physician in Canada. Stowe, vitally interested in all matters relating to women, at once came before the public as a lecturer upon topics then somewhat new, \"Woman's Sphere\" and \"Women in the Professions,\" being her subjects. She lectured not only in Toronto, but, under the auspices of various Mechanics' Institutes, in Ottawa, Whitby, and Bradford. After attending a", "title": "Women's suffrage in Canada" }, { "docid": "20616027", "text": "to do basic arithmetic problems. Titus's students gave her a \"handsome testimonial\" as they greatly appreciated her efforts in teaching them. As well as working to combat slavery, Titus worked with the women of the Suffrage Movement. She initially met with Sojourner Truth in 1856 at the Progressive Friends and began collaborating with Truth in 1867 and bought a barn from William Merritt which she remodeled into a home. Even though Truth concentrated her efforts on the Suffrage Movement around the east coast and Kansas and Titus focused on the Suffrage Movement in Michigan, they still kept in contact. Titus", "title": "Frances Titus" } ]

[ { "docid": "660322", "text": "found home rule to be \"a blow to the greatness and prosperity of England as well as disaster and ... misery and pain and shame\". In Fawcett's book, \"Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement\", she explains her disaffiliation with the more militant movement: Fawcett cut her Liberal ties in 1884: her belief in women's suffrage was unchanged but her political views did and began to resemble the views she had when she was younger. In 1883, Fawcett was made president of the Special Appeal Committee. The South African War created an opportunity for Fawcett to share female", "title": "Millicent Fawcett" }, { "docid": "6582249", "text": "House or in the nearby Lafayette Park. The NWP continued to hold watchfires even as the war began, drawing criticism from the public and even other suffrage groups for being unpatriotic. Stanton and Anthony launched a sixteen-page weekly newspaper called \"The Revolution\" in 1868. It focused primarily on women's rights, especially suffrage, but it also covered politics, the labor movement and other topics. Its energetic and broad-ranging style gave it a lasting influence, but its debts mounted when it did not receive the funding they had expected, and they had to transfer the paper to other hands after only twenty-nine", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "19526740", "text": "suffragettes did succeed in damaging the Liberal party but failed to advance the cause of woman suffrage. When the Pankhursts decided to stop the militancy at the start of the war, and enthusiastically support the war effort, the movement split and their leadership role ended. Suffrage did come four years later, but the feminist movement in Britain permanently abandoned the militant tactics that had made the suffragettes famous. In Wales, women's participation in politics grew steadily from the start of the suffrage movement in 1907. By 2003, half the members elected to the National Assembly were women. Although abortion was", "title": "History of women in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "7827984", "text": "published by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women (MAOFESW) between 1890 and 1920 was used to promote anti-suffrage ideas and also to react to and refute the claims of suffragists. The anti-suffrage movement began in the United States after the Massachusetts State legislature introduced a proposal to promote female voting rights. Two hundred women opposed this initiative as they did not want women to gain full citizenship. Though nothing became of this proposal, its introduction mobilized the suffrage movement on both sides. In 1871, a petition to the United States Congress was published by", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "8332575", "text": "Women's National Anti-Suffrage League The Women's National Anti-suffrage League (1908–18) was established in London on 21 July 1908. Its aims were to oppose women being granted the vote in United Kingdom parliamentary elections, although it did support their having votes in local government elections. It was founded at a time when there was a resurgence of support for the women's suffrage movement. An anti-suffrage correspondence had taken place in the pages of \"The Times\" through 1906–07, with further calls for leadership of the anti-suffrage movement being placed in \"The Spectator\" in February 1908. Possibly as early as 1907, a letter", "title": "Women's National Anti-Suffrage League" }, { "docid": "7827972", "text": "established in London on 21 July 1908. Its aims were to oppose women being granted the vote in British parliamentary elections, although it did support their having votes in local government elections. It was founded at a time when there was a resurgence of support for the women's suffrage movement. The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League, publisher of the \"Anti-Suffrage Review\", submitted a petition to Parliament in 1907 with 87,500 names, but it was rejected by the Petitions Committee of Parliament as \"informal\". The \"Anti-Suffrage Review\" also used shame as a tool to fight against the suffrage movement. An Anti-suffrage correspondence", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "16994910", "text": "Allison University). In 1880, Emily Stowe became the first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada. Women's suffrage was achieved during World War I period. Suffrage activism began during the later decades of the Victorian era. In 1883, the Toronto Women's Literary and Social Progress Club met and established the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association. Before the 1870s there were few organizations for women, apart from charitable groups associated with particular denominations and largely under the control of the male ministry. The main breakthrough came with the formation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU, in the 1870s. The movement began", "title": "History of Canadian women" }, { "docid": "19966467", "text": "during the last half of the nineteenth century. In 1868, Kate Newell Doggett, a botanist, helped set up a chapter of Sorosis, which became the first women's group in Chicago to focus on suffrage. Later, the Chicago Woman's Club would help promote suffrage. Other organizations, dedicated especially to suffrage began to be formed after the Civil War. As women's clubs grew, so did suffrage organizations. African-American women's clubs like the NACW not only fought for women's suffrage, but also for the right of black men to vote. Many black women were involved in groups like the National Woman Suffrage Association", "title": "Woman's club movement" }, { "docid": "4971269", "text": "penalize me for my work for the young people of this country, they must bear the shame of a jail sentence. It is government which is disgraced, not I.\" Dennet was proud of her work in sexual education and wanted it to last. Dennett did not become active in the women's suffrage movement until her marriage began to break up. Later, she wrote, \"I went into suffrage work, as perhaps you know, because I needed an anaesthetic at the time, and suffrage was the nearest thing at hand that was unconnected with my previous work.\" Dennett began her work as", "title": "Mary Dennett" }, { "docid": "7827969", "text": "anti-suffrage movement was a countermovement opposing the social movement of women's suffrage in various countries. It could also be considered a counterpublic that espoused a Conservative defense of the status quo for women and men in society. As a countermovement, the anti-suffrage movement didn't gain traction or start to organize until the women's suffrage began to challenge the current social order. Countries in the Western World began to explore giving women the equal right to vote around the mid 1800s. Areas with the most visible women's suffrage movements were Great Britain and in the United States, although women's suffrage movements", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "7827968", "text": "Anti-suffragism Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Anti-suffragism was a largely conservative movement that sought to keep the status quo for women and which opposed the idea giving women equal suffrage rights. It was closely associated with \"domestic feminism,\" the belief that women had the right to complete freedom within the home. In the United States, these activists were often referred to as \"remonstrants\" or \"antis.\" The", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "7828001", "text": "ref 2WNA The Library and Archives division of the Georgia Historical Society have a collection of broadsides from the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage from 1917–1919. The documents appear to be printed by state affiliates of the national group. One of the documents was issued by The Men's Anti-Ratification League of Montgomery, Alabama. Anti-suffragism Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Anti-suffragism was a largely conservative movement", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "12924742", "text": "Kuwaiti Constitution, Parliament was allowed to reject and overrule the emir, and it did. However, for a period of 6 months, women had the right to vote. Unfortunately, there were no elections heard during this time before the emir was overruled. The movement began to gain speed after this, and the first non-violent demonstration kicked off in 1996 when 500 women stopped working for an hour to show solidarity in their right for suffrage. Small demonstrations continued throughout the next 6 years and in 2002 a few Kuwaiti women decided to protest outside voter registration centers. Things continued to escalate", "title": "Women's suffrage in Kuwait" }, { "docid": "14972144", "text": "African-American women's suffrage movement As the women's suffrage movement gained popularity through the nineteenth century, African-American women were increasingly marginalized. African-American women dealt not only with the sexism of being withheld the vote but also the racism of white suffragists. The struggle for the vote did not end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. In some Southern states, African American women were unable to freely exercise their right to vote up until the 1960s. However, these difficulties did not deter African-American women in their effort to secure the vote. The origins of the women's suffrage movement are tied to", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "9653086", "text": "woman, Mary Smith, was used in this speech as an example. The Chartist Movement, which began in the late 1830s, has also been suggested to have included supporters of female suffrage. There is some evidence to suggest William Lovett, one of the authors of the People's Charter wished to include female suffrage as one of the campaign's demands but chose not to on the grounds that this would delay the implementation of the charter. Although there were female Chartists, they largely worked toward universal male suffrage. At this time most women did not have aspirations to gain the vote. There", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "14972149", "text": "two rival organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As NAWSA began gaining support for its cause, its members realized that the exclusion of African-American women would gain greater support, resulting in the adoption of a more narrow view of women's suffrage than had been previously asserted. NAWSA focused on enfranchisement solely for white women. African-American women began experiencing the \"Anti-Black\" women's suffrage movement. The National Woman Suffrage Association considered the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs to be a liability to the association due", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "2911861", "text": "Stowe met with Susan B. Anthony and witnessed the divisions within the American women's suffrage movement. Stowe also attended a women's club meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. Stowe adopted a gradualist strategy which she brought back to her work in Canada. In 1876, Stowe founded the Toronto Women's Literary Club, renamed the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association in 1883. This has led some to consider Stowe the mother of the suffrage movement in Canada. The Literary Club campaigned for improved working conditions for women and pressured schools in Toronto to accept women into higher education. In 1883, a public meeting of the", "title": "Emily Stowe" }, { "docid": "19622367", "text": "a hall. Her lecture took place on April 11 of that year. It was from this visit that the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League was formed. Conservative society did not talk of suffrage and even when the Equal Suffrage League was established, it was with a cautious tone, emphasizing education rather than action. Members preferred to be called suffragists instead of suffragettes to downplay any militant activity. Ten women dared to take a stance on the suffrage movement and establish the Equal Suffrage League. The founding members were Mrs. Robert Atkinson, Miss Marie Garesche, Mrs. E.M. Grossman, Miss Lillian Hetzell,", "title": "Equal Suffrage League (St. Louis)" }, { "docid": "1494779", "text": "Women’s Union) and it was from this movement that the campaign for women's suffrage in the Netherlands emerged. This movement got a lot of support from other countries, especially from the women's suffrage movement in England. In 1906 the movement wrote an open letter to the Queen pleading for women's suffrage. When this letter was rejected, in spite of popular support, the movement organised several demonstrations and protests in favor of women's suffrage. This movement was of great significance for women's suffrage in the Netherlands. Liberal politician Gina Krog was the leading campaigner for women's suffrage in Norway from the", "title": "Women's suffrage" }, { "docid": "18305685", "text": "law. Therefore, Maddox and several other female attorneys from other states went to Maryland's General Assembly to lobby for women to be admitted to the Maryland bar. In 1902, a bill introduced by Senator Jacob M. Moses was passed, permitting women to practice law in Maryland. Maddox passed the bar exam with distinction and in September 1902, she was the first woman to become a licensed lawyer in Maryland. Women's suffrage in South Carolina began as a movement in 1898, nearly 50 years after the women's suffrage movement began in Seneca Falls, New York. The state's women suffrage movement was", "title": "Women's suffrage in states of the United States" }, { "docid": "20425136", "text": "University, in 1911, becoming one of the first Bermudians to earn a university degree; her ambition to become a lawyer, however, was unfulfilled because law schools in England did not admit women until 1919. After graduating, she travelled to India to visit her brother John, and on her return to England, she took up working and organising in the women's suffrage movement, and was active in Millicent Fawcett's National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies until the end of 1913. She went home the following year and began a woman suffrage campaign in Bermuda, holding the first meeting in St. George's", "title": "Gladys Morrell" }, { "docid": "628562", "text": "1900 other provinces adopted similar provisions, and in 1916 Manitoba took the lead in extending full women's suffrage. Simultaneously suffragists gave strong support to the prohibition movement, especially in Ontario and the Western provinces. The Military Voters Act of 1917 gave the vote to British women who were war widows or had sons or husbands serving overseas. Unionists Prime Minister Borden pledged himself during the 1917 campaign to equal suffrage for women. After his landslide victory, he introduced a bill in 1918 for extending the franchise to women. This passed without division, but did not apply to Quebec provincial and", "title": "History of Canada" }, { "docid": "2375196", "text": "1920 guaranteed women's right to vote. Susan B. Anthony, a long-time leader in the suffrage movement, was the dominant figure in the newly formed NAWSA. Carrie Chapman Catt, who became president after Anthony retired in 1900, implemented a strategy of recruiting wealthy members of the rapidly growing women's club movement, whose time, money and experience could help build the suffrage movement. Anna Howard Shaw's term in office, which began in 1904, saw strong growth in the organization's membership and public approval. After the Senate decisively rejected the proposed women's suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1887, the suffrage movement", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "5177501", "text": "She was president of the National Woman's Rights Central Committee from 1850 to 1858. In 1853, she began editing the women's newspaper \"The Una\", handing over the responsibility to Caroline Healey Dall in 1855. Davis was one of the founders of the New England Woman Suffrage Association in 1868. When the group splintered, she and Susan B. Anthony became involved in the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1870, she arranged the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Movement meeting and published \"The History of the National Woman's Rights Movement\". Davis died on August 24, 1876 in Providence, Rhode Island and", "title": "Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis" }, { "docid": "6582219", "text": "In 1895 she published \"The Woman's Bible\", a controversial best-seller that attacked the use of the Bible to relegate women to an inferior status. The NAWSA voted to disavow any connection with the book despite Anthony's objection that such a move was unnecessary and hurtful. Stanton afterwards grew increasingly alienated from the suffrage movement. The suffrage movement declined in vigor during the years immediately after the 1890 merger. When Carrie Chapman Catt was appointed head of the NAWSA's Organization Committee in 1895, it wasn't clear how many local chapters the organization had or who their officers were. Catt began revitalizing", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "19770000", "text": "initial efforts did lead to results when the state passed the Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Bill in 1917 which granted women to in municipal, school and certain special elections. At the passing of this bill many women registered to vote, including between thirty and forty thousand women in Indianapolis. The Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act placed Indiana in line with states such as Illinois, Utah and Michigan. Unfortunately for the pro-suffrage movement in Indiana, the Maston-Mckinley Partial Suffrage Act was short lived. The Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act faced extreme opposition in the state of Indiana after two men filed lawsuits against the", "title": "Women's Franchise League of Indiana" }, { "docid": "1722660", "text": "classes of convicted criminals, and those punished for certain electoral offenses\" sometimes lack the right to vote. In the United States, the term \"suffrage\" is often associated specifically with women's suffrage; a movement to extend the franchise to women began in the mid-nineteenth century and culminated in the 1920, when the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing the right of women to vote. In most countries, universal suffrage (the right to vote but not necessarily the right to be a candidate) followed about a generation after universal male suffrage. Notable exceptions in Europe were", "title": "Universal suffrage" }, { "docid": "17311578", "text": "3. Their mother died when Chloe was young and the family moved into the city. With growth after the completion of the Erie Canal through the Mohawk Valley, the city offered many opportunities. She and her brothers were influenced by the abolitionist movement, which strengthened from the 1840s, and growing support for women's suffrage and rights. Her brothers resisted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, taking part in freeing a fugitive slave from court to gain him freedom in Canada. Chloe Merrick taught in Syracuse public schools from 1854 to 1856, and 1860 to 1862, as did her sister Emma", "title": "Chloe Merrick Reed" }, { "docid": "7827995", "text": "Territory as a cynical Mormon ploy, resulting in the passage of the Edmunds-Tucker Act. The anti-suffrage movement began to change in its position against suffrage in 1917, expanding their scope to include anti-radical rhetoric. The anti-suffrage movement focused less on the issue of suffrage and began to spread fear of radical ideas and to use \"conspiratorial paranoia.\" Suffragists were accused of subversion of the government and treason. They were also accused of being socialists, \"Bolsheviks\" or \"unpatriotic German sympathizers.\" The Texas branch of the NAOWS accused women's suffrage groups of being linked to \"socialism, anarchy and Mormonism.\" Accusations of being", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "7788543", "text": "much more information about the NWSA itself that was written from its own point of view. This unbalanced portrayal of the movement influenced scholarly research in this field for many years. Not until about the middle of the 20th century did the AWSA begin to receive adequate scholarly attention. American Woman Suffrage Association The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 in Boston. The AWSA lobbied state governments to enact laws granting or expanding women's right to vote in the United States. Its most prominent leader, Lucy Stone, began publishing a newspaper in 1870", "title": "American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "18305635", "text": "campaign to establish women's right to vote in the states was conducted simultaneously with the campaign for an amendment to the United States Constitution that would establish that right fully in all states. That campaign succeeded with the ratification of Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The demand for women's suffrage began to gather strength in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women's rights. The first national suffrage organizations were established in 1869 when two competing organizations were formed, each campaigning for suffrage at both the state and national levels. The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), led by Susan B.", "title": "Women's suffrage in states of the United States" }, { "docid": "2296955", "text": "New York in 1890, serving until her death, at age 101. Howland was also active in women's suffrage, peace, and temperance movements and was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. When the suffrage movement split into two groups, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, Howland did not take sides, but attended meetings of both groups. She has been credited with persuading Ezra Cornell that, as a Quaker, he should make Cornell University a coeducational institution. In 1926 she received an honorary Litt.D. degree from the State University of New York at Albany, the", "title": "Emily Howland" }, { "docid": "7827971", "text": "New Brunswick starting in 1885, and anti-suffrage \"testimonies\" began to appear in the newspapers around that time. Organized campaigns against women's suffrage began in earnest in 1905, around the same time that suffragettes were turning to militant tactics. In general, most ordinary women had prioritized domestic and family life over paid employment and political activism when it came to the issue of suffrage. Most historical evidence shows that ordinary women did not have much interest in the right to vote before the first World War and also after suffrage had been granted to women. The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "20944697", "text": "Eugenic feminism Eugenic feminism is a term that describes areas of the women's suffrage movement which overlapped with eugenics. Originally coined by the eugenicist Caleb Saleeby, the term has since been applied to summarize views held by some prominent feminists of the United States. Some early suffragettes in Canada, particularly a group known as The Famous Five, also pushed for eugenic policies, chiefly in Alberta and British Columbia. Eugenic feminism began to be articulated in the late 1800s and faded in the 1930s, along with decreasing support for eugenics itself. When Francis Galton originally formulated eugenics, he saw women functioning", "title": "Eugenic feminism" }, { "docid": "787782", "text": "Carl Anthony suggests a reason the legend of Lemonade Lucy might have become so popular with historians of the early 20th century, when there was greater moral stigma associated with alcohol consumption. As a young woman, Lucy expressed opinions that suggested she was pro-suffrage, but she did not join any of the prominent suffrage groups of the day. Two of Lucy's aunts were involved in the suffrage movement. Many historians believe that had her sister-in-law Fanny Platt lived longer, Lucy would have become a committed advocate for women's suffrage. Back in Ohio after leaving the White House, Lucy joined the", "title": "Lucy Webb Hayes" }, { "docid": "7827970", "text": "took place in many Western countries. Anti-suffrage activities began to emerge in many countries as women publicly advocated for suffrage. Anti suffrage movements were present in Australia through the 1880s and 1890s. Anti-suffrage organisations in Australia were \"closely associated with the Conservative Party, manufacturing interests and anti-socialist forces.\" The Australian media took part in the anti-suffrage movement, and depicted women as being \"weak and unintelligent,\" emotional and too involved in domestic and trivial matters. Canadian men and women both became involved in debating the women's suffrage movement in the late 1800s. Women's suffrage was debated in the Legislative Assembly in", "title": "Anti-suffragism" }, { "docid": "8160491", "text": "the age of 25, Annie married engineer William Gale. The couple and their two sons eventually left to join their extended family, who had emigrated to Canada and eventually settled in Calgary, Alberta, in 1912. Gale took an active role in her new community. She began community organizing, with a focus on fixing the poor quality and high costs of fresh vegetables, as well as the lack of affordable heat and free hospitals. She played a major role in promoting the women's suffrage movement in Canada and organized Canada's Women's Ratepayers Association, the first of its kind in Canada. After", "title": "Hannah Gale" }, { "docid": "628561", "text": "through personal influence and moral suasion, through the election of men with strong moral character, and through raising public-spirited sons. The National Council position reflected its nation-building program that sought to uphold Canada as a White settler nation. While the woman suffrage movement was important for extending the political rights of White women, it was also authorized through race-based arguments that linked White women's enfranchisement to the need to protect the nation from \"racial degeneration\". Women did have a local vote in some provinces, as in Canada West from 1850, where women owning land could vote for school trustees. By", "title": "History of Canada" }, { "docid": "2375259", "text": "Catt received a bequest of $900,000 from Mrs. Frank (Miriam) Leslie to be used as she thought best for the women's suffrage movement. Catt allocated most of the funds to the NAWSA, with $400,000 applied toward upgrading the \"Woman Citizen\". In January 1917, Alice Paul's NWP began picketing the White House with banners that demanded women's suffrage. The police eventually arrested over 200 pickets, many of whom went on hunger strike after being imprisoned. The prison authorities force fed them, creating an uproar that fueled public debate on women's suffrage. When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917,", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "2375229", "text": "movement. Primarily composed of middle-class women, these clubs often engaged in civic improvement projects. They generally avoided controversial issues, but women's suffrage increasingly found acceptance among their membership. In 1914, suffrage was endorsed by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the national body for the club movement. To make the suffrage movement more attractive to middle- and upper-class women, the NAWSA began to popularize a version of the movement's history that downplayed the earlier involvement of many of its members with such controversial issues as racial equality, divorce reform, working women's rights and critiques of organized religion. Stanton's role in", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "2375230", "text": "the movement was obscured by this process, as were the roles of black and working women. Anthony, who in her younger days was often treated as a dangerous fanatic, was given a grandmotherly image and honored as a \"suffrage saint\". The reform energy of the Progressive Era strengthened the suffrage movement during this period. Beginning around 1900, this broad movement began at the grassroots level with such goals as combating corruption in government, eliminating child labor, and protecting workers and consumers. Many of its participants saw women's suffrage as yet another progressive goal, and they believed that the addition of", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "2806102", "text": "the duration of the suffrage fight, first in England, then in the United States. The two women quickly gained the trust of prominent WSPU members and began organizing events and campaign offices. When Emmeline Pankhurst attempted to spread the movement to Scotland, Paul and Burns accompanied her as assistants. Paul quickly gained the trust of fellow WSPU members through both her talent with visual rhetoric and her willingness to put herself in physical danger in order to increase the visibility of the suffrage movement. While at the WSPU's headquarters in Edinburgh, Paul and local suffragists made plans to protest a", "title": "Alice Paul" }, { "docid": "20161826", "text": "Women's suffrage movement in Washington The women's suffrage movement in Washington State was part of the broader Women's suffrage movement. In Washington, women gained and lost the right to vote repeatedly. The first champion of women's suffrage in Washington Territory was a man, Arthur A. Denny, who introduced a bill to the lower house of the territory in 1854, but it lost 8 to 9. After the loss, the subject went silent for 10 years, until 1866 when the election code used language that could allow for women to vote, because it simply stated that \"all white citizens\" could vote,", "title": "Women's suffrage movement in Washington" }, { "docid": "659645", "text": "In the volume, Stanton did not mention the Liberty Party's plank on woman suffrage pre-dating the Seneca Falls Convention by a month, and she did not describe the Worcester National Women's Rights Convention, organized by Stone and Davis in 1850, as the beginning of the women's rights movement. Rather, Stanton named the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention in London as the birth of the \"movement for woman's suffrage, in both England and America\". She positioned the Seneca Falls meeting as her own political debut, and characterized it as the beginning of the women's rights movement, which she called \"the greatest movement for", "title": "Seneca Falls Convention" }, { "docid": "6582244", "text": "dramatic tactics of the militant wing of the British suffrage movement began to influence the movement in the U.S. Harriet Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, returned to the U.S. after several years in England, where she had associated with suffrage groups still in the early phases of militancy. In 1907 she founded the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women, later called the Women's Political Union, whose membership was based on working women, both professional and industrial. The Equality League initiated the practice of holding suffrage parades and organized the first open air suffrage rallies in thirty years. As many", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "17932939", "text": "from Britain. Independence brought gender equality in the form of constitutional rights, but historically women's political participation has remained low. The movement for women’s suffrage began in the early 1900s in response to a national movement for suffrage, even though vast majority of neither men nor women had a right to vote the British colonial rule before 1947. After Indian independence from Britain, the Indian Constitution in 1950 officially granted women and men suffrage. Prior to universal suffrage, provincial legislatures had granted women the right to vote. Madras was the first to grant women’s suffrage in 1921, but only to", "title": "Women's political participation in India" }, { "docid": "17484602", "text": "women's suffrage organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. The NEWSA played a key role in the formation of the latter and had overlapping leadership with it. The New England Woman Suffrage Association (NEWSA) was formed during a period when a split was developing within the women's rights movement and also between one wing of that movement and the abolitionist movement. Disagreements had already weakened the American Equal Rights Association, which was formed in 1866 by women's rights advocates and abolitionists to campaign for equal rights, including suffrage, for all citizens regardless of race or", "title": "New England Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "6582161", "text": "women's suffrage, giving a huge boost to the movement. Hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court would rule that women had a constitutional right to vote, suffragists made several attempts to vote in the early 1870s and then filed lawsuits when they were turned away. Anthony actually succeeded in voting in 1872 but was arrested for that act and found guilty in a widely publicized trial that gave the movement fresh momentum. After the Supreme Court ruled against them in 1875 (Minor v. Happersett), suffragists began the decades-long campaign for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would enfranchise women. Much", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "2664226", "text": "because their feminine morality would then properly influence legislation (as the WCTU did), she argued that they deserved suffrage as a 'natural right'. Despite her opposition to the Church, Gage was in her own way deeply religious, and she joined Stanton's Revising Committee to write \"The Woman's Bible\". Gage was well-educated and a prolific writer—the most gifted and educated woman of her age, claimed her devoted son-in-law, L. Frank Baum. She corresponded with numerous newspapers, reporting on developments in the woman suffrage movement. In 1878, she bought the \"Ballot Box\", a monthly journal of a Toledo, Ohio suffrage association, when", "title": "Matilda Joslyn Gage" }, { "docid": "17484600", "text": "New England Woman Suffrage Association The New England Woman Suffrage Association (NEWSA) was established in November 1868 to campaign for the right of women to vote in the U.S. Its principal leaders were Julia Ward Howe, its first president, and Lucy Stone, who later became president. It was active until 1920, when suffrage for women was secured by the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The NEWSA was formed during a period when a split was developing within the women's rights movement and also between one wing of that movement and the abolitionist movement. Disagreement was especially sharp over the", "title": "New England Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "9825961", "text": "Mary Richardson Mary Raleigh Richardson (1882/3 – 7 November 1961) was a Canadian suffragette active in the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, an arsonist and later the head of the women's section of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley. She grew up in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. In 1898, she travelled to Paris and Italy. She lived in Bloomsbury, and witnessed Black Friday. At the beginning of the 20th century, the suffragette movement, frustrated by a failure to achieve equal voting rights for women, began adopting increasingly militant tactics. In particular, the Women's Social", "title": "Mary Richardson" }, { "docid": "9825967", "text": "her flat in Hastings on 7 November 1961. Mary Richardson Mary Raleigh Richardson (1882/3 – 7 November 1961) was a Canadian suffragette active in the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, an arsonist and later the head of the women's section of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley. She grew up in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. In 1898, she travelled to Paris and Italy. She lived in Bloomsbury, and witnessed Black Friday. At the beginning of the 20th century, the suffragette movement, frustrated by a failure to achieve equal voting rights for women, began adopting", "title": "Mary Richardson" }, { "docid": "20435184", "text": "formation in 1918 with the passage of the Woman Suffrage Act, speaking regularly for the league at open-air meetings. When asked why women should have the right to vote, Ryley replied, \"[L]ooking at it from the standpoint of common sense, I think it necessary for the progress of humanity – necessary as the means to an end. Women must be educated to their responsibilities, and as long as the Vote is denied them they will remain uneducated. My point of view is impersonal and altruistic.\" Despite Ryley's work with the Woman Suffrage Movement, she did not write suffrage drama. She", "title": "Madeleine Lucette Ryley" }, { "docid": "2375208", "text": "early 1850s. Stone devoted most of her life after the split to the \"Woman's Journal\", a weekly newspaper she launched in 1870 to serve as voice of the AWSA. By the 1880s, the \"Woman's Journal\" had broadened its coverage and was seen by many as the newspaper of the entire movement. The suffrage movement was attracting younger members who were impatient with the continuing division, seeing the obstacle more as a matter of personalities than principles. Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of Lucy Stone, said, \"When I began to work for a union, the elders were not keen for it, on", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "6582184", "text": "a sophisticated movement in New York State, but their work at this time dealt with women's issues in general, not specifically suffrage. Anthony, who eventually became the person most closely associated in the public mind with women's suffrage, later said \"I wasn't ready to vote, didn't want to vote, but I did want equal pay for equal work.\" In the period just before the Civil War, Anthony gave priority to anti-slavery work over her work for the women's movement. Over Anthony's objections, leaders of the movement agreed to suspend women's rights activities during the Civil War in order to focus", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "14972161", "text": "designed to land them in jail if they attempted to vote. This treatment of African-American women in the South continued up until the 1960s. African-American women's suffrage movement As the women's suffrage movement gained popularity through the nineteenth century, African-American women were increasingly marginalized. African-American women dealt not only with the sexism of being withheld the vote but also the racism of white suffragists. The struggle for the vote did not end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. In some Southern states, African American women were unable to freely exercise their right to vote up until the 1960s. However,", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "9510522", "text": "school reforms and prison reform for citizens. Another organization called the Association Feminista LLonga was created in 1906 and its goal was to focus on women's suffrage. At the same time, there was an all-male National Legislature that was against the feminist movement, thus did not support the movement because they feared that traditional family roles would start to change if women had the right to vote. Those who were opposed to the women's suffrage movement were not only men, but also women. In 1920, the Manila Women's Club emerged as the \"next big step\" towards forming the League of", "title": "1937 Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite" }, { "docid": "16886123", "text": "Morrow took up the cause of women's suffrage, working as an organizer for the suffrage movement until 1901. She began working in South Dakota, then in 1900 she moved to Oregon. As a worker for women’s suffrage, Morrow became the first female activist to work with the powerful labor union movement of Chicago in an effort to enlist its aid in bringing the vote to women. Morrow joined the Socialist Party of America (SPA) in 1902 and redirected her activism from women's suffrage to Socialism. Lewis was attracted to Socialism's emphasis on fair working conditions. As she saw it, a", "title": "Lena Morrow Lewis" }, { "docid": "14631163", "text": "he threatened to end his newspaper's support for their work. Soon he began to attack the women's movement. Responding to Greeley's repeated claim that the best women he knew did not want to vote, Stanton and Anthony arranged for it to be announced from the floor of the convention that Mrs. Horace Greeley had signed the petition in favor of women's suffrage. The \"History of Woman Suffrage\", whose authors include Stanton and Anthony, said, \"This campaign cost us the friendship of Horace Greeley and the support of the \"New York Tribune\", heretofore our most powerful and faithful allies.\" Two referenda", "title": "American Equal Rights Association" }, { "docid": "6582246", "text": "the NAWSA, charged with reviving the drive for a constitutional amendment that would enfranchise women. She and her coworker Lucy Burns organized a suffrage parade in Washington on the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as president. Opponents of the march turned the event into a near riot, which ended only when a cavalry unit of the army was brought in to restore order. Public outrage over the incident, which cost the chief of police his job, brought publicity to the movement and gave it fresh momentum. In 1914 Paul and her followers began referring to the proposed suffrage amendment as", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "2911856", "text": "Emily Stowe Emily Howard Stowe (née Jennings, May 1, 1831 – April 30, 1903) was the first female doctor to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Stowe helped found the women's suffrage movement in Canada and campaigned for the country's first medical college for women. Emily Howard Jennings was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario to Hannah Howard and Solomon Jennings. While Solomon converted to Methodism, Hannah raised her six daughters as Quakers. In the tradition of the Society of Friends, Jennings p arents encouraged her to", "title": "Emily Stowe" }, { "docid": "2911864", "text": "were granted the right to vote. While she counted herself a Quaker until 1879, she became a Unitarian in 1879 and attended the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto. Public elementary schools in her hometown of Norwich Township (Emily Stowe Public School) as well as Courtice, Ontario are named after her. Emily Stowe Emily Howard Stowe (née Jennings, May 1, 1831 – April 30, 1903) was the first female doctor to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Stowe helped found the women's suffrage movement in Canada and campaigned for", "title": "Emily Stowe" }, { "docid": "17484614", "text": "first president. A member of a prominent family, she had recently been convinced to join the women's suffrage movement by Higginson and Stone. During the convention, Howe said she would not demand suffrage for women until it was achieved for blacks. State affiliates of the NEWSA were formed in most New England states. In January 1869, supporters of the NEWSA began publishing a newspaper called the \"Woman's Advocate\" from the office of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Although the NEWSA waited until suffrage for blacks was assured before it began campaigning for women's suffrage at the national level, it pressed at", "title": "New England Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "14972152", "text": "own defense. Eventually, Davis was released on bail in 1972 and later acquitted of all criminal charges at her jury trial.\" The American Women's Suffrage movement began in the north as a middle class white woman's movement with most of their members were educated white women primarily from Boston, New York, Maine, and the Northeast. Attempts were made by the National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA) to include working class women, as well as black suffragists. In 1848 the American Equal Rights Association was formed with the belief that everyone regardless of race or sex should be given the right to", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "21002887", "text": "to have visited with the Keith's at their home while attending the Congress. Soon afterwards, Keith and Anthony began a regular correspondence about suffrage and other women's rights issues that would continue until Anthony's death in 1906. Mary is reported to have first met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1871, but developed a friendship with Stanton when in 1895 Stanton and Anna Howard Shaw were visiting California's state suffrage convention in San Francisco and various other suffrage events in the state. As she did with Anthony, Keith engaged in regular correspondence with Stanton throughout the suffrage campaigns. The Keiths, and their", "title": "Mary McHenry Keith" }, { "docid": "18067729", "text": "public school system. Kearney was a Methodist, and a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She was also active in the American suffrage movement, and was hired as a speaker and lobbyist by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In this role, she traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and was a respected orator. Kearney was a white supremacist, and used her public speaking events to advocate her racial views. While delivering the keynote address at the National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention in 1903, she said that women's suffrage would bring about \"immediate and durable white", "title": "Belle Kearney" }, { "docid": "19348611", "text": "voting rights for women were unsuccessful. In 1915 a state constitutional amendment that would have given women the vote was defeated in a popular referendum. BESAGG was the smallest and most important of the three main suffrage organizations active in Massachusetts after 1900. The older, more established, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA) was allied with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the virulently anti-Catholic Loyal Women of America. The College Equal Suffrage League (CESL), also founded by Maud Wood Park, was specifically designed to attract college students and alumnae to the suffrage movement. When BESAGG was founded, the suffrage movement", "title": "Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government" }, { "docid": "17160317", "text": "with the Women's suffrage movement. Margaret was interested in journalism which she began pursuing in 1886. She then began working for \"The Queen\" where she stayed for the majority of her career. In 1888, she organized a campaign of meetings for the Women's Suffrage Society and on 1895 she published 'Professional Women upon their Professions'. In 1913 she became the president of the Cambridge Women's Suffrage Association, a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies Executive committee and vice president of the Central Bureau for the Employment of Women. In 1912, as a member of the National Union", "title": "Margaret Heitland" }, { "docid": "14972154", "text": "felt that this decision wasn't good enough, and that women black or white, should not be excluded from the vote. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment were eventually passed by Congress and women were still not granted the right to vote. As time went on the leaders of the National Women's Suffrage Association began to see African American Suffrage and White Suffrage as different issues. The reasons for this change in ideals varies but in the 1890s younger women began to take the leadership roles and people like Stanton and Anthony were no longer in charge. Another reason for the change", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "14972146", "text": "for their status as women, and then again for their race. Many politically engaged African-American women were primarily invested in matters of racial equality, with suffrage later materializing as a secondary goal. The Seneca Falls Convention, widely lauded as the first women’s rights convention, is often considered the precursor to the racial schism within the women’s suffrage movement; the Seneca Falls Declaration put forth a political analysis of the condition of upper class, married women, but did not address the struggles of working class white women or black women. Well into the twentieth century, a pattern emerged of segregated political", "title": "African-American women's suffrage movement" }, { "docid": "16999312", "text": "Dublin Women's Suffrage Association The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association was an organisation for women's suffrage which was set up in Dublin in 1874. Its first secretaries were Anna Haslam and Miss McDowell. It changed its name several times: first to the Dublin Women's Suffrage and Poor Law Guardian Association, when women won eligibility as poor law guardians, then formally to the Dublin Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association when they gained all local government franchises and eligibility for election as district councillors, and in 1898 to the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association as the suffrage movement expanded coming", "title": "Dublin Women's Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "4137583", "text": "suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, the Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin and other influential European intellectuals. It was here that Beard began to read and write history and was deeply influenced by what she learned of the struggles of the working class, the urgency and passion of the women's suffrage movement and the possibilities for social reform. Beard became involved in the suffrage movement through her activism in labor organizations such as the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) where she hoped to improve the conditions under which women labored. She came to believe that suffrage would hasten governmental regulation of", "title": "Mary Ritter Beard" }, { "docid": "19355565", "text": "1910, she began educating the public about suffrage through open air meetings at locations across Maryland. As a speaker Hooker was deft with persuasive use of language and practical evidence gathered from her research. In order to promote support she noted that women's suffrage would reduce disease, improve water quality, and make women better wives. This was a tactic used by Hooker and other suffragists who supported combining Social Hygiene Movement and the women's suffrage movement to improve society. Additionally, Hooker would appeal to men by noting that women active in politics, which could arise only if given the right", "title": "Edith Houghton Hooker" }, { "docid": "11522802", "text": "Suffrage Association. Compared to other English speaking industrialized countries, Canada's suffrage movement gained success rather easily, and without violence. The tactics adopted by the movement in order to bring about reform included collecting petitions, staging mock parliaments and selling postcards. Widows and unmarried women were granted the right to vote in municipal elections in Ontario in 1884. Such limited franchises were extended in other provinces at the end of the 19th century, but bills to enfranchise women in provincial elections failed to pass in any province until Manitoba, and Saskatchewan finally succeeded in early 1916. Alberta followed the same year", "title": "Feminism in Canada" }, { "docid": "18313499", "text": "1887 - when the Colorado Constitution was first written and enfranchisement to women denied - and sought to align their politics with the voting body of men - keeping quite on any individual racial sentiments regarding the vast number of ethnic populations in the state. Churchill was willing to not only question the racial subtext which underlay the women's suffrage movement, but to constantly question, challenge, and applaud the actions of men in the state of Colorado. While she did not challenge any individual's right to suffrage, Churchill was critical of many racial groups - often targeting men's actions. While", "title": "Caroline Nichols Churchill" }, { "docid": "2375242", "text": "when a young activist named Alice Paul returned to the U.S. from England, where she had been part of the militant wing of the suffrage movement. She had been jailed there and had endured forced feedings after going on a hunger strike. Joining the NAWSA, she became the person most responsible for reviving interest within the suffrage movement for a national amendment, which for years had been overshadowed by campaigns for suffrage at the state level. From Shaw's point of view, the time was right for a renewed emphasis on a suffrage amendment. Gordon and Clay, the most persistent adversaries", "title": "National American Woman Suffrage Association" }, { "docid": "6582252", "text": "in 1913. Some states allowed women to vote in school elections, municipal elections, or for members of the Electoral College. Some territories, like Washington, Utah, and Wyoming, allowed women to vote before they became states. As women voted in an increasing number of states, Congressmen from those states swung to support a national suffrage amendment, and paid more attention to issues such as child labor. The reform campaigns of the Progressive Era strengthened the suffrage movement. Beginning around 1900, this broad movement began at the grassroots level with such goals as combating corruption in government, eliminating child labor, and protecting", "title": "Women's suffrage in the United States" }, { "docid": "19379649", "text": "after 1913 and for a year, the journal was known as \"The Woman Voter and the Newsletter\". In 1914, \"Voter\" reverted to its original name and focused heavily on the upcoming vote for women's suffrage in 1915. When women did not get the vote in 1915, Woolston \"returned the \"Voter\" to its broader mission.\" \"Voter\" began to focus on the new vote for suffrage taking place in New York in November 1917, however, the publication had its last issue in May 1917 and then was merged into the \"Woman's Journal\" and \"The National Suffrage News\". The new publication was called", "title": "The Woman Voter" }, { "docid": "18289699", "text": "and Anderson's father did not place the same emphasis on education, keeping her from attending college. Anderson volunteered with the International Organization of Grand Templars in Chicago and later the Women's Christian Temperance Union to promote temperance. Soon, she began speaking about women's suffrage, beginning at the first Woman's Rights Convention in 1869. In 1892, she worked alongside white suffragists to campaign for one of the nation's first state woman suffrage referendums. When Anderson lived in San Francisco in the 1890s, she lobbied the state legislature in favor women's suffrage. Activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both praised", "title": "Naomi Anderson" }, { "docid": "7949150", "text": "Wallace had become involved in the women's suffrage movement. In April 1878 twenty-six people who attended a meeting held at Wallace's home agreed to form the Equal Suffrage Society of Indianapolis. Wallace was elected as the group's president; May Wright Sewall, who initiated the group's first meeting a month earlier, was elected secretary. For nearly a decade the Indianapolis suffrage group did not formally join a specific suffrage organization at the national level. Instead, the Society preferred to work with several different groups that were politically active in lobbying, letter-writing campaigns, gathering petitions, and speechmaking on behalf of women's suffrage.", "title": "Zerelda G. Wallace" }, { "docid": "2159614", "text": "Brothers founded the magazine. This company also gave birth to \"Harper's Magazine\" and HarperCollins Publishing. As the turn-of-the-century began in America, \"Harper's Bazaar\" began featuring both illustrations and photographs for its covers and inside features of high society and increasingly of fashion. During the late Victorian period, as the women's suffrage movement was gaining momentum (American women did not all win the right to vote until 1920 with the passing of the 19th Amendment), the introduction of more tailored dresses and jackets coincided with women's new sense of feminism. \"Bazaar\" also began profiling prominent socialites, such as the Astors and", "title": "Harper's Bazaar" }, { "docid": "16938615", "text": "Lovett, Francis Place and Henry Hetherington. They were associated with Owenite socialism and the movement for general education. They published a People’s Charter on 8 May 1838 calling for universal suffrage. The London Working Men's Association was aware of the unrest in the Canadas in early 1837, and themselves petitioned the British Parliament after a public meeting to protest the \"base proposals of the Whigs to destroy the principle of Universal Suffrage in the Canadas\". To implement the Chartist plan, they called a series of mass meetings across the country in the summer of 1838 to select delegates to a", "title": "The Reform Movement (Upper Canada)" }, { "docid": "1494838", "text": "has allowed women to vote since 1926. The struggle for women's suffrage was part of a larger movement to gain rights for women. Debate about women's suffrage in Chile began in the 1920s. Women's suffrage in municipal elections was first established in 1931 by decree (decreto con fuerza de ley); voting age for women was set at 25 years. In addition, the Chamber of Deputies approved a law on March 9, 1933 establishing women's suffrage in municipal elections. Women obtained the legal right to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections in 1949. Women's share among voters increased steadily after 1949,", "title": "Women's suffrage" }, { "docid": "11387263", "text": "well. Ryan was active in the women's suffrage movement, a member of the Waltham Equal Suffrage League and the Political Equality Association of Massachusetts. Her recreational activities included camping and traveling. When the United States entered World War I, Ryan gave her services without charge in designing and decorating the Army and Navy Canteen on Boston Common. Ryan offered her services to the government in Washington, D.C., and was the first woman employed in the War Department (in the gun carriage section). Ryan began an association with the Central Florida area while still in practice in Massachusetts, designing there the", "title": "Ida Annah Ryan" }, { "docid": "14277755", "text": "movement, and during a debate on adding a suffrage amendment to the state constitution gave more than 200 speeches in 14 weeks. She later continued her education in architecture at the newly opened Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1916, and began working with local architect Henry Atherton Frost and landscape architect Bremer Whidden Pond in addition to her work with Ryan. Her career was put on hiatus when new construction slumped due to the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917. She accepted a position as executive secretary for the Boston Equal Suffrage", "title": "Florence Luscomb" }, { "docid": "5086024", "text": "was \"to work for woman suffrage and then to use the ballot to gain 'home protection' and temperance legislation.\" However her focus on temperance subsided as she became more heavily involved in the suffrage movement by lecturing for the Massachusetts Suffrage Association and later the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). Shaw first met Susan B. Anthony in 1887. In 1888, Shaw attended the first meeting of the International Council of Women. Susan B. Anthony encouraged her to join the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Having agreed, Shaw played a key role when the two suffrage associations merged when she \"helped", "title": "Anna Howard Shaw" }, { "docid": "19466913", "text": "the struggle for women's suffrage. When the Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than 700 slaves. After the war, she retired to the family home on property she had purchased in 1859 in Auburn, New York, where she cared for her aging parents. She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her and she had to be admitted to", "title": "Harriet Tubman Day" }, { "docid": "4929120", "text": "daughters ... demand that women too shall be represented in government.\" The deepening divide within the women's movement reached a breaking point with the acrimonious disputes at the American Equal Rights Association meeting in May 1869, which led to the demise of that organization. Two days after that meeting, the split began to be formalized when the two founders of \"The Revolution\" hosted a gathering at which the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed, led by the same two people, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. In November 1869 the competing American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was formed, with", "title": "The Revolution (newspaper)" }, { "docid": "18051458", "text": "year it was still less than her predecessors. When she brought the issue up to her superiors she was told that they had no intention of promoting her or increasing her pay because of the belief that as a woman she could not be the primary bread winner. As a result, in 1912 Ethel Smith began to do volunteer work for the suffrage movement in the evenings. In 1914 Smith resigned from her position as editor of the Civil Service Commission publications and took a paid position as secretary for the Congressional Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.", "title": "Ethel M. Smith" }, { "docid": "4515620", "text": "century until the Civil Rights Movement gained passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through Congress. As women also began to win the right to vote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the goal of universal manhood suffrage was replaced by universal suffrage. Universal manhood suffrage Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult males within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. It is sometimes summarized by the slogan, \"one man, one vote.\" In 1789, Revolutionary France adopted the Declaration of", "title": "Universal manhood suffrage" }, { "docid": "18133363", "text": "old. Its editors are listed as Anthony and her younger protégé Ida Husted Harper, but Harper did most of the work.\" (Anthony also chose Harper to write her biography.) In an indication of the increased acceptance of the women's suffrage movement, Harvard University sent in an order for Volume 4. Less than twenty years earlier, when Anthony sent the school free copies of the first three volumes, Harvard had declined the gift and returned the books. Publishing the volumes herself presented a variety of problems for Anthony, including finding space for the inventory. She was forced to limit the large", "title": "History of Woman Suffrage" }, { "docid": "15177857", "text": "of her life. Since her tenure it has remained largely as she left it. Born Carrie Lane in Wisconsin and raised on her family's farm near Charles City, Iowa, Catt earned a degree from Iowa State University and went to work as first a high school principal, then a school district superintendent. Her first husband, Leo Chapman, a newspaper editor, died shortly after their 1885 marriage. She had become involved in the movement for women's suffrage. When she remarried, her new husband, George Catt, a wealthy bridge designer and builder who supported suffrage as much as she did, made an", "title": "Carrie Chapman Catt House" }, { "docid": "11570303", "text": "movement in March 1878, when she was among the nine women and one man who secretly met to discuss formation of the Indianapolis Equal Suffrage Society. Sewall's work with this group brought her national recognition in women's movement, most notably her affiliation with the National Woman Suffrage Association}. Sewall became involved in the state fight for women's right to vote in 1880, when the Indianapolis suffragists lobbied the Indiana General Assembly to pass a bill that would give Indiana women the right to vote on an equal basis with men. The suffrage supporters, including Sewall, were successful in getting the", "title": "May Wright Sewall" }, { "docid": "14100326", "text": "brands were modern and appealed to the modern sensibilities that were taking over the people of the United States at the time. In the early part of the 20th century, the anti-tobacco movement was aimed primarily at women and children. Smoking was considered a dirty habit and smoking by women was seriously frowned upon by society. As the century progressed so did women’s desire for equality. The suffrage movement gave many women a sense of entitlement and freedom and the tobacco industry took advantage of the marketing opportunity. Tobacco companies began marketing cigarettes to appeal to women during the burgeoning", "title": "Women and smoking" }, { "docid": "16938613", "text": "the Political Unions in the United Kingdom, Mackenzie recommended their adoption in Upper Canada. Disappointment about the refusal to include the working classes in the Great Reform Act of 1832 led to a more protracted campaign for universal suffrage (known as Chartism) by the radical political unions. The London-based, Owenite inspired National Union of the Working Classes was founded in 1831 by former members of the Metropolitan Political Union. They organized a constitutional convention at Coldbath-Fields to challenge the British parliament in the spring of 1833. They called for adult male suffrage, the secret ballot, annual elections, equally sized electoral", "title": "The Reform Movement (Upper Canada)" }, { "docid": "12800087", "text": "helped a woman who was beaten by a policeman; both women were arrested after the confrontation. This woman brought Freeman into the suffrage movement, within which she learned the arts of campaigning, including public speaking, media work and recruitment. Having developed such skills in London, Freeman used them after returning to the US, where she was employed by the suffrage movement. A notable example of Freeman's activism occurred in 1913, when she took part in the national Suffrage Hike to the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C. As a publicity stunt for a New York City suffrage march,", "title": "Elisabeth Freeman" }, { "docid": "1606579", "text": "ideology.” Feminist scholars viewed Tarbell as an enigma as she seemed to both embrace the movement and act as a critic. While her accomplishments were many, Tarbell also challenged and questioned the logic of women's suffrage. Early in life, Tarbell was exposed to the suffragette movement when her mother hosted meetings in their home. Unfortunately, Tarbell was put off by women such as Mary Livermore and Frances Willard who she said never paid attention to her. By contrast, Tarbell noted, the men her father hosted showed interest in her. Tarbell did say that the movement sparked in her a desire", "title": "Ida Tarbell" }, { "docid": "4132946", "text": "officially sever their ties. Paul and Burns did not want to start a completely separate organization that could potentially rival NAWSA and hinder progress in the movement, so they tried on numerous occasions to initiate negotiations with NAWSA leaders. Despite their efforts, the Congressional Union officially split from NAWSA on February 12, 1914. Many predicted that this split would do irreparable harm to women's campaign for suffrage; the cynics did not discourage Paul and Burns, and they began planning their campaign against the Democrats in the summer of 1914. In addition to confronting the Democratic Party, Burns and Paul had", "title": "Lucy Burns" } ]

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[ { "docid": "12040783", "text": "FIFA World Cup, the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Their best ever performance is winning the Cup in the 1966 tournament held in England, whilst they also finished in fourth place in 1990, in Italy, and in 2018 in Russia. Other than that, the team have reached the quarter-finals on nine occasions, the latest of which were at the 2002 (South Korea/Japan) and the 2006 (Germany). England are the only team not representing a sovereign state to win the World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "124832", "text": "tournament in 1950, England has qualified for the FIFA World Cup fifteen times. They won the 1966 World Cup, when they hosted the finals, and finished fourth in 1990 and 2018. Since first entering in 1964, England have never won the UEFA European Championship, with their best performances being a third place finish in 1968 and 1996, the latter as hosts. The England national football team is the joint-oldest in the world; it was formed at the same time as Scotland. A representative match between England and Scotland was played on 5 March 1870, having been organised by the Football", "title": "England national football team" }, { "docid": "7913715", "text": "it is in England. The English and German national football teams have played each other since the end of the 19th century, and officially since 1930. The teams met for the first time in November 1899, when England beat Germany in four straight matches. Notable matches between England and Germany (or West Germany) include the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, and the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996. As of 2016, Germany has won four World Cups and three European Championships, and has played in a total of fourteen finals in those two tournaments. England", "title": "England–Germany football rivalry" }, { "docid": "2988529", "text": "oldest national league (the English Football League). Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with six of the ten richest football clubs in the world. The England national football team is one of only eight teams to win the World Cup, in 1966. A total of five English club teams have won the UEFA Champions League (European Cup). Football was played in England as far back as medieval times. The first written evidence of a football match came in about 1170, when William Fitzstephen wrote of", "title": "Football in England" }, { "docid": "8667677", "text": "Two World Wars and One World Cup \"Two World Wars and One World Cup\" is a football song sung by supporters of the England national football team to the tune of \"Camptown Races\" as part of the England–Germany football rivalry. The chant refers to the United Kingdom's victories in the First and Second World Wars, and England's 4-2 victory against West Germany after extra time in the final game of the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The chant has also spawned similar chants such as \"Stand up if you won the war\". The chant is believed to have been created in", "title": "Two World Wars and One World Cup" }, { "docid": "9739408", "text": "England national football team won the World Cup in 1966 when it was hosted in England. Since then, however, they have failed to reach a final of a major international tournament, though they reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 1990 and 2018, and the quarter-finals in 1986, 2002 and 2006. England reached the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship when they hosted it in 1996, and finished third in Euro 1968; they also made the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 and 2012. The FA hopes that the completion of the National Football Centre will go some way to improving", "title": "Sport in England" }, { "docid": "2988551", "text": "overcame a dismal first half of the decade (which included three seasons in the Second Division) to pip United to the league title in 1968, win the FA Cup in 1969 and claim their first piece of European silverware in 1970 when they lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup. West Ham United also played a major role in English football in the 1960s. They won their first silverware in 1964 when they won the FA Cup, and went on to win the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later. In 1966, they provided three key players in England's World Cup", "title": "Football in England" }, { "docid": "12375343", "text": "of football were first drafted in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, and England has the oldest football clubs in the world. Recognised by FIFA as the birthplace of club football, Sheffield F.C., founded in 1857, is the world's oldest football club. The first ever international football match was between England and Scotland in 1872. Referred to by the sport's governing body FIFA as the \"home of football\", England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and won the tournament. With a 32.3 million viewing audience, the 1966 final is the most watched television event ever in the United Kingdom. The English", "title": "Culture of England" }, { "docid": "119488", "text": "the world. Sports originating in England include association football, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, tennis, boxing, badminton, squash, rounders, hockey, snooker, billiards, darts, table tennis, bowls, netball, thoroughbred horseracing, greyhound racing and fox hunting. It has helped the development of golf, sailing and Formula One. Football is the most popular of these sports. The England national football team, whose home venue is Wembley Stadium, played Scotland in the first ever international football match in 1872. Referred to as the \"home of football\" by FIFA, England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and won the tournament by defeating West Germany 4–2", "title": "England" }, { "docid": "14012321", "text": "The Soviet Union national football team played in 7 World Cups. Their best performance was reaching 4th place in England 1966. However Soviet football was dissolved in 1991 when Belarus, Russia and Ukraine declared independence under the Belavezha Accords. The CIS national football team (Commonwealth of Independent States) was formed with other independent nations in 1992 but did not participate in any World Cups. This was the first time the two countries have played each other in the FIFA World Cup, though they did play a friendly in 2013, which Russia won 2-1. The match ended in a 1-1 draw,", "title": "Russia at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "5374170", "text": "Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1944) Thomas James Wright (born 21 October 1944 in Norris Green, Liverpool) is a former footballer. A one-club man, he played for Everton, with whom he won the Football League and the FA Cup, and represented England, including at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Wright joined Everton as an apprentice, and made his first team debut in 1964. He was part of the winning team in the 1966 FA Cup Final, in the unsuccessful team in the 1968 FA Cup Final and played all 42 league games in the 1969-70 season when Everton won the Football", "title": "Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1944)" }, { "docid": "19317860", "text": "win marked England's first ever ICC world championship after losses in the finals of the 1979 World Cup against the West Indies at Lord's, the 1987 World Cup against Australia in Kolkata and the 1992 World Cup against Pakistan in Melbourne, as well as a loss in the 2004 Champions Trophy final against the West Indies at the Oval. It also marked England's third world championship in one of their major sports after the 1966 FIFA (Football) World Cup, which England won as hosts, and the 2003 IRB Rugby World Cup, which England had also won against Australia in Sydney.", "title": "2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final" }, { "docid": "7913724", "text": "an under-strength West German side, who were at the time the champions of the world, having won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. England won further friendlies against West Germany in 1956 (3–1 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin) and 1965 (1–0 in Nuremberg). England and Germany met at Wembley again on 23 February 1966, as part of their preparations for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which was to be held in England. England again won 1–0, with a goal from Nobby Stiles, and the match also saw the first appearance for England of West Ham United striker Geoff Hurst. Both", "title": "England–Germany football rivalry" }, { "docid": "2988612", "text": "persuade UEFA to allow them to give these clubs the right to claim the European place). In 2013, Swansea became the first Welsh club to gain a place representing England by winning the League Cup and qualifying for the 2013–14 Europa League. The England national football team represents England in international football. It is one of the two oldest national football teams in the world, the other one being Scotland. England is one of only eight national teams to have won the World Cup and did this in 1966. They are one of the more prominent teams on the global", "title": "Football in England" }, { "docid": "2464215", "text": "approach to managing the England team to World Cup victory: \"He was professional to his fingertips and as popular with the players as any manager I've ever seen. He was a winner and without Alf Ramsey England would not have won the World Cup in 1966. He gave us our proudest moment.\" Nobby Stiles agreed: \"You did it, Alf, we'd have been nothing without you.\" In 1967, a year after England won the World Cup under his management, Ramsey received a knighthood—the first given to a football manager. England reached the last eight of the 1968 European Championships by amassing", "title": "Alf Ramsey" }, { "docid": "124855", "text": "total of 15 FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments, tied for sixth best by number of appearances. They are also tied for sixth by number of wins, alongside France and Spain. The national team is one of eight national teams to have won at least one FIFA World Cup title. The England team won their first and only World Cup title in 1966. The tournament was played on home soil, and England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final. In 1990, England finished in fourth place, losing 2–1 to host nation Italy in the third place play-off, after losing on penalties", "title": "England national football team" }, { "docid": "10677227", "text": "Sport in Manchester Manchester City and Manchester United are popular Premier League football clubs in Manchester, United's ground is in Old Trafford, and fixtures between the clubs are referred to as the Manchester Derby. Manchester United are the most successful football club in England with 66 elite honours won (Including three European Cups) and Manchester City are ranked seventh in England by the number of elite honours won with a total of 21. Manchester has hosted every major domestic, continental and international football competition, including the World Cup in 1966, the European Championship in 1996, Olympic Football in 2012, the", "title": "Sport in Manchester" }, { "docid": "1951312", "text": "the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup. The top three Welsh football clubs feature in the English league system. The first international football match was between Scotland and England in 1872. Referred to as the \"home of football\" by FIFA, England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, and won the tournament. The British television audience for the 1966 World Cup final peaked at 32.30 million viewers, making it the most watched television event ever in the UK. The four home nations have produced some of the greatest players in the game's history, including, from England, Bobby Moore and Gordon Banks; from", "title": "Culture of the United Kingdom" }, { "docid": "2988548", "text": "5–1 in the final. Manager Bill Nicholson then built another successful Tottenham side which lifted a further FA Cup in 1967. The most marked success of the era, however, was Alf Ramsey's England team, which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup on home soil after controversially beating West Germany 4–2 after extra time, the only time the national team has won the trophy. In the late 1960s English clubs dominated the last years of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, with wins for Leeds United, Newcastle United and Arsenal. Manchester United became the first English club to win the European Cup in", "title": "Football in England" }, { "docid": "2599625", "text": "23 years of age allowed in the squad).\" Argentina has won 6 of the 14 football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003. Argentina have a long and fierce rivalry with their South American neighbours. With a rivalry stemming from the 1966 World Cup and intensified by the Falklands War of 1982, Argentina and England have had numerous confrontations in World Cup tournaments. Among them was the quarter-final match in 1986, where Diego Maradona scored two goals against England. The first was a handball, but was ruled legal by the referee. The", "title": "Argentina national football team" }, { "docid": "9379856", "text": "substitutions. England played Belgium for a second time in the third place play-off, on 14 July and lost 2-0. History of the England national football team The history of the England national football team begins with the first ever international football match in 1870. They have won one World Cup, in 1966 on home soil, and qualified fourteen times for the tournament onwards from 1950. England staged Euro 1996 (European Championship). However, the team has never made it to the final of the competition; their best performances being a semi final in Euro 1968 and Euro 1996. England's first ever", "title": "History of the England national football team" }, { "docid": "3164588", "text": "a football commentator and presenter on BBC Radio and the Corporation's first football correspondent in 1963. Moore, Alan Clarke and Maurice Edelston were behind the mic for BBC Radio when England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Moore also covered the FA Cup Final from 1964 to 1967, and European Cup Winners' Cup victories for Tottenham Hotspur (1963) and West Ham United (1965), and Celtic's European Cup triumph in 1967. Shortly after that Moore moved to London Weekend Television, which was building up to its launch on the ITV network in 1968. Enticed across by head of sport Jimmy Hill,", "title": "Brian Moore (commentator)" }, { "docid": "9379744", "text": "History of the England national football team The history of the England national football team begins with the first ever international football match in 1870. They have won one World Cup, in 1966 on home soil, and qualified fourteen times for the tournament onwards from 1950. England staged Euro 1996 (European Championship). However, the team has never made it to the final of the competition; their best performances being a semi final in Euro 1968 and Euro 1996. England's first ever international representative matches were arranged by influential sports' administrator CW Alcock under the auspices of the Football Association. The", "title": "History of the England national football team" }, { "docid": "14542201", "text": "World Cup Sculpture The World Cup Sculpture, or simply The Champions, is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup Final located near West Ham United Football Club's now demolished Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) stadium in the London Borough of Newham, England. It depicts a famous victory scene photographed after the final, held at the old Wembley Stadium in London, featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson. It was the first and only time England had won the World Cup, and England captain Moore is pictured held shoulder high, holding the Jules Rimet Trophy aloft. Jointly commissioned", "title": "World Cup Sculpture" }, { "docid": "469922", "text": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth football World Cup. The match was played by England and West Germany on 30 July 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 96,924. The British television audience peaked at 32.3 million viewers, making it the most watched television event ever in the United Kingdom. England won 4–2 after extra time to win the Jules Rimet Trophy. The England team became known as the \"wingless wonders\", on account of their then-unconventional narrow attacking formation,", "title": "1966 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "43584", "text": "St George's Park Charlton's younger brother, Tommy plays walking football for the Mature Millers club in Rotherham and also has an England cap. Source: Source: Source: Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937) is an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and an essential member of the England team who won the World Cup in 1966, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts and passing abilities from midfield and", "title": "Bobby Charlton" }, { "docid": "6691367", "text": "Köbi Kuhn Jakob \"Köbi\" Kuhn (born 12 October 1943 in Zürich) is a Swiss football manager and former football midfielder. During his playing career he played primarily for FC Zürich and won 63 caps for Switzerland, one of which was at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. As a manager, he led his national team to Euro 2004 and 2008 and the 2006 World Cup. Kuhn has been described as a clever and skilful midfielder. He spent 16 years with FC Zürich, captaining them to the Swiss Super League six times, as well as the Swiss Cup five times.", "title": "Köbi Kuhn" }, { "docid": "4722627", "text": "team to beat England after the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the Tartan Army proclaimed themselves \"unofficial world champions\". In October 1963, which may have been Baxter's best year overall, he played in the \"rest of the world\" in a match against England to celebrate the centenary of The Football Association. He came on to the field in the second half, and his performance won the admiration of Ferenc Puskás. However England won the match 2–1. Scotland did not qualify for the final stage of the FIFA World Cup during Baxter's playing career. Scottish public opinion at the time blamed lack", "title": "Jim Baxter" }, { "docid": "17209901", "text": "in South Korea. Australia advanced to the second round Group 1 and won over Rhodesia and advanced to the final round. In Group 2, Israel advanced to the final round when they defeated New Zealand twice. North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel and withdrew. In the final round, Israel defeated Australia 2–1 on aggregate and reached the World Cup. Israel qualified for their only World Cup to date as an Asian team. Soon after this, however, they left the Asian Football Confederation, and now compete in", "title": "Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "5853723", "text": "Hope Powell Hope Patricia Powell (born 8 December 1966) is an English former international footballer and women's first-team manager of Brighton & Hove Albion. She was the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain women's Olympic football team until August 2013. As a player, Powell won 66 caps for England, mainly as an attacking midfielder, scoring 35 goals. She made her England debut at the age of 16, and went on to play in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, England's first World Cup appearance. She was also vice-captain of her country. At club level", "title": "Hope Powell" }, { "docid": "20335275", "text": "Cup bid, called for humility with England's bid claiming they \"must not fall victim to arrogance\" and that lessons had been learned from the unsuccessful attempt to host the 2006 competition. Anson stated that \"the tone of this campaign has to be different. England 2006 FIFA World Cup bid The England 2006 FIFA World Cup bid was the Football Association's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The other official bids came from Brazil, South Africa, Morocco and successful bidder Germany. England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup and had the campaign been successful, England", "title": "England 2006 FIFA World Cup bid" }, { "docid": "20234918", "text": "in England. The English and German national football teams have played each other since the end of the 19th century, and officially since 1930. The teams met for the first time in November 1899, when England beat Germany in four straight matches. Notable matches between England and Germany (or West Germany) include the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, and the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996. The Germany–Italy football rivalry between the national football teams of Germany and Italy, the two most successful football nations in Europe and only behind Brazil internationally, is a long-running", "title": "German football rivalries" }, { "docid": "13669525", "text": "as they produced great players like Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Alakbar Mammadov and football referee Tofiq Bahramov, who is most famous for being a linesman who helped to award a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany. The top football teams in Azerbaijan are FK Baku, PFC Neftchi Baku, FK Karabakh and Khazar Lankaran. On March 19, 2010, Azerbaijan won the bid to host the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The current shirt sponsor of Atlético Madrid is Azerbaijan which aims to develop football in Azerbaijan based on agreement between Spanish club and FK", "title": "Sport in Azerbaijan" }, { "docid": "6840065", "text": "with West Ham in 1964 and 1965 respectively, then the World Cup with England in 1966). \"West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.\" \"Torino won 5–3 on aggregate.\" \"West Ham United won 3–2 on aggregate.\" \"Torino won 6–0 on aggregate.\" \"West Ham United won 6–4 on aggregate.\" \"Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.\" \"West Ham United won 3–2 on aggregate.\" \"1860 Munich 3–3 Torino on aggregate.\" \"1860 Munich won 2–0 in play-off.\" 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1964–65 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by West Ham United in a final at Wembley Stadium", "title": "1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup" }, { "docid": "10321839", "text": "the world. Sainsbury's holds the licence to retail Admiral Gold, Admiral Retro and Admiral Performance ranges in the UK. Admiral currently provides kit uniforms for the following football teams: Admiral Sportswear Admiral Sportswear is a British internationally recognized football, cricket and sportswear brand. It reached the peak of its success in the 1970s and early 1980s through a series of prestigious football team sponsorships. The Admiral trademark was created in 1914 by Cook & Hurst Ltd, a Leicester-based company, manufacturing quality underwear and, subsequently, items of sportswear. When England won the World Cup in 1966, Bert Patrick, the owner of", "title": "Admiral Sportswear" } ]

[ { "docid": "11572098", "text": "2–0 victory over Poland in October 2013, Hodgson led England to qualification for the 2014 World Cup. However, in the 2014 World Cup, England lost two consecutive group matches, against Italy and Uruguay, by 2–1 on each occasion. This was the first time England had lost two group matches since the 1950 World Cup (when they lost against the United States and Spain) and the first time England had been eliminated at the group stage since the 1958 World Cup. This was also the first time that England had not won a match at the tournament since 1958, and England's", "title": "England national football team manager" }, { "docid": "7066087", "text": "Ollerton Town F.C. Ollerton Town Football Club is a football club based in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England. As of the 2016–17 season, the men's side is a member of the Northern Counties East League whilst the ladies team plays in the East Midlands Women's Regional Football League. Ollerton has a long history of local football going back to the late 1800s. One of its best periods was immediately before the Second World War when Ollerton Colliery won the Notts Senior Cup in 1937/38 and its reserve team won the Notts Intermediate Cup the year previous. In 1930, a side called Ollerton", "title": "Ollerton Town F.C." }, { "docid": "10619123", "text": "England national under-20 football team England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Because there is no under-20 competition at UEFA level, England's under-20 side has generally only played competitive matches when it has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every 2 years. England are the reigning champions of this competition, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Starting in the", "title": "England national under-20 football team" }, { "docid": "13084589", "text": "Herts Senior Cup The Herts Senior Cup, officially titled the Hertfordshire County Football Association Senior Challenge Cup, is the oldest County-based football Cup competition based exclusively in Hertfordshire, England. It was first contested in the 1886-87 season and won by Hoddesdon Town. It has been contested every year since except for the years 1915 to 1918 when it was suspended during World War I. It is usually contested by the twenty-two most senior Clubs in the County, though this number has been higher and lower in previous years. Finals have nearly always been staged at a neutral venue in the", "title": "Herts Senior Cup" }, { "docid": "3860028", "text": "the United Arab Republic when they were destroyed 8–0 by the Pharaohs in the same tournament. Kuwait national football team has joined the World Cup in 1982 which was held in Spain. Kuwait was placed in the fourth group, and got fourth place after defeats to England and France and a respectable draw with Czechoslovakia. Kuwait has won the Asian Cup in 1980 which was held on its soil. Kuwait won the Final 3–0 against South Korea. Kuwait's historical highest FIFA ranking was the 24th place achieved in December 1998. Bader Al-Mutawa is the most capped player of the Kuwaiti", "title": "Kuwait national football team" }, { "docid": "13503472", "text": "Britain has played Holland and Italy and taken part in the first European Cup against France, Holland and Italy. Great Britain has not played since they beat Italy in 1990. England first played against Wales on 5 April 1987, when they won 22 – 4 at Pontypool Park, Wales. An England v Wales International has taken place every year since. England have also now played more internationals than any other team (see here for a complete list). The first ever Women's Rugby World Cup was held in Cardiff, Great Britain in 1991. Twelve countries participated in the Tournament, held over", "title": "Rugby Football Union for Women" }, { "docid": "8107054", "text": "senior appearances for England, his first cap occurring on 18 November 1981 in England's 1–0 World Cup qualification clincher against Hungary, the last coming almost exactly a year later when he took to the field in a Euro 84 qualifier against Greece which England won 3–0. Morley was not selected for the England squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, with Greenwood opting for Arsenal's Graham Rix instead. Tony Morley William Anthony Morley (born 26 August 1954) is an English former football player who played in the Football League for Preston North End, Burnley, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion", "title": "Tony Morley" }, { "docid": "9522674", "text": "also resurged since 2005, making regular appearances in the UEFA Cup/Europa League and even appearing the Champions League, although their only major trophy so far in the 21st century came in 2008 when they won the League Cup. The England national team during this time became managed by a non-English national for the first time in their history when Sven-Göran Eriksson took charge. He achieved respectable results in international tournaments, going out to eventual winners Brazil in the 2002 World Cup, hosts Portugal in Euro 2004, and Portugal once again on penalties in the 2006 World Cup having reached the", "title": "History of football in England" }, { "docid": "5340069", "text": "league was contested in 1891, making it the fifth-oldest recognised league of a FIFA member (after England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands). The Argentine Football Association (AFA) was formed in 1893 and is the eighth-oldest in the world. The Argentina national team is one of the eight to have won the FIFA World Cup, having done so in 1978 and 1986, and also being runner-up in 1930, 1990 and 2014. Argentina has also won the top continental tournament, the Copa América, 14 times, and the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992. The nation's Olympic representative has won two Gold Medals", "title": "Football in Argentina" }, { "docid": "11876298", "text": "Final at Twickenham, which the Wallabies won 12-6. with Tim Daly scoring the only try of the game. The last pre-Cook Cup match was a quarter-final tie at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. England won 25-22, thanks to a last-minute drop goal by Rob Andrew. The Cook Cup came about when the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) agreed to play each other on a home-and-away basis. The first Cook Cup match was played at Sydney's Aussie Stadium on 25 June 1997. Australia won the match", "title": "History of rugby union matches between Australia and England" }, { "docid": "3324293", "text": "at the end of the 2013–14 season. With seven winners' medals, Cole has won the FA Cup more times than any other player in history, and is one of two players to have won the Double with two clubs, along with Nicolas Anelka. Cole was an England international from 2001 to 2014, playing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, as well as Euro 2004 and Euro 2012. He was voted England Player of the Year in 2010. When he retired from international football in 2014, he had won 107 caps, making him England's most capped full back. Cole's", "title": "Ashley Cole" }, { "docid": "11876303", "text": "England and Australia have played each other 50 times. Australia have won 25 matches, England have won 24, and there has been one draw. 2015 World Cup Pool A<br> 2007 World Cup Quarter-finals<br> 2003 Rugby World Cup Final<br> 1995 World Cup Quarter-finals<br> 1991 Rugby World Cup Final<br> 1987 World Cup Pool 1 History of rugby union matches between Australia and England The rivalry between England and Australia started on 9 January 1909 at Blackheath's Rectory Field in England. The Wallabies won the match 9-3. The two nations next met in 1928, at Twickenham, and England won 18-11. Twenty years passed", "title": "History of rugby union matches between Australia and England" }, { "docid": "9379780", "text": "Wembley. At the finals, England won all three of their group games, and Robson scored the fastest goal at a World Cup finals, when he netted 27 seconds into the opening match against France (this record has since been broken ). England went into the second-round pool but were eliminated, despite ultimately remaining unbeaten in five matches. Greenwood announced his immediate retirement. This was also another tournament marred by violence, a problem which would continue through the rest of the decade, when England went overseas. Although at the time he was widely derided by the press, Bobby Robson is now", "title": "History of the England national football team" }, { "docid": "12040839", "text": "elite group of referees who has been called up for three consecutive World Cups (1950–1958). <noinclude> England at the FIFA World Cup The England national football team has competed at the FIFA World Cup since 1950. The FIFA World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in 1930, whose finals stage has been held every four years since, except 1942 and 1946, due to the Second World War. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the \"World Cup Finals\"). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "2935605", "text": "while Portugal unexpectedly won 1–0 away against West Germany and took second place in the group. It was West Germany's first ever loss in a World Cup qualifier. Sweden also failed to qualify to the UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany. They won their qualification group for the 1990 World Cup ahead of England and went on to their first World Cup in 12 years. However, the World Cup campaign ended quickly after three 1–2 defeats in the group stage matches, against Brazil, Scotland and Costa Rica. As of May 2018, it is the only time that Sweden has failed", "title": "Sweden national football team" }, { "docid": "5430255", "text": "1915–16 in Scottish football The 1915–16 season was the 43rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 26th season of the Scottish Football League. For this season, Division Two was abandoned due to World War I. Champions: Celtic There was no Scottish Cup competition played. Petershill won the Junior Cup after a 2–0 win over Parkhead in the final. There were no official Scotland matches played, with the British Home Championship suspended due to World War I. Scotland did play an unofficial wartime international against England on 13 May 1916. England won 4–3 at Goodison Park, with Scotland represented", "title": "1915–16 in Scottish football" }, { "docid": "11933789", "text": "Football in Cameroon The most popular sport in Cameroon is football. The national team is traditionally one of the strongest teams on the African continent. They have participated in the World Cup 5 times, and in 1990 they reached the quarter-finals. It took extra time before England won the game 3–2. They have also won the African Cup of Nations 4 times as well as winning Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000. Among the most famous players are Roger Milla, Thomas N'Kono and Samuel Eto'o. Cameroonian Football Federation, nicknamed Fécafoot, has been organizing the Cameroon Football Championship since 1961. The", "title": "Football in Cameroon" }, { "docid": "4517992", "text": "Edinburgh Academical cricket and football clubs. In 1994, the Women's Rugby World Cup final between England and the USA, which England won, was played at Raeburn Place. It was also the site of the first ever women's rugby union international for both Scotland and Ireland, occurring when the two nations met in 1993. England was the host of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, but two of Scotland's games were held at Raeburn Place. On 24 May 1999, Bangladesh played Scotland, and on 31 May 1999, Scotland played New Zealand. The rugby ground is opposite the Grange Cricket Club. Raeburn Place", "title": "Raeburn Place" }, { "docid": "16244958", "text": "2007 United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team (sometimes referred to as USWNT) represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. In 2007, the team won the Four Nations Tournament (women's football) (5th title through 2007), the Algarve Cup (5th title through 2007) and placed 3rd at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing with a 19–1–4 record. After defeating England in the World Cup Quarterfinals, Head", "title": "2007 United States women's national soccer team" }, { "docid": "12040781", "text": "England at the FIFA World Cup The England national football team has competed at the FIFA World Cup since 1950. The FIFA World Cup is the premier competitive international football tournament, first played in 1930, whose finals stage has been held every four years since, except 1942 and 1946, due to the Second World War. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the \"World Cup Finals\"). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the finals. The current", "title": "England at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "17963543", "text": "to England and the Republic of Ireland. They qualified for the first time in 1986, where they won all three of their Group Stage matches including a 2-0 against title contenders West Germany, but were eliminated by Spain in the next round. Since then, the Danish national team has regularly qualified for FIFA World Cup Finals and have made their fifth appearance in Russia 2018. Their best performance was in 1998, where they reached the quarter finals. Awards Records Denmark at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup,", "title": "Denmark at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "4286705", "text": "Forest, and reached the last four of the FA Cup twice (in 1990 and 1994), losing both times to Manchester United in a replay. When England national football team manager Bobby Robson announced in May 1990 that he would be quitting the job after the World Cup that summer, Royle's name was strongly linked with the role and the Football Association shortlisted him along with Graham Taylor and Howard Kendall. This was despite Royle having yet to manage in the First Division; whereas in contrast Kendall had won two league titles, an FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup with", "title": "Joe Royle" }, { "docid": "18067036", "text": "the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). Its national team made its African Cup of Nations debut in the 2004 edition of the tournament. A Rwanda B team won the CECAFA Cup in 1999, when the country hosted the tournament. The CECAFA Club Cup has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Kagame started to sponsor the competition. The national team is yet to qualify for the World Cup. Rwanda's highest domestic football competition is the Rwanda National Football League. Cricket has been described as", "title": "Sport in Rwanda" }, { "docid": "7913756", "text": "and in Euro 2009. Meanwhile, Germany's women have won two World Cups, 2003 and 2007, and a total of eight European Championships in the years of 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013. Germany is the only nation to win the FIFA World Cup with their male and their female athletes. Together with the three Euro wins and the four World Cup wins of the men's team, Germany counts 17 major tournament titles, while England has one major tournament title so far. On 4 July 2015, England upset Germany 1–0 in the third place match at the 2015", "title": "England–Germany football rivalry" }, { "docid": "14665049", "text": "4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia. 1987 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by the Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first ever Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England. Australia won the", "title": "1987 Cricket World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "15302106", "text": "History of the Israel national football team Israel's men's national football team has represented Israel in international football contests since 1930. The team is overseen by the Israel Football Association, the administrative body of Israeli football. Since its inception, the Israeli team has played in 436 official games (as of November 2010). These games have resulted in 162 wins, 104 draws, and 170 losses. The teams last qualified for either the World Cup or European Championships was in 1970 when the World Cup was held in Mexico. The team also won the AFC Asian Cup held in Israel in 1964.", "title": "History of the Israel national football team" }, { "docid": "3645249", "text": "won Europe's most prestigious club title. His season ended with individual glory as well, when he was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. Revie gave Hughes the England captaincy back for a Home International match against Scotland when Keegan was unavailable, before selecting him for the squad which would tour South America in the summer. On returning to England, Ron Greenwood took over as England manager, returning the captaincy to Hughes. England left too much to do after the defeat by Italy to qualify for the World Cup, but Hughes nonetheless celebrated a 50th cap when England", "title": "Emlyn Hughes" }, { "docid": "19571228", "text": "2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final was a football match that was played on at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea on 11 June 2017 to determine the champions of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The final was contested by Venezuela and England. England won the match 1–0, winning the title for the first time. Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his second goal of the tournament during the final, which turned out to be the only goal in the game. This was the first ever final for both England and Venezuela in", "title": "2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final" }, { "docid": "4390166", "text": "title to Yugoslavia in their next match, and the UFWC remained in Europe until March 1998 when Germany lost it to Brazil in a friendly. Argentina then defeated Brazil in a friendly to carry the UFWC into the 1998 World Cup. France repeated Argentina's 1978 feat by taking the title as they won the World Cup on home turf, beating Brazil 3–0 in the final. England took the title for the last time to date at UEFA Euro 2000. France and Spain enjoyed spells as champions before the Netherlands won the title in March 2002. As the Dutch had failed", "title": "Unofficial Football World Championships" }, { "docid": "17776865", "text": "England national football team all-time record The following tables show the England national football team's all-time international record. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship and British Home Championship (1883–1984) matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. England played the world's first international fixture against Scotland on 30 November 1872, which ended in a 0–0 draw. England and Scotland have since contested 114 official matches, the most of either nation (England have won 48, Scotland have won 41 and 25 have been drawn). Aside from Scotland, England have contested matches against over", "title": "England national football team all-time record" }, { "docid": "341810", "text": "Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament was first held in 1987, when the tournament was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia. The winners are awarded the Webb Ellis Cup, named after William Webb Ellis, the Rugby School pupil who, according to a popular legend, invented rugby by picking up the ball during a football game. Four countries have won the trophy; New Zealand three times, Australia and South Africa each twice, and England once. New Zealand are the current champions, having defeated", "title": "Rugby World Cup" }, { "docid": "7905748", "text": "World Cup history. England were only able to reach the quarter-finals, where they were knocked out by Brazil, who would go on to beat Germany 2–0 in the final. 2001 Germany v England football match On 1 September 2001 Germany met England during the qualifying stages of the 2002 World Cup, at the Olympiastadion in Munich. England won the game 5–1, abetted by a hat-trick from striker Michael Owen. The two teams had met most recently in 2000, in what was the final match at the old Wembley stadium. The match ended with a 1–0 victory for Germany, with Dietmar", "title": "2001 Germany v England football match" }, { "docid": "19513801", "text": "Alex Hendricks Alexander William Hendricks (born April 13, 1996) is an American cerebral palsy football player. He has paralysis on the left side of his body as a result of complications from a brain biopsy that created 2 strokes and a brain hemorrhage when he was a 13-year-old. Hendricks plays cerebral palsy football for the USPNT. After being called up in 2011, he has won a bronze medal at the 2012 BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England, and went on to participate at 2012 Summer Paralympics where the USPNT lost all 5 games they played. Following those Games, he", "title": "Alex Hendricks" }, { "docid": "3480396", "text": "deals see List of English football transfers 2006–07\" 2005–06 in English football The 2005–06 season was the 126th season of competitive association football in England. England qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after finishing top of UEFA Qualifying Group 6. Chelsea, on 91 points, won their second Premier League title in a row. Manchester United, whose 83-point tally would have been enough for title glory in most seasons, finished runners-up. Liverpool's league form improved drastically following the previous season and they finished in third place, just one point behind United; in addition, they also won the FA Cup, giving", "title": "2005–06 in English football" }, { "docid": "7913716", "text": "has won one World Cup in the only final they ever reached in either tournament. The most recent encounter ended as a draw, the two sides drawing 0-0 in a friendly at Wembley Stadium. In this article, references to the German football team include the former West Germany football team before German reunification. The Football Association instigated a four-game tour of Germany and Austria by a representative England team in November 1899. The England team played a representative German team in Berlin on 23 November 1899. The German side lost 1-0 Two days later a slightly altered German side lost", "title": "England–Germany football rivalry" }, { "docid": "3834901", "text": "when the tournament was still a full senior national team competition; their best achievement was the third position at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982) and has been runner-up five times (in 1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, and 2015). After going through 2005 unbeaten, the Ghana national football team won the FIFA Best Mover of the Year Award and reached the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, they became only the third African team to", "title": "Ghana national football team" }, { "docid": "9185555", "text": "with the United States beating France in a penalty shootout. The second Powerchair Football World Cup was held in Paris, France in November 2011. The final was played on 6 November, with the United States beating England 3–0 in regulation. This was the first US team to win back-to-back World Cup Championship in football. The third World Cup was scheduled for 2017 in Kissimmee, Florida. The winner was France. The first Americas Champions Cup was held in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2009 between the top US and Canadian club teams. Atlanta Synergy won the Americas Champions Cup 2010 defeating by", "title": "Powerchair Football" }, { "docid": "16903124", "text": "History of the Argentina national football team The first match ever recorded by an Argentina national football team was played on 16 May 1901 against Uruguay, although the one played by Argentina on 20 July 1902 (also against Uruguay) is considered its first official match, a 6–0 win. Since its establishment, the Argentina national team has appeared in five FIFA World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, 1978 (when the team won its first World Cup) beating the Netherlands), the 1986 (winning its second World Cup after defeating West Germany), 1990 and 2014. Argentina has been very successful", "title": "History of the Argentina national football team" }, { "docid": "8162583", "text": "Taulapapa was a part of the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. In 2009 he was named as part of the Samoan side for the Pacific Cup. Misi Taulapapa Misi Taulapapa (born ) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays for Newcastle Thunder in the Betfred League One. He has previously played professionally in Australia and England. Taulapapa's position of choice is on the . Taulapapa was born Auckland, New Zealand. He originally played rugby union for the Waitemata Football club, in the Auckland Rugby Union competition. He played with Waitemata when they won the", "title": "Misi Taulapapa" }, { "docid": "2599626", "text": "second, scored minutes later, saw Maradona passing five England outfield players before scoring, and is often described as one of the greatest goals in football history. The nations were paired together in the Round of 16 at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, won by Argentina on penalties, and again at the group stage in 2002, England winning 1–0 through a penalty by David Beckham who had been sent off in the tie four years earlier. Argentina have played Germany in three FIFA World Cup finals: In 1986 Argentina won 3–2, but in 1990 it was the Germans who were the", "title": "Argentina national football team" }, { "docid": "16732788", "text": "the Olympic host, Brazil, won the Copa América, the runner-up (Colombia) qualified for the Olympics. UEFA generally uses the World Cup to determine its Olympic entrants. The top 3 finishers at the World Cup, excluding England, qualified. When multiple European teams were eliminated in the same round and this results in a tie for an Olympic qualifying spot, an Olympic Qualifying Tournament was used to break the tie. For these Games, Germany and France both reached at least the quarterfinals and thus obtained qualification spots (England also did so, but was ineligible for Olympic play). The next best finish for", "title": "Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "docid": "17218872", "text": "England appearances since Tommy Lawton did so in 1939. England conceded in injury time at the end of the second half for the first time in World Cup history, with Mina's goal coming after 92 minutes and 33 seconds. Head coach: Adolfo Pedernera Head coach: Francisco Maturana Head coach: Francisco Maturana Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez Head coach: José Pékerman Head coach: José Pékerman Colombia's record World Cup scorer, James Rodríguez, has also won the Golden Boot when he scored 6 goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Team Awards Individual Awards Records Colombia at the FIFA World Cup This", "title": "Colombia at the FIFA World Cup" }, { "docid": "17884487", "text": "between Scotland and England in Glasgow, again at the instigation of C. W. Alcock. The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of \"Fédération Internationale de Football Association\" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. Variants of association football have been codified for reduced-sized teams (i.e. Five-a-side football), for play in non-field environments (i.e.", "title": "Comparison of association football and rugby union" }, { "docid": "13768631", "text": "the last surviving pre-World War I England international, dying some 65 years after senior football was suspended following the outbreak of World War I, although he was outlived by a number of pre-World War I players to have seen Football League action; including some who survived in the 1990s. Eddie Mosscrop Edwin Mosscrop (16 June 1892 – 14 March 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He won two caps for the England national football team in 1914 and was part of the Burnley side which won the FA Cup against Liverpool FC in 1914. He", "title": "Eddie Mosscrop" }, { "docid": "4767828", "text": "John and Stuart took over the running of the company. The England national team wore Umbro shirts by choice until 1974, when The Football Association, encouraged by the England manager Don Revie, sold the jersey manufacturing rights to Admiral Sportswear. After more than a decade wearing Admiral kits, the England national team signed with Umbro again in 1984. In 1986, Umbro began to manufacture its own football boots. The company added footballers Alan Shearer and Michael Owen (who was only 14 years old) to its list of sponsored athletes. In 1994, Brazil won its fourth FIFA World Cup title in", "title": "Umbro" }, { "docid": "16020814", "text": "continued in 1993, when Norway won 3–1 against Turkey, followed by a great 2–0 win against England and a somewhat fortunate goalless draw against Holland in Rotterdam. The World Cup tickets were secured on October 13, when Norway defeated Poland by 3–0 in Poznań after goals by Jostein Flo, Jan Åge Fjørtoft and Ronny Johnsen. A 2-1 defeat by Turkey in their next match meant nothing: Norway had reached the World Cup finals for the first time since 1938. In October 1993, Norway had managed the amazing feat of being ranked the second best team in the world (behind Brazil)", "title": "History of the Norway national football team" }, { "docid": "6212082", "text": "Battle of Highbury The \"Battle of Highbury\" was the name given to the football match between England and Italy that took place on 14 November 1934 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London. England won 3–2 in a hotly contested and frequently violent match. This was Italy's first match since they had won the 1934 FIFA World Cup that summer, although England had not taken part as the Football Association had left FIFA in 1928. England were still considered one of the strongest teams in Europe at the time, and the match was billed in England at least as the \"real\" World", "title": "Battle of Highbury" }, { "docid": "3349409", "text": "arrangement, West Ham won another FA Cup. In July 1977, after England coach Don Revie's resignation, Greenwood was appointed full-time manager in the same year, ending his 15-year association with West Ham United. Under Greenwood, England qualified for the UEFA Euro 1980, and then the 1982 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup in twelve years. England came through the tournament unbeaten, but did not win enough games to progress beyond the second group stage. Greenwood resigned after the World Cup, and retired from football, with the national coach's job going to Bobby Robson in July 1982. One major landmark", "title": "Ron Greenwood" }, { "docid": "3806805", "text": "2010 FIFA World Cup when Honduras strikingly qualified by their victory away at El Salvador and Costa Rica's tie against the USA. Their third and most recent World Cup appearance was the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Honduras has won the UNCAF Nations Cup four times: in 1993, 1995, 2011 and 2017. Prior to the qualification stages leading up to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador found themselves in what was called the Football (Soccer) War. This nickname was given to the situation after an elimination game was played between the two countries which ended in a", "title": "Honduras national football team" }, { "docid": "7913752", "text": "years with a victory of 2–1. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the two teams met in the second round on Sunday, 27 June, after Germany won Group D and England finished second in Group C. Germany won the match 4–1, knocking England out and advancing into the quarter-finals. This was the greatest defeat England ever suffered in their World Cup history. In the 38th minute, a shot by Frank Lampard controversially bounced off the crossbar well into the goal and back out again with Germany leading only 2–1. However, neither the referee Jorge Larrionda nor the linesman saw it", "title": "England–Germany football rivalry" }, { "docid": "11876297", "text": "Twickenham, winning 19-3. The next match was a pool match in the 1987 Rugby World Cup at Sydney's Concord Oval in 1987, which Australia won 19-6. The nations played three times in 1988: Australia won 22-16 in Brisbane and 28-8 at the Concord Oval, with England winning the third and final match at Twickenham 28-19. The sides met three times during the 1990s before the end of amateur era and the introduction of the Cook Cup. The first match was in 1991 at the Sydney Football Stadium, won 40-15 by Australia. The next match was the 1991 Rugby World Cup", "title": "History of rugby union matches between Australia and England" }, { "docid": "10497472", "text": "England national under-17 football team The England national under-17 football team, also known as England under-17s or England U17(s), represents England in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. In July 2015, Steve Cooper was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Mike Marsh. England reached the quarter-final stage at both the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In October 2017, England defeated Spain in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to become World Champions at this age", "title": "England national under-17 football team" }, { "docid": "3480384", "text": "2005–06 in English football The 2005–06 season was the 126th season of competitive association football in England. England qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after finishing top of UEFA Qualifying Group 6. Chelsea, on 91 points, won their second Premier League title in a row. Manchester United, whose 83-point tally would have been enough for title glory in most seasons, finished runners-up. Liverpool's league form improved drastically following the previous season and they finished in third place, just one point behind United; in addition, they also won the FA Cup, giving manager Rafael Benítez his second major trophy in", "title": "2005–06 in English football" }, { "docid": "11625192", "text": "teams have won it six times, teams from Bury winning four times and Salford and Wigan twice. A team from outside the Greater Manchester borders has only ever won the trophy once. Teams shown in \"italics\" are no longer in existence. Manchester Premier Cup The Manchester Premier Cup (also known as the Frank Hannah Manchester Premier Cup) is an annual English football knockout tournament involving teams from Greater Manchester, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Manchester Football Association and involves Non-league football clubs, although at least one Football League club has entered the competition. F.C. United of", "title": "Manchester Premier Cup" }, { "docid": "11575451", "text": "Inge Thun Inge Thun (17 June 1945 − 15 February 2008) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper and bandy winger who played for Strømsgodset IF in both sports. He finished his football career with a few seasons across the river at Drammens Ballklubb. He won the Norwegian football league with Strømsgodset in 1970 as well the Cup in 1969, 1970 and 1973. He also became Norwegian bandy champion six times with Strømsgodset and won a silver medal in the 1965 Bandy World Championship with the national team. Thun became famous in England when his team lost 0-11 to Liverpool in the", "title": "Inge Thun" }, { "docid": "13674684", "text": "1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season The 1931–32 Rugby Football League season was the 37th season of rugby league football in northern England. St.Helens won their first championship when they defeated Huddersfield 9-5 in the play-off final. Huddersfield had finished the regular season as league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who beat Swinton 11-8 in the final. St.Helens won the Lancashire League, and Hunslet won the Yorkshire League. Salford beat Swinton 10–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Huddersfield beat Hunslet 4–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. Leeds beat Swinton 11-8 in the Challenge Cup Final", "title": "1931–32 Northern Rugby Football League season" }, { "docid": "3986408", "text": "Hashil Al-Maskary did Oman start to be extremely successful on the Asian football stage. During this period, Oman won the Asian Under-17 Championship in 1996 and the year 2000, as well as reaching the semifinals of the Under-17 World Cup in 1995. Oman nowadays exports players to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and also has their captain playing in England. Former Omani captain, Hani Al-Dhabit was awarded the RSSSF 2001 World Top Scorer, with 22 goals; the most goals scored by a player who won the World Top Scorer award till date, and also being the", "title": "Oman national football team" }, { "docid": "16903135", "text": "in the 1938 World Cup in France, the last before World War II. The first World Cup after the War was the 1950 World Cup held in Brazil, but Argentina did not enter the competition due to a conflict with the Brazilian Football Confederation. For the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, Argentina refused to participate. In 1951, Argentina played England for the first time and were defeated 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. The second leg was played in Buenos Aires on 14 June 1953, where Argentina won 3–1, though the match caused great repercussions in Argentina. Although Argentina did not contest", "title": "History of the Argentina national football team" }, { "docid": "5220418", "text": "Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963) Mark Wright (born 1 August 1963) is a former England international football player and English football manager. As a player, he had spells with Liverpool, Derby County, Southampton and Oxford United during the 1980s and 1990s. He made 45 appearances for the English national football team, and was a member of the team which reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1990. At club level, the central defender won the 1992 FA Cup final as captain of Liverpool. Since retiring as a player in 1998, Wright has worked as a football manager, pundit,", "title": "Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)" }, { "docid": "9167883", "text": "one of the stronger Old Boys sides. The Arthur Dunn Cup was won again in 1997 and 1998 and the Arthurian Premier League was won in 1973, 1974, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002. Old Foresters F.C. The Old Foresters Football Club is an Association Football club made up exclusively of former pupils of Forest School, located in Epping Forest, Walthamstow, London, England. The Old Foresters Football Club is probably one of the half dozen or so oldest football clubs in the world. It has a continuous and proud history going back before its own formal constitution in 1876 and the", "title": "Old Foresters F.C." }, { "docid": "12088839", "text": "the Cricket World Cup once as runners up in 2015, but got caught short six times, the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games and the semi-finals of the Pro20 World Championship, however they have won ICC Champions Trophy back in year 2000. Also New Zealand's Woman's Cricket Team has reached the World Cup finals. The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa. Their greatest success in one-day cricket was when they won the 2000 World", "title": "Cricket in New Zealand" }, { "docid": "17840717", "text": "World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Ghana U-20 football team also won Africa's first and only U-20 World Cup also during his stewardship in 2009. He has currently resigned from this position. In 2011, when West African Football Union (WAFU) president, Amos Adamu, was suspended by FIFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi was given the nod to be the interim president of WAFU until elections were conducted. When the union conducted its elections on 31 May 2011, Mr. Nyantakyi was elected president for a two-year term. He stood unopposed in the November 2013 elections and", "title": "Kwesi Nyantakyi" }, { "docid": "11572109", "text": "the new England manager. The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each England manager including their progress in both the World Cup and the European Championship. \"Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage\" The following table provides a summary of results for each England manager in the British Home Championship, held annually until the 1983–84 season. \"Key: P–Number of complete tournaments played, W–Number of tournaments won, S–Number of tournaments shared, %–outright win percentage\" General Specific England national football team manager The role of an England national football team manager was first established", "title": "England national football team manager" }, { "docid": "21005812", "text": "1970 Women's World Cup The 1970 Women's World Cup (Italian: Coppa del Mondo; sponsored name Martini Rosso Cup) was a non-FIFA sanctioned association football tournament for women which took place in Italy in July 1970. It was won by Denmark, represented by Boldklubben Femina. Seven teams appeared in the tournament - England, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. An eighth team, Czechoslovakia, withdrew. The crowds for the tournament were \"30,000-strong\". Denmark won the tournament after beating Italy 2–0 in the final. The tournament was followed by the 1971 Women's World Cup, and \"the series of Mundialito tournaments throughout the", "title": "1970 Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "21005813", "text": "1980s in Italy, and Fifa's Women's Invitation Tournament in China in 1988\" before the first official Women's World Cup in China in 1991. 1970 Women's World Cup The 1970 Women's World Cup (Italian: Coppa del Mondo; sponsored name Martini Rosso Cup) was a non-FIFA sanctioned association football tournament for women which took place in Italy in July 1970. It was won by Denmark, represented by Boldklubben Femina. Seven teams appeared in the tournament - England, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. An eighth team, Czechoslovakia, withdrew. The crowds for the tournament were \"30,000-strong\". Denmark won the tournament after beating", "title": "1970 Women's World Cup" }, { "docid": "3763896", "text": "and 2017. They have never won the competition, though finished runners-up to Australia in 1975, 1995 and 2017. In every other year, Great Britain have represented England. Despite having only played in 6 world cups, England have hosted matches in 8 different tournaments including 3 that took part internationally. England have played 33 games in the world cup; winning 19, drawing 2 and losing 12. Of those losses, only one has been against a team other than New Zealand or Australia, when Wales won 7-12 in the 1975 tournament. England lost out on reaching the final in 2013, when New", "title": "England national rugby league team" } ]

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The third volume of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" is a 216-page epic spanning almost a hundred years and entitled 'Century'. Divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "8828831", "text": "Almanac covers the Arctic and Antarctica. World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The world of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentleman\" is a fictional universe created by Alan Moore in the comic book series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", where all of the characters and events from literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The world the characters inhabit is one more technologically advanced than our own, but also home to the strange and supernatural. Beyond the comic itself, the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is expanded upon by supplemental prose material, including \"The New Traveller's Almanac\",", "title": "World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "8828824", "text": "World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The world of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentleman\" is a fictional universe created by Alan Moore in the comic book series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", where all of the characters and events from literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The world the characters inhabit is one more technologically advanced than our own, but also home to the strange and supernatural. Beyond the comic itself, the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is expanded upon by supplemental prose material, including \"The New Traveller's Almanac\", \"Allan and the Sundered Veil\", and", "title": "World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "7194929", "text": "was written by Kevin J. Anderson and released shortly before the movie. The soundtrack album was also released internationally but not in the United States. \"The Tracking Board\" reported on May 26, 2015, that 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment had agreed to develop a reboot with hopes of launching a franchise. The report stated that a search was underway for a director who could help \"continue to develop the reboot\". John Davis told Collider in an interview that the reboot will be a female-centric film. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also promoted as", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "799659", "text": "within Alan Moore's and H.G.Wells' works, including but not restricted to \"The League of Extraordinary Gentleman\" series or \"The Invisible Man\". The steampunk band Unextraordinary Gentlemen was inspired by this comic On \"75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)\" off the \"Rising Down\" album, Black Thought refers to The Roots as \"gentlemen of an extraordinary league\". A chapter in the 2005 nonfiction work \"\" is titled \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". In his 2005 book \"The Areas of My Expertise\", John Hodgman refers to Nemo as \"the Sikh\" and \"the Science-Pirate\", as Nemo was referred to in the \"League\" comics. Neil Gaiman cited", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "10696709", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is the first story in the larger \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" series. The story takes place in 1898 in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The characters and plot elements borrow from works of writers", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "10696727", "text": "the Martian phenomenon leading to the Martian invasion from H. G. Wells' \"The War of the Worlds\". The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is the first story in the larger \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" series. The story takes place in 1898 in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian literature", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "10696735", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is a sequel to the original volume of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" and like its previous installment is a pastiche of various characters and events from Victorian literature; though it borrows a great number of characters and elements from various literary works of writers such as Sir Arthur", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" }, { "docid": "9110938", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier is an original graphic novel in the comic book series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. It was the last volume of the series to be published by DC Comics. Although the third book to be published, it was not intended to be the third volume in the series. Moore has stated that it was intended to be \"a sort of ingenious sourcebook\", and not a regular volume. \"Black Dossier\" was released on November 14, 2007. Originally referred", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" }, { "docid": "11670195", "text": "the Varèse Sarabande label for purchase online. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the soundtrack from the 2003 film \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", released by Varèse Sarabande on August 1, 2003. The music was composed by Trevor Jones and Joseph Shabalala, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Geoffrey Alexander). The Ladysmith Black Mambazo choral group performed the songs \"Kenya - Wait For Me\" and \"Son of Africa\". The soundtrack was not released in stores in the United States, and was at first released only for iTunes. After this did not", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "11670194", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the soundtrack from the 2003 film \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", released by Varèse Sarabande on August 1, 2003. The music was composed by Trevor Jones and Joseph Shabalala, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Geoffrey Alexander). The Ladysmith Black Mambazo choral group performed the songs \"Kenya - Wait For Me\" and \"Son of Africa\". The soundtrack was not released in stores in the United States, and was at first released only for iTunes. After this did not generate satisfactory sales, it was released by", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "17769303", "text": "present to the unimaginable reaches of a shimmering science-fiction future. With a cast-list that includes many of the most iconic figures from literature and pop culture, and a tempo that conveys the terrible momentum of inevitable events, this is literally and literarily the story to end all stories.\" \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" comics are generally set in the 20th century, but the chronological order of the fictional world does not correspond with the order of release: Notes: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "799663", "text": "executive produce. Neither Moore nor O'Neill would be producers on the series. It had also been reported that the pilot episode would still be broadcast, even if Fox opted not to green-light the series. The DVD of the documentary feature film \"The Mindscape of Alan Moore\" contains an interview with the artist Kevin O'Neill, elaborately detailing the collaboration with Alan Moore. O'Neill talks about \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century\" and his run-ins with censorship. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "1645054", "text": "Newman who features in the film as Major Rutland-Smith's wife. The book and film inspired both Alan Moore's comic series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and its spin-off movie, and the British comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen. The League of Gentlemen (film) The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British criminal comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, and Richard Attenborough. It is based on the 1958 novel \"The League of Gentlemen\" by John Boland and adapted by Bryan Forbes, who also starred in the film. A manhole opens at night in", "title": "The League of Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "20495683", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo trilogy is a volume in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" series, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, \"Nemo\" was published in three distinct 72-page squarebound comics. The Nemo trilogy is a 216-page story arc spanning fifty years, divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three distinct eras. The series focuses on Janni Dakkar, daughter of Captain Nemo,", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy" }, { "docid": "20495690", "text": "an interview with Janni Dakkar on the former pirate's seventieth birthday. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo trilogy is a volume in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" series, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, \"Nemo\" was published in three distinct 72-page squarebound comics. The Nemo trilogy is a 216-page story arc spanning fifty years, divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three distinct", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy" }, { "docid": "7194916", "text": "Nigel. In London, Quatermain meets \"M\", who is forming the latest generation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He reveals the Fantom plans to start a world war by bombing a secret meeting of world leaders in Venice. The new League consists of Quatermain, Captain Nemo, vampiric chemist Mina Harker, and invisible thief Rodney Skinner. The League travel to the London docks to recruit Dorian Gray, Mina's former lover who is kept immortal thanks to a missing portrait. The Fantom's assassins attack, but the League fend them off, aided by U.S. Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer. Dorian and Sawyer join", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "799660", "text": "\"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" as one of the influences for his award-winning short story \"A Study in Emerald\". Warren Ellis has cited \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" as an inspiration for his comic \"Ignition City\". The comic \"\" by science-fiction writer Serge Lehman has been regarded by critics as the French reply to \"The League\". It uses proto-superhumans and supervillains from European pulp literature of the early twentieth century, but in a whole different perspective as Lehman is not mainly focused on English literature (as Moore does), mixes those real fictional characters equally with real prominent historical figures and", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "799647", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series, \"Volume I\", \"Volume II\", and an original graphic novel from the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics, as well as a and spin-off trilogy \"Nemo\" published by Top Shelf and Knockabout Comics. According to Moore, the concept behind the series was initially a \"Justice League of Victorian England\" but he quickly developed it as an opportunity to merge elements from many works of fiction", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "9110941", "text": "the two previous Absolute \"League\" volumes. Bill Oakley died halfway through designing the book, so the last half was designed by Todd Klein. The book is dedicated to Oakley's memory. The vinyl record was eventually produced in the UK. According to Moore the \"Black Dossier\" was created because Moore was uncomfortable with the idea of O'Neill being unemployed during the planned hiatus between Volumes II and III of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". Wanting to do a source book for \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" Moore began writing the \"Black Dossier\". Expanding the original idea to including numerous different prose", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" }, { "docid": "11470568", "text": "was a collection of companion notes to Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's 1999 comic book series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I\" compiled by Texas-native Jess Nevins. \"Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" sold well, and continues to be one of MonkeyBrains best-selling titles several years after its first publication. It was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award and favorably reviewed in both \"Locus\" and \"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\", among other publications. The companion to \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II\" followed in 2004, and in 2006, Titan", "title": "MonkeyBrain Books" }, { "docid": "17769288", "text": "who is holed up in a secret location with the still living head of Oliver Haddo. During the onslaught, Allan was killed while fighting the Antichrist. Soon after Night was granted immortality and left MI6. Allan's body was buried in the same grave in Africa where he faked his death. In 2010, the \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - America: 1988\" was announced as an April Fools' Day joke, complete with mocked-up cover. This 1988 league was the supposed successor to another league disbanded in 1979 by Oscar Goldman. The 1988 League was created after the murder of Mr. Miyagi to", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "9110949", "text": "in different sections. Stories include: Other features include: \"Time\" magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007, ranking it at #2, and praising it as \"effing genius.\" Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave \"Black Dossier\" a 9.5 rating praising the complex detail of Kevin O'Neil's artwork and the literary quality of Moore's writing, whilst criticising the quality of the paper, printing style of the hardcover version and some aspects of the storytelling. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier is an original graphic novel in the comic book", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" }, { "docid": "11026463", "text": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 steampunk/adventure novel by Kevin J. Anderson. It is a novelization of the script of the movie of the same name, written by James Dale Robinson, which itself was based on the comic by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. In late 2002, Anderson had just finished working on his novel \"\", set in a world where Jules Verne had drawn inspiration for his works from (fictional) real-life events, individuals, and technological developments. Anderson was just beginning to work on the book that would become \"The Martian War\",", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel)" }, { "docid": "10959150", "text": "future repercussions. The three volumes of the graphic novel were scheduled to be released in April/May for three successive years from 2009 to 2011. \"1910\" was released in April 2009, \"1969\" was released July 2011, and \"2009\" was released on June 27, 2012. Reception to \"Century\" has been mixed to positive. Chad Nevett called the book \"flat out fun to read\". However, other critics such as Chris Sims have criticized the growing amount of indiscernible references as a hindrance to the plot elements. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century is", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "1776544", "text": "side possessing numerical superiority. Silurians also appear outside \"Doctor Who\"-related media. A cave drawing of a Silurian and a Sea Devil appear in a cave on Mars in a work of steampunk fiction by D'Israeli, \"Scarlet Traces: The Great Game\". Silurians and Sea Devils are referenced in the second volume of Alan Moore's \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" where they were connected to the creature from the Black Lagoon; \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" is set in a fictional universe which reconciles the exploits of all fictional characters in one continuity. A 2018 journal article set to be published in the \"International", "title": "Silurian (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "10959120", "text": "the same ship and murders a prostitute. Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray (who have both become immortal after bathing in the Fire of Youth) continue to work for the British Government as part of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, along with new members , Thomas Carnacki and A.J. Raffles. Carnacki has frequent visions of an upcoming disaster where many people will die, and a cult plotting the creation of a \"Moonchild\" destined to initiate Armageddon. He recognises one of the men in his visions as paranormal detective Simon Iff, and the League go to a gentlemen's club Carnacki and Iff", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "11014785", "text": "Marvel and Dark Horse held the licence to the character, Tarzan had no regular comic book publisher for a number of years. During this time Blackthorne Publishing published \"Tarzan\" in 1986 and Malibu Comics published \"Tarzan\" in 1992. There have been a number of minor appearance of Tarzan in comic books over the years. Though not mentioned by name, Tarzan is referenced in Alan Moore's \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". Places and people from the original Tarzan novels are referred to, suggesting that Tarzan does or did exist in that universe. In a 1999 \"The Phantom\" story, the hero meets", "title": "Tarzan in comics" }, { "docid": "14099006", "text": "Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and Poppy Z. Brite's \"Lost Souls\", both making New Orleans a key centre of Gothic fantasy. Urban Gothic themes and images were also used in comics and graphic novels, including Frank Miller's \"Daredevil\" (from 1979), \"Batman\" (from 1986) and \"Sin City\" series (from 1991), James O'Barr's \"The Crow\", beside Alan Moore's \"From Hell\" (from 1991) and \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" (1999). Urban Gothic novels were among the earliest and most influential works adapted for the cinema, helping to form the genre of horror film. These included \"Nosferatu\" (1922), \"The Phantom of the Opera\" (1925), \"Dracula\"", "title": "Urban Gothic" }, { "docid": "7194925", "text": "shared public domain characters who did not appear in the comic book series. Although Fox denied the allegations as \"absurd nonsense\", the case was settled out of court, a decision Alan Moore, according to \"The New York Times\" \"took ... as an especially bitter blow, believing that [he] had been denied the chance to exonerate [himself].\" The film opened at #2 behind \"\". \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" grossed an estimated $66,465,204 in Canada and the United States, $12,603,037 in the United Kingdom, and $12,033,033 in Spain. Worldwide, the film took $179,265,204. Critical reaction to the film was generally unfavorable,", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "10696710", "text": "such as Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells and Robert Louis Stevenson. In 1898, one year after her encounter with Dracula, Mina Murray has divorced her husband and now works for the British government. She meets with MI5 agent Campion Bond (the grandfather of James Bond), who gives her the task of gathering selected members for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a secret task force whose job it will be to protect the British Empire from potential threats. Captain Nemo escorts Mina to Egypt, where she finds a heavily intoxicated Allan Quatermain in an opium", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "799654", "text": "comments made by the producer of the film version of his \"V for Vendetta\", which stated that the author—who had distanced himself completely from film adaptations of his work, particularly after \"LXG\"—had commented favorably on a draft of the script. Moore requested that someone involved with the film's production company—and DC Comics parent company, Warner Bros.—officially retract the comments and/or apologize. He also claims that his lack of support from DC regarding a minor lawsuit related to the film adaptation of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" was instrumental in his departure. When no such apology was forthcoming, Moore (and O'Neill)", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "17769299", "text": "promised eon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London. Presented as a stand-alone hardcover spin-off rather than a new \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" story. The trilogy consists of three chapters, \"Nemo: Heart of Ice\", \"Nemo: The Roses of Berlin\", and \"Nemo: River of Ghosts\". \"Nemo: Heart of Ice\" follows Janni Dakkar to Antarctica in 1925. The story opens with Nemo and her crew robbing a great treasure from Ayesha, who appears to have great influence over Charles Foster Kane. Nemo travels to Antarctica as her father once did on a trip that", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "799661", "text": "builds a crepuscular alternate history story whose aim is to explain on a historical and psychoanalytical level why all European super-heroes disappeared from popular culture and European collective memory with World War II. Jess Nevins has produced a series of annotations for each volume which are available online (see links) and have also been expanded into book form: A film adaptation was released in 2003, also by the name \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". The film stars Sean Connery, who plays Allan Quatermain, and features Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner aka \"An\" Invisible Man (the rights could not be", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "3092122", "text": "filmed in Sydney was Baz Luhrmann's \"Moulin Rouge!\" (2001), in which Roxburgh played the Duke of Monroth. Roxburgh appeared as three iconic characters over the next three years: he played Sherlock Holmes in 2002's \"The Hound of the Baskervilles\", Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty in 2003's \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" and Count Dracula in 2004's \"Van Helsing\". He is one of only two actors to have played all three of these characters, the other being Orson Welles, who played them in separate radio programs. Roxburgh directed his first film, \"Romulus, My Father\" starring Eric Bana, released in 2007. This film", "title": "Richard Roxburgh" }, { "docid": "10696750", "text": "at Coradine, a ladies' commune in Scotland. She leaves, and the story ends with Allan sitting alone on a park bench. Just as in the first volume, the back of the second contains additional information on the League and its world. The chief is \"The New Traveller's Almanac,\" serialised in the back of the six issues and collected in the volume, serving as a guide to the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, including numerous references to classic and modern fictional works, e.g. the City of Opar, and Laputa, narrated by the creators. Other parts include a cover gallery,", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" }, { "docid": "839679", "text": "for \"Negative Burn\" published by Caliber Comics. The DVD of the 2003 documentary feature film \"The Mindscape of Alan Moore\" contains an exclusive bonus interview with Kevin O'Neill, elaborately detailing the collaboration with \"Alan Moore.\" O'Neill talks about \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century\", his run-ins with the censors and the status of the \"Marshal Law\" movie in an interview with The Times. His 2009 work includes \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century\", the third \"League\" limited series, the first issue of which was released in May 2009. O'Neill is a contributor to Alan Moore's bi-monthly magazine, \"Dodgem Logic\", which debuted", "title": "Kevin O'Neill (comics)" }, { "docid": "10696737", "text": "the Molluscs off Mars. As they leave, however, Carter worries they may be going to Earth. On Earth, in the year 1898, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (consisting of Allan Quatermain, Dr Henry Jekyll, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo and Hawley Griffin) arrive in Horsell Common, where a Mollusc spaceship lies at the centre of an impact crater. The League meet with MI5 Agent Campion Bond, and debate about what the mysterious craft is and where it came from. A tentacled alien emerges from the craft, and a group of men carrying a white flag descend into the crater to make", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" }, { "docid": "12924201", "text": "2001, as well as the film \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", directed by Stephen Norrington and released in 2003. Murphy and producer Tom DeSanto optioned rights to the Transformers toy line from Hasbro and pitched it to Hollywood studios. According to Murphy, the studios passed initially, but then began to express interest after further internal meetings involving younger staff, from the generation who had played with Transformers in their childhood. Paramount Pictures and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura pursued the property, and DreamWorks got involved. DreamWorks executive Michael De Luca proposed the idea to Steven Spielberg, who took the project and", "title": "Don Murphy" }, { "docid": "10495209", "text": "involved in both. \"The Martian War\" uses the same first name given to the Invisible Man by the creators of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. II\" (in the original book, the Invisible Man had no first name. \"LOEG\" author Alan Moore gave him the first name 'Hawley' as a reference to Hawley Crippen). Anderson had previously written the novelization of the \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" film. While making use of many themes in \"The War of the Worlds\", \"The Martian War\" is diametrically opposite in its basic philosophy. Wells emphasized humanity's complete helplessness in the face of the invasion,", "title": "The Martian War" }, { "docid": "10772904", "text": "also known for his work on the films \"Silent Hill\" and \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", where the visual side of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" was hailed as a \"visual treat\" in \"Variety\". Laustsen was born in Aalborg, to Aage Aarup Laustsen and Ellen Laustsen. He studied at the National Film School of Denmark (1976–1979) to pursue a career in cinematography. Laustsen has been involved in the production of feature films, documentaries, and advertisements. Dan Laustsen Dan Laustsen, , (born 15 June 1954) is a Danish cinematographer. He is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers and the", "title": "Dan Laustsen" }, { "docid": "839678", "text": "smokescreen, the pair have taken the third volume of \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" and its \"Nemo\" spinoffs to Knockabout Comics and Top Shelf Productions due both to Moore feeling insulted by the lack of support from 20th Century Fox and DC comics in the lawsuit, and also Warner Bros.' failure to retract false claims of Moore's endorsement of the \"V for Vendetta\" film adaptation. O'Neill drew the final \"Nemesis the Warlock\" story in the special \"Prog 2000\" millennium edition of \"2000AD\" in 1999. Apart from this and his work on \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", he has worked on short strips", "title": "Kevin O'Neill (comics)" }, { "docid": "16453003", "text": "a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs titled \"Cast of Characters\" in order to create the Sean Connery-starring \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" film in 2003. According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged 'that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name \"Cast of Characters\".' \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" was an adaptation of the 1999 published comic book series by Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill. Poll produced eleven studio films. His credits included two films loosely based on Russian", "title": "Martin Poll" }, { "docid": "9110945", "text": "in 1948, but the dates were changed by the publisher). The frame story sees Mina Harker and Allan Quatermain - now immortal after bathing in the fire of youth from \"\" - on their quest to recover the \"Black Dossier\", which contains the secret history of the now-disbanded League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The book starts with Mina Murray (going by the name Odette O'quim) at a bar in London, where MI5 Agent James \"Jimmy\" Bond (grandson of Campion Bond) attempts to seduce her, taking her to the decaying remains of the \"Ministry of Love\", once one of Big Brother's government", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" }, { "docid": "5565993", "text": "episode was written by splatterpunk-horror author David Schow, and starred Cohen regular Michael Moriarty. In 2003, Cohen, together with production partner Martin Poll was at the center of a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs titled \"Cast of Characters\" in order to create the Sean Connery-starring \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" film in 2003. According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged 'that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name \"Cast of Characters\".' \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" was an adaptation", "title": "Larry Cohen" }, { "docid": "17769295", "text": "after bathing in the fire of youth from \"She\"—on their quest to recover the Black Dossier itself (a confessed macguffin), in a metafictional unravelling of the secret history of the now-disbanded League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Out to stop them is a trio of secret agents: James Bond, Emma Night, and Hugo \"Bulldog\" Drummond. The pursuit takes Mina and Allan from London to Scotland and eventually to the magical Blazing World, overseen by Shakespeare's Prospero. Initially intended to be accompanied by a 45-rpm record featuring songs referenced in the plot, this addition was shelved ostensibly to be included as an incentive", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "12342716", "text": "Narrative (in 1995 with Eddie Campbell for \"From Hell\" and in 2003 with Kevin O'Neill for \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\") Moore received a Bram Stoker Award in the category Best Illustrated Narrative for \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" in 2000, then again in 2012 for \"Neonomicon\" as Best Graphic Novel. In 2005, \"Watchmen\" was the only graphic novel to make it on to \"Time\"'s \"The 100 Best Novels from 1923 to the Present\" list. Best Writer Best Writer/Artist Best Single Issue/Single Story Best Serialized Story Best Continuing Series Best Finite Series/Limited Series Best New Series Best Anthology Best Graphic", "title": "Alan Moore" }, { "docid": "10696886", "text": "The New Traveller's Almanac The New Traveller's Almanac is a series of writings included in the back of all six issues of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II\", covering the timeline and the world of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". The six issues covered the British Isles, Continental Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Australias, and the Polar Regions. In the Volume II collection, the \"Almanac\" was collected into a single 46-page document. All of the information from it was drawn from pre-existing literary sources (such as Shakespearean plays or the Cthulhu Mythos). The", "title": "The New Traveller's Almanac" }, { "docid": "10696889", "text": "to Fulworth to keep bees). The New Traveller's Almanac The New Traveller's Almanac is a series of writings included in the back of all six issues of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II\", covering the timeline and the world of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". The six issues covered the British Isles, Continental Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Australias, and the Polar Regions. In the Volume II collection, the \"Almanac\" was collected into a single 46-page document. All of the information from it was drawn from pre-existing literary sources (such as Shakespearean plays", "title": "The New Traveller's Almanac" }, { "docid": "7194928", "text": "comics Alan Moore was cynical of the film from early in its development, seeing that the two works bore little resemblance, distancing himself from the film altogether. \"As long as I could distance myself by not seeing them,\" he said, he could profit from the films while leaving the original comics untouched, \"assured no one would confuse the two. This was probably naïve on my part.\" \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" earned a total of $48,640,000 in rentals with $14,810,000 from video rentals and $33,830,000 from DVD rentals. DVD sales meanwhile gathered revenue of $36,400,000. A novelization of the movie", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "799650", "text": "daughter, Janni Dakkar, is introduced, and some of her adventures are chronicled subsequently. In a 1997 interview with Andy Diggle for the now defunct Comics World website, Alan Moore gave the title of the work as \"\"The League of Extraordinary Gentlefolk\"\". Moore changed the name to \"Gentlemen\" to better reflect the Victorian era. Simon Bisley was originally going to be the artist for the series before being replaced by Kevin O'Neill. The Victorian setting allowed Moore and O'Neill to insert \"in-jokes\" and cameos from many works of Victorian fiction, while also making contemporary references and jibes. The works bear numerous", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "10696725", "text": "furor, but is also a reference to the Marvelman, when Marvel Comics had previously retitled Marvelman, which was written by Alan Moore, to Miracleman, despite Marvelman having been around for 40 years. \"Volume I\" won the 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. Jess Nevins' annotations for this volume are available in a book entitled \"Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" and features; Elements from \"Volume One\" are present in the loose 2003 film adaptation. Similar to the comic, Professor Moriarty is revealed to be the antagonist in the film, though here he", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "7194924", "text": "when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop. In 2003, Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized their script \"Cast of Characters\". According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged \"that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name \"Cast of Characters\",\" and that Fox had solicited the comics series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" as a smoke screen. It noted that the films", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "7194926", "text": "with \"Empire\" magazine giving it two stars out of five while criticizing the film's exposition and lack of character depth, saying it 'flirts dangerously close with one-star ignominy'. A 30/100 approval rating on Metacritic is based on 36 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports 17% of 177 reviews being positive, with an average rating of 4/10. Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" gave the film one star out of a possible four stating \"\"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "9110939", "text": "to as \"The Dark Dossier\" during early announcements of its existence, \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier\" differs from the other regular volumes, as it is a self-contained graphic novel designed to be a \"sourcebook\" for the series. While the first two volumes included prose stories as backup features, the majority of \"Black Dossier\" consists of non-comic pieces, taking the form of prose stories, letters, maps, guidebooks, magazines and even a lost Shakespeare folio. Also included is a 'Tijuana Bible' insert and a 3-D section complete with custom glasses. However, these prose pieces and inserts are framed by a", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" }, { "docid": "11713172", "text": "audiobooks including Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, Jubilee by Shelley Harris and Playing It My Way, Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography. He has also featured on The Archers and BBC Radio 4's Book At Bedtime. Born and raised in Wiltshire, Garewal holds a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance. Garewal played Jasper Choudhury in over 50 episodes in Season 2 of US teen drama House of Anubis for Nickelodeon in 2012. Sartaj Garewal Sartaj Garewal is a British actor and voice artist who works in films, TV, theatre and audio. Films include \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" (2003), \"Dirty War\" (2004), \"The Infidel\"", "title": "Sartaj Garewal" }, { "docid": "11713171", "text": "Sartaj Garewal Sartaj Garewal is a British actor and voice artist who works in films, TV, theatre and audio. Films include \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" (2003), \"Dirty War\" (2004), \"The Infidel\" (2010) and \"Baseline\" (2010). Notable stage performances include Behind The Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre) 2015. Other theatre includes Romeo & Juliet (Royal Exchange Manchester), Taming of the Shrew (Arcola Theatre), East is East (New Vic Theatre, Stoke), Too Close to Home (Lyric Hammersmith, and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre) 2008. He played the lead role of Kuljit in BBC radio drama Silver Street for 6 years and has narrated various", "title": "Sartaj Garewal" }, { "docid": "8828828", "text": "'League' of extraordinary individuals to defend Britain. The group disbanded when Prospero returned to the Blazing World, but was succeeded by similar groups in the 1740s, early 19th century, 1890s, early 20th century, and a failed group in the 1950s. In the late 1890s the United Kingdom was attacked by Martian invaders, who were defeated via germ warfare. The nation went on to fight in World War I and against the Germany of Adenoid Hynkel in World War II. After the war, General Sir Harold Wharton, an agent implanted by rogue factions of MI5 into the Labour Party, took power", "title": "World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "17769290", "text": "who completes this incarnation of the League. Meeting with Professor Cavor, the League is sent against Fu Manchu in his Limehouse lair, who has stolen the only known sample of cavorite and plans to use it to build an armed airship, against which Britain would have little defence. Having eventually retrieved the cavorite, the League delivers it into the hands of their employer — none other than Professor Moriarty (nemesis of Sherlock Holmes), who plans to use it in an airship of his own, with which he will bomb his adversary's Limehouse lair flat, taking large parts of London and", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "1418072", "text": "The League of Gentlemen The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria and follows the lives of bizarre characters, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002 followed by a film in 2005. A three-part revival mini-series was broadcast", "title": "The League of Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "10696751", "text": "a playable \"Game of Extraordinary Gentlemen,\" an impossible \"Nemo's origami \"Nautilus\",\" a cautionary fable to complaining fans, and \"Campion Bond's moral maze.\" Volume II received the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. Time Magazine listed it as the 9th best comic of 2003. It was nominated for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative, but lost to \"\". It was included in the 2005 edition of \"The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics, & Manga\". The series has been collected into the following volumes: Jess Nevins' annotations for this volume are available in a book entitled \"A", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" }, { "docid": "7020856", "text": "Huggy Leaver Huggy Leaver (born Hugh Leaver), sometimes credited as Huggy Lever, is a British actor and former vocalist of The Plastix, an early UK Punk band. He has appeared in \"Trial & Retribution\", \"Birds of a Feather\", \"A Touch of Frost\" and \"Black Books\". He also played Paul in \"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\" and Mario in the 2000 film \"Going Off Big Time\" and appeared as a cab driver in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" and the pawn shop owner in \"Fast & Furious 6\". More recently, he played the recurrent role of Clint in \"EastEnders\" and", "title": "Huggy Leaver" }, { "docid": "11733824", "text": "Unextraordinary Gentlemen Unextraordinary Gentlemen (UXG) is a musical project formed in Los Angeles in 2005 by bassist/keyboardist Richard Pilawski (previously with the surf punk band Sex with Lurch) & vocalist/lyricist Eric Schreeck to \"...explore our love for post-punk, synth-pop, industrial & experimental music combined with the literary genre of Victorian fantasy.\" The project went public in early 2007, joined by Jennifer Pomerantz (of Demonika & The Darklings) on violin. The band's name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Alan Moore's \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". UXG has been called one of the \"foremost of the musical assets of... steampunk\" and has", "title": "Unextraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "6118190", "text": "Confession\" the general is stated to be Rosa Coote's grandfather. The character is probably based on the real-life Theresa Berkley who ran a brothel in Soho in the 1830s. The character reappears in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. She is Headmistress of the Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen, where the League discover Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, impregnating her students (who believe he is the \"Holy Spirit\"). Rosa Coote Rosa Coote is a fictional dominatrix appearing as a stock character in a number of works of Victorian erotica, including \"The Convent School, or Early", "title": "Rosa Coote" }, { "docid": "17769284", "text": "Soames and Italian criminal mastermind Count Zero (both from Frank Richards's \"Greyfriars School\" series)—before disbanding. During the course of the mission, the Iron Warrior was accidentally destroyed. This marked the end of the League as a group in the employ of the British government. They later would operate outside the law as fugitives and freelancers, following their own agenda rather than that of any official masters. By 1948 a totalitarian government (Ingsoc) was in control of Britain, which denounced and denied the League in all its forms. Many came to believe the extraordinary individuals never existed, and were nothing more", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "17769291", "text": "the League itself with it. An aerial battle above London commences, and the League eventually triumphs. Mycroft Holmes replaces Moriarty as the League's employer, and the extraordinary individuals are given the task of remaining in the service of the Crown, awaiting England's call. Some kind of a meteor shower is shown, leading up to the events in Volume II. Placed during the events of H. G. Wells's \"The War of the Worlds\", Volume II opens on Mars, where John Carter and Lt. Gullivar Jones (of Edwin Lester Arnold's \"\") have assembled an alliance to fight against Martian invaders. When the", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "7194918", "text": "while Quatermain confronts the Fantom, who is unmasked as M. Dorian is also revealed to be the traitor, murders Nemo's first mate Ishmael, and steals the \"Nautilus\"' exploration pod. M and Dorian leave a phonograph recording for the League, revealing that their true goal is to ignite the world war and Dorian has been collecting physical elements of the League to create superhuman formulas and sell them off to the highest bidder. The \"Nautilus\" is damaged by bombs hidden on board, but Hyde saves it by draining the flooded engine rooms. Skinner sends a message to the League, revealing he", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "1443553", "text": "known among his clientele as \"Fine Art\". He befriends the Oliver Twist character called Lee (played by Keivyn McNeill Grayes), the latter a black adolescent runaway. In the first edition of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic series \"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", set in 1898 London, the Dodger briefly appears as an elderly man running his own gang of boy thieves, hinting that he is still following in Fagin's footsteps. In 2001, the Artful Dodger was the subject of an Australian children's show called \"Escape of the Artful Dodger\". The show followed the Artful Dodger's adventures in the Australian penal", "title": "Artful Dodger" }, { "docid": "3631153", "text": "Sherlock Holmes. The character was used by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill in their series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", adapted to film in 2003, based on the premise that he faked his death to enjoy a quiet retirement. The character of Allan Quatermain has been portrayed in film and television by Richard Chamberlain, John Colicos, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, and Patrick Swayze. Stewart Granger also played Quatermain in the 1950 Hollywood film adaptation of \"King Solomon's Mines\", which was directed by Compton Bennett. \"Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold\" is a film released in 1987", "title": "Allan Quatermain" }, { "docid": "10572580", "text": "break out of a prison in Turkmenistan ends with Michael telling the person to swim across the Caspian Sea. Westen is also briefly mentioned in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III: 2009\" as a disgruntled former CIA agent providing intelligence to MI6. Michael Westen Michael Alan Westen is a fictional character played by Jeffrey Donovan in the television series \"Burn Notice\", created by Matt Nix. Michael, a spy and former Special Forces Operative of the Green Berets and Army Rangers, is widely known as a top CIA operative. As a result, in many circles he is greatly feared. He", "title": "Michael Westen" }, { "docid": "5435435", "text": "extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it was decided to wind up the football club. This was despite Nuneaton Town being financially sound (having sold their Manor Park ground to Nuneaton Corporation the previous December). Following the disbandment of 'the Boro' by its shareholders, a new group of 'local gentlemen' decided to reform the football club. The new name \"Nuneaton Borough\" reflected the royal charter status that the town had been granted. Club Nickname: 'The Boro' \"League\" \"Cup\" In March 1983, George Best played for Nuneaton Borough in a friendly match against Coventry City, and he scored from a penalty. In", "title": "Nuneaton Borough F.C." }, { "docid": "12342719", "text": "by the Hughes Brothers. The film made a number of radical differences from the original comic, altering the main character from an older, conservative detective to a young character played by Johnny Depp. This was followed in 2003 with \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", a film that departed radically from the books, changing the ending from a mob war over the skies of London to the infiltration of a secret base in Tibet. For these two works, Moore was content to allow the filmmakers to do whatever they wished and removed himself from the process entirely. \"As long as I", "title": "Alan Moore" }, { "docid": "6282718", "text": "understand the invaluable asset that Jess represented... I realised that if we had [him] tracking down all of the references for the readers, then we could be as obscure and far-reaching as we wanted...\", Moore later said Nevins' work helped inform \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II\": \"The New Traveller's Almanac\": \"The patient work contained within this current volume [\"Heroes & Monsters\"] has played an important part in the construction of this vast, imaginary global edifice that we're constructing... [the Almanac]\", Moore sees \"these companion volumes as having a necessary organic place in the body of the work itself.\"", "title": "Jess Nevins" }, { "docid": "10959128", "text": "leader of the Haddo cult. The next morning, the League meet with Jerry Cornelius, who tells them Andrew Norton is due to reappear at King's Cross. When Norton does appear, he continues to speak almost exclusively in cryptic riddles referencing works of fiction and events in the future, but he does reveal Haddo's spirit has been transferring into other bodies for years, including Karswell Trelawney and Kosmo Gallion, and directs the League's investigation towards a nightclub called the Flying Cylinder. Before leaving, Norton warns that by the time they meet again in 2009, the League will be \"too late\" to", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "1591229", "text": "of the sketch comedy series \"Robot Chicken\" titled \"Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" includes a skit that stars Mr. Krabs and Pearl. The segment, animated in stop motion like most other sketches on the program, features Mr. Krabs using crab legs as the secret ingredient for Krabby Patties. A track on \"The Best Day Ever\", a 2006 soundtrack album, titled \"Fishin' for Money\" features the vocal performance of Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs. In the 2017 Broadway musical based on \"SpongeBob\", Krabs, played by Brian Ray Norris, sings a duet with Pearl titled \"Daddy Knows Best,\" an original composition written", "title": "Mr. Krabs" }, { "docid": "17769287", "text": "in an ambulance against her will, thus failing to rejoin her teammates. Mina's disappearance leads Allan to fall back into drug addiction. In the late 1970s, Orlando leaves Quatermain and joins the British Army. By 2009, the League is defunct, until Orlando, recently discharged from the British Army, is tasked by Prospero to eliminate the Antichrist, and is reunited with Mina, and a now homeless and once-again drug addicted Allan who at first refuses to join them. Meanwhile, Jack Nemo, the last descendant of Captain Nemo, is waging a terrorist campaign in the Middle East. The League battles the Antichrist,", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "10696726", "text": "physically approaches the League as M, with no presence of Campion Bond. The revelation is not made clear until well into the film's climax, with no reference to Sherlock Holmes or Moriarty apparent at any earlier point. The film also mimics \"Volume One\" in a sequence where the Invisible Man (here named Rodney Skinner, a thief who stole Griffin's invisibility formula) departs from the team to spy on the antagonists while the League wrongly accuse him of betraying the group. Subtle references to the comic are also made in the background, such as a mutual newspaper front page which speculates", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "4986249", "text": "book series \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", as well as a Borg and Geordi La Forge from \"Star Trek\". When Comic Book Guy meets a girl with similar interests to him at the convention, Alexander Courage's piece \"Under the Spell\" from the original \"Star Trek\" pilot \"\" is played. A booth for the comic book \"Roswell, Little Green Man\" is seen at the convention; the comic was published by Groening's Bongo Comics Group. The episode contains multiple references to \"Star Wars\", the film series in which Hamill starred. Throughout the episode, Hamill wears the costume of his \"Star Wars\" character", "title": "Mayored to the Mob" }, { "docid": "10959125", "text": "London docks, as well as a letter from the Earl of Gurney confessing to all the Ripper crimes, so he orders for MacHeath to be freed without charge and sends the League to the docks. When they arrive, Orlando fends off the pirates with Excalibur, and amidst the chaos Mina runs into Janni, who recognises her from her previous visit to Lincoln Island in 1898. As the \"Nautilus\" departs, Janni invites Mina to join the crew should she ever decide to forsake government work. Mina berates the League for their reckless actions, and as they leave the ruined docks, MacHeath", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "17769289", "text": "prevent a resurrected Tony Montana and his occult gang, the Lost Boys, from killing all those between him and domination of America. In the aftermath of the events of the novel \"Dracula\", a now disgraced and divorced Mina Harker (née Murray) is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire. Together with Captain Nemo, Mina travels to Cairo to locate Allan Quatermain, then on to Paris in search of Dr. Jekyll; finally in London she forcibly recruits Hawley Griffin, The Invisible Man,", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics)" }, { "docid": "799648", "text": "into one world. Elements of Volume I were used in a loosely adapted feature film of the same name, released in 2003 and starring Sean Connery. A reboot was announced in May 2015. The year is 1898, and Mina Murray is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire: Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Jekyll, and Hawley Griffin the Invisible Man. They help stop a gang war between Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Following this they take part", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "6197370", "text": "assailant's point of view. Shah won critical acclaim by playing the role of Mohit, the drunken coach to a deaf and mute boy in \"Iqbal\", which was written by Vipul K Rawal with Shah specially in mind. Shah was praised for his roles in the 1999 Aamir Khan-starrer \"Sarfarosh,\" where he played Gulfam Hassan – a \"ghazal\" singer-cum-terrorist mastermind — and in Neeraj Pandey's critically acclaimed \"A Wednesday\" (2008). Shah has also starred in international projects, such as \"Monsoon Wedding\" in 2001 and a Hollywood comic book adaptation \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" in 2003 (co-starring Sean Connery), where he", "title": "Naseeruddin Shah" }, { "docid": "9331938", "text": "Aftab Sachak Aftab Sachak (born 16 July 1952) is an Afghan-born British actor. Born in London, he went to an English public school before studying acting. He made his television debut in \"King of the Ghetto\" in 1986 and played the serious minded shop keeper, Ashraf Karim, in the BBC soap opera, \"EastEnders\" (1987–1990). Since leaving \"EastEnders\" he has appeared in the BBC comedy \"Waiting for God\" (1993), \"Brothers in Trouble\" (1995), \"Call Red\" (1996), \"Out of Sight\" (1996–1998), \"The Bill\" (1999), \"Hope & Glory\" (2000), \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" (2003) and \"Second Generation\" (2003) among others. On stage,", "title": "Aftab Sachak" }, { "docid": "2120850", "text": "Two Smoking Barrels\". In the early 2000s he featured in two big-budget Hollywood films which were adaptations of Alan Moore comic books; as John Netley in 2001's \"From Hell\", with Johnny Depp, and 2003's \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", with Sean Connery, in which Flemyng played Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. The latter film was not a success, but Flemyng commented that: \"It was a bit of a nightmare... the film cost a fortune and didn't make back the money it was meant to... But I still get a huge kick out of doing films like that and \"From", "title": "Jason Flemyng" }, { "docid": "12617952", "text": "Island\", where Lionel Barrymore played 'André Dakkar'. The prison island where Nemo and his fellow captives are held by Robur is called Rura Penthe; this is a reference to the slave factory island from the film \"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\". It was due to having written \"Captain Nemo\" that Pocket Books approached Anderson to write the novelization of \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" film. Anderson would later go on to write a similarly themed novel covering H. G. Wells and his works, entitled \"The Martian War\". Verne is mentioned several times in the book. Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History", "title": "Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius" }, { "docid": "14782072", "text": "hurtled down was a cricket bat, much battered and ominously stained. The blade was split and bound in places with lengths of brass wire.<br> 'Ho! I crack skulls!' howled a terrible voice. 'Tremble, little men who serve He-of-the-Chin! The Shadow of the Wolf falls upon you!' In \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\", the Wolf of Kabul appears in \"\" as William Samson, Jr., son of the League's coach driver in Volume II, William Samson, Sr. He joined a hastily strung-together version of the League commanded by Joan Worralson, but her repeated rebuffing of his advances strained relations, albeit not for", "title": "Wolf of Kabul" }, { "docid": "10959133", "text": "has become a dystopia rife with poverty and depression, Orlando's gender switches to female. Prospero – outraged by the League's continuous failure to stop Oliver Haddo – appears and reveals the Antichrist has already been born, therefore the League only have a limited time to prevent Armageddon. In desperation, Orlando approaches the elderly Emma Night, the current head of MI5, and offers her the secret to immortality in exchange for help finding Mina. After speaking with Night she is briefly reunited with Allan, who has become a homeless drug addict, but he panics and flees before she can talk to", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century" }, { "docid": "10696715", "text": "by Professor Selwyn Cavor and using Cavorite to power and levitate heavier-than-air machines. The League are dispatched to London's Limehouse district in order to learn more about Fu Manchu. Mina and Griffin question Quong Lee (a storyteller from books by Thomas Burke), who reveals that Manchu is indeed operating within the area, but only gives them information in the form of a cryptic riddle: \"The waters lap beneath the heavenly bridge. The dragon sleeps below it. My advice to you: do not awaken it.\" Although Griffin is sceptical, Mina concludes that Manchu's activities must be taking place beneath Rotherhithe Bridge.", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One" }, { "docid": "10495208", "text": "together with Dr. Moreau and Hawley Griffin, who help develop a strain of cholera to be used against the Martians. Wells travels to the Moon to free the Selenites, who have been enslaved by the Martians, who join forces to end the Martian menace once and for all. The premise is similar to the earlier \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II\" as both involve a group of literary figures being brought together by a secret agency of the British government to fight the Martians. Both books end the invasion by using a biological weapon, and Griffin and Moreau are", "title": "The Martian War" }, { "docid": "10696738", "text": "peace with it, only to be incinerated by a powerful heat-ray from the craft. As the heat-ray kills the onlookers gathered around the crater's edge, Dr Jekyll turns into Mr Hyde, who threatens the alien with violent death. Mina manages to calm Hyde down, and the League retreat to the nearby Bleak House Inn. Later that day, the British armed forces arrive in the area, and Griffin sees another spaceship falling from the sky towards Woking. Mina checks on Hyde, and they have a compassionate conversation about their friendship, which is something Hyde does not feel he shares with the", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" }, { "docid": "7194919", "text": "has sneaked aboard the exploration pod and telling them to follow his heading. The League reach northern Mongolia, reuniting with Skinner, where they plot to destroy M's factory with explosives. Nemo and Hyde rescue the scientists, Skinner sets the explosive charges, while Mina battles Dorian, killing him by exposing him to his portrait. Quatermain and Sawyer confront M, identifying him as Professor James Moriarty, the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, who took on a new alias after his alleged death at the Reichenbach Falls. Sawyer is taken hostage by an invisible Reed; Quatermain shoots the latter, only for Moriarty to fatally", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)" }, { "docid": "7290355", "text": "Tony Curran Tony Curran (born 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in \"\", \"Doctor Who\", \"Roots\" and the Netflix historical epic \"Outlaw King\". Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1969. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2012, he married Mai Nguyen. Curran appeared in the BBC television series \"This Life\". Since then, the Scots star has appeared in a number of major film and television roles. Some of his roles have included Rodney Skinner (\"The Invisible Man\"), an original character in \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\". To portray the", "title": "Tony Curran" }, { "docid": "11425750", "text": "the Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground. The Wasps would use Wigginton Road as one of their home grounds until 1989. The stadium, in its time, played host to many Australian and New Zealand national rugby league teams who played tour games against York, the Yorkshire representative team or an English League XIII. Wigginton Road Cricket Ground Wigginton Road Cricket Ground in York is a former cricket ground. Its one and only first-class match was held in June 1890 between Yorkshire and Kent. The ground was then known as the Yorkshire Gentlemen Cricket Club Ground, having been used by the Yorkshire Gentlemen from", "title": "Wigginton Road Cricket Ground" }, { "docid": "375114", "text": "annotations to \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" (first published in 1999). Younger readers have also been targeted by steampunk themes, by authors such as Philip Reeve and Scott Westerfeld. Reeve's quartet \"Mortal Engines\" is set far in Earth's future where giant moving cities consume each other in a battle for resources, a concept Reeve coined as \"Municipal Darwinism\". Westerfeld's \"Leviathan\" trilogy is set during an alternate First World War fought between the \"clankers\" (Central Powers), who use steam technology, and \"darwinists\" (Allied Powers), who use genetically engineered creatures instead of machines. \"Mash-ups\" are also becoming increasingly popular in books aimed", "title": "Steampunk" }, { "docid": "2983330", "text": "their estates), but who are nevertheless considered iconic or 'mythic' enough to be recognised from a few character traits or descriptions without being directly named (thus not requiring royalties payments to be made to the copyright holder). A prominent example occurs within \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One\", wherein a character who is clearly intended in appearance and description by other characters to be Dr. Fu Manchu appears as a significant villain; however, as this character was not in the public domain at the time of writing and the rights still held by the estate of his creator Sax", "title": "Crossover (fiction)" }, { "docid": "799652", "text": "with fans of esoteric Victoriana, who have delighted in attempting to place every character who makes an appearance. Moore said: Moore's long-standing outspoken criticism of DC Comics (stemming in large part from his perceived mistreatment at their hands over the rights to \"Watchmen\") made his position with DC-owned subsidiary Wildstorm Comics (of which \"LoEG\" publisher America's Best Comics is an imprint) tenuous from the start. Moore's initial agreement was with WildStorm owner Jim Lee, who sold his studio to DC after dealing with Moore, but before any of the ABC projects were published. Moore agreed to honor his contracts with", "title": "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" }, { "docid": "10701903", "text": "two examples. Coogan's remit, therefore, is to clarify these issues and: Sanderson also notes that Coogan - and his publisher, MonkeyBrain, who also publish Jess Nevins' annotations on Alan Moore's \"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\" - are not following the common trend in academic circles to largely ignore the superhero genre when comics are discussed. Coogan seeks to define not merely the superhero as a character, but also the genre itself, thereby discussing not just individual attributes, but types of story, noting that the superhero: Coogan's definition makes reference to DC's lawsuit against Victor Fox, who published Wonder Man in", "title": "Peter Coogan" } ]

[ "John Maynard Keynes" ]

[ { "docid": "2124671", "text": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money of 1936 is the last and most important book by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. It created a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology – the \"Keynesian Revolution\". It had equally powerful consequences in economic policy, being interpreted as providing theoretical support for government spending in general, and for budgetary deficits, monetary intervention and counter-cyclical policies in particular. It is pervaded with an air of mistrust for the rationality of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124671", "text": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money of 1936 is the last and most important book by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. It created a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology – the \"Keynesian Revolution\". It had equally powerful consequences in economic policy, being interpreted as providing theoretical support for government spending in general, and for budgetary deficits, monetary intervention and counter-cyclical policies in particular. It is pervaded with an air of mistrust for the rationality of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "14949160", "text": "publishing, the book has been translated into over 10 languages. Economic Development of the North Atlantic Community: Historical Introduction to Modern Economics (1967). Dudley's second major work. Proudhon, Gesell and Keynes: An Investigation of Some \"anti-Marxian Socialist\" Antecedents of Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1997). Dudley's third major work. The Economics of John Maynard Keynes The Economics of John Maynard Keynes: The Theory of Monetary Economy is a non-fiction work by Dudley Dillard which seeks to make \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" by John Maynard Keynes understandable to both the economist and to the", "title": "The Economics of John Maynard Keynes" }, { "docid": "6371698", "text": "Liquidity preference In macroeconomic theory, liquidity preference is the demand for money, considered as liquidity. The concept was first developed by John Maynard Keynes in his book \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" (1936) to explain determination of the interest rate by the supply and demand for money. The demand for money as an asset was theorized to depend on the interest foregone by not holding bonds (here, the term \"bonds\" can be understood to also represent stocks and other less liquid assets in general, as well as government bonds). Interest rates, he argues, cannot be a reward", "title": "Liquidity preference" }, { "docid": "14954656", "text": "Where Keynes Went Wrong Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts is a non-fiction work by Hunter Lewis. It was first published in 2009. This 384 page book for both general reader and economist questions the validity of John Maynard Keynes’s assumptions. Lewis argues that The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is based almost exclusively on Keynes’s intuition rather than on demonstrated logic or solid evidence. Lewis begins by demystifying Keynes by giving his elaboration of Keynes's writings in General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money and other works. Using claims", "title": "Where Keynes Went Wrong" }, { "docid": "6371702", "text": "sensible empirical foundations in a true monetary economy\". Liquidity preference In macroeconomic theory, liquidity preference is the demand for money, considered as liquidity. The concept was first developed by John Maynard Keynes in his book \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" (1936) to explain determination of the interest rate by the supply and demand for money. The demand for money as an asset was theorized to depend on the interest foregone by not holding bonds (here, the term \"bonds\" can be understood to also represent stocks and other less liquid assets in general, as well as government bonds).", "title": "Liquidity preference" }, { "docid": "3346943", "text": "economy. But monetary aggregates remain a leading economic indicator. with \"some evidence that the linkages between money and economic activity are robust even at relatively short-run frequencies.\" Knut Wicksell criticized the quantity theory of money. John Maynard Keynes criticized the quantity theory of money in \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\". Keynes had originally been a proponent of the theory, but he presented an alternative in the \"General Theory\". Keynes argued that the price level was not strictly determined by the money supply. Changes in the money supply could have effects on real variables like output. Ludwig von", "title": "Quantity theory of money" }, { "docid": "1340273", "text": "or 1699: his will was written in May 1698 and his executors received probate on 6 February 1699. During the later part of his life, Nicholas Barbon wrote extensively on economic theory. His pamphlets and books on political economy are considered important because of their innovative views on money, trade (especially free trade) and supply and demand. His works, especially \"A Discourse of Trade\" (written in 1690), influenced and drew praise from 20th-century economists such as John Maynard Keynes (in \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\") and Joseph Schumpeter. He was one of several late 17th-century economic, social", "title": "Nicholas Barbon" }, { "docid": "2120411", "text": "Dennis Robertson (economist) Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (23 May 1890 – 21 April 1963) was an English economist who taught at Cambridge and London Universities. Robertson, the son of a Church of England clergyman, was born in Lowestoft and educated as a scholar of Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Classics and Economics, graduating in 1912. Robertson worked closely with John Maynard Keynes in the 1920s and 1930s, during the years when Keynes was developing many of the ideas that later were incorporated in his \"General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\". Keynes wrote that at that", "title": "Dennis Robertson (economist)" }, { "docid": "3308907", "text": "Greek letters for missing data in its formulas and of flouting logic. He wrote, \"Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces.\" Professor Myrdal was an early supporter of the theses of John Maynard Keynes, although he maintained that the basic idea of adjusting national budgets to slow or speed an economy was first developed by him and articulated in his book \"Monetary Economics\", published in 1932, four years prior to Keynes' \"General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\". William Barber’s comment upon Myrdal’s work on", "title": "Gunnar Myrdal" }, { "docid": "3048407", "text": "The Failure of the New Economics The Failure of the \"New Economics\" (1959) is a book by Henry Hazlitt offering a detailed critique of John Maynard Keynes' work \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" (1936). Hazlitt's work represents the most detailed critical analysis of \"The General Theory\" ever undertaken from an Austrian perspective. Hazlitt embarked on this project because, in his view, although general critiques of Keynes and \"The General Theory\" had been made, no critic had completed a detailed, paragraph-by-paragraph, analysis of the work and accordingly followers of Keynes could argue that previous critiques were shallow and", "title": "The Failure of the New Economics" }, { "docid": "3048409", "text": "anything to our understanding.\" The Failure of the New Economics The Failure of the \"New Economics\" (1959) is a book by Henry Hazlitt offering a detailed critique of John Maynard Keynes' work \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" (1936). Hazlitt's work represents the most detailed critical analysis of \"The General Theory\" ever undertaken from an Austrian perspective. Hazlitt embarked on this project because, in his view, although general critiques of Keynes and \"The General Theory\" had been made, no critic had completed a detailed, paragraph-by-paragraph, analysis of the work and accordingly followers of Keynes could argue that previous", "title": "The Failure of the New Economics" }, { "docid": "1412971", "text": "be exchanged for new bills; attempts to hold money thus result in it expiring and becoming worthless. Along similar lines, John Maynard Keynes approvingly cited the idea of a carrying tax on money, (1936, \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\") but dismissed it due to administrative difficulties. More recently, a carry tax on currency was proposed by a Federal Reserve employee (Marvin Goodfriend) in 1999, to be implemented via magnetic strips on bills, deducting the carry tax upon deposit, the tax being based on how long the bill had been held. It has been proposed that a negative", "title": "Interest rate" }, { "docid": "647747", "text": "R. Hicks, and James Meade all presented papers describing mathematical models attempting to summarize John Maynard Keynes' \"General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money\". Hicks, who had seen a draft of Harrod's paper, invented the IS–LM model (originally using the abbreviation \"LL\", not \"LM\"). He later presented it in \"Mr. Keynes and the Classics: A Suggested Interpretation\". Hicks later agreed that the model missed important points of Keynesian theory, criticizing it as having very limited use beyond \"a classroom gadget\", and criticizing equilibrium methods generally: \"When one turns to questions of policy, looking towards the future instead of the past,", "title": "IS–LM model" }, { "docid": "14949158", "text": "The Economics of John Maynard Keynes The Economics of John Maynard Keynes: The Theory of Monetary Economy is a non-fiction work by Dudley Dillard which seeks to make \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" by John Maynard Keynes understandable to both the economist and to the non-economist. It was first published in 1948. In addition to explaining the economic theories of Keynes, Dillard also includes a chapter on Keynes’s philosophical development and the “social philosophy toward which it leads.” Throughout the book, Dillard provides summaries and examines Keynes' concepts on employment, income, saving, marginal propensity to consume, the", "title": "The Economics of John Maynard Keynes" }, { "docid": "6459360", "text": "ultimately benefit all of society. John Maynard Keynes was a very influential classical economist as well, having written his General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money in 1936. Neoclassical development theory became influential towards the end of the 1970s, fired by the election of Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the USA. Also, the World Bank shifted from its Basic Needs approach to a neoclassical approach in 1980. From the beginning of the 1980s, neoclassical development theory really began to roll out. One of the implications of the neoclassical development theory for developing countries were the Structural", "title": "Development theory" } ]

[ { "docid": "2124806", "text": "a student guide was Robinson (1937) and the most successful (by numbers sold) was Hansen (1953). These are both quite accessible but adhere to the Old Keynesian school of the time. An up-to-date post-Keynesian attempt, aimed mainly at graduate and advanced undergraduate students, is Hayes (2006), and an easier version is Sheehan (2009). Paul Krugman has written an introduction to the 2007 Palgrave Macmillan edition of \"The General Theory. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money of 1936 is the last and most important book by the English economist John Maynard", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124781", "text": "shook off the picture of the interest rate being purely monetary, with a corresponding assumption that changes in the return on capital took their effect solely on income. Viner, Knight and Étienne Mantoux understood Keynes as advancing the Chapter 13 view; Hicks and Franco Modigliani who followed him adopted the Chapter 15 generalisation. Hansen recognised that Keynes often wrote as if liquidity preference was a function of interest rate alone, but saw this as a persistent error. Samuelson accepted 'the classical theory of interest and capital' which determines the interest rate from the same equation as Keynes (and Samuelson himself)", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2301222", "text": "indirectly, on purchasing the product\" (from chapter 2 of his \"General Theory\"). See the article on The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money for a summary of Keynes's view. Although hoarding of money was not a direct cause of unemployment in Keynes's theory, his concept of saving was unclear and some readers have filled the gap by assigning to hoarding the role Keynes gave to saving. An early example was Jacob Viner, who in his 1936 review of the \"General Theory\" said of hoarding that Keynes' attaches great importance to it as a barrier to \"full\" employment' (p152) while", "title": "Say's law" }, { "docid": "3186146", "text": "regardless of provenance, are grouped in academia under the rubric of \"Keynesian economics\", due to Keynes's role in consolidating, elaborating, and popularizing them. Keynes himself specifically discussed underconsumption (which he wrote \"under-consumption\") in \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,\" in Chapter 22, Section IV, and Chapter 23, Section VII. The theory of underconsumption has been criticized by classical economists such as James Mill, by Karl Marx (explicitly in his crisis theory), Frederick Engels, and many subsequent Marxists, and by Austrian economics. Underconsumption was criticized by Adam Smith, who wrote \"What is prudence in the conduct of every private", "title": "Underconsumption" }, { "docid": "2124767", "text": "economic theory by Richard Kahn in a 1931 paper cited by Keynes in his own discussion. Kahn's mechanism is based on looking at an initial expenditure and noting that it will end up in the pockets of various employees and suppliers who in turn will spend a proportion of what they receive, thereby creating more employment; and so forth. Robinson, Samuelson and Hansen include it in their accounts. Mantoux wrote that \"The entire demonstration, it would seem... rests on this function\". Samuelson explained the multiplier in these terms: Let's suppose that I hire unemployed resources to build a $1000 woodshed.", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124805", "text": "or suggest that control of the money supply or interest rates is the key remedy for inflation, unlike neoclassical theory. Lastly, Keynes' economic theory was criticized by Marxian economists, who said that Keynes ideas, while good intentioned, cannot work in the long run due to the contradictions in capitalism. A couple of these, that Marxians point to are the idea of full employment, which is seen as impossible under private capitalism; and the idea that government can encourage capital investment through government spending, when in reality government spending could be a net loss on profits. The earliest attempt to write", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124684", "text": "asserts that the rate of interest already performs another function in the economy, that of equating demand and supply of money, and that it cannot adjust to maintain two separate equilibria. In his view it is the monetary role which wins out. This is why Keynes's theory is a theory of money as much as of employment: the monetary economy of interest and liquidity interacts with the real economy of production, investment and consumption. Keynes sought to allow for the lack of downwards flexibility of wages by constructing an economic model in which the money supply and wage rates were", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124674", "text": "in the course of the next ten years — the way the world thinks about its economic problems. I can't expect you, or anyone else, to believe this at the present stage. But for myself I don't merely hope what I say,— in my own mind, I'm quite sure. The first chapter of the \"General theory\" (only half a page long) has a similarly radical tone: I have called this book the \"General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\", placing the emphasis on the prefix \"general\". The object of such a title is to contrast the character of my arguments", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124736", "text": "prices, and proposed a modification to Keynes's model. After this a succession of more elaborate models were constructed, many associated with the Phillips curve. Keynes's optimistic prediction that an increase in money supply would be taken up by an increase in employment led to Jacob Viner's pessimistic prediction that \"in a world organized in accordance with Keynes' specifications there would be a constant race between the printing press and the business agents of the trade unions\". Models of wage pressure on the economy needed frequent correction and the standing of Keynesian theory suffered. Geoff Tily wrote ruefully: Finally, the most", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124794", "text": "an own rate of interest to be 'one of the most incredible' of the 'confusions in the \"General Theory\" '. In §I–IV Keynes gives a sympathetic notice to the 17th century mercantilists who, like himself, believed interest to be a monetary phenomenon and saw high interest rates as harmful. He accepts their conclusion that in principle export restrictions may prevent the flow of money abroad and lead to economic advantages at home. For similar reasons Keynes sees justice in scholastic prohibitions of usury. He remarks in §V that Adam Smith had supported a maximum legal rate of interest. Smith's reasoning", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124673", "text": "in classical economics, but by the level of aggregate demand. If the total demand for goods at full employment is less than the total output, then the economy has to contract until equality is achieved. Keynes thus denied that full employment was the natural result of competitive markets in equilibrium. In this he challenged the conventional ('classical') economic wisdom of his day. In a letter to his friend George Bernard Shaw on New Year's Day, 1935, he wrote: I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize — not I suppose, at once but", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124745", "text": "but this quality was belied by the \"General Theory\", which in the words of Étienne Mantoux attained \"a degree of obscurity without precedent in his past work\". Frank Knight, another hostile critic, commented on \"the exasperating difficulty of following his exposition\". More significant is the view of writers sympathetic to Keynes. Michel DeVroey comments that \"many passages of his book were almost indecipherable\". Paul Davidson wrote that... ...even after reading the \"General Theory\" in 1936, <nowiki>[</nowiki>Paul<nowiki>]</nowiki> Samuelson, perhaps reflecting <nowiki>[</nowiki>Robert<nowiki>]</nowiki> Bryce's view of the difficulty of understanding Keynes's book, found the \"General Theory\" analysis \"unpalatable\" and not comprehensible. Hazlitt quotes", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "13013703", "text": "\"Physiology of industry\" (1889). argue that there are three components to the Keynesian revolution: a policy revolution, a theoretical (or intellectual) revolution, and a textbook revolution. These are addressed in turn. Keynes's revolutionary theory was set out in his book \"General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\", commonly referred to by the abbreviated title \"General Theory\". While working on the book, Keynes wrote to George Bernard Shaw, saying \"I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize, not I suppose at once but in the course of the next ten years – the way", "title": "Keynesian Revolution" }, { "docid": "1300308", "text": "1936 \"General theory of employment, interest, and money\". In his initial account of liquidity preference (the demand for money) in Chapter 13, this demand is solely a function of the interest rate; and since the supply is given and equilibrium is assumed, the interest rate is determined by the money supply. In his later account (Chapter 15), interest cannot be separated from other economic variables and needs to be analysed together with them. See The General Theory for details. It is thought that Jacob Bernoulli discovered the mathematical constant e by studying a question about compound interest. He realized that", "title": "Interest" }, { "docid": "2124742", "text": "express a wish for the broadest and earliest possible dissemination of his new ideas. Keynes's work on the \"General Theory\" began as soon as his \"Treatise on Money\" had been published in 1930. He was already dissatisfied with what he had written and wanted to extend the scope of his theory to output and employment. By September 1932 he was able to write to his mother: 'I have written nearly a third of my new book on monetary theory'. In autumn 1932 he delivered lectures at Cambridge under the title 'the monetary theory of production' whose content was close to", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124741", "text": "own account, Macmillan & Co., the 'publishers' (in reality they were distributors), could not object to the expense of Keynes' method of operating. They came out of Keynes' profit (Macmillan & Co. merely received a commission). Keynes' object was to simplify the process of circulating drafts; and eventually to secure good sales by fixing the retail price lower than would Macmillan & Co. The advantages of self-publication can be seen from Étienne Mantoux's review: When he published \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" last year at the sensational price of 5 shillings, J. M. Keynes perhaps meant to", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124716", "text": "The level of employment \"N̂\" is given by the horizontal position at which the pink curve has a value of formula_2, and this is evidently a decreasing function of \"W\". This diagram cannot have been in Keynes's mind when he wrote (Chapter 2, p12) that \"one would have expected the classical school to argue\" that if money-wages change then the effect on prices would leave \"the level of unemployment practically the same as before\". The theoretical system we have described is developed over chapters 4–18, and is anticipated by a chapter which – amidst a proliferation of symbols – interprets", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124764", "text": "seems perverse to deny that investment is financed (or stimulated) by capital expenditure. Schumpeter provided the following summary of Keynes's theory: Current saving and current investment, being identically equal, cannot determine anything. Planned (ex ante) saving and planned (ex ante) investment determine income (total net output)... G. L. S. Shackle later wrote that: Myrdalian ex ante language would have saved the General Theory from describing the flow of investment and the flow of saving as identically, tautologically equal, and within the same discourse, treating their equality as a condition which may, or not, be fulfilled. All forms of saving may", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124672", "text": "free-market decision making. Keynes denied that an economy would automatically adapt to provide full employment even in equilibrium, and believed that the volatile and ungovernable psychology of markets would lead to periodic booms and crises. The \"General Theory\" is a sustained attack on the 'classical' orthodoxy of its time. It introduced the concepts of the consumption function, the principle of effective demand and liquidity preference, and gave new prominence to the multiplier and the marginal efficiency of capital. The central argument of \"The General Theory\" is that the level of employment is determined not by the price of labour, as", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124721", "text": "regarded this, as they regarded other supply curves, as simply influencing the allocation of resources. But here too, even from a classical point of view, Keynes can be seen to be correct, at least assuming fixed wage rates. The classics (who had written little about unemployment) had not taken account of Lavington's observation that interest is the opportunity cost of holding money. They should have reasoned that an increase in the marginal efficiency of capital leads to an increase in the interest rate which increases the cost of holding money and therefore leads to faster circulation; that this has the", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "14128238", "text": "recessions could happen, but not long-term depressions. He was able to address this further in \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\". In his General Theory, Keynes argued against the seesaw theory and said that the economy was more like an elevator that can stop at any level. This is because once the economy reaches the bottom, individuals would have no excess income to save. No savings results in no investment so the economy cannot save itself. Without the savings, there is no pressure to lower interest rates, so there is no incentive for businesses to invest. In his", "title": "A Treatise on Money" }, { "docid": "2124720", "text": "in Keynes's theory lies in the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital which, as we have seen, is defined in Chapter 11 in terms of \"expected\" returns. Keynes differs here from Fisher whom he largely follows, but who defined the 'rate of return over cost' in terms of an actual revenue stream rather than its expectation. Keynes was certainly correct in this, and the point has a particular significance in his theory. Keynes differed from his classical predecessors in assigning a role to the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital in determining the level of employment. The classics", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124795", "text": "– certainly surprising from the proponent of the 'invisible hand' of markets – was based on a fear that a high rate of interest would lead to loans being cornered by spendthrifts and get-rich-quick 'projectors'. §VI is devoted to the theories of 'the strange, unduly neglected prophet Silvio Gesell' who had proposed a system of 'stamped money' to artificially increase the carrying costs of money. 'The idea behind stamped money is sound', says Keynes, but subject to technical difficulties, one of which is the existence of other outlets for liquidity preference such as jewellery and formerly land. It is interesting", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124753", "text": "a demand for investment. This was the line pursued by Jacob Viner, who wrote of Keynes that: He finds fault with the \"classical\" economists for their alleged neglect of the gulf between the desire to save and the desire to invest, i.e., for their neglect of \"liquidity preferences\"... It was a shortcoming of the Ricardian wing of the classical school that... they steadfastly adhered to their position that hoarding was so abnormal a phenomenon as not to constitute a significant contributing factor to unemployment... Hoarding constitutes a fairly small proportion of saving, and Viner accordingly doubted that it could play", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "13358344", "text": "as the natural exceeded the market interest rate . In these conditions, borrowers turn a profit and deposit cash into bank reserves, which expands money supply. This can lead to a cumulative process where inflation increases continuously without an expansion in the monetary base. Wicksell's work influenced Keynes and the Swedish economists of the Stockholm School. Modern macroeconomics can be said to have begun with Keynes and the publication of his book \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" in 1936. Keynes expanded on the concept of liquidity preferences and built a general theory of how the economy worked.", "title": "History of macroeconomic thought" }, { "docid": "2124792", "text": "one in which employment is low enough and the standard of life sufficiently miserable to bring savings to zero'. The misery does not depend on any assumption of static wages. If the return to capital falls to zero then according to Keynes's theory there will be no investment, and income must collapse to the point at which the propensity to save disappears. However his conclusions are not pessimistic because he postulates that steps may be taken to adjust the interest rate to ensure full employment (p220), that 'enormous social changes would result' and that 'this may be the most sensible", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124744", "text": "general theory of employment'. In these lectures Keynes presented the marginal efficiency of capital in much the same form as it took in Chapter 11, his 'basic chapter' as Kahn called it. He gave a talk on the same subject to economists at Oxford in February 1935. This was the final building block of the \"General Theory\". The book was finished in December 1935 and published in February 1936. Keynes was an associate of Lytton Strachey and shared much of his outlook. According to Hazlitt his \"reputation as a great economist rested from the beginning on his purely \"literary\" brilliance\",", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124731", "text": "of the other competitors, all of whom are looking at the problem from the same point of view. It is not a case of choosing those which, to the best of one's judgment, are really the prettiest, nor even those which average opinion genuinely thinks the prettiest. We have reached the third degree where we devote our intelligences to anticipating what average opinion expects the average opinion to be. And there are some, I believe, who practise the fourth, fifth and higher degrees. Keynes's theory of the trade cycle is a theory of the slow oscillation of money income which", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124737", "text": "destructive step of all was Samuelson's and <nowiki>[Robert]</nowiki> Solow's incorporation of the Phillips curve into 'Keynesian' theory in a manner which traduced not only Phillips but also Keynes's careful work in the \"General Theory\", Chapter 21, substituting for its subtlety an immutable relationship between inflation and employment. The 1970s combination of inflation and stagnating economic activity was at odds with this relationship, and therefore 'Keynesianism', and by association Keynes were rejected. Monetarism was merely waiting in the wings for this to happen. Keynes's assumption of wage behaviour was not an integral part of his theory – very little in his", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124697", "text": "Chapter 15. His arguments offer ample scope for criticism, but his final conclusion is that liquidity preference is a function mainly of income and the interest rate. The influence of income (which really represents a composite of income and wealth) is common ground with the classical tradition and is embodied in the Quantity Theory; the influence of interest had also been noted earlier, in particular by Frederick Lavington (see Hicks's 'Mr. Keynes and the \"Classics\" '). Thus Keynes's final conclusion may be acceptable to people who question the arguments along the way. However he shows a persistent tendency to think", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124715", "text": "interest rate on the velocity of circulation is small enough to be ignored. This allows us to treat \"V\" as constant and solve the first and third equations (the 'first postulate' and the quantity theory) together, leaving the second equation to determine the interest rate from the result. We then find that the level of employment is given by the formula formula_1. The graph shows the numerator and denominator of the left-hand side as blue and green curves; their ratio – the pink curve – will be a decreasing function of \"N\" even if we don't assume diminishing marginal returns.", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124743", "text": "the \"Treatise\" except in giving prominence to a liquidity preference theory of interest. There was no consumption function and no theory of effective demand. Wage rates were discussed in a criticism of Pigou. In autumn 1933 Keynes's lectures were much closer to the \"General Theory\", including the consumption function, effective demand, and a statement of 'the inability of workers to bargain for a market-clearing real wage in a monetary economy'. All that was missing was a theory of investment. By spring 1934 Chapter 12 was in its final form. His lectures in autumn of that year bore the title 'the", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124699", "text": "To which Jacob Viner retorted that: By analogous reasoning he could deny that wages are the reward for labor, or that profit is the reward for risk-taking, because labor is sometimes done without anticipation or realization of a return, and men who assume financial risks have been known to incur losses as a result instead of profits. Keynes goes on to claim that the demand for money is a function of the interest rate alone on the grounds that: The rate of interest is... the \"price\" which equilibrates the desire to hold wealth in the form of cash with the", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124793", "text": "way of getting rid of many of the objectionable features of capitalism' (p221). Keynes begins by defining 'own rates of interest'. If the market price for purchasing the commitment to supply a bushel of wheat every year in perpetuity was the price of 50 bushels, then the 'wheat rate of interest' would be 2%. He then tries to find the property which justifies us in regarding the money rate as the true rate. His arguments didn't satisfy his supporters who accepted Pigou's contention that it makes no difference which rate is used. Hazlitt went further, considering the very concept of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124683", "text": "income: the richer people are, the more wealth they will seek to put aside. The profitability of investment, on the other hand, is determined by the relation between the return available to capital and the interest rate. The economy needs to find its way to an equilibrium in which no more money is being saved than will be invested, and this can be accomplished by contraction of income and a consequent reduction in the level of employment. In the classical scheme it is the interest rate rather than income which adjusts to maintain equilibrium between saving and investment; but Keynes", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124722", "text": "same effect on prices as an increase in the money supply; and that higher prices at a given wage level lead to higher employment. They might have thought this to be a weak effect, but they could not with consistency have denied its existence. On the other hand, Keynes may have considered the effect to be larger than it really is. He defines his multiplier \"k\" as 1 / \"S\" '(\"Y\" ), and this gives the response of income to a change in the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital \"for a given interest rate\". However the interest rate", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124800", "text": "but he went on in practice to place great emphasis on the reduction of long-term interest rates and the reform of the international monetary system as structural measures needed to encourage both investment and consumption by the private sector. Paul Samuelson said that the General Theory \"caught most economists under the age of 35 with the unexpected virulence of a disease first attacking and decimating an isolated tribe of South Sea islanders.\" Many of the innovations introduced by \"The General Theory\" continue to be central to modern macroeconomics. For instance, the idea that recessions reflect inadequate aggregate demand and that", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124749", "text": "employment\", and described Chapter 11 – the point of divergence – as needing to be completely rewritten. John Hicks occupied the opposite extreme, basing his interpretation on Book IV in 'Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\" ', and thereby for the first time making this part of the \"General theory\" intelligible to other economists. He was a relatively faithful interpreter of selected elements of Keynes's theory while also bringing Keynes close to previous orthodoxy. His reading has been severely criticised by partisans of the more radical elements of Keynes's thinking. Even Hicks nudges the Book IV doctrine in the direction of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124704", "text": "of money are indeed \"measured in terms of wage-units\" (p246). In Chapter 14 Keynes contrasts the classical theory of interest with his own, and in making the comparison he shows how his system can be applied to explain all the principal economic unknowns from the facts he takes as given. The two topics can be treated together because they are different ways of analysing the same equation. Keynes's presentation is informal. To make it more precise we will identify a set of 4 variables – saving, investment, the rate of interest, and the national income – and a parallel set", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124696", "text": "by income). It is analogous to the curve giving the amount of gold which can be extracted from the soil at a price less than \"p\". Nonetheless the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital was a demand function in Keynes's eyes. For fixed industrial conditions, we conclude that 'the amount of investment... depends on the rate of interest' as John Hicks put it in 'Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\" '. Keynes proposes two theories of liquidity preference (i.e. the demand for money): the first as a theory of interest in Chapter 13 and the second as a correction in", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124705", "text": "of 4 equations which jointly determine them. The graph illustrates the reasoning. The red S lines are shown as increasing functions of \"r\" in obedience to classical theory; for Keynes they should be horizontal. The first equation asserts that the reigning rate of interest r̂ is determined from the amount of money in circulation M̂ through the liquidity preference function and the assumption that L (r̂ ) = M̂. The second equation fixes the level of investment Î given the rate of interest through the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital as I(r̂ ). The third equation tells us", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124698", "text": "in terms of the Chapter 13 theory while nominally accepting the Chapter 15 correction. Chapter 13 presents the first theory in rather metaphysical terms. Keynes argues that: It should be obvious that the rate of interest cannot be a return to saving or waiting as such. For if a man hoards his savings in cash, he earns no interest, though he saves just as much as before. On the contrary, the mere definition of the rate of interest tells us in so many words that the rate of interest is the reward for parting with liquidity for a specified period.", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124799", "text": "political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back... But, soon or late, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil. Keynes did not set out a detailed policy program in \"The General Theory\",", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "14027625", "text": "Cambridge version of the quantity theory led to both Keynes's attack on the quantity theory and the Monetarist revival of the theory. Marshall recognized that \"k\" would be determined in part by an individual's desire to hold liquid cash. In his \"General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\", Keynes expanded on this concept to develop the idea of liquidity preference, a central Keynesian concept. Cambridge equation The Cambridge equation formally represents the Cambridge cash-balance theory, an alternative approach to the classical quantity theory of money. Both quantity theories, Cambridge and classical, attempt to express a relationship among the amount of", "title": "Cambridge equation" }, { "docid": "2124771", "text": "a system parameter, namely the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital. There will be an associated response for employment, and given Keynes's use of wage units this too can be expressed as a dimensionless constant. It might reasonably be termed the \"employment multiplier\" and one might well \"assume (as a first approximation) that the employment multiplier is equal to the investment multiplier\" (p248). Keynes assigns a value 1 / (1–\"c\" ) to his investment multiplier, where \"c\" is the marginal propensity to consume. This is correct under his Chapter 13 theory of liquidity preference but he does not notice", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124735", "text": "theory, with the effect being borne by prices if income increases during a period of full employment, and by employment in other circumstances. Keynes's assumption about wage behaviour has been the subject of much criticism. Hazlitt pointed out that wage rates adapted partially to depression conditions and Keynes can hardly have been unaware of this. The consequence may be that effects on employment are weaker than his model implies, but not that they disappear. Lerner pointed out in the 40s that it was optimistic to hope that the workforce would be content with fixed wages in the presence of rising", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "20690466", "text": "the preface to the French edition he says that the book “registers my final escape from the confusions of the Quantity Theory”. But none of his references to the quantity theory make sense if taken literally, whereas all make perfect sense if understood as referring instead to the neutrality of money, a concept which had been introduced to economics in 1931 by Hayek. The word ‘neutrality’ occurs nowhere in the \"General Theory\". Keynes’s interest is not in how total income/output in money terms adjust to changes in money supply, but in how individual measures – prices, wages, employment – are", "title": "Keynes’s theory of wages and prices" }, { "docid": "231250", "text": "interest. He interpreted his treatment of liquidity as implying a purely monetary theory of interest. Keynes's younger colleagues of the Cambridge Circus and Ralph Hawtrey believed that his arguments implicitly assumed full employment, and this influenced the direction of his subsequent work. During 1933 he wrote essays on various economic topics “all of which are cast in terms of movement of output as a whole”. At the time that Keynes's wrote the General Theory, it had been a tenet of mainstream economic thought that the economy would automatically revert to a state of general equilibrium: it had been assumed that,", "title": "Keynesian economics" }, { "docid": "2124754", "text": "the role he thought Keynes assigned to it. Keynes, in his reply, did not seem to understand why Viner had imagined hoarding to be an important part of his theory. In fact his model of liquidity allows no scope for either the supply or the demand for hoarding: the quantity of money is fixed and each individual person desires to hold a static amount. Supporters as well as critics of Keynes have adopted hoarding explanations. Paul Davidson, after rejecting Samuelson's reading of the \"General Theory\", reported that a 1977 paper by 'the perennial renegade' F. H. Hahn had generalised monetary", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124759", "text": "in a society with an elastic money and credit system. This draws a line after the second item in the list. Alternatively it might be said that when money is lent, the decision to lend is made by the saver and the decision to invest by the borrower, and that these may not conform with each other. This draws a line somewhere around the middle of the list and seems to be the assumption made by Frank Knight, who commented that: It almost seems as if the money which is saved is completely distinct from the money which is lent", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124738", "text": "book depends on it – and was avowedly a simplification: in fact it was the simplest assumption he could make without imposing an unnatural cap on money income. Keynes drew a lot of help from his students in his progress from the \"Treatise on Money\" (1930) to the \"General Theory\" (1936). The Cambridge Circus, a discussion group founded immediately after the publication of the earlier work, reported to Keynes through Richard Kahn, and drew his attention to a supposed fallacy in the \"Treatise\" where Keynes had written: Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124700", "text": "available quantity of cash... which, as Frank Knight commented, seems to assume that demand is simply an inverse function of price. The upshot from these reasonings is that: Liquidity-preference is a potentiality or functional tendency, which fixes the quantity of money which the public will hold when the rate of interest is given; so that if \"r\" is the rate of interest, \"M\" the quantity of money and \"L\" the function of liquidity-preference, we have \"M\" = \"L\"(\"r\" ). This is where, and how, the quantity of money enters into the economic scheme. And specifically it determines the rate of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "20470599", "text": "Wage unit The wage unit is a unit of measurement for monetary quantities introduced by Keynes in his 1936 book \"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\" (\"General Theory\"). A value expressed in wage units is equal to its price in money units divided by the wage (in money units) of a man-hour of labour. The classical economists believed that the value of a product could be identified with the number of man-hours of labour which went into its production. This value was inherently real. Economic values can always be expressed in monetary terms except in a barter economy.", "title": "Wage unit" }, { "docid": "2124708", "text": "supply is the domain of monetary policy. The effect of a change in the quantity of money is considered at p298. The change is effected in the first place in money units. According to Keynes's account on p295, wages will not change if there is any unemployment, with the result that the money supply will change to the same extent in wage units. We can then analyse its effect from the diagram, in which we see that an increase in M̂ shifts r̂ to the left, pushing Î upwards and leading to an increase in total income (and employment) whose", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "5510504", "text": "Robinson wrote: \"Its sharp and concentrated statement provides a better introduction to the general theory of employment, interest and money than any that has yet been produced.\" Except for a small number of economists (in particular econometrists) familiar with his work, Kalecki's contributions, originally printed in Polish, failed to gain recognition. In October 1933 he read his essay to the International Econometrics Association in Leiden and in 1935 published it in two major journals: \"Revue d'Economie Politique\" and \"Econometrica\". Although the readers of both journals were not particularly impressed, Kalecki's article received favourable comments from such leading economists as Ragnar", "title": "Michał Kalecki" }, { "docid": "2124680", "text": "as the 'first postulate of classical economics' and summarising it as saying that 'The wage is equal to the marginal product of labour'. The first postulate can be expressed in the equation y' (\"N\" ) = \"W\" / \"p\", where y (\"N\" ) is the real output when employment is \"N\", and \"W\" and \"p\" are the wage rate and price rate in money terms (and hence \"W\" / \"p\" is the wage rate in real terms). A system can be analysed on the assumption that \"W\" is fixed (i.e. that wages are fixed in money terms) or that \"W\"", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124772", "text": "that it needs to be modified in the light of his Chapter 15 theory. A respending multiplier would be expected to take he value of 1 / (1–\"x\" ) where \"x\" is the marginal propensity to spend. Keynes describes the Chapter 10 multiplier as being set in motion by an \"increment of investment\" (p117) and gives the example of \"increased public works\" (p116). He explicitly differentiates it from Kahn's multiplier, which he terms the \"employment multiplier\" but which is still not the same as the employment multiplier which might be seen as implicit in Chapter 18. Although the Chapter 10", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124701", "text": "interest, which therefore cannot be determined by the traditional factors of 'productivity and thrift'. Chapter 15 looks in more detail at the three motives Keynes ascribes for the holding of money: the 'transactions motive', the 'precautionary motive', and the 'speculative motive'. He considers that demand arising from the first two motives 'mainly depends on the level of income' (p199), while the interest rate is 'likely to be a minor factor' (p196). Keynes treats the speculative demand for money as a function of \"r\" alone without justifying its independence of income. He says that... what matters is not the \"absolute\" level", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124713", "text": "is therefore not a function of the level of employment alone since it will also vary with prices. The first postulate assumes that prices can be represented by a single variable. Strictly it should be modified to take account of the distinction between marginal wage cost and marginal prime cost. The classics took the second equation as determining the rate of interest, the third as determining the price level, and the first as determining employment. Keynes believed (perhaps incorrectly: see wage unit) that the last two equations could be solved together for \"Y\" and \"r\" , which is not possible", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124782", "text": "used to determine the level of employment. Resistance to monetary reductions in wages is one of Keynes's key premises, introduced in Chapter 2. In his discussion of Pigou's \"Theory of unemployment\" he criticises Pigou's view 'that unemployment is primarily due to a wage policy which fails to adjust itself sufficiently to changes in the real demand for labour'. When considering wage rates himself he argues against the desirability of reductions in the real wage \"firstly\" by claiming that the theory he has developed so far shows that they would bring no benefit (Chapter 19 §II), and \"secondly\" by remarks along", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124780", "text": "the basis of the Chapter 13 theory and that the second theory was added as an afterthought without its consequences being followed through. The 'restatement' of the theory in Chapter 18 is notable for its not applying the Chapter 15 correction accurately: one influence on liquidity preference (the rate of interest) is treated as an 'independent variable' and the other (income) as acting through a 'repercussion'. There were no serious obstacles in Keynes's path, and Hicks showed how to handle the Chapter 15 liquidity preference correctly. What he couldn't change is the interpretation Keynes placed on his doctrines, which never", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124685", "text": "externally determined (the latter in money terms), and in which the main variables were fixed by the equilibrium conditions of various markets in the presence of these facts. Many of the quantities of interest, such as income and consumption, are monetary. Keynes often expresses such quantities in \"wage units\" (Chapter 4): to be precise, a value in wage units is equal to its price in money terms divided by \"W\", the wage (in money units) per man-hour of labour. Keynes generally writes a subscript \"w\" on quantities expressed in wage units, but in this account we omit the \"w\". When,", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124723", "text": "is not given, and Keynes should have looked at the income component of the joint response of income and interest rate to a change in the schedule using his Chapter 15 model of liquidity preference. In his 'restatement' of Chapter 18 (pp248f) he again treats the interest rate as given and discusses the effect of 'an increase in the rate of investment', concluding that 'the ratio... between an increment of investment and the corresponding increment of aggregate income... is given by the multiplier'. He then mentions the 'repercussions' arising from changes in liquidity preference due to an increase in employment,", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124783", "text": "the lines that 'there is no means of securing uniform wage reductions' (\"ibid.\"). He kept the second argument 'on reserve' (in words attributed to Schumpeter by W. H. Hutt ). Once the wage rate had been absorbed into other quantities through use of the wage unit it disappeared from sight in the \"General Theory\". Keynes doesn't include it among the 'independent variables' listed near the beginning of Chapter 18. Viner took him at his word that there was 'no place' for 'unemployment due to downward-rigidity of money-wages' in his system. Mantoux came to the opposite conclusion: It would seem that", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124711", "text": "variables – interest rate and income – and these are the same two variables as are related by the equation between the propensity to save and the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital. It follows that neither equation can be solved in isolation and that they need to be considered simultaneously. The 'first postulate' of classical economics was also accepted as valid by Keynes, though not used in the first four books of the \"General Theory\". The Keynesian system can thus be represented by three equations in three variables as shown below, roughly following Hicks. Three analogous equations can", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124726", "text": "\"k\". The lower bound is attained under a pre-Lavington classical model in which \"interest\" has no effect on liquidity preference, and the upper bound under the Chapter 13 theory in which \"income\" has no effect; in general the position of κ between the extremes will depend on the relative magnitudes of the two influences. Chapter 12 discusses the psychology of speculation and enterprise. Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over days to come, can only be taken as a result of animal spirits – of a spontaneous urge", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124760", "text": "and borrowed, and that the former, if it ever reaches a bank, or any lending agency, is still kept entirely separate. The significance of the separation of roles is rejected every bit as forcefully by Keynes himself in §V of Chapter 7. This explanation too had acceptance among some of Keynes's 'Book I' supporters. Joan Robinson wrote: Decisions to save and decisions to invest are taken quite independently of each other... Under a completely socialist system the government would decide how much investment was desirable... But in the system under which we live the decision to save and the decision", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124802", "text": "in all universities, is New Keynesian economics, which accepts the neoclassical concept of long-run equilibrium but allows a role for aggregate demand in the short run. New Keynesian economists pride themselves on providing microeconomic foundations for the sticky prices and wages assumed by Old Keynesian economics. They do not regard \"The General Theory\" itself as helpful to further research. The minority view is represented by post-Keynesian economists, all of whom accept Keynes's fundamental critique of the neoclassical concept of long-run equilibrium, and some of whom think \"The General Theory\" has yet to be properly understood and repays further study. In", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124804", "text": "diagrams can still be found in textbooks. Post-Keynesians argue that the neoclassical Keynesian model is completely distorting and misinterpreting Keynes' original meaning. Just as the reception of \"The General Theory\" was encouraged by the 1930s experience of mass unemployment, its fall from favour was associated with the 'stagflation' of the 1970s. Although few modern economists would disagree with the need for at least some intervention, policies such as labour market flexibility are underpinned by the neoclassical notion of equilibrium in the long run. Although Keynes explicitly addresses inflation, \"The General Theory\" does not treat it as an essentially monetary phenomenon", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124675", "text": "and conclusions with those of the classical theory of the subject, upon which I was brought up and which dominates the economic thought, both practical and theoretical, of the governing and academic classes of this generation, as it has for a hundred years past. I shall argue that the postulates of the classical theory are applicable to a special case only and not to the general case, the situation which it assumes being a limiting point of the possible positions of equilibrium. Moreover, the characteristics of the special case assumed by the classical theory happen not to be those of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124682", "text": "being fixed in real terms. He attributes the second postulate to the classics subject to the qualification that unemployment may result from wages being fixed by legislation, collective bargaining, or 'mere human obstinacy' (p6), none of which can be identified with the marginal disutility of labour and all of which are likely to fix wages in money terms. Keynes's economic theory is based on the interaction between demands for saving, investment, and liquidity (i.e. money). Saving and investment are necessarily equal, but different factors influence decisions concerning them. The desire to save, in Keynes's analysis, is mostly a function of", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124694", "text": "capital as a proportion of its cost. The 'schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital' is the function which, for any rate of interest \"r\", gives us the level of investment which will take place if all opportunities are accepted whose return is at least \"r\". By construction this depends on \"r\" alone and is a decreasing function of its argument; it is illustrated in the diagram, and we shall write it as I(r ). This schedule is a characteristic of the current industrial process which Irving Fisher described as representing the 'investment opportunity side of interest theory'; and in", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "7502388", "text": "Employment\". In these writing Keynes formulated a theory of uncertainty about the future that exploded the entire edifice of traditional economics which rested, implicitly, on the notion of timeless equilibrium conceptions which implied full access to knowledge on the part of all actors. In outlining this Shackle sought to marry what he considered Keynes' best insights in the \"Treatise on Money\" with his later notion of liquidity preference in the \"General Theory\". In doing so Shackle formed a coherent, speculative theory of interest rates in which interest rates are set in line with financial speculators' expectations in the face of", "title": "G. L. S. Shackle" }, { "docid": "2124707", "text": "in three unknowns. And finally, since Keynes's discussion takes place in Chapter 14, it precedes the modification which makes liquidity preference depend on income as well as on the rate of interest. Once this modification has been made the unknowns can no longer be recovered sequentially. The state of the economy, according to Keynes, is determined by four parameters: the money supply, the demand functions for consumption (or equivalently for saving) and for liquidity, and the schedule of the marginal efficiency of capital determined by 'the existing quantity of equipment' and 'the state of long-term expectation' (p246). Adjusting the money", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124724", "text": "thereby treating the role of interest in determining liquidity preference as primary and the role of income as a secondary correction separate from the main analysis. Hansen comments: But this is wrong. His mistake follows from the fact that he often, perhaps generally, made the rate of interest depend exclusively on liquidity preference and the quantity of money. Keynes compounds this error when he writes in his reply to Viner that... ...there is always a formula, more or less of this kind, relating the output of consumption-goods which it pays to produce to the output of investment-goods; and I have", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124733", "text": "employment is reached, it will thenceforward be the wage-unit and prices which will increase in exact proportion to the increase in effective demand. Keynes's theory of the trade cycle is based on 'a cyclical change in the marginal efficiency of capital' induced by 'the uncontrollable and disobedient psychology of the business world' (pp313, 317). The marginal efficiency of capital depends... on current expectations... But, as we have seen, the basis for such expectations is very precarious. Being based on shifting and unreliable evidence, they are subject to sudden and violent changes. Optimism leads to a rise in the marginal efficiency", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124681", "text": "/ \"p\" is fixed (i.e. that they are fixed in real terms) or that \"N\" is fixed (e.g. if wages adapt to ensure full employment). All three assumptions had at times been made by classical economists, but under the assumption of wages fixed in money terms the 'first postulate' becomes an equation in two variables (\"N\" and \"p\" ), and the consequences of this had not been taken into account by the classical school. Keynes proposed a 'second postulate of classical economics' asserting that the wage is equal to the marginal disutility of labour. This is an instance of wages", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124758", "text": "individuals and also any other current public expenditure which is so financed. Strictly speaking, the latter should be reckoned as negative saving... and it is difficult to interpret this as not implying that public demand for borrowing corresponds to a demand for dis-saving – not just for the exchequer (which is immaterial to the level of employment) but for society as a whole. Hansen suggested that adjustments to the money supply might absorb the gap between demands for saving and investment: If expectations are favorable for investment, though funds are currently lacking, means of purchase can readily be made available", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124732", "text": "requires it to be possible for income to move upwards or downwards. If he had assumed that wages were constant, upward motion of income would have been impossible at full employment, and he would have needed some mechanism to frustrate upward pressure if it arose in such circumstances. His task is made easier by a less restrictive (but nonetheless crude) assumption concerning wage behaviour: let us simplify our assumptions still further, and assume... that the factors of production... are content with the same money-wage so long as there is a surplus of them unemployed... ; whilst as soon as full", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124692", "text": "will be greater than 1. Keynes's account is not intelligible until his economic system has been fully set out (see below). In Chapter 10 he describes his multiplier as being related to the one introduced by R. F. Kahn in 1931, but the two have little in common. The mechanism of Kahn's multiplier lies in an infinite series of transactions, each conceived of as creating employment: if you spend a certain amount of money, then the recipient will spend a proportion of what he or she receives, the second recipient will spend a further proportion again, and so forth. Enough", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "2124676", "text": "the economic society in which we actually live, with the result that its teaching is misleading and disastrous if we attempt to apply it to the facts of experience. Keynes's main theory (including its dynamic elements) is presented in Chapters 2-15, 18, and 22, which are summarised here. A shorter account will be found in the article on Keynesian economics. The remaining chapters of Keynes's book contain amplifications of various sorts and are described later in this article. The first Book of the General Theory is a repudiation of Say's Law. The classical view for which Keynes made Say a", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" }, { "docid": "16403824", "text": "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money\", Keynes asserts, in effect, that the demand for money in the present derives from the uncertainty of our knowledge about the future - and that the fact that human knowledge of the future is \"fluctuating, vague and uncertain, renders wealth a peculiarly unsuitable subject for the methods of the classical economic theory.\" The kind of uncertainty that Keynes is referring to is the same kind that Lachmann associates with radical subjectivism. In fact, according to Keynes, \"We simply do not know.\" This sentiment is echoed in Shackle's subsequent, firm assertion, on the same", "title": "Kaleidics" }, { "docid": "20636526", "text": "contending. Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\" John Hicks's 1937 paper Mr. Keynes and the \"Classics\"; a suggested interpretation is the most influential study of the views presented by J. M. Keynes in his \"General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money\" of February 1936. It gives “a potted version of the central argument of the \"General Theory\" ” as an equilibrium specified by two equations (shown as intersecting curves in the \"IS-LM\" diagram) which dominated Keynesian teaching until Axel Leijonhufvud published a critique in 1968. Leijonhufvud's view that Hicks misrepresented Keynes's theory by reducing it to a static system was in", "title": "Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\"" }, { "docid": "20636465", "text": "Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\" John Hicks's 1937 paper Mr. Keynes and the \"Classics\"; a suggested interpretation is the most influential study of the views presented by J. M. Keynes in his \"General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money\" of February 1936. It gives “a potted version of the central argument of the \"General Theory\" ” as an equilibrium specified by two equations (shown as intersecting curves in the \"IS-LM\" diagram) which dominated Keynesian teaching until Axel Leijonhufvud published a critique in 1968. Leijonhufvud's view that Hicks misrepresented Keynes's theory by reducing it to a static system was in turn", "title": "Mr Keynes and the \"Classics\"" }, { "docid": "2124739", "text": "cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living. The \"Circus\" disbanded in May 1931, but three of its members – Kahn and Austin and Joan Robinson – continued to meet in the Robinsons' house in Trumpington St. (Cambridge), forwarding comments to Keynes. This led to a 'Manifesto' of 1932 whose ideas were taken up by Keynes in his lectures. Kahn and Joan Robinson were well versed in marginalist theory which Keynes did not fully understand at the time (or possibly ever), pushing him towards adopting elements of it in the \"General Theory\". During 1934", "title": "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" } ]

[ "September 2 , 1945" ]

[ { "docid": "5735269", "text": "Surrender of Japan The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945—the alternative being \"prompt and utter destruction\". While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter", "title": "Surrender of Japan" }, { "docid": "5109199", "text": "on Shumshu surrender to Soviet forces. August 25, 1945 Japanese surrender in Karafuto (south Sakhalin Island). August 27, 1945 B-29s drop supplies to Allied POWs in China. August 29, 1945 The Soviets shoot down a B-29 Superfortress dropping supplies to POWs in Korea August 29, 1945 U.S. troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. August 30, 1945 The United Kingdom reoccupies Hong Kong. September 2, 1945 Formal Japanese surrender ceremony aboard USS \"Missouri\" in Tokyo Bay; U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares VJ Day. September 2, 1945 The Japanese", "title": "End of World War II in Asia" }, { "docid": "5735269", "text": "Surrender of Japan The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945—the alternative being \"prompt and utter destruction\". While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter", "title": "Surrender of Japan" }, { "docid": "5306412", "text": "of Southeast Asia. During World War II, the Korean Liberation Army was preparing an assault against the Imperial Japanese forces in Korea in conjunction with American Office of Strategic Services, but the Japanese surrender prevented the execution of the plan. The government's goal was achieved with Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, but they were not approved by other governments as a member of allied nations, who signed peace treaty with Japan in San Francisco. The sites of the Provisional Government in Shanghai and Chongqing (Chungking) have been preserved as museums. In 1919, when U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ruled for", "title": "Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea" } ]

[ { "docid": "228648", "text": "States. However, experts estimate that over 100,000 artifacts actually remain in Japan. Japanese officials considered returning Korean cultural properties, but to date this has not occurred. Korea and Japan still dispute the ownership of the Dokdo, islets located east of the Korean Peninsula. There was a significant level of emigration to the overseas territories of the Empire of Japan during the Japanese occupation period, including Korea. By the end of World War II, there were over 850,000 Japanese settlers in Korea. After World War II, most of these overseas Japanese repatriated to Japan. In 1945, with the surrender of Japan,", "title": "Korea" }, { "docid": "14116792", "text": "Prisoners captured by Japanese forces during this and the First Sino-Japanese War and World War I were also treated in accordance with international standards. Attitudes towards surrender hardened after World War I. While Japan signed the 1929 Geneva Convention covering treatment of POWs, it did not ratify the agreement, claiming that surrender was contrary to the beliefs of Japanese soldiers. This attitude was reinforced by the indoctrination of young people. The Japanese military's attitude towards surrender was institutionalized in the 1941 \"Code of Battlefield Conduct\" (\"Senjinkun\"), which was issued to all Japanese soldiers. This document sought to establish standards of", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "14116803", "text": "prisoners of war. Australian soldiers were also reluctant to take Japanese prisoners for similar reasons. Incidents in which Japanese soldiers booby-trapped their dead and wounded or pretended to surrender in order to lure Allied combatants into ambushes were well known within the Allied militaries and also hardened attitudes against seeking the surrender of Japanese on the battlefield. As a result, Allied troops believed that their Japanese opponents would not surrender and that any attempts to surrender were deceptive; for instance, the Australian jungle warfare school advised soldiers to shoot any Japanese troops who had their hands closed while surrendering. Furthermore,", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "20302256", "text": "Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II This is a timeline of the surrenders of the various armies of the Axis powers that marked the end of World War II. There are two lists: the first denotes surrenders in April–November 1945. The second one shows the surrenders of Japanese holdouts that only surrendered in the months, years, and even decades after the end of the war. This table displays a chronology of Japanese holdouts throughout the Pacific. The pink-colored rows show unconfirmed holdouts, while the gray-colored rows show those holdouts who were aware", "title": "Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II" }, { "docid": "5109201", "text": "Korea surrender. September 10, 1945 Japanese in Labuan surrender. September 11, 1945 Japanese in Sarawak surrender. September 12, 1945 Japanese in Singapore surrender. September 13, 1945 Japanese in Burma surrender. September 14, 1945 Japanese in Sulawesi surrender. September 16, 1945 Japanese in Hong Kong formally surrender. October 25, 1945 Japanese in Taiwan surrender to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as part of General Order No. 1, which later led to the ambiguous and unresolved political status of Taiwan. After Japan's defeat in 1945, with the help of Seri Thai, Thailand was treated as a defeated country by the British and French, although", "title": "End of World War II in Asia" }, { "docid": "19440104", "text": "Bombing of Kumagaya in World War II The on 14 August 1945, was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States of America against military and civilian targets and population centers during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of World War II. Although the Japanese government had already agreed to accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration and unconditionally surrender to the Allies on 14 August, the USAAF had already launched another bombing mission against the Japanese cities of Isesaki, Gunma and Kumagaya, Saitama, and would not call off the raid as the surrender", "title": "Bombing of Kumagaya in World War II" }, { "docid": "9889673", "text": "\"LCI(M)-760\" was based out of the port of Nagasaki, Japan for some if not all of this time. Duties included transportation of U.S. Marines to outlying islands to take surrender of Japanese garrisons, and other fleet duties. \"LCI(M)-760\" was decommissioned, date unknown and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Sold on 20 January 1947, \"LCI(M)-760\"s fate is not known. \"LCI(G)-760\" received one battle star for World War II service. \"LCI(M)-760\" received one battle star for World War II service. USS LCI(L)-760 USS \"LCI(L)-760\" was an LCI-351-class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), laid down and launched on dates unknown. Commissioned on", "title": "USS LCI(L)-760" }, { "docid": "14116808", "text": "Information report stated that it may have been more important than fear of disgrace and a desire to die for Japan. Instances of Japanese personnel being killed while attempting to surrender are not well documented, though anecdotal accounts provide evidence that this occurred. Estimates of the numbers of Japanese personnel taken prisoner during the Pacific War differ. Japanese historian Ikuhiko Hata states that up to 50,000 Japanese became POWs before Japan's surrender. The Japanese Government's wartime POW Information Bureau believed that 42,543 Japanese surrendered during the war; a figure also used by Niall Ferguson who states that it refers to", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "14116805", "text": "forces mounted an extensive psychological warfare campaign against their Japanese opponents to lower their morale and encourage surrender. This included dropping copies of the Geneva Conventions and 'surrender passes' on Japanese positions. This campaign was undermined by Allied troops' reluctance to take prisoners, however. As a result, from May 1944, senior US Army commanders authorized and endorsed educational programs which aimed to change the attitudes of front line troops. These programs highlighted the intelligence which could be gained from Japanese POWs, the need to honor surrender leaflets, and the benefits which could be gained by encouraging Japanese forces to not", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "1933910", "text": "World War II, General Order No. 1 ordered the forces of the Empire of Japan in Taiwan to surrender to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The Republic of China appointed Chen Yi as the Chief Executive of Taiwan. He arrived in Taiwan on 24 October 1945 and received the last Japanese governor, Ando Rikichi, who signed the document of surrender on the next day. On the next day, Chen Yi proclaimed Taiwan Retrocession Day. The validity of the proclamation is subject to some debate however, with some supporters of Taiwan independence arguing that it is invalid, and that the date simply marks", "title": "History of the Republic of China" }, { "docid": "3417667", "text": "fought with distinction throughout the world, including in the European theatre against Germany, in North Africa against Germany and Italy, in the South Asian region defending India against the Japanese and fighting the Japanese in Burma. Indians also aided in liberating British colonies such as Singapore and Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Over 87,000 Indian soldiers (including those from modern day Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh) died in World War II. Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942 asserted the British \"couldn't have come through both wars [World War I and II]", "title": "India in World War II" }, { "docid": "3999042", "text": "concern over how Japan's World War II history may be remembered by its citizens. Japanese war crimes War crimes of the Empire of Japan occurred in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. These incidents have been described as an Asian Holocaust. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although most took place during the first part of the \"Shōwa Era\", the name given to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, until the surrender of the Empire of", "title": "Japanese war crimes" }, { "docid": "14116816", "text": "prisoners. This included developing propaganda leaflets and loudspeaker broadcasts which were designed to encourage other Japanese personnel to surrender. The wording of this material sought to overcome the indoctrination which Japanese soldiers had received by stating that they should \"cease resistance\" rather than \"surrender\". POWs also provided advice on the wording for propaganda leaflets which were dropped on Japanese cities by heavy bombers in the final months of the war. Japanese POWs held in Allied prisoner of war camps were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. By 1943 the Allied governments were aware that personnel who had been captured", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "14116796", "text": "surrender in order to lure Allied troops into ambushes. In addition, wounded Japanese soldiers sometimes tried to use hand grenades to kill Allied troops attempting to assist them. Japanese attitudes towards surrender also contributed to the harsh treatment which was inflicted on the Allied personnel they captured. Not all Japanese military personnel chose to follow the precepts set out on the \"Senjinkun\". Those who chose to surrender did so for a range of reasons including not believing that suicide was appropriate or lacking the will to commit the act, bitterness towards officers, and Allied propaganda promising good treatment. During the", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "5510232", "text": "Isitt represented New Zealand at conferences in London, Washington and Ottawa during World War II. He was the New Zealand signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the USS Missouri marking the formal surrender of Japanese forces, so ending World War II. Isitt retired in 1946 as Chief of the Air Staff and he became chairman of Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) in 1947. He continued as TEAL chairman until 1963 when he was succeeded by Sir Andrew McKee. Following his retirement as chairman of NAC and TEAL he served as chairman of Standard–Triumph New Zealand, Motor Assemblies Limited and", "title": "Leonard Monk Isitt" }, { "docid": "2326804", "text": "degrees, secured France's acknowledgment as a World War II victor and allowed its evasion from the US-planned AMGOT; even though after World War II USAF bases were maintained in France until their evacuation in 1967, due to de Gaulle's rejection of NATO. As a result, Free French General François Sevez signed the first German Instrument of Surrender, as witness, on 7 May 1945 (Rheims, France), French 1st Army General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny signed the second declaration on 8 May 1945 (Berlin, Germany), also as witness, and French General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender", "title": "Military history of France during World War II" }, { "docid": "7666477", "text": "Soviet–Japanese War The Soviet–Japanese War (; , \"soren tai nichi sansen\" \"Soviet Union entry into war against Japan\") was a military conflict within the Second World War beginning soon after midnight on August 9, 1945, with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. The Soviets and Mongolians terminated Japanese control of Manchukuo, Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia), northern Korea, Karafuto, and the Chishima Islands (Kuril Islands). The defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped in the Japanese surrender and the termination of World War II. The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision", "title": "Soviet–Japanese War" }, { "docid": "14116823", "text": "the end of the war. Soviet and Chinese forces accepted the surrender of 1.6 million Japanese and the western allies took the surrender of millions more in Japan, South-East Asia and the South-West Pacific. In order to prevent resistance to the order to surrender, Japan's Imperial Headquarters included a statement that \"servicemen who come under the control of enemy forces after the proclamation of the Imperial Rescript will not be regarded as POWs\" in its orders announcing the end of the war. While this measure was successful in avoiding unrest, it led to hostility between those who surrendered before and", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "15054767", "text": "found her job that related with the clothing in Tokyo, but Shizu died by the illness caused by atomic bomb radiation in July 1947. On 15 August 1945, Japanese Emperor made a radio address (Jewel Voice Broadcast) to announce that the Japanese Government had accepted the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military at the end of World War II. Chokichi committed suicide for the pride of being a Japanese like believing the victory of Japan in the war because of the shock of the surrender of Japan. In the beginning of 2011, this drama's screening was", "title": "Japanese Americans (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "20786040", "text": "commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, from 10 March 1944 to 1 May 1945. When the war ended, Morizumi was the Osaka naval defense district superintendent of shipbuilding and ordnance. He committed seppuku, ritual suicide, in his office in Tokyo on the night of 3 September 1945, the day after Japan's unconditional surrender to Allied forces. Matsuo Morizumi Vice Admiral , Imperial Japanese Navy, (date of rank 1 May 1944) was the Inspector General of munitions, Kinki district, Tokyo, at the end of World War II. Matsuo Morizumi was born 24 May 1891 in the Kanagawa Prefecture.", "title": "Matsuo Morizumi" }, { "docid": "14116797", "text": "later years of the war Japanese troops' morale deteriorated as a result of Allied victories, leading to an increase in the number who were prepared to surrender or desert. During the Battle of Okinawa, 11,250 Japanese military personnel (including 3,581 unarmed labourers) surrendered between April and July 1945, representing 12 percent of the force deployed for the defense of the island. Many of these men were recently conscripted members of \"Boeitai\" home guard units who had not received the same indoctrination as regular Army personnel, but substantial numbers of IJA soldiers also surrendered. Japanese soldiers' reluctance to surrender was also", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "10180104", "text": "Yoshida Doctrine The Yoshida Doctrine was a strategy adopted by Japan after World War II under Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, the country's first post-war prime minister, in which economics was to be concentrated upon reconstructing Japan's domestic economy while the security alliance with the United States would be the guarantor of Japanese security. The Yoshida Doctrine shaped Japanese foreign policy throughout the Cold War era and beyond. Even after its surrender in World War II, the Japanese government continued to function. It held its first post-war election in the spring of 1946. This election was also the first time women", "title": "Yoshida Doctrine" }, { "docid": "5109200", "text": "garrison in Penang surrenders, while the British retake Penang under Operation Jurist. September 3, 1945 The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrenders to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio. September 4, 1945 Japanese troops on Wake Island surrender. September 5, 1945 The British land in Singapore. September 5, 1945 The Soviets complete their occupation of the Kuril Islands. September 6, 1945 Japanese forces in Rabaul surrender. September 8, 1945 MacArthur enters Tokyo. September 8, 1945 U.S. forces land at Incheon to occupy Korea south of the 38th Parallel September 9, 1945 Japanese in China surrender. September 9, 1945 Japanese in", "title": "End of World War II in Asia" }, { "docid": "2185095", "text": "Japanese Instrument of Surrender The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of World War II. It was signed by representatives from the Empire of Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Dominion of New Zealand. The signing took place on the deck of in Tokyo Bay", "title": "Japanese Instrument of Surrender" }, { "docid": "14116793", "text": "behavior for Japanese troops and improve discipline and morale within the Army, and included a prohibition against being taken prisoner. The Japanese Government accompanied the \"Senjinkun\"'s implementation with a propaganda campaign which celebrated people who had fought to the death rather than surrender during Japan's wars. While the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) did not issue a document equivalent to the \"Senjinkun\", naval personnel were expected to exhibit similar behavior and not surrender. Most Japanese military personnel were told that they would be killed or tortured by the Allies if they were taken prisoner. The Army's Field Service Regulations were also", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "6310849", "text": "Declaration be thoroughly carried out, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender stated Japan's agreement to the terms of the Potsdam Proclamation. Under the authorisation of Douglas MacArthur's General Order No. 1, Chen Yi was escorted by George Kerr to Taiwan to accept the Japanese government's surrender as the Chinese delegate. When the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II, General Rikichi Andō, governor-general of Taiwan and commander-in-chief of all Japanese forces on the island, signed an instrument of surrender and handed it over to General Chen Yi of the Kuomintang (KMT) military to complete the official turnover in", "title": "Retrocession Day" }, { "docid": "8258312", "text": "and racism, to conclude that a war of extermination might be the only possibility of victory, the question being whether the Japanese would surrender before such extermination was complete. Even after the atomic attacks and the Emperor's insistence that they surrender, Inaba Masao issued a statement urging the Army to fight to the bitter end; when other colonels informed him of a proclamation made to hint of the prospect of surrender to the population, they rushed to ensure Inaba's was broadcast, to create conflicting messages. This caused consternation in the government for fear of American reaction, and to prevent delay,", "title": "Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II" }, { "docid": "1395276", "text": "rule were more favourable than perceptions in other parts of East and Southeast Asia. Taiwanese adopted Japanese names and practised Shinto, while the schools instilled a sense of \"Japanese spirit\" in students. By the time World War II began, many Taiwanese were proficient in the Japanese language. After World War II, Taiwan was placed under the administrative control of the Republic of China to provide stability until a permanent arrangement could be made. Chen Yi, the Governor-General of Taiwan, arrived on 24 October 1945, and received the last Japanese governor, Ando Rikichi, who signed the document of surrender on the", "title": "February 28 incident" }, { "docid": "207701", "text": "power in 1868 through the help of several clans from Chōshū and Satsuma – and the Empire of Japan was established. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrender. Since adopting its revised constitution on May 3, 1947, during the occupation", "title": "Japan" }, { "docid": "337248", "text": "probably the last prisoner of war from World War II to be repatriated. Although thousands of Japanese were taken prisoner, most fought until they were killed or committed suicide. Of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers present at the beginning of the Battle of Iwo Jima, over 20,000 were killed and only 216 were taken prisoner. Of the 30,000 Japanese troops that defended Saipan, fewer than 1,000 remained alive at battle's end. Japanese prisoners sent to camps fared well; however, some Japanese were killed when trying to surrender or were massacred just after they had surrendered (see Allied war crimes during World", "title": "Prisoner of war" }, { "docid": "3279593", "text": "150 Japanese soldiers. The bomb destroyed 60% of the city. The industrial damage in Nagasaki was high, partly owing to the inadvertent targeting of the industrial zone, leaving 68–80% of the non-dock industrial production destroyed. Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers on 15 August 1945, signing the Instrument of Surrender on 2 September 1945, officially ending the Pacific War and World War II. The two atomic bombings generated strong sentiments in Japan against all nuclear weapons. Japan adopted the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which forbade the nation from developing nuclear armaments. Across", "title": "Strategic bombing during World War II" }, { "docid": "13164468", "text": "Japanese Language School. Butow served in the United States Army during the early months of the occupation of Japan in 1945 and 1946, and became interested in Japanese history and culture. Upon his discharge as a second lieutenant, he returned to Stanford. His doctoral thesis on the Japanese surrender (titled \"Japan's Decision to Surrender\") was subsequently published as his first book. His next book, \"Tojo and the Coming of the War\", was a biography of Hideki Tōjō, the prime minister of Japan during most of World War II. His third book (\"The John Doe Associates: Backdoor Diplomacy for Peace, 1941\")", "title": "Robert Butow" }, { "docid": "4737641", "text": "from Moscow. However, Allied leaders interpreted this silence as a rejection of the Declaration, and so bombing was allowed to continue. Tōgō was one of the Cabinet Ministers who advocated Japanese surrender in the summer of 1945. Several days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese government agreed to unconditional surrender. Following the end of World War II, Tōgō retired to his summer home in Karuizawa, Nagano. However, he was soon arrested by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers on war crime charges, along with all former members of the Japanese government, and was held at", "title": "Shigenori Tōgō" }, { "docid": "16458372", "text": "Matsue incident The Matsue incident, also known as the Matsue Riot incident, Imperial Voluntary Army incident, or the Shimane Prefectural Office incendiarism, was an incident that occurred in Japan immediately after the Japanese surrender that signaled the end of World War II. The incident was staged by about forty dissidents, who attacked facilities in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, at dawn on August 24, 1945, resulting in one fatality On August 15, 1945, Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan, broadcast the surrender of Japan by radio, thereby ending World War II. Following the broadcast, dissidents throughout Japan reacted unfavorably to the announcement.", "title": "Matsue incident" }, { "docid": "715275", "text": "Potsdam Declaration The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek issued the document, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. This ultimatum stated that, if Japan did not surrender, it would face \"prompt and utter destruction\". On July 26, the United States, Britain,", "title": "Potsdam Declaration" }, { "docid": "6294830", "text": "attempting to surrender or after they had surrendered. A social historian of the Pacific War, John W. Dower, states that \"by the final years of the war against Japan, a truly vicious cycle had developed in which the Japanese reluctance to surrender had meshed horrifically with Allied disinterest in taking prisoners\". Dower suggests that most Japanese personnel were told that they would be \"killed or tortured\" if they fell into Allied hands and, as a consequence, most of those faced with defeat on the battlefield fought to the death or committed suicide. In addition, it was held to be shamefully", "title": "Allied war crimes during World War II" }, { "docid": "14116806", "text": "fight to the last man. The programs were partially successful, and contributed to US troops taking more prisoners. In addition, soldiers who witnessed Japanese troops surrender were more willing to take prisoners themselves. Survivors of ships sunk by Allied submarines frequently refused to surrender, and many of the prisoners who were captured by submariners were taken by force. US Navy submarines were occasionally ordered to obtain prisoners for intelligence purposes, and formed special teams of personnel for this purpose. Overall, however, Allied submariners usually did not attempt to take prisoners, and the number of Japanese personnel they captured was relatively", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "454791", "text": "Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August respectively. With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, the Soviet entry into the war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria, Japan announced its intention to surrender on 15 August 1945, cementing total victory in Asia for the Allies. Tribunals were set up by fiat by the Allies and war crimes trials were", "title": "World War II" }, { "docid": "14317336", "text": "Masahide Kanayama Augustine was a Japanese diplomat. Kanayama worked under Ambassador Ken Harada at the Vatican in 1942-1945. In his position at the Vatican, he tried to obtain an early Japanese surrender in World War II in the Spring of 1945 (which would have avoided the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) by requesting Papal mediation between the US and Japanese governments., After World War II, he succeeded Harada as Minister Chargé d'Affairs at the Vatican, remaining there until 1952. His next overseas post was as Councilor of Embassy in the Philippines. This was followed by three years as Consul-General", "title": "Masahide Kanayama" }, { "docid": "11670987", "text": "had been support troops, but in December 1944 the local command had been upgraded from garrison status to a field army. The Japanese were gathering supplies and constructing fortifications for a last-ditch defensive effort at Nakhon Nayok, about 100 kilometres northeast of Bangkok. The atomic bombings and subsequent Japanese surrender precluded the uprising, however. Pridi immediately issued a declaration stating that Phibun's 1942 declaration of war was unconstitutional and legally void, thereby dispensing any need for Thailand to surrender. The Thai armed forces initially attempted to disarm the Japanese garrison, but Nakamura refused, arguing that the matter was for the", "title": "Thailand in World War II" }, { "docid": "6294831", "text": "disgraceful for a Japanese soldier to surrender, leading many to commit suicide or to fight to the death regardless of any beliefs concerning their possible treatment as POWs. In fact, the Japanese Field Service Code said that surrender was not permissible. And while it was \"not official policy\" for Allied personnel to take no prisoners, \"over wide reaches of the Asian battleground it was everyday practice\". On 4 March 1943, during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, General George Kenney ordered Allied patrol boats and aircraft to attack Japanese rescue vessels, as well as the survivors from the sunken vessels", "title": "Allied war crimes during World War II" }, { "docid": "10165717", "text": "This prevented either reinforcement or withdrawal. The biggest problems facing the colonial authorities of Macau were caused by Chinese civilians taking refuge from the Japanese. Shortly after Portugal made the Azores available to Allied aircraft, a Portuguese gunboat docked in Macau was seized by the Japanese and renamed \"Maiko\". At the end of World War II, after the Japanese surrender, Macau returned to its previous normality. Tibet's economic and foreign policy was influenced by Japan, and Japan sought admission of Tibet into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. During the early years of World War II, Argentina maintained close relations", "title": "Foreign relations of the Axis powers" }, { "docid": "10040767", "text": "troops and over 100 troops of the former nationalist turned Japanese puppet regime forces who rejoined the nationalists after World War II were killed, the remaining 5 Japanese troops and 200+ troops of the former nationalist turned Japanese puppet regime forces who rejoined the nationalists after World War II were forced to surrender. The communists had captured a cannon, a heavy machine gun, five light machine guns, and over 270 repeating rifles. The communist casualties was light in terms of numbers, but Huang Xiting (黄西廷), a battalion commander and Yang Li (杨力), a battalion level political commissar were among those", "title": "Battle of Tianmen" }, { "docid": "17537656", "text": "agreements with the Japanese to ignore each other. Beevor also disagrees with some long-held views about certain generals in the war; in particular, he writes that the reputations of Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel are far overblown. The Second World War (book) The Second World War is a narrative history of World War II by British historian Antony Beevor. The book starts with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and covers the entire Second World War ending with the final surrender of Axis forces. In the introduction, Beevor tells the tale of Yang Kyoungjong, a Korean soldier forcibly conscripted", "title": "The Second World War (book)" }, { "docid": "5781370", "text": "During World War I, Anatahan came under the control of the Empire of Japan and was administered as the South Pacific Mandate. In June 1944, 30 survivors of at least three Japanese shipwrecks reached Anatahan. After the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Americans evacuated two Japanese and 45 natives from the island, but the Japanese castaways refused to believe that the war had ended, and fled into the interior of the island as Japanese holdouts. By 1950, the holdouts were led by Kazuko Higa, who was the only woman left on the island. Higa lived with a", "title": "Anatahan" }, { "docid": "1352041", "text": "airfield from being the destroyed by the Japanese. Defence was mainly concentrated on Kuching and Miri. However, on 24 December 1941, Kuching was conquered by the Japanese forces. Sarawak was ruled as part of the Japanese Empire for three years and eight months, until the official Japanese surrender on 11 September 1945. The official surrender was signed on \"HMAS Kapunda\" at Kuching. From March 1942, the Japanese operated the Batu Lintang camp, for POWs and civilian internees, outside Kuching. After the end of World War II, the town survived and was wholly undamaged. The third and last Rajah, Sir Charles", "title": "Kuching" }, { "docid": "14590995", "text": "MacArthur created two new commands, AFMIDPAC under Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson, Jr., and AFWESPAC under Lieutenant General Wilhelm D. Styer, which absorbed USASOS and USAFFE. This reorganization, which took some months to actually accomplish, was part of preparations for Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan. The first phase, the invasion of Kyushu, known as Operation Olympic, was scheduled to commence on November 1, 1945. The invasion was pre-empted by the surrender of Japan in August 1945. On September 2, MacArthur accepted the formal Japanese surrender aboard , thus ending hostilities in World War II. In recognition of his role", "title": "Douglas MacArthur in World War II" }, { "docid": "12416159", "text": "II, first the Allies and later the Japanese occupied Dili, and the mountainous interior became the scene of a guerrilla campaign, known as the Battle of Timor. Waged by East Timorese volunteers and Allied forces against the Japanese, the struggle resulted in the deaths of between 40,000 and 70,000 East Timorese. The Japanese eventually drove the last of the Australian and Allied forces out. However, following the end of World War II and Japanese surrender, Portuguese control was reinstated. Following the 1974 Portuguese revolution, Portugal effectively abandoned its colony on Timor and civil war between East Timorese political parties broke", "title": "East Timor" }, { "docid": "3998932", "text": "Japanese war crimes War crimes of the Empire of Japan occurred in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. These incidents have been described as an Asian Holocaust. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although most took place during the first part of the \"Shōwa Era\", the name given to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, until the surrender of the Empire of Japan in 1945. The war crimes involved the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial", "title": "Japanese war crimes" }, { "docid": "14805860", "text": "After many decades, Shindo Renmei is still somewhat of a taboo among Japanese-Brazilian immigrants. Shindo Renmei Shindo Renmei (Japanese: was a terrorist organization composed of Japanese immigrants. It was active in the state of São Paulo, Brazil during the 1940s. Refusing to believe the news of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, some of its most fanatic members used violence against those who did surrender. Shindo Renmei killed at least 23 people, all of whom were Japanese-Brazilians, and wounded 147 others. The first Japanese emigrated to Brazil in 1908 with the intention of amassing wealth and returning", "title": "Shindo Renmei" }, { "docid": "14805849", "text": "Shindo Renmei Shindo Renmei (Japanese: was a terrorist organization composed of Japanese immigrants. It was active in the state of São Paulo, Brazil during the 1940s. Refusing to believe the news of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, some of its most fanatic members used violence against those who did surrender. Shindo Renmei killed at least 23 people, all of whom were Japanese-Brazilians, and wounded 147 others. The first Japanese emigrated to Brazil in 1908 with the intention of amassing wealth and returning to Japan. They found themselves in a completely different country, with different languages, religions,", "title": "Shindo Renmei" }, { "docid": "8258338", "text": "again.\" In China, leaflets were dropped arguing that the \"mandate of heaven\" had clearly been lost, so that authority moved to the new leaders. Propaganda also spoke of the benefits of the \"kingly way\" (王道 \"wang tao\" or, in Japanese \"odo\") as a solution to both nationalism and radicalism. The Philippines were their first target after Pearl Harbor, and instructions to propaganists called for rousing \"the spirit of the Far East\" and inspiring them with militarism to fight beside the Japanese. \"Surrender cards\" were dropped to allow soldiers to surrender safely by handing over a card. Jorge B. Vargas, the", "title": "Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II" }, { "docid": "12842205", "text": "Asian theatre of World War II when the Japanese Empire invaded British Malaya and its stronghold of Singapore. Singapore was the major British military base in South East Asia and nicknamed the \"Gibraltar of the East\". The fighting in Singapore lasted from 31 January 1942 to 15 February 1942. It followed a humiliating naval engagement in December 1941 in which two British capital ships were sunk. It resulted in the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. About 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken", "title": "British Empire in World War II" }, { "docid": "16884057", "text": "administrative posts but in 1945, in the closing stages of World War II, Japan made a \"coup de force\" that temporarily eliminated French control over Indochina. The French colonial administrators were relieved of their positions, and French military forces were ordered to disarm. The aim was to revive the support of local populations for Tokyo's war effort by encouraging indigenous rulers to proclaim independence. On 9 March 1945, young king Norodom Sihanouk proclaimed an independent Kingdom of Kampuchea, following a formal request by the Japanese. The Japanese occupation of Cambodia ended with the official surrender of Japan in August 1945", "title": "French Indochina in World War II" }, { "docid": "10411232", "text": "2, the Japanese government signed the instrument of surrender, effectively ending World War II. The ethical and legal justification for the bombings is still debated to this day. In 1945, the Pacific War between the Empire of Japan and the Allies entered its fourth year. Most Japanese military units fought fiercely, ensuring that the Allied victory would come at an enormous cost. The 1.25 million battle casualties incurred in total by the United States in World War II included both military personnel killed in action and wounded in action. Nearly one million of the casualties occurred during the last year", "title": "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" }, { "docid": "14447964", "text": "British colonial rule, Singapore grew in importance rapidly becoming a major port city. During World War II, Singapore was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. After the war, Singapore reverted to British control, with increasing levels of self-government being granted, culminating in Singapore's merger with the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963. Singapore became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. Singapore was originally part of the Straits Settlements and used the colony's stamps. During World War II, Singapore was occupied by the Japanese between 1942 and 1945. After the surrender of the Japanese Occupation forces at", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore" }, { "docid": "739849", "text": "and achieving hard-fought victories at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. Bloodied at Okinawa, the U.S. prepared to invade Japan's home islands when B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing the empire's surrender in a matter of days and thus ending World War II. The U.S. occupied Japan (and part of Germany), sending Douglas MacArthur to restructure the Japanese economy and political system along American lines. During the war, Roosevelt coined the term \"Four Powers\" to refer four major Allies of World War II, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and", "title": "History of the United States" }, { "docid": "14116827", "text": "60,000 were believed to still be held in Communist-controlled areas as late as April 1949. Hundreds of Japanese POWs were killed fighting for the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War. Following the war, the victorious Chinese Communist government began repatriating Japanese prisoners home, though some were put on trial for war crimes and had to serve prison sentences of varying length before being allowed to return. The last Japanese prisoner returned from China in 1964. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese also surrendered to Soviet forces in the last weeks of the war and after Japan's surrender. The Soviet", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "6231812", "text": "Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Following the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan, the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy were dissolved by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers during the occupation of Japan. The symbols below represent the ranks of the Japan Self-Defense Forces: the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force which have, since 1954, replaced the imperial military. The 1938–1945 Japanese military and naval ranks were phased out after World War II. The self-defense force breaks away", "title": "Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces" }, { "docid": "3848168", "text": "from Okinawa. However, the atomic bombings of Japan led to the Japanese surrender before Eighth Air Force saw action in the Pacific theater. The surrender of Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands came on 7 September. General Joseph Stilwell accepted the surrender in an area that would later become Kadena's Stearley Heights housing area. Known World War II units assigned to Kadena were: On 7 June 1946, Headquarters Eighth Air Force moved without personnel or equipment to MacDill AAF, Florida. It was replaced by the 1st Air Division which directed fighter reconnaissance, and bomber organizations and provided air defense for", "title": "Kadena Air Base" }, { "docid": "454878", "text": "Allied leaders met in Potsdam, Germany. They confirmed earlier agreements about Germany, and reiterated the demand for unconditional surrender of Japan, specifically stating that \"the alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction\". During this conference, the United Kingdom held its general election, and Clement Attlee replaced Churchill as Prime Minister. The Allied call for unconditional surrender was rejected by the Japanese government, which believed it would be capable of negotiating for more favourable surrender terms. In early August, the USAAF dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Between the two bombings, the Soviets, pursuant to", "title": "World War II" }, { "docid": "14116791", "text": "few decades, but some did not return until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, while others who had settled and started families in the Soviet Union opted to remain. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) adopted an ethos which required soldiers to fight to the death rather than surrender. This policy reflected the practices of Japanese warfare in the pre-modern era. During the Meiji period the Japanese government adopted western policies towards POWs, and few of the Japanese personnel who surrendered in the Russo-Japanese War were punished at the end of the war.", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "756462", "text": "elected to the Senate at the height of World War II, Capehart supported efforts to compromise with the Japanese on terms of surrender in the summer of 1945 when minority leader Wallace H. White, Jr. stated that the war might end sooner if President Truman would state specifically in the upper chamber just what unconditional surrender meant for the Japanese. After 1945, Capehart was critical of the Truman administration and the military for their postwar policies in Germany, accusing Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower of a conspiracy to starve the remains of the German nation. Throughout the 1950s, Capehart", "title": "Homer E. Capehart" }, { "docid": "7305938", "text": "passing out of Belarus, the Soviet Fronts name \"Byelorussian\" kept their name until the end of the war, and were to distinguish themselves in the battles in Poland and Germany in 1944 and 1945. In the Soviet Union the end of World War II in Europe is considered to be 9 May, when the surrender took effect Moscow time. This date is celebrated as a national holiday, Victory Day, or \"День Победы\" in Belarus, Russia and some other post-Soviet countries. Byelorussia in World War II Byelorussia (also known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic), known today as Belarus was a", "title": "Byelorussia in World War II" }, { "docid": "14116825", "text": "1947. The British also used armed Japanese Surrendered Personnel to support Dutch and French attempts to reestablish their colonial empires in the Netherlands East Indies and Indochina respectively. At least 81,090 Japanese personnel died in areas occupied by the western Allies and China before they could be repatriated to Japan. Historian John W. Dower has attributed these deaths to the \"wretched\" condition of Japanese military units at the end of the war. Nationalist Chinese forces took the surrender of 1.2 million Japanese military personnel following the war. While the Japanese feared that they would be subjected to reprisals, they were", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "5427241", "text": "States Armed Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon or USAFIP-NL and the American bomber pilots of the United States Army Air Forces was fought against the Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge until the end of World War II. The memorial or historical marker, located at Mount Nagchajan in Mayoyao, Ifugao, marks the site of the “Battle of Mayoyao Ridge”. The battle was fought between the Japanese Imperial forces and the combined Filipino and American soldiers, towards the end of World War II. The result was key to the eventual surrender of General Yamashita at Kiangan,", "title": "Mayoyao, Ifugao" }, { "docid": "8456703", "text": "overthrow the British. Historians have been unable to verify either claim due to a lack of documentation from the period. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II in Asia, the British detained several influential KMM leaders. However, most of them were freed during World War II, when the Japanese invaded and occupied Malaya. The former KMM leaders then formed \"Kesatuan Rakyat Indonesia Semenanjung\" (KRIS) to carry on KMM's work. However, the planned Greater Indonesia never materialised due to the sudden Japanese surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the return of the British, the KRIS leaders formed", "title": "Early Malay nationalism" }, { "docid": "6358639", "text": "lobbied in the United States and was recognized by the South Korean administrator by Douglas MacArthur. Japanese control of Korea ended on September 9, 1945 when the Japanese Governor-General of Korea signed the surrender document of the United States in Seoul. At the end of World War II, Korea regained its independence after 35 years of imperialist Japanese rule. Per the Yalta Conference agreements, Soviet forces accepted surrender of Japanese forces in northern Korea above the 38th parallel, and U.S. forces south of that line. Korea was then divided into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) spheres. South Korea", "title": "History of Japan–Korea relations" }, { "docid": "17057068", "text": "HNLMS O 15 O 15 was a of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. It was the only submarine of the \"O 12\" class built by Wilton-Fijenoord of Rotterdam. It was one of many Dutch ships doing convoy duty during the Spanish Civil War. When World War II broke out \"O 15\" was stationed in Curaçao. It returned to Europe and was based in Dundee, whence it patrolled the coast of Norway and accompanied convoys to Archangelsk. The sub survived World War II and was taken out of active duty just after the Japanese surrender.", "title": "HNLMS O 15" }, { "docid": "4432492", "text": "Government also faced heavy oppositions against the United States military government in Korea after World War II. The government of the Republic of Korea was established on August 15, 1948, and the Provisional Government was disbanded officially. During World War II more than 100,000 Koreans were mandatorily drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army. After the surrender of Japan to the allied forces on August 15, 1945, Korea was jointly occupied by Soviet and American forces, with political disagreements leading to the separation of the peninsula into two independent nations. This eventually escalated into the Korean War. Kyrgyzstan was part of", "title": "World War II by country" }, { "docid": "2667436", "text": "role. Although hostilities then ceased, the operation proceeded as planned, 23rd and 25th Divisions was the first formations to land in Malaya 9 September, and then accepting the surrender of the Japanese Army. Operation Tiderace (5th Indian Infantry Division) commenced when troops set sail from Trincomalee and Rangoon on 21 August for Singapore. The fleet arrived in Singapore on 4 September 1945, and Japanese forces in Singapore officially surrendered to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command on 12 September 1945. After the Japanese surrender, some divisions were sent to disarm the Japanese and assist the", "title": "Indian Army during World War II" }, { "docid": "5109195", "text": "surrender. April 5, 1945 Soviet Union denounces the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact that had been signed on April 13, 1941. April 29, 1945 Italian Fascist Republican troops, under Rodolfo Graziani’s command, surrender in the \"Rendition of Cazerta\". May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders. July 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference begins. July 26, 1945 Potsdam Declaration issued, calling for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces. August 3, 1945 Soviet General Vasilevskii reported to Stalin that Soviet forces ready for invasion from August 7. August 6, 1945 An atomic bomb, Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima from a special B-29 Superfortress named \"Enola Gay\", flown", "title": "End of World War II in Asia" }, { "docid": "13345265", "text": "Rabaul, Bougainville and Nauru. Following the surrender the Australian Army faced a number of immediate operational and administrative issues, including the need to maintain security in the areas it occupied, the disarming and administration of surrendered Japanese forces in these areas, organising the return of approximately 177,000 soldiers (including prisoners of war) to Australia, the demobilisation and discharge of the bulk of the soldiers serving in the Army, and the raising of an occupation force for service in Japan. Australian Army units were deployed as occupation forces following the Japanese surrender. Under the terms of an agreement reached between Blamey", "title": "Australian Army during World War II" }, { "docid": "3232975", "text": "colonial garrison in Fort-Bayard. Just prior to the Japanese surrender which ended World War II, the National Revolutionary Army, having recaptured Liuzhou, Guilin, and Taizhou, as well as Lashio and Mandalay in Burma, was planning to launch a large-scale assault on Kwangchow Wan; however, due to the end of the war, the assault never materialised. On 18 August 1945 in Chongqing, while the Japanese were still occupying Kwangchow Wan following the surrender, a French diplomat and Kuo Chang Wu, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, signed the \"Convention between the Provisional Government of the French Republic and", "title": "Guangzhouwan" }, { "docid": "11379566", "text": "Marine states that they falsely thought the Japanese had not taken any prisoners at Wake Island, and therefore as revenge they killed all Japanese that tried to surrender. (see also Allied war crimes during World War II) According to one Marine, the earliest account of U.S. troops wearing ears from Japanese corpses he recounts took place on the second day of the Guadalcanal Campaign in August 1942 and occurred after photos of the mutilated bodies of Marines on Wake Island were found in Japanese engineers' personal effects. The account of the same Marine also states that Japanese troops booby-trapped some", "title": "American mutilation of Japanese war dead" }, { "docid": "7066373", "text": "and began operations bombing by-passed Japanese garrisons in the Marshall Islands on February 4, 1944. In October 1944, it was redesignated VMBF-231 and converted to the F4U Corsair fighter. Two months later, on December 30, 1944, it reverted to the name VMSB-231 and remained in the Marshalls until the surrender of Japan in August 1945. During the course of World War II the squadron was credited with downing seven Japanese aircraft in air-to-air combat. Following World War II, the squadron served as an element of the United States Marine Corps Reserve as VMF-231 in Akron, Ohio, and Grosse Ile Township,", "title": "VMA-231" }, { "docid": "357123", "text": "History of South Korea The history of South Korea formally begins with its establishment on August 15, 1948. Korea was administratively partitioned in 1945, at the end of World War II. As Korea was under Japanese rule during World War II, Korea was officially a belligerent against the Allies by virtue of being Japanese territory. The unconditional surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea into two occupation zones (similar to the four zones in Germany), with the United States administering the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union administering the area north of the 38th parallel.", "title": "History of South Korea" }, { "docid": "357180", "text": "Kim Jong-un at the April 2018 inter-Korean summit, May 2018 inter-Korean summit, and September 2018 inter-Korean summit. History of South Korea The history of South Korea formally begins with its establishment on August 15, 1948. Korea was administratively partitioned in 1945, at the end of World War II. As Korea was under Japanese rule during World War II, Korea was officially a belligerent against the Allies by virtue of being Japanese territory. The unconditional surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea into two occupation zones (similar to the four zones in Germany), with the United States administering the", "title": "History of South Korea" }, { "docid": "16145765", "text": "firebombing campaign that would climax with the dropping of the atomic bomb and days later, the surrender of the Japanese. Aircraft featured: B-26 Marauder, B-29 Superfortress and P-51 Mustang. The Evolution of the Fighter in World War II: The World War II period saw the development of the fighter aircraft from the biplane through to the introduction of the first jet fighter aircraft. Aircraft featured in this volume include the Mustang, Spitfire, Hurricane, Bf 109, Bf 110, P-40, P-38 and A6M Zero. The Evolution of the Bomber in World War II: Never before had the bomber been needed and used", "title": "Clash of Wings" }, { "docid": "454879", "text": "the Yalta agreement, invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and quickly defeated the Kwantung Army, which was the largest Japanese fighting force, thereby persuading previously adamant Imperial Army leaders to accept surrender terms. The Red Army also captured the southern part of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands. On 15 August 1945, Japan surrendered, with the surrender documents finally signed at Tokyo Bay on the deck of the American battleship USS \"Missouri\" on 2 September 1945, ending the war. The Allies established occupation administrations in Austria and Germany. The former became a neutral state, non-aligned with any political bloc. The latter was divided", "title": "World War II" }, { "docid": "8251430", "text": "the Wing staff grew Headquarters Squadron often split to cover the advance and rear echelons. During World War II, the Squadron saw duty at Guadalcanal; New Caledonia; Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides; Emirau Island, St. Matthias and Solomon Islands; Bougainville; and Zamboanga, Philippine Islands. After World War II, Headquarters Squadron moved to China to accept the surrender of Japanese troops for the Chinese Central Government and to supervise the repatriation of Japanese military and civilians. The squadron arrived in Tientsin in October 1945, and remained until May 1947, when it moved to Barrigada Heights, Guam, before transferring to MCAS El Toro.", "title": "Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1" }, { "docid": "14027895", "text": "to wage war but the Japanese had not surrendered. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Government Chiang Kai-shek issued the Potsdam Declaration, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. This ultimatum stated if Japan did not surrender, she would face \"prompt and utter destruction.\" The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum (\"Mokusatsu\", \"kill by silence\"), and vowed to continue resisting an anticipated Allied invasion of Japan. On August 6, 1945, the \"Little Boy\" enriched", "title": "Air warfare of World War II" }, { "docid": "9882243", "text": "refused to surrender. The nationalist battalions were the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force rejoined nationalist after World War II, and they were ordered by Chiang Kai-shek’s regime to hold on the land they controlled, and not to surrender to the communists, and fight off communists if necessary until Chiang could deploy his own troops to the region. However, these units were no match for their longtime communist adversary, and just like previous battles during the Second Sino-Japanese War, they were easily defeated without popular support, with nearly all of the force totaling over a thousand being wiped out", "title": "Battle of Xiangshuikou" }, { "docid": "1788235", "text": "Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: \"\" \"Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire\", or \"Nippon Kaigun\", \"Japanese Navy\") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed after the dissolution of the IJN. The Imperial Japanese Navy was the third largest navy in the world by 1920, behind the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (USN). It was supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for aircraft and airstrike operation", "title": "Imperial Japanese Navy" }, { "docid": "15924251", "text": "they were and not to shoot them down. The Japanese transferred to a C-54 transport for the trip to Manila and a meeting with General MacArthur to review the terms of surrender. Members of the 1892nd and other units stationed on the island were allowed to line the sides of the runway as the Japanese delegation landed and departed, signaling the imminent end of World War II. The 1892nd was inactivated on 17 June 1946. Awards of the battalion included the World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with Battle Stars), Army of Occupation Medal -", "title": "1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (United States)" }, { "docid": "1950777", "text": "not only with the \"island-hopping\" campaign in the Pacific, but also with the European landings. When the Japanese surrendered, a large flotilla entered Tokyo Bay to witness the formal ceremony conducted on the battleship , on which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. By the end of the war, the Navy had over 1,600 warships. After World War II ended, the U.S. Navy entered the 45 year long Cold War and participated in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the First Persian Gulf War, and the Second Persian Gulf War / Iraq War. Following the", "title": "History of the United States Navy" }, { "docid": "8369108", "text": "the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff at the Japanese surrender ceremony on the . In his later years, Tomioka assisted in editing a Japanese history of the Pacific War and, in 1951, he served on a 12-man commission to assist the Japanese government in the establishment of the present day Japan Self-Defense Forces. He later was lecturer at the Japanese Defense Research Institute, until his death in 1970. Sadatoshi Tomioka Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Tomioka was born in Hiroshima, but was raised in Nagano prefecture. His father, Admiral Tomioka Sadayasu had", "title": "Sadatoshi Tomioka" }, { "docid": "14116804", "text": "in many instances, Japanese soldiers who had surrendered were killed on the front line or while being taken to POW compounds. The nature of jungle warfare also contributed to prisoners not being taken, as many battles were fought at close ranges where participants \"often had no choice but to shoot first and ask questions later\". Despite the attitudes of combat troops and nature of the fighting, Allied militaries made systematic efforts to take Japanese prisoners throughout the war. Each US Army division was assigned a team of Japanese Americans whose duties included attempting to persuade Japanese personnel to surrender. Allied", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "4304905", "text": "After the end of World War II because of the surrender of Japan, most documents switched to the spoken style, although the classical style continues to be used in traditional genres, such as haiku and waka. Old laws are also left in the classical style unless fully revised. Classical Japanese is written in an orthography that differs from modern Japanese in two major ways. These are the usage of old character forms ( \"Kyūjitai\") and historical kana usage ( \"Rekishi-teki kana-zukai\"). Old character forms are the forms of Chinese characters ( \"Kanji\") used in Japan prior to the post-World War", "title": "Classical Japanese language" }, { "docid": "7093053", "text": "by Taketora Saita as a replica of the private garden of \"Gensui\" The Marquis Tōgō (1848–1934), the main Imperial Japanese Navy commander in the Russo-Japanese War. Fleet Admiral Nimitz personally admired the Marquis Tōgō, having previously helped to establish a war memorial to the Japanese admiral. The outdoor Plaza of the Presidents was dedicated on September 2, 1995, the 50th anniversary of Fleet Admiral Nimitz' acceptance of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the . The plaza is a tribute to the ten United States Presidents who served during World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commander in Chief), Harry S", "title": "National Museum of the Pacific War" }, { "docid": "12263005", "text": "artillery regiments together with 75 mm field guns. Weapons captured by the Chinese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, or abandoned in China at the time of the surrender of Japan, were placed into service by both the National Revolutionary Army of the Nationalist government and the People's Liberation Army of the Chinese communist government through the Chinese Civil War. Type 91 10 cm howitzer The was a howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The Type 91 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2591 in the Japanese", "title": "Type 91 10 cm howitzer" }, { "docid": "20460821", "text": "31 December, the Italian authorities arrested Yiwen and the children and handed them to the Japanese, who held them as hostages and demanded He Siyuan's surrender. He rejected the demand, condemned Japan and Italy's breach of international law through diplomatic channels, and held Italian missionaries in China as a bargaining chip. Japan eventually relented and released the family. After the end of World War II, He Siyuan served as Mayor of Beijing (then known as Beiping). During the ensuing Chinese Civil War, he negotiated with the Communists for the peaceful surrender of Beiping. To prevent the surrender, Chiang Kai-shek sent", "title": "He Luli" }, { "docid": "14116802", "text": "accordance with the Geneva Convention's requirements, this information was not passed onto the families of the captured men as the Japanese government wished to maintain that none of its soldiers had been taken prisoner. Allied combatants were reluctant to take Japanese prisoners at the start of the Pacific War. During the first two years following the US entry into the war, US combatants were generally unwilling to accept the surrender of Japanese soldiers due to a combination of racist attitudes and anger at Japan's atrocities committed against US and Allied nationals and its widespread mistreatment or summary execution of Allied", "title": "Japanese prisoners of war in World War II" }, { "docid": "2203619", "text": "the original Korean ones. By 1939, however, this position was reversed and Japan's focus had shifted towards cultural assimilation of the Korean people; an Imperial Decree 19 on Korean Civil Affairs (; \"\") went into effect, whereby ethnic Koreans were forced to surrender their Korean family names and adopt Japanese surnames. Korean migration had increased after World War I and accelerated after 1930; in 1939, there were 981,000 Koreans living in the Japanese archipelago as internal migrants. The combination of immigrants and forced laborers during World War II brought the total to over 2 million by the end of the", "title": "Korea under Japanese rule" }, { "docid": "11702691", "text": "reassigned to the Japanese Seventh Area Army. It remained headquartered in Jakarta as a garrison force as before. The Japanese 16th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945. Sixteenth Army (Japan) The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The Japanese 16th Army was formed on November 5, 1941 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group to coordinate the infantry divisions and other Japanese ground forces in the Invasion of Java in the Netherlands East Indies. It remained based on Java throughout the Pacific War as a garrison force. On March", "title": "Sixteenth Army (Japan)" }, { "docid": "20909325", "text": "Hiromi Nakayama Lieutenant Nakayama Hiromi (died 10 August 1946) was a Imperial Japanese Army soldier and convicted war criminal. The Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, undertook Operation RY on 26 August 1942, with a company (100 men) of the 43rd Guard Force (Palau), led by Lieutenant Nakayama were inserted on Nauru and took occupation on the island. Lieutenant Nakayama executed Colonel F.R. Chalmers and four other prisoners of war in March 1943. Captured after the surrender of Japanese forces on Nauru on 13 September 1945, he was then transported to Rabaul, as a prisoner of war. Tried at", "title": "Hiromi Nakayama" }, { "docid": "18165189", "text": "Hideo Date Hideo Date (January 5, 1907 – January 6, 2005) was a Japanese-born American painter active from the 1930s to the 1980s, known for combining elements of Japanese \"nihonga\" with American Synchromism. A prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene prior to World War II, his career was interrupted by the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. Although he continued painting for decades after the war, Date's work remained largely ignored until he was rediscovered by a younger generation of artists and curators in the 1990s. Date was born in Osaka, Japan, and his father left for California in", "title": "Hideo Date" } ]

[ "a breed of gaited horse" ]

[ { "docid": "3585783", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse The Tennessee Walking Horse or Tennessee Walker is a breed of gaited horse known for its unique four-beat running-walk and flashy movement. It was originally developed in the southern United States for use on farms and plantations. It is a popular riding horse due to its calm disposition, smooth gaits and sure-footedness. The Tennessee Walking Horse is often seen in the show ring, but is also popular as a pleasure and trail riding horse using both English and Western equipment. Tennessee Walkers are also seen in movies, television shows and other performances. The breed was developed beginning", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "3585783", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse The Tennessee Walking Horse or Tennessee Walker is a breed of gaited horse known for its unique four-beat running-walk and flashy movement. It was originally developed in the southern United States for use on farms and plantations. It is a popular riding horse due to its calm disposition, smooth gaits and sure-footedness. The Tennessee Walking Horse is often seen in the show ring, but is also popular as a pleasure and trail riding horse using both English and Western equipment. Tennessee Walkers are also seen in movies, television shows and other performances. The breed was developed beginning", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "3585810", "text": "horse shows in which action devices are allowed: the Walking Horse Owners Association (WHOA) and \"S.H.O.W.\" (\"Sound horses, Honest judging, Objective inspections, Winning fairly\") which regulates the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. The Celebration has been held in Shelbyville, Tennessee, each August since 1939. It is considered the showcase competition for the breed. In the early 21st century, the Celebration has attracted large amounts of attention and controversy due to the concerns about violations of the Horse Protection Act. Tennessee Walking Horse The Tennessee Walking Horse or Tennessee Walker is a breed of gaited horse known for its unique four-beat", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" } ]

[ { "docid": "3615295", "text": "literally, city parks). Today it is seen most often at horse shows organized for exhibitors of the American Saddlebred, Morgan, Arabian, Tennessee Walking Horse, and the National Show Horse. It is also sometimes seen in competition for Andalusian horses. There are open and breed-specific national championships as well as an international championship held every other year. Gaits shown in Saddle Seat classes include the walk, trot, and canter. Some competitions may call for extended gaits, particularly the trot. When showing a Tennessee Walking Horse they will be required to perform a flat walk and running walk. Some class will also", "title": "Equitation" }, { "docid": "3585791", "text": "Marshall, he became the foundation sire of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. A failure as a trotting horse, due to his insistence on pacing, Black Allan was instead used for breeding. From his line, a foal named Roan Allen was born in 1904. Able to perform several ambling gaits, Roan Allen became a successful show horse, and in turn sired several famous Tennessee Walking Horses. The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association was formed in 1935. To reflect interest in showing horses, the name was changed in 1974 to the current Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA). The stud", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "10030838", "text": "the registry. Foundation stock for the breed included BT Golden Splendor, the first stallion recorded with the registry, and the mare Browntree's Flicka, who was given registration number 1. The desired ambling gaits of the breed are smooth, called the Pleasure Walk and the Merry Walk. Ponies are also able to trot and canter, and have been exhibited in five-gaited competition. The gaitedness ability is hereditary, and promoters of the breed claim that it actually can execute seven gaits, stating that this ability is comparable to the famous Tennessee Walking Horse stallion Roan Allen, though the two additional gaits are", "title": "American Walking Pony" }, { "docid": "3585789", "text": "While performing the running walk, the horse nods its head in rhythm with its gait. Besides the flat and running walks, the third main gait performed by Tennessee Walking Horses is the canter. Some members of the breed perform other variations of lateral ambling gaits, including the rack, stepping pace, fox trot and single-foot, which are allowable for pleasure riding but penalized in the show ring. A few Tennessee Walking Horses can trot, and have a long, reaching stride. The Tennessee Walker originated from the cross of Narragansett Pacer and Canadian Pacer horses brought to Kentucky starting in 1790, with", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "247159", "text": "are the [[Trot (horse gait)|trot]], the [[canter]] and the [[Horse gait#Gallop|gallop]]. Animals may also have unusual gaits that are used occasionally, such as for moving sideways or backwards. For example, the main [[gait (human)|human gaits]] are bipedal [[walking]] and [[running]], but they employ many other gaits occasionally, including a four-legged [[crawling (human)|crawl]] in tight spaces. Mammals show a vast range of [[gait]]s, the order that they place and lift their appendages in locomotion. Gaits can be grouped into categories according to their patterns of support sequence. For quadrupeds, there are three main categories: walking gaits, running gaits and [[leaping gaits]].", "title": "Mammal" }, { "docid": "9378530", "text": "Horse Breeders' Association of America was originally formed as a vehicle for the promotion of horses shown without the artificial and extreme devices often seen in Tennessee Walking Horse and other gaited breed showing. However, the Racking Horse is one of the breeds often harmed by the inhumane practice of soring, prohibited at the federal level by the Horse Protection Act of 1970. Soring is an abusive practice used to accentuate the gaits of breeds such as the Tennessee Walking Horse and Racking Horse, in order to gain an unfair advantage in competition. The RHBAA operates in conjunction with a", "title": "Racking Horse" }, { "docid": "2003351", "text": "Horse gait Horse gaits are the various ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of specialized training by humans. Gaits are typically categorized into two groups: the \"natural\" gaits that most horses will use without special training, and the \"ambling\" gaits that are various smooth-riding four-beat footfall patterns that may appear naturally in some individuals, but which usually occur only in certain breeds. Special training is often required before a horse will perform an ambling gait in response to a rider's command. Another system of classification that applies to quadrupeds uses three categories: walking", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "7130271", "text": "example, horses show four natural gaits, the slowest horse gait is the walk, then there are three faster gaits which, from slowest to fastest, are the trot, the canter, and the gallop. Animals may also have unusual gaits that are used occasionally, such as for moving sideways or backwards. For example, the main human gaits are bipedal walking and running, but they employ many other gaits occasionally, including a four-legged crawl in tight spaces. In walking, and for many animals running, the motion of legs on either side of the body alternates, i.e. is out of phase. Other animals, such", "title": "Terrestrial locomotion" }, { "docid": "6887558", "text": "the running walk of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Like all lateral ambling gaits, the footfall pattern is the same as the walk (left hind, left front, right hind, right front), but differs from the walk in that it can be performed at a range of speeds, from the speed of a typical fast walk up to the speed of a normal canter. Some Icelandic horses prefer to tölt, while others prefer to trot; correct training can improve weak gaits, but the tölt is a natural gait present from birth. Two varieties of the tölt are considered incorrect by breeders. The", "title": "Ambling gait" }, { "docid": "2911713", "text": "in style within the gait, and thus the tölt is variously compared to similar lateral gaits such as the rack of the Saddlebred, the largo of the Paso Fino, or the running walk of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Like all lateral ambling gaits, the footfall pattern is the same as the walk (left hind, left front, right hind, right front), but differs from the walk in that it can be performed at a range of speeds, from the speed of a typical fast walk up to the speed of a normal canter. Some Icelandic horses prefer to tölt, while others", "title": "Icelandic horse" }, { "docid": "3996704", "text": "pace or amble. In the Americas, ambling horses continued to be bred, both in the southern United States and in Latin America. The smooth ambling gaits today have many names, including the single-foot, the stepping pace, the tolt, the rack, the paso corto, and the fox trot (see \"ambling\"). There are still many ambling breeds, particularly in North America where today they are referred to as gaited horses. Some of these breeds include the Missouri Fox Trotter, Tennessee Walking Horse, Icelandic horse and a sub-group within the American Saddlebred. The Paso Fino and the Peruvian Paso, breeds developed in Latin", "title": "Palfrey" }, { "docid": "3585795", "text": "English tack. At shows where both divisions are offered, the flat-shod \"plantation pleasure\" division is judged on brilliance and show presence of the horses while still being well mannered, balanced, and manageable. \"Park pleasure\" is the most animated of the flat-shod divisions. Flat-shod horses are shown in ordinary horseshoes, and are not allowed to use pads or action devices, though their hooves are sometimes trimmed to a slightly lower angle with more natural toe than seen on stock horse breeds. Performance horses, sometimes called \"padded\" or \"built up\", exhibit flashy and animated gaits, lifting their forelegs high off the ground", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "2003353", "text": "having three beats, whereas the gallop has four beats. All four gaits are seen in wild horse populations. While other intermediate speed gaits may occur naturally to some horses, these four basic gaits occur in nature across almost all horse breeds. In some animals the trot is replaced by the pace or an ambling gait. Horses who possess an ambling gait are usually also able to trot. The walk is a four-beat gait that averages about . When walking, a horse's legs follow this sequence: left hind leg, left front leg, right hind leg, right front leg, in a regular", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "4466990", "text": "heritage type of Fox Trotter that was seen in the first 20 years of the MFTHBA registry, in large part through reducing the amount of Tennessee Walking Horse blood. The Tennessee Walker did not figure prominently in original Missouri Fox Trotter pedigrees, and so the FFHA, by restricting the amount of Walker blood, is attempting to develop horses that more closely resemble the original Fox Trotter type. Missouri Fox Trotters are used extensively by trail riders, who appreciate their gaits, stamina and weight-carrying abilities. They are also used in handicapped riding programs, and their smooth gait has proven useful for", "title": "Missouri Fox Trotter" }, { "docid": "19237784", "text": "Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association The Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (SSHBEA) is an equestrian organization for the registration and promotion of the Spotted Saddle Horse breed. The SSHBEA is headquartered in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The SSHBEA was founded in 1984, for the purpose of registering pinto horses with smooth ambling gaits. By 1987 it had registered over 3,000 horses. It is located in downtown Shelbyville, Tennessee. The SSHBEA sanctions multiple shows throughout the year. Registered horses may compete in either rail or sport horse classes. Horses shown in rail classes are exhibited at three gaits and", "title": "Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association" }, { "docid": "4466987", "text": "developed from equine stock, including gaited horses, brought to Missouri by settlers from Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. Breeds that contributed to the Fox Trotter included the Arabian, Morgan, American Saddlebred, Tennessee Walking Horse and Standardbred. By the time of Missouri's statehood in 1821, the horses of the state were known for their unique gait, which was useful in the rocky terrain of the Ozark Mountains. The breed became popular with cattlemen for their smooth gaits and ability to work with cattle. In 1948, the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association (MFTHBA) was founded in Ava, Missouri, with an open stud", "title": "Missouri Fox Trotter" }, { "docid": "247158", "text": "also knuckle-walkers. Some mammals are [[bipedalism|bipeds]], using only two limbs for locomotion, which can be seen in, for example, humans and the great apes. Bipedal species have a larger field of vision than quadrupeds, conserve more energy and have the ability to manipulate objects with their hands, which aids in foraging. Instead of walking, some bipeds hop, such as kangaroos and [[kangaroo rat]]s. Animals will use different gaits for different speeds, terrain and situations. For example, horses show four natural gaits, the slowest [[horse gait]] is the [[Horse gait#Walk|walk]], then there are three faster gaits which, from slowest to fastest,", "title": "Mammal" }, { "docid": "3585790", "text": "gaited Spanish Mustangs imported from Texas. These horses were bred on the limestone pastures of Middle Tennessee, and became known as \"Tennessee Pacers\". Originally used as all-purpose horses on plantations and farms, they were used for riding, pulling and racing. They were known for their smooth gaits and sure-footedness on the rocky Tennessee terrain. Morgan, Standardbred, Thoroughbred and American Saddlebred blood was also added to the breed through decades of breeding. In 1886, Black Allan (later known as Allan F-1) was born. By the stallion Allendorf (from the Hambletonian family of Standardbreds) and out of a Morgan mare named Maggie", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "6931862", "text": "Horses that naturally have an upright neck with high head carriage, as well as animated gaits and high action are best at saddle seat. They should be very energetic but still remain responsive to the rider's aids. Several breeds do well in this discipline, with the most well-known being the American Saddlebred. Other breeds commonly exhibited in saddle seat style are the National Show Horse, Tennessee Walking Horses, Racking Horses, Spotted Saddle Horses, Morgans, and Arabians. In addition, Hackneys, Dutch Harness Horses, Paso Finos, Missouri Foxtrotters, and Rocky Mountain Horses are sometimes shown in this discipline. Less often, Friesians and", "title": "Saddle seat" }, { "docid": "19489185", "text": "Rodgers later owned Rodger's Perfection, Webb's first World Grand Champion. Webb trained Tennessee Walking Horses exclusively out of a show stable at Searcy, Arkansas. He trained the World Grand Champions Rodger's Perfection, winner in 1959; Perfectionist's Carbon Copy, winner in 1964; and Mark of Carbon. Webb trained the 1968 Reserve World Grand Champion, The Entertainer. Webb's second World Grand Champion, Carbon Copy, was trained to obey voice and whistle commands. Webb would entertain visitors to his stable by putting the horse through his gaits, riderless. In 1971, Webb hoped to win the World Grand Championship with another horse, but was", "title": "Joe Webb (horse trainer)" }, { "docid": "462944", "text": "walk, singlefoot, and similar rapid but smooth intermediate speed gaits. If a horse begins to speed up and lose a regular four-beat cadence to its gait, the horse is no longer walking, but is beginning to either trot or pace. Elephants can move both forwards and backwards, but cannot trot, jump, or gallop. They use only two gaits when moving on land, the walk and a faster gait similar to running. In walking, the legs act as pendulums, with the hips and shoulders rising and falling while the foot is planted on the ground. With no \"aerial phase\", the fast", "title": "Walking" }, { "docid": "7130269", "text": "addition to their six more-standard arthropod legs have a similar form to those of velvet worms, and suggest a distant shared ancestry. Animals show a vast range of gaits, the order that they place and lift their appendages in locomotion. Gaits can be grouped into categories according to their patterns of support sequence. For quadrupeds, there are three main categories: walking gaits, running gaits, and leaping gaits. In one system (relating to horses), there are 60 discrete patterns: 37 walking gaits, 14 running gaits, and 9 leaping gaits. Walking is the most common gait, where some feet are on the", "title": "Terrestrial locomotion" }, { "docid": "2003356", "text": "their walk. However, a rider will almost always feel some degree of gentle side-to-side motion in the horse's hips as each hind leg reaches forward. The fastest \"walks\" with a four-beat footfall pattern are actually the lateral forms of ambling gaits such as the running walk, singlefoot, and similar rapid but smooth intermediate speed gaits. If a horse begins to speed up and lose a regular four-beat cadence to its gait, the horse is no longer walking, but is beginning to either trot or pace. The trot is a two-beat gait that has a wide variation in possible speeds, but", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "19862514", "text": "Strolling Jim. The Tennessee Walking Horse was officially named the state horse by the General Assembly of Tennessee in 2000. Many horse shows in Tennessee are oriented around the state's namesake breed, the Tennessee Walking Horse. The largest of these is the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, an 11-day competition that takes place on the 105-acre Celebration Grounds in Shelbyville just before Labor Day every year. The Celebration attracts over 1,500 horses and 200,000 spectators. The Spring Celebration, also known as the Spring Fun Show, is another Tennessee Walking Horse show that traditionally is important for horses and trainers hoping", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19178677", "text": "Walking Horse\". In 2016, the museum was given over $3,000 in state grants. The money was used to restore old film of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and make it available for viewing. The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum contains a variety of exhibits related to all aspects of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. There is an exhibit on the current World Grand Champion, updated yearly as a new horse wins, and saddles and tack worn by past winners. There are also exhibits honoring select breeders and trainers, which are changed periodically. One prominent piece is the saddle worn", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum" }, { "docid": "19862509", "text": "and 1940s, but dropped in popularity as the Tennessee Walking Horse came to the forefront of the state's horse shows. Today, Tennessee is ranked 6th on the list of US states by number of horses, and 3.2 million of its 10 million acres of farmland are used for horses or horse-related activity in some form. The Tennessee Walking Horse is the most popular breed in the state. The Tennessee Walking Horse, the first horse breed to be named for an American state, was developed in the Middle Basin of Tennessee. Horse breeder James Brantley began his breeding program in the", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19137742", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (abbreviated TWHBEA) is the oldest breed association for the Tennessee Walking Horse. It was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Lewisburg, Tennessee. The association also runs the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame. The TWHBEA was founded in 1935 in Lewisburg, Tennessee for the purpose of registering Tennessee Walking Horses and maintaining their bloodlines. The first president was Burt Hunter. The association was originally named the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association of America, but was renamed in 1974 to cover the popular show industry.", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association" }, { "docid": "19338092", "text": "walk of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Like all lateral ambling gaits, the footfall pattern is the same as the walk (left hind, left front, right hind, right front), but differs from the walk in that it can be performed at a range of speeds, from the speed of a typical fast walk up to the speed of a normal canter. Some Icelandic horses prefer to tölt, while others prefer to trot. The flying pace is a two-beat lateral gait, with a moment of suspension between the two sets of footfalls At racing speeds, horses can perform the flying pace at", "title": "Five-gaited" }, { "docid": "19178676", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum is the only museum dedicated entirely to the Tennessee Walking Horse. It is located in downtown Wartrace, Tennessee, and contains exhibits on all aspects of the Walking Horse industry. The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum was first established in Shelbyville, Tennessee, at which time it was housed in a room adjacent to the Calsonic Arena. In the 1990s it was moved to Lynchburg, but subsequently closed in 2005. In 2011 it reopened inside an old store in Wartrace, which is known by the nickname \"The cradle of the Tennessee", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum" }, { "docid": "19115520", "text": "was noted for his good conformation. Brantley observed him performing a true running walk within a few hours of his birth. When Roan Allen was three years old, he was put in training with Charlie Ashley of Manchester, Tennessee. Ashley trained Roan Allen to perform seven distinct gaits on command, including the running walk, flat walk, fox trot, true trot and rack. When Roan Allen was fully trained, he was competed successfully in Walking Horse, five-gaited, and harness classes in county fairs. Roan Allen died in 1930, under rather unusual circumstances. Brantley had loaned him to a farmer named Wallace", "title": "Roan Allen" }, { "docid": "3585793", "text": "While the Tennessee Walking Horse is most common in the southern and southeastern US, it is found throughout the country. The Tennessee Walker is noted for its appearance in horse show events, particularly performances in saddle seat-style English riding equipment, but is also a very popular trail riding horse. Some are used for endurance riding. To promote this use, the TWHBEA maintains an awards program in conjunction with the American Endurance Ride Conference. In the 20th century, the Tennessee Walking Horse was crossed with Welsh ponies to create the American Walking Pony, a gaited pony breed. The breed has also", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "1224814", "text": "Jostens; it is also home to a Tyson Foods facility and a distribution center for Wal-Mart, as well as several nationwide trucking businesses. Shelbyville is at the intersection of U.S. Route 231 and U.S. Route 41A. It was the terminus of a branch line (from Wartrace), located along what is now known as Railroad Avenue, connecting with what was once known as the Saint Louis, Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration takes place each year during the 11 days and nights prior to Labor Day. It is the largest show for the Tennessee Walking Horse, during", "title": "Shelbyville, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "3585794", "text": "been featured in television, movies and other performing events. The Lone Ranger's horse \"Silver\" was at times played by a Tennessee Walker. \"Trigger, Jr.\", the successor to the original \"Trigger\" made famous by Roy Rogers, was played by a Tennessee Walker named Allen's Gold Zephyr. The position of Traveler, mascot of the University of Southern California Trojans, was held at various times by a purebred Tennessee Walking Horse, and by a Tennessee Walker/Arabian cross. The two basic categories of Tennessee Walking Horse show competition are called \"flat-shod\" and \"performance\". Flat-shod horses compete in many different disciplines under both western and", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "3585788", "text": "While the horses are famous for flashy movement, they are popular for trail and pleasure riding as well as show. The Tennessee Walking Horse is best known for its running-walk. This is a four-beat gait with the same footfall pattern as a regular, or flat, walk, but significantly faster. While a horse performing a flat walk moves at , the running walk allows the same horse to travel at . In the running walk, the horse's rear feet overstep the prints of its front feet by , with a longer overstep being more prized in the Tennessee Walking Horse breed.", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "2003352", "text": "and ambling gaits, running or trotting gaits, and leaping gaits. The British Horse Society Dressage Rules require competitors to perform four variations of the walk, six forms of the trot, five leaping gaits (all forms of the canter), halt, and rein back, but not the gallop. The British Horse Society Equitation examinations also require proficiency in the gallop as distinct from the canter. The so-called \"natural\" gaits, in increasing order of speed, are the walk, trot, canter, and gallop. Some consider these as three gaits, with the canter a variation of the gallop, even though the canter is distinguished by", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "19338093", "text": "speeds close to 30 mph. Icelandics that can perform the \"tölt\" but not the flying pace are called \"four-gaited.\" Other gaited horse breeds may be able to perform five gaits, and individual horses of breeds not normally noted for possessing ambling gaits may also do so. Examples of these include the part-Saddlebred National Show Horse, the Arabian horse, the Morgan, and the Morab. Five-gaited Five-gaited horses are notable for their ability to perform five distinct horse gaits instead of simply the three gaits, walk, trot and canter or gallop common to most horses. Individual animals with this ability are often", "title": "Five-gaited" }, { "docid": "3585785", "text": "was practiced to enhance their performance in the show ring. The two basic categories of Tennessee Walking Horse show competition are called \"flat-shod\" and \"performance\", distinguished by desired leg action. Flat-shod horses, wearing regular horseshoes, exhibit less exaggerated movement. Performance horses are shod with built-up pads or \"stacks\", along with other weighted action devices, creating the so-called \"Big Lick\" style. The United States Equestrian Federation and some breed organizations now prohibit the use of stacks and action devices at shows they sanction. In addition, the Tennessee Walking Horse is the breed most affected by the Horse Protection Act of 1970.", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "19093057", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC), sometimes known as the Celebration, is the largest horse show for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, and has been held annually in or near Shelbyville, Tennessee since its inception in 1939. The Celebration was conceived by Henry Davis, a horse trainer who along with several other horsemen, felt the Shelbyville area should have a festival or annual event. Although the Celebration was originally held in Wartrace, Tennessee, it moved to Shelbyville, the seat of Bedford County, a few years later. The Celebration spans 11 days and nights in", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration" }, { "docid": "10129453", "text": "Tiger horse Tiger horses are gaited, spotted horses with a coat color much like the Appaloosa. The tiger horse can exhibit various ambling gaits including various lateral gaits called the \"glider gait\" or \"Indian shuffle,\" stepping pace, and running walk, as well as the diagonal fox trot. Registered horses must exhibit gaits without artificial aids and while flat-shod. There are two types of tiger horse, the \"Heavenly Type\" and the \"Royalty Type\". Because the tiger horse breed is still in development, there are variations in conformation even within these two types. The tiger horse may have a straight or convex", "title": "Tiger horse" }, { "docid": "19093070", "text": "horses so the judges can evaluate their conformation. The winner is announced by a spotlight sweeping back and forth along the line-up of horses and then settling on the World Grand Champion. The winner is awarded $15,000 in prize money. Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC), sometimes known as the Celebration, is the largest horse show for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, and has been held annually in or near Shelbyville, Tennessee since its inception in 1939. The Celebration was conceived by Henry Davis, a horse trainer who along with several other horsemen, felt", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration" }, { "docid": "20326298", "text": "Gen's Black Maverick Gen's Black Maverick is a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion. He has won two World Championships and the 2017 World Grand Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Gen's Black Maverick is a black stallion. He was sired by Gen's Black Gin and out of the mare Cash For Roses; both his parents are World Champions. Gen's Black Maverick is owned by Keith and Lorraine Rosbury of Bell Buckle, Tennessee and trained by Bill Callaway of Shelbyville. Gen's Black Maverick has competed in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration multiple times; he and Callaway entered the World", "title": "Gen's Black Maverick" }, { "docid": "6328565", "text": "can achieve even higher results, pulling more than 200 percent of their own body weight. A draught-type horse must pass two tests in the studbook evaluation: a walking test and either a pulling or a general drivability test. The points given for the horse's performance in these tests are added to those given for its temperament and gaits, resulting in the final workability score. The horse is also given a score for its conformation. In addition to achieving the minimum scores for both workability and conformation, stallions accepted for the working-horse section of the stud book are required to trot", "title": "Finnhorse" }, { "docid": "20326308", "text": "Vic Thompson Vic Thompson (died 1996) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer. He and the horse Sun's Jet Parade won the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration's World Grand Championship in 1957. Thompson was the first president of the Walking Horse Trainers' Association and was later inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame. Vic Thompson was born in Texas and began training horses in 1939, when his father bought a group of 22 horses to resell. Thompson later moved to Tennessee, where he opened a breeding and training stable in 1951. It was located outside Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the", "title": "Vic Thompson" }, { "docid": "19862516", "text": "and a mule show called Mule Day has been held in Maury County for 170 years. The Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville hosts the Great Celebration Mule Show each July. Tennessee also hosts a number of horse shows for breeds that predated or derived from the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Spotted Saddle Horse is a pinto-patterned breed that was developed using large amounts of Tennessee Walking Horse blood. Two major shows for it are held at the Celebration Grounds every year; the Spring Show in May and World Championship in September. The Spotted Saddle Horse's biggest registry, the Spotted Saddle Horse", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "5354444", "text": "competition, stock horse breeds such as the American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse and Appaloosa tend to be favored by the judges, though quality individuals from other breeds such as the Morgan horse and Arabian horse can be competitive if not penalized for their natural conformation that gives them a somewhat higher-set neck. \"Gaited\" breeds such as the Missouri Fox Trotter and the Tennessee Walker often have their own Western Pleasure classes with standards adapted to evaluate their use of intermediate gaits other than the jog trot. Even breeds that are traditionally shown mostly in English riding disciplines, such as", "title": "Western pleasure" }, { "docid": "19862511", "text": "of the Tennessee Walking Horse\". The breed's main registry, the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA), was founded in 1935 in Lewisburg and is still located downtown. In 1939 Henry Davis and a group of fellow horsemen held the inaugural Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration; it lasted three days and ended with Strolling Jim, trained by Floyd Carothers, being crowned as the first World Grand Champion. After the founding of the TWHBEA and then Celebration, the Walking Horse jumped in popularity and many notable breeding farms were established, including Harlinsdale Farm, and horse trainers began to focus on", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19178678", "text": "by the first National Champion, Strolling Jim, as well as a color portrait of him painted in 1940 by artist Bill Humphreys. Another exhibit is focused on Betty Sain, who became the first female rider to win a World Grand Championship. Sain won the title in 1966, on her horse Shaker's Shocker. The museum also contains a hands-on section where visitors can look through old show bills, industry-related magazines, and the like. Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum is the only museum dedicated entirely to the Tennessee Walking Horse. It is located in downtown Wartrace,", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum" }, { "docid": "657681", "text": "a galloping mammal causes the abdominal viscera to act as a piston, inflating and deflating the lungs as the animal's spine flexes and extends, increasing ventilation and allowing greater oxygen exchange. Any given animal uses a relatively restricted set of gaits, and different species use different gaits. Almost all animals are capable of symmetrical gaits, while asymmetrical gaits are largely confined to mammals, who are capable of enough spinal flexion to increase stride length (though small crocodilians are capable of using a bounding gait). Lateral sequence gaits during walking and running are most common in mammals, but arboreal mammals such", "title": "Gait" }, { "docid": "1224826", "text": "under age 18 and 19.3% of those age 65 or over. Wartrace, Tennessee Wartrace is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census and 651 at the 2010 census. It is located northeast of Shelbyville. The downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wartrace Historic District. Wartrace is a hub of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry and has been nicknamed \"the cradle of the Tennessee Walking Horse\". It is home to the Wartrace Horse Show, held annually since 1906, and the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum", "title": "Wartrace, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "1224819", "text": "Wartrace, Tennessee Wartrace is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census and 651 at the 2010 census. It is located northeast of Shelbyville. The downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wartrace Historic District. Wartrace is a hub of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry and has been nicknamed \"the cradle of the Tennessee Walking Horse\". It is home to the Wartrace Horse Show, held annually since 1906, and the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum has been headquartered in downtown Wartrace since 2012. The name \"Wartrace\"", "title": "Wartrace, Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19759305", "text": "Charles Brantley Charles Brantley (November 12, 1924 – July 22, 2016) was a Tennessee Walking Horse breeder. He grew up on a farm in Coffee County, Tennessee and competed in the first Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Besides breeding horses, he was a horse trainer for several years, but quit riding due to health issues. He was married to his wife Nellie for 70 years, and was inducted into both the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Brantley was born on his family's farm in Coffee County, Tennessee on November 12, 1924. He", "title": "Charles Brantley" }, { "docid": "19900431", "text": "Link Webb Lincoln \"Link\" Webb (born 1974) is a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer. He and the black stallion Santana's El Nino won the breed's World Grand Championship in 2008. Webb was born Lincoln Eugene Webb in 1974, but nicknamed Link. He owns and operates Link Webb Stables in Marshall County, Tennessee, and was named Trainer of the Year by the Walking Horse Trainers' Association in 2005. He trained the black Tennessee Walking Horse stallion Santana's El Nino. In 2007, Webb and El Nino entered the World Grand Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration and placed fourth. A short", "title": "Link Webb" }, { "docid": "6887541", "text": "ambling gaits are \"lateral\" gaits, meaning that the feet on the same side of the horse move forward, but one after the other, usually in a footfall pattern of right rear, right front, left rear, left front. Others are \"diagonal\", meaning that the feet on opposite sides of the horse move forward in sequence, usually right rear, left front, left rear, right front. A common trait of the ambling gaits is that usually only one foot is completely off the ground at any one time. Ambling gaits are further distinguished by the timing and cadence of the footfall pattern. One", "title": "Ambling gait" }, { "docid": "3585792", "text": "book was closed in 1947, meaning that since that date every Tennessee Walker must have both its dam and stud registered in order to be eligible for registration. In 1950, the United States Department of Agriculture recognized the Tennessee Walking Horse as a distinct breed. In 2000, the Tennessee Walking Horse was named the official state horse of the US state of Tennessee. It is the third most-common breed in Kentucky, behind the Thoroughbred and the American Quarter Horse. As of 2005, 450,000 horses have been registered over the life of the TWHBEA, with annual registrations of 13,000–15,000 new foals.", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "19595157", "text": "Judy Martin (horse trainer) Judy Martin is a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer. Martin trained the World Grand Champion Shades of Carbon, and was Tennessee Walking Horse Trainer of the Year in 1976. She also judged horse shows. Judy Wiser was born to Winston Wiser and his wife Katherine. Winston Wiser was a notable Tennessee Walking Horse trainer who won five World Grand Championships on three horses, including Merry Go Boy and Go Boy's Shadow. Judy married Joe Martin. The couple ran a training and show stable in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and trained the black stallion Shades of Carbon, who was owned", "title": "Judy Martin (horse trainer)" }, { "docid": "4936581", "text": "majority of horse breeds. Both gaits are an intermediate speed between a walk and a canter or gallop; ambling gaits are four-beat gaits, whereas the trot is a two-beat gait. The extra footfalls provide additional smoothness to a rider because the horse always has at least one foot on the ground. This minimizes movement of the horse's topline and removes the bounce of a two-beat gait, caused by a moment of suspension followed by the jolt of two feet hitting the ground as the horse shifts from one pair of legs to the other. The value of an intermediate speed", "title": "Rocky Mountain Horse" }, { "docid": "6887564", "text": "footfalls are usually slightly uneven, occurring in \"couplets\" of a 1-2, 3-4 rhythm that gives the rider a slight forward and back sensation when riding. They are considered physically easier on the horse than the lateral gaits as less hollowing of the back occurs when the horse is in the gait. Diagonal four beat gaits are classified as an alternative ambling gait, even though derived from the trot rather than the pace. The genetic mechanism that allows diagonal ambling gaits appears to be the same gene responsible for lateral ambling gaits. The fox trot is most often associated with the", "title": "Ambling gait" }, { "docid": "19755568", "text": "Jeff Givens Jeff Givens (1961/1962 – October 6, 2013) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer who won three World Championships with the same horse. Givens died in a truck and trailer crash in 2013, at age 51. Givens was a lifelong resident of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and operated Jeff Givens Stables in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was on the board of the Walking Horse Trainers' Association. In 2011, Givens and the horse Maxximize unanimously won the Model Pleasure Stallions class in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Givens showed Trigger Treat in the Model Pleasure Geldings class the same day and", "title": "Jeff Givens" }, { "docid": "19357579", "text": "was exhibited at a small show in Tennessee and was seen by Colonel J. L. Haynes. Haynes soon bought the horse and at the age of twelve years, had him registered with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association as Haynes Peacock. Haynes Peacock, ridden by Haynes, won World Grand Championships at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in the years 1940 and 1941, making him the first repeat champion. He died several years later and was buried on Haynes' farm, Haynes Haven, in the horse cemetery. Haynes Peacock Haynes Peacock was a Tennessee Walking Horse gelding. He won", "title": "Haynes Peacock" }, { "docid": "19595376", "text": "Billie Nipper Billie Nipper (November 22, 1929 – February 24, 2016) was an American artist who specialized in painting portraits of horses. Nipper, a native of Cleveland, Tennessee, painted every horse to win the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship from 1976 until her death. Besides Tennessee Walking Horses, she painted other breeds of horse, as well as landscapes. Her paintings were made into prints and transferred onto china and other objects. Nipper also bred horses, and her husband and son were horse trainers. Nipper's art was owned by Ronald Reagan and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Her paintings are in the", "title": "Billie Nipper" }, { "docid": "17152544", "text": "in an attempt to alleviate the pain. Correspondingly, the horse steps under itself as far as possible with its hind legs to relieve the forelegs of weight. This results in the \"squatting\" body outline (hindquarters extremely lowered, forelegs flung very high) typical of the \"big lick\" horse. Such abuses are illegal under the Horse Protection Act of 1970, but are still practiced. Measures have been taken to stop the practice, and many supporters of the Tennessee Walking Horse have organized to oppose soring. The HPA, created specifically to stop such practices and to monitor the Tennessee Walking Horse in particular,", "title": "Soring" }, { "docid": "19862512", "text": "training Tennessee Walkers specifically for show competition. Trainers who became notable during this period include Winston Wiser, Fred Walker and Steve Hill. Today the Tennessee Walking Horse continues to be highly important to the Middle Basin. The town of Shelbyville is called the Tennessee Walking Horse Capital of the World, and has hosted the Celebration for most of its history; the first few Celebrations were held in Wartrace, but the move was made due to space issues. The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum was founded in the 1980s and was hosted in several locations before moving to its permanent location", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19487488", "text": "He was being taken to the University of Tennessee veterinary hospital when he died of an obstructed bowel caused by colic complications. RPM (horse) RPM was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won a World Grand Championship in 1999. As a four-year-old, RPM was sold for $1.25 million, estimated at the time to be the highest price ever paid for a Tennessee Walking Horse. RPM was trained by Bud Dunn, who also trained the horse's sire to a World Grand Championship in 1992. RPM was a black stallion sired by Dark Spirit's Rebel, the 1992 World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse,", "title": "RPM (horse)" }, { "docid": "19338089", "text": "Five-gaited Five-gaited horses are notable for their ability to perform five distinct horse gaits instead of simply the three gaits, walk, trot and canter or gallop common to most horses. Individual animals with this ability are often seen in the American Saddlebred horse breed, though the Icelandic horse also has five-gaited individuals, though with a different set of gaits than the Saddlebred. The ability to perform an ambling gait or to pace appears to be due to a specific genetic mutation. Some horses are able to both trot and perform an ambling gait, but many can only do one or", "title": "Five-gaited" }, { "docid": "19862507", "text": "Horse industry in Tennessee The horse industry in Tennessee is the 6th largest in the United States, and over three million acres of Tennessee farmland are used for horse raising or horse-related activities. The most popular breed in the state is the eponymous Tennessee Walking Horse, and it became an official state symbol in 2000. Because Tennessee was largely rural in its early statehood, horses were important as a form of transportation. During the antebellum period, horse racing became a popular sport among the gentry. After the Civil War, most of the native southern stock was gone, and horse breeding", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "19223765", "text": "Tennessee Walking Horse breeder to utilize scientific inbreeding. Dement was posthumously given the Master Breeder Award by the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association. His farm, with three barns he built, remains in his family and has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, meaning that it has been owned by the same family for more than a century. Albert Dement Albert Dement (born 1868) was an early Tennessee Walking Horse breeder. Albert Dement was born in Cannon County, Tennessee in 1868. In 1892 Dement moved to Wartrace, in Bedford County Tennessee, and began breeding horses. Dement's main broodmare", "title": "Albert Dement" }, { "docid": "19184826", "text": "Mule and Donkey Show. The most popular annual event held at Calsonic Arena, however, is the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, the largest show for the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Celebration itself incompasses a wide variety of activities besides the horse show, and includes a trade fair and barbecue cookout. Calsonic Arena Calsonic Arena is an arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee. It is best known as the home of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, but it hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including motocross competitions, 4-H events, dog shows, rodeos and circuses. Calsonic Arena is host to a", "title": "Calsonic Arena" }, { "docid": "3585807", "text": "registry is kept by the TWHBEA, which promotes all riding disciplines within the breed, but does not sanction horse shows. The USEF does not currently recognize or sanction any Tennessee Walking Horse shows. In 2013 it banned the use of action devices and stacks at any time in any class. The Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society is a group dedicated to the preservation of the original Tennessee Walker bloodlines, mainly for use as trail and pleasure horses, rather than for showing. Horses listed by the organization descend from the foundation bloodstock registered by the TWHBEA. Pedigrees may not include horses", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "19862522", "text": "is no rental stable. Horse industry in Tennessee The horse industry in Tennessee is the 6th largest in the United States, and over three million acres of Tennessee farmland are used for horse raising or horse-related activities. The most popular breed in the state is the eponymous Tennessee Walking Horse, and it became an official state symbol in 2000. Because Tennessee was largely rural in its early statehood, horses were important as a form of transportation. During the antebellum period, horse racing became a popular sport among the gentry. After the Civil War, most of the native southern stock was", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "10270406", "text": "Mountain Saddle Horses must demonstrate a \"gentle temperament and willing disposition\" to registry examiners. The breed exhibits a natural ambling gait, called the single-foot, which replaces the trot seen in a majority of horse breeds. Both gaits are an intermediate speed between a walk and a canter or gallop; ambling gaits are four-beat gaits, whereas the trot is a two-beat gait. The extra footfalls provide additional smoothness to a rider because the horse always has at least one foot on the ground. This minimizes movement of the horse's topline and removes the bounce of a two-beat gait, caused by a", "title": "Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse" }, { "docid": "19759309", "text": "was inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame, and in 2002 the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The latter achievement made him the first person in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry to be so honored. By 2009, Charles Brantley had attended every Celebration, and had judged the ones his horses did not show in. Charles Brantley died July 22, 2016, at the age of 91. He had been in a nursing home in Manchester, Tennessee. Charles Brantley Charles Brantley (November 12, 1924 – July 22, 2016) was a Tennessee Walking Horse breeder. He grew up on a farm", "title": "Charles Brantley" }, { "docid": "14950049", "text": "became John Paul Way and section 10 was created. In the early 1940s, Mr. McNamara built a ½ mile clay-training track between what is now Harmony Road and Adios Pass. This was removed for the housing development in the late 1970s and relocated just north of 146th Street until the mid-1990s, when The Village Farms portion of the original Two Gaits Farm was developed. Two Gaits Farm (Carmel, Indiana) Two Gaits Farm is the name of a Standardbred (harness racing) horse farm that functioned from 1934-1973. It belonged to Leo C. McNamara, Sr. and at one time was internationally known", "title": "Two Gaits Farm (Carmel, Indiana)" }, { "docid": "19450336", "text": "was the only Tennessee Walking Horse to have ever been given the \"Sports Illustrated\" Award of Merit. Shaker's Shocker retired from showing in 1970 and was put to stud at Sain's stables. He was also used as a mascot for University of Tennessee football games. Shaker's Shocker and Betty Sain have been given a historic marker in Tennessee. There is a permanent exhibit on them in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum. Shaker's Shocker Shaker's Shocker was a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion who won his breed's World Grand Championship in 1966. Shaker's Shocker was foaled in 1962, by World Grand", "title": "Shaker's Shocker" }, { "docid": "19832748", "text": "in Miami. However, she married a soldier from Georgia and the family later returned to Florida. About the time of the marriage, her new father-in-law traveled to Tennessee to buy mules and while there heard about the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, a major Tennessee Walking Horse show. In 1946 the Groover family attended it as spectators, and soon after, Wink Groover's parents purchased two Tennessee Walking Horse colts, which they put in professional training. Groover won his first horse show ribbon on one of the colts the next year. In 1954 Groover graduated from high school and moved to", "title": "Wink Groover" }, { "docid": "20326313", "text": "and slid down on top of her. Kathy was not seriously harmed but refused to ride again until she was in high school, when someone dared her. After riding on the dare, she began riding often and later competed in some horse shows, including the Celebration. Vic Thompson was inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame. He died in 1996. Vic Thompson Vic Thompson (died 1996) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer. He and the horse Sun's Jet Parade won the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration's World Grand Championship in 1957. Thompson was the first president of the", "title": "Vic Thompson" }, { "docid": "19120715", "text": "horse trainers, who eventually created the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, an annual horse show held for the first time in 1939. Because of this, the name was changed to the Walking Horse Hotel. The first winner of the Celebration, Strolling Jim, who was owned and trained by Floyd Carothers, is buried behind the hotel. Since 2015, the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum has had a framed portrait of Strolling Jim on display. Floyd Carothers died in 1944, but the hotel was owned and operated by Olive Carothers until 1958. It was sold several times, then renovated in 1995 and", "title": "Walking Horse Hotel" }, { "docid": "19093067", "text": "although some may be registered with the Spotted Saddle Horse and Racking Horse associations as well. Double registration does not affect a horse's ability to enter the Celebration. The only exception to this rule are ponies competing in lead line classes. Over 20 World Championships are awarded in different classes throughout the course of the Celebration, including the Lead Line Ponies World Championship, Park Performance, Four-Year-Old, Three-Year-Old, Two-Year-Old, Weanling, Trail Pleasure, Show Pleasure, and Lite Shod. The most anticipated class, however, is the World Grand Championship, the largest honor in the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. Competition at the Celebration is", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration" }, { "docid": "19487485", "text": "RPM (horse) RPM was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won a World Grand Championship in 1999. As a four-year-old, RPM was sold for $1.25 million, estimated at the time to be the highest price ever paid for a Tennessee Walking Horse. RPM was trained by Bud Dunn, who also trained the horse's sire to a World Grand Championship in 1992. RPM was a black stallion sired by Dark Spirit's Rebel, the 1992 World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse, and out of Ebony's Emmy Lou. As a yearling, RPM was sold to Pete Hammond and Bob Kilgore for $100,000 and put", "title": "RPM (horse)" }, { "docid": "19862515", "text": "to compete in the main Celebration later in the year. It is held on the Celebration Grounds and dates back to 1970. The National Trainers Show is held annually by the Walking Horse Trainers' Association. It is almost always held in Shelbyville, although it has been held in Alabama twice, in 1988 and 2015. Besides the larger shows that last multiple days, Tennessee also hosts a number of significant one-day Tennessee Walking Horse shows. The Wartrace Horse Show is the oldest one-night horse show in Tennessee, and has been held annually since 1906. Tennessee is also known for breeding mules,", "title": "Horse industry in Tennessee" }, { "docid": "3585797", "text": "with Western saddles and related equipment similar to that used by other breeds in western pleasure classes, and exhibitors may not mix English and Western-style equipment. Riders must wear a hat or helmet in western classes. Tennessee Walkers are also shown in both pleasure and fine harness driving classes, with grooming similar to that of the saddle seat horses. Tennessee Walking Horses are typically shown with a long mane and tail. In classes where horses are turned out in saddle seat equipment, it is typical for the horse to be shown in a single curb bit with a bit shank", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "19310440", "text": "several book and movie deals, she turned them all down. In 2010, the Sain House at Webb School was given a Tennessee historical marker. In 2015, Betty Sain gave a presentation on her family's history, her own experiences with Shaker's Shocker and later horses, and an overview of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed at a meeting of the Bedford County Historical Society. The Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum in Wartrace has a permanent exhibit on Betty Sain and Shaker's Shocker. Betty Sain Elizabeth Fay \"Betty\" Sain, (born November 20, 1942) is a former Tennessee Walking Horse trainer and breeder from", "title": "Betty Sain" }, { "docid": "19595380", "text": "Horse to win the breed's World Grand Championship, held annually as part of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Nipper's first World Grand Champion portrait was of that year's winner Shades of Carbon, and his trainer Judy Martin. In all, she painted over 30 World Grand Champions, the last one before her death being I Am Jose. For a time, Nipper operated in conjunction with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association, but then went out on her own, saying, \"Us artists like our independence\". Nipper had a temporary office at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration each year,", "title": "Billie Nipper" }, { "docid": "6887552", "text": "performed by Tennessee Walking Horses. It is a four-beat gait with the same footfall pattern as a regular, or flat, walk, but significantly faster. While a horse performing a flat walk moves at , the running walk allows the same horse to travel at . In the running walk, the horse's rear feet overstep the prints of its front feet by , with a longer overstep being more prized in the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. While performing the running walk, the horse nods its head in rhythm with its gait. Some Tennessee Walking Horses perform other variations of lateral ambling", "title": "Ambling gait" }, { "docid": "7130270", "text": "ground at any given time, and found in almost all legged animals. In an informal sense, running is considered to occur when at some points in the stride all feet are off the ground in a moment of suspension. Technically, however, moments of suspension occur in both running gaits (such as trot) and leaping gaits (such as canter and gallop). Gaits involving one or more moments of suspension can be found in many animals, and compared to walking they are faster but more energetically costly forms of locomotion. Animals will use different gaits for different speeds, terrain, and situations. For", "title": "Terrestrial locomotion" }, { "docid": "19962612", "text": "Bill Bobo William Earl \"Bill\" Bobo is a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer. He won the World Grand Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 2003 with the stallion The Whole Nine Yards. Bobo also showed the notable horse Rowdy Rev, who competed in the World Grand Championship several times but never won. Bobo has been named Trainer of the Year by the Walking Horse Trainers Association. Bobo was born William Earl Bobo in 1947/1948. He is married to Connie Bobo, and the two own and operate Bobo Farms in Shelbyville, Tennessee, which has been in the Bobo family", "title": "Bill Bobo" }, { "docid": "3585798", "text": "under , rather than the double bridle more common to other saddle seat breeds. Riders wear typical saddle seat attire. Hats are not always mandatory, but use of safety helmets is allowed and ranges from strongly encouraged to required in some pleasure division classes. The showing, exhibition and sale of Tennessee Walking Horses and some other horse breeds is governed by the Horse Protection Act of 1970 (HPA) due to concerns about the practice of soring. This developed during the 1950s and became widespread in the 1960s, resulting in a public outcry against it. Congress passed the Horse Protection Act", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "6931885", "text": "for three-gaited horses with full manes and tails are also offered. The American Saddlebred and Tennessee Walking Horse are shown with an artificially positioned tail in the \"high action\" classes, such as three-gaited and five-gaited under saddle classes, and fine harness competition. Set tails are not allowed in Saddlebred or Tennessee Walking horse pleasure classes or in most flat shod classes, though a horse which has previously been shown with a set tail may be allowed in some classes if its tail has been taken down and allowed to return to its natural position. Other saddle seat breeds, such as", "title": "Saddle seat" }, { "docid": "20193565", "text": "Game World Game World is a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion who won the World Grand Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 2011. Game World is a chestnut stallion with a star and strip on his face, foaled on April 4, 2005. He is out of the mare Pushers Color My World and sired by the stallion Mind Games. He was sold to Chester Stokes of Ponte Verde Beach, Florida, as a yearling. He was trained and ridden by Gary Edwards of Shelbyville, Tennessee. As a four-year-old Game World was entered in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration", "title": "Game World" }, { "docid": "2003378", "text": "1–2, 3–4 rhythm created by a slight pause between the groundstrike of the forefoot of one side to the rear of the other. Not all horses can perform an ambling gait. However, many breeds can be trained to produce them. In most \"gaited\" breeds, an ambling gait is a hereditary trait. A 2012 DNA study of movement in Icelandic horses and mice have determined that a mutation on the gene DMRT3, which is related to limb movement and motion, causes a \"premature 'stop codon'\" in horses with lateral ambling gaits. The major ambling gaits include: Horse gait Horse gaits are", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "10266525", "text": "Pleven horse The Pleven breed of horse is essentially Anglo-Arabian, and the breed was officially recognized in 1951. It is a competition horse with a natural jump, and has free-flowing gaits. The Pleven is essentially Anglo-Arabian, a cross between an Arabian horse and a Thoroughbred. The Pleven's head has a straight profile, a long, muscular neck, and a nice topline. They are excellent movers, whose free-flowing gaits make them excel in dressage. They have fairly long backs and high withers, with quarters that are muscular, croups which are slightly sloping, and a tail that is carried well. Their legs are", "title": "Pleven horse" }, { "docid": "19489186", "text": "prevented from entering the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration at all by an outbreak of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. The virus caused a quarantine to be put in place, blocking horses from Arkansas and several other states from going into Tennessee, where the Celebration is held. In 1978, Mark of Carbon, Webb's third World Grand Champion, beat 15 other horses to win the stake. The same year as Mark of Carbon's win, Webb was named Walking Horse Trainer of the Year. Webb wrote a how-to book entitled \"The Care and Training of the Tennessee Walking Horse\", which was first published", "title": "Joe Webb (horse trainer)" }, { "docid": "20530601", "text": "Main Power Main Power is a Tennessee Walking Horse who won the World Grand Championship in the 2005 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. He had previously been the Three-Year-Old World Champion in two categories, Four-Year-Old World Champion and Reserve World Grand Champion. Main Power was foaled on April 3, 1999. He is a solid black stallion with no white markings. He was sired by Gold Power and out of the mare Main Man's Spirit. His dam was double-registered with both the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association and the Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America. He was trained by", "title": "Main Power" }, { "docid": "177016", "text": "toxic amounts of poisonous plants even when there is adequate healthy food. All horses move naturally with four basic gaits: the four-beat walk, which averages ; the two-beat trot or jog at (faster for harness racing horses); the canter or lope, a three-beat gait that is ; and the gallop. The gallop averages , but the world record for a horse galloping over a short, sprint distance is . Besides these basic gaits, some horses perform a two-beat pace, instead of the trot. There also are several four-beat \"ambling\" gaits that are approximately the speed of a trot or pace,", "title": "Horse" }, { "docid": "19060716", "text": "1940s, breeders involved in the development of the Tennessee Walking Horse made regular trips into eastern Kentucky to find well-gaited mares to put to their foundation Tennessee Walking Horse stallions. These quality mares contributed greatly to the Walking Horse breed. Palomino horses were also highly sought after and several were sold to a horse broker who purchased horses for Roy Rogers. Geneticist Ernest “Gus” Cothran, while working for the University of Kentucky developed a chart showing the progression of horse breeds as determined through blood-typing. Blood markers have shown the Mountain Pleasure Horse to be related to the Rocky Mountain", "title": "Mountain Pleasure Horse" }, { "docid": "2003376", "text": "as the lateral ambling gaits. There are a significant number of names for various four-beat intermediate gaits. Though these names derive from differences in footfall patterns and speed, historically they were once grouped together and collectively referred to as the \"amble.\" In the United States horses that are able to amble are referred to as \"gaited.\" In almost all cases, the primary feature of the ambling gaits is that 3 of the 4 feet are on the ground at any time, reflected in the colloquial term, \"singlefoot.\" All ambling gaits are faster than a walk but usually slower than a", "title": "Horse gait" }, { "docid": "17152548", "text": "in a practice involving a horse, and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when walking. Clinical signs of a sored horse include: One method of soring involves using chemical agents such as mustard oil, kerosene, and other caustic substances on the pasterns, bulbs of the heel, or coronary bands of the horses, causing burning or blistering of the horses' legs to accentuate their gaits. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is sometimes added to increase the effect. The treated area is", "title": "Soring" }, { "docid": "3585784", "text": "in the late 18th century when Narragansett Pacers and Canadian Pacers from the eastern United States were crossed with gaited Spanish Mustangs from Texas. Other breeds were later added, and in 1886 a foal named Black Allan was born. He is now considered the foundation sire of the breed. In 1935 the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association was formed, and it closed the studbook in 1947. In 1939, the first Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was held. In the early 21st century, this annual event has attracted considerable attention and controversy, because of efforts to prevent abuse of horses that", "title": "Tennessee Walking Horse" }, { "docid": "19302335", "text": "Bud Dunn Emerson \"Bud\" Dunn (May 15, 1918 – January 11, 2001) was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer from Kentucky who spent most of his career in northern Alabama. He trained horses for over forty years and won his first Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship at age 74 with Dark Spirit's Rebel; at the time, he was the oldest rider to win the honor. He was inducted into the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame in 1987 and named trainer of the year in 1980 and 1991. In 1999 at age 81, Dunn surpassed his own record for the", "title": "Bud Dunn" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7634094", "text": "Jenna Coleman Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986), professionally known as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. Notable for her work in British television, she is best known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera \"Emmerdale\" (2005–2009), Clara Oswald, companion to the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors in the science fiction series \"Doctor Who\" (2012–2015, 2017), Queen Victoria in the ITV biographical drama series \"Victoria\" (2016–present), and for her leading role in \"The Cry\". Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, and began her acting career at an early age as a member of a theatre company called", "title": "Jenna Coleman" } ]

[ { "docid": "19159010", "text": "writer, director, producer, and actress. She also was an actress in the film, \"Straight A's\" (2013). Along with having roles in independent films, commercials, and industrials, Garcia-Crow also had a reoccurring role on the PBS children's show, Wishbone. Amparo Garcia-Crow Amparo Garica-Crow is an American writer, director and actress, based in Austin, Texas. Garcia-Crow identifies herself as an \"inter-disciplinary artist who acts, directs, sings, writes plays, screenplays and songs\" as well as a film artist, with a \"strong focus...for the last few years...in storytelling and the development of solo work\" as she currently directs performance artists and storytellers. She is", "title": "Amparo Garcia-Crow" }, { "docid": "20222102", "text": "\"Everything Sucks!\" (2018). Peyton Kennedy Peyton Kennedy (born January 4, 2004) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. O on the PBS Kids television series, \"Odd Squad\" (2014–2017). She is also known for her film roles in \"The Captive\" (2014), \"American Fable\" (2016), and \"Lavender\" (2016). She played Kate Messner in the Netflix series, \"Everything Sucks!\" (2018), where she played a 15 year old girl who is trying to figure out her sexuality. She also plays Betty on Grey’s Anatomy. Kennedy was born on January 4, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She attended the", "title": "Peyton Kennedy" }, { "docid": "20222100", "text": "Peyton Kennedy Peyton Kennedy (born January 4, 2004) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. O on the PBS Kids television series, \"Odd Squad\" (2014–2017). She is also known for her film roles in \"The Captive\" (2014), \"American Fable\" (2016), and \"Lavender\" (2016). She played Kate Messner in the Netflix series, \"Everything Sucks!\" (2018), where she played a 15 year old girl who is trying to figure out her sexuality. She also plays Betty on Grey’s Anatomy. Kennedy was born on January 4, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She attended the Canadian Model and", "title": "Peyton Kennedy" }, { "docid": "7868039", "text": "Ramona Gilmour-Darling Ramona Gilmour-Darling (born 1975) is a Canadian actress, singer, and dancer. In 2002, she began portraying Loonette the Clown (taking over for Alyson Court, who played the original Loonette) on the Canadian children's television series \"The Big Comfy Couch\", which aired in Canada on Treehouse and on various PBS stations in the United States. She has also appeared on stage in leading roles in many plays and musicals in Canada, most notably as Mary in \"The Secret Garden\" (Young People's Theatre, 2001) in Toronto, Anne in \"Anne of Green Gables\" (2005) and Polly Peachum in \"The Beggar's Opera\"", "title": "Ramona Gilmour-Darling" }, { "docid": "9367896", "text": "Kirsha Southward Kirsha Southward (born 27 June 1992) is a British actress from Derbyshire. Kirsha made her name in My Parents are Aliens as Poppy Manning and The Royal as Charlotte. She currently lives in Derbyshire with her parents and attends a local school. She attends Scala Kids Performing Arts in Leeds, alongside Lily Jane Stead. On 1 December 2006 she played the part of Victoria Sugden and Kayleigh Gibbs's friend Jenny Albright in an episode of the ITV Soap Opera Emmerdale. She is close friends with Lily Jane Stead who plays Kayleigh on Emmerdale and also Isabel Hodgins who", "title": "Kirsha Southward" }, { "docid": "14440905", "text": "the Diverse Expression at The Universal Art Gallery. It was met with an overwhelmingly positive response. Carroll married fellow voice actor Michael Bell in 1984. They have a daughter, Ashley Bell, who is also an actress. Victoria Carroll Victoria Carroll (or Victoria Carrol-Bell; born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941) is an American film, stage and television actress, voice actress and artist. Born Mary Carol Lee Ford on January 21, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the third child of Oscar Ford, a vaudeville actor turned publicity agent and Lillian Ford, an actress. During the late 1940s, the whole", "title": "Victoria Carroll" }, { "docid": "18867456", "text": "drama \"Playing For Keeps\" in May 2018. She plays Tahlia, a socialite who is engaged to the captain of an Australian rules football team. Olympia Valance Olympia Montana Valance (born 7 January 1993) is an Australian model and actress, known for her role as Paige Smith in the soap opera \"Neighbours\". Olympia Valance was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 January 1993 to Rajko Vukadinović, a model and musician, and Tania Gogos-Wilson. Valance's father is Serbian and her mother is Greek Australian. She is the step-daughter of Australian rock musician Ross Wilson, who married her mother. Valance is the third", "title": "Olympia Valance" }, { "docid": "15207506", "text": "Creature\". Chris is listed as the Executive Producer, and Martin is listed as the Executive Director. It is written by either the Kratts themselves, Eva Almos (who also plays Donita Donata), or Chris Roy. It is filmed in Canada, the United States, and countries around the world. PBS dedicated nearly $500,000 to developing the series. The show makes use of comedic devices such as slapstick comedy as per their previous kids' shows (\"Kratt's Creatures\" and \"Zoboomafoo\"). \"Wild Kratts\" debuted on January 3, 2011, on most PBS stations and has currently been signed for a fifth season with both PBS and", "title": "Wild Kratts" }, { "docid": "3500544", "text": "Malick (1972), an Emmy-nominated actress known for her role on the NBC sitcom \"Just Shoot Me!\" and now as \"Victoria Chase\" on the TV Land sitcom \"Hot in Cleveland\"; Melvin Van Peebles (1953), an actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, and composer; Patricia Wettig (1974), the actress who plays vice president Caroline Richards on \"Prison Break\"; and Clark Gregg (1984), the actor playing Richard in \"The New Adventures of Old Christine\" with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Numerous Ohio Wesleyan alumni have been associated with social justice. Branch Rickey (1904) was a baseball manager and executive known for signing Jackie Robinson as the first African-American", "title": "Ohio Wesleyan University" }, { "docid": "7806774", "text": "Melanie Martinez (actress) Melanie Martinez is an American stage and television actress, best known as \"Melanie\", host of the \"Good Night Show\", on PBS KIDS Sprout from 2005 to 2006. In 1994, the Texas-born Martinez graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts. Martinez has appeared in a number of theater plays, including roles in \"Caesar and Cleopatra\" at Cocteau Repertory and in a verse play, \"The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto\", written by Kirk Wood Bromley. In the summer of 2000, Martinez was cast to play the role of a student in two 30-second videos, \"I Have a Future\"", "title": "Melanie Martinez (actress)" }, { "docid": "17022782", "text": "Katerina Lehou Katerina Lehou or Katerina Lekhou (Κατερίνα Λέχου) is a Greek actress who has been in many theatrical plays, films, and Greek television series. Lehou was born on September 5, 1967, in Athens, Greece. During her childhood, she participated in the arts, like playing the piano and reading literature. She studied and graduated from the Theater of Arts Karolos Koun. In 1990, Lehou started acting professionally in a film named \"The scars of the night\" (Τα σημάδια της νύχτας). In 2010, she began starring on a television series called \"The island\", based on the novel by Victoria Hislop. Viewers", "title": "Katerina Lehou" }, { "docid": "6535011", "text": "Amy Mathews Amy Mathews (born 29 March 1979) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Armstrong in Australian soap opera \"Home and Away\". Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has spent most of her life in Sydney. She was offered a scholarship at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, which she completed. She then enrolled in and completed a two-year acting course in Surry Hills, Sydney, where she met fellow \"Home and Away\" actor Jon Sivewright, who plays Tony Holden, her husband on the show. Mathews", "title": "Amy Mathews" }, { "docid": "19231665", "text": "Kolby Koloff Kolby Alexandra Koloff (born May 14, 1996) is an American Christian musician, who primarily plays a Christian pop style of worship music. Her first extended play, \"Grow\", was released by Maxx Recordings in 2015 where its single, \"Grow\", was her entrant \"Billboard\" magazine song. Koloff was born Kolby Alexandra Koloff, on May 14, 1996, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the youngest daughter of Nikita Koloff and his second wife Victoria. She used to be an actress on Preachers' Daughters, before starting her singing and songwriting career. Koloff's music recording career commenced in 2015, with her first extended play, \"Grow\",", "title": "Kolby Koloff" }, { "docid": "9992886", "text": "Lesley Nicol (actress) Lesley Nicol (born in Manchester) is an English actress and three-time SAG Award-winner who is best known for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series \"Downton Abbey\". She is also known for her roles as Mrs. Beaver in the 1988 BBC adaptation of \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\" and as the Queen Giant in \"The Silver Chair\" (1990). Nicol graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in the early 1970s. On stage, Nicol appeared as Rosie in the second and third years of the original", "title": "Lesley Nicol (actress)" }, { "docid": "5501672", "text": "Clarke appeared on the February 7, 2006, episode of \"The Daily Show\" to promote it. Clarke is a Republican. She is married to J. Brian Graham, a Democrat. She is the mother of two sons, Colin and Charlie, and a daughter, Devan, who is an equestrian. Her sister Caitlin Clarke was an actress who died in 2004. She and her family live in suburban Washington, D.C. in Bethesda, MD in the Salmon-Stohlman House. Victoria Clarke Victoria \"Torie\" Clarke (born May 18, 1959) is an American communications consultant who has served in several private sector positions and in three Republican presidential", "title": "Victoria Clarke" }, { "docid": "8044508", "text": "aired on PBS, having been licensed by PBS stations WNET in 1996 and then by KCET in 1999. Actor Charles Laughton, in the early 1940s, is quoted in the film as saying, \"There is no actor in Hollywood or on Broadway, who would not drop what he is doing to be in one of Norman Corwin's radio plays. We all look up to him as a writer of the highest caliber and one of the most important writers in America today.\" KCET in Los Angeles re-broadcast \"Corwin\" in October 2011 as a memorial tribute when Mr. Corwin died at the", "title": "Les Guthman" }, { "docid": "6535015", "text": "is studying surface design. Amy Mathews Amy Mathews (born 29 March 1979) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Armstrong in Australian soap opera \"Home and Away\". Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has spent most of her life in Sydney. She was offered a scholarship at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, which she completed. She then enrolled in and completed a two-year acting course in Surry Hills, Sydney, where she met fellow \"Home and Away\" actor Jon Sivewright, who plays Tony Holden, her husband", "title": "Amy Mathews" }, { "docid": "10624169", "text": "Victoria Cartagena Victoria Luz Cartagena is an American theater, film, and television actress. Cartagena is known for her role as Zoe Lopez in \"The Bedford Diaries\" and as Renee Montoya in \"Gotham\". Victoria was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Victor and Lucy Cartagena. She attended Penn State University, where she earned a degree in education. She was later accepted into the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Cartagena has starred in numerous theater productions and participated in various plays and workshops for New York's Lark Theater. Most recently, Victoria appeared on the WB television series \"The Bedford Diaries\", NBC's", "title": "Victoria Cartagena" }, { "docid": "11285254", "text": "Dead\", she plays Michelle Black. In both films, she plays with Victoria Maurette. Both films are in English. \"Dying God\" is filming in France, and \"Left for Dead\" in United States and Argentina. Mariana Seligmann Mariana Seligmann, better known as Muni Seligmann, is an Argentinian actress, singer and dancer . Her best-known roles are in soap operas \"Chiquititas\", \"Rebelde Way\" and \"Floricienta\". Currently, she is working on two films with Victoria Maurette, in English, \"Dying God\" and \"Left for Dead\" and one soap opera, Rebelde Way. Her professional career started 1995, in TV show \"Chiquititas\". Seligmann's role wasn't big, but", "title": "Mariana Seligmann" }, { "docid": "7506673", "text": "a role as a prostitute in the costume drama \"Stealing Heaven\" (1988). Victoria Burgoyne Victoria Burgoyne (born 3 April 1953) is an English actress. She is known for being a guest actress in the infamously uncompleted \"Doctor Who\" serial \"Shada\", the making of which was abandoned as the result of a BBC strike. She later was a regular cast member on the series \"Howards' Way\" as Vicki Rockwell during its 1989 series. Other TV credits include: \"Doctors Daughters\", where she was one of the leads, \"The Professionals\" and \"Ever Decreasing Circles\". Her film credits include \"Mr Smith\" (1976), \"Secrets of", "title": "Victoria Burgoyne" }, { "docid": "15328062", "text": "\"Best Actress\", but lost out to rival soap \"EastEnders\" actress Kellie Bright, who plays Linda Carter in the serial. Donna's cancer and suicide was also nominated for \"Best Storyline\" under the title of \"Donna's Demise\", however the highly-publicised Who Killed Lucy Beale? story from \"EastEnders\" won the award. Also, Rushworth was nominated for \"Best On-screen Partnership\" alongside Michael Parr, who plays Ross. They again lost to \"EastEnders\"' Adam Woodyatt and Laurie Brett, who play Ian and Jane Beale. Donna Windsor Donna Windsor (also Windsor-Dingle) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera \"Emmerdale\". She was originally played by", "title": "Donna Windsor" }, { "docid": "12172730", "text": "\"In Concert\", and he participated in the PBS video production \"Carole King, In Concert\". Humphrey has previously toured as a member of the group Savoy Brown, recording with them on their 1981 albums \"Rock'n'Roll Warriors\" and \"Greatest Hits Live\". Humphrey has three brothers who are also professional musicians; actor Mark Humphrey plays the drums, Paul Humphrey plays keyboards and guitar, and Andy Humphrey is a guitarist. Paul and Andy are singer/songwriters as well. John Humphrey (bass player) John Michael Humphrey is a bass player who has toured with guitarist Scott Henderson since 1998, performing with drummer, Kirk Covington, as a", "title": "John Humphrey (bass player)" }, { "docid": "7506672", "text": "Victoria Burgoyne Victoria Burgoyne (born 3 April 1953) is an English actress. She is known for being a guest actress in the infamously uncompleted \"Doctor Who\" serial \"Shada\", the making of which was abandoned as the result of a BBC strike. She later was a regular cast member on the series \"Howards' Way\" as Vicki Rockwell during its 1989 series. Other TV credits include: \"Doctors Daughters\", where she was one of the leads, \"The Professionals\" and \"Ever Decreasing Circles\". Her film credits include \"Mr Smith\" (1976), \"Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman\" (1973), \"Death Ship\" (1980), \"Where Is Parsifal?\" (1984), and", "title": "Victoria Burgoyne" }, { "docid": "14436104", "text": "Twig the Fairy Twig Oaklyn Flewinia Thistlebottom, better known as Twig the Fairy, is a fairy character frequently seen at Renaissance fairs around the United States. A \"charmer of children\", Twig entertains passers-by with jigs and airs played on a double-piped aulos. She occasionally offers a glass stone glittering with \"faerie dust\" as a token of friendship to children who approach her. The actress who plays Twig describes Twig's character as a \"shy and gregarious—kind of a woman-child: innocent, mischievous, playful.\" Twig is a silent character because, according to the actress who plays her, \"talking takes away a bit of", "title": "Twig the Fairy" }, { "docid": "20062280", "text": "Dalila Bela Dalila Bela (born October 5, 2001) is a Canadian actress who is known for her role as Agent Olive on the PBS Kids series \"Odd Squad\", in the \"\" films, and work on television shows such as \"Once Upon a Time\" and \"Anne With An E\". Dalila Bela was born in Montreal, Quebec. She is of English, French, Brazilian and Spanish ancestry. Her dad is from Panama and her mother is from Brazil. She has two younger brothers named Bruce and Raphael who are also actors. Bela began her career in acting at the age of 5 when", "title": "Dalila Bela" }, { "docid": "5284583", "text": "that sell individual jokes and epigrams without being anchored to character.\" Smart was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and Stadlen was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, though neither won. The production was broadcast by PBS on October 7, 2000, three days after the New York production closed, and was released on DVD. Notes The Man Who Came to Dinner The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the", "title": "The Man Who Came to Dinner" }, { "docid": "15285037", "text": "Neighborhood of Make-Believe presents the opera \"A Granddad for Daniel\". In it, Daniel plays the son looking for someone to call his grandfather. Reardon plays a man who follows Daniel and his mother on a trolley ride through various exotic areas who turns out to be his grandfather in the end. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (season 14) The following is a list of episodes from the fourteenth season of the PBS series, \"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood\", which aired in late 1983 and early 1984. Rogers sees a collection of toy banks. The Neighborhood of Make-Believe wants to buy a record player for", "title": "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (season 14)" }, { "docid": "10266484", "text": "\"The Eyes of the World\" is another production she participated in with her cousin's acting troupe. She played minor roles with Arliss and Bertha Kalich before her first true New York success. This was in \"Septimus\" (1909) at the Halleck Theatre, which became Walleck's Theatre. Her achievement was followed by a performance as leading lady in \"The Boss\" for Holbrook Blinn. In 1911, she appeared as Victoria Fairchild in the farce \"Modern Marriage\" by Harrison Rhodes (\"In the role of the shrewish young person who needs enlightenment, and tampering, Miss Emily Stevens plays with delightful variety in an excellent vain", "title": "Emily Stevens (actress)" }, { "docid": "11131012", "text": "\"Law and Order\", \"The Good Wife\", \"Peter Pan Live!\", \"Oklahoma!\", \"Ted 2\", and Disney's \"Cinderella.\" Helen Anker Helen Anker is a British actress, singer, and dancer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and Bird College. She has appeared in numerous London West End and Broadway musicals and plays, perhaps best known for originating the role of Zelda Fitzgerald in \"Beautiful and Damned\". Helen's first professional role came in 1981, when she was only nine years old, playing Louisa in \"The Sound of Music\" with Petula Clark at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre. Following this she trained for five years at", "title": "Helen Anker" }, { "docid": "11131006", "text": "Helen Anker Helen Anker is a British actress, singer, and dancer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and Bird College. She has appeared in numerous London West End and Broadway musicals and plays, perhaps best known for originating the role of Zelda Fitzgerald in \"Beautiful and Damned\". Helen's first professional role came in 1981, when she was only nine years old, playing Louisa in \"The Sound of Music\" with Petula Clark at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre. Following this she trained for five years at the Royal Ballet School before transferring to Bird College to pursue her passion for musical", "title": "Helen Anker" }, { "docid": "9992888", "text": "reboot of \"The Odd Couple\" and multiple episodes of ABC-TV's \"The Catch\", in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a vicious London gangland family. Nicol began writing an original one-woman musical with pop songwriter Mark Mueller in 2016 and its first performance was given in 2017 at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, her alma mater. Lesley Nicol (actress) Lesley Nicol (born in Manchester) is an English actress and three-time SAG Award-winner who is best known for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series \"Downton Abbey\". She is also known for", "title": "Lesley Nicol (actress)" }, { "docid": "13293530", "text": "Victoria Williams (actress) Victoria Williams (born 1956) is a British actress. She started her career at the end of the sixties as a child actor and played various roles in different TV drama productions. Her most notable part (then credited as \"Vicky Williams\") was that of Nicky Gore, the central character of the 1975 adaptation of Peter Dickinson's \"The Changes\", a trilogy that chronicled the sudden and violent descent by British society into a pre-industrial and pre-technological age. She was one of the two human actors in the Children's ITV series, \"The Riddlers\", about two humanoid creatures who lived in", "title": "Victoria Williams (actress)" }, { "docid": "20315700", "text": "by Julian Fellowes, based upon the novel by Laura Moriarty, with McGovern, Curtis, Eli Selden, and Adam Shulman producing under their Anonymous Content banner. Fox Searchlight Pictures would distribute the film. In May 2017, it was announced Michael Engler would direct the film, instead of Curtis, who will remain an executive producer on the film. Masterpiece, Altus Media, and Rose Pictures will produce the film, with PBS Distribution distributing the film, receiving a theatrical release prior to airing on PBS. In August 2017, Haley Lu Richardson, Victoria Hill, Campbell Scott, Géza Röhrig, Blythe Danner and Miranda Otto. Hill, Greg Clark,", "title": "The Chaperone (2018 film)" }, { "docid": "13698119", "text": "which premiered in 2014. Created by Su, who executive produces with Green, the web-series follows Emma Woodhouse as she documents her business success with her lifestyle company. Pemberley Digital partnered with PBS Digital Studios to produce the company's first web-series not based on a novel written by Austen. \"Frankenstein, MD\", a modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's \"Frankenstein\" co-created by Su, Brett Register, and Lon Harris, premiered in 2014 on the PBS Digital YouTube channel. The series was executive produced by Su and Green, and follows PhD student Victoria Frankenstein, portrayed by as Anna Lore, and Iggy DeLacey, portrayed by Steve", "title": "Hank Green" }, { "docid": "6573889", "text": "the second cousin of the actress Kacey Barnfield. She previously dated reporter and economist Conor Woodman, who lists her among his dedications in his 2011 book Unfair Trade. In 2013 she then became engaged to actor Adam James, and they married in September 2015. Their first child was born in September 2016, and she is stepmother to his daughter from a previous relationship. Victoria Shalet Victoria Shalet (born 9 December 1981) is an English former actress most famous for her role as Harmony in the award-winning CBBC adaptation of the Dick King-Smith book \"The Queen's Nose\". Victoria Jane Shalet was", "title": "Victoria Shalet" }, { "docid": "10272606", "text": "Daisy Martinez Daisy Maria Martinez is an actress, model, chef, television personality and author, who hosts a PBS television series, \"Daisy Cooks!\", which launched on April 15, 2005. Daisy was born to mainland Puerto Rican parents in Brooklyn, New York, where she lived at her grandmother’s house until she was almost five years old. From her grandmother, Valentina, and her mother, Conchita, Daisy learned an appreciation of Latin cuisine. She attended Long Island University, where she met her first husband. Before becoming a TV chef, Daisy was an actress and model. She became the \"Martinez Valero Girl\" for the Spanish", "title": "Daisy Martinez" }, { "docid": "16238561", "text": "Michelle Creber Michelle Nicole Creber (born September 7, 1999) is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, musician, song-writer and voice actress who is known around the world as the speaking/singing voice of Apple Bloom (and the singing voice of Sweetie Belle until 2013) in the TV series \"\". She was born to jazz pianist/producer Michael Creber, and vocalist/producer Monique Creber. Michelle first appeared on stage with her parents at the age of one and has performed in several movies, TV shows, musicals and animation series since. Other notable voiceover credits include \"Lucy\" in Peanuts (Warner Bros) \"Alice\" in Martha Speaks (PBS", "title": "Michelle Creber" }, { "docid": "8116977", "text": "where Jerome was played by Ian McKellen, (who was knighted in 1990, becoming Sir Ian McKellen). Corinna was played by Jane Asher. This production won the 1989 Best Comedy category at the Evening Standard Awards for London theatre. NAN 300F is played in act 1 by the actress who plays Corinna in act 2, and in act 2 by the actress who plays Zoe in act 1. The play is in two acts, the first of which has two scenes. It is set in London, England, in the future but \"sometime quite soon\". It is a bleak future where law", "title": "Henceforward..." }, { "docid": "16787964", "text": "Victoria Linchong Victoria Linchong ()is an American screenwriter, producer, actress and director working in both theater and film. Victoria Linchong was born in New York City and lived in Taiwan for two years at a young age. She attended Hunter College High School and began working at Theater for the New City as an actress in their summer street theater when she was fourteen. Rebelling against her traditional Taiwanese family, she left home at the age of sixteen and lived in the basement of the theater, where she became acquainted with many pioneers of Off-Off Broadway, including several writers who", "title": "Victoria Linchong" }, { "docid": "2643202", "text": "José Eduardo Derbez (born 1992). On March 9, 2001 she married Mexican politician Omar Fayad, who is the Governor of Hidalgo. On August 11, 2004 gave birth to twins, daughter Victoria and son Anuar. Victoria Ruffo Victoria Ruffo (born Maria Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo on May 31, 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas. Ruffo began her acting career in 1980 starring in supporting roles in the telenovela \"Conflictos de un Médico\", under the direction of Ernesto Alonso, and continued her career acting in \"Al Rojo vivo\". In 1983, Valentín", "title": "Victoria Ruffo" }, { "docid": "1978653", "text": "success with \"The Glorious Days\", which had a run of 476 performances. Neagle and Wilcox brought the play to the screen under the title \"Lilacs in the Spring\" (1954), co-starring Errol Flynn. In the film she plays an actress knocked out by a bomb, who dreams she is Queen Victoria and Nell Gwyn – as well as her own mother. As she begins dreaming, the film switches from black-and-white to colour. In Britain, where Neagle had top billing, the film was reasonably successful. In the United States, however, where Flynn had top billing, the title was changed to \"Let's Make", "title": "Anna Neagle" }, { "docid": "7806776", "text": "PBS is fighting against new Federal Communications Commission rulings about indecency that the network argues will inhibit documentary filmmakers and freedom of speech, it delivers a subjective punishment to a popular performer for something done seven years ago that was clearly a spoof\". PBS President Paula Kerger defended the decision saying \"what we are looking for in the host of \"Sprout\" is someone that is really representative of PBS and Sesame and kids' entertainment. She's not an actress—she really is supposed to embody the service itself.\" In an August 5, 2006 article on the front page of the Arts Section", "title": "Melanie Martinez (actress)" }, { "docid": "3217478", "text": "Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2015. Between the character's debut in 1982 and 1990, Victoria was portrayed by child actress Ashley Nicole Millan. After Millan left the series, Victoria was rapidly aged to become a teenager, and Heather Tom assumed the role on December 12, 1990. In 1997, Tom took a nearly eight-month leave of absence from the role, departing on February 21 and returning on October 2. During Tom's absence, Sarah Aldrich was cast as her temporary replacement, from April 2 to July 17. In 1999, Carrie Genzel was in talks to replace Tom, who", "title": "Victoria Newman" }, { "docid": "13854140", "text": "and a 2012 cutting edge Native American cooking show featuring master chef Loretta Oden for FNX/PBS. As a writer Red-Horse penned the Emmy award winning MY INDIAN SUMMER (CBS) and AFI’s LOOKS INTO THE NIGHT in which she also starred as lead actress. Red-Horse is currently producing/directing (again in collaboration with Hurd for Vision Maker Media/PBS) the biographical documentary of Wilma Mankiller who served as the first female elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Red-Horse recently served as a co-curator for a comprehensive 100 year Native American film retrospective and national tour sponsored by the UCLA Film and Archive", "title": "Valerie Red-Horse" }, { "docid": "6316976", "text": "New York to a Jewish family. He has been married to actress Victoria Carroll since 1984. Together they have a daughter, Ashley Bell who is also an actress. He is an animal rights activist. He is the godfather of actor Steve Guttenberg, who cites Bell as his inspiration to become an actor. Since 2016, Bell has served on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Local of SAG-AFTRA. His current term ends in 2019. Michael Bell (actor) Michael Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor, voice director and animal-rights activist who is most active in", "title": "Michael Bell (actor)" }, { "docid": "4741676", "text": "of Fame television production of \"Lily Dale\", starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Peter's daughter. He was a third cousin of Shelby Foote, an American historian and novelist who wrote about the Civil War and who appeared in Ken Burns's PBS documentary \"The Civil War\" in 1990. Tess Harper, an actress who worked with Foote on \"Tender Mercies\", described him as \"America's Chekhov. If he didn't study the Russians, he's a reincarnation of the Russians. He's a quiet man who writes quiet people.\" Regarding his own writing, Foote said, \"I know that people think I have a certain style, but I think", "title": "Horton Foote" }, { "docid": "8613505", "text": "of every episode from Season 35 until Season 37. Trash is portrayed as an intergalactic traveler who encounters odd creatures on each planet he visits. In each adventure Trash Gordon escapes peril with nonviolent and improvisational solutions, thanks to his quick thinking; for instance, when a living pile of rotten bananas confronts Trash, it is soon chased away by an \"Intergalactical Monkey\" he happens to have with him. Trash Gordon Trash Gordon is the name of a fictitious character on the long-running PBS children's television show \"Sesame Street\". Played by Roscoe Orman, who also plays the character of Gordon on", "title": "Trash Gordon" }, { "docid": "15875508", "text": "Shōta Sometani, who plays the role of Sumida, a 15-year-old who suffers from the violence that his father inflicted onto him. Actress Fumi Nikaidō his co-star, plays Chazawa, a rich girl who is Sumida's classmate. Additional cast members of the film are Yōsuke Kubozuka, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Anne Suzuki and singer Takahiro Nishijima. Actress Yoshitaka previously starred in the 2006 film \"Noriko's Dinner Table\", which was also directed by Sion Sono. Nishijima is from the music group AAA, and also previously starred in Sion Sono's 2009 award-winning film \"Love Exposure\". Most of the filming took place at a special set in", "title": "Himizu (film)" }, { "docid": "20366668", "text": "Creative Work Of The Week. Shannon Harrington lives in the New York metro area and has an older sister, Brigid Harrington, who is a Broadway Actress and Disney Channel personality. Shannon Harrington on Facebook Shannon Harrington on IMDB Shannon Harrington on Twitter Shannon Harrington Shannon Harrington is an American actress and singer who is best known for playing Susan Waverly in two consecutive Broadway National Tours of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, performing in several Off-Broadway plays and being featured in Verizon Fios' National \"Half house\" television commercial. Shannon Harrington is a NYC-based actress and singer. After appearing in several episodes", "title": "Shannon Harrington" }, { "docid": "11107013", "text": "Beatriz Carvajal Beatriz Pla Navarro (Madrid, 24 December 1949) better known as Beatriz Carvajal is a Spanish theatre, television and film actress. She wanted to be an actress since she was a child and she took part in some theatre plays (\"La zapatera prodigiosa\", \"Mariana Pineda\", \"Los árboles mueren de pie\" or \"Cuidado con las personas formales\") in the 1960s and 1970s. Later on, her roles in Televisión Española made her a very popular actress and she has already participated in numerous television series, theatre plays and films. She is single and has two adoptive daughters, Montse Pla, who worked", "title": "Beatriz Carvajal" }, { "docid": "20747025", "text": "Millie Davis Millie Davis (born December 6, 2006) is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles as Ms. O in the PBS Kids series \"Odd Squad\", Summer in the film \"Wonder\", and Gemma Hendrix in the series \"Orphan Black\". She was nominated for a Best Actress award as Ms. O in \"Odd Squad: The Movie\" at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards and has been co-nominated with the \"Odd Squad\" cast for four additional awards, including winning the award for \"Best Young Ensemble in a TV Series\" at the 2015 Joey Awards. Davis was born in Toronto, Ontario,", "title": "Millie Davis" }, { "docid": "12188767", "text": "Rent-a-Cop (film) Rent-a-Cop is a 1987 American comedy crime film starring Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli. Reynolds plays a disgraced police officer, now working as a security guard, who falls in love with Minnelli, who plays a prostitute. The film saw both lead actors to be nominated for the 1988 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst Actress. (These nominations were not solely on the merits of \"Rent-a-Cop\", however; Reynolds and Minnelli were also cited for \"Switching Channels\" and \"\", respectively). Minnelli ended up \"winning\" the Worst Actress prize. The film earned under $300,000 in American ticket sales. Initially", "title": "Rent-a-Cop (film)" }, { "docid": "8243484", "text": "Dillard currently lives in New York City. She dances in her free time and writes screenplays and plays for the stage. Dillard was the long-time girlfriend of actor Laurence Fishburne beginning in 1992 when the two met on the set of the film \"Deep Cover\". Victoria Dillard Victoria Dillard (born September 20, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her co-starring role as Janelle Cooper in the ABC sitcom \"Spin City\". Dillard was born in New York City. She began performing at the age of five with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She worked with the company", "title": "Victoria Dillard" }, { "docid": "9094139", "text": "part of Truly was played by actress Sally Ann Howes. In the stage musical version, the part was re-created by 19-year-old London actress, Emma Williams. In 2005, the Broadway \"Truly\" was portrayed by actress Erin Dilly, who was nominated for a Tony Award that year for the role. This sequence is a part of Caractacus's story, which he is telling to Truly and his children. In the song, Caractacus plays a marionette, too flexible for his own good; whereas, Truly plays a precious, too-cutesy doll that is too rigid for her own good. Twice during the counterpoint, the clown approaches", "title": "Doll on a Music Box" }, { "docid": "5163220", "text": "further inspiration from lead protagonist Tracy Lord of the 1939 play \"The Philadelphia Story\", portrayed on stage and film by actress Katharine Hepburn. The role of Victoria was originally cast to Gillian Spencer, who appeared from the July 1968 debut until 1970. Joanne Dorian replaced Spencer from October 1970 until March 16, 1971, when established theater actress Erika Slezak stepped into the role in the following day's episode. Slezak became synonymous with the character role since her first appearance in the role March 17, 1971, playing Victoria continually for 41 years until the original \"One Life\" television finale in 2012.", "title": "Victoria Lord" }, { "docid": "11395725", "text": "BBC Two comedy \"Grandma's House\". Since 2015, she plays Nurse Phyllis Crane on the BBC drama series \"Call the Midwife\" Linda Bassett Linda Bassett (born 4 February 1950) is an English actress. Her television credits include Victoria Wood's \"Dinnerladies\" (1999), \"Lark Rise to Candleford\" (2008–11), \"Grandma's House\" (2010–12) and \"Call the Midwife\" (2015–present). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1999 film \"East Is East\" and for the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for the 2013 revival of the play \"Roots\" at the Donmar Warehouse. Bassett was born in Pluckley,", "title": "Linda Bassett" }, { "docid": "2763812", "text": "Competition administered by Cricket Victoria and the club plays its home games at North Port Oval. Football (Soccer) Port Melbourne is represented by the Port Melbourne Sharks, an Association Football team, who has produced names such as Daniel Allsopp and Rodrigo Vargas. The team currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria which is the second tier in Australia, behind the A-League. The Sharks play their home games at SS Anderson Reserve. Baseball The Port Melbourne Baseball Club known as the \"Mariners\" established in 1929 plays in the Victoria Baseball Summer League, fielding 4 Senior Teams & 4 Junior Teams.", "title": "Port Melbourne, Victoria" }, { "docid": "20859337", "text": "Jane Perry (actress) Jane Elizabeth Perry is a Canadian actress and voice actor. She is perhaps best known for her work as Diana Burnwood in the rebooted \"Hitman\" series. Perry was born in Calgary, Alberta, and is of Irish and English descent. Her grandfather Frederic Perry was a cousin of scriptwriter Jimmy Perry. She is currently based in London, UK. She attended the University of Victoria, BC where she studied Theatre and Theatre Arts Management, and Studio 58 Vancouver where she gained a Diploma in Theatre Acting. Perry is a classically trained actress who has worked on stage in both", "title": "Jane Perry (actress)" }, { "docid": "13445876", "text": "with the new Actress in \"Split\", Eleanor, despite Danny's (who plays Shahar in \"Split\") anger who is in love with her, and Maya decides to take Eleanor under her wing and is moving in with her. Avi (who plays Guy in \"Split\") and Idan (who plays Sushi in \"Split\") are buying a bar and entitled it \"Bracula\" (bar+Dracula) [main location in the season]. Alma, Avi's sister, start to work in the bar as a bartender and also start dating with Idan. The three find out there is a homeless named Shaul in the basement of the Bar who is telling", "title": "Split (TV series)" }, { "docid": "1485604", "text": "Worldwide's most exported television programme. Domestically, it placed 12th in the Britain's Best Sitcom poll of 2004. It has been syndicated on Gold and Drama in the UK; on PBS in the United States; and on 7TWO in Australia. In September 2016, BBC One transmitted a 30-minute prequel, titled \"Young Hyacinth\", in which Kerry Howard plays 19-year-old Hyacinth Walton, who is working as a maid in 1950s Britain. Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) – who insists her surname is pronounced \"Bouquet\" (although her husband Richard has said, \"It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!\") – is an over-bearing, social-climbing snob,", "title": "Keeping Up Appearances" }, { "docid": "19035077", "text": "lead actress of the film is Sabrina Macchi, who plays Eva Perón. Initially, she took part in the casting of another character, but the director Pablo Agüero thought that she would be a good actress for Evita's role. She underwent a strict training to control her breathing, keep her eyelids quiet and avoid swallowing saliva. The film is also starred by Gael García Bernal, who plays the admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera. His character is the narrator of the first part of the film. It is the third film of the director Pablo Agüero, whose previous films (\"Salamandra\" and \"77 Doronship\")", "title": "Eva Doesn't Sleep" }, { "docid": "18637820", "text": "real meaty material.\" In an interview, show writer David Benioff explains that Sophie Turner's strength as an actress was one of the reasons that they decided to give her character more dramatic scenes and Bryan Cogman added that it made more sense to give the Winterfell storyline to a proven actress who was already popular with viewers than to bring in a new character. With this episode, Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton) is promoted to series regular. The episode has the introduction of new recurring cast members Jonathan Pryce, who plays the High Sparrow, and Faye Marsay, who plays the Waif.", "title": "High Sparrow (Game of Thrones)" }, { "docid": "4169707", "text": "who have achieved the distinction of local stardom in non-rock-band live performance. She sings like a demon, equally comfortable belting rock, jazz, or blues... Rudinoff is not the kind of actress who 'disappears' into the roles she plays. She's the kind of actress who explodes out of her roles with heroic, instinctive, and fearless performances.\" The rival \"Seattle Weekly\" named her \"Best Woman in Man's Clothing\" for her title role in \"Ubu\", Ki Gottberg’s reworking of Alfred Jarry's \"Ubu\" plays. As a musician and singer Rudinoff makes music with We Are Golden and in 2010 she was included in photography", "title": "Sarah Rudinoff" }, { "docid": "9322675", "text": "eldest son Arthur (Ben Crompton), and her younger son Cliff (Christopher Harper) who is changed by his experiences of combat. It is also implied that Cliff, who in real life became a sculptor in Australia, was gay; although Nella either does not realise or refuses to acknowledge it. The film won two British Academy Television Awards in 2007: \"Best Single Drama\", and \"Best Actress\" for Victoria Wood for her portrayal of Nella Last. \"Housewife, 49\" was released on DVD in the US on 11 March 2008. In September 2013, Victoria Wood chose the small Old Laundry theatre in Bowness-on-Windermere as", "title": "Housewife, 49" }, { "docid": "17981036", "text": "Shanita in the Geffen Playhouse production of \"Skeleton Crew\". Kelly McCreary Kelly McCreary (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey's half-sister, in the ABC drama series, \"Grey's Anatomy\". McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City in 2003. She began acting in college, appearing in numerous plays and commercials, before making her television debut on the PBS series \"Cyberchase\". In 2008, McCreary made her professional acting debut in the Broadway musical \"Passing Strange\". In 2010 she landed a", "title": "Kelly McCreary" }, { "docid": "17981033", "text": "Kelly McCreary Kelly McCreary (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey's half-sister, in the ABC drama series, \"Grey's Anatomy\". McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City in 2003. She began acting in college, appearing in numerous plays and commercials, before making her television debut on the PBS series \"Cyberchase\". In 2008, McCreary made her professional acting debut in the Broadway musical \"Passing Strange\". In 2010 she landed a starring role in \"Perfect Harmony\", a musical comedy about", "title": "Kelly McCreary" }, { "docid": "12883845", "text": "tell about the goals of the city on the tournament and also take part in the events for healthy way of life as a volunteer. As a volunteer, Victoria also organizes different events for children where she invites famous Russian football players. Victoria Lopyreva Victoria Petrovna Lopyreva (, \"Viktoriya Petrovna Lopyryova\"; born 26 July 1983) is a Russian television presenter, actress, model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2003. She is an official ambassador of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. As a model, Lopyreva has appeared in magazines such as \"Cosmopolitan\", \"Gala\", \"Future Television\",", "title": "Victoria Lopyreva" }, { "docid": "16995833", "text": "of her students, who is a minor. In 2014, his feature film Take One, is about a modern Indian woman, an actress who plays the Hindu mythological character Sita, and is judged harshly by Indian society because of her sexual indiscretions. But unlike Sita who was forced by society into exile, the actress rejects hypocritical society's unfair judgment of her and withdraws voluntarily into her private exile. Bhaumik is an international award winning documentary filmmaker, and is one of the leading feature filmmakers in the Indian Bengali film industry today. His hard hitting documentary films on endangered Indian ethnic folk", "title": "Mainak Bhaumik" }, { "docid": "8258743", "text": "in Cork, placed there by her mother who thought she was perhaps too shy. “It was a 90-minute workshop on a Saturday morning, where we did improv and plays. It was all about fun and being creative and I loved it,” the actress has said. Orla Fitzgerald Orla Fitzgerald (born 1978) is an Irish actress who lives and works in London and focuses on stage acting. She received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Breakthrough Artist at the fourth annual Irish Film and Television Awards for her work as Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin in \"The Wind That Shakes the", "title": "Orla Fitzgerald" }, { "docid": "16046818", "text": "Shardé Thomas Shardé Thomas (born 1990, Mississippi, United States) is an American fife player in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition. She is the granddaughter of Othar Turner, who founded the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, and cousin to band mate Andre Turner Evans. She plays a homemade cane fife. Martin Scorsese featured her grandfather, Othar Turner, in the 2003 PBS mini-series, \"The Blues\", as a link between African rhythms and American blues. This concept was continued on the 2003 album \"Mississippi to Mali\" by Corey Harris. The album was dedicated to Turner, who died a week", "title": "Shardé Thomas" }, { "docid": "6163997", "text": "the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Victoria Forde Victoria Forde (April 21, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was an American silent film actress. Born in New York City, Victoria Forde was the daughter of Broadway actress Eugenie Forde who got her into films with Biograph at age 14. In 1912, at age 16, she signed with Nestor Studios to make comedy films under director Al Christie. That same year, her mother made her film debut, appearing with her daughter in \"A Pair of Jacks\" (1912). During Forde's 5-year stay with Nestor, Al Christie would direct her in one", "title": "Victoria Forde" }, { "docid": "6163995", "text": "Victoria Forde Victoria Forde (April 21, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was an American silent film actress. Born in New York City, Victoria Forde was the daughter of Broadway actress Eugenie Forde who got her into films with Biograph at age 14. In 1912, at age 16, she signed with Nestor Studios to make comedy films under director Al Christie. That same year, her mother made her film debut, appearing with her daughter in \"A Pair of Jacks\" (1912). During Forde's 5-year stay with Nestor, Al Christie would direct her in one hundred and sixteen short films. Forde joined Selig", "title": "Victoria Forde" }, { "docid": "8144469", "text": "Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story is a short film directed by Woody Allen in 1971. The film was a satirization of the Richard Nixon administration made in mockumentary style. Allen plays Harvey Wallinger, a thinly disguised version of Henry Kissinger. The short was produced as a television special for PBS and was scheduled to air in February 1972, but it was pulled from the schedule shortly before the airdate. Reportedly, PBS officials feared losing its government support and decided not to air it. Allen, who previously had sworn off doing television", "title": "Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story" }, { "docid": "3800426", "text": "a lifestyle columnist and single mother who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The series ran for two seasons, and was ultimately cancelled on January 24, 2017. In 2016, she portrayed Dr. Kessler on the KindaTV web series \"Inhuman Condition\". Higginson won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for \"The City\" in 2000. In 2004, she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her performance in \"Stargate Atlantis\". Torri Higginson Sarah Victoria \"Torri\" Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in", "title": "Torri Higginson" }, { "docid": "10716977", "text": "and described working on the project as the \"best experience of my life\". Richard Corliss of \"Time\" wrote: \"Just 21 when the movie was shot, Lawrence is that rare young actress who plays, who \"is\", grown-up. Sullen and sultry, she lends a mature intelligence to any role.\" Peter Travers believed that Lawrence \"is some kind of miracle. She's rude, dirty, funny, foulmouthed, sloppy, sexy, vibrant, and vulnerable, sometimes all in the same scene, even in the same breath.\" She won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, becoming—at age 22—the second youngest Best Actress winner.", "title": "Jennifer Lawrence" }, { "docid": "3101515", "text": "to Frances Helm; then, in 1954, to actress Judy Landon (who made a guest appearance on \"Family Affair\"); and finally, in 1970, to Hawaiian actress Victoria Young (née Leialoha), who later appeared on \"The Brian Keith Show\" as Nurse Puni. Keith fathered two children with Landon (Michael and Mimi), and together they adopted three others (Barbra, Betty, and Rory). He fathered two children with Young (David and Daisy). Daisy became an actress and appeared with her father in the short-lived series \"Heartland\", in 1989. During the latter part of his life, Keith suffered from emphysema and lung cancer, despite having", "title": "Brian Keith" }, { "docid": "20747026", "text": "to Megan and Wayne Davis. Her older brother, Drew Davis, is also an actor, who has appeared in \"Orphan Black\", among other roles. Her parents run the Charactors Theatre Troupe in Thornhill, Ontario. Davis began her career in acting at the age of 6 months when she first appeared in a commercial with her father and she began TV roles beginning shortly before she turned 4. Millie Davis Millie Davis (born December 6, 2006) is a Canadian actress who is best known for her roles as Ms. O in the PBS Kids series \"Odd Squad\", Summer in the film \"Wonder\",", "title": "Millie Davis" }, { "docid": "9931228", "text": "she had had a change of heart and accepted to be Luisa. The role of Trini fell on Maribel Verdú, a young actress who had made her film debut with Aranda in \"El Crimen del Capitán Sánchez\" (Captain Sánchez's crime) in 1984, as younger sister of Victoria Abril's character, and who was the leading actress of that film. Maribel Verdú, whose artistic culmination maybe is Ricardo Franco's 1997 \"La Buena Estrella\" is better known internationally for her roles in Alfonso Cuarón’s \"Y tu mamá también\" and in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film \"Pan's Labyrinth\". At first, Aranda thought about Antonio", "title": "Lovers (1991 film)" }, { "docid": "20062282", "text": "with the Diabolique Film Festival Award. She portrays Diana Barry in the CBC/Netflix series \"Anne With An E\", based on the book \"Anne of Green Gables\". Dalila Bela Dalila Bela (born October 5, 2001) is a Canadian actress who is known for her role as Agent Olive on the PBS Kids series \"Odd Squad\", in the \"\" films, and work on television shows such as \"Once Upon a Time\" and \"Anne With An E\". Dalila Bela was born in Montreal, Quebec. She is of English, French, Brazilian and Spanish ancestry. Her dad is from Panama and her mother is from", "title": "Dalila Bela" }, { "docid": "4018017", "text": "Leading lady Leading lady is a term often applied to the leading actress in the performance if her character is the protagonist. It is also an informal term for the actress who plays a secondary lead, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play. A leading lady can also be an actress of renown. For example, Lynn Fontanne and Helen Hayes were both referred to as the \"leading lady of the theatre\" in their time. Similarly, Mary Pickford was called the \"leading lady\" of the cinema. The term has been applied to an actress who", "title": "Leading lady" }, { "docid": "16621101", "text": "Amigorena was offered the lead-protagonist and lead-antagonist roles, but declined both. Relative unknown Daniel Hendler was finally selected to play Andrés; he had already been cast as the secondary character Tuca, who was played by Mex Urtizberea after Hendler was recast as Andrés. The character of Verónica Diorio was initially written for actress Verónica Lozano, who turned down the role. Julieta Ortega, initially cast as Victoria Lauría, replaced Lozano and Victoria was played by stage actress Paola Barrientos. Érica Rivas and Ludovico Di Santo also turned down roles in the series and their characters were played by Nancy Dupláa and", "title": "Graduados" }, { "docid": "11312268", "text": "Liliane Nemri Liliane Nemri () is a Lebanese actress and comedian who has played in a number of Lebanese movies and series. Her mother is Alia Nemri, a famous Lebanese actress, who also played in a number of Lebanese movies and was the reason for Nemri to develop an interest in becoming an actress too. Liliane was born in a family of artists. She entered the theatre world with her father, who was also an actor. She starred with him in many plays, and gained many roles that introduced her to a large group of Lebanese and Arab fans, and", "title": "Liliane Nemri" }, { "docid": "18218185", "text": "\"The FlipSide\" series. Zaragoza was also announced to play the role of Iggy DeLacey on the Pemberley Digital and PBS Digital Studios collaborative series \"Frankenstein MD\". The series is produced by Bernie Su who has won Emmy Awards for his previous webseries projects, \"The Lizzie Bennet Diaries\" and \"Emma Approved\". Zaragoza's character is based on the Igor character. Due to his role on \"Frankenstein, MD\", Zaragoza appeared at LeakyCon 2014, with co-actress Anna Lore. \"Frankenstein, MD\" is an online video adaptation of Mary Shelley's \"Frankenstein\", and is shot at YouTube Space LA. Zaragoza would also be hired as the MC", "title": "Steve Zaragoza" }, { "docid": "5002387", "text": "writer/musician. He is a former member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and went on a two-year mission to Argentina, but after two years of research into that church's origins, Bachman concluded that the church's founder Joseph Smith had invented his stories, and severed his ties to that church. As the holder of a bachelor's degree in political science, Bachman has moonlighted as a political commentator. He plays right-wing and outside-centre for the Victoria, BC rugby club Castaway Wanderers RFC. In 2006, Bachman was interviewed for the 2007 PBS documentary called \"The Mormons\". In it, he discussed", "title": "Tal Bachman" }, { "docid": "13938716", "text": "María Victoria María Victoria Cervantes Cervantes (born 26 February 1933 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), more commonly known simply as María Victoria, is a Mexican actress, singer, and comedian who is best known for starring as the hilarious, outspoken maid named Inocencia in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom \"La criada bien criada\" and its 1972 spin-off film of the same name. María Victoria born 26 February 1933 in Guadalajara. In 1957 she married the popular singer and Yucatec speaker Rubén Zepeda Novelo until his death in 1974, with whom he had two children: Rubén y Alejandro. María Victoria she married again to Manuel", "title": "María Victoria" }, { "docid": "6573881", "text": "Victoria Shalet Victoria Shalet (born 9 December 1981) is an English former actress most famous for her role as Harmony in the award-winning CBBC adaptation of the Dick King-Smith book \"The Queen's Nose\". Victoria Jane Shalet was born in Enfield, London, the youngest child of Lawrence and Elaine Shalet. She is English on her mother's side and her father has Russian and Austrian/Jewish heritage. She attended Southgate School. Shalet was sent to after-school acting, singing and dancing classes and the agent who ran the classes sent her for her first audition, for the BBC series \"Testimony of a Child\". She", "title": "Victoria Shalet" }, { "docid": "20029403", "text": "who falls in love with one of the richest men in Turkey, who is unaware of her humble origins. Pelin Ermis plays the role of Gülsüm, appearing in 2 of the show’s 68 episodes. Hangimiz sevmedik? (Which of us did not love?) premiered on July 15. 2016, and is a dramatic television series following the secret marriage of Tarik and Itir, children of two different families who have bad blood between them. Pelin Ermis plays the role of Emel in the show. Pelin Ermis Pelin Ermis, born in August 1982, is a Turkish television a movie actress. She is credited", "title": "Pelin Ermis" }, { "docid": "18982516", "text": "but the network has denied such things. In late June, an accident suffered by Larissa Manoela, who plays the protagonists pulled her away temporarily from filming and delayed the program's debut date. The actress fell from a horse in Atibaia during filming and had to stay a few weeks off. On November 10, 2015, SBT announced the departure of actress Duda Wendling, who played Doris, because her mother didn't allow the renewal of her contract. Actress Sophia Valverde, who played Maria in \"Chiquititas\", replaced her. Two twin sisters who were separated after birth are reunited after twelve years. Manuela (Larissa", "title": "Cúmplices de um Resgate" }, { "docid": "347444", "text": "been broadcast on PBS, a pilot episode for an American version (known as \"Red Dwarf USA\") was produced through Universal Studios with the intention of broadcasting on NBC in 1992. The show essentially followed the same story as the first episode of the original series, using American actors for most of the main roles: Craig Bierko as Lister, Chris Eigeman as Rimmer, and Hinton Battle as Cat. Exceptions to this were Llewellyn, who reprised his role as Kryten, and the British actress Jane Leeves, who played Holly. It was written by Linwood Boomer and directed by Jeffrey Melman, with Grant", "title": "Red Dwarf" }, { "docid": "17223811", "text": "notably in \"Supernatural\" as Tess McAnn and she has also been in several TV movies. She is often associated with Amanda Seyfried and has played the younger version of the actress' character twice, once in \"Jennifer's Body\" and again in \"Red Riding Hood\". Charpentier appeared in \"\" as the Red Queen and in \"Mama\" as Victoria. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the UBCP/ACTRA Awards for her role in \"Mama\". Megan Charpentier Megan Charpentier (born May 26, 2001) is a Canadian actress who is perhaps best known for her role as the feral child Victoria in the 2013 horror", "title": "Megan Charpentier" }, { "docid": "10543180", "text": "Ruffo) that he loves deeply and with whom he had a daughter named Fernanda. Osvaldo was a widower when he married Victoria. He had a son from his first marriage, Maximiliano (William Levy), whom Victoria has raised as his own and who is determined to become a grown man. He has been married to three women, actress Sully Diaz, journalist Carmen Dominicci and to actress Geraldine Fernández. He has three sons: Giuliano, Osvaldo, and Alessandro. 2012/13 Osvaldo is executive producer and actor in Hollywood film Elsa & Fred and is producing other film projects. Osvaldo Ríos Osvaldo Ríos Alonso (born", "title": "Osvaldo Ríos" }, { "docid": "12047440", "text": "FlatSpin FlatSpin is a 2001 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, the second in a trilogy of plays called \"Damsels in Distress\" (\"GamePlan\" and \"Roleplay\" being parts one and three.) It is about an actress called Rosie Seymour who accepts a date with a mysterious Sam Berryman, who seems to have mistaken her for a Joanna Rupelford. \"See also: Background on Damsels in Distress (plays) page.\" \"FlatSpin\", along with \"GamePlan\", was originally intended to be part of a pair of plays, both set in the London Docklands, and both using the same cast of seven. Ayckbourn has a flat in", "title": "FlatSpin" }, { "docid": "13365418", "text": "performance of Grease. He graduated from high school in 2006 and then attended Bard College. His first role was on the PBS educational show \"Reading Rainbow.\" After graduating from high school, he went on to originate the role of Rafe, Natalia's son, on \"Guiding Light\" in May 2007. Bonilla starred in the independent film \"Musical Chairs\". It is a story of a couple (played by Bonilla and actress Leah Pipes) who enter a wheelchair ballroom dancing competition after the girl is disabled in a traffic accident. The film was released on March 23, 2012. Bonilla received an Imagen Award for", "title": "E. J. Bonilla" }, { "docid": "6447868", "text": "Danielle Rousseau Danielle Rousseau is a fictional character on the ABC drama television series \"Lost\", which chronicles the lives of over forty people after their plane crashes on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. Croatian actress Mira Furlan plays the scientist who shipwrecks on the island sixteen years prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. After Rousseau is killed in the fourth season, the American actress Melissa Farman portrayed a younger version of the character in the fifth season. Furlan later reappears for one episode in the sixth season. Rousseau is a recurring on-island character who has", "title": "Danielle Rousseau" }, { "docid": "15896658", "text": "Fatemeh Hashemi Fatemeh Hashemi (born 1969) is an Iranian television actress. Fatemeh Hashemi is an Iranian actress. She born in Iran, Anzali port & completed her primary education. During her studies, she joined the theater group in her own city, who took several plays in Bandar Anzali and Rasht on stage. She trained in film and photography and then continued and studied in the theatre & literature at the Niavaran Cultural Center under the supervision of professors such as Ghotbuddin Sadeghi, Rokn al-Din Khosrawi, Jamal Mirsadeghi and Bahram Beyzaee. She generally plays and acts in the genre of comedy on", "title": "Fatemeh Hashemi" }, { "docid": "16429586", "text": "in the novels, but as Dormer is six years older than Finn Jones, who plays Loras, Margaery is older than Loras in the show. For the role of Brienne the producers chose the English actress Gwendoline Christie. According to the character's creator George R. R. Martin, when he saw the first batch of auditions he saw \"a dozen actresses who were reading for Brienne and one actress who \"was\" Brienne,\" and it was one of the cases when there wasn't any debate. Due to her outstanding height (6 ft 3 in, 1.91 m) she was earmarked early on by fans", "title": "What Is Dead May Never Die" }, { "docid": "737466", "text": "Victoria Wood Victoria Wood, (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she performed on the piano. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life and included references to quintessentially \"British\" activities, attitudes and products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture and in satirising social classes. Wood started her career in 1974 by appearing on the ATV", "title": "Victoria Wood" }, { "docid": "10272608", "text": "One of her books was IACP nominee and winner of the Best Latino Cuisine Cookbook in the World by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Since January 2009, she has hosted a six episode series, \"Viva Daisy!\", on Food Network. Daisy currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She is divorced from her husband Jerry, a medical doctor. She is the mother of four children: Marc, Erik, David and Angela. Daisy Martinez Daisy Maria Martinez is an actress, model, chef, television personality and author, who hosts a PBS television series, \"Daisy Cooks!\", which launched on April 15, 2005. Daisy was born to mainland", "title": "Daisy Martinez" }, { "docid": "8678492", "text": "Martina Stanley Martina Stanley is an Irish actress known primarily for her acting work in soap opera \"Fair City\". She plays Dolores Molloy, a former hairdresser who lives in Carrigstown. Stanley's other acting credits include \"Memento Mori\" (1992) playing Nurse Lucy, and \"The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne\" (1987) playing Sister Mary-Paul. As well as television and film work, Stanley is also an accomplished stage actress having appeared in a variety of plays over the past 30 years. She is known throughout Ireland and is often stopped on the street by fans seeking an autograph. Stanley has pushed her acting", "title": "Martina Stanley" }, { "docid": "6196634", "text": "Dora Vermouth, a former vaudeville actress who spends most of her time intoxicated at the local pub and is showing slight signs of dementia. Harriet Thorpe plays Cat Rogers, an actress who is busy understudying multiple roles. Main Guest The episode received a viewing figure of 6,690,000 and ranked 20th place during the week it was broadcast on BBC One. \"Mirrorball\" is available as an \"extra\" on the DVD edition of \"Absolutely Fabulous\" series 4. Mirrorball (TV pilot) Mirrorball was a sitcom pilot in the United Kingdom directed by Adrian Edmondson and written by Jennifer Saunders. It originally aired on", "title": "Mirrorball (TV pilot)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "5844540", "text": "United States because of the appearance of \"C. argus\", commonly known as northern snakeheads, spawning in a Crofton, Maryland, pond in 2002. Northern snakeheads became permanently established in the Potomac River around 2004; and possibly established in Florida. In about of river, the population has surpassed 21,000 individuals. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, snakeheads have also been spotted in California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Rhode Island. In particular, the bullseye snakehead (\"Channa marulius\") has become a major problem throughout South Florida, growing larger than . According to the International Game Fish Association, Caleb", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "5844538", "text": "on wet land to other bodies of water by wriggling with their bodies and fins. \"National Geographic\" has referred to snakeheads as \"fishzilla\" and the National Geographic Channel reported the \"northern snakehead reaches sexual maturity by age two or three. Each spawning-age female can release up to 15,000 eggs at once. Snakeheads can mate as often as five times a year. This means in just two years, a single female can release up to 150,000 eggs.\" \"Since 2002, it has been illegal to possess a live snakehead in many US states, where they are considered a destructive invasive species.\" Virginia", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "3164208", "text": "Northern snakehead The northern snakehead (\"Channa argus\") is a species of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea, ranging from the Amur River to Hainan. It has been introduced to other regions, where it is considered invasive. In Europe, the first report of the species was from Czechoslovakia in 1956. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species. In a well-known incident, several were found in a pond in Crofton, Maryland, in June 2002, which led to major media coverage and two movies. The distinguishing features of a northern snakehead", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "5844540", "text": "United States because of the appearance of \"C. argus\", commonly known as northern snakeheads, spawning in a Crofton, Maryland, pond in 2002. Northern snakeheads became permanently established in the Potomac River around 2004; and possibly established in Florida. In about of river, the population has surpassed 21,000 individuals. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, snakeheads have also been spotted in California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Rhode Island. In particular, the bullseye snakehead (\"Channa marulius\") has become a major problem throughout South Florida, growing larger than . According to the International Game Fish Association, Caleb", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "3164214", "text": "fisherman discovered one in a Crofton, Maryland, pond in the summer of 2002. The snakehead fish was considered to be a threat to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and wary officials took action by draining the pond in an attempt to destroy the species. The action was successful, and two adults and over 100 small fish were found and destroyed. A man admitted having released two adults, which he had purchased from a New York market, into the pond. In 2004, 19 northern snakeheads were captured in the Potomac River, and they were later confirmed to have become established (were breeding).", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "1089348", "text": "and the adjacent shopping center, across Route 3 from local landmark Lake Louise. The snakehead species is highly aggressive and voracious. In order to ensure that the fish were eliminated, in September 2002 the main pond and two nearby ponds were dosed heavily with rotenone and subsequently with potassium permanganate. Six adult snakeheads and more than one thousand juvenile fish were found and destroyed. Ultimately, the incident initiated a national discussion on invasive species. One comparison case was the mute swan, also an invasive and destructive species of the Chesapeake Bay watershed but, in comparison, quite beautiful, and which garnered", "title": "Crofton, Maryland" } ]

[ { "docid": "3164213", "text": "The eggs are guarded by the parents until yolk absorption, when the eggs are about long. Two subspecies are distinguished – \"C. a. argus\" originating from China and Korea and \"C. a. warpachowskii\" originating from eastern Russia. In Asia, the snakehead fish is considered to be an important food fish. Due to its economic value, \"C. argus\" has been introduced (intentionally or not) to several areas in the continental United States. In the US, the snakehead is a top-level predator; its introduction poses a substantial threat to native fish populations. The fish first appeared in US news when an alert", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "8898562", "text": "game fish because they put up a strong fight when hooked. The giant snakehead is also a good fish to eat, and is often served in Chinese restaurants. In Thailand, this fish is prepared in a variety of ways, especially grilled, being a common food item offered by street vendors. In the village/rural parts of Kerala[India], it has the reputation as a good food fish as it eats only live baits. In various Asian cultures, eating this fish is believed to help in healing of the body, for example, after surgery or severe cuts and scrapes. The giant snakehead, normally", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "7926969", "text": "Snakehead Terror Snakehead Terror is a 2004 science fiction-horror television film. It is one of two Sci Fi Channel films based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. The other film is \"Frankenfish\". \"Swarm of the Snakehead\" is an independently produced creature comedy based on the same Crofton incident, and the only one of the three actually filmed in Maryland. Based on real fish called snakeheads. Snakehead fish invade Cultus Lake in the small town of Cultus, Maryland, although the town's police department poisons the lake, seemingly killing all of the fish. Two years later, bodies begin", "title": "Snakehead Terror" }, { "docid": "5844544", "text": "TV series \"River Monsters\", Jeremy Wade shows a dramatization of a snakehead, \"the fish from hell\", stalking an unsuspecting baby and Chihuahua. With the help of a snakehead researcher, however, Wade shows that although it is capable of living outside of water and is able to move on land, its weak pectoral muscles make movement difficult and render the snakehead an unlikely \"stalker\" on land. Snakehead (fish) The snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to parts of Africa and Asia. These elongated, predatory fish are distinguished by their long dorsal fins, large mouths, and shiny", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "7926977", "text": "snake heads. Patrick, Lori, Amber, and Jagger embrace as the fried snake head bodies burn in the water. Snakehead Terror Snakehead Terror is a 2004 science fiction-horror television film. It is one of two Sci Fi Channel films based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. The other film is \"Frankenfish\". \"Swarm of the Snakehead\" is an independently produced creature comedy based on the same Crofton incident, and the only one of the three actually filmed in Maryland. Based on real fish called snakeheads. Snakehead fish invade Cultus Lake in the small town of Cultus, Maryland, although", "title": "Snakehead Terror" }, { "docid": "10579565", "text": "Snakehead rhabdovirus Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) is a novirhabdovirus that affects warm water wild and pond-cultured fish of various species in Southeast Asia, including snakehead for which it is named. Investigations were conducted in the 1970s and 1980s to search for infectious agents that cause or contribute to a severe ulcerative disease, known as epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), which causes high mortalities among a variety of fish species in Asia and the Pacific region. SNRV was isolated by virologist W. Wattanavijarn from a snakehead murrel, \"Channa striata\" (formerly \"Ophicepahalus striatus\"), a species of snakehead fish, which exhibited signs of epizootic ulcerative", "title": "Snakehead rhabdovirus" }, { "docid": "17339177", "text": "to which the eggs are exposed. The adults both share in the responsibility of protecting the young until they reach a length of about 3 mm. The obscure snakehead is being considered as an emerging aquaculture species in Africa. The fish is very fleshy, has few bones, and is high in protein. The obscure snakehead also has some medicinal properties when eaten especially during recuperation from serious illnesses and as a postnatal diet. Hardiness, rapid growth, tasty flesh, and commercial value of this species represent significant aquaculture potential. An issue of concern is the way the fish are harvested. The", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "3164222", "text": "to protect their young. The young fish are said to rush to feed upon their mother after their mother gives birth and is temporarily unable to catch prey. Northern snakehead The northern snakehead (\"Channa argus\") is a species of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea, ranging from the Amur River to Hainan. It has been introduced to other regions, where it is considered invasive. In Europe, the first report of the species was from Czechoslovakia in 1956. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species. In a well-known incident,", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "5844534", "text": "Snakehead (fish) The snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to parts of Africa and Asia. These elongated, predatory fish are distinguished by their long dorsal fins, large mouths, and shiny teeth. They breathe air with gills, which allows them to migrate short distances over land. They have suprabranchial organs which develop when they grow older, which are primitive forms of labyrinth organs. The two extant genera are \"Channa\" in Asia and \"Parachanna\" in Africa, consisting of about 40 species. They are valuable as a food source and have become notorious as an intentionally released invasive", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "6385769", "text": "the hardy, gregarious fish becoming a serious invasive species is very large (although for this species, this phenomenon has not yet transpired due to its relative rarity). Alternate binomial names include \"Ophiocephalus amphibeus\". Names in northern Bengal include \"bora cheng\" (Mechi) and \"borna\" (Rabha). Borna snakehead The Borna snakehead, or Chel snakehead, \"Channa amphibeus\", is an extremely rare species of snakehead. \"C. amphibeus\" is native only to the Chel River (in the drainage of the Brahmaputra), of the Bhutan foothills, in northern Bengal, India. As with all snakeheads, \"C. amphibeus\" is an aggressive predator. The fish grows up to about", "title": "Borna snakehead" }, { "docid": "6385767", "text": "Borna snakehead The Borna snakehead, or Chel snakehead, \"Channa amphibeus\", is an extremely rare species of snakehead. \"C. amphibeus\" is native only to the Chel River (in the drainage of the Brahmaputra), of the Bhutan foothills, in northern Bengal, India. As with all snakeheads, \"C. amphibeus\" is an aggressive predator. The fish grows up to about 25 cm (10 inches). \"C. amphibeus\" requires warm fresh water (about 22–28˚C) to properly mature, and access to atmospheric oxygen. It was reported that during rainy periods, young are found “in flooded paddy-fields enclosed by forest; large fish can be found in pools of", "title": "Borna snakehead" }, { "docid": "17339178", "text": "use of poison, fire, and dynamite as fishing tools, along with the improper netting of fish, are hurting the fish population, as well as those humans consuming the fish. Obscure snakehead The obscure snakehead, \"Parachanna obscura\", is a medium-sized carnivorous fish that has an elongated shape tapered on both ends and is covered in medium circular scales (cycloid). The head, resembling a snake, is long and depressed anteriorly and covered with cycloid scales slightly larger than those scales on the body. This species is found in central Africa along the western coastline from as far north as Senegal to as", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "11493932", "text": "The fry are ejected via the gill openings. In Manipur, India, it is commonly known as meitei ngamu and there number is decreasing. Ceylon snakehead The Ceylon snakehead (\"Channa orientalis\") is a snakehead species. They are freshwater fish that grow to a maximum size of approximately , so are a member of the informal dwarf snakeheads. They originate from southwest of the island of Sri Lanka. They are predatory fish that feed on plankton, insects, and sometimes small amphibians. They can breathe on land for short periods of time because they have accessory respiratory organs through which they can use", "title": "Ceylon snakehead" }, { "docid": "11493930", "text": "Ceylon snakehead The Ceylon snakehead (\"Channa orientalis\") is a snakehead species. They are freshwater fish that grow to a maximum size of approximately , so are a member of the informal dwarf snakeheads. They originate from southwest of the island of Sri Lanka. They are predatory fish that feed on plankton, insects, and sometimes small amphibians. They can breathe on land for short periods of time because they have accessory respiratory organs through which they can use atmospheric oxygen to breathe. During wet weather, they can survive on land for more than four days, but if their bodies dry up,", "title": "Ceylon snakehead" }, { "docid": "5844543", "text": "food fishes and have good market demand. They are mainly piscivorous and voracious feeders The snakeheads comprise two extant genera: Two other genera are only known from fossils: After its release in non-native North American waters, either accidentally or intentionally, the aggressive and predator-free snakehead's reputation as a \"Frankenfish\" or \"monster fish\" has become part of the culture Besides mentions on TV shows such as \"The Sopranos and The Office\" and \"\" episode \"Sangre por Sangre\", the snakehead has been featured in three Sci-fi Channel original pictures entitled \"Snakehead Terror\", \"Frankenfish\", and \"Swarm of the Snakehead\". In the Animal Planet", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "3164216", "text": "in California and North Carolina. In 2008, the northern snakehead was found in drainage ditches in Arkansas, as a result of a commercial fish-farming accident. Recent flooding may have allowed the species to spread into the nearby White River, which would allow an eventual population of the fish in the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers. In the summer of 2008, an infestation of the northern snakehead was confirmed in Ridgebury Lake and Catlin Creek near Ridgebury, New York. By August 2008, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had collected a number of the native fish, and then poisoned the", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "5826349", "text": "dominated by more than 16 native Snakehead species. it is estimated that nearly 669 fish species found in the river. Fish ecosystem is flourished in the river and fishes present in this river are vibrant in color and healthy in nature. Various types of snakehead fish species like Channa diplogramma, Channa bleheri, Channa striata, Channa maculata, Channa punctata, Channa harcourtbutleri, Channa asiatica, Channa marulius found throughout the river. Snakeheads are considered as top level predators in Thamirabarani River. Northern Snakehead also found in small numbers on the starting part of river where top level predators like other snakeheads are missing.", "title": "Thamirabarani River" }, { "docid": "5284451", "text": "Frankenfish Frankenfish is a 2004 American horror film dealing with genetically engineered fish in the bayou. The film was based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. It is one of three movies based on the incident, the others being \"Snakehead Terror\" and \"Swarm of the Snakehead\". Franken fish was filmed in Baldwin County Alabama. Medical examiner Sam Rivers and biologist Mary Callahan travel into the bayou to investigate the mysterious death of a fisherman. Having grown up in the area, Sam is comfortable in his surroundings while Mary is not. They find Elmer noodling for catfish", "title": "Frankenfish" }, { "docid": "5844542", "text": "the United States, chefs have suggested controlling the snakehead invasion by serving them in restaurants. In Indonesia, snakehead fish are called \"ikan gabus\", served as the main parts of traditional dishes such as Betawis' \"pucung gabus\", and considered to be a delicacy due to their rarity in the wild and in aquaculture, as they are harder to raise than other popular freshwater fish such as catfish and carp. In India. among Snakeheads. Channa marulius, Channa striata and Channa punctatus are the major species . These are air-breathing fishes and they are mainly caught using hook and lines. These are much-preferred", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "5284458", "text": "is a retread but has good gore effects. In a 2018 retrospective review, Glenn Cochrane of ScreenRealm wrote that although the film's visual effects are severely dated, it still offers a fun time for viewers with \"a penchant for cheesy B-movie creature features.\" Frankenfish Frankenfish is a 2004 American horror film dealing with genetically engineered fish in the bayou. The film was based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland, pond. It is one of three movies based on the incident, the others being \"Snakehead Terror\" and \"Swarm of the Snakehead\". Franken fish was filmed in Baldwin County", "title": "Frankenfish" }, { "docid": "7431924", "text": "Orange-spotted snakehead The orange-spotted snakehead (\"Channa aurantimaculata\") is a species of snakehead fish. Its body is of brownish colour intermixed with vertical orange stripes. Males have taller dorsal fins with more intense coloration, and narrower heads. It is endemic to Brahmaputra River basin. Its type locality is Dibrugarh, the most northeastern area of Assam, India. Dibrughar is the same type locality as that of \"Channa bleheri. This species grows to 16 in (40 cm). It is probably a mouthbrooder, like most of the smaller snakeheads. One report is known from a German aquarist that a couple of his fish had", "title": "Orange-spotted snakehead" }, { "docid": "8898559", "text": "Giant snakehead The giant snakehead or giant mudfish (\"Channa micropeltes\") is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to in length and a weight of . It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia (south Indian populations are now regarded as a separate species, \"C. diplogramma\"), but has also been introduced elsewhere, where considered invasive. Other names include xal mas (শাল মাছ) in Assamese, red snakehead, redline snakehead, and \"Ikan Toman\" (where \"ikan\" is fish in Malay). The young of the giant snakehead are red in color, with orange and black lateral stripes appearing", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "3164218", "text": "killed all fish present in the water body to prevent the spread of the highly invasive snakehead. The chemical breaks down rapidly, and has a half-life in water of 1-3 days. In 2012, a snakehead was found in a pond in Burnaby, British Columbia, but further study revealed that it had been released three months or less before its capture and it was a blotched snakehead or perhaps a hybrid involving that species. Unlike the northern snakehead, which potentially can establish a population in parts of Canada, the blotched snakehead generally only lives in warmer waters. Before its exact identity", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "3164221", "text": "Indian Head, Mattawoman Creek, in Charles County, Maryland. On May 20, 2014, Luis Aragon of Triangle, Virginia, caught a northern snakehead, which was officially listed as the biggest ever caught on rod and reel, according to the International Game Fish Association. On May 20, 2016, Emory \"Dutch\" Baldwin of Indian Head, Maryland boated an northern snakehead in tidal marshes of the Potomac using archery tackle. This fish is listed as the state sport record in Maryland by the Department of Natural Resources. They are respected among some Chinese fishermen for their virtue, as parent fishes are known to sacrifice themselves", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "18571560", "text": "Channa punctata Channa punctata, the spotted snakehead, is a species of snakehead. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and nearby areas, ranging across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Tibet. Its natural habitats are swamps, ponds and brackish water systems. It is a fish of high food value and has little value as aquarium fish. Channa punctatus grows in length normally, but males with also captured. The spotted snakehead is listed as Least Concern in IUCN, due to lack of major threats to life. The species is mainly a carnivore. Favorite food of this species is", "title": "Channa punctata" }, { "docid": "10579571", "text": "no important role in the pathogenesis of infection. Subsequent experimental infections exposed zebrafish embryos, juveniles, and adults to SHRV by immersion and/or intraperitoneal (IP) injection. Whereas embryos and larvae were susceptible to infection by immersion, adult zebrafish were only susceptible to infection by IP injection. Histopathology of infected embryos and juvenile fish revealed vascular monocyte accumulation, accumulation of cellular debris in the gas bladder, necrosis of hepatocytes, and necrosis of pharyngeal epithelial cells. SHRV induced interferon (IFN) and orthomyxovirus resistance (Mx) gene expression in zebrafish at levels dependent on route of inoculation and fish age. Snakehead rhabdovirus Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV)", "title": "Snakehead rhabdovirus" }, { "docid": "6419386", "text": "Channa striata Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead and snakehead murrel. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands (reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of \"C. maculata\"). It grows up to a meter in length, though because of fishing, this size is rarely found in the wild. It has a widespread range covering southern China, Pakistan, most of India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and most of Southeast Asia. It has more recently been introduced", "title": "Channa striata" }, { "docid": "10579566", "text": "syndrome following an outbreak of this syndrome in Thailand. The new viral isolate was identified as a rhabdovirus based on images and measurements taken via transmission electron microscopy and biochemical test results. Plaque neutralization tests and immunofluorescence tests demonstrated that the new isolate was serologically unrelated to several other fish rhabdoviruses, including anquilla rhabdovirus (EVX), infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), pike fry rhabdovirus (PFRV), spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV), and viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV). Subsequent infection studies exposing healthy snakehead murrels from a susceptible population to SHNV did not develop clinical signs associated with EUS, suggesting that SHRV", "title": "Snakehead rhabdovirus" }, { "docid": "18840954", "text": "is the method of transcription. Blotched snakehead fish serve as the natural host. Blosnavirus Blosnavirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Birnaviridae. Blotched snakehead fish serve as natural hosts. There is currently only one species in this genus: the type species \"Blotched snakehead virus\". Group: dsRNA Viruses in Blosnavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral and Single-shelled geometries, and T=13 symmetry. The diameter is around 70 nm. Genomes are linear and have 2 segments, around 2.7-3.4kb in length. The genome codes for 6 proteins. Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by penetration into the host", "title": "Blosnavirus" }, { "docid": "7431925", "text": "bred. The orange-spotted snakehead is predatory, so it should not be housed with smaller fishes. It is comfortable in a water temperature within the range of 15-28 °C, and a pH of around 7. It requires a large, dimly lit, well-planted tank with places to hide. It breathes air and will suffocate if it is prevented from reaching the surface. Orange-spotted snakehead The orange-spotted snakehead (\"Channa aurantimaculata\") is a species of snakehead fish. Its body is of brownish colour intermixed with vertical orange stripes. Males have taller dorsal fins with more intense coloration, and narrower heads. It is endemic to", "title": "Orange-spotted snakehead" }, { "docid": "17339174", "text": "obscura\" adults and juveniles consists of dark blackish, rounded spots found along the flanks. The ventral side of the fish has a yellowish, reddish, and brownish marbling coloration. Dark spots on the back and lateral dark bands on the head help to define the fish. A baby fish initially has an ochre base coloration with a black stripe down its flank from the snout to the caudal fin. \"P.obscura\" larvae are yellow in color. The obscure snakehead is both benthopelagic (bottom dweller) and potamodromous (freshwater migratory), and thrives in harsh environments, including muddy waters. This fish lives in streams, ponds,", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "6419391", "text": "fermented fish sauce popular in northeastern Thai cuisine, is made by pickling common snakehead and keeping it for some time. Also, a Chinese sausage is prepared with common snakehead flesh in Thailand. Worldwide inland fish culture industry is suffering from massive economic losses due to epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) and fish based pathogens. The available literature indicate that infection from fish pathogens like bacteria (\"Aeromonas hydrophila\" and Aeromonas sobria), fungus (Aphanomyces invadans) and viruses can cause stunted growth and severe mortality in the C. striatus. Channa striatus rely on their innate immune components to fight against these infections. Some of", "title": "Channa striata" }, { "docid": "12834778", "text": "from the C-14 Canal where the species was first introduced. Chances of this warm water species migrating to Northern Florida are slim. The bullseye snakehead has not been documented outside of Florida in the United States. Channa marulius Channa marulius (bullseye snakehead or great snakehead) is a large species of snakehead native to South and Southeast Asia, as well as southern China. It has been introduced to the United States, where it is considered an invasive species. It is a widespread native fish. In South India, it is commonly found in reservoirs. It is found in Pechipparai, Chittar, Manimuthar, Bhvani", "title": "Channa marulius" }, { "docid": "8898561", "text": "oxygen levels are low, by coming to the surface and taking a small gulp of air. It also enables the snakehead to travel short distances on land, although it is unable to hunt while on land, as it cannot support itself at all with its small fins in comparison to its large body. In Malaysia and Singapore, they are known locally as the \"toman\", while in Indonesia they are called \"gabus\" or \"haruan\" (not to be confused with another species of smaller snakehead known as the common snakehead also called \"haruan\"), and are cultured in fish ponds and reservoirs as", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "17339175", "text": "rivers, lakes, marshes, lagoons, swamps, and floodplains. The obscure snakehead is also known as the “sleeping fish”, as it spends much of its time motionless among the aquatic vegetation. It lives in waters greater than 20 °C and is found primarily within the intertropical convergent zone. Obscure snakeheads are carnivorous fish. Adults feed primarily on other fish up to half their size, while juveniles feed on insect larvae, insects, prawns, and copepods. This fish can gain about 2 g/day and reach a weight of 1 kg within 4–5 months. An adult \"P. obscura\" has been measured at 54 cm. Determining", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "5844495", "text": "the snakehead gang members back. Snakehead (gang) Snakeheads () are Chinese gangs that smuggle people to other countries. They are found in the Fujian region of China and smuggle their customers into wealthier Western countries such as those in Western Europe, North America, Australia, and some nearby wealthier regions such as Taiwan and Japan. Snakeheads use various methods to get their customers to the West. They may employ the use of stolen or altered passports, improperly obtained visas, and bribes to move people from nation to nation until they arrive at their final destination. They also may use fake business", "title": "Snakehead (gang)" }, { "docid": "18571561", "text": "other small fishes and fish larvae. In its natural habitat, it consumes crustaceans, molluscs, insects, small fishes, semi-digested materials and sometimes plants. Its feeding habit changes seasonally. The intensity of feeding is low in mature fishes during the spawning period. Juvenile fish has constant habit of food. Channa punctata Channa punctata, the spotted snakehead, is a species of snakehead. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and nearby areas, ranging across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Tibet. Its natural habitats are swamps, ponds and brackish water systems. It is a fish of high food value and", "title": "Channa punctata" }, { "docid": "8898563", "text": "called red or redline snakeheads, are a popular fish to be sold in the pet trade. They are commonly sold as juveniles as pets. Some are even sold as feeders to be fed to larger carnivorous fish. They are voracious predators that will chase and eat anything that fits in their mouths. Due to this, they are called \"freshwater great whites\". However, they can successfully be housed with silver arowanas, clown knife fishes, oscars, and other fish from same size group. The giant snakehead is found in Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula and Indonesia . It used to be believed to", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "5844541", "text": "Newton, a Spotsylvania County, Virginia resident, caught a world-record 17-lb, 6-oz northern snakehead at the junction of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River on June 1, 2013. The previous record, 2 oz smaller, had been caught in 2004 in Miki, Kagawa, Japan. Snakeheads are valuable food fish. Called \"nga yant\" in Burmese, it is a prized fish eaten in a variety of ways. In Vietnam, they are called \"ca loc\", \"ca qua\", or \"ca chuoi\"; it is prized in clay-pot dishes and pickled preparations. Larger species, such as \"C. striata\", \"C. maculata\", and \"Parachanna obscura\", are farmed in aquaculture. In", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "3164217", "text": "waters with a liquid rotenone formulation. After the poisoning, the NYSDEC had to identify, measure, and additionally process the fish to adhere with Bureau of Fisheries procedures before disposal. The treatment plan was operated under several agents, and New York State Police were placed on stand-by in case of protests of local residents of the area. A new concern is that this fish's spread is getting close to the Great Lakes, which it may enter and disrupt that ecosystem. When the snakehead was found in Crofton, the piscicide rotenone was added to the three adjacent ponds. This method of containment", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "8471358", "text": "Snakehead (novel) Snakehead is the seventh novel in the \"Alex Rider\" series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The book was released in Australia on 28 September 2007, in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2007, and in the US on 13 November 2007. The title comes from the name given to Asian gangs involved in people smuggling illegal passports, visas, weapons, and more. \"Snakehead\" takes place directly after the events of \"Ark Angel\", with Alex finding himself in Australian waters where he landed at the end of that story. \"Snakehead\" was shortlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize. Alex", "title": "Snakehead (novel)" }, { "docid": "12834776", "text": "Channa marulius Channa marulius (bullseye snakehead or great snakehead) is a large species of snakehead native to South and Southeast Asia, as well as southern China. It has been introduced to the United States, where it is considered an invasive species. It is a widespread native fish. In South India, it is commonly found in reservoirs. It is found in Pechipparai, Chittar, Manimuthar, Bhvani and Mettur dams of Tamil Nadu and Thenmalai, Neyyar and Idukki dams of Kerala. It can also be found in the reservoirs of Himachal Pradesh such as the Pong Dam (Maharana Pratap Sagar), where it is", "title": "Channa marulius" }, { "docid": "6393830", "text": "Channa bleheri Channa bleheri (the rainbow snakehead) is a species of snakehead endemic to the Brahmaputra River basin. It is the most colorful species of snakehead. In the wild, this species primarily inhabits waters within the Indian state of Assam, and it is known in Assamese as sengeli or chengeli. Its binomial name honors the explorer Heiko Bleher. Endemic to the Brahmaputra River basin, this fish has a type location at Dibrugarh, a city in the northeastern part of Assam. Its closest relative appears to be \"Channa burmanica\", which is endemic to northern Burma. This species is one of the", "title": "Channa bleheri" }, { "docid": "8898567", "text": "Environment Agency was quoted as saying, “The reaction was, 'Oh s***'. This is the ultimate invasive species — if it starts breeding here it's a disaster.\" However, it was later determined to be a hoax; the fish had actually been found dead in a street. Giant snakehead The giant snakehead or giant mudfish (\"Channa micropeltes\") is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to in length and a weight of . It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia (south Indian populations are now regarded as a separate species, \"C. diplogramma\"), but has also", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "18539797", "text": "ants. In early 2012 a blotched snakehead was seen in YouTube videos of Central Park's lagoon. Because of the invasive and aggressive nature of the snakehead, scientists were called in, the lagoon was drained, and the fish was captured. There is no evidence it reproduced or spread its range, and so the snakehead had not spread to British Columbia. This second growth forest is dominated by Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western red cedar. Vine maple, spruce, birch and elderberry are present, and each have a significant share of the tree overstory. Salmonberry, thimbleberry, huckleberry and trailing blackberry provide edible", "title": "Central Park (Burnaby)" }, { "docid": "17339171", "text": "Obscure snakehead The obscure snakehead, \"Parachanna obscura\", is a medium-sized carnivorous fish that has an elongated shape tapered on both ends and is covered in medium circular scales (cycloid). The head, resembling a snake, is long and depressed anteriorly and covered with cycloid scales slightly larger than those scales on the body. This species is found in central Africa along the western coastline from as far north as Senegal to as far south as Zaire and into central Africa into southwest Sudan. Four identified \"Parachanna\" species originate within the continent of Africa. They include \"P. fayumensis\" (fossil), \"P. africana\", \"P.", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "7926976", "text": "kill several, and their screams helps Patrick, and Lori find them, although Luke is still killed. Patrick, and Lori arrive outside of the house, and give Amber, and Jagger directions to escape while they reach an electrical shed, planning to electrocute all of the snake heads in the lake. Lori goes to rescue Amber, and Jagger, and the three girls kill all of the remaining snake heads at the cabin before Patrick knocks down an electric cable. When Lori, Amber, and Jagger arrive at the dock, Lori dumps the cable into the water, electrocuting, and killing all of the remaining", "title": "Snakehead Terror" }, { "docid": "5844539", "text": "has criminalized the \"introduc[tion]\" of snakeheads into the state without specific authorization, although the relevant statute does not explain whether mere importation is sufficient to constitute \"introduc[tion] into the Commonwealth\" or whether instead release into the environment is required. Humans have been introducing snakeheads to nonindigenous waters for over 100 years. In parts of Asia and Africa, the snakehead is considered a valuable food fish, and is produced in aquacultures (fisheries motivation) or by ignorance (as was the case in Crofton, Maryland). Examples of the introduction of snakeheads to nonindigenous waters include: Snakeheads became a national news topic in the", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "10579570", "text": "30 minutes. However, exposure of infectious cell culture material to 0.025% formalin for 60 minutes caused only a negligible reduction in infectivity, and more than 50 ppm chlorine was needed to inactivate the virus Also in cell culture fluids, exposure to 500 ppm iodine for 30 minutes did not reduce infectivity. The virus does not lose infectivity when exposed in cell culture fluids to malachite green for 6 hours at 5 ppm. Infection studies with SHNV did not produce disease in exposed healthy snakehead murrels. The first experimental infections conducted with SHRV in zebrafish demonstrated that the NV gene played", "title": "Snakehead rhabdovirus" }, { "docid": "5844493", "text": "Snakehead (gang) Snakeheads () are Chinese gangs that smuggle people to other countries. They are found in the Fujian region of China and smuggle their customers into wealthier Western countries such as those in Western Europe, North America, Australia, and some nearby wealthier regions such as Taiwan and Japan. Snakeheads use various methods to get their customers to the West. They may employ the use of stolen or altered passports, improperly obtained visas, and bribes to move people from nation to nation until they arrive at their final destination. They also may use fake business delegations and tour groups as", "title": "Snakehead (gang)" }, { "docid": "5844535", "text": "species. The various species of snakeheads differ greatly in size; dwarf snakeheads, such as \"Channa gachua\", do not surpass in length. Most other snakeheads reach between . Five species (\"C. argus\", \"C. barca\", \"C. marulius\", \"C. micropeltes\", and \"C. striata\") can reach or more. Snakeheads are thrust-feeders that consume plankton, aquatic insects, and mollusks when small. As adults, they mostly feed on other fish (such as carp) or on frogs. In rare cases, small mammals such as rats are eaten. The Channidae are well represented in the fossil record and known from numerous specimens. They likely originated in the south", "title": "Snakehead (fish)" }, { "docid": "7856821", "text": "if he knew the way. He did not, and neither did all the animals when he summoned them, so the king lent the man a pair of snowshoes to reach his brother, who was the king of all the birds. The king of the birds did not know, and neither did the birds, so that king lent him a pair of snowshoes to reach his brother, the king of all the fish. The third king did not know, but an old pike, the last of all the fish to arrive, knew the way and that his wife was to remarry", "title": "The Three Princesses of Whiteland" }, { "docid": "8898565", "text": "to be an effective tool in controlling the overpopulation of tilapia and thus checks the stunted growth of tilapia. As the result of human introductions, the giant snakehead has been reported already in six US states, including Wisconsin, Maryland, and parts of Virginia. In 2004 and 2005, three specimens were caught in Maryland, USA, all believed to have been released pets. In 2003, a giant snakehead was caught in Rock River, Wisconsin. Biologists were concerned that warmwater effluents could allow the tropical species to survive in the colder climate, but as yet there is no evidence of an established population,", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "9161386", "text": "deer, grouse, squirrel and wild turkey. Trapping for fur can include bobcat, gray and red foxes and raccoon. Fishing in the North Branch of the Potomac River can produce smallmouth bass, panfish and trout. Camping is not permitted in the WMA. The air-breathing northern snakehead fish have recently reported in the lower Potomac River. Although no snakeheads have been detected in West Virginia, this invasive species from northern China had been declared a threat to the state's aquatic ecosystem. Federal law prohibits transport of snakeheads across state lines. Anyone who catches this fish when visiting the Allegheny WMA should carefully", "title": "Allegheny Wildlife Management Area" }, { "docid": "9150575", "text": "recently been reported in the lower Potomac River. Although no snakeheads have been detected in West Virginia, this invasive species from northern China had been declared a threat to the state's aquatic ecosystem. Federal law prohibits transport of snakeheads across state lines. Anyone who catches this fish when visiting the South Branch WMA should carefully note the catch location, kill the fish by cutting or bleeding, and contact a WVDNR district biologist. The snakehead should not be released back into the Potomac River or any tributary. South Branch Wildlife Management Area The South Branch Wildlife Management Area is of mixed", "title": "South Branch Wildlife Management Area" }, { "docid": "5844494", "text": "a way of beating immigration controls. The rate of payment for successful smuggling can be as high as US$70,000. One notable snakehead member is Cheng Chui Ping or \"Sister Ping\". Another is Guo Liang Chi, known mainly by his street name of Ah Kay, who was the mastermind of the \"Golden Venture\" cargo ship fiasco in 1993 that was financed by Sister Ping. A North Korean emigrant seeking to enter South Korea may turn to a snakehead gang to be voluntarily smuggled out of North Korea. The smuggling would often turn into human trafficking if the emigrant does not pay", "title": "Snakehead (gang)" }, { "docid": "8898560", "text": "after about two months. As the giant snakehead matures, it loses its stripes and redness, and instead develops a bluish-black and white pattern on its upper body. Juveniles sold in the aquarium fish trade are commonly called \"red snakeheads\". They can get up to long and a weigh . The species has the ability to crawl onto land and breathe air, although they are only able to do this in muddy or swampy areas, hence the nickname \"mudfish\". Its ability to breathe air using a primitive lung located just behind the gills allows it to survive in stagnant water where", "title": "Giant snakehead" }, { "docid": "7433677", "text": "discriminating features, such as the missing ocellus in the dorsal fin of a juvenile \"Channa harcourtbutleri\". It is suspected to be a mouthbrooder and eats a wide range of foods, including arthropods and small fish, but unlike in some relatives, no frogs. Channa harcourtbutleri Channa harcourtbutleri is a species of snakehead endemic to Inle Lake and surroundings in Myanmar. Locally called nga ohn-ma, among aquarists it is known as one of the \"dwarf snakeheads\", but no significant import for aquarists is known. It is one of the smallest species of snakehead and has a length of 20 cm. The specific", "title": "Channa harcourtbutleri" }, { "docid": "3164209", "text": "include a long dorsal fin with 49–50 rays, an anal fin with 31–32 rays, a small, anteriorly depressed head, the eyes above the middle part of the upper jaw, a large mouth extending well beyond the eye, and villiform teeth in bands, with large canines on the lower jaw and palatines. It is generally reported to reach a length up to , but specimens approaching are known according to Russian ichthyologists. The largest registered by the International Game Fish Association weighed , although this was surpassed by a northern snakehead caught in 2016. Its coloration is a golden tan to", "title": "Northern snakehead" }, { "docid": "11493931", "text": "they die because it become difficult for them to exchange atmospheric oxygen. They are hardy fish that can survive environmental changes and have a good tolerance to high acidity in water. The Ceylon snakehead is, according to existing reports, a mouth brooder like many Channa species. The male carries the eggs while the female guards the territory. The male is less active during this period and is often seen close to the surface. The fry remain with the male until they can take care of themselves. Females may catch stray fry and return them to the mouth of the male.", "title": "Ceylon snakehead" }, { "docid": "12395064", "text": "The coastline of Pakistan is 1,050 km long and consists of a variety of habitat types, supporting a wide range of animals, of which over 1000 are fish species in the reefs of its continental shelf. West coast of Great Rann of Kutch, east to the Indus River Delta and below Tharparkar desert, is one of the few places where greater flamingos come to breed. It is also a habitat for endangered species of lesser florican. The Indus River Delta provide nesting grounds for common snakehead, giant snakehead, Indus baril and many species of catfish like rita. The hilsa swims", "title": "Fauna of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "18840953", "text": "Blosnavirus Blosnavirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Birnaviridae. Blotched snakehead fish serve as natural hosts. There is currently only one species in this genus: the type species \"Blotched snakehead virus\". Group: dsRNA Viruses in Blosnavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral and Single-shelled geometries, and T=13 symmetry. The diameter is around 70 nm. Genomes are linear and have 2 segments, around 2.7-3.4kb in length. The genome codes for 6 proteins. Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by penetration into the host cell. Replication follows the double-stranded RNA virus replication model. Double-stranded rna virus transcription", "title": "Blosnavirus" }, { "docid": "17795036", "text": "Be.A Be.A (Hangul: 비에이, shortened from Be. A rtist or Be an Artist; formerly known as K-Much) is a South Korean boy band formed under Chrome Entertainment in 2014. They debuted on 7 January 2014 as K-Much with the release of their first mini album \"Beyond the Ocean\". The group currently consists of three members: Hong-gyu, Yeong-kyun, and Ato. Although the group's English name had always been K-Much, their original Korean name was \"Gamulchi\" (가물치), which translates to \"snakehead\". The snakehead fish is a popular health food in Korea, and symbolizes longevity. In August 2014, the Korean name of the", "title": "Be.A" }, { "docid": "1426495", "text": "entirely exirpated from Chao Phraya and Mae Klong, but small populations remain in the Mekong basin. Many other species that either are prominent in the aquarium trade or important food fish are native to the Chao Phraya basin, such as the climbing perch, blue panchax, Asian bumblebee catfish, giant snakehead, striped snakehead, walking catfish, banded loach, several \"Yasuhikotakia\" loaches, tinfoil barb, Siamese algae eater, silver barb, pearl danio, rainbow shark, Hampala barb, black sharkminnow, \"Leptobarbus rubripinna\", long pectoral-fin minnow, bonylip barb, Jullien's golden carp, blackline rasbora, scissortail rasbora, \"Tor tambroides\", finescale tigerfish, marble goby, Chinese algae eater, giant featherback, clown", "title": "Chao Phraya River" }, { "docid": "13845085", "text": "of prey in response to variations in their abundance. Such changes in preference are disproportionate and are selected for as evolutionarily efficient. Predatory fish may become a pest if they are introduced into an ecosystem in which they become a new top predator. An example, which has caused much trouble in Maryland and Florida, is the snakehead fish. Predatory fish such as sharks and tuna form a part of the human diet, but they tend to concentrate significant quantities of mercury in their bodies if they are high in the food chain, especially as apex predators, due to biomagnification. Predators", "title": "Predatory fish" }, { "docid": "680058", "text": "Amur River The Amur River (Even: Тамур, \"Tamur\"; , ) or Heilong Jiang (, \"Black Dragon River\"; , \"Black Water\") is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attaining a length as great as . The Amur River is the only river in the world in which subtropical Asian fish such as snakehead, coexist with Arctic Siberian fish, such as pike. The river is home to a variety of other large predatory fish such as Taimen, Amur Catfish, and", "title": "Amur River" }, { "docid": "239868", "text": "have been described as \"greedy giants that suck plankton from the water with the brutal efficiency of vacuum cleaners\" and scientists worry that they may unravel the \"aquatic food web\" by crowding out other species. There was concern in 2007 that snakehead fish could get into the Great Lakes area. Officials warn that if the fish invades, it could \"decimate the aquatic food chain\". A YouTube video mentioned in a newspaper account has a man claiming that the fish could \"bite your entire hand off\". The fish can reach in length and \"survive out of water for four days\" and", "title": "Lake Erie" }, { "docid": "8471362", "text": "disguises and sent to an area in Chinatown to await contact from the snakehead. To collect the papers necessary for them to move on to Indonesia, Alex is told by a Snakehead member Anan Sukit to fight against the snakehead's toughest fighter in a Muay Thai boxing ring, which he wins by cheating. However, the unexpected victory incites a riot which Alex manages to escape when someone (later revealed to be a MI6 operative) cuts the lights and attacks. The next day, while Ash goes to the snakehead to retrieve the papers, Alex tails a suspicious-looking man who has been", "title": "Snakehead (novel)" }, { "docid": "12388091", "text": "country. These are: cage culture with cages made of steel frames, cages of bamboo or net or wood; rice-fish culture in irrigated areas; pond culture in small ponds created in rural areas in lowland areas, basically to meet family requirements; and the rain-fed culture in irrigated paddy lands in agricultural fields under suitable agro-climatic conditions. In cage culture the fish catches are species of tilapia (90% sex reversed), snakehead (\"Channa micropeltis\") and (\"Channa striata\"), silver carp (\"Hypophthalmichthys molitrix\") and pangasius (\"Pangasius bocourti\"). Under rice-fish culture the fish species are \"Cyprinus carpio\" and \"Carassius auratus\", and \"Oreochromis.\" In 2007 the yield", "title": "Fishing industry in Laos" }, { "docid": "16939553", "text": "application of food culture between traditional Thai and South Indian cuisine. The main ingredient of kaeng tai pla is tai pla or pung pla made from the stomach of the fish to marinate the fish, such as catfish and snakehead fish marinated with salt for about 10–30 days so can take kai pla is used for cooking. The reason for having to bring the stomach of the fish to fermentation is to get tai pla because most of the food of the south is from the sea, but due to the high birth rate, it causes the preservation of kaeng", "title": "Kaeng tai pla" }, { "docid": "16469749", "text": "different fish species with salmon as the major species At the time of Cargill's acquisition, EWOS Group consisted of subsidiary companies in five countries, as well as an R&D company. The five were: In 2010 EWOS entered the market in Vietnam, selling feed for the white fish pangasius and other species such as snakehead. EWOS EWOS or EWOS Group, and was then one of the world's largest suppliers of feed and nutrition for farmed fish. Former EWOS companies operate in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland and Vietnam as part of Cargill Animal Nutrition, CAN. The company, which was created in 1931,", "title": "EWOS" }, { "docid": "3490503", "text": "Channa Channa is a genus of fish in the family Channidae, commonly known as snakehead, native to Asia. This genus contains more than 35 scientifically described species. These species have a wide natural distribution extending from Iran in the west, to China in the east and parts of Siberia in the Far East. They are one of the most common staple food fish in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, where they are extensively cultured. Apart from their importance as a food fish, snakeheads are also consumed as a therapeutic for wound healing as well as reducing post-operative", "title": "Channa" }, { "docid": "6418843", "text": "such as canals. It lives in rice paddies. This fish is caught for food in many parts of Asia. This is one of several \"Channa\" known as dwarf snakeheads, smaller species kept in aquaria. It is also valued for its attractive coloration. This species has been studied for use in aquaculture operations. Channa gachua Channa gachua, the dwarf snakehead, is a species of fish in the family Channidae, the snakeheads. It is native to Asia, where it has a wide distribution from Afghanistan to the Middle East to Indonesia. This fish is considered to be a species complex, a group", "title": "Channa gachua" }, { "docid": "80168", "text": "have become important in fish farming and introduced widely outside their native range. A total of 26 native fish species of the Yangtze basin are farmed. Among the most important are four Asian carp: grass carp, black carp, silver carp and bighead carp. Other species that support important fisheries include northern snakehead, Chinese perch, \"Takifugu\" pufferfish (mainly in the lowermost sections) and predatory carp. Due to commercial use of the river, tourism, and pollution, the Yangtze is home to several seriously threatened species of large animals (in addition to fish): the narrow-ridged finless porpoise, baiji (Yangtze River dolphin), Chinese alligator,", "title": "Yangtze" }, { "docid": "3556951", "text": "young leaves are also boiled and eaten with a spicy hot, fermented fish sauce called \"nga peet\". It can also be cut up, coated in batter and deep fried to make fritters, which are eaten with Burmese mohinga. In Vietnam, \"bầu\" (opo squash), \"bầu canh\", or \"bầu nậm\" is a very popular vegetable, commonly cooked in soup with shrimp, meatballs, clams, various fish like freshwater catfish or snakehead fish, or crab. Opo squash is also commonly stir-fried with meat or seafood, or incorporated as an ingredient of a hotpot. It is also usd as a medicine. The shoots, tendrils, and", "title": "Calabash" }, { "docid": "7243098", "text": "plants, anchored to offshore vegetation, normally waterlilies. The Madagascan grebe is currently classified as vulnerable by the IUCN. One of the most serious threats for the species is natural habitat loss by conversion for rice cultivation and cash crops. It is also being threatened by the introduction of exotic fish and fishery practice. At Lake Alaotra, adults are preyed on by carnivorous snakehead fish. They also in danger of entanglement in monofilament gill-nets. The introduction of exotic herbivorous fish (T. zillii) has considerably limited the development of aquatic vegetation and favoured the Little Grebe (\"T. ruficollis\"). Competition with \"T. ruficollis\"", "title": "Madagascan grebe" }, { "docid": "4283457", "text": "this fish usually wriggles and may use its pectoral fins to aid in its movement. Walking Catfish have a respiratory system that allows them to live out of water for several days. Some are invasive species. A notorious case in the United States is the Northern snakehead. Polypterids have rudimentary lungs and can also move about on land, though rather clumsily. The Mangrove rivulus can survive for months out of water and can move to places like hollow logs. There are some species of fish that can \"walk\" along the sea floor but not on land; one such animal is", "title": "Fish locomotion" }, { "docid": "8448345", "text": "soft texture and distinctive smell. Mostly used as a paste, this type of \"pla ra\" is usually produced in central Thailand. This type of \"pla ra\" usually has striped snakehead fish or catfish as a main ingredient. The other type is \"pla ra\" fermented with rice bran. The product's color is clear black with a stronger smell. The fish is softer and smaller. It is mostly found in northeastern Thailand as an ingredient, or as a raw food. \"Pla ra\" which uses fresh fish is called \"pla ra sot\". Its flavors are salty with a little bit sour from lactic", "title": "Pla ra" }, { "docid": "9104820", "text": "several days. Some are invasive species, for example, the Northern snakehead in the U.S. Polypterids have rudimentary lungs and can also move about on land, though rather clumsily. The mangrove rivulus can survive for months out of water and can move to places like hollow logs. Some species of fish can \"walk\" along the sea floor but not on land. One such animal is the flying gurnard (it does not actually fly, and should not be confused with flying fish). The batfishes of the Ogcocephalidae family (not to be confused with batfish of Ephippidae) are also capable of walking along", "title": "Walking fish" }, { "docid": "21004615", "text": "and then folded into rolls. The soup is whitish in colour, made from coconut milk with slices of fish flesh. Various fish can be use. However, the most common one is \"ikan gabus\" (snakehead). A simpler recipe might use powdered dried shrimp instead of fish. The coconut milk soup is spiced with garlic, coriander, galangal, salt, and salam leaf (Indonesian bay leaf). Prior of serving, the folded pancake is being cut and poured with coconut milk soup, and sprinkled with crispy fried shallot or onion. Sambal chili sauce and pressed key lime juice often added as condiment for those who", "title": "Burgo (food)" }, { "docid": "17555237", "text": "home to a vast variety of fish species such as walking catfish (muzhi), banded snakehead fish (varaal), stinging catfish (kaari), yellow catfish (manjakoori), wallago attu (valah), giant danio (paral), peninsular olive barb or systomus sarana (kuruva), tank goby (poolon), tire track eel (mananju), and fresh water lobster (konju). In addition to birds and fish, asian palm civet (marapatty), also called toddy cat, wild rabbit (kattu muyal), fresh water tortoise (aama) and mongoose (keeri) also find a home here. Perumpillichira. Perumpillichira. Perumpillichira. Perumpillichira. Al-Azhar College of Engineering & Technology. Thodupuzha. Thodupuzha river. St Joseph's School Perumpillichira. Perumpillichira Perumpillichira is a small", "title": "Perumpillichira" }, { "docid": "17339173", "text": "those scales on the body. The eyes are laterally located, large, and help the fish to locate its prey quickly. Two pairs of nostrils occur on either side of the head. The mouth is large, and because the lower jaw is slightly longer than the upper jaw, the fish is able to thrust out its lower jaw (protract) to catch its prey. The fish has two rows of teeth. The outer row consists of small, sharp, conical teeth, and the inner row consists of four to six large canines. \"P. obscura\" has a single lateral line. The coloration of \"P.", "title": "Obscure snakehead" }, { "docid": "15718791", "text": "and pollution. Malabar snakehead The Malabar snakehead (\"Channa diplogramma\") is a vulnerable species of snakehead from freshwater in the Western Ghats in India. Until 2011, it was usually included in the giant snakehead, \"C. micropeltes\". Sir Francis Day described \"Ophiocephalus diplogramma\" in 1865 based on one juvenile specimen (42 mm in length) collected near the mouth of the Cochin River in the port city of Cochin (southwestern India), and called it Malabar snakehead. The color pattern of this juvenile matched with that of juveniles of another species of snakehead, \"O. micropeltes\", originally described by Cuvier and Valenciennes from Java, Indonesia.", "title": "Malabar snakehead" }, { "docid": "15718787", "text": "Malabar snakehead The Malabar snakehead (\"Channa diplogramma\") is a vulnerable species of snakehead from freshwater in the Western Ghats in India. Until 2011, it was usually included in the giant snakehead, \"C. micropeltes\". Sir Francis Day described \"Ophiocephalus diplogramma\" in 1865 based on one juvenile specimen (42 mm in length) collected near the mouth of the Cochin River in the port city of Cochin (southwestern India), and called it Malabar snakehead. The color pattern of this juvenile matched with that of juveniles of another species of snakehead, \"O. micropeltes\", originally described by Cuvier and Valenciennes from Java, Indonesia. This possibly", "title": "Malabar snakehead" }, { "docid": "7555473", "text": "and books such as \"The Old Man and the Sea\". Large fish, particularly sharks, have frequently been the subject of horror movies and thrillers, most notably the novel \"Jaws\", which spawned a series of films of the same name that in turn inspired similar films or parodies such as \"Shark Tale\" and \"Snakehead Terror\". Piranhas are shown in a similar light to sharks in films such as \"Piranha\"; however, contrary to popular belief, the red-bellied piranha is actually a generally timid scavenger species that is unlikely to harm humans. Legends of half-human, half-fish mermaids have featured in folklore, including the", "title": "Fish" }, { "docid": "5887577", "text": "such as Lai Vung mandarin, Chau Thanh longan, Cao Lãnh mango, Phong Hoa grapefruit, Lai Vung nem (fermented pork), Hoa An plum, Sa Giang shrimp cracker, and Sa Dec noodle; and folk dishes such as grilled field mice, \"dien dien\" flower sour soup, braised anabas fish in clay pot, grilled snakehead fish in young lotus leaf, snakes, frogs, and pickled mud fish, etc. are also advantages for tourism that attract visitors to come and enjoy. Lotus has long been a particular plant of Đồng Tháp Muoi, which is now invested to plant in centralization to take seeds for export. Large-scale", "title": "Đồng Tháp Province" }, { "docid": "5826350", "text": "Thamirabarani River is largest reservoir of Snakehead in the world with 17 types of Snakegeads present in this river. Snakehead fishes are locally called as Viral \"aka\" Viraal (விரால்) in Tamil and all the species are consumed as food around the regions of Thamirabarani River when they enter paddy fields as locals not involve in mass fishing. Following Snakehead, Catfish are also vastly found on Thamirabarani River. African Catfish are announced as Invasive Species that first caught on this river in 2009 near Aruvankulam area of Tirunelveli district. The most common catfish species found are Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead", "title": "Thamirabarani River" }, { "docid": "10252056", "text": "Creek is home to wildlife. Migratory birds such as mallards, Canada geese, great blue herons, and great egrets are common sights along the creek. Ospreys nest there, usually on top of a post in the creek. Bald eagles have been spotted in the area. Muskrats and the occasional beaver have been seen in Little Hunting Creek, and groundhogs and foxes can be found in the woods near the water. Fish such as catfish, carp, perch, and largemouth bass are found in the creek. In 2004, Little Hunting Creek became one of the first places where invasive northern snakehead fish were", "title": "Little Hunting Creek" }, { "docid": "5013547", "text": "as meadows (from marshy to steppe), meadow forest, forest-steppe and steppe plant communities. In the lake itself there are many species of fish and aquatic invertebrates, many of which are endemic. In the lake there live 52 species of fish, among them such as carp, perch, silver carp, catfish, and snakehead. A variety of birds nest and stop on the lake or its banks. The lake's drainage basin covers an area of , of which 97% is in Russian territory. It is fed by 23 rivers (8 in China and 15 in Russia), but the only outflow of the lake", "title": "Lake Khanka" }, { "docid": "239869", "text": "\"has a mouth full of teeth that can shear fish in half\" and can \"eat ducks and small mammals.\" The snakehead fish can not live in a lake that has completely frozen over. They must come to the surface to breathe via their swim bladder. In 1999, Doppler radar weather sensors detected millions of mayflies heading for Presque Isle in blue and green splotches on the radar in clouds measuring long. These insects were a sign of Lake Erie's move back to health, since the mayflies require clean water to thrive. Biologist Masteller of Penn State Erie declared the bugs", "title": "Lake Erie" }, { "docid": "17494703", "text": "Traditionally amplang was made from \"ikan pipih\" or \"ikan belida\" (\"Notopterus chitala\"), however since this freshwater fish has become scarce, amplang makers replaced them with \"ikan tenggiri\" (wahoo) or \"gabus\" (snakehead). From Samarinda, the popularity of this savoury fish cracker spread to other cities in the Borneo island, such as Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Pontianak, and even to neighbouring Sabah in Malaysia. Amplang is often sought as \"oleh-oleh\" (foodstuff gift or souvenir) by those who visited East Kalimantan. Today, amplang made by home industries in Kalimantan has been widely distributed, available in marketplaces and supermarkets in Indonesian cities, such as Jakarta, Bandung,", "title": "Amplang" }, { "docid": "6393832", "text": "are benthopelagic, meaning that they mostly dwell near the bottom of bodies of water. The federal government in the U.S. is concerned that release of this fish into U.S. waters could harm the environment. This predator could kill native species, especially in southern areas such as Florida, Texas, and Hawaii that have a warm climate similar to Assam's climate. Accordingly, it is illegal in the United States to possess, import, or sell these fish or their eggs. Violations of this law have occurred in various states (e.g. Kentucky and Georgia). Channa bleheri Channa bleheri (the rainbow snakehead) is a species", "title": "Channa bleheri" }, { "docid": "445879", "text": "and simple scraps that are creatively mixed together to create dishes with bold flavor. A traditional southern Vietnamese meal usually includes \"cơm trắng\" (plain white rice), \"cá kho tộ\" (catfish in a clay pot), \"canh chua cá lóc\" (sour soup with snakehead fish), and it would be incomplete without fish sauce served as a condiment. Dishes are prepared less with appearance in mind, but are served family style to bring everyone together after a long day of work. Despite being a small country in Southeast Asia, the foods from each region in Vietnam carry their distinctive and unique characteristics that", "title": "Vietnamese cuisine" }, { "docid": "12637573", "text": "Wetland and the Kanjli Lake within it (Some of them are pictured in the gallery) are the following. 11 species of aquaflora, 34 species of zooplankton and 15 species of macro invertebrates have been reported. According to the District Gazetteer and the study done by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), 17 fish species (in Bein river and the lake) have been reported which includes the common fish species of \"Catla catla\", \"Channa marulius\" (great snakehead), \"Cythus striatus\", \"Cirrhinus mrigala\", \"Labeo calbasu\" and \"Labeo rohita\". The tortoise is the common reptile reported in the area. There are twenty-eight resident", "title": "Kanjli Wetland" }, { "docid": "6418841", "text": "Channa gachua Channa gachua, the dwarf snakehead, is a species of fish in the family Channidae, the snakeheads. It is native to Asia, where it has a wide distribution from Afghanistan to the Middle East to Indonesia. This fish is considered to be a species complex, a group of several closely related taxa with one name. It is likely at least 3 to 4 different species, and further research may differentiate them. The newer species \"Channa harcourtbutleri\" was separated from the complex in 1999. This species can reach 28 centimeters in length, but most individuals are much smaller, just a", "title": "Channa gachua" } ]

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[ { "docid": "20077170", "text": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas The Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas is a successful effort by the owner of the Oakland Raiders (Mark Davis) to relocate the American football club from its current and longtime home of Oakland, California to Paradise, Nevada. The team is scheduled to begin playing its home games at the Las Vegas Stadium as the Las Vegas Raiders for the 2020 National Football League (NFL) season, although the Raiders could move to and begin playing home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada for the 2019 season. NFL team owners voted 31–1 to", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "8279321", "text": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area The Las Vegas metropolitan area is home to many sports, most of which take place in the unincorporated communities around Las Vegas rather than in the city itself. The Las Vegas Valley has two major league professional teams: the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL) who began play in 2017 as the region's first major pro team and the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA. The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) will begin play in Las Vegas as the \"Las Vegas Raiders\" by 2020 and become the", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "20077170", "text": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas The Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas is a successful effort by the owner of the Oakland Raiders (Mark Davis) to relocate the American football club from its current and longtime home of Oakland, California to Paradise, Nevada. The team is scheduled to begin playing its home games at the Las Vegas Stadium as the Las Vegas Raiders for the 2020 National Football League (NFL) season, although the Raiders could move to and begin playing home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada for the 2019 season. NFL team owners voted 31–1 to", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "305572", "text": "31–1 to approve moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, Nevada. The team is scheduled to begin play as the Las Vegas Raiders for the 2020 NFL season, playing home games at the Las Vegas Stadium, although a move to Las Vegas could happen as soon as 2019 with Sam Boyd Stadium. The Raiders became the third NFL franchise to relocate in the 2010s, following the Rams' move from St. Louis back to Los Angeles on January 12, 2016, and the Chargers' move from San Diego to Los Angeles on January 12, 2017. The Raiders' move to Las Vegas comes after", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "20077209", "text": "funding for the new stadium in Las Vegas. On March 27, 2017, the National Football League officially approved the Raiders move from Oakland to Las Vegas in a 31–1 vote, with the Miami Dolphins being the only team to vote against the measure. However, even though the Raiders were approved to move to Las Vegas, the club will still play the 2017 and 2018 NFL seasons at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum and still be known as the Oakland Raiders as long as they play in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team expects the new stadium to open in 2020.", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "1141327", "text": "(229,000); Reno has a population of about 225,000. The Clark County School District serves Paradise as well as all of Clark County. The township is home to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Paradise is home to Las Vegas's first major league sports team, the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL), which began play in the 2017–18 season at T-Mobile Arena. The number of professional sports teams will grow to two in 2020 when the soon-to-be-constructed Las Vegas Stadium will feature the relocated Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), along with the UNLV Rebels football program.", "title": "Paradise, Nevada" }, { "docid": "18465639", "text": "the Los Angeles Rams as tenants in their new stadium, Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California when that stadium is complete in 2020. For the time being, the Chargers are playing at the 30,000 seat StubHub Center in Carson, California, the smallest venue (in terms of number of seats) the league has used for a full season since 1956. On January 19, 2017, the Oakland Raiders filed paperwork to relocate to Las Vegas, Nevada. The NFL officially approved the Raiders relocation to Las Vegas on March 27. Unlike the Chargers, the Raiders will remain at the Oakland–Alameda", "title": "2017 NFL season" }, { "docid": "1807508", "text": "for a potential expansion team. Major league sports interest in Las Vegas would ultimately culminate when the National Hockey League 21 years later would award the city an expansion team to begin play for the 2017-18 NHL season, and the NFL's Oakland Raiders were approved to move to Las Vegas where a new stadium (that will replace Sam Boyd) will be constructed for the team to begin play in beginning in the 2020 NFL season. Las Vegas Posse The Las Vegas Posse were a Canadian Football League (CFL) team that played the 1994 season as part of the CFL's short-lived", "title": "Las Vegas Posse" }, { "docid": "2176579", "text": "After the approval of $750 million from the state of Nevada and backing from Bank of America after Adelson pulled out of the project, the Raiders submitted papers for relocation to Las Vegas in January 2017, and on March 27, 2017, the Raiders' relocation to Las Vegas was approved. The team planned to continue to play at the Coliseum through the 2019 NFL season and relocate to Las Vegas in 2020. In December 2018, the city of Oakland sued the Raiders and all of the other NFL teams for millions in unpaid debts and financial damages, which prompted Raiders management", "title": "Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum" }, { "docid": "4485959", "text": "soon to be constructed Las Vegas Stadium. The monorail company planned to start construction on the extension in June 2018 and have it completed by September 2020, in time for the completion of the stadium and Las Vegas Raiders inaugural season in Las Vegas. In November 2018 it was confirmed that two new Monorail stations would be built; one at Mandalay Bay and another at the MSG Sphere with completion by 2021. Las Vegas Monorail The Las Vegas Monorail is a driverless monorail mass transit system located adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It", "title": "Las Vegas Monorail" }, { "docid": "583344", "text": "Paradise. In 2020, the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League will relocate to Las Vegas Stadium, which is currently under construction. In 2018, the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Association played their inaugural season at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. There are two minor league sports teams that play in the city of Las Vegas. The Las Vegas 51s of the Pacific Coast League, the AAA farm club of the Oakland Athletics, although they will be moving to Las Vegas Ballpark nearby Summerlin in the 2019 season under a new name. The Las Vegas Lights FC", "title": "Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "8279334", "text": "time for the 2020 NFL season. Prior to the Raiders approved relocation to Las Vegas, professional outdoor football had been attempted three times in the area. The first two attempts, the XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws and the Canadian Football League's Las Vegas Posse, were unsuccessful, with both teams folding after only one season of play. The XFL folded outright, while the Posse were a failure at the box office, part of the CFL's failed U.S. expansion attempt. A third attempt at professional football was begun in the fall of 2009 with the United Football League's Las Vegas Locomotives; however, the", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "8279331", "text": "Resorts. Located at a former parking lot at the back of the Monte Carlo, T-Mobile Arena seats 20,000 and costs $350 million. Ground was broken on May 2014, with its opening on April 6, 2016. Cashman Field will be replaced by the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin in 2019. Sam Boyd Stadium will be replaced by the Las Vegas Stadium, which will be the home of the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV Football beginning in 2020. Ground was broken for Las Vegas Stadium on November 13, 2017. Las Vegas is the home to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "19796945", "text": "Las Vegas Stadium Las Vegas Stadium is the working name for a domed stadium under construction in Paradise, Nevada for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and the UNLV Rebels football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). It is located on about 62 acres west of Mandalay Bay at Russell Road and Hacienda Avenue and between Polaris Avenue and Dean Martin Drive, just west of Interstate 15. Construction of the $1.8 billion stadium began in September 2017 and is expected to be completed in time for the 2020 NFL season. In January 2016,", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "305498", "text": "voted nearly unanimously to approve the Raiders' application to relocate from Oakland to Las Vegas, Nevada, in a 31-to-1 vote at the annual league meetings in Phoenix, Arizona. The Raiders plan to remain in Oakland through 2018 – and possibly 2019 – and relocate to Las Vegas in either 2019 or 2020, depending on the completion of the team's planned new stadium. The Raiders are known for their extensive fan base and distinctive team culture. The Raiders have 14 former members who have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Raiders currently play their home games at", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "3372480", "text": "out in more than a decade and was severely worn from usage. Additionally, two rows totaling 860 seats were removed from the east and west sidelines to widen the field and drop Sam Boyd’s capacity to 35,500. In 2016, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis physically toured the stadium and proposed it as a possible temporary home for the Raiders upon full completion of its move to Las Vegas. A new stadium tentatively called Las Vegas Stadium is under construction. The UNLV Rebels will join the Raiders at the new stadium in 2020, which may lead to the eventual demolition of", "title": "Sam Boyd Stadium" }, { "docid": "305559", "text": "27–14. The Raiders officially filed paperwork with the NFL on January 19, 2017, to relocate the club from Oakland to Las Vegas, Nevada by the 2020 season. The vote for the team's relocation took place on March 27, 2017, and the NFL officially approved the Raiders' relocation to Las Vegas by a 31–1 vote. Only the Miami Dolphins dissented the proposed move. Subsequently, the team announced that it will continue to be known as the Oakland Raiders for the 2017 and 2018 NFL seasons and will play its games in Oakland for at least those two seasons. Prior to the", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "8279328", "text": "became the first of the four professional sports leagues to land in Vegas, with the expansion team Vegas Golden Knights debuting in October 2017. The NFL, once a staunch opponent of Las Vegas, became the second of the four leagues to come to Vegas with the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to the area by 2020. Prior to the opening of T-Mobile Arena in April 2016, another major obstacle was the lack of suitable facilities. The city did not have a facility that was large enough or modern enough to host an MLB or NFL team. While the Thomas &", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "15681902", "text": "tenure as mayor, Goodman tried to promote Las Vegas as a home for professional sports teams. The Vegas Golden Knights began playing professional hockey in the 2017-2018 season and the Oakland Raiders announced their relocation to Las Vegas beginning in 2020. Goodman attempted to lure a soccer team to Las Vegas several times, including bids for a Major League Soccer expansion team, and ultimately got a second-division team, the Las Vegas Lights FC of the United Soccer League, which began playing in 2018. Carolyn and Oscar Goodman have four children and six grandchildren. Carolyn Goodman (politician) Carolyn Goldmark Goodman (born", "title": "Carolyn Goodman (politician)" }, { "docid": "20955381", "text": "The window allows the team to cancel its lease on the stadium for a $28 million fee and relocate. If the Bills choose not to exercise the buyout window, they will not be allowed to relocate until the lease expires after the 2022 season. The Oakland Raiders' lease on Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum expires after the 2018 season. The team is slated to move to Las Vegas, Nevada once Las Vegas Stadium is completed; it is currently scheduled to open in 2020. The Coliseum management has expressed a reluctance to allow the Raiders to continue using the Coliseum after the lease", "title": "2019 NFL season" } ]

[ { "docid": "20077189", "text": "Las Vegas was seen as a long shot candidate for the Raiders. The meeting was set up by Napoleon McCallum, a former Raiders player and current Las Vegas Sands employee. McCallum approached Davis about moving the team to Las Vegas before a Broncos-Raiders game on November 9, 2014 in Oakland. McCallum was the first to suggest a meeting with UNLV about the idea. Previously, Las Vegas officials, notably Mayor Carolyn Goodman had suggested building a stadium near Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In attendance at the meeting was Davis and McCallum, along with then-UNLV president Don Snyder and Bo Bernhard, executive", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "305588", "text": "preseason and regular season games in the 2017 season. The Raiders' games are broadcast in the Bay Area on CBS affiliate KPIX (CBS Channel 5) and in Las Vegas on CBS affiliate KLAS-TV (CBS 8) (when playing an AFC opponent) and on Fox Bay Area affiliate KTVU (Fox 2) and Las Vegas affiliate KVVU-TV (Fox 5) (when hosting an NFC opponent), unless the game is blacked out locally. Sunday night and a few Thursday night games are on NBC Bay Area affiliate KNTV (NBC Channel 11) and Las Vegas affiliate KSNV (NBC 3). The Raiders are a beneficiary of league", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "19631057", "text": "Las Vegas Cowboys The Las Vegas Cowboys were a professional American football team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their roots can be traced to the independent Quad Cities Raiders, who joined the new Professional Football League of America as the Rock Island Raiders in 1965. The Raiders remained in the PFLA until its merger with the Continental Football League in 1968. After losing their first two regular-season contests in 1968 (and drawing only 1,200 fans for a game in Davenport, Iowa against the Chicago Owls), the Raiders were set to play the Indianapolis Capitols in Indiana. Instead, Indianapolis businessman Thomas", "title": "Las Vegas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "5517898", "text": "Mark Davis and various officials in Las Vegas after approaching Davis about moving the team to Las Vegas before a Broncos-Raiders game on November 9, 2014 in Oakland. McCallum was the first to suggest meeting with UNLV about the idea. Previously, Las Vegas officials, notably Mayor Carolyn Goodman, had suggested building a stadium near Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He later set up a meeting between Davis and his boss at Las Vegas Sands Sheldon Adelson who would later help Davis secure the public money needed to build Las Vegas Stadium. Napoleon McCallum Napoleon Ardel McCallum (born October 6, 1963) is", "title": "Napoleon McCallum" }, { "docid": "8279333", "text": "game called Frozen Fury which was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The league has also held the NHL Awards ceremonies after each season since 2009. Las Vegas will be home to the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) possibly beginning as soon as the end of the 2018 NFL season. On March 27, 2017, NFL owners voted 31–1 to approve the Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas, who will continue to play at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland in 2017 and possibly longer, until their new stadium, the Las Vegas Stadium, is built in", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "20077192", "text": "it as interesting. Davis also said that Las Vegas was a global city and that \"it's absolutely an NFL city,\" as well as saying that \"the Raider brand would do well\" and \"I think Las Vegas is coming along slowly.\" On March 21, 2016, when asked about Las Vegas, Davis said, \"I think the Raiders like the Las Vegas plan,\" and \"it's a very very very intriguing and exciting plan,\" referring to the stadium plan in Las Vegas. Davis also met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about the stadium plan. On April 1, 2016, Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium to", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "20077200", "text": "at least one preseason game in Las Vegas, at Sam Boyd Stadium, as early as the 2018 season. (The Raiders' 2017 schedule has both preseason games in Oakland.) On October 17, 2016, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law Senate Bill 1 and Assembly Bill 1 which approved a hotel room tax rate increase to accommodate $750 million in public funding for the new stadium. On November 12, 2016, a report from the NFL's own in-house media team outlined how Las Vegas might not be a done deal. The report stated that the majority of owners favored the Raiders staying", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "20077212", "text": "relocated to Las Vegas from Oakland. On December 11, 2018, the city of Oakland filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Raiders and, individually, all 31 other teams in the NFL seeking millions of dollars in financial damages and unpaid debts on the Coliseum; the suit does not seek an injunction forcing the team to stay. As a result of the lawsuit, Raiders management indicated they would not stay in Oakland for the 2019 NFL season. Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas The Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas is a successful effort by the owner of the Oakland Raiders (Mark", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19631060", "text": "the 1969 season the franchise was again purchased, and plans for a move to Memphis, Tennessee were announced. With the dissolution of the CoFL in 1970, the move never completed and the Cowboys became inactive. Las Vegas Cowboys The Las Vegas Cowboys were a professional American football team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their roots can be traced to the independent Quad Cities Raiders, who joined the new Professional Football League of America as the Rock Island Raiders in 1965. The Raiders remained in the PFLA until its merger with the Continental Football League in 1968. After losing their first", "title": "Las Vegas Cowboys" }, { "docid": "2168473", "text": "torch is at the Oakland Coliseum and is lit by a former Raiders player or coach prior to each Raider home game. A torch that will rise 120 feet above the main concourse is planned for the future home of the Raiders at Las Vegas Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Al Davis Allen Davis (July 4, 1929 – October 8, 2011) was an American football coach and executive. He was the principal owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) for 39 years, from 1972 until his death in 2011. Prior to becoming the", "title": "Al Davis" }, { "docid": "2366794", "text": "Arizona Wildcats denied BYU their third consecutive Las Vegas Bowl win by winning 31–21. On September 25, 2013, Royal Purple was announced as the new title sponsor for the next three years. Following the expiration of Royal Purple's sponsorship of the title from 2013 to 2015, the game is officially known as the Las Vegas Bowl. With the relocation of the Oakland Raiders approved by the National Football League the tentatively named Las Vegas Stadium will be constructed to replace Sam Boyd Stadium. It is expected that the Las Vegas Bowl along with the other events currently held at Sam", "title": "Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "305590", "text": "limited scheduling options, and also benefit by receiving more prime time games than usual. In light of the pending relocation of the Raider franchise to Las Vegas, KVVU-TV, the local Fox affiliate in Las Vegas carries all Oakland Raiders preseason games and special content alongside Bay Area preseason game and special content broadcaster KTVU. Likewise in the Los Angeles market, KTLA (CW 5) is the local affiliate. The Raiders have rivalries with the other three teams in the AFC West (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and Los Angeles Chargers) and a geographic rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers. They also", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "20077175", "text": "of the United Football League were a major on-field success and were one of the UFL's best teams; it nonetheless suffered from poor attendance to start that continued to decline throughout the league's existence to the point that its last home game drew only 600 fans. The Arena Football League included three teams in Las Vegas over the course of its history: the Las Vegas Sting (1994 and 1995), Las Vegas Gladiators (2003 to 2007, now the Cleveland Gladiators), and another Las Vegas Outlaws (2015). The Las Vegas Sin of the Lingerie Football League (now the Legends Football League) played", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "20077204", "text": "paperwork to relocate from Oakland, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 19, 2017. The Raiders needed 24 of the 32 NFL club owners to vote to officially approve the move to Las Vegas. On January 30, 2017, it was announced that Adelson had dropped out of the stadium project, also withdrawing the Las Vegas Sands' proposed $650 million contribution from the project. Instead, the Raiders would increase their contribution from $500 million to $1.15 billion. One day after Adelson's announcement, Goldman Sachs (the company behind the financing to the proposed Las Vegas stadium) announced its intent to withdraw from", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "20077198", "text": "Reno, Reno area high schools, and sports complexes. On August 25, 2016, the Raiders filed a trademark application for \"Las Vegas Raiders\" on the same day renderings of a new stadium (located west of Interstate 15 at Las Vegas) were released to the public. On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to recommend and approve $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. On October 11, 2016, the Nevada Senate voted 16–5 to approve the funding bill for the Las Vegas stadium proposal. The Nevada Assembly voted 28–13 three days later to approve the bill", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19802688", "text": "the game, due to a 4 game losing streak, the Raiders fired head coach Jack Del Rio. Source Source 2017 Oakland Raiders season The 2017 Oakland Raiders season was the 58th overall season of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League, their 23rd season since their return to Oakland, and the third and final season under head coach Jack Del Rio. It was the first season for the team since the franchise announced its impending relocation to Las Vegas. The Raiders began the season on September 10 at the Tennessee Titans and finished the", "title": "2017 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "20077188", "text": "the Minnesota Vikings and unwillingness to commit money to the stadium proposal. Less than a month after the Chargers announced their move to Los Angeles, Las Vegas had emerged as the most likely destination candidate for the Raiders. On February 23, 2015, while still involved in the Carson project, Mark Davis attended a secret meeting at the UNLV International Gaming Research Center to look at Las Vegas sports betting, its effect on pro sports, how it could affect a pro sports team in Vegas and how the Raiders and the NFL could possibly work in Las Vegas. At the time", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "16212051", "text": "he described it as interesting. Davis also said that Las Vegas was a global city and that \"it's absolutely an NFL city,\" as well as saying that \"the Raider brand would do well\" and \"I think Las Vegas is coming along slowly\". On March 21, 2016, when asked about Las Vegas, Davis said, \"I think the Raiders like the Las Vegas plan,\" and \"it's a very very very intriguing and exciting plan\", referring to the stadium plan in Las Vegas. Davis also met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about the stadium plan. On April 1, 2016, Davis toured Sam Boyd", "title": "Mark Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "3372482", "text": "air, as UNLV officials are considering selling it or turning it into a Raiders practice facility. Since 1992, the stadium has been the site of the annual Las Vegas Bowl. In recent years, the game has been very well attended. In 2005, Brigham Young University made its first postseason appearance since 2001 and excited BYU fans over-filled the stadium; the announced attendance was a record 40,053. The following season, BYU returned to the Las Vegas Bowl as a nationally ranked team. Additional seating was arranged at Sam Boyd Stadium for the 2006 game; the resulting attendance of 44,615 was the", "title": "Sam Boyd Stadium" }, { "docid": "20077174", "text": "Meanwhile, Las Vegas had been home to a number of other professional football franchises between 1994 and the Raiders' arrival, none of which were particularly successful. The Las Vegas Posse, part of the Canadian Football League's effort to enter the U.S. market, lasted one season in 1994 and suffered from poor on-field product and worse attendance figures. The XFL included the Las Vegas Outlaws in its lone 2001 season; its attendance and on-field performance were respectable, and the team embraced the city's culture, but the Outlaws' modest success was overshadowed by the failure of the XFL. The Las Vegas Locomotives", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "12941529", "text": "For the 2010 UFL season, Francies signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives. In eight games, Francies made 11.5 tackles and two interceptions, and Las Vegas won the 2010 UFL championship. On December 14, 2011, Francies signed with the Seattle Seahawks to the practice squad. Francies re-signed with the team as a reserve and future free agent. Francies played three preseason games with Seattle in 2012, and he was waived by the Seahawks on August 27. Two days after the Seahawks waived him, Francies signed with the Oakland Raiders on August 29 and played the final preseason game for the Raiders", "title": "Coye Francies" }, { "docid": "20077191", "text": "home of both the Raiders and the UNLV Rebels college football program. A relocation to Las Vegas would be a long-term proposal, as Sam Boyd Stadium is undersized for the NFL and there are no other professional-caliber stadiums in Nevada. Raiders officials were also in Las Vegas to tour locations in the valley for a potential new home; they were also on the 42-acre site of the proposed stadium to ask questions about the site. Interviewed by sports columnist Tim Kawakami of the \"San Jose Mercury News\", Davis said that he had a \"great\" visit in the city he described", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19802610", "text": "2017 Oakland Raiders season The 2017 Oakland Raiders season was the 58th overall season of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League, their 23rd season since their return to Oakland, and the third and final season under head coach Jack Del Rio. It was the first season for the team since the franchise announced its impending relocation to Las Vegas. The Raiders began the season on September 10 at the Tennessee Titans and finished the season December 31 at the Los Angeles Chargers. The Raiders, as they did in 2016, played one home game", "title": "2017 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "305557", "text": "city of Oakland in June 2016 as a way to keep the Raiders in the city. Nevada's legislature approved a $750 million public subsidy for the proposed domed Las Vegas stadium in October 2016. Davis informed his fellow NFL owners that he intended to file for relocation to Las Vegas following the end of the season. On November 28, 2016, the Raiders secured their first winning season since 2002 with a comeback win against the Carolina Panthers, and on December 18, the team clinched their first postseason berth since 2002 with a victory over the San Diego Chargers. On December", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "16212054", "text": "well-received\", and stating, \"It was a very positive step in finding the Raiders a home.\" On May 20, 2016, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he would support Davis and the Raiders move to Las Vegas, stating, \"I think it would be good for the NFL.\" If the Raiders were to move to Las Vegas the only competition they would have is the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. On August 11, 2016, Raiders officials met with Northern Nevada officials about the possibility of Reno being the site of a new training camp/practice facility and toured several", "title": "Mark Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "20668814", "text": "to Las Vegas, Nevada. Their 2018 Week 9 match up was their last true Battle of the Bay game barring any sudden changes to the NFL's schedule rotation. As of 2017, the San Francisco 49ers are in the NFC West division, while the Oakland Raiders are in the AFC West division. As a result, the two teams only meet in the regular season once every four years according to the NFL's current scheduling formula. The two teams also met occasionally in the preseason until 2011, when a fight between 49ers and Raiders fans in the parking lot of Candlestick Park", "title": "49ers–Raiders rivalry" }, { "docid": "16212057", "text": "also indicated a desire to play at least one preseason game in Las Vegas, at Sam Boyd Stadium, as early as the 2017 season. On October 17, 2016, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law Senate Bill 1 and Assembly Bill 1 which approved a hotel room rate tax increase to accommodate $750 million in public funding for the new stadium. The Raiders officially filed paperwork to relocate from Oakland, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 19, 2017. On January 30, 2017, it was announced that Adelson had dropped out of the stadium project, also withdrawing the Las Vegas", "title": "Mark Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "19796954", "text": "a stadium lease with the Raiders on May 18. The lease was to be for 30 years with four successive extension options of five years each. On September 18, construction activity began on the stadium site with site preparation. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 13. The ceremony featured NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Raiders owner Mark Davis, his mother Carol Davis, various Raiders legends including Howie Long, Jim Plunkett, Tom Flores, and Ray Guy, Las Vegas and Nevada politicians such as Governor Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and stadium authority head Steve", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "19796947", "text": "same month and were at an impasse in Oakland. In order for the team to relocate to Las Vegas, a new stadium was required, since Sam Boyd Stadium was undersized for the NFL and there were no other professional-caliber stadiums in Nevada. On March 21, 2016, when asked about Las Vegas, Davis said, \"I think the Raiders like the Las Vegas plan,\" and \"it's a very very very intriguing and exciting plan.\" Davis also met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about the stadium plan. On April 1, 2016, Davis met with UNLV officials and toured Sam Boyd Stadium to evaluate", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "11984040", "text": "academics for the Bruins football team. When Karl Dorrell was fired in 2007, defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker took the interim coaching duty for the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl. The Bruins lost that game. 2002 Las Vegas Bowl The 2002 SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl was the 11th edition of that annual game. It featured the UCLA Bruins, and the New Mexico Lobos. The Bruins defeated the Lobos 27-13. Notably the game was the first Division I-A college football game to have a female player on the field, Katie Hnida. Also, UCLA coach Ed Kezirian was victorious in his one and", "title": "2002 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "20077193", "text": "evaluate whether UNLV could serve as a temporary home of the team and was with UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez, athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder and school president Len Jessup to further explore the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas. On April 28, 2016, Davis said he wanted to move the Raiders to Las Vegas and pledged $500 million toward the construction of a proposed $2.4 billion domed stadium. \"Together we can turn the Silver State into the silver and black state,\" Davis said. At a media conference in UNLV's Stan Fulton Building, Davis also said", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "16212055", "text": "sites including the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno area high schools, and sports complexes. On August 25, 2016, the Raiders filed a trademark application for \"Las Vegas Raiders\" on the same day renderings of a new stadium (located west of Interstate 15 at Las Vegas) were released to the public. On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to recommend and approve $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. On October 11, 2016, the Nevada Senate voted 16–5 to approve the funding bill for the Las Vegas stadium proposal. The Nevada Assembly voted 28–13 three", "title": "Mark Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "20077210", "text": "they have not determined where they will play in 2019, and the Coliseum management is reluctant to host the team in 2019 unless the Raiders pay additional compensation to cover the US$1,000,000 annual loss the Coliseum incurs by hosting Raiders games. About one thousand season ticket holders asked for and received refunds after the move to Las Vegas was announced. Their tickets were sold to other fans within hours, and the Raiders' 53,250 season tickets were all sold out by late May. The league levied a $350 million relocation fee on the Raiders, which will be paid in ten annual", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19802613", "text": "season and a four-game losing streak. The Raiders' preliminary preseason schedule was announced on April 10. In preparation for the team's eventual move to Las Vegas, the Raiders sought to play at least one of their two preseason games at Sam Boyd Stadium. When the preseason opponents were announced, both home games were scheduled for Oakland. OT Donald Penn chose not to report to training camp on July 28 as he was unhappy with his contract which was to pay him $6.2 million this season in the second season of a two-year deal. Penn ended his holdout without a new", "title": "2017 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "19796962", "text": "announced the launch of the team with a stadium in Miami. The stadium was submitted as a potential site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but was later withdrawn from consideration. Las Vegas Stadium Las Vegas Stadium is the working name for a domed stadium under construction in Paradise, Nevada for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and the UNLV Rebels football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). It is located on about 62 acres west of Mandalay Bay at Russell Road and Hacienda Avenue and between Polaris Avenue and Dean Martin Drive,", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "11984136", "text": "1995 Las Vegas Bowl The 1995 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game player on December 14, 1995 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. It was the fourth edition of the annual Las Vegas Bowl. The game was a bowl rematch of the Toledo Rockets and who had played in Reno during the regular season. Toledo came into the game undefeated at 10–0–1. This game is the first Division I-A football game to go into overtime, as the overtime rule was adopted starting with the 1995 bowl season. It is also the only Las Vegas Bowl", "title": "1995 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "11162801", "text": "be Las Vegas Raiders opened a 7,500-square-foot stadium preview center at Town Square, featuring interactive exhibits and team memorabilia, with plans for simulations of views from individual seats and a large-scale stadium model. Town Square (Las Vegas) Town Square Las Vegas is an open-air shopping, dining, office, and entertainment center development on in Enterprise, Nevada on Las Vegas Boulevard. Town Square is owned by TSLV LLC and managed by Fairbourne Properties, LLC, and encompasses of retail and of office space. The center opened on November 14, 2007. Ground was broken in May 2005 by Marnell Corrao Associates, the project contractor.", "title": "Town Square (Las Vegas)" }, { "docid": "20077211", "text": "installments beginning in 2019. This figure is slightly more than half of the $650 million fee that the Rams and Chargers each paid to relocate to Los Angeles. On November 13, 2017, the Raiders officially broke ground on Las Vegas Stadium. On January 2, 2018, the Henderson city council approved the sale of 55 vacant acres of land to the Raiders for their new headquarters and practice facility near Henderson Executive Airport. In January, construction crews began blasting caliche rock with dynamite to excavate and create the stadium bowl. As of April 2018, more than 30 Raiders employees had already", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "17020072", "text": "Stadium in Arlington, TX, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Sources: With the loss, the Red Raiders fell to 7–5, losing 5 in a row. sources: After losing their last five games of the regular season, the Red Raiders were expected to lose to the Sun Devils. ESPN broadcasts during 2013 bowl games included a prediction that Texas Tech would lose by 22 points, based on computer models. Las Vegas odds makers also favored an Arizona State victory by a line of up to 14 points. In an unexpected turn, Texas Tech got the upset and won their first game since", "title": "2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team" }, { "docid": "8279332", "text": "Hockey League (NHL). The Golden Knights are owned by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium led by Bill Foley, and play at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights began play during the 2017–18 NHL season and became the first major league professional team in Las Vegas. Prior to the Golden Knights, the National Hockey League had experience with Las Vegas beginning in 1991, when an outdoor game was held in Las Vegas, with the Los Angeles Kings facing the New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace in a preseason exhibition game. It carried thorough the years with an annual preseason exhibition", "title": "Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area" }, { "docid": "20678980", "text": "The team's playoff push fell short in August, when the team posted a 2–7 record including the league's first forfeited game. Ultimately the forfeit proved costly, as the team missed out on the playoffs by 1 game and finished 9th in the league overall. 2018 Las Vegas Aces season The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's inaugural season in Las Vegas, after moving from San Antonio during the off season. The season tips off on May 20. The team started the season slowly in May, posting", "title": "2018 Las Vegas Aces season" }, { "docid": "11515985", "text": "situation, with the Denver Broncos playing the Oakland Raiders in what could be the final NFL game played in Oakland before the team's scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2019. When Christmas Eve falls on a Thursday, as it did in , the \"Thursday Night Football\" game can be moved to Friday on Christmas. The 2009 game was between the Chargers and the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, with a special start time of 7:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Central. The league chose not to exercise this option in , when it scheduled a Thursday night Christmas Eve game between the Chargers", "title": "National Football League Christmas games" }, { "docid": "11984085", "text": "1999 Las Vegas Bowl The 1999 edition to the Las Vegas Bowl was the 8th edition of that annual game. It featured the Fresno State Bulldogs, and the Utah Utes. Fresno State scored first, when Utah placekicker Cletus Truhe had his field goal attempt blocked. It was recovered by Fresno State cornerback Payton Williams and returned 75 yards for a touchdown, to make it 7–0 Fresno State. Running back Mike Anderson scored on a 34-yard touchdown run later in the 1st quarter to tie it at 7. He would finish the game with a Las Vegas Bowl record 254 yards", "title": "1999 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "19117894", "text": "UNLV coach Tony Sanchez, athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder, and university president Len Jessup about further exploring the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas. On April 28, 2016, Davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in Las Vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar David Beckham, who was backing a proposed Major League Soccer franchise that would share the stadium with the Raiders and UNLV college football. The Raiders' proposal needed approval and funding from the Nevada State Legislature and, ostensibly, league approval to go forward (only ostensibly, since the Raiders have", "title": "2016 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "610213", "text": "Super Bowl XVIII in 1984, while they were in Los Angeles. They also appeared in Super Bowl II in 1968 and Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. The Raiders left Oakland for Los Angeles in 1982, where they won a third Super Bowl championship and returned to Oakland in 1995. The Warriors announced in April 2014 that they will leave Oakland once their new arena is built across the Bay in San Francisco, while the Raiders are in the process of relocating to Las Vegas. On March 27, 2017, it was confirmed the Raiders would be moving to Las Vegas. On", "title": "Oakland, California" }, { "docid": "19796957", "text": "and infrastructure. Some reports gave a budget of $1.9 billion, which also included $100 million to build a separate Raiders practice facility. The financing for the project is expected to come in the form of $750 million in public funding and $1.1 billion from the Raiders. The public portion of the funding will come from municipal bonds issued by Clark County, backed by the proceeds of a special tax on hotel rooms in the Las Vegas area, which took effect in March 2017. The Raiders' contribution was expected to include a $650 million loan from Bank of America, $200 million", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "305599", "text": "in the area. On August 20, 2011, in the third week of the preseason, the preseason game between the rivals was marked by fights in restrooms and stands at Candlestick Park, including a shooting outside the stadium in which several were injured. The NFL has decided to cancel all future preseason games between the Raiders and 49ers. The series ended on November 1, 2018 during a Thursday Night Football broadcast at Levi's Stadium, marking the last time both teams would meet before the Raiders moved to their new home in Las Vegas. The 49ers won the game 34-3 to tie", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "5842886", "text": "in that county and 0.1% for new stadium for Las Vegas Raiders. In Washoe County (which includes Reno), the sales tax rate is 7.725%, due to county option rates for flood control, the ReTRAC train trench project, mass transit, and an additional county rate approved under the Local Government Tax Act of 1991. For travelers to Las Vegas, note that the lodging tax rate in unincorporated Clark County, which includes the Las Vegas Strip, is 12%. Within the boundaries of the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson, the lodging tax rate is 13%. Sales tax in New Hampshire is limited", "title": "Sales taxes in the United States" }, { "docid": "20077199", "text": "to fund the new Las Vegas stadium proposal; two days later, Sandoval signed the funding bill into law. Davis told ESPN on October 15, 2016 that even if the Raiders were approved by the league to relocate to the Las Vegas metropolitan area, the club would play the next two seasons at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in 2017 and 2018, stating \"We want to bring a Super Bowl championship back to the Bay Area.\" The team would then play at a temporary facility in 2019 after its lease at the Coliseum expires. Davis has also indicated a desire to play", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19796950", "text": "just west of Interstate 15. On August 25, 2016, the Raiders filed a trademark application for \"Las Vegas Raiders\" on the same day renderings of a proposed stadium design were released. On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to recommend and approve $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. Majestic Realty revealed in October 2016 that it had withdrawn from the stadium project. Sandoval called a special session of the Nevada Legislature to consider the stadium and other tourism-related proposals in October 2016. The funding bill for the stadium was approved by a 16–5", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "17507331", "text": "Police Department, and Republican Sheriff Joe Lombardo said that these additional police officers helped reduce violent crime 7% in 2018. Under Sisolak's chairmanship, Clark County opened The Harbor, an innovative juvenile justice resources center that operates 24/7 and has prevented 3000 youths from entering the criminal justice system. Sisolak supported bringing the Golden Knights and the Raiders to Las Vegas. According to the \"Las Vegas Review-Journal\", Sisolak was the \"driving force\" behind getting the Raiders to come to Las Vegas. In addition to the county commission, Sisolak's other government involvement includes vice president and board of directors member for the", "title": "Steve Sisolak" }, { "docid": "19796946", "text": "reports emerged that Las Vegas Sands was considering developing a stadium in conjunction with Majestic Realty and UNLV, on a 42-acre site on Tropicana Avenue owned by UNLV. UNLV had been in the market for a new stadium to replace Sam Boyd Stadium since at least 2011. Raiders owner Mark Davis visited Las Vegas on January 29 to tour the site and meet with Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson and other local figures. The Raiders, who had been trying to get a new stadium built for the team since the 1980s, had just missed out on relocating to Los Angeles that", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "18083634", "text": "Las Vegas (board game) Las Vegas (US Release Title: Vegas Dice Game) is a board game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published by Ravensburger in 2012. (The US Release came out in 2017.) It is named after the city of Las Vegas in Nevada, United States and has a gambling theme. The game was nominated for the \"Spiel des Jahres\" prize in 2012 and won the \"Årets Spel\" prize in the Best Adult Game category in 2013. \"Las Vegas\" is a game for two to five players. It consists of six small boards representing different casinos (originally depicting real Vegas", "title": "Las Vegas (board game)" }, { "docid": "15097641", "text": "2008, the league chose Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada to host the 2008 title game on the day after Thanksgiving. When the inaugural season was postponed to 2009, the game was moved to the corresponding date in 2009 and kept in Las Vegas. The first UFL Championship Game, played on Friday November 27, 2009, involved the Florida Tuskers, who had just finished a perfect 6–0 regular season, against the 2nd place team, the home-standing Las Vegas Locomotives. The Locos, thanks to a 33-yard field goal by Graham Gano in overtime, defeated the Tuskers by a 20–17 score. The", "title": "UFL Championship Game" }, { "docid": "4554574", "text": "quarter. Fullback Zack Crockett later finished a 69-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown run to put the game away. Through the 2017 NFL season, this was the last AFC championship game which did not include the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots or Pittsburgh Steelers. This could potentially prove to be the last playoff game ever played at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, as the Raiders were approved to relocate to Las Vegas for the 2019 season in 2017. This also, is to date, the last Oakland Raiders playoff victory, as they would not qualify for the playoffs", "title": "2002–03 NFL playoffs" }, { "docid": "10871833", "text": "Kyle Field, the Raiders outscored the Aggies 31–27, after Tech sophomore quarterback Graham Harrell made a 37-yard touchdown pass with 26 seconds left in the game. Two days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Tech to win by 8 points. The \"College Football News\" staff predicted Tech to win 45–31. In a press conference early into the week of the game, A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane, when told that A&M hadn't won a game in Lubbock since 1993, responded \"We're going to win in 2007. That's a guarantee. I promise you.\" When Tech coach Mike Leach was confronted", "title": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team" }, { "docid": "20077196", "text": "Oakland city officials to brief them on their proposal. They also met with mayor Libby Schaaf. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to begin negotiations with Lott's group and with the city of Oakland regarding the \"price and terms of sale\" for the 120-acre land of the Oakland Coliseum and Oracle Arena. Davis publicly reiterated his commitment to his announced plans to relocate the Raiders franchise to Las Vegas, Nevada with the support of the state of Nevada and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and said he did not wish to negotiate further with Oakland while the Las Vegas deal", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "16212058", "text": "Sands' proposed $650 million contribution from the project. Instead, the Raiders would increase their contribution from $500 million to $1.15 billion. One day after Adelson's announcement, Goldman Sachs (the company behind the financing to the proposed Las Vegas stadium) announced its intent to withdraw from the project. On March 6, 2017, the Raiders revealed Bank of America would be replacing the Sheldon Adelson portion of the funding. On March 27, 2017, the National Football League officially approved the Raiders move from Oakland to Las Vegas in a 31–1 vote, ensuring them a new stadium in the process. Davis is a", "title": "Mark Davis (American football)" }, { "docid": "5012399", "text": "fans to come to Las Vegas for a hockey weekend. The rivalry has known to become quite violent as the case of a game in March 2009. During the second period of Aces-Wranglers game on March 25, 2009, in Las Vegas, when Alaska's Matt Stefanishion collided with Las Vegas' Chris Ferraro, breaking Ferraro's leg and effectively ending his season and career. Ferraro's twin brother, Peter became enraged and started a brawl that would involve nine players. During the melee, Peter Ferraro received a game misconduct penalty for spearing, as did Las Vegas' Tim Spencer for kicking. In the aftermath, the", "title": "Las Vegas Wranglers" }, { "docid": "20077171", "text": "approve the move, which was announced at the annual league meetings in Phoenix, Arizona on March 27, 2017. The Raiders became the third NFL franchise to relocate in the 2010s, following the Rams' move from St. Louis, Missouri to Los Angeles, California on January 12, 2016, and the Chargers' move from San Diego, California to Los Angeles on January 12, 2017. The Raiders' move to Las Vegas comes after years of failed efforts to renovate or replace the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, which has been rated by multiple sources as one of the worst stadiums in the NFL. The Oakland Raiders", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19796960", "text": "a flame in honor of Al Davis, the late long-time owner of the Raiders. Updated renderings released after the relocation vote passed show the stadium with a roll-in natural grass field similar to the one at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. In an August 17, 2017 Las Vegas Stadium Authority meeting it was revealed that the stadium will have a designated pickup/drop off loop for ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft, a first for a stadium in the NFL. The stadium will replace Sam Boyd Stadium and will serve as the home of both the Raiders and", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "7908638", "text": "through JC schools. It was the beginning of a long winning tradition in football. Most notably kicker Mike Biselli who still holds the record for longest FG made 67 yards. He went on to become a three-year starter for the Stanford Cardinal. In 2004 the Reed Raiders defeated the McQueen Lancers 21-13 for their second Regional Championship, only to lose to Las Vegas High school in the first round of the state championship playoff. Northern Nevada Championship Streak During the 2011 season the Reed Raiders were league champions and state runner up to Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas. Reed defeated", "title": "Edward C. Reed High School" }, { "docid": "20077195", "text": "stating, \"It was a very positive step in finding the Raiders a home.\" On May 20, 2016, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he would support Davis and the Raiders move to Las Vegas, stating, \"I think it would be good for the NFL.\" On May 23, 2016, the \"San Francisco Chronicle\" and other media outlets reported that a group led by former San Francisco 49ers safety (and Pro Football Hall of Fame member) Ronnie Lott and retired quarterback Rodney Peete were looking into building a new Oakland stadium for the Raiders. The group met with team executives and", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "10315956", "text": "commentator for the Oakland Raiders. Humm died due to complications from multiple sclerosis on March 27, 2018. https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/football/former-las-vegas-prep-star-raiders-qb-david-humm-dies-at-65/ David Humm David Henry Humm (April 2, 1952 – March 27, 2018) was an American professional football player, a quarterback in the NFL from 1975–84 for the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders. He played college football at the University of Nebraska. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Humm attended Bishop Gorman High School, where he was and All-American prep quarterback and a heavily recruited prospect. He accepted a scholarship from the University of Nebraska, where he", "title": "David Humm" }, { "docid": "19796953", "text": "27. The next day, the Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority began accepting deposits for season tickets for the new stadium. The Raiders announced that they planned to remain in Oakland until the stadium was complete. The Raiders closed the purchase of the land for the stadium at the Russell Road site on May 1. The purchase price was reported at $77.5 million. On May 11, it was announced that in a joint venture Mortenson Construction and McCarthy Construction would be the developers for the stadium. Mortenson previously worked on U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The stadium authority approved", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "305556", "text": "Corporation casino empire, proposed a new domed stadium in Las Vegas to potentially house the University of Nevada, Las Vegas football team and a possible NFL team. Adelson quickly reached out to the Raiders to discuss the team partnering on the new stadium. In April 2016, without promising the team would move, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and pledged $500 million toward Adelson's stadium if public officials agreed to contribute to the stadium. A group of investors led by former NFL stars Ronnie Lott and Rodney Peete proposed a new stadium to the", "title": "Oakland Raiders" }, { "docid": "17084820", "text": "Nevada. On August 25, 2016, the Raiders applied for a trademark for the \"Las Vegas Raiders\" and unveiled artist renditions of the proposed Las Vegas stadium, given the tentative title \"Raiders Stadium.\" On August 13, the Buffalo Bills and Pegula Sports and Entertainment reached an agreement to sell the naming rights to their stadium to the locally based New Era Cap Company, a major headwear supplier to all of the major North American sports leagues. The stadium had previously been known as Rich Stadium from its opening in 1973, then as Ralph Wilson Stadium since 1998. The sale of naming", "title": "2016 NFL season" }, { "docid": "7068132", "text": "who is in trouble in Las Vegas. Over the course of 48 hours, players would journey across America, stopping at major cities on their way to Las Vegas. The confirmed locations included New York City and Las Vegas. Development of the game began in 2003 at the now defunct Glasgow studios of Steel Monkeys. When Steel Monkeys in the UK shut down, the game moved production to the secondary Steel Monkeys studio established in Minsk, Belarus. On February 11, 2009, confirmation from Steel Monkeys that \"2 Days to Vegas\" is still in development was received by IGN. According to the", "title": "2 Days to Vegas" }, { "docid": "301547", "text": "filling in for Anaheim Stadium. Then, in 1995, a deal was struck whereby the Raiders would move back to Oakland for the 1995 season. The agreement called for the expansion of the Coliseum to 63,026 seats. The bucolic view of the Oakland foothills that baseball spectators enjoyed was replaced with a jarring view of an outfield grandstand contemptuously referred to as \"Mount Davis\" after Raiders' owner Al Davis. Because construction was not finished by the start of the 1996 season, the Athletics were forced to play their first six-game homestand at 9,300-seat Cashman Field in Las Vegas. Although official capacity", "title": "Oakland Athletics" }, { "docid": "20826095", "text": "Devils and the Bulldogs, with Arizona State leading the series, 3–0. They most recently had played each other in 1941; this was their first meeting in a bowl game. 2018 Las Vegas Bowl The 2018 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST (12:30 p.m. local PST). It was the 27th edition of the Las Vegas Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors, the game was officially known as the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas", "title": "2018 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "5517897", "text": "didn't see leg injuries this severe except in car accidents. Had the subsequent surgery not gone as planned, there was a chance his left leg would have been amputated. McCallum moved to Henderson, Nevada in 1996 and started a computer graphics business, Pro Digital Graphics. He is also an avid golfer. He later sold the business and is currently director of community development for the Las Vegas Sands Corp. He and his wife Yvonne have four daughters. McCallum played a significant role in the Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas by setting up a meeting in 2015 between Raiders owner", "title": "Napoleon McCallum" }, { "docid": "19872961", "text": "win by the Aztecs. On the first play of the Aztecs' first drive in the 4th quarter, Donnel Pumphrey broke the all-time FBS career record for rushing yardage. Source: 2016 Las Vegas Bowl The 2016 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 17, 2016, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The twenty-fifth annual Las Vegas Bowl is one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concludes the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ABC. Previously sponsored by lubricant manufacturer Royal Purple, the sponsorship ended in 2015, with the name of the", "title": "2016 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "16196179", "text": "1991 outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas The 1991 outdoor National Hockey League (NHL) game in Las Vegas was an exhibition pre-season game between the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings that took place on September 27, 1991, on an outside rink built over the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel and casino. This was the first official outdoor NHL game, and was part of the pre-season schedule for the 1991–92 NHL season for both teams. The idea of having an exhibition ice hockey game outdoors in Las Vegas belongs to Rich Rose, president of Caesars World", "title": "1991 outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "11984139", "text": "field goal to tie the game, which headed to overtime. In overtime Shea kicked his third field goal of the game, a 22-yarder that gave Nevada its first lead of the game at 37–34. Tait rushed for his fourth touchdown of the game, a 2-yarder, as Toledo won in dramatic fashion, 40–37 in overtime, to cap an undefeated season. 1995 Las Vegas Bowl The 1995 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game player on December 14, 1995 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. It was the fourth edition of the annual Las Vegas Bowl. The game", "title": "1995 Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "docid": "9011075", "text": "along with other options that are specific to each game. Statistics are held for each game but are deleted once the console is deactivated. Las Vegas Cool Hand Las Vegas Cool Hand is a Game Boy Color game that was released in 1998 to a North American and European market. A version for the original Game Boy was also released in Europe under the title \"Cool Hand\". This video game features blackjack, cribbage, and solitaire. Blackjack can be played by either Las Vegas Strip rules, Downtown Las Vegas rules, London rules, or Atlantic City rules. Cribbage simply requires players to", "title": "Las Vegas Cool Hand" }, { "docid": "20077206", "text": "that San Diego would need a new stadium in order to be a relocation possibility. Another roadblock for a Raiders relocation to the city would have been the owners of the current Los Angeles teams. Stan Kroenke and Dean Spanos would block any team from sharing Southern California, especially if that team is the Raiders (given the team's continued popularity in the region). San Diego, as an option for the Raiders, was remote. San Diego was previously home to the San Diego Chargers from 1961 until 2016 (when the team relocated to the Greater Los Angeles Area); a Raiders move", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19796951", "text": "vote in the Senate and by 28–13 in the Assembly, and was signed into law by Sandoval on October 17. The bill allowed Clark County to increase its hotel tax to raise the $750 million in funding. The Raiders filed relocation papers on January 19 to move from Oakland to Las Vegas. On January 26, 2017, the Raiders submitted a proposed lease agreement for the stadium. It was reported that the Raiders had selected the Russell Road site as the stadium location, the team would pay one dollar in rent, and that they could control the naming rights for both", "title": "Las Vegas Stadium" }, { "docid": "20077207", "text": "there would have been ironic given that the team's primary rival the Chargers were based in that city. On February 16, 2017, the San Diego Union-Tribune obtained a letter from Doug Manchester that stated he had \"assembled a powerful group of associates\" who would develop a 70,000-seat stadium on the land of Qualcomm Stadium; the letter also stated the project would provide \"a viable alternative\" to the Raiders in case Las Vegas fell through; the group also stated that they were \"open to working with the Chargers, Raiders, other NFL owners, or a new ownership group\"; it also stated an", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "20077197", "text": "was still actively in progress; any relocation to Las Vegas needed to be approved by a three-quarters majority of all NFL owners, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell publicly stated his preference for keeping the Raiders franchise in Oakland if at all possible. However, it was reported that the NFL had issues with the Lott Group's financier Fortress Investment Group due to past issues the group had. On August 11, 2016, Raiders' officials met with Northern Nevada officials about the possibility of Reno being the site of a new training camp/practice facility and toured several sites including the University of Nevada,", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "19117893", "text": "there; in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium. On March 23, 2016, Davis met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about moving his team to Las Vegas and recently on April 1, 2016, Mark Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home (it would likely pose a problem for the Raiders; the stadium seats fewer than 40,000 spectators, less than the 50,000-seat minimum, nor are there any other stadiums in Nevada that meet NFL requirements) and met", "title": "2016 Oakland Raiders season" }, { "docid": "20077205", "text": "the project. On January 31, 2017, in the aftermath of Adelson and Goldman Sachs' withdrawal from the Las Vegas deal, the \"San Diego Union-Tribune\" reported that Mayor Kevin Faulconer reached out to an NFL official to let them know they were eager to engage; a city official also spoke to a Raiders official on the phone. The Union-Tribune noted that any possible Raiders relocation to San Diego or bringing a team to the city would have been aided by a proposal for a soccer-specific stadium and mixed development. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated, during his State of the NFL address,", "title": "Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7756117", "text": "2013 report identified four areas of focus for sustainable development: It also critiqued global governance and outdated institutions that do not reflect economic and geopolitical reality. The report was first launched in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Its goal was to place people at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy. Development was characterized by the provision of choices and freedoms resulting in widespread outcomes. “People are the real wealth of a nation,” Haq wrote in the opening lines of the first report in", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "7756119", "text": "scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP. It is a report independent of the Administrator of the UNDP, as suggested by ul Haq. It is translated into numerous languages and launched in more than 100 countries annually. Since 1990, more than 140 countries have published some 600 national Human Development Reports, with UNDP support. UNDP has also sponsored scores of regional reports, such as the ten-volume Arab Human Development Report series, which have made internationally recognized contributions to the global dialogue on democracy, women’s rights, inequality, poverty eradication and other critical issues. The 2010", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "15464799", "text": "with our ecological and social realities.\" Published in 1989, The Manila Declaration on People's Participation and Sustainable Development sets forth principles and guidelines for enacting these transformations. The concept of people-centered development gained recognition at several international development conferences in the 1990s, such as the Earth Summit in 1992, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, and the Summit for Social Development of 1995. The concept was first widely promoted in the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Report in 1990, in which countries' level of development was measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). The", "title": "People-centered development" }, { "docid": "6889669", "text": "and used to generate a range of insights. In 1990, the UN Human Development report published the first such exercise which focused on health, education and income which were equally weighted to generate the Human Development Index. At the same time, and subsequently, researchers recognizing that these three areas covered only certain elements of life quality have sought to develop more comprehensive measures. A major project in this area has been the 'capabilities measurement project' in which Anand has led teams of philosophers, economists and social scientists to generate that gives a full and direct implement of the approach drawing", "title": "Capability approach" }, { "docid": "7756117", "text": "2013 report identified four areas of focus for sustainable development: It also critiqued global governance and outdated institutions that do not reflect economic and geopolitical reality. The report was first launched in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Its goal was to place people at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy. Development was characterized by the provision of choices and freedoms resulting in widespread outcomes. “People are the real wealth of a nation,” Haq wrote in the opening lines of the first report in", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "862909", "text": "UNDP works to help countries prevent further spreading and reduce its impact, convening The Global Commission on HIV and the Law which reported in 2012. Major programmes underway are: Since 1990, the UNDP has annually published the Human Development Report, which includes topics on Human Development and the annual Human Development Index. The UNDP spends about 0.2% of its budget on internal evaluation of the effectiveness of its programmes. The UNDP’s Evaluation Office is a member of the UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) which brings together all the units responsible for evaluation in the UN system. Currently the UNEG has 43", "title": "United Nations Development Programme" }, { "docid": "7756118", "text": "1990. “The basic objective of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy and creative lives. This may appear to be a simple truth. But it is often forgotten in the immediate concern with the accumulation of commodities and financial wealth.” The United Nations General Assembly has formally recognized the Report as “an independent intellectual exercise” and “an important tool for raising awareness about human development around the world.” The Human Development Report is an independent report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and is the product of a selected team of leading", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "862897", "text": "United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. To accomplish the SDGs and encourage global development, UNDP focuses on poverty reduction, HIV/AIDS, democratic governance, energy and environment, social development, and crisis prevention and recovery. UNDP also encourages the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women in all of its programmes. The UNDP Human Development Report Office also publishes an annual Human Development Report (since 1990) to measure and analyse developmental progress. In addition to a global Report, UNDP publishes regional, national, and local Human Development Reports. UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from member nations. The organization operates in", "title": "United Nations Development Programme" } ]

[ { "docid": "19063490", "text": "devised to address the challenges presented in previous human development reports published by the General Secretariat for Development Planning. The first human development report was compiled in 2006; it highlighted the potential challenges and downfalls that could beset the country if left unabated. The challenges ranged from a long-term demographic imbalance to loss of cultural heritage. This report would consequently serve as the foundation the National Development Strategy 2010–2015. In July 2008, the Qatari government published a formal outline of QNV 2030. The General Secretariat for Development Planning announced the same month that they would issue another human development report.", "title": "Qatar National Vision 2030" }, { "docid": "7756127", "text": "that address crucial development factors not directly reflected in the HDI: Human Development Report The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual milestone published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Projections in the 2013 report suggested that by 2020 the combined economic output of three leading developing countries alone—Brazil, China and India—will surpass the aggregate production of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. However economic growth does not automatically translate into human development progress, so reports have highlighted the need for pro-poor policies and investments in capacity building", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "7756116", "text": "Human Development Report The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual milestone published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Projections in the 2013 report suggested that by 2020 the combined economic output of three leading developing countries alone—Brazil, China and India—will surpass the aggregate production of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. However economic growth does not automatically translate into human development progress, so reports have highlighted the need for pro-poor policies and investments in capacity building with a focus on education, nutrition, health and employment skills. The", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "9348465", "text": "National Human Development Report The National Human Development Reports (NHDR) take the Global Human Development Report approach to the national level and are prepared and owned by national teams. More than 540 national and sub-national HDRs have been produced so far by 135 countries, in addition to 31 regional reports. They have introduced the human development concept into national policy dialogue — not only through human development indicators and policy recommendations, but also through the country-led and country-owned process of consultation, research and report writing. Data that is often not published elsewhere - such as statistics disaggregated by geographic location,", "title": "National Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "10164866", "text": "the conclusion of the Second General Forum on Human Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when the first annual National Human Development Report Awards Programme was launched, the PHDR 2000 was among the awardees. PHDR 2000 won awards in three categories: Excellence in the Innovative Use of Human Development Measurement Tools, Excellence in Presentation and Design, and Excellence in Participation and Policy Impact. The issue of the Philippine Human Development Report in 1994 introduced to Philippine readers the concept of Human Development, explaining its difference from the more traditional measure of development like per capita income and the significance of", "title": "Philippine Human Development Network" }, { "docid": "1901482", "text": "\"measure of the average level of human development of people in a society once inequality is taken into account\". Countries in the top quartile of HDI (\"very high human development\" group) with a missing IHDI: Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, Brunei, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Cuba, and Kuwait. The list below displays the top-ranked country from each year of the Human Development Index. Norway has been ranked the highest fourteen times, Canada eight times, and Japan three times. Iceland has been ranked highest twice. The year represents when the report was published. In parentheses", "title": "Human Development Index" }, { "docid": "6030543", "text": "was now greater than that of the entire Arab League combined. The first AHDR (2002) provided a full spectrum diagnostic of factors accounting for shortfalls in the area of human development, and summarized its findings by pointing to three major \"development deficits\" holding the region's progress back: (i) knowledge, (ii) women’s empowerment and (iii) freedom. These were the respective themes of the three follow-up reports published in 2003, 2004, and 2005, which completed the first series of the AHDR. The first series of the AHDR made the vital contribution of injecting the Human Development concept into the Arab debate, as", "title": "Arab Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "10164864", "text": "the national counterpart of the United Nations Development Programme's Global Human Development Report. To date, the HDN has produced seven PHDRs—1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008/2009, and 2012/2013 in partnership with the UNDP. It is currently preparing the eighth report to be published sometime 2015-2016. Aside from the PHDR, the HDN has come out with publications and research papers that tackled specific human development concerns. The HDN organizes dialogues and fora with the aim of institutionalizing and broadening the partnership between civil society and government in mainstreaming the human development framework in policy-making and programming. The HDN developed a training", "title": "Philippine Human Development Network" }, { "docid": "667784", "text": "sold in Gaza's street bazaars, including carpets, pottery, wicker furniture, and cotton clothing. The upscale Gaza Mall opened in July 2010. Many Gazans worked in the Israeli service industry when the border was open, but after Israel's 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip, this source of jobs disappeared. A report by human rights and development groups published in 2008 stated that Gaza had suffered a long term pattern of economic stagnation and dire development indicators, the severity which was increased exponentially by the Israeli and Egyptian blockades. The report cited a number of economic indicators to illustrate the point: In", "title": "Gaza City" }, { "docid": "7756123", "text": "the 2010 Human Development Report shows. Introducing three new indices, the 20th anniversary edition of the report documented wide inequalities within and among countries, deep disparities between women and men on a wide range of development indicators, and the prevalence of extreme multidimensional poverty in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The new report also included a change in the methodology used to calculate the indexes using better statistical methods, as well as new parameters for judging the growth and development. The first Human Development Report introduced its pioneering HDI and analyzed previous decades of development indicators, concluding that “there is", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "14797058", "text": "Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, England, that was established in 2007. The centre was established in 2007. In 2010, OPHI developed the Multidimensional Poverty Index for the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. Since then OPHI has published a Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) annually. OPHI also serves as the Secretariat of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN), a South-South initiative that supports policymakers to develop multidimensional poverty measures. It promotes the use", "title": "Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative" }, { "docid": "14797068", "text": "down and analysed in a powerful way to inform policy. It can be used to: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, England, that was established in 2007. The centre was established in 2007. In 2010, OPHI developed the Multidimensional Poverty Index for the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. Since then OPHI has published a Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) annually. OPHI also serves as the Secretariat of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN),", "title": "Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative" }, { "docid": "6030541", "text": "Arab Human Development Report The Arab Human Development Report is an independent report sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), providing leading Arab scholars a platform through which to analyze the challenges and opportunities for human development in the Arab Region. UNDP's Arab Human Development Report Project maintains a Web site on which copies of the Reports are available for download in the Arabic, English and French languages. Building on the tradition of UNDP's global Human Development Reports, the Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) is a series of publications focused on challenges and opportunities for human development in the", "title": "Arab Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "7756121", "text": "new indices have been introduced over the years in different reports, including the Human Development Index, the Gender-related Development Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure, the Human Poverty Index. The Gender-related Development Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure and the Human Poverty Index were removed in 2010. The 2010 Human Development Report introduced three new indices the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, the Gender Inequality Index, and the Multidimensional Poverty Index. Each Report has its own focus drawn from contemporary debate. The 2009 Human Development Report, Overcoming Barriers, focused on migration - both within and beyond borders. It was chosen because it is", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "13827714", "text": "knowledge gaps\" which interact in complex ways that are not yet well understood. Boundaries were defined to help define a \"safe space for human development\", which was an improvement on approaches aiming at minimizing human impacts on the planet. The 2009 report was presented to the General Assembly of the Club of Rome in Amsterdam. An edited summary of the report was published as the featured article in a special 2009 edition of \"Nature\". alongside invited critical commentary from leading academics like Nobel laureate Mario J. Molina and biologist Cristián Samper. In 2015, a second paper was published in \"Science\"", "title": "Planetary boundaries" }, { "docid": "1901476", "text": "was needed to convince the public, academics, and politicians that they can and should evaluate development not only by economic advances but also improvements in human well-being. Published on 4 November 2010 (and updated on 10 June 2011), the 2010 Human Development Index (HDI) combines three dimensions: In its 2010 Human Development Report, the UNDP began using a new method of calculating the HDI. The following three indices are used: 1. Life Expectancy Index (LEI) formula_1 2. Education Index (EI) formula_2 3. Income Index (II) formula_5 Finally, the HDI is the geometric mean of the previous three normalized indices: formula_6", "title": "Human Development Index" }, { "docid": "20285325", "text": "in Amman, Jordan. 2015: Princess Dana published an article in the Huffington Post entitled Goal 18: Global Development Goals and Heritage Preservation 2012: she contributed to “Tourism and Archeological Heritage Management at Petra: Driver to Development or Destruction.” 2007: She authored a brief article for the 2007 State of the World Report and participated in the launch of the report in Washington DC. 2003: Princess Dana co-authored with Drs. William C. Clark and Sanjeev Khagram of Harvard University an article entitled “From the Environment and Human Security to Sustainable Security and Development” in the Journal of Human Development. Princess Dana", "title": "Princess Dana Firas" }, { "docid": "1901483", "text": "is the year for which the index was calculated. The HDI has extended its geographical coverage: David Hastings, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, published a report geographically extending the HDI to 230+ economies, whereas the UNDP HDI for 2009 enumerates 182 economies and coverage for the 2010 HDI dropped to 169 countries. The Human Development Index has been criticized on a number of grounds, including alleged lack of consideration of technological development or contributions to the human civilization, focusing exclusively on national performance and ranking, lack of attention to development from a", "title": "Human Development Index" }, { "docid": "7157999", "text": "Freedom deficit Freedom deficit is a term coined by a group of Arab scholars for the UNDP Arab Human Development Report in 2002. As defined in the report, a freedom deficit exists when there is \"a substantial lag between Arab countries and other regions in terms of participatory government,\" where \"freedom\" is thus synonymous with \"democracy.\" A measure of the freedom deficit is calculated by assessing political participation and accountability, freedom of expression and political corruption. The 2002 Arab Human Development Report attempted to account for the fact that the Arab region does poorly on the Human Development Index, yet", "title": "Freedom deficit" }, { "docid": "15336024", "text": "overseas, it says. Friday's report was the 16th such annual report published by China in response to U.S. attacks. Li Daojun, a professor with Law School of Shandong University, said the U.S. and China should expand mutual exchange and recognition on human rights causes. \"The U.S. puts political rights above all else while China seeks to focus more on ensuring people's economic opportunities and development. In essence, it's the same because the two are interdependent.\" The 2014 report stated: On June 25 local time, the State Department of the United States released its country reports on human rights practices once", "title": "Human Rights Record of the United States" }, { "docid": "16764186", "text": "World report on disability The World report on disability (WRD) is the first document to give an extensive global picture of the situation of people with disabilities, their needs, and the barriers they face to participating fully in their societies. The aim of the report is to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Published in 2011 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, the report assembles scientific information on disability, with relevance to the fields of public health, human rights and development. The intended audience is policy-makers, service providers,", "title": "World report on disability" }, { "docid": "17980110", "text": "Human trafficking in the State of Palestine Human trafficking in the Palestine has been observed and reported by numerous sources. In December 2009, a 26-page report was published by Sawa, from United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which included that there is a lack of data collection on human trafficking in Palestine. Furthermore, the report calls on Palestinian governmental organizations to establish new legislation which should guarantee that females are treated as victims of crime and not offenders. Vast poverty and lack of economic scope have been cited as major factors in human trafficking in the Palestinian territories. Other", "title": "Human trafficking in the State of Palestine" }, { "docid": "7606544", "text": "and replaced the older Research Report series. Some recent titles are: A complete list is available at the website <http://www.pide.org.pk>. PIDE is also a publisher of influential books. The first title, Investment of Oil Revenues, by M. L. Qureshi, was published in 1974, when the topic was just beginning to gain attention. A recent book, Gender and Empowerment: Evidence from Pakistan, by Rehana Siddiqui, et al. (2006), addresses current concerns. In the ‘Lectures’ series, two recent titles are: Beyond Planning and Mercantilism: An Evaluation of Pakistan's Growth Strategy by Nadeem Ul Haque (2006) and Brain Drain or Human Capital Flight", "title": "Pakistan Institute of Development Economics" }, { "docid": "14972039", "text": "published annually by the United Nations Development Programme, and the National Human Development Reports (NHDRs), the American Human Development Reports serve as advocacy tools to spur lively debates and mobilize support for action and change. \"The Measure of America, 2013–2014\" was co-authored by Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis. It is the third in the American Human Development Reports series and, like its predecessors, includes updated Index rankings while examining changes in well-being since 2000, as well as before and after the Great Recession. The report provides information for the country as a whole, the 50 U.S. states, the 25 largest", "title": "Measure of America" }, { "docid": "14289060", "text": "2,730 and formed 1.45% of the population. Others numbered 11,735 and formed 6.25% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Habibpur CD Block was 49.0%. Official surveys have found households living in absolute poverty in Malda district to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement in the district…", "title": "Habibpur (community development block)" }, { "docid": "16195882", "text": "rights defenders currently in Bahrain, and provides recommendations for the U.S. and Bahraini governments to end human rights abuses.\" \"Bahrain: A Tortuous Process\" is 15-page report published by Human Rights First on 14 July 2011 that documents how the Bahraini government continues to intimidate, torture, and detain human rights defenders, and shoot at civilians.\" \"No More Excuses – Time for Radical Change\" is a 16-page report published by Human Rights First on 12 December 2011 which documents \"thousands of illegal arrests, widespread torture in detention, forced confessions and deaths in custody.\" According to the group, \"the report reveals that around", "title": "Human rights reports on the Bahraini uprising of 2011" }, { "docid": "11837647", "text": "of reasoning about statistical significance and moral certainty, and \"… perhaps the first published report of a nonparametric test …\"; see details at . Human sex at birth was also analyzed and used as an example by Jacob Bernoulli \"Ars Conjectandi\" (1713), where an unequal sex ratio is a natural example of a Bernoulli trial with uneven odds. Willem 's Gravesande (1774) also studied it. Pierre-Simon Laplace (1778) used human sex ratio as an example in his development of probability theory. He considered the statistics of almost half a million births; the statistics showed an excess of boys compared to", "title": "Human sex ratio" }, { "docid": "4918926", "text": "phonics approaches, while suggesting that more evidence may be required. The NICHD has come out in support of phonics instruction. The institute conducts and supports research on all stages of human development. The institute conducted a meta-analysis and, in 2000 it published a report entitled \"Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read\". Some \"findings and determinations\" of this report are: Other findings of this report are: In 2014 the California Department of Education stated \"Ensuring that children know how to decode regularly spelled one-syllable words by mid-first grade is crucial\". It goes on to say that \"Children", "title": "Synthetic phonics" }, { "docid": "17980111", "text": "activities includes sex exploitation and child labor. Human trafficking in the State of Palestine Human trafficking in the Palestine has been observed and reported by numerous sources. In December 2009, a 26-page report was published by Sawa, from United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which included that there is a lack of data collection on human trafficking in Palestine. Furthermore, the report calls on Palestinian governmental organizations to establish new legislation which should guarantee that females are treated as victims of crime and not offenders. Vast poverty and lack of economic scope have been cited as major factors in", "title": "Human trafficking in the State of Palestine" }, { "docid": "16195881", "text": "nurses, medics, ambulance drivers, and other health workers based on their knowledge of those abuses.\" Agence France-Presse said that the report has blasted and slammed 'systematic attacks' on medical staff in Bahrain. The report was featured on several major news outlets including the Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, the Independent, New York Times, and Washington Post. \"Bahrain: Speaking Softly\" is a 12-page report published by Human Rights First on 17 May 2011 following a one-week fact-finding mission to Bahrain. In this report, Human Rights First says it \"publishes first-hand testimonies of the Bahraini government's crackdown from the perspectives of human", "title": "Human rights reports on the Bahraini uprising of 2011" }, { "docid": "6459368", "text": "by the UNDP in its Human Development Reports; this approach has become popular the world over, with indexes and reports published by individual counties, including the American Human Development Index and Report in the United States. The economic side of Sen's work can best be categorized under welfare economics, which evaluates the effects of economic policies on the well-being of peoples. Sen wrote the influential book 'Development as freedom' which added an important ethical side to development economics Development theory Development theory is a collection of theories about how desirable change in society is best achieved. Such theories draw on", "title": "Development theory" }, { "docid": "7751272", "text": "In 1981, when the report was published, an important external factor was the instability of the global economy, particularly the stagflation of the 1970s, and the 1979 energy crisis. Berg report The Berg report is the name most commonly used for the World Bank-published report \"Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Plan for Action,\" written by Elliot Berg in 1981. The report was written in response to a 1979 request from the African Governors of the World Bank for a paper analyzing the development problems facing African countries. It also responds to a set of policies determined by African Chiefs", "title": "Berg report" }, { "docid": "14950660", "text": "promoted economic reform in Jordan while working on promoting social development through building human capital, alleviating poverty and strengthening social safety nets. Khalaf held the position of Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2000 to 2006. She led important regional initiatives on education, knowledge acquisition and economic growth in the Arab States. She was the founder of the pioneering Arab Human Development Report. The first Report in the series, entitled “Creating Opportunities for Future Generations,” received the 2003 Prince Claus Award. The third Report, entitled “Towards", "title": "Rima Khalaf" }, { "docid": "674976", "text": "III – National Strategy for Sustainable Development-2016–2020\". \"Te Kakeega II\" has identified the following key objectives in regards the development of the education system: (i) Curriculum and Assessment Improvement, (ii) Increased student participation by ensuring access and equity for students with special needs, (iii) Improved quality and efficiency of management, (iv) Human Resource Development, (v) Strengthened community partnerships and develop a culture of working together. In 2011 meetings were held to review \"Te Kakeega II\" and the Tuvalu Education Strategic Plan (TESP) II; Tuvalu Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report. In 2013 a report was published on improving the quality of", "title": "History of Tuvalu" }, { "docid": "6131623", "text": "Research\" was released, and it was published in 1979 in the Federal Register. It was named the \"Belmont Report\", for the Belmont Conference Center, where the National Commission met when first drafting the report. The \"Belmont Report\" is one of the leading works concerning ethics and health care research. It allows for the protection of participants in clinical trials and research studies. The \"Belmont Report\" explains the unifying ethical principles that form the basis for the National Commission’s topic-specific reports and the regulations that incorporate its recommendations. The three fundamental ethical principles for using any human subjects for research are:", "title": "Belmont Report" }, { "docid": "403431", "text": "William Flynn Martin, David Dodson Gray, and Elizabeth Gray prepared the hearings under the Chairmanship of Congressman John Dingell. In 1980 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published a world conservation strategy that included one of the first references to sustainable development as a global priority and introduced the term \"sustainable development\". Two years later, the United Nations World Charter for Nature raised five principles of conservation by which human conduct affecting nature is to be guided and judged. In 1987 the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development released the report \"Our Common Future\", commonly called", "title": "Sustainable development" }, { "docid": "5436056", "text": "non-DAC donor states. Two illustrative examples of the complex aid landscape are that of China, which has been active as an aid donor throughout the latter half of the twentieth century but published its first report on foreign aid policy as recently as 2011 and India, an often cited aid recipient, but which has had donor programmes to Nepal and Bhutan since the 1950s. Development geography Development geography is a branch of geography which refers to the standard of living and its quality of life of its human inhabitants. In this context, development is a process of change that affects", "title": "Development geography" }, { "docid": "3477816", "text": "participate in takedown, or the consumption of energy at a greater rate than it is being replaced. Some believe that when oil production decreases, human culture and modern technological society will be forced to change drastically. The impact of peak oil will depend heavily on the rate of decline and the development and adoption of effective alternatives. In 2005, the United States Department of Energy published a report titled \"Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, & Risk Management\". Known as the Hirsch report, it stated, \"The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an", "title": "Peak oil" }, { "docid": "14972045", "text": "Measure of America released \"A Portrait of Louisiana: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009\", the first major research effort into health, education, and income in the state to use post-Katrina data. Among the findings, the report concludes that acute human vulnerability persists, as do profound disparities between certain groups, especially between blacks and whites. The report was commissioned by Oxfam America and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, with funding from Oxfam America and the Foundation for the Mid South. Mississippi ranked last among U.S. states on the American Human Development Index in 2008–2009. The Mississippi State Conference NAACP commissioned Measure of", "title": "Measure of America" }, { "docid": "6030556", "text": "– for the benefit not only of women but for Arab society as a whole. In particular, the Report calls for the adoption of time-bound affirmative action, tailored to the specificities of each Arab society, in order to expand the participation of women in all fields of human activity. The Report argued that such measures were imperative to dismantle the structures of centuries of discrimination. Arab Human Development Report The Arab Human Development Report is an independent report sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), providing leading Arab scholars a platform through which to analyze the challenges and opportunities", "title": "Arab Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "9191451", "text": "best strategy for supporting military personnel and pay functions. In a report published in August 1996, the Task Force concluded that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) multiple Service-unique military personnel and pay systems caused significant functional shortcomings (particularly in the joint arena) and excessive development and maintenance costs. Their central recommendation was that,\" “…the DoD should move to a single all-Service and all-component, fully integrated personnel and pay system, with common core software….”. Development and Integration efforts began in September 2003 when DoD awarded Northrop Grumman a $281 million contract. In September 2005, An Office of the Secretary of Defense", "title": "Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System" }, { "docid": "19063491", "text": "QNV 2030 was officially launched in October 2008. A second human development report was published in July 2009, and a third in 2012, the latter focusing on the youth population of the country. QNV 2030's logo features green borders with green and maroon font and the figure of an eye in the center. The design is intended to be representative of Qatari culture. QNV 2030 partitions each set of challenges and solutions into one of the following four categories of development which are known as the 'four pillars': economic, social, human or environmental. QNV 2030's economic development strategy consists of", "title": "Qatar National Vision 2030" }, { "docid": "2633535", "text": "subprime mortgage crisis and the 2007–2009 which followed, increased the unemployment rate to a peak of 10% in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has been steadily falling. It reached 5% in December 2015. The United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) is one of several annual composite indices published by the UNDP Human Development Report (HDR) office. The HDI ranks countries based on life expectancy, education, per capita income. Canada and the United States were placed in the very high human development category in 2017 with Canada ranking 12 and the United States ranking 13th 0.924 out of 189", "title": "Comparison of Canadian and American economies" }, { "docid": "19270025", "text": "large-scale transformation programmes’. He has published over 60 papers and 9 books in the areas of Strategic Human Resource Development, Performance Management, Organization Development and Self-Development, which have been published by international publishers in multiple languages. Some of his popular books include Strategic Human Resource Development (first published by Prentice Hall in 2001, and 14 reprints), Human Resource Management in Practice with 300 Models, Techniques and Tools (first published in 2003 by Prentice Hall, and 11 reprints), You can Fail: Coping with Failure and Getting Ahead (published in 2004 by McGraw Hill, in English, Hindi and Chinese), Performance Management: Strategies,", "title": "Srinivas Kandula" }, { "docid": "10164863", "text": "of a Philippine Human Development Report on a regular basis; (2) conduct and publication of policy researches on human development issues; (3) monitoring of the achievements, breakthroughs, deficiencies and gaps regarding human development in the work of both government and non-government organizations, (4) organization of and participation in fora, dialogues and symposia on human development concerns; (5) provision of briefings, workshops, lectures and training sessions relating to human development concepts and measures to different audiences. The Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR) is the HDN's main vehicle for advocating people-centered development,and generating discussion and consensus on human development issues. It is", "title": "Philippine Human Development Network" }, { "docid": "9500299", "text": "Chris Baker (writer) Christopher John Baker (born 3 January 1948) is a Thailand-based British writer who has made his home in Bangkok for more than 20 years. He is the co-author of \"A History of Thailand\", \"Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand\", \"Thailand's Boom and Bust\", and \"Thailand's Crisis\", all written with his wife, Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit. He was the principal writer of the United Nations Development Programme's \"Thailand Human Development Report 2007: Sufficiency Economy and Human Development\", which praised King Bhumibol Adulyadej's self-sufficient economy theory. In 2010, Chris Baker and his wife Pasuk Phongpaichit published a compilation and", "title": "Chris Baker (writer)" }, { "docid": "15366019", "text": "the population. Others numbered 1,686 and formed 1.02% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Chanchal II CD Block was 43.9%. Official surveys of households living in absolute poverty in Malda district have been found to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement in the district… Although land", "title": "Chanchal II" }, { "docid": "11536185", "text": "the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Harishchandrapur I CD Block was 47.6%. Official surveys have found households living in absolute poverty in Malda district to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement in the district… Although land reforms were implemented in Malda district from the time they were", "title": "Harishchandrapur I" }, { "docid": "15369082", "text": "37,454 and formed 23.28% of the population. Christians numbered 3. Others numbered 105 and formed 0.07% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Ratua II CD Block was 38.4%. Official surveys have found households living in absolute poverty in Malda district to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human", "title": "Ratua II" }, { "docid": "15366038", "text": "numbered 20 and formed 0.01% of the population. Others numbered 298 and formed 0.18% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Chanchal I CD Block was 50.0%. Official surveys of households living in absolute poverty in Malda district have been found to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human", "title": "Chanchal I" }, { "docid": "15340520", "text": "population. Others numbered 199 and formed 0.07% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Kaliachak III CD Block was 36.0%. Official surveys have found households living in absolute poverty in Malda district to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement in the district… Although land reforms were implemented", "title": "Kaliachak III" }, { "docid": "14289036", "text": "91,384 and formed 42.68% of the population. Christians numbered 5. Others numbered 81 and formed 0.04% of the population. As per the Human Development Report for Malda district, published in 2006, the percentage of rural families in BPL category in Manikchak CD Block was 33.8%. Official surveys have found households living in absolute poverty in Malda district to be around 39%. According to the report, “An overwhelmingly large segment of the rural workforce depends on agriculture as its main source of livelihood, the extent of landlessness in Malda has traditionally been high because of the high densities of human settlement", "title": "Manikchak" }, { "docid": "14972041", "text": "metropolitan areas in the country. The report was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and The Lincy Foundation, and is a joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press. \"The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008–2009\" was written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martins, and includes forewords by Amartya Sen and William H. Draper III. The book is the first-ever human development report for a wealthy, developed nation. It introduced the American HD Index disaggregated by state, by congressional district, by racial/ethnic group, and by gender,", "title": "Measure of America" }, { "docid": "9348466", "text": "ethnic group or along rural/urban lines - help pinpoint development gaps, measure progress and flag early warning signs of possible conflict. As advocacy tools designed to appeal to a wide audience, the reports also spur lively public debates and mobilize support for action and change. They have helped to articulate people’s perceptions and priorities, as well as serve as a resource of alternate policy opinion for development planning. National Human Development Report The National Human Development Reports (NHDR) take the Global Human Development Report approach to the national level and are prepared and owned by national teams. More than 540", "title": "National Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "15336007", "text": "Human Rights Record of the United States The Human Rights Record of the United States (informally referred to as the \"China Human Rights Report\") is a publication on the annual human rights record in the United States of America, published by the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The report was first issued in 1998 as a response to the United States' practice of criticizing China in its own annual \"Country Reports on Human Rights Practices\", which each of the Chinese reports cites in the first paragraph. The \"Human Rights Record of the United", "title": "Human Rights Record of the United States" }, { "docid": "9796166", "text": "Gender Development Index The Gender Development Index (GDI) is an index designed to measure gender equality. GDI together with the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) were introduced in 1995 in the Human Development Report written by the United Nations Development Program. The aim of these measurements was to add a gender-sensitive dimension to the Human Development Index (HDI). The first measurement that they created as a result was the Gender-related Development Index (GDI). The GDI is defined as a \"distribution-sensitive measure that accounts for the human development impact of existing gender gaps in the three components of the HDI\" (Klasen 243).", "title": "Gender Development Index" }, { "docid": "9796175", "text": "dimensions: Reproductive Health, Empowerment, and Labor Market Participation. Gender Development Index The Gender Development Index (GDI) is an index designed to measure gender equality. GDI together with the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) were introduced in 1995 in the Human Development Report written by the United Nations Development Program. The aim of these measurements was to add a gender-sensitive dimension to the Human Development Index (HDI). The first measurement that they created as a result was the Gender-related Development Index (GDI). The GDI is defined as a \"distribution-sensitive measure that accounts for the human development impact of existing gender gaps in", "title": "Gender Development Index" }, { "docid": "18247694", "text": "of alternative journalism). News generated by Watchers in various countries is regularly updated on the Social Watch website. Each year, their reports are also condensed and compiled into an overall \"Social Watch Report\", widely distributed in intergovernmental and non-governmental organization circles, as well as back to the grassroots communities of Watchers. In 2011, Social Watch released the Basic Capabilities Index, a report on global development and human well-being. In 2012, it published its most recent Gender Equity Index, one of the measures of gender equality. In 2014, it published its annual Report, \"Means and Ends.\" Social Watch Social Watch is", "title": "Social Watch" }, { "docid": "16768376", "text": "case of a non-compliance or non-adherence of the Vishaka Guidelines, it would be open to the aggrieved persons to approach the respective High Courts. The legislative progress of the Act has been a lengthy one. The Bill was first introduced by women and child development minister Krishna Tirath in 2007 and approved by the Union Cabinet in January 2010. It was tabled in the Lok Sabha in December 2010 and referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources Development. The committee's report was published on 30 November 2011. In May 2012, the Union Cabinet approved an amendment to include", "title": "Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013" }, { "docid": "11762894", "text": "with the objectives of the Society. NHSR issues periodic reports on the progress of human rights in Saudi Arabia. It publishes a monthly bulletin called \"Hogog\", which means Rights. So far NSHR has published five reports. The first report was on human rights in Saudi Arabia in 2006 and is a 60-page publication. This report addresses many issues including women's rights, security and civil liberties, educational rights, children's rights, prisoners’ rights, and the rights of foreign labourers. The next publication was a collection of essays written about that first report. Two other publications are studies on how compatible Saudi regulations", "title": "National Society for Human Rights" }, { "docid": "13664606", "text": "South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking The South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking was a conference held on 6 August 2009 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other regional bodies. A report was subsequently published, drawing attention to the issues of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human trafficking among women in South-East Asia. As well as the UNDP the event was sponsored by: Asian Women’s Human Rights Council (AWHRC); the Indonesian NGO, Yakeba; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); United", "title": "South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking" }, { "docid": "14972038", "text": "based on human development concepts introduced by Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen. In partnership with foundations, non-profit organizations, government offices, and corporations, Measure of America has produced reports, interactive tools, and services focused on data analysis and data visualization. The American Human Development Report is a biennial report on human well-being in the United States produced by Measure of America. It follows the human development concept, which is the process of expanding the well-being of individuals to develop their full potential, by increasing opportunities in the arenas of health, education, and income. Similar to the global Human Development Report,", "title": "Measure of America" }, { "docid": "10164860", "text": "Philippine Human Development Network The Human Development Network Foundation Inc. (HDN) is a non-stock, non-profit organization whose mission is to propagate and mainstream the concept of sustainable human development through research and advocacy. The HDN is a group of development practitioners who first got together in 1992 through the initiative of Professor Solita Collas-Monsod, past HDN President, and the previous Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kevin McGrath. The group met in a series of \"brainstorming\" sessions to discuss how best to apply the major findings and conclusions of the Human Development Report in the Philippine setting.", "title": "Philippine Human Development Network" }, { "docid": "6030548", "text": "level of human development. As a wide-ranging diagnosis that was thoroughly debated in many corners, the first AHDR naturally gave rise to more questions than it could answer. Responding to demand for ongoing analysis, UNDP and partners in the region decided to sponsor three additional reports, each one exploring to greater depth, in turn, the three deficits identified by the first AHDR. Following up on the first AHDR, this second in the series sought to deepen the analysis on the first of the three identified development deficits: knowledge. Despite the presence of significant human capital in the region, AHDR 2003", "title": "Arab Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "11870497", "text": "goal is to achieve environmental sustainability. Some critics say development is undermined by health concerns as it both directly and indirectly influences growth to be lower. HIV/AIDS, in addition to malaria, has negatively influenced development and increased poverty in many places, especially in Africa. Achieving adequate health standards is important for the success of development and the abolition of poverty. The Global Human Development Reports (HDR) is an annual publication released by the UNDP's Human Development Report Office and contains the Human Development Index. There is not only a global Human Development Report but there are regional and national reports", "title": "Human development (economics)" }, { "docid": "314177", "text": "as it best reflects the time when data was taken for Pakistan. Pakistan National Human Development Report gave Pakistan an HDI score of 0.541 whereas the Human Development Report 2006 gave it a score of 0.539. Sources: definition: aged 10 and over and can read and write as of 2008–09 Pakistan's diversity is more visible along cultural differences and less along linguistic, religious or genetic lines. Almost all Pakistanis belong to the Indo-Iranian linguistic group of the Indo-European branch. Pakistan's rough estimates vary, but the consensus is that the Punjabis are the largest ethnic group. Pashtuns (Pakhtuns) make up the", "title": "Demographics of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "6030546", "text": "a problem is an important part of the solution. The report's independent team of researchers found that the Arab States had made substantial progress in human development over the preceding three decades. Nevertheless, the report argued that the predominant characteristic of the Arab reality of that time seems to be the existence of deeply rooted shortcomings in the Arab institutional structure. These shortcomings, the Report argued, are an obstacle to building human development. The report summarizes them as three deficits relating to freedom, empowerment of women, and knowledge. Specifically, the report concludes that Arab countries need to embark on rebuilding", "title": "Arab Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "1901481", "text": "Saudi Arabia, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Cuba, and Kuwait. The 2014 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme was released on 24 July 2014 and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2013. Below is the list of the \"very high human development\" countries or regions: Some countries were not included for various reasons, primarily due to the lack of necessary data. The following United Nations Member States were not included in the 2014 report: North Korea, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, San Marino, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tuvalu. The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) is a", "title": "Human Development Index" }, { "docid": "5262592", "text": "that they in fact are. It was time that all previous global studies were assembled and reviewed for their insights and recommendations. It was time that a nation made an assessment of all of its previous efforts to take a long-term view of anything. Global 2000 was not the first computer-based global study. The first computer-based global study, \"The Limits to Growth\" was published in 1972. \"Limits\" questioned growth as the answer to all development and social problems and started a global discussion of global warming, energy scarcity, human population growth, plant and species extinctions , genetic diversity , and", "title": "The Global 2000 Report to the President" }, { "docid": "7503915", "text": "Human Poverty Index The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the standard of living in a country, developed by the United Nations (UN) to complement the Human Development Index (HDI) and was first reported as part of the Human Development Report in 1997. It was considered to better reflect the extent of deprivation in developed countries compared to the HDI. In 2010 it was supplanted by the UN's Multidimensional Poverty Index. The HPI concentrates on the deprivation in the three essential elements of human life already reflected in the HDI: longevity, knowledge and a decent standard of living.", "title": "Human Poverty Index" }, { "docid": "19874783", "text": "that a fertilized egg had formed. Menkin neglected to take an immediate photograph of the discovery, and she could not find the egg when she finally went to get a picture. She was able to fertilize and photograph three more eggs, involving all three factors that she had altered before the original discovery. Rock and Menkin achieved two and three cell development in their successful fertilizations. After the additional eggs were fertilized successfully, Rock and Menkin elected to publish their work in a brief report. \"Science\" magazine published their findings in the article “\"In Vitro\" Fertilization and Cleavage of Human", "title": "Miriam Menkin" }, { "docid": "4252410", "text": "of international society's consideration of rights of individuals in the face of potential threats from states. The most obvious foci of analysis here are the UN Charter, the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and its associated covenants (1966), and conventions related to particular crimes (e.g.,genocide) and the rights of particular groups (e.g., women, racial groups, and refugees). Mahbub ul Haq first drew global attention to the concept of human security in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 \"Human Development Report\" and sought to influence the UN's 1995 World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen. The UNDP's 1994 Human Development", "title": "Human security" }, { "docid": "19344604", "text": "its stance, with its Foreign Minister going to the General Assembly for the first time in 15 years. There he announced the DPRK's readiness to hold a “human rights dialogue with countries not hostile to it.” Also following the publication of the COI report, in May 2014, on the eve of the second Universal Periodic Review report on human rights in North Korea, the DPRK published (three years behind the UN scheduled deadline) a detailed response to the 167 first cycle recommendations. The government changed its previous stance of complete rejection of external critique on its human rights, accepting a", "title": "Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" }, { "docid": "12687145", "text": "Police Partnership. The aim of the expanded policing partnership is to improves the law enforcement capabilities of the RPNGC across key areas including: While on duty, the Australian police officers wear their AFP uniforms which include the mission logo wok wantaim (working together). Their vehicles also prominently display the mission logo. Credible national crime statistics are not published by the RPNGC. For the first time, UNDP published a national homicide rate of 13.0/100,000 in the 2013 Human Development Report, but the origin of this figure is unknown. Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is", "title": "Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary" }, { "docid": "12028699", "text": "Crossing the Quality Chasm Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century is report on health care quality in the United States published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on March 1, 2001. A follow-up to the frequently cited 1999 IOM patient safety report \"To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System\", \"Crossing the Quality Chasm\" advocates for a fundamental redesign of the U.S. health care system. In the late 1990s, the IOM established a committee and formal program to study health care quality that lead to the development of \"To Err Is Human\" and", "title": "Crossing the Quality Chasm" }, { "docid": "7756120", "text": "Human Development Report’s review of human development trends showed that most developing countries made dramatic yet often underestimated progress in health, education and basic living standards since 1970 with many of the poorest countries posting the greatest gains. In the 2010 Report, the Sultanate of Oman was reported to be the most improved country in the past 40 years out of the 135 countries assessed (the report reported on improvement in the period 1970-2010). Oman's strides in education, women empowerment and health care under the patronage of the current Sultan of Oman led to it securing the 1st position. Several", "title": "Human Development Report" }, { "docid": "314176", "text": "girls and most less than a week old according to conservative estimates by the Edhi Foundation, a charity working to reverse this increasing trend. According to the 2009 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 60.3% of Pakistanis live on less than $2 a day. Sources: Information on Pakistani regions: Information on other countries: All Estimated at three decimal places. Note: Regarding the above two tables, information on Pakistan has been taken from the \"PAKISTAN NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2003\" and for the countries of the world, information has been taken from the \"Human Development Report 2006\"", "title": "Demographics of Pakistan" }, { "docid": "12715687", "text": "served for several years on the Statistical Advisory Panel for the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report. Ward was a prolific writer and more than fifty of his articles and reviews were published in \"The Review of Income and Wealth\", \"Economics\", \"Economic Journal\", \"The Banker\", \"The Bankers Magazine\", \"Economic Record\", \"The Economist\", \"International Herald Tribune\", \"Journal of Modern African Studies\", \"Journal of Development Studies\", \"International Development\", \"Journal of Business Economists\", \"American Scientist\" and the \"IDS Bulletin\". His contributions to edited volumes included the \"Encyclopædia Britannica\" (on economic forecasting and international comparisons); \"Indicator Systems for Political, Economic and Social Analysis\"", "title": "Michael Ward (economist)" }, { "docid": "15304187", "text": "was Jonathan Potter. Established by agencies in the humanitarian and development sector in 1995, People In Aid grew from a small membership organisation into a global resource for NGOs. People In Aid maintained a focus on the quality of human resources and people management in the relief and development sector. A research report published in 1995 called \"Room for Improvement\" had found weaknesses in existing practice in humanitarian and development organisations which led to 'poor performance by staff, so diminishing the quality of programmes'. The agencies which had initiated the research, including the British government's Overseas Development Administration (now DFID),", "title": "People In Aid" }, { "docid": "14520695", "text": "reports, published annually by Freedom House. A rating of 1 is \"free\"; 7, \"not free\". Cape Verde's stances on international human rights treaties are as follows: Human rights in Cape Verde Human rights in Cape Verde are addressed under the national constitution. The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that in general, the government respected the basic rights of citizens, however there were concerns in certain areas such as prison conditions, legal process and discrimination. Legislative protection of human rights can be seen as a relatively recent development, with the constitution being officially adopted", "title": "Human rights in Cape Verde" }, { "docid": "7503918", "text": "ranks of many countries, especially those at the bottom, could drop considerably if the list included more countries. For information about the component values for countries other than the ones on the list, see source links below. Indicators used are: Human Poverty Index The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the standard of living in a country, developed by the United Nations (UN) to complement the Human Development Index (HDI) and was first reported as part of the Human Development Report in 1997. It was considered to better reflect the extent of deprivation in developed countries compared to", "title": "Human Poverty Index" }, { "docid": "11870500", "text": "index makes an effort to simplify human development, it is much more complex than any index or set of indicators. The 2007 report showed a small increase in world HDI in comparison with the previous year's report. This rise was fueled by a general improvement in the developing world, especially of the least developed countries group. This marked improvement at the bottom was offset with a decrease in HDI of high income countries. To reflect gaps in the Human Development Index, the United Nations came out with the Human Poverty Index (HPI) in 1997. The HPI measures the deficiencies in", "title": "Human development (economics)" }, { "docid": "14772059", "text": "Prosperity Without Growth Prosperity Without Growth is a book by author and economist Tim Jackson. It was originally released as a report by the Sustainable Development Commission. The study rapidly became the most downloaded report in the Commission's nine-year history when it was published in 2009. The report was later that year reworked and published as a book by Earthscan. A revised and expanded edition (\"Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow\") was published in January 2017. By arguing that \"prosperity – in any meaningful sense of the word – transcends material concerns\", the book summarizes the evidence", "title": "Prosperity Without Growth" }, { "docid": "11974421", "text": "of living in the \"Age of Adaptation\" and conceptualizing water as being as important to climate adaptation as carbon was to mitigation. Adil Najam was the lead author for the 2018 Pakistan National Human Development Report, which focused on the topic of youth and included a first comprehensive district-by-district ranking in a national Human Development Index for Pakistan. The report and the district HDI index became a matter of much election campaign discussion during the Pakistani general election, 2018. His recent books include \"How Immigrants Impact their Homelands\" (co-editor, 2013), \"\"The Future of South-South Economic Relations\"\" (co-editor, 2012), \"\"Envisioning a", "title": "Adil Najam" }, { "docid": "16243377", "text": "Inge Kaul Inge Kaul is an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany and advisor to various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy options to meet global challenges. She specializes in Global public goods, with much of her work looking at international cooperation financing, public-private partnerships, global governance, global issue diplomacy and UN system reform. She was the first director of UNDP's Human Development Report Office, a position which she held from 1989 to 1994, where with Mahbub ul Haq she led the team working on the Human Development Report. She was then director of UNDP's", "title": "Inge Kaul" }, { "docid": "12442227", "text": "During her tenure, she established and oversaw Yemen's Human Rights Ministry, initiated the country's second national human rights report, and established a public human rights resource center. In 2006, she became the Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator for the Regional Bureau for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). On March 22, 2014, Alsoswa was appointed Executive Director of the Executive Bureau for the Acceleration of Aid Absorption and Implementation of the Mutual Accountability Framework. Alsoswa has published and lectured extensively and has received numerous awards. She was made an \"Officier\" of the \"Légion d'Honneur\" (France) and received the", "title": "Amat Al Alim Alsoswa" }, { "docid": "18884113", "text": "Mashriq at 73.6%. However, more than one third of youth remain illiterate or simply unable to write in the Arab least developed countries (Egypt, Mauritania, Somalia, and Yemen). In 2004, the regional average of youth literacy is 89.9% for male and 80.1% for female. The United Nations published an all-exclusive Arab human development report in 2002, before doing so again in 2003 and then for the latest time in 2004. The next report is scheduled in 2018 and will be published in all good newspapers. These reports, written by researchers, academics and deputy headmasters from the Arab world, address some", "title": "Education in the Arab World" }, { "docid": "17201314", "text": "on Twitter. Following an international backlash, Hussein's sentence was overturned. The Gender Inequality Index is a measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report. Human Development Indices are relative classifications across the 187 countries denoted as very high, high, medium (each with 47 countries) and low (with 46 countries). The 2013 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report ranks Sudan as the #129 country out of 147 on the gender inequality index. This is in the low human development quartile. This index ranking is a calculation of maternal mortality rate, adolescent fertility rate, females in the", "title": "Gender inequality in Sudan" }, { "docid": "16407560", "text": "(GEM), both of which were introduced in the 1995 Human Development Report. As international recognition of the importance of eliminating gender inequality was growing, the Gender Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) were introduced in the 1995 Human Development Report. The GDI and GEM became the primary indices for measuring global gender inequality for the United Nations Human Development Reports. The GDI and GEM faced much criticism for their methodological and conceptual limitations. Beneria and Permanyer have explained that the GDI and GEM are not measurements of gender inequality in and of themselves. The GDI is a", "title": "Gender Inequality Index" }, { "docid": "18517653", "text": "Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children The Dutch Rapporteur was established in 2000 to report on the progress of the Dutch Government in combating human trafficking, producing its first report in 2002. The National Rapporteur, Mrs. Corinne Dettmeijer, reports to and is independent from the Dutch government. The National Rapporteur has published multiple reports on human trafficking, child pornography and sexual violence against children. Trafficking in human beings is punishable under Dutch Law. Trafficking in human beings does not only occur inside the sex industry, but can also be found in other economic", "title": "Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children" }, { "docid": "12059454", "text": "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons is the title of an influential, book-length 2001 report by Human Rights Watch on prison rape in the United States. The report is credited with playing a major role in the 2003 passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Human Rights Watch (HRW) had published several papers on the topic of prison rape in the years since its initial report on the topic in 1996. The 1996 paper, \"All too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons\", was released during a time when there", "title": "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons" }, { "docid": "14556360", "text": "elections, Human Rights Watch reported that the National Intelligence Service arbitrarily practiced physical and psychological torture on members of the opposition who had been arrested on a variety of dubious charges, including 'threatening state security' and 'participation in armed groups'. A September 2010 report published by the Center for Global Development highlighted that Burundi had made progress in only one of its 15 Millennium Development Goals. The constitution addresses issues such as freedom of speech and of the press; however, the government generally did not respect these rights in practice. In April 2009, 782 people were arrested arbitrarily during the", "title": "Human rights in Burundi" }, { "docid": "5373986", "text": "was thus prepared for the German Detergents Act of 1961 passed in response to the mountains of foam on rivers and lakes. It permitted only readily biodegradable detergents to be used from 1964 onward. As early as 1992, Henkel published its first Environment Report. Henkel is also a founding member of the “World Business Council for Sustainable Development” (WBCSD). In 2003, Henkel declared its participation in the United Nations Global Compact and has committed itself to the Compact’s ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Since 2008, Henkel is an official member of the “Roundtable", "title": "Henkel" } ]

[ "David Johansen" ]

[ { "docid": "3564082", "text": "he was the victim! I did what the stunt people told me, but when I had to flap my wings in his face, I really couldn't control them.\" The film also features Murray's three brothers; John Murray as his on-screen brother James, Brian Doyle-Murray as Frank's father, and Joel Murray cameos as a party guest, and the final appearance of the Solid Gold Dancers. Comedian Sam Kinison was considered for the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past before it went to musician David Johansen. Robert Mitchum cameos as Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander; the actor was not interested in the", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3448638", "text": "viewed as a rival, found success as Buster Poindexter. As a result, Kane grew frustrated with music (although he continued playing and in fact learned harmonica during this period). He relocated from New York City to Los Angeles, but he could not escape his regrets. His envy and creative block, coupled with alcoholism and the breakdown of his marriage, led to a deepening depression. Although urban myth frames Kane as a drug addict, this was not the case; his true downfall was alcohol. After seeing David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past in the comedy \"Scrooged\", Arthur, in his", "title": "Arthur Kane" }, { "docid": "3564082", "text": "he was the victim! I did what the stunt people told me, but when I had to flap my wings in his face, I really couldn't control them.\" The film also features Murray's three brothers; John Murray as his on-screen brother James, Brian Doyle-Murray as Frank's father, and Joel Murray cameos as a party guest, and the final appearance of the Solid Gold Dancers. Comedian Sam Kinison was considered for the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past before it went to musician David Johansen. Robert Mitchum cameos as Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander; the actor was not interested in the", "title": "Scrooged" } ]

[ { "docid": "2809706", "text": "and blues, calypso and Latin jazz. Johansen acted in several films during the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2000, had a brief role on the HBO drama series \"Oz\". He appeared in the television series \"The Adventures of Pete & Pete\" in the episode \"On Golden Pete\", in which he played a park ranger. He appeared in the Muppet Television segment of an episode of \"The Jim Henson Hour\". Among his more prominent roles are that of the wisecracking Ghost of Christmas Past in \"Scrooged\" as well as the part of \"Looney\" in the movie \"Let It Ride\", playing opposite", "title": "David Johansen" }, { "docid": "3564070", "text": "he shows his contempt for a homeless man named Herman and the shelter workers. He returns to the studio. The Ghost of Christmas Present arrives as a clumsy yet volatile fairy. She takes him to Grace's apartment, showing his assistant's struggles to support her large family, including her youngest son Calvin who has remained mute since seeing his father murdered. The Ghost then shows him James, who still respects Frank as his brother despite declining invitations to his Christmas celebrations and cheap gifts. The Ghost leaves him in a utility space under a sidewalk with Herman, now frozen to death.", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564069", "text": "network to talk to Frank, but Frank does not make time for her, and she returns to the homeless shelter where she works. As rehearsals start, Frank is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, appearing as a taxi driver. He takes Frank to see his past: how he found solace in television after his mother left his father, and how he had fallen in love with Claire but lost her favor when he prioritized his television career over her. When back in the present, Frank goes to see Claire, hoping to make amends. However, his attitude quickly sours and", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564064", "text": "Scrooged Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens, \"Scrooged\" is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard. \"Scrooged\" was filmed on a $32 million budget over three months", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564100", "text": "him beating his wife before attempting suicide by jumping from a third story window. Scrooged Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella \"A Christmas Carol\" by Charles Dickens, \"Scrooged\" is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard,", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564073", "text": "life. He apologizes on air to Grace, James, and the cast and crew, and makes a passionate plea to Claire to come back to him. Claire sees this at the shelter, and makes for the network with the help of the Ghost of Christmas Past. As Frank and Claire reunite, Calvin comes up to Frank and speaks for the first time, reminding him to say the closing words of the \"Carol\", \"God bless us, everyone\", much to Grace's elation. Frank leads the crew in singing \"Put a Little Love in Your Heart\", and sees Lew, the three Ghosts, and the", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564095", "text": "also praised Woodard, Mitchum, and John Glover's credible portrayal of a sleazy executive. Both \"The Hollywood Reporter\" and Brown appreciated Goldthwait's role, with Brown calling it \"twitchingly touching\". Thomas called Johansen's Ghost of Christmas Past a \"bonus\", but he and Benson lamented the \"king's ransom of actors\" that were wasted. \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said that Elfman's music is \"full blast with holiday spirit\", and singled out J. Michael Riva's production design, calling it \"dead on the mark funny\". Make up artists Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman were responsible for the film's single nomination at the 61st Academy Awards for Best", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "16674856", "text": "not only his own grave, but that of Tiny Tim. The script added an unusual twist to the story in having the Ghost of Christmas Past (Sally Fraser) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ray Middleton) be portrayed by the same actors who played Scrooge's sweetheart Belle and his nephew Fred, respectively, and Scrooge not only notices the resemblance, but mistakes the Ghost of Christmas Present for his nephew. A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars) A Christmas Carol is the December 23, 1954 episode of the hour-long American television anthology variety series, \"Shower of Stars\", which had a four-season run", "title": "A Christmas Carol (Shower of Stars)" }, { "docid": "17721422", "text": "to add to her own wealth. Because of it, Marli is still earthbound and in chains, and warns Ebony of a similar doom. Marli tells her that she will be visited by three spirits: Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, who will hopefully turn Ebony's life around. The Ghost of Christmas Past (Kathy Griffin) shows Ebony her tragic past with her abusive alcoholic father, and how she became the cold person she is today because of it. The only person that made her feel loved was her brother, Ronnie, and even", "title": "A Diva's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6681258", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work \"A Christmas Carol\" by the English novelist Charles Dickens. The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. This angelic and caring spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter,", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "3564071", "text": "Frank desperately tries to escape, breaking through a boarded up door to end back up on the set of the production. Preston directs Brice to take over rehearsals to give Frank some time off. Retiring to his office, Frank finds Eliot waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to kill Frank for the loss of his job and family. Frank escapes into the elevator where the Grim Reaper-like Ghost of Christmas Future awaits. The Ghost takes him to the future, where Calvin has become catatonic and been institutionalized, and Claire has heeded Frank's words and shunned the homeless to become", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "14534316", "text": "set in an attic with found objects taking the place of many characters: a broken stool played Tiny Tim, a lantern stood in for the Ghost of Christmas Past, a large double-bass trunk represented the Ghost of Christmas future. \"At this time of year, when Dickens' story has such particular resonance, this evocative, thoughtfully realized production is bound to elicit as much surprise as delight. For those who think they know \"A Christmas Carol\" so well that there's no need for further exposure, \"Fellow Passengers\" is a refreshing and vital reintroduction to Dickens' masterpiece.\" ––Chris Comte \"In Fellow Passengers playwright", "title": "Fellow Passengers" }, { "docid": "3564096", "text": "Makeup, losing to \"Beetlejuice\". It was also nominated for three Saturn Awards: Best Fantasy Film, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best Special Effects. Danny Elfman's score won a BMI Award. Since its release, \"Scrooged\" has become a cult classic and a Christmas classic, being regularly shown on TV during the holiday period. \"Entertainment Weekly\"s Whitney Pastorek called it an immortal classic and argued that it is the most underrated Christmas movie. Pastorek said that the film is \"both crude and sentimental, resonant and ludicrous...\"Scrooged\" is the perfect holiday movie for bitter, reluctant, closet Christmas lovers\". \"The Boston Globe\"s Maura", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "6681262", "text": "bedroom, where he very quickly fell asleep. Various adaptations have added to the history shown by the Ghost. For example, in a 1984 film version of \"A Christmas Carol\", the spirit shows Scrooge an encounter between him and his unloving father, in which his father tells him that he has arranged an apprenticeship for young Scrooge, and that the boy's much longed-for homecoming is only to last three days. Other significant variations over time have included the following: Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "3564067", "text": "feature on television at Christmas, with some critics citing it as an alternative to more traditional Christmas films, and others arguing that \"Scrooged\" was ahead of its time, allowing it to remain relevant in the modern day. It has appeared on various lists of the best Christmas films ever made. IBC Television president Frank Cross is pushing his company to broadcast an extravagant live production of \"A Christmas Carol\" on Christmas Eve, making the staff work throughout the holiday. Frank fires executive Eliot Loudermilk for disagreeing with him, and sends cheap IBC-monogrammed towels to all on his Christmas list, including", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564099", "text": "2016, \"Empire\" listed \"Scrooged\" as the seventh-best Christmas film, and in 2017, \"Time Out\" and \"Consequence of Sound\" listed it as, respectively, the 12th-best and 23rd best. That same year, Collider named it the fifth-best adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\", calling it is easily the best non-traditional translation of the story, and saying that it uses \"a classic tale of redemption as the framework for a satire of modern culture's desire to embrace the irredeemable\". Johansen's prominent role in the film sent his New York Dolls bandmate Arthur Kane into a jealous rage after seeing \"Scrooged\" on TV, resulting in", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "14082510", "text": "by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge is shown in sequence his childhood sweetheart, Cratchit's Christmas, a vision of the death of Cratchit's crippled son Tim, and his own lonely tombstone. Scrooge wakes and realising the error of his ways, throws money from his window to the poor", "title": "Scrooge (1913 film)" }, { "docid": "13399239", "text": "James Gordon's daughter, Barbara, being kidnapped by Mad Hatter and forced to participate in a twisted tea party with other kidnapped children. Batman and Gordon finally save Barbara and bring down Mad Hatter. \"Ghosts\" is a Batman universe version of \"A Christmas Carol\", with Bruce's father Thomas Wayne taking the place of Jacob Marley, and the three spirits being Poison Ivy (the Ghost of Christmas Past), the Joker (the Ghost of Christmas Present), and a Grim Reaper figure (the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) who turns out to be Batman's ghost. The message from the spirits is that Bruce", "title": "Batman: Haunted Knight" }, { "docid": "1686983", "text": "in rhythm. He ended the song by wishing everyone a \"Merry Christmas\". In 1988, he made a brief cameo in \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\", when Eddie Valiant first drives through Toontown. Jiminy appeared in \"Mickey's Christmas Carol\" as the Ghost of Christmas Past. The badge is given to him by the Blue Fairy at the end of \"Pinocchio\" marking him as an official conscience now declares him to be the Ghost of Christmas Past. Scrooge is perplexed at his size, but Jiminy shoots back at him that if Scrooge were measured by his amount of kindness, \"you'd be no bigger", "title": "Jiminy Cricket" }, { "docid": "4022772", "text": "partners Jacob and Robert Marley (played by Statler and Waldorf), who warn him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like they were, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the night. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the childlike Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life, Dickens and Rizzo hitching a ride too. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee under Fozziwig (Mr. Fezziwig from the original story, played by Fozzie Bear), who owned", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "6763253", "text": "Scrooge is visited by the childlike Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee under Albert Fezziwig. Fezziwig throws a Christmas party, Scrooge attends and meets a young woman named Belle, whom he falls in love with. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how Belle left him when he chose money over her. A tearful Scrooge extinguishes the Ghost as he returns to the present. At two o'clock, Scrooge meets the merry Ghost of Christmas Present, which shows Scrooge", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1999 film)" }, { "docid": "4008621", "text": "of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...”. Famous literary apparitions from the Victorian period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. In a precursor to \"A Christmas Carol\" Dickens published \"The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton\". Dickens also wrote \"The Signal-Man\", another work featuring a ghost. David Langford has described British author M. R. James as writing \"the 20th century's most", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "docid": "1063973", "text": "Blessing\"). The Ghost warns Scrooge that Cratchit's young son Tiny Tim, who is sickly, will not survive until next Christmas if things do not change. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge next and takes him back to his boyhood, where Scrooge was a lonely schoolboy (\"Alone in the World\"). The Ghost also shows him Belle, a woman he had a relationship with before she left him due to his desire for money (\"Winter Was Warm\"). Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and is shown a vision of the future, where an unloved man has recently died.", "title": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "14081924", "text": "scene showing the death of Tiny Tim. The film does not show the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, or Christmas Yet to Come, instead relying on the ghost of Marley to present the visions to Scrooge. The actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge has been identified as Daniel Smith on the IMDb Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843", "title": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost" }, { "docid": "6681259", "text": "cold-hearted miser. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. It has on its head a blinding light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher. The ghost is often portrayed as a woman in dramatic adaptations of the story: After showing up in Scrooge's house, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes his hand and flies with him over London. It first shows Scrooge his old boarding school, where he stayed alone, but for his books, while his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "5680004", "text": "appeared as the Ghost of Christmas Present in a TV production in the Bill Murray comedy \"Scrooged\" in 1988, with his final appearance being in \"Ted & Venus\". He made frequent appearances as a panelist on innumerable television game shows including \"I've Got a Secret\" and \"The Gong Show\". He also enjoyed a successful radio and television voice-over career. Living in Palm Springs, California in 1996, McCormick retired in 1998 after being left partly paralyzed by a stroke leading to his admission to the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California in that year. He", "title": "Pat McCormick (actor)" }, { "docid": "14399988", "text": "herself to save. \"Northern Bob\", his family and their dog, Tim, are hoping to stay for the night and have Christmas dinner with Joannie. They give her an alternative Christmas present by making a donation in her name to the Mobile Library of Sudan. She eventually throws them out. In the night, the ghost of Jake Taylor, her deceased husband, comes through her closet to tell her she'll be visited by three more ghosts. The first ghost she is visited by is the Ghost of Christmas Past (Ben Miller), who is really rubbish at his haunting tricks. He takes her", "title": "Nan's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "811425", "text": "A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. \"A Christmas Carol\" recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote \"A Christmas Carol\" during a period when the British were", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "3837114", "text": "Wood and her brothers were actively involved in Theatre in the Park while growing up, including an appearance by her in the 1987 production of her father's musical comedy adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\" when she was just a few months old. Subsequently, she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in several productions at the theater, and she later starred as Helen Keller alongside her mother (who played Anne Sullivan) in a production of \"The Miracle Worker\", under her father's direction. Wood's parents separated in 1996, and later divorced, and Wood moved with her mother to her mother's native Los", "title": "Evan Rachel Wood" }, { "docid": "6682090", "text": "Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Present or The Spirit of Christmas Present is a fictional character in the work \"A Christmas Carol\" by novelist Charles Dickens. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore. The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. He shows Scrooge how other people, especially those he knows, celebrate Christmas in order to show the reader what people think of Scrooge behind his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Present" }, { "docid": "3564091", "text": "it seems like a misstep. A 2007 review by \"Den of Geek\" agreed, saying that the film and Murray are at their best before the redemption begins, and that the only film to come close to capturing Murray's vitriol was 2003's \"Bad Santa\". Jonathan Rosenbaum called \"Scrooged\" an ironic film, for seemingly condemning the commercialization of Christmas while also capitalizing on it, taking on the moral message of \"A Christmas Carol\", \"without sacrificing its yuppie priorities for an instant\". Rosenbaum cited out the ending in particular, where Frank gives his Christmas message, causing Karen to leave the needy homeless to", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564097", "text": "Johnston said that the film was ahead of its time which allowed it to remain relevant years later, and \"PopMatters\" said that their view of the ongoing commercialization of Christmas, and the film's anticipation of marketing tactics aimed at pets watching television, made the film more relevant now that at the time of its release. In 2012, \"Den of Geek!\" described it as the \"finest Christmas comedy of all time\". Al Green's and Annie Lennox's \"Put a Little Love in your Heart\" is also played regularly at Christmas despite not being about or mentioning Christmas. O'Donoghue disavowed the film before", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "4539275", "text": "Marley, who was killed in WWII twenty years earlier, on Christmas Eve 1944. After Fred leaves, Grudge once again hears the record playing upstairs, and sees a short vision of the deceased Marley sitting at the dining room table. Suddenly Grudge finds himself aboard a World War I-era troopship, which is carrying many coffins. A soldier on board introduces himself as the Ghost of Christmas Past (Lawrence) and explains that the ship is carrying the dead of all nations and from all past wars, with more war dead arriving even as he speaks. The Ghost suggests that the way to", "title": "A Carol for Another Christmas" }, { "docid": "3564074", "text": "ghost of Herman smile and wave back to him. \"Scrooged\" features a number of cameos, including: Lee Majors, Miles Davis, Paul Shaffer, David Sanborn, John Houseman, Robert Goulet, the \"Solid Gold\" Dancers, Buddy Hackett, Mary Lou Retton (as \"Tiny Tim\" Cratchit), Jamie Farr, Larry Carlton, and Anne Ramsey and her husband Logan Ramsey. \"Scrooged\" was filmed on a $32 million budget over three-and-a-half months on sets in Hollywood. Murray considered himself \"rusty\" after having left acting for four years following the release of \"Ghostbusters\". He described the success of that film as a phenomenon that would forever be his biggest", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564083", "text": "small role, but Donner asked him to meet with Murray, who convinced him to take the part. Lee Majors cameos as himself in the film after being contacted directly by Donner. Starring as himself, Majors appears in the opening scene helping to save Santa Claus with a machine gun he found difficult to hold due to its weight. In 1989, A&M Records released the soundtrack to \"Scrooged\", which features 9 songs. Seven of the songs were released as singles: Put a Little Love in Your Heart (October 1988), \"The Love You Take\" (December 1988), \"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564084", "text": "An Open Fire)\" December 1988 \"We Three Kings Of Orient Are,\" A Wonderful Life,l Sweetest Thing 1988 Christmas Must Be Tonight. The rendition of \"Put a Little Love in Your Heart\" by Al Green and Annie Lennox spent 17 weeks in the U.S. music charts, peaking at number 9 on January 14, 1989. The film's marketing made references to Murray's role in \"Ghostbusters\", with taglines including \"Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one\". \"Scrooged\" premiered in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1988, followed by its public release on November 23, 1988. \"Scrooged\"", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "3564090", "text": "of Television, and Mitchum's character who wants to add elements to the network shows that attract pet audiences, but Benson lamented that these details were never expanded upon. \"The Hollywood Reporter\" said that the story was uproarious and sometimes vitriolic, labeling it a scathing satire of the entertainment industry, that was a \"wild and wooly holiday feast that should scrape off the competition\". Their review continued that \"Scrooged\" features \"wickedly amusing flashbacks\", but also some overwrought comic misfires. The \"Radio Times\" John Ferguson appreciated the film, calling it a \"joyously black Christmas treat\", but once the \"sentimentality starts seeping in\",", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "1371257", "text": "Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, \"A Christmas Carol\". At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: \"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.\" His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost", "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge" }, { "docid": "13037652", "text": "and performing with Beyoncé and Josh Groban. Karen Beyer, who also choreographed \"Swamp Gravy\" and \"Christmas Carol\", created the role of 'Missionary Lady' before going on to appear as a regular in the Lifetime Channel's series \"Army Wives.\" Actress Marissa McGowen created the role of 'Fan' before going on to star in the Broadway revival of \"A Little Night Music.\" Andrew Frace played 'the Ghost of Christmas Past' in 2004 and went on to appear in the nation tour of Disney's \"The Lion King\" and then star in the Las Vegas production of the Tony Awarding winning Best music of", "title": "Swamp Gravy" }, { "docid": "4298583", "text": "the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as Marley was. He tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the youthful Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his early life. Scrooge is shown his unhappiness when he was left to spend the holidays alone at school, and his joy when his sister, Fran, came to take him home for Christmas. The spirit reminds Scrooge that Fran, dead for some", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "9110128", "text": "cricket, the Ghost of Christmas Past is a stork, the Ghost of Christmas Present is a kangaroo and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a walrus. This version differs from the original novel in many ways; for example, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actually speaks, while most other versions have him mute. Tiny Tim doesn't die in the possible future revealed to Scrooge, but instead becomes as miserly as he is and Jacob Marley is said to be dead 2 years, unlike the original novel in which he was dead for 7 years. We also see", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2006 film)" }, { "docid": "12617032", "text": "Marley warned Scrooge is haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Marie Ney) who shows Scrooge when he lost his fiancée due to his greedy nature towards others including a debt-ridden couple. Scrooge then sees that his ex-fiancée is now married and has many children. The next sprit the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) shows Scrooge just how poor Bob and his family are as they have a meager Christmas dinner of goose and pudding. The spirit threatens that unless the future changes Tiny Tim (Philip Frost) the youngest son who is ill will die. Scrooge then sees how", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "9367803", "text": "A Christmas Carol (2000 film) A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December, 2000. The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge. Warren Mitchell stars as Eddie's Dad, the Ghost of Christmas Past; Ray Fearon stars as Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Ben Inigo-Jones stars as Eddie's son, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2000 film)" }, { "docid": "13037653", "text": "2005, \"Jersey Boys.\" Michael Mahany played the role of 'the Ghost of Christmas Past' in 2005 and then went on appear in the original Off Broadway production of \"Spring Awakening\" and as the male lead in \"Disney's High School On Stage,\" and in the film \"Sex In the City 2.\"Matt Gibson, who played Nephew Fred and Eb in the 2005 production, appeared with Patti LePone in the Tony Award-winning 2008 Broadway revival of \"Gypsy.\" In the summer of 2004, Rob Lauer directed CMAC's second professional production Smoke on the Mountain The show featured Edmund Bagnell, who went on to star", "title": "Swamp Gravy" }, { "docid": "20996191", "text": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film) Scrooge & Marley is 2012 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' \"A Christmas Carol\", which is retold from a gay perspective, co-directed by Richard Knight Jr. and Peter Neville, and co-written by Knight, Timothy Imse, and Ellen Stoneking. It also features David Pevsner as Ebenezer \"Ben\" Scrooge, Tim Kazurinsky as the ghost of Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley, Ronnie Kroell as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Megan Cavanagh as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and JoJo Baby as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The film adaptation received mixed reception. A gay successful piano bar owner Ebenezer", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "4539276", "text": "stop the killing is to spend more time talking to resolve conflicts, since when talking stops, fighting starts. He and Grudge revisit a scene from Grudge's past in which Grudge, a Navy commander, accompanied by his WAVE driver (Saint), visited a hospital in devastated Hiroshima and saw Japanese schoolchildren whose faces had been destroyed by the atom bomb. Grudge walks through a door and meets the Ghost of Christmas Present (Hingle), who is feasting on an excessively large Christmas dinner on Grudge's dining table under Grudge's chandelier. This new Ghost turns on a light and shows Grudge that right next", "title": "A Carol for Another Christmas" }, { "docid": "9405314", "text": "Christmas. One night, the ghost of her partner, Jake Marley (counterpart to Dickens' Jacob Marley character, played here by Jeffrey DeMunn), haunts her. She is soon brought back to a deserted Dobson's, where the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Jennifer Clement and Nicole Parker) show her the Christmases she has celebrated. They take her to a very significant Christmas when her sister Francine (Molly Parker) died after nearly miscarrying her niece due to toxemia of pregnancy (Ebbie believes that Francine would have survived had she not left her alone to attend a party); it is also the Christmas she met her", "title": "Ebbie" }, { "docid": "14956124", "text": "animated by AKOM in South Korea, KK C&D Asia in Japan, and Wang Film Productions in Taiwan. \"Littlest Pet Shop\" was syndicated to local stations in the United States, such as Nickelodeon. The series was also broadcast on Tiny Pop and CBBC in the United Kingdom. In 1996, Family Home Entertainment released the show on four VHS cassettes each containing 2 to 4 episodes. The Christmas video entitled \"Do Not Solve Until Christmas\" (which contains \"Do Not Solve Until Christmas\" and \"Who Scrooged McRude?\") was released as part of the \"Family Home Entertainment Christmas Classics\" series. Littlest Pet Shop (1995", "title": "Littlest Pet Shop (1995 TV series)" }, { "docid": "12617034", "text": "and that he will be a stepfather to Tim before the two attend church together. The 1935 film differs from all other versions of the story in one significant way – most of the tormented spirits, including that of Jacob Marley, are not actually shown onscreen, although their voices are heard. Only the Ghost of Christmas Present (Oscar Asche) is actually seen in full figure – the Ghost of Christmas Past is a mere shape with no discernible facial features, Marley's Ghost is seen only briefly as a face on the door knocker, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to", "title": "Scrooge (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "159174", "text": "the first gothic novel. Famous literary apparitions from this period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Professional parapsychologists and \"ghosts hunters\", such as Harry Price, active in the 1920s and 1930s, and Peter Underwood, active in the 1940s and 1950s, published accounts of their experiences with ostensibly true ghost stories such as Price's \"The Most Haunted House in England\", and Underwood's \"Ghosts of Borley\"", "title": "Ghost" }, { "docid": "4234337", "text": "Scrooged\", a Christmas-themed hip-hop mixtape featuring music from \"Silver & Gold\". In 2012, Stevens' mother Carrie died of stomach cancer. His process of grieving and coming to terms with their relationship led to the songwriting on his 2015 album \"Carrie & Lowell\". As a part of Joyful Noise's 2013 Flexi Disc Series, Stevens and Cat Martino, of Stranger Cat, recorded the single \"Take the Time\". Martino has contributed to many of Stevens' past projects including \"The Age of Adz\". On March 18, 2014, Stevens released the self-titled album, \"Sisyphus\", with Son Lux, and the rapper Serengeti. On January 12, 2015,", "title": "Sufjan Stevens" }, { "docid": "10208905", "text": "October 1987, the day before the Great Storm, when the Ghost of Christmas Past showed her the events surrounding her birth. The Ghost of Christmas Present showed a patient dying because she forgot to meet him for Christmas lunch. This was to show her how important she is to other people. The Ghost of Christmas Future showed her, Sam and Kieron three years from now. Maria and Sam were married, and living and working in a hospital in New York. Maria was also expecting a baby, but Kieron was devastated that Maria had married Sam. He was so hurt that", "title": "Maria Kendall" }, { "docid": "12871195", "text": "at the thought that he is in the wrong for hating Christmas (\"It's Not My Fault\"). He is visited by the first spirit - the Ghost of Christmas Past - who takes Scrooge back to when he was a small boy who preferred not to take part in Christmas activities and carols (\"Sing a Christmas Carol (Reprise)\"). The child Ebenezer is visited by his sister Jenny, who takes Ebenezer, who is reluctant to go home to his father due to a troubled relationship, back home. Scrooge is confused as to why the visions are not communicating with him, to which", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "17653278", "text": "Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In 2013, Earnshaw played 'Lady of the Lake' in Spamalot at The Playhouse Theatre, 'Audrey' in Little Shop of Horrors at (Aberystwyth Arts Centre). She created the role of Sam in Payback (at the Riverside Studios) in June 2013, opposite Matthew White, and then in Christmas 2013 saw Earnshaw appear as 'Fairy' in Jack and the Beanstalk at Sheffield Lyceum. In 2011, she took the role of 'Emma Carew' in Jekyll and Hyde on the UK Tour opposite Marti Pellow. In 2012, she played 'The Ghost Of Christmas Past' in Scrooge at the London", "title": "Sarah Earnshaw" }, { "docid": "3564068", "text": "his personal assistant Grace, and his brother James. Frank's boss Preston Rhinelander, seeing the stress Frank is under with the production, brings in Brice Cummings to provide assistance, though Brice secretly wants Frank's job. The night before the show, Frank is visited by the ghost of his mentor Lew Hayward, who died from a heart attack as an unloved miser. Lew warns him three more ghosts will appear to him over the next day to help Frank avoid the same fate. Before it vanishes, the ghost dials up Claire Phillips, Frank's lost love from years ago. Claire comes to the", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "20996192", "text": "\"Ben\" Scrooge (David Pevsner) despises Christmas and other people; he also mistreats and underpays his employees. One night, Scrooge encounters the ghost of Jacob Marley (Tim Kazurinsky)—who died ten years before the film—in chains, warning him that Scrooge would have the same fate in afterlife as Marley's and that the three Spirits will visit him. After he goes to sleep, Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past (Ronnie Kroell), who transports him to the 1970s. There, they see Ben's father (Michael Joseph Mitchell) kicking Young Ben (Drew Anderson) out of the house after seeing Ben make love to one of", "title": "Scrooge & Marley (2012 film)" }, { "docid": "3944891", "text": "(\"Father Christmas\"). In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed (\"See the Phantoms\"). Before leaving, Marley informs him that three spirits will visit him. At one o'clock, Scrooge is visited by the Victorian upper-class Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit his lonely school days, and then his time as an employee", "title": "Scrooge (1970 film)" }, { "docid": "6060292", "text": "his, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greedy ways. He informs Scrooge that three time-travelling spirits will visit him for that night. At one o'clock, the child-like Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge and takes him back in time to his childhood and early adult life. They visit Scrooge's time as a boarding school student. He sees his father Silas, who gets him a job with Fezziwig, and his sister Fan, who has since passed away. Eventually becoming a successful in money lending and business, Scrooge becomes engaged to a woman named Belle. However, the Ghost shows Scrooge how", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)" }, { "docid": "16109717", "text": "Marley (related to Bob Marley), as well as the ghost of Christmas present, past and future (in that order) who all happen to have come to the wrong address, and had actually meant to visit Rosecog. During this experience, Karroll learns a lot about himself as well as Rosecog, and discovers that he and Rosecog have a lot in common, and decides to help Rosecog to see the light, and rediscover the joy of Christmas. Both men are able to rectify their mistakes of years past and Allan later realizes that the ghosts may not have made a mistake after", "title": "Karroll's Christmas" }, { "docid": "9369137", "text": "harsh London 1840s life?\" The main character in \"Binge\" is the hard-drinking, suicidal Gladys Cratchit, whose harshness to her family surpasses Mommie Dearest by a mile. The other two leads are The Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge. The Ghost, whose character is written to be an African-American woman, plays the narrator role as she escorts Ebenezer Scrooge through the past, present and future of his life. But, as she says, everything keeps going \"kaplooey\" because she can't get her magic to work properly. In their first journey, the Ghost tries to take Scrooge to his past at the Fezziwig Christmas party,", "title": "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge" }, { "docid": "4022778", "text": "the Frog or Scooter was to be the Ghost of Christmas Past, Miss Piggy to be the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Gonzo (before he was written to portray Dickens) or Animal as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. However, the idea was scrapped in favor of new Muppet characters that would better underline the ominous nature. After the script was submitted for approval to ABC, the executives of Walt Disney Pictures offered to purchase the script for a feature film instead of a television release. English actors David Hemmings, Ron Moody, and David Warner and comedian George Carlin", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "4092546", "text": "Coverley\" is played and danced during the scene where Scrooge visits the office of Old Fezziwig with The Ghost of Christmas Past. The tragic folk song \"Barbara Allen\" is played as an instrumental when young Scrooge is talking with his sister Fan, and sung by a duet at Fred's Christmas party. Scrooge turns up just as they are about to sing the line \"Young man, I think you're dying.\" Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprised their roles two decades later, lending their voices to Richard Williams's 1971 animated version of the tale. \"Scrooge\" can be seen playing on a television", "title": "Scrooge (1951 film)" }, { "docid": "4022774", "text": "is content with their small dinner, Scrooge taking pity on Bob's ill son Tiny Tim (played by Robin the Frog). The Ghost of Christmas Present abruptly ages, commenting that Tiny Tim will likely not survive until next Christmas. Scrooge and the Ghost go to a cemetery, where the latter fades away. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come then approaches Scrooge, appearing as a tall, silent cloaked figure. While Dickens and Rizzo abandon the audience to avoid being frightened, the Ghost takes Scrooge into the future. Scrooge and the Ghost witness a group of businessmen discussing the death of an", "title": "The Muppet Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "3564085", "text": "was a moderate box office hit on release in the United States, earning $18.6 million during its release over its Thanksgiving-extended opening weekend in the United States at 1,262 theaters. It was the highest earning film that weekend, ahead of \"The Land Before Time\" ($8.1 million) and \"Oliver & Company\" ($6.3 million), both in their second weekend, and made \"Scrooged\" the fourth highest-opening weekend of the year. The second weekend saw an over 40% drop, taking $7.5 million, and over the Christmas holiday period itself, the film had fallen to ninth place, behind \"The Land Before Time\" and \"Oliver &", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "6560012", "text": "that contains his arm because he \"never lent a hand\". The Ghost of Christmas Past (Jane Krakowski) sings \"The Lights of Long Ago\", a number reinforcing her signature theme of illuminating Scrooge's worldview. One notable departure from Dickens' novella in this portion of the film is its depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge's father, identified as John William Scrooge, being sentenced to debtors' prison while his horrified family looks on (a scene inspired by events from Dickens' own childhood). The Ghost of Christmas Present gets two numbers, \"Abundance and Charity\" and \"Christmas Together\", in which he makes his point that Christmas is", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "13542176", "text": "had a heart\". The Ghost of Christmas Past reinforces the character's signature theme of illuminating Scrooge's worldview (\"The Lights of Long Ago\"). One notable departure from Dickens' novella in this portion of the film is its depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge's father, identified as John William Scrooge, being sentenced to debtors' prison while his horrified family looks on; this scene was inspired by an actual occurrence from Dickens' own childhood. The Ghost of Christmas Present (\"Abundance and Charity\" and \"Christmas Together\"), makes his point that Christmas is a time for celebration, generosity, and fellowship. The former takes place at a fantastical", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "14715825", "text": "performed as Jacob Marley's ghost in the 1999 television film adaptation of \"A Christmas Carol\". In 2009 he played the role of the archbishop in the feature film \"The Young Victoria\". Bernard Lloyd Bernard Lloyd (born 30 January 1934) is a Welsh actor noted for his television roles. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Perhaps his most famous role is as The Traveller, the man who tries to unravel signalman Denholm Elliott's predicament in the 1976 \"Ghost Story for Christmas\", \"The Signalman\". He also played William Holman Hunt in", "title": "Bernard Lloyd" }, { "docid": "3564086", "text": "Company\". The film left theaters after eight weeks with a total gross of $60.3 million, making it the 13th highest-grossing film of 1988. The DVD version was scheduled for re-release on October 31, 2006 as the \"Yule Love It!\" edition. This version was to include commentary by Donner, \"On the set with Bill Murray\", Murray's message from the ShoWest exhibitors convention, and other featurettes including \"The Look of \"Scrooged\"\", \"Updating Ebeneezer\", \"Bringing the Ghosts to Life\", and \"Christmas to Remember\". Although Paramount promoted the \"Yule Love It!\" edition with images of a custom DVD case and a retail price as", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "14888189", "text": "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future from \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force\" makes a cameo as a caller. Zorak and \"Dad\" from \"The Brak Show\" also appear after being shot by Early. Throughout the special, Space Ghost attempts to interview his guests, but they do not cooperate. After unsuccessfully attempting to perform the interview, Space Ghost is shot by Sharko, who is eventually killed by Early. The special ends with the set in ruins and Early shooting the talking head of Space Ghost off of Meatwad, while a bear eats Sharko's dead body in the background. Adult Swim Brain", "title": "Adult Swim Brain Trust" }, { "docid": "1761475", "text": "more focused on making money, and when Isabelle remarks she has been paying a mortgage on a cottage intended for their honeymoon and is wondering when he will propose marriage to her, Scrooge instead forecloses on the cottage (her last payment on it was an hour late), with the Ghost remarking he lost Isabelle forever because of it. A distraught Scrooge dismisses the Ghost as he returns to the present, lamenting his past actions. Scrooge next meets the gigantic, merry Ghost of Christmas Present (Willie the Giant). Scrooge and the Ghost visit Bob's house, learning his family is surprisingly content", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "16109718", "text": "all. Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas is a 2004 Christmas comedy television film from A & E. Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hindrance. He also hates the man who lives across the street, Zeb Rosecog, played by Wallace Shawn, who seems to take delight in tormenting him, who also happens to be the former CEO of the greeting card company where Karroll is employed. One day, Karroll is visited by the ghost of", "title": "Karroll's Christmas" }, { "docid": "16109716", "text": "Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas is a 2004 Christmas comedy television film from A & E. Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hindrance. He also hates the man who lives across the street, Zeb Rosecog, played by Wallace Shawn, who seems to take delight in tormenting him, who also happens to be the former CEO of the greeting card company where Karroll is employed. One day, Karroll is visited by the ghost of Jacob", "title": "Karroll's Christmas" }, { "docid": "10753663", "text": "averaging less than 2mil per airing. The 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released in late October by Freeform. While notable absences include Jim Carrey's \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", \"Home Alone\", and the second and third \"Santa Clause\" films, the schedule still includes many classics. The schedule includes 25 days of classics like, \"Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory\", \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\", \"The Santa Clause\", Tim Burton's \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\", \"Jack Frost\", Disney's \"A Christmas Carol\", \"The Polar Express\", \"The Holiday\", \"Elf\", \"Jingle All The Way\", \"Scrooged\", \"Deck the Halls\", \"Toy Story\", \"Frozen\", and \"Happy Feet\". 2016", "title": "25 Days of Christmas" }, { "docid": "14081920", "text": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is a 1901 British short silent drama film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge confronted by Marley's ghost and given visions of Christmas past, present, and future, is the earliest known film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel \"A Christmas Carol\". The film, \"although somewhat flat and stage-bound to modern eyes,\" according to Ewan Davidson of BFI Screenonline, \"was an ambitious undertaking at the time,\" as, \"not only did it attempt to tell an 80 page story in five minutes, but it featured impressive trick effects, superimposing Marley's", "title": "Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost" }, { "docid": "19265961", "text": "Christianson cast Scatliffe in \"A Christmas Carol: The Concert\", an original adaptation of the Dickens classic tale, with music by Christianson and lyrics by Alisa Klein Hauser. Scatliffe played Marley's Ghost, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and other assorted roles. Scatliffe reprised the role in HMS Media's 2013 national PBS special of the production, which was executive produced by Christianson and also starred E. Faye Butler, Michael Aaron Lindner, Scott Coulter and Arya Daire. In 2013, Scatliffe was cast as the leading role of Haywood Patterson in the West End Production of \"The Scottsboro Boys\". He received", "title": "Kyle Scatliffe" }, { "docid": "17900468", "text": "was the only commercially available format to purchase, and it featured Lopez's hit dance chart song \"If You Feel It\" as the B-Side, taken from her \"Truth in Disguise\" debut album. On the 12\" vinyl, \"The Love You Take\" featured on both sides of the vinyl, whilst the CD single featured just the sole one track. Only the CD single featured artwork - a simple purple background with text highlighting the film's title, with the song's title and artists underneath. Heather Phares of Allmusic reviewed the \"Scrooged\" soundtrack album, and stated \"\"The soundtrack to \"Scrooged\" features updates on Christmas classics", "title": "The Love You Take" }, { "docid": "10976594", "text": "set was also released as part of the \"Adult Swim in a Box\" set on October 27, 2009. This season is also available on iTunes and the Xbox Live Marketplace. In the iTunes and Xbox Live releases \"Mail Order-Bride\" and \"Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future\" were listed as part of the second season. This season was also released on Amazon Video under the label \"Volume One\", with \"Mail-Order Bride\" and \"Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future\" released with the first part of the second season under the label \"Volume Two\". Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season", "title": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season 1)" }, { "docid": "15774641", "text": "all in place, and so is a modicum of blood, shed with deliberation and carefully husbanded...” Famous literary apparitions from this period are the ghosts of \"A Christmas Carol\", in which Ebenezer Scrooge is helped to see the error of his ways by the ghost of his former colleague Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. Oscar Wilde's comedy \"The Canterville Ghost\" has been adapted for film and television on several occasions. Henry James's \"The Turn of the Screw\" has also appeared in a number of adaptations, notably the film \"The Innocents\"", "title": "Ghosts in English-speaking cultures" }, { "docid": "3337470", "text": "being, as in, \"The boy was past the age of needing a babysitter,\" or, \"I'm past caring about that problem.\" The \"past\" is commonly used to refer to history, either generally or with regards to specific time periods or events, as in, \"Past monarchs had absolute power to determine the law in contrast to many European Kings and Queens of today.\" Nineteenth-century British author Charles Dickens created one of the best-known fictional personifications of the \"past\" in his short book, \"A Christmas Carol.\" In the story, the Ghost of Christmas Past is an apparition that shows the main character, a", "title": "Past" }, { "docid": "9167438", "text": "his vault to be safe. But the ghosts are not that easily stopped. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes on the form of an old lady and a bird (Granny and Tweety) then takes him back to his childhood, where they see that Daffy lived at the Lucky Duck Orphanage (with his design from \"Baby Looney Tunes\" reused), and every Christmas, he was ignored by potential parents, which explains his unhappy demeanor in the Present Day (and how his store got its name). The Ghost of Christmas Present (Yosemite Sam) then appears, and shows him how sad his employees are", "title": "Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas" }, { "docid": "9474524", "text": "revealed that he is working for Annabelle's evil cousin, Belladonna (Neuwirth), who plots to use a massive version of the hypnotic dog whistle to hypnotize every dog in San Francisco into stealing the masters' Christmas presents, causing them to be thrown out of their houses and abandoned by their owners, much in the same way Carface used to be when he was a puppy. Charlie plots to scare \"the Dickens\" out of him and asks Annabelle for some aid, resulting in them being transformed into characters from \"A Christmas Carol\". Itchy becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past, Sasha becomes the", "title": "An All Dogs Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "12019724", "text": "Apostles\" series. In 1954, he played a priest, Father Kerrigan, in the western film, \"Jesse James v. the Daltons.\" On stage, Leigh portrayed Jesus Christ in multiple years in the annual production of the Pilgrimage Play in the Hollywood Pilgrimage Bowl. In 1949, he portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in a notoriously low-budgeted half-hour television version of Charles Dickens's \"A Christmas Carol\", with Vincent Price as narrator and Taylor Holmes as Ebenezer Scrooge. In 1949, the American Association of Religious Film Directors gave Leigh its Best Actor Award for his portrayal of the Christus in \"The Calling of Matthew\".", "title": "Nelson Leigh" }, { "docid": "12871196", "text": "the ghost replies that these are shadows of the things that have been. Scrooge is then taken forward to his teenage years, to a party held by his then boss, Mr. Fezziwig (\"December the 25th\"). Scrooge reminisces of his relationship with Fezziwig's daughter, Isabel (\"Happiness\"), but we learn that she eventually leaves Scrooge as she feels their love has been negated by his desire for wealth. Scrooge and Young Ebenezer reflect on the situation (\"You...You\"). The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals to Scrooge that she is the ghost of his sister Jenny, who died young. She tells a heartbroken Scrooge", "title": "Scrooge (musical)" }, { "docid": "6681260", "text": "schoolmates returned to their homes for the Christmas holidays. The spirit then shows Scrooge the day when his beloved younger sister Fan picked him up from the school after repeatedly asking their cold, unloving father to allow his return, as she joyfully claims that he has changed and is now kinder than he was. Next, the spirit shows Scrooge a Christmas Eve a few years later in which he enjoys a Christmas party hosted by his first boss, Mr. Fezziwig, a kind and loving man, who treated Scrooge like a son and was more compassionate to him than was his", "title": "Ghost of Christmas Past" }, { "docid": "4298588", "text": "were greatly expanded in order to work in a romantic angle to the story that Dickens did not intend. The couple was played by Barry MacKay and Lynne Carver. Ann Rutherford, better known as Polly Benedict in the MGM Andy Hardy film series and as Carreen O'Hara in \"Gone with the Wind\", was a young and attractive Ghost of Christmas Past, rather than the somewhat unusual creation that Dickens described. The music for the film was composed by Franz Waxman, in contrast to most MGM films of the period, whose scores were composed by Herbert Stothart. Some of the grimmer", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1938 film)" }, { "docid": "5508141", "text": "on the grounds that he has the \"power\" to wiggle his ears. Lumpkin appeared in his own solo feature in \"Marvel Comics Presents\" #18 (May 1989). In this parody of \"A Christmas Carol\", he is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, who had intended to haunt cantankerous Spider-Man nemesis J. Jonah Jameson but couldn't find his address. The story concludes with the normally amiable postman deciding he hates Christmas. In Marvel Comics, Willie Lumpkin serves as the postal worker mailman whose Manhattan route includes the joint home and office of the superhero group the Fantastic Four. On occasion he", "title": "Willie Lumpkin" }, { "docid": "9098937", "text": "Mr. Fezziwig Mr. Fezziwig is a character from the novel \"A Christmas Carol\" created by Charles Dickens to provide contrast with Ebenezer Scrooge's attitudes towards business ethics. Scrooge, who apprenticed under Fezziwig, is the very antithesis of the person he worked for as a young man. Mr. Fezziwig is portrayed as a jovial, foppish man with a large Welsh wig. In Stave 2 of \"A Christmas Carol\", the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to revisit his youthful days in Fezziwig's world located at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. Dickens used Fezziwig to represent a set of communal values", "title": "Mr. Fezziwig" }, { "docid": "10526139", "text": "partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, carrying heavy chains forged from his own greediness. Jacob informs Scrooge that he will be haunted by three spirits, who will guide him out of his misery. First, Scrooge is visited by the candle-like Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him back in time to his early life. They visit Scrooge's boarding school and Scrooge sees his sister Fanie, who died after giving birth to Fred. Scrooge later begins a successful career in business and money lending as", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2009 film)" }, { "docid": "14154873", "text": "Dredd)\" in 2014 with five nights of science and comedy with the theme of A Christmas Carol. The line-up for those days featured: 15 December - The Ghost of Christmas Past - a night of comedy, music and little lectures on the last 4000 years of civilisation With Tony Law, Natalie Haynes, Joanna Neary, Josie Long, Mary Beard, Steve Pretty's Origin of the Pieces orchestra, George Egg, Grace Petrie and Baba Brinkman. 16 & 17 December - The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Professor Steve Jones, Stewart Lee, Professor Jon Butterworth, Joanne Neary, Ben Goldacre, Josie Long, Robin Ince,", "title": "Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People" }, { "docid": "13542174", "text": "of Christmas Past, Hugh Maynard as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Norman Bowman as Jacob Marley, Peter Polycarpou as Mr Fezziwig, and John Addison as Fred Anderson. The concert production was again at the Lyceum on 11 and 18 December 2017, with Lindsay returning to the role of Scrooge. The opening numbers are \"The Years Are Passing By\" and \"Jolly, Rich, and Fat\". In later productions the two numbers are combined as \"Jolly Good Time.\" Scrooge first encounters the three ghosts of Christmas in their real-world guises as a lamplighter (Past), a charity show barker (Present), and a blind beggar", "title": "A Christmas Carol (musical)" }, { "docid": "11728361", "text": "visits of three spirits. After Jacob departs, Scrooge heads for his bed with no intention of having his sleep be interrupted by anyone. Still, precisely as Jacob Marley had predicted, the first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past arrives at one o'clock. He and Scrooge depart together for the Christmases that have already been, and from the experience, Scrooge gains a painful memory of the person he was, and how he became what he is today. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shares with Scrooge the Christmases being celebrated on that same year, especially the merriment being had", "title": "A Christmas Carol (1982 film)" }, { "docid": "1761474", "text": "Scrooge will face the same torment unless he repents of his wicked, miserly ways. Marley informs Scrooge that three time-travelling spirits will visit him during the night. As Marley leaves, he falls downstairs after he avoids tripping over Scrooge's cane. Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jiminy Cricket), who takes him back in time to his early life. They visit his time as an employee under Fezziwig (Mr. Toad). Fezziwig throws a Christmas party where the young Scrooge meets a young woman named Isabelle (Daisy Duck), whom he falls in love with. Ten years later, Scrooge is", "title": "Mickey's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "1421408", "text": "Christmas Carol\", in which he played Marley's ghost. Reviews were mixed with \"The New York Times\" giving it a favourable write-up, while \"Time\" magazine remained ambivalent. The \"Aberdeen Evening Express\" echoed the comments made by an American reviewer by calling \"Scrooge\" a \"trenchant and inspiring Christmas show\". The author Fred Guida, writing in his book \"Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination\" in 2000, thought that Marley's ghost, though a \"small but pivotal role\", was \"brilliantly played\" by Hordern. With the first play of the season imminent, the Horderns moved to Stratford and took temporary accommodation at Goldicote House,", "title": "Michael Hordern" }, { "docid": "3564080", "text": "worked with an improvisational comedian like Murray before, who ad-libbed many of his lines, saying \"you don't direct [Murray], you pull him back\". Murray described \"being the meanest person in the world\" as Frank Cross as fun. He described his challenge as having an edge but then complete Cross' transformation into a decent person at the end. Murray said \"being a decent person is not that hard. But acting like one is.\" Carol Kane's ghost was intended to have a body double for ballet scenes until set designer saw Kane rehearsing the dance and convinced Donner that the resulting scene", "title": "Scrooged" }, { "docid": "5843169", "text": "Marley who wears a chain as punishment for his greedy ways when he was alive. He warns Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits and the first will call at one in the morning. Despite the warning Scrooge continues his selfish ways by refusing to donate money to two men of business and instead supports the prisons and workhouses and even claims the poor better off dead and to 'Decrease the surplus population'. When Scrooge retires to bed he encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past who takes him back to his youth. Scrooge witnesses when he was unwanted in", "title": "Christmas Carol: The Movie" }, { "docid": "6560000", "text": "chains that he forged with his own greed and obsession with money (\"Link by Link\"). He tells Scrooge that his own chain will be twice as long and heavy, but that there is a chance for him to redeem himself by heeding the warnings of three spirits who will appear to him that night. Other ghosts who also wear chains also haunt Scrooge, implying they were all selfish and cold-hearted when they were alive. The first of the three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, arrives after the bell chimes One; Scrooge recognizes her as the lamplighter he met the", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "docid": "1063977", "text": "entirety in 2014, but the NBC version aired the following year. Distribution rights to the special are currently held by NBCUniversal Television Distribution following parent company Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Classics, formerly known as ClassicMedia. It has been released on VHS and DVD by DreamWorks and Sony Wonder. Clips from the special were seen on television monitors in \"Scrooged\". Animal Collective's debut album \"Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished\" is named for one of Scrooge's lines in the special. Ben Afleck’s character is seen watching the special in the movie “Surviving Christmas” The special was parodied as \"Mr. McGrew's Christmas", "title": "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" }, { "docid": "10753653", "text": "of Terror\", \"Brave\", \"Tangled\", \"Happy Feet Two\", \"Tooth Fairy\", \"Another Cinderella Story\", \"Mulan\", \"Wreck-it Ralph\", \"Matilda\", \"Little Rascals\", \"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\", and \"Despicable Me\". Freeform also announced the network premiere of \"The Odd Life of Timothy Green\", \"The Boxtrolls\", and \"\". The holiday movies in the 2016 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included: \"Fred Claus\", \"The Holiday\" (Freeform network premiere), \"Scrooged\", \"Jingle All the Way\", \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\", and \"Deck the Halls\". The 2016 ratings where on par with previous years. The highest airing of the countdown was the November 26th airing of \"Tangled\", gaining", "title": "25 Days of Christmas" } ]

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[ { "docid": "719323", "text": "accept \"Australopithecus\" as a member of the family tree. Then, in 1997, an almost complete \"Australopithecus\" skeleton with skull was found in the Sterkfontein caves of Gauteng, South Africa. It is now called \"Little Foot\" and it is probably around three million years old. It was named \"Australopithecus prometheus\" which has since been placed within \"A. africanus\". Other fossil remains found in the same cave in 2008 were named \"Australopithecus sediba\", which lived 1.9 million years ago. \"A. africanus\" probably evolved into \"A. sediba\", which some scientists think may have evolved into \"H. erectus\", though this is heavily disputed. A", "title": "Australopithecus" }, { "docid": "14452777", "text": "Australopithecus sediba Australopithecus sediba is a species of \"Australopithecus\" of the early Pleistocene, identified based on fossil remains dated to about 2 million years ago. The species is known from six skeletons discovered in the Malapa Fossil Site at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa, including a juvenile male (MH1 also called \"Karabo\", the holotype), an adult female (MH2, the paratype), an adult male, and three infants. The fossils were found together at the bottom of the Malapa Cave, where they apparently fell to their death, and have been dated to between 1.980 and 1.977 million", "title": "Australopithecus sediba" }, { "docid": "1452177", "text": "most likely leopards and fellow machairodont \"Megantereon\", whose carbon isotope ratios showed more indication of preying on hominids. \"Dinofelis\" fossils and bones have been found in South Africa near those of the baboons that it possibly had killed. Bones from several specimens of \"Dinofelis\" and baboons were found in a natural trap, where \"Dinofelis\" may have been lured to feed on trapped prey. Several sites from South Africa seem to show \"Dinofelis\" may have hunted and killed \"Australopithecus africanus\", since the finds mingle fossilized remains of \"Dinofelis\", hominids, and other large contemporary animals. In South Africa, \"Dinofelis\" remains have been", "title": "Dinofelis" }, { "docid": "3871026", "text": "Mrs. Ples Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an \"Australopithecus africanus\" ever found in South Africa. Many Australopithecus fossils have been found near Sterkfontein, about northwest of Johannesburg, in a region of the Transvaal now designated as the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. Mrs. Ples was discovered by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson on April 18, 1947. Because of Broom's use of dynamite and pickaxe while excavating, Mrs. Ples's skull was blown into two pieces and some fragments are missing. Nonetheless, Mrs./Mr. Ples is one of the most perfect pre-human skulls ever", "title": "Mrs. Ples" }, { "docid": "3871031", "text": "fossil has been dated by a combination of palaeomagnetism and uranium-lead techniques to around 2.05 million years. In 2004, Mrs. Ples was voted 95th in the SABC 3's and e.tv's \"Great South Africans\" Top 100 list. Mrs. Ples Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an \"Australopithecus africanus\" ever found in South Africa. Many Australopithecus fossils have been found near Sterkfontein, about northwest of Johannesburg, in a region of the Transvaal now designated as the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. Mrs. Ples was discovered by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson on April 18,", "title": "Mrs. Ples" }, { "docid": "719320", "text": "consumption, as they did in 1994 using stable carbon isotopic analysis. In 2005, fossils of animal bones with butchery marks dating 2.6 million years old were found at the site of Gona, Ethiopia. Fossil evidence indicates meat consumption by at least three species of hominins occurring around 2.6-2.5 Mya: \"A. africanus, A. garhi\", and \"P. aethiopicus\". In 2010, fossils of butchered animal bones dated 3.4 million years old were found in Ethiopia, close to regions where australopith fossils were found. The type specimen for genus \"Australopithecus\" was discovered in 1924, in a lime quarry by workers at Taung, South Africa.", "title": "Australopithecus" }, { "docid": "6467804", "text": "Central Africa. It is also of great importance as it is the first fossil to show that there is a geographical \"third window\", that is, beyond East Africa and South Africa, of early hominin evolution. Australopithecus bahrelghazali Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a fossil hominin discovered in 1995 by a Franco-Chadian team led by the paleontologist Michel Brunet. Two fossils have been described: - A mandibular fragment found at Chad east of the Bahr el Ghazal (\"river of gazelles\") to about from the fort of Koro Toro, by the Franco-Chadian team of Michel Brunet January 23, 1995 on the site called KT12.", "title": "Australopithecus bahrelghazali" }, { "docid": "71289", "text": "light and sustenance. Cave entrances often have typical florae. For instance, in the eastern temperate United States, cave entrances are most frequently (and often densely) populated by the bulblet fern, \"Cystopteris bulbifera\". Throughout history, primitive peoples have made use of caves. The earliest human fossils found in caves come from a series of caves near Krugersdorp and Mokopane in South Africa. The cave sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai B, Drimolen, Malapa, Cooper's D, Gladysvale, Gondolin and Makapansgat have yielded a range of early human species dating back to between three and one million years ago, including Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus sediba", "title": "Cave" }, { "docid": "4951720", "text": "in South Africa, was one of the few scientists to believe Dart. Two weeks after Dart announced the discovery of the Taung Child in \"Nature\", Broom visited Dart in Johannesburg to see the fossil. After he became a paleontologist in 1933, Broom found adult fossils of \"Australopithecus africanus\" and discovered more robust fossils, which were eventually renamed \"Australopithecus robustus (\"AKA \"Paranthropus Robustus)\". Even after Dart chose to take a break from his work in anthropology, Broom undertook more excavations, and slowly began to find more \"Australopithecus africanus\" specimens that proved Dart was correct in his analysis of the Taung Child;", "title": "Taung Child" }, { "docid": "4763208", "text": "of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, became interested in fossils found at a limestone quarry at Taung near Kimberley, South Africa in 1924. The most promising of these was a skull of an odd ape-like creature presenting human traits at the eye orbits, teeth, and, most importantly, the hole at the base of the skull over the spinal column (the foramen magnum); its placement indicated a human-like upright posture and implied a high probability that this hominid-to-hominin primate had achieved bipedal, as opposed to quadrupedal locomotion. Dart assigned the specimen the name \"Australopithecus africanus\" (\"southern ape of Africa\"); it", "title": "Australopithecus africanus" }, { "docid": "5459930", "text": "fossils of \"Paranthropus robustus\" are found only in South Africa, and include the sites of Kromdraai, Swartkrans, Drimolen, Gondolin and Coopers. In the cave at Swartkrans the remains of 130 individuals were discovered. The study made on the dentition of the hominins revealed that the average \"P. robustus\" rarely lived past 17 years of age. \"Paranthropus robustus\" was the first discovery of a \"robust\" species of hominin; it was found well before \"P. boisei\" and \"P. aethiopicus\". These three species have alternately been in their own (\"Paranthropus\") or placed within the genus \"Australopithecus\". This is partly because in many small", "title": "Paranthropus robustus" }, { "docid": "719323", "text": "accept \"Australopithecus\" as a member of the family tree. Then, in 1997, an almost complete \"Australopithecus\" skeleton with skull was found in the Sterkfontein caves of Gauteng, South Africa. It is now called \"Little Foot\" and it is probably around three million years old. It was named \"Australopithecus prometheus\" which has since been placed within \"A. africanus\". Other fossil remains found in the same cave in 2008 were named \"Australopithecus sediba\", which lived 1.9 million years ago. \"A. africanus\" probably evolved into \"A. sediba\", which some scientists think may have evolved into \"H. erectus\", though this is heavily disputed. A", "title": "Australopithecus" }, { "docid": "14585263", "text": "Homo gautengensis Homo gautengensis is a hominin species proposed by biological anthropologist Darren Curnoe in 2010. The species is composed of South African hominin fossils previously attributed to \"Homo habilis\", \"Homo ergaster,\" or, in some cases, \"Australopithecus\", and is argued by Curnoe to be the earliest species in the genus \"Homo\". Analysis announced in May 2010 of a partial skull found decades earlier in South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves in Gauteng near Johannesburg identified the species, named \"Homo gautengensis\" by anthropologist Dr. Darren Curnoe of the UNSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. The species has been considered by Lee", "title": "Homo gautengensis" } ]

[ { "docid": "18806450", "text": "Australopithecus deyiremeda Australopithecus deyiremeda is a proposed species of early hominin among those who lived about 3.5–3.3 million years ago in northern Ethiopia, around the same time and place as several discovered specimens of \"Australopithecus afarensis\", including the well-known \"Lucy\", a juvenile specimen. The discoverers believe \"A.\" \"deyiremeda\" is a new species. If true, some fossils identified as \"A. afarensis\" may more properly belong to \"A.\" \"deyiremeda\". Some anthropologists have suggested that the identification of \"A. deyiremeda\" as a new species requires more evidence than has been obtained thus far. On March 4, 2011, fossils of three jawbones were found", "title": "Australopithecus deyiremeda" }, { "docid": "6467800", "text": "Australopithecus bahrelghazali Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a fossil hominin discovered in 1995 by a Franco-Chadian team led by the paleontologist Michel Brunet. Two fossils have been described: - A mandibular fragment found at Chad east of the Bahr el Ghazal (\"river of gazelles\") to about from the fort of Koro Toro, by the Franco-Chadian team of Michel Brunet January 23, 1995 on the site called KT12. Named after the name of the fossil valley near where it was discovered, cataloged KT12 / H1, the holotype consists of a mandibular fragment, a lower second incisor, both lower canines, and all four of", "title": "Australopithecus bahrelghazali" }, { "docid": "2563796", "text": "found by Donald Johanson and colleagues, who, in celebration of their find, repeatedly played the Beatles song \"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds\". \"Australopithecus afarensis\" fossils have only been discovered within Eastern Africa. Despite Laetoli being the type locality for \"A. afarensis\", the most extensive remains assigned to the species are found in Hadar, Afar Region of Ethiopia, including the above-mentioned \"Lucy\" partial skeleton and the \"First Family\" found at the AL 333 locality. Other localities bearing \"A. afarensis\" remains include Omo, Maka, Fejej, and Belohdelie in Ethiopia, and Koobi Fora and Lothagam in Kenya. Compared to the modern and", "title": "Australopithecus afarensis" }, { "docid": "2171099", "text": "the study both of dinosaurs and of the origin of birds. The first complete specimen was announced in 1861, and ten more \"Archaeopteryx\" fossils have been found since then. Most of the eleven known fossils include impressions of feathers—among the oldest direct evidence of such structures. Moreover, because these feathers take the advanced form of flight feathers, \"Archaeopteryx\" fossils are evidence that feathers began to evolve before the Late Jurassic. The hominid \"Australopithecus afarensis\" represents an evolutionary transition between modern bipedal humans and their quadrupedal ape ancestors. A number of traits of the \"A. afarensis\" skeleton strongly reflect bipedalism, to", "title": "Transitional fossil" }, { "docid": "4763219", "text": "Clarke that it is of the previously unknown species with characters similar to \"Paranthropus robustus\" and named \"Australopithecus prometheus\". Instead, the specimen has usually been lumped into \"A. africanus\" by most scholars.Earlier dating had placed it between 3.0 and 2.0 mya based on combined analyses of palaeomagnetism, electron spin resonance, and faunal dating. The \"Makapansgat\" fossils have been dated to between 3.0 and 2.6 mya. Those at Sterkfontein currently are dated to between 2.6 and 2.0 mya with the Mrs Ples fossil dating to around 2.0 million years. And Gladysvale fossils were dated between about 2.4 and 2.0 mya. The", "title": "Australopithecus africanus" }, { "docid": "8743043", "text": "first description in July 1995 it was said, \"The bones are probably an early member of \"Australopithecus africanus\" or another early species of hominids\". After 1998, when a part of the skull had been discovered and uncovered, Clarke pointed out now that the fossils were probably associated with the genus \"Australopithecus\", but whose 'unusual features' do not match any \"Australopithecus\" species previously described. Clarke now suggests that Little Foot does not belong to the species \"Australopithecus afarensis\" or \"Australopithecus africanus\", but to a unique \"Australopithecus\" species previously found at Makapansgat and Sterkfontein Member Four, \"Australopithecus prometheus\". Following the discovery of", "title": "Little Foot" }, { "docid": "13586138", "text": "80 m thick that stretches down much of the length and breath of the peninsula. The formation consists of three geological units, called members, from which fossils and artifacts of different periods of human evolution have been excavated. They are: the lowest member, named Hatayae, or the Hata, dated to 2.5 millions of years ago (mya)—and in which fossils of \"Australopithecus garhi\" were found; the Dakanihylo, or Daka, member, one (1) mya—fossils of Homo erectus were found; and the Herto member, Lower layer at 260 kya, and Upper layers at 160 to 154 kya—fossils of Homo sapiens idaltu were found.", "title": "Bouri Formation" }, { "docid": "18730541", "text": "remarked. Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged, who was responsible for the earlier research suggesting \"Australopithecus\" had made tools, also backed Harmand's conclusions. Lomekwi Lomekwi 3 is the name of an archaeological site in Kenya where ancient stone tools have been discovered dating to 3.3 million years ago, which make them the oldest ever found. In July 2011, a team of archeologists led by Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis of Stony Brook University, United States, were heading to a site near Kenya's Lake Turkana near where \"Kenyanthropus platyops\" fossils had previously been found. The group made a wrong turn on the way and", "title": "Lomekwi" }, { "docid": "1566275", "text": "surrounding region to the forefront of palaeontology. The oldest hominid discovered to date in Ethiopia is the 4.2 million year old \"Ardipithicus ramidus\" (Ardi) found by Tim D. White in 1994. The most well known hominid discovery is \"Australopithecus afarensis\" (Lucy). Known locally as Dinkinesh, the specimen was found in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Region in 1974 by Donald Johanson, and is one of the most complete and best preserved adult Australopithecine fossils ever uncovered. Lucy's taxonomic name refers to the region where the discovery was made. The hominid is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago.", "title": "Ethiopia" }, { "docid": "5417676", "text": "local Afar language. The traits of \"A. garhi\" fossils such as BOU-VP-12/130 are somewhat distinctive from traits typically seen in \"Australopithecus afarensis\" and \"Australopithecus africanus\". An example of the distinction can be seen when comparing the Hadar maxilla (\"A. afarensis\") to the Bouri specimen of \"A. garhi\". The cranial capacity of \"A. garhi\" measures 450cc, the same size as other australopithecines. The mandible classified by \"Asfaw et al.\" has a morphology generally believed to be compatible with the same species, yet it is possible that another hominin species may have been found within the same deposits. Studies made on the", "title": "Australopithecus garhi" }, { "docid": "3028040", "text": "there is a large nesting presence. Numerous early hominin remains have been found at the site over the last few decades. These have been attributed to Australopithecus, early Homo and Paranthropus. Modern excavation of the caves began in the late 1890s by limestone miners who noticed the fossils and brought them to the attention of scientists. In 1936, students of Professor Raymond Dart and Dr. Robert Broom from the University of the Witwatersrand began concerted excavations. The caves yielded the first adult Australopithecine, substantially strengthening Dart's claim that the skull known as the Taung child (an \"Australopithecus africanus\") was a", "title": "Sterkfontein" }, { "docid": "4814771", "text": "climbing was one behavior retained by early hominins until the appearance of the first \"Homo\" species about 2.5 million years ago. \"A. anamensis\" shares many traits with \"Australopithecus afarensis\" and may well be its direct predecessor. Fossil records for \"A. anamensis\" have been dated to between 4.2 and 3.9 million years ago, with recent findings from stratigraphic sequences dating to about 4.1–4.2 million years ago. Specimens have been found between two layers of volcanic ash, dated to 4.17 and 4.12 million years, coincidentally when \"A. afarensis\" appears in the fossil record. The fossils (twenty one in total) include upper and", "title": "Australopithecus anamensis" }, { "docid": "719302", "text": "can be observed at the site of Laetoli in Tanzania. This site contains hominid footprints that are remarkably similar to those of modern humans and have been dated to as old as 3.6 million years. The footprints have generally been classified as australopith is the only form of prehuman known to have existed in that region at that time. \"Australopithecus anamensis\", \"A. afarensis\", and \"A. africanus\" are among the most famous of the extinct hominins. \"A. africanus\" was once considered to be ancestral to the genus \"Homo\" (in particular \"Homo erectus\"). However, fossils assigned to the genus \"Homo\" have been", "title": "Australopithecus" }, { "docid": "43347", "text": "not ultimately lead to the conclusion that no hominines ever died there. The convenience of the savanna-based theory caused this point to be overlooked for over a hundred years. Some of the fossils found actually showed that there was still an adaptation to arboreal life. For example, Lucy, the famous \"Australopithecus afarensis\", found in Hadar in Ethiopia, which may have been forested at the time of Lucy’s death, had curved fingers that would still give her the ability to grasp tree branches, but she walked bipedally. “Little Foot,” a nearly-complete specimen of \"Australopithecus africanus\", has a divergent big toe as", "title": "Bipedalism" }, { "docid": "14452831", "text": "site has produced arguably one of the most complete assemblages of early human ancestors ever found, including the most complete skeletons of early hominids yet discovered, and by far the most complete remains of any hominid dating to around 2 million years ago. Over 200 elements have been recovered to date. The partial skeletons are initially described in two papers in the journal \"Science\" by Berger and colleagues as a new species of early human ancestor called \"Australopithecus sediba\" (sediba meaning natural spring or well in Sotho). In addition to the fossils revealed initially, rocks collected from the site have", "title": "Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind" }, { "docid": "4676872", "text": "in better outcomes than casting in children with torus fractures of the distal radius. If a person is doing better after 4 weeks, repeat X rays are not needed. Evidence for greenstick fractures found in the fossil record is studied by paleopathologists, specialists in ancient disease and injury. Greenstick fractures (willow breaks) have been reported in fossils of the large carnivorous dinosaur \"Allosaurus fragilis\". Greenstick fractures are found in the fossil remains of Lucy, the most famous specimen of \"Australopithecus afarensis\", discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. Analysis of bone fracture patterns, which include a large number of greenstick fractures in", "title": "Greenstick fracture" }, { "docid": "2730835", "text": "the Congo Air Boundary affected the ability of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean to reach eastern Africa, which had a profound influence on the level of Lake Turkana and adjacent water bodies. The archeoastronomical site Namoratunga which has been dated circa 300 B.C. is located near Lake Turkana. Hominin fossils of some of the earliest human ancestors have been found in the Turkana Basin. \"Australopithecus anamensis\" fossils discovered by Meave Leakey in 1994 date to around 4 million years ago. Richard Leakey has led numerous anthropological expeditions in the area which have led to many important discoveries of hominin remains.", "title": "Lake Turkana" }, { "docid": "4814772", "text": "lower jaws, cranial fragments, and the upper and lower parts of a leg bone (tibia). In addition to this, the aforementioned fragment of humerus found thirty years ago at the same site at Kanapoi has now been assigned to this species. In 2006, a new \"A. anamensis\" find was officially announced, extending the range of \"A. anamensis\" into north east Ethiopia. Specifically, one site known as Asa Issie provided 30 \"A. anamensis\" fossils. These new fossils, sampled from a woodland context, include the largest hominid canine tooth yet recovered and the earliest \"Australopithecus\" femur. The find was in an area", "title": "Australopithecus anamensis" }, { "docid": "10499286", "text": "many millions of bones still in place in the cave. Fossils recovered include antelope, giant zebra, carnivores including extinct wolves, monkeys and hominids attributed to \"Australopithecus africanus\" and early \"Homo\". Tools have also been found with the most spectacular being an Acheulean handaxe (pictured), recovered from 1 million year old sediments. Gladysvale has become well known for its exceptional horizontally-bedded stratigraphy and has been the site of the testing of many of the absolute dating techniques which have proved successful on the hard to date breccias of the South African fossil-bearing caves. The site is presently divided into three cave", "title": "Gladysvale Cave" }, { "docid": "5780185", "text": "Yorktown Subsea of the Outer Banks and inland North Carolina. Dates have been established on the basis of the genera and species of mollusks found. The late Piacenzian may be when the genus \"Homo\" developed out of the ancestral genus \"Australopithecus\". While the oldest known fossils unambiguously identified as \"Homo habilis\" date to just after the end of the Piacenzian (2.58 Ma), a fossilized jawbone that exhibits traits that are transitional between \"Australopithecus\" and \"Homo habilis\" was discovered in the Afar Triangle in 2015. The find was made by Ethiopian student Chalachew Seyoum at a site called Ledi-Geraru between the", "title": "Piacenzian" }, { "docid": "8798116", "text": "Selam (Australopithecus) Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old \"Australopithecus afarensis\" female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million years ago, approximately 120,000 years older than \"Lucy\" (dated to about 3.18 mya). The fossils were discovered by Zeresenay Alemseged, and are remarkable for both their age and condition. On 20 September 2006 the journal \"Nature\" presented the findings of a dig in Dikika, Ethiopia, a few miles south", "title": "Selam (Australopithecus)" }, { "docid": "18806454", "text": "This means that everything that has been written about variation, function and the anatomy of \"Australopithecus afarensis\" from fragmentary remains must now be in doubt.\" The name \"deyiremeda\" means \"close relative\" in the Afar language. Some anthropologists have called for more evidence before reaching a conclusion that \"Australopithecus deyiremeda\" is a new species. Carol Ward of the University of Missouri, Columbia, said that the fossils “do fall outside of the range of variation of any species described so far,” but that more specimens will be needed to make a valid comparison. She says that \"Lucy\" would have been accompanied by", "title": "Australopithecus deyiremeda" }, { "docid": "4916689", "text": "Pliocene and Pleistocene, have been excavated by French and American teams. Fossils belonging to the genera \"Australopithecus\" and \"Homo\" have been found at several archaeological sites, as well as tools made from quartzite, the oldest of which date back to about 2.4 million years ago. Because of this, the site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. When they were discovered, it was thought that the tools might have been part of a so-called pre-Oldowan industry, even more primitive than what was found in the Olduvai Gorge. Later research has shown that the crude looks of the tools", "title": "Omo River" }, { "docid": "5417678", "text": "possible direct ancestor of more modern hominins. For a long time anthropologists assumed that only members of early genus \"Homo\" had the ability to produce sophisticated tools. However, the crude ancient tools lack several techniques that are generally seen in later forms Olduwan and Acheulean such as strong rock-outcroppings. In another site in Bouri, Ethiopia, roughly 3,000 stone artifacts had been found to be an estimated 2.5 million years old in age. Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus garhi is a 2.5-million-year-old gracile australopithecine species whose fossils were discovered in 1996 by a paleontologist research team led by Berhane Asfaw and Tim White.", "title": "Australopithecus garhi" }, { "docid": "4248557", "text": "the fossil hominin \"Lucy\" in late fall of 1974. He spotted a right proximal ulna in a gully, followed by an occipital bone, a femur, some ribs, a pelvis, and a lower jaw. Within two weeks, nearly 40% of the hominoid skeleton was identified and cataloged. Lucy is the most famous fossil to have been found at Hadar. Lucy is among the oldest hominin fossils ever discovered and was later given the taxonomic classification \"Australopithecus afarensis\". (The name 'Lucy' was inspired by the song \"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds\", by The Beatles, which happened to be playing on the", "title": "Hadar, Ethiopia" }, { "docid": "13017916", "text": "Archaeology of Ethiopia Ethiopia has several UNESCO world heritage sites related to archaeology which include: Axum (one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Africa), the Awash Valley where Lucy (Australopithecus) a hominin who lived around 3.2 million years ago was discovered, and Tiya (archaeological site) where Middle Stone Age tools and megaliths have been found. Ethiopia is well known for its significant fossil-bearing beds which have borne some of the oldest and most complete fossil hominids. One well known example is Lucy. Her hominid species \"Australopithecus afarensis\" is named after the Afar Ethiopian region where it was discovered. Other", "title": "Archaeology of Ethiopia" }, { "docid": "2301895", "text": "links below. The oldest types of tetrapod tail-and-foot prints date back to the latter Devonian period. These vertebrate impressions have been found in Ireland, Scotland, Pennsylvania, and Australia. Important human trace fossils are the Laetoli (Tanzania) footprints, imprinted in volcanic ash 3.7 Ma (million years ago) -- probably by an early Australopithecus. Trace fossils are not body casts. The Ediacara biota, for instance, primarily comprises the casts of organisms in sediment. Similarly, a footprint is not a simple replica of the sole of the foot, and the resting trace of a seastar has different details than an impression of a", "title": "Trace fossil" }, { "docid": "20138602", "text": "upright when moving along long branches of trees, increasing their reach. Both Lucy, the famous \"Australopithecus afarensis\" and \"Little Foot,\" the collection of \"Australopithecus africanus\" foot bones demonstrated features consistent with tree-climbing as well as an upright gait; the former through curved fingers, and the latter via a divergent big toe. Additionally, ancient pollen found in the soil near where these fossils were discovered suggest that the area used to be much more wet and covered in thick vegetation, only recently becoming the arid desert it is now. Savannah hypothesis The savannah hypothesis (or savanna hypothesis) is a formerly widely", "title": "Savannah hypothesis" }, { "docid": "395920", "text": "dated to 2.6–2.55 mya. One of the most striking circumstances about these sites is that they are from the Late Pliocene, where previous to their discovery tools were thought to have evolved only in the Pleistocene. Excavators at the locality point out that: The species who made the Pliocene tools remains unknown. Fragments of \"Australopithecus garhi\", \"Australopithecus aethiopicus\" and \"Homo\", possibly \"Homo habilis\", have been found in sites near the age of the Gona tools. In July 2018, scientists reported the discovery in China of the oldest stone tools outside Africa, estimated at 2.12 million years old. Innovation of the", "title": "Stone Age" }, { "docid": "4814775", "text": "microwear on \"Australopithecus anamensis\" molar fossils show a pattern of long striations. This pattern is similar to the microwear on the molars of gorillas; suggesting that \"Australopithecus anamensis\" had a similar diet to that of the modern gorilla. The microwear patterns are consistent on all \"Australopithecus anamensis\" molar fossils regardless of location or time. This shows that their diet largely remained the same no matter what their environment. The earliest dietary isotope evidence in Turkana Basin hominin species comes from the \"Australopithecus anamensis\". This evidence suggests that their diet consisted primarily of C3 resources, possibly however with a small amount", "title": "Australopithecus anamensis" }, { "docid": "407756", "text": "discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959, and named Zinj or Nutcracker Man, the first example of \"Paranthropus boisei\", and is thought to be over 1.8 million years old. Other finds including \"Homo habilis\" fossils were subsequently made. At nearby Laetoli the oldest known hominid footprints, the Laetoli footprints, were discovered by Mary Leakey in 1978, and estimated to be about 3.6 million years old and probably made by \"Australopithecus afarensis\". The oldest hominid fossils ever discovered in Tanzania also come from Laetoli and are the 3.6 to 3.8 million year old remains of \"Australopithecus afarensis\"—Louis Leakey had found what he", "title": "History of Tanzania" }, { "docid": "4763213", "text": "first adult australopithecine, substantially strengthening Dart's claim for Broom. Later, Broom classified an adult endocranial cast having a brain capacity of 485 cc (found by G. W. Barlow) as \"Plesianthropus transvaalensis\" (near-man from Transvaal). In April 1947, while blasting at Sterkfontein, he and John T. Robinson discovered a skull belonging to a middle-aged female (catalogue number STS 5) which he also classified as \"Plesianthropus transvaalensis\" (it was dubbed \"Mrs. Ples\" by Broom's young coworkers although the skull is now thought to have belonged to a young male). Both fossils were later classified as \"Australopithecus africanus\". Mrs. Ples, whose cranial capacity", "title": "Australopithecus africanus" }, { "docid": "5417675", "text": "Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus garhi is a 2.5-million-year-old gracile australopithecine species whose fossils were discovered in 1996 by a paleontologist research team led by Berhane Asfaw and Tim White. The remains are suggested as representing the transitional stage between the \"Australopithecus\" and \"Homo\" genera. Tim White was the scientist to find the first of the key \"A. garhi\" fossils in 1996 in the Bouri Formation, located in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. The species was confirmed and established as \"A. garhi\" on November 20, 1997 by the Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie. The species epithet \"\"garhi\"\" means \"surprise\" in the", "title": "Australopithecus garhi" }, { "docid": "6665621", "text": "Koobi Fora is perhaps best known for its specimens of the genus \"Homo\", but those of the genus \"Australopithecus\" also have been found. The following species are represented: \"Australopithecus\" and \"Homo\" seem to have coexisted in African regions for several hundred thousand years. One possible explanation is different food sources. It appears that the Australopithecus genus evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct somewhat after 2 million years ago. Large quantities of stone tools have been found at Koobi Fora both on the surface and in caches, which have", "title": "Koobi Fora" }, { "docid": "13252452", "text": "solve this debate, archaeologists have extensively studied the size of the bones. The sizes of the largest bones found such as humeri and femora were compared. Although they measured different bones, all of the measurements could be used to estimate the size of the femoral head. Then, these measurements were compared to the femoral head of Lucy. The researchers believe that, like Lucy, the fossils probably belong to the species \"Australopithecus afarensis\". Once the individuals of the \"First Family\" were determined to be the same species, they became very useful to study the biological phenomenon of sexual dimorphism. The fossils", "title": "AL 333" }, { "docid": "3028042", "text": "the remains from the surrounding breccia is ongoing. The skeleton was named \"Little Foot\", since the first parts found (in 1995, in storage) were the bones of a foot. Excavations continue to this day, and finds now total some 500 hominids, making Sterkfontein one of the richest sites in the world for early hominids. The Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (PAST), a non-profit trust fund established in 1993, sponsors over 90% of the research undertaken at Sterkfontein and was instrumental in its nomination as a World Heritage Site. The Member 4 deposits containing the \"Australopithecus africanus\" fossils have been dated to between", "title": "Sterkfontein" }, { "docid": "2637042", "text": "on the other hand, lacks the waisting associated with apes and climbing, and still present in \"Australopithecus\". \"Oreopithecus\" share the specialised orientation at the carpometacarpal joint with \"A. afarenis\" and the marked groove for the flexor pollicis longus with \"A. africanus\". It is thus likely that the hand morphology of \"Oreopithecus\" is derived for apes and convergent for early hominins. Oreopithecus Oreopithecus is an extinct hominoid primate from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy; (from the Greek ὄρος, oros and πίθηκος, pithekos, meaning \"hill-ape\"). It existed in the Tusco-Sardinian area when", "title": "Oreopithecus" }, { "docid": "2125054", "text": "the Leakeys in 1941, 1953, 1955 and 1957. Louis and Mary Leakey are responsible for most of the excavations and discoveries of the hominin fossils in Olduvai Gorge. In July 1959, at the FLK site (initials of Louis' first wife Frida Leakey, and K for \"korongo\", the Swahili language word for gully), Mary Leakey found the skull of \"Zinjanthropus\" or \"Australopithecus boisei\". In addition to an abundance of faunal remains the Leakeys found stone tools Mary classified as Oldowan. In May 1960, at the FLK North-North site, the Leakeys' son Jonathan found the mandible that proved to be the type", "title": "Olduvai Gorge" }, { "docid": "19000013", "text": "anterior and lateral portion of the ventral carapace. The appendages are attached to the soft ventral integument of the plate. The general outline of the carapace was quadrate with an elongate trapezoidal outline. The most of the fossils of the Winneshiek Shale of Decorah, where the fossils of \"Pentecopterus\" have been found, were recovered in 2010 from the upper 4 m section of the from the mentioned site of Iowa. Other samples were collected from blocks eroded during flooding, which are assumed to have been sourced from the uppermost 2–3 m. The total number of fossils found is over 5,000,", "title": "Pentecopterus" }, { "docid": "20521668", "text": "Herefordopterus Herefordopterus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. \"Herefordopterus\" is classified as part of the family Hughmilleriidae, a basal family in the highly derived Pterygotioidea superfamily of eurypterids. Fossils of the single and type species, \"H. banksii\", have been discovered in deposits of Silurian age in Herefordshire and Shropshire, England. The genus is named after Herefordshire, where most of the \"Herefordopterus\" fossils have been found. The specific epithet honors Richard Banks, who found several well-preserved specimens, including the first \"Herefordopterus\" fossils. \"Herefordopterus\" is classified in Hughmilleriidae, a pterygotioid family that is differentiated by their streamlined", "title": "Herefordopterus" }, { "docid": "20947420", "text": "Turkana. Allia Bay The Allia Bay is a region on the east side of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The site is known for yielding its first hominid fossils in 1982 with further findings to this day, all of which have been identified as part of \"Australopithecus anamensis\" but possibly related to \"Australopithecus afarensis\". Notable people with findings at Allia Bay include Richard Leakey, Meave Leakey, Craig Feibel, Ian McDougall, Alan Walker. The geographic coordinates of Allia Bay are 3°35′4″N, 36°16′4″E. As a set of isolate exposures it forms the southernmost region of Koobi Fora. One of its distinct features is", "title": "Allia Bay" }, { "docid": "20947417", "text": "Allia Bay The Allia Bay is a region on the east side of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The site is known for yielding its first hominid fossils in 1982 with further findings to this day, all of which have been identified as part of \"Australopithecus anamensis\" but possibly related to \"Australopithecus afarensis\". Notable people with findings at Allia Bay include Richard Leakey, Meave Leakey, Craig Feibel, Ian McDougall, Alan Walker. The geographic coordinates of Allia Bay are 3°35′4″N, 36°16′4″E. As a set of isolate exposures it forms the southernmost region of Koobi Fora. One of its distinct features is the", "title": "Allia Bay" }, { "docid": "16304840", "text": "Michigan fossil hunting Michigan is a state within the United States that is not known for fossiliferous rocks, but there are some localities where fossils may be found. Most are from the Late Devonian period, others are from the Late Pleistocene period, the Silurian period, and Carboniferous periods. However, small amounts of Precambrian period fossils consisting of stromotolites, metazoans and algal can be found in Precambrian outcrops located in Michigans Upper Peninsula. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/MFP_5_Fill_In_The_Blanks_301808_7.pdf The oldest megascopic fossils found in Michigan have been found in the Negaunee iron formation near Palmer, MI at the Empire Mine. The fossils are of a", "title": "Michigan fossil hunting" }, { "docid": "11446363", "text": "the Temeside Shale, England, where the type species has been discovered, fossils of several organisms have been found, most of them eurypterids such as \"Erettopterus gigas\", \"Salteropterus abbreviatus\" and \"Nanahughmilleria pygmaea\", but also indeterminate species of the osteostracid \"Hemicyclaspis\" and the thelodontid \"Logania\". \"Parahughmilleria\" fossils have also been discovered in the United States, Russia, Luxembourg, Canada and Scotland. Parahughmilleria Parahughmilleria (meaning \"near \"Hughmilleria\"\") is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. Fossils of \"Parahughmilleria\" have been discovered in deposits of the Devonian and Silurian age in the United States, Canada, Russia, Germany, Luxembourg and Great Britain, and", "title": "Parahughmilleria" }, { "docid": "8578991", "text": "clearly showed that this fossil, reference AL 129-1, was an upright walking hominin. This fossil was later dated at more than three million years old—much older than other hominin fossils known at the time. The site lay about from the site where \"Lucy\" subsequently was found, in a rock stratum deeper than that in which the Lucy fragments were found. The team returned for the second field season the following year and found hominin jaws. Then, on the morning of 24 November 1974, near the Awash River, Johanson abandoned a plan to update his field notes and joined graduate student", "title": "Lucy (Australopithecus)" }, { "docid": "194418", "text": "been the subject of controversial debate since its original proposal. A main argument for its classification as the first \"Homo\" (\"human\") species was its use of flaked stone tools. However, evidence for earlier tool use by undisputed members of \"Australopithecus\" has been found in the 1990s. There has been scholarly debate regarding its placement in the genus \"Homo\" rather than the genus \"Australopithecus\". The small size and rather primitive attributes have led some experts (Richard Leakey among them) to propose excluding \"H. habilis\" from the genus \"Homo\" and placing them instead in \"Australopithecus\" as \"Australopithecus habilis\". Louis Leakey (father of", "title": "Homo habilis" }, { "docid": "8798119", "text": "it might be better to place Selam in the \"A. africanus\" line, since it has more human traits than most \"A. afarensis\" (see Homininae). Examination of the shoulder blade and arms of this specimen has lent support to the idea that \"Australopithecus afarensis\" climbed extensively. Selam (Australopithecus) Selam (DIK-1/1) is the fossilized skull and other skeletal remains of a three-year-old \"Australopithecus afarensis\" female hominin, whose bones were first found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2000 and recovered over the following years. Although she has often been nicknamed Lucy's baby, the specimen has been dated at 3.3 million years ago, approximately 120,000", "title": "Selam (Australopithecus)" }, { "docid": "18849687", "text": "Kanapoi Kanapoi is a paleontological site in the Kenyan Rift Valley, to the southwest of Lake Turkana. Fossils were first found at Kanapoi in the 1960s by a Harvard expedition, and later by expeditions from the National Museums of Kenya. Fossils at Kanapoi were deposited in sediments formed by lake margins, rivers and deltas between 3.4 - 4.2 Million years ago (Ma). Kanapoi fossils include a diverse array of fish, turtles, crocodiles, primates including likely human ancestors, elephants, giraffes, rhinoceroses, rodents, horses, hippos, pigs and a variety of herbivores and carnivores. The hominin \"Australopithecus anamensis\" appears in Kanapoi between 3.9", "title": "Kanapoi" }, { "docid": "8321215", "text": "Wings concluded that this idea was incorrect: gastroliths are found with only a small percentage of sauropod fossils; where they have been found, the amounts are too small and in many cases the stones are too soft to have been effective in grinding food; most of these gastroliths are highly polished, but gastroliths used by modern animals to grind food are roughened by wear and corroded by stomach acids; hence the sauropod gastroliths were probably swallowed accidentally. On the other hand, he concluded that gastroliths found with fossils of advanced theropod dinosaurs such as \"Sinornithomimus\" and \"Caudipteryx\" resemble those of", "title": "Physiology of dinosaurs" }, { "docid": "1275969", "text": "the tools was by dating volcanic ash layers in which the tools were found and dating the magnetic signature (pointing north or south due to reversal of the magnetic poles) of the rock at the site. Grooved, cut and fractured animal bone fossils, made by using stone tools, were found in Dikika, Ethiopia near (200 yards) the remains of Selam, a young \"Australopithecus afarensis\" girl who lived about 3.3 million years ago. The earliest stone tools in the life span of the genus \"Homo\" are Mode 1 tools, and come from what has been termed the Oldowan Industry, named after", "title": "Stone tool" }, { "docid": "20952522", "text": "was found at Asa Issie and Aramis 14, both located in Middle Awash. Fossils found at Asa Issie include “2 partial maxillary dentitions, a partial metatarsal shaft, a foot phalanx, a hand phalanx, 4 vertebral fragments, and a proximal femur” belonging to at least 2 specimens. The cheek teeth of Au. anamensis are much larger than that of Ar. Ramidus, but approximately equal to Au. afarensis. Both individuals have relatively large canines and thicker molar enamel than Ar. Ramidus. There is little postcranial evidence for Au. Anamensisfound at Asa Issie. The hand phalanx is similar to those of Australopithecus and", "title": "Middle Awash Project" }, { "docid": "557061", "text": "specimens were collected in the 1920s. Fossils of \"Pan\" species were not described until 2005. Existing chimpanzee populations in West and Central Africa do not overlap with the major human fossil sites in East Africa. However, \"Pan\" fossils have now been reported from Kenya. This would indicate that both humans and members of the \"Pan\" clade were present in the East African Rift Valley during the Middle Pleistocene. According to A. Zihlman, bonobo body proportions closely resemble those of \"Australopithecus\", leading evolutionary biologist Jeremy Griffith to suggest that bonobos may be a living example of our distant human ancestors. German", "title": "Bonobo" }, { "docid": "2053098", "text": "as \"Australopithecus africanus\" and \"Australopithecus sediba\". Tim D. White of the University of California also challenged the findings, asking, \"How can practitioners in this field possibly expect to be able to accurately identify fossil species based upon a few teeth, jaws, and lower faces in light of what we know about the great variation found among different individuals in a single living species?\" Leakey replied, \"I would challenge Tim to find any primate in which you would see the same degrees of variation as those that we are seeing between our new fossils and KNM-ER 1802\". KNM-ER 1802 is a", "title": "Homo rudolfensis" }, { "docid": "6471830", "text": "visitors; and the Koobi Fora Museum. Koobi Fora Spit with the facilities of the Koobi Fora research Center are to the north, but are accessible through guided tours. The most famous remains from the park are the Australopithecus and early homo fossils. These have been moved to Nairobi, but fossil non-humanoids are on display in the museum. Sibiloi National Park Sibiloi National Park lies on the northeastern shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Established in 1973 by the government of Kenya for the protection of wildlife and palaeontological sites there, it covers 1570 km² and is internationally known for", "title": "Sibiloi National Park" }, { "docid": "13586140", "text": "and gastropod shells, and mudstone. It was deposited in a floodplain alongside river delta channels and a shallow fluctuating lake dated to around 2.5 mya. In the Hatayae member have been found the remains of \"Australopithecus garhi\", the most complete specimen of which is BOU-VP-12/130. According to Asfaw and White, et al. (1999), that species is \"..descended from \"Australopithecus afarensis\" and is a candidate ancestor for early Homo.\" Excavations in general have failed to disclose large numbers of stone tools. The likely explanation is the lack of raw materials on lake margins, which, in turn, is likely due to the", "title": "Bouri Formation" }, { "docid": "18806455", "text": "australopithecines adapted to a variety of ecological niches. Tim D. White has argued that more evidence is needed before concluding that the variation in fossils is not merely diversity within \"Australopithecus afarensis\". William Kimbel, a paleoanthropologist at Arizona State University says the distinctions between the specimen and \"A. afarensis\" \"are pretty subtle.\" Australopithecus deyiremeda Australopithecus deyiremeda is a proposed species of early hominin among those who lived about 3.5–3.3 million years ago in northern Ethiopia, around the same time and place as several discovered specimens of \"Australopithecus afarensis\", including the well-known \"Lucy\", a juvenile specimen. The discoverers believe \"A.\" \"deyiremeda\"", "title": "Australopithecus deyiremeda" }, { "docid": "8020838", "text": "81840, has in 1978 been dug up in Nancy, France. \"Dorygnathus\" fossils were often found in the spoil heaps where unusable rock was dumped from slate quarries worked by local farmers. Most fossils were found in two major waves, one during the twenties, the other during the eighties of the twentieth century. Since then the rate of discovery has slowed considerably because the demand for slate has strongly diminished and many small quarries have closed. At present over fifty specimens have been collected, many of them are preserved in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, as", "title": "Dorygnathus" }, { "docid": "8754732", "text": "with the fossils of dicynodonts \"Eodicynodon sp\". and the dinocephalians \"Tapinocaninus\" and \"Australosyodon nyaphuli\" being most commonly found. The preservation of these fossil taxa are good with the majority of fossils being found in the mudstone layers. This is especially true of the reddish-brown mudstones containing calcareous nodules. Interestingly, dinocephalian fossils have been more commonly found in the sandstones, and fossil fragments have been found in the mudstone-clast conglomerates. However, tantalizing remains of more numerous fossil species have been found to date, hinting at the true level of fossil diversity that could be discovered in the future. The fragmented material", "title": "Eodicynodon Assemblage Zone" }, { "docid": "4763210", "text": "especially in British academia, that the Piltdown Man recently found in England was the likely progenitor of the human lineage. (Piltdown man was later exposed as a forgery.) Sir Arthur Keith was an anatomist and anthropologist fellow in 1924, and a scientist whose personal prejudice looked to Europe—not to Asia or Africa—as the place where the early hominins would be shown to have emerged. He dismissed Dart's claim, suggesting instead that the Taung child skull belonged to a young ape, most likely an infant gorilla or chimpanzee. Keith's persistence in denouncing the possibility of \"Australopithecus\" while justifying the plausibility of", "title": "Australopithecus africanus" }, { "docid": "14452787", "text": "the \"Australopithecus sediba\" fossils. These critics continue to ascribe to \"A. africanus\" the status of precursor to the genus \"Homo\". Criticism has been raised in a news report on the find in \"Nature\", suggesting that the authors of the initial description failed to take into account the wealth of variation within \"A. africanus\" when defining the finds as an independent species. Additionally, the basing of the description of the species largely on the skeleton of a juvenile specimen has been subject to criticism, given that there is no certain way of saying to what extent adults would differ from juvenile", "title": "Australopithecus sediba" }, { "docid": "14699682", "text": "than \"Turfanosuchus\" and \"Yonghesuchus\", which were considered successive sister taxa to Archosauria. In most recent analyses, \"Yonghesuchus\" has been recovered as in a well supported clade, the Gracilisuchidae within the Pseudosuchia, along with \"Gracilisuchus\" and \"Turfanosuchus\". Yonghesuchus Yonghesuchus is an extinct genus of Late Triassic archosaur reptile. Remains have been found from the early Late Triassic Tongchuan Formation in Shanxi, China. It is named after Yonghe County, the county where fossils were found. Currently only one species, \"Y. sangbiensis\", is known. The specific name refers to Sangbi Creek, as fossils were found in one of its banks. \"Yonghesuchus\" is known", "title": "Yonghesuchus" }, { "docid": "4652711", "text": "found in caves formed in a gigantic tufa flow coming off the dolomitic bedrock of the Kalahari escarpment. The Taung Child is among the most important early human fossils ever discovered. It was the first hominid to be discovered in Africa, a species later named \"Australopithecus africanus\", supporting Charles Darwin's concepts that the closest living relatives of humans are the African apes. It furthermore demonstrated significant differences between reality and the fake skull of a proposed human ancestor from England known as the Piltdown Man or \"Eoanthropus\". The little skull is hypothesized to be from an approximately three to three", "title": "Taung" }, { "docid": "2575318", "text": "Meganthropus Meganthropus is a name commonly given to several large jaw and skull fragments found at the Sangiran site near Surakarta in Central Java, Indonesia. The original scientific name was Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, and while it is commonly considered invalid today, the genus name has survived as something of an informal nickname for the fossils. As of 2005, the taxonomy and phylogeny for the specimens are still uncertain, although most paleoanthropologists consider them related to \"Homo erectus\" in some way. However, the names \"Homo palaeojavanicus\" and even \"Australopithecus palaeojavanicus\" are sometimes used as well, indicating the classification uncertainty. Of particular interest", "title": "Meganthropus" }, { "docid": "10586393", "text": "by Charles Darwin in 1871. Modern humans evolved from a lineage of upright-walking apes that has been traced back over to \"Sahelanthropus\". The first known stone tools were made about , apparently by \"Australopithecus garhi\", and were found near animal bones that bear scratches made by these tools. The earliest hominines had chimpanzee-sized brains, but there has been a fourfold increase in the last 3 Ma; a statistical analysis suggests that hominine brain sizes depend almost completely on the date of the fossils, while the species to which they are assigned has only slight influence. There is a long-running debate", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "docid": "130739", "text": "species \"Australopithecus deyiremeda\" is claimed to have been discovered living at the same time period of \"Au. afarensis\". There is debate if Au. deyiremeda is a new species or is \"Au. afarensis.\" \"Australopithecus prometheus\", otherwise known as Little Foot has recently been dated at 3.67 million years old through a new dating technique, making the genus \"Australopithecus\" as old as \"afarensis\". Given the opposable big toe found on Little Foot, it seems that he was a good climber, and it is thought given the night predators of the region, he probably, like gorillas and chimpanzees, built a nesting platform at", "title": "Human evolution" }, { "docid": "306192", "text": "context. After the fossils were found in 2000, they were held at the Kipsaraman village community museum, but the museum was subsequently closed. Since then, according to the Community Museums of Kenya chairman Eustace Kitonga, the fossils are stored at a secret bank vault in Nairobi. If \"Orrorin\" proves to be a direct human ancestor, then australopithecines such as \"Australopithecus afarensis\" (\"Lucy\") may be considered a side branch of the hominid family tree: \"Orrorin\" is both earlier, by almost 3 million years, and more similar to modern humans than is \"A. afarensis\". The main similarity is that the \"Orrorin\" femur", "title": "Orrorin" }, { "docid": "7579422", "text": "and five mya. However, the larger community of scientists provide several estimates for periods of divergence that imply a greater range for this event, \"see\" CHLCA: human-chimpanzee split. A recent find of \"Australopithecus anamensis\" is dated to about 4.2 million years ago, which separates it only 200 thousand years from an earlier fossil of the more primitive \"Ardipithecus ramidus\" (at 4.4 million years ago). \"Australopithecus garhi\" fossils are dated as recent as the very early Pleistocene, or 2.5 mya; fossils of \"Homo erectus\" in the Daka member at the site (at 1 mya) and \"Homo sapiens idaltu\" (at 160 ka", "title": "Middle Awash" }, { "docid": "13100973", "text": "specimen from the Milk River Formation. Isolated remains had been found earlier and assigned to \"Brachychampsa\" and \"Leidyosuchus\"; some of these fossils probably belong to \"Gichristosuchus\". Although the specimen is not large, the ornamentation of the skull surfaces and bone fusion indicate it was an adult. Based on previous research, Wu and Brinkman suggested that their new genus was the most derived neosuchian that wasn't within Eusuchia, the group including all living crocodilians. Gilchristosuchus Gilchristosuchus (meaning \"Gilchrist [the owners of the ranch where the type specimen was found] crocodile\") is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform. Its fossils have been", "title": "Gilchristosuchus" }, { "docid": "16844021", "text": "LH 4 LH 4 or Laetoli Hominid 4 is the catalogue number of a fossilized mandible which was discovered by Mary Leakey in 1974 from Laetoli, Tanzania. Mary Leakey and her team, Johanson and White, found between 1974 and 1977 forty-two hominid teeth associated with a jawbone. One of them was LH-4, a fine specimen with nine teeth. White described the fossils, and LH-4 was assigned as the \"name-bearer\" of the new species. The specimen is 2.9–3.9 million years old and is mandible of an adult \"Australopithecus afarensis\" with all molars present and a fairly large canine. Most anterior teeth", "title": "LH 4" }, { "docid": "15659181", "text": "Alcidae, but have since been removed to other clades: \"Hydrotherikornis\" (late Eocene) is a procellariiform and \"Petralca\" (Late Oligocene) is a loon. Most extant genera are known to exist since the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene (c. 5 may). Miocene fossils have been found in both California and Maryland, but the greater diversity of fossils and tribes in the Pacific leads most scientists to conclude that it was there they first evolved, and it is in the Miocene Pacific that the first fossils of extant genera are found. Early movement between the Pacific and the Atlantic probably happened to the", "title": "Pan-Alcidae" }, { "docid": "1180636", "text": "facilitates terrestrial feeding from grasses, trees, and bushes. Given the many benefits of bipedality which depends on a particularly formed spine, it is likely that selection for bipedalism played a large role in the development of the spine as we see it today, in spite of the potential for \"scoliotic deviations\". According to the fossil record, scoliosis may have been more prevalent among earlier hominids such as Australopithecus and Homo erectus, when bipedality was first emerging. Their fossils indicate that there may have been selection over time for a slight reduction in lumbar length to what we see today, favoring", "title": "Scoliosis" }, { "docid": "8743049", "text": "features of the fossil, he also believed it likely that \"Australopithecus\" spent parts of their days searching for food in the trees. At the end of 2008, Clarke published a reconstruction of the circumstances which allowed the fossil to remain so unusually well preserved in contrast to other bones found in the same cave, which apparently had been washed over longer periods of time in their final storage location. The fossil also shows no damage by predators so the assumption can be made that the fossils were not moved to the cave to be fed on by predators. However, individual", "title": "Little Foot" }, { "docid": "43337", "text": "walk bipedally on the sea floor using two of their arms, allowing the remaining arms to be used to camouflage the octopus as a mat of algae or a floating coconut. There are at least twelve distinct hypotheses as to how and why bipedalism evolved in humans, and also some debate as to when. Bipedalism evolved well before the large human brain or the development of stone tools. Bipedal specializations are found in \"Australopithecus\" fossils from 4.2-3.9 million years ago, although \"Sahelanthropus\" may have walked on two legs as early as seven million years ago. Nonetheless, the evolution of bipedalism", "title": "Bipedalism" }, { "docid": "307114", "text": "denisova\". Hominin fossils not belonging either to \"Homo neanderthalensis\" or to \"Homo sapiens\" species, found in the Altai Mountains and Indonesia, were radiocarbon dated to BP and BP respectively. For the duration of the Paleolithic, human populations remained low, especially outside the equatorial region. The entire population of Europe between 16,000 and 11,000 BP likely averaged some 30,000 individuals, and between 40,000 and 16,000 BP, it was even lower at 4,000–6,000 individuals. Paleolithic humans made tools of stone, bone, and wood. The early paleolithic hominins, \"Australopithecus\", were the first users of stone tools. Excavations in Gona, Ethiopia have produced thousands", "title": "Paleolithic" }, { "docid": "4763214", "text": "is only about 485 cubic centimetres (cc), was one of the first fossils to reveal that upright walking (bipedal locomotion) had evolved well before any significant growth in brain size. And, in comparison to modern apes, Dart noted as with the Taung child the lack of facial (prognathous) projection, a characteristic shared with advanced hominines. In 1997, paleoanthropologist Ronald J. Clarke began extracting the remains of a near-complete skeleton of \"Australopithecus\" named Little Foot (StW 573), which was previously discovered in the cave system at Sterkfontein; extraction or preparation and analysis of the specimen has been nearing completion in 2018.", "title": "Australopithecus africanus" }, { "docid": "8265014", "text": "half kilometres from the site where the knee joint had been discovered, where Johanson found the first fossil fragment of Lucy (Australopithecus). AL 129-1 AL 129-1 is a fossilized knee joint of the species \"Australopithecus afarensis\". It was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in November 1973. It is estimated to be 3.4 million years old. Its characteristics include an elliptical Lateral condyle and an oblique femoral shaft like that found in humans, indicating bipedalism. French geologist Maurice Taieb discovered the Hadar Formation in 1968. He then formed the IARE, inviting notably Johanson, an American anthropologist and founding director", "title": "AL 129-1" }, { "docid": "14452785", "text": "cranial capacity is estimated at around , about one-third of that of modern humans (). A well-preserved and articulated ankle of \"A. sediba\" is mostly humanlike in form and function and possesses some evidence for a humanlike arch and Achilles tendon. However, \"A. sediba\" is apelike in possessing a more gracile calcaneal body and a more robust medial malleolus than expected. This shows that \"A. sediba\" may have practiced a unique combination of bipedalism and arboreality. As opposed to the authors of the initial description, who interpreted both fossils as a possible transitional species between \"Australopithecus\" and \"Homo\", other palaeoanthropologists", "title": "Australopithecus sediba" }, { "docid": "1531581", "text": "Research Laboratory with it. Later another excavator found a skull. More specimens were found. Black would frequently examine these late into the night. Most of the original bones were lost in the process of shipping them out of China for safe-keeping during the beginning of World War II. The Japanese gained control of the Peking Union Medical Center during the war, where the laboratory containing all the fossils was ransacked and all the remaining specimens were confiscated. To this day, the fossils have not been found and no one is sure if they were stolen or legitimately lost. Only the", "title": "Davidson Black" }, { "docid": "16939392", "text": "the second edition to her book Hunting for Fossils most of the little research on Hawaii's fossils record had already gone out of print. She recommended that would-be amateur fossil hunters in Hawaii consult staff of a local museum for clues on where to hunt due to the rarity of fossils and the lack of easily accessible information on them. The oldest of the Hawaiian islands is Kauai, of the archipelago's northwest. Kauai preserves lava flows that formed slightly more than five million years ago. No non-avian dinosaur fossils have ever been found in Hawaii because the volcanic activity responsible", "title": "Paleontology in Hawaii" }, { "docid": "8754534", "text": "\"Howesia browni\", and archosauriformes \"Erythrosuchus africanus\" and \"Euparkeria capensis, later also with first dinosaurs (including Dinosaurus)\". In addition, the dicynodont species \"Kannemeyeria\" is found from Subzones B – C, anomodonts,and several theracephalian species are found throughout. Plant fossils such as \"Dicroidium\", \"Dadoxylon\", and \"Schizoneura\" are likewise found. Finally, numerous temnospondyl amphibian species, fishes, rare occurrences of molluscs, and ichnofossils of arthropod trackways and vertebrate burrows have been discovered. Many of the cynodont species that are found in the \"Cynognathus\" Assemblage Zone have been found in formations in different countries which correlate in age. Most notably \"Diademodon\" fossils have been found", "title": "Cynognathus Assemblage Zone" }, { "docid": "2705077", "text": "is continuing debate on delineating \"Homo\" from \"Australopithecus\"—or, indeed, delineating \"Homo\" from \"Pan\", as one body of scientists argue that the two species of chimpanzee should be classed with genus \"Homo\" rather than \"Pan\". Even so, classifying the fossils of \"Homo\" coincides with evidences of: 1) competent human bipedalism in \"Homo habilis\" inherited from the earlier \"Australopithecus\" of more than four million years ago, (see Laetoli); and 2) human tool culture having begun by 2.5 million years ago. From the late-19th to mid-20th centuries, a number of new taxonomic names including new generic names were proposed for early human fossils;", "title": "Homo" }, { "docid": "723220", "text": "Despite their fragile, gelatinous bodies, fossils thought to represent ctenophores – apparently with no tentacles but many more comb-rows than modern forms – have been found in Lagerstätten as far back as the early Cambrian, about . Nevertheless, a recent molecular phylogenetics analysis concludes that the common ancestor originated approximately 350 million years ago ± 88 million years ago, conflicting previous estimates which suggests it occurred after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Because of their soft, gelatinous bodies, ctenophores are extremely rare as fossils, and fossils that have been interpreted as ctenophores have been found only in lagerstätten, places where the", "title": "Ctenophora" }, { "docid": "16304957", "text": "in herds, much like modern elephants. Along with mammoths, specimens of mastodons with marks from stone tools have been found, which means that they were probably hunted. This was by far the largest beaver ever to live, growing up to 7 feet long. Only five sites have ever been recovered, and most of what has been found is parts of the skull and lower jaw. Only one specimen of this animal has been found in Michigan, an antler that was found in Berrien County. There are seven sites in Michigan where this animal has been found, and it is believed", "title": "Pleistocene fossils in Michigan" }, { "docid": "12513802", "text": "a genus of freshwater snail, have also been found. While compression fossils of insects are found in the overlying Vectis Formation, all insect fossils in the Wessex formation are found as inclusions in amber. Amber can be found present as a rare component in other plant debris beds in the Wessex formation both on the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Purbeck, however the only significant concentration and where all of the inclusions have been found is a lag channel in the L6 plant debris horizon just south-east of Chilton Chine. Only two species from the amber have been", "title": "Wessex Formation" }, { "docid": "19962714", "text": "in the Middle Pleistocene or approximately 1.66 – 0.7 Ma. In 2003 another human species was found at Liang Bua cave in Flores, eastern Indonesia. The fossils consist of cranial and some post-cranial remains of one individual, and a premolar from another individual in older deposits. The species was recognized as distinct from \"H. erectus\" and \"H sapiens\" on the basis of anatomical differences (including much smaller body size), and named \"Homo floresiensis\". It has been suggested that the brain volume of these individuals was approximately around 400 cm, similar to the African \"Australopithecus afarensis\". However, \"H. floresiensis\" remains were", "title": "Archaic humans in Southeast Asia" }, { "docid": "8232484", "text": "not dinosaurs but large aquatic lizards that could reach lengths of up to 45 feet. They were carnivorous and would have been the top of the food chain in the Coon Creek area. Coon Creek has been named as one of the country's top twelve fossils sites for several reasons (Noble 1996). • The fossils are found in their original state. The hard shells have not been permeated by groundwater and not replaced by minerals. • The number of fossils is stupendous. Many times you will literally find fossils on top of fossils. Most fossil sites require concentrated efforts to", "title": "Coon Creek Formation" }, { "docid": "14452780", "text": "not believe what he saw—a hominid clavicle. Upon turning the block over, \"sticking out of the back of the rock was a mandible with a tooth, a canine, sticking out. And I almost died\", he later recalled. The fossil turned out to belong to a juvenile male, whose skull was discovered in March 2009 by Berger's team. The find was announced to the public on April 8, 2010. Also found at the Malapa archeological site were a variety of animal fossils, including saber-toothed cats, mongooses, and antelopes. Berger and geologist Paul Dirks speculated that the animals might have fallen into", "title": "Australopithecus sediba" }, { "docid": "12913827", "text": "strata where fossils of \"Santanichthys\" were gathered from date back to the Aptian stage of the Cretaceous period. A large part of this faunal assemblage are masses of fossilized fish found at semi-regular intervals, including shoals of \"Santanichthys\" in various states of preservation. Aside from the Santana, \"Santanichthys\" fossils have also been found in other Cretaceous deposits in Brazil. The Cretaceous deposits of the Brazilian Riachuelo Formation, specifically the Taquari Member have yielded specimens of \"Santanichthys\". Fossils of the taxon have also been unearthed from the Codo Formation in the Parnaiba Basin of Northeastern Brazil. The type specimen, DGM-DNPM 647P", "title": "Santanichthys" } ]

[ "Europa League" ]

[ { "docid": "142388", "text": "receive the FA Cup trophy, of which there have been two designs and five actual cups; the latest is a 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911. Winners also qualify for the Europa League and a place in the FA Community Shield match. Chelsea are the current holders, having beaten Manchester United 1–0 in the 2018 final. Arsenal are the most successful club with 13 titles. Arsène Wenger is the most successful manager in the history of the competition, having won seven finals as manager of Arsenal. In 1863, the newly founded Football Association (the FA) published the", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "18474249", "text": "losses and goal differential). After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth placed team may also qualify for Europa League if they or one of the top three teams wins the 2015 Kazakhstan Cup. The bottom six teams from Regular season will participate in the Relegation round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per", "title": "2015 Kazakhstan Premier League" }, { "docid": "142695", "text": "the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League also qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. If this means six Premier League teams qualify, then the fourth-placed team in the Premier League instead plays in the UEFA Europa League, as any single nation is limited to a maximum of 5 teams. The fifth-placed team in the Premier League qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage. The winner of the FA Cup also qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage, but", "title": "Premier League" }, { "docid": "8201238", "text": "for a total of 26 matches. Following this, the top six teams play in a championship playoff, where they meet each other twice. Upon its conclusion, the first place team wins the Israeli championship and qualifies to participate in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up and the third-placed teams qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. In Addition, the Israeli State Cup winners qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. If the State Cup winners are also one of the teams to finish in", "title": "Israeli Premier League" }, { "docid": "13385815", "text": "the seventh-placed team of the 2009–10 Premier League, Liverpool, claimed the Europa League spot in the third qualifying round. Key: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Player list B Portsmouth F.C. in European football Portsmouth F.C.'s record in Europe was in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup where they played Vitória Guimarães and Braga of Portugal, Italian team Milan and Heerenveen of the Netherlands. They qualified by winning the 2008 FA Cup final. Two years later, Portsmouth were the runners-up of the 2009–10 FA Cup to Champions League-qualified Chelsea. However, Portsmouth did not obtain a UEFA licence, meaning they could not qualify for Europe. Portsmouth had appealed", "title": "Portsmouth F.C. in European football" }, { "docid": "16621928", "text": "from Gibraltar competed in the tournament, after the Gibraltar Football Association was accepted as the 54th UEFA member at the UEFA Congress in May 2013. They were granted one spot in the Europa League, which was taken by College Europa, the runners-up of the 2014 Rock Cup. Starting from this edition, the UEFA Europa League winners automatically qualify for the subsequent UEFA Champions League season even if they do not qualify for the Champions League through their domestic performance. Therefore, the winners of this tournament qualify for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. They are guaranteed to enter at least the", "title": "2014–15 UEFA Europa League" }, { "docid": "142405", "text": "Winners' Cup instead). This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight. In the past, if the FA Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league or European performance, then the losing FA Cup finalist were given the European berth of the League Cup winners and the League Cup winners will be given the league berth instead (in the Cup Winners' Cup era, teams qualifying for the UEFA Cup via other competitions will be promoted to the Cup Winners' Cup instead). FA", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "5827321", "text": "position in the UEFA coefficients ranking system. As of the 2017–18 season, the league winner qualifies to the first qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. The second- and third-placed teams qualify for the first qualifying round and the preliminary round for the UEFA Europa League, respectively. An additional Europa League place is taken through the country's domestic cup competition, the FA Trophy. If the winner of the FA Trophy qualifies for Europe through their league position, the fourth-placed team in the league qualifies for the Europa League's preliminary round. The Premier Division Standing Committee (PDSC) is a body composed", "title": "Maltese Premier League" }, { "docid": "142406", "text": "Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage. Losing finalists, if they haven't qualified for Europe via the league, began earlier, at the play-off or third qualifying round stage. From the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA does not allow the runners-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition. If the winner — and until 2015, the runner-up — has already qualified for Europe through their league position (with the exception of the UEFA Cup until 1998), the FA Cup berth is then given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "142696", "text": "if the winner also finished in the top five places in the Premier League, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth. The winner of the EFL Cup qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but if the winner already qualified for a UEFA competition via the Premier League or FA Cup, then this place reverts to the team that finished sixth in the Premier League, or seventh if the FA Cup result already caused the sixth-placed team to qualify. The number of places allocated to English clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon", "title": "Premier League" }, { "docid": "18324037", "text": "UEFA rules, this was the first season where runners-up in cup competitions did not enter the Europa League if the winners had already qualified for Europe. Therefore, as Arsenal had already qualified for the Champions League by finishing third in the Premier League, the remaining Europa League place went to Southampton, the highest-placed Premier League team that had not qualified for any European competition. As winners, Arsenal played Chelsea, winners of the 2014–15 Premier League, in the 2015 FA Community Shield at Wembley. Arsenal were playing a record 19th FA Cup final, surpassing Manchester United. They had previously won 11,", "title": "2015 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "12058406", "text": "May 2009 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium. Because winners Chelsea qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League by finishing 3rd in the 2008–09 Premier League, losing finalists Everton qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Because Everton also happened to qualify for a Europa League berth by finishing 5th in the Premier League, that berth was awarded to the 6th place team (Aston Villa), whose berth (which was available because 2009–10 Football League Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League as Premier League winners) was in turn awarded to the 7th place", "title": "2008–09 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "20116085", "text": "2017 FA Cup Final The 2017 FA Cup Final was the 136th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football cup competition. It took place on 27 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London, England and was contested between London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal won the game 2–1 to secure a record 13th title, while manager Arsène Wenger became the most successful manager in the tournament's history with seven wins. The winners would enter the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage, had they not already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via other competitions. This was a rematch", "title": "2017 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "2035063", "text": "onwards. The champions of the Welsh Premier League qualify, along with the champions of every European domestic league, for the UEFA Champions League. The second placed team qualifies for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. The teams in places 3 to 7 then play-off for the second Europa spot. A place in the second round of the Europa League is also awarded to the winners of the Welsh Cup. If the winners of the Welsh Cup have already qualified for Europe via their league placing (e.g., finishing first and winning the Cup), or if the Welsh Cup", "title": "Welsh Premier League" }, { "docid": "17450491", "text": "Northern Irish football clubs in European competitions Northern Irish football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1957, when in the 1957–58 season, Glenavon took part in the European Cup – the first Northern Irish club to do so. In total, 16 different clubs have represented Northern Ireland in European competition. \"All statistics and records are accurate as of 19 June 2017.\" As of the 2017–18 season, the NIFL Premiership champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The runners-up, the Europa League play-off winners and the Irish Cup winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League. If, however, the cup", "title": "Northern Irish football clubs in European competitions" }, { "docid": "7281610", "text": "these tiebreakers e.g. determining the league champions, European qualification, or relegation, lots will be drawn by the Management Committee. The league champions qualify for the following season's UEFA Champions League, with the league runners-up, and Irish Cup winners qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. If, however, the Irish Cup winners have already qualified for Europe by finishing as champions or runners-up in the league, the third-placed team is awarded the berth. In order to compete in any of these European competitions, however, clubs must possess a UEFA licence. In the event that a team qualifies without such a licence, lower-placed", "title": "NIFL Premiership" }, { "docid": "1774200", "text": "League place is then granted to another club or vacated if the maximum limit of teams qualifying for European competitions is exceeded. If a team qualifies for European competition through both winning a cup and league placing, the \"spare\" UEFA Europa League place will go to the highest placed league team which has not already qualified for European competition, depending on the rules of the national association, or vacated, if the described limit is reached. The top three ranked associations may qualify for the fourth berth if both the Champions League and Europa League champions are from that association and", "title": "UEFA Europa League" }, { "docid": "4490111", "text": "Belgian Pro League was an exception as during that season the 15th placed team did not take part in any playoff, with the season for that team ending after the regular season. For the 2010–11 season, the Belgian champion and the runner-up qualify for the 3rd UEFA Champions League qualifying round (of 4). The Belgian Cup winner (or the Cup finalist if the Cup winner finished first or second in the league) qualifies for the play-off of the UEFA Europa League. The third-placed team (or the fourth-placed team if the Cup winner finished 3rd in the league) qualifies for the", "title": "Belgian First Division A" }, { "docid": "20661827", "text": "broadcast live on UK television: 2018–19 FA Cup The 2018–19 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) is the 138th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It is sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the Extra Preliminary Round on the weekend of 11 August 2018, and will conclude with the final on 18 May 2019. The winner will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. Premier League side Chelsea are the defending champions. The schedule follows All of the competing teams that", "title": "2018–19 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "20661822", "text": "2018–19 FA Cup The 2018–19 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) is the 138th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It is sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the Extra Preliminary Round on the weekend of 11 August 2018, and will conclude with the final on 18 May 2019. The winner will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. Premier League side Chelsea are the defending champions. The schedule follows All of the competing teams that are not members of either", "title": "2018–19 FA Cup" }, { "docid": "17765095", "text": "to Wembley since 1998 when they lost to Charlton Athletic in the First Division play-off final. By winning the final, Manchester City would have qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2014–15 Europa League, but they qualified for the Champions League via their league position. Thus, the Europa League berth was given to Tottenham Hotspur, the team that finished sixth in the Premier League. Manchester City began their League Cup campaign in the Third Round due to their involvement in the UEFA Champions League. In that round, they were drawn against Football League Championship team and FA Cup holders,", "title": "2014 Football League Cup Final" }, { "docid": "11852465", "text": "all qualified for Europe's elite for the fifth time in six seasons Aston Villa had looked like breaking into the Champions League spots for most of the season, but a late collapse that saw them win just twice in their last 13 league games saw them join FA Cup finalists Everton in qualifying for the newly formed UEFA Europa League (which replaced the UEFA Cup). Fulham were the other team to qualify for Europe, marking a remarkable turnaround since Roy Hodgson had taken over 18 months earlier when relegation from the Premier League looked a certainty. This was not only", "title": "2008–09 in English football" }, { "docid": "20423681", "text": "2019–20 UEFA Champions League The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League will be the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they", "title": "2019–20 UEFA Champions League" }, { "docid": "19982012", "text": "2018–19 UEFA Champions League The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League is the 64th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will be played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain. The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They will also automatically qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already", "title": "2018–19 UEFA Champions League" }, { "docid": "3610949", "text": "the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Segunda Liga and the top two teams from Segunda Liga are promoted to the Primeira Liga. The top teams in Primeira Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League with the first placed team directly entering the group stage and the second placed team entering the playoffs for the group stage of UEFA Champions League. Teams placed third and fourth play in the UEFA Europa League, along with the Taça de Portugal cup winners (unless they already qualify for the UEFA Champions League through league placing). In this case, the berth is", "title": "Primeira Liga" }, { "docid": "19142382", "text": "previous season, teams will carry forward their entire regular season record, with no halving of points. After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth-placed team will also qualify for Europa League because one of the top three teams will win the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup. The worst six teams from the regular season participated in the \"Relegation round\" where they played each other home-and-away in a", "title": "2016 Kazakhstan Premier League" } ]

[ { "docid": "8985877", "text": "winners qualify for the following season's AFC Champions League . The Thai FA Cup winners enter the AFC Champions League at the qualifying play-off preliminary round 2. The Thai FA Cup winners also qualify for the following season's single-match Thailand Champions Cup, the traditional season opener played against the previous season's Thai League 1 champions (or the Thai League runners-up if the Thai FA Cup winners also won the league – the double). as Buriram PEA <br> Thai FA Cup The Thai FA Cup (), known officially as The Football Association of Thailand Cup, is a football cup competition in", "title": "Thai FA Cup" }, { "docid": "9991556", "text": "after winning the 2012 Premier League season. Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season the bottom two clubs are relegated to the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone. The top two teams qualify for the CAF Champions League, while the third place team or the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup will qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup. If the winner of the Sierra Leonean FA Cup has already qualify for the CAF Champions League, the Confederations", "title": "Sierra Leone National Premier League" }, { "docid": "9786788", "text": "Division League are automatically eligible. The LFA Cup winners qualify for the following season's CAF Confederation Cup. This African place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the Liberian top flight. However, if the LFA Cup winning team has also qualified for the following season's Champions League, then the losing LFA Cup finalist is given the Confederation Cup place instead. LFA Cup winners enter the Confederation Cup at the Qualifiers Stage. The LFA Cup winners also qualify for the single-match LFA Super Cup against the Liberian Premier League Champions. Matches in the LFA Cup are usually", "title": "Liberian FA Cup" }, { "docid": "5272208", "text": "for the UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition through other means then their place is, unlike the FA Cup, not awarded to the runner-up, but instead the highest league finisher who has not qualified for Europe. League Cup winners Manchester United finished second, placing them directly into the Champions League group stage. This meant that the sixth-placed club, Blackburn Rovers, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The team directly after the UEFA Cup places, goes into the UEFA Intertoto Cup which means in turn, if the team – Newcastle United this season – wins a 2-legged match", "title": "2005–06 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "5272206", "text": "if an English team wins the Champions League, but finishes outside the top four, then they get the final Champions League spot instead of the fourth-placed club, who have to settle for a place in the UEFA Cup. This could have been the case with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, but Arsenal pipped Spurs to fourth place in the final matchday of the season before losing 2–1 to FC Barcelona in the final of the UEFA Champions League. The fifth-placed club always earns a spot in the UEFA Cup. The winners of the FA Cup also earn a place in the", "title": "2005–06 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "5272207", "text": "UEFA Cup. If they have already qualified for European competition by their league position or winning the League Cup, then the FA Cup runners-up get their place. If the runners-up, too, have already qualified, then the highest league finisher who have not already qualified for Europe (normally sixth place) are given the place. This season, the FA Cup final featured Liverpool and West Ham. Since Liverpool finished third they were assured of a spot in the Champions League qualifying round, which in turn meant that West Ham received the cup winner's UEFA Cup place. The League Cup winners also qualify", "title": "2005–06 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "11373536", "text": "the AFC Champions League. The Korean FA Cup winners also qualify for the AFC Champions League only. However, if the champions of Korean FA Cup are not members of K League, the fourth placed team of the K League Classic receive the entry spot. South Korean football league system The South Korean football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and amateur leagues for Korean football clubs. The highest level of football in South Korea is the K League 1 which was founded in 1983. K League 2 was founded in 2013 and is currently a second division.", "title": "South Korean football league system" }, { "docid": "7107670", "text": "two lowest-placed teams are relegated into the Iraq Division One, and the top two teams from the Iraq Division One are promoted in their place. Each club is allowed a maximum of three foreign players in their squad. The winners of the league qualify for the Iraqi Super Cup, a match played against the winners of the Iraq FA Cup (if the league winners also win the Iraq FA Cup, they play the league runners-up instead). At present, the winners of the Iraqi Premier League qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage and the runners-up qualify for the AFC", "title": "Iraqi Premier League" }, { "docid": "8726852", "text": "appearances. Two of these victories had yielded a League and FA Cup double (in 1994 and 1996) and in 1999 they had won the FA Cup as part of an unprecedented treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup wins. For Millwall, 2004 was their first appearance in an FA Cup final, although they had reached the semi-finals on three prior occasions: 1900, 1903 and 1937. Their appearance in the 1937 semi-final was notable as Millwall were the first team in the old Third Division to reach that stage. They also became only the second team from outside the", "title": "2004 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "142407", "text": "qualified. The FA Cup winners also qualify for the following season's single-match FA Community Shield, the traditional season opener played against the previous season's Premier League champions (or the Premier League runners-up if the FA Cup winners also won the league – the double). Fixtures in the 12 rounds of the competition are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams. The semi-finals and final are played at a neutral venue – the rebuilt Wembley Stadium (since 2008 and 2007 respectively). In the matches for the twelve competition rounds, the team who plays at home is", "title": "FA Cup" }, { "docid": "20691254", "text": "and one through its domestic cup competition: If there is any team which qualifies through multiple berths, or if there is any Canada-based MLS team which are champions of the MLS Cup, the Supporters' Shield, or conference regular season, the vacated berth is reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record not yet qualified. For Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams compete in the MLS, they cannot qualify through either the MLS regular season or Playoffs.", "title": "2020 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "20703616", "text": "Danish Handball Cup 2018 (women's handball) The 2018 Danish Handball Cup (), known as Santander Cup 2018 for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th edition of the national women's handball cup tournament. Team Esbjerg are the defending champions. The initial 6 rounds are managed by the regional federations with the DHF taking over the tournament at the round of 16. It ultimately results in a final four event between Christmas and New Year. The winner of the tournament qualify for the Super Cup where they meet the season's league winner. If the same team wins both the league and the cup,", "title": "Danish Handball Cup 2018 (women's handball)" }, { "docid": "20703618", "text": "24 August Danish Handball Cup 2018 (women's handball) The 2018 Danish Handball Cup (), known as Santander Cup 2018 for sponsorship reasons, is the 55th edition of the national women's handball cup tournament. Team Esbjerg are the defending champions. The initial 6 rounds are managed by the regional federations with the DHF taking over the tournament at the round of 16. It ultimately results in a final four event between Christmas and New Year. The winner of the tournament qualify for the Super Cup where they meet the season's league winner. If the same team wins both the league and", "title": "Danish Handball Cup 2018 (women's handball)" }, { "docid": "4920075", "text": "determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the season. If two or more teams are level on points, tiebreakers are, in the following order Since the Asian Football Confederation starts the AFC Champions League in 2002–03 season, China was given 2 slots in the competition, qualification for the AFC Champions League changed in 2009 as AFC distribute 4 slots to China, The top three of the league, as well as the winner of the Chinese FA Cup, qualify for the AFC Champions League of the next year. If the FA Cup finalists finish the league in 3rd or", "title": "Chinese Super League" }, { "docid": "15053652", "text": "Despite the inclusion of Canadian teams in MLS, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS, and if a Canadian-based MLS team win the Supporters' Shield or play in the MLS Cup final, the Champions League place is allocated to the US-based team with the best MLS regular season record who has failed to otherwise qualify. Twelve clubs from the Central American Football Union qualify to the Champions League. If one or more clubs is precluded, it is supplanted by a club from another Central American federation. The reallocation would be based on results from previous Champions League", "title": "2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "5844374", "text": "UEFA Champions League as a \"compliment to the club\". He spoke in favour of moving FA Cup ties midweek to prevent fixture congestion, because the current system was too demanding for the big clubs: \"In England a team that goes for the FA Cup automatically has a problem in the championship, especially if they play in the Champions League. There are then so many games something has to be sacrificed and I have sacrificed points in the championship to the FA Cup.\" When asked whether reducing the number of teams in the UEFA Champions League would help, Wenger commented it", "title": "2001 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "13385814", "text": "Portsmouth F.C. in European football Portsmouth F.C.'s record in Europe was in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup where they played Vitória Guimarães and Braga of Portugal, Italian team Milan and Heerenveen of the Netherlands. They qualified by winning the 2008 FA Cup final. Two years later, Portsmouth were the runners-up of the 2009–10 FA Cup to Champions League-qualified Chelsea. However, Portsmouth did not obtain a UEFA licence, meaning they could not qualify for Europe. Portsmouth had appealed to UEFA, the Premier League and the English FA, but the latter two would not allow late applications for the licence. As a result,", "title": "Portsmouth F.C. in European football" }, { "docid": "20323928", "text": "Danish Handball Cup 2017 (women's handball) The 2017 Danish Handball Cup (), known as Santander Cup 2017 for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th edition of the national women's handball cup tournament. Randers HK are the defending champions. The initial 6 rounds are managed by the regional federations with the DHF taking over the tournament at the round of 16. It ultimately results in a final four event between Christmas and New Year. The winner of the tournament qualify for the Super Cup where they meet the season's league winner. If the same team wins both the league and the cup,", "title": "Danish Handball Cup 2017 (women's handball)" }, { "docid": "12270943", "text": "earlier to do so undefeated. They completed their historic league campaign with 26 wins, 12 draws and 90 points. By the end of January 2004, Arsenal were still in the hunt for all four trophies, but suffered setbacks in each of the cup competitions; they were unable to retain the FA Cup, losing out to eventual winners Manchester United in the semi-finals and days later were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Chelsea in the quarter-finals. They exited the League Cup after a defeat to Middlesbrough in early February. In Out The 2004 edition of the FA Community", "title": "2004–05 Arsenal F.C. season" }, { "docid": "7548310", "text": "only the fifth side to do so since the Second World War. They also set the record for the most clean sheets (six) from the start of the season and equalled the best home record for a top division team since Newcastle United in 1906–07 (18 wins and 1 draw from 19 games). In the cups, however, there was less success as they were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona and the FA Cup semi-final by Liverpool. The 2006–07 season saw Chelsea relinquish the Premier League trophy to Manchester United after remaining second in the league for the", "title": "History of Chelsea F.C." }, { "docid": "20147827", "text": "Canada. For Mexico, the champions and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura Liguilla (playoff) tournaments qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth is reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensures that two teams qualify via each tournament. For the United States, four teams qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, three through the Major League Soccer (MLS) season and one through its domestic cup competition: If there is any team which qualifies through multiple berths, or if there is any Canada-based MLS", "title": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "5272205", "text": "table Sunderland at Old Trafford killed United's title hopes. The momentum was back with Chelsea who didn't need a second bite at the apple with wins over Bolton, Everton and finally Manchester United giving the west Londoners their second successive championship under Mourinho. The top two clubs at the end of the season earned the right to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stages, while the third- and fourth-placed clubs get places in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round (where they progress to the Champions League group stages if they win or the UEFA Cup if they lose). However,", "title": "2005–06 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "7897652", "text": "released a statement on 10 March 2004 that if Arsenal or Chelsea won the Champions League, but failed to finish in the top four Premier League spots, they would nonetheless be automatically entered in the next year's competition and the fourth placed Premier League team placed in the UEFA Cup. On 5 May, the FA decided that the top four finishing teams in the Premier League would be entered into the Champions League even if Liverpool did win the upcoming Champions League Final. The FA also believed that if Liverpool won in Istanbul and did not finish in the top", "title": "Liverpool F.C. 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualification" }, { "docid": "18941897", "text": "league and in round two of the FA Cup. Penang finished third in the group stage of the Malaysia Cup and failed to qualify for the second round. In 2004, Penang ranked fifth out of 8 in the league and eliminated in the second round of FA Cup. Yunus Alif's boys won the group stage of Malaysia Cup but lost in second round. The league performance in 2006 is worse than 2005 as the team only ranked sixth. Penang won the first round of FA Cup, but they faild to qualify for the third round. They top the group of", "title": "Penang FA" }, { "docid": "19505618", "text": "club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th. Al-Batin which finished 12th will face Najran, the 3rd-placed 2016–17 Saudi First Division side for a two-legged play-off. Al-Batin beat Najran 3–2 on aggregate. Source: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League The 2016–17 Saudi Professional League (also known as the Jameel", "title": "2016–17 Saudi Professional League" }, { "docid": "18874183", "text": "flight football back to Makkah and Khobar. <section begin=teams /> <section begin=map /><section end=map /> <section end=teams /> The number of foreign players was limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper. The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions", "title": "2015–16 Saudi Professional League" }, { "docid": "11522004", "text": "cup competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. If a Canada-based team occupies any MLS-allocated berth, or any U.S-based team qualifies for the Champions League by more than one method, the Champions League place is allocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record which has failed to otherwise qualify. For the United States, for the 2019 Champions League, the participants are the 2017 US Open Cup champion, the 2018 US Open Cup champion, the 2018 MLS Cup Champion, and the US MLS team with the best aggregate record combined for the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular", "title": "CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "4082270", "text": "awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. If teams are level on points, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then the goal difference, followed by several other factors. If the teams are tied for the first position, the tie-breakers are the number of wins, then head-to-head results. If the teams tied for the first place cannot be separated by these tie-breakers, a championship play-off is ordered. As of 2010, the champions and the runners-up qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. The third-placed team qualifies for the Champions League Third qualifying round.", "title": "Russian Premier League" }, { "docid": "18485819", "text": "both tournament champions qualify if there are two available berths (if the same team wins both tournaments, the runner-up with the better aggregate record also qualifies), or the champion with the better aggregate record qualifies if there is only one available berth. If one or more clubs is precluded, it is supplanted by a club from another Central American association. The reallocation is based on results from previous Champions League tournaments. Three teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualify to the Champions League. The three berths, in Pot 1, are allocated to the top three finishers of the CFU", "title": "2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "7722561", "text": "grew successfully throughout the 1960s. He sold the company in 1973. The Football Association, anxious to improve the commercial aspects of football, appointed him Secretary in 1973 to succeed the retiring Denis Follows. The position was effectively that of Chief Executive, overseeing the day-to-day running of the FA. In 1974, he proposed the current format for the Charity Shield, with the match to be played between the champions of the top division of the Football League (now the Premier League), and FA Cup winners (or first and second in the League if one team wins both) at Wembley Stadium, as", "title": "Ted Croker" }, { "docid": "18706349", "text": "New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup. In the year 2000, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup. In 04' Season, New Radiant claimed the FA cup and became the first team ever to qualify for the Asian cup. In 2005 Season, The blues reached the Semi-Finals of the AFC Cup 2005 and were beaten in semi finals by champions Al Faisaly of Jordan. In 2006, was a successful season for New Radiant. The blues won FA cup and the Dhivehi League. In 07' Season, The Blues were able to clinch 2 titles, both the FA cup and", "title": "New Radiant S.C." }, { "docid": "17892626", "text": "end of the year. LionsXII began their campaign by defeating ATM FA 1–0 away. Subsequently, they vanquished the nation's traditional rivals Selangor FA. However, LionsXII stumbled to three losses against lowly T-Team FC and PKNS FC away. One sent them crashing out of the 2013 Malaysia FA Cup. In a turn of events, LionsXII went on a long unbeaten streak, securing important wins over Pahang FA (3–0), Kelantan FA (1–0), and ATM FA (3–1) at home. On 2 July 2013, a 4–0 win over relegation-threatened FELDA United FC in the penultimate league game made LionsXII league champions. Singapore's Prime Minister,", "title": "2013 LionsXII season" }, { "docid": "11373535", "text": "league structure above. All K League and National League sides qualify for the Korean FA Cup tournament. The top four sides from the Challengers League gained qualification to the next season's FA Cup tournament. Additional qualifiers come from amateur and university level. The League Cup competition is open to K League teams only, whilst sides from the National League can compete in the National Championship. From 2011, Challengers Cup competition is open to Challengers League teams. At present, four South Korean sides qualify automatically for the AFC Champions League. Three top teams from K League 1 automatically gains entry to", "title": "South Korean football league system" }, { "docid": "9557739", "text": "gaining the highest league position. Domestic cup competitions feature heavily as well, with teams from both leagues of your selected country competing in a knock-out competition. If your team achieves a high league position, they will enter European competitions. The top teams will enter the UEFA Champions League with a select number of teams below them entering the UEFA Cup. Although the cup competitions in \"O'Leary Manager 2000\" are not officially licensed (i.e. \"Domestic Cup\" instead of \"FA Cup and \"Euro Cup\" instead of \"UEFA Champions League\"), they follow the same rules and structure of the competitions they represent. Despite", "title": "O'Leary Manager 2000" }, { "docid": "4259084", "text": "improvement in form they finished fourth in the final table, which meant that their place in Europe for 2001–02 would be in the UEFA Cup rather than the European Cup. Failure to qualify for the following season's Champions League was considered a disappointment rather than a disaster by fans of the club at the time, given the success in reaching the semi-final. However, the directors of the club had secured tens of millions of pounds of loans which depended on successful Champions League qualification; the failure to qualify was a calamity that would see the club suffer financial disaster and", "title": "2000–01 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "19470097", "text": "2016–17 Arsenal F.C. season The 2016–17 season was Arsenal's 25th in the Premier League and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal finished outside the top four of the Premier League for the first time since the 1995–96 season, but they won the FA Cup for a record 13th time, beating Chelsea 2–1 in the final. The victory saw manager Arsène Wenger become the most successful manager in FA Cup history with seven wins. The season covers the period from", "title": "2016–17 Arsenal F.C. season" }, { "docid": "18216772", "text": "for the Women's FA Cup final, in which they lost 3–1 to Chelsea. In August 2018, in his first full preseason in charge of Arsenal Women's, the team were crowned champions of the prestigious preseason Toulouse International Ladies Cup beating UEFA Champions League quarter finalists Montpellier HSC and holding Paris Saint Germain to a 2–2 draw Melbourne Victory W-League Runner-up 2014 Melbourne City W-League 2015–16 Premiers 2015–16 Champions 2016–17 Champions Melbourne City A-League (Assistant) 2016–17 FFA Cup Winners Arsenal FC Women 2018 WSL Continental Cup Champions 2018 FA Womens Cup Runners Up 2018 Toulouse International Ladies Cup Champions Joe Montemurro", "title": "Joe Montemurro" }, { "docid": "19295410", "text": "1921 FA Charity Shield The 1921 FA Charity Shield was a football match played on 16 May 1921. It was the eight FA Charity Shield match and was contested by First Division champions Burnley and FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham won 2-0, their first of seven Charity Shield wins, having lost to West Bromwich Albion by the same score the previous year. Burnley's appearance was their first in the Charity Shield, thought they have since won the competition twice. This was the first Charity Shield match played between the league champions and FA Cup champions, which would from 1930", "title": "1921 FA Charity Shield" }, { "docid": "20147828", "text": "team which are champions of the MLS Cup, the Supporters' Shield, or conference regular season, the vacated berth is reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record not yet qualified. For Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams compete in the MLS, they cannot qualify through either the MLS regular season or Playoffs. In line with the launch of the new format, which places the Canadian representative directly in the CONCACAF Champions League beginning in early 2018,", "title": "2018 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "19952067", "text": "Penang FA Reserves Penang FA President's Cup Team are the under-21 team of Penang FA. They play in the Malaysia President's Cup, which is the top level of reserve football in Malaysia. They were the Champions in the 2004 season. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally have an appearance. The President's Cup Team is coached by Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid. Penang FA Youth League Team are the under-19 team of Penang FA. It is a member of the Malaysia Youth League. The Youth Cup Team is coached by Noraffendi Taib. From 2017", "title": "Penang FA Reserves" }, { "docid": "3730557", "text": "a slow start to the 2006–07 season, with the team mired in fourth place which would not qualify them for the Champions League, Magath was sacked on 31 January 2007. He finished with a record of 84 wins, 25 draws, and 22 losses. In June 2007, Magath signed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg, as head coach and director of football. Magath lead the \"Wolves\" to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the following season's Champions League, the latter as league champions for the first time. He finished with a record of 46 wins, 18 draws, and 21 losses. Before", "title": "Felix Magath" }, { "docid": "5965446", "text": "won the Chinese FA cup dramatically, entering next year's AFC Champions League. In 2015, Cuca's team failed to qualify from group stage of AFC Champions League again, but ranked third in the domestic league, winning the chance to participate in the 2016 AFC Champions League qualification stage. In December 2015, former Brazil national team coach Mano Menezes became the new coach of Shandong Luneng Taishan. Li Xiaopeng was the new vice manager of the club. On 21 April 2016, with a 1–0 victory over Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Shandong Luneng returned to the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League", "title": "Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C." }, { "docid": "9607752", "text": "and to recall Sol Campbell who recovered from a hamstring injury. Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri felt his team's participation in the cup final showed \"... we are building something. It gives the young players confidence.\" He noted their defence conceded fewer goals than the previous season, and targeted an improvement to their away record for the next campaign. Ranieri described the match against Arsenal as evenly balanced, adding: \"Winning the FA Cup would make up for missing out on the Champions League. If the team can win, they will believe in themselves, but if they don't, it won't be the", "title": "2002 FA Cup Final" }, { "docid": "6014660", "text": "2005–06 Danish Superliga The 2005–06 Danish Superliga season was the 16th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 19, 2005 to the final match on May 14, 2006. FC København will, as Danish champions, qualify for UEFA Champions League 2006-07 qualification and the Royal League 2006-07. Brøndby IF will, as runners-up, qualify for UEFA Cup 2006-07 qualification and Royal League. Odense BK will, as 3rd placed, qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 and Royal League, while Viborg FF, as the 4th placed team, just", "title": "2005–06 Danish Superliga" }, { "docid": "7014761", "text": "conferences. Regulation wins are worth 3 points, as per international rules. The top 8 teams qualify for the Magnus Cup playoffs, with all series contested in a best-of-seven format. The remaining 4 teams play a 6-game round-robin, at the end of which the last-place team is relegated. The Magnus Cup champions qualify for the following season's Champions Hockey League. All Ligue Magnus teams also take part in the French Cup. Game night rosters must include at least 11 players who have spent 3 or more years in the French hockey system before the age of 21. French citizenship itself is", "title": "Ligue Magnus" }, { "docid": "15947778", "text": "and playoffs; the fourth spot is allocated to the winner of its domestic cup competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The MLS Cup winner and the Supporters' Shield winner (if U.S.-based) are placed in Pot A; the MLS Cup runner-up (if U.S.-based) and the U.S. Open Cup winner are placed in Pot B. If any of the above spots are taken by a Canada-based MLS team, the Champions League place is allocated to the U.S.-based team with the best MLS regular season record who has failed to otherwise qualify. For Canada, the winner of the domestic cup competition, the", "title": "2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "9822900", "text": "Al-Shaab Stadium. Significant focus is given to the lower division clubs who progress furthest, with unlikely victories against Premier League teams being labelled as \"giant-killings\", although no lower division team has been able to get past the semi-finals. The winners and runners-up of the competition are awarded a place in the next season's Arab Club Champions Cup, as well as qualifying for the Iraqi Super Cup where they play against the league champions at the start of the following season (or the league runners-up, if the cup winners have won the double). Al-Zawraa are the current holders of the cup,", "title": "Iraq FA Cup" }, { "docid": "4190696", "text": "badly for Olympiacos, with the team losing their first few official matches, against Anorthosis Famagusta for the Champions League third qualifying round, and was eliminated from the tournament, which resulted to a seat in the UEFA Cup first round, where Olympiacos beat Nordsjælland to qualify for the group stage. The team also started well in the 2008–09 Superleague Greece, winning every match at home, but facing difficulties away. They ended up winning the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup, celebrating the 14th double in Olympiacos history. After an impressive UEFA Cup run at home, with some spectacular wins against Benfica", "title": "Olympiacos F.C." }, { "docid": "14714731", "text": "2003–04 Newcastle United F.C. season During the 2003–04 season, Newcastle United participated in the FA Premier League. This season saw the club reach the semi-finals of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. Newcastle finished 5th in the Premiership at the end of the season, which ensured qualification for the UEFA Cup once again for the 2004-05 season. Many fans were left disgruntled that United did not make it into the Champions League. Newcastle had finished the 2002–03 season third in the Premier League, entering the qualification rounds for the Champions League. However, Newcastle did not qualify for the Champions League. They beat", "title": "2003–04 Newcastle United F.C. season" }, { "docid": "3892555", "text": "to qualify via the qualifying playoffs, and they are also eligible to participate in the AFC Cup. Since 2009, the champions do not qualify automatically for the following year's competition. The winner of the AFC Champions League qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup. The most successful club in the competition is the Pohang Steelers with a total of three titles. The reigning champions of the competition are the Kashima Antlers, who won the competition for the first time. The competition started as the Asian Club Championship, a tournament for the champions of each AFC nation, and had a variety", "title": "AFC Champions League" }, { "docid": "681076", "text": "chairman Freddy Shepherd, and quit the club four games into the 1999–2000 season with the team bottom of the table to be replaced by Bobby Robson. The club managed to reach an FA Cup Semi-final and to stay in the Premier League. A title challenge emerged during the 2001–02 season, and Newcastle's fourth-place finish saw them qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The following season, Robson guided the team to another title challenge and finished third in the League, and the second group stage of the Champions League. Newcastle finished fifth in the league at the end of the 2003–04", "title": "Newcastle United F.C." }, { "docid": "546643", "text": "after exiting the FA Cup. He said \"The first trophy is to finish in the top four\". At Arsenal's 2012 AGM, Wenger was also quoted as saying: \"For me there are five trophies every season: Premier League, Champions League, the third is to qualify for the Champions League...\" The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the same nation may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its group home and away in a round-robin", "title": "UEFA Champions League" }, { "docid": "2105015", "text": "for the next season's European Rugby Champions Cup whilst the team in seventh place advances to a playoff for another place. Teams that do not qualify for the Champions Cup play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup. Bold italics denote players active in the 2018–19 Premiership. All records relate to 1997 onward when National League One was re-launched as the Premiership. Source: Source: Source: Between 1987–2002, the team at the top of the league was crowned English champions. From 2002–03, the winner of the league has been determined with a Premiership Final, which takes place at Twickenham. Each season at", "title": "Premiership Rugby" }, { "docid": "20336086", "text": "any Canada-based MLS team which are champions of the 2017 or 2018 MLS Cup, the vacated berth is reallocated to the U.S.-based team with the best aggregate record over the 2017 and 2018 MLS regular seasons. For Canada, the champions of the Canadian Championship, its domestic cup competition which awards the Voyageurs Cup, qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. While some Canada-based teams compete in the MLS, they cannot qualify through either the MLS regular season or Playoffs. The five berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to five of the seven UNCAF member associations as follows:", "title": "2019 CONCACAF Champions League" }, { "docid": "15539970", "text": "Cup, United earned a berth into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. United fared better in their second Champions League journey, earning three wins, a draw and two losses. However, despite the winning record, United finished third in their group, narrowly missing out on the quarterfinals. Until the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League, United had the highest total number of points in Group Stage not to qualify for the knockout round of the Champions League. Following the club's failure to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for two consecutive seasons, Tom Soehn resigned from the head coaching duties. Soehn became a director", "title": "History of D.C. United" }, { "docid": "6271988", "text": "the Italian club's third straight final (and second straight defeat). 1998–99 is remembered for the upset of Ottmar Hitzfeld's Bayern by Manchester United's treble success. United had already forged a reputation for late comebacks in England as they picked up the Premier League and FA Cup en route to the Champions League final. Having succeeded in both the league and FA Cup, the omens appeared to be with Manchester United for the Champions League. With Paul Scholes and captain Roy Keane suspended, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel – playing his last match for the club – captained the team on the night,", "title": "European Cup and UEFA Champions League history" }, { "docid": "11986879", "text": "wins in the competition to 13 (17 including shared titles). 2008 FA Community Shield The 2008 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 10 August 2008 between 2007–08 Premier League champions Manchester United and 2007–08 FA Cup winners Portsmouth as the \"curtain-raiser\" to the 2008–09 English football season. The match marked the 100th year since the first Charity Shield, also won by", "title": "2008 FA Community Shield" }, { "docid": "14713913", "text": "front.\" The FA Charity Shield is a match played between the reigning Premier League Champions and the FA Cup winners one week prior to the commencement of the Premier League campaign. However, Manchester United completed a domestic double the previous season and on 14 May 1996 the FA voted to invite Newcastle, rather than FA Cup beaten finalists Liverpool, to play against the Champions at Wembley. The invitation was accepted on 22 May, with Newcastle defender Steve Watson telling the press: \"It's brilliant news...It's not the way we wanted to qualify for the Charity Shield – we wanted to get", "title": "1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season" }, { "docid": "18706351", "text": "Cup 2008 in the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses. In 2009 Season, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments after 2002. The Blues did not qualify for the AFC Cup 2009. The year 2010 was also an unsuccessful year for New Radiant. But the club ended the unbeaten streak of League Champions VB Sports Club in the FA cup semi final. However, similar to the previous years, they had to end the season with no success, as they lost the FA cup final against Victory. In 2011, the Club reached", "title": "New Radiant S.C." }, { "docid": "15693587", "text": "She helped the club qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time, by scoring in a 3–0 FA Women's Cup semi–final win over Liverpool Ladies at Haig Avenue. At the FA Women's Cup final at the Ricoh Arena in May 2011 Bleazard struck the crossbar with a free kick, but Bristol were beaten 2–0 by Arsenal. In February 2012 Bleazard signed for Bristol's WSL rivals Chelsea Ladies. She played for her new club in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final, but they lost to Birmingham City on penalties after a 2–2 draw. After two seasons with Chelsea,", "title": "Helen Bleazard" }, { "docid": "10809529", "text": "Glenn Hysén. Liverpool's entered the four-team Makita International Tournament, played at Wembley Stadium, where they lost against Arsenal in the final, having beaten Dinamo Kiev. This was followed by a tour of Scandinavia which saw wins against Malmö FF and Halmstads BK and draws with Vasalunds IF and HJK Helsinki. As FA Cup holders, Liverpool entered the Charity Shield, facing league champions Arsenal, in a rematch of the last game of the previous season when Arsenal had won the title at Anfield in dramatic circumstances. Liverpool gained some small revenge with a 1–0 win, thanks to a Peter Beardsley goal.", "title": "1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season" }, { "docid": "5582038", "text": "Treble (association football) A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season. A 'continental treble' involves winning the club's national league competition, main national cup competition and a continental trophy. A 'domestic treble' involves winning three national competitions—normally the league title, the primary cup competition and one secondary competition. Competitions which consist of a single match or a two-leg match (e.g. the FA Community Shield, Irish FA Charity Shield, Supercopa de España, Trophée des Champions, the Recopa Sudamericana, the UEFA Super Cup or the Intercontinental Cup) are not normally counted as", "title": "Treble (association football)" }, { "docid": "11035240", "text": "2007–08 CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2007-08 season. The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions: 24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams each. The 1st – 2nd ranked will qualify for the Play-off 12 teams. If the organizer of the final four is one of the above qualified teams in this case this team directly qualifies for the final four and the 3rd ranked team with the best score will also qualify for the Play-off 12 teams", "title": "2007–08 CEV Champions League" }, { "docid": "15841741", "text": "the table. The winners of the league qualify directly into the group stage for the AFC Champions League, while the Hong Kong FA Cup winners also gain a place in the 2nd qualifying rounds of the tournament. Previously the FA Cup winners and the teams finishing in 2nd, 3rd and 4th competed in an end of season playoff for the final spot in the AFC Champions League, but this rule was abolished after the 2016–17 season. The structure of the prize money for the inaugural season is as below. A total of 10 teams will participate in the 2018–19 season", "title": "Hong Kong Premier League" }, { "docid": "16221247", "text": "Northern Division (Level 3 of pyramid) 2011–12 FA Women's Cup The 2011–12 FA Women's Cup is the 41st season of the association football knockout competition. 276 clubs competed for the years trophy. The winners will not qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The current holders are now Birmingham City LFC. They beat Chelsea 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in the final at Ashton Gate. Sheffield United Community LFC 0 – 1 Middlesbrough LFC 8 January 2012 at Thornaby FC California Ladies 0 – 8 Durham Wildcats LFC 8 January 2012 at Spennymoor Town FC Blackpool", "title": "2011–12 FA Women's Cup" }, { "docid": "16221232", "text": "2011–12 FA Women's Cup The 2011–12 FA Women's Cup is the 41st season of the association football knockout competition. 276 clubs competed for the years trophy. The winners will not qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The current holders are now Birmingham City LFC. They beat Chelsea 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in the final at Ashton Gate. Sheffield United Community LFC 0 – 1 Middlesbrough LFC 8 January 2012 at Thornaby FC California Ladies 0 – 8 Durham Wildcats LFC 8 January 2012 at Spennymoor Town FC Blackpool Wren Rovers LFC 3 – 2", "title": "2011–12 FA Women's Cup" }, { "docid": "18976616", "text": "1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Prelim. Stage 2. The team finishing second in the V.League 1, and the winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Cup Group Stage. Vietnamese football league system The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs. * As of 2018 season All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the Vietnamese Cup tournament. The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and Vietnamese Cup. If the", "title": "Vietnamese football league system" }, { "docid": "4259066", "text": "2000–01 FA Premier League The 2000–01 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the third season running which ended with Manchester United as champions and Arsenal as runners-up. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager to win three successive English league titles with the same club. Liverpool, meanwhile, managed a unique cup treble – winning the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. They also finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League; they had not played in the European Cup since the 1985 final at Heysel in which their", "title": "2000–01 FA Premier League" }, { "docid": "12179765", "text": "1990 FA Charity Shield The 1990 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Tennent's FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 18 August 1990 between 1989–90 Football League champions Liverpool and 1989–90 FA Cup winners Manchester United. This would be the last time either team was to share the trophy, as new regulations were brought in two years later that allowed for extra time and subsequently a penalty shootout if a draw occurred in", "title": "1990 FA Charity Shield" }, { "docid": "20840764", "text": "2008–09 AaB Fodbold season During the 2008–09 Danish football season, AaB Fodbold competed in the Danish Superliga. Bruce Rioch managed to guide AaB to the Champions League group stage, but was sacked after only two wins from the first 10 league games and a single point won from their first three Champions League games, with the team 11th in the Superliga. Interim manager Allan Kuhn went undefeated in his seven league games and three Champions League games, seeing the club rise to 6th and qualify for the UEFA Cup knockout stages. However, sporting director Lynge Jakobsen was wary of promoting", "title": "2008–09 AaB Fodbold season" }, { "docid": "20861777", "text": "Champions Cup as well as the 2019 Iraqi Super Cup. The cup starts with the first round, consisting of 24 teams from the Iraq Division One. 1 team from the Division One is automatically placed in the playoff round, where they face one of the first round's winners for a place in the Round of 32. The 20 Iraqi Premier League clubs join the 12 qualified teams to form the Round of 32. If a player receives a second yellow card, they will be banned from the next cup match. If a player receives a red card, they will be", "title": "2018–19 Iraq FA Cup" }, { "docid": "17235122", "text": "World Cup. The South Korean FA originally placed a request of hosting the tournament away from the traditional June/July period, as it would clash with South Korea's rainy season, as well as any possible national team selection were they to qualify for the Confederations Cup.<ref name=\"When/Where in Korea 2017\"></ref> Serbia, the 2015 champions, were not able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the fifth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. England won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup", "title": "2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup" }, { "docid": "14225382", "text": "2016 season the club relocated from the northeastern to the northern region and qualify to the second round in Thai League Cup and Thai FA Cup , the club made a good performance in northern region including a 5–0 win over Phetchabun F.C. and lost only 3 games. They qualified to Division 2 Champions League round as winner of northern region zone. In the Champions League round they qualified to semi-final, but following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Football Association of Thailand cancelled the remaining match on 14 October 2016. To find 3 of 4 teams to promoted", "title": "Nongbua Pitchaya F.C." }, { "docid": "19952068", "text": "season, the under-21 team play their home games at City Stadium. The under-19 team play their home games at the USM Athletics Stadium. Penang FA Reserves Penang FA President's Cup Team are the under-21 team of Penang FA. They play in the Malaysia President's Cup, which is the top level of reserve football in Malaysia. They were the Champions in the 2004 season. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally have an appearance. The President's Cup Team is coached by Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid. Penang FA Youth League Team are the under-19 team", "title": "Penang FA Reserves" }, { "docid": "18939147", "text": "a 20 meters shot defeating goalkeeper, Khairul Fahmi. A minute later, Norshahrul Idlan scores back to make 2–1. On 63rd minutes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national striker, Marlon Alex James scores with a header. The scores remain 2–2 until they added an extra times. On 95th minutes, Indra Putra scores with a wonderful volley from the right side defeating Farizal Harun. Kelantan beat ATM during 2012 Malaysia Cup final. The historical win completed a treble of wins for Kelantan after emerging Malaysia FA Cup champions and Malaysia Super League champions that season, after last achieved by Kedah for two", "title": "Kelantan FA" } ]

[ "Emily Litella" ]

[ { "docid": "3954230", "text": "Emily Litella Emily Litella is a fictional character created and performed by comedian Gilda Radner in a series of appearances on \"Saturday Night Live\". Based on a person in her early life, Emily Litella is a popular character in Radner's comedy repertoire. Emily Litella is an elderly woman with a hearing problem who appeared 26 times on \"SNL's\" \"Weekend Update\" op-ed segment in the late 1970s. Attired in a frumpy dress, sweater and Lisa Loopner glasses, Litella was introduced with professional dignity by the news anchors, who could sometimes be seen cringing slightly in anticipation of the malapropisms they knew", "title": "Emily Litella" }, { "docid": "584598", "text": "a kennel.\" At the time, use of the actual word would have been censored by the Hays Office. By 1974, Elton John had a hit single (#4 in the U.S. and #14 in the U.K.) with \"The Bitch Is Back\", in which he says \"bitch\" repeatedly. It was, however, censored by some radio stations. On late night U.S. television, the character Emily Litella (1976-1978) on \"Saturday Night Live\" (portrayed by Gilda Radner) would frequently refer to Jane Curtin under her breath at the end of their \"Weekend Update\" routine in this way: \"Oh! Never mind...! \"Bitch!\"\" \"Bitchin' \" arose in", "title": "Bitch (slang)" }, { "docid": "6377729", "text": "board as well. Significant characters who appeared chiefly on \"Weekend Update\" are listed here in chronological order of their first appearance. Saturday Night Live characters appearing on Weekend Update Weekend Update has been a platform for \"Saturday Night Live\" characters to grow and gain popularity ever since Gilda Radner used it to create Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Many cast members have used \"Update\" as the primary vehicle for a certain character. Don Novello was featured almost exclusively on the news segment as his breakout character, Father Guido Sarducci, and Tim Kazurinsky, in the face of Eddie Murphy's overshadowing popularity,", "title": "Saturday Night Live characters appearing on Weekend Update" } ]

[ { "docid": "3034344", "text": "Mango (Saturday Night Live) Mango was a character performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\". The character was co-created and developed by Kattan and SNL writer Scott Wainio along with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins. Mango is a male exotic dancer who performed in a strip club. He would always wear tight lamé shorts and often a spangled beret. Mango spoke with a Hispanic accent, and though his nationality was never identified, he was said to be born on \"Mango Island\". He appeared on 16 SNL episodes between 1997 and 2002. The concept", "title": "Mango (Saturday Night Live)" }, { "docid": "11967444", "text": "In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco. These sets, performed with recording in mind, forged new ground for jazz musician Miles Davis, who had never previously been recorded live in a club with his combo. Material from the four sets was first released simultaneously by Columbia Records on two albums in September 1961, titled In Person Friday Night at", "title": "In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete" }, { "docid": "16089779", "text": "was \"Never mind!\", said after she was informed of her mistake. John Belushi plays a samurai warrior, who speaks only (mock) Japanese, and wields a katana. He is seen in various occupations ranging from a hotel desk clerk to a tailor. Debuted December 13, 1975. A steakhouse commercial parody featuring Dan Aykroyd. At Mel's, customers are given a chainsaw and are invited to hunt, stun, cut and cook their own cow. Debuted December 20, 1975. A John Belushi character who hails from Chicago, named after Belushi's childhood friend. Debuted January 24, 1976. A John Belushi sketch. As Lowell Brock (not", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1975–1976" }, { "docid": "3034462", "text": "the character's \"gender is never revealed\". Sweeney herself has not confirmed Pat's gender and denies that Pat is transgender. Pat (Saturday Night Live) Pat is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\" (SNL), and later featured in the film \"It's Pat\". The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's gender. During a guest appearance on \"CONAN\" on 17 November 2016, former SNL cast member Norm MacDonald revealed that Pat's gender was female. Sweeney has said, \"I'd been an accountant", "title": "Pat (Saturday Night Live)" }, { "docid": "7510031", "text": "has never been made available on home video. \"Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell\" is consistently confused with the sketch comedy program \"Saturday Night Live\". In October 1975, rival network NBC began airing the late night comedy show \"NBC's Saturday Night\", the creation of producer Lorne Michaels. The shows did not compete for the same time slot. Cosell's \"Saturday Night Live\" aired at 8 p.m. ET/PT, whereas \"NBC's Saturday Night\" aired at 11:30 p.m. After Cosell's show was cancelled, the NBC show was renamed \"Saturday Night Live\". The premiere episode featured celebrity guests Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Siegfried", "title": "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" }, { "docid": "2754976", "text": "is Jewish (they emigrated from Romania, Hungary, and Russia). Lovitz was a cast member of \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1985 to 1990. He later said in an interview for the book \"Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live\" that his time on \"SNL\" was the most memorable in his career. He went from having no money to being offered a $500,000 film contract. He was nominated for an Emmy Award his first two years on \"Saturday Night Live\". One of his most notable \"SNL\" characters was \"Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar\" who used an old Humphrey", "title": "Jon Lovitz" }, { "docid": "3034432", "text": "Pat (Saturday Night Live) Pat is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\" (SNL), and later featured in the film \"It's Pat\". The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's gender. During a guest appearance on \"CONAN\" on 17 November 2016, former SNL cast member Norm MacDonald revealed that Pat's gender was female. Sweeney has said, \"I'd been an accountant for like five years, and there was one person I worked with in particular who had a lot of", "title": "Pat (Saturday Night Live)" }, { "docid": "2824090", "text": "the song's protagonist and his older sibling (\"Incest is everything it's said to be\"). \"Uptown\" and \"Partyup\" are \"relentless dance jams\", according to Erlewine; the former became a top-five hit on the \"Billboard\" Dance and R&B charts in late 1980, and the latter was performed on \"Saturday Night Live\" on February 21, 1981. The album received critical acclaim. According to Ken Tucker from \"Rolling Stone\", \"Prince's first two collections established him as a doe-eyed romantic. Nothing could have prepared us for the liberating lewdness of \"Dirty Mind\". \"Dirty Mind\" jolts with the unsettling tension that arises from rubbing complex erotic", "title": "Dirty Mind" }, { "docid": "10757043", "text": "week, Ebersol fired Gottfried, Risley, and Rocket, replacing them with Catherine O'Hara, Tim Kazurinsky, and Tony Rosato. Ebersol made offers to John Candy and O'Hara of \"SCTV\" to join the cast. Candy turned down the offer, so Tony Rosato was added to the cast in his place. O'Hara initially accepted, but changed her mind after Michael O'Donoghue – the show's original head writer, who had been brought in to rejuvenate the show – screamed at the cast about the season's poor writing and performances. O'Hara suggested Robin Duke as her replacement, and Duke was brought in. O'Hara never appeared on", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16108957", "text": "October 8, 2011, episode (hosted by Ben Stiller), but was cut for the final broadcast. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2007–2008 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between September 29, 2007, and May 17, 2008, the thirty-third season of \"SNL\". Claiming to be a political comedian, Nicholas Fehn (Fred Armisen) takes the top headlines from newspapers and offers his own \"skewed view\" of them. However, he never actually manages to say anything satirical or clever, often simply shouting \"C'mon!\" or \"No!\" and sometimes \"Who asked?!\" When confronted with his", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2007–2008" }, { "docid": "16108951", "text": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2007–2008 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between September 29, 2007, and May 17, 2008, the thirty-third season of \"SNL\". Claiming to be a political comedian, Nicholas Fehn (Fred Armisen) takes the top headlines from newspapers and offers his own \"skewed view\" of them. However, he never actually manages to say anything satirical or clever, often simply shouting \"C'mon!\" or \"No!\" and sometimes \"Who asked?!\" When confronted with his lack of humorous material, he will try to defend himself, but will get only about", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2007–2008" }, { "docid": "12586092", "text": "she was discovered by \"Saturday Night Live\". Watkins said the appeal of sketch work is that she can write her own material. In November 2008, Watkins joined the cast of \"Saturday Night Live\" (SNL), along with Abby Elliott. Watkins said (at that time) that she was the oldest woman they ever hired. Watkins has since been surpassed by Leslie Jones, who was 47 when she joined SNL. Watkins made her first major appearance on the show as Arianna Huffington on the November 22nd Weekend Update. Watkins remained on \"SNL\" as a featured player throughout the rest of the 2008-2009 season,", "title": "Michaela Watkins" }, { "docid": "20533417", "text": "Saturday Night Live bil Arabi Saturday Night Live bil Arabi () also known as Saturday Night Live - In Arabic is an Egyptian late-night sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on OSN Yahala HD. It is adapted from long-running American TV show Saturday Night Live on NBC. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, \"\"from Cairo, it's Saturday Night Live", "title": "Saturday Night Live bil Arabi" }, { "docid": "16419465", "text": "not a good fit for \"Saturday Night Live\", and that the cartoon-style humor of their characters did not work well with the comedy of \"Saturday Night Live\", much of which was initially derived from the Second City environment. Oz said he generally enjoyed working on \"Saturday Night Live\" and witnessing the skill of performers such as Andy Kaufman, Albert Brooks, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, and Dan Aykroyd. The conflicts between Henson and the \"Saturday Night Live\" writers, \"The Land of Gorch\" segments were discontinued from production with the agreement of all parties. By the time Lorne Michaels asked one of", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "16106599", "text": "Joey Mack, an obnoxious radio DJ who has special guests on his show, but almost never lets them talk on air because he is too preoccupied with his own comic voices. A Jeff Richards sketch. Debuted November 2, 2002. \"The Falconer\" is a recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" sketch chronicling the adventures of former businessman Ken Mortimer (Will Forte), who left his job to become a hermit, living in the forest with his trusted pet falcon, Donald. The Falconer, who speaks in a loud, strident voice, routinely encounters trouble and sends his falcon to get help, who—in turn—often gets sidetracked along", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2002–2003" }, { "docid": "10757050", "text": "the writing was primarily at fault. \"It's just \"got\" to be funnier,\" she said. Then she put a tape of the show on her videocassette machine to begin a sketch-by-sketch critique. According to writer Billy Brown, as she did she said, \"Watch this. And I hope you hate it, because you wrote it.\" In his book \"What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History\", author David Hofstede included this season as one of 25 runners-up to the list. Saturday Night Live (season 6) The sixth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16108773", "text": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2005–2006 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between October 1, 2005, and May 20, 2006, the thirty-first season of \"SNL\". Rachel Dratch plays Julie, a woman who provides the voice for automated speech recognition systems used by \"companies such as United Airlines, Blue Cross and Amtrak.\" She interacts with other people in the same fashion as the automated system; for example, after she prompts her date to \"please say your age\" and he responds that he's 29, she says, \"I think you said 19.", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2005–2006" }, { "docid": "16106554", "text": "Sanz. Sanz and Fallon later performed the song on \"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\" with musical guest Julian Casablancas. A \"Summer's Greetings From Saturday Night Live\" sketch never made it past dress rehearsal. This would have appeared in the April 17, 2003 episode, with Dan Aykroyd as the host. A Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell sketch. Debuted February 17, 2001. Rachel Dratch and Will Ferrell play Virginia and Roger Clarvin, a couple of professors who have no scruples about discussing their sex lives. They have been seen in the hot tub of the Welshly Arms Hotel, the hotel lobby of", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2000–2001" }, { "docid": "7625666", "text": "the terminology was used again in \"Saturday Night Live\" by Alec Baldwin who portrayed Donald Trump in \"Paul Manafort's House Cold Open\": \"'I would never do that to you.' 'That's what she said.'\" Said the actress to the bishop The phrase \"Said the actress to the bishop\" is a colloquial and vulgar British exclamation, offering humour by serving as a punch line that exposes an unintended double entendre. An equivalent phrase in North America is \"that's what \"she\" said\". Each phrase is an example of a Wellerism, exposing a second meaning of what precedes it. The versatility of such phrases,", "title": "Said the actress to the bishop" }, { "docid": "17297527", "text": "NIGHT LIVE (with the \"NIGHT\" being oriented below \"SATURDAY\" and \"LIVE\"). Prior to the start of the season, five new writers were hired: This was the final season for Mike O'Brien, who joined the writing staff in 2009 and Claire Mulaney, who joined the staff in 2013, as well as the only season for writers Natasha Rothwell, Nick Rutherford, and Alison Rich. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 40) Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 40)" }, { "docid": "10742486", "text": "largely panned by critics. Saturday Night Live (season 18) The eighteenth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993. Long-term cast member Dana Carvey would leave mid-season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel. After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 18)" }, { "docid": "10742482", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 18) The eighteenth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993. Long-term cast member Dana Carvey would leave mid-season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel. After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and featured player Smigel left", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 18)" }, { "docid": "13925975", "text": "Venezuelan parks department. Armisen was a cast member of NBC's sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\", where he previously worked with performer Poehler and writer Schur. Armisen has played Venezuelan characters before, and previously imitated President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez on \"Saturday Night Live\". Armisen said he got into character by thinking about his uncle, who is from Venezuela. But he said it was not a difficult performance because \"most of the joke is the uniform\", which included a tan military-style jacket with medals, a red beret and a sash with the colors of the Venezuela flag. The uniform also", "title": "Sister City (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "16419470", "text": "through his work on \"Saturday Night Live\". They were later able to use these skills and relationships on Henson's next television venture, \"The Muppet Show\". In a 1982 interview with Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Henson said ideas for his feature film \"The Dark Crystal\" originated from his efforts at character creation on \"Saturday Night Live\". Henson told the Associated Press in 1982 that \"The Dark Crystal\" characters evolved directly from his \"Saturday Night Live\" creations. Henson described the evolutionary process from \"The Land of Gorch\" to \"Dark Crystal\", saying that because \"The Land of Gorch\" was featured on late-night television, it helped", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "3172975", "text": "was quoted as saying that he would like to do a \"Continental\" movie. \"The problem with the Continental is that he never leaves his house. But it might be interesting to see the Continental go out and nothing works. He's a social catastrophe. I think that would be interesting.\" The voice-over at the beginning of the sketch is provided by Phil Hartman and has been used three times since his murder in 1998. The Continental (Saturday Night Live) \"The Continental\" is a recurring sketch on \"Saturday Night Live\" (SNL) featuring Christopher Walken. The first sketch aired on the eleventh episode", "title": "The Continental (Saturday Night Live)" }, { "docid": "13686019", "text": "as three of his other singles, at California's Coachella music festival in April 2010. Jay-Z performed the song live on an episode of \"Saturday Night Live\" on May 9, 2010. Jay-Z performed the song with a medley of his other singles, including \"On to the Next One\". Jay-Z wore a white T-shirt with a black leather vest while performing the song on a stage light by blue lights, with musicians playing instruments in the far back. Caitlyn Millat of San Diego's NBC felt that Jay-Z \"brought the house down\" during his performances of the melodies. Rodriguez of MTV News said", "title": "Empire State of Mind" }, { "docid": "15713339", "text": "History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15) This article is about the history of \"Saturday Night Live\" from 2010 through 2015. The 2010–11 season of \"Saturday Night Live\" began September 25, 2010 with host Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry. Before the start of the new season, four new cast members were added to fill the gap left behind by Will Forte (who quit the show after eight years), Jenny Slate (who was fired after her first season on the show), Abby Elliott (who was promoted to repertory player), and Bobby Moynihan (who was also promoted), improv comedians Paul Brittain", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15)" }, { "docid": "6496884", "text": "are also among those band members who appeared in sketches during their tenures. Mariah Carey utilized the horn section of the Saturday Night Live Band (Lew Delgatto, Lenny Pickett, George Young, Earl Gardner, and Steve Turre) for her performance of \"If It's Over\" during her 1992 MTV Unplugged special. Katy Perry used the Saturday Night Live horn section on her 2013 song \"Birthday\" (a song she says was inspired by Mariah Carey). Saturday Night Live Band The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television program", "title": "Saturday Night Live Band" }, { "docid": "17061043", "text": "who had previously requested NBC to put him in a \"Saturday Night Live\" Digital Short or one of its many skits. The premiere of the song on \"SNL\" also marked the temporary return of Lonely Island frontman Andy Samberg, who had left \"Saturday Night Live\" the year before, but managed to get an appearance of The Lonely Island for the premiere of the song. \"YOLO\" debuted in North America as a \"Saturday Night Live\" Digital Short on the January 26, 2013 episode of the sketch comedy television series \"Saturday Night Live\", which saw Levine and Lamar as the host and", "title": "YOLO (song)" }, { "docid": "14242007", "text": "never-ending game of moving the same dreary old furniture around the same dreary old room.\" \"The Saturday Night Show\" is broadcast live from Studio 4 in the RTÉ Television Centre at Donnybrook, Dublin 4. That studio is also home to the show's Friday night rival \"The Late Late Show\". As RTÉ's biggest studio, it holds 200 audience members. The first two programmes in the first series (broadcast on 30 January and 6 February 2010) were pre-recorded at 7:30 p.m. on the same dates that both shows were aired. All subsequent programmes have been broadcast live. The Saturday Night Show The", "title": "The Saturday Night Show" }, { "docid": "13411658", "text": "Reed who interrupted an interview with a nun on the edition entitled ‘Lust’, which also featured porn actress Linda Lovelace. In 1992 the show was featured on a 'TV Hell' theme night broadcast on BBC2. At the end of the third episode, it was announced that the fourth episode was to be on gluttony. However it never aired. Sin on Saturday Sin on Saturday was a British live, late-night chat show based on the theme of the seven deadly sins. It was produced by BBC Scotland, but it was pulled from the schedules after only three broadcasts. Originally, the show", "title": "Sin on Saturday" }, { "docid": "11967450", "text": "by Miles Davis: \"Except where otherwise noted, all songs by Miles Davis.\" \"Except where otherwise noted, all songs by Miles Davis.\" Side A Side B Side A Side B In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco. These sets, performed with recording in mind, forged new ground for jazz musician Miles Davis, who had never previously been recorded live in", "title": "In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete" }, { "docid": "14534591", "text": "He reunited with the surviving Sex Pistols in 1996 for the \"Filthy Lucre\" world tour. The Sex Pistols, including Paul Cook, played a gig for the 30th anniversary of \"Never Mind The Bollocks\" at the Brixton Academy on 8 November 2007. Due to popular demand, two further gigs were announced on 9 and 10 November, and four further dates were added. In 2008, the Sex Pistols appeared at the Isle Of Wight Festival as the headlining act on the Saturday night, the Peace and Love Festival in Sweden, the Live at Loch Lomond Festival in Scotland, and the Summercase Festival", "title": "Paul Cook" }, { "docid": "4485195", "text": "The syndicated version of the episode replaces the offending section of the monologue with a graphic (read by an off-screen announcer, SNL writer Jim Downey) describing in vague terms what Lawrence had said and noting that it had almost cost \"SNL\" employees their jobs. Lawrence was subsequently banned from appearing on \"SNL\" again. \"Featuring\" History of Saturday Night Live (1990–95) \"Saturday Night Live\" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. The 1990–91 season brought the first major changes to the show's", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (1990–95)" }, { "docid": "13970121", "text": "from... it's Saturday night\" in reference to \"Saturday Night Live\"'s introductory \"Live from New York, it's Saturday night.\" After Paisley wrote the line \"It's a French kiss, Italian ice, Spanish moss in the moonlight / Just another American Saturday night\" for the chorus, the three decided to use the song to illustrate \"the things that are borrowed from other countries and traditions that make America great,\" according to Gorley. CM Wilcox of The 9513, in his review of the album, said that \"[t]he heart of the album is in songs like Welcome to the Future and the title track, which", "title": "American Saturday Night (song)" }, { "docid": "12683800", "text": "was his favorite: Belushi's impression of himself, or the later satire wherein Shatner appeared on \"Saturday Night Live\" in a sketch telling \"Star Trek\" fans known as Trekkies to \"Get a life\". Shatner said he preferred Belushi's impression to his own later appearance on the comedy television program. Shatner commented: \"I like Belushi's work as Kirk better than my own\". DeForest Kelley, the actor who portrayed physician Leonard McCoy on \"Star Trek\", was a personal favorite of John Belushi. Belushi had offices on the same lot as Kelley. Kelley overheard Belushi discussing the \"Saturday Night Live\" parody of \"Star Trek\"", "title": "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" }, { "docid": "3350522", "text": "Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold", "title": "Saturday Night Live" }, { "docid": "14538655", "text": "comedy series \"Saturday Night Live\". \"Telethon\" featured a guest appearance by Detlef Schrempf, a retired basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers; \"Parks and Recreation\" is set in Indiana. Prior to filming the episode, Schrempf's acting skills had been limited to appearances on the American comedy series \"Married... with Children\" and the German soap opera \"Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten\". Schur said of his performance, \"For a guy who literally never acted before in his life, he was really funny.\" Aziz Ansari joked about the performance, \"We're going to write a spin-off for him called \"That's So Detlef\", so look", "title": "Telethon (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "docid": "19886679", "text": "as President Clinton. That week's host, Cameron Diaz played a woman named Julie who Phelps asked her to portray Monica Lewinsky. Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton The 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton has been parodied on \"Saturday Night Live\" (\"SNL\") since 1992. He has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond. \"Saturday Night Live\" has parodied U.S. presidents and other politicians since the show started in 1975. The numerous sketches on Clinton are often inspired by aspects of his presidency, the Lewinsky scandal, and his relationship with his", "title": "Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton" }, { "docid": "9960282", "text": "Beastie Boys sampled \"Pump It Up\" for their song \"Egg Man\" on their album \"Paul's Boutique\". Costello later performed \"Radio Radio\" on \"Saturday Night Live\" in 1999 with Beastie Boys as his backing band. The guitar riff was sampled in Rogue Traders' 2005 single \"Voodoo Child\". Television shows to have used the song include \"Go On\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"3rd Rock from the Sun\", and the Indecipherable Lyrics round of \"Never Mind the Buzzcocks\". Movies to have featured the song include \"PCU\" and \"200 Cigarettes\". It was also used in trailers for \"Shark Tale\" and \"I Spy\". The song", "title": "Pump It Up (Elvis Costello song)" }, { "docid": "16419467", "text": "that \"The Land of Gorch\" routines exemplified how disgustingly puppets could act, and illustrated the connection between the uncanny and odd behavior. He commented on the value of Henson's contributions to \"Saturday Night Live\" within the artist's larger corpus of work, and said none of Henson's other creations were as profane or grotesque. Bernsten said these qualities made the characters a crucial part of the Muppet timeline. Bernsten said audiences contemporaneous with the first season of \"Saturday Night Live\" were not ready for such characters. He said \"The Land of Gorch\" characters behaved so uncannily that audiences did not relate", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "3939040", "text": "of a woman who falls for the vampire Count Dracula in the surprise box-office smash \"Love at First Bite\" (1979) starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James. On April 7, 1979, Benjamin hosted \"Saturday Night Live\". Benjamin was top billed in \"Scavenger Hunt\" (1979), but it was more an ensemble film. Benjamin had directed in theatre and was keen to do it in film. In 1979, Benjamin directed his first film, a pilot for a sitcom spin off of \"Where's Poppa?\". \"The pilot turned out really well,\" said Benjamin. \"But I don't think ABC ever quite 'got' it. They never", "title": "Richard Benjamin" }, { "docid": "18247540", "text": "Series\" as \"cartoonish\" in \"Mind Meld\", but later, upon questioning by a reporter, said, \"I never thought it was a cartoon ... I never thought it was beneath me.\" In a February 2002 interview on \"Larry King Live\", Shatner said \"Mind Meld\" was similar to \"My Dinner with Andre\", and indicated that he and Nimoy were hoping to produce more films of a similar nature. Nimoy said of the film, \"This is the most personal insight the fans will get into our relationship and into aspects of Bill and myself they've never heard before.\" In April 2002, \"Mind Meld\" was", "title": "Mind Meld" }, { "docid": "16106233", "text": "CBS public service announcements which would follow CBS Specials saying that viewers should patronize their local library \"to learn more about Saturday Night Live\". Another showed people manning phones taking donations to preserve Saturday Night Live, in a spoof of PBS fundraisers, with Phil Hartman promising a \"Captain Jim & Pedro\" tote bag to anyone who pledged. Debuted April 9, 1994. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1993–1994 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994, the nineteenth season of \"SNL\". A series of", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1993–1994" }, { "docid": "16419475", "text": "culture, and said, \"I think that that is a reference that is probably lost to time ... They weren't even famous \"then\"\". In 2013, writer Jay Fosgitt marketed to publishing company Archaia Entertainment the idea of reviving \"The Land of Gorch\" characters in comic book format with a new storyline. Writing for \"The A.V. Club\", Phil Dyess-Nugent said \"nobody wanted this shit on the show\" became an in-joke among the \"Saturday Night Live\" staff. He said although he was unsure of the reason for the concept's Lack of success on \"Saturday Night Live\", he remembered skipping through the sketch to", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "16419472", "text": "Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live\", Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad said \"The Land of Gorch\" produced the prototypes for characters that would appear in \"The Dark Crystal\". \"The Land of Gorch\" sketches were the first time Henson had used taxidermy eyeballs in one of his characters. He used this technique in \"The Dark Crystal\". Henson said his experience on \"Saturday Night Live\" prompted him to investigate ways to make his creations more lifelike in appearance. \"The Land of Gorch\" influenced later works within the Jim Henson universe as well, including the television show \"Dinosaurs\" produced by The", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "5282431", "text": "History of Saturday Night Live (2005–10) \"Saturday Night Live\" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. \"Saturday Night Live\" promised changes for the 2005–06 season, one of which was broadcasting in high-definition. Lorne Michaels added four new featured players: Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig (partway through the season), and Jason Sudeikis, who was added for the last three episodes of the previous season. Hader quickly became popular for his impersonations, such as Vincent Price, Lindsey Buckingham, Al Pacino, Alan Alda,", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (2005–10)" }, { "docid": "14242005", "text": "assistant injured himself after falling over a studio floor lamp while working on \"The Saturday Night Show\". He was eventually awarded €18,500 in damages and the judge said he had worked accident free in RTÉ for 38 years, that he had been working in poorly lit conditions in a cluttered studio when he was injured by one of RTÉ's props, and that he had been in pain since sustaining his injury. On 14 March 2015, O'Connor announced without warning live on air his resignation as host of \"The Saturday Night Show\". The presenter and \"Sunday Independent\" journalist said that the", "title": "The Saturday Night Show" }, { "docid": "6805370", "text": "Midnight Special\" in 1981 to take over as the executive producer at his co-creation with Lorne Michaels, \"Saturday Night Live\". Ebersol replaced Jean Doumanian, who had been promoted from associate producer when Michaels left to take a job at Paramount Pictures and who had dealt with various problems during her tenure, including an instance where Charles Rocket said the expletive \"fuck\" on air during a live broadcast which resulted in his termination. While at \"SNL\", Ebersol decided that he would attempt another Friday night music-based program and his idea grew into what would become \"Friday Night Videos\", which would replace", "title": "Friday Night Videos" }, { "docid": "16140455", "text": "feels different. And I think that has to do a lot with the way that the vowels are shifting.\" At a SXSW Q&A panel, Armisen said that to do the \"Californians\" accent: \"You have to pronounce every single consonant and vowel.\" According to Hader, the accents were not originally so pronounced, but Armisen spontaneously changed them almost to the point of incoherence the first time the sketch aired live. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2011–2012 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between September 24, 2011, and May 20, 2012,", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2011–2012" }, { "docid": "16092435", "text": "worked at SNL. Rich Hall impersonates Paul Harvey on Saturday Night News. A Harry Shearer sketch. Debuted December 8, 1984. A Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest sketch. Debuted January 19, 1985. A James Belushi sketch. Debuted February 2, 1985. A Rich Hall sketch based on a man who was caught trespassing at the White House in 1985. Debuted February 2, 1985. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1984–1985 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985, the tenth season of \"SNL\". Martin Short played", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1984–1985" }, { "docid": "14394000", "text": "himself, Ann believes Andy has changed. \"Park Safety\" was written by Aisha Muharrar and directed by Michael Trim. It featured a guest appearance by comedian Andy Samberg as Carl, the park ranger. Samberg and \"Parks and Recreation\" star Amy Poehler previously appeared together as regular cast members in the NBC sketch comedy series, \"Saturday Night Live\". The role of Carl was written with Samberg in mind because the writing staff knew they could get him as a guest appearance as long as filming corresponded with his \"Saturday Night Live\" schedule, although the character was tweaked slightly when it was confirmed", "title": "Park Safety" }, { "docid": "12630949", "text": "his Saturday-morning Radio 2 show. Similarly Brand would not be hosting his regular Saturday-night Radio 2 show or appearing as a guest captain on an episode of \"Never Mind the Buzzcocks\" due to be aired on 30 October; the episode had been taped before his resignation, and aired on BBC Two on 19 January 2011, more than 2 years after the incident. Thompson called the events a \"gross lapse of taste by the performers and the production team\" (who chose to broadcast the advance-recorded show) that angered licence-payers. Thompson offered a personal and unreserved apology to Sachs and his family.", "title": "The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row" }, { "docid": "10743264", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 15) The fifteenth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989, and May 19, 1990. Very few changes were made before and during the season. This is the first season to show StereoSurround where available captioning during the opening montage. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, who auditioned to be a cast member on \"SNL\" during the 1980–81 season and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 15)" }, { "docid": "16125409", "text": "SNL news) presented by Gorka Otxoa and Eva Hache and a performance by a guest arstist or band. Saturday Night Live (Spain) Saturday Night Live was the Spanish localisation of the popular US-comedy television series \"Saturday Night Live\" which was shown on Cuatro and produced by Globomedia. Each episode follow the same structure, first the host of the episode participates a in sketch that ends with the phrase \"¡estamos en directo y esto es Saturday Night Live!\" (We are live and this is Saturday Night Live!). Then, it is followed by the program header followed by the host's monologue. Several", "title": "Saturday Night Live (Spain)" }, { "docid": "16125408", "text": "Saturday Night Live (Spain) Saturday Night Live was the Spanish localisation of the popular US-comedy television series \"Saturday Night Live\" which was shown on Cuatro and produced by Globomedia. Each episode follow the same structure, first the host of the episode participates a in sketch that ends with the phrase \"¡estamos en directo y esto es Saturday Night Live!\" (We are live and this is Saturday Night Live!). Then, it is followed by the program header followed by the host's monologue. Several sketches are then performed afterward and finally the show ends with the segment \"Las noticias del SNL\" (The", "title": "Saturday Night Live (Spain)" }, { "docid": "7239696", "text": "in front of the theater signing autographs.\" The Harlem film sequence was directed by James Signorelli, later to go on to producing films on \"Saturday Night Live\". In 2009 \"Empire\" named it eighteenth in a poll of the \"20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)\". Cohen says \"The picture did so well that they called me immediately and said, “You’d better get a sequel going before these actors decide they want an enormous amount of money to reappear.” So I said, “You know I don’t have a script, but I can start shooting something, and make it up as", "title": "Black Caesar (film)" }, { "docid": "14614441", "text": "Special) \" \"An SNL Valentine (TV Special) (clips) \" \"SNL's NFL Saturday (TV Movie) (clips)\" 2014 \"Saturday Night Live: Christmas Special (TV Special) (clips) \" \"Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (TV Special) (clips) \" \"Romeo and Juliet \" \"SNL Sports Spectacular (TV Movie) \" \"Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (TV Special)\" 2013 \"Saturday Night Live: Christmas (TV Special) \" \"Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (TV Special) \" \"Saturday Night Live: Halloween (TV Special)\" 2011 \"SNL Christmas (TV Special) (archive footage) 2000-2011\" \"Survivor (TV Series) (8 episodes)\" 2010 \"The Women of SNL (TV Movie) (lead director) \" \"Saturday Night Live", "title": "Don Roy King" }, { "docid": "7826758", "text": "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! \"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!\" is a famous phrase typically featured on the American sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\", which runs on the NBC broadcast network. It is generally used as a way to end a cold opening sketch and lead into the opening titles/montage and cast introductions for the program. During the show's first season, the show was known simply as \"NBC's Saturday Night\", due to the existence of an ABC show titled \"Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell\". This is how the phrase received its wording. The phrase", "title": "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" }, { "docid": "12248194", "text": "ceramic onion, flowers, ice-cream cones, even a visual play on Mr. Bill of \"Saturday Night Live\", little escapes Baechler's image bank, which is a literal collection. \"I hold onto absolutely everything,\" said the artist. \"I would guess out of every thousand images I save, I probably use one or two. I've never actually counted. I save images in many different forms; I save them in endless file cabinets. I have slide binders with thousands and thousands of slides that I work from. But most of the things I photograph never find their way into a painting; and most of the", "title": "Donald Baechler" }, { "docid": "13605709", "text": "... narrative , to mean that after Muslim fundamentalists finish dealing with the Jews—who celebrate Sabbath on Saturday—they will next deal with the Christians—who celebrate Sabbath on Sunday. A story title of Sonia Sanchez 'after Saturday Night comes Sunday' uses the row of days to symbolize The Black Woman's Burden and the relationship between love as in Saturday Night Live and (failure of) marriage and family live later. French Israeli filmmaker and pro-Christian activist Pierre Rehov refers to the saying in a 2007 documentary \"First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday\". After Saturday comes Sunday After Saturday comes Sunday (), is", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "docid": "6496879", "text": "Saturday Night Live Band The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television program \"Saturday Night Live\" (\"SNL\"). The band has featured many studio musicians from New York, including Paul Shaffer (1975–1980), Lou Marini (1975–1983), David Sanborn (1975), Michael Brecker, Ray Chew (1980–1983), Alan Rubin (1975–1983), Georg Wadenius (1979–1985), Steve Ferrone (1985), and Tom \"Bones\" Malone, who served as leader of the band from 1981 to 1985. Guitarist G. E. Smith was director from 1985 until 1995. Drummer Matt Chamberlain (1991–1992) is a former member of", "title": "Saturday Night Live Band" }, { "docid": "4193998", "text": "audiences. The 1977–78 season was the final season of \"Saturday Night Live\" in which the cast was referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players. Two notable \"featured players\" were hired during this season: writer Al Franken (later elected US Senator from Minnesota) and his comedic partner Tom Davis. The 1978-79 season would be the last for popular cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who would leave to work on their film \"The Blues Brothers\" (based on their \"Saturday Night Live\" characters). Belushi and Michael O'Donoghue (who also departed at the end of the season) both made", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80)" }, { "docid": "10734418", "text": "well as the first \"SNL\" cast member to have gotten his start on a children's show. This was the final season for both Jeff Richards (who quit mid-season over creative differences) and Jimmy Fallon (who decided to leave the show after the final episode). Future cast member Jason Sudeikis is hired as a writer this season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 29) The twenty-ninth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 4, 2003, and May 15, 2004. This season also marked the debut of a brand new", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 29)" }, { "docid": "16092364", "text": "speak all their lines in a whining, nasal tone, hence, a double meaning of their name. They both claim to suffer from diverticulitis, and neither eats anything but macaroni and cheese. In 1998, writer Stanley Ribbles, in a Turner-Allan magazine article, said this of \"The Whiners\": Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982 The following is a list of recurring \"Saturday Night Live\" characters and sketches introduced between October 3, 1981, and May 22, 1982, the seventh season of \"SNL\". An Eddie Murphy sketch. Debuted October 3, 1981. A parody of the \"A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney\"", "title": "Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982" }, { "docid": "6269488", "text": "\"Annie Hall\", \"Manhattan\" and \"Stardust Memories\". Before joining the cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", she had a cameo on the show in 1976 as a psychiatrist's patient. She was cast for \"Saturday Night Live\" by Jean Doumanian, who had previously been the show's guest-booker, then associate producer. After 12 episodes, Doumanian was let go and replaced by Dick Ebersol, who fired Gilbert Gottfried, Charles Rocket, and Risley from the cast before his first episode. In a 1999 article in \"People\", Risley was quoted as saying her SNL experience was \"horrible\". Prior to (and after) Saturday Night Live, Risley had roles", "title": "Ann Risley" }, { "docid": "16419477", "text": "\"proto-Muppets\" behaving oddly in a dystopian future world. Associated Press called the characters Muppets in a disturbing and horrifying context. \"The Economist\" described Henson's \"Saturday Night Live\" characters as his odd children who were known to muse about aspects of philosophy. \"DVD Talk\" described \"The Land of Gorch\" as the most serious mistake from the first season of \"Saturday Night Live\", adding that the characters lacked humor and that the length of the sketches brought each episode to a dead stop. Author Wesley Hyatt said the only redeeming scene from the sketches was a duet between Lily Tomlin and Scred,", "title": "The Land of Gorch" }, { "docid": "18330926", "text": "along the way, its not against the rules\". To which MØ replied: \"that's so true.. My mom actually called me right this moment and said the exact same thing. Wise women\". Despite Azalea's response and announcement of their American Music Awards performance, MØ was absent from all the rapper's subsequent live performances of \"Beg for It\". On 25 November 2014, MØ elaborated on her \"Saturday Night Live\" performance, saying, It taught me two things, one of which I already knew: I already knew that technical problems happen and you'll never figure out why, but there's a problem and you dunno", "title": "Beg for It (song)" }, { "docid": "10837100", "text": "\"Painted Doll\", more readily\". The Monthly said, \"In many ways it represents the best of Cold Chisel. The music fades in slowly over the sound of voices and traffic, with an arrangement that borrows from soul (Marvin Gaye comes to mind), but isn’t quite that. Moss, the more melodious of Cold Chisel’s vocalists, takes the lead, with Barnes chipping in for an explosive interlude. Electric guitar and saxophone are woven together in a twisting instrumental melody.\" Saturday Night (Cold Chisel song) \"Saturday Night\" is a 1984 single from Australian rock band Cold Chisel, the second released from the album \"Twentieth", "title": "Saturday Night (Cold Chisel song)" }, { "docid": "16055396", "text": "by Bibi Baskin, Kennedy hosted by Mary Kennedy and the most recent series Saturday Night with Miriam with Miriam O'Callaghan. The show is well known for its wide variety of guests, which often include musicians, who usually perform on the show. The Duckworth Lewis Method made their television debut on \"Saturday Night with Miriam\" in 2009's season opener. Before hosting \"The Late Late Show\", Ryan Tubridy hosted his own Saturday night chat show between 2004 and 2009, called Tubridy Tonight. After Pat Kenny left Kenny Live RTÉ produced a similar series to the 1980s \"Saturday Live\" this time called \"Saturday", "title": "RTÉ One" }, { "docid": "20533418", "text": "in Arabic\"\" (), properly beginning the show. The weekly program premiered on February 16, 2016 on OSN and aired on 11:30 pm EET. On October 7, 2017 at the beginning of season 4 the show started airing on ONtv. The show was suspended by the Supreme Media Council in February 2018 for containing \"sexual implications\". Saturday Night Live bil Arabi Saturday Night Live bil Arabi () also known as Saturday Night Live - In Arabic is an Egyptian late-night sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on OSN Yahala HD. It is adapted from long-running American TV show Saturday Night", "title": "Saturday Night Live bil Arabi" }, { "docid": "10757036", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 6) The sixth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 15, 1980, and April 11, 1981. This season was alternatively known as Saturday Night Live '80. According to Tom Shales' book \"Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live\", Executive Producer Lorne Michaels cited burnout as the reason behind his desire to take a year off, and had been led to believe by NBC executives that the show would go on hiatus with him, and be ready to start fresh", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 6)" }, { "docid": "16295978", "text": "series based on \"Saturday Night Live\"'s \"Weekend Update\" sketch, has aired in conjunction with this season. The specials focused on the United States presidential election. The show was hosted by Seth Meyers, \"Update\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s then current host. Saturday Night Live (season 38) The thirty-eighth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 15, 2012 and May 18, 2013. Also airing this season were two election-themed episodes of \"Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday\", which aired on September 20, 2012 and September 27, 2012. Two months before the season premiere,", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 38)" }, { "docid": "12245919", "text": "he tells Liz to keep the flowers but asks for a picture of her with the flowers and her ID to prove to his girlfriend that he did indeed get her something for Valentine's Day. Jason Sudeikis, who played Floyd in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\". Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\". These cast members include: Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Chris Parnell and Molly Shannon. Tina Fey and", "title": "Up All Night (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "15713346", "text": "the host and musical guest either hanging around Studio 8H or outside NBC Studios. Those photos are also black and white either with hints of color or without. \"Featuring\" History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15) This article is about the history of \"Saturday Night Live\" from 2010 through 2015. The 2010–11 season of \"Saturday Night Live\" began September 25, 2010 with host Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry. Before the start of the new season, four new cast members were added to fill the gap left behind by Will Forte (who quit the show after eight years), Jenny Slate", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (2010–15)" }, { "docid": "14545506", "text": "Found\" (2005), and \"Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation\" (2007). These highlighted past cast members and skits from the show. Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Saturday Night Live in the 2000s is a two-hour documentary television special that showcases the years of \"Saturday Night Live\" from 2000–2009. It features interviews with the cast and crew from those years, and aired on NBC on April 15, 2010. Topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure of Colin Quinn, how \"SNL\" became popular for its spoofs on the 2000", "title": "Saturday Night Live in the 2000s" }, { "docid": "5759183", "text": "Frat Pack. All members of the Frat Pack have never appeared in a single movie together; they have come closest in \"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy\", which featured all but Owen Wilson (chiefly in minor roles and cameos). Also, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and David Koechner have all been cast members on \"Saturday Night Live\", and, except for Owen Wilson, all members have hosted \"Saturday Night Live\", though Wilson did make a guest appearance in 2016. Will Ferrell, David Koechner, and Jack Black have made guest appearances on \"The Office\" with Steve Carell. They have also all presented during", "title": "Frat Pack" }, { "docid": "9252048", "text": "appear in various episodes in a different role. In this episode, she played a hallucination of Tracy's, which he called Blue Dude. Chris Parnell, who played Dr. Leo Spaceman in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on NBC in the United States. Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\". These cast members include: Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis and Molly Shannon. Tina", "title": "Tracy Does Conan" }, { "docid": "12284809", "text": "written by Jack Burditt and the seventh written by Robert Carlock. The episode was the twelfth episode which was directed by Don Scardino. Jason Sudeikis, who played Floyd in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on NBC in the United States. Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\", including Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Jimmy Fallon, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Hader,", "title": "Sandwich Day" }, { "docid": "11896157", "text": "as the power behind the throne. He then kicks Jack out of his office. Chris Parnell, who played Dr. Leo Spaceman in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on NBC in the United States. Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\", including Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis and Molly Shannon. Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan have both been part of the main", "title": "Succession (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "19931292", "text": "Le Saturday Night Live Le Saturday Night Live is a French late-night live television comedy show, an adaptation of the American show \"Saturday Night Live\". It is produced by the channel M6 and broadcast since 5 January 2017. The format mirrors that of \"Saturday Night Live\", featuring an opening monologue, live and recorded sketches, and musical performances. Unlike its American counterpart, \"Le Saturday Night Live\" is not broadcast weekly, but is to be limited to three to four shows per year. The pilot episode attracted 3.8 million viewers and was hosted by the comedian and actor Gad Elmaleh; other performers", "title": "Le Saturday Night Live" }, { "docid": "3350531", "text": "24, 1976, the 18th episode, that ridiculed Aspen, Colorado murder suspect Claudine Longet and warranted an on-air apology by announcer Don Pardo during the following episode. Herminio Traviesas, a censor who was vice president of the network's Standards and Practices department, objected to cast member Laraine Newman's use of the term \"pissed off\" in the March 13, 1976 episode with host Anthony Perkins, according to the book by Hill and Weingrad, and was in the process of placing the show on a permanent delay of several seconds, instead of live, but he changed his mind after Newman personally apologized to", "title": "Saturday Night Live" }, { "docid": "8147987", "text": "band filmed another performance of \"Dark Horse\", intended for inclusion in the debut series of \"Saturday Night Live\". The filming took place at NBC TV Studios in New York on 19 December, but the network decided to delay the show for a year and the Harrison segment was never aired. In November 1976, while promoting his first album on Dark Horse Records, \"Thirty Three & 1/3\", Harrison finally appeared on \"Saturday Night Live\", performing a number of songs with Paul Simon, as well as a solo version of \"Dark Horse\". Although the song does not appear on lists of the", "title": "Dark Horse (George Harrison song)" }, { "docid": "3350528", "text": "including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O'Donoghue, Gilda Radner, and George Coe. The show was originally called \"NBC's Saturday Night\", because \"Saturday Night Live\" was in use by \"Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell\" on the rival network ABC. After the cancellation of the Cosell show, NBC purchased the rights to the name in 1976 and officially adopted the new title on March 26, 1977. Debuting on October 11, 1975, the show quickly developed a cult following, eventually becoming a mainstream hit and spawning (in 1978) \"Best of \"Saturday Night Live\"\" compilations", "title": "Saturday Night Live" }, { "docid": "14021124", "text": "(SNL) Band for the 1991–1992 season. Christine Ohlman became the lead vocalist for the Saturday Night Live Band in 1991 She appeared with Reverend Al Green on the show's 25th anniversary special. Lenny Pickett, music director for Saturday Night Live, said \"Ms. Ohlman was, at the time she entered the SNL Band, responsible for selecting much of the band's vintage rhythm and blues repertoire.\" In addition to her own releases, she has contributed to the CDs of Eddie Kirkland, Charlie Musselwhite (Grammy nominated \"One Night in America\"), Kenny Neal, Ian Hunter, Black 47, and Big Al Anderson. She has appeared", "title": "Christine Ohlman" }, { "docid": "10989067", "text": "a sketch, on \"TGS with Tracy Jordan\", brings her large amounts of attention from the public. Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is still re-adjusting to life outside of a relationship. Chris Parnell, who played Dr. Leo Spaceman in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on NBC in the United States. Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\". These cast members include: Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will", "title": "Jack Gets in the Game" }, { "docid": "14485039", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 36) The thirty-sixth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 2010, and May 21, 2011. This season also debuted a new animated feature voiced by former \"SNL\" cast members, called \"Greetings from American America\", created by former \"SNL\" head writer Fred Wolf. Long-time announcer Don Pardo announced that he would pre-record his parts from his home in Arizona rather than performing live in New York City. Prior to the start of the season, many cast changes occurred. Will Forte, who had been", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 36)" }, { "docid": "10743265", "text": "as Linda Tripp; Christopher Walken, whose sketch \"The Continental\" had been a staple in six of the seven episodes hosted by Walken; and Alec Baldwin (who later surpassed Steve Martin as the most frequent \"SNL\" host). A live special commemorating the fifteen seasons of \"SNL\" was aired September 24, 1989, before the start of the season. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status mid-season and was the final season for Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 15) The fifteenth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 15)" }, { "docid": "10740657", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 11) The eleventh season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 9, 1985, and May 24, 1986. This is the first season to show the NBC \"In Stereo Where Available\" captioning during the opening montage. Dick Ebersol left the show after the 1984-85 season, when the network refused his request to shut the program down entirely for six months and shift much of the material onto tape, not live broadcast. Once again, NBC briefly considered cancelling the show, but programming head Brandon Tartikoff (who", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 11)" }, { "docid": "4194000", "text": "years. Alan Zweibel had been a writer since the show's beginning. Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's older brother) returned to the cast two years later for a season. Drugs were a major problem during the show' first five years. \"The value system that was around there was, as long as people showed up on time, did their job, it was nobody's business what they did in their bedroom or in their lives. That value system turned out to be wrong,\" Michaels later said. Aykroyd said that \"The cocaine was a problem. Not for me, it was never my favorite... but it", "title": "History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80)" }, { "docid": "11892910", "text": "plans to leave the series.] I never got to tell him why, because he said, 'You can't. You're part of history.' When she told Roddenberry what King had said, he cried. Computer engineer and entrepreneur Steve Wozniak credited watching \"Star Trek\" and attending \"Star Trek\" conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for him co-founding Apple Inc. in 1976, which would later become the world's largest information technology company by revenue and the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. Early TV comedy sketch parodies of \"Star Trek\" included a famous sketch on \"Saturday Night Live\" entitled \"The Last", "title": "Star Trek" }, { "docid": "17297524", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 40) Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015 with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August, as the show's new announcer. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – \"SNL\"s announcer since it premiered in 1975 (with the exception of season 7 and episode 14 of season 21 – where", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 40)" }, { "docid": "12226889", "text": "can pay for a new pair of trousers. Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig, who play Raheem and Candace Van der Shark in the episode, have both appeared in the main cast of \"Saturday Night Live\", a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on NBC in the United States. Tina Fey was the head writer on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of \"Saturday Night Live\" have appeared on \"30 Rock\", including Rachel Dratch, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Molly Shannon and Chris Parnell. Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan have both been part of the main cast", "title": "Somebody to Love (30 Rock)" }, { "docid": "10743489", "text": "Saturday Night Live (season 14) The fourteenth season of \"Saturday Night Live\", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1988, and May 20, 1989. This is the final season to show the NBC \"In Stereo (Where Available)\" on-screen announcement during the opening montage. A new circular logo was used starting with this season; it was used until the end of the show's 20th season in 1995. This season notably saw the death of a second original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 14)" }, { "docid": "16125398", "text": "Saturday Night Live Korea Saturday Night Live Korea (; abbreviated as SNL Korea or SNLK ()) is a South Korean late-night live television sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast on general service cable channel tvN. It is adapted from the long-running American TV show \"Saturday Night Live\" on NBC, and the show's executive producers are Lorne Michaels and Jennifer Danielson from SNL Studios and Broadway Video, which licences the format. The weekly program premiered on December 3, 2011, and aired on Saturdays at 22:50. Written and directed by filmmaker and playwright Jang Jin, the show was officially announced on", "title": "Saturday Night Live Korea" }, { "docid": "10554581", "text": "slow acoustic arrangement, or in its original arrangement. The German version of the CD single featured two more live songs recorded December 6, 1994 in St. Denis Theatre, Montreal, Canada. Desmond Child is given writing credits on \"Someday I'll be Saturday Night\". On at least one printing line of the single the title track was accidentally replaced with a live version of the same song. The song \"Good Guys Don't Always Wear White\" is featured in the movie \"The Cowboy Way\". Although Bon Jovi also released a music video to the song it was never released as a single. Aside", "title": "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" }, { "docid": "18596725", "text": "Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special is a three-and-a-half-hour prime-time special that aired on Sunday, February 15, 2015, on NBC, celebrating \"Saturday Night Live\"s 40th year on the air, having premiered on October 11, 1975, under the original title \"NBC's Saturday Night\". This special generated 23.1 million viewers, becoming NBC's most-watched prime-time, non-sports, entertainment telecast (excluding Super Bowl lead-outs) since the \"Friends\" series finale in 2004. It is the third such anniversary special to be broadcast, with celebratory episodes also held during the 15th and 25th seasons. The special was preceded on NBC", "title": "Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" }, { "docid": "3350602", "text": "Baskin; all three worked for \"SNL\" at the time the book was published. The oversized illustrated paperback included the scripts for several sketches by the 1975–1980 cast. In 1986, Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad authored \"Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live\", a behind-the-scenes look at the first ten seasons. \"Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years\", by Michael Cader, was released in 1994, and presented information about the cast, characters, and other memorable moments seen on the show from 1975 to 1994. \"Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its", "title": "Saturday Night Live" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7842397", "text": "event of the season, played in early January; it moved to the latter half of February in 1974. The year before, it began its current relationship with Riviera CC. The tournament has only twice been played at other courses since: Rancho Park Golf Course in 1983, while Riviera prepared to host the PGA Championship, and Valencia Country Club in 1998, while Riviera prepared to host the U.S. Senior Open. The event remained at Riviera in 1995, despite Riviera hosting the PGA Championship that and will also remain in 2017, when the course hosts the U.S. Amateur. In 1992, the Nissan", "title": "Los Angeles Open" } ]

[ { "docid": "7842393", "text": "Los Angeles Open The Genesis Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played in 1926. Its previous names include Los Angeles Open, Northern Trust Open and Nissan Open. Played annually in February at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, it is often the concluding event of the tour's \"West Coast Swing\" early in the calendar year, before the tour moves east to Florida. The tournament has been held at Riviera on a near-continuous basis since 1973. South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Group, through its Genesis Motors subsidiary, took over sponsorship in 2017, after", "title": "Los Angeles Open" }, { "docid": "14139404", "text": "owner declares the restaurant open for business. At Wheaton College he is the primary professor for its M.A in Biblical Exegesis. John H. Walton has been controversial for his view of the Genesis creation being functional rather than material, through his book \"The Lost World of Genesis\". He has been criticized by prominent scholar Vern Poythress and young earth creationist Ken Ham John H. Walton John H. Walton (born 1952) is an Old Testament scholar and Professor at Wheaton College. He was a professor at Moody Bible Institute for 20 years. He primarily specializes is in Ancient Near East to", "title": "John H. Walton" }, { "docid": "20426084", "text": "which is very stable in flight while being very agile and maneuverable.\" Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo The Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo is a Cypriot autogyro that was designed by Nicolas Karaolides and produced by Aviomania of Larnaca. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction. The G1SA Genesis Solo features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration. Other", "title": "Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo" }, { "docid": "3993603", "text": "Ugarit. The Enuma Elish has also left traces on Genesis 2. Both begin with a series of statements of what did not exist at the moment when creation began; the Enuma Elish has a spring (in the sea) as the point where creation begins, paralleling the spring (on the land – Genesis 2 is notable for being a \"dry\" creation story) in Genesis 2:6 that \"watered the whole face of the ground\"; in both myths, Yahweh/the gods first create a man to serve him/them, then animals and vegetation. At the same time, and as with Genesis 1, the Jewish version", "title": "Genesis creation narrative" }, { "docid": "7714293", "text": "Phil Marsh Philip Marsh (born 15 November 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Droylsden as a striker. He started his career at Manchester United where he played one game in the League Cup against Crewe Alexandra, before moving down the ladder to join Blackpool. He later moved into non-league football, joining Northwich Victoria in 2008. Later that year he had a short spell with Conference North side Hyde United before leaving after only making five appearances, joining Leigh Genesis where he stayed until March 2009 before being released and subsequently joining FC United of Manchester where he spent", "title": "Phil Marsh" }, { "docid": "18152962", "text": "After an examination by DCI to determine the group's organizational stability, on May 21, 2010, DCI announced that Genesis was approved to compete in that summer's competitive season. In its inaugural season, Genesis surprised many with its crowd-pleasing Latin-jazz program when it premiered at home in Texas. The corps then toured to Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio en route to the DCI Open Class World Championships in Michigan City, Indiana where the 69 member corps placed 9th of 16 corps. After its first year, Genesis' staff made the decision to have each season be a \"rebirth of the corps,\" combining", "title": "Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "4339941", "text": "Drive. Within Pentagon City there are many high-rise luxury apartments and condos. Around the Fashion Centre Mall complex are several apartment buildings including The Metropolitan at Pentagon Row, Pentagon Row, and Park View. Across from the Pentagon City Mall and Costco is the four-story Southampton Condominium townhouse community. Also on that block are Claridge House, and Potomac Center Genesis Care; both residences for retired as well as disabled residents. There is an open eight phase construction site next door to Costco on Fern St, where the new Metropolitan Park development is being constructed. Kettler, real-estate development and property management company,", "title": "Pentagon City" }, { "docid": "3888890", "text": "that Genesis were \"now primarily a pop band\", although \"art rock functions as coloring\". \"Genesis\" was a commercial success upon its release. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 9 on the US \"Billboard\" 200, where it sold over 4 million copies. Five singles were released between 1983 and 1984, with \"Mama\" being the band's highest-charting single in the UK at . \"Genesis\" was remastered in 2007 with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes as part of the \"Genesis 1983–1998\" box set. In October 1982, the Genesis line-up of drummer/singer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony", "title": "Genesis (Genesis album)" }, { "docid": "20427986", "text": "Rotax 914-powered Aviomania G2SA Genesis Duo. The G1SA was replaced in production by the enclosed-cockpit Aviomania G1sE Genesis Sport and the open-cockpit Aviomania G1sB Genesis CE models. The company also sells the Best Off Nynja fixed-wing ultralight aircraft. In a 2015 review, Werner Pfaendler praised the company's design efforts on the G1SE, saying that it, \"has been designed with stability and agility in mind. The centre line thrust and the design of the empennage in the propeller slipstream reduces all throttle reactions. The result is a fun machine which is very stable in flight while being very agile and maneuverable.\"", "title": "Aviomania" }, { "docid": "5987098", "text": "alternative way to bring their games to the Genesis. It did so by purchasing one in order to decompile the executable code of three Genesis games. Such information was used to program their new Genesis cartridges in a way that would allow them to disable the security lockouts on the Genesis that prevented unlicensed games from being able to be played. This strategy was used successfully to bring \"\" to the Genesis in 1990. To do so, Accolade had copied Sega's copyrighted game code multiple times in order to reverse engineer the software of Sega's licensed Genesis games. As a", "title": "Sega Genesis" }, { "docid": "15161484", "text": "debut productions of many playwrights, including one-acts from a then-unknown Charles L. Mee. Another early production was a version of \"Medea\" by H.M. Koutoukas. The production was set in a laundromat, where Medea kills her offspring in the washing machine. Koutoukas was simultaneously having his work produced at Theatre Genesis and Caffe Cino, not having told either theatre about the other theatre's production. The Caffe Cino production had Medea played by a man (Charles Stanley) in drag. When Koutoukas submitted the script to Genesis, the role was played by a woman (Linda Eskenas), which he intended as a prank. Although", "title": "Theatre Genesis" }, { "docid": "16570810", "text": "Lu Chien-soon Lu Chien-soon (born 28 December 1959) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Lu played on the Asian Tour and the Taiwan Tour, winning 32 times. He also played on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1992, where his best finish was T-5 at the Ben Hogan Louisiana Open. He played on the Japan Golf Tour in 2001, where his best finish as a member was T-11 at the NST Niigata Open Golf Championship, he had previously finished T-9 at the 1985 Golf Digest Tournament as a non-member. After being sidelined for eight years (2001–08) with back problems,", "title": "Lu Chien-soon" }, { "docid": "18429196", "text": "did leave open to a claim in tort still being arguable for misrepresentation claims in tort, as per in Hedley Byrne. Rolls-Royce New Zealand Ltd v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd Rolls-Royce New Zealand Ltd v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd [2005] 1 NZLR 324 is decision of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand regarding tort claims in situations where a claim can be in both tort and contract. Carter Holt entered into a contract with ECNZ (now Genesis Energy) for them to construct a cogeneration plant at their Kinleith paper mill that would be fueled by waste byproduct from the", "title": "Rolls-Royce New Zealand Ltd v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd" }, { "docid": "5246395", "text": "try to recapture the feel of the jewel box parks, are often designed to have these quirks. Baseball was originally played in open fields or public parks. The genesis of modern baseball is conventionally connected with Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a large public park where the businessmen of New York City gathered from time to time to play organized baseball games and cricket matches, starting around the mid-1840s. The name \"Field\" or \"Park\" was typically attached to the names of the early ballparks. With the beginnings of professional baseball, the ballfield became part of a complex including fixed", "title": "Baseball park" }, { "docid": "18152965", "text": "27, 2017, Genesis was approved to compete as a World Class corps. Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization which has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out its mission. Chris Magonigal is Executive Director, program coordinator, and corps director. Genesis also sponsors the Teatro Indoor Percussion ensemble, competing in the Winter Guard International Independent Open division. \"Source:\" \"Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist; pale purple background indicates Open Class finalist (but not champion) and World Class semifinalist.\" Genesis", "title": "Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "10530749", "text": "in 1988 in association with the first Methods in Computational Neuroscience Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Full source code for the software was released in the same year under an open software model for development. It's now supported by the Computational Biology Initiative at the University of Texas at San Antonio and is available free along with tutorial guides on its use. P-GENESIS, a parallel version of GENESIS, was first run in 1990 on the Intel Delta, which was the prototype for the Intel Paragon family of massively parallel supercomputers. GENESIS is useful in creating", "title": "GENESIS (software)" }, { "docid": "6593198", "text": "The Doctor then takes everyone to the control room where they witness the Genesis Ark open and millions of Daleks that were imprisoned during the Time War pour out and begin engaging the Cybermen firing on them from below, though humanity is caught in the crossfire and many are killed while running for cover. The Doctor explains that crossing the Void causes a traveller to become saturated in Void material. If he opens the breach and reverses it, anything saturated in Void material will be pulled in. Everyone except Jackie has crossed the breach and is thus vulnerable to being", "title": "Doomsday (Doctor Who)" }, { "docid": "8261967", "text": "this song are a Sequential Circuits Prophet-10 for organ pads and a Synclavier II for the organ solo in the middle section. The coda lapses into a somewhat dischordant guitar solo played by Mike Rutherford, as the drum beat intensifies, before the song fades away. The video depicts the band as homeless men taking shelter outside a disused factory. They perform the song, eat soup, play cards, and keep warm around an open fire. It was the first time Genesis used director Jim Yukich (Collins's former director) for one of their promos. The song was played live during the \"Mama\",", "title": "That's All (Genesis song)" }, { "docid": "17195246", "text": "Britain, which produced a memorable battle until the final climb, where Hammond sent the entire squad to the front of the peloton, to chase the breakaway and try to regain the jersey. In 2016, it was announced that Hammond would become a sports director at World Tour team Dimension Data - but would continue to act as a consultant to Madison Genesis. Mark Cavendish's CVNDSH Scholarship would support Madison Genesis riders with training and tactical advice. Ex-team rider Mike Northey would transition to become Madison Genesis team manager in May 2016, after being forced to retire following the diagnosis of", "title": "Madison Genesis" }, { "docid": "1840006", "text": "tribe of Simeon and the Levites, with one possible explanation of the Levites' scattered nature being that the priesthood was originally open to any tribe, but gradually became seen as a distinct tribe itself (the Levites). Nevertheless, Isaac, Levi's grandfather, give a special blessing about the lineage of priests of God. In the Book of Genesis, Levi is described as having fathered three sons—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. A similar genealogy is given in the Book of Exodus, where it is added that among Kohath's sons was one—Amram—who married a woman named Jochebed, who was closely related to his father, and", "title": "Levi" }, { "docid": "10717476", "text": "Misunderstanding (Genesis song) \"Misunderstanding\" is a song by English rock band Genesis, released on their 1980 album \"Duke\". It reached No. 14 in the U.S. and No. 42 in the UK. Its highest charting was in Canada, where it reached No. 1 and is ranked as the seventh biggest Canadian hit of 1980. It was also featured on the band's 1982 double-album \"Three Sides Live\", where it led off side three. Originally written by Phil Collins during the production of his debut solo album \"Face Value\", the song ended up being donated (along with \"Please Don't Ask\") for \"Duke\". According", "title": "Misunderstanding (Genesis song)" }, { "docid": "16963321", "text": "2012 Open Fight Fight edition of \"Impact Wrestling\", beating York in the proceedings. York entered the X Division Tournament a week later advancing over Kid Kash, while King defeated Zema Ion the following week, essentially setting up a match between York and King at Genesis, where the winner would face Van Dam for the TNA X Division Championship at the same event. Samoa Joe versus Mr. Anderson was another match scheduled for the event. This match was made amidst a rekindled feud among Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson, who had recently joined the villainous Aces & Eights group. With Samoa", "title": "Genesis (2013)" }, { "docid": "8044420", "text": "in colour. The festival was widely bootlegged, and several audience tapes are now in circulation. It is rumoured that excellent soundboard tapes also exist, though to this point they have not publicly surfaced. An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies, Yes, Genesis, and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck. This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. The festival also suffered from inclement weather on the Sunday night, with Jefferson Airplane being rained off halfway through their set and The Moody Blues not playing at all due", "title": "Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music" }, { "docid": "9140462", "text": "12-under finish at the Genesis Open in February, his third victory at this tournament (2014, 2016), all at Riviera. His trifecta at the Genesis (previously known as the Los Angeles Open, Northern Trust Open, and Nissan Open) makes him only the fifth to win this long-standing event at least three times, along with Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Lloyd Mangrum, and Macdonald Smith. On March 25, he gained his eleventh tour win at the WGC-Dell Match Play event in Austin, Texas, with a winner's share of $1.7 million. On June 24, 2018, he won again at the Travelers Championship winning $1.26", "title": "Bubba Watson" }, { "docid": "8261968", "text": "\"Invisible Touch\", \"The Way We Walk\", and \"Calling All Stations\" (with Ray Wilson on vocals) Tours. The song was played only during the first few shows of the \"Calling All Stations\" tour, before being discarded. A live version appears on the albums \"\", and their DVD \"Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium\", as well as their home video \"The Mama Tour\". An instrumental jazz version of the song appears on the live album \"A Hot Night in Paris\", by \"The Phil Collins Big Band\". The first verse of the song is also part of the \"Old Medley\" featured on \"\" and", "title": "That's All (Genesis song)" }, { "docid": "5987141", "text": "retailed at $399.95 in the U.S. (roughly $100 more than the individual Genesis and Sega CD units put together, since the Sega CD dropped its price to $229 half a year before), and was bundled with \"Sonic CD\", \"Sega Classics Arcade Collection\", and the Sega CD version of \"Ecco the Dolphin\". The CDX features a small LCD screen that, when the unit is used to play audio CDs, displays the current track being played. With this feature and the system's lightweight build (weighing two pounds), Sega marketed it in part as a portable CD player. Late in the 16-bit era,", "title": "Sega Genesis" }, { "docid": "16627964", "text": "Partners, Joe Lonsdale (founder of Palantir Technologies), and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors and more. In 2011, Genesis Partner's launched The Junction, Israel's first open house for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs who are selected to work on their venture at The Junction for six months, before ending their experience in a Demo Day to Israeli angel investors and venture capital firms. The firm's partners include Eddy Shalev, Dr. Eyal Kishon, Gary Gannot, Jonathan Saacks and Hadar Kiriati. Genesis Partners Genesis Partners is an Israeli venture capital firm, founded in 1996 by Eddy Shalev and Dr. Eyal Kishon. Genesis's investment strategy is focused on", "title": "Genesis Partners" }, { "docid": "3327178", "text": "drummer Larrie London's funeral. He has since played on sessions for various artists in the area, mainly in jazz, pop, and Christian music. In 1995, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett invited Thompson to play on his Genesis project album \"Genesis Revisited\". Thompson was unsure of playing on all of the tracks as initially discussed, and said \"we both thought it would be too weird to do the whole album with both of us being sort of ex-Genesis people\". Instead, Hackett brought on additional musicians and Thompson plays on just three tracks. In the late 1990s, Thompson began touring with jazz", "title": "Chester Thompson" }, { "docid": "2274951", "text": "Chapter5, the gods complete creation, and Adam names all living creatures. Nearly half of the Book of Abraham shows a dependence on the King James Version of the Book of Genesis. According to H.Michael Marquardt, \"It seems clear that Smith had the Bible open to Genesis as he dictated this section [i.e., Chapter2] of the 'Book of Abraham.'\" Smith explained the similarities by reasoning that when Moses penned Genesis, he used the Book of Abraham as a guide, abridging and condensing where he saw fit. As such, since Moses was recalling Abraham's lifetime, his version was in the third person,", "title": "Book of Abraham" }, { "docid": "16871113", "text": "\"NOW!\". \"The Musical Box\" was featured in their live repertoire right up to Phil Collins' departure after the \"We Can't Dance\" tour in 1992, albeit with only the closing section being included as part of a medley. The song was played live during the \"Trespass\", \"Nursery Cryme\", \"Foxtrot\", \"Selling England by the Pound\", \"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway\", \"Wind & Wuthering\", \"Genesis\" (1984 dates only), and \"We Can't Dance\" (as a medley) tours. A Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, is named after the song. Brian May, guitarist with Queen, told Steve Hackett that he was influenced by the", "title": "The Musical Box (Genesis song)" }, { "docid": "7842403", "text": "1969 tournament winner Charlie Sifford. While most of the recipients have been of African-American descent, the 2015 exemption went to PGA Tour rookie Carlos Sainz, Jr., of Filipino and Bolivian descent; and the 2016 recipient, J. J. Spaun, is also of Filipino descent. <nowiki>*</nowiki>\"Rain-shortened to 54 holes\" ^\"Rain-shortened to 36 holes; unofficial win\" \"Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.\"<br> Main sources Sixteen men have won this tournament more than once through 2018. Los Angeles Open The Genesis Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played in 1926. Its previous names include Los Angeles", "title": "Los Angeles Open" }, { "docid": "1583879", "text": "The Nomad does not have its own game library, but instead plays Genesis games. At the time of its launch, the Nomad had over 500 games available for play. However, no pack-in title was included. The Nomad can boot unlicensed, homebrew, and bootleg games made for the Genesis. Some earlier third-party titles have compatibility issues when played on the Nomad, but can be successfully played through the use of a Game Genie. Likewise, due to its lack of compatibility with any of the Genesis' add-ons, it is unable to play any games for the Sega Master System, Sega CD, or", "title": "Genesis Nomad" }, { "docid": "15313332", "text": "Bradley Klahn Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American professional tennis player from Poway, California. Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore. His next year as a junior, he was a finalist in the NCAA Doubles Championship. He played at the 2010 US Open, taking a set from 20th seed Sam Querrey before being defeated in four sets. Klahn received a wild card into the 2011 SAP Open. He is coached by Lee Merry and Stanford Boster. He underwent back surgery in February 2015 and did not", "title": "Bradley Klahn" }, { "docid": "20854229", "text": "with the evolution of the livestock industry and land settlement of the Tongue River Valley and its tributaries in southeastern Montana. In 1896, Zachary T. Cox received his homestead patent for 160 acres at this present-day ranch location where he had resided since 1889. Therefore the genesis of the Bones Brothers Ranch or the former Z. T. Cox Ranch occurred after the \"Hard Winter\" of 1886-1887 during the transition from open range to fenced pastures. The ranch developed at the end of the open range boom period of the 1880s in eastern Montana where the large corporations overstocked and overgrazed", "title": "Bones Brothers Ranch" }, { "docid": "18829888", "text": "Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford, except where noted. All songs written by Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford. Note: Not all credits for percussion/drums are listed in the booklet for Disc 4. On \"Patricia\" they are played by Peter Gabriel. Original drummer Chris Stewart is not listed. Genesis Archive #2: 1976–1992 is a 2000 boxed set by veteran progressive rock/pop band Genesis. This retrospective covers the band's history while Phil Collins was lead singer. The three discs consist of live recordings (mostly previously unreleased, with a few that had been B-sides), 12\" remixes, a \"work-in-progress\" jam, non-album B-sides, and tracks from the \"Spot the Pigeon\" and \"3X3\" EPs. There", "title": "Genesis Archive" }, { "docid": "18217045", "text": "Open and The Northern Trust. He also finished T2 at the Genesis Open. In September 2018, U.S. team captain Jim Furyk named Finau as a captain's pick for the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National outside of Paris, France. The U.S. lost the Ryder Cup to the European side 17 1/2 to 10 1/2. Notwithstanding the loss, Finau played well. He finished with a 2-1-0 record and won his singles match over Tommy Fleetwood (6 and 4). This was a particularly impressive result because Fleetwood had gone 4-0-0 in the fourball and foursome matches (with partner Francesco Molinari). On", "title": "Tony Finau" }, { "docid": "17260690", "text": "Dulko in three sets. Sharapova next played at the 2009 Bank of the West Classic, where she defeated Ai Sugiyama and Nadia Petrova before being defeated by Venus Williams in the final eight. She next played at Los Angeles, where she recorded her first career victory against Victoria Azarenka before falling in three sets to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta in the semi-finals. She then reached her first final since April 2008 at the Rogers Cup, falling there to Elena Dementieva in straight sets. To conclude the US Open series, she competed at the US Open as the 29th seed; this", "title": "2009 Maria Sharapova tennis season" }, { "docid": "18671603", "text": "Open preparation by playing in the 2015 Rogers Cup. He lost to Kyrgios after being a set up, where Wawrinka retired at the third set. During the match, Kyrgios made offending comments against Wawrinka, where after knowing about it after match, Wawrinka demanded Kyrgios an apology to those all concerned in the incident. Wawrinka played at the 2015 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where he first faced Borna Ćorić, defeating him from a set down. He then faced another Croatian in Ivo Karlović, where he won in three tiebreak sets. In a rematch of the French Open final, he", "title": "2015 Stan Wawrinka tennis season" }, { "docid": "9695599", "text": "Epiphone Genesis Epiphone Genesis refers to three Genesis Series models ever produced Three Genesis Series models (GN-CST, GN-DLX, GN-STD) first appeared in the 1979 Epiphone catalog and were produced in Taiwan until 1981. The 1980 price list indicates two additional Genesis Series models were offered briefly; The GN student model, and the GN-BA bass. All models of the Genesis (except the bass) shipped with black open-coil humbucker pickups with three height-adjustment screws, and not plated pickup covers with two height-adjustment screws as shown in the Epiphone specification sheets. It is not known whether the student model guitar \"The GN\" went", "title": "Epiphone Genesis" }, { "docid": "13393972", "text": "Mayer was ranked in the top 50 for the first time in his career. Next, Mayer played in the 2014 MercedesCup, where he lost in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny. Then, he played at the 2014 International German Open, where he beat Guillermo García-López and Philipp Kohlschreiber, reaching the final without dropping a set. In the final, he defeated top seed David Ferrer in three sets, winning his first ATP title. Seeded 23rd at the 2014 US Open, Mayer reached the third round, being defeated by Kei Nishikori. In the doubles tournament, he partnered with compatriot Carlos Berlocq and", "title": "Leonardo Mayer" }, { "docid": "15053803", "text": "\"Hylide\" influenced \"The Legend of Zelda\" (1986), an influential open world game. \"Zelda\" had an expansive, coherent open world design, inspiring many games to adopt a similar open world design. \"Bokosuka Wars\" (1983) is considered an early prototype real-time strategy game. TechnoSoft's \"Herzog\" (1988) is regarded as a precursor to the real-time strategy genre, being the predecessor to \"Herzog Zwei\" and somewhat similar in nature. \"Herzog Zwei\", released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis home console in 1989, is the earliest example of a game with a feature set that falls under the contemporary definition of modern real-time strategy. Data East's", "title": "Video gaming in Japan" }, { "docid": "16390878", "text": "Brad Bell (golfer) Brad Bell (born September 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer. Bell was born in Sacramento, California. He played college golf at UC Davis and UCLA where he was a two-time All-American. Bell played on the European Tour in 1986 and 1987 where his best finish was T-37 at the 1986 Scandinavian Enterprise Open. He played on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1990, winning the Ben Hogan South Texas Open. He played on the PGA Tour in 1991 and 1992, where his best finish was T-14 at the 1992 Buick Southern Open. Bell is", "title": "Brad Bell (golfer)" }, { "docid": "15161488", "text": "interpretations of life on the streets. For \"The Hawk\", Mednick developed the script through improvisation with a group of actors over two months. An exploration of drug addiction, \"The Hawk\" employed the ritual elements and poetic language emblematic of Theatre Genesis. The free-form style of the play began to appear with greater frequency at theaters like The Living Theater and Joseph Chaikin's The Open Theater, and was a departure from the scripted plays previously produced at Theatre Genesis. Smith, of \"The Village Voice\", wrote: \"The Hawk\" is convincingly detailed, yet mysterious... sharply contemporary, the form strange but not obstructive; it", "title": "Theatre Genesis" }, { "docid": "17174711", "text": "Gear being towards the end of its lifecycle, and having less of a userbase to begin with in comparison to the Genesis. The basic premise for the gameplay of the Game Gear version of \"Ristar\" is largely the same as the Sega Genesis counterpart. The game plays as a two-dimensional sidescrolling platformer where the player must navigate Ristar through a level, maneuvering around enemies and obstacles. Also like the Genesis version, Ristar's main abilities include emphasizing grabbing and \"headbutting\" enemies over jumping. However, despite the same premise, the actual level design is distinctly different. While half of the levels having", "title": "Ristar (Game Gear)" }, { "docid": "20999192", "text": "Genesis (2018 Canadian film) Genesis () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2018. The film stars Théodore Pellerin and Noée Abita as Guillaume and Charlotte, teenage half-siblings simultaneously struggling with romance; Charlotte is in a relationship with Maxime (Pier-Luc Funk), but is reeling from his proposal that they change to an open relationship, while Guillaume is a student at an all-boys boarding school who is developing a romantic and sexual attraction to his classmate Nicolas (Jules Roy Sicotte). The cast also includes Paul Ahmarani and Mylène Mackay. The film also includes a segment which", "title": "Genesis (2018 Canadian film)" }, { "docid": "3335265", "text": "at The Roxy Theatre in 1974, before it was made into the movie \"The Rocky Horror Picture Show\" the next year.) Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers (billed as Crazy Horse, a related ensemble) played the Roxy for the first week it was open. Only three months later, the Genesis lineup with Peter Gabriel played several consecutive days at the Roxy, a run that some band members and many fans consider to be amongst their finest performances (due in part, to the intimate atmosphere and good acoustics of the venue). Paul Reubens, then a struggling comedian, introduced his Pee-wee", "title": "Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)" }, { "docid": "18771906", "text": "Malcolm Johnson (fullback) Malcolm Jamaine Johnson (born August 11, 1992) is an American football fullback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He has drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State. Malcolm Johnson was born August 11, 1992, to James and Genesis Johnson. He was raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He enrolled at Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa, where he was a standout basketball in his sophomore (2007–2008) and junior (2008–2009) years. But his best sport was football, where he played both tight", "title": "Malcolm Johnson (fullback)" }, { "docid": "8333393", "text": "damage, his energy will recover over time thanks to his mutant healing factor. The Super NES version has this being a slower process, but Genesis players have the benefit of a countdown timer to let them know how close Elsie-Dee is to finding Wolverine – this timer is reset at specific checkpoints. Wolverine has different move sets based on what version the game is being played. The Super NES only grants Wolverine one main claw attack, but has Wolverine being able to climb on any wall or ceiling with his claws, and able to make springing leaps and perform high", "title": "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage" }, { "docid": "19383742", "text": "of \"Wanderer\"), and every now and then Domo will sneak in a groaner. But for the most part, \"Genesis\" is a revelation.\" Ebyan Abdigir of \"Exclaim!\" said, \"Domo's \"Genesis\" is a step in the right direction, but he's walking to his destination, and not anywhere near where he needs to be just yet.\" Brian Tabb of \"Pretty Much Amazing\" said, \"The sparks of great art are there, but the brain behind the creation lays dormant. Time will tell where Domo goes, and honestly \"Genesis\" isn't a bad beginning.\" Notes Sample credits Genesis (Domo Genesis album) Genesis is the debut studio", "title": "Genesis (Domo Genesis album)" }, { "docid": "19922449", "text": "Olle Karlsson Olle Karlsson (born 9 April 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer. Karlsson turned professional in 1989 and joined the Challenge Tour where he won the 1993 Ramlösa Open. Between 1993 and 2002 he played over 200 events on the European Tour, finishing top-10 12 times, despite being plagued for years by injuries sustained in a serious car accident in February 1994. Karlsson won the 1998 Open Novotel Perrier with Jarmo Sandelin, an unofficial money event on the European Tour. He was runner-up at the 1998 English Open behind Lee Westwood, and finished third at the 1995 Jersey Open", "title": "Olle Karlsson" }, { "docid": "630617", "text": "on to reach No. 39 in the UK in 1974. Though the group still had a minor cult following at home, they started to achieve commercial and critical success in mainland Europe, with the album reaching No. 4 in the Italian charts. From November 1971 to August 1972, Genesis toured to support the album which included further visits to Belgium, and Italy for the first time where they played to enthusiastic crowds. They recorded radio sessions for BBC's \"Sounds of the Seventies\" program in January and March and performed at the Reading Festival that was praised by numerous critics who", "title": "Genesis (band)" }, { "docid": "18152964", "text": "Genesis then competed in the DCI World Class World Championships at Indianapolis, advancing to semifinals, placing 23rd, earning full DCI membership, and winning the World Class \"Most Improved Corps\" award. Additionally, Chris Magonigal was named DCI's Open Class Director of the Year. On January 17, 2014, Genesis announced that the corps was moving its operations from Edinburg to Austin, Texas. Posting on the corps’ website, corps director Chris Magonigal stated: “With its centralized location, dedication to the arts, and its financial possibilities, Austin is the perfect city from which to operate our program.“ At the annual DCI meeting on January", "title": "Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "15523714", "text": "Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis is an oil painting by the English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (c.1775–1851), first exhibited in 1843. Displayed during the latter years of J.M.W. Turners career, this painting depicts a deluge scene where the natural effects of light and weather (the atmosphere) play a crucial role on Turner's concept of vision. The deluge being referred to in the title is the representation of the", "title": "Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis" }, { "docid": "5891123", "text": "would tie in to the song itself, but on some occasions he told a Romeo and Juliet story instead. At the 1982 Genesis reunion show, Gabriel told a story about a woman on a subway train (which he had told during the \"Foxtrot\" tour, and which had appeared on the \"Genesis Live\" album cover), slightly altered to segue into \"Supper's Ready\". After 1982, only fragments of this song were played live by Genesis. During the first leg of the \"Invisible Touch\" tour in 1986, the band played the last two parts (\"Apocalypse in 9/8\", \"As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs\").", "title": "Supper's Ready" }, { "docid": "18152963", "text": "new genres of music and visual ideas with the traditional drum corps idiom. With 76 members in 2011 and 84 in 2012, the corps moved up in Open Class, placing 6th both seasons before moving on to World Class prelims, where they finished 30th and 29th. The 2011 corps won DCI's \"Most Improved Corps\" award for Open Class. 2013 saw the corps grow to 113 members, and its \"mOZaic\" program, featuring music from multiple \"Oz\" sources helped the corps rise to a 3rd-place finish at DCI Open Class Championships (behind only three-time class champions Vanguard Cadets and Blue Devils B).", "title": "Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps" }, { "docid": "2402768", "text": "and helps his dad in obtaining a time machine, which would help stop Apocalypse. Tyler appears in the multi-part episodes \"Time Fugitives\" and \"Beyond Good and Evil\". Tyler, as Genesis, is a playing piece in the Heroclix game system. He gains the Horsemen of Apocalypse keyword, and is played at 114pts. Genesis (Marvel Comics) Genesis (Tyler Dayspring) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a mutant and foe of Cable and Wolverine. He first appeared in a flashback in \"X-Force\" #1 (1991). His first appearance as \"Mister Tolliver\" is in \"X-Force\" #5", "title": "Genesis (Marvel Comics)" }, { "docid": "4332267", "text": "after winning the WGC Matchplay in March 2016. On February 19, 2017, Dustin Johnson became the 20th player to reach number one in the rankings following his victory at the Genesis Open. He would remain number one for over a year before being overtaken in May 2018 by Justin Thomas, who had won the PGA championship and four other events in 2017. Johnson regained top spot but was overtaken again in September 2018 by Justin Rose, who had finished second at the Open and again in two FedEx Cup playoff events. Rose became the 22nd player to reach number one,", "title": "Official World Golf Ranking" }, { "docid": "9493458", "text": "the ability to change into a flying advanced tricycle from New Genesis. It had several weapons that it could use and could program itself with technology from New Genesis. Super-Cycle The Super-Cycle is a fictional device from DC Comics, created by Jack Kirby for his Fourth World series \"The Forever People\". Decades later, another Super-Cycle appeared in 2011's \"Young Justice\" series. The Super-Cycle is a piece of quasi-living New Genesis technology; it resembles a small three-wheeled car, rather than a motorcycle, and can carry several passengers. Despite having an open top, it can travel at supersonic speeds (on the ground", "title": "Super-Cycle" }, { "docid": "16733997", "text": "Genesis: The Creation and the Flood Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (also called Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio in Italy or The Bible: Genesis in Australia) is a 1994 television film shot in Morocco, directed by an Italian film director, renowned Ermanno Olmi. It is based on the Book of Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible, where creation of the world and Great Flood are described. This film utilizes a cast of native Bedouins. Text of \"Genesis\" is read by a narrator, who at times appears as an elderly desert nomad telling the story to his extended", "title": "Genesis: The Creation and the Flood" }, { "docid": "9973550", "text": "Turn It On Again: The Tour Turn It On Again: The Tour was a 2007 concert tour of Europe and North America by the 1978-1996 lineup of the English rock band Genesis. The tour was notable for the return of drummer and vocalist Phil Collins, who had fronted the band during their most commercially successful period before leaving in 1996, rejoining founder members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Collins was initially reported by the BBC as being interested in a reunion in November 2005. Collins had said he was \"open\" to a reunion featuring original lead singer Peter Gabriel where", "title": "Turn It On Again: The Tour" }, { "docid": "484267", "text": "of the scriptures being put to the torch... provoked controversy even amongst the faithful.\" Cardinal Wolsey condemned Tyndale as a heretic, first stated in open court in January 1529. From an entry in George Spalatin's Diary for 11 August 1526, Tyndale apparently remained at Worms for about a year. It is not clear exactly when he moved to Antwerp. The colophon to Tyndale's translation of Genesis and the title pages of several pamphlets from this time purported to have been printed by Hans Luft at Marburg, but this is a false address. Hans Luft, the printer of Luther's books, never", "title": "William Tyndale" }, { "docid": "6496014", "text": "where Apocalypse was regenerating. Genesis and the Dark Riders later battled Mister Sinister, Jean Grey and the Beast after kidnapping Sinister's former lover, Faye Livingstone, in an attempt to crush Sinister's spirit. Although the Riders were defeated, Livingstone died. Genesis then decided to recruit Wolverine to his cause. To further this goal, the Dark Riders broke Wolverine's adamantium-skinned foe Cyber out of prison. Although Genesis led Cyber to believe that he was being recruited to Genesis's cause, Tyler instead fed Cyber to mutated flesh-eating beetles and melted down Cyber's adamantium carapace. Genesis tried to turn Wolverine into one of his", "title": "Dark Riders (comics)" }, { "docid": "5289094", "text": "a tiebreak is played even in the deciding set (fifth set for the men, third set for the women) at 6–6, and, starting in 2019, [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], where a tiebreak will be played if the score reaches 12-12 in the deciding set. A tiebreak is not played in the deciding set in the other two majors – the [[Australian Open]] and the [[French Open]]. (When the tiebreak was first introduced at Wimbledon in 1971, it was invoked at 8–8 rather than 6–6.) The US Open formerly held \"Super Saturday\" where the two men's semi-finals were played along with the", "title": "Tennis scoring system" }, { "docid": "18454210", "text": "Syd Scott Sydney Simeon Scott (20 December 1913 – 22 April 1985) was an English professional golfer. He is best known for being runner-up in the 1954 Open Championship and for being a member of the British 1955 Ryder Cup team. He won the PGA Seniors Championship in 1964. He played in the 1938 Daily Mail Tournament at Northumberland Golf Club, making the cut. His first Open Championship was in 1939 where he finished tied for 11th in the qualifying competition. Scoring 76 and 77 he missed the cut by three strokes. In late 1939, he finished second in the", "title": "Syd Scott" }, { "docid": "630675", "text": "Rome in front of around half a million people. It was filmed for DVD that was released the following year as \"When in Rome 2007\". A live album formed of recordings from various European dates was released in 2007 as \"Live over Europe 2007\". On 7 July, the band played at the Live Earth concert in London at Wembley Stadium. In 2007, the band's studio albums from \"Trespass\" to \"Calling All Stations\" were digitally remastered by Nick Davis across three box sets: \"Genesis 1970–1975\", \"Genesis 1976–1982\" and \"Genesis 1983–1998\". Each album is presented as a two-disc set containing a CD/Super", "title": "Genesis (band)" }, { "docid": "12867405", "text": "name to the Irish Open in 1972 and again it moved location to Appian Way, Dublin where it remained for the duration of its run. The tournament has been played on multiple surfaces throughout its history. The first two years, (1879-1880) were competed on hard courts. It was then played on grass courts, (1881-1939). From 1946 to 1965 it was played on clay court's, it returned to being played on grass again from 1966 until the tournament ended. Irish Open (tennis) The Irish Open and originally known as the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and for sponsorship reasons also known as", "title": "Irish Open (tennis)" }, { "docid": "3142247", "text": "charted there again when reissued in 1984, reaching . Though the group still had a minor cult following at home, they started to achieve commercial and critical success in mainland Europe, with the album reaching No. 4 on the Italian charts. The album continued to sell, and reached Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry on 22 July 2013 for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. From November 1971 to August 1972, Genesis toured to support the album which included further visits to Belgium, and Italy for the first time where they played to enthusiastic crowds. During the tour Genesis", "title": "Nursery Cryme" }, { "docid": "3142230", "text": "with Genesis on \"For Absent Friends\") and bringing in a sense of humour on tracks like \"Harold The Barrel\". Banks made more prominent use of the Mellotron at Hackett's suggestion and used it prominently on several tracks. The band toured the UK and Europe for one year to promote the album, which raised their profile in both territories. The tour included a successful Italian leg in April 1972, where the group played to enthusiastic crowds. \"Nursery Cryme\" was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013. Genesis recorded their first album as a professional outfit, \"Trespass\" in June 1970,", "title": "Nursery Cryme" }, { "docid": "3158014", "text": "the 2011 Open Championship because of an infected finger. He had originally planned against qualifying for the 2011 U.S. Open, where he was outside the top-50 in the OWGR and was not guaranteed automatic entry. He eventually earned a spot in the U.S. Open after being one of the top four at a qualifying tournament near Memphis. García played well in all four rounds of the U.S. Open, ending in a tie for seventh place at five-under par 279. García finished tied for ninth place in The 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's. This was his 17th career top-10", "title": "Sergio García" }, { "docid": "3520248", "text": "are playing on each song. Mixed in with these credits are the notes \"Robbery Assault & Battery – keyboard solo Phil\" and \"Cinema Show – Bill Bruford, Phil keyboard solo\". This should be read to mean that Collins played the drum kit (along with Thompson or Bruford) during that solo, not that Collins played keyboards. A critical and commercial success, the album hit No. 4 in the UK and No. 47 in the U.S., where their popularity was increasing. Until \"Genesis Archive 1967–75\" (1998), \"Seconds Out\" contained the only official live recording of Genesis concert staple \"Supper's Ready\". \"Firth of", "title": "Seconds Out" }, { "docid": "9808341", "text": "use of it, as there is a Biblical prophecy where all persons must receive the Mark of the Beast \"on their right hand or on their foreheads\", described in Book of Revelation 13: 16–18, to participate in economic activity under the government of the Antichrist. Blabbermouth explained \"Even though [\"Genesis\"] isn't being promoted as a concept effort, the songs clearly tell a story of technology, religion and corrupt government, and how they combine to lead to the end of civilization.\" Vocalist Jonny Davy said his interest in writing an album about the VeriChip came from his realization of being an", "title": "Genesis (Job for a Cowboy album)" }, { "docid": "20736265", "text": "and Andrea Vieira, before being eliminated by top seed Steffi Graf. This was her maiden grand slam main draw appearance. She played in only two more grand slam events, the French Open and Wimbledon in 1990. Silvia La Fratta Silvia La Fratta (born 5 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. La Fratta, who was right-handed, had a best singles ranking of 114 and was a quarter-finalist at the 1988 Belgian Open. In doubles she was ranked as high as 127, with one WTA Tour final appearance at the 1988 Swedish Open, where she and Linda Ferrando", "title": "Silvia La Fratta" }, { "docid": "20725277", "text": "event back in San Diego, then at the end of the year she went overseas to compete in Australia. She was unable to qualify for the Australian Open but played at the 1984 NSW Open, where she lost a three-set match to Steffi Graf. The following year at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships she featured in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles main draws. She had a small role in the 1990 film Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, as the tennis instructor hologram being used by the character played by Sharon Stone. Now living in New Mexico, she has a", "title": "Linda Howell" }, { "docid": "7433889", "text": "Allegorical interpretations of Genesis Allegorical interpretations of Genesis are readings of the biblical Book of Genesis that treat elements of the narrative as symbols or types, rather than viewing them literally as historical events. Either way, Genesis is canonical scripture for Judaism and most sects of Christianity, and believers generally regard it as being of spiritual significance. The opening chapter of Genesis tells a story of God's creation of the universe and humankind as being accomplished over the course of six successive days. Some Christian and Jewish schools of thought (such as Christian Fundamentalism) read these biblical passages literally, that", "title": "Allegorical interpretations of Genesis" }, { "docid": "3528585", "text": "and Martin parted ways and Vajda went back to being the only coach. Martin is also a contributor to ESPN.com. Todd Martin Todd Martin (born July 8, 1970) is an American retired professional tennis player. He reached the Men's Singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4. Martin was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and played tennis for two years at Northwestern University before turning professional in 1990. His parents lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Martin went to nearby East Lansing High School. At Northwestern, he was", "title": "Todd Martin" }, { "docid": "20489230", "text": "Journal. Catherine Day (biochemist) Catherine Louise Day is a New Zealand biochemist. She is currently a professor and head of the biochemistry department at the University of Otago. After a BSc at Massey University, Day completed a PhD entitled \"Expression and characterisation of the n-terminal half of human lactoferrin\" in 1993, also at Massey, before moving to the University of Otago where she rose to professor and head of department. She has received funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand and Genesis Oncology Trust and is an associate editor for biochemistry and biophysics of the Royal Society's Open", "title": "Catherine Day (biochemist)" }, { "docid": "20489229", "text": "Catherine Day (biochemist) Catherine Louise Day is a New Zealand biochemist. She is currently a professor and head of the biochemistry department at the University of Otago. After a BSc at Massey University, Day completed a PhD entitled \"Expression and characterisation of the n-terminal half of human lactoferrin\" in 1993, also at Massey, before moving to the University of Otago where she rose to professor and head of department. She has received funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand and Genesis Oncology Trust and is an associate editor for biochemistry and biophysics of the Royal Society's Open Science", "title": "Catherine Day (biochemist)" }, { "docid": "11234366", "text": "Mark Nichols (golfer) Mark Andrew Nichols (born 29 December 1965) is an English professional golfer. Nichols was born on the Isle of Sheppey. He played on the European Tour in 1994 and 1995, and the second tier Challenge Tour from 1990 to 1993, and again in 1996. He appeared in just one major, the 1995 Open Championship at St Andrews, where he made the cut. Since leaving the tour, Nichols works as a teaching professional, and is currently employed at Moscow City Golf Club. Nichols is playing in two Challenge Tour events in 2010, the first being the Kazakhstan Open,", "title": "Mark Nichols (golfer)" }, { "docid": "20426082", "text": "Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo The Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo is a Cypriot autogyro that was designed by Nicolas Karaolides and produced by Aviomania of Larnaca. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction. The G1SA Genesis Solo features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration. Other engine options included the Rotax 912 UL. The aircraft fuselage is made", "title": "Aviomania G1SA Genesis Solo" }, { "docid": "20426040", "text": "Aviomania G2SA Genesis Duo The Aviomania G2SA Genesis Duo is a Cypriot autogyro designed in 2007 by Nicolas Karaolides and produced by Aviomania of Larnaca. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction. The G2SA Genesis Duo features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a twin cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition, turbocharged Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration. Other engine options include the Rotax 503 and the Rotax 912 ULS. The aircraft fuselage is made", "title": "Aviomania G2SA Genesis Duo" }, { "docid": "5162510", "text": "introduced in Genesis 2. \"Et\" () is a particle used in front of the direct object of a verb; in this case, it indicates that \"the heavens and the earth\" is what is being created. The word \"ha\" preceding \"shamayim\" (heavens) and \"aretz\" (earth) is the definite article, equivalent to the English word \"the\". Genesis 1:1–2 can be translated into English in at least three ways: The idea that God created the universe out of nothing (\"creatio ex nihilo\") has become central to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but it is not found directly in Genesis, nor in the entire Hebrew", "title": "Genesis 1:1" }, { "docid": "1891444", "text": "when she won 4 tournaments and ended the year ranked 4 in the world. Injuries at the beginning of 1980 kept her away from the tour for many weeks in the first six months of the year, but she returned in triumph at Wimbledon, yet only played three further tournaments for the remainder of the year after her final grand slam victory, these being the US Clay Court Championship where she lost in a semi-final to Andrea Jaeger and the Canadian Open where she lost in a quarterfinal match. She withdrew from the US Open where she had been seeded", "title": "Evonne Goolagong Cawley" }, { "docid": "5907719", "text": "He then played at the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Potito Starace. His next tournament was the 2010 French Open, where he had reached the quarterfinals the year before. He was up two sets and a break, before being upset by Fabio Fognini in a match over two days. Starting his grass-court season, Monfils lost in the second round at the Aegon Championships to Rainer Schüttler in three sets. Playing at Wimbledon for the first time since 2007, he won his first match in straight sets against Leonardo Mayer, and", "title": "Gaël Monfils" }, { "docid": "4249809", "text": "Mutant League Football Mutant League Football is a video game that was released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis. The game was designed using the \"Madden '93\" engine, and features a different take on football, where the games resemble a war as much as a sporting competition. Electronic Arts ported the game to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) as part of \"EA Replay\". It was released in the United States on November 14, 2006. The PSP allowed a higher resolution for the game than seen on the Genesis, therefore bringing greater graphics to the game when played on a television screen", "title": "Mutant League Football" }, { "docid": "16390883", "text": "Rules Official. Rick Cramer Rick Cramer (born July 19, 1960) is an American professional golfer. Cramer was born in Independence, Kansas. He played college golf at the University of Colorado where he was a three-time All-American. Cramer played on the Nationwide Tour in 1990 and from 1996 to 2001. He won once, at the 1996 Nike Wichita Open, and scored a double eagle at the 1996 Nike Shreveport Open. He played on the PGA Tour in 1986 where his best finish was T-37 at the 1986 Buick Open. Cramer works for the Gateway Tour as the Arizona Series Tournament Director", "title": "Rick Cramer" }, { "docid": "16390882", "text": "Rick Cramer Rick Cramer (born July 19, 1960) is an American professional golfer. Cramer was born in Independence, Kansas. He played college golf at the University of Colorado where he was a three-time All-American. Cramer played on the Nationwide Tour in 1990 and from 1996 to 2001. He won once, at the 1996 Nike Wichita Open, and scored a double eagle at the 1996 Nike Shreveport Open. He played on the PGA Tour in 1986 where his best finish was T-37 at the 1986 Buick Open. Cramer works for the Gateway Tour as the Arizona Series Tournament Director and Head", "title": "Rick Cramer" }, { "docid": "4082034", "text": "has come to believe the only way he can be cured is by being injected with Sephiroth's cells. As Sephiroth is thought dead, the only source of these cells is now Cloud, and Zack realises that Genesis plans to kill Cloud. Zack decides to stop Genesis, and after defeating him, he and Cloud head to Midgar, where he hopes to be reunited with Aerith. However, Zack and Cloud are intercepted by Shinra infantry, and Zack is killed. In his dying breath, Zack gives the Buster Sword to Cloud, telling him to be his living legacy. As Cloud stumbles off towards", "title": "Zack Fair" }, { "docid": "7762911", "text": "sets to former World number 8 Janko Tipsarević. Tomic then played at the Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open where he played Luca Vanni in round one and lost in 3 sets. Following this tournament he will play at the 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia where he lost to Viktor Troicki in 3 tight sets. He then played at the Nice Open where he retired against Gianni Mina after losing the first set 6–2. Tomic snapped his five match losing streak at the 2015 French Open where he was the 27th seed. He defeated Luca Vanni in 4 sets who he lost", "title": "Bernard Tomic" }, { "docid": "3065793", "text": "Elseworlds series \"\", Mister Miracle and Barda are shown being captured on Apokolips as they were on an undercover mission to rescue friends from Granny Goodness' orphanage, which, coupled with a mysterious force field that has just appeared around Earth, prompts Darkseid to conclude that New Genesis intend to escalate their conflict into open war. In the sequel, \"\", while being tortured by Desaad, Scott achieves the ultimate escape by downloading his consciousness into Barda's mother box, just before he is tortured to death. The Mother Box circuitry is later bonded with a Green Lantern ring, allowing Miracle to project", "title": "Mister Miracle" }, { "docid": "20074408", "text": "Tommy Genesis Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper, model and visual artist. In 2016, \"Dazed\" magazine described her as \"the internet's most rebellious underground rap queen\". Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. Her debut album titled \"Tommy Genesis\" was released in November 2018. Genesis was born in Vancouver, Canada, and is of Swedish and Tamil descent. She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she studied film and sculpture. Genesis is her birth name. Genesis started recording rap in 2013 as part of a project", "title": "Tommy Genesis" }, { "docid": "19131130", "text": "named by combining the letters \"GV\" and a number. Genesis is initially being marketed in South Korea, China, the Middle East, Russia, Canada and the United States, followed by Europe and the rest of Asia. Genesis Connected Services, a cloud-based service, features remote vehicle functions such as remote start with climate control and remote lock/unlock is available on iOS, Android and an Alexa Skill developed with Amazon. The Genesis Intelligent Assistant was developed for Android and iOS, providing similar service to Genesis Connected Services. Genesis Motors Genesis Motors is the luxury vehicle division of the South Korean vehicle manufacturer Hyundai", "title": "Genesis Motors" }, { "docid": "4082033", "text": "Genesis, Angeal forces Zack to kill him, as he wants to stop hurting people because of his mutations. Before dying, Angeal thanks Zack for stopping him and gives him his Buster Sword. Later, while Zack and Sephiroth search for Genesis and the former Shinra scientist Dr. Hollander, they go to Nibelheim where Sephiroth learns that he too was the result of genetic experimentation involving Jenova. The game then depicts the Nibelheim incident, leading to Zack and Cloud being taken captive and subjected to experiments themselves. Four years pass, Zack and Cloud are able to escape, and Zack learns that Genesis", "title": "Zack Fair" }, { "docid": "4341140", "text": "Mincha Mincha (, pronounced as ; sometimes spelled \"Minchah\" or \"Minha\") is the afternoon prayer service in Judaism. The name \"Mincha\", meaning 'present', is derived from the meal offering that accompanied each sacrifice offered in the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) . The Hebrew noun \"minħah\" () is used 211 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible with the first instances being the \"minkhah\" offered by both Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. The Talmud professes that Mincha was originated by Isaac, and described in Genesis 24:63 by the words \"\"Isaac went out to converse in the field.\"\" where the", "title": "Mincha" }, { "docid": "12347014", "text": "cuddling the winged angel. This event in Jacobs life symbolizes his being a fighter, daring to stand up to the angel of the Lord and winning. On this occasion, Jacob received the name 'Israel', symbolizing courage and standing up to strong forces. Opposite of Jacob is the relief of Abraham, who unlike Jacob, who submissions to God completely, when he is commanded to leave his house (Genesis 12:1), to fight kings (Genesis 14), and most strongly with the sacrifice of Isaac, where he obeyed God's command to sacrifice his only son. Abraham is depicted in the Menorah as an old", "title": "Knesset Menorah" }, { "docid": "16080029", "text": "in the field since 1996. After working for companies like KPMG, Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young and Nakheel, he abandoned his corporate career to set up and run Genesis Institute in 2009. Binod is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a CFA charterholder. Mohit Malhotra, on the other hand, holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies (Honours) from York University, and is also a CFA charterholder. Additionally, he is an alumnus of Canadian Securities Institute where he completed Canadian Securities Course and Technical Analysis Course. Mohit is now a Director and trainer at Genesis Institute. Mohit set up Genesis Institute in", "title": "Genesis Institute" }, { "docid": "19740346", "text": "Mikael Krantz Mikael Krantz (born 13 September 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. Krantz played on the European Tour 1989–1994 where his best result was a tie for 12th in the 1993 Open de España. He played on the Challenge Tour 1991–1999 where he enjoyed success, winning four times 1991–1992, putting him on the list of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins. His best result outside Europe was a top-10 finish in the 1991 New Zealand Open at Titirangi, a PGA Tour of Australasia tournament. Krantz played in The Open Championship three times: 1990 at St Andrews, 1993 at Royal", "title": "Mikael Krantz" }, { "docid": "6794268", "text": "Shadowrun (1994 video game) Shadowrun is an action role-playing game for the Sega Genesis, released in 1994 in North America only. It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game \"Shadowrun\" by FASA, and was developed by BlueSky Software. The game is the second video game adapted from \"Shadowrun\", and has a more open ended style of gameplay than its 1993 Super NES counterpart, \"Shadowrun\" by Beam Software. \"Shadowrun\" offers the player an open style of gameplay, where one controls the main character, Joshua, in third person perspective during both exploration and combat. Battles are real time, and although of varying", "title": "Shadowrun (1994 video game)" }, { "docid": "13661220", "text": "Vacuum genesis Vacuum genesis (zero-energy universe) is a scientific hypothesis about the Big Bang that questions whether the universe began as a single particle arising from an absolute vacuum, similar to how virtual particles come into existence and then fall back into non-existence. The concept of vacuum genesis was first proposed in 1969 during a seminar being conducted by cosmologist Dennis Sciama. Edward Tryon, in the audience, was seized by an idea and blurted \"Maybe the \"universe\" is a vacuum fluctuation.\" This was treated as a joke at the time, but Tryon had not been joking. In a 1984 interview,", "title": "Vacuum genesis" }, { "docid": "10482519", "text": "At the St. Petersburg Open, Fognini reached the final by defeating top seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinal. He lost in the final to Damir Džumhur in three sets. Fognini started his 2018 season at the Sydney International, where he reached the semi-finals and was defeated by the eventual champion, Daniil Medvedev in three sets despite being up a set and a break. At the 2018 Australian Open, he reached the fourth round, losing to Tomas Berdych in straight sets. During the South American Clay Court swing, Fognini played Argentina Open, losing the first round to Leonardo Mayer. He", "title": "Fabio Fognini" }, { "docid": "8485037", "text": "Open in 1996, and the girls' singles and doubles crowns at the Australian Open in 1997, becoming the third player in the open era to win two junior Grand Slam singles titles before her 15th birthday (the others being Martina Hingis and Jennifer Capriati). Lučić turned professional in April 1997 at the age of 15. One week after turning pro, she won the first WTA Tour event she played in at Bol. She then reached the final of her second career event in Strasbourg, where she lost to Steffi Graf. In 1998, playing in her first tour doubles event, Lučić", "title": "Mirjana Lučić-Baroni" } ]

[ "normative social influence", "informational social influence" ]

[ { "docid": "2761889", "text": "Social influence Social influence occurs when a person's emotions, opinions or behaviors are affected by others intentionally or unintentionally. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing. In 1958, Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three broad varieties of social influence. Morton Deutsch and Harold Gerard described two psychological needs that lead humans to conform to the expectations of others. These include our need to be right (informational social influence) and our need to be liked (normative social influence). Informational influence (or \"social proof\") is an influence to accept", "title": "Social influence" }, { "docid": "12813614", "text": "than 30% of conformity. Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three major types of conformity. Although Kelman's distinction has been influential, research in social psychology has focused primarily on two varieties of conformity. These are \"informational\" conformity, or informational social influence, and \"normative\" conformity, also called normative social influence. In Kelman's terminology, these correspond to internalization and compliance, respectively. There are naturally more than two or three variables in society influential on human psychology and conformity; the notion of \"varieties\" of conformity based upon \"social influence\" is ambiguous and indefinable in this context. For Deutsch and Gérard (1955), conformity results from", "title": "Conformity" }, { "docid": "2761889", "text": "Social influence Social influence occurs when a person's emotions, opinions or behaviors are affected by others intentionally or unintentionally. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing. In 1958, Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three broad varieties of social influence. Morton Deutsch and Harold Gerard described two psychological needs that lead humans to conform to the expectations of others. These include our need to be right (informational social influence) and our need to be liked (normative social influence). Informational influence (or \"social proof\") is an influence to accept", "title": "Social influence" }, { "docid": "11268645", "text": "is the act of changing one's actions, attitudes, and behaviors to match the norms of others. Norms are unsaid rules that are shared by a group. The tendency to conform results from direct and indirect social pressures occurring in whole societies and in small groups. There are two types of conformity motivations known as informational social influence and normative social influence. Information social influence is the desire to obtain and form accurate information about reality. Information social influence occurs in certain situations, such as in a crisis. This information can be sought out by other people in the group or", "title": "Belongingness" } ]

[ { "docid": "5592047", "text": "in social hierarchies) and dispositional motives (e.g., terror management and self-esteem). Despite its methodological deficiencies, the theory of the authoritarian personality has had a major influence on research in political, personality, and social psychology. The research on social cognition and motivation is continued by John Duckitt and Chris Sibley. They distinguish two different aspects of world views that lead to two different kinds of authoritarianism. A view of the social world as dangerous and threatening leads to right wing authoritarianism, while the view of the world as a ruthlessly competitive jungle in which the strong win and the weak lose", "title": "Authoritarian personality" }, { "docid": "20856336", "text": "Celebrity influence in politics Celebrity influence in politics, also referred to as \"celebrity politics,\" or \"political star power,\" is the act of a prominent person using their fame as a platform to influence others on political issues or ideology. According to Anthony Elliott, celebrity is a central structuring point in self and social identification, per-forming as it does an increasingly important role in self-framings, self-imaginings, self-revisions and self-reflection. The influential people considered celebrities can be anyone with a major following such as professional athletes, actors/actresses, television personalities, or musicians. Celebrities have two kinds of specific power; the abilities to shed", "title": "Celebrity influence in politics" }, { "docid": "6536987", "text": "autonomy for the three spheres would not eliminate their mutual influence, but would cause that influence to be exerted in a more healthy and legitimate manner, because the increased separation would prevent any one of the three spheres from dominating the others, as they had frequently done in the past. Among the various kinds of macrosocial imbalance Steiner observed, there were three major types: Steiner related the French Revolution's slogan, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, to the three social spheres as follows: According to Steiner, those three values, each one applied to its proper social realm, would tend to keep the cultural,", "title": "Social threefolding" }, { "docid": "18029664", "text": "Saha). Hazardous land uses (toxic storage and disposal facilities, manufacturing facilities, major roadways) tend to be located where property values and income levels are low. Low socioeconomic status can be a proxy for other kinds of social vulnerability, including race, a lack of ability to influence regulatory permitting and a lack of ability to move to neighborhoods with less environmental pollution. These communities bear a disproportionate burden of environmental pollution and are more likely to face health risks such as cancer or asthma. Studies show that patterns in race and income disparities not only indicate a higher exposure to pollution", "title": "Toxic hotspot" }, { "docid": "13354614", "text": "all categories; those who have very little influence to those who make major decisions for the company. However, less powerful employees (that is, those who have less control over their jobs) are more likely to suffer stress than powerful workers. Managers as well as other kinds of workers are vulnerable to work overload. Economic factors that employees face in the 21st century have been linked to increased stress levels. Researchers and social commentators have pointed out that the computer and communications revolutions have made companies more efficient and productive than ever before. This increase in productivity, however, has caused higher", "title": "Occupational stress" }, { "docid": "5258145", "text": "evidence of the idiosyncratic nature of media effects on individuals and audiences, identifying numerous intervening variables, such as demographic attributes, social psychological factors, and different media use behaviors. With these new variables added to research, it was difficult to isolate media influence that resulted in any media effects to an audience's cognition, attitude and behavior. As Berelson (1959) summed up in a widely quoted conclusion: \"Some kinds of communication on some kinds of issues have brought to the attention of some kinds of people under some kinds of conditions have some kinds of effect.\" Though the concept of an all-powerful", "title": "Influence of mass media" }, { "docid": "2761890", "text": "information from another as evidence about reality. Informational influence comes into play when people are uncertain, either because stimuli are intrinsically ambiguous or because there is social disagreement. Normative influence is an influence to conform to the positive expectations of others. In terms of Kelman's typology, normative influence leads to public compliance, whereas informational influence leads to private acceptance. Social influence is a broad term that relates to many different phenomena. Listed below are some major types of social influence that are being researched in the field of social psychology. For more information, follow the main article links provided. There", "title": "Social influence" }, { "docid": "1891329", "text": "Political system A political system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving the questions of who should have authority and what the government's influence on its people and economy should be. Anthropologists generally recognize four kinds of political systems, two of which are uncentralized and two of which are centralized. The sociological interest in political systems is figuring out who holds power within the relationship of the government", "title": "Political system" }, { "docid": "1891330", "text": "and its people and how the government’s power is used. There are three types of political systems that sociologists consider: Political system A political system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving the questions of who should have authority and what the government's influence on its people and economy should be. Anthropologists generally recognize four kinds of political systems, two of which are uncentralized and two of which", "title": "Political system" }, { "docid": "2798829", "text": "help reinforce pro-social behaviours. Several factors are considered as direct or indirect causes of developing anti-social behaviour in children. Addressing these factors are necessary to develop a reliable and effective intervention or treatment. Children’s perinatal risk, temperament, intelligence, nutrition level, and interaction with parents or caregivers can influence their behaviours. As for parents or caregivers, their personality traits, behaviours, socioeconomic status, social network, and living environment can also affect children’s development of anti-social behaviour. An individual's age at intervention is a strong predictor of the effectiveness of a given treatment. The specific kinds of anti-social behaviours exhibited, as well as", "title": "Anti-social behaviour" }, { "docid": "5854392", "text": "Mikhail Shchepkin Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin (, , the village Krasnoe, Oboyan county, Kursk Province — ) was the most famous Russian Empire actor of the 19th century. He is considered the \"father\" of realist acting in Russia and, via the influence of his student, Glikeriya Fedotova, a major influence on the development of the 'system' of Konstantin Stanislavski (who was born in the year in which Shchepkin died). Shchepkin's significance to the Theatre of Russia is comparable to that of David Garrick to the English theatre. He distinguished between two kinds of actors, both of whom are dedicated to the", "title": "Mikhail Shchepkin" }, { "docid": "7917574", "text": "A somewhat more abstract analysis of the Mixtec facts claims that the spreading of nasalization is responsible for the surface \"contrast\" between two kinds of bilabials ( and , with and without the influence of nasalization, respectively), between two kinds of palatals ( and nasalized —often less accurately (but more easily) transcribed as —with and without nasalization, respectively), and even two kinds of coronals ( and , with and without nasalization, respectively). Nasalized vowels which are contiguous to the nasalized variants are less strongly nasalized than in other contexts. This situation is known to have been characteristic of Mixtec for", "title": "Mixtec language" }, { "docid": "3631350", "text": "In the aspect of scientific innovation and competitiveness, SXUFE is in the list of the top 100 universities of social sciences. Research of all kinds at SXUFE is increasing in quantity, quality, and diversity. Of all the research, 13 are of state level; 275 of provincial or ministerial level; and 31 are horizontal subjects. About 1,496 papers were published in key journals, among which 278 were published in state journals; 12 entered the five major paper indexing system; 64 received provincial or ministerial awards. In 2005, SXUFE received two nationally funded projects in natural sciences and three in social sciences", "title": "Shanxi University of Finance and Economics" }, { "docid": "10154784", "text": "not intended to give off a message, he observes social norms and customs with a neutral perspective and then creates a twisted analysis of it. Shi has a very broad mentality, believing that every thing has many surfaces and directions from which to view it. This includes his artistic materials such as steel and charcoal. Shi enjoys exploring different kinds of physical forces, including artificial, natural, and unnamed. Three major events had an influence on Shi’s life: the radical socio-cultural transformation in China, Foucault’s madness and civilization, and the birth of his first daughter. All of these caused the artist", "title": "Shi Jinsong" }, { "docid": "16902237", "text": "570) Daoist encyclopedia \"Wushang biyao\" 無上秘要 \"Supreme Secret Essentials\" and the (7th century) Buddhistic \"Daojiao yishu\" 道教義樞 \"Pivotal Meaning of Daoist Teachings\" distinguish various levels of \"guan\" 觀 \"observation\" insight meditation, under the influence of the Buddhist Madhyamaka school's Two truths doctrine. The \"Daojiao yishu\", for instance, says. Realize also that in concentration and insight, one does not reach enlightenment and perfection of body and mind through the two major kinds of observation [of energy and spirit] alone. Rather, there are five different sets of three levels of observation. One such set of three is: 1. Observation of apparent existence.", "title": "Daoist meditation" }, { "docid": "578679", "text": "Infrastructure bias In economics and social policy, infrastructure bias is the influence of the location and availability of pre-existing infrastructure, such as roads and telecommunications facilities, on social and economic development. In science, infrastructure bias is the influence of existing social or scientific infrastructure on scientific observations. In astronomy and particle physics, where the availability of particular kinds of telescopes or particle accelerators acts as a constraint on the types of experiments that can be done, the data that can be retrieved is biased towards that which can be obtained by the equipment. Procedural bias, related to infrastructure bias, is", "title": "Infrastructure bias" }, { "docid": "14159384", "text": "Excessive demands from parents may also contribute to burnout. While sport psychologists primarily work with athletes and focus their research on improving athletic performance, coaches are another population where intervention can take place. Researchers in this area focus on the kinds of things coaches can say or do to improve their coaching technique and their athletes' performance. \"Motivational climate\" refers to the situational and environmental factors that influence individuals' goals. The two major types of motivational climates coaches can create are task-oriented and ego-oriented. While winning is the overall goal of sports competitions regardless of the motivational climate, a task-orientation", "title": "Sport psychology" }, { "docid": "1416288", "text": "will likewise take action to reduce discrepancies in abilities, for which there is an upward drive to improve one's abilities. Thus Festinger suggested that the \"social influence processes and some kinds of competitive behavior are both manifestations of the same socio-psychological process...[namely,] the drive for self evaluation and the necessity for such evaluation being based on comparison with other persons.\" Festinger also discussed implications of social comparison theory for society, hypothesizing that the tendency for people to move into groups that hold opinions which agree with their own and abilities that are near their own results in the segmentation of", "title": "Leon Festinger" }, { "docid": "5867601", "text": "during the day and sleep is the safest activity for the nighttime. Therefore, changes in light and darkness influence the body to rise during the day and become fatigued at night. There are many different zeitgebers, and their relative influence on an individual at any given time depends on a number of factors, including the presence and operation of other kinds of zeitgebers. For example, Jürgen Aschoff showed that individuals can compensate for the absence of some zeitgebers like natural light by attending to social zeitgebers instead. Specifically, individuals placed in total darkness for four days did not differ on", "title": "Zeitgeber" }, { "docid": "16145931", "text": "connect with friends. Human behavior related to social networking is influenced by major individual differences. Meaning that people differ quite systematically in the quantity and quality of their social relationships. Two of the main personality traits that are responsible for this variability are the traits of extraversion and introversion. Extraversion refers to the tendency to be socially dominant, exert leadership, and influence on others. Contrastingly, introversion refers to the tendency of a person to have a disposition of shyness, social phobia, or even avoid social situations altogether, which could lead to a reduction in the number of potential contacts that", "title": "Social Networking and Psychology" }, { "docid": "3267160", "text": "century, the term \"cagneux\" was adapted by humanities students themselves as a mocking self-description but they changed the spelling (\"khâgneux\") to make it look like a Greek loanword. There are two kinds of \"hypokhâgnes\": 1) The \"hypokhâgne A/L\" which can either lead to a \"Khâgne Ulm\" or a \"Khâgne Lyon\". 2) The \"hypokhâgne B/L\" which leads to the \"Khâgne B/L\" only. There are therefore three kinds of \"khâgnes\": \"khâgne B/L\", \"khâgne Ulm\", and \"khâgne Lyon\", respectively preparing to the following entrance exams: The common entrance examinations (social sciences section) to the three ENS: The two remaining kinds of khâgnes are", "title": "Khâgne" }, { "docid": "8301552", "text": "and treatment of cancer, including communication with providers and loved ones and social support. In addition, research related to the influence of psychosocial factors on biological disease-related processes has burgeoned over the past two decades. Much research takes a biopsychosocialapproach to account for the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors in coping with cancer. The integration of psycho-oncology into routine oncologic care represents a major step forward in terms of care for the whole patient. Diagnosis and treatment of cancer is known to influence psychological well-being to a significant degree. Rates of psychological distress are elevated for most individuals", "title": "Psycho-oncology" }, { "docid": "4920646", "text": "is also very enterprising. Eziowelle has a modern social center with many recreational and sporting facilities. There is a Magistrates Court located in Eziowelle. Eziowelle currently celebrates two major festivals which are the Eziowelle cultural day and the Elimede festival annually. These two festivals among other things feature all kinds of masquerades for public amusement. Eziowelle Eziowelle is a town in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Eziowelle translates into English as 'a good place'. It is an agrarian community lying about eight kilometres east of Onitsha. The Vatican Cardinal Francis Arinze is a native of Ezoiwelle.", "title": "Eziowelle" }, { "docid": "15689913", "text": "labor and gender as a relation of power embedded in institutions. Consequently, two major frameworks ‘Gender roles’ and ‘social relations analysis’ are used in this approach. 'Gender roles' focuses on the social construction of identities within the household; it also reveals the expectations from ‘maleness and femaleness’ in their relative access to resources. 'Social relations analysis' exposes the social dimensions of hierarchical power relations embedded in social institutions, as well as its determining influence on ‘the relative position of men and women in society.’ This relative positioning tends to discriminate against women. Unlike WID, the GAD approach is not concerned", "title": "Gender and development" }, { "docid": "2986958", "text": "the most important study of man as a social being is a study of his mother’s influence on his early life.” The term ‘mama’s boy’ is not a clinical definition, but is understood as a particular kind of mother-son dynamic that reflects co-dependency, while also resulting in a number of social, emotional and emotional intelligence, and even physical deficiencies when seen in the most extreme cases. Despite limited academic literature on the long-term effects of maternal overprotection in creating grown ‘mama’s boys’, a man’s abnormal dependency on his mother for emotional, financial, moral, and other kinds of support are widely", "title": "Mother's boy" }, { "docid": "13538699", "text": "may use alcohol or other drugs to reduce fears and inhibitions at social events. It is common for sufferers of social phobia to self-medicate in this fashion, especially if they are undiagnosed, untreated, or both; this can lead to alcoholism, eating disorders or other kinds of substance abuse. SAD is sometimes referred to as an \"illness of lost opportunities\" where \"individuals make major life choices to accommodate their illness\". According to ICD-10 guidelines, the main diagnostic criteria of social phobia are fear of being the focus of attention, or fear of behaving in a way that will be embarrassing or", "title": "Social anxiety disorder" }, { "docid": "4136815", "text": "to learn it, or how language acquisition is related to short-term and long-term memory. Sociocultural approaches reject the notion that SLA is a purely psychological phenomenon, and attempt to explain it in a social context. Some key social factors that influence SLA are the level of immersion, connection to the L2 community, and gender. Linguistic approaches consider language separately from other kinds of knowledge, and attempt to use findings from the wider study of linguistics to explain SLA. There is also a considerable body of research about how SLA can be affected by individual factors such as age and learning", "title": "Second-language acquisition" }, { "docid": "9289549", "text": "was exposed to both the arguments (minority influence) and the knowledge that the jury conformed (majority influence). Minority influence Minority influence, a form of social influence, takes place when a member of a minority group influences the majority to accept the minority's beliefs or behavior. This occurs when a small group or an individual acts as an agent of social change by questioning established societal perceptions, and proposing alternative, original ideas which oppose the existing social norms. There are two types of social influence: majority influence (resulting in conformity and public compliance) and minority influence (resulting in conversion). Majority influence", "title": "Minority influence" }, { "docid": "14079929", "text": "social or cultural context. Capital can be used to influence other people. Spheres of exchange Spheres of exchange is a heuristic tool for analyzing trading restrictions within societies that are communally governed and where resources are communally available. Goods and services of specific types are relegated to distinct value categories, and moral sanctions are invoked to prevent exchange between spheres. It is a classic topic in economic anthropology. Paul Bohannan developed the concept in relation to the Tiv of Nigeria, who he argued had three spheres of exchange. He argued that only certain kinds of goods could be exchanged in", "title": "Spheres of exchange" }, { "docid": "9289523", "text": "Minority influence Minority influence, a form of social influence, takes place when a member of a minority group influences the majority to accept the minority's beliefs or behavior. This occurs when a small group or an individual acts as an agent of social change by questioning established societal perceptions, and proposing alternative, original ideas which oppose the existing social norms. There are two types of social influence: majority influence (resulting in conformity and public compliance) and minority influence (resulting in conversion). Majority influence refers to the majority trying to produce conformity on the minority, while minority influence is converting the", "title": "Minority influence" }, { "docid": "1944661", "text": "are unisex. Peer groups can have great influence or peer pressure on each other’s gender role behavior, depending on the amount of pressure. Adolescent peer groups provide support as teens assimilate into adulthood. Major changes include: decreasing dependence on parents, increasing feelings of self-sufficiency, and connecting with a much larger social network. Adolescents are expanding their perspective beyond the family and learning how to negotiate relationships with others in different parts of the social system. Peers, particularly group members, become important social referents. Peer groups also influence individual members' attitudes and behaviours on many cultural and social issues, such as:", "title": "Peer group" }, { "docid": "19758814", "text": "large.\" According to this definition, a CSR strategy is more focused on social aspects, particularly the interests of stakeholders. CER is, in many ways, connected to CSR, as both of them influence environmental protection. CER, however, is strictly about the consideration of environmental implications and protection within corporate strategy. The understanding of CER cannot be separated from CSR—both are interconnected and based on environmental protection. There are three major areas related to these two concepts—economic, environmental and social. CER is focused more on economic and environmental while CSR relates to social and environmental aspects. Economy, society, and environment all play", "title": "Corporate environmental responsibility" }, { "docid": "2703846", "text": "16% of GDP). Germans are offered three kinds of social security insurance dealing with the physical status of a person and which are co-financed by employer and employee: health insurance, accident insurance, and long-term care insurance. Long-term care insurance (\"Gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung\") emerged in 1994, but it is not mandatory. Accident insurance (gesetzliche Unfallversicherung) is covered by the employer and basically covers all risks for commuting to work and at the workplace. There are two major types of insurance programs available in Japan – Employees Health Insurance (健康保険 Kenkō-Hoken), and National Health Insurance (国民健康保険 Kokumin-Kenkō-Hoken). National Health insurance is designed for", "title": "Health insurance" }, { "docid": "7264654", "text": "how they maintain stability despite the contingent formation. While a formative context of a society exerts a major influence on the course of social actions and behaviors, it is itself hard to challenge, revise, or even identify in the midst of everyday conflicts and routines. Thus there are two criteria for determining if an institution or structure belongs in a formative context, one subjective and one objective. The subjective criteria considers the perspective of the social actors themselves and the arrangements that are assumed in their speech and actions. For example, the attempts of big business and labor to protect", "title": "Formative context" }, { "docid": "9952250", "text": "tasks are easily absent of consciousness. There are plenty of factors that influence behaviors and thought processes. Such as social learning, to stigmas, and two major aspects of implicit and explicit cognition. Implicit on one hand is obtained through social aspects and association, while explicit cognition is gained through propositional attitudes or beliefs of certain thoughts, Implicit cognition can be incorporated with a mixture of attention, goals, self-association, and at times even motivational processes. Researchers have used different methods to test these theories of behavior correlation with implicit cognition. Using Implicit Association Tests (ITA's) is a method that is significantly", "title": "Implicit cognition" }, { "docid": "8877598", "text": "of \"amae\", but Doi argued that child-rearing practices in the Western world seek to stop this kind of dependence, whereas in Japan it persists into adulthood in all kinds of social relationships. Doi developed this idea to explain and describe many kinds of Japanese behavior. However, Doi states that while \"amae\" is not just a Japanese phenomenon, the Japanese are the only people known to have an extensive vocabulary for describing it. The reason for this is that \"amae\" is a major factor in Japanese interaction and customs. Doi argues that nonverbal empathic guesswork (\"sasshi\" ), a fondness for unanimous", "title": "The Anatomy of Dependence" }, { "docid": "18577818", "text": "Interpersonal influence Interpersonal influence is a type of social influence which results from group members encouraging, or forcing, conformity while discouraging, and possibly punishing, nonconformity. It is one of three types of social influences that lead people to conform to the majority, or the group's norms. The other two types are influence are informational influence and normative influence. The effects of \"interpersonal influence\" were well documented through Schachter’s 1951, experiments involving three confederates in an all-male discussion group. One confederate was the \"deviant\", who was assigned to always disagree with the majority; the next was the \"slider\", who disagreed initially", "title": "Interpersonal influence" }, { "docid": "8821289", "text": "rise of new literature in the 19th century. That his work was a major influence can be inferred from Sankardeva's tribute to the \"unerring predecessor poet\". The \"pada\" form of metrical verse (14 syllables in each verse with identical two syllables at the end of each foot in a couplet) became a standard in Assamese \"kavya\" works, something that continued till the modern times. Though a translated work, it is infused with local color, and instead of the heroic, Kandali instead emphasized the homely issues of relationships etc. Among the two kinds of \"alamkara's\", \"arthalankara\"s were used extensively, with similes", "title": "Assamese literature" }, { "docid": "19136739", "text": "of the Bearer of Medals and Awards of Belgium gives two kinds of awards: The Order of the Belgian Cross (Orde van het belgisch Kruis) and Medals of Gratitude (Erkentelijkheidmedailles). An Honorary Cross for humanitarian merit is also awarded. The Order is awarded in five classes which are, in descending order of precedence: The Order is exclusively reserved for full members and is awarded for outstanding social achievements. There are two kinds of Medals of Gratitude: The \"Palms of Mercy\" (Palmen van Menslievenheid) and the \"Medal of the Belgian Crown\" (Medal van Gekroont Belgie). There are the following classes: There", "title": "Royal and Merciful Society of the Bearer of Medals and Awards of Belgium" }, { "docid": "7216932", "text": "the generalized type of SAD. Scores higher than 90 indicate that SAD is highly probable. Scores in this range often are accompanied by great distress and difficulty in social functioning, and are also commonly seen in persons entering treatment for the generalized type of SAD. The specific subtype of social anxiety disorder involves fear of one or several kinds of social/performance situations (often public speaking.) The generalized subtype of social anxiety disorder is characterized by fear of most social/performance situations. Heimberg et al. (1992) found that scores on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale were significantly correlated with scores of two", "title": "Liebowitz social anxiety scale" }, { "docid": "6568341", "text": "Melburnian singer Pat Carroll whose version reached #25 before the Dana original charted to be ranked jointly with Carroll's version: the highest position this joint ranking reached was #34. \"All Kinds of Everything\" also charted in Italy but failed to become a major hit with a #58 peak. Overall sales for Dana's \"All Kinds of Everything\" are estimated at two million units. When Dana - as Dana Rosemary Scallon - ran in the 1997 Irish presidential election the Republic of Ireland's Independent Television & Radio Commission requested that Irish radio stations refrain from playing \"All Kinds of Everything\" on the", "title": "All Kinds of Everything" }, { "docid": "1432513", "text": "of its inception. The event was underwritten by Irwin Jacobs, chairman of the board of trustees. The institute is housed in a complex designed by the firm of Louis Kahn. Jack MacAllister, FAIA, of the Kahn firm was the supervising architect and a major design influence on the structure that consists of two symmetric buildings with a stream of water flowing in the middle travertine-paved central plaza that separates the two. In the beginning the buildings were made up of different kinds of concrete mixes. Kahn wanted to see what kind of mixture would best work as well as look", "title": "Salk Institute for Biological Studies" }, { "docid": "7357419", "text": "of the creed tends to be forgotten, and consequently, the fanatics of the movement change their goals and aspire toward mere domination (Russell 1938:92). Second, the revolutionary must always deal with the threat of counter-revolutionaries, and is hence faced with a dilemma: because revolutionary power must by definition think that the original revolution was justified, it \"cannot, logically, contend that all subsequent revolutions must be wicked\" (Russell 1938:87). A transition into traditional power is also possible. Just as there are two kinds of traditional power — the priestly and the kingly — there are two kinds of revolutionary power, namely,", "title": "Power: A New Social Analysis" }, { "docid": "13003628", "text": "the legal principles that form the basis of their system of jurisprudence. Authoritarian governments most commonly use criminalization of speech to aid in suppression of dissent. In many democracies, the concept of hate speech has emerged in recent years, to counteract the political and social influence of hate groups. A few examples are: Criminal speech Criminal speech is a legal concept that identifies certain kinds of speech as a crime through promulgated laws or rules. Criminalization of speech is a direct pre-emptive restriction on freedom of speech (and the broader concept of freedom of expression). In general, concepts such as", "title": "Criminal speech" }, { "docid": "4872821", "text": "rumor [of these doings] has so grown that\" several governments have suppressed them \"as being opposed to the welfare of the kingdom.\" Clement XII wrote, that these kinds of associations are \"not consistent with the provisions of either civil or canon law\" since they harm both \"the peace of the civil state\" and \"the spiritual salvation of souls.\" Pope Leo XII attempted to assess the extent and influence of anti-social organizations. Leo XII inserted and confirmed the texts of , , and , in his 1825 constitution \"Quo graviora\" \"to condemn them in such a way that it would be", "title": "Papal ban of Freemasonry" }, { "docid": "6470192", "text": "communication channels such as social media and word of mouth. Earned media often refers specifically to publicity gained through editorial influence of various kinds. The media may include any mass media outlets, such as newspaper, television, radio, and the Internet, and may include a variety of formats, such as news articles or shows, letters to the editor, editorials, and polls on television and the Internet. Many consider earned media to be the most cost effective method of marketing. As a result, many companies are investing in earned media. The increased use of earned media is converging traditional owned and paid", "title": "Earned media" }, { "docid": "18861215", "text": "were \"conspicuously near-absent\" in the encyclical. Stephen F. Schneck, the director of Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, has said that \"Something's going to come out of this and it's definitely going to have an impact on public policy in the US.\" However, Kathy Saile, the former long time director of the US bishops' office for domestic social justice, does not believe that \"it will spark a climate change bill, but someday when negotiations are happening on a bill or a treaty, these kinds of moral teachings could have an influence.\" Nonetheless, she", "title": "Laudato si'" }, { "docid": "10137572", "text": "can be a proxy for other kinds of social vulnerability, including race, a lack of ability to influence regulation and a lack of ability to move to neighborhoods with less environmental pollution. These communities bear a disproportionate burden of environmental pollution and are more likely to face health risks such as cancer or asthma. Studies show that patterns in race and income disparities not only indicate a higher exposure to pollution but also higher risk of adverse health outcomes. Communities characterized by low socioeconomic status and racial minorities can be more vulnerable to cumulative adverse health impacts resulting from elevated", "title": "Air pollution" }, { "docid": "13478186", "text": "manipulation check variable, the interpretation is that (1) the manipulation \"causes\" variation in the dependent variable (the \"effect\") and (2) the manipulation also explains variation in some other, more theoretically obvious measured variable that it is expected to concurrently influence, which assists in \"interpreting\" the \"cause\" (i.e., it only help interpret the \"cause\"; it is not necessary to \"affirm\" that the \"cause\" \"causes\" an effect). Manipulation check Manipulation check is a term in experimental research in the social sciences which refers to certain kinds of secondary evaluations of an experiment. Manipulation checks are measured variables that show what the manipulated", "title": "Manipulation check" }, { "docid": "359477", "text": "dynamics, as most principles of influence are strongest when they take place in social groups. The first major area of social influence is conformity. Conformity is defined as the tendency to act or think like other members of a group. The identity of members within a group, i.e. status, similarity, expertise, as well as cohesion, prior commitment, and accountability to the group help to determine the level of conformity of an individual. Individual variation among group members plays a key role in the dynamic of how willing people will be to conform. Conformity is usually viewed as a negative tendency", "title": "Social psychology" }, { "docid": "19517147", "text": "campaign began, analysts assumed that, because of the increased reach and capacity of social media sites of all kinds since the last election cycle, social media would be used in potentially powerful new ways. \"The Wall Street Journal\" predicted that the use of campaign advertisements targeted at individuals using newly available data would be among the more notable innovations. The political newspaper, \"The Hill\", concluded not only that \"[s]ocial media's influence in this presidential election is stronger than it has ever been,\" but that it \"will shape campaigns for years to come.\" According to \"The Wall Street Journal\", the \"traditional", "title": "Social media in the 2016 United States presidential election" }, { "docid": "6059544", "text": "which cover various topics, population sizes, and media through which normative messages are conveyed. Two types of norms are relevant to a social norms approach: descriptive norms and injunctive norms. Injunctive norms involve perceptions of which behaviors are typically approved or disapproved. They assist an individual in determining what is acceptable and unacceptable social behavior. This would be the morals of your interpersonal networks and surrounding community. Descriptive norms involve perceptions of which behaviors are typically performed. They normally refer to the perception of others' behavior. These norms are based on observations of those around you . \"Both kinds of", "title": "Social norms approach" }, { "docid": "439800", "text": "Universal (metaphysics) In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things. For example, suppose there are two chairs in a room, each of which is green. These two chairs both share the quality of \"chairness\", as well as greenness or the quality of being green; in other words, they share a \"universal\". There are three major kinds of qualities or characteristics: types or kinds (e.g. mammal), properties (e.g. short, strong), and relations (e.g. father of,", "title": "Universal (metaphysics)" }, { "docid": "5838411", "text": "left-libertarians are more likely to take more distinctively leftist stances on issues as diverse as feminism, gender and sexuality, class, immigration and environmentalism. Members of this school typically urge the abolition of the state, arguing that vast disparities in wealth and social influence result from the use of force—especially state power—to steal and engross land and acquire and maintain special privileges. They judge that in a stateless society the kinds of privileges secured by the state will be absent and injustices perpetrated or tolerated by the state can be rectified, thus they conclude that with state interference eliminated it will", "title": "Left-libertarianism" }, { "docid": "13280628", "text": "lower than that of the occurrence of either, ignoring the fact that the two events are actually unrelated to one another. To understand this with regards to lavender linguistics, just because two individuals are both self-identified bisexual males does not necessarily mean that they must engage in the same linguistic patterns and social styles. The failure to capture this asymmetry between prototypical and non-prototypical cases results in ineffective study of lavender linguistics. Typical and salient examples are just two kinds of metonymic models. Others include social stereotypes, ideal cases, paragons, generators, and submodels. A significant multitude of scholastic studies have", "title": "LGBT linguistics" }, { "docid": "9941239", "text": "two kinds of aging on finance are reasonably apparent. The large and increasing number of older persons [population aging] in a society, no matter how \"old age\" is defined, and the longer each of these persons lives [individual aging], the greater the impact on a society's pattern of retirement, public and private pension systems, health, health care, and the personal and societal financing of health care. The focus on boomers illustrates also the other two lenses or \"kinds\" of aging. How boomers deal with the social, emotional, and financial aspects of their parents' aging is a central aspect of family", "title": "Financial gerontology" }, { "docid": "3113075", "text": "of these and other studies, social psychologists have come to distinguish between two types of social influence; informational and normative (see conformity). Informational influence occurs when group members are persuaded by the content of what they read or hear to accept an opinion; Sherif's study appears to be an example. Normative influence occurs when group members are persuaded by the knowledge that a majority of group members have a view. Normative influence should not be confused with compliance, which occurs when group members are not persuaded but voice the opinions of the group majority. Although some of the participants in", "title": "Communication in small groups" }, { "docid": "19323945", "text": "information, users will reconsider which files can be shared continuously, and which should be set as invisible to the public. There are two major advantages regarding the “Pile Metaphor” model. First, introducing this model to a system does not change the fundamental design of the system. This model is like a small plug-in, and will have significant influence on the users. Second, this model will not detract users from their work, because every security-related features will be shown directly on the user’s interface. One of the common methods people used in the field of social navigation is to construct proxemic,", "title": "Social navigation" }, { "docid": "16733413", "text": "kinds of avant-garde art, which developed for the most part in the United States and influenced young Israeli artists. The spirit of this influence could be seen in a tendency toward active artistic works that blurred both the boundaries between the different fields of art and the separation of the artist from social and political life. The sculpture of this period was no longer perceived as an independent artistic object, but rather as an inherent expression of physical and social space. Another aspect of these trends was the growing interest in the boundless Israeli landscape. These works were influenced by", "title": "Israeli sculpture" }, { "docid": "13988491", "text": "Cultural activities of Maharashtra Religions and Social Activities in Maharashtra are well diverse democracy and all mixed cultures as like the rest of India. Maharashtra has a history of more than 1000 years in Religions, Social Festivals, diverse cultures and much more. Lord Ganesha's devotion is celebrated by Ganesh Chaturthi (\"Ganesh's birthday\") in August–September of every year. Lalbaugcha Raja, Shri Siddhivinayak Temple, Shri Ashtavinayaka's are the major holy places for Maharashtrians. In modern times Nisargadatta Maharaj, a Shudra and bidi-seller, became a Hindu saint of major influence in India. Popular forms of God are Shiva, Krishna and Ganesha. Lord Shiva's", "title": "Cultural activities of Maharashtra" }, { "docid": "19016522", "text": "pots over wood fires, especially for major festivities and celebrations. These are also made in the town of Amozoc de Mota, to the east of the city of Puebla, where being a member of an artisan family still carries some prestige. The town makes two kinds of pottery, kitchen utensils, and pots—and two kinds of decorative animal and human figures: those used in sets such as for nativity scenes, and miniature skulls. Much of the kitchenware is large pots and casseroles for preparing mole poblano—and sometimes also used for adobo, pipian, or tinga. Other are for making rice or bean", "title": "Handcrafts and folk art in Puebla" }, { "docid": "430577", "text": "are viable third parties which do win seats in the legislature, and in which the two major parties exert proportionately greater influence than their percentage of votes would suggest. Explanations for why a country with free elections may evolve into a two-party system have been debated. A leading theory, referred to as Duverger's law, states that two parties are a natural result of a winner-take-all voting system. In countries such as Britain, two major parties emerge which have strong influence and tend to elect most of the candidates, but a multitude of lesser parties exist with varying degrees of influence,", "title": "Two-party system" }, { "docid": "484866", "text": "are the dominant native vegetation in subhumid and semiarid regions, while shrubs and brush of various kinds dominate in arid areas. Water is essential for all the major chemical weathering reactions. To be effective in soil formation, water must penetrate the regolith. The seasonal rainfall distribution, evaporative losses, site topography, and soil permeability interact to determine how effectively precipitation can influence soil formation. The greater the depth of water penetration, the greater the depth of weathering of the soil and its development. Surplus water percolating through the soil profile transports soluble and suspended materials from the upper layers (eluviation) to", "title": "Soil" }, { "docid": "9914666", "text": "innovative physical artifacts – such as technologies and socio-technical infrastructures – is a major part of institutional change and evolution. In other words, institutionalized changes may be brought about by the \"selective forces\" of social as well as physical environments or by the direct action of social agents. This model of change is applicable to economic, political, administrative, socio-technical, and scientific institutional arrangements. Social rule system theory Social rule system theory is an attempt to formally approach different kinds of social rule systems in a unified manner. Social rules systems include institutions such as norms, laws, regulations, taboos, customs, and", "title": "Social rule system theory" }, { "docid": "17294702", "text": "Japan would begin with courtship that would allow love to develop and would lead into an arranged marriage. In the US, marriage customs would depend on the person's roots and values. The wedding and marriage depend on what each individual believes is right. Society plays a big role in the way we see love based on social differences such as gender, race, economical status, religion, education and ethnicity. In today's society, there are other major factors that influence how love is perceived by individuals. The biggest influence that we see in today modern society is social media and films. Media", "title": "Theories of love" }, { "docid": "3981118", "text": "work on the audience. As the threat perceived by the audience increases and the capacity to produce the desired effect is low, people will tend to do the opposite of what is advocated. Attitude change can also be influenced by immediate social environment. In the interpersonal domain, people tend to shift their attitudes to align with those of their significant others. The general picture of social influence thus remains one of conformity and alignment attitudes. A major implication of social judgment theory is that persuasion is difficult to accomplish. Successful persuasive messages are those that are targeted to the receiver's", "title": "Social judgment theory" }, { "docid": "7400709", "text": "graduates of the same year from the top universities(which are financed by the 211 Project). Since 2011, the university has secured 7 state-level major research projects in humanities and social sciences, which ranks first in the universities of the same nature across the country and fourth in the universities in Guangdong province. Besides, the school has won more than 500 research projects sponsored by the government, including 7 state-level major projects, 4 state-level special projects, and more than 80 state-level projects of various kinds, with the research fund totaling more than 50,000,000 yuan. In addition, it has won about 300", "title": "Guangdong University of Foreign Studies" }, { "docid": "15998729", "text": "Kred Influence Measurement Kred Influence Measurement, or Kred, is a website created by PeopleBrowsr that attempts to measure online social influence. It provides two scores, called \"Influence\" and \"Outreach\", which are based upon an openly published algorithm. \"Influence\" measures the likelihood that someone will act upon the user's posts, and \"Outreach\" measures the user's tendency to share other people's content. PeopleBrowsr CEO Jodee Rich claims that these scores reflect trust and generosity. Kred also provides separate discrete scores for a user's overall social network participation as well as its affiliation with interest-based communities. \"Community membership\" is determined by words used", "title": "Kred Influence Measurement" }, { "docid": "4934926", "text": "an individual's behavior (e.g., health-related decision-making such as diet, condom use, quitting smoking and drinking, etc.) might very well be located in and dependent on the social networks and organization (e.g., peer group, family, school and workplace), social influence has been a welcomed addition. Human behavior is guided by three kinds of consideration, \"behavioral beliefs,\" \"normative beliefs,\" and \"control beliefs.\" In their respective aggregates, \"behavioral beliefs\" produce a favorable or unfavorable \"attitude toward the behavior\"; \"normative beliefs\" result in \"subjective norm\"; and \"control beliefs\" gives rise to \"perceived behavioral control.\" In combination, \"attitude toward the behavior,\" \"subjective norm,\" and \"perceived", "title": "Theory of planned behavior" }, { "docid": "4742271", "text": "usage, creoles and pidgins are merely among the kinds of language that might become full-fledged mixed languages. Thomason (1995) classifies mixed languages into two categories: Category 1 languages exhibit \"heavy influence from the dominant group's language in all aspects of structure and grammar as well as lexicon\" (Winford 171). Category 2 languages show a \"categorial specificity of the structural borrowing\" or a uniform borrowing of specific categories (Winford). Mixed language and intertwined language are seemingly interchangeable terms for some researchers. Some use the term \"intertwining\" instead of \"mixing\" because the former implies \"mixture of two systems which are not necessarily", "title": "Mixed language" }, { "docid": "1621585", "text": "were Regionalists or Social Realists; Milton Avery's paintings, often nearly abstract, had a significant influence on several of the younger artists who would soon become known as Abstract Expressionists. Joseph Cornell, inspired by Surrealism, created boxed assemblages incorporating found objects and collage. In the years after World War II, a group of New York artists formed the first American movement to exert major influence internationally: abstract expressionism. This term, which had first been used in 1919 in Berlin, was used again in 1946 by Robert Coates in \"The New York Times\", and was taken up by the two major art", "title": "Visual art of the United States" }, { "docid": "442531", "text": "natural goods are equally relevant to goodness and value theory, which is more general in scope. In sociology, value theory is concerned with personal values which are popularly held by a community, and how those values might change under particular conditions. Different groups of people may hold or prioritize different kinds of values influencing social behavior. Major Western theorists who stress the importance of values as an analytical independent variable include Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Jürgen Habermas. Classical examples of sociological traditions which deny or downplay the question of values are institutionalism, historical materialism (including Marxism), behaviorism,", "title": "Value theory" }, { "docid": "5239133", "text": "for Polish Science also offers different kinds of scientific grants for distinguished scholars, both Polish citizens and foreigners. Grants are made available in the United Kingdom for a variety of business, charitable and research purposes. The biggest grant distributors are government departments and agencies which offer grants to third party organisations (often a charitable organisation) to carry out statutory work on their behalf. Other major grant distributors in the United Kingdom are the National Lottery, charitable trusts and corporate foundations (through Corporate Social Responsibility policies). For example, Google contributes to the grants process through its Google Grants programme, where any", "title": "Grant (money)" }, { "docid": "6925635", "text": "Suicide (book) Suicide () is an 1897 book written by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. It was the first methodological study of a social fact in the context of society. It is ostensibly a case study of suicide, a publication unique for its time that provided an example of what the sociological monograph should look like. According to Durkheim, In his view, suicide comes in four kinds: These four types of suicide are based on the degrees of imbalance of two social forces: social integration and moral regulation. Durkheim noted the effects of various crises on social aggregates – war, for", "title": "Suicide (book)" }, { "docid": "13433384", "text": "of Frugoni's ideas were more congruent with the French Annales School and its interest in historical mentalities, than with the traditional approaches that were current in the Italian academy during his career. Consequently, he never established what one might call a \"school\" of historical thought in Italy, with a cohort of students who continued his work, but his work did influence a number of European scholars who were inspired by his unique approach to the sources and the kinds of questions he asked. Carlo Ginzburg, for example, who studied with Frugoni in Pisa, has cited him as a major influence.", "title": "Arsenio Frugoni" }, { "docid": "16112329", "text": "the government or state-owned companies to promote propaganda or ensure social stability. The third type is the one working for private companies, such as public relations companies, to pursue their own interest. Many practices of Internet Water Army companies are commonly acceptable, such as word-of-mouth marketing, viral marketing, marketing buzz, seeding agency, and e-marketing. Some other tactics are considered unacceptable, such as spam in blogs or \"comment spam\", social networking spam or \"social spam\", and content farms. Wangluo shuijun techniques employ two kinds of Internet slang \"puppetry\": sockpuppet \"a pseudonym used by someone to distance themselves from their actions, especially", "title": "Internet Water Army" }, { "docid": "11678377", "text": "in developing pro-social behavior in children. Rewards have also been closely studied in relation to the development of social behaviors in children. The building of self-control, empathy, and cooperation has all implicated rewards as a successful tactic, while sharing has been strongly linked with reinforcement. The development of social skills in children is largely affected in that classroom setting by both teachers and peers. Reinforcement and punishment play major roles here as well. Peers frequently reinforce each other’s behavior. One of the major areas that teachers and peers influence is sex-typed behavior, while peers also largely influence modes of initiating", "title": "Behavior analysis of child development" }, { "docid": "13285359", "text": "people who are initially equivalent (at the pretest phase) are randomly assigned to receive the experimental treatment or a control condition and then assessed again after this differential experience (posttest phase)\". Thus, any effects of artifacts are (ideally) equally distributed in participants in both the treatment and control condition. Confounds and artifacts Although often used interchangeably, confounds and artifacts refer to two different kinds of threat to the validity of social psychological research. Within a given social psychological experiment, researchers are attempting to establish a relationship between a treatment (also known as an independent variable or a predictor) and an", "title": "Confounds and artifacts" }, { "docid": "359478", "text": "in American culture, but a certain amount of conformity is adaptive in some situations, as is nonconformity in other situations. The second major area of social influence research is compliance. Compliance refers to any change in behavior that is due to a request or suggestion from another person. The foot-in-the-door technique is a compliance method in which the persuader requests a small favor and then follows up with requesting a larger favor, e.g., asking for the time and then asking for ten dollars. A related trick is the bait and switch. The third major form of social influence is obedience;", "title": "Social psychology" }, { "docid": "8488885", "text": "Article 2(h)) and that are likely to materially distort the economic behaviour of the average consumer (Article 5(2)(b)). The effect of commercial practices on particular kinds of consumers, especially those who are unusually vulnerable, can replace the \"average consumer\" test if the practices are directed at those kinds of consumers or will foreseeably affect them (Articles 5(2)(b) and 5(3)). The Directive describes two major categories of unfair commercial practices:- those that are misleading (Articles 5(4)(a), 6 and 7) and those that are aggressive (Articles 5(4)(b), 8 and 9). Annex 1 to the Directive sets out a list of \"commercial practices", "title": "Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005" }, { "docid": "12092422", "text": "UNISIST model The UNISIST model of information dissemination was proposed in 1971 by the United Nations. UNISIST (United Nations International Scientific Information System) is a model of the social system of communication, which consists of knowledge producers, intermediaries, and users. These groups of people (or actors) are different kinds of professionals. The social system also contains institutes such as research institutes, publishers, and libraries. The actors and institutions perform information services such as writing, publishing, storing and retrieving documents and information. The actors are communicating in both formal and informal ways and they are producing different kinds of documents such", "title": "UNISIST model" }, { "docid": "4912687", "text": "After finishing his studies, he emigrated to Portuguese Angola, where he worked for one year before returning to Portugal. He then settled in Alhandra, working in the local cement plant, where he developed an intense campaign of cultural dynamization among the workers. But what really made him remarkable was his work as a writer and his influence upon Portuguese society socialist realism. In 1939, he started publishing his first texts in the weekly newspaper \"O Diabo\". Among his major works there are two novels of deep social criticism -- Esteiros and Engrenagem -- and several stories that are an exaltation", "title": "Soeiro Pereira Gomes" }, { "docid": "13285356", "text": "Confounds and artifacts Although often used interchangeably, confounds and artifacts refer to two different kinds of threat to the validity of social psychological research. Within a given social psychological experiment, researchers are attempting to establish a relationship between a treatment (also known as an independent variable or a predictor) and an outcome (also known as a dependent variable or a criterion). Usually, but not always, they are trying to prove that the treatment causes the outcome, that differential levels of the treatment lead to differential levels of the outcome. Confounds are threats to internal validity. Confounds refer to variables that", "title": "Confounds and artifacts" }, { "docid": "1740289", "text": "Mathematics, which at a first sight seems an example of necessarily valid synthetic knowledge derived from pure reason alone, has instead a tautological character, that is its statements are analytical statements, thus very different from Kantian synthetic statements. The only two kinds of statements accepted by the Vienna Circle are synthetic statements \"a posteriori\" (i.e., scientific statements) and analytic statements \"a priori\" (i.e., logical and mathematical statements). However, the persistence of metaphysics is connected not only with logical mistakes but also with \"social and economical struggles\". Metaphysics and theology are allied to traditional social forms, while the group of people", "title": "Vienna Circle" }, { "docid": "3933196", "text": "all these categories have been repressive and violent, and that none answer the question of what kinds of institutions and beliefs support more equitable and peaceful relations. In addressing this question, Eisler's multidisciplinary, cross-cultural research resulted in a new conceptual framework for understanding and improving social systems: \"the partnership-domination continuum.\" The identification of the \"partnership model\" and the \"domination model\" as two underlying social configurations requires a new analytical approach that includes social features that are currently ignored or marginalized, such as the social construction of human/nature connections, parent/child relations, gender roles and relations, and the way we assess the", "title": "Riane Eisler" }, { "docid": "2761912", "text": "to a variety of collective social phenomena including crime, civil unrest, and voting behavior in elections. For example, methodologies for disentangling social influence by peers from external influences—with latent social network structures and large-scale observational data—were applied to US presidential elections, stock markets, and civil unrest. Social influence Social influence occurs when a person's emotions, opinions or behaviors are affected by others intentionally or unintentionally. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing. In 1958, Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three broad varieties of social influence. Morton Deutsch", "title": "Social influence" }, { "docid": "3869653", "text": "the parties. A range of kinds of reciprocity can thus be sketched out, according to Sahlins: This typology of reciprocal exchange was developed by Sahlins in relation to the domestic mode of production (i.e. 'stone age economics') and hence should be contrasted with the 19th century armchair conceptions of 'primitive communism.' Within this same domestic mode of production, the degree of social distance – kinship in particular – affects the kind of reciprocity. Since kinship is the major way in which these societies are organized, nonkin (strangers) are viewed negatively. A general model of reciprocity must recognize that the closeness", "title": "Reciprocity (cultural anthropology)" }, { "docid": "12224459", "text": "be derived from one of a number of major types, including agrarian social structure, for example, tribal or ethnic divisions, feudal classes or family based systems. Farming methods such as migratory herding of livestock are a common framework for which an agrarian system may evolve. Other important kinds of system are based on the dominant political ideology such as communism or agrarian socialism. Europe is dominated by mixed farming. This has meant careful management of tillage practices and good tools and implements were important. China developed an agrarian system based on labor-intensive wet rice cultivation where skill was paramount. The", "title": "Agrarian system" }, { "docid": "7022806", "text": "in poor health, in particular between women and men. These involve the combination of latent and pathways effects. Adopting a life-course perspective directs attention to how social determinants of health operate at every level of development – early childhood, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood – to both immediately influence health and influence it in the future. . Stress is hypothesized to be a major influence in the social determinants of health. There is a relationship between experience of chronic stress and negative health outcomes. This relationship is explained through both direct and indirect effects of chronic stress on health outcomes. The", "title": "Social determinants of health" }, { "docid": "15490254", "text": "writes that much of her work has focused on persistence through change; objectivity and objectification; and Catharine MacKinnon's theory of gender. She has done groundbreaking work on the social construction of categories often considered to be natural kinds, particularly race and gender. A collection of her major papers on these topics appeared as \"Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique\" (Oxford University Press, 2012) which won the Joseph B. Gittler Award of the American Philosophical Association in 2014. This prize is given for an outstanding scholarly contribution in the field of the philosophy of one or more of the social", "title": "Sally Haslanger" }, { "docid": "15551585", "text": "of those surrounding them. Social tuning with respect to race often occurs through parental influence. A child without sufficient information about race, and who seeks the approval of his or her parent will likely shape their own beliefs about race based on the beliefs of their parents. As noted earlier (see \"Major Theoretical Approaches\"), self tuning has been linked to many issues regarding stereotyping. For example, individuals of commonly stereotyped groups are at risk of social tuning in certain situations. For example, Michael Inzlicht coined the term \"threatening environments\", which pertain to occasions when individuals perceive that they are being", "title": "Social tuning" }, { "docid": "2154765", "text": "Situated learning Situated learning is a theory on how individuals acquire professional skills, extending research on apprenticeship into how legitimate peripheral participation leads to membership in a community of practice. Situated learning \"takes as its focus the relationship between learning and the social situation in which it occurs\". The perspective can be contrasted with alternative views of learning: \"Rather than defining [learning] as the acquisition of propositional knowledge, Lave and Wenger situated learning in certain forms of social co-participation. Rather than asking what kinds of cognitive processes and conceptual structures are involved, they ask what kinds of social engagements provide", "title": "Situated learning" }, { "docid": "13763793", "text": "her character, Olivia Spencer, and co-star Jessica Leccia's character, Natalia Rivera Aitoro, also known by the portmanteau \"Otalia\". However, for copyright reasons, the names of the two actresses' characters are changed, and there is no official connection to \"Guiding Light\". Although Chappell's character in the show is an openly gay woman, the show is not a \"gay web series\" but rather a show that \"embodies all kinds of people, with all kinds of issues\". Chappell heavily publicized the series through the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook. The web series is set in, and filmed in, Venice Beach, California, USA.", "title": "Venice: The Series" }, { "docid": "7927537", "text": "in which a question may be characterized. In her first book, \"Science as Social Knowledge\" (1990), Longino argued for the relevance of social values, or values which are part of the human context of science, to the justification of scientific knowledge as objective. In her contextual empiricism, she argues that observations and data of the sort taken by scientists are not by themselves evidence for or against any particular hypotheses. Rather, the relevance of any particular data for any given hypothesis is decided by human beliefs and assumptions about what kinds of data can support what kinds of hypotheses. Moreover,", "title": "Helen Longino" }, { "docid": "3024395", "text": "those two kinds of social capital, bonding and bridging, do strengthen each other. Consequently, with the decline of the bonding capital mentioned above inevitably comes the decline of the bridging capital leading to greater ethnic tensions. In 2016, Putnam explained his inspiration for the book, by saying, Critics such as the sociologist Claude Fischer argue that (a) Putnam concentrates on organizational forms of social capital, and pays much less attention to networks of interpersonal social capital; (b) Putnam neglects the emergence of new forms of supportive organizations on and off the Internet; and (c) the 1960s are a misleading baseline", "title": "Robert D. Putnam" }, { "docid": "18442620", "text": "in two key ways. First, it looks across social networks for its measurement. Second, it looks at impact (rather than activity) by analyzing social gestures such as following, retweeting, liking, favoriting, etc. Critics of the Klout Score claim that social gestures (following, liking, and favoriting, etc.) are superficial actions, and insufficiently meaningful to serve as accurate or reliable indicators of true influence. Also, the application of Klout score to a sales context is merely indirect, given that Klout is designed to be an influence metric rather than a sales metric per se. Revenue Attribution is a technique employed by some", "title": "Social selling" }, { "docid": "2761893", "text": "accepts the influence because the content of the influence accepted is intrinsically rewarding. It is congruent with the individual's value system, and according to Kelman the \"reward\" of internalization is \"the content of the new behavior\". Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in behavior, belief, or thinking to align with those of others or with normative standards. It is the most common and pervasive form of social influence. Social psychology research in conformity tends to distinguish between two varieties: informational conformity (also called \"social proof\", or \"internalization\" in Kelman's terms ) and normative conformity (\"compliance\" in", "title": "Social influence" } ]

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[ { "docid": "7803516", "text": "to US$30.28 a barrel, the lowest since the financial crisis of 2007–2010 began. The price sharply rebounded after the crisis and rose to US$82 a barrel in 2009. In July 2008 oil reached a record peak of US$147.27 but by February 2009 it sank beneath $40 a barrel. On 31 January 2011, the Brent price hit $100 a barrel for the first time since October 2008, on concerns about the political unrest in Egypt. For about three and half years the price largely remained in the $90–$120 range. In the middle of 2014, price started declining due to a significant", "title": "Price of oil" } ]

[ { "docid": "19492654", "text": "appointed Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science. Following media attention around a series of offensive blogs she wrote during her time as a college lecturer, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon subsequently withdrew Martin's nomination when presenting her new ministerial team to the Scottish Parliament for approval. In September 2018, Martin was appointed as Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee. From 2016 to 2018 Martin was co-convenor of the Scottish Parliament cross-party group on Oil and Gas. She has used her time in parliament to highlight the downturn of the oil and gas sector in the", "title": "Gillian Martin" }, { "docid": "615952", "text": "Enbridge Sandpiper pipeline is proposed to transfer valuable oil from Western North Dakota through northwestern Minnesota. The pipeline will be 24-30 inches in diameter. It will carry over 300,000 barrels of oil a day with a volatility of 32. The market size for oil and gas pipeline construction experienced tremendous growth prior to the economic downturn in 2008. After faltering in 2009, demand for pipeline expansion and updating increased the following year as energy production grew. By 2012, almost 32,000 miles of North American pipeline were being planned or under construction.. When pipelines are constrained, additional pipeline product transportation options", "title": "Pipeline transport" }, { "docid": "1329793", "text": "Standard Oil of Louisiana as a locally based company. The Louisiana branch was later absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey. Beginning in 1930, United Gas Corporation, the nation's busiest pipeline operator and massive integrated oil company, was headquartered in Shreveport. Pennzoil performed a hostile takeover in 1968, and forced a merger. In the 1980s, the oil and gas industry suffered a large economic downturn. This affected all of the regional economy, and many companies cut back jobs or went out of business, including a large retail shopping mall, South Park Mall, which closed in the late 1990s. Its major", "title": "Shreveport, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "10251219", "text": "the international economic crisis and the downturn of gas and oil prices in 2008, Qatargas temporarily had to declare force majeure in January 2009 on production of three LNG trains. The company remained on track with its other projects and its general direction. In November 2010 and January 2011, respectively, qatargas 3 and 4 started production. In December 2010, Qatar celebrated achieving the national goal of 77 million tonnes per year for the first time, making it the world's largest LNG producer. Because of the major advances in oil- and gas extracting techniques (shale - or tight gas from rock,", "title": "Qatargas" }, { "docid": "2349896", "text": "a significant number of the major oil and gas corporations, and an early increase in the share of the oil and gas sector owned by the Government of Canada.\" In the early 1980s, the global economy deepened into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Canada, along with all of the economies of Europe (except for Norway due to their petroleum industry) and the economy of the United States, fell into a worldwide recession. \"National Post\" journalist Jen Gerson would state that \"the NEP was considered by Albertans to be among the most unfair federal policies ever implemented. Scholars", "title": "National Energy Program" }, { "docid": "339355", "text": "a poor pearl diving country. The exploration of oil and gas fields began in 1939. In 1973, oil production and revenues increased dramatically, moving Qatar out of the ranks of the world's poorest countries and providing it with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. Qatar's economy was in a downturn from 1982 to 1989. OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) quotas on crude oil production, the lower price for oil, and the generally unpromising outlook on international markets reduced oil earnings. In turn, the Qatari government's spending plans had to be cut to match lower income.", "title": "Economy of Qatar" }, { "docid": "20819945", "text": "to natural gas. The North Shore Gas Company became 50% owned by AGL by 1974 and became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1980. In the 1960s and 1970s there was a decline in the use of coal as hospital and industrial heating converted to other energy sources, as awareness of air pollution caused by burning black coal increased. Heavy fuel oil, a by-product of local oil refining operations in Sydney, became more available as an alternative fuel to coal for brickmaking that was cleaner-burning and less bulky to transport and store. The mid-1950s and 1960s saw a huge downturn in", "title": "Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales" }, { "docid": "6004978", "text": "2011, the company acquired US-based BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc., MACTEC, a US-based engineering consultancy company, and Zektin Group, an Australian-based specialist engineering consultancy for the oil and gas and resources industries. In January 2014, AMEC provisionally agreed a £1.9bn takeover of Swiss rival Foster Wheeler. AMEC completed its purchase of Foster Wheeler on 13 November 2014 and simultaneously changed its name to Amec Foster Wheeler plc. The acquisition coincided with a downturn in revenues from the oil and gas sectors, its primary clients, leading to crippling debt. The resultant financial difficulties led to the company's chief executive Samir Brikho", "title": "Amec Foster Wheeler" }, { "docid": "344003", "text": "and gas reserves offshore in sufficient exploitable quantities. Only then did France start exploiting these reserves. The reason was that in Algeria a war of independence was fought, and the French were losing. Until then Algeria was the main source of oil and gas destined for the French market. To remain independent of the American and British oil majors France had to look elsewhere for its supply. For some the discovery of oil of the Congolese coast was a blessing. For the majority of the local population it rather proved to be a curse as the International Monetary Fund in", "title": "History of the Republic of the Congo" }, { "docid": "9300840", "text": "Economy of Shreveport Shreveport has played a role in the United States oil business. The Standard Oil company of Louisiana was once based there, but the Louisiana branch was later absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey. In the mid 1980s to early 1990s the oil and gas industry experienced an economic downturn, and many companies cut back employment or went out of business. Many residents left the area following the mid 1980s to early 1990s recession. Today the city is a busy metropolitan city, hosting various riverboat casinos, and it is second only to New Orleans in Louisiana tourism.", "title": "Economy of Shreveport" }, { "docid": "9248736", "text": "the government. , Qatar has proven oil reserves of 15 billion barrels and gas fields that account for more than 13% of the global resource. As a result, it is the richest state per-capita in the world. None of its 2 million residents live below the poverty line and less than 1% are unemployed. Qatar's economy was in a downturn from 1982 to 1989. OPEC quotas on crude oil production, the lower price for oil, and the generally unpromising outlook on international markets reduced oil earnings. In turn, the Qatari government's spending plans had to be cut to match lower", "title": "Qatar" }, { "docid": "11188045", "text": "11 kV unit boards direct and each gas turbine was provided with an 11 kV/415 V transformer to power auxiliaries. The gas turbine auxiliaries could also be supplied by a 62.5 kVA standby diesel driven alternator set. This enabled the station to be started when completely disconnected from the grid system (black start). The gas turbines, which were equipped with automatic synchronising facilities, could be selected to start up automatically if the grid system fell below 49.7 Hz. Number: Four Rated output: 22.4 MW Gas turbine engines: Rolls Royce 1533 Avon Type of fuel: Gas Oil Generated voltage: 11 kV", "title": "Kingsnorth power station" }, { "docid": "20183219", "text": "resources development, maintain a qualified and skillful experts and relying on them to execute pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and performance test of oil, gas and petrochemical projects up to the client handover. The changing nature of oil, gas and petrochemical industries and the added complexities of new projects, compel Iranian companies to upgrade their capabilities and acquire new and systematic approaches to ensure the successful implementation of their projects. On the other hands, necessitate adaptation of new approaches in management, construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning aspects of oil, gas and petrochemical projects. Prior to establishment of OICO, OIEC executed commissioning and start-up", "title": "Oil Industries Commissioning and Operation Company" }, { "docid": "8101177", "text": "by examiners of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Over the next several years, members slowly but steadily increased but finally hit their peak in 1950 when members quickly grew. Finally, when UGCCWA merged with OWIU almost 100,000 workers represented those in the gas, coke, and chemical industry. Oil Workers International Union (OWIU) and the United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America (UGCCWA) merged on March 4, 1955 to form the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW). When the AFL and CIO merged in 1955, so did the two oil workers' unions. In 1956, after only one year of", "title": "Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union" }, { "docid": "6236556", "text": "of heat and pressure changed the remains of microscopic plant and animal into oil and natural gas. Roy Nurmi, an interpretation adviser for Schlumberger oil field services company, described the process as follows: Plankton and algae, proteins and the life that's floating in the sea, as it dies, falls to the bottom, and these organisms are going to be the source of our oil and gas. When they're buried with the accumulating sediment and reach an adequate temperature, something above 50 to 70 °C they start to cook. This transformation, this change, changes them into the liquid hydrocarbons that move", "title": "Petroleum reservoir" }, { "docid": "9355437", "text": "Tilbury gas in Ontario, in 1924 Royalite began sweetening gas from the sour Royalite #4 well through a similar plant. This process removed HS from the gas, but did not extract the sulfur as a chemical element. This development waited until 1952, when a sulfur recovery plant at Turner Valley began producing raw sulfur. Turner Valley oil production peaked in 1942, partly because the Oil and Gas Conservation Board increased allowable production as part of the Second World War war effort. During that period exploration results elsewhere in western Canada were disappointing. The only significant discoveries were small heavy oil", "title": "History of the petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "docid": "17630071", "text": "the plant from a peak of 135 workers to less than half of that number. During the Great Depression, the plant reduced the work week from six to five days to allow additional workers to be added to the payroll. The 1970s energy crisis caused the price of natural gas to climb and its availability to decrease, forcing the plant to switch to fuel oil when its natural gas contract expired at the start of 1973. The expense of the additional workers needed to maintain the plant when using fuel oil resulted in the closing of the facility on June", "title": "Comal Power Plant" }, { "docid": "17420052", "text": "a unanimous vote in support of Phillips' recommendation. Boots Adams wanted to diversify the company into emerging oil-related industries. After Adams became president of Phillips Petroleum, the company increased its acquisition of natural gas mining rights. In 1938, natural gas was burnt off at the wellhead as a waste product of oil exploration and the mining rights were cheap. The increased share of natural gas mining reserves increased Phillips' profit when the commodity's value more than doubled by the end of World War II. Adams supported a start-up venture called \"Pace Setter\" as well. He purchased a Pace Setter home", "title": "Boots Adams" }, { "docid": "17922114", "text": "dykes intruding into targeted shale, which makes accessing the natural gas much more difficult and uncertain. While commercial interest did not come until 2008, oil companies have seen potential in the Karoo since the 1960s, when companies found “gas-bearing geological formations” in the area. However, because the formations were deep underground and technology was not advanced enough to pursue such interests, commercial interest did not follow until recent times. The first application for energy exploration in the Karoo came in 2008 from Bundu Oil and Gas, but was not approved. The next application from Royal Dutch Shell came in 2011,", "title": "Hydraulic fracturing in South Africa" }, { "docid": "12515106", "text": "2 existing gas injecting wells. Aghajari Gas Injection Project Aghajari Gas Injection Project is the world’s biggest enhanced oil recovery) project to be inaugurated in Iran in late 2008. The reservoir dimension of Aghajari fields is 56×6 km with the original oil-in-place of and 10.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil (based on latest studies). The total quantities extracted since the start of operations at Aghajari till this date have been 8.8 bn barrels. However, production has been on the decline because of loss of pressure and oil extraction, so that current output is a day. With injection of of gas", "title": "Aghajari Gas Injection Project" }, { "docid": "12515104", "text": "Aghajari Gas Injection Project Aghajari Gas Injection Project is the world’s biggest enhanced oil recovery) project to be inaugurated in Iran in late 2008. The reservoir dimension of Aghajari fields is 56×6 km with the original oil-in-place of and 10.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil (based on latest studies). The total quantities extracted since the start of operations at Aghajari till this date have been 8.8 bn barrels. However, production has been on the decline because of loss of pressure and oil extraction, so that current output is a day. With injection of of gas per day ( of gas", "title": "Aghajari Gas Injection Project" }, { "docid": "18150637", "text": "in the equivalent of the Eagle Ford Formation. Gas drilling in the Burgos Basin, close to the US border, has been hampered by drug gangs. One Mexican industry expert said that Mexico was unlikely to develop the Eagle Ford, because of lack of pipeline infrastructure, lack of expertise, and because the Mexican company Pemex was investing in oil deposits that yield a higher rate of return. With the worldwide decline in crude oil prices in 2015, a sharp downturn swept through Eagle Ford play. In January 2015, there were 840 active drilling rigs in Texas as a whole; by the", "title": "Eagle Ford Group" }, { "docid": "17884050", "text": "same year saw launching of Bovanenkov oil/gas/condensate field with its total fleet of production wells designed by TyumenNIIgiprogas. The projects developed by TyumenNIIgiprogas Company allowed commissioning of a start-up complex of 1A site of the Achimovsky deposits of the Urengoy gas field. It will allow recovering incremental volumes of gas and gas condensate in the fields with declining production. Field development plans of Yamburg oil and gas condensate field (Cenomanian deposits) and a Comprehensive project of the Zapolyarnoe oil and gas condensate field development are performed in 2013. On May 13, 2015 Oleg Andreev has been appointed as General Director", "title": "TyumenNIIgiprogas" }, { "docid": "8197135", "text": "Gas oil ratio When oil is brought to surface conditions it is usual for some natural gas to come out of solution. The gas/oil ratio (GOR) is the ratio of the volume of gas that comes out of solution, to the volume of oil at standard conditions. A point to check is whether the volume of oil is measured before or after the gas comes out of solution, since the oil volume will shrink when the gas comes out. In fact gas dissolution and oil volume shrinkage will happen at many stages during the path of the hydrocarbon stream from", "title": "Gas oil ratio" }, { "docid": "214774", "text": "the state's share [of the oil and natural gas profits] properly safe-guarded would soon pay the state's entire bonded indebtedness and even be great enough to defray all the state's expenses and make our state tax free so long as obligations are concerned. This enthusiasm was subdued when the first wells failed to produce oil of a sufficiently high gravity for commercial success. The barrels of oil had considerable amounts of salt water, which lessened the quality. The governor's prediction was wrong in hindsight, but the oil and natural gas industry did provide an economic boost for the city and", "title": "Jackson, Mississippi" }, { "docid": "15423777", "text": "for the coal, oil and natural gas industries. The business grew to 150 employees when Maloney sold his interest in 2006. Maloney has also invested in start-up companies. Maloney is a member of the Society of Mining Engineers, the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, and the National Groundwater Association. He is a past chairman of the West Virginia chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Maloney used his drilling expertise in support of the Plan B attempt to rescue the 33 trapped Chilean miners. Maloney joined the Center Rock team led by", "title": "Bill Maloney" }, { "docid": "18682340", "text": "and in 1916 he drilled a successful well in Butler county. He went on to found Derby Oil Company that owned a refinery in Wichita at 21st and Washington Street. and had gas stations throughout the region. In 1955 Derby Oil was acquired by Colorado Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Colorado Interstate Gas, which became part of Coastal Corporation in 1973. John (Jack) Vickers (1891-1940) was another Wichita oil mogul who got his start in the Butler oil fields. Founder of Vickers Petroleum, in 1920, he built a refinery in Potwin Kansas about 20 miles northeast of Wichita. In", "title": "History of Wichita, Kansas" }, { "docid": "16984885", "text": "Tenneco Inc. and assumed corporate level responsibility for all of Tenneco Inc.’s upstream, downstream, and gas pipeline businesses. He left Tenneco when its board elected to divest Tenneco Oil in 1988. Joe B. Foster is the founder of Newfield Exploration Company, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company. He served as chief executive officer until his retirement from active management in January 2000, and remained as chairman of its board until May 2005. Foster founded Newfield in 1989 as a private start-up with $9 million of equity capital provided by himself, other employees, a group of Houston investors, and University", "title": "Joe B. Foster" }, { "docid": "9602722", "text": "during Indiana's gas boom, Haynes invented several devices important to the advance of the natural gas industry. When working for the Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company, he oversaw the construction of the first long-distance natural gas pipeline in the United States, connecting Chicago with the Trenton Gas Field away. He began to formulate plans for a motorized vehicle in the early 1890s; he successfully road tested his first car, the \"Pioneer\", on July 4, 1894—eight years after the first automobile was patented in Germany. He formed a partnership with Elmer and Edgar Apperson in 1896 to start Haynes-Apperson for", "title": "Elwood Haynes" }, { "docid": "9391369", "text": "offshore block. The plan to build the oil and gas pipelines was approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission in April 2007. In November 2008, China and Myanmar agreed to build a US$1.5 billion oil pipeline and US$1.04 billion natural gas pipeline. In March 2009, China and Myanmar signed an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline, and in June 2009 an agreement to build a crude oil pipeline. The inauguration ceremony marking the start of construction was held on 31 October 2009 on Maday Island. The Myanmar section of the gas pipeline was completed on 12 June 2013", "title": "Sino-Myanmar pipelines" }, { "docid": "17314386", "text": "Oil Exploration 35%), and South Natuna Sea Block B (ConocoPhillips 40%, Inpex 35%, Chevron Corporation 25%) has been proposed. Production is expected to be viable only if the oil price exceeds $100 per barrel. The production is expected to start not before 2030. East Natuna gas field The East Natuna gas field (former name: Natuna D-Alpha block) is a large natural gas field located in the South China Sea off northern Natuna Island, Indonesia. It is within the disagreed area claimed by China. The field was discovered in 1973 by Agip. In 1980, the Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina and", "title": "East Natuna gas field" }, { "docid": "14060888", "text": "oil fields which are planned to start production in those years. According to the Energy Information Administration, \"Gulf of Mexico federal offshore oil production accounts for 17% of total U.S. crude oil production and federal offshore natural gas production in the Gulf accounts for 5% of total U.S. dry production.\" Major fields include Eugene Island block 330 oil field, Atlantis Oil Field, and the Tiber oilfield (discovered 2009). Notable oil platforms include Baldpate, Bullwinkle, Mad Dog, Magnolia, Mars, Petronius, and Thunder Horse. Notable individual wells include Jack 2 and Knotty Head. As technology has progressed over the years, oil companies", "title": "Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)" }, { "docid": "5882635", "text": "rate at the start of its life; the production rate eventually declines to a point at which it no longer produces profitable amounts. The shape of the decline curve depends on the oil reservoir and the reservoir drive mechanism. Wells in water-drive and gas-cap drive reservoirs often produce at a near constant rate until the encroaching water or expanding gas cap reaches the well, causing a sudden decline in oil production. Wells in gas solution drive and oil expansion drive reservoirs have exponential or hyperbolic declines: rapid declines at first, then leveling off. The shape of production curve of an", "title": "Oil depletion" }, { "docid": "4572834", "text": "earthquake. Workers were evacuated, but tsunami warnings hindered efforts to extinguish the fire until 14 March, when officials planned to do so. While developing the Rang Don Oil Field and Helang Gas Field NOEX, part of the Nippon Oil Corporation, conducted environmental impact assessments. These assessments helped them implement management plans based on the results of the assessments, specifically, how to reduce the impact of the fields on surrounding sea areas. In 2005 Nippon Oil and Ebara-Ballard announced they were going to start field testing a 1 kW household proton-exchange membrane fuel cell system that uses coal oil as fuel.", "title": "JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy" }, { "docid": "1193040", "text": "in the 1900 census, and 331 at statehood in 1907. The highest population was 434 at the 1920 census. Oil and natural gas were discovered nearby after the start of the 20th Century. Although this activity did not contribute much to the town's growth, it resulted in piping gas to Lenapah's homes and businesses. Lenapah is located at (36.851617, -95.636572). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 298 people, 109 households, and 81 families residing in the town. The population", "title": "Lenapah, Oklahoma" }, { "docid": "4226829", "text": "device to start large gas engines with high pressure-gas and develop hoisting apparatuses for deep wells. Sutton’s mechanical aptitudes never left him. His father finally directed him to return to his medical studies and he did so returning to Columbia University in 1905. Sutton’s medical studies proceeded through the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. While he continued to work on patents associated with oil drilling, Sutton also began at this stage to apply his mechanical aptitude to improving medical instruments. With credit for his graduate studies at both the University of Kansas and Columbia University, Sutton obtained", "title": "Walter Sutton" }, { "docid": "9870388", "text": "Checker to clarify his position. However, he did tell a town hall gathering in April 2012 that, in contrast to Obama, he did not want to raise taxes on oil companies. Romney's chief energy advisor also testified before Congress twice during the campaign on behalf of the oil and gas industry that Congress should maintain tax benefits for oil and gas producers. During the first presidential debate between Romney and Obama, in October 2012, Romney hinted for the first time that as president he might consider eliminating $2.8 billion in tax breaks for oil and gas producers if Congress would", "title": "Political positions of Mitt Romney" }, { "docid": "16881383", "text": "per annum. Production of oil is expected to start in 2014 and production of natural gas in 2019. Produced gas will be transported by the planned Yakutia–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline. Helium will be separated from natural gas at the Belogorsk plant. Produced helium would be purchased by Matheson and Linde. Chayanda field Chayanda field (also known as Chayandinskoye field; ) is a large hydrocarbon resource field, primarily of natural gas and gas condensates. It is located in the Lensky District of the Sakha Republic in Yakutiya. The Chayanda field is located within the Nepa Arch oil and gas area of the central", "title": "Chayanda field" }, { "docid": "20183218", "text": "Oil Industries Commissioning and Operation Company Oil Industries’ Commissioning and Operation Company (OICO; Sherkat-e Rāhandāzi va Bahrebardāri-ye Sanāye-e Naft) is an Iranian company in the field of Oil & Gas which is incorporated to manage and execute commissioning and start-up, operation, maintenance and training courses for oil, gas and petrochemical industries. OICO was established in 2011 as a private joint stock company in Tehran. The company is a wholly owned by and is a subsidiary of “Oil Industries Engineering and Construction” (OIEC) group and Oil Industry Pension Fund Investment Company (OPIC). OICO invest in the area of training and human", "title": "Oil Industries Commissioning and Operation Company" }, { "docid": "20183221", "text": "of Iran. Oil Industries Commissioning and Operation Company Oil Industries’ Commissioning and Operation Company (OICO; Sherkat-e Rāhandāzi va Bahrebardāri-ye Sanāye-e Naft) is an Iranian company in the field of Oil & Gas which is incorporated to manage and execute commissioning and start-up, operation, maintenance and training courses for oil, gas and petrochemical industries. OICO was established in 2011 as a private joint stock company in Tehran. The company is a wholly owned by and is a subsidiary of “Oil Industries Engineering and Construction” (OIEC) group and Oil Industry Pension Fund Investment Company (OPIC). OICO invest in the area of training", "title": "Oil Industries Commissioning and Operation Company" }, { "docid": "13929195", "text": "establishment of HNWR in 1946, oil and gas deposits were discovered on the refuge. Exploration and drilling activities soon occurred on the refuge and throughout the surrounding area. When the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) acquired the lands necessary for the Denison Dam Project, they did not purchase the mineral rights. As a result, it was established on surface lands owned by USACE with subsurface mineral rights remaining in private ownership. At the time the first oil well was drilled, no one had any idea of the coming magnitude of oil and gas activities that would eventually occur", "title": "Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge" }, { "docid": "4374156", "text": "to rise until the grip grounds on the cup, whereupon further injection of gas will start to raise that lift as well. Holders were built with as many as four lifts. An extra flying lift could be retrofitted into column or frame gas holders. This was an additional inner tank that extended above the standards, when the infrastructure would support the extra shear forces and weight. Though not exclusively, spiral guides were used. Dry-seal gas holders have a static cylindrical shell, within which a piston rises and falls. As it moves, a grease seal, tar/oil seal or a sealing membrane", "title": "Gas holder" }, { "docid": "7330629", "text": "when the West German and global economies were in a downturn and when all his ideas did not seem able to revive West German prosperity. Willy Brandt himself resigned two years later. Helmut Schmidt, Brandt's successor, was intensely interested in economics but also faced great problems, including the dramatic upsurge in oil prices of 1973-74. West Germany's GDP in 1975 fell by 1.4 percent (in constant prices), the first time since the founding of the FRG that it had fallen so sharply. The West German trade balance also fell as global demand declined and as the terms of trade deteriorated", "title": "Economic history of Germany" }, { "docid": "615946", "text": "much shorter, as thousands of natural-gas processing plants are located in or near oil fields. Many Bakken Basin oil companies in North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba and Saskatchewan gas fields separate the NGLs in the field, allowing the drillers to sell propane directly to small wholesalers, eliminating the large refinery control of product and prices for propane or butane. The most recent major pipeline to start operating in North America, is a TransCanada natural gas line going north across the Niagara region bridges with Marcellus shale gas from Pennsylvania and others tied in methane or natural gas sources, into the Canadian", "title": "Pipeline transport" }, { "docid": "18787018", "text": "with the short being closed when the new shares are officially issued. New World Oil, became infamous when the private investors under the banner of nwogaction voted against the issue of the new shares. This caused one the largest short squeeze's in the history of the LSE AIM index. This was considered a rare situation where the power of the shareholders proved stronger than the New World Oil and Gas Board of Directors, Nominated Adviser (Beaumont Cornish) and Broker (Cornhill Capital). New World Oil and Gas New World Oil and Gas plc is a Jersey-based oil and gas exploration company", "title": "New World Oil and Gas" }, { "docid": "15745079", "text": "above, Greece is also to start oil and gas exploration in other locations in the Ionian Sea as well as the Libyan Sea, within the Greek exclusive economic zone, south of Crete. The Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change announced that there was interest from various countries (including Norway and the United States) in exploration, and the first results regarding the amount of oil and gas in these locations are expected in the summer of 2012. A number of oil and gas pipelines are currently under construction or under planning in the country. Such projects include the \"Interconnector", "title": "Energy in Greece" }, { "docid": "6059239", "text": "was founded in 1921 in Coalinga, California, by Keck, after he had accumulated enough leases to start his own firm. Superior Oil began as a drilling contracting firm and grew into other oil services including exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The company soon focused on the exploration and production of oil and gas, and was involved with a number of new methods. In 1930 the company was the first to successfully use directional drilling in California. Keck was one of the first oilmen to move his business to Houston, Texas, and by 1931, the company had wells", "title": "Superior Oil Company" }, { "docid": "6236570", "text": "gas or water to maintain reservoir pressure. The gas/oil ratio and the oil production rate are stable until the reservoir pressure drops below the bubble point when critical gas saturation is reached. When the gas is exhausted, the gas/oil ratio and the oil rate drops, the reservoir pressure has been reduced and the reservoir energy exhausted. In reservoirs already having a gas cap (the virgin pressure is already below bubble point), the gas cap expands with the depletion of the reservoir, pushing down on the liquid sections applying extra pressure. This is present in the reservoir if there is more", "title": "Petroleum reservoir" }, { "docid": "438031", "text": "2007–08, when GDP fell by 5.0% from the spring of 2008 to the spring of 2009. Other significant recessions took place in 1957–58, when GDP fell 3.7%, following the 1973 oil crisis, with a 3.1% fall from late 1973 to early 1975, and in the 1981–82 recession, when GDP dropped by 2.9%. Recent, mild recessions have included the 1990–91 downturn, when output fell by 1.3%, and the 2001 recession, in which GDP slid by 0.3%; the 2001 downturn lasted just eight months. The most vigorous, sustained periods of growth, on the other hand, took place from early 1961 to mid-1969,", "title": "Economy of the United States" }, { "docid": "13061797", "text": "Oil production began from a man-made offshore island off Seal Beach in 1953. The first strictly offshore oil field in California was the Belmont Offshore Field, discovered in 1948 from the shore of Seal Beach; production did not begin until 1954 when a man-made island was built in 40 feet of water for drilling and production equipment. The first of ten federal offshore lease sales in California was held in 1963. The Union Oil Company discovered the Dos Cuadras oil field in federal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel in 1968, but success turned to disaster in 1969, when large", "title": "Offshore oil and gas in California" }, { "docid": "4270499", "text": "the gas turbine. The diesel engine was capable of moving the locomotive at a slow speed when the gas turbine was not running. The usual procedure was to run the locomotive from the shed to Paddington station using the diesel engine and to start the gas turbine only a few minutes before the train was due to leave. This saved fuel and minimised annoyance from noise and exhaust fumes. It proved a troublesome machine in service. Ash from the heavy fuel oil damaged the turbine blades, and the combustion chamber liner required frequent replacement due to damage. The electrical control", "title": "British Rail 18000" }, { "docid": "9391372", "text": "on an island near the port of Kyaukphyu. For oil processing China will build refineries in Chongqing, Sichuan, and in Yunnan. The gas pipeline will allow delivery of natural gas from Burma's offshore fields to China with an expected annual capacity of up to 12 bcm of natural gas. The pipeline will be supplied from the A-1 and A-3 Shwe oil field. China would start receiving natural gas from Burma's Shwe project through the pipeline in April 2013. The Shwe, Shwe-Phyu, and Mya areas in the A-1 and A-3 blocks, estimated to hold 127–218 bcm of natural gas in total,", "title": "Sino-Myanmar pipelines" }, { "docid": "14666337", "text": "history, politics and business cultures of South America as well as the knowledge of hydrocarbon basins provided by a former chief geoscientist who joined their team. They also considered the fiscal regimes, the geology, and access to infrastructure to enable early asset monetization for oil and gas discoveries. At the time, Ecuador and Venezuela did not meet their risk criteria due to political landscapes, Brazil because of the tight control of the oil and gas industry under Petrobras and the necessity of using Petrobras to transport oil and gas. In Chile, there were few oil and gas opportunities and a", "title": "Americas Petrogas" }, { "docid": "3108821", "text": "shown that hydrocarbons from the mantle region can be found widely around the globe. The content of such hydrocarbons in such rocks was extremely low and seemed to lack accumulation in concentrations that would render them feasible for exploitation. Scientific consensus on the origin of oil and gas has generally been that natural oil and gas deposits on Earth are fossil fuels. Yet, abiogenesis of small quantities of oil and gas remains an area of ongoing research in limited, mostly just laboratory scale. Some abiogenic hypotheses have proposed that oil and gas did not originate from fossil deposits, but have", "title": "Abiogenic petroleum origin" }, { "docid": "9391370", "text": "and gas started to flow to China on 21 October 2013. The oil pipeline was completed in Aug, 2014. The oil and natural gas pipelines run in parallel and start near Kyaukphyu on Made island port on the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar (19°21'52.39\"N, 93°41'3.91\"E), run under the sea for 5.3 KM to mainland ( 19°21'26.09\"N, 93°44'3.41\"E) and then run through Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin, and Muse in Myanmar before entering China at the border city of Ruili in Yunnan province. The oil pipeline, which eventually terminates in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, is long. The natural gas pipeline will", "title": "Sino-Myanmar pipelines" }, { "docid": "9990467", "text": "is normally carried out with the help of Perforating Guns or Hollow carriers. In Overbalanced Perforation the weight of the Well-bore Column is more than the Reservoir Pressure, thus it normally ensures that the Well does not start flowing oil or gas immediately after perforation. However, it may have the effect of damaging the formation due to forced entry of well-bore fluid (mud) into the reservoir. Creating a channel between the pay zone and the wellbore. Cause oil and gas to flow to the wellbore easily. Perforation (oil well) A perforation in the context of oil wells refers to a", "title": "Perforation (oil well)" }, { "docid": "6639850", "text": "Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas is a 1976 double live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It collected a variety of performances from the mid-1970s line-up of the band. Songs from their popular 1973 \"Brothers and Sisters\" album were heavily featured, but each of their other studio albums was represented by a selection as well. Released after the group had already dissolved in acrimony, the album did not attract much praise or even attention at the time. The band did not like the selections, the sound mixing on the", "title": "Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas" }, { "docid": "8197139", "text": "lubrication, fuels supplied to two-stroke engines are often mixed with oil so that it can coat the cylinders and bearing surfaces along its path. The ratio of gas to oil is set by the engine manufacturer but ranges from 30:1 to 50:1 per volume unit. Oil remaining in the mixture is burnt with the fuel and results in a familiar blue smoke and odor. Gas oil ratio When oil is brought to surface conditions it is usual for some natural gas to come out of solution. The gas/oil ratio (GOR) is the ratio of the volume of gas that comes", "title": "Gas oil ratio" }, { "docid": "19026835", "text": "was still increasing. The most commonly quoted producer price for natural gas is the Louisiana-based Henry Hub price, which is futures-traded on NYMEX. A barrel of oil releases about 5.8 million BTU when burned, so that 5.8 MCF of gas (at the standard one thousand BTU per cubic foot) releases about the same energy as a barrel of oil. Sometimes gas containing 5.8 million BTU is defined as a \"barrel of oil equivalent for energy calculation purposes. When describing reserves or production, however, the oil and gas industry more commonly uses the rounded number of 6 MCF of gas (or", "title": "Natural gas in the United States" }, { "docid": "20436397", "text": "suit in the Federal Court of Malaysia in order to assert its position as the exclusive owner of Malaysian oil resources (including Sarawak) and the 1974 Petroleum Development Act is still valid. On 22 June 2018, the federal court of Malaysia denied Petronas application to start legal proceedings against Sarawak because the case is not within the jurisdiction of the federal court. On 10 July 2018, Sarawak state assembly passed the Oil Mining (Amendment) Bill (2018) in order to regulate oil and gas activities in the state. All oil and gas companies operating in Sarawak waters would be given grace", "title": "Petroleum Sarawak Berhad" }, { "docid": "14860544", "text": "production was expected to start in summer 2015 on Goliat oil platform, but this was delayed. Production started in April 2016. Goliat is the northernmost sea oil platform at the moment. Production is estimated to continue for 10–15 years. The associated gas will be reinjected to increase oil recovery or will be transported to the processing plant at Melkøya.. Production takes place through a subsea system consisting of 22 wells, and of which 12 are oil producers, 7 water injectors and 3 gas injectors. The platforms operation has been halted temporarily in October 2017 due to some of the electrical", "title": "Goliat field" }, { "docid": "17154627", "text": "career start at the age of 19 with EarthLink in San Jose, CA. He would later join Winstar Communications and eventually a startup named Everest Broadband where he was bi-coastal between the Los Angeles and New York locations. He attributes his experience at Everest Broadband, as his foundation to learning and understanding the culture of a startup company. As the dot-com world imploded, he returned to North Texas, landing a job at Mid-Continent Oil & Gas, Inc. in 2002. He left the next year to start an Oil and Gas Company (\"Texas Energy Holdings, Inc\") with co-worker Casey Ladymon. Willis", "title": "Chad Willis" }, { "docid": "15469516", "text": "off costs such as labor costs, material costs, supplies, and repairs associated with drilling a well which allowed companies to write off their start up costs to make a profit in their start up year. The second policy was a depletion allowance that allowed oil and gas producers to claim 27.5% of revenue as a deduction for the cost of exhaustion or depletion of the deposit. This allowed for reduced capital investment and encouraged businesses to develop their resource faster. Oil and gas production increased from 16% of total U.S. energy production in 1920 to 71.1% of total energy production", "title": "Business Energy Investment Tax Credit" }, { "docid": "15940282", "text": "1987 to Aegean Sea after Greece announced that it will start oil and gas exploration in the region. As Greece declared to intervene, Turkey responded that this would be cause of war. The tension calmed down later with mediation efforts of NATO and the United States. Following the decision of the Cyprus government to start an initiative for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey signed an agreement with Northern Cyprus to do the same within Northern Cyprus' territorial waters. For this purpose, \"K. Piri Reis\", which was commissioned by the Turkish government to conduct research work, departed", "title": "RV K. Piri Reis" }, { "docid": "16267041", "text": "\"feed system\" so that fuel supply can be problematic at cold start. Retail stores offer a number of additives that will lower the CFPP of diesel oil. These will only be effective when added above the Cloud Point as the additive needs to mix well with the diesel oil - ideally the additive should be added at the gas station when the fuel is still warm from the storage tanks. The additives will not prevent the diesel from developing wax particles but these are hindered from melding together to form larger wax flakes that can clog up the fuel filter.", "title": "Winter diesel fuel" }, { "docid": "19850578", "text": "Oil and gas industry in India The oil and gas industry in India dates back to 1889 when the first oil deposits in the country were discovered near the town of Digboi in the state of Assam. The natural gas industry in India began in the 1960s with the discovery of gas fields in Assam and Gujarat. As on 31 March 2015, India had estimated crude oil reserves of 763.48 million tonnes and natural gas reserves of 1488.49 billion cubic meters (BCM). India imports 82% of its oil needs and aims to bring that down to 67% by 2022 by", "title": "Oil and gas industry in India" }, { "docid": "2645727", "text": "the large Middle East producers. It took almost a year to get the first US \"majors\" to start trading, but several \"majors\" did not start for almost 5 years. The initial resistance from the OPEC producers was almost impossible to break through, although some finally gave in, among the first being Venezuela. The rumors on the floor at that time were the Arab producers would trade gold futures as a proxy for oil prices (since the Arabs were major purchasers of gold and would buy more when their pockets were filled by rising oil prices, and conversely sell when oil", "title": "New York Mercantile Exchange" }, { "docid": "4574313", "text": "sources,) and 12,000 (according to the FLN.) The city has a commercial harbour with a gas and oil terminal. On 15 February 1989 the Dutch tanker the MV \"Maassluis\" was anchored just outside the port, waiting to dock the next day at the terminal, when extreme weather broke out. The ship's anchors did not hold and the ship smashed on the pier-head of the port. The disaster killed 27 of the 29 people on board. The city has a population of 250,000. Natural gas, oil refining, and petrochemical industries were developed in the 1970s and pipelines have been built for", "title": "Skikda" }, { "docid": "4461889", "text": "1998 and early 1999. Bradlees also took advantage of the liquidation and closure of competitor Caldor shortly after its emergence from bankruptcy and purchased several of its former stores. The fortunes of Bradlees took a turn for the worse in 2000 and on December 26, the company announced another filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, and said that Bradlees would begin liquidation sales as soon as possible, ending business. Executives of Bradlees said it filed for bankruptcy protection because of a general economic downturn, including rising interest rates and higher gas and heating oil prices that had left customers with", "title": "Bradlees" }, { "docid": "3014493", "text": "during the interval between shutting off the ignition and the engine's coming to a stop; this unburned gasoline washed lubricating oil from the cylinder walls, which not only left them unprotected in affected areas during start-up but would dilute the engine's entire oil supply if the car was not driven hard or long enough to reach a sufficient temperature to evaporate the gas out of the oil. To reduce this dilution by gasoline when stopping the engine, the owner's manual advised Turn the ignition key to the left while idling. Do not on any account try to stop the engine", "title": "Mercedes-Benz 300 SL" }, { "docid": "19576463", "text": "II Navy commander who later worked the offshore oil and gas industry. In 1985, the company took over a bankrupt rival named Delta Fabrication. The company became publicly listed in 1997. The company offered 2,000,000 shares at $15 per share. With a total offer amount of $30 million. The company had diversified revenue to build ships and expanded by taking over LeeVac Shipyards in the beginning of 2016. The acquisition provided about $112 million incremental contract backlog during the industry downturn. Gulf Island Fabrication Gulf Island Fabrication is an American manufacturer of specialized structures and marine vessels used in the", "title": "Gulf Island Fabrication" }, { "docid": "2623310", "text": "Department of Justice for sanction violations of conducting business in Iran and Sudan; the company was fined $233 million, amounting to the largest fine for sanctions to date. Due to a downturn in the global oil & gas industry in 2015, Schlumberger announced 21,000 layoffs accounting for 15% of the company’s total workforce. In August 2015, Schlumberger agreed to acquire oilfield equipment manufacturer Cameron International for $14.8 billion. In January 2018, Schlumberger announced that WesternGeco would be exiting the seismic acquisition business, both onshore and offshore, while retaining its multiclient data processing and interpretation segments. This decision followed the bankruptcy", "title": "Schlumberger" }, { "docid": "2539129", "text": "Corporation was formed. With the severe downturn in oil and natural gas prices, in September 2015, the Company went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy and during its bankruptcy process, sold several large assets. In January 2014, KKR acquired Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc for $2.4 billion from two private equity companies - Stone Point, and Hellman & Friedman. In June 2014, KKR announced it was taking a one-third stake in a Spanish energy business of Acciona Energy, at a cost of €417 million ($567 million). The international renewable energy generation business operates renewable assets, largely wind farms, across 14 countries including", "title": "Kohlberg Kravis Roberts" }, { "docid": "1997443", "text": "November 1988, a royal decree created a new Saudi Arab company, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, to take control of the former Aramco assets (or Saudi Aramco) and took the management and operations control of Saudi Arabia's oil and gas fields from Aramco and its partners. In 1989–90, high-quality oil and gas was discovered in three areas south of Riyadh: the Raghib area about 77 miles southeast of the capital. In Sept. 1990, after the start of the Gulf War, Aramco was expected to replace much of the oil production removed from the global market due to the embargo of", "title": "Saudi Aramco" }, { "docid": "11856843", "text": "Oil supply will shortly begin to decline, precipitating a global crisis. Even if coal and natural gas are substituted for some of the oil, human civilization will start to run out of fossil fuels by the end of the 21st century. He concludes with the warning: \"Civilization as we know it will come to an end sometime in this century unless we can find a way to live without fossil fuels\". Paul Raeburn wrote in \"The New York Times\" that Goodstein's prediction regarding peak oil and future of civilization is based on an understanding of physics and thermodynamics, and on", "title": "Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil" }, { "docid": "11103911", "text": "the oil fields as a roughneck he enrolled at Montana Tech University in Butte, Montana where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. From 1974 to 1982 Brown worked for Marathon Oil Company in energy development, a job that took him around the world. In 1983 he returned to Billings to start an oil and gas business. He sold it in 1994 and has been a landlord in the Billings area since that time. Roy Brown sold his oil and gas company in Billings, and currently makes a living through rental property in the Billings area. Beginning", "title": "Roy Brown (Montana politician)" }, { "docid": "1618902", "text": "to reach an \"economic limit\" when its most efficient production rate does not cover the operating expenses, including taxes. The economic limit for oil and gas wells can be expressed using these formulae: Oil fields: <math> Oil well An oil well is a boring in the Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may be termed a gas well. The earliest known oil wells were drilled in China in 347 CE. These wells had depths of", "title": "Oil well" }, { "docid": "14905933", "text": "Shale fields of South Texas. In 2013, Porter established the Texas Natural Gas Initiative. He was named \"Man of the Year\" by \"The Oil & Gas Year\". He has been recognized by the \"Shale Oil & Gas Business Magazine\" and \"Unconventional Oil & Gas Magazine\" for his economic development policies. David J. Porter David Jerome Porter (born April 21, 1956) is a Certified Public Accountant and a former elected member of the Texas Railroad Commission. Formerly in a private CPA practice in Midland in Midland County, Porter since relocated to Giddings in Lee County, Texas. Porter did not seek re-election", "title": "David J. Porter" }, { "docid": "6236568", "text": "pressure. As the reservoir depletes, the pressure falls below the bubble point, and the gas comes out of solution to form a gas cap at the top. This gas cap pushes down on the liquid helping to maintain pressure. This occurs when the natural gas is in a cap below the oil. When the well is drilled the lowered pressure above means that the oil expands. As the pressure is reduced it reaches bubble point and subsequently the gas bubbles drive the oil to the surface. The bubbles then reach critical saturation and flow together as a single gas phase.", "title": "Petroleum reservoir" }, { "docid": "16096467", "text": "Howard lost his job at the newspaper in the same year and spent one month working in a post office before quitting over the low wages. His next job, at the Cross Plains Natural Gas Company, did not last long due to his refusal to be subservient to his boss. He did manual labor for a surveyor for a time before beginning a job as a stenographer for an oil company. Howard briefly attempted to start a musical career at this time but faced a succession of unreliable tutors before giving up. His first tutor was a wandering fiddler who", "title": "Early life of Robert E. Howard" }, { "docid": "19850593", "text": "owned by various companies in different states of India as of 31 March 2016 are: Oil and gas industry in India The oil and gas industry in India dates back to 1889 when the first oil deposits in the country were discovered near the town of Digboi in the state of Assam. The natural gas industry in India began in the 1960s with the discovery of gas fields in Assam and Gujarat. As on 31 March 2015, India had estimated crude oil reserves of 763.48 million tonnes and natural gas reserves of 1488.49 billion cubic meters (BCM). India imports 82%", "title": "Oil and gas industry in India" }, { "docid": "222522", "text": "sole oil refinery in Mombasa. However, this oil refinery facility has been shut down and Kenya currently imports refined oil. In 2004 oil consumption was estimated at a day. Most of the Mombasa refinery's production is transported via Kenya's Mombasa–Nairobi pipeline. Kenya's services sector, which contributes about 63 percent of GDP, is dominated by tourism. The tourism sector exhibited steady growth in most years since independence and by the late 1980s had become the country's principal source of foreign exchange. In the late 1990s, tourism relinquished this position to tea exports because of a terrorism-related downturn. The downturn followed the", "title": "Economy of Kenya" }, { "docid": "19026836", "text": "6 million BTU in the natural gas) as equal to one barrel of oil equivalent. Since the price of natural gas was deregulated in the 1990s, its price has tended to parallel that of oil, with oil usually at a premium on a BTU basis. But starting in the late 2000s, an abundance of natural gas in North America has caused the price of a unit of energy from gas to be much lower than the price of energy from oil. When oil and natural gas are brought to the surface, they are usually separated at the wellhead, after which", "title": "Natural gas in the United States" }, { "docid": "15624888", "text": "Associated petroleum gas Associated petroleum gas (APG), or associated gas, is a form of natural gas which is found with deposits of petroleum, either dissolved in the oil or as a free \"gas cap\" above the oil in the reservoir. Historically, this type of gas was released as a waste product from the petroleum extraction industry. It may be a stranded gas reserve due to the remote location of the oil field, either at sea or on land, this gas is simply burnt off in gas flares. When this occurs the gas is referred to as flare gas. The gas", "title": "Associated petroleum gas" }, { "docid": "20843734", "text": "Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation formed in 1959 and concerned with the science of petrophysics, well logging and formation evaluation. SPWLA has approximately 2500 members. The SPWLA's mission is to increase the awareness of petrophysics, formation evaluation and well logging best practices in the oil and gas industry and the scientific community at large. The original chapters were started in Oklahoma in 1959 in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Expansion of the Society has always followed the petroleum industry boom and bust cycle. The downturn", "title": "Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts" }, { "docid": "9634753", "text": "in 1949. Turkey's ties to the other Muslim-majority nations in the region have at times resulted in pressure from Arab and Muslim states to temper its relationship with Israel. Relations between Turkey and Israel took a downturn after the 2008–09 Gaza War and Israel's raid of the Gaza flotilla. Relations between Greece and Israel have improved since 1995 due to the decline of Israeli-Turkish relations. The two countries have a defense cooperation agreement and in 2010, the Israeli Air Force hosted Greece's Hellenic Air Force in a joint exercise at the Uvda base. The joint Cyprus-Israel oil and gas explorations", "title": "Israel" }, { "docid": "15104335", "text": "two World Wars made for periods of boom. The first was followed with a severe bust, brought on by the end of the Great War and then continued by the Great Depression. Following World War II, the drive toward mechanization and the Korean War pushed the industry even higher. However, railroads and households soon began shifting from coal to oil and gas for their energy needs, and the industry yet again experienced a downturn. By 2001 8.36 billion tons of coal had been extracted from Kentucky, 5.78 billion tons coming from the Eastern Coalfield and 2.58 billion tons coming from", "title": "Coal mining in Kentucky" }, { "docid": "15545381", "text": "end. The end of the Gas Boom was difficult for many small communities, and it was a major cause of Mollie's decline. Unlike some communities, Mollie \"did not\" have manufacturers that were dependent upon the low-cost energy provided by the abundant natural gas. However, the loss of the oil workers in the nearby Harrison Township oil fields meant that consumer demand in Mollie was significantly diminished. By 1907, Mollie's Post Office was discontinued because of lack of demand—the oil workers had moved away. Elsewhere in the county, the gas and oil workers left, some of the manufacturers moved, and some", "title": "Mollie, Indiana" }, { "docid": "12323982", "text": "downturn of economic activities and lower consumption which, as a consequence, resulted in a significant down-slide in the trade between the two countries. The structure of the trade exchange during the crisis though remained largely the same - 60-70 % of Slovenian exports are pharmaceuticals, wired communications systems, electrical equipment, mechanical installations and paints. Imports from Russia are mostly comprised by oil and gas products and their derivatives, aluminium products, together comprising 70-75 % of the total Russian import. Russia–Slovenia relations Russia–Slovenia relations are foreign relations between Russia and Slovenia. Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 25, 1992. Russia", "title": "Russia–Slovenia relations" }, { "docid": "11038704", "text": "consistent rise in the Oil price ensured steady profits from the investment. The merger proposal with Statoil was announced in December 2006. Under the rules of the EEA the merger was approved by the European Union on May 3, 2007 and by the Norwegian Parliament on June 8, 2007. The Norwegian Government, the biggest shareholder in both Statoil and Norsk Hydro, holds 62.5% of the company. Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway commented that he views the merger as \"the start of a new era. We are creating a global energy company and strengthening Norway’s oil and gas industry.\"", "title": "Hydro Oil & Gas" }, { "docid": "5844627", "text": "flaring at many oil and gas production sites protects against the dangers of over-pressuring industrial plant equipment. When petroleum crude oil is extracted and produced from onshore or offshore oil wells, raw natural gas associated with the oil is brought to the surface as well. Especially in areas of the world lacking pipelines and other gas transportation infrastructure, vast amounts of such associated gas are commonly flared as waste or unusable gas. The flaring of associated gas may occur at the top of a vertical flare stack (as in the adjacent photo) or it may occur in a ground-level flare", "title": "Gas flare" }, { "docid": "11606867", "text": "by Alexi Olcheski of Avison Young published in August 2015, vacancy rates rose to 11.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 from 8.3 per cent in 2014. Oil and gas company office spaces in downtown Calgary are subleasing 40 per cent of their overall vacancies. H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns the 58-storey, 158,000-square-metre Bow Tower, claims the building was fully leased. Tenants such as Suncor \"have been letting staff and contractors go in response to the downturn\". Calgary was designated as one of the cultural capitals of Canada in 2012. While many Calgarians continue to live", "title": "Calgary" }, { "docid": "7367865", "text": "the desired effect of accelerating the development of the oil sands industry. \"A revised Alberta Royalty Regime was implemented in January 1, 2009. through which each oil sands project pays a gross revenue royalty rate of 1% (Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes 2011:30). Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes 2011 summarizes the petroleum fiscal regimes for the western provinces and territories. The Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes described how royalty payments were calculated: When the price of oil per barrel is less than or equal to $55/bbl indexed against West Texas Intermediate (WTI) (Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes 2011:30)(Indexed to the", "title": "Alberta Energy" }, { "docid": "1418867", "text": "by pipeline or to a floating platform or tanker loading facility, or both. Elements in the oil/gas production process include wellhead, production manifold, production separator, glycol process to dry gas, gas compressors, water injection pumps, oil/gas export metering and main oil line pumps. Larger platforms assisted by smaller ESVs (emergency support vessels) like the British Iolair that are summoned when something has gone wrong, \"e.g.\" when a search and rescue operation is required. During normal operations, PSVs (platform supply vessels) keep the platforms provisioned and supplied, and AHTS vessels can also supply them, as well as tow them to location", "title": "Oil platform" }, { "docid": "9726490", "text": "Hugoton Gas Field Hugoton Gas Field is a large natural gas field in the U.S. states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Its name is derived from the town of Hugoton, Kansas, near which the Hugoton Field was first discovered. Natural gas in the Hugoton area was first discovered in 1922 in the Boles #1 well, in Seward County, two miles west of Liberal. The well was drilled in 1919 to a depth of 2,919 feet by the Defenders Petroleum and Traders Oil and Gas Company, but was shut in for three years because it did not find oil. In 1922", "title": "Hugoton Gas Field" }, { "docid": "13899485", "text": "Ruston gas turbine of 3.3 MW each, and three MAN diesel driven generators 4.2 MW each. These were operated such that when fuel gas was available from production operations, the gas turbine generators generate electrical power. When fuel gas was unavailable, the diesel driven generators provided the power, supplemented by the gas turbine driven generators operating on diesel oil. \"Seillean\" had the following production facilities: The crude oil was pumped from the process plant to six cargo oil tanks. During the 1998 upgrade, an offtake reel system was installed which allows to ship discharge of cargo to a dynamically positioned", "title": "FPSO Noble Seillean" }, { "docid": "17222236", "text": "act of parliament in 1821, when the name proprietors were John, Philip and Edward Taylor with Thomas Martineau; but had run into questionable financial circumstances by 1823. Moses Ricardo, brother of David Ricardo, was involved in the oil-gas company as director; he also wrote as a publicist for oil-gas. In 1822 Taylor went to Paris in the hope of introducing oil-gas, but found that coal-gas had forestalled it. Oil-gas enjoyed an advantage in whaling ports, where it could be based on whale oil. Sir Walter Scott was an early adopter, for Abbotsford, and became one of the Edinburgh promoters of", "title": "Philip Taylor (civil engineer)" }, { "docid": "3339667", "text": "was later also used for cooking, refrigeration, and heating homes and water. It was also called city gas to distinguish it from natural gas. The gas was made from coal up to 1937 when the high cost of operating the old coke oven and coal-gas generating sets forced a change-over to oil. A pair of oil-to-gas generators was built in 1937 and the old coal-gas facilities were disassembled. In 1946-47, two more oil gas generator pairs were constructed to keep up with demand for gas. Since by-products from gas manufacturing had strong markets of their own, new equipment was installed", "title": "Gas Works Park" }, { "docid": "3418607", "text": "its energy efficiency and developing renewable energies. Total is also member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) which is a CEO-led initiative which aims to show sector leadership in the response to climate change. OGCI is made up of ten oil and gas companies that collaborate on action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In November 2016, the OGCI announced the launch of a 1 billion dollar climate investment fund to invest in cutting the climate change impact of fossil fuels. The fund will support start-ups and help develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that have the potential to reduce", "title": "Total S.A." }, { "docid": "6729264", "text": "Rhum gasfield The gRhum Gas Field () is located north-east of Aberdeen in 109 metres (350 ft) of water. Gas production and export began on 20 December 2005. Development of the Rhum project was circa £350 million. Prior to the start of production, Rhum was the largest remaining undeveloped gas reservoir in the UK Continental Shelf. The partners in the Rhum field are BP (Operator) 50% and Iranian Oil Company (U.K.) Limited (A subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company) 50%. The Rhum field is a high-temperature, high-pressure reservoir, experiencing down-hole temperatures of 150 °C and pressures of 12,700 psi.", "title": "Rhum gasfield" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1693167", "text": "eight months' fighting, with many casualties on both sides, the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn. It was a costly and humiliating defeat for the Allies and for the sponsors, especially Winston Churchill. The campaign was the only major Ottoman victory of the war. In Turkey, it is regarded as a defining moment in the nation's history, a final surge in the defence of the motherland as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. Arabs formed a substantial force in the Gallipoli Peninsula being part of the Seventy Second and Seventy Seventh regiments. According to several sources Arabs made", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693167", "text": "eight months' fighting, with many casualties on both sides, the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn. It was a costly and humiliating defeat for the Allies and for the sponsors, especially Winston Churchill. The campaign was the only major Ottoman victory of the war. In Turkey, it is regarded as a defining moment in the nation's history, a final surge in the defence of the motherland as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. Arabs formed a substantial force in the Gallipoli Peninsula being part of the Seventy Second and Seventy Seventh regiments. According to several sources Arabs made", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" } ]

[ { "docid": "10487843", "text": "Kabatepe Kabatepe, or Gaba Tepe, is a headland overlooking the northern Aegean Sea in what is now the Gallipoli Peninsula National Historical Park (), on the Gallipoli peninsula in northwestern Turkey. During the First World War, the headland was the site of an Ottoman artillery battery which constantly harassed the ANZAC troops around ANZAC Cove to the north throughout the Gallipoli Campaign. The Kabatepe Museum (in Turkish \"Kabatepe Müzesi\") is located within the Gallipoli Peninsula National Historical Park. It commemorates the Gallipoli Campaign, now considered a defining moment in the modern history of not only Turkey, but of Australia and", "title": "Kabatepe" }, { "docid": "1693278", "text": "Canakkale\".\" Gallipoli Campaign The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (), was a long unsuccessful campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey). The Allied powers Britain and France, sought to greatly weaken the Ottoman Empire by capturing control of the straits that provided a supply route to their ally Russia. The invaders launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula. They hoped to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. The naval attack was repelled and", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693166", "text": "Gallipoli Campaign The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (), was a long unsuccessful campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey). The Allied powers Britain and France, sought to greatly weaken the Ottoman Empire by capturing control of the straits that provided a supply route to their ally Russia. The invaders launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula. They hoped to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. The naval attack was repelled and after", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "18170481", "text": "the journey there, the soldiers were paid with Turkish currency, which Barwick said in his diary showed the confidence of success of the Allied commanders. He landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign. He fought in the Battle of Lone Pine and was part of the second-last group to leave Gallipoli when Allied troops were evacuated in December 1915 after what Barwick described as \"one of the most glorious and [at] the same time disastrous campaigns as Great Britain ever had anything to do with\". Barwick was then posted to France, arriving in", "title": "Archie Barwick" }, { "docid": "1693247", "text": "couple of days after the evacuation of Helles, when three Fokker \"Eindeckers\" shot down two RNAS aircraft. Historians are divided about how they summarise the campaign's result. Broadbent describes the campaign as \"a close-fought affair\" that was a defeat for the Allies, while Carlyon views the overall result as a stalemate. Peter Hart disagrees, arguing that the Ottoman forces \"held the Allies back from their real objectives with relative ease\", while Haythornthwaite calls it a \"disaster for the Allies\". The campaign did cause \"enormous damage to ... [Ottoman] national resources\", and at that stage of the war the Allies were", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "2478341", "text": "Zealand memorial at Gallipoli and commemorates all the Australian and some of the New Zealanders who died during the campaign, including those who have no known grave and those buried at sea. As a result of the battle's significance to the Australians, Lone Pine is the site of the annual Australian Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli. After the service Australian visitors congregate at the memorial to remember all their countrymen who fought and died at Gallipoli. At the New Zealand National World War I Museum, there is an exhibit for the Battle of Lone Pine, and there is also", "title": "Battle of Lone Pine" }, { "docid": "16259911", "text": "a result of the publicity of his showings in England, there was considerable interest in his Gallipoli work and in November 1916, he gave the first of what proved to be several exhibitions, accompanied by a lecture, of his paintings. From late 1916 to 1917, his Gallipoli paintings were exhibited around New Zealand and it was during this time that he painted his most notable work, 'The Man with the Donkey'. He went on tour with the paintings, giving talks about his experiences at Gallipoli. From February 1917, the proceeds from his lecturing went to the newly formed New Zealand", "title": "Horace Millichamp Moore-Jones" }, { "docid": "17271656", "text": "Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915. Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 29th Division Royal Naval Division Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 1st Australian Division New Zealand and Australian Division ANZAC Corps Troops Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient 1er Division Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the command of", "title": "Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "17271657", "text": "First Army. Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915. Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 29th Division Royal Naval Division Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 1st Australian Division New Zealand and Australian Division ANZAC Corps Troops Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient 1er Division Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the", "title": "Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "19338863", "text": "including \"Gallipoli the Turkish Defence\" (Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Publishing, 2015), \"Defending Gallipoli\" (Melbourne University Publishing, 2015). These books mark the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign in 2015 and are based on several years of research in Turkish archives. Broadbent's earlier books include \"Gallipoli, The Fatal Shore\", which marked the 90th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign, and \"The Boys Who Came Home, Recollections of Gallipoli\". He was also consultant and writer for \"Voices of the First World War\" (Readers Digest Australia, 2014). From 2006 to 2015 he was an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Modern History", "title": "Harvey Broadbent" }, { "docid": "13889456", "text": "position was very close to the Turkish trenches and was hotly contested. The position was so tenuous, that the troops holding it had to be rotated regularly, and as a result the 24th spent the remainder of the campaign rotating with the 23rd Battalion to hold the position against determined Turkish mining operations. The battalion remained at Gallipoli for three months until the evacuation of Allied troops took place in December 1915. During the period that the 24th was deployed to Gallipoli, a 52-man detachment was sent to Salonika to act as packhorse handlers for the British contingent. Following this", "title": "24th Battalion (Australia)" }, { "docid": "2773650", "text": "planning on forcing the approaches to Constantinople in the hope of knocking the Ottomans out of the war. A large Allied fleet assembled and staged an attack on the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915. The attack (the forerunner to the failed Gallipoli campaign) was a disaster, resulting in the loss of several ships. As a result, Enver turned over command to Liman von Sanders, who led the successful defence of Gallipoli, along with Mustafa Kemal. Enver then left to attend to pressing concerns on the Caucasus Front. Later, after many towns on the peninsula had been destroyed and women and", "title": "Enver Pasha" }, { "docid": "16886163", "text": "the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) following the Gallipoli Campaign. At this time, the AIF was expanded from two divisions to five, with two fresh divisions being raised in Egypt and another in Australia. After a period of training it was planned to send the AIF to Europe to fight on the Western Front, and as a result, it was necessary to expand the AIF's artillery to include 4.5-inch howitzers as well as the 18-pounder field guns that had fought at Gallipoli. The previous organisation had seen Australia raise three field brigades as part of the 1st Division, but under the", "title": "103rd Medium Battery, Royal Australian Artillery" }, { "docid": "12682463", "text": "March but several ships were lost. As a result, Irish, British, French, Australian and New Zealand troops were formed into the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and transported from Britain to Gallipoli for a land invasion. In the Gallipoli Campaign an invasion was attempted at six locations in April but Turkish defences kept the advance close to the beach. Irish battalions suffered extremely heavy losses during the V beach Landing at Cape Helles which was the most important of the landings and defended by four entrenched Turkish machine gun posts. The main force was deployed from the SS \"River Clyde\", a 4,000", "title": "Ireland and World War I" }, { "docid": "1693272", "text": "Armistice of Mudros ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre on 31 October. The Allies subsequently occupied Gallipoli and Istanbul and partitioned the Ottoman Empire. The occupation ended in 1923. The significance of the Gallipoli Campaign is felt strongly in both Australia and New Zealand, despite their being only a portion of the Allied forces; the campaign is regarded in both nations as a \"baptism of fire\" and had been linked to their emergence as independent states. Approximately 50,000 Australians served at Gallipoli and from 14,000 to 17,000 New Zealanders. It has been argued that the campaign proved significant in", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693263", "text": "evacuated for sickness during the campaign. A total of troops fell sick during the campaign, not counting troops from the Dominions or India; of these, exclusive of those evacuated. The sick were transported from Gallipoli to hospitals in Egypt and Malta as quickly as possible as bases in the area of operations were insufficient. Approximately of men removed as non-battle casualties died, against in France and Flanders. The proportion of disease casualties to battle casualties was considerably higher in the Gallipoli Campaign than it was on the campaigns of the Western Front. The number of Ottoman troops evacuated sick is", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693261", "text": "and obtain leaks from the deliberations of the Commission; Hamilton was never given another army appointment. Casualty figures for the campaign vary between sources but in 2001, Edward J. Erickson wrote that in the Gallipoli Campaign over were killed, including and around and French soldiers. Using the Ottoman Archives, Erickson estimated that Ottoman casualties in the Gallipoli Campaign were died from all causes, were wounded or injured and went missing or were captured. In 2000, McGibbon wrote that had been killed, about a quarter of those who had initially landed on the peninsula. In 2001, Carlyon gave figures of killed", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "5287205", "text": "World War I campaign at Gallipoli, received almost unprecedented critical acclaim (though it was later criticised by the British Gallipoli historian Robert Rhodes James as \"deeply flawed and grievously over-praised\"). In England, the book won the \"Sunday Times\" thousand-pound award and gold medal was the first recipient of the Duff Cooper Memorial Award. The presentation of the latter was made by Sir Winston Churchill on 28 November 1956. In 1966, Moorehead and his wife, younger son and daughter (Caroline Moorehead) made what became for him the first of an annual series of visits to Australia. There he had completed a", "title": "Alan Moorehead" }, { "docid": "17145736", "text": "Australian and 2,721 New Zealand dead. The exact number of Turkish casualties is not known, but has been estimated at 87,000 dead from a total of around 250,000 casualties. Third attack on Anzac Cove The third attack on Anzac Cove (19 May 1915) was an engagement during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. The attack was conducted by the forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, against the forces of the British Empire defending the cove. On 25 April 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the western side of the Gallipoli Peninsula, at what", "title": "Third attack on Anzac Cove" }, { "docid": "17145705", "text": "Third attack on Anzac Cove The third attack on Anzac Cove (19 May 1915) was an engagement during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. The attack was conducted by the forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, against the forces of the British Empire defending the cove. On 25 April 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the western side of the Gallipoli Peninsula, at what thereafter became known as Anzac Cove. The first Turkish attempts to recapture the ANZAC beachhead were two unsuccessful attacks in April. Just over two weeks later, the Turks had", "title": "Third attack on Anzac Cove" }, { "docid": "17770060", "text": "at the start of the Gallipoli Campaign, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at what later became known as Anzac Cove. Included in the landings was the New Zealand and Australian Division, but the division had been forced to leave part of its strength, including the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, behind in Egypt. The commanders believed there would be no requirement or opportunities for mounted troops on the peninsula. However, heavy casualties, and the lack of any other reinforcements, forced them to reconsider the decision, and the mounted troops were later dispatched to Gallipoli to serve", "title": "Battle for No.3 Post" }, { "docid": "2478342", "text": "one in the Australian War Memorial. Memorial \"Lone Pine\" trees have also been planted in Australia, New Zealand and Gallipoli to commemorate the battle and the Gallipoli campaign in general, seeded from specimens taken from Gallipoli. There are also many places in Australia named after the battle. Battle of Lone Pine The Battle of Lone Pine (also known as the Battle of Kanlı Sırt) was fought between Australian and Ottoman Empire forces during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War, between 6 and 10 August 1915. The battle was part of a diversionary attack to draw Ottoman attention away", "title": "Battle of Lone Pine" }, { "docid": "10487844", "text": "New Zealand as well. The museum hosts numerous relics from the campaign, including weapons, ammunition, uniforms, photographs, letters written by the soldiers to their families, and private belongings such as shaving tools, cocoa cases, leather flasks etc. There are also more shocking artifacts such as the skull of a Turkish soldier killed by a bullet to the forehead, and a soldier's shoe still containing a bone from the owner's foot. Kabatepe Kabatepe, or Gaba Tepe, is a headland overlooking the northern Aegean Sea in what is now the Gallipoli Peninsula National Historical Park (), on the Gallipoli peninsula in northwestern", "title": "Kabatepe" }, { "docid": "6156905", "text": "1914. The Ottoman Empire was active in the Balkans theatre and Middle Eastern theatre – the latter had five main campaigns: the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, the Mesopotamian Campaign, the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and the Gallipoli Campaign. There were also several minor campaigns: the North African Campaign, the Arab Campaign and the South Arabia Campaign. There were several important Ottoman victories in the early years of the war, such as the Battle of Gallipoli and the Siege of Kut. The Armistice of Mudros was signed on 31 October 1918, ending the Ottoman participation in World War I. Just", "title": "Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire" }, { "docid": "17901844", "text": "people and was expected to generate an estimated $14.6 million in production expenditure, with Film Victoria providing significant financing for the project through its Production Incentive Attraction Fund (PIAF). \"Gallipoli\" is distributed internationally by Endemol Worldwide Distribution. All seven episodes of \"Gallipoli\" were also made available on the streaming service Stan during the television premiere as part of a promotion deal. Gallipoli (miniseries) Gallipoli is a seven-part Australian television drama miniseries that was telecast on the Nine Network in 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign. The series premiered on 9 February 2015, and concluded four weeks later. It", "title": "Gallipoli (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "15414387", "text": "result, Qurd was captured by Yakhshi's men in an ambush. Junayd retreated, with Yakhshi capturing Ayasoluk and Tire. Yakhshi was appointed governor of the province of Aydın. Qurd was sent to Edirne, and then, with his uncle, Hamza, was incarcerated at Gallipoli. Junayd remained defiant, continuing his raids. During one of them, he captured a sister of Yakhshi, whom he later had executed. As a result, Murad sent the \"beylerbey\" of Anatolia, Oruj, to campaign against Junayd. Smyrna fell and Junayd retreated to the fortress of İpsili, on the Aegean coast, across from the island of Samos. From İpsili, Junayd", "title": "Junayd of Aydın" }, { "docid": "17901841", "text": "Gallipoli (miniseries) Gallipoli is a seven-part Australian television drama miniseries that was telecast on the Nine Network in 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign. The series premiered on 9 February 2015, and concluded four weeks later. It is adapted from the best-selling book \"Gallipoli\" by Les Carlyon. \"Gallipoli\" was produced by Endemol Australia and was shot over a three-month period commencing on 17 March 2014. Rehearsals began in early March 2014 and cast-members also undertook some military training in Melbourne before filming began. Filming took place in Melbourne and surrounding areas, including Bacchus Marsh and Werribee. The 25", "title": "Gallipoli (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "9078650", "text": "of Gallipoli, where some lines of trenches – such as at Quinn's Post – were within of one another. According to a Gallipoli campaign participant, Sir D.G. Ferguson, the use of conventional rifles during daytime was abandoned in favour of periscope rifles. It was generally regarded as significantly less accurate than a conventional Lee–Enfield, although the \"Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918\" states it was accurate to . A test conducted on the TV documentary series \"The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier\" suggested that the effective range was approximately . However, during the Gallipoli campaign, a", "title": "Periscope rifle" }, { "docid": "1693236", "text": "Regiment was deployed at Suvla Bay with the 29th Division. On 25 September, Kitchener detached two British and one French division for service in Salonika in Greece, which was the beginning of the end of the Allied campaign at Gallipoli. Alan Moorehead wrote that during the stalemate, an old Ottoman batman was regularly permitted to hang his platoon's washing on the barbed wire undisturbed and that there was a \"constant traffic\" of gifts being thrown across no-man's land, dates and sweets from the Ottoman side and cans of beef and packs of cigarettes from the Allied side. Conditions at Gallipoli", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "16223376", "text": "still with the Royal Naval Division, Richardson helped prepare it for the Gallipoli Campaign and landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. His work as a staff officer throughout the campaign was so highly regarded that he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed deputy adjutant and quartermaster general of the British XII Corps. In October 1915, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He served in Salonika with XII Corps as part of the British Salonika Army from December 1915 to February 1916. In recognition of his service at Gallipoli and Salonika,", "title": "George Spafford Richardson" }, { "docid": "1693256", "text": "arguably this perception continued until Normandy in June 1944. Hart wrote that despite the pessimistic analyses after 1918, the situation after 1940 meant that landings from the sea were unavoidable, and it was only after Normandy that the belief that opposed landings were futile was overcome. The memory of Gallipoli weighed heavily upon the Australians during the planning of the Huon Peninsula campaign in late 1943. In September, the Australians made their first opposed amphibious landing since Gallipoli at the Battle of Finschhafen in New Guinea. The landing was hampered by navigational errors and troops came ashore on the wrong", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "20420801", "text": "Serpil Senelmis Serpil Senelmis is an Australian broadcaster and public speaker with Turkish heritage. Senelmis is Director of \"Written & Recorded\". Prior to this she was Senior Radio Producer with Radio National and a Presenter on Local Radio at the \"Australian Broadcasting Corporation.\" She was part of the broadcast team at the Dawn Service in Gallipoli in 2014 and for the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign ANZAC landings in 2015. Senelmis has often reported on the Turkish perspective of the Gallipoli Campaign in Australia and spoken about it on Australian television, radio and public forums. She also hosts panel discussions", "title": "Serpil Senelmis" }, { "docid": "1693276", "text": "the Band Played Waltzing Matilda\" which consisted of an account from a young Australian soldier who was maimed during the Gallipoli Campaign. The song has been praised for its imagery, evoking the devastation at the Gallipoli landings. It remains widely popular and is considered by some to be the iconic anti-war song. In Turkey, the battle is thought of as a significant event in the state's emergence, although it is primarily remembered for the fighting that took place around the port of Çanakkale, where the Royal Navy was repulsed in March 1915. For the Turks, 18 March has a similar", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "17500664", "text": "The Desert Column The Desert Column; leaves from the diary of an Australian trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine is a book by Ion Idriess based on a diary he kept of his service during World War I. Idriess kept a diary from the time he arrived in Gallipoli on 18 May 1915 until March 1918. He participated in the Gallipoli Campaign where he was wounded, then later fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign including the Battle of Beersheeba. When Idriess returned from the war he put his diaries with his sister in Grafton. In 1929, when he was", "title": "The Desert Column" }, { "docid": "1693275", "text": "the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in Australia and New Zealand, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day). Along with memorials and monuments established in towns and cities, many streets, public places and buildings were named after aspects of the campaign, especially in Australia and New Zealand. Some examples include Gallipoli Barracks at Enoggera in Queensland, and the Armed Forces Armoury in Corner Brook, Newfoundland which is named the Gallipoli Armouries. Gallipoli also had a significant impact on popular culture, including in film, television and song. In 1971, Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle wrote a song called \"And", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "3831663", "text": "been part of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years, remaining under nominal Ottoman suzerainty despite being occupied by the British in 1882, following the Anglo-Egyptian War, and eventually becoming a British protectorate. The Suez Canal was of vital strategic importance to the British, reducing the sailing time from India, New Zealand and Australia to Europe. As a result Egypt became a major base during the war, particularly during the Gallipoli campaign. To Germany and the Ottoman Empire the canal was the closest and weakest link in British communications. Defence of the canal posed a number of problems, with its sheer", "title": "Sinai and Palestine Campaign" }, { "docid": "17951364", "text": "There is an example of the weapon in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, that was recovered from Lone Pine, Gallipoli, in January 1919. Garland trench mortar The Garland trench mortar was an improvised mortar used by Australian and British forces at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915–16. Developed early in the war by Herbert Garland, a pre-war metallurgist and superintendent of laboratories at the Cairo Citadel, it was the most numerous mortar of the Gallipoli Campaign. A simple, improvised design, the Garland mortar consisted of a smoothbore steel barrel fixed at 45 degrees to a solid wooden base. By", "title": "Garland trench mortar" }, { "docid": "16110429", "text": "arriving in Egypt in December, they took part in the North African campaign defending the Suez Canal. They remained there until May 1915, when they left for the Gallipoli campaign with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The regiment left their horses in Egypt, and arrived at the Gallipoli peninsula on 12 May 1915. Here regiment fought in the Landing at Anzac Cove, and the Battle of Sari Bair, but spent most of the campaign in a defensive posture. The regiment left Gallipoli for Egypt in December 1915, by which time they had earned four battle honours. After", "title": "3rd Light Horse Regiment (Australia)" }, { "docid": "9894538", "text": "The estimated casualties on both sides were 392,000 of whom 131,000 were killed, with New Zealand casualties of 2,721 dead and 4,852 wounded. The Allied forces eventually evacuated in December 1915 and early January 1916. The significance of the Gallipoli Campaign was strongly felt in New Zealand (and Australia) where it was the first great conflict experienced by the fledgling nation. Before Gallipoli the citizens of New Zealand were confident of the superiority of the British Empire and were proud and eager to offer their service. The campaign in Gallipoli shook that confidence. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (less two", "title": "Military history of New Zealand during World War I" }, { "docid": "71074", "text": "the penultimate man to be evacuated from Suvla Bay, the last being General Stanley Maude. The Gallipoli Campaign had been engineered by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. Although it was unsuccessful, Attlee believed that it was a bold strategy, which could have been a success if it had been better implemented on the ground. This gave him an admiration for Churchill as a military strategist, which would make their working relationship in later years productive. He later served in the Mesopotamian Campaign in what is now Iraq, where in April 1916 he was badly wounded, being hit", "title": "Clement Attlee" }, { "docid": "8564710", "text": "27,000 French. After the war, the bad conditions and high casualties amongst the Anzac troops resulted in a reasonably prevalent view in Australia that these had been due to the incompetence of British officers commanding the Australian troops and their disregard for the casualties that resulted from poorly planned or ill-conceived attacks. Whether these claims are valid or not, there can be little doubt that the entire campaign was poorly conducted, and as a result there were many military lessons learnt that were to be applied in later campaigns. Despite this, for Australians and New Zealanders the Gallipoli campaign has", "title": "Military history of Australia during World War I" }, { "docid": "12531912", "text": "to lieutenant on 15 September 1914, and subsequently served during World War I aboard the torpedo-boat destroyer , the battleship , and the former collier , which had been requisitioned and refitted for use as a landing ship during the Gallipoli Campaign from April 1915, and from which Mack was eventually invalided home. From January to April 1917 he commanded the Q-ship \"Result\" (Q 23), a 122-ton three-masted steel-hulled topsail schooner, in which he engaged and damaged the U-boat on 15 February, and on 4 April engaged another U-boat near the Noord Hinder lightvessel off Vlissingen. \"Result\" was seriously damaged", "title": "Philip Mack" }, { "docid": "5411640", "text": "Dominion of the British Empire with a population of 240,000, and not yet part of Canada. The 1st Newfoundland Regiment was deployed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula with the 29th British Division in support of the Gallipoli Campaign. With the close of the Gallipoli Campaign the regiment spent a short period recuperating before being transferred to the Western Front in March 1916. In France, the regiment regained battalion strength in preparation for the Battle of the Somme. The infantry assault began on 1 July 1916, and at 8:45 a.m. the Newfoundland Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Essex", "title": "Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)" }, { "docid": "11631309", "text": "which began on 6 August, placed Mustafa Kemal only three hundred meters (approximately 330 yards) away from the firing line. He was also the Turkish commander assigned to many of the major battles throughout the Gallipoli campaign, such as the Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill and the Battle of Sari Bair. The Gallipoli campaign became a disastrous defeat for the Allies as they were pinned down by the Turks for ten months of incessant fighting and were unable to advance past the low lying beaches of Gallipoli. The Allies finally decided to call off the offensive and", "title": "Military career of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk" }, { "docid": "12181167", "text": "an initial contingent of 500 men to full battalion strength of 1,000 men, before being deployed. After a period of acclimatization in Egypt, the regiment was deployed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula with the 29th British Division in support of the Gallipoli Campaign. With the close of the Gallipoli Campaign the regiment spent a short period recuperating before being transferred to the Western Front in March 1916. In France, the regiment regained battalion strength in preparation for the Battle of the Somme. The regiment, still with the 29th British Division, went into the line in April 1916 at", "title": "Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial" }, { "docid": "4334173", "text": "New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)—commanded by British general William Birdwood—subsequently landed at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25 April 1915. Although promising to transform the war if successful, the Gallipoli Campaign was ill-conceived and ultimately lasted eight months of bloody stalemate, without achieving its objectives. Australian casualties totalled 26,111, including 8,141 killed. For Australians and New Zealanders the Gallipoli campaign came to symbolise an important milestone in the emergence of both nations as independent actors on the world stage and the development of a sense of national identity. Today, the date of the initial landings, 25 April, is", "title": "Military history of Australia" }, { "docid": "17901842", "text": "April 1915 landing was recreated on the Mornington Peninsula. The series centres on 17-year-old Thomas \"Tolly\" Johnson (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who lies about his age so he may enlist with his brother Bevan (Harry Greenwood) and ends up fighting at Gallipoli in the campaign that helped create the Anzac legend. The story depicts the ten-month campaign in Turkey, highlighting the landing on 25 April 1915 by ANZAC troops who go into battle on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Landing in the dark, Tolly, Bevan, and their fellow soldiers of the 4th Battalion endeavor to establish a defensible foothold beneath the treacherous slopes of", "title": "Gallipoli (miniseries)" }, { "docid": "12254766", "text": "AIF to continue its training in Egypt. Most of its members were from the areas covered by both the 4th and 6th ALH. In July 1915 the regiment trained as infantry in preparation for deployment to Gallipoli. In late August 1915 the regiment departed Egypt to support the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli. Upon landing at Anzac Cove the regiment were split up to reinforce the three other Light Horse regiments from New South Wales (1st, 6th & 7th) already in place. Following the Gallipoli campaign, the regiment was redeployed to Egypt, where it took part in the Sinai campaign of", "title": "12th/16th Hunter River Lancers" }, { "docid": "7518572", "text": "subordinate described as \"the gift of personal magnetism\". On 27 December 1914 he became General Officer Commanding I Corps, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-general. He was made General Officer Commanding Third Army on 15 July 1915 with the temporary rank of general. He was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant-general on 28 October. In October 1915, the seventh month of the Gallipoli Campaign, General Ian Hamilton was dismissed as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Charles Monro was sent to evaluate what had been achieved and to recommend next steps for the campaign. The Allied position had been", "title": "Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet" }, { "docid": "5071377", "text": "Ultimately Chunuk Bair was lost, and Hamilton's August offensive failed. The Gallipoli campaign decimated the original NZMR Brigade. When the peninsula finally came to be evacuated in December, almost half of the 4000 mounted riflemen who had served there since May had been killed or wounded. Once reunited with their horses in Egypt, the Brigade formed part of what later became known as the Desert Mounted Corps, eventually consisting of 20,000 horsemen drawn from Australian, Indian, British Yeomanry and New Zealand units, and the largest tactical force of cavalry ever to operate under one command. The campaign under General Allenby", "title": "Waikato Mounted Rifles" }, { "docid": "8564708", "text": "them from discovering the Allies that were departing. At Anzac, the troops would maintain utter silence for an hour or more until the curious Turks would venture out to inspect the trenches, whereupon the Anzacs would open fire. As the numbers in the trenches were thinned, rifles were rigged to fire by water dripped into a pan attached to the trigger. In what was ironically the best planned operation of the campaign, the evacuation was completed by dawn on 20 December 1915, without a single casualty. Ultimately the Gallipoli campaign was a disastrous failure. It did not achieve any of", "title": "Military history of Australia during World War I" }, { "docid": "2252864", "text": "visited Gallipoli briefly in September 1915 and became an influential agitator against the conduct of the campaign by the British. \"Gallipoli\" was filmed primarily in South Australia. The cattle station scenes were shot in Beltana, the salt lake at Lake Torrens, the station at Adelaide railway station, and the coastline near Port Lincoln was transformed into the Gallipoli Peninsula. The pyramid and bazaar scenes were filmed on location in Egypt. The farewell ball scene was not in the original script but was an idea of Weir's during shooting. It cost an extra $60,000 to make. Peter Weir cast Mel Gibson", "title": "Gallipoli (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "7576703", "text": "and when the Central Powers offered to give them what they claimed, the Bulgarians entered the war on their side. With the Allied loss in the Gallipoli Campaign and the Russian defeat at Gorlice, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria signed a treaty with Germany and on 23 September 1915, Bulgaria began mobilizing for war. During the preceding nine months, the Serbs had tried and failed to rebuild their battered armies and improve their supply situation. Despite their efforts, the Serbian Army was only about 30,000 men stronger than at the start of the war (around 225,000) and was still badly equipped.", "title": "Serbian Campaign of World War I" }, { "docid": "2252850", "text": "Gallipoli (1981 film) Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, about several rural Western Australian young men who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the course of the movie, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the movie occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli", "title": "Gallipoli (1981 film)" }, { "docid": "16287894", "text": "of wounded soldiers that had accumulated at the beach. Shortly after completing this task, he became ill with gastro enteritis. Initially evacuated to Malta, he was sent to England for further treatment. He returned to Gallipoli on 12 November and was made the acting director of medical services. Promoted to temporary colonel, he helped with the organisation of the evacuation of Allied forces from Gallipoli the following month. His services at Gallipoli were recognised with a mention in despatches and he was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. After the campaign in Gallipoli had", "title": "Charles Mackie Begg" }, { "docid": "1693169", "text": "formerly German warships, now the Ottoman and , still under German officers, conducted the Black Sea Raid, in which they bombarded the Russian port of Odessa and sank several ships. In early November the various powers declared war. Turkey opened the Caucasus Campaign against Russia. The British briefly bombarded forts in Gallipoli, began the Mesopotamian Campaign, and studied the possibility of forcing the Dardanelles. Before the Dardanelles operation was conceived, the British had planned to conduct an amphibious invasion near Alexandretta on the Mediterranean, an idea originally presented by Boghos Nubar in 1914. This plan was developed by the Secretary", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693238", "text": "and other reporters. Stopford and other dissident officers also contributed to the air of gloom and the possibility of evacuation was raised on 11 October 1915. Hamilton resisted the suggestion, fearing the damage to British prestige but was sacked shortly afterwards and replaced by Lieutenant General Sir Charles Monro. Autumn and winter brought relief from the heat but also led to gales, blizzards and flooding, resulting in men drowning and freezing to death, while thousands suffered frostbite. The Serbian defeat in the Serbian Campaign in autumn 1915 prompted France and Britain to transfer troops from the Gallipoli Campaign to Greek", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "567401", "text": "killed in the Gallipoli Campaign, and in the same month Siegfried was sent to the 1st Battalion in France. There he met Robert Graves, and they became close friends. United by their poetic vocation, they often read and discussed each other's work. Though this did not have much perceptible influence on Graves's poetry, his views on what may be called 'gritty realism' profoundly affected Sassoon's concept of what constituted poetry. He soon became horrified by the realities of war, and the tone of his writing changed completely: where his early poems exhibit a Romantic, dilettantish sweetness, his war poetry moves", "title": "Siegfried Sassoon" }, { "docid": "1693254", "text": "the Battle of Romani, however, and lack of the materials to complete the military railway necessary for such an operation, marked the end of that ambition. The optimism gained from the victory at Gallipoli was replaced by a gathering sense of despair, and the British remained on the offensive in the Middle East for the rest of the war. The lessons of the campaign were studied by military planners prior to amphibious operations such as the Normandy Landings in 1944 and during the Falklands War in 1982. The lessons of the campaign influenced US Marine Corps amphibious operations during the", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "1693250", "text": "\"soft underbelly\", its allies in the east. British and French submarine operations in the Sea of Marmara were the one significant area of success of the Gallipoli Campaign, forcing the Ottomans to abandon the sea as a transport route. Between April and December 1915, nine British and four French submarines carried out 15 patrols, sinking one battleship, one destroyer, five gunboats, 11 troop transports, 44 supply ships and 148 sailing vessels at a cost of eight Allied submarines sunk in the strait or in the Sea of Marmara. During the campaign there was always one British submarine in the Sea", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "3459344", "text": "Gallipoli Campaign, an attempt to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula with land forces supported by the navies, to open the sea route to Constantinople. The Allies also tried to pass submarines through the Dardanelles to attack Ottoman shipping in the Sea of Marmara. The mouth of the strait is wide with a rapid current emptying from the Black Sea into the Aegean. The distance from Cape Helles to the Sea of Marmora is about , overlooked by the heights on the Gallipoli peninsula and lower hills on the Asiatic shore. The passage widens for to Eren Keui Bay, the widest point", "title": "Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign" }, { "docid": "7459362", "text": "Auburn Gallipoli Mosque The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque is an Ottoman-style mosque in Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. More than 500 worshippers attend every day and around 2000 worshippers attend the weekly special Friday prayer at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, which is primarily used by Turkish Australians. The mosque's name invokes the legacy of the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I, which played a pivotal role in the history of both Australia and the Republic of Turkey. According to mosque officials, the name is meant to signify \"the shared legacy of the Australian society and the main", "title": "Auburn Gallipoli Mosque" }, { "docid": "2509414", "text": "the Anzac front were evacuated from Gallipoli. After the war, the peace treaty with Turkey included a provision for \"full and exclusive rights of ownership over the land in which are situated the graves of those who fell in action, for the purpose of laying out cemeteries or erecting memorials\". In 1920, the Central Graves unit handed over the cemetery to the Imperial War Graves Commission. Today, the hill is the location of the Hill 60 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) The Battle of Hill 60 was the last major assault of the Gallipoli Campaign.", "title": "Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)" }, { "docid": "590354", "text": "out of the war, the actions of the Australian and New Zealand troops during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an \"Anzac legend\" became an important part of the national identity in both countries. This has shaped the way their citizens have viewed both their past and their understanding of the present. The heroism of the soldiers in the failed Gallipoli campaign made their sacrifices iconic in New Zealand memory, and is often credited with securing the psychological independence of the nation. On 30 April 1915, when the first news of", "title": "Anzac Day" }, { "docid": "1693179", "text": "battleships and sailed through a new line of mines placed secretly by the Ottoman minelayer \"Nusret\" ten days before and were also damaged. The losses forced de Robeck to sound the \"general recall\" to protect what remained of his force. During the planning of the campaign, naval losses had been anticipated and mainly obsolete battleships, unfit to face the German fleet, had been sent. Some of the senior naval officers like the commander of \"Queen Elizabeth\", Commodore Roger Keyes, felt that they had come close to victory, believing that the Ottoman guns had almost run out of ammunition but the", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "4186602", "text": "as a result of Gastritis and Haematemesis (the vomiting of blood due to prolonged erosion of the stomach lining) and was subsequently buried in Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin among other returned servicemen. As the illness was a continuation of the sickness he first contracted while on Gallipoli, Martineau was categorised as having died after discharge from the NZEF from disease contracted while on active service, and was included in the roll of honour listing New Zealand's war dead. Horace Martineau's VC and other campaign medals were sold at auction by Spink of London for £90,000 on 9 May 2002. The", "title": "Horace Martineau" }, { "docid": "12093711", "text": "of Queenslanders – embarked for overseas in May. They were followed by the two Tasmanian companies in late June. Further training was undertaken in Egypt, after which the battalion was sent to Gallipoli when the 2nd Division was despatched to the peninsula to reinforce the troops that had been fighting there since April. The 26th Battalion landed on 12 September. By that time, the campaign had become a costly stalemate and shortly after their arrival, as winter came and conditions worsened, the decision was made to evacuate the peninsula. As a result, the battalion did not take part in any", "title": "26th Battalion (Australia)" }, { "docid": "9503626", "text": "Gallipoli campaign. When the New Zealand Division was being formed in Egypt following the conclusion of the Gallipoli Campaign, Plugge was made commander of the 1st Auckland Infantry Battalion, which was part of the 1st New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He went on to lead his battalion during the Battle of the Somme. In December 1916, following a reorganisation of the division, he was removed from his command by the divisional commander, Major General Andrew Russell. This was partly due to dissatisfaction with Plugge's performance, and was also an attempt to address a high desertion rate amongst his battalion. In light", "title": "Arthur Plugge" }, { "docid": "12121627", "text": "Naval Division suffered heavy casualties in the Siege of Antwerp, and was withdrawn shortly before the city fell, but in 1915 it was redeployed to the Mediterranean for use in the Gallipoli Campaign. Shortly after arrival, Asquith's friend and colleague Rupert Brooke died from an infected mosquito bite. During the Gallipoli Campaign, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his actions but was also wounded, resulting in his withdrawal to staff work. In 1916, The Royal Naval Division, now designated the 63rd Division, was sent to the Western Front. Asquith remained as a staff officer until April 1917,", "title": "Arthur Asquith" }, { "docid": "4173826", "text": "which was then engaged in the Gallipoli Campaign. It is not clear how much active service Prowse saw at this time as he spent significant periods hospitalised with first jaundice and then gastroenteritis, finally rejoining his battalion in Egypt on 9 January 1916. The division remained engaged in the Gallipoli Campaign until May 1916 when it was transferred to France. Prowse arrived at Marseilles on 7 June 1916, on 20 June he was promoted Petty Officer. In November 1916 the Division was employed in the Battle of the Ancre, the final attempt to resolve the Battle of the Somme. Prowse", "title": "George Prowse" }, { "docid": "16079380", "text": "a private in the 21st Battalion and was commissioned as a lieutenant on 24 March 1915. After training, the battalion was en route to Gallipoli on 2 September 1915 when the ship on which it was travelling, the \"Southland\", was torpedoed. Langley helped with the evacuation of the ship until he collapsed. He and his battalion eventually landed at Gallipoli and remained there until evacuation in December. After service in the Gallipoli Campaign, Langley was seconded to the Imperial Camel Corps to raise and train the 1st Australian Company, which by December 1916 was one of a number of companies", "title": "George Furner Langley" }, { "docid": "4124032", "text": "Guinea, he was appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services 1st Australian Division. During the Gallipoli Campaign he took charge of evacuating wounded men from the beach in the campaign’s opening days. In 1917 at the Dardanelles commission, he described the arrangements for dealing with wounded men at Gallipoli as inadequate to the point of 'criminal negligence'. He was Mentioned in Despatches for his service in this campaign. In September 1915 he was given command of ANZAC medical services and in November became director of the AIF’s medical services, with the rank of surgeon-general. When the Australian Imperial Force moved to", "title": "Neville Howse" }, { "docid": "872062", "text": "facilities, which was recognized early on. Troops intended for Gallipoli had to train in Egypt; and the port found it difficult to cope with casualties of the ill-starred Gallipoli campaign. The campaign was called off in evident failure at the close of 1915. Moudros' importance receded, although it remained the Allied base for the blockade of the Dardanelles during the war. The town of Lemnos, Victoria, Australia, established in 1927 as a soldier settlement zone for returning First World War soldiers, was named after the island. There are three Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cemeteries on the island, the first", "title": "Lemnos" }, { "docid": "2574908", "text": "Mediterranean Expeditionary Force The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) was part of the British Army during World War I, that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. This included the initial naval operation to force the straits of the Dardanelles. Its headquarters was formed in March 1915. The MEF was originally commanded by General Sir Ian Hamilton until he was dismissed due to the failure of the 29th Division at Gallipoli. Command briefly passed to General William Birdwood, commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, but for the duration of the Gallipoli campaign it was General Sir Charles", "title": "Mediterranean Expeditionary Force" }, { "docid": "4224381", "text": "it has been seen as a key event in forging a sense of national identity. According to history professor Dr Frank Bongiorno: The Gallipoli campaign was the beginning of true Australian nationhood. When Australia went to war in 1914, many white Australians believed that their Commonwealth had no history, that it was not yet a true nation, that its most glorious days still lay ahead of it. In this sense the Gallipoli campaign was a defining moment for Australia as a new nation. Ernest Scott's influential \"A Short History of Australia\", which remained a standard school text for nearly four", "title": "Anzac spirit" }, { "docid": "17007843", "text": "the Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. According to author Ayhan Aktar, who edited and published Torossian's memoirs into Turkish, the Turkish official history erased Torossian's name from records and ignored his successes in the Gallipoli Campaign due to his Armenian origin. Sarkis Torossian Sarkis Torossian (, 1891 – August 17, 1954) was a decorated Ottoman Armenian captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship. After the Armenian Genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against the Ottoman", "title": "Sarkis Torossian" }, { "docid": "18663710", "text": "Gallipoli Games The inaugural Gallipoli Games is being held in 2015 under the patronage of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. It is being held to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign and is intended to be held every two years. The Games have the motto: \"On the land their ancestors sacrificed their lives 100 years ago, they are now competing for peace.\" University students from seven countries - Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, India, Germany, France and the Great Britain are eligible to compete. Torch relay commenced in March 2015 and it visited the seven participating", "title": "Gallipoli Games" }, { "docid": "13510225", "text": "Bay in the Gallipoli campaign. In the United States it was released under the alternative title The Battle of Gallipoli. The film had originally been intended to be made as a silent film, but was delayed. It was made at Welwyn Studios using the German Klangfilm process. Much of the film was shot on location in Malta, standing in for Gallipoli. Tell England (film) Tell England is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Fay Compton, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord. It is based on the novel \"Tell England\" by Ernest Raymond which", "title": "Tell England (film)" }, { "docid": "105782", "text": "Australian, New Zealand, French and Newfoundland troops to attempt to open up the straits. In the Gallipoli campaign, Turkish troops trapped the Allies on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. The campaign did damage to the career of Winston Churchill, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, who had eagerly promoted the unsuccessful use of Royal Navy sea power to force open the straits. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, later founder of the Republic of Turkey, served as a commander for the Ottomans during the land campaign. The Turks mined the straits to prevent Allied ships from penetrating them, but in minor", "title": "Dardanelles" }, { "docid": "1693255", "text": "Pacific War and continue to influence US amphibious doctrine. In 1996, Theodore Gatchel wrote that between the wars, the campaign \"became a focal point for the study of amphibious warfare\" in Britain and United States. In 2008, Glenn Wahlert wrote that Gallipoli involved \"all four types of amphibious operations: the raid, demonstration, assault and withdrawal\". Russell Weigley wrote that analysis of the campaign before the Second World War led to \"a belief among most of the armed forces of the world\" that amphibious assaults could not succeed against modern defences and that despite landings in Italy, Tarawa and the Gilberts,", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "20703537", "text": "in the Gallipoli Campaign, called Gallipoli Campaign', called \"Çanakkale Savaşı\" in Turkish, and along the eastern front of the Turkish War of Independence. Prior to the Occupation of Izmir, Aksoy served as commander of the Izmir Gendermarie Regiment until 1920. During Greece's occupation of Turkey, he was part of the Turkish intelligence organization that formed in the Izmir region. While Mümin was director of the intelligence services, his uncle Hacı Hasan Paşa worked with the Greek administration. Mümin continued his duties in Izmir with the aid of his uncle and presented himself as a Turkish officer working on behalf of", "title": "Mustafa Mümin Aksoy" }, { "docid": "2426935", "text": "he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, second highest of the seven British orders of chivalry. The battle is depicted in the climax of Peter Weir's 1981 movie, \"Gallipoli\", though it inaccurately portrays the offensive as a diversion to reduce Ottoman opposition to the landing at Suvla Bay. Battle of the Nek The Battle of the Nek () was a small World War I battle fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. \"The Nek\" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a \"mountain pass\" but", "title": "Battle of the Nek" }, { "docid": "16266796", "text": "commanded the Canterbury Battalion during the Gallipoli Campaign. He was eventually evacuated from Gallipoli late in the campaign for medical reasons. He retired from the military in 1917 due to poor health and died in 1954 at the age of 88. John Gethin Hughes, the son of a seaman and his wife, was born in Campbelltown, which later became known as Bluff, in the south of New Zealand. After completing his schooling, he gained employment as a law clerk in the town of Timaru. He also served in the local artillery unit of the militia from 1884 to 1887. In", "title": "John Gethin Hughes" }, { "docid": "16276272", "text": "their left, covered , of trenches further inland. In Eighth Army reserve, the 46th Division (XXII Corps) was located behind the front line. These divisions facing the EEF's XXI Corps, were highly regarded veteran Ottoman Army formations. The 7th and 19th Infantry Divisions, had fought with distinction during the Gallipoli Campaign as part of Esat Pasa's III Corps. The 20th Infantry Division was also a highly regarded regular army division raised and stationed in Palestine. Sometimes referred to as an 'Arab' division, it had fought in the latter phases of the Gallipoli Campaign and had served for a year in", "title": "Battle of Sharon" }, { "docid": "1693240", "text": "aground beneath a fort and was captured intact. The crew of 25 were taken prisoner and documents detailing planned Allied operations were discovered, including a scheduled rendezvous with on 6 November. The rendezvous was kept by the German U-boat instead, which torpedoed and sank \"E20\", killing all but nine of the crew. The situation at Gallipoli was complicated by Bulgaria joining the Central Powers. In early October 1915, the British and French opened a second Mediterranean front at Salonika, by moving three divisions from Gallipoli and reducing the flow of reinforcements. A land route between Germany and the Ottoman Empire", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "4186010", "text": "of the First World War, Forsyth enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and embarked for the Middle East in October 1914 as a sapper with the New Zealand Engineers. He landed at Gallipoli in May 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign, but was medically evacuated two months later. He returned to duty at Gallipoli and was lightly wounded during the August offensive later that year, but remained in the front-line. He was medically evacuated in November 1915 to the island of Lemnos and then onto England, where he spent several months in various hospitals around the country. On recovering his", "title": "Samuel Forsyth" }, { "docid": "13690681", "text": "of the Royal Naval Division first at Antwerp, then at Gallipoli. Together with Bernard Freyberg and two other officers, Dodge decided where Rupert Brooke was to be buried, and dug the grave on Skyros, immediately before the Gallipoli assault. While serving as a lieutenant he was wounded at Gallipoli, and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during this campaign. His award was published in the \"London Gazette\" on 8 November 1915. Transferring to the British Army in April 1916 with the rank of captain, to the 10th Battalion Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (the recently raised 'Battersea Battalion), with whom he", "title": "Johnnie Dodge" }, { "docid": "12101308", "text": "NZEF as commander of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He led the brigade through most of the Gallipoli Campaign. Later, on the Western Front, he commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade and, for a brief period, the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He died as a result of sniper fire on 7 August 1917, one of three New Zealand brigadier generals killed during the war. Johnston was born at Wellington in New Zealand on 1 October 1871, the eldest son of merchant Charles John Johnston, who later became the Speaker of the Legislative Council. Sent to England for his education, he attended", "title": "Francis Earl Johnston" }, { "docid": "13846767", "text": "into the Royal New South Wales Regiment in 1960. The battalion was formed in January 1916 during an expansion of the AIF that took place after the Gallipoli campaign. Assigned to the 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division, the majority of the battalion’s personnel were volunteers that came from Maitland, New South Wales – many of whom had been coal miners – and as a result the unit became known as \"Maitland's Own\". Its initial recruits, though, came from north-west New South Wales, having marched from Walgett. After initial training, the 34th Battalion, with an authorised strength of 1,023", "title": "34th Battalion (Australia)" }, { "docid": "5949995", "text": "been raised independently in Australia (in February and April 1915), and sent to Egypt (in May and June 1915) for further training. Initially, it was intended that the division's commander would be James McCay, but he was wounded on 11 July, and repatriated back to Australia after the death of both his wife and father. As a result, the command of the division went to Lieutenant-General Gordon Legge. Due to the pressing need for more soldiers for the Gallipoli Campaign, parts of the 2nd Division was sent to Anzac Cove in mid-August 1915, despite the fact that the division was", "title": "2nd Division (Australia)" }, { "docid": "7292304", "text": "likely version is that the award was a result of several ideas proposed in early 1916 to commemorate the Anzacs. When Monash led his brigade in commemorating the first Anzac Day, men who had served at Gallipoli wore a blue ribbon on their right breast and those who had gone ashore as part of the first landing wore a red ribbon as well. Birdwood advised in August 1916 that he supported Australian veterans of the ANZAC campaign wearing an \"A\" badge on their colour patches. The 1st and 2nd Divisions supported the idea enthuastically. The 3rd and 4th, both of", "title": "ANZAC A badge" }, { "docid": "3258675", "text": "increased the number of hours per week of training and the duration of training to twelve weeks. This led to strikes at the camps at Casula and Liverpool. Rioting soldiers clashed with police at Circular Quay and at Central Station striking soldiers were shot and one killed by soldiers sent to return them to Liverpool. As a result, new liquor laws were introduced, including six o'clock closing. Meanwhile, the Gallipoli Campaign had ended and the AIF in Egypt was in the process of doubling in size from two divisions to four. Birdwood wished to appoint two British generals to command", "title": "James Whiteside McCay" }, { "docid": "167578", "text": "property. The Thracian Chersonese was part of the Eastern Roman Empire from its foundation in 330 AD. In 443 AD, Attila the Hun invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula during one of the last stages of his grand campaign that year. He captured both Callipolis and Sestus. Aside from a brief period from 1204 to 1235, when it was controlled by the Republic of Venice, the Byzantine Empire ruled the territory until 1356. During the night between 1 and 2 March 1354, a strong earthquake destroyed the city of Gallipoli and its city walls, weakening its defenses. After the devastating 1354 earthquake,", "title": "Gallipoli" }, { "docid": "167584", "text": "Turkey eight years later under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who first rose to prominence as a commander at Gallipoli. The Gallipoli Star was a military decoration created by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and awarded for the duration of World War I. The campaign was the first major military action of Australia and New Zealand as independent dominions, and is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in those nations. The date of the landing, 25 April, is known as \"Anzac Day\". It remains the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in Australia and New Zealand. On", "title": "Gallipoli" }, { "docid": "1693252", "text": "faced catastrophe. As it was these operations were a source of significant anxiety, posing a constant threat to shipping and causing heavy losses, effectively dislocating Ottoman attempts to reinforce their forces at Gallipoli and shelling troop concentrations and railways. Gallipoli marked the end for Hamilton and Stopford, but Hunter-Weston went on to lead VIII Corps on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The competence of Australian brigade commanders, John Monash (4th Infantry Brigade) and Harry Chauvel (1st Light Horse Brigade, New Zealand and Australian Division), was recognised by promotion to divisional and corps command. The influence of", "title": "Gallipoli Campaign" }, { "docid": "17648558", "text": "ANZAC (acronym) The ANZAC acronym came from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, formed in Egypt prior to the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War. The corps was the higher formation for all Australian and New Zealand soldiers. It then gave its name to ANZAC Cove, on the Gallipoli peninsula, and at first was only used to identify the men who took part in the Gallipoli landings, although it later came to mean \"any Australian or New Zealand soldier of the First World War.\" Both the 'ANZAC' and the 'Anzac' versions of the acronym have been protected by", "title": "ANZAC (acronym)" }, { "docid": "18681843", "text": "Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus DSO MC TD (19 October 1886 – 10 August 1936), was awarded the Military Cross for leading a night attack at Cape Helles in August 1915 at the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign, awarded the Croix de Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his bombing work in the Gallipoli Campaign, awarded the DSO for his Command of a Battalion of the 1/5th North Staffordshire Regiment toward the end of World War I and was afterwards Commander of the 1/5th Sherwood Foresters. Fawcus was born on 19 October 1886 in Keswick, the", "title": "Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus" }, { "docid": "19548624", "text": "Jack Hazlitt Cecil John \"Jack\" Hazlitt was an Australian soldier who fought in World War I. Hazlitt was born between 15 June and 31 December 1897 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hazlitt enlisted to join Australian forces on 27 February 1915, and embarked from Fremantle on 9 June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in July of that year, and fought in the Gallipoli Campaign as a runner. The average runner at Gallipoli survived for 24 hours, but Hazlitt survived for five months. He later fought in the Battles of Pozières and the Somme, before leaving to return to Australia on 26", "title": "Jack Hazlitt" }, { "docid": "18575253", "text": "the Army in Mesopotamia. On March 24, 1915 5th Army and September 5, 1915 6th Army established. In February 1915 the defense of Straits was reorganized. The Second Army had responsibility for the south and east coasts. It later provided troops to the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula but did not otherwise had a role. In March 1916, the decision was made to deploy the Second Army to the Caucasus Campaign. The Second Army was made up of veterans of the Gallipoli campaign as well as two new divisions. Due to the poor state of the Ottoman rail network, it", "title": "Ottoman Army (1861–1922)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "6544290", "text": "based around the game of snooker, known as \"Table of Reds\". The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song) \"The Lady in Red\" is a song by British-Irish singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh. It was released in June 1986 as the second single from the album \"Into the Light\". The song was responsible for introducing de Burgh's music to a mainstream audience worldwide. The song was written in reference to (though not specifically about) his wife Diane and was released on the album \"Into the Light\". On the British TV series \"This Is Your Life\", de Burgh said that the song", "title": "The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)" } ]

[ { "docid": "10291725", "text": "the dimly lit title nightclub. Soloist Wini Shaw lights a series of candles as she sings the lyric, the \"Dancing DeMarcos\" (Tony and Sally) perform a specialty dance, and comic singer Judy Canova uses the chorus to come on to Edward Everett Horton in her customary aggressively rural yodeling style. The song was (as was customary at the time) promoted by Warner through a \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon entry, \"The Lady in Red.\" Merrie Melodies composer/arranger Carl Stalling made use of the tune again in a 1937 Porky Pig cartoon, \"Picador Porky,\" which like \"The Lady In Red\" was set in", "title": "The Lady in Red (Allie Wrubel song)" }, { "docid": "13977885", "text": "No. 66 on the \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 2000. The music video for \"You Can't Touch Me\" directed by Annti Jokinen starts off with Royce sleeping in his bed and awakening when the music starts. He then starts rapping, along with showing camera perspectives of numerous sleeping women in his room. As the second verse strikes, Royce appears in a dance club rapping along while the other people are dancing to the music. During the chorus, a lady from the dance club sings it. The third verse shows Royce leaving the building and walking to his", "title": "You Can't Touch Me (Royce da 5'9\" song)" }, { "docid": "17456403", "text": "as well as more simplistic scenes including Gaga walking in a black outfit wearing a headscarf, and the singer dancing with a white cloth in bright make-up, in a scene similar to the cover art of the single. Throughout the video bursts of color are shown theatrically. As Gaga sings the line \"One second I'm a Koons then suddenly the Koons is me\", she is transformed into a black swan/human hybrid. Gaga also wears hand-shaped lingerie and a seashell bra with matching shell decoration. Near the climax, the singer features in a violet, crystal-like scene, holding a silver, leg-shaped bouquet", "title": "Applause (Lady Gaga song)" }, { "docid": "15195343", "text": "(1995). She is seen rising up the cylinder-shaped metal room and her past music videos surround her, symbolizing her ever-growing career in the music industry (and possibly referring to the carousel of \"Logan's Run\"). When the second verse begins, Spears sings, wearing sparkly red skull-shaped shoulder pads, with microphones around her. A pastiche of following scenes alternates between Spears dancing on the soundstage, singing with the microphones and a scene of just red lips, a reference to the opening shot of the 1975 film \"The Rocky Horror Picture Show\". This begins to show her losing grip, reminiscent of her break", "title": "Hold It Against Me" }, { "docid": "17926814", "text": "starts asking the trio questions, with Red Guy becoming increasingly annoyed, until he yells for Colin to \"shut up\" and slams his hand on his keyboard. This enrages Colin, and after a black screen with glitches and flashing images depicting Duck Guy, Gilbert the Globe, and a few other references, he promptly takes the characters to the 'Digital World,' fascinating Yellow Guy and Duck Guy. Colin sings about the three main activities of the digital world – viewing different graphs, Digital Style, and Digital Dancing. These are repeated until a room becomes populated with distorted dancing clones of Colin, Yellow", "title": "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" }, { "docid": "16389218", "text": "day is the soiree, and after traveling to the church and elapsing, they meet Rakoczy, who takes them to the soiree hosted by Lord and Lady Brompton. Gideon is led away by Lavinia Rutland and Gwen befriends Lady Brompton and another woman, while having an immediate dislike for Mr. Merchant, who groped her, and Lady Lavinia, who flirts with Gideon. After accidentally drinking punch tinged with liquor, Gwen sings the song Memory from the musical \"Cats\", with Gideon on the piano. Afterward, she meets the Count again, and also Lord Alastair, a man who descended from Conte di Madrone who", "title": "Ruby Red Trilogy" }, { "docid": "18005724", "text": "the early 1930s, she became the dancing partner of Hal Le Roy in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. . In 1934, she began her film career with uncredited roles as a dancer in the \"Kentucky Kernels\" (1934) and \"The Nitwits\" (1935). Grant appeared in \"Doubting Thomas\" (1935) after having her first major film role in the 1935 Western film \"Thunder Mountain\" opposite George O'Brien. In the following year she appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in \"Red River Valley\" (1936) and \"Oh, Susanna!\" (1936). In the latter film, Grant sings a duet with Autry on the song \"Water", "title": "Frances Grant" }, { "docid": "8723327", "text": "theatre in Montclair, California. In the video, Raven sings the song while she is in a car with a boy, while Larsen sings and plays the guitar in front of another car. This footage is mixed with M2M singing together at the drive-in, people dancing, the projectionist struggling with his malfunctioning equipment, and the concession stand worker who has an overflowing popcorn maker. When the popcorn stand explodes, M2M continue to perform surrounded by people as popcorn rains down. Air cannons were used to fire 200 garbage bin-sized bags of popcorn into the air to create the raining popcorn effect.", "title": "Don't Say You Love Me (M2M song)" }, { "docid": "9690381", "text": "Ven a bailar conmigo \"Ven a bailar conmigo\" (English: \"Come dance with me\", ) was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Spanish by Guri Schanke. The song is a Latin-inspired number. Schanke sings about how much she loves to dance and urges her unnamed listener (in Spanish) to \"Come dance with me\". BBC commentary during the Contest explained that Schanke had participated in a reality-television show with a dancing theme, thus explaining the lyrics. The song was written and composed by , who also contributed the Spanish entry at the same Contest -", "title": "Ven a bailar conmigo" }, { "docid": "15066289", "text": "club where a woman is dancing with an umbrella while dancing in front of the speakers. Meanwhile, Jeremih is seen on a chair while a woman is dancing beside him and also another woman is seen dancing while jamming her guitar. During the rap verse, 50 Cent is seen rapping his verse through a hole in the wall which is revealed to be a bar. Then, Jeremih and 50 Cent are seen separated in a rectangular wall while Jeremih sings the song. At the end of the video, Jeremih and 50 Cent stare at the camera while the video fades.", "title": "Down on Me (Jeremih song)" }, { "docid": "15575048", "text": "full music video was released on January 6, 2010. It begins with Hyuna dancing in a dark city, she is dressed in a gray suit. Then she sits on a chair and sings, she is dressed in a black suit. The music video has several scenes as Hyuna dancing in a dark street wearing a pair of jeans and a black blouse, then she is dancing on scene in a room wearing a short black skirt and a black shirt with red Calvin Kleins. In the middle of the song at the dance break, she is dancing in the rain", "title": "Change (Hyuna song)" }, { "docid": "7645755", "text": "\"it is [all] over when the fat lady sings.\" The saying has become so well known that it was the subject of an article in the journal \"Obesity Reviews\". Don Meredith, the first Dallas Cowboy quarterback, would say \"It ain't over till the fat lady sings\" as a color commentator on Monday Night Football in the early 70's. The first recorded use appeared in the \"Dallas Morning News\" on 10 March 1976: Despite his obvious allegiance to the Red Raiders, Texas Tech sports information director Ralph Carpenter was the picture of professional objectivity when the Aggies rallied for a 72–72", "title": "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" }, { "docid": "7093202", "text": "to win the group their first Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1990. The music video for \"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)\" was directed by Andy Delaney, of Big TV! and was shot in Epping Forest. Wheeler's former-Afrodiziak member and friend Claudia Fontaine sings and dances to the song throughout the video. The video starts with an opening silhouette of the group dancing in a forest and proceeds with repeated close-up shots of Wheeler singing \"Back to life, back to reality\". While Wheeler sings the first verse, video shots", "title": "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" }, { "docid": "1743462", "text": "in Baltimore where she is raped. She runs away to her mother, who sets up a job cleaning for another brothel in the Harlem section of New York. The brothel is run by an arrogant, selfish owner who pays Billie very little money. Eventually, Billie tires of scrubbing floors and becomes a prostitute, but later quits and returns to a nightclub to unsuccessfully audition to become a showgirl. After \"Piano Man\" accompanies Billie when she sings \"All of Me\", club owner Jerry books her as a singer in the show. Billie's debut begins unsuccessfully until Louis McKay arrives and gives", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (film)" }, { "docid": "9533808", "text": "The Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø recorded \"When You Tell Me That You Love Me\" as a duet with Spanish tenor Jose Carreras on her 2007 album, Northern Lights. Sissel sings in English and Carreras sings in Italian. On the album the song is called \"Quando Sento Che Mi Ami\" The 12 American Idol Finalists - Season 4 Finalists got together perform this Diana Ross hit. It was selected as the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Single in 2005 for the American Idol TV show. It also appears on the compilation album. When You Tell Me That You Love Me \"When", "title": "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" }, { "docid": "1684719", "text": "but every times she cuts it in half, it turns itself into a whole cake again! They explain that it is \"Looking-Glass Cake\", and must be past round first, then cut after. She flees the group after a deafening barrage of drums begins to play, which apparently only she can hear. Thereafter, she is captured by the Red Knight, but is rescued by the White Knight, who sings and dances her all the way to the eighth square (\"We are Dancing\"). Finally, Alice reaches the eighth square, where she becomes a Queen! She meets up with the Red Queen and", "title": "Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "4839033", "text": "studio where different voices are heard either greeting each other or partying. Gaye is also heard on the track greeting people and laughing while mingling in with the crowd. During the bridge, Gaye is heard yelling, \"Say Don! Hey man, I didn't know you was in here!\" The \"Don\" was later confirmed as \"Soul Train\" host Don Cornelius, who was one of Gaye's close friends. Gaye overlapped the party sounds over and over, making a loop. In the second half of the song, Gaye sings mainly the initial title, \"dancing lady\" over and over while a saxophone is playing a", "title": "Got to Give It Up" }, { "docid": "9681563", "text": "Bombalurina (cat) Bombalurina is a fictional character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's \"Cats.\" She is a flirtatious red adult female cat with a white chest and black spots and marks. Bombalurina plays a large role in the musical, dancing and singing several solo and duet parts. She sings \"The Gumbie Cat\" with Demeter and Jellylorum. She has a small solo in \"Rum Tum Tugger.\" She also appears in \"Grizabella the Glamour Cat\" with Demeter again, and \"Bustopher Jones\" with Jennyanydots and Jellylorum. Her biggest part is \"Macavity\", which she sings with Demeter towards the end of the musical. (In the original", "title": "Bombalurina (cat)" }, { "docid": "8442044", "text": "a butterfly Carried my red intelligence from my head With its violet and white wing Beyond adventure. Twist me o fair mermaid, All the water in the world gushes form your mouth; It is this, This moment, This fearless twisting, Who have closed eyes to all And turned your face from fear! </poem> <poem> Only your voice Has survived Of all the sounds in the world Here Where bloody winged birds Have formed my sky. I cross from the plain of your voice, Headlong and dancing, The fairies of alphabet, Dancing in a dialect which has ravished me. They have", "title": "Javad Mojabi" }, { "docid": "12331606", "text": "Happy (Michael Jackson song) \"Happy\" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1973. The song featured on Jackson's album \"Music & Me\". Its full title is \"Happy (Love Theme from \"Lady Sings the Blues\")\", although it was never featured in the film or the soundtrack for \"Lady Sings the Blues\". The song was first released as a single by Bobby Darin in November 23, 1972, peaking #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last single to hit the chart. Michael Jackson's single was first released in Australia, backed by \"In Our Small Way\". Jackson continued", "title": "Happy (Michael Jackson song)" }, { "docid": "5809761", "text": "The official music video for \"My Humps\", directed by Fatima Robinson and Malik Hassan Sayeed, premiered on \"TRL\". It shows Fergie dancing with backup dancers as images of expensive items such as Louis Vuitton purses and jewelry, which is supposed to be the jewelry her men have bought her, appear on the screen. The other members of The Black Eyed Peas—apl.de.ap, Taboo, and will.i.am—sing about how much they spend on Fergie as she sings about her \"humps\" and \"lovely lady lumps\". In some vignettes Taboo, apl.de.ap, and will.i.am are behind women erotically dancing. The video received the award for \"Best", "title": "My Humps" }, { "docid": "8413340", "text": "dancing and singing the lyrics while some spare words from it appear on the screen, always surrounded by a frame of colourful patterns. A blonde woman (Paz Gómez) dances beside him and sings at the end of the song. \"Me Gustas Tú\" means \"I like you\" in Spanish (literally, \"You are pleasing to me\"). The text \"Doce de la noche en La Habana, Cuba. Once de la noche en San Salvador, El Salvador. Once de la noche en Managua, Nicaragua\" is a tribute to the radio station Radio Reloj. Me Gustas Tú \"Me Gustas Tú\" is the second single from", "title": "Me Gustas Tú" }, { "docid": "18610612", "text": "one of Whitney Houston's 1987 single \"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)\". He also wrote that the song has a \"wubby bass groove\" that could feature American actress Courtney Cox dancing to it in its potential music video, a reference to her appearance in the video for Bruce Springsteen's 1984 single with the same name. Jennifer Lopez's song, \"Feel the Light\" is an \"uplifting\" and \"tender\" ballad with a length of four minutes and fifty-two seconds. During the last of it, Lopez sings the lines, \"Feel the light shining in the dark of night / Remember what we", "title": "Home (soundtrack)" }, { "docid": "608564", "text": "the reviewer Richard Brody, \"Szwed traces the stories of two important relationships that are missing from the book—with Charles Laughton, in the 1930s, and with Tallulah Bankhead, in the late 1940s—and of one relationship that's sharply diminished in the book, her affair with Orson Welles around the time of \"Citizen Kane\".\" To accompany her autobiography, Holiday released the LP \"Lady Sings the Blues\" in June 1956. The album featured four new tracks, \"Lady Sings the Blues\", \"Too Marvelous for Words\", \"Willow Weep for Me\", and \"I Thought About You\", and eight new recordings of her biggest hits to date. The", "title": "Billie Holiday" }, { "docid": "20531025", "text": "with Michelle preparing for a performance while drinking an excessive quantity of alcoholic drinks. While dancing provocatively, she sings with a drummer, a standup bassist, and background vocalists. During the performance, Michelle looks seductively at a man in the audience who later scolds her for drinking brown liquor. The singer is also shown fighting a man for a bottle of whiskey. After the show, Michelle argues with her manager about money before collapsing on the floor and screaming, “I’m the star! They came to see me. This is my show!”. Michelle eventually leaves the club with the manager, whose motive", "title": "Something About the Night" }, { "docid": "8158399", "text": "dancing on the table. She proceeds to an interrogation room similar to the one in the film \"Basic Instinct\". Knowles sings the first verse in a house with a seashore backdrop. She wants to escape, and struggles with masked and uniformed guards in a hallway. She is then returned to the interrogation room. In between cuts, she sings in a corner of a room, is seen reflected in a mirror while screaming, and among a group of reporters. As the song closes, Knowles is shown crying. The video ends with a close-up view of Knowles putting on red lipstick. The", "title": "Ring the Alarm" }, { "docid": "9530527", "text": "2006, Simpson starred in his own improv, hidden-camera prank TV show, \"Juiced.\" Typical of the genre, Simpson would play a prank on everyday people while secretly filming them and at the end of each prank, he would shout, \"You've been Juiced!\" Less typical, each episode opened with topless strippers dancing around Simpson, who is dressed as a pimp. He sings his own rap song, which includes the lyrics \"Don't you know there's no stopping the Juice / When I'm on the floor I'm like a lion on the loose / Better shoot me with a tranquilizer dart / Don't be", "title": "O. J. Simpson" }, { "docid": "16244035", "text": "the hit song \"Nellie Kelly, I Love You\", sung by Conroy, who also sings \"You Remind Me of My Mother\". Other songs include \"All in the Wearing\", \"Dancing My Worries Away\", \"Till My Luck Comes Rolling Along\", \"They're All My Boys\", \"The Voice in My Heart\", \"The Busy Bees of DeVere's\" and \"The Dancing Detective\". A song-book, including the music and lyrics of all the show's songs, was published in 1922 by M. Witmark & Sons of New York. \"Little Nellie Kelly\" opened at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on 31 July 1922 and arrived at the Liberty Theatre on Broadway", "title": "Little Nellie Kelly (musical)" }, { "docid": "6572184", "text": "the attention of a woman in a red dress. Elsewhere, Timberlake, not on stage, is shown dancing with a woman wearing a white blouse, while he sings the song. In another part of the video, Timberlake dances with a different woman. In the bridge, he sings to the two women and dances with them, in separate shots. Following the bridge he is then seen performing on stage. In part of the song, Timberlake directs the crowd of men and women, telling the men to sing, \"It feels like something's heatin' up. Can I leave with you?\" and the women to", "title": "Señorita (Justin Timberlake song)" }, { "docid": "17002356", "text": "only she casually mentions that Meghan has some room for improvement – specifically, her dancing is a distraction. Determined to do better, Meghan tries to practice singing without dancing with “My Life Flows On In Endless Song”, but it's no use; she sounds better when she moves. Frustrated, she cheers herself up by singing her favorite song, “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)”. Walking past the room, Jasper overhears and joins her. Initially startled, Meghan sings back and they duet – until Melody overhears and catches them. She grabs Jaspers hand, insults Meghan and leaves her alone", "title": "Perfect Harmony (musical)" }, { "docid": "8618967", "text": "it used Christina Aguilera's soulful pop as a template; even if its songs were a bit faceless, they had surprisingly sophisticated production values.\" She noted that Hudgens \"sings about love, dancing, and hanging with her girls\" and repeated again in \"Identified\", \"the production outclasses the songs and the singing\". Nate Cavalieri Rhapsody Music said: \"This collection of pop and sugary R&B keeps the messages squeaky clean, even with hints that she is willing to break your shyness. The singles are well built and the best are\" Come Back to Me \"dancing to \"Let's Dance\" and a dedication surprisingly emotive long-distance,", "title": "V (Vanessa Hudgens album)" }, { "docid": "19291661", "text": "on the second round of Weeknd's hook. \"FML\" is titled to stand for both 'For my lady' and 'Fuck my life up', since West raps in the first verse: \"I been waiting for a minute/For my, lady\" and Weeknd sings on the chorus: \"I wish I would go ahead and fuck my life up/Can't let them get to me/And even though I always fuck my life up/Only I can mention me\". West mentions the antidepressant drug Lexapro in reference to his issues with mental health, a subject West mostly touched on in the song \"I Feel Like That\" from the", "title": "FML (song)" }, { "docid": "10359117", "text": "a great evening of fine American music. This is the second of three jazz albums that Diana's recorded including \"Lady Sings the Blues\" and \"Blue\". All albums lead back to \"Lady Sings the Blues\". The soundtrack hit the summit (#1) on the Jazz album chart. Whilst both \"Stolen Moments\" and \"Blue\" peaked at #2. Along with their commercial success, they were all critically acclaimed. Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues \"Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues\" is a 1993 live album by Diana Ross released on the Motown label. It sold over 100,000 copies in the", "title": "Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues" }, { "docid": "12471907", "text": "sees a new secretary, which is actually Spears in disguise wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a pencil skirt. She starts dancing in front of him and sings the chorus. She makes him follow her into the photocopier, where she photocopies her buttocks. On the back, we see an awkward-looking man, the same who appears in the plane scene on \"Toxic\". Then, Spears is disguised as a red-haired, tattooed waitress in a restaurant. She dances around him with her dancers and plays with him over the kitchen counter. After this, her boyfriend is seen getting driven home by Spears, disguised as a", "title": "Womanizer (song)" }, { "docid": "5562093", "text": "visual for \"Nothing Really Matters\" premiered on MTV on February 13, 1999. The video can be found on Madonna's 1999 compilation, \"\". The video opens with an empty room with a fish painting, and then shows Madonna holding to what looks like a baby, but is actually a big bag of water. Alternating scenes shows her in a red and black kimono dancing to the song. Then, a scene features a group of people of Asian heritage, who walk down a dark hallway. As Madonna sings the song in a black kimono, she grips onto the bag of water. When", "title": "Nothing Really Matters" }, { "docid": "13407745", "text": "while Stefan and Laura were dancing. You Are My Lady You Are My Lady is a 1985 single by Freddie Jackson which followed his debut single, \"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake).\" It was the second single from his debut album, \"Rock Me Tonight\". Like his debut single, \"You Are My Lady\" hit number one on the R&B charts for two weeks, and was Jackson's most successful crossover single of his career, peaking at 12 on the Hot 100. It also reached number 49 in the UK. In the 1994 episode of Family Matters, \"Stefan Returns\", Freddie Jackson (in", "title": "You Are My Lady" }, { "docid": "10388641", "text": "hurt her. Queen assures that she loves her friend, but acknowledges the fact that their friendship was lost. \"He looked at me and we started dancing while the music took us away. Dancing, he touched me. My mind wasn't thinking, passion was leading. My friend don't think that I don't love you\", she sings. The album was released on October 4, 2005 to physical retailers through Univision Records. It was originally slated for release on September 27, 2005. On August 29, 2006, \"Flashback\" was released digitally on Machete Music. A television commercial was commissioned to promote it. A year after", "title": "Flashback (Ivy Queen album)" }, { "docid": "13526042", "text": "Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album) Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. \"Lady Sings the Blues\" was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name. Taken from sessions taped during 1954–56, \"Lady Sings the Blues\" features Holiday backed by tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeter Charlie Shavers, pianist Wynton Kelly, and guitarist Kenny Burrell. Though Holiday's voice had arguably deteriorated by", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album)" }, { "docid": "6958726", "text": "soul flies on sunshine to Heaven, where no one mentions the red shoes. Andersen named the story's anti-heroine Karen after his own loathed half-sister, Karen Marie Andersen. The origins of the story is based on an incident Andersen witnessed as a small child. His father, who was a shoemaker, was sent a piece of red silk by a rich lady to make a pair of dancing slippers for her daughter. Using some red leather along with the silk, he carefully created a pair of shoes only for the rich customer to tell him they were awful. She said he had", "title": "The Red Shoes (fairy tale)" }, { "docid": "10262592", "text": "decided to \"have a jam\". In an interview in Berlin, Carter explained that the band's name was taken from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musical, in which Ginger Rogers had turned a pair of white dancing shoes red with blood due to the amount of dancing she had done practicing for the role. They released their debut single \"Victory for the Magpie\" on 18 July 2005, followed by the double A-side \"Stitch Me Back / Meet Me at Eight\" then \"A.D.H.D\", both released on Try Harder, and \"You Bring Me Down\" on Drowned in Sound / Abeano/XL in 2006. After playing", "title": "Blood Red Shoes" }, { "docid": "6058549", "text": "York Times\" wrote, \"It is for the most part quite a lively affair... The dancing of Fred Astaire and Miss Crawford is most graceful and charming. The photographic effects of their scenes are an impressive achievement...Miss Crawford takes her role with no little seriousness.\" Box office<br> According to MGM records the film earned $1,490,000 in the US and Canada and $916,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $744,000. Dancing Lady Dancing Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and His Stooges (who", "title": "Dancing Lady" }, { "docid": "5110856", "text": "April 2009. She also released a free single entitled \"I Got You Dancing\", making it available on her MySpace and official website. During her \"Jigsaw\" tour she teamed up with DJ Annalyze as her tour DJ. Lady Sovereign has appeared on \"Soccer AM\" several times. She has appeared in a feature story on Cartoon Network and in an educational movie called \"X-ED\". In late 2006, \"Love Me Or Hate Me\" was played in a Verizon Wireless advertisement. It also appears on the soundtrack of the video game \"\", and is the theme music for the show \"The Bad Girls Club\".", "title": "Lady Sovereign" }, { "docid": "7093203", "text": "of the other Soul II Soul members and the band are shown. Another scene is shown on a rooftop during early sunrise as the group parties and dances to the song. Close to the end of the video, the group is shown dancing at night on the same rooftop. Wheeler closes out the song as she sings and dances to the song. Wheeler performed \"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)\" on various televised appearances, including the \"Arsenio Hall Show\", \"Rockopop\", and \"Later... with Jools Holland\". At the end of 1989, Wheeler later departed from the group. When Soul", "title": "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" }, { "docid": "11312801", "text": "arrive to arrest him. The video also cuts into scenes of Bedingfield in a red dress spinning around against the wind. In an attempt to escape, the teenager punches through the wall, entering the rooftop with Bedingfield and the backup dancers. Bedingfield is then sitting in a chair and when an eclipse occurs, hence the line \"in the darkness there's light.\" As the eclipse begins to pass, Bedingfield red butterflies are released from her hands while she sings the line \"there's only butterflies.\" Bedingfield performs for the crowd of dancers and is seen dancing with teenager shown earlier in the", "title": "Pocketful of Sunshine" }, { "docid": "15155882", "text": "of lucidity, he reflects on his past life and probable fate and sings a negro spiritual, \"It's Me, O Lord, Standin' in de Need of Prayer\". At dawn, he is still trying to find his way out of the jungle when a witch doctor appears. He grabs Jones and starts dancing wildly around him. When he is surrounded by the soldiers and natives who have been hunting him, Jones realizes that all is lost, puts the silver bullet into his gun, places the gun against his head and fires. Smithers stands over the dead Emperor and utters the final words", "title": "The Emperor Jones (opera)" }, { "docid": "14081316", "text": "Dance Chart, reaching a current peak of number four. The music video was filmed in November 2009. The video shows Harris driving around in a monster truck and girls dancing in front of a wall while Harris sings the song in the truck and performs it on a DJ set. You Used to Hold Me (Calvin Harris song) \"You Used to Hold Me\" is a song by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. The song was released on 8 February 2010 as the fourth and final single from his second studio album, \"Ready for the Weekend\". The song marked the last time", "title": "You Used to Hold Me (Calvin Harris song)" }, { "docid": "10585327", "text": "audience. The song won a MTV Europe Video Music award. In the music video the band sings and dances on the illuminated white top of a half-disco ball while inside a second disco ball, the individual panels of which each contains one or two people dancing to the song. Smooth T. appears and hovers above the band during his rap. The video was directed by Alan Calzatti. The filming of the video was done in April 1996. Get Down (You're the One for Me) \"Get Down (You're the One for Me)\" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys.", "title": "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" }, { "docid": "18656979", "text": "cab to \"get me there fast\" and soon hooks up with his lady waiting on a blue bed. The video also features Derulo singing and dancing on a stage to his lover. Actress Katharine McPhee lip synced to this song in \"Lip Sync Battle\" along with \"Shake It Fast\" by Mystikal to beat Jason Derulo. The track is featured in the video game \"Just Dance 2016\". Also Featured In The CW TV Show iZomBiE. Want to Want Me \"Want to Want Me\" is a song recorded by American singer Jason Derulo for his fourth studio album, \"Everything Is 4\" (2015).", "title": "Want to Want Me" }, { "docid": "8700597", "text": "cockroaches in a Mexican café in the absence of its owner. The owner Manuel is reportedly \"off to the bullfights\". The film opens with an instrumental of the title song, but interrupts the song with a solo performed by the gondolier cockroach hero. He sings the 1926 John Stepan Zamecnik-Harry D. Kerr composition, \"Neapolitan Nights\". The title song begins again and is interrupted with a solo by a cockroach parody of Rudy Vallee. He sings the Al Dubin-Harry Warren song, \"Sweet Music\" from the 1935 Warner Bros. film of the same name, The scene shifts to a rendition of the", "title": "The Lady in Red (1935 film)" }, { "docid": "15692443", "text": "Sings the Blues\", is a generally accurate account of Holiday's life, and that Holiday's co-writer, William Dufty, was forced to water down or suppress material by the threat of legal action. \"The New Yorker\" reviewer Richard Brody writes: \"In particular, Szwed traces the stories of two important relationships that are missing from the book—with Charles Laughton, in the nineteen-thirties, and with Tallulah Bankhead, in the late nineteen-forties—and of one relationship that’s sharply diminished in the book, her affair with Orson Welles around the time of \"Citizen Kane\".\" Lady Sings the Blues (book) Lady Sings the Blues (1956) is an autobiography", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (book)" }, { "docid": "6212228", "text": "manager for Keane, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Supergrass. Singer and songwriter Nick Kelly released his first solo album, \"Between Trapezes\", independently in 1997, and became the Best Solo Male Artist at the 1998–99 Irish Music Critics Awards. In 2005, he released his second album, \"Running Dog\", on his own label. More recently, he has recorded with the project Alien Envoy, who released the album \"Nine Lives\" in 2010. Kelly also works as a commercial director. The Fat Lady Sings The Fat Lady Sings were a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, fronted by singer and songwriter Nick Kelly. Almost immediately after", "title": "The Fat Lady Sings" }, { "docid": "13857511", "text": "portray the Sugababes members as they were unsure if the band would be together by the time of the song's release. The video begins with two businessmen in a caravan discussing a job. After the conversation has ended, a vehicle driven by the stunt doubles arrives in the desert. They leave the vehicle while group member Heidi Range sings her verse as she dances around it. All three members of the group begin dancing during the chorus while a stunt double enters the caravan with a red briefcase. Following this, Berrabah sings her verse of the song while her stunt", "title": "About a Girl (Sugababes song)" }, { "docid": "10359114", "text": "Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues \"Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues\" is a 1993 live album by Diana Ross released on the Motown label. It sold over 100,000 copies in the USA. The album was recorded at the 975 seat Ritz Theatre in New York City on December 4, 1992. The nineteen Jazz standards, which are highly associated with the late Billie Holiday, had been sung by the Motown diva twenty years before for the soundtrack of her award-winning film \"Lady Sings the Blues\". The band backing Diana includes jazz giants Roy Hargrove, Ron Carter,", "title": "Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues" }, { "docid": "12321535", "text": "do to win at roulette is take hold of ballerina Charisse's hand\". The film was tailored for the talents of Charisse, showcasing her modern ballet dancing. Several popular singers are featured as themselves. The location shooting gives a good idea of what Las Vegas looked like in 1956. Brief appearances by Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, and Mitsuko Sawamura. Cameo appearances include Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Pier Angeli, Peter Lorre, and Tony Martin (who was married to Charisse until her death in 2008). Sammy Davis Jr. sings \"Frankie and Johnny\" near the end of the", "title": "Meet Me in Las Vegas" }, { "docid": "6058545", "text": "Dancing Lady Dancing Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and His Stooges (who later became the Three Stooges with Curly, Moe and Larry). The picture was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, produced by John W. Considine Jr. and David O. Selznick, and was based on the novel of the same name by James Warner Bellah, published the previous year. The movie had a hit song in \"Everything I Have Is Yours\" by Burton Lane and Harold Adamson. The film features the", "title": "Dancing Lady" }, { "docid": "16822066", "text": "Angela is dressed as former First Lady Nancy Reagan, with her husband State Senator Robert Lipton wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) is dressed as a dinosaur, but states that he is \"the Electoral College\". Andy is dressed as George Michael. For the episode, Wilson's character is dressed up as a pig. Wilson noted that the \"writers really just wanted to torture me by having me in a pig's nose for an entire week of shooting\". Due to the presence of the a cappella group, the episode features several songs. The group sings the Rose Royce 1976", "title": "Here Comes Treble" }, { "docid": "19863429", "text": "Baby, Baby, Baby (Teresa Brewer song) Baby, Baby, Baby is a 1953 hit song by Teresa Brewer from the film \"Those Redheads from Seattle\". The song was written in 1950 by Jerry Livingston and lyricist Mack David. The song was sung by Brewer in the role of a singer, who appears through a red curtain line of dancing girls and commences the lyrics: \"Baby, Baby, Baby love me love me do, Baby, Baby, Baby love me love true.\" The song reached No.12 in the US hit parade in December 1953. Coral released the record first in 1953 as 9-61067 with", "title": "Baby, Baby, Baby (Teresa Brewer song)" }, { "docid": "10343840", "text": "eastern wind and wait their leaves.<br> Lithe girl, wine cups, room in a tower;<br> The red sleeved wanderer<br> Sings in a soft voice \"Coming of Spring\".<br> Enjoying Myself Soft tapping during the dance,<br> Red silk in the spring wind.<br> Soft clapping during the medley,<br> The moon and red castanets.<br> Golden oranges and flowing green wine,<br> Burners with incense and candles of red.<br> So much better than quiet talk in a cold room!<br> When sodden drunk I then went home,<br> Unable to recall who helped me on my horse. Parting from Zhu Lianxiu Just found joy,<br> Quickly parted.<br> The pain, the", "title": "Lu Zhi (poet)" }, { "docid": "13526044", "text": "front of a sold out crowd. The show was planned to commemorate the edition of her autobiography, some paragraphs being read during the performance. When issued on CD, 3 bonus tracks from the 3 September recording were added: Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album) Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. \"Lady Sings the Blues\" was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album)" }, { "docid": "17268849", "text": "the first 90 seconds. Carey and Miguel embark on a motorbike cruise at sunset, as he sings about her beauty in the lyrics \"let the moonlight kiss your skin\". After the first 90 seconds, Carey assumes the lead artist role and performs the rest of \"#Beautiful\". Carey responds with \"I like when you run red lights, don't stop till you thrill me\", which Randall Roberts for \"Los Angeles Times\" thought would alarm mothers and police officers. After Carey sings the line \"Take me anywhere\", she releases a little giggle. \"#Beautiful\" ends with a textured layering of both Carey's and Miguel's", "title": "Beautiful (Mariah Carey song)" }, { "docid": "12087811", "text": "playing sports and dancing when he was eight years old. Hefa also sings (with his younger brothers). He has danced for acts like Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Neyo and Usher. He was one of Chris Brown's back up dancers on the F.A.M.E. Tour and appeared in Brown's \"Look At Me Now\", \"I Can Transform Ya\", and \"She Ain't You\" videos. Hefa and his brothers Soane and Tu'nuia also sing and dance together. They are all in a group called the Tuita Brothers and have a music video called \"Love Me Always and More\" on YouTube. The Tuita brothers were", "title": "Hefa Leone Tuita" }, { "docid": "3842371", "text": "Cook's partner, Dudley Moore, in \"Beyond the Fringe\" and \"Not Only... But Also\". Sir Arthur is the son of Lady Beryl Streeb-Greebling—a 'wonderful dancer' who was still dancing at 107 years of age, and who was capable of breaking a swan's wing with a blow of her nose—who inspired him to take up his life's work of teaching ravens to fly underwater. Sir Arthur claims \"She came up to me in the conservatory—I was pruning some walnuts—and she said 'Arthur'—I wasn't Sir Arthur in those days—'if you don't get underwater and start teaching ravens to fly, I'll smash your stupid", "title": "Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling" }, { "docid": "9282120", "text": "track, but does not return to her - he instead returns to where the women were dancing, but are no longer there. A TV close by narrates - \"\"It seems to me that all us strong, independent women make men lazy. All of a sudden, they think they don't have to court us properly! But boys, let me tell you something, there is nothing like a man who knows how to treat a lady.\"\" We now see a succession of jumping off the skyscraper from Superman's lover - she seems adamant that she will get his attention. The second time", "title": "A to the B" }, { "docid": "20536141", "text": "production to Minogue's predecessor single \"Dancing\". Writing for \"Spin\", Anna Gaca noted the similarities, and stated that \"you'll have no problem imagining these two living on the same record.\" Lyrically, the song was described by Mushroom Records as a \"romantic\" anthem that talks about being on the brink of love. For the remix version with Cuban musical duo Gente de Zona, Minogue sings in both English and Spanish. Additionally, Minogue explained, \"I love the new melody and energy Gente De Zona brought to 'Stop Me From Falling' and it was great to meet and work with them in Havana, Cuba.\"", "title": "Stop Me from Falling" }, { "docid": "8570426", "text": "\"Come Back to Me\" was directed by Chris Applebaum. The video was first shown on Disney Channel on August 25, 2006, following the premiere of \"The Cheetah Girls 2\". Hudgens walks onto the set of a music video, applies her makeup and changes her shoes. She then performs while dancing against a brightly lit backdrop. Next, she is shown performing and dancing in a black room with numerous chandeliers flickering on and off. She later appears on a red stage with circles flickering in various colors. Afterwards, more shots of the black room is shown, including one in which she", "title": "Come Back to Me (Vanessa Hudgens song)" }, { "docid": "11116422", "text": "Red Tape (song) \"Red Tape\" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1981 by Ariola Records as the single from her album \"Incognito\". \"Red Tape\" was composed and produced by Anthony Monn, Lear's long-time collaborator, and is a pop song with rock influences. In the song's lyrics, Amanda Lear criticises the so-called \"red tape\", complaining about its inquisitiveness and the lack of privacy it imposes. She sings: \"I want to keep my privacy, Big Brother is watching me\". On its parent album, where every song stands for a \"deadly sin\", \"Red Tape\" represents bureaucracy. The song was", "title": "Red Tape (song)" }, { "docid": "16523877", "text": "Michael Jackson over a stepping dance groove accented with finger snaps.\" \"Believe in Me\" is told from the perspective of a lover about to leave his woman for a prison term and asks for patience and support. Miles Marshall Lewis views that the song \"embod[ies] elements of the (oft-downtrodden) blue-collar African-American experience.\" \"Lady Sunday\" is a dance-oriented, orchestrated song with musical similarities to early 1970s Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. \"Believe That It's So\" features disco strings, assertive brass, and a narrative that celebrates love's ability to help people overcome adversity before celebrating celebration in general, as Kelly sings", "title": "Write Me Back" }, { "docid": "11511993", "text": "home on a horror film soundtrack than on the radio. The single \"The Lady In Red (Is Dancing With Meat)\", a cover of Lady in Red, received some airplay in the UK and achieved single of the week in the NME. Compact Disc Release Vinyl Release Sick Love (album) Sick Love is an remix album by V/Vm consisting of remixed pop songs about love. Each song on the album has been meticulously pitch shifted in order to create a completely new melody, as well as to distort the musical and vocal recordings, achieving a darker tone than the original recording.", "title": "Sick Love (album)" }, { "docid": "17509886", "text": "television Koncert Zyczen (Concert of Wishes). She recorded three TV recitals. In June 1983 years TV Warsaw presented her recital Dziewczyna taka jak ja (A girl like me ), directed by A. Minkiewicz. She returned to performing her song \"San Francisco\" on the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 1992. Danuta Mizgalska recorded more than 150 songs, including big hits, \"Jestem Twoja Lady\" (I'm Your Lady), \"Casablanca\", \"Okruchy wspomnien\" (Pieces of Memory), \"Nasz usmiech losu\" (The Luck of Fate,), \"Dziewczyna taka jak ja\" (A girl like me). She also sings a number of the international hits : \"Ze", "title": "Danuta Mizgalska" }, { "docid": "2574805", "text": "Riddle (\"Dinah, Yes Indeed!\") conductor and accompanist André Previn (\"Somebody Loves Me\" and \"Dinah Sings, Previn Plays\"), and jazz's Red Norvo (\"Dinah Sings Some Blues With Red\"). Her final two Capitol albums were \"Dinah, Down Home\" and \"The Fabulous Hits (Newly Recorded)\". Dinah was dropped by Capitol in 1962 and recorded only a handful of albums over the next two decades, including \"Lower Basin Street Revisited\" for friend Frank Sinatra's Reprise label in 1965, \"Songs for Sometime Losers\" (Project 3, 1967), \"Country Feelin\"' (Decca, 1969), \"Once Upon A Summertime\" (Stanyan, 1975) and \"Dinah!\", a double LP for Capitol in 1976.", "title": "Dinah Shore" }, { "docid": "16135402", "text": "amongst their song catalogue. The music video is fittingly set in a pub and features two Paul Heatons. One, a sober looking man who sings the lyrics telling the story of 'Old Red'. The other, who sings the chorus, is presumably meant to be 'Old Red', with messy long hair and his face looking rough from heavy drinking. Old Red Eyes Is Back \"Old Red Eyes Is Back\" is a song written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray and performed by The Beautiful South. The song was originally released on the album \"0898 Beautiful South\". It features as the opening", "title": "Old Red Eyes Is Back" }, { "docid": "12572215", "text": "and Pink is lifted up into the air on a rope. The song \"Bad Influence\" then starts. She gets lowered down onto the main stage and starts to sing. She then sings \"Just Like a Pill\", \"Who Knew\", Ave Mary A and \"Don't Let Me Get Me\". She then goes offstage. At some shows, Pink might perform \"It's All Your Fault\" after \"Just Like A Pill\". A red couch appears on the stage and Pink is seen walking over to it. She then starts to sing \"I Touch Myself\". Whilst singing \"I Touch Myself\", hands come out of the couch", "title": "Funhouse Tour" }, { "docid": "17361618", "text": "Cheek\", Gaga sings solo on \"Lush Life\", \"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)\" and \"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye\", while Bennett's solo includes \"Don't Wait Too Long\" and \"Sophisticated Lady\". According to Gaga, \"Lush Life\" and \"Sophisticated Lady\" complemented each other; for Bennett, the complement came from the fact that Duke Ellington wrote \"Sophisticated Lady\" and later collaborated with Strayhorn for \"Lush Life\". Gaga sang \"Lush Life\" in her school choir, but it was only later she understood the lyrical interpretation of the track, about failure and heartache. While recording \"Cheek to Cheek\" she was emotionally upset about her", "title": "Cheek to Cheek (album)" }, { "docid": "10119944", "text": "while sitting on a \"patri\" (a special red board with embroidery) below a red cloth held by four women. This is done to cleanse and balance the body for married life. In the \"Jaggo\" ceremony, the family dances and sings on the road in front and around the beautifully decorated wedding home. Jaggo is held in the last hours of the night. Copper vessels called \"gaffers\" are decorated with divas (clay lamps), filled with mustard oil, and lit. The bride/bridegroom's maternal aunt (\"mammi\") carries it on her head, and another lady carries a long stick with bells, which she shakes.", "title": "Mayian" }, { "docid": "15977892", "text": "a cover of Journey's \"Don't Stop Believin'\". Lisa sings a medley of \"Heaven\", \"Beautiful People\" and her debut hit single \"Lately\". Finally, Claire, performs a cover of Celine Dion's \"I Surrender\". The next section begins with an operatic-style video interlude. \"It's the Way You Make Me Feel\" is next followed by \"Heartbeat\". \"When I Said Goodbye\" is then performed, followed by \"One For Sorrow\". After the band goes offstage, during which a musical interlude is played, they return onstage with \"Stomp\" and \"Chain Reaction\". The show ends with their cover ABBA's \"Dancing Queen\", a song which was recorded especially for", "title": "The Ultimate Tour (Steps)" }, { "docid": "7645753", "text": "It ain't over till the fat lady sings It ain't over till (\"or\" until) the fat lady sings is a colloquialism which is often used as a proverb. It means that one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress. More specifically, the phrase is used when a situation is (or appears to be) nearing its conclusion. It cautions against assuming that the current state of an event is irreversible and clearly determines how or when the event will end. The phrase is most commonly used in association with organized competitions, particularly sports.", "title": "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" }, { "docid": "8636636", "text": "2013, it has totaled 52 weeks in the Irish Singles Chart (as of December 5, 2013). Various versions are available through iTunes including: Carter released a music video of the song which features an outing on the beach where Carter sings the song with his band to his friends on the beach with those present joining in clapping and dancing. The video was filmed in Donegal, Ireland. Darius Rucker recorded a country version of the song with Lady Antebellum as the second single on his third solo project, \"True Believers,\" released on Capitol Records. He joined Old Crow Medicine Show", "title": "Wagon Wheel (song)" }, { "docid": "6165670", "text": "Javier, Jon Dee Graham and the bass player Denny DeGorio). His first solo albums, \"Gravity\" and \"Thirteen Years\", were released in 1992 and 1994, respectively. In 1997, Escovedo collaborated with Ryan Adams and the band Whiskeytown in recording sessions for their album \"Strangers Almanac\". He sings on \"Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight\", \"Dancing with the Women at the Bar\", and \"Not Home Anymore\". As a salute to Escovedo, a cover of a True Believers song written by him is covered by Whiskeytown on the re-released \"Strangers Almanac (deluxe edition)\". In 1998 \"No Depression\" magazine named him", "title": "Alejandro Escovedo" }, { "docid": "19916839", "text": "Texas/The Eyes of Texas\" were released on \"Elvis Sings Flaming Star\" in 1969, as the Neapolitan song \"Santa Lucia\" was placed on \"Elvis for Everyone\" in 1965.\"The Lady Loves Me\" would be issued on \"\" in 1983, and the duet between Presley and Ann-Margret \"You're the Boss\" (cut from the film) on \"Elvis Sings Leiber & Stoller\" in 1991. An additional duet between Presley and Ann-Margret, \"Today, Tomorrow and Forever\", along with Ann-Margret's solo numbers, would wait until later retrospectives to appear on record (the version of \"Today, Tomorrow and Forever\" released on the soundtrack was a solo performance by", "title": "Viva Las Vegas (EP)" }, { "docid": "1623486", "text": "Perón's mistress. Harold Prince directed with choreography by Larry Fuller. During the run, six actresses alternated playing the title role, in addition to LuPone: Terri Klausner (matinees), Nancy Opel (matinees), Pamela Blake (matinees), Derin Altay, Loni Ackerman and Florence Lacey. Patinkin was replaced by James Stein and later by Anthony Crivello. \"New York Times\" critic Frank Rich stated: \"Loni Ackerman, the current Eva Perón, has no discernible Latin blood, but she sings the role better than any of the American Evitas, as well as acting and dancing it with nonstop energy. Anthony Crivello, a performer new to me, is easily", "title": "Evita (musical)" }, { "docid": "5753788", "text": "longest-charting record until 1980, remaining on the chart for 21 weeks. It also spent a week at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, her first No. 1 on that chart. Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King and Venetta Fields sang background vocals. Bob Babbitt played bass. It marked a turning point in the career of Diana Ross, reinvigorating her singing career, coming immediately after her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in her acting debut, \"Lady Sings the Blues\". Touch Me in the Morning \"Touch Me in the Morning\" is a popular song recorded by Diana Ross on the Motown label.", "title": "Touch Me in the Morning" }, { "docid": "15692441", "text": "Lady Sings the Blues (book) Lady Sings the Blues (1956) is an autobiography by jazz singer Billie Holiday, which was co-authored by William Dufty. The book formed the basis of the 1972 film \"Lady Sings the Blues\" starring Diana Ross. The life story of jazz singer Billie Holiday told in her own words. Holiday writes candidly of sexual abuse, confinement to institutions, heroin addiction, and the struggles of being African American before the rise of the Civil Rights Movement. According to an article in the \"San Francisco Chronicle\", Dufty's aim was \"to let Holiday tell her story her way. Fact", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (book)" }, { "docid": "17565653", "text": "Mahy appeared in numerous productions, including Bobbin Up, Crazy For You and Elegies. He performed a one-man show called \"Stephen Mahy Sings\" at Slide in Sydney on 16 March 2012 He sang \"Pretty Lady\" with Michael Falzon and Shaun Rennie as well as \"Marry Me a Little\" and \"Barcelona\" with Helen Dallimore at the gala performance of \"Side By Side By Sondheim\" for Enda Markey Presents. The trio of Falzon, Rennie, and Mahy reprised Pretty Lady for Light The Night 2012, an annual charity concert raising funds for bone marrow research in honour of Rennie's brother Matthew. Mahy performed at", "title": "Stephen Mahy" }, { "docid": "4626265", "text": "Cheap fare excursions already the squash I feel\" It is referred to in Gilbert & Sullivan's 1877 comic opera \"The Sorcerer\" Act 2. Mr Wells sings \"Hate me! I often go to ROSHERVILLE!\", to which Lady Sangazure responds \"Love me! that joy I'll share!\". It is referred to in P. G. Wodehouse's first Jeeves story, \"Jeeves Takes Charge\": \"There is a story about Sir Stanley Gervase-Gervase at Rosherville Gardens which is ghastly in its perfection of detail. It seems that Sir Stanley – but I can't tell you!\" It is also mentioned as a \"place to spend a happy day\"", "title": "Rosherville Gardens" }, { "docid": "15217796", "text": "doll sings \"Let Me Call You Sweetheart\" in her alto voice. In March 2011, the third holiday-themed doll was released for Easter. This Sing-a-ma-jig is a white Easter rabbit with more detailed bunny ears. It sings \"Here Comes Peter Cottontail\", and rather than saying \"Goodbye\" or \"See you later\", signs off by saying, \"Happy Easter!\" His shirt is covered in a colorful Easter Egg pattern. She has a baritone vocal range. A 4th of July themed doll was released in time for the holiday in 2011, was Red, White, and Blue, and sang \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Instead of \"Hello!\" or", "title": "Sing-a-ma-jigs" }, { "docid": "9427187", "text": "acted in a Bellsouth television commercial, as well as for Oral-B, and was a background dancer in Madonna's \"Don't Tell Me\" music video. He also appeared in \"\" and \"\". Vincent has been on the reality TV show \"Dancing with the Stars\" and a co-starred on \"Canada Sings\". Most recently Christian was the dance coach for Guillermo Del Toro's film \"The Shape of Water.\" He also appeared in the October 2012 issue of PMc Magazine by celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan. In addition to his work in entertainment, Vincent is a professor at The Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the", "title": "Christian Vincent (actor)" }, { "docid": "1684720", "text": "White Queens, who invite each other to Alice's dinner party. They have a few \"Queenly\" tests (\"Can You do Addition\"), and some words of wisdom for her (\"Emotions\"). The White Queen, exhausted from all the excitement, falls asleep on Alice's lap, and the Red Queen sings her a soothing lullaby (\"Hush-a-bye Lady\"). Alice pines for her Mother and Father, who she fears she'll never see again. Finally Alice finds her way to her castle, where a great feast has been set in her honor, with many of the characters in attendance from her journey. (\"To the Looking-Glass World\") Alice appreciates", "title": "Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)" }, { "docid": "608562", "text": "party was Holiday, Buddy DeFranco, Red Norvo, Carl Drinkard, Elaine Leighton, Sonny Clark, Berryl Booker, Jimmy Raney, and Red Mitchell. A recording of a live set in Germany was released as \"Lady Love – Billie Holiday\". Holiday's late recordings for Verve constitute about a third of her commercially issued output and are as popular as her earlier records for Columbia, Commodore and Decca. In later years, her voice became more fragile, but it never lost the edge that had always made it distinctive. Holiday's autobiography, \"Lady Sings the Blues\", was ghostwritten by William Dufty and published in 1956. Dufty, a", "title": "Billie Holiday" }, { "docid": "6592646", "text": "all-African-American \"Lazy Town\" to spring into action. The visiting urbanite admonishes one of the town's residents, \"Listen, Mammy. That ain't no way to wash clothes! What you all need is rhythm!\" She then proceeds to sing \"Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat\", which the townsfolk slowly join her in performing. Thus begins a montage which is the short's centerpiece. The townsfolk are infected by the song's rhythm and proceed to go about playing instruments, and dancing suggestively. By the time the young light-skinned lady from Harlem is due to re-board her riverboat and return home, she has succeeded in", "title": "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" }, { "docid": "13845849", "text": "\"Now\", and Ana Štefok () recorded a Croatian rendering of \"Kiss Me Goodbye\" entitled \"Poljubi me za kraj\". Connie Francis recorded \"Kiss Me Goodbye\" for her \"Connie Francis Sings the Songs of Les Reed\" album which featured Reed as producer and pianist; the album was released in November 1969. Also in 1969 Karel Gott recorded a Czech rendering of \"Kiss Me Goodbye\" entitled \"Zpátky Si Dám Tenhle Film\". Virginia Lee () recorded \"Kiss Me Goodbye\" for her 1970 album \"Poem of Love\". Red Hurley and the Nevada had a #1 hit on the Irish charts in 1971 with a remake", "title": "Kiss Me Goodbye (Petula Clark song)" }, { "docid": "11312903", "text": "Lady Sings the Blues (song) \"Lady Sings the Blues\" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols. It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047). The song was also chosen to be the title of the 1956 autobiography by Holiday and author William Dufty, and the 1972 movie starring Diana Ross as Holiday. Studio session #75 New York City, June 6, 1956, Tony Scott & His Orchestra (Verve), with Charlie Shavers on trumpet, Tony Scott on clarinet, Paul Quinichette on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly on", "title": "Lady Sings the Blues (song)" }, { "docid": "5110859", "text": "then fuck you\" were changed to \"if you hate me, then I hate you\". Lady Sovereign served as the host and spokesperson for Adult Swim and Chocolate Industries' \"Chocolate Swim\". In January 2010 Bally Total Fitness selected Lady Sovereign and her song \"I Got You Dancing\" for the featured artist section on their website, the song is also being used in their television commercials.. On 22 January 2010, Sovereign was due to appear on \"This Week\", a BBC political review show, to discuss the laws regarding self-defence for householders. Early in the programme, she was shown backstage waving to camera", "title": "Lady Sovereign" }, { "docid": "6549055", "text": "front of an ever-changing background are intercut throughout this. Beyoncé then sings the chorus again and dances in her red dress in front of the background. Mc Lyte and Free are seen at a backyard barbecue party as Mc Lyte's verse begins and she mingles with the party guests, with Elliott as the party DJ. Again, Beyoncé comes back to sing the chorus of the song, now at the barbecue party, with scenes of her dancing in a room of the mansion and scenes from the movie in which she is singing on a stage in front of a large", "title": "Fighting Temptation" }, { "docid": "18482642", "text": "jetski, motorcycle and car racing. He also plays guitar, piano and sings - he is a bass-baritone. Aleksandar also studied Latin and ballroom dancing with Paul Pellicoro. Known for his humanitarian attitude, Aleksandar is a member of the Red Cross, where he is a lifeguard and was involved in multiple rescue operations during the catastrophic 2014 Balkan floods. He has also saved a lady's life on the intercontinental flight in the spring of 2018. Before moving to New York to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Aleksandar was a member of Mika Aleksić's acting studio (Thing of the", "title": "Aleksandar Filimonović" }, { "docid": "15505500", "text": "several male dancers, in a long-sleeve red dress with padded shoulders, a big satellite dish and a big black hat. Footage of the video was posted online on October 14, 2011. Gaga is seen dancing on the roof of a car as she sings the bridge from the song. She then slides down the car and begins running around the hood as the chorus starts. She's dressed in black, with a blond bob wig and black heels while rain is visible in the background, but she appears unfazed by the weather. During an interview with NDTV on October 31, Gaga", "title": "Marry the Night" }, { "docid": "13134830", "text": "her look as \"she had an inflatable rubber order of fried calamari growing out of her spine\", while Adam Carlson from \"Billboard\" said that the outfit made Gaga look like a \"dancing Ursula from \"The Little Mermaid\"\". The song was added to the setlist of the Joanne World Tour (2017-2018), where she was wearing a red leather bodysuit and tassel leather boots, and the performance ended with a choreographed attack on Gaga by her dancers. Credits adapted from \"The Fame\" album liner notes. Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song) \"Paparazzi\" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio", "title": "Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)" }, { "docid": "13223805", "text": "Russian Red Russian Red is the stage name of Lourdes Hernández, a Spanish indie and folk singer-songwriter. Known by many as the \"Spanish Feist\", in reference to the Canadian singer-songwriter who inspires her in many of her attitudes on the microphone, Hernández—who writes and sings all of her compositions in English—states that she sings in that language instinctively because she has always listened to music in English. Russian Red's project began when Hernández met Brian Hunt, a musician with an English father and Spanish mother, with whom she recorded a demo (which included tracks that remain unpublished like \"Reason\", \"The", "title": "Russian Red" }, { "docid": "6668884", "text": "what became a standard in the vocal canon thanks to performances by Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Chris Connor, and Julie London. From 1936 to 1939, Hanighen co-produced Billie Holiday's early Columbia recordings with John Hammond. He and Holiday remained close friends. She wrote in her 1956 autobiography, \"Lady Sings the Blues\": Bernie almost lost his job at Columbia fighting for me. A lot of guys were big tippers uptown, but when it came to fighting for you downtown, they were nowhere. Not Bernie. He was the cause of me making my first records under", "title": "Bernie Hanighen" }, { "docid": "15766702", "text": "year in the city he will then get rid of him. Aubépine, released from the pension for the celebration, enters and sings some couplets after which she presents a gift to her father. She then sings a 'fable', based on that by La Fontaine (‘Le Savetier et le Financier’), but arranged by her school mistresses. A waltz is heard in preparation for dancing. Belazor has a brainwave: invite the cobbler back up and bribe him with 300 écus. Larfaillou comes in and reluctantly accepts the money. Alone with Aubépine – who has fallen in love with him – he admits", "title": "Le financier et le savetier" }, { "docid": "19582899", "text": "guest star Fetty Wap\". The video begins with cinematic black bars expanding to reveal the scenery, which is set in a beach. Individual takes of the girls are shown momentarily as Dinah sings the chorus. The camera shifts to Fetty Wap, who is sitting down in a chair with a guitar next to him. As he sings, the girls are seen dancing in the water, with Lauren kicking the water as the video goes into a slow-motion take for less than a second. Several of the scenes include Normani alone in a rock cliff, a close-up of Dinah singing and", "title": "All in My Head (Flex)" } ]

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[ { "docid": "1387255", "text": "of the moon and stars on the tablet are instead consistent with astronomical calculations for 588 BC; the Society claims that the \"planets\" mentioned in the tablet cannot be clearly identified.<ref name=\"WT 11/1\">\"When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part Two\" \"The Watchtower\", November 1, 2011, page 25, 28, endnote 18</ref> The Watch Tower Society's article cites David Brown as stating, \"some of the signs for the names of the planets and their positions are unclear,\" however Brown indicates that the Babylonians also had unique names for the known planets; Jonsson confirms that the unique names are those used in VAT 4956. The", "title": "Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses" }, { "docid": "307185", "text": "same (Aphrodite, Greek corresponding to Latin Venus), though this had long been known by the Babylonians. In the 3rd century BC, Aristarchus of Samos proposed a heliocentric system, according to which Earth and the planets revolved around the Sun. The geocentric system remained dominant until the Scientific Revolution. By the 1st century BC, during the Hellenistic period, the Greeks had begun to develop their own mathematical schemes for predicting the positions of the planets. These schemes, which were based on geometry rather than the arithmetic of the Babylonians, would eventually eclipse the Babylonians' theories in complexity and comprehensiveness, and account", "title": "Planet" }, { "docid": "188825", "text": "of maize for agriculture has been dated to about 9,000 years ago in southern Mexico, before the development of writing systems. Similarly, archaeological evidence indicates the development of astronomical knowledge in preliterate societies. The development of writing enabled knowledge to be stored and communicated across generations with much greater fidelity. Many ancient civilizations systematically collected astronomical observations. Rather than speculate on the material nature of the planets and stars, the ancients charted the relative positions of celestial bodies, often inferring their influence on human society. This demonstrates how ancient investigators generally employed a holistic intuition, assuming the interconnectedness of all", "title": "History of science" }, { "docid": "8019501", "text": "occur. Horoscopic astrology is significant to Babylonian beliefs, because associating the sun, moon, and planets with their gods shaped the way the Babylonians lived their lives and viewed the world around them. The parallels between horoscopes and nativity omens from a Seleucid Tablet shows the benefic and malefic natures of the planets in Babylonian astrology. The Babylonians associated and created their beliefs around planets based on the nature of the god associated with it. \"The Babylonians divided the fixed stars into three groups: the stars of Anu, Enlil and Ea.' To which group they belonged depended, for most of them,", "title": "Babylonian astrology" }, { "docid": "8652955", "text": "the concept of an angle measure, they were limited to studying the sides of triangles instead. The Babylonian astronomers kept detailed records on the rising and setting of stars, the motion of the planets, and the solar and lunar eclipses, all of which required familiarity with angular distances measured on the celestial sphere. Based on one interpretation of the Plimpton 322 cuneiform tablet (c. 1900 BC), some have even asserted that the ancient Babylonians had a table of secants. There is, however, much debate as to whether it is a table of Pythagorean triples, a solution of quadratic equations, or", "title": "History of trigonometry" }, { "docid": "2954174", "text": "planets, five are planets in the modern sense. Babylonians recognized seven planets. A bilingual list in the British Museum records the seven Babylonian planets in this order: The astrological symbols for the classical planets appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved. In the original papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there are found a circle with one ray () for the Sun and a crescent for the Moon. The written symbols for Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn have been traced to forms found in late Greek papyri. The symbols for Jupiter and Saturn are identified", "title": "Classical planet" }, { "docid": "7011208", "text": "compute ephemeris (tables of astronomical positions), which was discovered in the 1950s by Otto Neugebauer. To make calculations of the movements of celestial bodies, the Babylonians used basic arithmetic and a coordinate system based on the ecliptic, the part of the heavens that the sun and planets travel through. Tablets found in the British Museum provide evidence that the Babylonians even went so far as to have a concept of objects in an abstract mathematical space. The tablets date from between 350 and 50 B.C.E., revealing that the Babylonians understood and used geometry even earlier than previously thought. The Babylonians", "title": "Babylonian mathematics" }, { "docid": "307182", "text": "of the Universe and that all the \"planets\" circled Earth. The reasons for this perception were that stars and planets appeared to revolve around Earth each day and the apparently common-sense perceptions that Earth was solid and stable and that it was not moving but at rest. The first civilization known to have a functional theory of the planets were the Babylonians, who lived in Mesopotamia in the first and second millennia BC. The oldest surviving planetary astronomical text is the Babylonian Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa, a 7th-century BC copy of a list of observations of the motions of the", "title": "Planet" }, { "docid": "7011207", "text": "distances eventually was converted to a \"time-mile\" used for measuring the travel of the Sun, therefore, representing time. The ancient Babylonians had known of theorems concerning the ratios of the sides of similar triangles for many centuries, but they lacked the concept of an angle measure and consequently, studied the sides of triangles instead. The Babylonian astronomers kept detailed records of the rising and setting of stars, the motion of the planets, and the solar and lunar eclipses, all of which required familiarity with angular distances measured on the celestial sphere. They also used a form of Fourier analysis to", "title": "Babylonian mathematics" }, { "docid": "4054940", "text": "that are favorable, the Earth in general experiences positive weather conditions. But when planets hold mathematical aspects that are discordant across regions of the Earth, the atmosphere responds and the weather is unseasonable. For centuries, forecasting advance weather, especially medium and long-range, was applied because it was the only way to know when to plant crops, navigate the seas and to predict the climate months in advance in preparation for harsh winter seasons. Meteorological phenomena correlated to planetary configurations were recorded by the ancient Babylonians in the 2nd century BC. Classical astrologers of note such as Claudius Ptolemy constructed a", "title": "Meteorological astrology" }, { "docid": "4054939", "text": "Meteorological astrology Meteorological astrology or astrometeorology (from Greek , \"astron\", \"constellation, star\"; , \"metéōros\", \"high in the sky\"; and , \"-logia\") is the practice of applying the astrological/astronomical placements of the Sun, Moon, and planets to attempt to forecast the weather. Astrometeorology is thousands of years old and based on astronomical positions that allegedly directly affect the weather on Earth. Ancient classical astrologers created weather forecasting known as meteorology by noting the positions of stars, planets, the Sun, and Moon. According to their texts, when planets occupy constellations as seen from Earth, and that are harmonious to one another, or", "title": "Meteorological astrology" }, { "docid": "494679", "text": "of Synesius's letters describes Hypatia as having taught him how to construct a silver plane astrolabe as a gift for an official. An astrolabe is a device used to calculate date and time based on the positions of the stars and planets. It can also be used to predict where the stars and planets will be on any given date. A \"little astrolabe\", or \"plane astrolabe\", is a kind of astrolabe that used stereographic projection of the celestial sphere to represent the heavens on a plane surface, as opposed to an armillary sphere, which was globe-shaped. Armillary spheres were large", "title": "Hypatia" }, { "docid": "548885", "text": "he himself had invoked, and even, that the stars killed him in revenge for having been restrained by him. The alternate Greek name for Zoroaster was Zaratras or Zaratas/Zaradas/Zaratos. Pythagoreans considered the mathematicians to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia.Lydus, in \"On the Months\", attributes the creation of the seven-day week to \"the Babylonians in the circle of Zoroaster and Hystaspes,\" and who did so because there were seven planets. The Suda's chapter on \"astronomia\" notes that the Babylonians learned their astrology from Zoroaster. Lucian of Samosata, in \"Mennipus\" 6, reports deciding to journey to Babylon \"to ask one of", "title": "Zoroaster" }, { "docid": "1540745", "text": "of such authors as Berossos (who composed a Greek-language history of Babylonia, known as the Babyloniaca, during the 3rd century BC) strongly criticised the claim that the Babylonians had kings going back hundreds of thousands of years: Diodorus Siculus also wrote something similar about how he believed the Babylonians fabricated their chronology: Despite these criticisms, some ancient Greeks, including most notably Alexander Polyhistor and Proclus, believed the Babylonian kings were hundreds of thousands of years old, and that the Babylonians dated their creation 400,000–200,000 years before their own time. The ancient Turin King List lists a mythical predynastic \"reign of", "title": "Dating creation" }, { "docid": "307786", "text": "and nuclear weapons; advances in thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired the development of calculus. Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences. Early civilizations dating back to beyond 3000 BCE, such as the Sumerians, ancient Egyptians, and the Indus Valley Civilization, had a predictive knowledge and a basic understanding of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars. The stars and planets were often worshipped, believed to represent gods. While the explanations for the observed positions of the stars were often unscientific and lacking in evidence, these early observations laid the foundation for", "title": "Physics" }, { "docid": "8019500", "text": "and planets, the Babylonians connected their beliefs of divine intervention in their everyday life to space and time. They would forecast their future circumstances by observing space through time and relating ominous events, such as a lunar eclipses, to social, political, and environmental problems in aspects of their everyday lives, such as giving birth to deformed children. The Babylonians believed their gods' activities influenced their own lives. These celestial events were viewed by the Babylonians as divine intervention in their lives using the influence the sun, moon, and planets, and to communicate when bad or good events were going to", "title": "Babylonian astrology" }, { "docid": "7359005", "text": "find remarkable information such as that the Earth is round, it has an axis and it moves around it in one day, it has three climate zones and that the Sun magnetizes the Stars and planets. The name \"planet\" comes from the Greek term πλανήτης (\"planētēs\"), meaning \"wanderer\", as ancient astronomers noted how certain lights moved across the sky in relation to the other stars. Five planets can be seen with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, the Greek names being Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Zeus and Cronus. Sometimes the luminaries, the Sun and Moon, are added to", "title": "Ancient Greek astronomy" }, { "docid": "14249523", "text": "motion of the planet's orbit was known in detail during the Tang Dynasty (618 CE). The early astronomy of ancient Greece was influenced by knowledge transmitted from the Mesopotamian culture. Thus the Babylonians associated Mars with Nergal, their god of war and pestilence, and the Greeks connected the planet with their god of war, Ares. During this period, the motions of the planets were of little interest to the Greeks; Hesiod's \"Works and Days\" (\"c.\" 650 BCE) makes no mention of the planets. The Greeks used the word \"planēton\" to refer to the seven celestial bodies that moved with respect", "title": "History of Mars observation" }, { "docid": "307184", "text": "all identified by Babylonian astronomers. These would remain the only known planets until the invention of the telescope in early modern times. The ancient Greeks initially did not attach as much significance to the planets as the Babylonians. The Pythagoreans, in the 6th and 5th centuries BC appear to have developed their own independent planetary theory, which consisted of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and planets revolving around a \"Central Fire\" at the center of the Universe. Pythagoras or Parmenides is said to have been the first to identify the evening star (Hesperos) and morning star (Phosphoros) as one and the", "title": "Planet" }, { "docid": "181052", "text": "History of astronomy Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical, and astrological beliefs and practices of prehistory: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy. It was not completely separated in Europe (see astrology and astronomy) during the Copernican Revolution starting in 1543. In some cultures, astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication. Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars and planets, as stars remain relatively fixed over the centuries while planets will move an appreciable", "title": "History of astronomy" }, { "docid": "14249525", "text": "a student of Plato, observed an occultation of Mars by the Moon in 365 BCE. From this he concluded that Mars must lie further from the Earth than the Moon. He noted that other such occultations of stars and planets had been observed by the Egyptians and Babylonians. Aristotle used this observational evidence to support the Greek sequencing of the planets. His work \"De Caelo\" presented a model of the universe in which the Sun, Moon, and planets circle about the Earth at fixed distances. A more sophisticated version of the geocentric model was developed by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus", "title": "History of Mars observation" }, { "docid": "417498", "text": "Triangulum Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for \"triangle\", derived from its three brightest stars, which form a long and narrow triangle. Known to the ancient Babylonians and Greeks, Triangulum was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy. The celestial cartographers Johann Bayer and John Flamsteed catalogued the constellation's stars, giving six of them Bayer designations. The white stars Beta and Gamma Trianguli, of apparent magnitudes 3.00 and 4.00, respectively, form the base of the triangle and the yellow-white Alpha Trianguli, of magnitude 3.41, the apex. Iota Trianguli", "title": "Triangulum" }, { "docid": "417515", "text": "is located about 5 degrees northwest of Alpha Trianguli. Triangulum Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for \"triangle\", derived from its three brightest stars, which form a long and narrow triangle. Known to the ancient Babylonians and Greeks, Triangulum was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy. The celestial cartographers Johann Bayer and John Flamsteed catalogued the constellation's stars, giving six of them Bayer designations. The white stars Beta and Gamma Trianguli, of apparent magnitudes 3.00 and 4.00, respectively, form the base of the triangle and the yellow-white", "title": "Triangulum" }, { "docid": "307181", "text": "led to much scientific controversy. The five classical planets, being visible to the naked eye, have been known since ancient times and have had a significant impact on mythology, religious cosmology, and ancient astronomy. In ancient times, astronomers noted how certain lights moved across the sky, as opposed to the \"fixed stars\", which maintained a constant relative position in the sky. Ancient Greeks called these lights (, \"wandering stars\") or simply (, \"wanderers\"), from which today's word \"planet\" was derived. In ancient Greece, China, Babylon, and indeed all pre-modern civilizations, it was almost universally believed that Earth was the center", "title": "Planet" }, { "docid": "15302018", "text": "was a shrine devoted to the North Star deity. Such worship of the northern stars may have been associated with time keeping, as the positions of the stars could identify the annual seasons. Likewise, as agriculture developed, the need to keep accurate time led to more careful tracking of the positions of the sun, moon and planets; resulting with their deification when they became inextricably linked with the means of survival. In the ancient Egyptian calendar, the date of the annual flooding of the Nile was predicted by observing the heliacal rising of a star. Indeed, the belief in a", "title": "Astronomy and religion" }, { "docid": "8881024", "text": "of the stars, instead of gravitational perturbations by other planets. These variations make it harder to detect these planets through automated methods. However, it makes these planets easy to confirm once they are detected. \"Duration variation\" refers to changes in how long the transit takes. Duration variations may be caused by an exomoon, apsidal precession for eccentric planets due to another planet in the same system, or general relativity. When a circumbinary planet is found through the transit method, it can be easily confirmed with the transit duration variation method. In close binary systems, the stars significantly alter the motion", "title": "Methods of detecting exoplanets" }, { "docid": "62923", "text": "native Egyptian tradition of anthropomorphic figures representing the planets, stars, and various constellations. Some of these were combined with Greek and Babylonian astronomical systems culminating in the Zodiac of Dendera, but it remains unclear when this occurred, but most were placed during the Roman period between 2nd to 4th centuries AD. The oldest known depiction of the zodiac showing all the now familiar constellations, along with some original Egyptian constellations, decans, and planets. Ptolemy's \"Almagest\" remained the standard definition of constellations in the medieval period both in Europe and in Islamic astronomy. Ancient China had a long tradition of observing", "title": "Constellation" }, { "docid": "10347344", "text": "\"Brahma-siddhanta\", probably composed in the 5th century CE, discusses how to use the movement of planets, sun and moon to keep time and calendar. This text also lists trigonometry and mathematical formulae to support its theory of orbits, predict planetary positions and calculate relative mean positions of celestial nodes and apsides. The text is notable for presenting very large integers, such as 4.32 billion years as the lifetime of the current universe. The ancient Hindu texts on Jyotisha only discuss time keeping, and never mention astrology or prophecy. These ancient texts predominantly cover astronomy, but at a rudimentary level. Technical", "title": "Jyotisha" }, { "docid": "13446927", "text": "minutes, 46 seconds.] for long ago as those times are now reckoned in years and lives of men, they were not very remote according to the memory of the Earth. Nodded to both in Appendices and \"The Silmarillion\" (with supporting information within the \"History of Middle-earth\" series) there are constellations and stars that correspond to the astronomy seen in the northern hemisphere of Earth, including references to the Sun, the Moon, Orion (and his belt), Ursa Major and other planets (described as \"stars\"; thus Carnil is \"Mars\"). A map annotated by Tolkien, discovered in October 2015 in Pauline Baynes's collection,", "title": "Middle-earth" }, { "docid": "307206", "text": "those of the Greeks and the Babylonians. In ancient Greece, the two great luminaries the Sun and the Moon were called \"Helios\" and \"Selene\"; the farthest planet (Saturn) was called \"Phainon\", the shiner; followed by \"Phaethon\" (Jupiter), \"bright\"; the red planet (Mars) was known as \"Pyroeis\", the \"fiery\"; the brightest (Venus) was known as \"Phosphoros\", the light bringer; and the fleeting final planet (Mercury) was called \"Stilbon\", the gleamer. The Greeks also made each planet sacred to one among their pantheon of gods, the Olympians: Helios and Selene were the names of both planets and gods; Phainon was sacred to", "title": "Planet" }, { "docid": "14242886", "text": "this point it will be as bright as Sirius. This would be long after the setting of Le Guin's tales. Werel is a fictional planet in the \"Ekumen\" science fiction novels of Ursula K. Le Guin. It is the fourth planet of a yellow-white star. Its dominant nation, Voe Deo, colonised Yeowe, the previously uninhabited third planet, after contact with the Ekumen. It is one of two planets named Werel in the Hainish cycle. Werel was colonised by the ancient Hainish people, long ago. There seem to have been no native animals: all existing animals are of Hainish origin, as", "title": "Planets of the Hainish Cycle" }, { "docid": "168166", "text": "effect on those planets. Construction of a time scale that links the planets is, therefore, of only limited relevance to the Earth's time scale, except in a Solar System context. The existence, timing, and terrestrial effects of the Late Heavy Bombardment are still debated. In Ancient Greece, Aristotle (384-322 BCE) observed that fossils of seashells in rocks resembled those found on beaches – he inferred that the fossils in rocks were formed by organisms, and he reasoned that the positions of land and sea had changed over long periods of time. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) concurred with Aristotle's interpretation that", "title": "Geologic time scale" }, { "docid": "14249522", "text": "years. The Babylonians invented arithmetic methods for making minor corrections to the predicted positions of the planets. This technique was primarily derived from timing measurements—such as when Mars rose above the horizon, rather than from the less accurately known position of the planet on the celestial sphere. Chinese records of the appearances and motions of Mars appear before the founding of the Zhou Dynasty (1045 BCE), and by the Qin Dynasty (221 BCE) astronomers maintained close records of planetary conjunctions, including those of Mars. Occultations of Mars by Venus were noted in 368, 375, and 405 CE. The period and", "title": "History of Mars observation" }, { "docid": "3849712", "text": "Ai. The historian Berosus stated the Babylonians commenced astronomical observations 49,000 years (7 x 7 x 1000) before Alexander the Great. Most early references were related to 7 (Sun, Moon, and five visible planets), 12 (number of zodiacal signs and months per year), 30 (degrees per sign of the zodiac), and higher combinations of these numbers and other numbers associated with astronomical observations and astrology. The problem of understanding the exact nature of ancient astrology is that it was only partly documented, leaving the question of the extent of their undocumented astrological knowledge. Michael Baigent in \"From the Omens of", "title": "Astrological age" }, { "docid": "364417", "text": "became the basis of astrology. Many of the more prominent individual stars were also given names, particularly with Arabic or Latin designations. As well as certain constellations and the Sun itself, individual stars have their own myths. To the Ancient Greeks, some \"stars\", known as planets (Greek πλανήτης (planētēs), meaning \"wanderer\"), represented various important deities, from which the names of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were taken. (Uranus and Neptune were also Greek and Roman gods, but neither planet was known in Antiquity because of their low brightness. Their names were assigned by later astronomers.) Circa 1600,", "title": "Star" }, { "docid": "15302017", "text": "Astronomy and religion Astronomy and religion have long been closely intertwined, particularly during the early history of astronomy. Archaeological evidence of many ancient cultures demonstrates that celestial bodies were the subject of worship during the Stone and Bronze Ages. Amulets and stone walls in northern Europe depict arrangements of stars in constellations that match their historical positions, particularly circumpolar constellations. These date back as much as 30,000–40,000 years. In many ancient religions, the northern circumpolar stars were associated with darkness, death and the underworld of the dead. For the Aztecs, the northern stars were associated with Tezcatlipoca. In Peking, China,", "title": "Astronomy and religion" }, { "docid": "1868346", "text": "Sun to three times more), whereas larger planets were found mostly around stars with metallicities at the higher end of this range (at solar metallicity and above). In this study small planets occurred about three times as frequently as large planets around stars of metallicity greater than that of the Sun, but they occurred around six times as frequently for stars of metallicity less than that of the Sun. The lack of gas giants around low-metallicity stars could be because the metallicity of protoplanetary disks affects how quickly planetary cores can form and whether they accrete a gaseous envelope before", "title": "Planetary system" }, { "docid": "13034355", "text": "anticipated this conjunction and celebrated it as the harbinger of a profound spiritual transition for mankind. New Age proponents of the galactic alignment hypothesis argued that, just as astrology uses the positions of stars and planets to make claims of future events, the Maya plotted their calendars with the objective of preparing for significant world events. Jenkins attributed the insights of ancient Maya shamans about the galactic center to their use of psilocybin mushrooms, psychoactive toads, and other psychedelics. Jenkins also associated the \"Xibalba be\" with a \"world tree\", drawing on studies of contemporary (not ancient) Maya cosmology. Astronomers such", "title": "2012 phenomenon" }, { "docid": "3591632", "text": "stars\", to describe those starlike lights in the heavens that moved over the course of the year, in contrast to the \"asteres aplaneis\" (ἀστέρες ἀπλανεῖς), the \"fixed stars\", which stayed motionless relative to one another. The five bodies currently called \"planets\" that were known to the Greeks were those visible to the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Graeco-Roman cosmology commonly considered seven planets, with the Sun and the Moon counted among them (as is the case in modern astrology); however, there is some ambiguity on that point, as many ancient astronomers distinguished the five star-like planets from", "title": "Definition of planet" }, { "docid": "611593", "text": "in all of science, is the measurement of the positions of celestial objects. Historically, accurate knowledge of the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars has been essential in celestial navigation (the use of celestial objects to guide navigation) and in the making of calendars. Careful measurement of the positions of the planets has led to a solid understanding of gravitational perturbations, and an ability to determine past and future positions of the planets with great accuracy, a field known as celestial mechanics. More recently the tracking of near-Earth objects will allow for predictions of close encounters or potential", "title": "Astronomy" }, { "docid": "7147767", "text": "Angle (astrology) The angles are the four Cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli. The astrological chart is a schematic representation of the sky at any given moment of time, projected upon the ecliptic--or the apparent path of the Sun as seen from the Earth—which forms the circle in which the chart is enclosed. The longitudinal positions of the planets are plotted onto this circle, because the planets (except Pluto) and many stars, lie very close to the Sun's path in celestial latitude. How this map of the sky is seen", "title": "Angle (astrology)" }, { "docid": "611571", "text": "crops and in understanding the length of the year. Before tools such as the telescope were invented, early study of the stars was conducted using the naked eye. As civilizations developed, most notably in Mesopotamia, Greece, Persia, India, China, Egypt, and Central America, astronomical observatories were assembled and ideas on the nature of the Universe began to develop. Most early astronomy consisted of mapping the positions of the stars and planets, a science now referred to as astrometry. From these observations, early ideas about the motions of the planets were formed, and the nature of the Sun, Moon and the", "title": "Astronomy" }, { "docid": "10692262", "text": "billions of years ago in the cores of massive stars. These elements constituted only 0.6% of the material in the solar nebula. That is why the terrestrial planets could not grow very large and could not exert large pull on hydrogen and helium gas. Also, the faster collisions among particles close to the Sun were more destructive on average. Even if the terrestrial planets had had hydrogen and helium, the Sun would have heated the gases and caused them to escape. Hence, solar terrestrial planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are dense small worlds composed mostly from 2%", "title": "Geology of solar terrestrial planets" }, { "docid": "310618", "text": "Edomites, Nabataeans, Arameans, Romans, Arabs, and Western European Crusaders, to name a few. Each of them appropriated different regions that overlapped in time and competed for sovereignty and land. Others, such as Ancient Egyptians, Hittites, Persians, Babylonians, and the Mongol raids of the late 1200s, were historical 'events' whose successive occupations were as ravaging as the effects of major earthquakes ... Like shooting stars, the various cultures shine for a brief moment before they fade out of official historical and cultural records of Palestine. The people, however, survive. In their customs and manners, fossils of these ancient civilizations survived until", "title": "Palestinians" }, { "docid": "955998", "text": "other sky and earth deities, such as the star deities and the decans deities. The cycles of the stars and the planets, and the time keeping are covered in the book. Nut (goddess) Nut (), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky in the Ennead of ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the earth, or as a cow. The pronunciation of ancient Egyptian is uncertain because vowels were long omitted from its writing, although her name often includes the unpronounced determinative hieroglyph for \"sky\". Her name ', itself", "title": "Nut (goddess)" }, { "docid": "6118446", "text": "Sun can), there is a split between the related discipline of observational astrophysics (of distant stars) and observational solar physics. The study of solar physics is also important as it is believed that changes in the solar atmosphere and solar activity can have a major impact on Earth's climate. The Sun also provides a \"physical laboratory\" for the study of plasma physics. Babylonians were keeping a record of solar eclipses, with the oldest record originating from the ancient city of Ugarit, in modern-day Syria. This record dates to about 1300 BC. Ancient Chinese astronomers were also observing solar phenomena (such", "title": "Solar physics" }, { "docid": "378131", "text": "are reduced and produced by NOFS and the USNO. See the USNO Catalog and Image Servers for more information and access. Star catalogue A star catalogue (Commonwealth English) or star catalog (American English), is an astronomical catalogue that lists stars. In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been produced for different purposes over the years, and this article covers only some of the more frequently quoted ones. Star catalogues were compiled by many different ancient people, including the Babylonians, Greeks, Chinese, Persians, and Arabs. They were", "title": "Star catalogue" }, { "docid": "2608920", "text": "or Panchāngas in the past in different regions of India. The Grahalaghava was compiled about 600 years ago and Surya Siddhanta was available long before that. These had become outdated and did not tally with actual astronomical events and did not tally with each other. Hence, a committee was appointed by the Government of India with experts in the field drawn from various parts of the country who were involved with preparation of Panchāngam in local languages to draw up a reliable Panchāngam in which the mathematical calculations provides the positions of grahas (the planets) and nakshatras (constellations) in the", "title": "Panchangam" }, { "docid": "378096", "text": "Star catalogue A star catalogue (Commonwealth English) or star catalog (American English), is an astronomical catalogue that lists stars. In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been produced for different purposes over the years, and this article covers only some of the more frequently quoted ones. Star catalogues were compiled by many different ancient people, including the Babylonians, Greeks, Chinese, Persians, and Arabs. They were sometimes accompanied by a star chart for illustration. Most modern catalogues are available in electronic format and can be freely downloaded", "title": "Star catalogue" }, { "docid": "17660482", "text": "is about 11 years old, he is out looking at the night sky when the stars disappear and are replaced by a view of the daylight side of the Earth. It quickly becomes apparent that the entire planet has a similar view. Politicians and scientists rush to control the situation, assuring people that the effect is some kind of illusion, since spacecraft in orbit are unaffected and can still see the stars and planets normally. However one Russian mathematician proposes an alternative theory. According to this, the entire universe was restructured by other intelligences long ago. The infinite universe that", "title": "Beyond the Veil of Stars" }, { "docid": "11281349", "text": "were familiar with the retrograde motion of the planet. By the period of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Babylonian astronomers were making regular records of the positions of the planets and systematic observations of their behavior. For Mars, they knew that the planet made 37 synodic periods, or 42 circuits of the zodiac, every 79 years. They invented arithmetic methods for making minor corrections to the predicted positions of the planets. In Ancient Greek, the planet was known as . In the fourth century BCE, Aristotle noted that Mars disappeared behind the Moon during an occultation, indicating that the planet was", "title": "Mars" }, { "docid": "20234466", "text": "the universe, known as the Aristotelian model or the Ptolmaic system. This held that the stars were remote, fixed in their positions and unchanging, while movement and variance were associated with the planets, closer to the earth. An unusual event in the sky might take place close to the earth, and could therefore be explained within the standard cosmological model. However if it took place beyond the planets, this indicated that the stars, contrary to what was commonly believed, could not be fixed in a 'firmament'. Astronomers (still working with the unaided naked eye at this time) took measurements of", "title": "Johannes van Heeck" }, { "docid": "378098", "text": "were the first to record the names of constellations on clay tablets, the earliest known star catalogues were compiled by the ancient Babylonians of Mesopotamia in the late 2nd millennium BC, during the Kassite Period (\"c\". 1531 BC to \"c\". 1155 BC). They are better known by their Assyrian-era name 'Three Stars Each'. These star catalogues, written on clay tablets, listed thirty-six stars: twelve for 'Anu' along the celestial equator, twelve for 'Ea' south of that, and twelve for 'Enlil' to the north. The Mul.Apin lists, dated to sometime before the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BC), are direct textual descendants of", "title": "Star catalogue" }, { "docid": "8574347", "text": "Equatorium An equatorium (plural, equatoria) is an astronomical calculating instrument. It can be used for finding the positions of the Moon, Sun, and planets without calculation, using a geometrical model to represent the position of a given celestial body. The earliest extant record of a solar equatorium, that is, one to find the position of the sun, is found in Proclus's fifth-century work \"Hypostasis\", where he gives instructions on how to construct one in wood or bronze. Although planetary equatoria were also probably made by the ancient Greeks, the first surviving description of one is from the \"Libros del saber", "title": "Equatorium" }, { "docid": "438384", "text": "Hainish Cycle The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is set in an alternate history/future history in which civilizations of human beings on planets orbiting a number of nearby stars, including Terra (Earth), are contacting each other for the first time and establishing diplomatic relations, setting up a confederacy under the guidance of the oldest of the human worlds, peaceful Hain. In this history, human beings did not evolve on Earth but were the result of interstellar colonies planted by Hain long ago, which was followed by a", "title": "Hainish Cycle" }, { "docid": "17700744", "text": "Pilu oil Pilu oil is an extract from seeds of the pilu tree, the meswak tree, and the mustard tree. The pilu tree belongs to the \"Salvadoraceae\" family. The botanic systematic name of the tree is \"Salvadora persica\". Chewing sticks of the pilu tree were used by the Babylonians approximately 7000 years ago; they were later used throughout the Greek and Roman empires, and by ancient Egyptians and Muslims. These chewing sticks are most commonly used in the Middle East and South America, though are also used in parts of Africa and Asia. Chewing sticks are used for oral hygiene,", "title": "Pilu oil" }, { "docid": "337183", "text": "of Athens. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included \"Procyon\" for the star α Canis Minoris A. The two dog stars are referred to in the most ancient literature and were venerated by the Babylonians and the Egyptians, In Babylonian mythology, Procyon was known as Nangar (the Carpenter), an aspect of Marduk, involved in constructing and organising the celestial sky. The constellations", "title": "Procyon" }, { "docid": "80910", "text": "while the neutron star RX J0720.4-3125 has a radius of a mere 5 km. In ancient Mesopotamia, Sirius, named KAK.SI.DI by the Babylonians, was seen as an arrow aiming towards Orion, while the southern stars of Canis Major and a part of Puppis were viewed as a bow, named BAN in the \"Three Stars Each\" tablets, dating to around 1100 BC. In the later compendium of Babylonian astronomy and astrology titled \"MUL.APIN\", the arrow, Sirius, was also linked with the warrior Ninurta, and the bow with Ishtar, daughter of Enlil. Ninurta was linked to the later deity Marduk, who was", "title": "Canis Major" }, { "docid": "449585", "text": "the other horizon), some cultures did not recognize Venus as single entity; instead, they assumed it to be two separate stars on each horizon: the morning and evening star. Nonetheless, a cylinder seal from the Jemdet Nasr period indicates that the ancient Sumerians already knew that the morning and evening stars were the same celestial object. The Sumerians associated the planet with the goddess Inanna (known as Ishtar by the later Akkadians and Babylonians), and their myths of Inanna are often allegories for the apparent motions and cycles of the planet. In the Old Babylonian period, the planet Venus was", "title": "Venus" }, { "docid": "13337721", "text": "methods have been proposed as to how these orientations were originally established. Ancient Egyptians may have observed, for example, the positions of two stars in the Plough / Big Dipper which was known to Egyptians as the thigh. It is thought that a vertical alignment between these two stars checked with a plumb bob was used to ascertain where North lay. The deviations from true North using this model reflect the accepted dates of construction of the pyramids. Egyptians were the first to develop a 365-day, 12 month calendar. It was a stellar calendar, created by observing the stars. During", "title": "History of science and technology in Africa" }, { "docid": "20956353", "text": "to the Sun, for many days at a time, and then reappears on the other horizon), some cultures did not recognize Venus as single entity; instead, they assumed it to be two separate stars on each horizon: the morning and evening star. Nonetheless, a cylinder seal from the Jemdet Nasr period indicates that the ancient Sumerians already knew that the morning and evening stars were the same celestial object. The Sumerians associated the planet with the goddess Inanna, who was known as Ishtar by the later Akkadians and Babylonians. She had a dual role as a goddess of both love", "title": "Venus in culture" }, { "docid": "16833899", "text": "more time to develop life as we know it.\" Stellar abundance of oxygen also appears to be critical to the length of time newly developed planets exist in a habitable zone around their host star. Researchers postulate that if our own sun had a lower abundance of oxygen, the Earth would have ceased to \"live\" in a habitable zone a billion years ago, long before complex organisms had the opportunity to evolve. Other research is being or has been done in numerous areas relating to the chemical nature of stars. The formation of stars is of particular interest. Research published", "title": "Stellar chemistry" }, { "docid": "628326", "text": "one dense, massive object in the system—Earth. Although his system had both the Earth and the Planets orbiting a single point, the ancient Greeks did not consider Earth a \"planet\". In the time before Galileo could observe from his telescope that planets were spheres like Earth, they were thought to be different from stars only in brightness and in their motion, and like stars composed of a fiery or ethereal matter having little or no density. However, the Earth was obviously made of the dense elements of earth and water. According to Burch, \"If there was a single Earth revolving", "title": "Counter-Earth" }, { "docid": "592632", "text": "verb meaning to become, to appear, to behave—or appear to move—in a retrograde fashion. Although planets can sometimes be mistaken for stars as one observes the night sky, the planets actually change position from night to night in relation to the stars. Retrograde (backward) and prograde (forward) are observed as though the stars revolve around the Earth. Ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy in 150 AD believed that the Earth was the center of the Solar System and therefore used the terms \"retrograde\" and \"prograde\" to describe the movement of the planets in relation to the stars. Although it is known today", "title": "Apparent retrograde motion" }, { "docid": "6924665", "text": "Navigator Program The Navigator Program is a long term NASA project charged with over-seeing all missions related to the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets. It also seeks to further understand how galaxies, stars and planets form. Navigator, with a 25-year time window, is essentially an umbrella program for more specific current and proposed projects which seek out Earth analogues and possible extraterrestrial life. The main components of Navigator include two ground-based and two space based missions. On Earth: And in space: The Navigator Program is itself an element of even larger decades long project of NASA: the Origins Program,", "title": "Navigator Program" }, { "docid": "13330692", "text": "Ea in the sky\". The \"Enûma Eliš\" states: Nibiru is described more closely on a complete cuneiform tablet: Böhl calls the text \"objectively the most difficult passage, although it has been handed down in its entirety. The Nibiru tablet does not provide any essential help for the clarification.\" In the enumerations, Nibiru is mentioned at different astronomical locations in conjunction with the positions of stars and planets, mostly as the \"star of Marduk\", however, the various stars or planets were not subject to any fixed interpretation. For example, the \"star of Ea\" was described at various \"revelation spots\" including Vela,", "title": "Nibiru (Babylonian astronomy)" }, { "docid": "12058358", "text": "theories have been proposed for how the planets around PSR B1257+12 formed. One theory suggested that the planets actually had existed before the host star exploded in a supernova about 1 billion years ago, however, this is inconsistent as the ejected material from a supernova would be enough to vaporize any planets close to the star. Also, multiple issues arise with this theory that debates nearly-impossible steps on how the planets ended up in their current places. Thus, the scenario has been dropped. One scenario proposed a massive binary system in which the planets formed around, with the more massive", "title": "PSR B1257+12 C" }, { "docid": "5712907", "text": "evolution of all material things over ~14 billion years, from the origin of the universe to the present day on Earth. The roots of the idea of cosmic evolution extend back millennia. Ancient Greek philosophers of the fifth century BCE, most notably Heraclitus, are celebrated for their reasoned claims that all things change. Early modern speculation about cosmic evolution began more than a century ago, including the broad insights of Robert Chambers, Herbert Spencer, and Lawrence Henderson. Only in the mid-20th century was the cosmic-evolutionary scenario articulated as a research paradigm to include empirical studies of galaxies, stars, planets, and", "title": "Big History" }, { "docid": "86100", "text": "reactions is not completely clear and is still the object of research. Perhaps the earliest known occurrence of cement is from twelve million years ago. A deposit of cement was formed after an occurrence of oil shale located adjacent to a bed of limestone burned due to natural causes. These ancient deposits were investigated in the 1960s and 1970s. Cement, chemically speaking, is a product that includes lime as the primary curing ingredient, but is far from the first material used for cement\"ation\". The Babylonians and Assyrians used bitumen to bind together burnt brick or alabaster slabs. In Egypt stone", "title": "Cement" }, { "docid": "7841078", "text": "Ancient artworks from the heyday of Babylonia's imperial glory were treated with near-religious reverence and were painstakingly preserved. For example, when a statue of Sargon the Great was found during construction work, a temple was built for it, and it was given offerings. The story is told of how Nebuchadnezzar II, in his efforts to restore the Temple at Sippar, had to make repeated excavations until he found the foundation deposit of Naram-Sin of Akkad. The discovery then allowed him to rebuild the temple properly. Neo-Babylonians also revived the ancient Sargonid practice of appointing a royal daughter to serve as", "title": "Neo-Babylonian Empire" }, { "docid": "8138992", "text": "humanoid race living on the eighth level of the Shellworld of Sursamen. Constructed for an unknown purpose by a long-dead race called the Veil, Shellworlds are ancient artificial planets consisting of nested concentric spheres internally lit by tiny thermonuclear \"stars\". The spheres are inhabited by various primitive races along with progressively more advanced mentoring species, up to the level of what the Sarl call \"Optimae.\" (The Optimae themselves, particularly the Culture, prefer the term \"Involved.\") Approximately 4,000 Shellworlds were built, but almost 2,000 were deliberately destroyed, for reasons unknown, by another presumed extinct race, the Iln. Like many Shellwords, the", "title": "Matter (novel)" }, { "docid": "16350056", "text": "formation began) but by no means determine the actual age. Along with other factors, the presence of a protoplanetary disk sets a maximum limit on the age of stars. Stars with protoplanetary disks are typically young, having moved onto the main sequence only a relatively short time ago. Over time, this disk would coalesce to form planets, with leftover material being deposited into various asteroid belts and other similar locations. However, the presence of pulsar planets complicates this method as a determinant of age. Gyro-chronology is a method used to determine the age of field stars by measuring their rotation", "title": "Stellar age estimation" }, { "docid": "14133634", "text": "was \"a matter of vital importance to the state\". For all these reasons, military history comprises a large part of ancient history. Notable militaries in the ancient world included the Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Ancient Greeks (notably the Spartans and Macedonians), Indians (notably the Magadhas, Gangaridais, Gandharas and Cholas), Early Imperial Chinese (notably the Qin and Han Dynasties), Xiongnu Confederation, Ancient Romans, and Carthaginians. The fertile crescent of Mesopotamia was the center of several prehistoric conquests. Mesopotamia was conquered by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians. Iranians were the first nation to introduce cavalry into their army. Egypt began growing", "title": "Military history" }, { "docid": "8019499", "text": "exclusively mundane, being geographically oriented and specifically applied to countries cities and nations, and almost wholly concerned with the welfare of the state and the king as the governing head of the nation. The Patron God of Babylon was Marduk, and this god was recognized in Babylonian astrology as the planet Jupiter Marduk was recognized as the most powerful god, but not the one and only god. The Babylonians were polytheistic, believing in many gods with different purposes, and they associated certain gods to certain planets. The Babylonians used horoscopic astrology. By observing the seasonal movement of the sun, moon,", "title": "Babylonian astrology" }, { "docid": "11817335", "text": "ancient Egypt. Writing in the Roman era, Clement of Alexandria gives some idea of the importance of astronomical observations to the sacred rites: And after the Singer advances the Astrologer (ὡροσκόπος), with a \"horologium\" (ὡρολόγιον) in his hand, and a \"palm\" (φοίνιξ), the symbols of astrology. He must know by heart the Hermetic astrological books, which are four in number. Of these, one is about the arrangement of the fixed stars that are visible; one on the positions of the sun and moon and five planets; one on the conjunctions and phases of the sun and moon; and one concerns", "title": "Egyptian astronomy" }, { "docid": "5010474", "text": "Structure formation In physical cosmology, structure formation is the formation of galaxies, galaxy clusters and larger structures from small early density fluctuations. The universe, as is now known from observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation, began in a hot, dense, nearly uniform state approximately 13.8 billion years ago. However, looking in the sky today, we see structures on all scales, from stars and planets to galaxies and, on still larger scales, galaxy clusters and sheet-like structures of galaxies separated by enormous voids containing few galaxies. Structure formation attempts to model how these structures formed by gravitational instability of small", "title": "Structure formation" }, { "docid": "11345932", "text": "is this merely a modern assumption? If it does refer to an actual astronomical event, is the source reliable? Can the record provide an unambiguous date without making unwarranted assumptions about ancient astronomical observational methods? Babylonian astronomical diaries provide detailed and unambiguous accounts of the positions of all the visible planets, often in relation to specific stars, that have been used to provide precise dates of events like the defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BCE and of Alexander's subsequent death on 11 June 323. Since the success of", "title": "Astronomical chronology" }, { "docid": "370822", "text": "of Mars and Jupiter where material is cool enough for volatile icy compounds to remain solid. The ices that formed these planets were more plentiful than the metals and silicates that formed the terrestrial inner planets, allowing them to grow massive enough to capture large atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, the lightest and most abundant elements. Leftover debris that never became planets congregated in regions such as the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, and Oort cloud. The Nice model is an explanation for the creation of these regions and how the outer planets could have formed in different positions and migrated", "title": "Solar System" }, { "docid": "8395099", "text": "the revolution periods of these planets, one may notice that 8×(period of Earth) is almost equal to 13×(period of Venus) and 5×(period of Jupiter) is about 2×(period of Saturn). A practical problem with the VSOP82 was that since it provided long series only for the orbital elements of the planets, it was not easy to figure out where to truncate the series if full accuracy was not needed. This problem was fixed in VSOP87, which provides series for the positions as well as for the orbital elements of the planets. In VSOP87 especially these long period terms were addressed, resulting", "title": "VSOP (planets)" }, { "docid": "11387855", "text": "an exposition of the astronomy of the ancient Babylonians, worked out from their Ephemerides of the moon and the planets. This was supplemented by \"Die babylonische Berechnung des Neumondes\" (Stimmen aus Maria-Laach, Vol. XXXIX, pp. 229–240). He was also the author of a number of articles in the \"Zeitschrift für Assyriologie\". Joseph Epping Joseph Epping (b. at Neuenkirchen near the Rhine in Westphalia, 1 December 1835; d. at Exaeten, Netherlands, 22 August 1894) was a German Jesuit astronomer and Assyriologist. His parents died while he was very young, and he owed his early education to relations. After completing the usual", "title": "Joseph Epping" }, { "docid": "7359004", "text": "Philolaus (c. 480 BC–c. 405 BC) the Pythagorean described a cosmos with the stars, planets, Sun, Moon, Earth, and a counter-Earth (\"Antichthon\")—ten bodies in all—circling an unseen central fire. Such reports show that Greeks of the 6th and 5th centuries BC were aware of the planets and speculated about the structure of the cosmos. Also, a more detailed description about the cosmos, Stars, Sun, Moon and the Earth can be found in the Orphism, which dates back to the end of the 5th century BC, and it is probably even older. Within the lyrics of the Orphic poems we can", "title": "Ancient Greek astronomy" }, { "docid": "12644711", "text": "on the hands, the unusual method for multiplication and division. He examines the Rhind Papyrus, the Moscow Papyrus and explores their understanding of binary numbers, fractions and solid shapes. He then travels to Babylon and discovered that the way we tell the time today is based on the Babylonian 60 base number system. So because of the Babylonians we have 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour. He then shows how the Babylonians used quadratic equations to measure their land. He deals briefly with Plimpton 322. In Greece, the home of ancient Greek mathematics, he looks", "title": "The Story of Maths" }, { "docid": "99400", "text": "the mirror. Celestial globe Celestial globes show the apparent positions of the stars in the sky. They omit the Sun, Moon, and planets because the positions of these bodies vary relative to those of the stars, but the ecliptic, along which the Sun moves, is indicated. There is an issue regarding the “handedness” of celestial globes. If the globe is constructed so that the stars are in the positions they actually occupy on the imaginary celestial sphere, then the star field will appear reversed on the surface of the globe (all the constellations will appear as their mirror images). This", "title": "Celestial globe" }, { "docid": "99397", "text": "Celestial globe Celestial globes show the apparent positions of the stars in the sky. They omit the Sun, Moon, and planets because the positions of these bodies vary relative to those of the stars, but the ecliptic, along which the Sun moves, is indicated. There is an issue regarding the “handedness” of celestial globes. If the globe is constructed so that the stars are in the positions they actually occupy on the imaginary celestial sphere, then the star field will appear reversed on the surface of the globe (all the constellations will appear as their mirror images). This is because", "title": "Celestial globe" }, { "docid": "3480303", "text": "5.4% of all stars host Earth-size planet candidates, and that 17% of all stars have multiple planets. According to a study by Caltech astronomers published in January 2013, the Milky Way contains at least as many planets as it does stars, resulting in 100–400 billion exoplanets. The study, based on planets orbiting the star Kepler-32, suggests that planetary systems may be common around stars in the Milky Way. The discovery of 461 more candidates was announced on January 7, 2013. The longer \"Kepler\" watches, the more planets with long periods it can detect. A candidate, newly announced on January 7,", "title": "Kepler (spacecraft)" }, { "docid": "181107", "text": "expansion of the universe seen in the recession of most galaxies from us. History of astronomy Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, cosmological, calendrical, and astrological beliefs and practices of prehistory: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy. It was not completely separated in Europe (see astrology and astronomy) during the Copernican Revolution starting in 1543. In some cultures, astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication. Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars and planets, as", "title": "History of astronomy" }, { "docid": "5658292", "text": "religion. Ancient Greek religion was strongly influenced by ancient Near Eastern religion, but is usually not included in the term. The Greco-Roman mysteries of the Hellenistic period were again consciously connected with ancient Egyptian religion. There are broad practices that these religions often hold in common: Typically, ancient Near Eastern religions were centered on theocracies, with a dominating regional cult of the god of a city-state. There were also super-regional mythemes and deities, such as the God Tammuz and the descent to the underworld. Divinations: Identification of the gods and goddesses with heavenly bodies—planets, stars, the sun and the moon—and", "title": "Religions of the ancient Near East" }, { "docid": "10331829", "text": "people invented constellations in an effort to make sense of the randomly scattered stars. In accelerated time, we see the complex motions of the sun, moon, and planets. The scene dissolves to ancient Alexandria, Egypt. We see the Great Library and the Pharos Lighthouse. In a courtyard, next to a pool surrounded by torches, we see the 2nd Century astronomer Claudius Ptolemy adjusting an armillary sphere to chart star positions. Behind Ptolemy is a small table on which rests a scroll. We approach the scroll and see that it depicts a geocentric model of the universe. Paintings on the scroll", "title": "Centered in the Universe" }, { "docid": "5892877", "text": "Milky Way (mythology) There are many myths and legends about the origin of the Milky Way, the crowd of stars that makes a distinctive bright streak across the night sky. Ancient Armenian mythology called the Milky Way the \"Straw Thief's Way\". According to legend, the god Vahagn stole some straw from the Assyrian king Barsham and brought it to Armenia during a cold winter. When he fled across the heavens, he spilled some of the straw along the way. The Khoisan people of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa say that long ago there were no stars and the night", "title": "Milky Way (mythology)" }, { "docid": "3143918", "text": "star clusters, the individual components move with respect to each other in a non-linear manner. This real motion of a star is divided into \"radial\" motion and \"proper motion\", with \"proper motion\" being the component across the line of sight. In 1718 Edmund Halley announced his discovery that the fixed stars actually have proper motion. Proper motion was not noticed by ancient cultures because it requires precise measurements over long periods of time to notice. In fact, the night sky today looks very much as it did thousands of years ago, so much so that some modern constellations were first", "title": "Fixed stars" }, { "docid": "6424530", "text": "of his people, the Mondasians. When the Cyberman mentions the planet's name, a Doctor Barclay inquires whether Mondas is not an ancient name for Earth. The Cyberman confirms, and claims that, billions of years ago, Mondas and Earth were twin planets until Mondas drifted into deep space. (In the historical section of his book \"Cybermen\", David Banks suggests that the Moon's orbit around Earth was the cause of Mondas' departure from orbit.) The Cybermen began to deploy spaceships to conquer and colonise other planets, including Telos, where they pushed the native Cryons aside and established the \"tombs\" of the Cybermen,", "title": "Mondas" }, { "docid": "7849068", "text": "on the other side- and now that it's open, whatever lies out there (Imperiex and Yuga Khan are hinted at), now have full access to the current Universe. The first threat arriving beyond the Source Wall are the Omega Titans, four ancient cosmic beings, named Entropy, Mystery, Wisdom and Wonder, that were awakened when the Source Wall broke and are believed to have created life in the DC Universe by seeding planets millennia ago and now plan to reabsorb these planets to see which one is the true intelligence of the universe, another side effect of the broken Source Wall", "title": "Source Wall" }, { "docid": "169147", "text": "wrath of the jinn, whom they believed were guarding the mosque. Beliefs in entities similar to the jinn are found throughout pre-Islamic Middle Eastern cultures. The ancient Sumerians believed in Pazuzu, a wind demon, who was shown with \"a rather canine face with abnormally bulging eyes, a scaly body, a snake-headed penis, the talons of a bird and usually wings.\" The ancient Babylonians believed in \"utukku\", a class of demons which were believed to haunt remote wildernesses, graveyards, mountains, and the sea, all locations where jinn were later thought to reside. The Babylonians also believed in the Rabisu, a vampiric", "title": "Jinn" }, { "docid": "14825231", "text": "30 planets to explore. The star systems are as follows: Vega, Antares, Gemini, Mizar, Sol, Draconis, Sirius Singularity, and Tau Ceti. These systems are similar to the stars of the Milky Way, showing the similar planets, including the sun. The newly updated Sirius Singularity is a system which needs lot of teamwork in which clan allies have the role to play. The Sirius Singularity has 5 Rings in which 1–4 is resource planets and 5th is an ancient planet from which you get ancient items of other systems and Sirius Singularity, jump ship plays major role to jump to planet", "title": "Pirate Galaxy" }, { "docid": "4070214", "text": "he did not believe in the rotation of the Earth. \"I. On the computation of the positions of the planets. 1. On the mean longitudes of the planets. 2. On the true longitudes of the planets. 3. On the three problems involving diurnal motion. 4. On lunar eclipses. 5. On solar eclipses. 6. On the syzygies. 7. On the heliacal settings and risings of the planets. 8. On the shadow of the moon. 9. On the lunar crescent. 10. On planetary conjunctions. 11. On conjunctions of the planets with the stars. 12. On the pātas of the sun and moon.", "title": "Lalla" }, { "docid": "1868335", "text": "behind planet-sized bodies. Alternatively, planets may form in an accretion disk of fallback matter surrounding a pulsar. Fallback disks of matter that failed to escape orbit during a supernova may also form planets around black holes. As stars evolve and turn into red giants, asymptotic giant branch stars and planetary nebulae they engulf the inner planets, evaporating or partially evaporating them depending on how massive they are. As the star loses mass, planets that are not engulfed move further out from the star. If an evolved star is in a binary or multiple system then the mass it loses can", "title": "Planetary system" }, { "docid": "10695982", "text": "were able to carry 4 people and riders were restrained by a seatbelt. When it was Space Invader (2), the ride was themed around a journey through space, and was decorated with glow-in-the-dark pictures of stars, planets and aliens. The Queue and loading area were themed around a space station, with various signs telling riders how long it would be until boarding their ride vehicles. Some parts of the queue were themed around the Star Wars films, such as a statue of Han Solo stuck in carbonite. Astro Storm however has a different approach with regard to theming. The queueline/boarding", "title": "Astro Storm" }, { "docid": "8019502", "text": "on where they rose on the Eastern horizon. The horizon was divided into the Paths of Anu, Enlil and Ea.\" This gives reference to which gods the Babylonian astrologers associated to regions of the sky or space, and is an example of how the gods were associated with the stars and planets. Of the planets five were recognized—Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Mars—to name them in the order in which they appear in the older cuneiform literature; in later texts Mercury and Saturn change places. These five planets were identified with the gods of the Babylonian pantheon as follows: The", "title": "Babylonian astrology" }, { "docid": "15354832", "text": "However, it is only modern astrology that links the planets to the houses in this order. The bulk of the tradition assigns planetary rulerships according to the ancient Chaldean astronomical order of the planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon; the former order of the planets in distance from Earth geocentrically): Table 2: Traditional houses and planetary relationships. Planets in astrology Planets in astrology have a meaning different from the modern astronomical understanding of what a planet is. Before the age of telescopes, the night sky was thought to consist of two very similar components: fixed stars, which remained", "title": "Planets in astrology" }, { "docid": "2072918", "text": "clay tablets were coated with an extra layer of clay, that no one else would read it. This means of communicating was used for over 3000 years in fifteen different languages. Sumerians, Babylonians and Eblaites all had their own clay tablet libraries. The Tărtăria tablets, the Danubian civilization, may be still older, having been dated by indirect method (bones found near the tablet were carbon dated) to before 4000 BC, and possibly dating from as long ago as 5500 BC, but their interpretation remains controversial because the tablets were fired in a furnace and the properties of the carbon changed", "title": "Clay tablet" } ]

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[ { "docid": "107955", "text": "Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894. They are the oldest continuous one name, one city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won four World Series championships (, , , and ), 11 AL pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012), and four AL", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "2828167", "text": "never win another National League (NL) pennant (at least for the remainder of Sianis's life). The Cubs lost the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, and did not win a World Series championship again until 2016. The Cubs had last won the World Series in 1908. After the incident with Sianis and Murphy, the Cubs did not play in the World Series for the next 71 years until, on the 46th anniversary of Billy Sianis's death, the \"curse\" was broken when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–0 in game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series to", "title": "Curse of the Billy Goat" }, { "docid": "10891183", "text": "1968 Detroit Tigers season The 1968 Detroit Tigers won the 1968 World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals four games to three. The 1968 baseball season, known as the \"Year of the Pitcher\", was the Detroit Tigers 68th since they entered the American League in 1901, their eighth pennant, and third World Series championship. Detroit pitcher Denny McLain won the Cy Young Award and was named the American League's Most Valuable Player after winning 31 games. Mickey Lolich pitched three complete games in the World Series – and won all three – to win World Series MVP honors. Denny McLain", "title": "1968 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "4342199", "text": "sixth when Billy Rogell doubled with two outs and scored on Marv Owen's single. In the ninth, Mickey Cochrane singled and moved to second on a groundout before Goose Goslin's walk-off single won it in front of Detroit's home fans, pitcher Tommy Bridges getting his second win of the Series. Stan Hack tripled to lead off the top of the 9th for the Cubs, but was left stranded at third. 1935 World Series (4–2): Detroit Tigers (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.) When the Detroit Tigers won the 1935 World Series, the city of Detroit was mired in the Great Depression,", "title": "1935 World Series" }, { "docid": "10891214", "text": "Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering civil unrest in 60 American cities. The assassination of Robert Kennedy followed in June. And in late August, the Tigers played a series in Chicago, as Chicago police had violent confrontations with thousands of anti-war protesters during the Democratic National Convention. Yet, through the summer of 1968, the people of Detroit were united by their passion for the Tigers and the calming radio voice of Tigers broadcaster, Ernie Harwell. When the Tigers won the World Series, the headline in the Detroit Free Press read: \"WE WIN!\" The headline told the story. Amidst all the", "title": "1968 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10877476", "text": "the central city in a celebration that newspapers reported went on until three in the morning. For a few hours, the worries of the Great Depression were gone and the only thing that mattered was the Tigers. Detroit owner Frank Navin, then 64 years old, had been running the organization for 30 years and had seen four of his teams win American League pennants, only to lose four World Series. On November 13, 1935, five weeks after the Tigers finally won the World Series, Navin suffered a heart attack while riding a horse and died. When the Tigers won the", "title": "1935 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10883239", "text": "pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" The following members of the 1945 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: 1945 Detroit Tigers season The 1945 Detroit Tigers was the team's 45th since they entered the American League in 1901. The team won the American League pennant, then went on to win the 1945 World Series, defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 3. It was the second World Series championship for the Tigers.", "title": "1945 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "4341679", "text": "pitchers. Cardinals shortstop Dal Maxvill went hitless in 22 World Series at-bats, a record. 1968 World Series (4–3): Detroit Tigers (A.L.) over St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) 1968 World Series The 1968 World Series featured the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion (and defending World Series champion) St. Louis Cardinals, with the Tigers winning in seven games for their first championship since 1945, and the third in their history. The Tigers came back from a 3–1 deficit to win three in a row, largely on the arm of MVP Mickey Lolich, who remains the last pitcher to", "title": "1968 World Series" }, { "docid": "10883215", "text": "1945 Detroit Tigers season The 1945 Detroit Tigers was the team's 45th since they entered the American League in 1901. The team won the American League pennant, then went on to win the 1945 World Series, defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 3. It was the second World Series championship for the Tigers. Detroit pitcher Hal Newhouser was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season. The catching duties were split between Bob Swift (94 games) and Paul Richards (83 games). Swift hit .233, and Richards .256. Richards got the nod as the starting catcher", "title": "1945 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "108017", "text": "1–0 win, the Tigers were returning to the World Series. In the NLCS, the San Diego Padres rallied from losing the first two games to overcome the Chicago Cubs and prevent a fifth Cubs-Tigers series. Tigers would open the 1984 World Series on the road in San Diego. In Game 1, Larry Herndon hit a two-run home run that gave the Tigers a 3–2 lead. Jack Morris pitched a complete game with 2 runs on 8 hits, and Detroit drew first blood. The Padres evened the series the next night despite pitcher Ed Whitson being chased after pitching ⅔ of", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "10463525", "text": "season earned him his first shot in the bigs the following year. Sullivan broke into the major leagues in 1935 with a Detroit Tigers team that went on to win its first World Series Championship in Sullivan's rookie season. Sullivan started 12 games for the 1935 Tigers and had a 3.51 ERA. Sullivan did not appear in the 1935 World Series. In 1936, Sullivan's performance lagged, as his ERA jumped to 6.78 in 26 games (22 in relief). He finished the 1936 season 2–5 and did not pitch in the major leagues in 1937 or 1938. In 1939, Sullivan was", "title": "Joe Sullivan (pitcher)" }, { "docid": "2884863", "text": "1945 World Series The 1945 World Series matched the American League Champion Detroit Tigers against the National League Champion Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series four games to three, giving them their second championship and first since . Paul Richards picked up four runs batted in in the seventh game of the series, to lead the Tigers to the 9–3 game win, and 4–3 Series win. The World Series again used the 3–4 wartime setup for home field sites, instead of the normal 2–3–2. Although the major hostilities of World War II had ended, some of the rules were", "title": "1945 World Series" }, { "docid": "7210754", "text": "when he said \"Tigers in \"three\"\". St. Louis' manager Tony La Russa joined his mentor, Sparky Anderson, as only the second manager to win the World Series with teams in both leagues. La Russa won in with the Athletics. Coincidentally, Anderson first accomplished the feat by managing Detroit to their previous championship in 1984. He was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. If the Tigers had defeated the Cardinals, Jim Leyland would have joined Anderson for this feat instead of LaRussa as he had already won the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins. When", "title": "2006 World Series" }, { "docid": "3963324", "text": "Series becoming best-of-seven affairs in 1985, followed by the addition of wild-card teams, the best-of-five League Division Series in 1994 and Wild Card games in 2012—have made that impossible, even when baseball's regular seasons have ended on the last Sunday in September. 1984 World Series (4–1): Detroit Tigers (A.L.) over San Diego Padres (N.L.) Three players set World Series hitting records during the 1984 World Series. Less than twenty years after winning the 1984 World Series Most Valuable Player Award, Alan Trammell would become manager of the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers would not return to the World Series until", "title": "1984 World Series" }, { "docid": "18791613", "text": "Timeline of Detroit The following is a of the history of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. - Diego Rivera paints Detroit Industry Murals in the Institute of Arts. - Detroit Tigers baseball team win 1935 World Series defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The season was their 35th since they entered the American League in 1901. It was the first World Series championship for the Tigers. The FHLB determined which neighborhoods were safe for loans and which were not. This resulted in redlining and Blacks found it very difficult to get loans. - Citizen's housing and planning", "title": "Timeline of Detroit" }, { "docid": "10877470", "text": "= Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five World Series appearances. They had lost in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1934. The Cubs had the better regular season record and had a 21-game win streak during the pennant stretch. The Tigers, on the other hand, went 8–14 in their last 22 games. Based on momentum, it appeared the Cubs would roll past the Tigers. The Cubs won Game 1, 3–0, on 4-hit shutout by pitcher Lon Warneke.", "title": "1935 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10896125", "text": "the first manager to win the World Series while leading clubs in both leagues. He previously managed the Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, but the Reds inexplicably fired him after a second-place finish in the 1978 season. Sparky kept a journal during the 1984 season, which was published under the title \"\". On the day the Tigers clinched the pennant, Sparky wrote in his journal: \"I have to be honest. I've waited for this day since they fired me in Cincinnati. I think they made a big mistake when they did that. Now no one will ever", "title": "1984 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "15086978", "text": "Cubs. Because many stars had not yet returned from the military, some baseball scholars have deemed the 1945 World Series to be among the worst-played contests in World Series history. For example, prior to the World Series, Chicago sportswriter Warren Brown was asked who he liked, and he answered, \"I don't think either one of them can win.\" Following their World Series win in 1945, the Tigers continued to have winning records for the remainder of the decade, finishing second in the AL three times, but never winning the pennant. During the 1946 season, the Tigers acquired George Kell, a", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "107981", "text": "9–3 victory over the Cubs. Because many stars had not yet returned from the military, some baseball scholars have deemed the 1945 World Series to be among the worst-played contests in World Series history. For example, prior to the World Series, Chicago sportswriter Warren Brown was asked who he liked, and he answered, \"I don't think either one of them can win.\" Following their World Series win in 1945, the Tigers continued to have winning records for the remainder of the decade, finishing second in the AL three times, but never winning the pennant. During the 1946 season, the Tigers", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "2235389", "text": "in the fifth and Juan Encarnación's sacrifice fly next inning. With the victory, the Marlins became the first National League team since the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers, the last opposing team to win a Series championship at Yankee Stadium, to win the World Series without having home field advantage. They are just the fourth team overall to do it since the 1984 Detroit Tigers, following the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays and the 1999 New York Yankees. The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals later accomplished the same of feat, as did the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, the 2014 San Francisco Giants, the 2016", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "docid": "11123859", "text": "but did not make his major league debut until he was 26 years old. Lowry debuted with the 1984 Detroit Tigers team that began the season with a 35–5 record, won 104 games and beat the San Diego Padres in the World Series. As a backup for All-Star catcher Lance Parrish, Lowry appeared in 32 games for the Tigers in that season, hitting two home runs and driving in seven runs while scoring eight times. On May 20, 1984, Lowry hit his first major league home run in a 4–3 Detroit win over the Oakland Athletics. Lowry's blast was the", "title": "Dwight Lowry" }, { "docid": "5236525", "text": "Mike Laga Michael Russell Laga (born June 14, 1960) is a former professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for once hitting a foul ball out of the second Busch Stadium (September 15, 1986). Laga played for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers, going 6–11 that year with a .545 average for the year, but did not appear in the World Series. Nor did he appear in the 1987 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals. In his career, Laga played in 188", "title": "Mike Laga" }, { "docid": "4341655", "text": "1968 World Series The 1968 World Series featured the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League champion (and defending World Series champion) St. Louis Cardinals, with the Tigers winning in seven games for their first championship since 1945, and the third in their history. The Tigers came back from a 3–1 deficit to win three in a row, largely on the arm of MVP Mickey Lolich, who remains the last pitcher to earn three complete-game victories in a single World Series. (The three World Series wins were duplicated by Randy Johnson in , but Johnson started only two", "title": "1968 World Series" }, { "docid": "11337033", "text": "the 1945 World Series title. 1945 Major League Baseball season The 1945 Major League Baseball season. There were 16 teams, eight in both the American League and the National League respectively. The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award went to Detroit Tigers third baseman Eddie Mayo; however, following a post-season vote the official AL MVP Award was given to fellow Detroit Tiger Hal Newhouser, a pitcher. Newhouser ended the season with an ERA of 1.81, a record of 25 wins and 9 losses, and 212 strikeouts. Both of them helped lead the Detroit Tigers to a World Series win, and", "title": "1945 Major League Baseball season" }, { "docid": "3963299", "text": "1984 World Series The 1984 World Series began on October 9 and ended on October 14, 1984. The American League champion Detroit Tigers played against the National League champion San Diego Padres, with the Tigers winning the series four games to one. This was the city of Detroit's first sports championship since the Tigers themselves won the 1968 World Series. This was the first World Series that Peter Ueberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected as Kuhn's successor prior to the 1984 season, but did not take over", "title": "1984 World Series" }, { "docid": "7211130", "text": "in the LCS regardless of regular season record. The Athletics were seeking their first AL pennant since 1990, while the Tigers captured the league title for the first time since their win in the 1984 World Series. The series was a rematch of the 1972 American League Championship Series (then a best-of-five series), in which Oakland defeated Detroit in 5 games. Detroit manager Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to the 1997 World Series title, became the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both leagues. It was the second consecutive ALCS without the Yankees and Red Sox.", "title": "2006 American League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "2884878", "text": "with two on as Newhouser pitched a complete game to give the Tigers the championship. The Tigers would not make another World Series appearance until , while the Cubs would not do so until . 1945 World Series (4–3): Detroit Tigers (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.) 1945 World Series The 1945 World Series matched the American League Champion Detroit Tigers against the National League Champion Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series four games to three, giving them their second championship and first since . Paul Richards picked up four runs batted in in the seventh game of the series,", "title": "1945 World Series" }, { "docid": "9861933", "text": "15,000 fans in Detroit. The Lions won the game 26–7 to win the team's first World Championship which was also a part of Detroit's City of Champions for the 1935-1936 sports season. The Tigers won the 1935 World Series and the Detroit Red Wings also captured the 1936 Stanley Cup. After the season ended the Lions played a team of NFL All Stars in an exhibition game on January 1, 1936 and won in a 33–0 shutout. They also played 3 more exhibition games, a 67–14 win over the Westwood Clubs Los Angeles on January 13, a 42–7 win over", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "docid": "13544773", "text": "in the AL champion's park but not the NL champion's. Thus, the DH rule's use or non-use can affect the performance of the home team. The 1984 Detroit Tigers gained distinction as just the third team in major league history (after the 1927 New York Yankees and 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers) to lead a season wire-to-wire, from opening day through their World Series victory. In the process, Tigers skipper Sparky Anderson became the first manager to win a World Series title in both leagues, having previously won in 1975 and 1976 with the Cincinnati Reds. 1987: Twins First World Series Champion", "title": "World Series" }, { "docid": "6401855", "text": "with great regular season success but frustration in the playoffs. They won three consecutive American League West division titles from 1976 to 1978, only to be defeated in the ALCS all three years by the New York Yankees. The Royals did manage to defeat the Yankees and win the ALCS in 1980; however, they lost the World Series to the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two. In 1984, K.C. again won the West Division, but were swept in the ALCS by the eventual World champion Detroit Tigers, who won 20 more games during the regular season than the Royals. 1985", "title": "1985 American League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "10642605", "text": "1987 Detroit Tigers season The 1987 Detroit Tigers season saw the Tigers make a startling late-season comeback to win the American League Eastern Division on the season's final day. The Tigers finished with a Major League-best record of 98-64, two games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Detroit lost the American League Championship Series to the Minnesota Twins in 5 games. This would be the last time the Tigers made the postseason until 2006. After their 1984 championship season, the Tigers finished in third place in the AL East in both 1985 and 1986. The 1987 Tigers faced lowered expectations", "title": "1987 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "2910025", "text": "year of college baseball, but managed to hit .390 with 16 homers and 52 RBIs in 48 games. He was drafted by both the Detroit Tigers baseball team (1st round) and the St. Louis Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) football team (7th round). He chose baseball. Gibson played as the regular right fielder for the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1987. He helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series. He became a free agent after the 1985 season, but received no significant offers, due to what was later determined to be collusion among the owners of MLB teams. He", "title": "Kirk Gibson" }, { "docid": "10944327", "text": "base on September 25, 1986 when Mike Scott pitched a no-hitter to clinch the NL West title for the Houston Astros. He also officiated on September 28, 1988 when Orel Hershiser broke the Major League record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. During Game 5 of the 1984 World Series, Runge was the home plate umpire when Kirk Gibson hit a home run where his Detroit Tigers would win that year's World Series over the San Diego Padres. Runge, who resided in the San Diego area throughout his career, became the NL's director of umpires in both 1998 and 1999 before", "title": "Paul Runge (umpire)" }, { "docid": "10896130", "text": "a 3-game sweep and advanced to the World Series. Kirk Gibson was named the Most Valuable Player of the AL Championship Series. The Tigers beat the San Diego Padres in the 1984 World Series, winning the series 4 games to 1. In Game 1, the Padres led, 2–1, until Larry Herndon hit a 2-out, 2-run home run in the 5th. Jack Morris did not allow another run in his complete-game effort, and the Tigers won, 3–2. The Padres evened the series in Game 2, on the strength of a Kurt Bevacqua 3-run homer off Dan Petry, as San Diego won", "title": "1984 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10877447", "text": "1935 Detroit Tigers season The 1935 Detroit Tigers won the 1935 World Series, defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The season was their 35th since they entered the American League in 1901. It was the first World Series championship for the Tigers. As the 1934 Detroit Tigers won a club-record 101 games, the team made few changes in the off-season to alter their winning combination. Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane returned as the team's manager and catcher. Known as \"Black Mike\", Cochrane is considered one of the greatest catchers of all time. In 1935, he hit .319 (9th", "title": "1935 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "14965532", "text": "season saw the team's first eleven-game winning streak since 1968, and first nine-game winning streak since 1984 – both years in which the Tigers went on to win the World Series. The streak ended at 12 games on September 14. It consisted of four consecutive three-game sweeps over their AL Central Division rivals. It was the Tigers longest winning streak since the 1934 team won 14 straight. On September 16, the Tigers clinched the AL Central Division title with a 3–1 win over the Oakland Athletics. It is their first AL Central title since they joined the division in 1998,", "title": "2011 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "5137864", "text": "up catching five innings (11th through the 15th) before Detroit finally won the game. On August 20, 1980, Brookens went 5-for-5 with a triple and a home run, and also started a triple play in an 8–6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Besides, Brookens played winter baseball with the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan League during the 1977–1979 seasons. He won a World Series ring with the Tigers in 1984. Brookens in 2005 and 2006 was the manager of the Class A New York–Penn League Oneonta Tigers in the Detroit Tigers minor league system. In 2007, Brookens was", "title": "Tom Brookens" }, { "docid": "10869058", "text": "after contracting rheumatic fever and was signed by Egan and the Detroit Tigers. Mierkowicz played in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1944 and in Buffalo in 1945. At the end of the 1945 season, with the Tigers in a pennant race, Mierkowicz was called up. He played in 10 games in his rookie season, batting .133 for a Tigers team that won the 1945 World Series. Mierkowicz stayed with the team for the World Series and was put in as a defensive replacement for Hank Greenberg in the 9th inning of Game 7. Mierkowicz did not bat in the Series but he", "title": "Ed Mierkowicz" } ]

[ { "docid": "15975514", "text": "Oakland Athletics in the American League Division Series three games to two. The Tigers then captured their eleventh American League pennant, sweeping the New York Yankees four games to none in the American League Championship Series. This World Series berth was their first since , when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated them four games to one. The 2012 Tigers became the fourth team to accomplish a four-game sweep in an ALCS. The three other teams to do so (1988 Oakland A's, 1990 Oakland A's, and 2006 Detroit Tigers) did not win the World Series, and the 2012 Tigers would, in", "title": "2012 World Series" }, { "docid": "11059617", "text": "Game 4, the Reds won, 5–2. Paul Derringer‚ who had lost 4 World Series starts going back to 1931‚ finally got a win. Detroit starter Dizzy Trout did not make it out of the third inning. In Game 5, Bobo Newsom got the start for Detroit, just three days after his father's death. Bobo said he was going to pitch the game for his dad. In front of 55,000 fans in Detroit, he shut out the Reds, as the Tigers won 8–0, and took a 3–2 lead in the Series. In Game 6, Bucky Walters got the win for the", "title": "1940 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "3960948", "text": "Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox to win their next world championship. The first non-World Series postseason games to be played in St. Louis occurred in 1982, when the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS and the then-American League Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series. The Cardinals also ended their first season at the current Busch Stadium with a World Series win over the Detroit Tigers in ; the Yankees (then in their first season at the current Yankee Stadium) did the same thing in by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. 1964 World Series", "title": "1964 World Series" }, { "docid": "10929760", "text": "four games in the 1887 World Series against the American Association St. Louis Browns, winning two and losing two, as the Wolverines won the World Series 10 games to 5. Conway had his best season in 1888. He appeared in 45 games for Detroit and pitched 43 complete games and 391 innings. He finished the season with a record of 30 wins and 14 losses, and his winning percentage (.682) was the second highest in the National League. It would be 80 years before another Detroit pitcher would win 30 games, when Denny McLain did it for the Detroit Tigers", "title": "Pete Conway" }, { "docid": "11095896", "text": "2008 Detroit Tigers season The Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the AL Central Division and the World Series, the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0-7 after being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers did not reach a .500 winning record until their 80th game of the season. Although they were eliminated from the pennant race by the season's final day (September 29), they nonetheless", "title": "2008 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10891185", "text": "Award winner, Bob Gibson. McLain did, however, win the crucial Game 6 on just two days rest, holding the Cardinals to one run in a 13–1 victory. The Tigers No. 2 starter, Mickey Lolich, allowed just five World Series runs in three complete games, winning all three including the final and decisive game. Lolich also helped himself at the plate in Game 2 when he hit the only home run of his 16-year career. Lolich was given the World Series MVP Award for his performance. During the regular season, Lolich went 17–9 with 197 strikeouts and a 3.19 ERA. He", "title": "1968 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "20376743", "text": "after entering the game at first base. Closer Craig Kimbrel did not play. July 20–July 22, at Detroit Tigers The one and only run in the first game of the series came in the top of the first inning, when Steve Pearce drove in Andrew Benintendi. It was the Red Sox' first 1–0 win since the second game of the season. David Price pitched scoreless innings for the win, with Craig Kimbrel getting the save. Boston fell to Detroit in the second game of the series, 5–0, despite outhitting the Tigers, 8–7. Starter Brian Johnson took the loss, although both", "title": "2018 Boston Red Sox season" }, { "docid": "4342462", "text": "Boston Braves surged from last place in mid-July to win the NL pennant and upset Connie Mack's haughty Philadelphia Athletics in the Series. 1907 World Series (4–0–1): Chicago Cubs (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.) 1907 World Series The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship. The Cubs came back strong from their shocking loss in the 1906 World Series. The Tigers' young star Ty Cobb came into the Series with the first of his many league batting championships. With", "title": "1907 World Series" }, { "docid": "10642609", "text": "Minnesota Twins (who would go on to win the World Series) in five games. The 1987 Tigers' winning percentage ranks as the 10th best in team history, as follows: \"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" 1987 Detroit Tigers season The 1987 Detroit Tigers season saw the Tigers make a startling late-season comeback to win the American League Eastern Division on the season's final day. The Tigers finished with a Major League-best record of 98-64, two games ahead of", "title": "1987 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "4341496", "text": "1934 World Series The 1934 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Cardinals' \"Gashouse Gang\" winning in seven games for their third championship in eight years. The Cardinals and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit, and Detroit took two of the next three in St. Louis. But St. Louis won the next two in Detroit, including an 11–0 embarrassment in Game 7 to win the Series. The stars for the Cardinals were Joe (\"Ducky\") Medwick, who hit .379, a Series-high five RBI and one of St. Louis' two home runs, and the", "title": "1934 World Series" }, { "docid": "15950392", "text": "2012 Detroit Tigers season The 2012 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 112th season. On October 1, the Tigers clinched the AL Central title, the club's first repeat title since 1934–1935. They finished the regular season 88–74. They defeated the Oakland Athletics in the American League Divisional Series, 3 games to 2. It was the Tigers' second consecutive ALDS win. The Tigers went on to sweep the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series before being swept themselves by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series. On April 27, 2012, an intoxicated Delmon Young was arrested for", "title": "2012 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "11070614", "text": "win games 1 and 4 and the Tigers would go on to win the Series in five games. San Diego's starting pitchers crumbled in the postseason with a combined ERA of 9.09, including 13.94 against Detroit, surpassing the Cubs mark of 9.50 in 1932 as the worst in the then-82-year history of the World Series. Show, Thurmond, Lollar, and Whitson combined to throw only innings versus the Tigers while surrendering 25 hits, eight walks, and 16 earned runs. Only once did a starter pitch at least five innings. Whitson (NLCS Game 3) was the only starter to earn a win", "title": "1984 San Diego Padres season" }, { "docid": "4342453", "text": "out of this Series with a feeble catcher-to-first groundout. This was also the first World Series game in which neither team committed an error. The Cubs would not win another World Series title until finally reclaiming the crown in 2016. 1908 World Series (4–1): Chicago Cubs (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.) 1908 World Series The 1908 World Series matched the defending champion Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. In this first-ever rematch of this young event, the Cubs won in five games for their second consecutive World Series title. The 1908 World Series", "title": "1908 World Series" }, { "docid": "108022", "text": "Detroit into a wild victory celebration. The Tigers led their division wire-to-wire, from opening day and every day thereafter, culminating in the World Series championship. This had not been done in the major leagues since the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. With the win, Anderson became the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. After a pair of third-place finishes in 1985 and 1986, the 1987 Tigers faced lowered expectations – which seemed to be confirmed by an 11–19 start to the season. However, the team hit its stride thereafter and gradually gained ground on its AL East rivals.", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "4341507", "text": "bottles and fruit when he took the field in the sixth inning. 1934 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.) Other brothers who appeared in the same World Series, either as teammates or opponents, before the Deans were: 1934 World Series The 1934 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Cardinals' \"Gashouse Gang\" winning in seven games for their third championship in eight years. The Cardinals and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit, and Detroit took two of the next three in St. Louis. But St. Louis won", "title": "1934 World Series" }, { "docid": "11009400", "text": "position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: 1909 Detroit Tigers season The 1909 Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant with a record of 96–56, but lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1909 World Series, 4 games to 3. The season was their 9th since they were charter members of the American League in 1901. It was the third consecutive season in which they won the pennant but lost the World Series. Center fielder Ty Cobb won the Triple Crown and pitcher George Mullin led the league in wins (29) and win percentage", "title": "1909 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "11009372", "text": "1909 Detroit Tigers season The 1909 Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant with a record of 96–56, but lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1909 World Series, 4 games to 3. The season was their 9th since they were charter members of the American League in 1901. It was the third consecutive season in which they won the pennant but lost the World Series. Center fielder Ty Cobb won the Triple Crown and pitcher George Mullin led the league in wins (29) and win percentage (.784). Catching duties were split between Boss Schmidt (81 games) and Oscar Stanage", "title": "1909 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "10869139", "text": "the Series if only Hostetler had \"stayed on his feet.\" After the game, a dejected Steve O'Neill said: \"We would have won if Chuck Hostetler had only caught my signal to hold up when he was rounding third.\" (Luckily for Hostetler and the Tigers, Detroit clinched the Series two days later with a 9-3 win at Wrigley Field.) In January 1946, the Associated Press reported: \"Chuck Hostetler, utility infielder who gained questionable fame for his world series high dive rounding third base, has been released.\" In fact, Hostetler did not appear in another pro baseball game after his base running", "title": "Chuck Hostetler" }, { "docid": "10338752", "text": "W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" \"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts\" In the World Series, the Cards and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit, and the Tigers took two of the next three in St. Louis. St. Louis proceeded to win the next two, including an 11–0 embarrassment of the Tigers in Detroit to win the Series. The stars for the Cardinals were Medwick, who had a .379 batting average with one of", "title": "1934 St. Louis Cardinals season" }, { "docid": "10250181", "text": "from the 2007 draft to be a starter of an All-Star Game in 2010. Rick Porcello was the first player from the 2007 draft to be named as a starter at the outset of the season from Spring training. He initially started the 2009 season in the 5th rotation spot for the Detroit Tigers but by mid-season was promoted to the 3rd starter. Madison Bumgarner was the first 2007 draftee to win the World Series and did so in the World Series with the San Francisco Giants in 2010. He also was the first player to win the World Series", "title": "2007 Major League Baseball draft" }, { "docid": "15086993", "text": "was all the Cardinals could muster against Lolich as the Tigers took the game, 4–1, and the World Series, 4–3. The Tigers became only the third team to ever win the World Series after being down 3–1. For his three victories that propelled the Tigers to the championship, Lolich was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Through 2018, Lolich is the last pitcher to have three complete-game victories in a single World Series. 1969 saw further expansion as both leagues realigned into two divisions of six teams, and the Tigers were placed in the American League East. That year,", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "107996", "text": "run by Mike Shannon was all the Cardinals could muster against Lolich as the Tigers took the game, 4–1, and the World Series, 4–3. The Tigers became only the third team to ever win the World Series after being down 3–1. For his three victories that propelled the Tigers to the championship, Lolich was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Through 2018, Lolich is the last pitcher to have three complete-game victories in a single World Series. 1969 saw further expansion as both leagues realigned into two divisions of six teams, and the Tigers were placed in the American", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "16056806", "text": "Series, beating the Detroit Tigers 15-5 in Game 6 of the ALCS. The series featured Nelson Cruz hitting six home runs, the most home runs by one player in a playoff series in MLB history. In game two, Cruz also became the first player in postseason history to win a game with a walk-off grand slam as the Rangers defeated the Tigers 7-3 in 11 innings. However, they would proceed to lose the World Series in seven games. The Rangers did a lot of retooling in the 2011–2012 off season. Staff ace C. J. Wilson left the team to join", "title": "History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)" }, { "docid": "11009396", "text": "In Game 5, Pirates' rookie Babe Adams threw his second complete game victory, an 8–4 win. Sam Crawford hit a home run and a double, but Fred Clarke's three run home run gave the win to Pittsburgh. In Game 6, George Mullin led the Tigers to a 5–4 win. The World Series would go to a seventh game for the first time. In Game 7, the Pirates won, 8–0, as Babe Adams got his third complete game victory of the 1909 World Series. Adams was the only rookie pitcher in the 20th century to win a World Series Game 7.", "title": "1909 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "11095900", "text": "played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In\" \"Note: Pitchers' batting statistics not included\" \"<nowiki>*</nowiki> Statistics only include games with Tigers\" 2008 Detroit Tigers season The Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the AL Central Division and the World Series, the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0-7 after being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red", "title": "2008 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "4169672", "text": "to the Toronto Blue Jays and in 2006 to the Detroit Tigers—and a total of eight times in the postseason (1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014) since this Series. At the time of the 1989 World Series, the Oakland franchise had not seen a World Series win since . The Giants, meanwhile, failed to repeat as National League Champions and would not return to the playoffs until 1997, when they were swept by the Florida Marlins in the NLDS. The Giants would not return to the World Series until , when they lost a seven-game series", "title": "1989 World Series" }, { "docid": "9617921", "text": "2007 Detroit Tigers season The Detroit Tigers 2007 season ended with the 88-74 Tigers finishing runner-up in the AL Central Division, eight games in back of the AL Central Champion Cleveland Indians. They failed in winning the Wild Card, a task which they achieved in 2006, and going on to win the AL Pennant. After a trip to the 2006 World Series that ended with a defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Tigers started the offseason by trading pitchers Humberto Sánchez, Kevin Whelan, and Anthony Claggett to the New York Yankees for outfielder and designated hitter Gary Sheffield. Plus,", "title": "2007 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "7489553", "text": "Campbell alternated as Detroit's right fielder. The Tigers won the 1940 pennant, but Campbell started all seven games in the 1940 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Tigers. Fox did have one pinch hit at bat in the 1940 Series. In three World Series, Fox played 14 games and batted .327 in 55 at bats. On December 12, 1940, the Boston Red Sox purchased Fox from the Tigers for a sum reported to be slightly in excess of the waiver price. The sale of Fox was reported to be a source of \"genuine regret\" among Detroit fans, and Detroit", "title": "Pete Fox" }, { "docid": "10124703", "text": "2006 Detroit Tigers season The 2006 Detroit Tigers won the American League Pennant. They represented the AL in the World Series before falling to the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 1. The season was their 106th since they entered the AL in 1901. It was their 7th season since opening Comerica Park in 2000. The Detroit Tigers were baseball's surprise success story of 2006. After years of futility, including an AL-record 119 losses in 2003, the 2006 season had the Tigers surging to the top of the major league standings in May, a position they did not relinquish until", "title": "2006 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "5495599", "text": "Giants clinched a postseason berth, Cabrera's suspension officially expired during the 2012 National League Championship Series. Although the suspension expired, the team decided to shut down Cabrera for the remainder of the postseason and revert him to the restricted list. The Giants would then go on to win the 2012 World Series over the Detroit Tigers. Despite his suspension, Cabrera received a 2012 World Series ring for his contributions to the team before his suspension. Cabrera signed a two-year contract for $16 million with the Toronto Blue Jays on November 19, 2012. In a game against the Detroit Tigers on", "title": "Melky Cabrera" }, { "docid": "17524714", "text": "would receive MVP honors, earned the save by pitching a scoreless ninth. With the victory, the Red Sox won their third pennant in a span of ten years and set a Fall Classic rematch with the St. Louis Cardinals, whom they swept in 2004 to win their first World Series in 86 years. 2013 ALCS (4–2): Boston Red Sox over Detroit Tigers 2013 American League Championship Series The 2013 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2013 World", "title": "2013 American League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "12046371", "text": "Giants to the brink of elimination again. Giants left-hander Barry Zito, who was left off of the 2010 postseason roster, led the Giants to a 5–0 win in game 5, pitching 7 2/3 innings. The Giants won the next two games to reach the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. The Giants defeated the Tigers in the first game, with Pablo Sandoval becoming the fourth player in MLB history to hit three home runs in a World Series game, and proceeded to sweep Detroit in four straight games for their second world championship in three years. Sandoval received the World", "title": "History of the San Francisco Giants" }, { "docid": "108060", "text": "the Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics, 3–2, earning their second straight trip to the American League Championship Series. The Tigers completed a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees in the ALCS to win their 11th AL pennant and earn a trip to the World Series. In the World Series, the Tigers were swept by the San Francisco Giants. On November 15, 2012, Cabrera was named AL MVP. The Tigers entered the 2013 season looking to defend their 2012 AL pennant. Key acquisitions in the offseason included signing free agent outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million contract, while", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "10877474", "text": "and Jurges for their conduct in the World Series. In Game 4, Alvin Crowder pitched a 2–1 complete game victory. The Tigers won on an unearned run in the 6th inning. In Game 5, Cubs' pitcher Lon Warneke kept the Cubs alive with 6 innings of shutout ball for his 2nd win. The Cubs won 3–1 on a 2-run home run by Chuck Klein off losing pitcher Schoolboy Rowe. In Game 6, Tommy Bridges pitched a complete game victory to win the Series for Detroit. With the score tied 3–3 in the top of the 9th inning, Bridges gave up", "title": "1935 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "15087019", "text": "victory celebration. The Tigers led their division wire-to-wire, from opening day and every day thereafter, culminating in the World Series championship. This had not been done in the major leagues since the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. With the win, Anderson became the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. After a pair of third-place finishes in 1985 and 1986, the 1987 Tigers faced lowered expectations – which seemed to be confirmed by an 11–19 start to the season. However, the team hit its stride thereafter and gradually gained ground on its AL East rivals. This charge was fueled", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "11067570", "text": "Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: 1934 Detroit Tigers season The 1934 Detroit Tigers season was the 34th season for the Detroit Tigers since entering the American League in 1901. The Tigers won the American League pennant with a record of 101–53, the best winning percentage in team history. The team made its fourth World Series appearance, but lost the 1934 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3. The 1933 Detroit Tigers finished fifth in the American", "title": "1934 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "15087057", "text": "Oakland Athletics, 3–2, earning their second straight trip to the American League Championship Series. The Tigers completed a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees in the ALCS to win their 11th AL pennant and earn a trip to the World Series. In the World Series, the Tigers were swept by the San Francisco Giants. On November 15, 2012, Cabrera was named AL MVP. The Tigers entered the 2013 season looking to defend their 2012 AL pennant. Key acquisitions in the offseason included signing free agent outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million contract, while also signing their 2012", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "3939300", "text": "success when the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX, three months after the Red Sox won the World Series, giving the greater Boston area its third championship in 12 months, making it the first time since 1980 that any city had two Super Bowl winners and a World Series winner in a period of the same length. Both teams also won one of the next three World Series in successive years; the Cardinals, as noted above, in , beating the Detroit Tigers in five games, becoming the first team since the New York Yankees in , to win a", "title": "2004 World Series" }, { "docid": "6380320", "text": "to concerns about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Drabek signed with the Houston Astros and stayed there for four seasons, but did not maintain the consistency that he had in Pittsburgh and eventually retired in 1998. Manager Jim Leyland stayed with the Pirates through the 1996 season, with his team losing 80 or more games three of those four years. He moved on to the Florida Marlins, where his team beat Cox's Braves in the NLCS and went on to win the World Series in 1997. Leyland moved on to manage the Detroit Tigers to two World Series losses in", "title": "1992 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "5989732", "text": "at bats, and the Athletics lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series with Phillips striking out against Orel Hershiser for the final out of the series. However, in 1989 he boosted his average to .262 and the A's swept the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series. Phillips made the last out of the 1989 World Series when he fielded a ground ball off the bat of Brett Butler and then threw to Dennis Eckersley covering first base to clinch the series. Phillips left Oakland after 1989 to join the Detroit Tigers. His offensive production surged", "title": "Tony Phillips" }, { "docid": "18471806", "text": "4 games to 3 in the World Series, becoming the city's first professional sports franchise to win a national championship while located in Arizona. The win was also the fastest an expansion team had ever won the World Series, surpassing the old mark of the Florida Marlins of 5 years, set in 1997. Long before the city was granted the Diamondbacks franchise, there existed a rich baseball tradition in the valley. MLB had taken advantage of the beautiful weather in southern Arizona since 1929, when the Detroit Tigers became the first team to hold their spring training in Arizona, in", "title": "Sports in Phoenix" }, { "docid": "4138183", "text": "of the Tigers in Detroit to win the Series. The stars for the Cards were Medwick, who had a .379 batting average with one of St. Louis's two home runs and a series-high five RBI, and the Dean Brothers, who combined for all four of the teams wins with 28 strikeouts and a 1.43 earned run average. Gashouse Gang The Gashouse Gang was the nickname of the baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934. The team won 95 games, the National League pennant, and the 1934 World Series in seven games over the Detroit Tigers. \"They don’t look like", "title": "Gashouse Gang" }, { "docid": "11067546", "text": "1934 Detroit Tigers season The 1934 Detroit Tigers season was the 34th season for the Detroit Tigers since entering the American League in 1901. The Tigers won the American League pennant with a record of 101–53, the best winning percentage in team history. The team made its fourth World Series appearance, but lost the 1934 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3. The 1933 Detroit Tigers finished fifth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 25 games behind the Washington Senators. In mid-December 1933, team owner Frank Navin took two key steps to strengthen", "title": "1934 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "3193413", "text": "teammate, Charles \"Swede\" Risberg, had allegedly collected $45 from each member of the White Sox and paid off the Detroit Tigers in two crucial doubleheaders late in the season. When Tigers pitcher Bill James agreed that his team would go easy, the Tigers lost all four games, allowing the White Sox to win the American League pennant. This incident was officially investigated by Commissioner Landis in 1927, but due to contradictions, no action was taken. Gandil claims that Sullivan approached him with the idea to fix the 1919 World Series. Sullivan assured Gandil that the fix was on, and that", "title": "Chick Gandil" }, { "docid": "7211124", "text": "Citi Field opened. It is also the second time that a visiting team won a postseason series at Shea (the other being the Yankees' victory over the Mets in the 2000 World Series). 2006 NLCS (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals over New York Mets The Cardinals would win the World Series by defeating the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. With 83 wins, the Cardinals set a record for the worst regular season win-loss total for any championship team. They would win another World Series in 2011 and make another World Series appearance in 2013 (where they lost to the Boston Red Sox).", "title": "2006 National League Championship Series" }, { "docid": "11009385", "text": "he led the AL with a .357 on-base percentage and finished second in the AL with 101 runs. In his three World Series for the Tigers, Jones played in 18 games, had a .357 on-base percentage, scored 8 runs, and had a home run in the 1909 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. George Mullin was the Tigers' leading pitcher in 1909, leading the major leagues with 29 wins and leading the AL with a .784 win percentage. Mullin holds the Tigers franchise record for innings pitched (in a career and in a season) and has the second most wins", "title": "1909 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "11141869", "text": "he finished second in the AL with 101 runs. In his three World Series for the Tigers, Jones played in 18 games, had a .357 on-base percentage, scored 8 runs, and had a home run in the 1909 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. \"Wild Bill\" Donovan was the Tigers ace in 1907 with a 25–4 record—the best win percentage in Tigers' team history. On May 7, 1906, Donovan stole second base, third base, and home on the front end of a double steal and also hit a triple in the same game. In June 1923, Donovan died in a", "title": "1907 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "4342431", "text": "in modern history (even worse than the 1962 New York Mets or the 2003 Detroit Tigers). Because the AL had won the last four World Series, including three in the last four years by the A's, and the fact that the Braves were in last place in July and rose to win the pennant, it was assumed the AL was superior to the NL. The heavily favored A's with all their hall-of-fame talent were assumed to win as they were the better team on paper. This attitude was reflected in the team's case when the pennant was assured in the", "title": "1914 World Series" }, { "docid": "10896120", "text": "AL East Division title. Hernandez saved three post-season games, including the series-clinching games in both the ALCS and World Series. The popular Aurelio López, known as \"Señor Smoke\", also had a strong season as the Tigers #2 relief pitcher. Lopez finished the season with 41 games finished, a record of 10–1 and a 2.94 ERA. He also saved 14 games while pitching innings. Lopez earned a win in Game 2 of the ALCS, tossing three scoreless innings as the Tigers won in 11 innings. Almost lost in the World Series Game 5 hitting heroics of Kirk Gibson was Lopez earning", "title": "1984 Detroit Tigers season" }, { "docid": "12012582", "text": "National League West Division title for the second time in three years. In 2012, Bumgarner won sixteen games (with only seven losses) while posting a 3.37 ERA and striking out one hundred and ninety-one batters in innings. On October 25 at AT&T Park, in a 2-0 win over the American League–champion Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the World Series, Bumgarner pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight batters and yielding only two hits. Bumgarner became the first pitcher to begin his World Series career with fifteen scoreless innings since Bruce Hurst did so in . Hall of Famer Christy", "title": "Madison Bumgarner" }, { "docid": "14578018", "text": "when they defeated the Detroit Tigers four games to one to win their National League-leading 10th World Series title. This was manager Tony La Russa's sixth World Series appearance as manager and his third with the Cardinals. The Cardinals' last postseason appearance was in 2009, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series. They finished the 2010 season with a record of 86–76 (), finishing in second place in the National League Central standings, five games behind the Cincinnati Reds. During the 2010 offseason, the team signed new contracts with manager Tony La", "title": "2011 World Series" }, { "docid": "2182684", "text": "Fame in Detroit. The ceremony took place on September 15, 2017. Jim Leyland James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is a retired Major League Baseball manager. He currently serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers and is the manager of the United States national baseball team. He led the Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997, and previously won three straight division titles (1990, 1991, and 1992) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Tigers victory in the 2006 American League Championship Series, Leyland became the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both the", "title": "Jim Leyland" }, { "docid": "8469350", "text": "Lajoie and Elmer Flick. In December 1906, the Naps sold Rossman to the Detroit Tigers. With Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford already in the Detroit lineup, the addition of manager Hughie Jennings and Rossman in 1907 gave the Tigers the spark they needed to win three straight American League pennants from 1907 to 1909. Rossman had a good season for the Tigers in 1907, playing 153 games at first base. He was among the 1907 American League leaders in RBIs (69), hits (158), total bases (195) and runs created (62). Rossman also excelled in the 1907 World Series, batting .474", "title": "Claude Rossman" }, { "docid": "4170001", "text": "in the regular season. It was also the only World Series championship during the Yankees' 1990s dynasty not to be won against either the Mets or the Atlanta Braves. The loss made the Padres the first expansion team to lose two World Series, having lost in to the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the Padres became the first expansion team to lose a World Series at home. As of 2012 the Padres are one of only two teams in Major League Baseball to win at least two league championships and never win the World Series (the other team being the Texas", "title": "1998 World Series" }, { "docid": "4342445", "text": "with Adams confidently holding a 2–0 lead. Pittsburgh never looked back, as Babe nailed his third six-hitter and third win of the Series for an 8–0 championship victory. Honus Wagner continued to prove his Cooperstown worthiness by hitting .333, with seven RBIs and six stolen bases. On the other side, Ty Cobb didn't fare as well. Appearing in what would be his last Series (although he would remain active through 1928), Cobb batted only .231 although he did lead the Tigers, losers of their third Series in three years, with six RBIs. No two professional sports teams from Detroit and", "title": "1909 World Series" }, { "docid": "7836997", "text": "Gordon was activated from the DL and went 2-for-3, with an RBI and run scored against the Detroit Tigers . In Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, Gordon hit a ninth-inning home run off of New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia to tie the game at 4. The Royals would go on to win, 5-4, in 14 innings. Combined in the postseason, Gordon hit .241 with 2 homers, 6 RBI and a .771 OPS. Gordon became a World Champion when the Royals won the World Series in five games over the Mets, the first World Series won by the", "title": "Alex Gordon" }, { "docid": "12163500", "text": "by Johnny Kling. Evers walked, Frank Schulte followed with an RBI double to give the Cubs the lead, and Frank Chance followed with a two-run double. From there, Chicago cruised to a 4–2 victory, becoming champions of the NL for the third straight year. The Cubs went on to win the 1908 World Series, beating the Detroit Tigers four games to one. This was the Cubs' last world championship for more than a century: the next came in the 2016 World Series. The Pirates won the 1909 World Series, also against the Tigers. The Giants then returned to the World", "title": "Merkle's Boner" }, { "docid": "3963307", "text": "had a break-out year with 27 home runs, 29 stolen bases, 91 RBIs, and a .282 batting average. After winning two World Championships with the 1975–76 Cincinnati Reds, manager Sparky Anderson was primed to win his first in the American League in his fifth full season with the Detroit Tigers. Anderson had proved to be somewhat prophetic, as he had made a bold statement in mid-1979 when he joined the Tigers that his team would be a pennant winner within five years. Williams was in his third season with the San Diego Padres after leading them to identical 81–81 (.500)", "title": "1984 World Series" }, { "docid": "15087013", "text": "the American League Championship Series. In Game 1, Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Larry Herndon went deep to crush the Royals 8–1 at Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium). In Game 2, the Tigers scored twice in the 11th inning when Johnny Grubb doubled off Royals closer Dan Quisenberry en route to a 5–3 victory. The Tigers completed the sweep at Tiger Stadium in Game 3. Marty Castillo's third-inning RBI fielder's choice would be all the help Detroit would need. Milt Wilcox outdueled Charlie Leibrandt, and after Hernandez got Darryl Motley to pop out to preserve the 1–0 win, the Tigers", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "4138182", "text": "last pitcher in Major League Baseball to do so until Denny McLain accomplished the feat for the Detroit Tigers), and four All-Stars, including player-manager Frisch. Not among the All-Stars was Collins, the first baseman who led the team in sixteen offensive categories with stats like a .333 batting average, a .615 slugging percentage, 35 home runs, and 128 runs batted in. In the World Series, the Cards and Tigers split the first two games in Detroit, and the Tigers took two of the next three in St. Louis. St. Louis proceeded to win the next two, including an 11–0 embarrassment", "title": "Gashouse Gang" }, { "docid": "15086968", "text": "win percentage (.656) in team history. The Tigers infield (Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer, along with shortstop Billy Rogell and third baseman Marv Owen) accumulated 462 runs during the season, with Gehringer (214 hits, .356 average) leading the way. Schoolboy Rowe led a strong pitching staff, winning 16 straight decisions at one point of the season and finishing with a 24–8 record. The Tigers would fall in the 1934 World Series in seven games to the \"Gashouse Gang\" St. Louis Cardinals. After winning a tight battle in Game 5 with a 3–1 decision over Dizzy Dean, Detroit took a 3–2", "title": "History of the Detroit Tigers" }, { "docid": "5992907", "text": "the stadium's inaugural game included Pittsburgh Mayor William A. Magee, Harry Pulliam (now the National League President), and Congressman John K. Tener, a former Major League player who was soon to become the Governor of Pennsylvania. While Pirates did lose their first game at Forbes to the Chicago Cubs, they did go on to win the 1909 World Series later that year, over the Detroit Tigers. In 1912, Dreyfuss became one of the major stockholders of Welte & Sons Inc. However, he was still involved in every decision made involving the Pirates. Under his leadership, the Pirates won two more", "title": "Barney Dreyfuss" }, { "docid": "6288444", "text": "in a losing cause in Game Seven of the 1940 World Series with the Detroit Tigers, two days after pitching a shutout in honor of his father, who had died while visiting from South Carolina and watching his son win the opener. Bobo had said before pitching Game Five, \"I'll win this one for my daddy.\" When manager Del Baker named Newsom to take the mound for Game Seven, Bobo was asked by reporters, \"will you win this one for your daddy too?\" \"Why, no\", Newsom said, \"I think I'll win this one for old Bobo.\" Newsom's performance in 1941", "title": "Bobo Newsom" } ]

[ "the French edition in 1936" ]

[ { "docid": "5925288", "text": "of revolutionary demands in the politics of art\" in mass culture; that, in the age of mechanical reproduction, and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics. Three editions of \"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\" were published: (i) the original, German edition in 1935; (ii) the French edition in 1936; and (iii) the revised German edition in 1939, from which derive the contemporary English translations of the essay. The themes of \"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\" (1935) are", "title": "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" } ]

[ { "docid": "411886", "text": "in their conceptions of the relationship between critique and artworks which had become manifest through Benjamin's \"The Work of Art in the Age of its Technical Reproducibility\". At around the same time Adorno and Horkheimer began planning for a joint work on \"dialectical logic\", which would later become \"Dialectic of Enlightenment\". Alarmed by reports from Europe, where Adorno's parents suffered increasing discrimination and Benjamin was interned in Colombes, their joint study could entertain few delusions about its practical effects. \"In view of what is now threatening to engulf Europe,\" Horkheimer wrote, \"our present work is essentially destined to pass things", "title": "Theodor W. Adorno" }, { "docid": "17422789", "text": "Center for Open Science The Center for Open Science is a non-profit technology organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia with a mission to \"increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research.\" Brian Nosek and Jeffrey Spies founded the organization in January 2013, funded mainly by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and others, after implementation and use of the Open Science Framework (OSF). The organization began with work in reproducibility of psychology research, with the large-scale \"\". A second reproducibility project for cancer biology research has also been started through a partnership with Science Exchange. In March 2017, the Center", "title": "Center for Open Science" }, { "docid": "17422792", "text": "(theses and dissertations). Center for Open Science The Center for Open Science is a non-profit technology organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia with a mission to \"increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research.\" Brian Nosek and Jeffrey Spies founded the organization in January 2013, funded mainly by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and others, after implementation and use of the Open Science Framework (OSF). The organization began with work in reproducibility of psychology research, with the large-scale \"\". A second reproducibility project for cancer biology research has also been started through a partnership with Science Exchange. In March", "title": "Center for Open Science" }, { "docid": "10424217", "text": "Machine Age, prior to World War Two, enthusiasm for technological advances was expressed by the Machine Aesthetic which heralded the Modern Movement. (Banham 1960) Affiliated art movements of this time which shared aspects of the Machine Aesthetic included: Purism in France, Futurism in Italy (both of which celebrated the glories of modern machines and the excitement of speed), Suprematism, Productivism in Russia, Constructivism, Precisionism in North America and kinetic sculpture. (Meecham and Sheldon 2000) By the 1960s, in the Second Machine Age, technology provided not only the inspiration for art production but above all its tools (Popper 1993), as reflected", "title": "Desmond Paul Henry" }, { "docid": "5463466", "text": "tradition and worked within its bounds. In his later work he adopted a more \"Apollonian\" neoclassicism, to use Nietzsche's terminology, although in his use of serialism he still rejects 19th-century convention. In modern visual art, Picasso's work is also understood as rejecting Beaux Arts artistic expectations and expressing primal impulses, whether he worked in a cubist, neo-classical, or tribal-art-influenced vein. Primitivism gained a new impetus from anxieties about technological innovation but above all from the \"Age of Discovery\", which introduced the West to previously unknown peoples and opened the doors to colonialism. As the European Enlightenment. With the decline of", "title": "Primitivism" }, { "docid": "9006382", "text": "used in English. Alternative terms for the work of a Peintre-graveur are \"artist's print\", \"original print\", \"graphic art\". \"Art print\" now tends to mean a reproduction of any work of art. Bartsch's great catalogue of old master prints, published in Vienna in 21 volumes in 1803-21,was called \"Le Peintre Graveur\". It has been reprinted five times, most recently in 1982. \"The Illustrated Bartsch\" (Abaris Books, New York) is an English language illustrated version (the original was unillustrated by technological necessity) which released the first volume in 1978, and is projected to include at least 164 volumes. Most of the picture", "title": "Peintre-graveur" }, { "docid": "17607757", "text": "Joseph Weizenbaum's ELIZA program and embodied it in physical robot's form installed in East Village in New York. Participants interacted with the robot through online sessions. Wortzel has earned several grants and awards in the course of her work, including the National Science Foundation Award for the Robotic Renaissance Project. She has also had her work featured in many art publications, including Margret Lovejoy's \"Digital Current: Art in the Electronic Age\" and Frank Popper's \" From Technological to Virtual Art\", and has been published in major art journals, including \"Leonardo\" in 2007. Wortzel was an Eyebeam Resident. She has taught", "title": "Adrianne Wortzel" }, { "docid": "20125699", "text": "Modern Art in New York. It has remained in the MOMA permanent in collection since its purchase. Magritte painted a second version of \"The False Mirror\" in 1935. The oil on canvas work, sized 19 x 27cm, is in a private collection. A gouache on paper version of \"The False Mirror\", executed by Magritte in 1952, sold at auction in 2010 for GBP 373,250. The painting is said to be one of the inspirations for the 1952 CBS television \"eye\" logo designed by William Golden. Vaporwave and New Age producer Eco Virtual used this painting as the album cover on", "title": "False Mirror (René Magritte)" }, { "docid": "5965357", "text": "but only as a metaphor. A society's Golden Age marks that period in its history having a heightened output of art, science, literature, and philosophy. A golden age is often ascribed to the years immediately following some technological innovation. It is during this time that writers and artists ply their skills to this new medium. Therefore, there are Golden Ages of both radio and television. During this nascent phase the technology allows new ideas to be expressed, as new art forms flower quickly into new areas: At least one technology had its \"Golden Age\" in its latter years: Technology and", "title": "Golden age (metaphor)" }, { "docid": "17422790", "text": "published a detailed strategic plan. Brian Nosek posted a letter outlining the history of the Center and future directions. The Open Science Framework (OSF) is an open source software project that facilitates open collaboration in science research. This framework was used to work on a project in the reproducibility of psychology research. The current reproducibility project is a crowdsourced empirical investigation of the reproducibility of a variety of studies from psychological literature. The reproducibility project samples from three major journals: \"Journal of Personality and Social Psychology\", \"Psychological Science\", and \"\". Scientists from all over the world volunteer to replicate a", "title": "Center for Open Science" }, { "docid": "20989368", "text": "\"Time Out\" Shanghai reviewed the exhibition saying, \"\"Everything & Nothing\" is a meditative video installation about how fucked we are in this age of un-tempered technological advancement. 'Turnstiles' tracks the same story, but instead with a matrix of spinny turnstiles that you can navigate while doing your best to avoid serious injury to the groin area.\" The group has previously held solo exhibitions at Lunds Konsthall, Sweden (2014), Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris (2012), and Pace Gallery, New York (2016). Its work is held in the collections of MoMA, Sharjah Art Foundation, Yuz Museum, LACMA and London's V&A, where its \"Swarm", "title": "Random International" }, { "docid": "3770695", "text": "recently. The Emperor Justinian I's formation of a new code of law, the \"Corpus Juris Civilis\", served as a basis of subsequent development of legal codes. Byzantium played an important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to the Islamic world and to Renaissance Italy. Its rich historiographical tradition preserved ancient knowledge upon which splendid art, architecture, literature and technological achievements were built. This is embodied in the Byzantine version of Christianity, which spread Orthodoxy and eventually led to the creation of the so-called \"Byzantine commonwealth\" (a term coined by 20th-century historians) throughout Eastern Europe. Early Byzantine missionary work spread", "title": "History of the Balkans" }, { "docid": "13402199", "text": "provide access to them in order to enable reproducibility of published research findings. The ZBW publishes two journals of economic policy, Wirtschaftsdienst and Intereconomics. The ZBW also provides support for researchers dealing with the different aspects of the digitisation of the science system, such as publishing in Open Access or research data management. The ZBW participates in national and international projects to develop new services for its users. In order to meet the challenges resulting from the technological changes in information provision, the ZBW relies on a global network. It has signed cooperation agreements with national and international research institutions,", "title": "German National Library of Economics" }, { "docid": "8271502", "text": "Elton as \"the Piranesi of the Railway Age.\" According to Russell (2001) Bourne's two series of railroad scene's were the only works, that equalled the work of Thomas Shotter Boys. Burman & Stratton (1997) explained: More in general Russell (2001) summarizes: In his \"Art and the Industrial Revolution\", Klingender (1968) had enthused added: \"Bourne's Great Western pictures echo the sweep and swagger of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great broad-gauge railway...\" In his own days, however, Bourne's work had little market value, because \"the art patrons of the day wished for anything rather than to be reminded of the social and technological", "title": "John Cooke Bourne" }, { "docid": "18992378", "text": "Reproducibility Project The Reproducibility Project: Psychology was a collaboration of 270 contributing authors to repeat 100 published experimental and correlational psychological studies. This project was led by the Center for Open Science and its co-founder, Brian Nosek, who started the project in November 2011. The results of this collaboration were published in August 2015. Reproducibility is the ability to produce a copy or duplicate, in this case it is the ability to replicate the results of the original studies. The project has illustrated the growing problem of failed reproducibility in social science. This project has started a movement that has", "title": "Reproducibility Project" }, { "docid": "13188191", "text": "of its particulate competitors. When selecting an HPLC column supplier, column lifetime was second only to column-to-column reproducibility in importance to the purchaser. Chromolith columns, for example, have demonstrated reproducibility of 3,300 sample injections and 50,000 column volumes of mobile phase. Also important to the life cycle of the monolith is its increased mechanical robustness; polymeric monoliths are able to withstand pH ranges from 1 to 14, can endure elevated temperatures, and do not need to be handled delicately. “Monoliths are still teenagers,” affirms Frantisec Svec, a leader in the field of novel stationary phases for LC. Liquid chromatography as", "title": "Monolithic HPLC column" }, { "docid": "6738500", "text": "changed the album's cover art back to its original \"comic book\" design. Columbia also swapped the full-length version of \"Windpower\" for the single version (with an edited intro and outro). The strategy worked, as \"The Golden Age of Wireless\" sold better and \"She Blinded Me with Science\" became a major hit, with constant radio and MTV airplay. In 1983, the UK record label, Venice in Peril, followed suit and reissued the album with a similar track listing to the second US version. They opted for the short single version of \"Science\" but retained the full-length versions of \"Airwaves\" and \"Windpower\"", "title": "The Golden Age of Wireless" }, { "docid": "17858470", "text": "manufactured steel tubes similar in appearance to air conditioning shafts. Her work is similar to ready-mades in appearance, but Posenenske directed production of materials in her work process. Posenenske was an early proponent of inviting interactivity to her artwork through choreographed performances and audience participation. She invited artists and curators to freely rearrange and add to her work in several exhibitions. In 1968 Posenenske published a statement in the journal Art International referencing the reproducibility of her works, and her desire for the concept and ownership of the piece to be accessible: Poseneske stopped working as an artist in 1968,", "title": "Charlotte Posenenske" }, { "docid": "19666009", "text": "re-working of an earlier version painted during Chagall’s second Russian period. This version was most likely completed while the 1920 original was being shown in Paris. This work presents subject matter that is nearly identical to its 1920 predecessor, \"Music\", which was one of seven paintings created on a commission from the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. The direct connection between \"Green Violinist\" and its earlier counterpart was made explicitly during the artist’s lifetime at his retrospective at Museum of Modern Art. In 1917, during his Second Russian Period, Chagall began accepting commissions to work on theater sets and costume design.", "title": "Green Violinist" }, { "docid": "580644", "text": "part of the experimental results within a scientific publication. It is the independent repetition of an experiment that serves to underpin its reproducibility. The term \"reproducible research\" refers to the idea that the ultimate product of academic research is the paper along with the laboratory notebooks and full computational environment used to produce the results in the paper such as the code, data, etc. that can be used to reproduce the results and create new work based on the research. Typical examples of reproducible research comprise compendia of data, code and text files, often organised around an R Markdown source", "title": "Reproducibility" }, { "docid": "7986333", "text": "consults on the social and economic effects of the internet, and especially on places where our social and technological networks overlap. He is on the faculty of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and has consulted for Nokia, Procter and Gamble, News Corp., the BBC, the United States Navy and Lego. He is also a regular speaker at technology conferences. In his book \"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\" Walter Benjamin attempts to analyze the changed experience of art in modern society. He believes that a reproduction of art lacks presence in time and space and therefore has", "title": "Technoculture" }, { "docid": "406570", "text": "algorithm written by Frank Liang. TeX82 also uses fixed-point arithmetic instead of floating-point, to ensure reproducibility of the results across different computer hardware, and includes a real, Turing-complete programming language, following intense lobbying by Guy Steele. In 1989, Donald Knuth released new versions of TeX and Metafont. Despite his desire to keep the program stable, Knuth realised that 128 different characters for the text input were not enough to accommodate foreign languages; the main change in version 3.0 of TeX is thus the ability to work with 8-bit inputs, allowing 256 different characters in the text input. Since version 3,", "title": "TeX" }, { "docid": "14990630", "text": "follow-up in 2006 with \"Update\", a bi-annual exhibition for interactive and digital art, and to the creation of the New Technological Art Award in 2008. The award is presented to the individual who displays \"Outstanding Work in the World of Digital Art,\" after the evaluation by an international jury. The project has also begun naming an \"Artist of the Month,\" which allows a promising young artist to present his or her work to a broad and diverse public audience in a non-commercial context. In 2010, a second \"Update\" exhibition was organized, in the form of \"Body Sound\", in cooperation with", "title": "Zebrastraat" }, { "docid": "17602417", "text": "spaces between political essay, poetry, and performance. Video's reproducibility and its capacity for broad distribution have enabled Buchanan to disseminate her message outiside the mainstream art establishment to a wider audience. Buchanan was a founding member of several art organizations, including F Space Gallery in Santa Ana, CA; Grandview Galleries at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles; Double X, a feminist art collective (with artists including Merion Estes and Nancy Youdelman); Close Radio; and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). Currently, she is a member of The LA ArtGirls and The Artists Formerly Known As Women. In addition to her art", "title": "Nancy Buchanan" }, { "docid": "20684500", "text": "second version in the 1960s. A charcoal study was acquired by the Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2016, with funding from the Scottish National Fund for Acquisitions. Evelyn Waugh attended the exhibition in its first week. The controversy over the painting may have inspired him to include a mixed-race relationship between the white Margot and black Chokey in his 1928 novel \"Decline and Fall\". The Breakdown The Breakdown was a 1926 painting by Scottish artist John Bulloch Souter (1890–1972) which stirred controversy in the United Kingdom during the Jazz Age. The work depicted a musician playing the saxophone while a naked", "title": "The Breakdown" }, { "docid": "8279567", "text": "behavior in the MSA, there are three lines of evidence that can be considered: direct evidence reflecting concrete examples of symbols; indirect evidence reflecting behaviors that would have been used to convey symbolic thought; and technological evidence reflecting the tools and skills that would have been used to produce art. Direct evidence is difficult to find beyond 40ka, and indirect evidence is essentially intangible, thus technological evidence is the most fruitful of the three. Today there is widespread agreement among archaeologists that the world's first art and symbolic culture dates to the southern African Middle Stone Age. Some of the", "title": "Middle Stone Age" }, { "docid": "12241257", "text": "A TV Dante A TV Dante is a 1990 mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the 34 cantos in Dante Alighieri's \"Inferno\", part of his 14th century epic poem \"Divine Comedy\". Peter Greenaway and Tom Phillips won the Prix Italia for \"A TV Dante\", their ambitious project to produce a video version of \"Dante's Inferno\". Greenaway was first inspired by artist Tom Phillips’ illustrated translation of the work and they collaborated on this, the first eight Cantos of the work, using all the state-of-the-art technological resources available to the electronic media at the time.", "title": "A TV Dante" }, { "docid": "13875190", "text": "a system with less than a 'practically infinite' number (much much less than Avogadro's or Loschmidt's numbers) of molecules, the thermodynamic reproducibility fades, and fluctuations become easier to see. According to this view of Jaynes, it is a common and mystificatory abuse of language, that one often sees reproducibility of dynamical structure called \"order\". Dewar writes \"Jaynes considered reproducibility - rather than disorder - to be the key idea behind the second law of thermodynamics (Jaynes 1963, 1965, 1988, 1989).\" Grandy (2008) in section 4.3 on page 55 clarifies the distinction between the idea that entropy is related to order", "title": "Extremal principles in non-equilibrium thermodynamics" }, { "docid": "458578", "text": "of nearly one a year. Each of these books was done twice — once as a rough version to show editor Dave Schreiner, then as a second, finished version incorporating suggested changes. Some of his last work was the retelling in sequential art of novels and myths, including \"Moby-Dick\". In 2002, at the age of 85, he published \"Sundiata\", based on the part-historical, part-mythical stories of a West African king, \"The Lion of Mali\". \"Fagin the Jew\" is an account of the life of Dickens' character Fagin, in which Eisner tries to get past the stereotyped portrait of Fagin in", "title": "Will Eisner" }, { "docid": "8633936", "text": "argues, offers a new model for thinking about humanist values in a technological age. Virtual art, as Popper sees it, is more than just an injection of the usual aesthetic material into a new medium, but a deep investigation into the ontological, psychological and ecological significance of such technologies. The aesthetic-technological relationship produces an unprecedented artform. Frank Popper Frank Popper (born April 17, 1918) is a historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He has been decorated with the medal of the Légion d'honneur by the", "title": "Frank Popper" }, { "docid": "9980718", "text": "collector of Pre-Raphaelite art, who died before its completion. A second version, smaller at 684 × 990 mm, was commissioned in 1859 and completed in 1863. This is now in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. It is closely similar, though for the lady with a blue parasol the face of Maria Leathart, the commissioner's wife, replaces that of Mrs Brown in the Manchester version. The picture depicts a group of so-called \"navvies\" digging up the road to build an underground tunnel. It is typically assumed that this was part of the extensions of London's sewerage system, which were being", "title": "Work (painting)" }, { "docid": "9434173", "text": "Bonestell's work in particular was the portrayal of exotic worlds with their own alien beauty, often giving a sense of destination as much as of the technological means of getting there. The premier organization and only guild in the world dedicated to the creation of Space Art is the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA). Composed of over 120 members, artists of the IAAA depict the wonders of the Universe in ways to inspire the greater human population and raise awareness of space. Members of the IAAA have been creating Space Art in all of its myriad forms since its", "title": "Space art" }, { "docid": "17961992", "text": "understand, gain little for themselves. With a view to improving reproducibility of scientific results, it has been suggested that research-funding agencies finance only projects that include a plan for making their work transparent. In 2016 the U.S. National Institutes of Health introduced new application instructions and review questions to encourage scientists to improve reproducibility. The NIH requests more information on how the study builds on previous work, and a list of variables that could affect the study, such as the sex of animal subjects—a previously overlooked factor that led many studies to describe phenomena found in male animals as universal.", "title": "Logology (science of science)" }, { "docid": "16589247", "text": "work. But later, in 2013, Dr. Gerhard Schoeman used the word “ stillness “ to describe Seapoint Swimmers one of Meyersfeld ’s images in his publication “ Thinking Photographs - Art, History, Time and Reproducibility “. For the first time, Meyersfeld resonated with that intuitively applied adjective, stating: “It is perhaps this stillness, that enthrals me. I feel that for the most part, we live in a world so frantic, that we forget the beauty of the creation of stillness and how it can impact on our lives. Whether it is the stillness of joy, or the inevitable stillness of", "title": "Michael Meyersfeld" }, { "docid": "10424223", "text": "invisible and indirect workings of the later digital computer: \"the mechanical analogue computer, was a work of art in itself, involving a most beautiful arrangement of gears, belts, cams differentials and so on- it still retained in its working a visual attractiveness which has now vanished in the modern electronic counterpart; … I enjoyed seeing the machine work…\". (Henry, 1972) In view of these considerations, Henry’s drawing machines may be said to not only reflect the early experimental phase of Computer Art and computer graphics but to also provide an important artistic and technological link between two distinct ages of", "title": "Desmond Paul Henry" }, { "docid": "10752348", "text": "an initial list of 200 electronic addresses. Six years after its creation and succeeding developments, it has become the most influential medium of information and politization of Brazilian contemporary art in the Internet, being visited by more than 80 thousand people per month. Canal Contemporâneo and the works in it are also inserted in the exhibitions context. Performing as an “artist” in the contemporary art circuit, it completes its mission as a collective work and a space of engagement for the needs of the visual and technological arts. Its on-line activism with petitions, forums and lists of discussion guides frequent", "title": "Canal Contemporâneo" }, { "docid": "18553933", "text": "which to define the artwork \"independently from medium so that the work can be translated once its current medium is obsolete.\" It is a methodology that approaches a work as independent from its media, so that is may be thought of as a behavior and not something tied to its hardware. This process looks to preserve works despite the uncertainty of technological developments of the future. By making a work independent from its medium, the Variable Media Approach hopes to ensure the life of the artwork well into the future, beyond the obsolescence of all current technology. The approach encompasses", "title": "Conservation and restoration of time-based media art" }, { "docid": "11208749", "text": "students regardless of year group. The building in Mejlgade was renovated in 2006. The objective of the Jutland Art Academy is to teach and research within the visual arts, while developing an artistic and intellectual community of study and creation. It is essential for the academy that its activities reflect the fact that visual art must be in investigative dialogue with the constantly changing world of political, technological and economic conditions that shape our contemporary society. Students are encouraged to work in any given media (painting, sculpting, graphics, performance, new media etc.). The different modes of teaching at the school", "title": "Jutland Art Academy" }, { "docid": "19230522", "text": "Museum of American Art/Smithsonian. Judith has received a medal from the Smithsonian Institution for this work in the innovation of art and technology, and her work is still currently held by the Smithsonian. She has recently added networking and experimental work with various corporations in all areas of printing and technology. As part of this search for technological futurism, Judith had become an active member of the International Association of Fine Art Digital Printmakers. Judith coined the term \"Tradigital Art\" in the early 1990s during her tenure at Tradigital Fine Art as a principal artist alongside Helen Golden. They traveled", "title": "Judith Moncrieff" }, { "docid": "18850263", "text": "Stéphan Barron Stéphan Barron is a contemporary artist. He developed through his artworks since the 1980s the ideas of Planetary Art and Technoromanticism. Planetary Art is an art form which takes the Earth in its planetary dimension as its basis for artistic creation. Technoromanticism is the theory of links between art and new technologies, within the context of the threats posed to Nature by technoscience and economic development. Technoromanticism also seeks to analyse the return of the human body within technological arts, formulating the hypothesis that a technological society needs a corporeal rebalancing of perceptions. \"Stéphan Barron occupies, in Europe,", "title": "Stéphan Barron" }, { "docid": "12544526", "text": "Jeffrey Shaw Jeffrey Shaw (1944 Melbourne) has been a leading figure in new media art since its emergence from the performance, expanded cinema and installation paradigms of the 1960s to its contemporary technology-informed and virtualized forms. In a prolific career of widely exhibited and critically acclaimed work, he has pioneered the creative use of digital media technologies in the fields of expanded cinema, interactive art, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, immersive visualization environments, navigable cinematic systems and interactive narrative. Shaw's numerous internationally exhibited and critically acclaimed artworks are milestones of technological and cultural innovation that have had a seminal impact", "title": "Jeffrey Shaw" }, { "docid": "18363675", "text": "of new technology”. Noting that the rapid pace of technological innovation has profound implications for culture and society, he presents the role of Ars Electronica as working to integrate developments in technology with art and society to the benefit of all, and contrasts this perspective with the Modernist call for \"art for art’s sake\". Grover concludes by hoping that Ars Electronica \"will be able to maintain its ongoing quest for innovation and expansion so that we can all benefit from and further involve ourselves in the integration of art, technology, and society\". Grover (2008) has described the published work of", "title": "Ars Electronica" }, { "docid": "1368802", "text": "Riko collaborated on, we see a second generation of energy efficient prefabricated homes with a large emphasize on Eco-technological systems. Riko is a high tech company with expertise in state of the art insulation and energy producing technology as well as being one of the leading European manufacturer’s of wooden sustainable prefab buildings so it was a natural fit that these two earth friendly designers would come together to create Prefabricated Accessible Technological Homes – or P.A.T.H. Philippe Starck has designed his first smartphone: the Mi Mix for Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. The Mi Mix is distinguished by its ceramic", "title": "Philippe Starck" }, { "docid": "8633933", "text": "immersion into the image and interaction with it. The impression of reality felt under these conditions was not only provided by vision and hearing, but also by the other bodily senses. This multiple sensing was so intensely experienced at times, that Popper could speak of it as an immersive virtual reality (VR). In his book \"From Technological to Virtual Art\", Popper traces the development of immersive, interactive new media art from its historical antecedents through today's digital art, computer art, cybernetic art, multimedia and net art. Popper shows that contemporary virtual art is a further refinement of the technological art", "title": "Frank Popper" }, { "docid": "5470460", "text": "post-graduate work in three fields: general education, the history of pedagogy and education, Russian history, the Russian language. In art and graphics department 2008 year launched five workshops in which students engage in decorative art. The Academy has four modern sports halls. In summer, a wall is erected for climbing. There is a gymnasium and fitness room. The Nizhny Tagil Technological Institute is located south-east of the city center. The city formerly had an association football team, FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil, which played in the Russian Second Division and was dissolved in 2006. The city ice hockey team is Sputnik", "title": "Nizhny Tagil" }, { "docid": "18850276", "text": "remixed video artwork by Stéphan Barron starting 2010 Stéphan Barron Stéphan Barron is a contemporary artist. He developed through his artworks since the 1980s the ideas of Planetary Art and Technoromanticism. Planetary Art is an art form which takes the Earth in its planetary dimension as its basis for artistic creation. Technoromanticism is the theory of links between art and new technologies, within the context of the threats posed to Nature by technoscience and economic development. Technoromanticism also seeks to analyse the return of the human body within technological arts, formulating the hypothesis that a technological society needs a corporeal", "title": "Stéphan Barron" }, { "docid": "18181687", "text": "with artist and academic Jon Thomson. In the four month launch programme collaborations with communities and other art forms plus explorations into political and technological change featured heavily alongside original commissioned moving image works. Since 2008, Turner has been a founding member of a curatorial group, Hysteriography, which is composed of British female filmmakers, writers and curators. Sarah Turner (filmmaker) Sarah Turner is a British artist, filmmaker, writer, curator and academic. Her moving image work is known for its preoccupation with form and its interplay between abstraction and narration. Turner studied Fine Art, Film and Video at St Martin’s School", "title": "Sarah Turner (filmmaker)" }, { "docid": "3738713", "text": "store art-related or documentary data on a website. Cloning, plagiarizing, and collective creation are provided as alternative answers, such as in the Refresh Project. Olia Lialina has addressed the issue of digital curating via her web platform Teleportacia.org, an online gallery to promote and sell net.art works. Each piece of net.art has its originality protected by a guarantee constituted by its URL, which acts as a barrier against reproducibility and/or forgery. Lialina claimed that this allowed the buyer of the piece to own it as they wished: controlling the location address as a means of controlling access to the piece.", "title": "Net.art" }, { "docid": "18267618", "text": "Art Official Age Art Official Age is the thirty-seventh studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on September 26, 2014 by NPG Records under a renewed license to Warner Bros. Records, marking the second collaboration of both parties since 1995's \"The Gold Experience\". Prince also released the album \"Plectrumelectrum\", with his touring band 3rdeyegirl, simultaneously. \"Art Official Age\" debuted at number five on the \"Billboard\" 200 and sold 51,000 copies in its first week. In its second week of sales, the album dropped to number 22 on the chart, selling 15,000 copies, bringing the total to 66,000", "title": "Art Official Age" }, { "docid": "52946", "text": "and Marracq colleges), 5 private colleges (La Salle Saint-Bernard, Saint Joseph, Saint-Amand, Notre-Dame and Largenté) which meet the criteria of the first cycle of second degree studies. For the second cycle Bayonne has 3 public high schools (René-Cassin school (general education), the Louis de Foix school (general, technological and vocational education), and the Paul Bert vocational school), 4 private high schools (Saint-Louis Villa Pia (general education), Largenté, Bernat Etxepare (general and technological), and Le Guichot vocational school). There are also the Maurice Ravel Conservatory of Music, Dance, and Dramatic Art and the art school of the urban community of Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz.", "title": "Bayonne" }, { "docid": "580643", "text": "usually reported as a standard deviation. A reproducibility limit is the value below which the difference between two test results obtained under reproducibility conditions may be expected to occur with a probability of approximately 0.95 (95%). Reproducibility is determined from controlled interlaboratory test programs or a measurement systems analysis. Although they are often confused, there is an important distinction between replicates and an independent repetition of an experiment. Replicates are performed within an experiment. They are not and cannot provide independent evidence of reproducibility. Rather they serve as an internal \"check\" on an experiment and should not be shown as", "title": "Reproducibility" }, { "docid": "12128419", "text": "York and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Towards the end of her life, art historian Helen Teri Caro located Peck and acquired over 100 pieces of her artwork on behalf of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta. Peck died in Gettysburg in February 1968. Peck's career in illustration began in the early 1900s with her work for publisher George W. Jacobs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was a period when technological innovations in halftone and color printing engendered the \"Golden Age of Illustration\". In addition to illustrations, Peck created decorations and lettering designs for books. Notable works from this period include illustrations for Sara", "title": "Clara Elsene Peck" }, { "docid": "15462143", "text": "Research Institute, an interdisciplinary team of artists, designers, computer scientists, neuroscientists, and medical doctors investigating how new technologies—ranging from virtual reality and visualization to social media—may be used as a technological form of analgesia and pain management. With Jay Bolter, Gromala is the co-author of \"Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art and the Myth of Transparency\". This book was based on her experience as the Art Gallery Chair for SIGGRAPH 2000, which had the greatest number of interactive artworks in its history. Her work is widely published in the domains of Computer Science, Interactive Art and Interaction Design. Her", "title": "Diane Gromala" }, { "docid": "16742249", "text": "in the 2001 exhibition of Atomic Age design at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, titled \"Vital forms: American art and design in the atomic age, 1940–1960\". Atomic power was a paradox during the era. It held great promise of technological solutions for the problems facing an increasingly complex world; at the same time, people were fearful of a nuclear armageddon, after the use of the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. People were ever-aware of the potential good, and lurking menace, in technology. Science became more visible in the mainstream culture through Atomic Age design. Atomic particles", "title": "Atomic Age (design)" }, { "docid": "17297047", "text": "the returning Color Powers. The 3DS version, co-developed with Dimps, was designed to \"fully utilize\" the 3DS hardware with 3D gameplay and motion controls. Development was harder on 3DS due to its more limited processing power. Iizuka stated that the Color Powers are \"essential\" to the level design of the 3DS version, while they work as an \"additional tool\" in the Wii U version. A simple art style was used to make objects stand out more against the backgrounds, and to keep the game running at a consistent 60 frames per second. The design of the new \"Deadly Six\" villains", "title": "Sonic Lost World" }, { "docid": "1834014", "text": "future elements. Steampunk, a term applying both to the retrojection of futuristic technology into an alternative Victorian age, and the application of neo-Victorian styles to modern technology, is a highly successful version of this second trend. In the movie \"Space Station 76\" (2014), mankind has reached the stars, but clothes, technology, furnitures and above all social taboos are purposely highly reminiscent of the mid-1970s. In practice, the two trends cannot be sharply distinguished, as they mutually contribute to similar visions. Retrofuturism of the first type is inevitably influenced by the scientific, technological, and social awareness of the present, and modern", "title": "Retrofuturism" }, { "docid": "758362", "text": "Although traditionally the Second Department of the Joint Staff Department was responsible for military intelligence, it is beginning to increasingly focus on scientific and technological intelligence in the military field, following the example of Russian agencies in stepping up the work of collecting scientific and technological information. The research institute under the Second Department of the Joint Staff Headquarters is publicly known as the Institute for International Strategic Studies; its internal classified publication \"Foreign Military Trends\" (《外军动态》, \"Wai Jun Dongtai\") is published every 10 days and transmitted to units at the division level. The PLA Institute of International Relations at", "title": "People's Liberation Army" }, { "docid": "1609995", "text": "the facade of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in November 2009. Although \"Work No. 975\" is a unique sculpture, the phrase has been used on several related works, each assigned its own work number. Previous to \"Work No. 975,\" a red neon text appeared in New York’s Times Square (\"Work No.225\" 1999, commissioned by Public Art Fund), a thirty-metre-long version was installed in Detroit (\"Work No.790\" 2007), and another text in white neon ran the 75 ft length of the Rennie Museum’s façade in Vancouver’s Chinatown (\"Work No.851\" 2008). Most recently, a 46-metre multicoloured version was commissioned for", "title": "Martin Creed" }, { "docid": "5925291", "text": "of art is lacking in one element: Its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.\" In the artwork proper, Benjamin argues, the \"sphere of authenticity is outside the technical [sphere]\" of producing the art work; hence, the original work of art is independent of the copy. The action of mechanical reproduction diminishes the original art work by changing the cultural context (original vs. copy); thus, the \"aura\", the unique aesthetic authority, of an artwork is absent from the mechanically produced copy. Benjamin's concept of the \"aura\" of a work of art", "title": "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" }, { "docid": "5899940", "text": "Pardus (operating system) Pardus is a Linux distribution developed with support from the Turkish government. Pardus' main focus is office-related work including the use in Turkish government agencies. Despite that, Pardus ships in several languages. Its ease of use and availability free of charge has spawned numerous communities throughout the world. Pardus was started by Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), a division of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). The first live CD version of Pardus was a fork of Gentoo Linux. The current version is a fork of Debian. PiSi (; Packages", "title": "Pardus (operating system)" }, { "docid": "20661472", "text": "Singularity (software) Singularity is a free, cross-platform and open-source computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. One of the main uses of Singularity is to bring containers and reproducibility to scientific computing and the high-performance computing (HPC) world. The need for reproducibility requires the ability to use containers to move applications from system to system. Using Singularity containers, developers can work in reproducible environments of their choosing and design, and these complete environments can easily be copied and executed on other platforms. Singularity began as an open-source project in 2015, when a team of researchers at Lawrence", "title": "Singularity (software)" }, { "docid": "20661476", "text": "seamlessly integrates with many resource managers including: Singularity (software) Singularity is a free, cross-platform and open-source computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. One of the main uses of Singularity is to bring containers and reproducibility to scientific computing and the high-performance computing (HPC) world. The need for reproducibility requires the ability to use containers to move applications from system to system. Using Singularity containers, developers can work in reproducible environments of their choosing and design, and these complete environments can easily be copied and executed on other platforms. Singularity began as an open-source project in 2015,", "title": "Singularity (software)" }, { "docid": "8454011", "text": "being questioned and the term \"reproducibility crisis\" has been coined. For example, psychologist Stuart Vyse notes that \"(r)ecent research aimed at previously published psychology studies has demonstrated--shockingly--that a large number of classic phenomena cannot be reproduced, and the popularity of p-hacking is thought to be one of the culprits.\" Open Science approaches are proposed as one way to help increase the reproducibility of work as well as to help mitigate against manipulation of data. Open Science has more impact There are several components to impact in research, many of which are hotly debated. However, under traditional scientific metrics parts Open", "title": "Open science" }, { "docid": "18246746", "text": "vocabulary exploring the social impact of the technological age. The phrase considers the fears associated with technological evolution and change, and acknowledges the possibility of exclusion as a result of a rising reliance on technology in day-to-day life. Everyday use of technology has increased dramatically since the turn of the century, significantly impacting both those embracing technological change as well as those reluctant to be a part of it. A sharp rise in technological innovations during the 21st century has been responsible for changing much of the way we work, socialize, and learn – all of which can be at", "title": "Digital phobic" }, { "docid": "2397925", "text": "work was lost to the Western world for a long time. It was available in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through a Latin translation of an Arabic version written by Averroes. Aristotle's work on aesthetics consists of the \"Poetics,\" \"Politics\" (Bk VIII) and \"Rhetoric\". The \"Poetics\" is specifically concerned with drama. At some point, Aristotle's original work was divided in two, each \"book\" written on a separate roll of papyrus. Only the first part – that which focuses on tragedy and epic (as a quasi-dramatic art, given its definition in Ch 23) – survives. The lost second part", "title": "Poetics (Aristotle)" }, { "docid": "18288827", "text": "terminally ill patients with flutemetamol to post mortem standard-of-truth assessments of cerebral cortical neuritic plaque density. The second trial assessed intra-reader reproducibility of PET scans using flutemetamol. Of the 176 patients imaged in this trial had a median age was 82, with 57 of patients being female. The initial flutemetamol PET scan resulted in 43 positive and 25 negative results for cerebral cortisol amyloid status. 69 of the initial patients died within 13 months of the flutemetamol PET scan. The autopsy for 67 of those patients determined the global brain neuritic plaque density category. Of those 67 patients 41 were", "title": "Flutemetamol (18F)" }, { "docid": "8633927", "text": "Frank Popper Frank Popper (born April 17, 1918) is a historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He has been decorated with the medal of the Légion d'honneur by the French Government. He is author of the books: \"Origins and Development of Kinetic Art\", \"Art, Action, and Participation\", \"Art of the Electronic Age\" and \"From Technological to Virtual Art\". He turned 100 in April 2018. Popper documents the historical record of the relationship between technology and participatory forms of art, especially between the late 1960s and", "title": "Frank Popper" }, { "docid": "17092551", "text": "walls through their Code+Art program, which invites students to create visualizations for the digital spaces that blur the line between computational thinking and design thinking. The Code+Art program features data visualizations, generative art, procedurally generated environments, and animated GIFs. James B. Hunt Jr. Library The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is the second main library of North Carolina State University (NCSU) and is located on the University's Centennial Campus. The $115 million facility opened in January 2013 and is best known for its architecture and technological integration, including a large robotic book storage and retrieval system which houses most of", "title": "James B. Hunt Jr. Library" }, { "docid": "3590018", "text": "U.S.C Sec. 1201(a)(1)) of the DMCA states: No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The Act defines what it means in Section 1201(a)(3): (3) As used in this subsection— (A) to \"circumvent a technological measure\" means to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure, without the authority of the copyright owner; and (B) a technological measure \"effectively controls access to a work\" if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application", "title": "Anti-circumvention" }, { "docid": "13803727", "text": "non profit Arts education company in the United Kingdom. Set up in 2003 after a four-year development period to create a new species of training and arts engagement provider in the cultural industries...see Hybrid:arts Many artists are responding to the central role scientific and technological research plays in contemporary culture. They are going beyond merely using technological tools and gadgets (e.g. computers) in their work to engage deeply with the processes of research. They are creating revolutionary art at the frontiers of scientific research. They see art as an independent zone of research that pursues areas of science and research", "title": "Hybrid arts" }, { "docid": "17713011", "text": "procured from external vendors. Material costs may influence the selection of one synthetic route over another or the decision to outsource production of an intermediate. The conversion cost of a chemical process is a factor of that procedure's overall efficiency, both in materials and time, and its reproducibility. The efficiency of a chemical process can be quantified by its atom economy, yield, volume-time output, and environmental factor (E-factor), and its reproducibility can be evaluated by the Quality Service Level (QSL) and Process Excellence Index (PEI) metrics. The atom economy of a reaction is defined as the number of atoms from", "title": "Process chemistry" }, { "docid": "18533892", "text": "memories, Del Castillo, in other series such as his metal works and mixed media toys, also attempts to refashion innocence and playfulness amidst the locus of art and its seriousness, ultimately embracing the act of production itself as the main motive of his art, samples of which have been praised as not only \"playful but also powerful.\" By accomplishing such feats, he has been said to communicate the essence of transformation, technological advancement, and enlightenment by creating culturally informed imagery. Meanwhile, others see his work as symbolic of rigid modernity where \"life is a lackluster cycle.\" Several works by the", "title": "Anton Del Castillo" }, { "docid": "20399609", "text": "today's technological apparatus, its political and phenomenological implications, as well as our basic philosophical assumptions underlying western perspectival space\". Craig Kalpakjian’s exhibits have been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Frieze magazine. and Time Out New York. His work has been featured in Blind Spot Magazine; Cabinet Magazine; Modern Painters magazine; Visionaire 34 \"Paris\"; and Visionaire 24 \"Light\". It has also been included in the books \"Visions from America: Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001\", \"New Philosophy for New Media,\" \"Subjective Realities: Works from the Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography,\" \"Digital Art,\" \"The Digital", "title": "Craig Kalpakjian" }, { "docid": "18952027", "text": "Gallery MOMO Gallery MOMO is a South African contemporary art gallery, which represents South African and international artists at its exhibition spaces in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Gallery MOMO was founded in Johannesburg in 2002 by the South African art dealer and collector, Monna Mokoena. In 2015, the organization opened a second branch in Cape Town. Since its founding, Gallery MOMO has established an extensive programme of showcasing new work in solo and group exhibitions by South African and international artists. Amongst the gallery's earliest events were the 2003 exhibition 'The Age of Enlightenment' by the South African painter, Johannes", "title": "Gallery MOMO" }, { "docid": "6615587", "text": "film festivals around the world, and produced radio programs for ResonanceFM in London, Epsilonia Festival Radiophonique in Paris, and Voice of the People in Lebanon. In 1997 Scaff founded and edited Strobe, which according to the UCLA Bruin was the first academic journal published exclusively on the internet. Contributions included articles by the famous film theorists Peter Wollen and Nick Browne. Scaff also produced the first online version of the famous Walter Benjamin essay The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction, and Scaff's essay Art and Authenticity in the Age of Digital Reproduction has been widely referenced", "title": "Julian H. Scaff" }, { "docid": "580634", "text": "Reproducibility Reproducibility is the closeness of the agreement between the results of measurements of the same measurand carried out with same methodology described in the corresponding scientific evidence (e.g. a publication in a peer-reviewed journal). Reproducibilty can also be applied under changed conditions of measurement for the same measurand to check, that the results are not an artefact of the measurment procedures. A related concept is replicability, meaning the ability to independently achieve non-identical conclusions that are at least similar, when differences in sampling, research procedures and data analysis methods may exist. Reproducibility and replicability together are among the main", "title": "Reproducibility" }, { "docid": "664332", "text": "Proteomics gives a different level of understanding than genomics for many reasons: \"Reproducibility\". One major factor affecting reproducibility in proteomics experiments is the simultaneous elution of many more peptides than mass spectrometers can measure. This causes stochastic differences between experiments due to data-dependent acquisition of tryptic peptides. Although early large-scale shotgun proteomics analyses showed considerable variability between laboratories, presumably due in part to technical and experimental differences between laboratories, reproducibility has been improved in more recent mass spectrometry analysis, particularly on the protein level and using Orbitrap mass spectrometers. Notably, targeted proteomics shows increased reproducibility and repeatability compared with shotgun", "title": "Proteomics" }, { "docid": "580646", "text": "released alongside as a demonstration, in 2017 it was suggested in an article published in \"Scientific Data\" that this may not be sufficient and that the whole analysis context should be disclosed. In 2015, Psychology became the first discipline to conduct and publish an open, registered empirical study of reproducibility called the Reproducibility Project. 270 researchers from around the world collaborated to replicate 100 empirical studies from three top Psychology journals. Fewer than half of the attempted replications were successful. There have been initiatives to improve reporting and hence reproducibility in the medical literature for many years, which began with", "title": "Reproducibility" }, { "docid": "13803737", "text": "and Joline Blais: At the Edge of Art, thames & hudson, 2006 Mitchell, Robert, 2010, Bioart and the Vitality of Media, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London. Paul, Christiane. Digital Art. Thames & Hudson. 2003 Poissant, Louise and Ernestine Daubner (eds.) Art Et Biotechnologies. Presses de l'Universite du Quebec. Montreal, 2004 Popper, Frank. 2005. From Technological to Virtual Art. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007 Scott, Jill (ed). Artists in the Lab. SpringerWienNewYork, Wien, Austria, 2006. Reichle, Ingeborg. Art in the Age of Technoscience. Genetic Engineering, Robotics, and Artificial Life in Contemporary Art SpringerWienNewYork 2009 Shanken, Edward A.. Telematic Embrace: Visionary", "title": "Hybrid arts" }, { "docid": "580652", "text": "facility was never fully operational and was not completed due to economic problems, so no attempt to reproduce his first result was ever carried out. Other examples which contrary evidence has refuted the original claim: The reproducibility requirement cannot be applied to individual samples of phenomena which have a partially or totally non-deterministic nature. However, it still applies to the probabilistic description of such phenomena, with error tolerance given by probability theory. Reproducibility Reproducibility is the closeness of the agreement between the results of measurements of the same measurand carried out with same methodology described in the corresponding scientific evidence", "title": "Reproducibility" }, { "docid": "19535996", "text": "Her work frequently incorporates technology. But as J.R. Carpenter points out: \"Much of Bachmann’s work with technology has been aimed at demystifying it, humanizing it, stripping it down to its essentials, and then hanging stories on those bare bones. She has used bits of yarn to map the internet’s under-sea cables, harnessed the computer loom to 'print' seismic activity, offered giant knitting needles as a user-computer interface.\" In an article in Canadian Art Magazine Terence Sharpe writes: \"Ingrid Bachmann’s work can be read as a mapping of social and technological evolutions. It attempts to harness the alienation of new media", "title": "Ingrid Bachmann" }, { "docid": "17459060", "text": "Hahn/Cock Hahn/Cock is a sculpture of a giant blue cockerel by the German artist Katharina Fritsch. It was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on 25 July 2013 and was displayed on the vacant fourth plinth. The fibreglass work stood high and was the sixth work to be displayed on the plinth, on which it stayed until 17 February 2015. It was subsequently acquired by Glenstone, a private museum, and exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, following its 2016 reopening. The work is in an edition of two. The second version is in the sculpture garden of", "title": "Hahn/Cock" }, { "docid": "21642", "text": "first version (in the Museum of Modern Art, New York) was completed in 1902, and renamed \"La Méditerranée\". Maillol, believing that \"art does not lie in the copying of nature\", produced a second, less naturalistic version in 1905. In 1902, the art dealer Ambroise Vollard provided Maillol with his first exhibition. The subject of nearly all of Maillol's mature work is the female body, treated with a classical emphasis on stable forms. The figurative style of his large bronzes is perceived as an important precursor to the greater simplifications of Henry Moore, and his serene classicism set a standard for", "title": "Aristide Maillol" }, { "docid": "14227995", "text": "and projects are concerned with the construct of ‘space’ and the way it can be planned, experienced and conceptualised in an information age. The attention lies in the relation between architecture, light and advanced technologies. The projects of LAb<nowiki>[</nowiki>au<nowiki>]</nowiki> deal with processes and systems based on different rules. This method is determined by the technological and artistic parameters and qualified by the artists as metadesign. This alliance between theory and practice motivated the group to found the gallery 'MediaRuimte' in the city centre of Brussels in 2003. The gallery work stands for LAb<nowiki>[</nowiki>au<nowiki>]</nowiki>'s typical function as a collaborative art agency", "title": "LAb(au)" }, { "docid": "17459069", "text": "of it, should be a hit.\" Hahn/Cock Hahn/Cock is a sculpture of a giant blue cockerel by the German artist Katharina Fritsch. It was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on 25 July 2013 and was displayed on the vacant fourth plinth. The fibreglass work stood high and was the sixth work to be displayed on the plinth, on which it stayed until 17 February 2015. It was subsequently acquired by Glenstone, a private museum, and exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, following its 2016 reopening. The work is in an edition of two. The second version", "title": "Hahn/Cock" }, { "docid": "16510430", "text": "on the Art Institute of Chicago-housed second version rather than the other two versions in the series. Lichtenstein dramatically enlarged the scale of van Gogh's work from 72 cm x 90 cm to 320 cm × 420 cm (130 in × 170 in) and changed the tone from rustic to bourgeois, using Mies van der Rohe-inspired bright yellow Barcelona chairs. In fact, Lichtenstein supposedly worked from a 1993 Vincent van Gogh Calendar that included the Art Institute version. Lichtenstein says that he cleaned up Van Gogh's version and jokes that it would be to Van Gogh's liking, although he notes", "title": "Bedroom at Arles" }, { "docid": "9672475", "text": "And forget about stars. Of Atomic's nine announced films, not one has a big-name.\" In sum, this was an updated version of a Golden Age big studio B unit targeting a market very similar to the one Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson's AIP helped define in the 1950s. Despite its low budgets and consequently low benchmarks for profitability, Fox Atomic's output was seen as unsuccessful by its parent company, which shut it down in 2009. In a development hinted at by the \"Variety\" quotation above, technological advances are greatly facilitating the production of truly low-budget motion pictures. Although", "title": "B movies since the 1980s" }, { "docid": "16526659", "text": "get people to think about the ideas I'm making connections or links between. I personally like work that makes me think so I try to make work to make others think…What obsesses me is not the internet per se but the idea of networks, all sorts of networks, technological (digital, electronic and electrical), social, biological etc. My work is starting to be a networked art rather than net.art, an internet art\". Since 2001 curating has been a part of Garrett's practice. Initially curating online net.art works through the \"Banner Art Collective\", in 2006 he co-founded the sonic arts events \"Open", "title": "Garrett Lynch" }, { "docid": "5797381", "text": "his primary focus was on photography as art, some of his work raised public awareness of the beauty of the Sierra Nevada and helped to build political support for their protection. Such photography has also had effects in the area of censorship law and free expression, due to its concern with the nude body. There is now a trend toward a careful staging and lighting of the picture, rather than hoping to \"discover\" it ready-made. Photographers such as Gregory Crewdson, and Jeff Wall are noted for the quality of their staged pictures. Additionally, new technological trends in digital photography have", "title": "Fine-art photography" }, { "docid": "10424227", "text": "Age\", A.K.Peters, Wellesley, USA, pp. 178–180. Lucie-Smith, Edward (1980), \"Art in the Seventies\", Phaedon, Oxford. Meecham, Pam and Sheldon, Julie (2000), \"Modern Art: A Critical Introduction\", Routledge, London. O’Hanrahan, Elaine (2001)(interview) \"Intercultural Drawing Practice: the Art School Response\" In Jagjit Chuhan, (ed.) (2001), \"Responses: Intercultural Drawing Practice\", Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, pp.: 40–47. O’Hanrahan, Elaine (2005), \"Drawing Machines: The machine produced drawings of Dr. D. P. Henry in relation to conceptual and technological developments in machine-generated art (UK 1960–1968)\". Unpublished MPhil. Thesis. John Moores University, Liverpool. Peiry, Lucienne (1997), \"Art Brut- The Origins of Outsider Art\", Flammarion, Paris. Popper, Frank (1993),", "title": "Desmond Paul Henry" }, { "docid": "10034858", "text": "featuring an overtly phallic spaceship that transported a naked woman, the work was edited, despite the fact that Funkadelic “…was following up two consecutive million-selling records,” while signed to Warner Bros. Ultimately, Bell’s art for \"The Electric Spanking of War Babies\" was featured with a lime-green sketch of shape covering the majority of the cover art, which says, “Oh Look! The Cover that ‘They’ were TOO-SCARED to print!” Recently, the CD version of the album was reproduced with its original album artwork. In January 1994, artist and publisher Turtel Onli featured Bell as a guest artist at the Second Annual", "title": "Pedro Bell" }, { "docid": "10994790", "text": "as a multidisciplinary laboratory embracing experimentally built and published projects as well as theoretical works focusing on the transformation of architecture and its integration with digital space. The vision that technological advancements should establish continuity with the past—instead of creating a fracture—has been expressed in architectural and educational projects, art installations, artwork, furniture and graphic design. Bertol's most recent project ---and work in progress--- is \"Sky Spirals\", a series of places devoted to sustainable design: the shaping of the landscape based on interesecting spirals follow solar and celestial alignments . Sky Spirals began as a conceptual work based on digital", "title": "Daniela Bertol" }, { "docid": "18842594", "text": "Lucas' work has been commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation, and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Her videos are distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix and her work is represented by Postmasters. Lucas was an Eyebeam resident in 2013. Kristin Lucas Kristin Lucas is a media artist who works in video, performance, installation and on the Internet. Her work explores the impacts of technology on humanity, blurring the boundary between the technological and corporeal. In her work she frequently casts herself as the protagonist in videos and performances where her interactions with technology lead to isolation,", "title": "Kristin Lucas" }, { "docid": "20617376", "text": "British Museum in 2013. The exhibition was a surprise success for the British Museum, which extended its run, despite the fact that it had struggled to attract sponsorship. Ice Age Art attracted large visitor numbers and good reviews. Cook used art by Picasso, Degas, Mondrian, and Matisse, as well as work by modern artists such as Ghislaine Howard in combination with Ice Age artefacts to examine the development of western art. Ice Age Art was transformed into a new exhibition called Art in the age of Altamira at the Fundación Botín, Santander in late 2013. The Lampedusa Cross was acquired", "title": "Jill Cook" }, { "docid": "13724832", "text": "the phenomenon of Third World multinationals, and developing countries as the exporters of technology. A second interwoven strand of work was on the development of technological capability in developing countries. Technology has generally mystified economists, and in turn, and true to their profession, economic theorists have tended to mystify technology. Lall stands in a fine line of thinkers who have challenged the black-box, reductionist view of technology in economic theorising. In its place, he attempted to develop over time the notion of the construction of technological capability, whether in an enterprise, in a firm, in an industry, or in an", "title": "Sanjaya Lall" }, { "docid": "5925293", "text": "which separates the original work of art from the reproduction. He also discusses the ritualization of art-reproduction and the emancipation of \"the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual.\" That the social-value of the exhibition of art progressed from the private sphere to the public sphere of life; historically, works of art were for the private viewing and aesthetic enjoyment of the owner of the artefacts (usually High Art); contemporarily, works of art are exhibited in a public gallery, to provide the enjoyment of aesthetic pleasure to a greater number of people. \"The Work of Art in the", "title": "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" }, { "docid": "16204724", "text": "or copy centre where the reproduction is made (Art. 68). Lawful users may also reproduce music and videos for personal, non-commercial use (Art. 71-sexies). Authors and phonograph producers are entitled to remuneration for these activities via levies on recording devices and blank media (Art. 71-septies). Where a work is protected by a technological protection measure, the rights holders are obliged to adopt proper solutions to allow the exercise of certain exceptions and limitations by lawful users on request, where the exercise would not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work or unduly prejudice the rights holder (Art. 71-quinquies). Law", "title": "Copyright law of Italy" }, { "docid": "8213108", "text": "College, Sydney, as science and art master in June 1880. On 15 January 1888 Baker was appointed assistant curator to Joseph Henry Maiden at the Technological Museum, and in 1901 succeeded Maiden as curator and economic botanist. In 1902 Baker published an important work, \"A Research on the Eucalypts especially in regard to their essential oils\", prepared in collaboration with Henry George Smith, second and enlarged edition, 1920. Baker published a small book, \"Building and Ornamental Stones of New South Wales\" (1908), and, again in collaboration with Henry Smith, another valuable piece of research, \"A Research on the Pines of", "title": "Richard Thomas Baker" }, { "docid": "118612", "text": "Animation, for example, which involves the display of rapid movement in an art work, is one of these techniques that particularly appeals to younger audiences. The advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in the 21st century made it \"possible to do spectacle\" more cheaply and \"on a scale never dreamed of\" by Cecil B. DeMille. From the 1930s to 1950s, movies and radio were the \"only mass entertainment\" but by the second decade of the 21st century, technological changes, economic decisions, risk aversion and globalisation reduced both the quality and range of films being produced. Sophisticated visual effects and CGI techniques,", "title": "Entertainment" }, { "docid": "1469559", "text": "World War I was to bring a profound change to Bomberg's outlook. His experiences of its mechanized slaughter and the death of his brother in the trenches — as well as those of his friend Isaac Rosenberg and his supporter T. E. Hulme — permanently destroyed his faith in the aesthetics of the machine age. This can be seen most clearly in his commission for the Canadian War Memorials Fund, \"Sappers at Work\" (1918–1919): his first version of the painting was dismissed as a \"futurist abortion\" and was replaced by a second far more representational version. The artist's book \"Russian", "title": "David Bomberg" } ]

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[ { "docid": "417779", "text": "(), but no month with an average temperature in excess of . The cold limit generally meets the \"EF\" climates of permanent ice and snows; the warm-summer limit generally corresponds with the poleward or altitudinal limit of trees, where they grade into the subarctic climates designated \"Dfd\", \"Dwd\" and \"Dsd\" (extreme winters as in parts of Siberia), \"Dfc\" typical in Alaska, Canada, parts of Scandinavia, European Russia, and Western Siberia (cold winters with months of freezing), or even \"Cfc\" (no month colder than as in parts of Iceland and southernmost South America). Tundra climates as a rule are hostile to", "title": "Tundra" }, { "docid": "14944183", "text": "Arctic coastal tundra The Arctic coastal tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, an important breeding ground for a great deal of wildlife. This ecoregion is located on the north coast of Alaska, and includes the east coast plain of Banks Island, as well as the Anderson River and Horton River plains, and the Tuktoyaktuk coast in the Northwest Territories. This is an area of low, flat, boggy coastal plains. The underlying soil of this damp Arctic coast is thick, solid permafrost, covered in summer with thermokarst \"thaw lakes\" of melted ice. Ice features such as", "title": "Arctic coastal tundra" }, { "docid": "14944187", "text": "Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Arctic coastal tundra The Arctic coastal tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, an important breeding ground for a great deal of wildlife. This ecoregion is located on the north coast of Alaska, and includes the east coast plain of Banks Island, as well as the Anderson River and Horton River plains, and the Tuktoyaktuk coast in the Northwest Territories. This is an area of low, flat, boggy coastal plains. The underlying soil of this damp Arctic coast is thick, solid permafrost, covered in summer with thermokarst \"thaw lakes\" of melted ice. Ice features", "title": "Arctic coastal tundra" }, { "docid": "10908850", "text": "shades of brown show where photosynthetic activity declined. The maps show a ring of greening in the treeless tundra ecosystems of the circumpolar Arctic—the northernmost parts of Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia. Tall shrubs and trees started to grow in areas that were previously dominated by tundra grasses. The researchers concluded that plant growth had increased by 7 to 10 percent overall. However, boreal forests, particularly those in North America, showed a different response to warming. Many boreal forests greened, but the trend was not as strong as it was for tundra of the circumpolar Arctic. In North America, some boreal", "title": "Climate change in the Arctic" }, { "docid": "15979719", "text": "Arctic foothills tundra The Arctic foothills tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, lying inland from the north coast of Alaska. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing. This is a hilly area that lies between the boggier Arctic coastal tundra to the north and the Brooks Range to the south, and stretching from the Chukchi Sea east across northern Alaska to the border with Canada's Yukon Territory. The Noatak River valley is the only forested area. The main vegetation is the scrubby cottongrass (\"Eriophorum vaginatum\"), stiff sedge (\"Carex bigelowii\") and shrubs", "title": "Arctic foothills tundra" }, { "docid": "15979721", "text": "which can disrupt migratory behaviour of some wildlife. The east end of the ecoregion is part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic foothills tundra The Arctic foothills tundra is an ecoregion of the far north of North America, lying inland from the north coast of Alaska. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing. This is a hilly area that lies between the boggier Arctic coastal tundra to the north and the Brooks Range to the south, and stretching from the Chukchi Sea east across northern Alaska to the border with Canada's Yukon Territory. The Noatak", "title": "Arctic foothills tundra" }, { "docid": "1863480", "text": "\"ow, ow, owal-ow\". Their breeding habitat is in tundra pools and marshes, but also along sea coasts and in large mountain lakes in the North Atlantic region, Alaska, northern Canada, northern Europe, and Russia. The nest is located on the ground near water; it is built using vegetation and lined with down. They are migratory and winter along the eastern and western coasts of North America, on the Great Lakes, coastal northern Europe and Asia, with stragglers to the Black Sea. The most important wintering area is the Baltic Sea, where a total of about 4.5 million gather. The long-tailed", "title": "Long-tailed duck" }, { "docid": "16017924", "text": "Beringia lowland tundra The Beringia lowland tundra is a tundra ecoregion of North America, on the west coast of Alaska, mostly covered in wetland. These are areas of flat, wet, lowland on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska north as far as the Kotzebue Sound, and on the eastern coasts of the offshore St Lawrence Island and St. Matthew Island. Lakes and ponds cover almost a quarter of the area, and wetlands cover most of it. The southern Bristol Bay end of this coast receives much more rainfall than Kotzebue Sound in the north. These flat lands are mostly covered", "title": "Beringia lowland tundra" }, { "docid": "14939942", "text": "snow above about 2150 m, and are separated by valleys filled with ice fields and great glaciers. There are small patches that are not under ice and consist of rock, rubble and alpine tundra. Elevations of the ecoregion range from sea level (on the western coast) to 600 m in the valleys, to peaks over 4,000 m. Indeed, Denali (Mount McKinley), the highest peak in North America at 6,100 m, is located here, while the St Elias Mountains reach as high as 6000 m and are some of the highest peaks in Canada. This ecoregion is largely separated from the", "title": "Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra" }, { "docid": "4693386", "text": "Tundra vole The tundra vole (\"Microtus oeconomus\") or root vole is a medium-sized vole found in Northern and Central Europe, Asia, and northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the western part of the Netherlands, the tundra vole is a relict from the ice age and has developed to the subspecies \"Microtus oeconomus arenicola\". It has short ears and a short tail. Its fur is yellowish brown with paler sides and white underparts. They are about long with a tail and weigh about . This species is found in damp tundra or moist meadows, usually near water. It", "title": "Tundra vole" }, { "docid": "2272905", "text": "Arctic redpoll The Arctic redpoll (\"Acanthis hornemanni\"), known in North America as the hoary redpoll, is a bird species in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in tundra birch forest. It has two subspecies, \"A. h. hornemanni\" (Greenland or Hornemann's Arctic redpoll) of Greenland and neighbouring parts of Canada, and \"A. h. exilipes\" (Coues's Arctic redpoll), which breeds in the tundra of northern North America and Eurasia. Many birds remain in the far north; some birds migrate short distances south in winter, sometimes travelling with common redpolls. The genus name \"Acanthis\" is from the Ancient Greek \"akanthis\", a name for", "title": "Arctic redpoll" }, { "docid": "19816479", "text": "paleo-humans into North America including the Paleo-Eskimo communities of Alaska, Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. The flora of the Canadian Arctic is characterized by low species diversity, low endemism and high resistance towards introduced species, attributed to more recent glaciation, in comparison to other Arctic regions, such as the Siberian tundra. The southern edge of the Canadian Arctic tundra is met by an arboreal tree line - the \"Arctic forest tundra transition zone\". In order to adapt to the extreme conditions of the Arctic, plants have: On the northernmost area of the Canadian Arctic tundra, the Arctic Cordillera the features", "title": "Canadian Arctic tundra" }, { "docid": "280051", "text": "for the production of coffee, beans, and other crops. North America is a very large continent which surpasses the Arctic Circle, and the Tropic of Cancer. Greenland, along with the Canadian Shield, is tundra with average temperatures ranging from , but central Greenland is composed of a very large ice sheet. This tundra radiates throughout Canada, but its border ends near the Rocky Mountains (but still contains Alaska) and at the end of the Canadian Shield, near the Great Lakes. Climate west of the Cascades is described as being a temperate weather with average precipitation . Climate in coastal California", "title": "North America" }, { "docid": "8369253", "text": "is very cold and human life may be difficult. Commonly known as the Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands, the Hudson Bay contains over 50% water. Arctic Lowlands The 'Canadian Shield and the Innuitian region are located to the south of the Arctic Lowland plains. This is a region of tundra, a treeless plain, with a cold, dry climate and poorly drained soil. The Arctic Lowlands region is located in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The Arctic Lowlands are plains located in Canada. Plains are extensive areas of level or gently rolling land. In North America there is a large, flat interior Plain.", "title": "Arctic Lowlands" }, { "docid": "8369251", "text": "Arctic Lowlands The 'Canadian Shield and the Innuitian region are located to the south of the Arctic Lowland plains. This is a region of tundra, a treeless plain, with a cold, dry climate and poorly drained soil. The Arctic Lowlands region is located in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The Arctic Lowlands are plains located in Canada. Plains are extensive areas of level or gently rolling land. In North America there is a large, flat interior Plain. They are also part of an area that is commonly referred to as the Arctic Archipelago, which occupies much of the central Canadian", "title": "Arctic Lowlands" }, { "docid": "891917", "text": "golden eagle occupies verdant mountains. The ecozones occupied by golden eagles are roughly concurrent with those of Eurasia. In western and northern Alaska and northern Canada to the Ungava Peninsula in Quebec, the eagles occupy the Arctic fringe of North America (the species does not range into the true high Arctic tundra), where open canopy gives way to dwarf-shrub heathland with cottongrass and tussock tundra. In land-locked areas of the sub-Arctic, golden eagles are by far the largest raptor. From the Alaska Range to Washington and Oregon, it is often found in high mountains above the tree line or on", "title": "Golden eagle" }, { "docid": "16024733", "text": "Beringia upland tundra The Beringia upland tundra is a mountainous tundra ecoregion of North America, on the west coast of Alaska. This ecoregion consists of three separate but similar areas of the Bering Sea coast of Alaska: the hills and mountains of the Seward Peninsula; the Ahklun Mountains in the southwest; and the hilly western half of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. All these are hilly areas climbing sometimes to steep barren mountain up to 1500m, and which still have a number of cirque glaciers. The climate varies of course from the coast to the icy peaks. The", "title": "Beringia upland tundra" }, { "docid": "14939945", "text": "and Preserve, all in Alaska, and parts of Tatshenshini–Alsek Provincial Park and Kluane National Park and Reserve in Canada. Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra The Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra is an ecoregion of northwestern North America. This ecoregion consists of a long range of high rocky mountains of the Alaska Interior running north from the bottom of the Alaska Peninsula, eastwards taking in the Alaska Range and southwards to include the Wrangell and St. Elias Mountains in eastern Alaska on the Canada–US border as far as Yakutat Bay. Across in Canada, the ecoregion includes the southwestern corner of the Yukon Territory", "title": "Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra" }, { "docid": "14939941", "text": "Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra The Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra is an ecoregion of northwestern North America. This ecoregion consists of a long range of high rocky mountains of the Alaska Interior running north from the bottom of the Alaska Peninsula, eastwards taking in the Alaska Range and southwards to include the Wrangell and St. Elias Mountains in eastern Alaska on the Canada–US border as far as Yakutat Bay. Across in Canada, the ecoregion includes the southwestern corner of the Yukon Territory and the northwestern corner of British Columbia. These mountains are largely covered with permanent ice and snow, with permanent", "title": "Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra" }, { "docid": "14240120", "text": "and coordinate activities. The North America vehicle production facilities affected were located in Cambridge and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada (where Corolla, Matrix, and RAV4 models are produced), Princeton, Indiana (Highlander and Sequoia), Georgetown, Kentucky (Avalon and Camry), and San Antonio, Texas (Tundra). In addition to recalling vehicles, Toyota announced that it would install brake override systems on all Lexus, Scion and Toyota vehicles by the end of 2010. On February 3, 2010, United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood advised owners of vehicles affected by the recall to \"stop driving\" their vehicles until they can be fixed by a dealer. LaHood later", "title": "2009–11 Toyota vehicle recalls" }, { "docid": "11439137", "text": "Tasiujaq Airport is located few kilometres south of the village. Tasiujaq is the final destination for the canoeists paddling down Leaf River. The Kativik School Board operates the Ajagutak School. Tasiujaq Tasiujaq (, meaning: \"Which resembles a lake\") is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 303. It was built on the shores of Leaf Lake at the head of Deep Harbour and lies a few kilometres north of the tree line, where the shrub tundra finally gives way to the arctic tundra. Tasiujaq actually refers to the", "title": "Tasiujaq" }, { "docid": "15021920", "text": "the North Fork of the Shoshone River. Townsendia condensata Townsendia condensata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names cushion Townsend daisy and cushion townsendia. It is native to North America where it is known from many scattered occurrences in the mountains of the western United States and Alberta in Canada. It is mainly limited to the alpine climates of high mountain peaks, where it grows in meadows, tundra, and barren, rocky talus. It grows alongside other alpine plants such as \"Eriogonum androsaceum\". This is a petite biennial or perennial herb taking a", "title": "Townsendia condensata" }, { "docid": "16024736", "text": "region, some mining on the Seward Peninsula and some possible over-hunting of caribou, but these are large blocks of largely unspoilt habitat. Protected areas include Wood-Tikchik State Park, Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, and Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Beringia upland tundra The Beringia upland tundra is a mountainous tundra ecoregion of North America, on the west coast of Alaska. This ecoregion consists of three separate but similar areas of the Bering Sea coast of Alaska: the hills and mountains of the Seward Peninsula; the Ahklun Mountains in the southwest; and the hilly western half of", "title": "Beringia upland tundra" }, { "docid": "1808682", "text": "of this hybrid were taken in April 2011, during its spring migration. The snow bunting lives in very high latitudes in the Arctic tundra. There is no apparent limit to its northern range, while the southern range is limited by the duration of daylight, which influences their reproductive activity. This species is found in the high Arctic tundra of North America, Ellesmere Island, Iceland, higher mountains of Scotland, Norway, Russia, North Greenland, Siberia, Novaya Zemlya, and Franz Josef Land. During the winter, this bird migrates to the circumglobal northern temperate zone including the south of Canada, north of the United", "title": "Snow bunting" }, { "docid": "14383916", "text": "pseudocyphellae. \"Bryocaulon divergens\" is red-brown in colour instead of greyish. \"Alectoria ochroleuca\" also looks similar, but contains usnic acid and always has some yellow parts to its thallus, while \"Gowardia\" does not. \"Gowardia\" is found in arctic and alpine tundra in northern Canada, Europe, and Russia. \"G. arctica\" grows on dry to moist tundra soil in northern regions of Canada and Russia, along the Arctic Ocean coast and islands. \"G. nigricans\" has a wider distribution, and is found in arctic and alpine tundra habitat in northern and northwestern North America, as well as in northern Europe and Asia. Although \"G.", "title": "Gowardia" }, { "docid": "9550157", "text": "Umiat, Alaska Umiat (OO-mee-yat) is an unincorporated community in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. It is located on the Colville River, 140 miles southwest of Deadhorse in the Arctic Circle. The town is not accessible by road or rail, only by air or river. In 1944, the Naval Oil Reserve was set up and it later became an air force base, which is now closed. It is known as one of the coldest places in the US with its inland tundra climate, a rarity for North America. Yearly low temperatures run even colder than Utqiagvik, Alaska on average. In", "title": "Umiat, Alaska" }, { "docid": "417767", "text": "occurs in the far Northern Hemisphere, north of the taiga belt. The word \"tundra\" usually refers only to the areas where the subsoil is permafrost, or permanently frozen soil. (It may also refer to the treeless plain in general, so that northern Sápmi would be included.) Permafrost tundra includes vast areas of northern Russia and Canada. The polar tundra is home to several peoples who are mostly nomadic reindeer herders, such as the Nganasan and Nenets in the permafrost area (and the Sami in Sápmi). Arctic tundra contains areas of stark landscape and is frozen for much of the year.", "title": "Tundra" }, { "docid": "15021918", "text": "Townsendia condensata Townsendia condensata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names cushion Townsend daisy and cushion townsendia. It is native to North America where it is known from many scattered occurrences in the mountains of the western United States and Alberta in Canada. It is mainly limited to the alpine climates of high mountain peaks, where it grows in meadows, tundra, and barren, rocky talus. It grows alongside other alpine plants such as \"Eriogonum androsaceum\". This is a petite biennial or perennial herb taking a clumped form just a few centimeters tall,", "title": "Townsendia condensata" }, { "docid": "14811512", "text": "Solidago multiradiata Solidago multiradiata is a species of goldenrod known by the common names Rocky Mountain goldenrod, northern goldenrod, and alpine goldenrod. It is native to North America, where it can be found throughout the northern regions, including Alaska and most of Canada (all 3 territories plus all provinces except Prince Edward Island, including territory north of the Arctic Circle. Its distribution extends through the western United States as far south as Arizona, New Mexico, and California. It is known mostly from the subalpine and alpine climates of high mountain ranges. Its habitat includes tundra and mountain meadows. This is", "title": "Solidago multiradiata" }, { "docid": "5678134", "text": "valley lie between the Brooks Range to the north and the Alaska Range to the south. The highest elevations in the preserve are about in the headwaters of the Charley River, ranging to abuit where the Yukon leaves the preserve. The Yukon River is the main feature of the preserve, one of the largest rivers in North America. The Yukon's valley is bordered by bluffs and terraces along its course, representing river downcutting through alluvial deposits. The lowlands were never glaciated during the last ice age, but higher valleys did see glaciation, in which the ice-free land was mostly tundra.", "title": "Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve" }, { "docid": "1920790", "text": "Denali National Park and Preserve Denali National Park and Preserve is an American national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali, the highest mountain in North America. The park and contiguous preserve encompass which is larger than the state of New Hampshire. On December 2, 1980, Denali Wilderness was established within the park. Denali's landscape is a mix of forest at the lowest elevations, including deciduous taiga, with tundra at middle elevations, and glaciers, snow, and bare rock at the highest elevations. The longest glacier is the Kahiltna Glacier. Wintertime activities include dog sledding, cross-country skiing, and", "title": "Denali National Park and Preserve" }, { "docid": "2135359", "text": "the very different-looking osprey) to regularly hover over one spot, by beating its wings quickly. The rough-legged hawk is a member of the genus \"Buteo\", a group of moderately large raptors exhibiting broad wings, short tails and wide robust bodies. This group is known as hawks in North America but referred to as buzzards in Europe. There are at least three recognized subspecies of \"Buteo lagopus\": The rough-legged hawk breeds in tundra and taiga habitats of North America and Eurasia between the latitudes of 61° and 76° N. Rough-legged hawks occurring in North America migrate to southern Canada and into", "title": "Rough-legged buzzard" }, { "docid": "17086753", "text": "in the earth. The bumblebee feeds on several flowering plants, most commonly those in Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Saxifragaceae, and Lamiaceae. This species is host to the parasitic cuckoo bumblebee \"Bombus insularis\". This bee occurs at high altitude and latitude, living in habitat such as tundra, taiga, and mountain forests and meadows. Bombus flavifrons Bombus flavifrons, the yellow-fronted bumble bee or yellowhead bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to North America, where it is distributed across much of Canada, Alaska, and the western contiguous United States. This is a robust bumblebee; the queen has a body length between and", "title": "Bombus flavifrons" }, { "docid": "16247844", "text": "such as coniferous bogs. It can be found on tundra, in swamps, and on riverbanks. It often occurs with many other species of willows. Salix fuscescens Salix fuscescens is a species of flowering plant in the willow family known by the common name Alaska bog willow. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs throughout much of Alaska and across northern Canada. It is also present in Eurasia. This plant is a squat deciduous shrub growing up to to tall. Sometimes it remains under high. The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers occurring on separate individuals.", "title": "Salix fuscescens" }, { "docid": "19816464", "text": "Canadian Arctic tundra The Canadian Arctic tundra is a biogeographic designation for Northern Canada's terrain generally lying north of the tree line or boreal forest, that corresponds with the Scandinavian Alpine tundra to the east and the Siberian Arctic tundra to the west inside the circumpolar tundra belt of the Northern Hemisphere. Canada's northern territories encompass a total area of , 26% of the country's landmass that includes the Arctic coastal tundra, the Arctic Lowlands and the Innuitian Region in the High Arctic. Tundra terrain accounts for approximately in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, in Nunavut, north-eastern Manitoba, northern Ontario, northern", "title": "Canadian Arctic tundra" }, { "docid": "15704950", "text": "in clusters. Potentilla villosa Potentilla villosa is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. Its common names include villous cinquefoil, northern cinquefoil, and hairy cinquefoil. It is native to northwestern North America, where its distribution extends from Alaska to Alberta to Oregon. There are records from eastern Asia. This is a coastal plant. It occurs on coastal bluffs and beaches, and in meadows, tundra, and alpine talus. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb with a tuft of several hairy to woolly stems growing from a thick base covered in previous seasons' dead foliage. The stems are up", "title": "Potentilla villosa" }, { "docid": "15704948", "text": "Potentilla villosa Potentilla villosa is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. Its common names include villous cinquefoil, northern cinquefoil, and hairy cinquefoil. It is native to northwestern North America, where its distribution extends from Alaska to Alberta to Oregon. There are records from eastern Asia. This is a coastal plant. It occurs on coastal bluffs and beaches, and in meadows, tundra, and alpine talus. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb with a tuft of several hairy to woolly stems growing from a thick base covered in previous seasons' dead foliage. The stems are up to 20", "title": "Potentilla villosa" }, { "docid": "8553489", "text": "creating similar interruptions to the plains community. North America extends to within 10° of latitude of both the equator and the North Pole. It embraces every climatic zone, from tropical rain forest and savanna on the lowlands of Central America to areas of permanent ice cap in central Greenland. Subarctic and tundra climates prevail in north Canada and north Alaska, and desert and semiarid conditions are found in interior regions cut off by high mountains from rain-bearing westerly winds. However, most of the continent has temperate climates very favorable to settlement and agriculture. Prairies, or vast grasslands cover a huge", "title": "Geography of North America" }, { "docid": "1620698", "text": "Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern tip of Siberia, and spends winters in warm parts of North America from southwestern British Columbia through parts of the United States to Mexico. They fly as far south as Texas and Mexico during winter, and return to nest on the Arctic tundra each spring. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, but for a frequent escape from collections and an occasional feral breeder. Snow geese are visitors to the British Isles where they are seen regularly among flocks of barnacle, Brent and Greenland white-fronted geese. There is also a feral population in Scotland from", "title": "Snow goose" }, { "docid": "417774", "text": "quantified by scientific studies, although a few studies were reported to be underway in 2011. It is uncertain whether the impact of increased greenhouse gases from this source will be minimal or massive. In locations where dead vegetation and peat has accumulated there is a risk of wildfire such as the of tundra which burned in 2007 on the north slope of the Brooks Range in Alaska. Such events may both result from and contribute to global warming. Antarctic tundra occurs on Antarctica and on several Antarctic and subantarctic islands, including South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the", "title": "Tundra" }, { "docid": "1281752", "text": "in historical times, it probably occurred naturally in Ireland. During the late Pleistocene era, reindeer occurred as far south as Nevada and Tennessee in North America and as far south as Spain in Europe. Today, wild reindeer have disappeared from these areas, especially from the southern parts, where it vanished almost everywhere. Large populations of wild reindeer are still found in Norway, Finland, Siberia, Greenland, Alaska and Canada. According to the Grubb (2005), \"Rangifer tarandus\" is \"circumboreal in the tundra and taiga\" from \"Svalbard, Norway, Finland, Russia, Alaska (USA) and Canada including most Arctic islands, and Greenland, south to northern", "title": "Reindeer" }, { "docid": "24261", "text": "subspecies, the common Arctic fox, \"V. l. lagopus\", four other subspecies of this fox have been described: The Arctic fox has a circumpolar distribution and occurs in Arctic tundra habitats in northern Europe, northern Asia, and North America. Its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Fennoscandia, Svalbard, Jan Mayen (where it was hunted to extinction) and other islands in the Barents Sea, northern Russia, islands in the Bering Sea, Alaska, and Canada as far south as Hudson Bay. In the late 19th century, it was introduced into the Aleutian Islands southwest of Alaska. However, the population on the Aleutian Islands is currently", "title": "Arctic fox" }, { "docid": "2042947", "text": "sea. The Pan-American Highway passes through many diverse climates and ecological types, from dense jungles, to arid deserts, to barren tundra, some of which are passable only during the dry season, and in many regions driving is occasionally hazardous. The Pan-American Highway system is physically mostly complete and extends in de facto terms from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in North America to the lower reaches of South America. Several southern highway termini are claimed to exist, including the cities of Puerto Montt and Quellón in Chile and Ushuaia in Argentina. West and north of the Darién Gap, it is also known", "title": "Pan-American Highway" }, { "docid": "603419", "text": "Large areas in northern Canada and northern Alaska have tundra climate, changing to ice cap climate in the most northern parts of Canada. Southernmost South America (Tierra del Fuego where it abuts the Drake Passage) and such subantarctic islands such as the South Shetland Islands and the Falkland Islands have tundra climates of slight thermal range in which no month is as warm as . These subantarctic lowlands are found closer to the equator than the coastal tundras of the Arctic basin. Some parts of the Arctic are covered by ice (sea ice, glacial ice, or snow) year-round, and nearly", "title": "Polar climate" }, { "docid": "13778755", "text": "Southwest Bylot Plain The Southwest Bylot plain is an uninhabited plain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in southwestern Bylot Island directly north of Eclipse Sound. Pond Inlet is the closest community. Southwest Bylot is notable for housing the largest known breeding colony of the greater snow goose. The plain's habitat is characterized as a rolling outwash with barrens, rocky flats, and tundra. Its elevation reaches a height of above sea level. The plain has been dissected by glacial rivers and it slopes towards the mountains. Dominant vegetation includes low shrub-herb, and shrub-sedge tundra, along with heath and willow", "title": "Southwest Bylot Plain" } ]

[ { "docid": "8889019", "text": "development consulting. Tundra has design centers in North America: Ottawa, Eau Claire, Wisconsin and in Hyderabad, India. Its sales offices are located in Europe, and throughout North America and Asia Pacific. In 2004, Tundra joined with IBM and others to form Power.org, an organization devoted to drive development and adaptation of Power Architecture technology. Although Tundra was incorporated as an entity in 1995, its history goes back to 1983 as Calmos Semiconductor, which was subsequently acquired in 1989 by Newbridge Networks Corporation, where it became known as Newbridge Microsystems and in 1995 was spun out as Tundra Semiconductor. In June", "title": "Tundra Semiconductor" }, { "docid": "15987650", "text": "Baffin coastal tundra The Baffin coastal tundra is a small ecoregion of the far north of North America, on the central north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature below freezing. This ecoregion is a small stretch of coastal plain on the north coast of Baffin Island. The coast is rocky with many fjords carved by glaciers into the Baffin Mountains. The cold Arctic climate consists of a short summers (mean temperature 1°C) and a long, cold winter (mean temperature -22.5°C). The plant cover is sparse in the", "title": "Baffin coastal tundra" }, { "docid": "15987651", "text": "drier areas while the wetter areas have a fair cover of mosses, sedges, shrubs such as purple saxifrage, Arctic willow, and Arctic poppy and rushes. This coast is a breeding area for the snow bunting and is home to polar bear, Arctic hare, Arctic fox, lemming, and caribou. This ecoregion is almost intact although there are no protected areas. Baffin coastal tundra The Baffin coastal tundra is a small ecoregion of the far north of North America, on the central north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. This is permafrost tundra with an average annual temperature", "title": "Baffin coastal tundra" }, { "docid": "1642091", "text": "snow and ice persist through summer. Alpine tundra occurs in mountains worldwide. The flora of the alpine tundra is characterized by dwarf shrubs close to the ground. The cold climate of the alpine tundra is caused by adiabatic cooling of air, and is similar to polar climate. Alpine tundra occurs at high enough altitude at any latitude. Portions of montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregions worldwide include alpine tundra. Large regions of alpine tundra occur in the Himalayas in Asia, American Cordillera in North and South America, the Scottish Highlands, the Alps, the Scandinavian mountains, Pyrenees and Carpathian Mountains of Europe,", "title": "Alpine tundra" }, { "docid": "1281708", "text": "Reindeer The reindeer (\"Rangifer tarandus\"), also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. This includes both sedentary and migratory populations. \"Rangifer\" herd size varies greatly in different geographic regions. The Taimyr herd of migrating Siberian tundra reindeer (\"R. t. sibiricus\") in Russia is the largest wild reindeer herd in the world, varying between 400,000 and 1,000,000. What was once the second largest herd is the migratory boreal woodland caribou (\"R. t. caribou\") George River herd in", "title": "Reindeer" }, { "docid": "18046189", "text": "western United States. Most nest are constructed under the canopy or near the main fork of a tree and in North America, averaging nest height ranged from (in the Yukon) to (in New Mexico), elsewhere as in Europe average height is between . In the dwarf trees of the tundra, nests have been found at only off the ground, and, in the tundra and elsewhere, very rarely on felled trees, stumps or on the ground. In some studies from North America up to 15% of nests are in dead trees but this is far rarer in Eurasia. More significant than", "title": "Northern goshawk" }, { "docid": "17999732", "text": "km developed marine terraces. The climate is temperate continental, subarctic in the north. In the north is dominated by tundra (Bolshezemelsky, Malozemelskaya and Timan tundra), in the south - the coniferous forests, watersheds and swamps. There are deposits of coal, oil. Pechora Plain Pechora Plain () is a plain in the North Russian Plain which is located in the north-east of the European part of Russia, located in the basin of the Pechora River, between the Urals and Timan Ridge (the Komi Republic and Nenets Autonomous Okrug). On the territory of the Pechora Plain plains alternate folded fluvioglacial sands and", "title": "Pechora Plain" }, { "docid": "17746294", "text": "subspecies that occur within Eurasia and North America.\" Caribou herds are classified by ecotype depending on several behavioural factors - predominant habitat use (northern, tundra, mountain, forest, boreal forest, forest-dwelling), spacing (dispersed or aggregated) and migration patterns (sedentary or migratory). Caribou herds can be classified as a northern or mountain woodland ecotype. In eastern North America caribou are classified into three ecotypes – \"the mountain caribou which is found south of the St. Lawrence River, the barren-ground caribou which calves in the tundra, and in between, the forest-dwelling ecotype which lives all year long in the boreal forest. In west-central", "title": "Boreal woodland caribou" }, { "docid": "7227852", "text": "Siberia. The Arctic ground squirrel is native to the North American Arctic tundra, where its main habitats are on mountain slopes, river flats, banks, lakeshores and tundra ridges of the arctic tundra. Ground squirrels live in sandy soil due to easy digging and good drainage. Arctic ground squirrels make shallow burrows in areas where the permafrost does not prevent them from digging. The Arctic ground squirrel inhabits dry Arctic tundra and open meadows in the most southern habitats of this species. The diurnal Arctic ground squirrel lives on the tundra and is prey to the Arctic fox, the red fox,", "title": "Arctic ground squirrel" }, { "docid": "10219292", "text": "temperature are major physical drivers of natural ecosystems. The more arid and colder conditions found at higher northern latitudes (and high elevations elsewhere) support tundra and boreal forests. The water in this region is generally frozen and evaporation rates are very low. Species diversity, nutrient availability, precipitation, and average temperatures increase as you move from the tundra to boreal forests and then to deciduous temperate ecosystems, which are found south of these Arctic biomes. Tundra is found from 55 ° to 80° N latitude in North America, Eurasia and Greenland. It can be found at lower latitudes at high elevations", "title": "Arctic ecology" }, { "docid": "6995051", "text": "Salix arctica Salix arctica, the arctic willow, is a tiny creeping willow (family Salicaceae). It is adapted to survive in Arctic conditions, specifically tundras. The arctic willow grows in tundra and rocky moorland, and is the northernmost woody plant in the world, occurring far above the tree line to the northern limit of land on the north coast of Greenland. It also occurs further south in North America on high-altitude alpine tundra, south to the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in New Mexico, and in Asia to Xinjiang in China. \"S. arctica\" is typically a low shrub", "title": "Salix arctica" }, { "docid": "10748135", "text": "is diesel fuel and other materiel includes \"cement, tires, prill (ammonium nitrate) for explosives manufacture, and construction materials.\" The Tibbitt to Contwoyto Ice Road follows part of the original road that was cleared to the Tundra Mine in 1960–1961 by John Denison. This road began at Discovery Mine which was already connected to Yellowknife by ice road up the Yellowknife River and swung east to Gordon Lake, heading north up Drybones, Lockhart and Mackay Lakes where the Tundra Mine was located. This route was used until 1968 when the mine closed. The road was reopened in 1979 as part of", "title": "Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road" }, { "docid": "4727949", "text": "Great Kobuk Sand Dunes to the north. This area is a transition zone where the northernmost boreal forests give way to open Arctic tundra. The Selawik and Kobuk River deltas, located on the eastern shores of Selawik Lake and Hotham Inlet (Kobuk Lake), provide habitat for migratory bird species. The complex array of freshwater and brackish lakes, riparian areas, and wet meadows, provide habitat and large, undisturbed, tracts for a variety of wildlife species. The approximately 21,000 lakes that occur on refuge lowlands create a large Arctic tundra lake complex. Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in northwest", "title": "Selawik National Wildlife Refuge" }, { "docid": "280053", "text": "Alabama. Stretching from the borders of the continental humid and subtropical climates, and going west to the Cascades Sierra Nevada, south to the southern tip of durango, north to the border with tundra climate, the steppe/desert climate is the driest climate in the U.S. Highland climates cut from north to south of the continent, where subtropical or temperate climates occur just below the tropics, as in central Mexico and Guatemala. Tropical climates appear in the island regions and in the subcontinent's bottleneck. Usually of the savannah type, with rains and high temperatures constants the whole year. Found in countries and", "title": "North America" }, { "docid": "5155116", "text": "ecosystems results from the shared glacial history of the realm. The floristic Boreal Kingdom corresponds to the Holarctic realm. Within the Holarctic realm, there are a variety of ecosystems. The type of ecosystem found in an area depends on the latitude and local geography. In the far north, a band of arctic tundra circles the shore of the Arctic Ocean. The ground beneath this land is permafrost, frozen year-round. In these difficult growing conditions, few plants can survive. South of the tundra, the boreal forest stretches across North America and Eurasia. This land is characterized by coniferous trees. South of", "title": "Holarctic" }, { "docid": "3050424", "text": "of the Palaearctic. It occurs in the region stretching from Portugal to East Siberia (as far as Transbaikalia), and from northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone in the North. It is also colonizing Japan and North America, where it is considered a nuisance and an invasive species. This ant's colonies have a polygyne form and can include up to one hundred queens per nest. These queens will have gathered together after their nuptial flight, formed a nest and laid their eggs in it. The species is also polydomous, with many nest sites per individual colony. The queens can live up", "title": "Myrmica rubra" }, { "docid": "19650999", "text": "and greater North America. Tundra climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is -12 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches 0 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -21 °C. Borgtinderne Borgtinderne, meaning 'Castle Pinnacles' in the Danish language, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. The Borgtinderne is a long nunatak with high mountains. It is located east of the Ejnar Mikkelsen Range, between the Borggraven Glacier on its", "title": "Borgtinderne" }, { "docid": "15273266", "text": "to five leaflets, with the terminal leaflet being up to twice as large as the lateral ones. The plant is native to New Zealand’s subantarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands, as well as to Australia’s Macquarie Island, where it occurs in alpine tundra and rocky coastal habitats. It has been accidentally introduced to other parts of the world, including North America and Europe, where it is a weed of nursery crops grown in polytunnels. Cardamine corymbosa Cardamine corymbosa, commonly known as the New Zealand bitter-cress, is a flowering plant in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. Native to the subantarctic islands of Australasia,", "title": "Cardamine corymbosa" }, { "docid": "2868423", "text": "habitats mostly occur in tropical Africa, northern and western Europe and neotropical South America. Most of the world's moorlands are very diverse ecosystems. In the extensive moorlands of the tropics biodiversity can be extremely high. Moorland also bears a relationship to tundra (where the subsoil is permafrost or permanently frozen soil), appearing as the tundra retreats and inhabiting the area between the permafrost and the natural tree zone. The boundary between tundra and moorland constantly shifts with climate change. Heathland and moorland are the most extensive areas of semi-natural vegetation in the British Isles. The eastern British moorlands are similar", "title": "Moorland" }, { "docid": "8238272", "text": "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. (TMMI) is an automobile manufacturing factory located in Gibson County, Indiana, nearly halfway between Princeton and Fort Branch, and mostly in Union Township. It is part of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), owned by Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. With over 5,500 employees, TMMI is the largest employer in the Evansville Area. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana was built in 1996 to begin production of a full-size pickup truck solely for the US Market. TMMI began production of the Tundra in 1999 for the 2000 model year, and Sequoia", "title": "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana" }, { "docid": "4943841", "text": "the poles of the earth, specifically, the Arctic, northernmost North America, Europe, Asia and Antarctica. Polar deserts are located in the Arctic and Antarctic. Unlike the tundra that can support plant and animal life in the summer, polar deserts are barren with permanent layers of ice. However, there is evidence of life in this seemingly inhospitable environment. The thick ice contains sediments of organic and inorganic substances which create a habitable environment for microbial organisms. These organisms are closely related to cyanobacteria which have a variety of functions, particularly, fixing carbon dioxide from the melting water. Temperature changes in polar", "title": "Polar desert" }, { "docid": "177031", "text": "from this time period, the late Pleistocene, are found in Europe, Eurasia, Beringia, and North America. Yet between 10,000 and 7,600 years ago, the horse became extinct in North America and rare elsewhere. The reasons for this extinction are not fully known, but one theory notes that extinction in North America paralleled human arrival. Another theory points to climate change, noting that approximately 12,500 years ago, the grasses characteristic of a steppe ecosystem gave way to shrub tundra, which was covered with unpalatable plants. A truly wild horse is a species or subspecies with no ancestors that were ever domesticated.", "title": "Horse" }, { "docid": "8238273", "text": "production began a year later for the 2001 model. Both the Tundra and the Sequoia were new to the market and have only been sold in North America. The Tundra replaced the Toyota T100 in the US market. In 2003, production of the Sienna minivan shifted to TMMI for the release of the 2004 Sienna, while Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky produced the Solara in place of the Sienna. On July 10, 2008, Toyota announced that they would consolidate Tundra production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas in San Antonio after 2008. Owing to the large unsold supply of Tundras and Sequoias,", "title": "Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana" }, { "docid": "422702", "text": "only the more southerly part of the biome, while \"taiga\" is used to describe the more barren areas of the northernmost part of the biome approaching the tree line and the tundra biome. Hoffman (1958) discusses the origin of this differential use in North America and why it is an inappropriate differentiation of the Russian term. Although at high elevations taiga grades into alpine tundra through Krummholz, it is not exclusively an alpine biome; and unlike subalpine forest, much of taiga is lowlands. Taiga is the world's second-largest land biome, after deserts and xeric shrublands, covering or 11.5% of the", "title": "Taiga" }, { "docid": "13594478", "text": "contains the following species: Asaphidion Asaphidion is a Holarctic genus of ground beetle native to Europe, the Near East, North Africa, and North America. Though predominantly a Palaearctic genus with one adventive exotic species in North America (\"A. curtum\" ), there are two native North American species in the genus: \"A. alaskanum\" and \"A. yukonense\" . Both native taxa are Arctic in distribution, found mainly in tundra environments. The introduced \"A. curtum\" is now found in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canadian maritime provinces. These large-eyed, diurnal species are fast-running predators believed to be specialists on springtails and other", "title": "Asaphidion" }, { "docid": "13594477", "text": "Asaphidion Asaphidion is a Holarctic genus of ground beetle native to Europe, the Near East, North Africa, and North America. Though predominantly a Palaearctic genus with one adventive exotic species in North America (\"A. curtum\" ), there are two native North American species in the genus: \"A. alaskanum\" and \"A. yukonense\" . Both native taxa are Arctic in distribution, found mainly in tundra environments. The introduced \"A. curtum\" is now found in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canadian maritime provinces. These large-eyed, diurnal species are fast-running predators believed to be specialists on springtails and other tiny, soft-bodied prey. \"Asaphidion\"", "title": "Asaphidion" }, { "docid": "2107833", "text": "Short-billed dowitcher The short-billed dowitcher (\"Limnodromus griseus\"), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name \"Limnodromus\" is Ancient Greek from \"limne\", \"marsh\" and \"dromos\", \"racer\". The specific \"griseus\" is Medieval Latin for \"grey\". The English name is from Iroquois and was first recorded in 1841. It is an inhabitant of North America, Central America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas during the snow-bound months. This species favors a variety of habitats including tundra in the north to ponds and mudflats in", "title": "Short-billed dowitcher" }, { "docid": "2107838", "text": "material. Short-billed dowitcher The short-billed dowitcher (\"Limnodromus griseus\"), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name \"Limnodromus\" is Ancient Greek from \"limne\", \"marsh\" and \"dromos\", \"racer\". The specific \"griseus\" is Medieval Latin for \"grey\". The English name is from Iroquois and was first recorded in 1841. It is an inhabitant of North America, Central America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas during the snow-bound months. This species favors a variety of habitats including tundra in the north to ponds and mudflats", "title": "Short-billed dowitcher" }, { "docid": "1774685", "text": "about which little breeding data is known, may fledge a record 40–45 days after hatching already. The fledglings stay with their parents for the first winter migration. The family is sometimes even joined by their offspring from previous breeding seasons while on the wintering grounds; Tundra swans do not reach sexual maturity until 3 or 4 years of age. The whistling swan is the most common swan species of North America, estimated to number almost 170,000 individuals around 1990. Its numbers seem to be slowly declining in the west of its range since the late 19th century, coincident with the", "title": "Tundra swan" }, { "docid": "11771531", "text": "groove. An almost complete mummified specimen was found in 1940. Three other species of musk oxen co-inhabited North America during the Pleistocene era. Besides the surviving tundra muskox, the extinct shrub-ox (\"Euceratherium collinum\") and Soergel's ox (\"Soergelia mayfieldi\") were also present. Bootherium bombifrons Bootherium is an extinct bovid genus from the middle to late Pleistocene of North America which contains a single species, Bootherium bombifrons. Vernacular names for \"Bootherium\" include Harlan's muskox, woodox, woodland muskox, helmeted muskox or, bonnet-headed muskox \"Bootherium\" was one of the most widely distributed muskox species in North America during the Pleistocene era. Fossils have been", "title": "Bootherium bombifrons" }, { "docid": "19486089", "text": "significant shore-side area, and numerous islands along the southern coast. Some of the islands are forested; others are skerries (small rounded rocks without vegetation). The terrain is coastal/island taiga in the southern sector. The Barents Sea sectors to the north are mostly coastal tundra. 74% of the reserve is marine, the remainder is terrestrial. Kandalaksha is located in the \"Scandinavian and Russian taiga\" ecoregion, which is situated in Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south. It is covers parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northern part of European Russia, being the largest", "title": "Kandalaksha Nature Reserve" }, { "docid": "12441283", "text": "fibrous stipe, a fruity smell and lacks the ochre-coloured umbo. It is a similar coloration to the wood blewit, although mushrooms of that species generally grow much larger. \"Inocybe geophylla\" is common and widespread across Europe and North America. In western North America it is found under live oak, pine and Douglas fir. Both varieties are found in the Canadian Arctic regions of northern Manitoba and North West Territories, with the nominate form found in dryish tundra heath communities composed of American dwarf birch (\"Betula glandulosa\"), Arctic willow (\"Salix arctica\"), dwarf willow (\"S. herbacea\"), polar willow (\"S. polaris\" ssp. \"pseudopolaris\"),", "title": "Inocybe geophylla" }, { "docid": "19394300", "text": "Mammoth peninsula, Deer Island, Shokalsky Island, Pestsovoye Island and others. The reserve area encompasses 878.2 thousand ha, of which about one sixth (159,800 ha) is on islands. There is also a 150,000 ha buffer zone. Gydan is located in the \"Yamal-Gydan tundra\" ecoregion. It covers the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas in north-central Russia, the Ob River estuary, and into the Kara Sea and associated islands. It includes boggy tundra of sedge and heather, wetlands of the Ob estuary, and arctic desert of the far north. The climate of Gydan is \"cold semi-arid\" (Köppen climate classification (ET)). This is a local", "title": "Gydan Nature Reserve" }, { "docid": "12613900", "text": "banks beside rivers, sand banks, sea cliffs and nutrient-poor, stony areas. In Greenland and North America it is found on tundra, barren rocky areas, gulleys and riverside shingle, grassy slopes and sea cliffs. In general it thrives where other plants that are less tolerant of high concentrations of copper and heavy metals in the soil do not. Because of its ability to grow in soils with heavy amounts of copper, \"Silene suecica\" is used as a copper content indicator in geobotanical prospecting. Silene suecica Silene suecica is a species of plant in the Caryophyllaceae family. Its common name is Red", "title": "Silene suecica" }, { "docid": "13763163", "text": "where it attaches to the roots. The inflorescence is an array of several clusters of brown bristle-tipped flowers. The surrounding bracts and the sheaths surrounding the leaf bases are lined with hairs. Luzula spicata Luzula spicata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name spiked woodrush. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, and North America. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates. It occurs at low elevations in colder regions, such as tundra; farther south it is restricted mainly to high mountains. It is a", "title": "Luzula spicata" }, { "docid": "19405859", "text": "relative heights of 250 to 300 meters, and a maximum height of 700 meters above sea level. The delineated biosphere includes the core region of Visimskiy (33,487 hectares), plus a buffer zone extending north for 46,000 hectares, and a transition zone extending for a further 100,000 hectares north. Visim is located in the \"Urals montane tundra and taiga\" ecoregion, a region that covers the Ural Mountains in a band that is narrow from west-east, but runs up most of the divide between European and Asiatic Russia. The area is a meeting zones of taiga and tundra tree and plant species.", "title": "Visim Nature Reserve" }, { "docid": "1642102", "text": "winds and cold may make tundra vegetation seem very hardy, but in some respects the tundra is very fragile. Repeated footsteps often destroy tundra plants, allowing exposed soil to blow away; recovery may take hundreds of years. Because alpine tundra is located in various widely separated regions of the Earth, there is no animal species common to all areas of alpine tundra. Some animals of alpine tundra environments include the kea, marmot, mountain goat, Bighorn sheep, chinchilla, Himalayan tahr, yak and pika. Alpine tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because", "title": "Alpine tundra" }, { "docid": "2657830", "text": "Josef Land (the northernmost point of Russia, Europe and Eurasia) and Cape Zhelaniya in Novaya Zemlya (the easternmost point of Europe) are both located within Arkhangelsk Oblast. Arkhangelsk Oblast is located on the East European Plain, and most of it represents forested hilly landscape. The north-eastern part belongs to the Timan Ridge, a highland mostly situated east from the oblast. The Nenets Autonomous Okrug is essentially a flat tundra (Bolshezemelskaya Tundra) with several hill chains like Pay-Khoy Ridge. The Arctic islands including Novaya Zemlya and Franz Joseph Land are mountainous with glaciers and eternally snow-covered. This region has a genetically", "title": "Arkhangelsk Oblast" }, { "docid": "18226357", "text": "Catoptria latiradiellus Catoptria latiradiellus, the three-spotted crambus moth or two-banded catoptria, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Yukon and British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to Pennsylvania, Michigan and Colorado. The habitat consists of wet tundra, boreal forests and grasslands. The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The forewings are reddish brown with a silvery-white stripe crossed by two diagonal medium-brown bands. There is a terminal series of black dots. The basal part of the hindwings is whitish and light brown distally.", "title": "Catoptria latiradiellus" }, { "docid": "14155204", "text": "continental, oceanic climate, Mediterranean climate, steppe, subarctic climate, tundra, polar ice cap, and desert. Rain forests are characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between and . A tropical savanna is a grassland biome located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes, with rainfall between and a year. They are widespread on Africa, and are also found in India, the northern parts of South America, Malaysia, and Australia. The humid subtropical climate zone where winter rainfall (and sometimes snowfall) is associated with large storms that the westerlies steer from west to east.", "title": "Earth rainfall climatology" }, { "docid": "18226358", "text": "Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae probably feed on mosses. Catoptria latiradiellus Catoptria latiradiellus, the three-spotted crambus moth or two-banded catoptria, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Yukon and British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to Pennsylvania, Michigan and Colorado. The habitat consists of wet tundra, boreal forests and grasslands. The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The forewings are reddish brown with a silvery-white stripe crossed by two diagonal medium-brown bands. There is a terminal series of", "title": "Catoptria latiradiellus" }, { "docid": "684249", "text": "three great vegetation belts. About 40% of Sakha lies above the Arctic circle and all of it is covered by permafrost which greatly influences the region's ecology and limits forests in the southern region. Arctic and subarctic tundra define the middle region, where lichen and moss grow as great green carpets and are favorite pastures for reindeer. In the southern part of the tundra belt, scattered stands of dwarf Siberian pine and larch grow along the rivers. Below the tundra is the vast taiga forest region. Larch trees dominate in the north and stands of fir and pine begin to", "title": "Sakha Republic" }, { "docid": "4274458", "text": "Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a pickup truck manufactured in the United States by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra was the first North American full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer. The Tundra was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was \"Motor Trend\" magazine's Truck of the Year in 2000 and 2008. Initially built in a new Toyota plant in Princeton, Indiana, production was consolidated in 2008 to Toyota's San Antonio, Texas, factory and is the only full-size pickup truck manufactured in Texas. The first generation Tundra had", "title": "Toyota Tundra" }, { "docid": "614517", "text": "is found in Australia, one extinct species was found in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, and one species is distributed in southern South America. They are absent from tropical Asia, Central America, northern South America and the entirety of Africa. One species, the mute swan, has been introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Several species are migratory, either wholly or partly so. The mute swan is a partial migrant, being resident over areas of Western Europe but wholly migratory in Eastern Europe and Asia. The whooper swan and tundra swan are wholly migratory, and the trumpeter swans", "title": "Swan" }, { "docid": "15731724", "text": "from steppe to prairie to tundra as well as most rocky or mountainous areas. By far the widest ranging species of booted eagle is the golden eagle, which is distributed in much of North America (where it is the only species of the subfamily) and more than half of Eurasia, often along most mountainous terrains therein but also most semi-open ranges. So-called \"hawk-eagles\" are forest dwelling booted eagle types largely represented by \"Spizaetus\" (in the neotropics) and \"Nisaetus\" (in Asia). Despite many similar features in the two main hawk-eagle genera, they apparently evolved separately for some time and are not", "title": "Aquilinae" }, { "docid": "2685651", "text": "region through the Pleistocene. By the Mindel, muskoxen had also reached the British Isles. Both Germany and Britain were just south of the Scandinavian ice sheet and covered in tundra during cold periods, but Pleistocene muskoxen are also rarely recorded in more benign and wooded areas to the south like France and Green Spain, where they coexisted with temperate ungulates like red deer and aurochs. Likewise, the muskox is known to have survived in Britain during warm interglacial periods. Today's muskoxen are descended from others believed to have migrated from Siberia to North America between 200,000 and 90,000 years ago,", "title": "Muskox" }, { "docid": "50351", "text": "Libya, but it became extinct around the 1870s. The most widespread species is the brown bear, which occurs from Western Europe eastwards through Asia to the western areas of North America. The American black bear is restricted to North America, and the polar bear is restricted to the Arctic Sea. All the remaining species of bear are Asian. They occur in a range of habitats which include tropical lowland rainforest, both coniferous and broadleaf forests, prairies, steppes, montane grassland, alpine scree slopes, Arctic tundra and in the case of the polar bear, ice floes. Bears may dig their dens in", "title": "Bear" }, { "docid": "16040830", "text": "of desiccation. Tortula ruralis Tortula ruralis, commonly known as twisted moss and star moss, is a species of moss with a cosmopolitan distribution. It occurs in North America, the Pacific, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North and South Africa, South America, and Australia. It grows in many types of climate, including the Arctic, boreal areas, temperate areas, and deserts. It grows in tundra, coniferous forest, grassland, sagebrush, and other habitat types. This moss forms tufts of erect stems up to 4 centimeters tall. When it is wet it is bright green and the leaves are loose. When it dries the", "title": "Tortula ruralis" }, { "docid": "16040828", "text": "Tortula ruralis Tortula ruralis, commonly known as twisted moss and star moss, is a species of moss with a cosmopolitan distribution. It occurs in North America, the Pacific, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North and South Africa, South America, and Australia. It grows in many types of climate, including the Arctic, boreal areas, temperate areas, and deserts. It grows in tundra, coniferous forest, grassland, sagebrush, and other habitat types. This moss forms tufts of erect stems up to 4 centimeters tall. When it is wet it is bright green and the leaves are loose. When it dries the leaves wrap", "title": "Tortula ruralis" }, { "docid": "1281815", "text": "A caribou statue was erected at the center of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, marking the spot in France where hundreds of soldiers from Newfoundland were killed and wounded in World War I and there is a replica in Bowring Park in St. John's, Newfoundland's capital city. Two municipalities in Finland have reindeer motifs in their coats-of-arms: Kuusamo has a running reindeer and Inari has a fish with reindeer antlers. Reindeer The reindeer (\"Rangifer tarandus\"), also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of", "title": "Reindeer" }, { "docid": "4274498", "text": "logged in an average of a year and had it serviced at his local dealership a total of 117 times. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. gave Sheppard a 2016 model year Tundra in exchange for his old truck; the company will disassemble it to study its durability and reliability. Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a pickup truck manufactured in the United States by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra was the first North American full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer. The Tundra was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award", "title": "Toyota Tundra" }, { "docid": "417766", "text": "Tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term \"tundra\" comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sami word (') meaning \"uplands\", \"treeless mountain tract\". Tundra vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens. Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions. The ecotone (or ecological boundary region) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine tundra, and Antarctic tundra.. Arctic tundra", "title": "Tundra" }, { "docid": "2107746", "text": "is largely grey. Their breeding habitat is wet tundra in the far north of North America and eastern Siberia. They nest on the ground, usually near water. They migrate to the southern United States and as far south as Central America. Long-billed dowitcher is a rare but regular visitor to western Europe, with some individuals staying for long periods. These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, but also eat some plant material. They are more likely to be seen near fresh water than the short-billed dowitcher.", "title": "Long-billed dowitcher" }, { "docid": "5461945", "text": "2010 model year onward for a majority of North America, replacing Tundra production. TMMI Highlander production began in October 2009 for gasoline engine models only; hybrids continued to be imported from Japan until the release of the third generation XU50, where all production except for China was consolidated at TMMI. In Australia, the new generation Kluger was launched in August 2007. There are three grades available, KX-R, KX-S and Grande. All grades are available with either 2WD or AWD. The base model KX-R is also available with either five or seven seats, whilst the latter grades are seven seaters only.", "title": "Toyota Highlander" }, { "docid": "418788", "text": "companies Citroën and Peugeot a year after Toyota started producing cars in France. A youth-oriented marque for North America, Scion, was introduced in 2003. Toyota ranked eighth on Forbes 2000 list of the world's leading companies for the year 2005 but slid to 55th for 2011. The company was number one in global automobile sales for the first quarter of 2008. In 2007, Toyota released an update of its full-sized truck, the Tundra, produced in two American factories, one in Texas and one in Indiana. \"Motor Trend\" named the Tundra \"Truck of the Year\", and the 2007 Toyota Camry \"Car", "title": "Toyota" }, { "docid": "11945138", "text": "Mastered by Guy at The Exchange Mastered by Guy at The Exchange is the second studio album by Ben Jacobs under his stage name of Max Tundra. Released on 2 September 2002 through Domino Records in the United Kingdom and by Tigerbeat6 Records in North America, making it his first album to be distributed in North America. The album was also Max Tundra's first to be released with vocals on nearly all the tracks. Two singles were released from the album: \"Lysine\" and \"Cabasa\". The album failed to chart in both the United Kingdom and the United States, but received", "title": "Mastered by Guy at The Exchange" } ]

[ "Flint , Michigan", "Birmingham , Alabama" ]

[ { "docid": "8334993", "text": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995) is a historical-fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. First published in 1995, it was reprinted in 1997. It tells the story of a loving African-American family living in the town of Flint, Michigan, in 1963. When the oldest son (Byron) begins to get into a bit of trouble, the parents decide he should spend the summer and possibly the next school year with Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama. The entire family travels there together by car, and during their visit, tragic events take place. The", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334993", "text": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995) is a historical-fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. First published in 1995, it was reprinted in 1997. It tells the story of a loving African-American family living in the town of Flint, Michigan, in 1963. When the oldest son (Byron) begins to get into a bit of trouble, the parents decide he should spend the summer and possibly the next school year with Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama. The entire family travels there together by car, and during their visit, tragic events take place. The", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334997", "text": "skips school and is still in 6th grade. He invents a series of \"fantastic adventures\" which constantly get him into trouble and include playing with matches in the house, abusing his parent's credit at the corner grocery store to buy himself treats, and getting a \"conk\" hairstyle against his parents' orders. Daniel and Wilona eventually become so frustrated with their inability to \"straighten out\" Byron that they decide to send him to Birmingham, Alabama to live with Grandma Sands (Wilona's mother) for at least the summer and possibly an entire year. As soon as the school year concludes, the Watsons", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334995", "text": "civil rights protests had gained negotiation with white city leaders for integration. KKK members bombed the church on September 15, 1963, killing four girls and injuring many more. In the novel, the incident is depicted as occurring a bit earlier than the historical date, allowing the Watson family to still be on summer vacation in Birmingham when it took place. The bombing was a catalyst for increased activity in the Civil Rights Movement and work on voter registration in Mississippi, during Freedom Summer of 1964. The novel is a first-person account narrated by Kenny Watson, who lives in Flint, Michigan", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "7447494", "text": "Christopher Paul Curtis Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953) is an American writer of children's books. He is known for the Newbery Medal-winning \"Bud, Not Buddy\" and \"The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963\". The latter was adapted for a TV movie of the same name, which aired on the Hallmark Channel in 2013. Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan, on May 10, 1953, to Dr. Herman Elmer Curtis, a chiropodist and factory worker/supervisor, and Leslie Jane Curtis, an educator. He has set many of his books in Flint. Curtis attended Dewey Elementary, Clark Elementary, Pierce Elementary", "title": "Christopher Paul Curtis" }, { "docid": "17290755", "text": "Birmingham riot of 1963 The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted black leaders of the Birmingham campaign, a mass protest for racial justice. The places bombed were the parsonage of Rev. A. D. King, brother of Martin Luther King, Jr., and a motel owned by A. G. Gaston, where King and others organizing the campaign had stayed. It is believed that the bombings were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan, in cooperation with Birmingham police. In response,", "title": "Birmingham riot of 1963" }, { "docid": "13940013", "text": "stations. When Northern states saw Southern violence they were shocked, other blacks that saw it became angered, and it brought enough attention and awareness that carried the civil rights information all the way to the White House. Television had the power to define reality, to create understandings of societal norms, and to shape opinions. As civil rights events were unfolding in American in 1963, the nation had their eyes on many southern states, one of them being Birmingham, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. There was a significant difference between what the press covered in Birmingham versus what the Birmingham's paper covered", "title": "Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950–1970" }, { "docid": "4580018", "text": "Dudley Randall Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-American writers, among them Melvin Tolson, Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks, Etheridge Knight, Margaret Walker, and others. Randall's most famous poem is \"The Ballad of Birmingham,\" written in response to the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four girls were killed. Randall's poetry is characterized by simplicity, realism, and what one critic has called the \"liberation", "title": "Dudley Randall" }, { "docid": "13358028", "text": "Southern Company Services Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. Formed in 1963, as Southern Services, the company provides administrative and operational services to all of Southern Company's operating divisions. The company also provides engineering services to Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power. Southern Services was formed in 1963 as a shared services department for Southern Company's five electric operating divisions. The idea was first conceived by Eugene A. Yates, Southern Company's first President, although not implemented until much later. The division was originally headquartered in what is", "title": "Southern Company Services" }, { "docid": "20162721", "text": "Confederate monuments in Alabama. He argued, \"What happened in America was horrible, and it’s important we learn how horrible it was.\" The bill passed the house in May 2017. With his wife Connie, he has four children. He is a Baptist. Mack Butler Mack Butler (born April 27, 1963) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives. Mack Butler was born on April 27, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Gadsden, Alabama, and he graduated from the Gadsden State Community College. Butler is an electrician and property investor. Butler was", "title": "Mack Butler" }, { "docid": "9233308", "text": "Ben Erdreich Benjamin Erdreich (born December 9, 1938) is a former United States congressman from Alabama. Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle-class family. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1960. He served as editor of the \"Alabama Law Review\" while attending the University of Alabama law school, graduating in 1963. He passed the bar that year. After law school, he served two years in the United States Army before setting up a private law practice. Between 1970 and 1974, Erdreich served one term as a Democrat in the Alabama House of Representatives. He was elected as a", "title": "Ben Erdreich" }, { "docid": "13064735", "text": "died on 6 February 1963 and was cremated in Penang. 1. https://www.facebook.com/PBAsumangalo/ 2. http://dharma-records.buddhasasana.net/texts/ven-sumangalo-01-what-is-practical-buddhism Sumangalo Venerable Sumangalo was a Buddhist monk of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism in Singapore and Malaysia. (1903—1963) was born as Robert Stuart Clifton in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States in 1903. After receiving his Doctorate in Literature, he lectured on Buddhism in the United States before moving to Asia to further his study of Buddhism. He was ordinated as a monk during 1955 in the temple of \"Shin Buddhism\" in Japan. In 1957, he joined the Theravada Order in Laos and received the monastic name Sumangalo,", "title": "Sumangalo" }, { "docid": "2323631", "text": "Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he is the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, succeeding Thad Cochran. He previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1961. After law school in 1963, he went on to serve as city prosecutor (1963–1971). During", "title": "Richard Shelby" } ]

[ { "docid": "8335006", "text": "friend of Grandma Sands. Mr. Robert started helping Grandma Sands out around the house after her husband died. It's hinted that Grandma Sands has a crush on Mr. Robert. Mrs. Davidson - is the religious next-door neighbor of the Watsons. Joey goes to church with Mrs. Davidson three times a week. Sometimes Wilona makes Kenny go to Sunday School with Joey. LJ Jones - a former playmate of Kenny who stole lots of Kenny's toy dinosaurs \"The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963\" was Christopher Paul Curtis's first novel, earning him a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King (wife of", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335001", "text": "her away from the church and led her home, and she does not even know that a bombing had taken place right after she'd left Sunday school. As soon as they realize that Joetta is safe, the Watsons decide to immediately return home to Flint, trying to avoid explaining the full implications of what has happened to the children. Kenny is unable to process the events in Birmingham and avoids his family and friends over the ensuing weeks, instead spending many hours hiding behind the sofa. Byron eventually coaxes him out and gets Kenny to talk about what happened, which", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335007", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) Honor, and the Golden Kite Award. Curtis also wrote the Newbery Award-winning novel \"Bud, Not Buddy\"; \"Elijah of Buxton\", and \"The Mighty Miss Malone\". In 2013, a television film based on the book premiered on the Hallmark Channel, starring Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson, Skai Jackson and David Alan Grier. The movie adapted the story by condensing and trimming events and characters from Flint in the first half of the novel and adding new scenes showing Kenny and Byron helping local youths organize Civil Rights events in Birmingham. The Watsons Go to Birmingham", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "3779923", "text": "the play. Grier guest-starred in Season 6 of FOX's \"Bones\". He played Professor Bunsen Jude the Science Dude, the host of a children's TV program. This character was inspired by Bill Nye \"the Science Guy\". In May 2013, Grier appeared in \"Tyler Perry Presents Peeples\", playing the role of Virgil Peeples, alongside Kerry Washington and Craig Robinson. Also in 2013, Grier appeared in \"The Watsons Go To Birmingham\", a Hallmark Channel adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis' 1995 Newbery Honor-winning novel, \"The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963\". Grier appeared on the CBS TV-adaptation of \"Bad Teacher\", playing the role of", "title": "David Alan Grier" }, { "docid": "8334994", "text": "book was adapted for a TV movie of the same name, produced in 2013 and aired on the Hallmark Channel. The book takes place from approximately January to October 1963, a turbulent time during the Civil Rights Movement. The Watson family is fictional, but the characters are based on members of the author's family, including himself, and many of the events in the first half of the book are based on events from the author's childhood and additional personal events. Events later in the story center around the historic 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, soon after the", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335002", "text": "finally brings a flood of tears from Kenny. Encouraging his little brother to \"keep on stepping\", Byron explains that although the world is not perfect, he has to keep moving on. Kenneth Bernard \"Kenny\" Watson - The main character and narrator of the story, the younger of the two sons of the Watsons. Kenny is ten years old. He is an excellent/intelligent student with many capability, which makes him the target of bullying at Clark Elementary School. t Wilona Sands Watson - Usually referred to as \"Momma\", she is the wife of Daniel and the mother of the three children.", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335003", "text": "A native of Birmingham, she slips into a thick Southern accent when mad or excited, and complains about Flint's harsh winters. She is strict and overprotective but loves her kids. Daniel Watson - The husband of Wilona and father of the three children. He's known for having a good sense of humor and is referred to as \"Dad\". Byron \"Daddy Cool\" Watson - Older brother of Kenny and Joey. He is considered the \"God\" of Clark Elementary School. He bullies smaller kids along with his best friend Buphead. He is known for being a terrible student and is also known", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334998", "text": "ready their car (\"the Brown Bomber\") and embark on a roadtrip from Flint to Birmingham to deliver Byron. Kenny had been looking forward to the \"battle royal\" between his grandma and Byron, but is disappointed when just a few sharp words from the \"old, old lady\" have Byron speaking respectfully and generally behaving himself, causing Kenny to seek out his own \"adventures\". Grandma Sands had warned the children to avoid a particular local swimming hole because of a dangerous \"whirlpool\", which Kenny misheard as \"Wool Pooh\" due to her thick Alabama accent. Kenny wants to swim there anyway, and is", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335005", "text": "Byron, Joey, and Daniel when they arrived in Birmingham. Grandma Sands walks with a cane due to having a stroke. Her husband died before the beginning of the book Rufus Fry - Kenny's new best friend and Cody's big brother. His family moves to Flint from the South. He and his little brother Cody befriend Kenny. Cody Fry - Rufus's little brother. Rufus and Cody come from a poor Southern African-American family. Lawrence \"Larry\" Dunn - the school bully in Kenny and Rufus's class, until Byron teaches him a lesson for stealing Kenny's winter gloves. Mr. Robert - a dear", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334999", "text": "frustrated when Byron and Joetta refuse to go along. Ignoring the warnings of both Grandma Sands and Byron, Kenny jumps into the seemingly tranquil pool and edges deeper and deeper water until he loses his footing and almost drowns. Remembering his grandmother's words, he imagines that a strange monster he thinks is the mysterious \"Wool Pooh\" swam up from below to grab his ankle and pull him under. Byron returns and jumps in to save Kenny just in time. He later insists that there was nothing else in the water, but Kenny is convinced that the Wool Pooh actually exists.", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335004", "text": "for breaking the rules and being a rebel. Byron is thirteen. Joetta \"Joey\" Watson - Younger sister of Byron and Kenny. She follows the rules and is very religious. Joey has a special relationship with Byron. She is five. Buphead - Byron's best friend, who is also an \"official delinquent,\" helps Byron bully many kids, including Kenny, although Byron and Buphead stand up for Kenny and Rufus when they're being bullied by Larry. Grandma Sands - Grandmother of Kenny, Byron, and Joey, mother of Wilona, and mother-in-law of Daniel. She is supposed to be very strict. Seen by Wilona, Kenny,", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8334996", "text": "with his parents, Daniel and Wilona Watson, his older brother Byron, and younger sister Joetta. The opening chapters establish Kenny as a very bright and shy 4th grader who has difficulty making true friends until Rufus Fry arrives in town from Arkansas. Rufus is also bullied by the students at Clark Elementary for his \"country\" clothes and accent, making Kenny reluctant to befriend him at first, but they are soon inseparable. Kenny is alternatively bullied and protected by his 13 year old brother Byron, whom he calls \"an official teenage juvenile delinquent\". Byron has been retained twice because he often", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "8335000", "text": "Shortly afterwards, a bomb goes off at a nearby church where Joetta is attending Sunday school. (This was the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, a real historical event.) Kenny wanders into the still-smoking church in the immediate aftermath looking for his sister, but instead sees the Wool Pooh in the smoke clinging to a torn girl's shoe that looks like Joetta's. In shock, he walks back to Grandma Sands' house without anyone noticing that he had been at the church, and he's again shocked and confused to find Joetta already there. She claims that it was Kenny who had called", "title": "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" }, { "docid": "7447497", "text": "Senator Donald Riegle, as customer service representative for Mich Con in Detroit, a temporary worker for Manpower in Detroit, and warehouse clerk for Automated Data Processing in Allen Park, Michigan. He has published over 13 books over the years. He started writing children's books, publishing his first book in 1995. Curtis also edited \"Bites: Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into,\" a collection of scary children's stories published in 2010 by Scholastic. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 Bud, Not Buddy Mr. Chickee's Funny Money Bucking the Sarge Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis Christopher Paul Curtis (born May", "title": "Christopher Paul Curtis" }, { "docid": "20349707", "text": "Nikki Silver Nikki Silver is an American television producer. She has won five Emmy Awards for Reading Rainbow in 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 2001. Silver previously ran the company On Screen Entertainmentuntil 2012 when she founded ToniK Productions with her partner Tonya Lewis Lee. ToniK is best known for its films, \"The Giver\", \"The Watsons Go to Birmingham\" and the upcoming \"Monster\". She has been producing film and television for 25 years. She began her career in children’s media producing Reading Rainbow, the award-winning series for PBS, \"Reading Rainbow\" won the Emmy Award five times, Peabody, and Prix Jeunesse.", "title": "Nikki Silver" }, { "docid": "20297934", "text": "several projects including \"The Watsons Go To Birmingham\" which Lewis Lee wrote, \"The Giver\", \"She's Gotta Have It\" and \"MONSTER\". Tonya Lewis Lee was born in Yonkers, New York, the daughter of Lillian Glenn Lewis, a high school biology teacher and George R. Lewis, a finance executive. Lewis Lee has one sister, Tracey Lewis Elligan who is a sociology professor at Depaul University in Chicago. Because of her father’s profession, Lewis Lee and her family moved around during her childhood, growing up in New York, New Jersey, Milwaukee and St. Louis where she graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School.", "title": "Tonya Lewis Lee" }, { "docid": "20297936", "text": "Baby Please, Please Puppy Please and Giant Steps to Change the World. She is also the co-author of the New York Times bestselling Gotham Diaries and the writer of the script, The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Healthy You Now: Because of her work with the infant mortality awareness raising campaign, A Healthy Baby Begins With You, Lewis Lee began the website HealthyYouNow.com as a platform for women to discover health information and inspiration. Movita: In 2015, Lewis Lee joined forces with Robert Sires to found Movita Organics, a line of organic vitamins for women that are sold through its own", "title": "Tonya Lewis Lee" }, { "docid": "18759041", "text": "curricula designed to bridge the narratives of classic children’s books and their motion picture adaptations (See Selman’s crossmedia curricula for The Watsons Go to Birmingham (book by Christopher Paul Curtis) and The Giver (book by Lois Lowry)). With Professor Helen Haste of Harvard University and the University of Bath, Selman is the Co-principal Investigator of a comparative study on New Civics Early Career Scholars funded by the Spencer Foundation. With Harvard professors Helen Haste and Meira Levinson, Selman has also conducted work in civic education, civic development and civic engagement at HGSE, including the Spender Foundation funded Early Career Scholars", "title": "Robert L. Selman" }, { "docid": "17859667", "text": "Black Reel Awards of 2014 The 2014 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 13, 2014. \"Fruitvale Station\", \"The Butler\" and \"12 Years a Slave\" lead the film nominees with 9 nominations apiece. \"Pastor Brown\", \"The Watsons Go to Birmingham\" and \"Being Mary Jane\" lead the television nominees with 6 nominations. This year saw the Breakthrough Performance category split between genders bringing this years total categories to 26. \"12 Years a Slave\" made Black Reel Awards history by winning 8 awards including Outstanding", "title": "Black Reel Awards of 2014" }, { "docid": "19107518", "text": "near Bristol. Scenes were also shot in the cellars of Colston Hall and at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol, and other locations in Bath, Somerset. Tyntesfield was mainly used as Sir Eustace's house but also the Watsons' London home. The final scene of the episode puts forth a possible concept that all of the series in its modern-day setting are actually playing out from within Victorian Holmes' Mind Palace. Mark Gatiss stated in \"Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Post-Mortem\":By having that scene right at the end, where we go back to Victorian London – Victorian Baker Street – and Sherlock explicitly", "title": "The Abominable Bride" }, { "docid": "3105765", "text": "school board. After the Birmingham church bombing on September 15, 1963, which killed four black girls, black students in Selma began sit-ins at local lunch counters to protest segregation; they were physically attacked and arrested. More than 300 were arrested in two weeks of protests, including SNCC Chairman John Lewis. October 7, 1963, was one of the two days that month when residents were allowed to go to the courthouse to apply to register to vote. SNCC's James Forman and the DCVL mobilized more than 300 blacks from Dallas County to line up at the voter registration office in what", "title": "Selma to Montgomery marches" }, { "docid": "18815750", "text": "Watsons Bay ferry wharf Watsons Bay ferry wharf is located on the southern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Watsons Bay. Watsons Bay wharf is served by Sydney Ferries Cross Harbour services operated by SuperCat class ferries. Watsons Bay wharf is also served by Captain Cook Cruises peak hour commuter services to Circular Quay. At other times the Captain Cook Cruises Hop On/Hop Off Sydney Harbour ferry service operates via Watsons Bay wharf. Sydney Harbour Eco Hopper operates Sydney Harbour tourist services via Watsons Bay. State Transit operate three routes from the other side of Robertson Park:", "title": "Watsons Bay ferry wharf" }, { "docid": "18815749", "text": "Watsons Bay ferry wharf Watsons Bay ferry wharf is located on the southern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Watsons Bay. Watsons Bay wharf is served by Sydney Ferries Cross Harbour services operated by SuperCat class ferries. Watsons Bay wharf is also served by Captain Cook Cruises peak hour commuter services to Circular Quay. At other times the Captain Cook Cruises Hop On/Hop Off Sydney Harbour ferry service operates via Watsons Bay wharf. Sydney Harbour Eco Hopper operates Sydney Harbour tourist services via Watsons Bay. State Transit operate three routes from the other side of Robertson Park:", "title": "Watsons Bay ferry wharf" }, { "docid": "13334683", "text": "Dr T. B. Watson in 1860, the Hong Kong Dispensary was leased to A. S. Watson and two other doctors, and onwards from 1862, the name A.S. Watson featured prominently at the Hong Kong Dispensary. In 1871, the Watson family leased the company to Dr John David Humphreys and Dr Arthur Hunt, and thereafter trading was executed under the name A.S. Watson & Company. Retail outlets were known as \"Watsons the Chemist\". The current owners, Hutchison Group, acquired a controlling interest in A.S. Watson & Co., Ltd in 1963. In 1981, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa", "title": "Watsons" }, { "docid": "3292642", "text": "was renamed Chiselhurst later that year and closed in 1923. The Watsons Creek Antiques and Cafe is the primary business in the area, specialising in Edwardian and Victorian furniture and china, and also offering B&B-style accommodation. Watsons Creek, Victoria Watsons Creek is a bounded locality in Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Watsons Creek recorded a population of 51 at the 2016 Census. Watsons Creek lies to the north and west of Eltham-Yarra Glen Road. Watsons Creek was named after Sandy Watson, who farmed fat cattle and", "title": "Watsons Creek, Victoria" }, { "docid": "3292641", "text": "Watsons Creek, Victoria Watsons Creek is a bounded locality in Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Watsons Creek recorded a population of 51 at the 2016 Census. Watsons Creek lies to the north and west of Eltham-Yarra Glen Road. Watsons Creek was named after Sandy Watson, who farmed fat cattle and sold butter and meat to the miners on the One Tree Hill, Happy Valley and Queenstown diggings. A Watson's Creek Post Office was open in 1903 and 1904. Watson's Post Office opened on 11 September 1911,", "title": "Watsons Creek, Victoria" }, { "docid": "2591026", "text": "1933. This void was filled thanks to a campaign started by a letter from a local businessman in the local newspaper setting in motion the formation of Tamworth F.C. Originally playing next to the Jolly Sailor pub, the club moved to their present ground, The Lamb Ground, in 1934. Tamworth began life competing in the Birmingham Combination, before joining the West Midlands League, which was later renamed the Birmingham League, in the 1950s. In the 1960s Tamworth experienced success, winning the league in 1963–64 and 1965–66, as well as lifting the West Midlands League Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and Staffordshire", "title": "Tamworth F.C." }, { "docid": "5150271", "text": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula and takes its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It provides views across the harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Gap is an ocean cliff on the eastern side with views to Manly", "title": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales" }, { "docid": "5150283", "text": "Day (January 26), where men and their dogs team up on the same stand-up paddle board and race other dog lovers. Many of the participants dress up in matching dog and owner costumes. Watsons Bay, New South Wales Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula and takes its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on", "title": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales" }, { "docid": "5150282", "text": "views of the Gap along South Head make Watsons Bay a popular tourist attraction in Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Pilot Boat Station was located on the bay, and the naval training base HMAS \"Watson\" is located nearby at South Head. Watsons Bay has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Watsons Bay has a large number of heritage buildings, with the following buildings listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate: Many buildings and structures are also listed as heritage items by Woollahra Council. Every Man and His Dog is an annual event held in Watsons Bay on Australia", "title": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales" }, { "docid": "5150279", "text": "Watsons Bay. On the night of 31 May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines attempted to enter Sydney Harbour in what became known as the Attack on Sydney Harbour. One of the Japanese midget submarines became entangled in the boom net; and, after unsuccessful attempts to free the submarine, the crew detonated charges within the sub, killing themselves and destroying their sub in the process. During this period, Nielsen Park was used as an anti-aircraft base. The base had its own interim wooden barracks, searchlights and anti-aircraft guns. In Gap Park, a gun emplacement for a small calibre gun, which was", "title": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales" }, { "docid": "7354594", "text": "Watsons Water Watsons Water (屈臣氏蒸餾水) is a producer and distributor of bottled distilled water based in Tai Po Industrial Estate New Territories East Hong Kong. The company has production plants in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Their product is consumed across the Asia-Pacific region, including Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan. Source water > Sand filtration > Activated Carbon > Microfiltration > Softening > Purified Water > Distillation > Sterilization > Watsons distilled water Watson's has been a sponsor for numerous teams and drivers at the Macau Grand Prix. They made their debut in 1985 when Gianfranco Brancatelli won the Guia", "title": "Watsons Water" }, { "docid": "5796258", "text": "education. In 1955 Dorridge Junior School was built and by 1963 an Infant School was built. These were joined by the Catholic School of St. George and Teresa. The secondary education is mainly provided by Arden School in nearby Knowle, which now also has a sixth form centre. The sixth form buildings were completed in 2007 with additions being made every year. A considerable number of children go to private schools in Solihull, Warwick or Birmingham or to grammar schools in Birmingham or Stratford. When coming to Dorridge today, a visitor would be surprised to know that there was significant", "title": "Dorridge" }, { "docid": "4402881", "text": "what a setting for a drama.\" Rose received an Emmy for his teleplay and an Oscar nomination for its 1957 feature-length film adaptation. Rose wrote for all three of the major broadcast networks of the 1950-80 period. He created and wrote for \"The Defenders\" in 1961, a weekly courtroom drama spun off from one of Rose's episodes of \"Studio One\"; \"The Defenders\" would go on to win two Emmy awards for dramatic writing. His teleplay \"The Incredible World of Horace Ford\" was the basis for an episode of \"The Twilight Zone\" in 1963 starring Pat Hingle, Nan Martin, and Ruth", "title": "Reginald Rose" }, { "docid": "10761569", "text": "\"Mother\". Walton's support for Birmingham was lifelong. He was a guest of the club for the official opening of the St Andrew's ground on Boxing Day 1906, and helped clear snow from pitch and terraces so that the match could go ahead. He attended both of the FA Cup Finals involving Birmingham, in 1931 and 1956, and visited St Andrew's regularly until not long before his death. He died in Dudley Road Hospital, Winson Green, Birmingham, at the age of 91. Billy Walton William Howard T. Walton (6 August 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English footballer who played", "title": "Billy Walton" }, { "docid": "11733508", "text": "Birmingham in April of that year \"bewildered\" critics, leading to what Jackson happily called \"a national and worldwide controversy\". Modern dress Modern dress is a term used in theatre and film to refer to productions of plays from the past in which the setting is updated to the present day (or at least to a more recent time period), but the text is left relatively unchanged. For example, Baz Luhrmann's film \"Romeo + Juliet\" uses a relatively unaltered text of Shakespeare's play but updates the setting to contemporary America. The first performances of Shakespeare in modern dress were produced by", "title": "Modern dress" }, { "docid": "11768646", "text": "series include \"The Bite\" (1963), \"Love and Violence\" (1965), and\" Baby, It's Alright\" (1963). \"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?\" (1966) was inspired by a newspaper photo of Bull Connor, the police chief who instigated the Birmingham race riot of 1963, leading a group of white supremacists. The figures advance towards the viewer dressed in black suits against a stark white background. The painting, with a title taken from an American popular song, acts as an ironic commentary on the racial violence of her time. Similar in composition and intent is the painting \"F.B.I.\" (1964) that both glamorizes", "title": "Rosalyn Drexler" }, { "docid": "9602147", "text": "a friendship with Jackson and consequently wrote The Apple Cart for the festival's first season. Initially the festival was primarily to showcase the work of Shaw, however the two of them soon began to develop the festival into what it remains to this day. Correspondence between the two is now held in Birmingham City Archives. The actors and production staff who toured at Malvern from Birmingham found the setting and the work enjoyable and worthwhile. The festivals, however, were costly and were not, in Jackson's opinion, received gratefully by the people of Malvern. He directed the Malvern Summer Festivals from", "title": "Barry Jackson (director)" }, { "docid": "8162214", "text": "The Watsons The Watsons is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen. She began writing it c. 1803 and probably abandoned it after her father's death in January 1805. It has five chapters, and is less than 18,000 words long. Mr. Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and", "title": "The Watsons" }, { "docid": "20228634", "text": "Kenrick, a prominent Birmingham businessman and MP for Birmingham North. Kenrick died at The Grove, aged 88 in 1919. The house and grounds were bequeathed to Birmingham City Council, the house was demolished in 1963, after which the grounds became a public space. A panelled anteroom of the drawing room at The Grove was saved from destruction and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The room was used to display Kendrick's collection of blue and white ceramics. Grove Park, Birmingham Grove Park is a public park in Birmingham, England, created in 1963 and managed by Birmingham City", "title": "Grove Park, Birmingham" }, { "docid": "18325374", "text": "a , ON 803, with 4-cylinder Ford-based Parsons Marlins and in 1963 a programme of re-engining s and other boats with Parsons Porbeagles began. This 4-cylinder engine was adopted for the 37 ft from 1964 onwards. The 6-cylinder version was small and light enough to replace the 4-cylinder Ferry VE4 engines and, after a trial installation in ON 803 in 1963, a programme of re-engining some s began in 1965. This was extended to the 46 ft 9in Watsons and in 1965 two boats (ON 852 and ON 908 ) were re-engined with these 6-cylinder Ford-based Parsons Barracuda diesels. Rated", "title": "46ft 9in Watson-class lifeboat" }, { "docid": "7911688", "text": "many tunnels, catacombs and underground rooms. Watsons Bay sits on the end of the South Head peninsula and takes its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port Jackson. It provides some of the best views across the harbour to the city of Sydney and the Harbour Bridge. The Gap is an ocean cliff on the eastern side with views to Manly, North Head, and the Pacific Ocean. Watsons Bay is a mostly residential area with some recreational areas and beaches, including one legal nude beach. Some restaurants, cafes and the Watsons Bay Hotel are", "title": "Tourism in Sydney" }, { "docid": "4336638", "text": "and played 100 minutes as Birmingham overturned a 2–1 deficit to win the semi-final 4–3 on aggregate. Roger Johnson flicked on Larsson's corner for Žigić to give his team an unexpected lead in the final at Wembley against firm favourites Arsenal. Though Robin van Persie equalised, Obafemi Martins scored an 89th-minute winner to give Birmingham their first trophy since 1963 in what the \"Daily Mail\" described as \"the biggest upset at Wembley since Wimbledon beat Liverpool to the 1988 FA Cup.\" Larsson took advantage of a defensive mix-up to open the scoring as Birmingham beat Sunderland 2–0 at St Andrew's", "title": "Sebastian Larsson" }, { "docid": "10624595", "text": "1963 Football League Cup Final The 1963 Football League Cup Final, the third to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between local rivals Birmingham City and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa had won the inaugural competition in 1960–61, and had beaten Birmingham 4–0 in their most recent League meeting, while Birmingham were seeking to win their first major trophy. Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate, with all the goals coming in the first leg. The first leg took place on 23 May 1963 at Birmingham's home ground, St Andrew's. Birmingham took the lead when Harris fed Auld", "title": "1963 Football League Cup Final" }, { "docid": "13334681", "text": "Watsons Watsons () is the largest health care and beauty care chain store in Asia. It is a subsidiary of and the flagship health and beauty brand of the A.S. Watson Group, majority owned by CK Hutchison Holdings. It operates over 6,800 stores and 1,500 pharmacies in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia. Dr. Thomas Boswell Watson (1815–1860), from Scotland, was the first member of the Watson family to arrive in the Far East, where in 1845 he set up a private practice in Macau, on the southwest coast of", "title": "Watsons" }, { "docid": "15753367", "text": "A.S. Watson becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. According to Ngai, the ownership gave Watsons the finances needed to expand its operations. At the end of the 1980s, the company grew rapidly by entering Taiwan in 1987, Macau and Singapore in 1988, and re-opening in China in 1989, all under the name Watsons' The Chemist. Fortress joined the A.S. Watson Group in 1990. 1994 saw the company open a new water factory in Beijing and further expand Watsons The Chemist to Malaysia, by 1996 Watsons The Chemist had entered Thailand and in 1997 A.S. Watson Group had acquired Shanghai Sparkling Drinking", "title": "A.S. Watson Group" }, { "docid": "13334684", "text": "Ltd. At this time, the group had 75 retail outlets. Watsons Watsons () is the largest health care and beauty care chain store in Asia. It is a subsidiary of and the flagship health and beauty brand of the A.S. Watson Group, majority owned by CK Hutchison Holdings. It operates over 6,800 stores and 1,500 pharmacies in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia. Dr. Thomas Boswell Watson (1815–1860), from Scotland, was the first member of the Watson family to arrive in the Far East, where in 1845 he set up", "title": "Watsons" }, { "docid": "18404548", "text": "take a leap into space in the company of Gustav Holst, Strauss, György Ligeti and Stanley Kubrick, with two concerts, a free digital installation and family activity day. The exhibition took place over three weeks, showing what it is like to be part of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and provided a chance for people of any ability to have a go at conducting The Planets through an interactive installation. This gave the chance to explore the orchestra from the inside out using touch screens, movement-based interaction and planetarium-style full-dome projections. Birmingham Municipal Bank headquarters The former headquarters of the Birmingham Municipal", "title": "Birmingham Municipal Bank headquarters" }, { "docid": "15753372", "text": "Asia with its first store opening in the Philippines in September. Rossmann celebrated its 2000th store milestone in 2009, while Watsons opened its 500th store in Mainland China. COOL bottled water was revamped and re-branded to refresh its image. During 2010, Watsons card membership was reaching the 15 million mark. 2011 saw DC Ukraine re-branded as Watsons and Watsons China opened its 1000th store. In March 2014, Hutchison Whampoa sold an almost 25 per cent stake in A.S. Watson to Temasek Holdings, for HK$44 billion. The proposed share sale of A.S. Watson Group has been put in hold, announced towards", "title": "A.S. Watson Group" }, { "docid": "1820795", "text": "good and clever woman. Both the Watsons and Dixons belonged to the early school of Methodists, who did not renounce their membership in the church of England, so that there was no feeling that Dixon had been disloyal to their communion when he prepared for orders in the church. He was born on 5 May 1833 at Islington, and educated, under Dr. Gifford, at King Edward's School, Birmingham, where he had for school friends Edwin Hatch and Edward Burne-Jones. In June 1851, he matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, and when in the Christmas term of the same year Edward Burne-Jones", "title": "Richard Watson Dixon" }, { "docid": "5150281", "text": "2011, Woollahra Council voted to confirm the heritage status of the house. It is now listed on the council's heritage list. In the 2016 Census, there were 850 people in Watsons Bay. 64.6% of people were born in Australia and 78.0% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.8% and Catholic 19.2%. Watsons Bay is a mostly residential area with some recreational areas and beaches, including Camp Cove and a legal nude beach located at Lady Bay. Some restaurants, cafes and a hotel are located here. The coastal walk with ocean", "title": "Watsons Bay, New South Wales" }, { "docid": "5205214", "text": "minute of play. The Bulls would win 12-2 in what was dubbed by the newspaper as \"The Thanksgiving Day Massacre.\" This was the only one of the three WHA Birmingham Bulls team to qualify for the WHA playoffs. Facing Bobby Hull and The Winnipeg Jets, who would go on to win the championship, they were eliminated in the first round. During Sonmor's tenure as General Manager of the Bulls he successfully negotiated the first ever \"cross league\" player trade with the NHL in a deal with The Detroit Redwings. John Brophy, who would later go on to coach the Leafs,", "title": "Birmingham Bulls" }, { "docid": "6359150", "text": "– the Coalbrookdale line being the first to go in July 1962, that to Market Drayton and Nantwich following in September 1963 and the Stafford line almost exactly a year later under the Beeching Axe in 1964. Services to Birmingham Snow Hill via Wolverhampton Low Level finally ended in March 1968 (a year after the ending of through trains to London Paddington via this route), with trains henceforth diverted to the ex-LNWR High Level station at Wolverhampton and onwards to Birmingham New Street over the Stour Valley line. The town of Wellington was designated as part of the new town", "title": "Wellington railway station (Shropshire)" }, { "docid": "8162216", "text": "marriage proposal from Lord Osborne, and was eventually to marry Osborne's virtuous former tutor, Mr. Howard. Several attempts have been made to finish the novel. According to the BBC World News on 14 July 2011, Sotheby's sold Austen's original manuscript to the Bodleian Library for £850,000. A Bodleian Library source said that this was the last Jane Austen MS still in private hands. Before the actual auction, Sotheby's had estimated the MS's value at £200,000-£300,000. The Watsons The Watsons is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen. She began writing it c. 1803 and probably abandoned it after her father's death", "title": "The Watsons" }, { "docid": "16435362", "text": "1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season The 1963–64 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 61st in the Football League and their 37th in the First Division. They finished in 20th position in the 22-team division, only one point above the relegation places. They lost their opening match in each of the cup competitions, to Port Vale in the third round proper of the 1963–64 FA Cup and to Norwich City in the second round of the League Cup. Although Birmingham maintained their First Division status, the board of directors asked Gil Merrick to resign as manager. He had been", "title": "1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season" }, { "docid": "6906862", "text": "at Villa Park, with the home side 3–0 ahead with eleven minutes to go, Blues scored three times in a dramatic final spell to draw the match. The following year, Aston Villa made headlines with the signing of Tom 'Pongo' Waring, and his first appearance was for the reserves against Birmingham City's reserves, which famously drew a crowd of 23,000. Waring scored three times in the match. The most significant clash was the final of the 1963 League Cup, which was staged not long after Aston Villa had beaten Birmingham City 4–0 in the league. Blues won 3–1 on aggregate", "title": "Second City derby" }, { "docid": "4586458", "text": "the invitation of Ayala Corporation, Mercury Drug opened its second branch in May 1963 at a developing commercial center in Makati now known as the Ayala Center. In 1965, Mercury Drug established its landmark branch by Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila, which is notable for its large outdoor LED screen. In 2001, then Trade secretary Mar Roxas described Mercury drug as a \"near monopoly\" and said it has 70 percent share of the domestic market (hence, it is now facing competition from mentioned-above South Star Drug - which the latter eventually acquired by Robinsons Retail in 2012 - and SM-owned Watsons", "title": "Mercury Drug" }, { "docid": "5041604", "text": "King preached to the crowd inside the church while teargas seeped in from outside, telling them that they would \"remain calm\" and \"continue to stand up for what we know is right.\" In 1963 President John F. Kennedy appointed Nash to a national committee to promote civil rights legislation. Eventually his proposed bill was passed as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Shocked by the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham that killed four young girls, Nash and James Bevel committed to raising a nonviolent army in Alabama. Their goal was the vote for every black adult in Alabama, a radical", "title": "Diane Nash" }, { "docid": "4441917", "text": "protested the strategy, telling King: \"Let those kids stay in school. They don't know nothing.\" King replied, \"Brother Gaston, let those people go into the streets where they'll learn something.\" The demonstrations continued. Because of his stance as a negotiator, Gaston often faced challenges by proponents from both sides of the civil rights issue. Gaston remained disaffected from Dr. King, urging him to stay away, in a statement released in September 1963, after Dr. King announced plans to return to Birmingham to resume demonstrations. On May 11, 1963, four people probably associated with the KKK attempted to blow up the", "title": "A. G. Gaston" }, { "docid": "7354595", "text": "Race in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover 3500 and then the following year when Andy Wallace won the Formula Three event. Watson's won again in 1987, with the Mr. Juicy brand, thanks to a great drive by Ireland's former Formula One driver Martin Donnelly in the typhoon affected race. In 1989, Tim Harvey brought the team more success with his Guia Race win in a BMW. In the 2000s, Watson's Water has sponsored other winning teams and drivers including Duncan Huisman who won the Guia Race four times. Watsons Water Watsons Water (屈臣氏蒸餾水) is a producer and distributor of bottled", "title": "Watsons Water" }, { "docid": "2390470", "text": "received its debut performance at Birmingham Cathedral. Catherine Ogle, the Dean of Birmingham, said, \"This is a most wonderful gift Tony offered to the cathedral.\" In his autobiography, Tony writes that his parents were Catholics but weren't regular churchgoers. He continues, 'I hardly go to church either. I wouldn't know what to do there. I actually do believe in a God, but I don't feel that I have to press the point.' Tony Iommi is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. In 2005, \"Metal Hammer\" magazine ranked him number 1 on the poll", "title": "Tony Iommi" }, { "docid": "1129726", "text": "45 farming families included the Dennys, Dwyers, Conways, McCutcheons, McKnights (all Irish), Litzsinger, Schraders, Spoedes, Luedloffs, Muellers, Seigers Per 1868 Pitzman map of St. Louis</ref>, as well as 1878 and 1909 maps of St. Louis County </ref> (all German), LaDues (French), Warsons, Lays, Barnes, Prices, and Watsons (all English). Once automobiles replaced horse and wagon as the primary mode of transportation, farmers in the area began selling portions of their land to city workers who wished to live outside of the urban setting. Three small villages (Village of LaDue, Village of Deer Creek, and the Village of McKnight) merged in", "title": "Ladue, Missouri" }, { "docid": "20802611", "text": "titles acquired from Heinit reverted to Temerson's new company Et-Es-Go Magazines (likely named after Temerson's younger sisters Ethel, Esther, and Goldie), which soon transitioned to Continental Magazines. Pioneering female publisher, editor, and cartoonist Ray Herman started her career as an assistant to Temerson in 1943. Other titles published by Temerson in the period 1943–1946 were \"Suspense Comics\" and \"Terrific Comics\". Some sources indicate Temerson was behind Continental Publications in 1950. Temerson died in 1963 at age 73, buried in Knesses Israel Cemetery in Birmingham. Frank Z. Temerson Frank Z. Temerson (1890–1963) was a comic book publisher from the Golden Age", "title": "Frank Z. Temerson" }, { "docid": "7124094", "text": "order, even though Alabama Governor George Wallace told President Kennedy that state and local forces were sufficient. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Birmingham to stress nonviolence. Outgoing mayor Art Hanes left office after the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled that Albert Boutwell could take office on May 21, 1963. Upon picking up his last paycheck, Bull Connor remarked tearfully, \"This is the worst day of my life.\" In June 1963, the Jim Crow signs regulating segregated public places in Birmingham were taken down. Desegregation in Birmingham took place slowly after the demonstrations. King and the SCLC were criticized by", "title": "Birmingham campaign" }, { "docid": "7124061", "text": "mass arrests of campaign supporters. To build morale and to recruit volunteers to go to jail, Ralph Abernathy spoke at a mass meeting of Birmingham's black citizens at the 6th Avenue Baptist Church: \"The eyes of the world are on Birmingham tonight. Bobby Kennedy is looking here at Birmingham, the United States Congress is looking at Birmingham. The Department of Justice is looking at Birmingham. Are you ready, are you ready to make the challenge? I am ready to go to jail, are you?\" With Abernathy, King was among 50 Birmingham residents ranging in age from 15 to 81 years", "title": "Birmingham campaign" }, { "docid": "11428267", "text": "Birmingham Science Park Aston Birmingham Science Park Aston, formerly known as Aston Science Park, is a science park located in Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom. It is located adjacent to Aston University and the Eastside area. Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA) was founded in 1982 and as such is the UK’s third oldest science park. Located in its urban setting within central Birmingham, it offers 250,000 sq ft of accommodation over 14 acres. BSPA is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council. To give the Park a new dimension, provide clarity and pave the way for a £35 million development zone,", "title": "Birmingham Science Park Aston" }, { "docid": "6392863", "text": "at Watsons Bay. The line reached Edgecliff in 1894, and Watsons Bay in 1909. In 1949 the line from Rose Bay to Watsons Bay closed, but reopened in 1950 due to public protest. This then lead to policy being adopted that when a line was closed, infrastructure such as overhead wires and tracks had to be removed within 24 hours after the last tram to prevent services being reinstated. In 1950, the line down King Street to Erskine Street closed and a new terminus constructed at Queens Square. The remainder of the line closed in 1960. This line had its", "title": "Trams in Sydney" }, { "docid": "16481565", "text": "played a league match in Seville only 48 hours earlier and the players were not machines. The home side had three good chances: Ramallets dived at Hooper's feet, Weston ran the ball out of play when under no pressure, and a \"sliding tackle from nowhere by Gensana turned away what looked like a certain goal\", again for Weston. The \"Times\"' correspondent's fears that Birmingham had missed their opportunity – \"here was a setting that favoured Birmingham's particular style, and they did not win\" – were realised in the second leg. In a one-sided match in front of a crowd of", "title": "1959–60 Birmingham City F.C. season" }, { "docid": "2202269", "text": "from city leaders to the majority of demonstrators' demands, were met with fierce resistance in Birmingham. In the weeks following the September 4 integration of public schools, three further bombs had been detonated in Birmingham. Other acts of violence followed the settlement, and several staunch Ku Klux Klansmen were known to have expressed frustration at what they saw as a lack of effective resistance to integration. The 16th Street Baptist Church was a known and popular rallying point for civil rights activists, and had become an obvious target. In the early morning of Sunday, September 15, 1963, four members of", "title": "16th Street Baptist Church bombing" }, { "docid": "17620575", "text": "wide range of different styles, and incorporating emcees, singers, DJs, Producers and session musicians. Popular music of Birmingham Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a \"seething cauldron of musical activity\", with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. By 1963 the city's music was also already becoming recognised for what would become its defining characteristic: the refusal of its musicians to conform to any single", "title": "Popular music of Birmingham" }, { "docid": "17620440", "text": "Popular music of Birmingham Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a \"seething cauldron of musical activity\", with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. By 1963 the city's music was also already becoming recognised for what would become its defining characteristic: the refusal of its musicians to conform to any single style or genre. Birmingham's tradition of combining a highly collaborative culture with an open", "title": "Popular music of Birmingham" }, { "docid": "9333378", "text": "shall think proper so to do hoping the said worthy Governors will receive the same as a testimony of the high estimation in which I hold that most Excellent Charity and that they will allow it to be hung up in the Hall of their Hospital as holding out a most usefull Lesson to Youth.\" The school's Committee of Almoners accepted the painting in 1819. In 1963 it was purchased from Christ’s Hospital by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Watson married Helen Campbell in 1760. Her father was Colin Campbell, a goldsmith working in Edinburgh. The Watsons had", "title": "Brook Watson" }, { "docid": "3242222", "text": "officer (COO) effective in October 2000. Palmisano was promoted to CEO in March 2002 and named chairman effective January 1, 2003, succeeding the retiring Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. after the Dot-com bubble bust. While his predecessor had saved the company from bankruptcy by downsizing the work force and cutting costs, and then leading IBM's resurgence with systems integration and services consulting (such as e-commerce), Palmisano's goal was to reestablish IBM as a standard-setting company. He was influenced by the Watsons, the company founders who \"always defined I.B.M. as a company that did more than sell computers; they believed that it", "title": "Samuel J. Palmisano" }, { "docid": "4365574", "text": "film. The project never came to fruition, however, and no further developments have been made since. In the US adaptation of the 1963 \"Tetsujin 28\" series, which was done by Fred Ladd, all of the character names were changed, and the wartime setting removed. Shotaro Kaneda became Jimmy Sparks, Dr. Shikishima became Dr. Bob Brilliant, Inspector Otsuka became Inspector Ignatz J. Blooper, and Kenji Murasame became Dick Strong. The series' setting was pushed forward to the year 2000. The 1980 television series was also exported to America in 1993, retitled as \"The New Adventures of Gigantor\", with most of Fred", "title": "Tetsujin 28-go" }, { "docid": "2262214", "text": "\"Times\" chose not to publish it. Extensive excerpts from the letter were published, without King's consent, on May 19, 1963, in the \"New York Post Sunday Magazine\". The letter was first published as \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\" in the June 1963 issue of \"Liberation\", the June 12, 1963, edition of \"The Christian Century\", and in the June 24, 1963, issue of \"The New Leader\". The letter gained more popularity as summer went on, and was reprinted in the July \"Atlantic Monthly\" as \"The Negro Is Your Brother\". King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book \"Why", "title": "Letter from Birmingham Jail" }, { "docid": "18333549", "text": "history. The twin screw layout proved to be superior and from the fifth boat onwards this was the layout adopted. The 45ft 6in Watsons were long lived and most survived at their original stations into the 1950s when most were replaced by 46ft 9in and, later in the decade, 47ft Watsons. Many boats spent their final years in the reserve fleet with five of the later boats serving until 1969 and one, ON759, continuing in the reserve fleet until 1972. During their service, 45ft 6in Watsons launched on service 2,587 times and are credited with saving 2,613 lives. The single", "title": "45ft 6in Watson-class lifeboat" }, { "docid": "15753370", "text": "store openings for Watsons as the company launched its third-generation store, Watsons Water celebrated its centennial anniversary and launched its \"Year of Hong Kong Creativity\". Fortress launched a new identity in Hong Kong and Nuance-Watson opened duty-free stores at Hong Kong International Airport. Drogas Health and Beauty Retail Chain was acquired by A.S. Watson in 2004, taking the group into the Baltics, Watsons also acquired Apex Pharmacy Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. The Group purchased a 40% stake in Rossmann, Germany adding 786 stores to the group's portfolio. TASTE food galleria launched in November 2004 and Watson's Wine launched a new", "title": "A.S. Watson Group" }, { "docid": "19423017", "text": "In June 1963, CAY won a major $1 million grant to combat juvenile deliquency from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. GCAF made a $100,000 matching grant to CAY to allow CAY to win the federal monies. By the end of 1963, the GCAF board had fulsome praise for Norton's leadership. During 1963, GCAF developed a grant decision-making process that later would become standard among community foundations. First, GCAF sought to build consensus around what the problem was and what the solutions should be. Second, grants focuses on coordinating efforts among existing groups, rather than a go-it-alone", "title": "Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation" }, { "docid": "18314300", "text": "station at in January 1956. Unfortunately, on 10 December 1956, the boathouse at Thurso caught fire and both it and the lifeboat inside were destroyed. No further 47 ft Watsons were built during 1956 and production of the 46 ft 9in Watson continued during that year. Production of the new type resumed in 1957, with the first being a replacement boat for Thurso, still \"Civil Service no.31\", but named \"Pentland\". Production continued until 1963 when large displacement hull development turned to the self-righting 48 ft 6in Oakley and later . Compared to the preceding , the new boats had a", "title": "47ft Watson-class lifeboat" }, { "docid": "8526658", "text": "After Juliet After Juliet is a play written by Scottish playwright Sharman Macdonald. It was commissioned for the 1999 NT Shell Connections programme, in which regional youth theatre groups compete to stage short plays by established playwrights. The basic premise of the play, following on from Shakespeare's \"Romeo and Juliet\" is \"What happened to the Capulets and Montagues after Romeo and Juliet died\". The setting of \"After Juliet\" is described as \"Verona. Or it could be Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham, New York City, or Liverpool. It could be 1500, 1900, 2000, or 3000\". The only place that \"After Juliet\" cannot be", "title": "After Juliet" }, { "docid": "16249862", "text": "2012, the hon. secretary is Dr Peter Jarvis. Birmingham Natural History Society Birmingham Natural History Society is a learned society for the study of the natural history of Birmingham, England, and in the surrounding midlands region, and beyond. It was founded in 1858, and is a registered charity. The Society has had various names, e.g. in the 1870s it was called the Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, and from 1894 to 1963 the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society. The Society was founded in 1858. For a considerable part of its early life, it was called the Birmingham Natural", "title": "Birmingham Natural History Society" }, { "docid": "11733507", "text": "Modern dress Modern dress is a term used in theatre and film to refer to productions of plays from the past in which the setting is updated to the present day (or at least to a more recent time period), but the text is left relatively unchanged. For example, Baz Luhrmann's film \"Romeo + Juliet\" uses a relatively unaltered text of Shakespeare's play but updates the setting to contemporary America. The first performances of Shakespeare in modern dress were produced by Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham, England from 1923. The production of \"Cymbeline\" that opened in", "title": "Modern dress" }, { "docid": "16896558", "text": "Bentley, AC); and chassis work in the basement. The second-hand car stock had overflowed from the Renshaw Street premises into an old German church next door. Watsons had showrooms and workshops at Chester, Colwyn Bay and Birkenhead. During World War II, Watsons repaired Anson fuselages, then became principal repairers of Mosquito aircraft, and in Bootle undertook assembly and repair work for the US armed forces. Watsons became a public limited company in 1953 and in 1957 acquired Slack & Mickle in Crewe. When William Watson died in 1961 he was still responsible for the destiny of his firm, which had", "title": "William Watson (motoring pioneer)" }, { "docid": "13305870", "text": "of Birmingham to withdraw support from King's demonstrations. Responding to the April 12, 1963, Call for Unity, King, incarcerated in the city jail after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign, wrote an open letter on April 16, 1963, known as The \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\". Addressing the eight authors of the Call for Unity as \"My Dear Fellow Clergymen\", and acknowledging that they were \"men of genuine good will\" and that their criticisms were sincere, King attempted to explain why he had come to Birmingham (he had been invited by one of the SCLC's local affiliates, the", "title": "Milton Grafman" }, { "docid": "12295955", "text": "Why We Can't Wait Why We Can't Wait is a 1964 book by Martin Luther King Jr. about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's \"Negro Revolution\". The seed of the book is King's \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\". The letter became nationally known and received interest from the New York publishing world, which Stanley Levison relayed to King in May 1963. Soon after, Levison made a deal with New American Library publisher", "title": "Why We Can't Wait" }, { "docid": "16435364", "text": "and there were fifteen different goalscorers. Forward Mike Hellawell played in 42 of the 44 first-team matches over the season, and Bertie Auld finished as leading goalscorer with 10 goals, all scored in league competition. General Specific 1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season The 1963–64 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 61st in the Football League and their 37th in the First Division. They finished in 20th position in the 22-team division, only one point above the relegation places. They lost their opening match in each of the cup competitions, to Port Vale in the third round proper of", "title": "1963–64 Birmingham City F.C. season" }, { "docid": "5183876", "text": "office, Arrington Children’s Plant Adventure Zone, and a restaurant. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens began as an idea prior to 1960. The Birmingham mayor of that time, James W. Morgan, led an effort to establish the gardens on a portion of unused city property east of the Birmingham Zoo on the side of Red Mountain. The garden officially opened in 1963. The Birmingham Botanical Society, now known as the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, was established in 1964 with a mission of helping the city to support and improve the garden. Birmingham Botanical Gardens (United States) The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is", "title": "Birmingham Botanical Gardens (United States)" }, { "docid": "18329559", "text": "Weyburn CE4 4-cylinder petrol engines, but the fourth, ON 787, was fitted with two 40 bhp Ferry VE4 4-cylinder diesels, making it the first RNLI lifeboat to be built with diesel engines. The diesels became standard from the sixth boat on. In the mid sixties, seven boats were re-engined with 65 bhp Ford-based Parsons Barracuda 6-cylinder diesels after experiments with ON 803 which had been fitted with 47 bhp Parsons Marlin diesels in 1961 and then re-engined with Barracudas in 1963. The 46 ft Watsons were long lived, most reaching more than thirty years service and some topping forty years.", "title": "46ft Watson-class lifeboat" } ]

[ "Gulf of Mexico" ]

[ { "docid": "262188", "text": "to the Gulf of Mexico. The Upper Mississippi runs from its headwaters to its confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Missouri. It is divided into two sections: The source of the Upper Mississippi branch is traditionally accepted as Lake Itasca, above sea level in Itasca State Park in Clearwater County, Minnesota. The name \"Itasca\" was chosen to designate the \"true head\" of the Mississippi River as a combination of the last four letters of the Latin word for truth (\"veritas\") and the first two letters of the Latin word for head (\"caput\"). However, the lake is in turn", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "6011249", "text": "Head of Passes Head of Passes is where the main stem of the Mississippi River branches off into three distinct directions at its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico: Southwest Pass (west), Pass A Loutre (east) and South Pass (centre). They are part of the \"Bird's Foot Delta\", the youngest lobe of the evolving Mississippi River Delta. The \"Head of Passes\" is considered to be the location of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains a 45-foot (13.7 m) shipping channel from the mouth of Southwest Pass—20 miles (32 km) downriver from the Head—up", "title": "Head of Passes" }, { "docid": "628353", "text": "17, 1673, explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi River, known to the Sioux as \"does Tongo,\" or to the Miami-Illinois as \" missisipioui\" (\"the great river\"). They reached the mouth of the Arkansas and then up the river, after learning that it flowed into the Gulf of Mexico and not to the California Sea (Pacific Ocean). In 1682, the Normand Cavelier de la Salle and the Italian Henri de Tonti came down the Mississippi to its Delta. They left from Fort Crevecoeur on the Illinois River, along with 23 French and 18 Native Americans. In April", "title": "French colonization of the Americas" }, { "docid": "11822401", "text": "of locating any feature along the river relative to its distance from the mouth, when measured along the course (or navigable channel) of the river. River mile zero may not be exactly at the mouth. For example, the Willamette River (which discharges into the Columbia River) has its river mile zero at the edge of the navigable channel in the Columbia, some beyond the mouth. Also, the river mile zero for the Lower Mississippi River is located at Head of Passes, where the main stem of the Mississippi splits into three major branches before flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.", "title": "River mile" }, { "docid": "7322062", "text": "nearby oceans, causing constant flooding. Around two million years ago, glaciers up to 6,500 feet thick continued to disturb the environment. The receding formation of glaciers 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, left large amounts of water in North America, which created the rivers. The Mississippi River stemmed from Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota where it was only a tiny outlet stream. It worked its way 2,350 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico. Today, the Mississippi River is connected to hundreds of tributaries making up the Mississippi River System. The Mississippi River and its", "title": "Mississippi River System" }, { "docid": "1150035", "text": "Chien. The Jolliet-Marquette expedition traveled down the Mississippi to within 435 miles (700 km) of the Gulf of Mexico. They turned back north at the mouth of the Arkansas River. By this point, they had encountered natives carrying European goods, and worried about a possible hostile encounter with explorers or colonists from Spain. The voyageurs then followed the Mississippi back to the mouth of the Illinois River, which friendly natives told them was a shorter route back to the Great Lakes. Following the Illinois river upstream, they then turned up its tributary the Des Plaines River near modern-day Joliet, Illinois.", "title": "Louis Jolliet" }, { "docid": "262491", "text": "damming and channeling the river has kept it from reaching its natural sediment sources along most of its course. Reservoirs along the Missouri trap roughly of sediment each year. Despite this, the river still transports more than half the total silt that empties into the Gulf of Mexico; the Mississippi River Delta, formed by sediment deposits at the mouth of the Mississippi, constitutes a majority of sediments carried by the Missouri. Archaeological evidence, especially in Missouri, suggests that human beings first inhabited the watershed of the Missouri River between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene.", "title": "Missouri River" }, { "docid": "7939361", "text": "the middle Mississippi Valley. Extensive European exploration near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers began nearly a century before the city was officially founded. Explorer Louis Joliet and Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette traveled south on the Mississippi River in June 1673, passed the future site of St. Louis and reached the mouth of the Arkansas River before turning back. Nine years later, French explorer La Salle led an expedition south from the Illinois River to the mouth of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the entire valley for France. La Salle named the Mississippi river basin", "title": "History of St. Louis" }, { "docid": "262196", "text": "falls over for an average rate of . At its confluence with the Ohio River, the Middle Mississippi is above sea level. Apart from the Missouri and Meramec rivers of Missouri and the Kaskaskia River of Illinois, no major tributaries enter the Middle Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is called the Lower Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about . At the confluence of the Ohio and the Middle Mississippi, the long-term mean discharge of the Ohio at Cairo, Illinois is , while the long-term mean", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "5984821", "text": "Docking Masters of Louisiana are pilots who deal strictly with US Flagged vessels and operate from Southwest Pass to Baton Rouge, the longest transit of the 4 pilot associations in the river. \"See\" \"Out of the River\", MSNBC travelogue on Pilottown Mississippi River Pilot A Mississippi River Pilot is responsible for guiding ships along the Mississippi River, including across the bar from the Gulf of Mexico, through the shifting sandbars and passages at the mouth, and upriver to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. On the Lower Mississippi River, the Associated Branch Pilots supplies River Pilots between the Gulf of Mexico", "title": "Mississippi River Pilot" }, { "docid": "5984820", "text": "Mississippi River Pilot A Mississippi River Pilot is responsible for guiding ships along the Mississippi River, including across the bar from the Gulf of Mexico, through the shifting sandbars and passages at the mouth, and upriver to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. On the Lower Mississippi River, the Associated Branch Pilots supplies River Pilots between the Gulf of Mexico and Pilottown, Louisiana. The Crescent River Port Pilots Association supplies River Pilots between Pilottown and New Orleans, Louisiana, and the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association supplies River Pilots between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Associated Federal Pilots and", "title": "Mississippi River Pilot" }, { "docid": "11192445", "text": "a part of the Mortar Flotilla assembled to become a part of Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut's newly established West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Besides sealing off the Confederate coast between Pensacola, Florida, and the mouth of the Rio Grande, Farragut was charged with leading a Union task force from the Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi River to capture New Orleans, Louisiana. Once he had taken the \"Crescent City\", the flag officer was to continue on upstream until he met the warships of the Western Flotilla which were fighting their way down from the Ohio River and upper Mississippi River.", "title": "USS Arletta (1860)" }, { "docid": "3404029", "text": "suggested to be \"Mobile Alabama; Florida; Newfoundland; Newport, Rhode Island; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Virginia; points in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean including the mouth of the Mississippi River; the Yucatan; the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Panama; the Caribbean coast of South America; various islands in the West Indies and the Bahamas along with Bermuda; and the mouth of the Amazon River\". Although the folklore tradition acknowledges that no witness ever returned from the second colonial expedition to report this, the story continues that Madoc's colonists travelled up the vast river systems of North America, raising structures and encountering friendly", "title": "Madoc" }, { "docid": "262202", "text": "River. Fresh river water flowing from the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico does not mix into the salt water immediately. The images from NASA's MODIS (to the right) show a large plume of fresh water, which appears as a dark ribbon against the lighter-blue surrounding waters. These images demonstrate that the plume did not mix with the surrounding sea water immediately. Instead, it stayed intact as it flowed through the Gulf of Mexico, into the Straits of Florida, and entered the Gulf Stream. The Mississippi River water rounded the tip of Florida and traveled up the southeast coast to", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "6011252", "text": "measured. Algiers Point, for instance, is at mile 94.6 AHP (above Head of Passes). Cairo, Illinois, is at mile 953.8 AHP. Mileages downstream from Head of Passes are labelled BHP (below Head of Passes). Head of Passes Head of Passes is where the main stem of the Mississippi River branches off into three distinct directions at its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico: Southwest Pass (west), Pass A Loutre (east) and South Pass (centre). They are part of the \"Bird's Foot Delta\", the youngest lobe of the evolving Mississippi River Delta. The \"Head of Passes\" is considered to be the", "title": "Head of Passes" } ]

[ { "docid": "11271756", "text": "Memphis, Tennessee, whence she escorted a provision ship to the Yazoo River, where she joined the Mississippi Squadron. At the end of the month she took up station above the White River to protect a coal depot. In mid-March she shifted to Greenville; in April, she operated at the mouth of the White River; and in May, she returned to Memphis. Remaining in the Arkansas-White River area into the following spring, she reconnoitered the Sunflower River, as far as Lake George and Silver Creek, with in March 1864. In April she steamed with \"Petrel\" and \"Freestone\" up the Yazoo River", "title": "USS Prairie Bird (1862)" }, { "docid": "5009796", "text": "to the Des Moines River. In addition to being a round number the line Indian Boundary Line (1816) also lined up in the east with the deep Des Moines Rapids on the Mississippi River just south of Fort Madison, Iowa, that was the northern end of navigation on the Mississippi and it also lined up with the westward adjusted boundary from the mouth of the Gasconade River the Sac had ceded in 1808. The land on the east side of the Des Moines River was the site of a Sac village which had not been ceded. Sullivan erected survey markers", "title": "Honey War" }, { "docid": "17973966", "text": "Gum Ridge, Mississippi Gum Ridge is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Gum Ridge was located at the eastern end of a bend in the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Coles Creek. A post office was established in 1875, and the hamlet was included on Mississippi River postal routes. The river changed course in 1884 and began to flow along the \"Waterproof Cutoff\", named for nearby Waterproof, Louisiana. Gum Ridge had been removed from the contiguous Mississippi River, and the former bend in the river filled in. In 1900, Gum Ridge had a population of 29. Aboriginal artifacts,", "title": "Gum Ridge, Mississippi" }, { "docid": "17973967", "text": "particularly a celt and a sandstone pipe, have been found at Gum Ridge. Gum Ridge, Mississippi Gum Ridge is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Gum Ridge was located at the eastern end of a bend in the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Coles Creek. A post office was established in 1875, and the hamlet was included on Mississippi River postal routes. The river changed course in 1884 and began to flow along the \"Waterproof Cutoff\", named for nearby Waterproof, Louisiana. Gum Ridge had been removed from the contiguous Mississippi River, and the former bend in the river", "title": "Gum Ridge, Mississippi" }, { "docid": "2156403", "text": "tribe of Anishinaabe peoples, living along the Mississagi River and on Manitoulin Island. On the 1675 \"Carte du Mississippi et des lacs Supérieur, Michigan et Huron\", the Mississaugas were recorded as \"Missisakingdachirinouek\" (\"Misi-zaaging dash ininweg\": \"Regular-speakers of the Great River-mouth\"). They had moved from the Mississagi River area southward into the Kawartha lakes region. From this location, a smaller contingent moved southwest to an area along the Lake Ontario shoreline with a large settlement at the mouth of the Credit River, just west of modern-day Toronto where a French trading post was set up for fur trading. The French identified", "title": "Mississaugas" }, { "docid": "11214174", "text": "Natchez, Mississippi, 2 April where she remained alert to intercept Confederate president Jefferson Davis, his cabinet and other Confederate leaders should they attempt to cross the Mississippi River. The President of the Confederacy and members of his staff were captured 10 May at Irwinville, Georgia. On 1 June \"Gamage\" entered the mouth of Red River to form with a joint expedition up that river to receive surrendered Confederate ships and men. The Union naval force of eight steamers under command of Lt. Comdr. W. E. Fitzhugh was accompanied by Army steamer \"Ida\" May, carrying Major General F. J. Herron and", "title": "USS Gamage (1864)" }, { "docid": "7816698", "text": "is at the northwestern end of the Sam Vadalabene Bike Trail. The park was named in honor of Father (Père) Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit priest who was the co-leader, with his comrade Louis Jolliet, of a 1673 voyage of exploration on the Mississippi River. Marquette was the first European to map the mouth of the Illinois River, which he and Joliet used to return from the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. At the mouth of the Illinois River, the explorers found one of the richest and most densely settled regions of North America, fully utilized by Native Americans of the", "title": "Pere Marquette State Park" }, { "docid": "4077581", "text": "other gunboats she moved up the Black River to gather information about Confederate sharpshooters as they entered the Ouachita River and proceeded up the Bayou Louis where shallowing water compelled them to return, capturing Confederate artillery and large quantities of cotton before reaching the mouth of the Red River on 5 March. A week later the Mississippi Squadron moved up the Red River in force. The Confederate defenders were driven off at Simmesport and General Smith's troops marched on Fort De Russy, Louisiana, which was taken by the combined land and naval forces on 14 March 1864. The next day", "title": "USS Lexington (1861)" }, { "docid": "15284975", "text": "canyon made this difficult. In 1682 La Salle reached the mouth of the Mississippi from the Great Lakes. From about 1715 the French sought to link the St. Lawrence and Mississippi basins and bottle up the English on the east coast. From the southeast side of Lake Michigan, east up the St. Joseph River to near the present site of South Bend, Indiana and across a short portage to the Kankakee River, west down to Kankakee, which joins the Des Plaines River to become the Illinois River which runs first west and then southwest to the Mississippi. Another route was", "title": "Canadian canoe routes" }, { "docid": "3193158", "text": "Jacques Gravier made the following journal entry for 26 October 1700, after reaching the mouth of the Wolf: We passed the Riviere a Mayot [Wolf] on the south, from the name of a savage of the Mahican nation who was of Mr. de la Salle's party. This river does not seem to be very large, but is said to be a good hunting ground, and that the Chickacha come to its mouth, from which they are only three days‚ journey, cutting south inland. Concerned about American activities in their territory along the east bank of the Mississippi River, the Spanish", "title": "Wolf River (Tennessee)" }, { "docid": "3809604", "text": "campaign in northwest Louisiana. The Union plan was to send Union Navy warships from the Mississippi up the tributary Red River, which was navigable upstream as far as where the boundaries of the Confederate states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas came together. The Union had effected its Capture of New Orleans on May 1, 1862, and after the July 3, 1863 surrender of Confederate Vicksburg, the Union military had better control of both the east and west banks and of the mouth of the Mississippi. Unusually low water in the Red River at this time, however, prevented even relatively low-draft", "title": "Second Battle of Sabine Pass" }, { "docid": "10364567", "text": "York City for Key West, Florida, where, upon her arrival 23 February, she became a supply ship for the flotilla of mortar schooners being organized by Comdr. David Dixon Porter. The flotilla sailed from Key West 3 March, arrived Ship Island, Mississippi, and 5 days later crossed the bar at Pass a l'Outre. When, after almost a month of backbreaking labor, David Farragut finally succeeded in getting his heavy deep-sea ships inside the mouth of the Mississippi River on 16 April, he ordered the mortar flotilla to commence operations. Porter's ships, camouflaged with bushes and tree branches, moved up river", "title": "USS Horace Beals (1862)" }, { "docid": "11441582", "text": "from there. Alexander Griggs, an experienced Mississippi River steamboat captain, arrived in Wenatchee in about 1891, and in 1893 he organized the Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Company to navigate the stretch from Wenatchee to the mouth of the Okanogan River. The Corps of Engineers had blasted out some of the larger rocks in the river and removed some snags. At critical places at various rapids the Corps had installed huge ringbolts set in the rocks beside the river, so a steamboat could hook up a cable to these bolts, wrap the end around a steam-powered winch on board, and literally", "title": "Steamboats of the Columbia River, Wenatchee Reach" }, { "docid": "1726230", "text": "in 1721 to help guide ships on the Mississippi River and at its shifting delta. This was where river pilots came to live. Pilottown is built on piers in swampy ground on the East Bank of the lower Mississippi River, about 85 miles (137 km) down-river from New Orleans (65 miles or 105 km by air) and about 10 miles (16 km) south of Venice, Louisiana. Pilottown is located a few miles above Head of Passes, the point considered to be the mouth of the Mississippi River. Below there the River splits into multiple branches. This is part of the", "title": "Pilottown, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "1112580", "text": "Riverton, Minnesota Riverton is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Riverton is located between Brainerd and Ironton, where the Mississippi River flows past the western end of the Cuyuna iron range. In 1855, the Rabbit Lake Indian Reservation for the Rabbit Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa was established in the area by the Treaty of Washington also known as the Treaty with the Chippewa (). Soon afterwards, a village of Ojibway (or Ogibeway) was established at the mouth of Rabbit", "title": "Riverton, Minnesota" }, { "docid": "8044641", "text": "at its mouth, and bears from the Mississippi about S.W.\" serves to distinguish it from the nearby Fabius Rivers or South River. The island across the Mississippi River from the outlet of these tributary rivers is labeled \"Jeffreon\" on Pike's map. The River Jeffreon marked the northern border of Sac and Fox land ceded in Missouri (extending north from the mouth of the Gasconade River on the Missouri River and then down the river to the Mississippi. In the same treaty the tribes ceded much of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin on the east side of the Mississippi. Several legal", "title": "North River (Missouri)" }, { "docid": "2147492", "text": "the Pearl River at Jackson, Mississippi, according to a 1936 government report of the Mississippi Planning Commission. Northeast of Jackson, the Ross Barnett Reservoir is formed by a 1962 dam. Average annual rainfall is about 52 inches in the upper third of the basin, and below Jackson the basin rainfall increases to 64 inches or more. The Yockanookany River along with the Lobutcha, Tuscolameta, and Pelahatchie Creeks are major tributaries to the river north of Jackson. West of Picayune, about above the mouth, the river forks. The East Pearl River empties into Lake Borgne, where the dredged Pearl River Channel", "title": "Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)" }, { "docid": "3362907", "text": "or steamboats to St. Louis, Missouri. Many others from Europe traveled by sailing ship to the mouth of the Mississippi River where steam powered tugs towed them up river about to New Orleans, Louisiana. From there, cheap (about $5.00) and fast (about 6 days) steamboats brought them to St. Louis. Many bought most of their supplies, wagons and teams in St. Louis and then traveled by steamboats up the Missouri River to their departure point. The main branch(es) of the trail started at one of several towns on the Missouri River—Independence/Kansas City, St. Joseph, Missouri, Kanesville and Omaha, plus others.", "title": "California Trail" }, { "docid": "262220", "text": "upper Mississippi, the Des Moines Rapids and the Rock Island Rapids, where the river was shallow and the riverbed was rock. The Des Moines Rapids were about long and just above the mouth of the Des Moines River at Keokuk, Iowa. The Rock Island Rapids were between Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. Both rapids were considered virtually impassable. In 1848, the Illinois and Michigan Canal was built to connect the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan via the Illinois River near Peru, Illinois. The canal allowed shipping between these important waterways. In 1900, the canal was replaced by the Chicago Sanitary", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "5497277", "text": "follows: The history and culture that is linked to the Mississippi River Delta is as unique as its geologic landscape. The mouth of the Mississippi River was discovered in 1519 by Alvarez de Pineda of Spain. Robert Cavelier de La Salle claimed the territory around the mouth of the Mississippi River for France in 1682, and the region grew with importance with its strategic location for trade and security. In 1699 the French built their first crude fort at La Balize, on the Southeast Pass in Pass á Loutre, to control passage on the Mississippi. By 1721, they had built", "title": "Mississippi River Delta" }, { "docid": "12456201", "text": "River to the mouth of White River, then up White River to the Pass into the Arkansas River, then up said river within ten miles of Arkansas Post. Landed and was on the reserve in the fight that captured the Rebel forces in that Fort. Went aboard boats; ran down Arkansas River to Napoleon at the mouth of said river on the Mississippi River. January 17–23 Landed, then went down to Young's Point, Louisiana. Landed and went into camp January 23. Stationed in the field, March–April 1863. Stationed at Richmond, Louisiana, April 10, 1863. Stationed in the field, Big Black", "title": "54th Indiana Infantry Regiment" }, { "docid": "6341179", "text": "Mississippi River. It is now in the collection of the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali in Bergamo, Italy. The two ends of a Native American flute along the longitudinal axis are called the \"head end\" (the end closest to the player's mouth — also called the \"North end\", \"proximal end\", or \"top end\") and the \"foot end\" (also called the \"bottom end\", \"distal end\", or \"South end\"). The Native American flute has two air chambers: the \"slow air chamber\" (also called the \"SAC\", \"compression chamber\", \"mouth chamber\", \"breath chamber\", \"first chamber\", \"passive air chamber\", \"primary chamber\", or \"wind chamber\") and", "title": "Native American flute" }, { "docid": "6094498", "text": "Bad Axe River The Bad Axe River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States. \"Bad axe\" is a translation from the French, \"la mauvaise hache\", but the origin of the name is unknown. The river's mouth at the Mississippi was the site of the Battle of Bad Axe, an 1832 U.S. Army massacre of Sac and Fox Indians at the end of the Black Hawk War. The Bad Axe River flows for its entire length in western Vernon County, and for most of its length as two streams, the North Fork Bad Axe", "title": "Bad Axe River" }, { "docid": "2091658", "text": "White River (Arkansas–Missouri) The White River is a long river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. Originating in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, it flows northwards into southern Missouri, and then turns back into Arkansas, flowing southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River. The source of the White River is in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, in the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville. The river flows northwards from its source in northwest Arkansas, loops up through southwest Missouri through Branson, Missouri. In Branson the river forms Lake Taneycomo, where it is", "title": "White River (Arkansas–Missouri)" }, { "docid": "732704", "text": "Mississippi on the Lexington Bridge. MN 13 takes it to Mendota, at which point it crosses the Minnesota River near its mouth on the Mendota Bridge (MN 55) and passes Fort Snelling. After MN 55 enters Minneapolis, the Great River Road turns east on 46th Street (County 46), south on Minnehaha Avenue, and east on Godfrey Parkway to reach the south end of the West River Parkway. This scenic drive parallels the west bank of the Mississippi through downtown Minneapolis, becoming West River Road at the Plymouth Avenue Bridge and ending at the Broadway Avenue Bridge (County 66). After crossing", "title": "Great River Road" }, { "docid": "306305", "text": "improvements were expanded again in the 1960s, forming the present-day McAlpine Locks and Dam. Because the Ohio River flowed westward, it became a convenient means of westward movement by pioneers traveling from western Pennsylvania. After reaching the mouth of the Ohio, settlers would travel north on the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. There, some continued on up the Missouri River, some up the Mississippi, and some further west over land routes. In the early 19th century, river pirates such as Samuel Mason, operating out of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, waylaid travelers on their way down the river. They killed travelers, stealing", "title": "Ohio River" }, { "docid": "2558264", "text": "Louisville, where the trail crossed the Ohio River and became Route 150. Route 62 continued southwest along the south bank of the Ohio River to Wickliffe in western Kentucky, and then crossed the Mississippi River at the Ohio's mouth. The final portion of Route 62 crossed southern Missouri to Springfield on an existing main highway that had been numbered 16 by the state. Kentucky Governor William J. Fields objected to the Joint Board's plan, which took most major east–west routes (multiples of ten) to the East Coast, but sent Route 60 from Los Angeles northeast to end in Chicago, leaving", "title": "U.S. Route 60" }, { "docid": "15677025", "text": "it connected to the Pacific Ocean. On this mission, explorer Louis Joliet and Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette arrived at the Mississippi River in June 1673 and traveled past the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi to the mouth of the Arkansas River. At this point Joliet returned north after determining the river would not reach the Pacific and fearing attack by Spanish settlers. Nine years later, French explorer La Salle led an expedition south from the Illinois river to the mouth of the Mississippi and claimed the entire valley for France. La Salle named the Mississippi river basin Louisiana after", "title": "History of St. Louis before 1762" }, { "docid": "3501722", "text": "by Interstate 40 in the only unchannelized portion of its midcourse. It then flows into Shelby County. Its mouth is slightly north of the Memphis suburb of Frayser. It meets the Mississippi north of the mouth of the Wolf River near Mud Island. Slightly downstream from its mouth in the main Mississippi channel is the Loosahatchie Bar, which is named for it. The name \"Loosahatchie River\" is partially redundant—the word \"hatchie\" is one of many words for \"river\" in several Muskogean languages native to the Southeast. Loosahatchie River The Loosahatchie River is a stream in southwestern Tennessee. Except for a", "title": "Loosahatchie River" }, { "docid": "10987053", "text": "about 19 October. \"Fern\" was assigned to the Mississippi River Squadron to operate on western waters between Cairo, Illinois, and the mouth of the Red River. She towed barges loaded with troops, delivered dispatches, transported officers, and tended coal barges. On 19 March 1863 during a joint expedition to penetrate the Yazoo River, she carried Major-General William T. Sherman up Steele's Bayou. From August 1863 to May 1865 she was stationed off Natchez, Mississippi, to tend and pump coal barges, and in early June 1865 participated in an expedition up the Red River to receive the surrender of Confederate Navy", "title": "USS Fern (1862)" }, { "docid": "1053590", "text": "at the confluence of the Mississippi and Eliza Creek. Directly across the Mississippi is the mouth of the Iowa River. Much of the natural area surrounding New Boston is part of the Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge. The river valley at New Boston is surrounded on both sides by gently rolling bluffs interspersed with rich parcels of wetlands that provide critical wildlife habitat; especially for migratory birds. Boston Bay is an area of water adjacent to the Mississippi River, at the mouth of Eliza Creek, to the north of New Boston. It is across the Mississippi from its confluence with", "title": "New Boston, Illinois" }, { "docid": "12251462", "text": "Navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers\" and \"to remove sand bars on the Ohio and planters, sawyers, and snags on the Mississippi\". The Army Corps of engineers was given the job. In 1829, there were surveys of the two major obstacles on the upper Mississippi, the Des Moines Rapids and the Rock Island Rapids, where the river was shallow and the riverbed was rock. The Des Moines Rapids were about long and, traveling upriver, began just above the mouth of the Des Moines River at Keokuk, Iowa. The Rock Island Rapids were between Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. Both", "title": "Steamboats of the Mississippi" }, { "docid": "11303944", "text": "Union Navy on 9 January 1863. Meanwhile, in the summer of 1862, she had been placed in service as a commissary boat for the Western Flotilla under the command of First Master Thomas Baldwin. She served for the most part off the mouth of the Yazoo River tending combatant ships during operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi. After the Confederate river fortress fell, she ascended the river to Cairo, Illinois, where she was laid up and used as quarters for workmen in the navy yard. Following the collapse of the Confederacy, \"Sovereign\" was sold at public auction at Cairo, Illinois, on 29", "title": "USS Sovereign (1855)" }, { "docid": "2091659", "text": "held back by the Powersite Dam. The Powersite was the first dam on the White River. The flow into this comes from Table Rock Lake, and down stream it flows into Bull Shoals Lake, from where it travels back into Arkansas, and then heads generally southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River. On entering the Mississippi River Valley region near Batesville, Arkansas, the river becomes navigable to shallow-draft vessels, and its speed decreases considerably. The final of the river serves as the last segment of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; this part of the channel is deeper than", "title": "White River (Arkansas–Missouri)" }, { "docid": "9024765", "text": "day. Embarking on steamboats at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on October 20, they descended the Mississippi to St. Louis, Missouri, where they arrived on October 26, and were quartered in Benton Barracks. They left St. Louis on the October 29, and arrived the next day at Paducah, Kentucky, at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Here they were employed in guard duty until December 6, 1864, when they again embarked and proceeding up the Ohio River, landed at Louisville December 10, where they rejoined the balance of the regiment, with the exception of Co. I, which still remained at Fort Union,", "title": "30th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment" }, { "docid": "12843436", "text": "\"Louisiane\", which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The expedition, led by Iberville, entered the mouth of the Mississippi River on the evening of March 2, 1699, Lundi Gras, not yet knowing it was the river explored and claimed for France by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1683. The party proceeded upstream to a place on the west bank about 60 miles downriver from where New Orleans is today, where a small tributary emptied into the great river, and made camp in what is now Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This was on March", "title": "Mardi Gras in the United States" }, { "docid": "6169294", "text": "the pursuing militia. The militia caught up with them on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, a few miles downstream from the mouth of the Bad Axe River. The battle that followed was very one-sided: historians have called it a since the 1850s. The fighting took place over two days, with the steamboat \"Warrior\" present on both days. By the second day, Black Hawk and most of the Native American leaders had fled, though many of the band stayed behind. The victory for the United States was decisive and the end of the war allowed much of Illinois and", "title": "Battle of Bad Axe" }, { "docid": "3887500", "text": "the expedition. In December 1803 the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition started construction of Camp Dubois, also known as Camp Wood, their winter camp of 1803 - 1804. Located next to the Mississippi River, and at the mouth of Wood River, the camp was in what was then St. Clair County, now Madison County, Illinois. They stayed at Camp Dubois until May 14, 1804, when they crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri River (at 2,341 miles long it is the longest river in North America). On March 29, 1804, while still at Camp Dubois, Private", "title": "John Shields (explorer)" }, { "docid": "17098120", "text": "water level caused by the winds forcing the water forward. In many parts of the Gulf Coast, it does not take very strong winds to create a potentially dangerous storm surge. Isaac made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River with sustained winds of 70kt (81 mph). This was enough to cause flooding in large areas of south Louisiana especially in St. Bernard, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Tammany Parishes where water height was as much as 10 to 12 feet above sea level. Besides for effects on populated areas, Isaac also had a dramatic effect on the wetlands and", "title": "Effects of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana" }, { "docid": "11653341", "text": "upper parts of rivers. In the winter the river is used for waterfowl hunting. Blackwater River (Maryland) The Blackwater River is a saltwater river in Dorchester County, Maryland. It has many twists and bends and flows through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. It runs through Robbins, where there is a boat ramp called Shorter's Wharf and a bridge. The river does not rise anywhere because the water is sea level from its mouth at Fishing Bay to its landward end at a large unnamed swamp in the Blackwater Refuge. The river can have freshwater species in spring and summer like catfish", "title": "Blackwater River (Maryland)" }, { "docid": "3661917", "text": "River and its Arkansas tributaries in those years, the southern route necessarily utilized various alternative routes and methods of travel. At that time, there was no Mississippi River bridge at Memphis, and the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad ran from Hopefield near present-day West Memphis, Arkansas only to a point 12 miles east of Madison, Arkansas, on the St. Francis River. From there the route headed overland by stagecoach. When the Arkansas River was high enough, the mail could instead travel from Memphis by steamboat down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Arkansas River, navigate up that river to", "title": "Butterfield Overland Mail" }, { "docid": "11653340", "text": "Blackwater River (Maryland) The Blackwater River is a saltwater river in Dorchester County, Maryland. It has many twists and bends and flows through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. It runs through Robbins, where there is a boat ramp called Shorter's Wharf and a bridge. The river does not rise anywhere because the water is sea level from its mouth at Fishing Bay to its landward end at a large unnamed swamp in the Blackwater Refuge. The river can have freshwater species in spring and summer like catfish or bass. The river also has saltwater perch and other saltwater fish that prefer", "title": "Blackwater River (Maryland)" }, { "docid": "5622558", "text": "Fort St. Philip Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. It formerly served as military protection of New Orleans, some up the river, and of the lower Mississippi River. The first fort on this location, Fort San Felipe, was constructed in the 18th century during the period of Spanish control of Louisiana. The fort served a role in protecting the United States from the British invasion during the War of", "title": "Fort St. Philip" }, { "docid": "2519639", "text": "Indians. Marquette and Jolliet, with five other men, left the mission of St. Ignace at Michilimackinac in two bark canoes on May 17. To reach the Mississippi River, they travelled across Lake Michigan into Green Bay, up the Fox River and down the Wisconsin River. Descending the Mississippi, in June, they met the Peoria and Moingwena bands of Illinois at the Haas/Hagerman Site near the mouth of the Des Moines River in Clark County, northeastern Missouri. They met another Illinois band, the Michigamea, when they reached present-day Arkansas. They began their return trip from the Michigamea village about July 17,", "title": "Kaskaskia" }, { "docid": "5320969", "text": "Bayfield County, and the East Fork Chippewa River, which rises in the swamps of the southern part of the Town of Knight in Iron County, Wisconsin. The rivers' confluence is at Lake Chippewa, a reservoir in central Sawyer County, which is the official \"beginning\" of the Chippewa River. The river flows from Sawyer County through Rusk, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Dunn, Pepin and Buffalo Counties, in Wisconsin, before emptying out into the Mississippi River. Sediment build-up at the river's mouth forms a delta that protrudes into the Mississippi, creating Lake Pepin in the process. Along the last of its course, the", "title": "Chippewa River (Wisconsin)" }, { "docid": "14036249", "text": "of the former naturally-flowing river. The stream was part of the Northwest Trail, and led to the Savanna Portage, a historic trade route between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin in central North America. Members of the First Nations, and later fur traders, missionaries, and explorers, ascended the Saint Louis River from its mouth at Fond du Lac (in modern Duluth, Minnesota), then went up the East Savanna to the portage, crossed the portage and the divide to the West Savanna, and descended that stream to the Prairie River and Big Sandy Lake to the Mississippi. In preindustrial", "title": "East Savanna River" }, { "docid": "954737", "text": "turbines at the mouth of the Mississippi River is also being considered. The capacity of a wind source to produce energy is generally measured by Wind Power Density. Wind Power Densities are divided into seven Wind Power Classes. According to the American Wind Energy Association, Plaquemines has winds in specified areas that fall into a Wind Power Class of seven, which makes the Parish a particularly attractive location for wind turbine investment. Wind turbines would likely be placed at the mouth of the Mississippi, where winds are the strongest. Wind Energy Systems Technology has proposed to build a 12.5 MV", "title": "Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "10397109", "text": "The western terminus of SR 87 is notable due to the extreme levels of erosion from the Mississippi River that has created a very sharp and unstable \"cliff\" that forced TDOT to erect a barricade to stop vehicles from driving over the edge and into the river. SR 87 begins on the banks of the Mississippi River in Lauderdale County, just north of the mouth of the Hatchie River. The highway then passes through the community of Fulton, where it has an intersection with SR 207, which provides access to Fort Pillow State Park. SR 87 continues east through wooded", "title": "Tennessee State Route 87" }, { "docid": "12700855", "text": "following summer where he set up a trading post. The region was still locked in the Beaver Wars and this new route over the lakes allowed the French to bypass the dangerous countryside and trade with the tribes beyond the front lines of the war. While he remained at the post, he sent two men with an Indian guide westward in search of the Mississippi River. Two men eventually located the Falls of St. Anthony before returning. In September 1679 he began the return trip to Niagara but stopped at the mouth of the St. Joseph River on the east", "title": "La Salle expeditions" }, { "docid": "17234364", "text": "who owned a thousand acres on Thompson’s Creek, Mississippi and a second grant north of Natchez, Mississippi. “Original Grantee/Claimant: Doctor John Lorimer, 2000 acres, Walnut Hills. Patent date: May 6, 1776.” At the time Pensacola surrendered to the Spanish, Dr. Lorimer was listed as a Magistrate. In 1778, Peter Chester, Governor of the British Colony of West Florida, appointed Dr. Lorimer as a \"Botanist\" for the Province of West Florida. In 1774, Dr. Lorimer went on an expedition up the Mississippi River to map the western boundary of the Colony of West Florida from the mouth of the Yazoo River", "title": "John Lorimer (doctor)" }, { "docid": "4530802", "text": "Alabama. He then went on to discovering the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana as well as Cat Island and Ship Island off the coast of what is now the state of Mississippi before moving westward to sail up the mouth of the Mississippi River. Eventually, the expedition ventured all the way to what is now Baton Rouge and False River. Before heading back to France, Iberville established the first settlement of the Louisiana colony, in April 1699 as Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi (at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi), and appointed Sauvolle de la Villantry as the governor with", "title": "Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville" }, { "docid": "11027468", "text": "year. She sighted 210 vessels, boarded 66, and had found Confederate privateers, in her commander's words, \"rare during that time.\" She concluded that cruise at the Boston Navy Yard on 16 April 1862. \"William G. Anderson\" departed Boston on 8 May and joined Rear Admiral David G. Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Ship Island, Mississippi, off the mouth of the Mississippi River. On 14 June, Acting Master William Bailey and 30 men left the ship under cover of darkness, crossed Mississippi Sound, and sailed about 15 miles up the Jordan River. Penetrating Confederate territory by night, the Union raiders", "title": "USS William G. Anderson (1859)" }, { "docid": "16121505", "text": "fellow French explorer Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont traveled from the mouth of the Missouri River in Missouri to the mouth of the Platte River, which he called the \"Rivière Nebraskier\", becoming the first person to approximate the state's name. Brothers and French-Canadian voyageurs Pierre Antoine and Paul Mallet sought to reach Santa Fe, New Mexico by water via what they renamed the Platte River in 1739. They ended up following the south fork of the Platte into what is now Colorado. French colonists settled throughout the Mississippi Valley, first to the east of the river in areas such", "title": "French people in Nebraska" }, { "docid": "19878451", "text": "along the Mississippi River near the mouth of the Arkansas. The Iowa Indians may have joined the Hogas and crossed the Mississippi with them. Other accounts state that the Iowa first met and joined the Indian migrants on the Lower Missouri or at a place on Des Moines River. The main body of the Hoga followed the Mississippi north. They would in time separate and become the Osage, Kaw, Omaha and Ponca. One account says the large group reached the mouth of Missouri River and followed it. For a time, they lived in the area of present-day Gasconade and Osage", "title": "Dhegihan History and Separation" }, { "docid": "3503069", "text": "concerns have led to the cessation of channelization on a widespread basis; the federal government's \"no net loss\" policy regarding wetlands means that further channelization must be offset by creating new wetlands, called \"mitigation lands\", elsewhere. Much of the channelized flow is routed into the Obion River just above the mouth of that river into the Mississippi, other streams related to the system have their own mouths into the Mississippi. In some areas where the historic channels are left in place even after the bulk of the flow has been routed into new ones, the historic channels at times still", "title": "Forked Deer River" }, { "docid": "10931423", "text": "Cuvier River, La Quevr, Queevere River, Quiver River, Quivre River, Riviere au Boeuf, Riviere au Cuivre, Riviere aux Boeuf, and Riviere aux Cuivre. The Battle of the Sink Hole was fought near the mouth of the Cuivre at the end of the War of 1812. Cuivre River The Cuivre River is a river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good part of its course marks the borders between Lincoln and St. Charles counties before emptying into the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. The Cuivre River State Park near", "title": "Cuivre River" }, { "docid": "4672612", "text": "the east side of the Mississippi River and sailed up the Missouri River. The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site has been established south of the actual winter camp site of the Expedition in Hartford, Illinois. It is located across the Mississippi from the present mouth of the Missouri, as the original camp was; however, the rivers have altered their courses, making the original site inaccessible. The Historic Site contains a museum center and reconstructed replica of Camp Dubois. Camp Dubois Camp Dubois (English: Camp Wood), near present-day Wood River, Illinois, served as the winter camp and starting point for", "title": "Camp Dubois" }, { "docid": "3764447", "text": "comes in from the river mouth and fills up the river very rapidly in the course of about 10 minutes. The wave crest at Sri Aman is up to 2 to 3 metres high. This is one of approximately 48 rivers and estuaries in the world where this phenomenon happens. What is special about Sri Aman's benak is that it occurs everyday, the only river in the world that does that. There is a timetable at the river which has the time and dates for when the tidal bore will occur, but the really big ones occur only a couple", "title": "Sri Aman" }, { "docid": "5345745", "text": "far east, possibly beyond the Alleghenies, and, pushing gradually westward, descended the Ohio River – hence called by the Illinois the \"river of the Akansea\" – to its junction with the Mississippi, whence the Quapaw, then including the Osage and Kansa, descended to the mouth of the Arkansas, while the Omaha, with the Ponca, went up the Missouri. In 1541, when the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led an expedition that came across the town of Pacaha (also recorded by Garcilaso as Capaha), between the Mississippi River and a lake on the Arkansas side, apparently in present-day Phillips County. His", "title": "Quapaw" }, { "docid": "2876245", "text": "have featured the broadest definition of the region: all land claimed by France south of the Great Lakes and north of the mouth of the Ohio River, which would include the lower Missouri Valley as well as both banks of the Mississippi. A generation later, trade conflicts between Canada and Louisiana led to a more defined boundary between the French colonies; in 1745, Louisiana governor general Vaudreuil set the northeastern bounds of his domain as the Wabash valley up to the mouth of the Vermilion River (near present-day Danville, Illinois); from there, northwest to \"le Rocher\" on the Illinois River,", "title": "Illinois Country" }, { "docid": "2147490", "text": "Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana) The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Neshoba County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanih Waiya and Tallahaga creeks. and has a meander length of . The lower part of the river forms part of the boundary between Mississippi and Louisiana. The river contains large areas of bottomland hardwood swamp and cypress swamp, providing habitat for many species of wildlife including sturgeon and black bears. There was once hope that Ivory-billed woodpeckers might survive here, but this now seems unlikely. The mouth of the river provides important", "title": "Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)" }, { "docid": "11793650", "text": "Fort Smith on the Arkansas River and Fort St. Anthony at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi. In 1819, President James Monroe and Secretary of War John C. Calhoun ordered General Henry Atkinson to lead what became known as the Yellowstone Expedition. One objective was to eliminate British influence among the Native American tribes in the region. Nearly 1,000 soldiers were transported by five steamboats up the Missouri River to the Mandan villages at the mouth of the Yellowstone, where they built a fort. This was the first known use of steam propulsion in the west. At some point", "title": "United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers" }, { "docid": "4771899", "text": "a fleet under the command of Captain David D. Porter at the mouth of the Mississippi River. On March 4, 1862, this fleet moved to attack Confederate forts south of New Orleans, advancing up the river and engaging Fort Jackson of April 8 and passing it on April 24, with New Orleans falling the next day. \"Harriet Lane\" was sent on June 29, 1862, to attack the Vicksburg batteries. Farragut ordered the Mortar Flotilla to Ship Island May 1, and \"Harriet Lane\" continued to Pensacola, Florida, where she transported Brigadier General Lewis G. Arnold's troops from Fort Pickens to the", "title": "USRC Harriet Lane (1857)" }, { "docid": "12456202", "text": "River, Mississippi, May–June 1863. Stationed at Carrollton, Louisiana, July–August 1863. Stationed at Brashear City, Louisiana, September–October 1863. Stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8, 1863. The other company officers were First Lieutenant John A. Howard and Second Lieutenant Joseph Lugar. Stationed at Young's Point, Louisiana, January–February 1863. January 2–8 started up the river to the White River, and up that river, crossing through the cut-off into Arkansas River, and up the Arkansas River, arriving at a point 35 miles from the mouth of the river at a place called Arkansas Post on the evening of January 8. January 9 disembarked,", "title": "54th Indiana Infantry Regiment" }, { "docid": "12281176", "text": "a slightly higher tide was reported near Intracoastal City. Due to the storm surge, part of Louisiana Highway 82 was closed between Holly Beach and Johnson Bayou. Additionally, Interstate 10 was also flooded by storm surge. Minor flooding from the surge traveled up the Calcasieu River to Lake Charles, where water flooded a local yacht club. Low-lying areas of Intracoastal City were flooded, disrupting marine industries. A man fell overboard from a shrimp boat in rough seas from Edouard near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Three locations reported tropical storm force winds, including on Timbalier Island, in Calcasieu Pass,", "title": "Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)" }, { "docid": "8581826", "text": "the War Department 30 September 1862. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Joshua Bishop. \"General Bragg\" was fitted out at Cairo, Illinois, departing 9 July 1862 for Helena, Arkansas. She sailed 16 August 1862 as part of an escort to steamer \"Iatan\" carrying 500 troops to the mouth of the Yazoo River for reconnaissance of Confederate batteries and guerrilla parties. For the next 15 months, except for periods of repair at Memphis, Tennessee, she patrolled the river from Helena to the mouth of the Yazoo River, where she guarded against Confederate movements toward Vicksburg, Mississippi. With the fall of Vicksburg", "title": "USS General Bragg (1851)" }, { "docid": "3452557", "text": "The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is working to remove invasive species that have been introduced into the park in order to promote a healthy environment so that native species may survive and grow. The central feature of the park, Minnehaha Falls, lies several thousand feet upstream from its original mouth where it emptied into the Mississippi River 10,000 years ago at the end of the last Great Ice Age. Erosion below the falls has exposed Minnesota's geologic past from the present day back to over 450 million years ago, when Minnesota was covered with shallow seas. Statues in the", "title": "Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis)" }, { "docid": "15800587", "text": "DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, on April 9, 1862, with the following officers: The regiment was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties: The 20th Infantry Regiment was ordered east of the Mississippi River along with the rest of General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West. The regiment was added to a brigade commanded by Brigadier General Albert Rust. The unit boarded a steamer at Des Arc and moved down White River, out at its mouth, then up the Mississippi River and landed at Memphis, Tennessee, on April 11, 1862. The regiment was immediately ordered with the remainder of Rust's", "title": "20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment" }, { "docid": "933900", "text": "by the confluence of Apple Creek and the Mississippi River. Topographically, it is divided into lowlands and uplands. The lowlands comprise about one-eighth of the county and lie for the most part along the river. In the northeastern corner is the Bois Brule Bottom, meaning Burnt Wood, the most extensive tract of lowland, approximately long and up to wide. Its rich soil, coupled with its size, makes it the most productive farmland in the county. Smaller in size but still important is the Brazeau Bottom on the Mississippi River below Cape Cinque Hommes and the bottom situated near the mouth", "title": "Perry County, Missouri" }, { "docid": "12130191", "text": "Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River\". The civilian settlement, later named Goliad, sprang up around the presidio in the late 18th century; the area was one of the three most important in Spanish Texas. The presidio was captured by insurgents twice during the Mexican War of Independence, by the Republican Army of the North in 1813 and by the Long Expedition in 1821. Each time the insurgents were later defeated by Spanish troops. By the end of 1821, Texas became part of the newly formed United Mexican States. La Bahía was one of the", "title": "Presidio La Bahía" }, { "docid": "18841280", "text": "of the Union Army, the Department of the Mississippi was broken up into several new departments and districts. One of these, the District of West Tennessee, was created on July 17, 1862. On July 22, 1862, Grant ordered Du Barry to Corinth, Mississippi, where he took up duties as Chief Commissary for the district. Throughout the middle and end of July and probably into early August, Du Barry inspected Commissary of Subsistence depots at Columbus, Ohio; Hickman, Kentucky; Island Number Ten in the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi River; New Madrid, Missouri; Helena, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; and Columbus, Kentucky. The", "title": "Beekman Du Barry" }, { "docid": "4760879", "text": "a dried up salt lake, that does become full of water in winter. Area: 1 Perimeter: Hindmarsh Island Weather Receiver (35°31'10.20\"S 138°49'4.17\"E) is a weather receiver located next to the Hindmarsh Island Marina. It provides the Bureau of Meteorology with Hindmarsh Islands weather. Surrounded by a steel fence, it is out of bounds to the general public. The weather receiver was built in 2006. Height: Hindmarsh Island River Murray Mouth Lookout (35°32'58.23\"S 138°52'58.03\"E) is a lookout on the south-west area of the Island. An observation of the Murray Mouth; where the river meets the ocean. Area: Perimeter: Lake Cloud (35°31'12.51\"S", "title": "Hindmarsh Island" }, { "docid": "12251498", "text": "the Mississippi River below Memphis, Tennessee, reached a width of . The Mississippi River Commission was established in 1879 to facilitate improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Passes near its mouth to its headwaters. The stated mission of the Commission was to: For nearly a half century the MRC functioned as an executive body reporting directly to the Secretary of War. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 changed the mission of the MRC. The consequent Flood Control Act of 1928 created the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project (MR&T). The act assigned responsibility for developing and implementing the", "title": "Steamboats of the Mississippi" }, { "docid": "17244114", "text": "communist hideout, through the stories of the alumni who attended school around the 50s and 60s. The name \"Sungai Binjai\" originated from the Binjai trees that grows along the river. The fruit can be eaten and it can weighs up to a kilogram when it is matured enough. According to the mouth-to-mouth resources told by the elders of Kampung Meru, this exact river was the famous Malay folklore story \"Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup\" (The Split Boulder) originated, where the story of a mother who wanted to eat the eggs of a mudskipper, and end up being swallowed by a magical", "title": "Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Binjai" }, { "docid": "262258", "text": "as relicts such as paddlefish, sturgeon, gar and bowfin. Because of its size and high species diversity, the Mississippi basin is often divided into subregions. The Upper Mississippi River alone is home to about 120 fish species, including walleye, sauger, large mouth bass, small mouth bass, white bass, northern pike, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish, flathead catfish, common shiner, freshwater drum and shovelnose sturgeon. In addition to fish, several species of turtles (such as snapping, musk, mud, map, cooter, painted and softshell turtles), American alligator, aquatic amphibians (such as hellbender, mudpuppy, three-toed amphiuma and lesser siren), and cambarid crayfish (such as", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "262236", "text": "the Great Lakes. In 1848, the continental divide separating the waters of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley was breached by the Illinois and Michigan canal via the Chicago River. This both accelerated the development, and forever changed the ecology of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes. In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France, calling the river \"Colbert River\" after Jean-Baptiste Colbert and the region \"La Louisiane\", for King Louis XIV. On March 2, 1699, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville rediscovered the mouth of the Mississippi,", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "docid": "1783863", "text": "River Trail and Capital City Trail follow the river on its course through the city, while part of the Bayside Trail also connects with the river. The river is also popular for boating, in the residential suburb of Toorak some of the larger mansions have private boat moorings, whilst newer developments in Melbourne Docklands have larger marinas as does Pier 31 at Fisherman's Bend and Newport and Williamstown at the river's mouth. Boating is difficult beyond Hawthorn and impossible past Dights Falls. It is mostly concentrated in central Melbourne where cruises go up and down the river and ferries operate.", "title": "Yarra River" }, { "docid": "8712243", "text": "chief Mardi Gras parade routes. The \"downriver\" end meets Canal Street. On the other side of Canal Street in the French Quarter, the corresponding street is Royal Street. From Canal Street, St. Charles runs up through the New Orleans Central Business District, then the length of Uptown New Orleans, reflecting the crescent curve of the Mississippi River but at a distance inland. It continues to the Carrollton neighborhood, ending one block past Carrollton Avenue where it intersects with Leake Street/River Road at the foot of the Mississippi River levee. From Canal Street to Lee Circle, St. Charles Avenue is properly", "title": "St. Charles Avenue" }, { "docid": "4812791", "text": "St. Ignace, in what is now Michigan, and entered the Fox River at Green Bay. They canoed up the Fox until they reached the river's westernmost point, and then portaged, or carried their boats, to the nearby Wisconsin River, where they resumed canoeing downstream to the Mississippi River. Marquette and Joliet reached the Mississippi near what is now Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in June, 1673. Nicolas Perrot, French commander of the west, established Fort St. Nicholas at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in May, 1685, near the southwest end of the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway. Perrot also built a fort on the shores", "title": "History of Wisconsin" }, { "docid": "6816118", "text": "to drive off the Union navy, resulting in the Battle of the Head of Passes. The Union countermove was to enter the mouth of the Mississippi River, ascend to New Orleans and capture the city, closing off the mouth of the Mississippi to Confederate shipping both from the Gulf and from Mississippi River ports still used by Confederate vessels. In mid-January 1862, Flag Officer David G. Farragut had undertaken this enterprise with his West Gulf Blockading Squadron. The way was soon open except the water passage past the two masonry forts held by Confederate artillery, Fort Jackson and Fort St.", "title": "Capture of New Orleans" }, { "docid": "15434705", "text": "wall, even though it was on the South Carolina side of the river. This new land was called \"Denwill and Horseshoe Shoal\". Given the valuable natural resources off the Atlantic Ocean shore, the two states also contested where the off-shore boundary between the two states is located. The typical procedure would be to locate the mouth of the Savannah River and then draw a line perpendicular to the shore from the midpoint of the river's mouth. However, the river does not have a clearly defined mouth. Tybee Island forms the southern edge of its mouth, but there is no highlands", "title": "Georgia v. South Carolina (1990)" }, { "docid": "497508", "text": "the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of \"Louisiane\", which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and part of eastern Texas. The expedition, led by Iberville, entered the mouth of the Mississippi River on the evening of 2 March 1699 (new style), Lundi Gras. They did not yet know it was the river explored and claimed for France by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1683. The party proceeded upstream to a place on the east bank about 60 miles downriver from where", "title": "Mardi Gras" }, { "docid": "12868807", "text": "Michigan in 1668, St. Ignace in 1671, and at La Pointe on Lake Superior near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin. In 1673, Marquette and French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet undertook an additional journey to explore the Mississippi river as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River. During the late 1690s, the Jesuits expanded along the middle of the Mississippi river, in competition with the Seminary of Foreign Missions of Quebec (a branch of the Paris Foreign Missions Society). In 1700, the Jesuits established themselves at the mouth of the River Des Peres. From 1703 a large Jesuit establishment", "title": "Jesuit missions in North America" }, { "docid": "954719", "text": "to name a military post they built on the banks of the Mississippi River, as the site was surrounded by numerous persimmon trees. Eventually the name was applied to the entire parish and to a nearby bayou. The oldest European settlement in the parish was La Balize, where the French built and inhabited a crude fort by 1699 near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The name in French meant \"seamark\", a tall structure of wood built as a guide for ships. By 1721 the French built one high. A surviving map from about 1720 shows the island and fort,", "title": "Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana" }, { "docid": "17442990", "text": "Bois Brule Bottom The Bois Brule Bottom (French: Bois Brûlé) is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek to the west and the Mississippi River to the east. The American Bottom stretches from St. Louis south along the east side of the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Kaskaskia River, just north of Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois. At Morrow Island the American Bottom is broken by the Mississippi River, and on the west side of the Mississippi River the alluvial plain continues as the \"Le Grande Champ\" or", "title": "Bois Brule Bottom" }, { "docid": "5942197", "text": "headed to the Mississippi state line (mouth of Pearl River, 10 a.m. CDT), with hurricane-force winds travelling up central Mississippi until weakening at Meridian, and entering Tennessee as a tropical storm. Despite the hurricane force centered on Mississippi, neighboring areas were also affected: when New Orleans began slowly flooding with high east/north winds, a 28-foot (9 m) storm surge eastward from Bay St. Louis devastated coastal areas with 30–55 foot (17 m) sea waves, flooding 12 miles (19 km) inland. The waves pushed barges, oil rigs, ships, and debris into submerged towns to flatten many coastal buildings across to Pascagoula", "title": "Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi" } ]

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[ { "docid": "9531238", "text": "total of 255 at the end of the allotted 50 overs. Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 1997, participating in two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches. During the first Test match, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs for 6 wickets, the highest team total in Test cricket. Several more records were established in this match, including the highest partnership for the second wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama. The Test series ended without a result, with both Test matches drawn. Sri Lanka won all three", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997" }, { "docid": "9531238", "text": "total of 255 at the end of the allotted 50 overs. Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 1997, participating in two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches. During the first Test match, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs for 6 wickets, the highest team total in Test cricket. Several more records were established in this match, including the highest partnership for the second wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama. The Test series ended without a result, with both Test matches drawn. Sri Lanka won all three", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997" }, { "docid": "9531214", "text": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 1997, participating in two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches. During the first Test match, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs for 6 wickets, the highest team total in Test cricket. Several more records were established in this match, including the highest partnership for the second wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama. The Test series ended without a result, with both Test matches drawn. Sri Lanka won all three of the One Day International matches, although the third one had", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997" } ]

[ { "docid": "15137008", "text": "Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011 The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England from 14 May to 9 July 2011. The tour consisted of three Tests, one Twenty20 International (T20I) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between Sri Lanka and England. Jonathan Trott's score of 203 is the highest score by an English batsman against Sri Lanka, beating the previous score of 174 set by Graham Gooch in 1991. Sri Lanka's second innings total of 82 was their fifth-lowest Test total. Thisara Perera made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in this game. On the opening day, England's", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011" }, { "docid": "5797116", "text": "201* is still the highest test score made by a debutant for Sri Lanka in test history, and the highest score by a wicketkeeper on Test debut. Kuruppu is the current coach of the Maldives national cricket team. In November 2018, he was named on Sri Lanka Cricket's National Selection Panel. Kuruppu was born in Colombo in January 1962, and played club cricket for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic and Burgher Recreation Clubs. His international career started at the 1983 World Cup in England, where he hit two sixes and seven fours in what was to be a career-best 72 against", "title": "Brendon Kuruppu" }, { "docid": "361615", "text": "team. Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014. Sri Lanka once held highest team score in all three formats of cricket, where currently holds Test team total. The country co-hosted the Cricket World Cup in 1996 and 2011, and hosted the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lankans have won two medals at Olympic Games, one silver, by Duncan White at 1948 London Olympics for men's 400 metres hurdles and one silver by Susanthika Jayasinghe at 2000 Sydney Olympics for women's 200 metres. In 1973, Muhammad Lafir won the World Billiards Championship, the highest", "title": "Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "15137009", "text": "batsmen were reduced to 22 for 3, before battling back to finish the day on 342 for 6. This included a record stand for the sixth wicket against Sri Lanka, when Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior made 101 runs. Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan score of 193 was the highest score made by a Sri Lankan at Lord's and Dilshan's highest Test Match score. Dilshan also broke his thumb during his innings, after a delivery on the third day from Chris Tremlett. As a result, he'll miss the Third Test. England wicketkeeper Matt Prior was reprimanded by the International Cricket", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011" }, { "docid": "16248306", "text": "the highest score of the match, when Sri Lanka lost by 17 runs to Pakistan in Karachi in 1973-74. Jayantha is a former national selector and national coaching committee member of Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. He also coached Bhutan, and has served as a curator. Jayantha Seneviratne Jayantha Seneviratne (born 6 June 1952) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka cricket team from 1973 to 1979, playing in five unofficial Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo, where he played", "title": "Jayantha Seneviratne" }, { "docid": "15137010", "text": "Council, after he broke a window in the dressing-room, following a run-out. This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl. Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his Test Match debut. Chris Tremlett made his best Test figures to date with 6 for 48. Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011 The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England from 14 May to 9 July 2011. The tour consisted of three Tests, one Twenty20 International (T20I) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between Sri Lanka and England. Jonathan Trott's score of 203 is the highest", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011" }, { "docid": "14272768", "text": "opposition. Sri Lanka A Cricket team has the world record for the highest 7th wicket partnership in List A history(Rangana Herath & Thilina Kandamby put on 203*) 5 different captains have led the Sri Lanka A side in T20 matches. Sri Lanka A cricket team The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the 'second-tier' of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification", "title": "Sri Lanka A cricket team" }, { "docid": "16248305", "text": "Jayantha Seneviratne Jayantha Seneviratne (born 6 June 1952) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka cricket team from 1973 to 1979, playing in five unofficial Test matches against India, Pakistan and the West Indies. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo, where he played cricket for the first XI from 1968 to 1970. After leaving school, he played for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in Colombo. He represented the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in 1973, and the Sri Lanka national team in 1974 and 1975. He made his highest first-class score of 98 not out,", "title": "Jayantha Seneviratne" }, { "docid": "2398469", "text": "Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia 3-0 for the first time in Test cricket. Until 2017, Sri Lanka had whitewashed Zimbabwe three times, Bangladesh once and Australia once in Test cricket. Sri Lanka played their first day-night Test match on 6 October 2017 against Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Under the captaincy of Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka convincingly won the match by 68 runs and sweep the series 2-0. In the match, Dimuth Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty, a century and a 150 in a day-night Test. Lahiru Gamage, who debut in the match", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "8402338", "text": "Sangakkara (who made 287) shared a partnership worth 624 for the third wicket, a new world record in first class cricket for any wicket. Jayawardene eventually made the highest score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket. Muralitharan then bowled 64 overs, taking six South African wickets as they were bowled out midway through the afternoon session on the final day to lose by an innings and 153 runs. Sri Lanka took the final Test by one wicket, in a match \"neither side deserved to lose\". South Africa opted to bat first, lost openers Gibbs and Hall for ducks, but", "title": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006" }, { "docid": "13957614", "text": "Chamani Seneviratne Chamani Roshini Seneviratne (born 14 November 1978 in Anuradhapura) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. She scored Sri Lanka's only century in Women's Test cricket, with an unbeaten 105 against Pakistan in April 1998. She also did it on her debut. By scoring a test century on debut,she became only the eight batswoman to score a test hundred on debut. After Chamani Seneviratne's century on debut, in Sri Lanka cricket's history the first-ever test centurions on debuts for both Sri Lanka men's national cricket team as well as Sri Lanka women's national cricket team came on debuts of Brendon", "title": "Chamani Seneviratne" }, { "docid": "5105734", "text": "Test win against Australia; a game remembered for the dreadful collision between Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie. Both players had to be airlifted to Colombo for medical treatment after being seriously injured. Waugh broke his nose while Gillespie had a broken bone in his shin. Asgiriya has also hosted a 1996 Cricket World Cup fixture between Sri Lanka and Kenya, when Sri Lanka made 398, the highest World Cup score at the time and highest ODI team total until 400 passed. Asgiriya Stadium has hosted a total of 22 Test Matches and seven of them have been won by Sri", "title": "Asgiriya Stadium" }, { "docid": "5919777", "text": "at the very same ground three years earlier. They passed that record shortly after tea, and went on to add 280, before Dilshan nicked behind to Khaled Mashud and a stroke-filled three-and-a-half-hour innings came to an end. He recorded his highest Test score of his career to date, with 168. Samaraweera was out four short of his highest Test score, making 138, as Bangladesh got two wickets with the new ball - yet Sri Lanka had turned 48 for 4 to 449 for 7 in the space of two and a half sessions. Chaminda Vaas added insult to injury, smacking", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06" }, { "docid": "4071594", "text": "Zealand, and a century in 2011 Cricket World Cup final against India. He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations. He achieved this feat on the 21st February 2009 by scoring his maiden Test century against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. Jayawardene is the recipient of International Cricket Council's \"Captain of the Year 2006\", Captain of the \"World One-Day International Team of the Year 2006\", Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2007, and the record holder for the highest score (374 runs) by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket. He also led Sri Lanka when the team won", "title": "Mahela Jayawardene" }, { "docid": "4824890", "text": "Cap where he played Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at Colombo 1985/86. Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record second wicket partnership of 576 runs with Sanath Jayasuriya. This record was surpassed in July 2006 as the largest partnership in Test match history by fellow Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put on 624 against South Africa. The partnership between Jayasuriya-Mahanama still stood as the highest partnership for the", "title": "Roshan Mahanama" }, { "docid": "9531213", "text": "Manoj Prabhakar. India's Anil Kumble picked up 13 wickets and was the highest wicket-taker in the series. In the ODI series, India's Mohammad Azharuddin top-scored with 200 runs, and Prabhakar and Sri Lanka's Pramodya Wickramasinghe with seven wickets each were the highest wicket-takers. Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 12 July to 14 August 1993. The tour began with a first-class fixture against Sri Lanka Board President's XI and ended with the final ODI game. In all, it consisted of one first-class game, and three Test and One Day Internationals", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993" }, { "docid": "6986087", "text": "2002 ICC Champions Trophy finals between Sri Lanka and India and first semi final of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup between Sri Lanka and New Zealand . Also this is the venue where the highest Test score in the history was recorded; 953 by Sri Lanka against India. It has capacity exceeding Lord's Cricket Ground. It is nicknamed \"Home of Sri Lankan cricket\". The stadium is the brainchild of the late Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa, who championed the development of this 40,000-seater concrete bowl, the biggest stadium in Sri Lanka. Opened on 2 February 1986 with a match", "title": "R. Premadasa Stadium" }, { "docid": "19665099", "text": "Sri Lanka lost the series 3-2, giving Zimbabweans their first ever series win against Sri Lanka. The captaincy of Mathews was highly criticized after the loss and Mathews said that the defeat was \"one of the lowest points in his career\" and stepped down as captain of the team in all three formats the following day. Under the new captain Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka won the one-off test by recording the highest successful run chase by any team in a Test in Asia, and the highest successful chase by Sri Lanka in Tests. Sri Lanka then met India in a", "title": "History of the Sri Lankan cricket team" }, { "docid": "9531215", "text": "to be replayed due to bad weather. Sanath Jayasuriya was the most notable player during the tournament. He was selected as player of the series in both the Test series and the ODI series, and won two man of the match awards as well. He was the highest scoring batsman during the Test series, and also took the highest number of wickets for Sri Lanka in the ODI series. The Indian cricket team had arrived in Sri Lanka on 12 July 1997 to participate in the Asia Cup. After that, they stayed on in the country for two Test matches", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997" }, { "docid": "2398458", "text": "Sri Lanka national cricket team The Sri Lanka national cricket team, () nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1982, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket. Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "19794976", "text": "cause for celebration for India came when Kapil Dev became test cricket's highest wicket-taker, surpassing Richard Hadlee's tally of 431, which had stood for three and a half years. Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1993–94 The Sri Lanka national cricket team are toured India in January and February 1994 to play three Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs). The tour followed the Sri Lankan's participation in the 1993 Hero Cup, where they reached the semi-final and was surrounded by controversy. Sri Lanka only toured India after the Pakistan national cricket team pulled out citing security concerns.", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1993–94" }, { "docid": "17975938", "text": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI). Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1. The Test series was the final Test series for Sri Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene after he announced his retirement from Test cricket in order to focus on One Day cricket until the 2015 Cricket World Cup. In the first innings of the second Test, Sri Lankan", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014" }, { "docid": "19665818", "text": "Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent (Pre test status) The Ceylon national cricket team, later Sri Lanka national cricket team, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket since its first international representative match in 1927. Before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status on 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka had associate member status from 1965 to 1981. From 1927 to 1981 all top-level international matches were of first-class or List A status. Sri Lanka first competed in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they played against", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent (Pre test status)" }, { "docid": "19665819", "text": "West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup. Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent (Pre test status) The Ceylon national cricket team, later Sri Lanka national cricket team, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket since its first international representative match in 1927. Before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status on 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka had associate member status from 1965 to 1981. From 1927 to 1981 all top-level international matches were of first-class or List A status. Sri Lanka first competed in top-level international", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent (Pre test status)" }, { "docid": "19304788", "text": "Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent The Sri Lanka national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. Sri Lanka first competed in international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England. After Sri Lanka awarded Test status in 17 February 1982 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent" }, { "docid": "7150351", "text": "to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin. He made his career's highest score in a first class match against India in 1974, hitting an unbeaten 169. This is regarded as one of the best centuries scored by a Sri Lankan batsman before the country gained Test status. Tennekoon was the ninth ODI cap for Sri Lanka, and played four One Day International (ODI) matches, leading the Sri Lankan side in all of them. Tennekoon captained the Sri Lankan cricket team at the inaugural Cricket World Cup", "title": "Anura Tennekoon" }, { "docid": "15695891", "text": "the series 1–0 On the first day Shaminda Eranga got his first wicket in tests with his first ball (repeating Nathan Lyon's feat in the 1st test); his victim was Shane Watson. Also on the first day Shaun Marsh achieved an average of 222 before he got out, the highest ever by an Australian. Michael Hussey was Man of the Match for all three test matches and was awarded Man of the Series. Australia won the series 1-0 Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011 The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 20 September 2011.", "title": "Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011" }, { "docid": "8402337", "text": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006 The South African cricket team toured Sri Lanka for cricket matches in the 2006 cricket season. South Africa are scheduled to play two Test matches against Sri Lanka, one warm-up first class game over three days against Sri Lanka A, and at least four One Day Internationals as part of a triangular series. Sri Lanka took the Test series 2–0 after winning the final Test by one wicket, their second successive home Test series win against South Africa after their win in 2004. In Sri Lanka's innings, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar", "title": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006" }, { "docid": "4071588", "text": "Club since 1995. He was signed to play as an overseas player for Derbyshire for the first half of the 2008 English cricket season. However, his commitments to Sri Lanka and involvement in the Indian Premier League prevented him from playing any part in the 2008 county season. Mahela Jayawardene is the 69th Sri Lanka Test Cap, having made his debut against India at Colombo in 1997. Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Jayawardene added 66 to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 952/6, the highest Test score ever.", "title": "Mahela Jayawardene" }, { "docid": "17975939", "text": "bowler Rangana Herath took nine wickets for 127 runs, the best figures for a left-arm bowler in Test cricket. Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI). Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1. The Test series was the final Test series for Sri Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene after he announced his retirement from Test cricket in order to focus on", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014" }, { "docid": "9290210", "text": "last time they visited New Zealand, but beat New Zealand at the 2006 Champions Trophy. However, that was their only victory in the group stage, as New Zealand progressed from the group. On the ICC Test Championship tables, Sri Lanka were ranked two places ahead of New Zealand, but New Zealand were ranked third on the ODI tables, three places ahead of Sri Lanka. The schedule was announced on 22 June. Match drawn At Dunedin, Sri Lanka passed 400 twice, with Upul Tharanga making the highest score of the match with 108 in the third innings. For Otago, Jordan Sheed,", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2006–07" }, { "docid": "9531221", "text": "day and took Sri Lanka to 322/1. Both had scored centuries, and their partnership was at 283 runs. Jayasuriya and Mahanama continued to bat throughout the fourth day as well, and added 265 more to their partnership, taking Sri Lanka to 587/1. Jayasuriya had scored the first triple century by a Sri Lankan batsman, and was followed by Mahanama with a double hundred. Jayasuriya was 50 runs short of the highest individual Test score (375 by Brian Lara). On the fifth day, a large crowd had gathered at the R. Premadasa Stadium, anticipating a new world record from Jayasuriya. 30,000", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997" }, { "docid": "5919782", "text": "overs, as Bangladesh's last recognised batting partnership was in with the score 139 for 6. Aftab Ahmed and Khaled Mashud held out for 11 overs, but Rangana Herath took the wicket of Aftab and the last two batsmen, leaving Bangladesh all out for 197 - an improvement by 27 runs in the loss margin, but still a comprehensive defeat. Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06 The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September 2005. The Bangladeshi team is coming off a moderately successful", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06" }, { "docid": "2398476", "text": "since 1 January 2018. International match Summary – Sri Lanka Updated 19 December 2018 Test record versus other nations Updated 19 December 2018 T20I record versus other nations Updated 28 October 2018 ODI record versus other nations Updated 23 October 2018 Since gaining Test Status in 1982, the Sri Lanka cricket team has achieved numerous milestones, including: Sri Lanka national cricket team The Sri Lanka national cricket team, () nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "18795925", "text": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 1 September 2015 to play a tour match and three Test matches. On 27 June, Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara said he would retire from international cricket after the second Test of the series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Sri Lanka Cricket Board confirmed the schedule of India's tour to Sri Lanka in August to September 2015. The tour started with a three-day warm-up game against Sri Lanka Board President's XI, followed by three Test matches.", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015" }, { "docid": "7060150", "text": "in Test cricket.. His score 219* is currently the highest individual score in a test innings by bangladeshi batsman. Previously in 2013, He finished an double century innings of 200 vs Sri Lanka at Galle. Later the same month, against the West Indies, he became the second batsman for Bangladesh to score 4,000 runs in Tests. Mushfiqur Rahim Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim (; born 9 June 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team. Between August 2009 and December 2010 Rahim served as Bangladesh's vice-captain in all formats. At domestic level he represents Rajshahi", "title": "Mushfiqur Rahim" }, { "docid": "13374322", "text": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009 The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka. This tour is the return tour of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09, where during the second test the match was abandoned due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which injured seven players, three staff and killed six Pakistani policemen and two civilians. Pakistan played a first-class game against Sri Lanka Cricket XI which was drawn. They", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009" }, { "docid": "2398460", "text": "the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and have won the ICC World Twenty20 championship in 2014. They have been consecutive runners up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket. The Sri Lanka national cricket team began with the formation of the Colombo Cricket Club in 1832. By the 1880s a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "19664986", "text": "highest team total in that time by scoring 398/5, Aravinda again played a gem of an inning with 145 runs. This score was the highest score by a Sri Lankan player in the World Cup. In the first quarterfinals, Sri Lanka played with England, where Sanath devastated the English players with his fast 82 runs just off 44 balls. Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets and progressed through to their first semi-finals in the World Cup. Sri Lanka met India again in the semi-final, and the match was played in Kolkata, at the Eden Gardens, under the eyes", "title": "History of the Sri Lankan cricket team" }, { "docid": "20484422", "text": "for the third Test, with Asalanka being released. English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19 The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in October and November 2018 to play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. The tour included England's first Test matches in Sri Lanka since 2012. In September 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the ODI team, replacing Angelo Mathews. Days later, Mathews was dropped from Sri Lanka's ODI side due to fitness concerns. However, Mathews was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, which was named", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19" }, { "docid": "12087657", "text": "Test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council. Sri Lanka Cricket, formerly the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lanka A cricket team, Sri Lankan women's cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a full member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council. Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class", "title": "Cricket in Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "13189484", "text": "Dev of India and Imran Khan of Pakistan, which was held at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Lakmal is also the first cricketer from Hambantota District to represent the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. During first Test against South Africa, Lakmal bagged his maiden five-wicket haul, becoming the second Sri Lankan pacer Chanaka Welagedara to take a fifer against South Africa in South Africa. However, Sri Lanka lost the match by 206 runs. Though Sri Lanka lost all three Test matches, Lakmal showed best bowling figures throughout the series. He is the highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the series", "title": "Suranga Lakmal" }, { "docid": "9531191", "text": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1981–82 The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February 1982. The tour included two One Day International (ODI) matches and one Test match. Sri Lanka had become a Test playing nation the year before, and this was their inaugural Test match. A lot of celebrations had been prepared in Sri Lanka, include the issuing of commemorative stamps and coins. England won the first ODI, but Sri Lanka won the second, causing large celebrations in the country. They also played well in the first Test match, but the Sri Lankan batting collapsed on", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1981–82" }, { "docid": "2398470", "text": "became the first Sri Lankan to take a wicket in a day-night Test, whereas Dilruwan Perera became the first Sri Lankan to take five-wicket haul in a day-night Test. Sri Lanka Cricket (formerly the Board for Cricket Control or BCCSL), is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 Tournament. Sri Lanka Cricket also organise and host the", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "19247079", "text": "would retire from both ODI and T20I cricket at the end of the series. He retired from all international cricket on 9 September 2016. On 6 September 2016, Australia recorded the highest ever Twenty20 International score of 263/3 in first T20I of the series. Australia won the ODI series 4–1 and the T20I series 2–0. With injury concerns, the Sri Lankan selectors picked their Test squads on a match-by-match basis. Stephen O'Keefe suffered a hamstring injury during the first Test and was replaced by Jon Holland. Travis Head was added to Australia's limited overs squads in August. Following the conclusion", "title": "Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016" }, { "docid": "10950955", "text": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08 The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 28 September to 22 December 2007. England made two trips to Sri Lanka in this tour with the ODI team arriving on 25 September before returning to England on 15 October. The Test team arrived on 15 November and stayed there for the remainder of the tour. The tour included three Test matches and five ODIs. Sri Lanka entered the series ranked fourth at both ODI and Test levels. The team had good recent performances in ODI reaching the final of 2007 Cricket World", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08" }, { "docid": "20628792", "text": "Sumithra Warnakulasuriya Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (born 25 March 1962) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. Warnakulasuriya attended Royal College, Colombo from 1968 to 1982. In 1982 he was the school's head prefect and captain of the cricket team. In the 1980 Royal–Thomian match he scored 197, a record for the contest. An opening batsman, he played 16 matches of first-class cricket for various Sri Lankan national teams between 1982 and 1986 but was unable to break into the Test team. His highest score was 174 not out off 419 balls for a Sri Lanka Colts XI against the touring Indian side", "title": "Sumithra Warnakulasuriya" }, { "docid": "16876492", "text": "first-class including one against the Sri Lanka national team which they won by 7 wickets. In March, England played three Tests in Pakistan which were all drawn. English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73 The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from December 1972 to March 1973 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team. England were captained by Tony Lewis. The Sri Lanka national cricket team was not Test-qualified at that", "title": "English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73" }, { "docid": "16876491", "text": "English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73 The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from December 1972 to March 1973 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team. England were captained by Tony Lewis. The Sri Lanka national cricket team was not Test-qualified at that time and played a single first-class match against MCC in Colombo. Having left India in February, MCC played four matches in Sri Lanka, two of which were", "title": "English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73" }, { "docid": "18143400", "text": "and Sri Lanka by Anura Tennekoon. West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79 The West Indies cricket team, captained by Alvin Kallicharran, toured India and Sri Lanka from November 1978 to February 1979 and played a six-match Test series against the India national cricket team. India won the series 1–0. In Sri Lanka, the West Indians played two internationals against the Sri Lanka national cricket team which had not then achieved Test status; therefore, the internationals played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, both in Colombo, are classified as first-class matches.", "title": "West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79" }, { "docid": "18149268", "text": "West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1974–75 The West Indies cricket team, captained by Clive Lloyd, toured India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan from November 1974 to March 1975 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by a two-match series against the Pakistan national cricket team. West Indies won the series in India 3–2 and the series in Pakistan was drawn 0–0. In Sri Lanka, the West Indians played two internationals against the Sri Lanka national cricket team which had not then achieved Test status; therefore, the internationals played at", "title": "West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1974–75" }, { "docid": "10374479", "text": "match did not have ODI or List A status. Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007 The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three Test matches and three One Day Internationals in June and July 2007. This series held Mohammad Ashraful's first Test and ODI matches as captain of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka ended up winning all the Test matches and One-day Internationals. Chaminda Vaas and Prasanna Jayawardene both recorded their first Test career centuries, both during the same partnership during the Sri Lankan innings. In addition, the partnership - worth 223 runs without dismissal (Sri Lanka declared their", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007" }, { "docid": "10374469", "text": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007 The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three Test matches and three One Day Internationals in June and July 2007. This series held Mohammad Ashraful's first Test and ODI matches as captain of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka ended up winning all the Test matches and One-day Internationals. Chaminda Vaas and Prasanna Jayawardene both recorded their first Test career centuries, both during the same partnership during the Sri Lankan innings. In addition, the partnership - worth 223 runs without dismissal (Sri Lanka declared their innings once Vaas reached his hundred) - set a", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007" }, { "docid": "3581608", "text": "then he was a regular player in the one day team for the next few years. When Muttiah Muralitharan withdrew from the 2004 tour to Australia, Chandana came into the Test side as the main spin bowler. Despite being expensive, he took a ten wicket haul in the 2nd Test at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns. Till date (August 2016) he is the only Sri Lankan bowler to take ten wickets in a test match in Australia. Upul Chandana has the record for the highest test score when batting at number 9 position for Sri Lanka(92). Chandana retired from international cricket", "title": "Upul Chandana" }, { "docid": "13374328", "text": "manager said that the incidents did happen but the team management took appropriate steps to erase any chances of further contacts between the players and the bookies. Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009 The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka. This tour is the return tour of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09, where during the second test the match was abandoned due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009" }, { "docid": "18030435", "text": "12 losses and 15 draws. At the end of the 2013-14 season the leading run-scorer is Gayan Maneshan with 1288 runs at an average of 53.66. The leading wicket-taker is Chanaka Komasaru with 76 wickets at 29.39. The highest score is 235 by Ashan Priyanjan against Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in 2012-13. The best bowling figures are 7 for 58 by Isuru Udana against Sinhalese Sports Club in 2013-14. Players with international caps are listed in bold Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team sponsored by the Sri Lanka Ports", "title": "Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club" }, { "docid": "3580534", "text": "did not want to take the captaincy, but Sri Lanka Cricket asked him to take the captaincy for six months until they found someone suitable. He accepted the task, but the many troubles in the team, retirements, and injuries led him to reduce performances. However, his appointment as captain was questioned by cricket fans and pundits alike. Many wondered if he was the right man to lead Sri Lanka. While, Dilshan did score 193 runs against England at Lord's, and broke the record for the highest individual score made by a Sri Lankan at the venue, plus leading Sri Lanka", "title": "Tillakaratne Dilshan" }, { "docid": "14272767", "text": "Sri Lanka A cricket team The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the 'second-tier' of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Sri Lanka A played their first match in February 1991, a 45-over contest against England A. Sri Lanka A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class", "title": "Sri Lanka A cricket team" }, { "docid": "10950972", "text": "with the openers (Sanath Jayasuriya and Michael Vandort) putting on 113. During this opening stand, Jayasuriya became only the second batsman to score six fours off a six-ball over in Test cricket (with James Anderson being the unfortunate bowler). After the day's proceedings, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. Sri Lanka continued with a far more assertive batting display in their second innings. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara dominated the first session, and Sangakkara became the first batsman ever to score 150 in each of four consecutive Tests. England's bowlers toiled throughout the day but struggled to contain the", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08" }, { "docid": "20484416", "text": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19 The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in October and November 2018 to play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. The tour included England's first Test matches in Sri Lanka since 2012. In September 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the ODI team, replacing Angelo Mathews. Days later, Mathews was dropped from Sri Lanka's ODI side due to fitness concerns. However, Mathews was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, which was named at the same time as the ODI squad.", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19" }, { "docid": "9531266", "text": "team. However, the team voted overwhelmingly to return home after just one Test of the scheduled three-Test tour. In the aftermath of the incident, no international tours of Sri Lanka were undertaken until 1992. New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1986–87 The New Zealand cricket team toured Sri Lanka in 1987, with the intention of playing three test matches and three one day internationals. The first test at Colombo Cricket Club Ground ended in a draw. The second and third Tests were both cancelled because of civil disturbances. The tour was cut short due to a bomb exploding", "title": "New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1986–87" }, { "docid": "5919778", "text": "ten fours and a six to bring up 61 before the close of play, and he would begin the second day 13 short of his highest Test score. Rasel ended that dream for Vaas, though, as the Sri Lankan dragged the ball into his stumps to be bowled for 65. Sri Lanka, once again, declared without giving Lasith Malinga the chance to bat, leaving Bangladesh 457 to hit for first-innings parity. It started well, as Javed Omar and Shahriar Nafees added 16 in 5 overs, but Shahriar edged a delivery from Malinga into the diving keeper's hands, and Habibul Bashar", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06" }, { "docid": "5919749", "text": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06 The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September 2005. The Bangladeshi team is coming off a moderately successful tour of England, by their standards, as they pushed Australia close in one ODI and beat them in another. However, they still lost five out of six matches in the NatWest Series, and both of the Test matches, and remain at the bottom of both the ICC Test Championship and ICC ODI Championship. The hosts Sri Lanka, meanwhile, are", "title": "Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06" }, { "docid": "19640781", "text": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017 The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between July and September 2017 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International match. Ahead of the Test series, the teams played a two-day warm-up match in Colombo. Dinesh Chandimal was appointed the new Test captain of Sri Lanka following Sri Lanka's ODI defeat to Zimbabwe earlier in the month. However, before the first Test, Chandimal contracted pneumonia, ruling him out of the match. Rangana Herath was later confirmed as captain of the side for the first Test. Chandimal", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017" }, { "docid": "2398461", "text": "began playing first-class cricket by the 1920s. The Ceylon national cricket team achieved associate member status of the International Cricket Council in 1965. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, the national team first competed in top level international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England. After Sri Lanka awarded Test status in 21 July 1981 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in", "title": "Sri Lanka national cricket team" }, { "docid": "18143399", "text": "West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79 The West Indies cricket team, captained by Alvin Kallicharran, toured India and Sri Lanka from November 1978 to February 1979 and played a six-match Test series against the India national cricket team. India won the series 1–0. In Sri Lanka, the West Indians played two internationals against the Sri Lanka national cricket team which had not then achieved Test status; therefore, the internationals played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, both in Colombo, are classified as first-class matches. India were captained by Sunil Gavaskar", "title": "West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79" }, { "docid": "19640786", "text": "was ruled out of the rest of the series. Dilshan Munaweera was added to Sri Lanka's squad ahead of the fourth ODI. Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017 The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between July and September 2017 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International match. Ahead of the Test series, the teams played a two-day warm-up match in Colombo. Dinesh Chandimal was appointed the new Test captain of Sri Lanka following Sri Lanka's ODI defeat to Zimbabwe earlier in the month. However, before the first Test, Chandimal contracted", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017" }, { "docid": "19247082", "text": "in the 5th ODI. Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016 The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 18 July to 9 September 2016 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs), two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches and a first-class practice match. The Test series was played for Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, with Sri Lanka winning 3–0, their first ever series whitewash against Australia. As a result, Australia slipped from first to third in the ICC Test Championship; Sri Lanka, who had started the series ranked seventh, moved up to sixth. In August 2016, Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne", "title": "Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016" }, { "docid": "19038773", "text": "Conference to consider promoting Sri Lanka to Test status. When Sri Lanka played their first Test in 1982, six of this touring team (Ajit de Silva, Somachandra de Silva, Kaluperuma, Mendis, Warnapura and Wettimuny) were in the side. Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1973–74 The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Pakistan in March and April 1974, playing eight first-class matches, including two against Pakistan. Sri Lanka did not then have Test status. At the time it was Sri Lanka’s longest tour. Sri Lanka began with a seven-wicket victory over Sind, and a drawn match against Punjab. In the", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1973–74" }, { "docid": "19247078", "text": "Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016 The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 18 July to 9 September 2016 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs), two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) matches and a first-class practice match. The Test series was played for Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, with Sri Lanka winning 3–0, their first ever series whitewash against Australia. As a result, Australia slipped from first to third in the ICC Test Championship; Sri Lanka, who had started the series ranked seventh, moved up to sixth. In August 2016, Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan announced that he", "title": "Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016" }, { "docid": "9531212", "text": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993 The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 12 July to 14 August 1993. The tour began with a first-class fixture against Sri Lanka Board President's XI and ended with the final ODI game. In all, it consisted of one first-class game, and three Test and One Day Internationals (ODIs) each. India beat Sri Lanka 1–0 in the Test series and lost 2–1 in the ODI series. Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva scored a total of 266 runs in the Test series and was named the Player of the Series alongside India's", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993" }, { "docid": "12087660", "text": "Sri Lankan women's cricket team is the team that represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket matches.Sri Lankan women's cricket team's international debut came in 1997 with a three match ODI series against the Netherlands. Since then, the team has represented Sri Lanka in international women's cricket tournaments. Cricket in Sri Lanka Cricket is the most popular sport in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is one of the twelve nations that take part in test cricket and one of the five nations that has won a cricket world cup. Cricket is played at professional, semi-professional and recreational levels in the country", "title": "Cricket in Sri Lanka" }, { "docid": "19640779", "text": "Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017 The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Sri Lanka in June and July 2017 to play one Test match and five One Day Internationals (ODIs). Originally, the schedule was for two Test matches and three ODIs. It was Zimbabwe's first tour to Sri Lanka since January 2002. All the matches were played as day games. Zimbabwe won the ODI series 3–2, their first ever series win against Sri Lanka. It was their first away series win since 2009 and the first away series win against a Test nation since defeating Bangladesh in 2001. It", "title": "Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017" }, { "docid": "18338380", "text": "last 10 as on the back of Mathews maiden ODI century Sri Lanka posted a competitive total. Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2014–15 The Sri Lanka cricket team toured India from 30 October to 16 November 2014 for five One Day Internationals (ODIs) after the abandonment of the West Indies tour of India due to a pay dispute. India won the series 5–0 their fourth 5-0 whitewash in ODI history. It is also Sri Lanka's first 0-5 whitewash loss. In the fourth ODI match, Indian batsman Rohit Sharma scored 264, setting a new record for the highest score", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2014–15" }, { "docid": "16152542", "text": "managed to get his highest test score of 85 in the second innings. His maiden century came against New Zealand on 28 December 2014 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. He scored 152 runs from 363 balls in the second match of the series, where Sri Lanka in deep trouble of even draw the match. Eventually, Sri Lanka lost the match. He was picked to the original squad of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, but during a practice match, he broke a bone in his right hand and was removed from the team after the match against England. Kusal Perera replaced to", "title": "Dimuth Karunaratne" }, { "docid": "19665082", "text": "and Mathews was run out for 44 and Jayawardene was dismissed soon after completing his 19th ODI hundred. Thisara, who came in to bat with Sri Lanka in a precarious position of 178/6, struck an unbeaten 47 from 26 balls to guide his team to a four-wicket win with ten balls to spare. Against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka off to a flier with magnificent hundreds by Dilshan (161*) and Sangakkara (105*). With this century, Dilshan broke the earlier record of highest individual score by a Sri Lankan in World Cups by Aravinda (144). This century is also the highest individual score", "title": "History of the Sri Lankan cricket team" }, { "docid": "16544560", "text": "the record for the fastest player to achieve the milestone. Australian cricketer Michael Hussey retired from Test cricket after the final test in Sydney. Immediately prior to the series, Australia played a home series against South Africa, and lost the series 1-0. At the end of that series, Ricky Ponting, the second highest run scorer in Tests and former Test captain, retired. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka enjoyed some success at a home series against New Zealand, winning an ODI series and drawing a Test series 1-1. On 20 November 2012, Sri Lanka announced a 16-man Test squad. Australia announced a 12-man", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2012–13" }, { "docid": "13808564", "text": "in 2011 and 2013 for Somerset and in 2014 for Lancashire. His highest Test match score of 106 was made for England against India in 2018. In limited overs cricket, Buttler made his maiden century batting for England Lions against Sri Lanka A in January 2012, scoring 102 runs from 56 balls, one of two centuries he scored on the tour. His first century for the full England side came at Lord's in 2014 against Sri Lanka and his highest List A score of 129 was made against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015. Scores of 116 not out against", "title": "Jos Buttler" }, { "docid": "17970200", "text": "In the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, Atapattu hit a quick fifty against England women, where the Sri Lanka women won the match. Under her captaincy, Sri Lanka women won the T20I series against Pakistan Women. She is also the only Sri Lankan woman cricketer to score an ODI century, doing this four times in her career. She holds the record for scoring the most number of ODI centuries and fifties for Sri Lanka in women's cricket history. She also holds the record for the highest WODI score for Sri Lanka, with 178 not out. She has the highest ODI", "title": "Chamari Atapattu" }, { "docid": "14664418", "text": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1996–97 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 16 to 30 April 1997. The tour included two Tests between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Pakistan also played a first-class against Sri Lanka Board XI. The Test series ended in a draw with both matches drawn. Pakistan's Waqar Younis was ruled out of the Test series due to a fractured toe on day two of the tour match against Sri Lanka Board XI. The captain of his side and fellow paceman Wasim Akram also returned home owing to a shoulder injury. The Marvan", "title": "Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1996–97" }, { "docid": "6073330", "text": "Zealand ran out of men to score the required runs, with their total score 239 for 9. South Africa A won by six wickets New Zealand A won by 72 runs South Africa A won by four wickets South Africa A won by one wicket South Africa A won by six wickets Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series in 2005–06 The Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series was a one-day cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka from 21 September 2005 to 1 October 2005. Three A teams participated - Sri Lanka A, South Africa A New Zealand A.", "title": "Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series in 2005–06" }, { "docid": "20313876", "text": "added to Sri Lanka's squad for the match. South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018 The South Africa cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July and August 2018 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International (T20I) match. Originally, the tour was for three Test matches, but the third match was dropped and replaced by the ODI and T20I fixtures. The extra ODI fixtures were used as preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Ahead of the tour, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the Test side. However,", "title": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018" }, { "docid": "17768331", "text": "scoring 103 not out. With that test ton, he was only the second Sri Lankan to score a test century when batting at number 8 position in tests and jointly holds the record for the highest test score with Thilan Samaraweera when batting at number 8 position for Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut against England on May 20, 2014 and scored 38 runs. After New Zealand tour in Sri Lanka A team, Vithanage showed his talents that he can come in to the Test side back. He was called up for the first Test against New Zealand on", "title": "Kithuruwan Vithanage" }, { "docid": "7587176", "text": "to 118/5. The remaining batsmen struggled, with Paul Collingwood taking nearly 4 hours to score the innings highest score of 48. Jon Lewis hit a quickfire 20 to boost the score to almost parity with Sri Lanka as England were bowled out for 229. Although Sri Lanka lost Michael Vandort in the first over of their second innings, they reached 45/1 by the close of play on the second day. On day 3, Sri Lanka showed application in their approach to batting, knowing that they did not need to score at a quick rate given the amount of time remaining", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006" }, { "docid": "19295442", "text": "3 wickets. In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Gunaratne scored his maiden ODI century on 11 February 2017 against South Africa at Centurion. His score stands as the highest ODI score at number six against South Africa. However, Sri Lanka lost the match by 88 runs. Gunaratne was the first Sri Lankan to score an ODI hundred when batting at number six and also", "title": "Asela Gunaratne" }, { "docid": "2869554", "text": "Zealand's captain in 1990, and led the team until 1993. In a Test against Sri Lanka in 1991, he scored 299 runs, breaking the record for the highest score by a New Zealander. In the same match, he also set a new record for the highest partnership in Test cricket, putting on 467 runs with Andrew Jones. At the 1992 World Cup, which New Zealand co-hosted with Australia, Crowe was named the player of the tournament, and led his team to a semi-final. By the time he finished his international career in 1995, he held the records for the most", "title": "Martin Crowe" }, { "docid": "14247127", "text": "Australia in Galle, Sri Lanka, where he picked up the wicket of Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, whose wicket he would claim twice more in 5 innings. He scored a vital 23* in the second innings of his debut Test, achieving the fourth-highest score in the innings. In 2018, Copeland joined the Seven Network as an analyst for the networks’s Test cricket coverage. Aside from his cricketing career, Copeland also represented the Australian College of Physical Education, often being selected for the highly competitive Australian University Games team. Trent represented ACPE at baseball and touch football, and is a scratch", "title": "Trent Copeland" }, { "docid": "19253261", "text": "Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016–17 Sri Lankan national cricket team toured Zimbabwe from October to November 2016. The tour was originally scheduled to consist of a two Test matches, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a single Twenty20 international (T20I), but in September 2016 the one-day matches were replaced by a triangular series featuring Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and the West Indies and that the tour of Zimbabwe would be reduced to just the two Test matches. Sri Lanka won the series 2–0. Sri Lanka last played Zimbabwe in a Test match in 2004. The first Test of", "title": "Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016–17" }, { "docid": "15013332", "text": "West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010–11 The West Indies cricket team is touring Sri Lanka from 10 November to 21 December 2010. The tour consists of one three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Tests. A three-day tour match between West Indies and Sri Lanka Cricket president's XI was also played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground from 10–12 November. When the 3rd match of the Test series was played at Pallekele in Kandy, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium became the 104th Test venue in the world. The stadium is also Sri Lanka's eight. A five-match ODI series", "title": "West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010–11" }, { "docid": "8780638", "text": "Sri Lanka women's national cricket team The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Sri Lanka made its One Day International (ODI) debut in 1997, against the Netherlands, and later in the year participated in the 1997 World Cup in India. The team has since participated in every edition of the World Cup, with a fifth-place finish at the 2013", "title": "Sri Lanka women's national cricket team" }, { "docid": "18093208", "text": "matches against the Sri Lankan XI. Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84 The Zimbabwean national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in December 1983 and played two first-class matches and three Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. At this time, Sri Lanka had just achieved Test status but Zimbabwe had not. Sri Lanka were captained by Ranjan Madugalle and Zimbabwe by John Traicos. The Zimbabwe team played two first-class matches versus the Sri Lanka Board President's XI at Tyronne Fernando Stadium and a Sri Lankan XI at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. Both games were drawn.", "title": "Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84" }, { "docid": "9364107", "text": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001 The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between 18 July and 2 September 2001. The two sides played a triangular ODI series also involving New Zealand, following which they played a three-match Test series. India's tour also included a one-day and a three-day fixture ahead of the ODI and Test series respectively. Sri Lanka won the ODI series defeating India in the final. In the Test series that followed, they beat India by a 2–1 margin, winning the first and final Tests, while India won the second. It was Sri Lanka's second", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001" }, { "docid": "5387656", "text": "broken the world record for an opening partnership for England by putting 150 on the board without loss at the end of the first day of the first Test against India in this stadium. The highest scores were made by India, scoring 511 all out and Sri Lanka 218 all out. The next highest score was also made by Sri Lanka scoring 174 all out in Test cricket. The most runs scored here was by Sachin Tendulkar (142 runs), followed by Navjot Singh (124 runs) and Roshan Mahanama (118 runs). The most wickets taken here was by Anil Kumble (11", "title": "K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow" }, { "docid": "20313873", "text": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018 The South Africa cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July and August 2018 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International (T20I) match. Originally, the tour was for three Test matches, but the third match was dropped and replaced by the ODI and T20I fixtures. The extra ODI fixtures were used as preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Ahead of the tour, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the Test side. However, Chandimal faced disciplinary charges, for his role in", "title": "South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018" }, { "docid": "16783412", "text": "Wadekar and Sri Lanka by Anura Tennekoon. Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1973–74 The Indian national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in January and February 1974 to play two first-class and two limited overs matches against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. There were two further first-class matches against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI. India defeated Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground by 6 wickets but the other three first-class games were impacted by the weather and were drawn. As Sri Lanka had not then achieved Test status, the internationals are classified as first-class matches.", "title": "Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1973–74" }, { "docid": "10950991", "text": "were in imperious form, their newer players were improving by the game and their bowling attack was delivering as a unit. At the end of the series, the world's top ranked test batsman and bowler were both Sri Lankan: Sangakkara and Muralitharan respectively. English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08 The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 28 September to 22 December 2007. England made two trips to Sri Lanka in this tour with the ODI team arriving on 25 September before returning to England on 15 October. The Test team arrived on 15 November and stayed there", "title": "English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08" }, { "docid": "18093207", "text": "Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84 The Zimbabwean national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in December 1983 and played two first-class matches and three Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) against the Sri Lankan national cricket team. At this time, Sri Lanka had just achieved Test status but Zimbabwe had not. Sri Lanka were captained by Ranjan Madugalle and Zimbabwe by John Traicos. The Zimbabwe team played two first-class matches versus the Sri Lanka Board President's XI at Tyronne Fernando Stadium and a Sri Lankan XI at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. Both games were drawn. Zimbabwe also played three limited overs", "title": "Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1983–84" }, { "docid": "5416748", "text": "on 164 all out. Lendl Simmons then cracked the highest score of the day by far, making 97 off 102 balls, and West Indies A took a comprehensive eight-wicket win. Sri Lanka A beat West Indies A by 72 runs Sri Lanka A secured the series thanks to 69 not out from Russel Arnold who hit runs quickly on a difficult pitch at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. He was well helped by Jayawardene, as the pair took plenty of runs off Darren Sammy and Dwight Washington. Despite four for 23 from spinner Dave Mohammed, Sri Lanka A made 227, and", "title": "West Indies A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005" } ]

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It also marked the first time that the 'golden buzzer' was used, inspired by other shows in the Got Talent franchise. The golden buzzer sends an act straight through to the semi-finals. Each judge can press it only once during the entire season. The golden buzzer acts", "title": "Holland's Got Talent (season 8)" }, { "docid": "14844667", "text": "Albanians Got Talent Albanians Got Talent (also known as Ti Vlen) was an Albanian talent show. \"Albanians Got Talent\" was the new name of \"Ti Vlen\", which was stopped in 2009. \"Albanians Got Talent\" first aired on October 15, 2010. The judges were Altin Basha, Rovena Dilo and Armend Rexhepagiqi. The winners of the first season were Fiqiri Luli and Sabrina Troushku. It was primarily catered towards Albanians from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The first season of \"Albanians Got Talent\", started on October 15, and was hosted by Albana Osmani, a famous Albanian presenter, and Benet Kaci, a former presenter", "title": "Albanians Got Talent" }, { "docid": "13986338", "text": "automatically placed in the final. The judges then choose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts are then eliminated from the competition. From Season 6, the golden buzzer was added, which if pressed would send the contestant straight to the semi-finals. The first contestant to get the gold buzzer was Henno William when he sang the song 'Let it be' in the 3rd episode of season 6. SA's Got Talent SA's Got Talent (also known as South Africa's Got Talent or shorten to", "title": "SA's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "8157422", "text": "America's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of \"America's Got Talent\" premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded on August 17, 2006. The audition tour took place in April 2006, stopping at Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Regis Philbin was the host for this season. David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan were the judges. This season's winner was Bianca Ryan. For the audition round, each of the three judges has a red button in front of them that they can press when they do not want the act to continue; the button rings an electronic bell and", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16557578", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 1) Thailand's Got Talent season 1 (also known as TGT) was the first season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The three judges Nirut Sirijanya, Benz Pomchita Na Songkla, and Pinyo", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14307198", "text": "on his second attempt. The grand finals were held in the Araneta Coliseum. Twelve acts that won in the semifinals performed again to win the title of the first \"Pilipinas Got Talent\" grand winner. Jovit Baldivino was declared as the winner, besting 11 talents in the grand finals. \"Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1\" hits all-time high 43.3% national rating. <br>The National Ratings came from the whole-wide Philippine coverage of TV audience ratings from Kantar Media Philippines. Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent premiered on ABS-CBN on February 20, 2010. Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19443849", "text": "judges' vote. There was only one buzzer in the semi-finals as Dan buzzed Sixxpaxx. The Rocking Chairs were the only golden buzzer act that didn't make it to the finals. Acts that were eliminated include: Acts that were eliminated include: Holland's Got Talent (season 8) Holland's Got Talent is the Dutch member of the Got Talent television show franchise. The eighth season of \"Holland's Got Talent\" began on 8 April 2016 and ended on 3 June 2016. Season 8 featured four judges for the first time, and a new host Johnny de Mol. It also marked the first time that", "title": "Holland's Got Talent (season 8)" }, { "docid": "19337835", "text": "called Talent, which ran for 3 series from 2010-2013. Danmark Har Talent differed from the first three series of Talent because for the first time these a golden buzzer which is used when each judge want to put an act straight through to the live shows, the golden buzzer has been used worldwide in got talent franchise firstly used on das supertalent the German version of the show and Britain's Got Talent British version of got talent. this series for the first time has a 4th judge which each act have to restive three yes's to go through to the", "title": "Danmark Har Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16557582", "text": "Round broadcast show of 12 Finalist and decision based on the public vote only Thailand's Got Talent (season 1) Thailand's Got Talent season 1 (also known as TGT) was the first season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16045552", "text": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, aired Sunday nights at 9:00PM (UTC+7) between December 18, 2011 and May 6, 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show was based on the \"Got Talent\" series format that originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. Artist Thành Lộc was the first host to be announced. Shortly thereafter, Thúy Hạnh confirmed her role at the judges' table. Huy Tuấn was given the 3rd spot of the judges' table. The show was presented by Chi Bảo and Quyền Linh. The show", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16045558", "text": "BHD Studio in district 9 of Ho Chi Minh city. The Grand Finale consisted of the top 4 performance from the final rounds and was aired live on May 6, 2012 from Lan Anh stadium. Vietnam's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, aired Sunday nights at 9:00PM (UTC+7) between December 18, 2011 and May 6, 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show was based on the \"Got Talent\" series format that originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. Artist Thành Lộc was the first host to be", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16974749", "text": "working for any Australian network other than Seven was to remain in place. On 29 April 2013, Nine confirmed that Geri Halliwell would replace Brown as the fourth judge. This season's judges table and X's on the stage looked identical to the ones on \"Britain's Got Talent\". In addition, the sound of the fourth judge's buzzer sounded identical to the one on \"America's Got Talent\" when an act had been buzzed out, while the others' sounded identical to the ones on \"Britain's Got Talent\". Australia's Got Talent (season 7) Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on", "title": "Australia's Got Talent (season 7)" }, { "docid": "16738863", "text": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 2) The second season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, was aired Sunday nights in the prime time slot of 8:00PM (UTC+7) starting from December 2, 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show is based on the \"Got Talent\" series format, which was originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. All three judges from the first season, Thành Lộc, Thúy Hạnh and Huy Tuấn, returned. Thanh Bạch replaced Quyền Linh and Chi Bảo as presenter. The show was primarily produced by Vietnam Television and BHD Corp, with additional broadcasting by", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 2)" }, { "docid": "18361548", "text": "Asia's Got Talent \"Asia's Got Talent\" (AGT) is the regional version of the \"Got Talent\" franchise that is airing on AXN Asia. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for a prize of USD100,000 and in the first season, an opportunity to perform at the Marina Bay Sands. It started airing on March 12, 2015, across 15 countries in Asia. The first season of the show was hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez; while the judges are Anggun, David Foster, Melanie C, and Vanness Wu for the first", "title": "Asia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "19158554", "text": "Mongolia's Got Talent Mongolia's Got Talent began in June 2015 and the season 1 was broadcast in September 2015 on Mongol TV. Tserendorj Chuluunbat (Chuka)<br>Sarantsetseg Chimgee (Chimgee)<br>Tserenlham Delgertsetseg (Deegii)<br>Odon Bayrsaikhan (Rokit Bay) were the four judges of the season 1 The first season of this series began in July 2015 and ended on December 13, 2015. The winner was announced on the last day of the series, and an instrumental group called Egshiglent Chimee was the first-ever winner of \"Mongolia's Got Talent\" and was awarded 100 million ₮. The runners-up were another musical group with two men called Khasbat Barkhuu", "title": "Mongolia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "14485946", "text": "show with Lodovica Comello. The seventh season, starting in March 2016, is being aired in simulcast on Sky Uno and TV8, a brand new free channel of Sky Italia, together with Planet's Got Talent, and a new host, Lodovica Comello. Italia's Got Talent Italia's Got Talent is the Italian version of the international Got Talent series. The pilot episode was aired on 12 December 2009 on Canale 5 and it was seen by 5.3 million people. After this episode, Mediaset decided to hold on this show with a full-length season. The first season started on 12 April 2010 with high", "title": "Italia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "16571407", "text": "not open by the first week of the season. it's the normal one and the time to 20:15 and the winner will be announced live at 20:15 to 20:30 hours on the day. Thailand's Got Talent (season 2) The second season of \"Thailand's Got Talent\", a reality television series produced by Workpoint and premiered on May 14, 2012. This season is the first season without judge Nirut Sirijanya who was replaced with radio personality Jirayut Watthanasin. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19596727", "text": "Korea's Got Talent (season 1) Korea's Got Talent is a South Korean reality television show that was first broadcast on 4 June 2011 on tvN. The show is based on the \"Got Talent\" series format, originating with \"Britain's Got Talent\". This is the show's first series in Korea. The judges are Kolleen Park, Jang Jin and Song Yun-ah. The show started accepting applicants on 9 February 2011 via ARS, the official website, and smart phone apps. The show held regional auditions nationwide starting in Busan on 2 April 2011. The show became famous around the world after a video of", "title": "Korea's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "14533455", "text": "2011. The winner was Vano Pipia, who is diagnosed with, and suffering from polio. The third season aired in 2012 Georgia's Got Talent! Georgia's Got Talent! ( (\"Nichieri\") - \"Talent\") is the Georgian version of the \"Got Talent\" series. It launched on Rustavi 2 on February 1, 2010. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of the show receives 500,000 laris ($279,500/€217,000/£185,500). It is hosted by Tika Patsastia and Vano Tarkhnishvili. The judges are Nika Memanishvili, Maia Asatiani and Gega Palavandishvili. The first season of \"Georgia's Got Talent!\", which started", "title": "Georgia's Got Talent!" }, { "docid": "14533454", "text": "Georgia's Got Talent! Georgia's Got Talent! ( (\"Nichieri\") - \"Talent\") is the Georgian version of the \"Got Talent\" series. It launched on Rustavi 2 on February 1, 2010. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of the show receives 500,000 laris ($279,500/€217,000/£185,500). It is hosted by Tika Patsastia and Vano Tarkhnishvili. The judges are Nika Memanishvili, Maia Asatiani and Gega Palavandishvili. The first season of \"Georgia's Got Talent!\", which started on February 1, 2010, and ended on May 3, was won by Levan Shavadze, singer. The second season aired in", "title": "Georgia's Got Talent!" }, { "docid": "18577013", "text": "awards. In 2010 when she was just 7 years old Kuduzović won the first season of \"Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia's Got Talent).\" \"Prva ljubezen\" () is a song by Slovenian child singer Lina Kuduzović who won first season of the Slovenia's Got Talent show. It represented Slovenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Bulgaria and she achieved 3rd place with 112 points which is Slovenia's best Junior Eurovision and Eurovision placing ever. At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Slovenia were drawn to perform third on 21 November 2015, following and preceding .", "title": "Slovenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015" }, { "docid": "15095847", "text": "Albanians Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Albanians Got Talent, started on October 15, in Top Channel. The season was hosted by Albana Osmani, famous Albanian-Presenter from Albania, and Benet Kaci former presenter in RTK from Kosovo. The judges of the show were Altin Basha (director of Albanian sitcom Portokalli), Rovena Dilo (Albanian singer) and Armend Rexhepagiqi (Albanian/Kosovan singer). Semi Final 1 started on 27 November 2010. Semi-Final 1 was one of 3 semi-finals, with over 11 talent participants from Albania, Kosovo, Italy & France. From the first semi-final were qualified 3 acts by 4. Televoters around Albania", "title": "Albanians Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19209015", "text": "Holland's Got Talent Holland's Got Talent (often referred to as HGT) is the Dutch version of the Got Talent series, which was created by Simon Cowell, who also created the series The X Factor. The first season began broadcasting in March 2008 on SBS 6. This television program looks for a new talent of all ages. The auditions of Holland's Got Talent take place on a stage in front of a large audience. The jury currently consists of Chantal Janzen, Gordon Heuckeroth, and Dan Karaty. The first two seasons of Holland's Got Talent were presented by Gerard Joling. Robert ten", "title": "Holland's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "18361549", "text": "season. Melanie C is the third member of the Spice Girls to become a \"Got Talent\" judge (after Mel B and Geri Halliwell), while Anggun is judging on a second \"Got Talent\" franchise after sitting in the panel in the second season of \"Indonesia's Got Talent\". This show was also co-hosted by Singaporean Youtuber and Power98FM DJ's Dee Kosh for sneak previews, highlights, recaps, and behind the scenes. At the finale, the Philippines' El Gamma Penumbra, a shadowplay group, won the franchise's first season. In the second season, Foster and Anggun have returned as judges, while Jay Park was announced", "title": "Asia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "14844668", "text": "in RTK from Kosovo. The judges of the show were Altin Basha (director of the Albanian sitcom, \"Portokalli\"), Rovena Dilo (Albanian singer) and Armend Rexhepagiqi (Kosovar Albanian). Albanians Got Talent Albanians Got Talent (also known as Ti Vlen) was an Albanian talent show. \"Albanians Got Talent\" was the new name of \"Ti Vlen\", which was stopped in 2009. \"Albanians Got Talent\" first aired on October 15, 2010. The judges were Altin Basha, Rovena Dilo and Armend Rexhepagiqi. The winners of the first season were Fiqiri Luli and Sabrina Troushku. It was primarily catered towards Albanians from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.", "title": "Albanians Got Talent" }, { "docid": "16045416", "text": "celebrity guest each week. The show was presented by Chi Bảo and Quyền Linh. The show is primarily produced by Vietnam Television and BHD Corp, now running season 3 which is aired Sunday on VTV3 at 20:00 since 28 Sept 2014. Vietnam's Got Talent, also known as Vietnam's Got Talent or Vietnam's Got talent (short for Vietnam's Got Talent), is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, martial-art players, performers with risky weapons/tools/elements, variety acts and other performers of all ages competing for a grand prize of 400,000,000 VND (approximately $20,000). The first season ran for 26 episodes.", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "13363553", "text": "America's Got Talent (season 4) The fourth season of \"America's Got Talent\", an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 23, 2009. Country singer Kevin Skinner was named the winner on September 16, 2009. This season is the first season to be broadcast in high definition. This season's host is Nick Cannon, who replaced Jerry Springer. Springer had said that he could not host due to other commitments. David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne returned judges, despite rumors that Osbourne would be leaving the show. Season four was Hasselhoff's final season as a", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 4)" }, { "docid": "15796239", "text": "of cross-over classical and Broadway songs. This Season Support by Rexona.This season is the first season without judge Nirut Sirijanya who was replaced with radio personality Jirayut Watthanasin. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The winner of the second season is Leng Rajanikara Keawdee, who performed an Aerial Acrobatics. There was the big scandal of this season during the on-air on June 2, 2013. Thailand's Got Talent Thailand's Got Talent ไทยแลนด์ก็อตทาเลนต์, (also known as TGT) is a", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "20735251", "text": "of this edition after winning its final on 28 May 2017, the 13-year-old young dancer also got the prize of €30,000. Got Talent Portugal (season 3) Got Talent Portugal (season 3) was the 3rd season of the talent show Got Talent Portugal, the Portuguese version of the hit got talent show Britain's Got Talent. Each judge can press the golden buzzer once in the auditions same as last year, such as the hosts. This year a new rule was made, the judges can give a unanimous golden buzzer that means the 3 judges can press the buzzer at the same", "title": "Got Talent Portugal (season 3)" }, { "docid": "17791871", "text": "Bonnie Anderson (singer) Bonnie Anderson (born 5 September 1994) is a singer-songwriter and actress from Australia. She was the first winner of reality TV show \"Australia's Got Talent\" in 2007 at age 12. She released her debut single \"Raise the Bar\" in 2013, and has continued to be a prominent feature in Australia's Top 40 scene. Anderson first came to attention when she became a finalist on the first season of \"Australia's Got Talent\" at age 12. With a soulful voice beyond her years, Anderson was a stand out contestant. She eventually won the season. Anderson was offered recording and", "title": "Bonnie Anderson (singer)" }, { "docid": "8848643", "text": "Nine had axed \"Australia's Got Talent\" due to low ratings. On 8 July 2015, Nine announced that the show would be returning in 2016 for an eighth season. On 1 February 2016, Australia's Got Talent aired for an eighth season on the Nine Network. In December 2018, Seven announced the series would be returning to their network in 2019 for a ninth season. \"Australia's Got Talent\" is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for a top prize of A$250,000 In the first season there were four heats which saw about", "title": "Australia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "13863985", "text": "winner of each season receives two million pesos. On May 14, 2015, Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra who appeared in the third season of the national franchise as a finalist was declared the Grand Winner of the very first season of \"Asia's Got Talent\" making them the first winner of the Asian \"Got Talent\" franchise. This is the first stage of the competition. Major auditions were held in key cities in the Philippines. Since the second season, aside from the major auditions, there are mini-auditions where it can be held in several provinces and cities in the Philippines", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent" }, { "docid": "20735250", "text": "Got Talent Portugal (season 3) Got Talent Portugal (season 3) was the 3rd season of the talent show Got Talent Portugal, the Portuguese version of the hit got talent show Britain's Got Talent. Each judge can press the golden buzzer once in the auditions same as last year, such as the hosts. This year a new rule was made, the judges can give a unanimous golden buzzer that means the 3 judges can press the buzzer at the same time. Cuca Roseta is the new judge, the Portuguese fadist, replaces Sofia Escobar and Mariza. António Casalinho was crowned the winner", "title": "Got Talent Portugal (season 3)" }, { "docid": "16571398", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 2) The second season of \"Thailand's Got Talent\", a reality television series produced by Workpoint and premiered on May 14, 2012. This season is the first season without judge Nirut Sirijanya who was replaced with radio personality Jirayut Watthanasin. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). Producers' auditions were held in Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Songkhla. The show is infamous for its fraud. One of the most controversial cases is that of", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 2)" }, { "docid": "13363568", "text": "is the list of the acts who passed through to the live rounds. America's Got Talent (season 4) The fourth season of \"America's Got Talent\", an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 23, 2009. Country singer Kevin Skinner was named the winner on September 16, 2009. This season is the first season to be broadcast in high definition. This season's host is Nick Cannon, who replaced Jerry Springer. Springer had said that he could not host due to other commitments. David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne returned judges, despite rumors that Osbourne", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19733837", "text": "America's Got Talent (season 12) Season twelve of the reality competition series \"America's Got Talent\" was ordered on August 2, 2016 and premiered on NBC on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell returned as judges for their respective eighth, fifth, fifth and second seasons. Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks replaced Nick Cannon, who hosted for eight seasons, making her the first female host of the show and the second female to host a \"Got Talent\" show. The live shows returned to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles beginning August 15, 2017. The format", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 12)" }, { "docid": "8848648", "text": "it was announced that there would be a complete new judging panel, with Sandilands, Timomatic, Halliwell and French being axed. It was later confirmed that Kelly Osbourne, Sophie Monk, Eddie Perfect and Ian Dickson would become the new judges. The first season of \"Australia's Got Talent\" premiered on Seven Network on 18 February 2007, becoming the second incarnation of the \"Got Talent\" franchise. The original judges were Dannii Minogue, Tom Burlinson and Red Symons. Singer Bonnie Anderson was crowned the winner of the first season on 28 April 2007, followed by Herb Patten finishing in second place. The second season", "title": "Australia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "7633663", "text": "a separate audition episode in Seasons 3 and 4 (2008–2009) for contestants who posted videos on MySpace. In the ninth season, the show added a new format to the auditions in the form of the \"Golden Buzzer\", which began to make appearances within the \"Got Talent\" franchise, since it was first introduced on \"Germany's Got Talent\". During auditions, each judge is allowed to use the Golden Buzzer to send an act automatically into the live shows, regardless of the opinion of the other judges; when it was initially used, the buzzer simply saved an act from elimination. The only rule", "title": "America's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "16974744", "text": "Australia's Got Talent (season 7) Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The seventh season aired on the Nine Network from 11 August 2013 until 10 November 2013. Kyle Sandilands returned as a judge for his fourth season, and was joined by Dawn French, Timomatic and Geri Halliwell, as well as Julia Morris as the new host. French, Timomatic and Halliwell replaced original judge Dannii Minogue and Brian McFadden, while Morris replaced Grant Denyer. It was the first time that the show aired on another network, following its", "title": "Australia's Got Talent (season 7)" }, { "docid": "20835728", "text": "join hosts Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. Thailand's Got Talent (season 7) Thailand's Got Talent season 7 (also known as TGT) was the seventh season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Workpoint TV television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 1,000,000 Baht. The show debuted in 6 August 2018. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Yuhtlerd Sippapak, Jennifer", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 7)" }, { "docid": "20835727", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 7) Thailand's Got Talent season 7 (also known as TGT) was the seventh season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Workpoint TV television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 1,000,000 Baht. The show debuted in 6 August 2018. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Yuhtlerd Sippapak, Jennifer Kim, Cris Horwang and Pongsak Rattanaphong", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 7)" }, { "docid": "19567336", "text": "join hosts Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. Semi-finals Summary Thailand's Got Talent (season 6) Thailand's Got Talent season 6 (also known as TGT) was the sixth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in 12 June 2016. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19567335", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 6) Thailand's Got Talent season 6 (also known as TGT) was the sixth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in 12 June 2016. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Chalatit Tantiwut,Patcharasri Benjamad,Kathaleeya McIntosh and Nitipong Hornak", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 6)" }, { "docid": "19186203", "text": "join hosts Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. Thailand's Got Talent (season 4) Thailand's Got Talent season 4 (also known as TGT) was the fourth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in June 2014. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Chalatit Tantiwut,Patcharasri", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19186202", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 4) Thailand's Got Talent season 4 (also known as TGT) was the fourth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in June 2014. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Chalatit Tantiwut,Patcharasri Benjamad,Pornchita Na Songkla and Nitipong Hornak", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 4)" }, { "docid": "19148057", "text": "join hosts Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. Thailand's Got Talent (season 5) Thailand's Got Talent season 5 (also known as TGT) was the fifth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in June 2015. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Chalatit Tantiwut,Patcharasri", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19148056", "text": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 5) Thailand's Got Talent season 5 (also known as TGT) was the fifth season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in June 2015. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Chalatit Tantiwut,Patcharasri Benjamad,Pornchita Na Songkla and Nitipong Hornak", "title": "Thailand's Got Talent (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19276169", "text": "and Neavy Koy. It had a golden buzzer if pressed an act goes straight through to the live shows, but only can be used once from each judge. The first season was won by 16 year old blind singer Yoeun Pisey. Cambodia's Got Talent Cambodia's Got Talent is a talent show in the Got Talent series it is hosted by Nhem Sokun and Per Chamrong and the judges are Preap Sovath, Khat Sokhim and Neavy Koy. It premiered on Hang meas HDTV on 30 November 2014. Cambodia's Got Talent is a talent show that can feature any talent that features", "title": "Cambodia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "7633668", "text": "other for viewers' and judges' votes. The general structure of the live episodes focuses first on four quarterfinals, and then two semi-finals, aimed at finding that season's finalists. Additional rounds are conducted when required (such as a \"Top 8\" or a \"Top 10\", depending on the season). Live episodes are broadcast weekly, and featured performances by guest stars, including previous winners of \"America's Got Talent\". During these stages, the judges still provide feedback on an act's performance when it is over, and can use buzzers to prematurely end an performance before it is over; in the first season, the judges", "title": "America's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "15646930", "text": "a guest artist on the season finale on May 14. Canadian rock band Hedley performed the song \"Beautiful\" from their album \"Storms.\" Sagkeeng's Finest received the most votes from Canada, winning the first season of \"Canada's Got Talent\". On May 30, 2011, Citytv and Insight Production announced that they would create a Canadian series of the hit \"Got Talent\" series and that the show would begin in Spring 2012. The stage for Canada's Got Talent is almost exactly the same used on \"Britain's Got Talent\"; the only difference being that the stage is not full of moving LED lights in", "title": "Canada's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "17632415", "text": "of \"Britain's Got Talent\". Each judge was permitted to press the buzzer only once during the season to have an act go through to the next round, typically used when there is a tie. This is regardless of the other judges' opinions. However, rather than sending acts straight through to the live shows as in \"Britain's Got Talent\", an act on which the Golden Buzzer was used would only be given a free pass to the next round of the competition, Judgment Week. That format was added in the next season. Forty-eight acts were sent through to the live shows.", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 9)" }, { "docid": "16045415", "text": "Vietnam's Got Talent Tìm kiếm tài năng – Vietnam's Got Talent is a Vietnamese reality television talent show whose first season aired Sunday nights at 9:00PM (UTC+7) between 18 December 2011 and 6 May 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show was based on the \"Got Talent\" series format that originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. Artist Thành Lộc was the first host to be announced. Shortly thereafter, Thúy Hạnh confirmed her role at the judges' table. Huy Tuấn was given the 3rd spot of the judges' table, while the 4th slot was filled by a new", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "14485944", "text": "Italia's Got Talent Italia's Got Talent is the Italian version of the international Got Talent series. The pilot episode was aired on 12 December 2009 on Canale 5 and it was seen by 5.3 million people. After this episode, Mediaset decided to hold on this show with a full-length season. The first season started on 12 April 2010 with high ratings and continued broadcasting. Maria De Filippi, Gerry Scotti and Rudy Zerbi are the three judges. The sixth series (2015) will face many changes. It has been aired by pay-TV Sky Uno, the entertainment-purposed channel of Sky Italy, owned by", "title": "Italia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "19209018", "text": "Idols and X Factor judge Gordon Heuckeroth and So You Think You Can Dance judge Dan Karaty. Holland's Got Talent Holland's Got Talent (often referred to as HGT) is the Dutch version of the Got Talent series, which was created by Simon Cowell, who also created the series The X Factor. The first season began broadcasting in March 2008 on SBS 6. This television program looks for a new talent of all ages. The auditions of Holland's Got Talent take place on a stage in front of a large audience. The jury currently consists of Chantal Janzen, Gordon Heuckeroth, and", "title": "Holland's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "5291791", "text": "According to Muraine, this was the first popping battle that was nationally televised. After the battle, hip-hop dancer Joshua Allen was declared the winner of season four of the competition. The same year Mona-Jeanette Berntsen, a hip-hop dancer from Norway, won the first season of \"So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia\". Hip-hop dance has also been popular among viewers of the \"Got Talent\" series. French hip-hop dancer Salah won the first season of \"Incroyable Talent\" in 2006. French b-boy Junior won the second season in 2007. In 2008, hip-hop dancer George Sampson won \"Britain's Got Talent\", Danish popping and", "title": "Hip-hop dance" }, { "docid": "13332688", "text": "9 July 2016. Flautist Suleiman, a 13 year old flute player from Amritsar, won the 7th season of India's Got Talent. Papai And Antara bagged the second position. Season 8 of \"India's Got Talent\" premiered on Colors TV on 20 October 2018. The season was hosted by Bharti Singh and Rithvik Dhanjani. Malaika Arora Khan, Kirron Kher and Karan Johar reprised their roles as judges. India's Got Talent India's Got Talent (sometimes abbreviated as IGT) is an Indian reality television series on Colors television network, founded by Sakib Zakir Ahmed and part of the global British \"Got Talent\" franchise. It", "title": "India's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "8157433", "text": "(who played music by tapping his teeth), The Douglas Lee (who played water-filled drinking glasses), and Dave Nakfoor (who caught hard-boiled eggs in his mouth). Jessica Sanchez finished as the runner-up to Phillip Phillips on the season eleven of \"American Idol\". David and Dania made a cameo on Big Brother 19. America's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of \"America's Got Talent\" premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded on August 17, 2006. The audition tour took place in April 2006, stopping at Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Regis Philbin was the host for this season. David Hasselhoff,", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "20202180", "text": "eight semifinalists was announced after the deliberation round, with the others to be revealed gradually as the semifinal rounds progress. The semifinal rounds were also taped at the same studio as the judges' auditions. In the previous season, it was held at the Marina Bay Sands. For the first time in Got Talent franchise history, this season makes use of completely online voting methods. The audience may vote through hashtags on Facebook, Messenger, and Google search. A maximum of 10 votes per method per day is implemented. This season of Asia's Got Talent uses a completely online voting, as compared", "title": "Asia's Got Talent (season 2)" }, { "docid": "19158555", "text": "and Boldbaatar Myagmartseren. The two men played flute and yochin. The third-placed contestant, called Altanhuyag Otgonbayar, sang with lower pitch and had a sensation in Mongolia. The men had the most viewed video on Mongolia's Got Talent's YouTube Channel with 670,000 views and have almost 1 million views with all 3 videos combined. Mongolia's Got Talent Mongolia's Got Talent began in June 2015 and the season 1 was broadcast in September 2015 on Mongol TV. Tserendorj Chuluunbat (Chuka)<br>Sarantsetseg Chimgee (Chimgee)<br>Tserenlham Delgertsetseg (Deegii)<br>Odon Bayrsaikhan (Rokit Bay) were the four judges of the season 1 The first season of this series began", "title": "Mongolia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "16655155", "text": "America's Got Talent (season 8) Season eight of the reality competition series \"America's Got Talent\" premiered on June 4, 2013, and ended on September 18, 2013. Judges Howie Mandel and Howard Stern returned for their respective fourth and second season. Sharon Osbourne was replaced by Heidi Klum following her departure after six seasons on the show, while Mel B became the fourth judge. Snapple continues to be the official beverage sponsor of \"America's Got Talent\" and their products are featured on the show throughout the season, along with their cups on the judges' desk. \"America's Got Talent\" shot their live", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 8)" }, { "docid": "13964226", "text": "season finale of \"Britain's Got Talent\", and at the September 2011 season finale of \"America's Got Talent\". In July 2011, the singer began her first solo tour across the United States to promote the album. It consisted of 18 performances with orchestras, including Evancho's New York City concert at Avery Fisher Hall in November 2011, when she was the youngest person ever to sing a solo concert at Lincoln Center. In December she headlined a concert with David Foster and Kenny G in Las Vegas. After a concert in Tokyo in January 2012 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the tour", "title": "Jackie Evancho" }, { "docid": "15095854", "text": "by judge's vote. After all the participants made their performance the judge's comments about 2nd week, wasn't quiet good, comparing to 1st week, this week there were too many buzzes but in the same time many new talents. Special guest: Top Channel girl-orchestra. Albanians Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Albanians Got Talent, started on October 15, in Top Channel. The season was hosted by Albana Osmani, famous Albanian-Presenter from Albania, and Benet Kaci former presenter in RTK from Kosovo. The judges of the show were Altin Basha (director of Albanian sitcom Portokalli), Rovena Dilo (Albanian singer) and", "title": "Albanians Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "20333170", "text": "Middle School near her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. She missed the first day of her seventh grade year due to appearing live on \"America's Got Talent\" on August 16. Her parents are Clarke and Misty Farmer. Farmer has three brothers: Nick, Dalton, and Nate. Darci Lynne Farmer Darci Lynne Farmer (born October 12, 2004) is an American ventriloquist. She was the winner of season twelve of the NBC competition show \"America's Got Talent\". Farmer became both the third female and third child to win \"America's Got Talent\", following Bianca Ryan in season one and Grace VanderWaal in season eleven. She", "title": "Darci Lynne Farmer" }, { "docid": "19276283", "text": "Cambodia's Got Talent (season 1) Season one of the reality competition series \"Cambodia's Got Talent\" and started on 30 November 2014 and finished on 5 March 2015, it was host by Nhem Sokun and Per Chamrong and on the judging panel was Preap Sovath, Khat Sokhim and Neavy Koy. the golden buzzer was including in this series as it's been introduce in many other got talent shows in the Got Talent Series as the act who revises the golden buzzer will be sent straight through to the live shows it can be only used by each judge only once. The", "title": "Cambodia's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "19158309", "text": "Mongolia's Got Talent (season 1) Season 1 of the reality competition series \"Mongolia's Got Talent\" premiered in June 2015 and was broadcast in September 2015.<br>Tserendorj Chuluunbat (\"bass guitarist from Haranga rock band\") <br>Sarantsetseg Chimgee (\"a news commentator from Mongol TV\")<br>Chimeglkham Delgertsetseg (\"a professional violist\")<br>Rokit Bay (\"Mongolian Rapper\") was the 4 judges of the competition. On the 1st Round about 2100 contestants entered and 104 contestants were advanced to the \"2nd Round\". The \"First Round\" began in July 2015 and was broadcast on September and finished on October 2015. The 104 winners of the Judges Round was picked by the judges", "title": "Mongolia's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "13863999", "text": "Filipino acts who competed in the grand finals of \"Asia's Got Talent\". Two of those acts were formerly part of this show and these are: singer Gerphil Geraldine \"Fame\" Flores, who competed in Season 1 but lost the judges' vote in the 4th semifinal week, and shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra, who competed in Season 3 but placed 4th in the finals. Flores placed third while El Gamma was declared the winner of the first season of the said regional franchise of \"Got Talent\". On January 8, 2016, ABS-CBN announced that Garcia would return as judge for the fifth", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent" }, { "docid": "19733848", "text": "Other celebrity appearances included Marlee Matlin and Jeff Dunham. The following chart describes the acts, appearances and segments presented during the finale. America's Got Talent (season 12) Season twelve of the reality competition series \"America's Got Talent\" was ordered on August 2, 2016 and premiered on NBC on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell returned as judges for their respective eighth, fifth, fifth and second seasons. Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks replaced Nick Cannon, who hosted for eight seasons, making her the first female host of the show and the second female to", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 12)" }, { "docid": "14786716", "text": "Festival movie as a choreographer and dance stunt. In 2010, he became more widely known to American audiences when he was selected as one of the semi-finalists for the fifth season of the NBC television program \"America's Got Talent\". He is also one of the finalists for the 5th season of the French television program \"La France a un Incroyable talent\" airing on M6. In 2011 and 2012 Haspop appeared on many Tv shows around the world such as \"Beat the Best\", \" Arabs Got Talent\", \"La Meilleure Danse\", \"Istanbul Cabaret Show\" In 2012 Haspop started the 9th season of", "title": "Haspop" }, { "docid": "18361552", "text": "and Justin Bratton were tapped as the hosts. As of the second season, the show had featured acts from the following 28 countries (from 15 countries in the first season). With individual \"Got Talent\" franchises: With no existing \"Got Talent\" franchises: Aside from being broadcast via AXN Asia, FremantleAsia has also secured deal via various free-to-air channels in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and India to broadcast the franchise after its original airing. In 2014, AXN Asia acquired the franchise to create \"Asia's Got Talent\". Open auditions were held in various cities in later that year. On January 13, 2015, the judging", "title": "Asia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "20727206", "text": "to 24. The first eight semifinalists will be announced after the deliberation round, with the others to be revealed gradually as the semifinal rounds progress. The semifinal rounds were taped on December 6, 10, and 13, 2018 at the same studio as the judges' auditions. Asia's Got Talent (season 3) The third season of \"Asia's Got Talent\" (AGT) will premiere sometime in 2019. The winner of this season will receive a grand prize of US$100,000. The show will be hosted by Alan Wong and Justin Bratton, both returning from the previous season. David Foster, Anggun, and Jay Park will all", "title": "Asia's Got Talent (season 3)" }, { "docid": "19209017", "text": "DDF Crew, Amira Willighagen and Leon Lissitza. Each winner received a different price. SBS 6 first chose the name Got Talent, but it was nevertheless changed to Holland's Got Talent later. SBS 6 announced on March 16, 2010, that the station would not adopt a new season of Holland's Got Talent. The program was officially adopted in 2010 by RTL. The original lineup of the jury panel consisted of Henkjan Smits, Patricia Paay and Robert Ronday. After the show was taken over by RTL, Smits and Ronday were forced to say goodbye to the show. They were then replaced by", "title": "Holland's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "13332683", "text": "was over. Acts which don't secure a sufficient amount of votes by the public and/or the judges, are eliminated from the competition. The Season 1 of the show was presented together by Nikhil Chinapa and Ayushmann Khurrana and the special segment called \"India's Got More Talent\" was hosted by Roshni Chopra. The show was judged by Bollywood film actresses Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher along with film director Shekhar Kapur. The winning act of the first season of \"India's Got Talent\" was of the Prince Dance Group from Berhampur, Orissa. The group of 56 performed a dance inspired by the Lord", "title": "India's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "18784615", "text": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 3) The third season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, was aired Sunday nights in the prime time slot of 8:00PM (UTC+7) starting from September 8, 2014 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show is based on the \"Got Talent\" series format, which was originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. 4 judges are Thành Lộc, Thúy Hạnh, Huy Tuấn and Hoai Linh . Thanh Van Hugo replaced Thanh Bach as presenter. The show was primarily produced by Vietnam Television and BHD Corp, with additional broadcasting by MTV Vietnam. The performance", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent (season 3)" }, { "docid": "16045418", "text": "on 18 December 2011 and ended on 6 May 2012. It was broadcast on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The winner of the first season was the dancing couple Đăng Quân (12 years old) and Bảo Ngọc (7 years old), with musical theater singer Nguyễn Hương Thảo making first runner-up. The second season of \"Vietnam's Got Talent\" started from 2 December 2012 with higher prize than the season 1 (~$24,000). In this season, the presenters in season 1 (Quyen Linh & Chi Bao) have been replaced by Thanh Bach (the most popular MC in Vietnam nowadays). The third season of \"Vietnam's", "title": "Vietnam's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "20806123", "text": "event and so got no points. 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship The 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship is the first season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America.This championship can be seen as the spiritual successor to the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship, which folded in early 2018. The season consists of four rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 27 May with the special round at Silverstone in the UK, and culminated on 30 September in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas. Championship points are scored", "title": "2018 Americas Rallycross Championship" }, { "docid": "18965291", "text": "had been used for a singer until week 6 of auditions, when Cannon used his golden buzzer for Dorothy Williams, a 90-year-old burlesque dancer. This was the first season in which Cannon was given a golden buzzer. This was the first time that an act who got a golden buzzer in the auditions round won a season. The Judge Cuts began on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 and ended on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Like the previous season, one guest judge joined the judges' panel each show and was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 11)" }, { "docid": "20126836", "text": "Belgium's Got Talent (Flanders) Belgium's Got Talent is the Dutch language format of the Got Talent series, which was created by Simon Cowell, who also created the series The X Factor. It is broadcast on the Flemish language channel VTM, and is hosted by Koen Wauters and Laura Tesoro. Judges on the program have included Ray Cokes (seasons 1-3), Karen Damen (seasons 1-3), and Rob Vanoudenhoven (seasons 1-3). The current cast of judges features Niels Destadsbader (seasons 3-now), Dan Karaty (seasons 4-now), An Lemmens (seasons 4-now), and Stan Van Samang (seasons 4-now). The first season, which was in 2012, was", "title": "Belgium's Got Talent (Flanders)" }, { "docid": "7633712", "text": "Color Visión that a Dominican version of the reality show is in production and may be premiering its first season in the Latin American country on next year’s summer. The upcoming show promises to raise the raitings of the channel, which may become in the new number one Broadcasting Network in the Dominican Republic. The show is still searching for its respective judges and auditions will be starting by next spring. This will be the first Latin American version of the reality show “Got Talent” and the tenth one over all. America's Got Talent America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as", "title": "America's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "8483055", "text": "at 8 p.m.; however, the network substituted another reality talent show, \"\". This season's winner was a ventriloquist and impressionist Terry Fator. The audition process for the second season is very similar to that of the first, except that only a buzzer sounds when the X is pressed. When all the judges X's have been pressed, a lonely blue spotlight centers on the act, indicating they've been struck out. Unlike the previous season, the acts who pass the auditions then attend a Las Vegas boot camp, where they have a chance to perfect their craft. At this point, acts are", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 2)" }, { "docid": "16956386", "text": "me realize I was watching Juneau's version of \"Who's Got Talent\" – particularly when 10-year-old Anna Graceman sang all her original songs.\" Summer, 2011 – \"America's Got Talent\" Season Six: At her audition, Graceman performed \"If I Ain't Got You\" by Alicia Keys while accompanying herself on the keyboard. She received a standing ovation from Howie Mandel, Piers Morgan, and Sharon Osbourne, the show's three judges. Her audition video went viral on the Internet and caught the attention of the mainstream press. The video garnered over 28 million views on YouTube, the most of any \"America's Got Talent\" audition video.", "title": "Anna Graceman" }, { "docid": "16741645", "text": "and tragic background story. Some netizens also recommended to change the title of the show to \"Pilipinas Got Singers,\" pertaining much to the winning streak of singers in the show. Television ratings for the fourth season of \"Pilipinas Got Talent\" on ABS-CBN are gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings are gathered from Mega Manila households, while Kantar Media's survey ratings are gathered from all over the Philippines' urban and rural households. Pilipinas Got Talent (season 4) The fourth season of Pilipinas Got Talent is a talent show on ABS-CBN. The", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 4)" }, { "docid": "8848645", "text": "people auditioned in total. In addition, the two existing judges Red Symons and Tom Burlinson were replaced by Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands. The production and filming was moved from Regent Theatre, Melbourne to Docklands Studios Melbourne, with a larger sound stage and set. The logo used for the first and seventh seasons of \"Australia's Got Talent\" is similar to the logo used by \"America's Got Talent\". The logo during the second to sixth seasons and season eight is similar to that used by \"Britain's Got Talent\". The original three judges were Danni Minogue, Red Symons and Tom Burlinson. For", "title": "Australia's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "20126838", "text": "dance couple. Belgium's Got Talent (Flanders) Belgium's Got Talent is the Dutch language format of the Got Talent series, which was created by Simon Cowell, who also created the series The X Factor. It is broadcast on the Flemish language channel VTM, and is hosted by Koen Wauters and Laura Tesoro. Judges on the program have included Ray Cokes (seasons 1-3), Karen Damen (seasons 1-3), and Rob Vanoudenhoven (seasons 1-3). The current cast of judges features Niels Destadsbader (seasons 3-now), Dan Karaty (seasons 4-now), An Lemmens (seasons 4-now), and Stan Van Samang (seasons 4-now). The first season, which was in", "title": "Belgium's Got Talent (Flanders)" }, { "docid": "20112105", "text": "babbino caro\" in the finals and finished in 6th place overall. In 2016, Laura Bretan was the winner of \"Romania's Got Talent\". Laura Bretan Laura Bretan (born April 7, 2002) is a Romanian-American opera singer from Chicago, Illinois. She is most well known for her appearance in Season 11 of \"America's Got Talent\" in 2016 where she finished in sixth place. Laura Bretan started singing at the age of six. Bretan was born in Chicago, Illinois into a Romanian family. She first began singing when she was six years old. Bretan was taught how to sing by her mother. At", "title": "Laura Bretan" }, { "docid": "15662730", "text": "Australia's Got Talent (season 5) Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, claiming to find new talent. The fifth season premiered on the Seven Network on 3 May 2011 and ended on 2 August 2011, where singer Jack Vidgen was crowned the winner of \"Australia's Got Talent\", while illusionist Cosentino became runner-up. Judges Dannii Minogue, Kyle Sandilands, and Brian McFadden returned for the series, as well as host Grant Denyer. The producer auditions took place in 16 cities across Australia, and ran from October to December 2010. The successful acts from these", "title": "Australia's Got Talent (season 5)" }, { "docid": "19052950", "text": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 5) The fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent is a talent show on ABS-CBN. The show premiered on January 23, 2016, replacing the temporary weekend block Kapamilya Weekend Specials, which temporarily filled the timeslot of second season of \"Your Face Sounds Familiar\" after it ended on December 13, 2015. It was originally aired at 9:30 PM, however, after \"Dance Kids\" ended, it was moved to an earlier timeslot of 7:30 PM to give way for \"I Love OPM\". The season ended on May 22, 2016 with interpretative dance duo Power Duo winning the season — the", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 5)" }, { "docid": "18284057", "text": "return In specials of following seasons of Americas Got Talent such a s a Christmas special in 2016. The \"Las Vegas Review-Journal\" wrote of Franco's stint on \"America's Got Talent\": \"Franco did a crafty job of customizing his prediction-based, sleight-of-hand magic to make maximum use of \"Talent\" judges Howard Stern and Mel B. And he displayed a personality and sense of humor that other magicians were not able to convey in their limited camera time.\" It's been said that Franco \"specializes in creating customized, interactive presentations for his audiences that allow for spontaneity and improvisation. For Mat, magic isn't about", "title": "Mat Franco" }, { "docid": "13864003", "text": "to the judging panel and the tandem of Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano became the hosts of the show until the fifth season. Marc Abaya hosted the daily spin-off, \"Pilipinas Got More Talent\" only in the first season. Actresses Iya Villania and Nikki Gil have served as guest hosts. In season 6, Manzano will be replaced by Toni Gonzaga as host, joining Crawford. Since season 1 until season 4, the judges of the show consists of Kris Aquino, who was earlier tapped for the hosting gig, backed out from judging at first. However, she announced at an episode on \"\"", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent" }, { "docid": "19537518", "text": "the act.<br> The judges did not have buzzers in the outdoor studio, instead each of them have a red \"X\" sign. The season finale was aired on 9 July 2016. Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham were the Guest of Grand Finale. Suleiman was the winner of the season and second position was got by Papaya And Antara. India's Got Talent (season 7) The seventh season of India's Got Talent premiered on 30 April 2016. Bharti Singh and Siddharth Shukla returned to present the show. Malaika Arora Khan and Karan Johar returned for their fourth season, while Kirron", "title": "India's Got Talent (season 7)" }, { "docid": "15646917", "text": "the two judges who would be joining Short at the table. Citytv Toronto personality and \"Breakfast Television\" host, Dina Pugliese, was the host of the show. The first season of Canada's Got Talent, a reality television series, premiered on March 4, 2012, and ended on May 14, 2012, on City. Unlike \"America's Got Talent\", the show only had the audition round, top 37, semi-finals, and then the finale. The premiere episode, which aired March 4, 2012, took in a viewership of 2 million on average throughout the night, a record for Citytv. \"Canada's Got Talent\" travelled to six different cities", "title": "Canada's Got Talent" }, { "docid": "14307194", "text": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1) The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent premiered on ABS-CBN on February 20, 2010. Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano take role as the hosts of the show. The judges include former ABS-CBN executive Freddie M. Garcia, Kris Aquino, and Ai-Ai de las Alas. Auditions were then held in several key cities in the Philippines including Batangas, Cebu, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao for three days and Manila for four days. The audition process took place throughout November and December 2009. The judges visited Philippine cities including Batangas, Cebu, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18788121", "text": "Asia's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of \"Asia's Got Talent\" (AGT) started airing on March 12, 2015, across 15 countries in Asia, culminating to a grand final airing nine weeks later on May 14, 2015. It featured a grand prize of US$100,000 and an opportunity to perform at the Marina Bay Sands. The show is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez; while the judges are Anggun, David Foster, Melanie C, and Vanness Wu. This show is also co-hosted by Singaporean Youtuber and Power98FM DJ's Dee Kosh for sneak previews, highlights, recaps, and behind the scenes. Filipino shadow", "title": "Asia's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "18788129", "text": "Xin's proposal aiming it at Foster. Asia's Got Talent (season 1) The first season of \"Asia's Got Talent\" (AGT) started airing on March 12, 2015, across 15 countries in Asia, culminating to a grand final airing nine weeks later on May 14, 2015. It featured a grand prize of US$100,000 and an opportunity to perform at the Marina Bay Sands. The show is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez; while the judges are Anggun, David Foster, Melanie C, and Vanness Wu. This show is also co-hosted by Singaporean Youtuber and Power98FM DJ's Dee Kosh for sneak previews, highlights, recaps,", "title": "Asia's Got Talent (season 1)" }, { "docid": "16195577", "text": "China's Got Talent (series 3) The third series of China's Got Talent, also known as Head & Shoulders China's Got Talent for sponsor reasons, premiered on DragonTV on November 13, 2011 with a look at the pre-audition process for the first time. The judges audition process for the third series premieres a week after. Auditions were held in Shanghai Concert Hall. Former judge Gao Xiaosong, Chinese modern dancer Huang Doudou, and series one winner, Liu Wei shared judging duties when Jerry Huang was absent. Actress and host Ni Ping shared hosting duties when Annie Yi was absent. The only judge", "title": "China's Got Talent (series 3)" }, { "docid": "14605877", "text": "show is once again hosted by Nick Cannon with Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan as judges. Piers Morgan announced on \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\" on July 27, 2010 that he signed a three year contract to stay on \"Talent\". America's Got Talent (season 5) The fifth season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered in the United States on the NBC network and on Canada's Global on June 1, 2010. Soul singer Michael Grimm was named the winner on May 26, 2011, beating 10-year-old classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho. The season 5 selection", "title": "America's Got Talent (season 5)" }, { "docid": "20716007", "text": "America's Got Talent: The Champions America's Got Talent: The Champions is an upcoming reality television series spin-off set to air on NBC. The show will air in between seasons of \"The Voice\", during the 2018–19 television season and premiere on January 7, 2019. It will feature notable contestants from season 13 and previous seasons of \"America's Got Talent\" alongside acts from \"Got Talent\" franchises worldwide. The series is expected to contain seven episodes. Simon Cowell has been confirmed as a judge. On July 27, 2018, it was confirmed that Mel B would be a judge on the spin-off show. On", "title": "America's Got Talent: The Champions" }, { "docid": "20879652", "text": "recently, Chichua has starred as a judge on \"Georgia's Got Talent!\" (\"Nichieri\"), the Georgian version of the international \"Got Talent\" series, beginning with season 7. Chichua and Margvelashvili were longtime partners for at least four or five years prior to Giorgi Margvelashvili's presidency. However, the couple were not married when Margvelashvili became president in November 2013, leading to speculation on who would serve as the country's new first lady. Nearly a year later, President Margvelashvili and Chichua married on September 10, 2014 in a ceremony held at their home in Dusheti, making her officially First Lady of Georgia. The couple", "title": "Maka Chichua" }, { "docid": "19783198", "text": "for tagging women as \"individuals who cannot live without men\". Television ratings for the sixth season of \"Pilipinas Got Talent\" on ABS-CBN are gathered from Kantar Media. Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,610 urban and rural homes that represent 100% of total Philippine TV viewing population. It is a multinational market research group that specializes in audience measurement in more than 80 countries. Pilipinas Got Talent (season 6) The sixth season of Pilipinas Got Talent is a talent reality competition that aired on ABS-CBN from January 6 to April 29, 2018. It aired on Saturdays at 7:00", "title": "Pilipinas Got Talent (season 6)" } ]